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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."
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Lincoln City Councilwomen Helen Bcossib, left, and o Ballsy.