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By Csrfesra Luis
The UNL Student Court ruled Tuesday night that the
Fees Allocation Board (FAB) numbers "have not been
arbitrary cr cepkicicus in their dictions as to the distri
bution of funds to student crni:.st:or.s."
In a petition filed seven d:ys t, Lyle Gecrge, a
sophomore from Dixon, celled FAB "capricious- tr.i
arbitrary" and wanted to cut FAD powers and prevent it
from Coating fees to student erginfestiens.
During the court session, Gecrge seid because FAB
members are not elected, they tre net directly account
able to their constituency. "I, cr.d any other group of
students, have no influence ca the fie board, he add.
In addition, Ge orgs add, student are being taxed with
out representation, "Many organizations doat have the
administratis power, uDue process has been given to stu
dents through hearings and appeals provided for by the
board's procedural rules."
A first year law student from Sutton, Lcscke said the
court decided The plaintiffs argument, that the students
of UNL are being taxed without representation, does have
merit; however, the student court has no jurisdiction to
act upon this issue," s
George told the court his complaint is within the
court's jurisdiction because it is defied to protect
students, and their rights, which are being violated by
FAD, he add.
The court decided "we recommend that ASUN use the
power granted to it by the bylaws of the board cf Regents
need (for fees), but desire to get their fdr there back, he of the university of Nebraska , , , to mike recommenda
tions to the Board concerning budgeting of U funis
collected through Fees des
org-shatioa," Loseke ciid.
said.
In a telephone interview following a tworhour delibera
tion, justice Sue Loseke ' ssid FAB h?.s acted within its
eslgnated tor tr.e use ot student
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Sign project is 'go' in reduced form
Ey Janet Fix
The Nebraska Union Sign project has been approved,
but the original $35,000 requested by Union director Al
Dennett has been" reduced to about 510,500, according to
the Union Advisory Board acting president.
Dave Roehr said the Union Board approved a portion
of Bennett's ordinal plan but a large number of signs were
cut. .
"The board could not justify the need for many cf the
requested rm, . Rpeftrjr.;;!.
The arcroved prelect wO place Urge kfcska in each cf
the mala entrances, Rochr said. An aiiitiond kioax
would be placed on second floor in front of the Centen
nial room.
The kiosks, two of which sre fres-ctar.ding zul taree
eimcnsional, wl include feet p'ans and idectiratkJns cf
rooms and services in the Uzioa.
Other signj would te pieced above the entrances to
the Harvest Room, Bakery, Crib, Colonial rocm. Pewter
rc-cm, Shingle barber shop and Rcc Room.
prepesed aigns wluch were rejected t y t'-e tcerd
t be tubmted to a study cemmiuee to decide if they
are needed, he said. The future of the remaining signs
requested by Bennett will be determined before July 1,
Rochr said.
Rochr said some of the signs probably would be ap
proved but some definitely are not needed. The decision
on the signs must be made before the 1977-78 Union
Budget is approved on July 1 so funds can be allocated
for further signs, he said.
. The board advises. Bennett but the final decision is
left -to him, Roehr said. Eennctt usually considers re
commendations made by the board, he added.
The total budget apprawd for the signs, designed by
Gieathouee-Flanders Associates, - is $7,920, he said.
Installation of the s'-r-s probably will be done by the
University Physical Ilant employees for about $2 03
to 52,500 find the tctd project wO cost not more than
$10,500, he said.
Funds for the project come from the Nebraa Union
Bond Reserve Surplus Fund. This fund comprises the sur
plus from the bond replacement fund and is subsidized by
The project w2 not raise student fees," Rochr said.
'-Each seracs&r aSadesti psy 5140 ia student fees to
ward a bond retirement fed, this is a Hsed amount re
quircd ia tle crigmal bon4 icsse."" .
Roehr laid that becaues cf mcrea:g enrollment, the
original $140 is much hbcr thaa is required for the
deb-t retirement. But this amount cannot be reduced until
the bond is dissolved ia about-the year 2X0, he said.
The surplus from this account is held in a srpersle
fund that caa be -d for only capitel fcprcvemcata in
the Union, the reeider.ee hills and the University Hedlh
The entire cost cf the Ihbrssha East Union, 54 J
million, was funded from this reserve fund, he nil.
Rochr" ssid the board rpprcved the r'-TLjbecs'es there
is a need for dlrecticnil a'gns in tl;e Uuicn. 'e pars
pcorle adequate time to raise objections to the project
and we rccer.-d no bput into cur decion."
Georre sdd he presented a petition to FAB last year
with 1500 signatures asking that tlie UHL Gay Action
Group not be. funded. The group, which he called a
"puppet organization,' also receives funds from the
lincoln Gay Action Group and provides services for
persons off-campus, he said, George sdd "he didn't
want his fees to fund any group eff-campus.'
. FAB chairwoman Sherry Cole said FAB didn't ignore
the 1500 signature petition, and there were a lot of stu
dents not cn that petition who came to the open (FAB)
meeting ia support of the Gay Action Group.
Parking increase
Virtual certainty'
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Dy Kublctk
Inflationary costs have made a 'long overdue increase
in student parking fees a virtual certainty, according to
UNt. parking coordinator John Duve.
Duve said an increase from the current $25 to $45
for a parking permit will be necessary to provide the same
level of service and for the parking budget to break even '
next year.
"We have no more corners to cut except the amount of
service we provide," he said. "No matter what the rest
' ends up being, all 10,000 of our permit-type customers
will be upset."
Duve said he is interested in finding out whether park
ing customers would rather pay th$ extra cost for parking
or put up with reduced service. lie listed three basic op
tions available;
-charge the current $25 rate and cut services and
maintenance;
-raise parking fees to about $45 and offer the present
level of service;
-raise the rate to about $60, which would provide for
additional improvements andconstruction.
Duve said he will make"a recommendation of the
amount of increase to the chancellor's parking advisory
committee. His recommendation will be based on the
amount necessary for the parking budget to break even,
he said.
The tentative parking budget for next year is $403,000
and represents a 1 5 per cent increase over this year's bud
get of $350,000, he said. No money is allowed in the bud
get for construction and Duve said increased cost of mat
erials and, labor "has not been addressed for several
years."
Decreasing maintenance in an effort to avert the
increase would mean less thorough snow removal, post
poning repairs of potholes and discontinuing replacement
of signs in parking lots, Duve said.
About $250,000 of the current $350,000 budget is
generated by permit sales, he said, and the remainder
comes from meter and violations revenue. Duve said the
violations revenue has steadily declined after a sharp in
crease when the rhino boot program was initiated. He said
he expects the decline to intensify in the future.
"Technically Hf we had no violations revenue "the price
of a parking permit would be $30 to $35," he said. "Be
cause we can't count on a fixed amount of violations
revenue, we may have to raise the base rate."
Duve said he expects a loss of about 2,000 parking
customers i the rate increase is approved. Around 1,500
former parking customers did not buy permits following a
rates increase from $15 to $25 several years ago, he said.
However, Duve said the increase he projects is based
on the current number of parking permits sold. If fewer
people buy permits, the rate may go even higher, he said.
Duve said he would like an increase recommendation
before the end of the school year so he can get com
munity reaction to the recommendation.
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Polls will be open from 9 axi. to 8 p.m. for the
rescheduled ASUN elections today. Students may vote in
Nebraska Hall, the Nebraska Union, and the Nebraska
East Union.
The elections crigmaHy were scheduled for March 15
but were postponed pending a Student Court decision ca
the legality cf ASUN.
Three students still are candidates for student
presidentstudent regent First and second vice president,
senators and advisory board members will be elected and
constitutional amendments voted ca in today's election.
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