The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 15, 1974, Image 1
U LI 0 friday, febaiary 15, 1974 lincoln, nebraska vol. 97, no. 1 9 s oier I l1lililliiliiilliiiiiilliiilllliilllliliWlliiiliiMiliiiiwiiliiii ii liiiiiin iiiiaiiiinmirif in iiiii.liiiMiiNiMiiiiWMiiMaijjjuiujiMjujii.M mm n. a m m f a ... By GrcjWsss ' It'i budget time again and the University of Nebraska again wants more money for 1974-75 than tM fiscal analysts t the Statehouse are willing to recommend. Wednesday, lawmakers were formally presented with NU budget requests totaling more than $105 million. This amount, however, was at odds with the $100 million recommended by the legislative fiscal analysts. Regardless of what version is finally adopted, next year's budget will mark the first time Nil's predicted operating costs will go beyond the $109 million figure. A pay increase for staff 8t the three University campuses was one of 'the issues facing th Legislature's Appropriations Committee Wednesday.. NO President D. B. Varner recommended a 10 pay increase for University employes to offset the affects of four years of inflation. The analysts' GSL backs intent of housing proposal By Mark Hoffman The Council On Student Life (CSL) unanimously voted Thursday night to endorse the intent of a differentiated housing proposal, but amended its endorsement to allow an ad hoc committee to examine recommendations brought to CSL by Housing Office administrators. The report, the work of the Differentiated Housing Task Force, an ad hoc subcommittee of the CSL Housing Policy Committee, provides recommendations for alternate residence hall life styles. ThesQ alternate life styles include different residence halls having different amounts of visitation, designating soma floors as quiet floors and some floors as academic floors for people with the same majors or interests. The report's recommendations also included allowing alcohol in all UNL dormitories except for Fedde, Cather and Pound Halls, and abolishing the open door rule and individual sponsorshin policies for visitation. The report designated which residence halls would have what amount of visitation, which would have alcohol and where academic floors would be i oca ted. This would create a "nightmare of implementation," according to Jack Armstrong, CSL member and UNL Housing Office director. He said because certain policies for different residence halls would be determined beforehand, it might mean a mass migration of students moving to different residence halts to find the hail with the policies they wanted. -... Hi Jiconvtmnsted, faki Mi ,th tttart&t'? . Ilfi "stylss fca to ach resknst b&'A iiiicXiA Th tgjsbrt cufij.,'$ tZi for ail alternative life styias to b available to residents halls, but ft might mean that a resident would have to mov from his current hall to a different complex. This would give the Housing Office more flexibility fn implementing the program, Armstrong said. He suggested a possible solution to placing students in halls with the policies they want. Housing contracts would include these areas: rMence hall, visitation policy, alcohol, academic .. . .--- iiwvi) miu wcu piciciciiwi Residents would then rank their top three choices in order of priority. The Housing Office would try to match students with their highest priority, Armstrong said. The Council voted to appoint an ad hoc committee with representatives from the Housing Office, CSL, the ASUN Senate, the Residence Hall Assoc. (RHA), the Differentiated Housing Task Force and the Housing Policy Committee to consider Armstrong's recommendations. Labs employ students as subjects in safety tests for medicinal drugs EyGrefWeis Tht next tlnfw you take an aspirin or any other kind of medicinal erug, consider for a moment that someone had to be the first to try it. When any new drug is developed, federal Food and Drug AcfTi5ntsirMOTi trDA rwc liwmsini iimi ii uo tested and declared saf before being marketed. Harris Laboratories inc., of Lincoln, specializes in drug testing. Part of Vice President Ron Harris' job at the labs is overseeing studies that involve drugs given for the first tim? to subjects, as Harris calls them, who are paid to participate. This is called "Phosa I testing," Harris said. If dm 3 successfully passes four to f ivi years of Intensive wpsrfmintistiofi, ho said, it Is ready for that "t try first xpatyr to tmn." At the Ph I stage, doctors and registered nurses tiosoly supervisa the test to assure the subject's safety. Them never has been any unsuspected reactions to tha dugs, and no subjects ever has been hospitalized tecausa of thasa studies, ha said. A second kind of study dona ft the labs, called biotv2f!abftity, compares antibiotics, pain killers, diurstics and other drug mada by pharmaceutic,-;! companies. ' Most drugs hm patented brand names, Harris aid. When tha patents expire, any company can manufacture the druj If it meets FDA standards. A norma! dosa of the drug being tested is injected into the subject's bloodstream. Samples then are taken every ons to two hours. The blood samples determine how fast tfca drig is absorbed Into the body, Harris said. The most desirable drug is the one that is absorbed fastest, hi Harris said most t&sts study bioavailability, end relatively few Phase I tests are conducted. He said every test is safe. "We give every subject a physical examination and explain any possible risks or side effects the drug might have," Harris said. Most test subjects, he said, are UNL students. Two UNL students now participating in studies at Harris Laboratories are junior Tim Evcnten and freshman Scott Miller. Both live at Schramm Hall. Evensen, a vetemn of Harris ttudws, has particl pa ted In six tests. Ha estimated ha km foem paid $450. Some tests last from Thursday night to Monday morning and range over three weekends, ha ssid. Others take only one or two days. During one 4-dsy test, Evenson was confined to the research laboratory fet 5609 S. 49. A typical day at tha bb starts with breakfast at 7 s.m. Subjects must cat all the food served to them, Evenscn said. Trse drug h administered after breakfast. Blood sum pi as usually are taken every two hours. Evensen said about 17 blood samples am needed over a weekend. Sea Labs, P039 6 recommendation was a S increase. "I do not believe it would be considered unreasonable on the part of the most conservative spender in the state, for us (the University) to ask that the purchasing power of four years be restored to our employes," Varner said. Ha pointed out that many tradespeople receive better pay than doctors of animal science, physics or engineering. Stale Sen. Ramey Whitney of Chapell asked Varner if he thought NU should increase staff pay to levels competitive with wages paid by other universities. "Now we have to settle for restoring purchasing power," Varner replied. "We have to put aside competitiveness this year." Also appearing to ask for a 10 wage increase was Wallace Peterson, president of the UNL Faculty Senate and Economics Dept. chairman. He said that in terms ot real dollar value, NU professors have lost 11 of their purchasing power during the last four years. While the faculty members are highly dedicated persons, Peterson said, "morale is difficult to sustain when their real income is slowly being eroded." Varner also requested that $500,000 be added to fiscal analyst's recommendations to improve agricultural facilities at UNL. If mode, that addition would result in an expenditure of more than $1 million next year for agricultural improvement. UNL Chancellor James Zumbergs, noting that agriculture is the foundation of the state, said 'There Is no better investment this committee could make than to restore tha original $1 million request approved by the Beard of Regents." Varner next requested an appropriation not originally included in the NU budget plan. . ' See Dollars, Paga 10 f ' -J f T.J Harris Laboratory experiment subjects Tim Evenscn eftd Scott Miller.