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Three seminars on legal matters that affect
students have tentatively been scheduled this
semester, according to David Rasmussen, Legal
Services Center (LSC) lawyer.
Rasmussen said a seminar on arrests, searches
and seizures and drunken driving is scheduled for
Oct. 10. A small claims court seminar is tentatively
set for Nov. 6 and a landlord-tenant relations
seminar is scheduled for Dec. 4. Rasmussen was
hired Aug. 1 by ASUN to counsel and advise
students on legal matters.
LSC does not provide ali legal services,
however, Rasmussen said. He said he, as student
lawyer, is not allowed to appear in court or to ball
people out of jail.
"The philosophy behind LSC is to provide legas
advice for as many students as possible with the
limited time and resources available," Rasmussen
Problems with landlords or help with lease
agreements are two areas where students can
often use the free services, Rasmussen said.
"Specific legal' questions will be answered only
after a confidential attorney-client interview," he
said. All information including appointments, is
kept confidential, he added. .
The Legal Services Center is located in
Nebraska union
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Faculty Senate proposes bylaws changes
i it nncc-ihiA to tell whether a tenured UNL
professor is fired because he is a trouble
maker or because there is no money to pay
him? . . .
Under proposed bylaws changes adopted
by the Faculty Senate Tuesday, the UNL
administration would have to show that the
entire UNL budget has decreased before a
teacher can be fired.
This is to insure that UNL administration
cannot use financial problems to disguise the
different reason for firlna a teacher.
according to Wallace Rudolpnya member pf
the Academic Freedom & Planning Commit--tee,
which submitted the proposals.
Rudolph, a professor of law, also said that
the proposed UNL bylaws, as currently
tho rhanr.sl lor too much oower.
The bylaws now would give him power to cut
funds for a particular college, Rudolph said.
The new proposals, as adopted by the
Senate, would require the entire university to
show financial problems, and not a particular
college, before funds may be cut.
UNL Chancellor James H. Zumberge has
requested that all comments and endorse
ments on the bylaws from the Faculty Senate
reach his office by Oct. 18.
. The chancellor will then.submit the bylaws
-to (he Board otHegsnis for their approval.
other proposals were' offered at the
meeting, but teachers left and there was no
quorum so the suggestion could not be voted
on.
Dnhart Marv5?nn associate orofessor of
English, said at the meeting that the reason
teachers do not attend Is because their
proposals do not really change things.
He said the Board of Regents do what they
'want to do anyway.
Richard Gilbert, President of the Faculty
Senate, disagreed with Narveson.
"If faculty members would show muscle
and come to the meetings and have lively
debate, they would ba listened to, Gilbert
' By the end of the senate meeting, there
were fewer than fifty faculty members
present. . . , ' .
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Lincoln Coalition Against Flapa members S
Kathy Nelson.
m Aitcheson, Kathy Smith and
Student files suit against NU
Marc Wiitala would like to finish
his graduate work In economics, but
the University of Nebraska said he,
must pay nonresident tuition, which
Wiitala said he cannot afford.
As a result, Wiitala tiled suit in
Lancaster District Court challenging
the University's decision on his
classification for residency tuition
rales. According to the petition,
Wiitala attended UNL from Septem
ber, 1972 through May, 1373, after
coming to Nebraska from South
Dakota,
The petition stated ho was not a
student after May, 1973, but had an
established domicUo within the stats
since that timo. Wiitala said he took a
four-month vacation and "toured tho
West Coast" beginning May, 1973.
Ho said he filed an affidavit-for a
residency classification In August,
1974, but it was denied. Wiitala said
he paid Nebraska income tax in 1973
and is paying it again this year.
The petition states he s a regi
stered and .eligible voter and paid
all applicable taxes as a resident of
Nebraska.
A date hasn't been set in District
Court for tho case to be heard.
During tho time he wasn't a
student at UNL, Wiitala said ho held
various jobs in Omaha, Creto and on
East Campus. Hs is currently cm
cloyed 03 an ironworker for L. H.
finjvins Co.. which is contracted to
build tho new fieldhouso on
Campus.
East
Rape line
Service aids victims
By Lynn Silhasek
475-5171.
By dialing that number and requesting the rape line,
a woman who has been raped can talk to counselors for
emotional support and learn where to go for help.
The rape line, to open Sunday, is sponsored and
staffed by the Lincoln Coalition Against Rape. Coalition
members announced the opening of the rape line at a
press conference Tuesday.
Through counseling, Coalition members said they
also wanted to disprove what they labeled as the myths
surrounding rape.
"A rapist is not a person lurking in the bushc3, said
UNL Women's. Resource Center cp-cocrdinator and
coalition member Sue Aitcheson. ' ' .
Altcheson said rape studies conducted in Denver and
Philadelphia concluded that the victim knows the
rapist in one cut of two cases. In addition, the studies
concluded one out of two rapes take place in the
victim's homo. . '
According to Aitcheson, many women refuse to
report a rapa tor tear or emoarrassment aurmg
prosecution. But women are nut required by law to bo
present during prosecution.
Phone counseling for rape victims, it cities where it is
conducted already, has helped reduce tho trauma a
woman experiences In facing the array of hospital,
police and court procedures, according to counseling,
committee chairwoman Kathy Nelsen. Tho counseling,
if conducted properly and it it reaches the woman soon
enough, can reduce tho need for future, in-depth
counseling, Nelsen said.
Rape line volunteers will urge victims to report rapes
and will arrange transportation for them to a hospital by
either the Lincoln Police or Open Door Health Center
members, Nelsen said.
Coalition chairwoman Penny Hamilton said the
coalition will enlist community support with the rape
line. Volunteers will refer victims to other community
aqencies for further counseling. , -
Four policewomen are on call fcr possible rape case.
Hamilton said. A policewoman meets tho rope victim at
the hospital and later takes her statement. , , .
Hamilton said she expects tho rapo line also wil
receive calls from "women who were raped several
years ago and who now have someone to talk to about
it."