daily nebraskan
friday, September 19, 1975
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tDon Wesley, NUPIRG president
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Nader group hopes to represent
student voice in communi
ty
NUPIRG members plan to make their organization
the campus voice in community issues. ,
NUPIRG (Nebraska University Public Interest Research
Group) is a student information resource group that works
on non-campus community issues, according to Don
Wesley, UNL president of NUPIRG.
- Wesley said NUPIRG stems from a Centennial College
course of last semester. The recognized student group re
ceived ASUN approval in Februa?y, 1975.
Since that time, NUPIRG has participated in many com
munity issues, Wesley said. NUP1KU now is working on a
landlord-tenant handbook which will be available to anyone
needing information concerning landlord-tenant relations.
Consumer complaints
In addition, NUPIRG is in the process of opening a con
sumer complaint center. Wesley said students will.be able
to tell NUPIRG members their problems and the group will
direct them to the proper service.
NUPIRG is preparing, for the - upcoming legislative
session. Wesley said bills the group is most interested in
concern consumer issues or bills directly related to stu
dents. NUPIRG is working to establish an income tax basis
for state aid to education instead of the present property
The 24 active NUPIRG members at UNL are working
with $675 in student fees for this yar. Wesley said
NUPIRG has contacted many individuals in the last two
weeks, seeking additional financial support.
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NUPIRG needs about $2.50 from each student for
support, but currently that amount is questionable.
"We have to wait and see what student support there is
for NUPIRG," Wesley said. '
Wesley said if students don't want to pay into the
NUPIRG fund, they wouldn't have to. It would be a volun
tary contribution, similar to PACE, Program for Active
Commitment to Education, which students can choose to
support by paying an additional amount of money to their )
tution statements. .
Parent organization
PIRG, parent organization of NUPIRG, is a Ralph Nader
creation. Wesley said the first PIRG was financed by money
Nader won in a court case involving General Motors. Cur
rently PIRG extension groups are located in 25 states and
work for change within the political system, Wesley said.
Most PIRG extension groups have a budget to work
from and many are financed by student funds, Wesley said.
He said NUPIRG can be successful if enough students
are interested. An example, Wesley said, is that NUPIRG
helped organize an energy project to inform Lincoln
Electric System (LES) and the Lincoln City Council of
alternative energy conservation proposals.
Other states - ', .
The NUPIRG group presented to LES and the council,
research it had conducted concerning other states' energy
conservation plans, Wesley said.
Wesley said both LES and the council expressed what
he called a positive attitude toward the information
NUPIRG presented. '
"They weren't aware that students were that interested
in community issues," Wesley said.
Students interested in the NUPIRG program should visit
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