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friday, cpril 2, 1970 n, no dcily ncbrcskcn SuulIDulILI i By Ccorft? RflHer , . ; The AS UN Electors! Commission is preparing for one and possibly to more elections before the semester is over. ' A petition drive now is underway to obtain signature from five per cent of thf UNL student body, thereby forc ing a referendum election to determine whether ASUN Senate's power and money can be transferred to the newly-formed Coalition for University Reform. If students approve the transfer,' another election would decide new Coalition representatives and officers. Under the proposed Coalition's constitution, students would vote for their representatives according to living unit (Greek house, cooperative, off-campus and residence halls) rather than by college as they now do. , . Defeated Wednesday nl&t The petition drive originally was presented as part of an Organic Act introduced to the ASUN Senate Wednes day night and killed by a 19-5-3 vote. The act called for the referendum to decide if students want to replace ASUN with the Coalition. Under Part A, Section 4, Article 7 of the ASUN Constitution, a petition signed by three per cent of the student body forces the Senate to call for a referendum. If the Senate takes no action within 15 days, a petition signed by five per cent of the student body would require the Electoral Commission to schedule a vote within eight days after the Senate is presented with the petition. In a related event, Ray Walden, chairman of the Elec toral Commission, announced his resignation effective Friday. Walden, a senior journalism major from Grand Island, said he resigned to devote full-time to study so he can be graduated in May. Waiting to see Rich "Moderow, an Electoral commissioner said he thought the commission would wait to see if the Coalition receives the number of signatures needed to call the referendum. Moderow, a junior business major from Oakland, said the commission would use either computer cards or paper ballots in the event of a referendum, whichever could be counted quickest. The limited time before the election could pose a problem in getting enough poll workers, he said, possibly resulting in fewer polling places than in the ASUN election. ' The most we could do would be to have the same, number of polling places, Moderow said, although Coa lition members had hoped for more polling places for their elections. Walden said he thought the Electoral Commission would have to draw up new election regulations but that with minor changes they probably could be the same as the ASUN election regulations. ., Paul Byerly, ASUN faculty adviser, also said it would be difficult to get enough poll workers for the elections since the Electoral Commission had trouble getting help for the ASUN elections. ... Not Hush with workers Te were not flush with poll workers," Byerly said. But he added students would not be hired as poll workers. Polling workers should be "disinterested" in election outcomes, he said. , Petitions calling for a referendum were printed Wednes day night and circulated Thursday, according to Britt Miller, a junior anthropology major from Grand Island, and another Coalition leader, said that 1,100 signatures Miller, an unsuccessful New Student Coalition (NSC) first vice-presidential candidate, said 200 petitions were printed and that 94 were circulated Thursday. - Ron Sindelar, a junior economics major from Norfolk and another Coalition leader said that 1,100 signatures ' were needed and Coalition organizers hoped for at least that many by Friday afternoon: . v "WeH stop (collecting signatures) at 4 pjn. tomorrow if we have enough," said Sindelar, who ran for ASUN president on the NSC ticket. Cut deeply into studies He said eight class days (as required by the ASUN Con- Abo jsh I By Liz Crcmfey The Council on Student Life (CSL) Thursday night passed a resolution recommending the Housing Policy Committee (HPC) be disbanded and replaced by an ad visory board to the Housing Office. The resolution, which passed by a 6-5 vote, recom mended that the board consist of Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Association, residence hall, offcampus, Co-op JVkKEZ Soon A'errfiumc ttfcfer Gkekt Mixers U m r . i rj i i i i i )tXLori life 'd Like To Come T& J fljilf . t tan t Ml7E SKrmmBDffotiEBxM jiXHXHX To MUCHACHO! ThEYXeAtA KeARBY TkXA6E Store Just l'mm ToBeBocedur 1WYWNTYOU? VHOELSECWIuf?NbUR T&Rrfl?ZD A Fiesta ? lift MMRSt Mn ftronu jaanik sttu&m - flonoortiotfwBP 1 Omaha T.tusic Hell FRIDAY. SATURDAY, & SUNDAY APRIL 9, 10 & 11 - 8:00 PM ALL SEATS RESERVED. SS. S5.&S4. avaibble at all Bran deis ticket outlets and the Civic Auditorium: or mail order to the Auditorium, Box 719. 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He said the time he spent on the March 17 ASUN elec tion Mcut deeply w into his studies and he was "vastly behind . "Another election would eliminate any chance of grad uating this year," he said. Walden said he tried to quit the corrimission before reg ulations for the March 17 ASUN election were approved in February. He said he had declared he would resign when a replacement was chosen, but that Paul Morrison, ASUN second vice-president, did not set up interviews and replacements never were chosen. " Walden said he agreed to stay Until semester's end be cause he thought that after the election his duties would "ran out." However, Walden resigned when told by ASUN Presi dent Jim Say Wednesday night that the commission might have to monitor two more elections. Say ?aid that as of Thursday afternoon, four persons . had applied at the ASUN office to replace Walden. ASUN executives will interview applicants today or Saturday, he said, and try to pick a replacement either Saturday or Sunday. " ' Those interested in applying should complete an appli cation sheet in the ASUN office, he said. oysioQ'Cornmitfee and married student housing representatives. Karen Dress, a senior French major from Omaha who proposed the recommendation, said she thought HPC had outlived its purpose. Dress, who is also a former HPC member, added she thought HPC had not accomplished anything and probably never would. John Breckenridge, acting chairman of HFC told the council he thought that some forum should exist to pro vide for discussion of housing concerns. He added he thought CSL could do it. CSL also was asked to provide input concerning a report on the projection of student fees. CSL member Ron Gierhan said the report recom mended a $330 student fee increase. Approximately 65 cents would go for the Nebraska Union, $1.35 for the University Health Center and about 15 cents as a "fudge factor," Gierhan said. The fudge factor provides a cushion for miscalculations in credit hour production, he said. Gierhan also said ther possibly could be an additional fee increase if the Nebraska Legislature's $1 million NU budget cut remained. . - The $1 million cut would come from the NU Systems Office budget and would include cuts in custodial care and maintenance. Gierhan said the Nebraska Union and new East Campus union probably would have to make up for part of this money. One solution, he said, would be to raise student fees. However, he emphasized that the increase probably would be minimal. Robin Buchman, a Universities Studies major, ap peared before the council to talk about the possible dis continuation of the Centennial Education Program. RHA nssolufiosv sssks closer ties - to ASUN Senate A resolution calling for increased communication be tween the Residence Hall Association (RI1A) and the ASUN Senate was passed unanimously Thursday n&t at the RHA meeting. The resolution states that RHA "feels closer tics with the ASUN Senate are desirable," and that RHA represents approximately one fifth of. the student body", about 5,000 students, which ASUN Senate should consider. The resolution was introduced by Dave Hogcr, Harper HaH representative. -" ' Vice-President Tom Bradley expressed concern the resolution may be useless if ASUN Senate is abclhed and a new student governing body is formed, based on a constitution proposed by the Coalition fcx University Reform. '" , ,. r Hoger sari the UNL student government's structure would make no difference in furthering rcktkmshs be tween that group and RHA. In other business, a proposal was drafted stating RILVs position on the construction of a McDonald's Restaurant at 13th and R streets. After a short discussion on the feasibility of having a McDonald's near campus the association formed a motion against the restaurant being built. Action on the motion w21 be taken at the next RHA meeting, allowing representatives time to receive input from residence hall students on the issue. In an executive report, President Sue Erne said she "didn't like to make farewell speeches,- but that she thought the past year had been -productive for RHA. The Thursday night meeting was the last at which current RHA executives presided.