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lincoln, nebraska. vol. 97 no. 42
Regents told med students affected by attitude
Ten UNL students sat in stony silence Thursday
night as the Board of Regents' Students' Advisory
Committee discussed UNL Chancellor James
Zumberge's plans to conserve energy, a survey from
the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the
parking situation at that campus.
The students had planned to discuss "quality of
residence hall living," but Board of Regents Chairman
Robert Koefoot had a different idea.
He said he thought it improper to discuss any
aspect of residence hall living since a suit is pending
against the Board of Regents regarding coed visitation
and alcohol.
The suit, which was filed two weeks ago by the
Residence Hall Assoc. and ASUN, seeks a court
injunction against further enforcement of
University regulations governing visitation and alcohol
in University housing.
In what appeared to be a reference to the regents'
policy restricting University employees from
practicing abortions in their off-hours, Gwenn
Robinson, a member of the medical center's student
council, reported on a survey which showed that "the
Regents attitude toward the medical center" is
affecting whether students want to live and practice
medicine in the state.
She said the student council survey of 800 persons
showed that 75 per cent of the respondents have less
desire to live or practice in Nebraska because of the
"Regents' attitude." No one said they had developed
an increased desire to live or practice in Nebraska,
while about 25 per cent said the Regents' attitude
had no affect, she said.
Robinson said that students have told her that "at
times regents don't seem to be thinking about what
students want." The policies of the board have
"hindered education" at the medical center, she said.
She said that when she was a freshman medical
student her class was polled and more than half the
students said they were planning to live and practice
in Nebraska. She blamed the attitude change on the
board.
Koefoot defended the boards' actions. He said the
regents are behind the Medical Center 100 percent
and it is unfair and unrealistic to blame the attitude
change on them.
"I love that medical center," he said. "I am a
graduate of that medical center. I fee that medical
center is part of me."
He said the regents "only get credit for stepping
on people's toes. We never get credit when we do
something like the professional fee program, which is
one of the best in the country."
The professional fee program is a system of
dividing money paid by patients refered to the
medical center by other doctors. Under the plan, part
of the money goes to the doctor who takes care of
the patient and part goes to the center itself.
Robinson denied that the program is one of the
best in the country. She said few students believe that
claim.
In other matters relating to the medical center,
Marge Jusell, president of the student council, urged
the board to purchase more land for parking lots.
Koefoot said the purchase of additional land for
parking has been studied and is thought to be a bad
investment.
Regent Robert Prokop said a survey has been
done on the lots on the campus and at least one of
them has as many as 60 vacant spaces daily.
Robert Sparks, medical center chancellor, said the
lots are oversold by about 10 to 20 per cent and
increased enrollment might require more spaces.
Zumberge: turn off, turn down to save energy
A shutdown of the University due to the energy
crisis does not seem likely according to UNL
Chancellor James Zumberge. He told the Regents'
Student Advisory Committee that he has taken
measures to attempt to save energy on the campus.
Those measures, he said, include:
-turning off unused lights.
-turning off outside lighting on buildings.
-turning down thermostats to 68 degrees.
NU President D.B. Vainer told the group that he
is urging all University employees to ask themselves
before they use a University car: "Is this trip
necessary?"
Also, a resolution designed to help conserve
energy on the campuses will be proposed at the Board
of Regents meeting today.
Regent Robert Prokop told the Regents' the
resolution will call for limiting the speed of
state-owned University automobiles to 50 m.p.h. It
also will call for University employees to share rides
when using the cars.
Organize
before
session
senators
By Charles Wieser
Four Nebraska legislators told members of Lincoln's
chapter of the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL)
Thursday night that the key to participating in the
legislative process is to be well organized before each
session of the Legislature begins.
State Sen. Steve Fowler of Lincoln said persons
interested in introducing bills into the Legislature should
become acquainted with their senators and should give
them sufficient notice when interested in a particular issue.
State. Sen. Jerome Warner of Waverly said the legislative
process has changed in the last 10 years. "There's more
citizen participation and interest these days," he said.
"A legislator provides leadership by recognizing a
problem before it becomes a crisis," Warner said.
State Sen. Frank Lewis of Bellevue said oersons should
be concise and organized when approaching legislators with
an idea for a bill.
State Sen. Roland Luedtke of Lincoln said when
persons know what they want, the senators "take notice."
Luedtke said state senators are most often persuaded
when persons send letters, cards or set up personal visits.
"It's the way you use the muscle that's important," he said.
Fowler said the Legislature is usually trailing behind
social movements. "It's up to the citizens to help the
Legislature catch up with the times," he said.
Warner said there is a tendency for inruimhpnK tn (in
defeated in relation to how they supported one or two
particular bills.
4 senators on probation; 4 others 'in trouble'
An inquiry on the part of the Daily Nebraskan
Tuesday revealed that a number of ASUN senators
may be in clanger of losing their senatorial positions.
It is the policy of the ASUN Senate, according to
first vice president Mark Hoeger, that a senator may
Ix; dismissed if he or she is absent from 3 or more
senate meetings.
According to figures received from the ASUN
secretary Tuesday, out of 32 senators, 10 have three
or more absences on their record. Two of those
senators, Hoeger explained, have received excused
absences because of academic and work
committments.
It is up to the discretion of the first vice president,
Hoeger said, to decide whether action will be taken
against a particular senator.
Hoeger said he takes into consideration whether a
senator is active outside of the weekly senate
meetings and whether the senator's excuse is
"legitimate."
The senator is then "asked to resign", Hoeger said,
if the absences prove unwarranted.
At the Wednesday ASUN senate meeting, Hoeger
asked the senate for a consensus opinion on whether
he should take a "hard-nosed" or lenient attitude
towards those senators who have more than three
absences.
"What constitutes an excused or unexcused
absence? Where should I draw the line?" Hoeger
asked.
Hoeger said he will excuse Senators for illness,
academic conflicts, (if a professor requires a student's
presence or if it is a requirement for graduation),
family deaths, and in certain other cases. For
example, Sen. Mary Jenkins must attend choir
practice to retain her scholarship and Sen. Mary
Voboril has a conflict with her work as managing
editor of the Daily Nebraskan, Hoeger said.
Those senators with more than three absences,
Bunting, Christof ferson, Shaneyfelt and Stiobler are
"on probation," Hoeger said. Those senators with
three absences are "in trouble."
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