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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1973)
m tills lime Was J Imalklal del k ICIk A . Most i ilk' allocated Sjsll h;n Ik'CII spcill ilk' lis SC 1 1 1 CS 1 C I . so I he roil i mi I Ice was w in kin;.1 Willi a I i;.'.hl budget. M l) nuuJo a surprising comeback in (he fall of 1969. from i lit previous semester ol eight classes and few participants sprang 34 courses and 700 registrants. I lie lehiiih ol M l' was pailially due lo increased AM IN backing. I or ilial year. A MJN appropriated S2.500 for the Ni l) piogiam. A small aiiioinil ol the increased Nl U budget went lor advertising, an innovation ol the l9 M TJ commit Ice. Ads weie run in the Lint n Star and Liiniin Journal, as well as on local radio station K I.MS. The balance was put into a resource fund lo be used by Nl U classes for special projects. I he fund wasn't used much, howcvei, because the idea was a new one and peisons were hesitant to lake advantage ol it, ol ficials said. Although some of the courses were repeated from other semesters, many were new to NMJ. I he new courses included beginning bridge, judo, and glass blowing I he fall lu(V edition ol Nl U had spent MM) of its S2.500 budget. I his gave the spring I1' 70 committee a strong linaneial base on which to ol lei 2d courses. Six hundred peisons weie expected lo attend the classes, some of which weie lo be on fast Campus lor the fust time. One thing set that semester's progiam apart from any other. Almost MK) persons, about one-hall the total registration, were enrolled in one course, skydiving. Other courses thai semester included civil liberties in the l')7()'s and revolutionary Christianity. During fall 1970, 1,000 students registered for one or more of the 45 classes available. Nl Tl classes that semester dealt with eveiything hf'lli asoo;'v o !M leb.'l 111. Ilie N U loiuuiillee abolished the icgl 1 1 a t ion pin.w. I'll I Itr spi hi;' i 'I I1'1 lu-.li'idol signing a : .';'i'.l i a I ; 1 1 1 : h J i n ,i d. sin d v la s the ,1 ndc i, ! went I'' die I ii si i nee Min1 . it a i. la o and w ,r. e i hi si d o i i'il lei'isleied. I Ins in mi legist i a I ion method aiuphlicd papci woi k. Approximately .') , ouiscs, .siieh as lashion loi the l'O's and ecodesir domes, were included in the coin se dest. i ipl ion catalogue. In the fall of 1971 and the spring of 1972. NT U was active, although registration had dropped from previous years. Approximately 500 people attended the more than twenty classes provided that fall. During that year. Nl U actively supported the Lincoln I ree School. The Nl U committee oigjnied several dances and sponsored what they called an alternative homecoming to i .use money to suppoi I the Iree school I lie al lei ii.i live home, oinuig lonsislcd ol the rl.-L lion "I a l t km.' .aid iiecn. I he i ... 1 1 " 1 1 ; ccieinonv look place al a special dance. All ol the pioceeds went to the lice school. It was during this semester that the request for University credit was again made. The light for credit resulted in the request finally being granted, as part of independent studies, for I 2 NIU courses in the spring of 1972. NfU tried to detach itself from ASUN and go community-wide, but financial problems Uncd them lo stay with ASUN. That year. ASUN budgeted SI.N'M) for the Nl U progiam. but actual expenses totaled S2..--00 lor the two semesters. I he NIU program in the spring of I ''72 was almost a carbon copy of the first semester, as far as suppoi ling the I incoln f ree School and olhei activities. That semester, 450 persons registered for the 40 classes offered. During the l7l-72 yeai. Nl U sponsoied a leach in on prison lefoini with Slate Sen I inesl Chambers as speakei. NIT) also ananged bu a lesouiee lihraiy o the lapes ol the lime Out Con I ei ences lioin the cai beloie. When planiiuig loi the l'72-7. ycai NI C piogiam. Nl U ollieials weie dealt a blow when ASUN cut the NI U budget to ShOO phis 4o0 loi adveilising. loi this reason, a M legistiation charge was assessed lot both sessions. The budget cut sciiously hint the advertising capabiliiies of NTT), which might explain the low turnout. Only 250 peisons enmlled in the T5 courses available in lall 1 172. Last seinesler 22 courses weie ottered, but only about 50 persons enrolled. No reason for the drastic decline was offered, but a previous Nl U committee chairman suggested: "IJiininatc it (NI U). It has outlived its uselulness," lEllMBBDnaite ii It (oamtllweai M : i c A
