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By Tom Jensen
Despite budget trimming and a reduction in salaries and
the number of employes, Nebraska Union officials contend
they need more money from student fees for next year. It's
the first time since 1968 that the Union has asked for an
increase in fees.
The Union now receives $18 semester from each
full-time student out of the $51.50 he pays in student fees.
But $9.50 of that $18 is earmarked to pay bonded
indebtedness, and $2.50 goes into a separate account to pay
for new equipment au burntta. Ths $S difference is us1
to finance Union operations.
"If we (the Union) don't get an increase in fees, we can't
face next year," said AUen H. Bennett, Union director.
"We'll have to shut down the building and programs."
Inflation, couples with stabilized UN L enrollment, is the
reason the increase has been requested, Bennett said.
"The cost of living has gone up 5 to 6 each of the
five years" since the Union last asked for an increase, he
said.
"Actually, the $6 per student has become a fixed
income, while costs have been rising," said Bennett.
"Right now we are spending what we are taking in," he
said. "We can no longer fund as many programs and we are
no longer funding reserves."
The Union had been putting as much as $50,000 a year
into a reserve account, but now all the money in that
account has now been used, Bennett said.
"If we ever suffered a loss in a given year, we could
cover that loss with reserves on hand," he said. "But now
those reserves are gone."
In addition to using its reserves, the Union also has been
cutting spending wherever possible to fight spiraling
inflation.
"The budget for the Union Program Council really has
suffered the. last three semesters." Bennett said. "Each
program was trimmed as the money became pressured.".
The council coordinates programs such as foreign and
weekend films, jazz and java and the Art and Record
Lending Libraries. . ,
He said because the Union had to come up with money
to pay salaries and expenses, programs had to be trimmed.
"The current amount available for program funding after
two budget cuts is $34,500 for City Campus and $9,000 for
East Campus," Bennett said. "We started with an aggregate
of about $S6,000 for city campus and $17,000 for East
Campus."
The Union has trimmed its staff as weJI as its programs
in order to counteract rising costs.
"We have one less staff member ir. the progrsm oa,
six less full-time employes in the food service, two less
custodians and 25 less students who worked part-time,
which amounts to about 14 to 15 hours per week
positions."
In addition, Bennett said, the Union staff is trying to get
by with less office personnel, such as part-time secretaries,
clerks and typists.
"We are not running a fat operation, nor are we
inefficient," Bennett said. "Our staff and employes average
four years of tenure. Now we are nearly as efficient as
ever."
Bennett said with spiraling inflation, the Union wil! have
to seek alternatives to the spending cutbacks.
One way, he said, is to generate more income by seeking
other business opportunities, such as renting some rooms to
be used for conferences. r
"We could shut down on Saturday or Sunday or close
for a month, or close earlier in the day," he said, noting
that each hour the Union is open, more money is spent.
But Bennett said if the Union withdraws from the
students, faculty and staff, they in turn will withdraw from
the Union, "so we lose added income. It's a self-destructing
circle."
"We're going to have to work with the community to
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today without the help of the community."
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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, apri I 17, 1974