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Jr ...... , M . . - , ,r ....... . u ........ . . . M y U UVU VbJtbjU U thursday, September 26, 1974 I lincoln,nebraskavol.98no. 19 ' ill I I I I - I-I I . II ,., , .MII.I..II .1-!, - .I..I.I.-H.M, 1 ' Chairman: GSL should be helpful The new chairman of the Council on Student Life (CSL) says he loves mountain hiking and backpacking because "it's a great way to get away from people and enjoy nature." But Lyle Young will probably be seeing a lot of people, particularly students, during his two year term. And a few boulders on the nine-mile trail to the top of 14,000 ft. Long's Peak in Colorado may not be the only obstacles he will face. Young said he is especially concerned that what he called problems in UNL's student registration and advising programs be solved. "Student registration must be sped up, so we don't have long lines of students waiting to sign up for classes," Young said. "And thcro must be a better rapport 'between students and their advisors, both academically and personally, and better advisor coordination between colleges." Young said a recent study of UNL freshmen drop outs said many thought they could not approach their college advisors on academic and personal problems, had difficulty making a choice of careers and faced financial problems. He said the UNL Office of Information says there are 1300 students who have not yet declared a major. "I am concerned that CSL be constructive and work toward things benefiting a large number of students," Young said. He laid other topics likely to be taken up by CSL include the quality of life in residence halls,; student activities and the fees and fines imposed on students by 14 different university offices. Young said that as a personal policy, he, as chairman, will not be a voting member of the 15-membcr Council, unless his vote is needed to break'atie. , Young said he will preside over the meeting and keep the discussions. on the subject, but wants students to raise the issues for discussion. The CSL chairman must be an assistant dear) of one of UNL's colleges and is approved by UNL Chancellor James Zumberge for a two-year term in the voluntary position. Young is currently associate dean of the College of Engineering and Technology. Young has been at UNL since 1953 and In the Engineering deans office for the last seven years. CSL considers any general concern of students and student life outside the classroom and makes recommendations to the chancellor. The first half hour of each Thursday night meeting is open to anyone wanting to bring complaints. Exon throws support o student regent plan Gov. J. James Exon has said he supports! Constitutional Amendment No. 1, the amendment! providing for student membership on the NU Board of Regents, according to Bill Norton, ASUN press f secretary. The amendment will appear on the! November election ballot. i Norton, addressing the ASUN Senate meeting; Wednesday night, said he had talked to Exon? Wednesday morning and had received the endorse-! ment then. Norton and several ASUN senators havet formed a Concerned Citizens for Higher Education committee to coordinate lobbying for the student regent amendment. The amendment provides a nonvoting membership on the Board of Regents for the student body president of the three University system schools. , Support also has come for legislation providing tax: deduction cf tuition and book conts at post-secondary schools, according tn Antony Ruprecht, a Nebraska Wesleyan political science professor. Ruprecht, a chairman of the National Committee for the Tax . Deduction of Tuition Fees, asked the Senate for a $300 contribution for committee mailing expenses. According to Ruprecht, tuition tax relief legislation , this year has the support of 155 congressmen and over 300 schools nationwide, which it didn't have last year, : thus increasing chances for passage. Since 1954, over 100 proposals for tax relief on tuition have been presented to Congress, but the House of Representa tives Ways and Means Committee has refused to fake action on them, Ruprecht said. A proposal submitted to the Senate by Ruprecht outlined such legislation as particularly benefical to public and land-grant colleges. According to the proposalthe tax deduction will be based on 100 per, cent of the first $300 tuition fees and book costs; 25 perl cent of the next $300; and five per cent of the next $1,000 of such costs; Ruprecht said that a student paying $800 yearly in tuition and book costs would receive about $350 in tax relief. Ruprecht told ASUN senators he expected tuition tax relief legislation to be passed before 1976 now that It has more support. "The time has come where the country has to come to grips with where it should be spending its money," Ruprecht said. The Senate will act next week on Ruprecht's request for funds. omen Speak features City Council mem bers Roles and capabilities of wom en in politics was the subject of discussion at the second session of WomenSpeak 74 Wednes day. Featured speakers at the discussion were Sue Bailey and Helen Boosalis, Lincoln City Councilwomen. Women Speak 74 Is a weekly series featuring Nebraska wom en discussing Issues relevant to women and the world. It is sponsored by the UNL Student Y Boosalis gave the track record of women in politics since the 19th Amendment cave women the right to vote. According to Boosalis, thern were no women on the cabinet, no women state governors, no women senators and only 18 of the state legislators are women. The number of women as party workers has Increased significantly, she said, but there are not as many women In elected or appointed govern ment positions as there should be. At the end of 1963, women were not able to hold their own In national politics, according to Bailey. But, she added, women had done well in state and local politics. She pointed out that in the 1988 elections, 17 per cent of the Republican delegates to tho national convention and 13 per cent of the Democratic delegates were women. In 1972, 30 per lent of the Republicans dele gates and 40 per cent of the Democratic candidates were women, according to Bailey. The Republican party has endorsed having an equal num ber of male and female dele gates at their national conven tion in i976, she said. Jeanne Adams, a member of the League of Women Voters, said it is a shame to have mediocre men in office when they could have talented women. Neither Bailey or Boosalis could distinguish any difference between men and women in their performance in public office. Kandra Hahn, a democratic candidate for clerk of the district court, said that en? drawback for women is that they don't have wives who can help lay out their clothes, cook meals and be hostess. Another member of the dis cussion group, Yvonne Norton Leung of Women's Lobby Inc., said women are not ego centered enough to proclaim themselves as tho best candidate r to ask for necessary campaign noney, as many men are. Boosalis said her position as city council woman has enhanced her family life. Bailey said she had agonized many times about babysitters for her children, but did not feel she had neg'ected her family. "I haA a family campaign j when I ran for office," she said. f "My husband and daughter went door to door with me." Boosalis never thought she would win her first campaign. "I J., Ant 4iM mrtf Krsol cnH won," she said. Women won't see the great changes they expect until more f- women are placed in office, said Boosalis. Both Bailey and Boosalis agreed! that there eye many difficulties facing women in public office and those cam paigning for office. When asked how hard it is for a woman to get into office, Bailey said that she once talked Virginia who said, "It is a snap ana there's nothing to it. I ran seven times before I made ft." t Lincoln City Councilwomen Helen Bcossib, left, and o Ballsy.