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Wednesday, cctcbcr 27, 1976 vol. ICO no. 31 lincdn, ncfareska
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The ASUN Senile's Government Lilian Committee
(GLC) has registered as 23 official lobbying group for the
university , according to an ASUN senator.
Scott Cook, a GLC lobbyist, said the action is being
taken a an effort by the ASUN standing committee and
a group called Nebraskans for Fair Pay.
The joint effort is being headed up by Omaha Sen.
Gen Goodrich. The two groups will be working to gain
support, between cow and the general election, Cook
siid, for the passage of Amendment 8.
Amendment 3, which is a proposal on the Not. 2
ballot, would increase the salaries of state senators.
According to Cook, Nebraska ranks near the bottom
ci relation to other states in the area of state senators
salaries.
"Nebraska senators are forced to have outside deploy
ment and income because their salaries are low. We want
to see ..salaries increases so that we can expect full-time
senators who devote their interest to the issues faccg the
Legislature. Hie goal is to have senators who care about
their work," he ssM.
In an attempt to make the lmhersity students views
known, each senator wEl be contacted by a GLC member
and asked about his stand on the issue and on other re
lated tunversity issues.
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According to Cook, a'chart wO be made of the sena
tors stands so university students can contact ticin for
support on certain issues.
"Undoubtedly, all the senators wCl be for the salary
increase; it's past time that this action was taken," Cook
said.
"But the main goal for GLC is to buiU up a rapport
with the senators, so that students feel they can go' to
them in relation to any issue of concern.
Cock say this action also was a preparation for other
issues that concern university students ana the Legis
lature, s
Those issues of concern, according to Cook, include
the possible unionization of faculty rnemners. ASUN and
GLC, he sail, WO neither be for or agahst collective bar
gaining. Cat if collective bargafnirg occurs, he said, GLC
wants to make sure that the students will have an active
part in the bargaining.
Addftifwaf research is being dons by GLC in relation
to the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO).
"GLC is applauding Exon's ftatement concerning the
differences between UNO and LfcLV Cook sail.
Cook's comment is in rcspois to a statement issued
by Got. J. James Exon stating that UNO is a research-
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ftaatia by Ted Kirk
Hep. Jcla Y. l!cCc!mar rsi Cnsla t-nr Edxsl Zcrirfiy spent a jovial Sany sftessa m. Anti&pe Wtsk
savtnJ weeks fx 7i tla dscta kastlaa a Trstk asay, this crsabt incss sadanx A specLl Bzfy Ncbras-
lobbyorsg group .
oriented university and UNL is a FhJ). granting insti
tution. .
Cook said GLC has reorganized its conrnitee' this year
to include three divisktns. The split places emphasis on
city, state and natbnal affairs and the issues involved in
each area concerning students.
According to Cook, city affairs involves efforts in
' registration of voters and city rent disputes. The state -affairs
group is presently studying the university budget.
"Natbnal affairs currently is involved in an effort to
develop a landlord-tenant kW," Cook said. This law
would protect students from having a rent deposit confis
cated without just cas
'Architect wants
now .hbhuq to fit
street's neu Yopr :
The redesigned J St. link between ncolns two seats
of government has meant more for the street t?i?a a ensr
image.
At the Oct. 18 Gty Council meeting. Sskner Solhdm,
a Lincoln architect, proposed renaming the street between
the Capitol and the County-City Edg.
Solheim proposed the name change at the Council
meeting Oct. 18 because, he sail, the street needed a
with a little more glamour to reflect the street's new
imas. This would be an ileal time to rename the street
"because the improvements were just com'
said.
ted, Sotidra.
At the meetmg, the Council referred the prcposal'to
Ifwnr H-trn Rnn;?it ami adrl hr in mat a
datksn in two weeks.
The proposal was made, Solheim said, because he
thought the street's design gave it a new prestige and
needs a name to reflect that. Included in the new image
are over-all widening, islands, planters, trees and new
street lighting.
Solheim said he didnt see any real traffic problems
in renaming the street. Although no one at the Council
meeting spoke against the proposal, he sail the idea had
hit everyone cold and the Council members probably were
afraid to comment on it.
dosing a name has been the bfjgsst problem with the
proposal, he saM. His associate, Linus Burr Smith, sjs-
people rave sugesiea names mat wousi lie m wim .en-
tennial Mail, which runs north from the Capitol to the
Jtet elxtsaasrrIs
:t starts ca ptj? Cs?
UNL campus, he saM.
Others have ssested Justice' Ave. because it starts
with "! and would cause less confusion when the name
was changed.he sail. '
1 royblsd Union to kick oft- advertising campaign
DyRsyJoKid
"Get it together at the Union.
Using this slcan, the Nebraska Union wO embark on
a $20,699 advertising campaa rfoT. 7 to provide the
' Union and its services, Allen Dennett, Unbn director saM.
Te (the- Union staff) feel a need to go to our pubic
and dvertisethe services of this bulling in an agressive
way, Bennett said.
During the fiscal period of July 1 to Oct. 7, gross vol-
"We're currently heading for the dumper, Dennett
told the Nebraska Union Advisory Board last week. Some
thing new and exciting is needed to generate mere in
come, Dennett said.
"We've got to take a shot. We're in a no-choice posi
tion." Dennett and his staff contracted with the Lincoln firm
of J. Gregg Smith & Associates several months ago to
design an advertising campaign for , the Union. The cam-
. . . &
, soieauieo to run inrouri mia-secona semescr, is
directed toward the UNL and Lincoln communities.
Ca, oScarpus promotiaa
The 700 students living on campus account for only
ens-third of the Union's clientele, leaving the remaining
two-thirds as members of the Lincoln community,
Dennett said.. The "Get it Together" advertising budget
includes both an on- and effcarnpus promotion. ' .
"WeNe got one of the nicest buildings, best food ser
vice and strong off-campus student organizations and
we're gning to tell people about it," Dennett said.
To increase volume, prices in the Crib and Harvest
Room have been reduced, according to Dob Dicheson,
assistant food service director for the Union. Nearly two
thirds of the rneau items were cut by 14 to 16 per cent
Oct. 20. ,
This is the first time in 22 years the Union has cut back
on prices, Dennett sail.
"I've been listening to the students, and they've been
: telling rne piics are too high." Eicheson said, lie also
citedstahihzed food prices and the future addition of a
bakery shop in the Union as reasons for the price reduc
tion. Prices in vending machine items and catering services
also have been cut to help increase volume sales.
Bennett -attributes the S4QJQG0 decrease in sales to
several factors. The opening of approximately 50 local
restaurants in the past five years has detracted from the
use of food services in the Union, he said.
Geographic distribution of heavy class attendance has
moved a lot of campus tralTk away from tfc Uhlan.
Students are "Kttiss farther away, frsm i" rsntt
from the Union.
tbo hurts Union
n licordir-g to Dennett. To ease the evening parking
saia, as campus expanse leaves away
Keduced trity of parking space
prot:em, me unson nas vacated free parking at the
Autopark, 1300 Q St for anyor
Room between 5 and 7 p jn.
eating at the Harvest
Along-range. proposal for a Rampark D!dg. near the
Union is another remedy for the problem, Dennett said.
A drop of about $10,000 in lease rental from the
Gateway Dank in the Union has contributed to the
$40C3 decrease. Gateway obtained a reduction in this
" year's rent when it renewed its lease this summer.
Expectations that the new. Nebraska East Unjsa may :
extract from some of the city Union's business is another
reason for the advertis&g campan, Dennett said.
The sale of alcohol in the Union would ease many of
its financial woes because it would be more useful and
desirable to students and faculty, Dennett sard.
If alcohol was legalized on campus, Dennett sail he and
his staff would "pursue as aggressively as we can" alco
hol sales in the Union.
Results of a long-range planning study projecting
Union use over the next IS years also wO be helpful in
increasing Union volume. The Facilities Ilannin Cos
- mittee of the Unioa Advisory Board operates a task fcrce
.tidl 'Meals with a series of questions extending the
useful Efe of the city Unbn," Dennett sail.
The task: force has been alocated from tie
Union budget to conduct this study, Dennett sail. Kcnr
ever, the group cannot start until a chairman for the
Facilities Hanning Committee h appointed to the Ad vi
sory Doard.
ASUN is respoashle for making the appoirinsent, and
st21 has to name a new member to the Advisory Board.