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friday, October 19, 1973
hncoln, nebraska vol. 97, no. 30
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Injunction
request
planned
by RHA
Representatives from the Residence Hall Assn. (RHA) and
the ASUN Senate have confirmed their intent to seek a court
injunction against further enforcement of University
regulations governing visitation and alcohol in University
housing.
The reason for the lawsuit is to content the provisions ot
visitation, open door and alcoholic beverage policies to which
all students must comply, according to a statement released by
the two organizations.
John Stevens Berry, the attorney representing ASUN and
RHA, said a petition requesting an injunction against the
regulations would be filed in Lincoln's Federal District Couit
early next week.
"We are seeking an injunction to prevent the Board of
Regents or other parties from enforcing these rules," he said
The statement released Thursday by ASUN and RHA said
the students involved were being denied cot tain tights and
iJiu'iieges and certain protections of the law which are
available to any other class of citizens of equal age.
' Mo tax monies support the residence halls. They are
supported solely by payments received from residents.
Therefore those residents should be able to make their own
decisions regarding visitation, open door and alcoholic
beverage policies, providing they are of the proper age," the
statement said.
I -leyent E:d Schwartzkopf said he was not surprised by the
announcement to file suit against the University.
"II the court rules in their favor, then I'll go along with it,"
he said
Sdiwartkopf said student leaders still had not presented
him vith any positive procedures for changing the existing
i iMjiiluiiotis on visitation and alcohol.
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UNL fire hazards remain
as Dec. 1 deadline nears
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By Charles Wieser
More1 than one yeat . j f : r ) - toi .1 s fit mted
in the Daily Nebraskan v.!i,;ii di, loucd
uncorrected tiie haat d.. on Ufd . impus,
State Mn; .M a 1 1. s file-, sho-v Mi.:: 'US UNI.,
violations still have not ! n nov, i.- with lto
safely rcgnl. ilions. Tb" deadline i-. In . 1, 1 ' 7 3 .
State' f- ire IVlarsii.il J'.'- i-!. .. ,id an
extension of ihe Deo, 1 iif.t ii It - r j"..sibl.
"I'm not in favor ol prolonging Mansions,
but I'll giant them (is long ,r, gradual .1 ( k n .
made o a r U ',;! ,, aft y
regulations," be said.
He said he felt UNL wa a'l.:,ptiag a "50
por cent compliance" to safety Kcjui.uiotts. This
shows a (jiaduai progress tov.'ard :-.lvity their
fire safety problems, Plut i
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The Temple Bldg. contains some of 48 remaining UNL
fire hazards.
budyetinj lartots, . ,; w , i ,i '.ojiply
problems uid li'gal f,n :i a s n .i.I' .ik, hoin
constru(,t:o i bids.
ltn)iOi!;ine'iitS siill ifcl.-d m !.:d .n.-.l.illirnj
additional fin; est;, pi's in I , ,:(.. . , . d f ( r i and
Keiin Hall, cut m tum i'!n.n i.al wi.i. in
Richards Hall, ri'inoviiui fi :i ,! lr m iii'iial
front corridors md b.r,rtMT-i-. in in.- ( rtiiple
Bldg., ins'.illini) file al.iitn -.y : .n f 'j,,e i' k.i
Hall and leifit'oveig in ov ....-!;, and
elevators in Ihr Aflininislialinn 1 .idg., n coidimi
to the marsh. il's files
Pltita s,iid a state statute i iv s hmi the
authority to contact the county .niotni'V and
close buildings until fire luaol, atf n ' oved
Fines related to violilio'.s ol ins sabdy
regulations range from $') c H(. d Mv
James Money, em . i;u b Mt : ..jmi.m.m al
UNL's f'hysieal I'iat.t, s.'id n 7.." ' . ' o.-aily
S 1 n lillii Mt lo cot re'i.t J :lv vi.h..i.-i...s
"Major construction items such as fire alarm
systems and fire escapes are expensive to build,
and we haven't been appropriated money to
stai t these projects," he said.
"We have nearly 70 per cent of the
violations corrected, but this doesn't indicate
the dollar volume. The real costs involve
construction projects," Money said.
Pluta agreed with Money's statement that
the items corrected were the least expensive
ones. The construction problems will take a
significant amount of money to overcome, he
said.
Miles Tommeraasen, director of business
and finance, said UNL could correct its fire
hazards if the Legislature would appropriate
$?00.000 $300,00 each of the next three years
to be used to improve UNL's fire safety.
IK; said, last Friday the Board of Regents set
aside $216,500 from UNL's replacement funds
to help solve fire problems existing on bonded
pio;rtios such as dormitories, health service
centers and Unions. Tommeraasen explained
that the money could only be used in
alleviating fire problems in those buildings.
He said the recent capital expenditure
budget recommended to the Legislature by the
trgetits included about $250,000 in renovation
binds to be used for improving fire and light
safety. These funds, Tommeraasen said, would
bo used to improve buildings like Temple,
I isietiers College and Burnett Hall.
hnta said an extension of 18 months could
be given UNL following the Dec. 1 deadline,
but if fire safety violations continue "they'll
(UNI.) be dealt with as the law sees fit," ho
,aid.
Freudenburg goals: personal
growth, educational refon
Editor's note: Today the Daily Nebraskan begins
publishing a series on personality profiles on campus
leaders, from the student leaders to the University
administration.
These will be published one per day over the next
few weeks.
By Lori Demo
What happens to an ASUN presidential hopeful
after the votes are in and he has lost?
He can drop out of student affairs.
He can use his momentum from the campaign to
continue persuing his goals.
Or he can do what last spring's Unity and Progress
candidate (Jill Freudenburg did: try to gain more of a
sense of himself and othcis as people while still
working to help students.
"Losing the election was a tangible, definite, black
and white message that my involvements this year
would not be a continuation of last year," the UNL
senior said. "Though I was disappointed, in a sense I
was relieved for a chance to gain more feeling of
myself as a whole person."
He said he believes there would have been certain
pressures ol the office calling for him to act in a
prescribed way that would have damrtened his
"I like to tell niy .i'l i if I vvn e e ' e 1 n-c 1
able to keep things in ilu.a piopi 1 1 - ' 1
caught up in tin.' s'a tousne . . o d ,,
piece of legislation didn't pass, r.hi!d otd
laughing and people would br l.iv.itbi.-o d.
they did yesterday," he s.ml ' Kid ;t '
lose track of people and not hm': ' ,
working with and bghnng wiih ,m- anao n
wonder sometimes if I could do t'-M
Since his defeat, f reurletibutg hi, h en tv
for educational reform within the t 1 v : 1 ,
presently a memln.r ol the Council on :n"'
(CSL), the Arts and Science Advisory i'ra. I ..
Arts and Science Curriculum Committee
He said fie sees his wnik on the A !.!. a
more valuable than his wo, k on the f ,,,
Committee because' of the spool, ,ta.ii - 1 tu
involved and because the Cotticuhnn
busy work that has lo be done by .
doesn't excite me."
The Committee ;,,;iOVi", n 1 1
m.Kfe within the College ,, ,i 1 ,.t..i , ,
"On the Curriculum V, i u't- r :
lhat is a good idea ha a new mm .
how many cr cdi t leu 11 , a 1 1 ,1 a ' r. .., - ,
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