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"With incumbents oa USA's ticket, we can start nt
to work without taking a month for everyone to find out
what the Senate is supposed to do, Cook said. thn new
people can keep the Senate fram bans bojsd down ia
eld issues.
Cook said his party would establdi formal lines of
communications with other campus organizations by re
establishing the ASUII Cabinet, which is included ia the
ASUN Constitution but has cot beea used for several
years.
Three czSlaet positions
lie said there axe three cabinet positions included ia
the constitution, which would be appointed by the presi
dent ard confirmed by the Senate.
One cabinet member would provide links to campus
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Another cabinet member would provide ASUII Senate
Ecks to campus regulatory organizations xA2z a tlird
would serve as a link for all other campus orprizations.
Cook ski if elected he also would want representa
tives from the Residence Ilall Association (PJ1A), the
Creek system, off-campus studtsts and rnsjcr uxsrs of stu
dent fees to adtise ram.
Cook sail he favored restituuring the current Sinste
committee system to "even out the workload for all
committees.
A soundly fecardr
lie aBo said he favors having senators take.a mere ac
tive role ia ASUN Senate, rather than just attend Senate
meeting once a week. This would include having senators
do more research oa Senate projects, he said.
AO of the executive candidates said they opposed a
centralized form of student government and advocated
coordiastioa of the Senate's different branches to provide
"i
a cnlled efTort. ' ' r .
Te don't want the Senate to take FAB (l ees Avo
cation Board) or CSL duties rsy from them," Cook sasd,
tut want more coordination with these bodks.
Velch sail it was like there were two student govern
ments ca campus whea ASUN Senate and CSL were deal-.
fog with the same fcaes." , A . .
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Gov. J. James Exoa took a beak from cSfce duties Wednesday and talked about the NU bucket over a cup of
coffee at the CapitoL
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The governor also said the university administration
has taken out of context one and a half sentences from
the funding commission report to make its case.
That report recommended a general fund increase of
$7 million or $8 million, to $84 million or $85 million,
the governor's recommendation, for, the university's 1976
77 budget.
Exon said he recommended eliminating nontax fund
ceilings to encourage the university to manage and spend
the funds it generates itself. He said he is sure that $1
million to $3 million is "rattling around" ia university
cash funds, because when the university "poormouthed"
its way out of a three per cent general fund cut in last
fall's special legislative session, university administra
tors asked that their cash fund ceilings be raised so they
could spend what they had, but were -not authorized to
spe'hd.
"This governor has recommended more aid to higher
education, exon saiu, uisa amy gurauui ui iguai.uis
in the history of the state."
But there will be a major confrontation on the uni
versity budget, he said, and it is a question of "whether
or not well be snowed by university administrators
spoonfeeding the student newspaper and other media."
Exon said the 1975-76 university budget was 18 per
cent more than 1974-75, and the 1974-75 budget was 25
per cent more than that in 1973-74.
He said Nebraska ranks 16th nationally in support for
higher education and second in the Big 8 Conference.
"The, majority of the Appropriations Committee is
lock, stock and barrel in the university's hip pocket,"
Exon said. And if the Legislature adopts the commit
tee's budget, he said, Nebraska would rank first nationally
in percentage of tax fund increase for higher education.
"That wouldn't be bad if we were catching up," Exon
said. But, he said, Nebraska caught up in thel960s.
He said there would be no two per cent state income
tax cut this year if the Appropriations Committee-passed
university budget is passed.
such as FAB and CSL should be channeled throui Senate
to "it could serve as sounding board for student coa
cercs, Cook sail.
Veta power
However, the executives stressed that ASUN should
have veto power over FAB ft CSL decisions. They said if
ASUN opposes recoraroendiJions or policies of these two
bodies, the executives should send a separate veto report
to the adrniaistration giving ASUNs position on the
matter.
"CSL has a definite role ia university life," Cook said,
tjut the role it plays now is outdated and conflicting with
ASUN."
He said that by modernizing CSL's objectives, the
"gray areas between CSL and ASUN could be cleared up."
The executive candidates also advocated starting a stu
dent lobbying effort with the Lincoln city government
patterned on the lobbying done by ASUN's Government
Liaison Committee with the Nebraska Legislature.
They said they opposed any flow of money away from
UNL to any other school in the NU system, particularly
the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO).
Increase program quality
"UNL's slice of the total NU budget has dropped 7 per
cent since the 1970-71 fiscal year," Welch sail. "Ve don't
want to see two mediocre institutions ia the state"
created by taking funds from UNL.
"The solution is cot necessarily increasing the quantity
of programs" offered to students, Welch said, T)ut in in
creasing the quaEty of programs.
Cook has been aa ASUN senator for one term, was a
Residence Hall Association representative for a year,
treasurer of Schramm Hall for one year and currently
serves on the intercollegiate athletic committee of the
Faculty Senate and on the Ad-Hoc Committee studying
the Daily Nebraskan.
Reitz was appointed to the ASUN Senate in fall 1974,
and was elected in spring 1975. She resigned ia January ia
accordance with a Daily Nebraskan policy forbidding
editorial staff members from serving on university policy
making or recommending bodies.
Prior to that, she served on the UNL Chancellor Search
Committee and covered CSL and sports for the Daily
Nebraskan. She resigned from the paper at the end of
February to run for first vice-president.
Welch was appointed to the Senate in January and has
been chairman of ASUNs Government liaison Commit
tee since last October.
USA Senate candidates are:
College of Agriculture-Roger Davis. Herman; Nate Eckloff.
Minden; Steve Upton. Madison.
College of Architecture Larry Kritenbrink. Gretna.
College of Arts and Sciences-Mark Allen. Omaha; Mary Jane
Bruce. New York City; Ken Christoffersen. Gordon; Kim Hachiya.
Lincoln; Jolene Hoge. Grand Island; Greg Johnson. Baltic. S.D.;
Jeff Searcy. Lincoln; Mark Thurber. Lincoln; Jim Winkler. Omaha.
College of Business-Barb Berry. Omaha; Nancy Fahlberg.
' Lincoln; Dave Pit lard. Beatrice: Kent Thompson. Lincoln.
College of Engineering and Technology Joe Stavas. Columbus.
Graduate College Marie Engetke. New York City.
College of Home Economics Julie Brodbeck. North. Platte;
Andy Cox. Omaha.
Teachers College Karen Dress. Omaha; Rusty Edwards. Dixon.
III.; Ann Elwdl. Sidney; Larua Schory. Omaha; Judi Siminoe.
Curtis.
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