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The ASUN Electoral Commission will recommend at
Wednesday's ASUN Senate meeting that each candidate
for the 1977 election be allowed to spend an additional
$10 for campaigning, commission member Joe Stavas said
At a meeting Monday night, the commission set April
13 as the date for spring elections, which were postponed
by the UNL Student Court pending resolution of a court
cess against ASUN.
Stavas said commission members think the additional
allowance will give candidates the opportunity to get their
names known and revive student interest in the election.
The Senate will be asked to approve a constitutional
amendment allowing the additional expense, Stavas said.
However, Sen. Ubby Swanson, who is running for re
election, said she thinks giving more money to candidates
may "complicate the election."
"From what I gather, most people don't want extra
money," Swanson said. She said she will be campaigning
by speaking with people "on a one-to-one basis" rather
than using more posters.
Swanson is a member of the Students for University
Need (SUN) Party.
Independent presidential candidate Eric Carstenson
said he does not favor the additional allowance. He said
he thinks it would be unfair to independent candidates.
"That means that a party which has 35 members can
use an extra $350," Carstenson said.
However, SUN party presidential candidate Greg
Johnson said his party "probably won't spend any more
money." ,
"We still have all our posters, and anyway, you could
put up posters all over campus and it wouldn't make any
difference," he said.
ASUN committee
working to curb
student fees hike
By Mary Jo Fltzl
An ASUN Senate ad hoc committee studying a possible
student fee increase was told Monday night that "things
are still very. much in a state of flex," by Richard Arm
strong, vice chancellor for student affairs.
The committee is working to curb student fee in
creases for 1977-78, and to represent student views on the
fee increase issue at the April 16 NU Board of Regents
meeting, according to committee member Charles Felling
ham."''' ? "
A $3.50 student fee increase has been approved for
1977-78 but tentative figures indicate additional costs
could boost that figure as high as $ 1 1 ,
"We're upset with the fee increase and we'd like to
see if it can be cut beck if possible," Fellingham said.
'Tentative figures are all we have to work with."
The committee of six ASUN senators was appointed by
ASUN second vice president Joe Stavas at the Senate
meeting last week.
At the meeting, the senators and Armstrong reviewed
the current student fee situation, committee member
Mike jierman said-.
Legislature could fund
Herman said $3.18 could be deducted from student
fees next year if the Appropriations Committee of the
Nebraska Legislature votes to give state funding to four
student programs.
The career counseling, environmental health, new
student orientation and career planning and placement
programs currently are supported by student fees, Herman
said. -
A resolution passed last year by the Regents calls for
state tax support for these four programs, he said.
Herman said UNL is the only college in the state that
does not receive state tax support for student programs.
Fellingham said if the legislature refuses to finance the
four programs, there- is a possibility they could be
financed with money from the regents discretionary fund.
The four programs cost an estimated "5133,700, Herman
said.
The committee has also called an emergency Senate
meeting to attend the April 16 regent's meeting, Felling
ham said.
Voting in May -Voting
on student fees is scheduled for the May re
gents meeting. Since this date falls after students have
been dismissed for the summer, Fellingham said the
committee will use the April 16 meeting as an oppor
tunity to tell the Regents students views on any fee in-
The ad hoc committee will select the student speakers.
If we can get students apart from the senate to speak,
I'd be happy," FeSingham said. He encouraged any stu
dent interested h speaking to the regents to attend the
ASUN meeting torJjht. ' t
Armstrong and the committee also approved a tau
force to study &3 fee users, their programs and their
funding base. Armstrong said the groundwork for the
ti fores wotfd hcpcfdly be bid this spring, so the
study could begin next semester.
The purpose of the task force would be "to determine
v.hich programs should be continued cr started, against
the backdrop cf ressonxbie fees over the next five years,
Armstrong said.
T& force members would be appointed by Armstrong
' End wo'Jd represent a cross-section of campus consti-
Johnson concurred with Swanson, saying he will stress
personal contact for the remainder of his campaign.
Carstenson also said he doesn't need to spend any more
money, lie ma tie has Halt ot his posters ictt. lie added
that he will campaign using what hs
a grass roots
strategy," speaking in residence halls and Greek houses.
Johnson said he thinks the additional campaign time
will "create a positive effect and more students will vote."
He said he thinks the election commission has done t
good job handling the delays, end there is enough time to
motivate students to vote.
Carstenson also said he agreed with the date set for the
election.
"I can't see putting it off anymore but it couldn't have
been any earlier, because we have to get students inter
ested again," he sdd.
Presidential candidates Rick Hemphill and Randy
Mussulman could not be reached for comment.
Stavas said the new Senate will be sworn In April 20th,
giving them three meetings until the end of the school
year.
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University of Nebraska photo
Home on the rae. Gov. J. James Exon signs a proclamation designating April 8 to 18 as Western Week at
Ur;L About 20 members of the University of Nebraska Rodeo Association made a three and one-half mile
horseback ride from East Campus to the Capital to greet Exon Monday.
Primary s
voter turnout sparse
Precinct workers yawned during a calm morning at the
polls Tuesday as predictions of sparse voter turnout for
the city primary proved accurate.
BUI Davidson, Lancaster County election commission
er, estimated that some 20,000 of Lincoln's 83,000
registered voters would cast ballots during the primary
contest for three City Council spots, four school board
openings and. two positions on the Airport Authority.
"People don't seem to get as excited about city
primaries as they seem to about the other elections,"
Davidson said. He called his estimate "sbout normal for
the city primary," which he claimed is "usually a slow
vote."
Precinct clerk Rose Einiam agreed Tuesday's primary
was a "slow one" as she waited for voters at a polHr.g
place in Wesley House, 640 N. 16th St.
Pointing to her rains topping the short list cf voter
signatures, she said that she hss been the first voter in that
precinct for ihc ls:t eiit elections.
Eingham, a precinct worker for 30 years, said polls are
not drawing the number cf voters that they used to
attract. She sdd long llr.es formed during the 1972 presi
dential election when a UNL campaign crgsrJzatica
attempted to boost votes for South Dakota presidential
candidate George McGovera.
A precinct worker at Hie poll ii the State Capitol, who
declined to give her name, lamented the shjggiA turnout
and claimed city elections are more important than
national elections.
She said City Council members make the laws which
"really guide" the citizens. Many local politicians become
state or national representatives, she said.
Another worker at the same poll attributed voter dis
interest to publicized political scandals.
All four Airport Authority candidates and all eight
school board candidates will advance to the general
election while the primary cut the number of City Council
candidates from 15 to six.
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Nra-r. Leo Thite, a WashLigtonian on campus this week,
tells shout the success road from UNL to the nation's
capital .: - ....p. 6
H-tertL:-t: Heme Cockin seasons its music with
rhythm and tlues p.9
Tpoxta: The UNL women's golf team is sched vied to open
its season Thursday P-10
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