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ASUM ire slm!6m call fcrOfifen poll y change By Barbara Lutz Three resolutions to stop the Nebraska Union adver tising campaign, and delay bids for signs, and a parking gsrEge, will come before the ASUN senate tonight Business College Sen, Charles Fellingham, a member of the ASUN executive committee, said, Union policies sould be determined by what the students want," not by Union director Al Dennett. A resolution at last Wednesday-1 ASUN meeting asking Bennett to resign was dropped for the same reason, he said, ASUN was asking for the Union director's resigna tion without asking students, he said. Sen, Frank Thompson, an economics graduate student, submitted the resolutions, Fellingham said. Each resolution asks a letter be sent to UNL Chancellor Roy Young, Ron Gierhan, acting 'vice chancellor for student affairs, Bennett and the Union Advisory Board, The letter, Fellingham said would request student input before further Union policies are made. Resolution No, 45 asks that the proposed $35,000 directional signs not be erected in the Union until a student survey is taken to determine student desire for Fellingham said "students didn't know about it until plans were finalized and it was being built,"' Resolution No. -45 concerns a parking garage. Felling ham said Bennett is asking for the garage, which Felling ham estimates will cost 303 per stall, "will be paid by students one way or another" he said. The resolution asks that the project be delayed until a report is made to students outlining the location and cost of the garage. - ' - - Fellingham said the resolution also asks for i survey of students to determine if there is a desire for such a garage. Resolution No, 17 would halt further money spent on the Union advertising campaign, FcEingham said no one sought to find out whether the students of the university favor the advertising campaign." The resolution says, "financial burden of this campaign must ultimately be born by students of Nebraska through fees,'" The resolution also says further campaigning may "commercialize the Union and alter the communal en vironment," and asks that no more money be spent on advertising than has been budgeted. In addition, advertising plans for succeeding years are asked to be delayed until a student election can determine whether students support commercialization of the Union, want to spend large amounts of money to bring people outside the university community into the Union, and favor existence of commercial establishments in the Union. ' signs. Fellingham said the proposed resolution includes postponement of competitive bids until the survey is completed. In addition, he said, the resolution wants to know how the bakery was appiod 2nd the bakery's financial status. - usiness roles, chctllenges sounded in keynote speech Nebraska Gov, J . James Exon Tuesday spoke ot the role business plays in govern ment, the importance of the free enter prise system, and the challenges of estab lishing one's own business. Exon was keynote speaker at the open ing ceremonies of Business "Week in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. He addressed business representatives, students and fac ulty members. - "Being governor is a rewarding exper ience," Exon said, "but you have to enjoy it ot it will frustrate you beyond "belief. He said it takes more thin applying good business practices to make a sound government, because in government there irno profit motive. K ' " " " " J ust as it is not profitable for a b usiness to overprice its products, he said, similarly it is not profitable for a government to overtax the people. Exon said that for too long the business community has stepped back and let others not familiar with business take over the key positions in government. More big corporations are encouraging their employes to serve in some form of government, he said, and often grant temporary releases for them to do so, Exon said he has alerted business people about a bill in the Nebraska Legislature intended 4o help reduce litter. It is a tax bill, not an environmental one, he said. The bill would tax businesses that pro duce any kind of paper or bottles. The tax rate would he $150 per year for every $1 million in sales. n . n Wednesday, fehrusry 2, 1977 vol. 100 no. 63 lincoln, nebreska Exon said this would mean that com , panics would he taxed at the manufac turing and processing level, at the whole sale .level and again at the retail level. He said of the businesses he alerted, all agreed with this biH He said that businesses always complain about the government getting on their backs" yet they accept this kind of taxation. "We are still looked up to as the leader of the 'free world . We must do what we can to export the free enterprise system" The great portion of students coming from universities today have learned the 'principles of business, but "the test is how to apply the knowledge, Exon said. "There is no guarantee of success, he said. "The reason companies and cor porations fail is the lack of management or the lack of ability to communicate within itself." Exon said that deciding to go into busi ness for oneself is the harder ru v choose in business" and is the "most dan gerous venture of all," " People always have the best intentions, but more than half of them are forced to close down after 1 0 years, he said. The reasons for failure could be that market research has not been done in the area one is "invading," or that poor man agement decisions have been made. "There is nothing automatic about success. It is hard work." j I '. '- ' i - : - : if , " ft 1 . .- I hi ' ' " ' - p-J j I . . ' mmmtw , ,",,m,mmmrtmm ' ' ' H - niwriiiMii. n "f "' i T'WBimrawril Photo by Kwm K igtey Gov. J. James Exon Hearing on death penalty bill draws religious debate By Paula D&tridk . A Nebraska Legislature Judiciary Committee hearing drew a spattering of dissent amid a bombardment of arguments favoring LB 64, which would eliminate the state death penalty. ' fen 7-j;il Application of the death penalty is "arbitrary, wanton and freakish" and "there is not rhyme nor reason" to the death sentence, said Omaha Sen. Ernest Chambers, who introduced LB 54, "The rich don't die," he said. "The county attorney selects those who will die by deciding whether to prosecute f or an offense carrying the death penalty or for a lesser charge." At the Monday afternoon hearing. Chambers said the death sentence is imposed only upon members of a minority, the uneducated and the poor. The Rev. John McCaslin of Omaha said if society allows capital punishment, "we become part of the violence and add to the violence." He called for a "new style" in the country and said the long-range gtsal needs to be a whole new atmosphere." He asked the legislature to "contribute with non violence" by supporting the bUL" . " An opponent of the bill said he had good news because he said no one need ever f ear the death penalty. " "A3 you have to do is don't commit a murder," said WiHard "Wurrn of Lincoln. Wurra said he was speaking as a privsia'citizerL He daisied that capital punishment never would be abolished. "The question is: Are we gaorg to put it in the hands of the criminal or of government?" he added. Wurra said that if the death penalty is eliminated because of an unfair system of justice, then all laws need to be e'irainatsd. Homer Braunirg of Grafton spoke for the Nebraska Association for Christian Action. "Man will never be allowed to pass off sin as a fault of his environment," he said, Brauning said anyone who "deliberately destroys life must be called to account for his actions." Longer sentences for life imprisonment were suggested by both sides. . . Omaha Sen. Patrick Venditte said the average number of years spent in prison for a life sentence is about seven. In Nebraska, the average is about 14 years, he sail. The Rev, Edward Fleming of Omaha, who supports UD64, said he would support a 35-year minimum life sentence in jpLzcz of capital punMmicnt, A life sentence without possibility cf parole also was mentioned, Other supporters of the bill included representatives cf the Nebraska Civil liberties Union, Nebxaskans for Peace and the Nebraska Conference of United Uethodlst Churches. - ' Five men now are on Nebraska's death row. News: "Certain graduate women" from SeSeck are getting attention and complaints - - p.7 ' Eatotalameat: Voices from the ghetto are heard at the Lincoln Community Playhouse this week,,... . p. S Epcrts: UNL's basketball team m2 try for its third straight win tonisht when the Huskers play the Univer sity cf Colorado in Eauldsr p,10