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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
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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
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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. .
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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.
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