juiy SO, 1973
no. 5
A student lawyer program consisting of
an attorney, volunteer law clerks and one
secretary has been appropriated $9,370 in
the ASUN budget proposal approved by
ASUN Saturday.
The senate passed a resolution
establishing and funding the Legal Aid to.
Students Office (LASO). The resolution'
said the program would include "a
bonafide attorney who will be held on
retainer by ASUN to maintain regular
office hours, and at his discretion (this is
ethically required) give advice and council
to students as well as represent them in
approves
court except that he may not litigate cases
against the University of Nebraska or its
agents."
The last restriction would prevent a
student from bringing legal action against
the Board of Regents through the student
fee supported LASO. The ASUN budget,
which includes the LASO program, must
be approved by the Regents.
The senate approved the third draft of
the budget request put together by the
ASUN executives with one minor change.
An additional $300 was given to the
student services committee making the
total budget request $43,779.63.
Of the total $9,370 is allocated to the
LASO program for a part-time lawyer
($7500), secretary ($1620) and office
expenses ($250). Law clerks will work on a
volunteer basis.
The LASO program will be open to any
fee paying UNL student and will be free of
charge except for actual court costs.
Senator Dave Thurber, who introduced
the LASO resolution, said he would like
the program to start in September, but it
won't start until all problems are ironed
out.
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Senators listen to budget discussions at the first ASUN summer meeting.
Summer Ncbraskan photo
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By Vicki Pulos
Special Reporter
If you are drinking a chocolate
malt in the Union, President
Richard Nixon saved you a nickel.
The University business office
determined that Phase three and
one half price guidelines apply to
the Union's June 1 1 hike in food
prices. Prices were rolled back on
food and certain other items last
Thursday.
Last Tuesday a lunch in the
Crib consisting of a sloppy joe,
sliced tomato salad, french fries
and a chocolate malt cost $1.45
plus tax. That same meal costs
$1.20 plus tax today. Three of the
items are five cents cheaper and
the cost of a tomato salad is down
10 cents. Other prices, such as
those of hamburgers and
cheeseburgers were never raised.
The University's second price
hike in the last three months took
effect at the beginning of the first
summer session, June 11. Two
days later President Nixon
announced the pi ice freeze which
required prices returned to the
level they were during the first
eight days of June. The Union
hike was three days past the
deadline.
Investigation necessary
According to Daryl Swanson,
assistant director of the Union,
previous price freezes had affected
the Univer,isty differently, so an
investigation was necessary to
determine if the new guidelines
applied to the school. The
business office began a reading
immediately, but specified the
University's position just last
week; prices were rolled back
accordingly. Prices are now at the
level set by the March 28 price
increase.
The University was relatively
exempt from Phase II and III
guidelines under various criteria,
among them: the University's role
as a state institution, an
educational body and an
enterprise realizing a dollar
volume below the minimum. The
latest guidelines, however, will
affect Union food service prices
for the next sixty days, the time
required in the federal policy.
After that period, barring further
executive action, the June 1 1
prices will return.
Under a strain
Without the price increase the
Union will be under a strain.
"We're having real problems; we'll
survive obviously," Swanson said.
"As far as we can tell the
guidelines don't apply to the
wholesale products we buy. We're
operating at less than the desired
profit margin, although the Union
has always had prices lower than
commercial establishments." He
said the basic objective for Union
prices is to break even, but the
Union is losing money now. For
the summer, losses are minimized
by a lower volume of business.
Bob Richeson, food service
manager for the Union, added,
"We're anxious to comply with
the freeze, but as soon as it is
possible we must raise prices
again." He cited the rapidly rising
cost of food items as the cause for
past and future hikes in Union
prices.
Richeson said he was unaware
of student complaints concerning
a violation of the guidelines
between the time of Nixon's
speech, June 31, and the price
rollback on July 5.
Who wants justice
Thurber said they need to find a lawyer
who isn't interested only in money, but
who wants justice. Several lawyers are
interested, he said.
He said the lawyer might be in the
office one day a week. A committee was
formed to refine the proposal and
determine where and when the lawyer
would work. Students wishing to join the
committee should contact the ASUN
office.
When seeking legal help students will
call for an appointment and talk to the
secretary, who will arrange a meeting with
a law clerk. The clerk will give preliminary
advice and decide whether the case merits
further attention from the lawyer.
Thurber said the lawyer would be able
to help students with arrests, landlord
complaints and contracts.
He said students who are arrested, need
a student lawyor to turn to, especially
out-state students who know no lawyers in
Lincoln.
ASUN goals
The goals of the ASUN executives also
were listed in the budget request as
providing more services to students,
improving the quality of education,
increasing involvement in campus life and
providing students with an avenue for
problem solving.
One change from the second draft of
the budget concerned money allocated for
long distance phone calls. After reading an
article in the Summer Nebraskan stating
ASUN could use the state and national
toll-free WATS line, Ann Henry, ASUN
president, said she changed the $600 figure
allocated for long distance calls to $280.
The additional money, however, was
not cut from the budget. One hundred
dollars was added to xerox expenses and an
additional $220 was placed with
miscellaneous expenses, senator Doug
Johnson said.
Eight thousand dollars was allocated for
student organizations and activities outside
of ASUN. Last year, $10,200 was allocated
to outside groups. Preliminary funding
requests from 24 outside groups total
$32,763.96.
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Regents consider student fees
The Board of Regents will consider a student
fee allocation proposal- and guidelines for the
1974 75 budget at their July meeting this
Saturday.
A change in student fee allocation is proposed
in a report by Ken Bader, vice chancellor for
student affairs. The proposal would establish an
allocation loard to govern student fees.
The allocation board would evaluate requests
for student fee moneys and make
recommendations to Bader.
The program would work from a zero base
budget concept where organizations wanting
student fir money would start with zero funding
each year. During the fiist year of the allocation
the board would not be allowed to increase or
decrease any current fee user requests for
continuing funds by more than 25 per cent.
The zero base concept would not apply to
services, facilities and personnel salaries in such
departments as the Union, University Health
Center, student activities office and recreation
department.
The board would 1? composed of eight
students, two faculty and two staff members.
Allocation board decisions could be appealed to
the Council of Student Life (CSL).
The Regents' meeting is in the U.S. Meat
Animal Research Center in Clay Center. The
Regents will tour the research center and have an
Ofx'n meeting at 10 a.m.
There were 39 criminal offenses
reported in June including one
attempted rape and two related
arrests on campus, uccording to
campus security.
The 39 offenses included the
attempted rape, 3 assaults, one of
which was an assault against an
officer, three burglaries and 32
larcenies.
There also were two drug
arrests and two alcohol-related
arrests, for a total of six arrests.
There was $935 in accidental
breakage and vandalism to
property last month.
The burglaries netted a total of
$63 in cash and valuables, while
the larcenies accounted for
$1,419 in stolen cash and
property including six bicycles
valued at $426.
In May there were 33 offenses
reported including one burglary,
which netted $6, and 32 larcenies
where $3,584 worth of property
and cash was stolen. Property
damage was $1,019. Two arrests
were made.
In May of 1972, 40 offerees
were reported and five arrests
made1. There was one assault, eight
burglaries and 31 larcenies. The
burglaries were valued at $3
and the larcenies at $1,213.
Property damage was $1,064.
Last May nine bicycles valued
at $800 were stolen. In May,
1972, nine were stolon valued at
$935. And in May of 1971, 21
bicycles valued at $2,059 were
stolen.
Robert Edmunds, cam)us
security investigator, said locking
doors would help reduce ciime
more than anything. He said many
problems are caused by students,
who come to the University fiom
rural backgrounds, where they
never had been forced to lock
doors.
He also said it was important to
be able to identify stolen articles.
He suggested marking all valuables
or recording serial numbers of
valuable items.
He aLo said it is important to
immediately report a stolen item
to camjus police, personally. He
said the sooner campus secuiity
knows, the better the chance of
catching the thief and returning
the stolen property.
The time Intween tin; crime
and when the crime is repoited
gives the criminal a chance to get
away from the scene and dispose
of the merchandise, Ldmtmds
Said.
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