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inside Cc1 ,1 caiu di - . . ........... Wednesday, march 31, 1978 vol. C3 no. 102 HnccJn, nehrsska "Hi, how are yaP: Third Dimension visits friendly Smalltown, Neb p.7 And The Winner is. . .: Winners, but no vote totals, are announced in the Advisory Board elections. . . ... p. 11 Why Me?: Newly-elected AS UN Second Vice-President Dennis Martin isn't , happy p.4 NU dov r y 94.4 mi I lion By Dick Piersol NlTs $94.4 million budget and construction of a Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Bldg. came one step closer to reality Tuesday. The Nebraska Legislature passed LB690, the higher education budget bill, and LB 1007, authorizing construc tion of the HPER bldg. at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), and sent them to Gov. J. James Exon for his signature. The senators appropriated $94.4 million for the univer sity, an increase of 23 per cent over the last year's NU budget of $76.9 million. Exon has vowed to veto line items in the NU budget to bring it in accord with his own NU budget recommenda tions of about $84 million. The senators would need 30 votes to override those vetoes. Although LB690 passed by a 36-8 vote, several senators said it is likely the Legislature will sustain the governor's position. The Legislature's session ends today, but the senators will be meeting April 7, to consider any gubernatorial vetoes.:. Exon, who vetoed a bill authorizing construction of the Omaha HPER bldg. last session, has said the state can not afford it this year either. The senators voted 34-11 to appropriate $2 million to begin construction on the building, estimated to cost a total of $6.7 million. Since today is the last day the Legislature will vote on bills at the final stage, it is expected to consider all other capital construction, including several NU projects. The Legislature's NU budget decision is contained in nine separate appropriations within LB690. Last year the senators specified 16 appropriations. NU administrators had asked for the appropriation in one sum, but the sena tors responded less than half-way. The appropriations breakdown by campus with the 1975-76 appropriation in parenthesis is as follows: Central Administration-$23.8 million ($203 million); UNL (in cluding the Institute for Agriculture and Natural Photo by Td Kirk Omaha Sen. George Syas Monday described the correct session of the Nebraska Legislature as the worst in his 20 years as a senator. He said about 2C0 b2s sO w3 be pending when the Legislatcre ecds its session toby. Resources)-$39.9 million ($34.1 million); UNO-S8J million ($7.2 million); University of Nebraska Medical . Center,, (including .the . Nebraska Psychiatric., Institute, research and clinics,)-$223 million ($14.6 million). The budget includes a seven per cent merit pay increase pool for professional employes. Nonprofessionals will re ceive six per cent pay increases with a one per cent merit pay increase pool. The vote on LESDO: For: Anderson, Barnett, Bereuter, Bur bach, Carsten, Cavanaugh, Chambers, Cope, Dickinson, Fitzgerald, Fowler, Goodrich, Johnson, Keyes, Koch, Kremer, Lewis, F., Lewis, R., Luedtke, Mahoney, Maresh, Marsh, Mills, Moylan, Ras- mussen, Rumery, Savage, Schmit, Simpson, Skarda, Stoney, Stull, Swisart. Syas, Warner. Wiltse. Against: Clark, DeCamp, Duis, Dworak, Kelly, Kennedy. Kfene, 1 Rtarveir Afaient or not "voting: Burrows, George, Hasdxoock, Murphy, Nichol. y.y The vote authorizing the HPER bldg.: For: Anderson, Barnett. Bereuter, Burbach, Carsten, Cavanaugh, Chambers, Cope, DeCamp, Dickinson, Fitzgerald, Fowler, Goodrich, Johnson, Keyes, Koch, Kremer, Lewis, F., Luedtke, Mahoney, Marsh, Mills, Moylan, Rumery, Savage, Schmit, Simpson, Skarda, Stoney, Stull, Swigart. Syas. Warner. WStse. Against: Clark, Dworak, George, Kelly, Kennedy, Kime, Lewis, R., Maresh, Marvel, Murphy, Rasmussen. Absent or not voting: Burrows, Duis, Hasebroock, Nichol. ASUN Commission to hear complaints on election By George MEIsr An ASUN Electoral Commission hearing Thursday at 7 pjn. will concern alleged improprieties in voting and election procedures of the March 17 , ASUN election. Paul Morrison, defeated candidate for ASUN presi dent, filed seven complaints with the commission, at tempting to nullify the election. Morrison charges that: ' Graduate students and professional students voted for both graduate and professional senatorial candidates when they should have voted only for candidates of their respective colleges. A graduate student voted in a Teachers CoSege elec tion. This, Morrison claims, is grounds for annulling the Teacher's College senate election. . i There was no class roster of professional students at the Nebraska Hall polls. Morrison said he heard of a student who voted five times and admitted it to a poll worker. - - A sample ballot was not posted at all of the polls. Section E6 of the Electoral Commission regulations states that Electoral Commission members must be sworn in by an ASUN Student Court justice, which was not done. The Faction" -. A group of students called The Faction" sent var ious Greek houses a letter and a slate of candidates. The letter contains a sentence beginning, Te bea this cam paign. . . . which, Morrison said, identifies the ktter and list as campaign material. He said the slate was reported to hre been posted in some Greek houses and was in the hands of seme voters at the polls. The Greek slate did not file a ffcandd statement for not as leader of his party, the Alliance of Concerned Students. Chance of overturn He said he thought the complaints concerning the Greek slate and swearing in of Electoral Commission members have the best chance of being upheld and over turning the election. The Greek slate did not file a statement of intent as all parties must do, Morrison said. He added that he ex pects protests that elected Greek slate candidates did not know they were on the slate. - It's the responsibility of the people who set up the Greek slate to put out a financial statement," Morrison said. "I don't think there's any question of people not knowing they were ori the slate." Ray Yalden, ASUN Electoral Commissioner, said it is "very likely" that after all testimony has been heard u Thursday night, the commission will decide the validity of Morrison's arguments in executive session. Appeal possible Both Morrison and Walden said that if the commission rejects Morrison's arguments, an appeal will be made to the Student Court. If this happens, Yalden said, the Court must act quickly on whether to call a new election. New senators and executives are scheduled to take office April 7. "I think, ! have a very legitimate case," Morrison said. Yalden said those unable to attend Thursday's hearing may fie a notarized deposition in the ASUN office before Thursday night. In addition to the statement, they also must list the reasons why they cannot attend, their phone number, address and times they would be available for questioning by the commission. . : i h r f Y printing costs of the material with the ccrmissica, Morri son said, which are grounds for disqusllfyirg Greek slate candidates. Twenty-one of the 27 candidates endorsed by the Greek slate were elected. There are a total cf 35 Sstate ssats,,; . A3 three executive candidates endorsed by the slate also were elected. They are EO Mueller, president; Faia Haeder, first vice-president, and Dennis Martin, second vice-president. Morrison said the action was, on his own initiative and By Dick Hovoika and Ron Recess UNL living unit representatives will be lugging packets of student ID.s and $23 checks to the Athletic Dept. ticket office this week trying for seats in Memorial Stadium's card section. To be eligible for the card section lottery, representa-' rives must tell the ticket office they wish to be in the card section lottery and deposit $100 at the School cf Musk, ticket officios said. v The lottery is this week and groups may go to the ticket office from 9 ajn. to noon and 1 to 4 pjn. until Friday. Last year letters announcing the lottery were sent to every living unit, but no living unit has received a letter this year, according to house presidents. Fines for misconduct in the card section are taken out cf the $100 deposit, according to Marcia Goeler, card sec tion coordinator. . Last fall, of the five sororities and 10 fraternities in the section, $405 was collected in fines, said GccHer, a junior raufs msjor from VZztt. Every group was fined at least $10 and some up to $40, she added. . ' . . YYrcrjccIcr -"The groups are fined if they have an absence (cf a member), fk the wrong color or if nothing is Cashed at 3," Gcdlsr said. She said she assesses fines by comparing color slides, photographs and films of the card Hashes with a seating chart. Each organization is alowed two mistakes without fines. For three or four mistakes they are fined $10 and for five or more they are fined $20, she said. AS houses in the section were fined $10 this fall for using the cards as umbrellas during the University of Miami cf Florida gme, GoeHer said. Persons fined can inspect the slides, phototphs and r films of the card section flashes if they believe they were wrony fined, she ssid. - Two fraternities vkwed the pictures and films after the football season last fs3, GoeHer said. "After locking at the films, there were more mistakes than they were credited for," but additional fines were not assessed, she said. $425oEnes . .. The $405 from the fines remains in a card section ac count with the Center for Students and Organizations QfBee, said Randy Jauken, treasurer of Gzmma Lambda, the band honorary-service group, which sponsors the section. Revenue from fines wi3 be used to purchase nr cerds and repair old ones, said Janken, a senior fcrfrsssa crjor from Funk. t