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At the age of 41, Dick Marvel went back to school to get his
Masters and PhD in political science.
As a legislator, Marvel introduced and is supporting
amendment No. 1 giving students permanent representation
on the NU Board of Regents.
Marvel wants the state to develop a system to insure transfer
of credits between all institutions of higher 'education in the
state.
Marvel believes education must be consumer oriented and,
meet the needs of those it is intended to benefit the
students.
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At the urging of UNL students, State Sen. Richard
Marvel, Republican candidate for governor,
introduced LB 323 which originally called for the
three student body presidents to share one vote on
the board. Under the bill, board membership would
increase from eight to 11 members. The number of
votes would have increased from eight to nine.
Compromise version
The original bill, however, was killed. A
compromise version, which eliminated the student
vote, passed the Legislature by a 35 to 10 vote.
As an associate professor of political science at
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Marvel said he has
had the opportunity to watch students on that
school's Board of Governors and that it has "worked
out fine."
Gov. J. James Exon said over a year ago he
suggested to NU President D. B. Varner and some
members of the board that non-voting students be
voluntarily admitted to the board.
"I think it could have been much better handled
than going through the time and expense of a
constitutional amendment which costs an awful lot
of money," Exon said. "I think it could have been
done voluntarily."
Kermit Hansen, board chairman, said the
amendment was a "misuse of the constitution." He
said if students wanted representation on the board
they should have asked the regents.
'Damn important'
Clingenpeel said that the student regent
amendment is "pretty damn important." because if
regents could vote to admit students to the board,
they also could vote to remove those representatives.
NU President D. B. Varner said he is "basically
neutral" and doesn't see any particular harm in the
amendment. "However, it seems to me that there
would be other constituents, such as the faculty,
staff and the people of Lincoln who would. not be
represented."
According to Varner, students have many
opportunities for input to the board through the vice
chancellor of student affairs, the chancellor, the
president and the opportunity to talk to the regents
at each meeting.
According to Regent Robert Koefoot, there is "not
enough room on . the fe;osfdfof rCientsi,.Tw1hbse
additional.constituents. ,
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In the Omaha Sun newspaper, Regent Ed
Schwartzkopf said that what the students really
wanted was "the voting power" and he is against
that.
"If you give students special influence with the
regents, why not also the faculty, clerical staff and
custodians?" asked Schwartzkopf. "They (the
students) think they've a special right because they
are the consumers.
Clingenpeel said students should have
representation on the board because" they have to
pay to be told what to Jo."
in a letter to Bill Norton, ASUN press secretary,
State Sen. Ernest Chambers, candidate for governor,
said he supports the passage of the student regent
amendment and "hopes that when a student
bournes a regent, that student's presence will be
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'Tremendous step'
Secretary of State Allen Beermann said, "While
it's true the students under the amendment are not
to be given a vote, I'm not sure that's critically
important anyway. I think the fact that they're sitting
down together In the same room at an open meeting
and discussing their common problems is a
tremendous steo forward."
Beermann's opponent, Catherine Dahlquist,
agreed that the amendment might close the gap
. between student and the regents.
She also described the student bcdy presidents as
the proDer representatives of the students "by the
very nature of their of f ice."
Although not an issue in his campaign, Hess
Dyas, candidate for the First District Congressional
seat, said students should be involved with the
board of regents.
Majority support
According to Jim Say, ASUN Student Rights
Committee chairman, a survey sent to 45 candidates
campaigning for the Nebraska Legislature showed
that 23 of the 30 candidates who answered the
survey supported a non-voting student on the board
But the student regent amendment does not have
a "very good chance to pass," according to Jan
Valfentine, RHA publicity committee member for
Constitutional Amendment Number One.
Vallentine said few students "really care "
publicity about the amendment has not informed
out-stats Nebraska residents and many students do
net know how to register or obtain absentee ballots
for the election.
According to Clingenpeel, the ASUN office
conducted a handbill campaign endorsing the
amendment at the Nebraska-Missouri football a?rn
two vechs ago. v
He said most Nbrssksns do not know about ih
student regent amendment, but that newspapers
radio and TV stations are finally beginning to report
on tho proposed amendment.
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