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lincoln, nebraska vol. 98 no. 50
Grace period requested
Records now open
After the Education Act of 1974 went into effect
last Tuesday, students can now look into the
previously confidential files.
Friday, the NU Board of Regents, meeting at
the Milo Bail Student Center at the University of
Nebraska at Omaha, will hear a request for a
45-day grace period to work out the necessary
procedures to comply with the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act.
Before President Gerald Ford signed the law
this November, a student's files were confidential
information, according to Anne Campbell, corpor
ation secretary to the regents.
Universities across the country will be allowed
45 days to work out a system to make records
accessible to students, she said.
In other business, two labor leaders will appear
before the regents to propose that unionized
university employes be allowed to deduct their
union dues from their paychecks.
Roger Schulz, executive secretary of the
Nebraska Assoc. of Public Employes (NAPE) and
W.E. Brennan, president of the Nebraska State
AFL-CIO, requested time earlier this month for a
15-minute presentation.
Union dues should be deducted from employes
paychecks, Schult said, like income tax or
nsurance deductions.
in other action, the regents will discuss a
retirmentpolicy uniform for the NU system.
According to the NU. Bylaws, a professional staff
member Is retired July 1 following the month- of
his 65th birthday, but a member of the office staff
must retire the first day of the month after he
reaches 65.
The proposed change eliminates discrimination
between different types of university employes,
Campbell said. According to the proposal, any
university employe will retire on the July 1
following the month of his 65th birthday.
Sugar Bowl lottery
Sweet news for students who applied in the
Sugar Bowl lottery all applicants will receive
tickets, according to a ticket office spokesman.
Tickets may be picked up Dec. 2, 3 and 4 at the
Athletic Ticket Office. Each student must call for
and sign his own ticket, presenting his ID.
Students who do not receive tickets may also pick,
up their payment refund at this time.
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SUN drafts new resolution
By Mary Shackelton
The SUN advisory council decided at
its Thursday board meeting to draft a
resolution supporting the SUN concept
and continuing funding of the SUN
project.
After the resolution is approved by
the council, copies will be sent to NU
President D.B. Varner, the regents and
the Nebraska Legislature, council chair
man Thomas Keating said.
Milton Hassel, SUN development
director, said he was "very pleased"
with the way the SUN has progressed
thus far.
The SUN accounting course has been
under way for four weeks, and the
psychology course is in its third week.
Class withdrawal
Withdrawal from the two classes with
full refund is allowed for the first four
weeks, Hassel said. No one has dropped
the psychology course.
Twelve persons dropped out of the ,
accounting course, mainly for health
reasons and reasons not related to
dissatisfaction with the course, Hassel
said.
The average SUN student is 41 years
old, Hassel said. The youngest is 13
years old, and is taking the accounting
course.
"He's an extremely gifted 8th grader
who is doing 11th and 12th grade work.
So far, he's doing very well in the
accounting course," Hassel said.
There are no admissioo-requirements,
but in cases where the enrollee is very
young, a statement saying the person is
capable of doing well in the course is
obtained from the principal and local
superintendent, he said.
Study materials
SUN students use audio cassettes,
World-Herald supplements, a study
guide and a weekly half-hour ETV
program shown on Monday and Tues
day evening, and Saturday afternoon in
their courses.
Printing study guides in newspapers
other than the World-Herald is being
given a "wait-and-see" attitude, Hassel
said.
Learning centers located in Omaha,
Lincoln, Scottsbluff and Kearney are
available to SUN students. There are
also 75 "mini-centers" available,
Hassel said.
Five-year development plans for SUN
include determining locations for future
learning centers, and "finding out how
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we can find out what courses persons in
Nebraska want to take," Melvin
George, SUN project provost said.
Insuring funds from the National
Institute of Education (NIE) and estab
lishing a variable tuition whereby some
courses such as managerial courses,
would have a higher tuition than
introductory type courses. Also, audit
fees would raise to three-fourths the
cost of credit tuition, George said.
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work and reaching more persons with
information about SUN is another goal
for the next five years.
"Not everybody watches spot TV
commercials. We want to make sure the
SUN system is responding and available
to minority groups and persons not
normally reached by TV commercials,"
he said.
SUN is a member of the University of
Mid America, (UMA), which includes
Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State and
the University of Missouri. These
universities are in the process of
developing a project similar to the SUN,
George said.
While UMA is "not a controlling
agency in SUN," it does produce
courses available to member states, and
works on and evaluates delivery systems
in each state, he said.
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Male queen winner refuses crown
A battle has been fought and
won but the victor will not accept his
reward. The first male ever to win the
UNL Homecoming Queen title has
turned down the crown.
ASUN Student Court announced its
decision Thursday that Gary Brantz, the
candidate with the most votes, is the
official winner of the 1974 Homecoming
Queen election. But Brantz said he will
decline the honor.
Chris Evans will remain queen for this
year.
"It doesn't mean anything to me
anymore," Brantz said, "it's just too
late."
The court's unanimous ruling fol
lowed a public hearing Wednesday
night in the Nebraska Union, when
Brantz and his campaign manager,
Dannis Onnen, challenged Brantz's
previous disqualification.
The two-man team filed a petition
against Jim Eiberger, Corncobs presi
dent, and Carolyn Grice, Tassels
president. At the hearing, Grice cited
complaints of unfair campaign practices
as the major reason for disqualifying
Brantz.
Along with the ruling, the court
issued several reasons for their de
cision. The court stated neither the
electoral commission nor the two
campus spirit groups have the authority
to disqualify a homecoming queen
candidate without allowing the candi
date a self defense.
Additionally, the electoral commis
sioner admitted nd official election ru'es
had been written or approved by the
ASUN Senate, only "guidelines." The
court added they were- not even
convinced by the evidence presented at
the hearing, that Brantz had violated
these ""guidelines."
The court also directed that an
announcement of the official winner be
made at the Oklahoma-Nebraska
football game, Saturday, however
Brantz said he will not accept.
Brantz said he only took his case to
court, "in order to prove my point."
"I thought I was treated unfairly," he
explained, "and although the ordeal
was a pain for many people, I just
couldn't let the matter drop."
Onnen said they had spent too much
time and effort to give up.
"Jt was fun until they started taking
the fun out of it," he said.
Brantz and Onnen agreed the experi
ence had been worthwhile; but neither
would go through the time and work
again. (They've won their "Queen for a
Day.")