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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,"
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