Cause Qi Vre In Wednesday, february 23, 1977 vol. 100 no. 00 lincoln, nebraska is umevermm .ink a a ASUN 'mood' led to turnovers By Barbara Lutz Lack of leadership and direction since the day after the last election has caused a 50 per cent turnover in the UNL student government this year, according to three ASUN senators. Sen. Charles Fellingham, chairman of the ASUN Appointment Committee, said 14 senate seats have had three senators fill each. A business college position has turned over three times and there have been two second vice presidents. Fellingham said the resignations are caused by a lack of interest, poor attendance, and time conflicts. , Three unexcused absences are grounds for removal, he said. ' "The mood for the senate is set from day one," he said. "The mood set this year was apathy, because of lack of leadership, lack of direction and because the senate did not speak to current issues on campus." . Mueller-no comment Bill Mueller, ASUN president, said Tuesday, "I don't know if the turnover rate is any worse than in past years, and .until I see those figures, Fm not going to comment." Ken Christofferson, an Arts and Science College senator, said many senators resigned because they were "disappointed the senate was not getting more done," and because of poor leadership. Scott Cook, an Arts and Sciences senator, said this year's turnover is the highest during his two years as a senator. Cook said persons elected "didn't know what they were getting into." He said many did not realize being a senator requires background in government and a lot of work. Cook also said a high rate of resignations was because of poor leadership. Risino costs cau By Anne Carothers The Nebraska Union apparently is not alone among -Midwest student unions in having trouble keeping its financial head above water. A check of 10 student unions indicated "rising costs of food, labor and utilities are causing problems for the unions. Last week, Nebraska Union Director Al Bennett said increased student fee support is about the only way the Union can recover from a $32,1 1559 deficit. The food service operation has lost $21,500, Bennett said. Four other unions-the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Colorado University, Kansas University and Oklahoma University-also are suffering deficits, the check showed. Most of the 10 checked also either lost money or just broke even with their food service. In some cases, money lost in the food service was compensated for in other areas. Promotional campaigns All of the unions also had some form of general pro motional campaign. UNO recently launched a specific ad vertising campaign to boost its food service, said Don Skeahan, director of the Milo Bail Student Center. Figures from the 1976 Uniform Financial Statements of Bg 8 Conference unions indicate that food and labor costs account for much of the unions' expenses. The percentage of food costs for the Big 8 unions ranges from 36.7 per cent to 47 per cent of the total food service budget, figures showed. Bennett said UNL food costs total 39.6 per cent of total food operation costs. Employe wages ranged from 41.9 per cent to 49 per cent of the total food operation cost with UNL at 41.9 per cent, Bennett said. . Bennett said the Union has the lowest wage cost be cause Ve run a tough house." He said the Union gets the most use out of its employes. The Union also has the second smallest total of gross food sales, Bennett said. PubEc settles for speed The public is no longer willing to pay more for quality food and will settle for fast foods, Bennett said. The public is being priced away from their preference, he said. W. H. Freeland, director of the Oklahoma Memorial Union at the University of Oklahoma, said the Oklahoma Union has had a good deal of competition from fast food places off campus. : ' Other union directors said parking was a problem for their unions. Freeland said parking is critical at OU and the union is attempting to get a parking garage. Dennett said Iowa State University and Oklahoma State University both have parking ramps that have proved financially successful for their unions. - Eecr also is sold in the unions at ISU, CU, OU, Kansas University and Colorado State University. WZiam Weddel, director of the Charles A. Lory Student Center at CSU, said his union has a tavern open in the afternoon and evening which draws a good deal of student business. "There were no definite programs proposed by the (ASUN) administration this year," he said. In past years, ASUN has worked for a student regent and a student lawyer, Cook said. Greek slate won Of the three executives elected last March, only Bill Mueller remains. Elected first vice president Paula Haeder and second vice president Dennis Martin resigned shortly after the election, Martin expressed dissatisfaction with the administration. The so-called Greek slate won the election last year, Cook said, but lost in the long run. The candidates for the next election "know they can't win without quality people," he said. Cook, said he is running for a third term and does not care if there will be a Greek slate this year. But "it will be the best thing for the candidates," he said. ' Because the Greek slate had no program and was just used to get candidates elected, it will be a campaign issue this year, he said. Christofferson said he was on the Greek slate, but said he did not know what he was getting into. "I am working against it (the Greek slate) this year, by trying to discourage it whenever I can," he said. Christofferson said he does jiot think Greeks will support the slate like they did last year. "A lot of houses thought it reflected bad on the Greek system," he said. Fellingham said he is also running for reelection. "To run an effective campaign, we have to assume there will be a Greek slate," he said. However, he said Jayne Anderson, coordinator of sororities, fraternities and cooperatives, has said she knows nothing of a Greek slate this year. so problems for M Cause has not yet been determined for a Saturday morning fire that gutted a 10th floor room in Smith Re sidence Hall causing smoke and, water damage to sur rounding rooms. State Fire Marshall Pete Stumer spent one and a half hours in the gutted room Tuesday afternoon trying to determine the origin of a fire that began in that vacant room Saturday morning. Joe Zannini, assistant director of housing in charge of maintenance operations, accompanied Sturner and said the fire marshall reached no final conclusion. Sturner will return to Smith Hall today with an assis tant from his office to complete his investigation, Zannini said. Sturner had no comment on his Tuesday afternoon findings, Zannini said. "It is important for students to know what caused the fire," said housing director Richard Armstrong. "A lot of good things have come out of this. To know that one room could contain that fire is a con solation to us." Hat from the blaze caused the bricks in room 1015 to crack, but the fire was confined to room 1016. - . : Armstrong said he also is happy with the fire evacua tion procedure in the residence halls. Students and staff responded well to the emergency, he said. The emergency call made in response to the fire alarm triggered by the student assistant was monitored by the Telecommunications Dept. in Nebraska Hall, according to director Ruth Michalecki. 4We treat every call as if the building were burning down," Michalecki said, explaining her office has no way of knowing if an alarm is false or a real emergency. Chances are nine out of ten that a fire alarm from the UNL campus is a false alarm, Lincoln Fire Chief Dallas Johnson said. "People over there have got to grow up," Johnson said. Tie three sections of. fire hose and the hydrant wrench taken by students during an early morning incident on 16th street two weeks ago could have been the same equipment needed to extinguish the fire at Smith Hall, he said. See related story p. 7 idwest unions ,.- J" - ----- l MlUlLWlt V . '- FOftGZT CALORIE CGWmXG AKT LET YOURSELF GO! ." f"My . m ' " . t-V cl: ,xmj ffSfriTtf jtrifr ' ' "'U" "T"i lap"5'" " T n--intrin7' in ill'"" i iii'iii7imiiw Ma-iuM .xT" . . . . . . i- f-s-;: u. .iumu .... - , , , ...,, u i mmmmymmmBpjfi Daily NebraAn photo Nebraska Union is only one of several unions in the Big 8 to use promotional campaigns encouraging union use. Frank Burge, director of the Kansas Union said the union also sells 32 per cent alcohol beer but is not busy at night. Bennett has pushed in the past for alcohol being legal ized on the UNL campus. He said the possibility of cam pus drinking will be considered when planning long range changes Jhe food service. . '"'"J.-"." .. rio alcohol hurli : He said alcohol not being legal on campus has hurt the Union's catering service. People are not going to pay for a catered meal when they cannot have wine with it, he said. Several college union directors said their faculty mem bers eat at the unions rather than at a separate faculty club. Bennett said that although many faculty members eat at the Union anyway, the Union is trying to arrange for the Faculty dub to use the Union's Colonial Room since the Faculty Gub dining room will be closing this spring. The union directors interviewed tail the number of people eating at the unions still is high. Bruce Schafer, director of the University Memorial Union at CU said. The problem is not getting people to eat in the Union but is the rising cost of food." Bennet has said that although the Union is suffering a deficit, it is not dying. He said it is not in any more serious trouble than other unions in the Midwest. In its survey, the Daily Nebraskan talked with dir ectors of the unions at CSU, UNO, and every Big 8 school except the University of Missouri. 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