ASUN fees board proposal worries major users
By Anne Carothers
Major fee users Thursday said they are worried about
AS UN's past record in handling student fees and the,
ability of a fees board appointed by ASUN to be objec
tive. ' .
. Spokesmen for the fee users are hesitating with their
seals of approval on ASUN's fee allocation proposal.
ASUN SeL-te Bill No. 7, proposed Wednesday night,
calls for an allocations board made up of faculty selected
by the Chancellor and students appointed by ASUN and
the Council on Student life (CSL), with students being
in the majority. The allocations board would replace FAB.
' "The proposal is not so much to abolish FAB as to
give ASUN greater control. They felt thev needed power
to allocate funds, they must have felt left out," said Nate
Eckloff, FAB chairman.
"This thing kind of aggravates me because I think the
board (FAB) has been responsible and ASUN has had a
chance to interview us. I think we've been very apolitical
I hope ASUN has a sound base for the changes," Eckloff
said.
He added that he thought the allocations board could
be fair in allocating funds to ASUN and that the check on
their power would be in final approval of the
vice-chancellor for Student Affairs.
More information needed , . i'
Shari Patrick president of Union Program Council
(UPC) and last year's secretary for FAB said she is
waiting for more basic information on the structure of the
allocations board before she supports the proposals.
"I'm not sure that making fee allocation more political
will; make it more responsive I'm not sure how. it can be
responsive; Are students supposed to vote against their
senator if their group doesn't get the money it wants?
I'm waiting for more information," she said.
Patrick said she did not think FAB was "as tough as
they could have been .
"I think FAB tried so hard to be fair that they just
over-allocated," she added.
Patrick said her main concern would be that the alloca
tions board might misuse funds. "Hopefully there is
enough student awareness that they won't,' she said.
Dave Roehr, chairman of the Nebraska Union Advisory
Board, said he favors the idea of the allocations board
although the Union is not directly affected by fees alloca
tion since it gets its money from the B fund of student
fees. All fee allocations for student organizations come
from the. A fund of student fees.
ASUN credibility
Roehr said he thought the allocations board would give
credibility to ASUN.
"This thing will be incentive to get the type of people
into ASUN to get a good job," Roehr said.
Jimmi Smith, director of Multi-Cultural affairs said
minority students have had problems getting enough
money from FAB and from ASUN when it was in control
of fees allocation.
From a historical perspective, Smith said, minority
student organizations have had the problem of students
rather than faculty., or administrators being more
insensitive to the needs of rninority student organizations.
Annette Hudson, counselor for Multi-Cultural Affairs
and a consultant for FAB last year, said she thought FAB
may be more objective than ASUN.
However, there is nothing apolitical about allocating
funds, she said. " ,
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Out-of-state businesses draining brains from
CBA
By Scott Whitcomb
The College of Business Adrrunistration (CBA) is
experiencing a "brain drain", according to CBA's interim
dean."'-' ' - .; j..:,'
Gary Schwendiman said one of his current concerns
is that many CBA students, both at the undergraduate
and graduate levels, are being recruited by out-of-state
firms and axe leaving the state upon graduation. ,
Schwendiman replaced Ron Smith who left" UNL July
1, 1977, to become dean of CBA at Georgetown Univer
sity in Washington, D.C,
"Many of the students, I believe, are simply not aware
of some of the opportunities in Nebraska," Schwendiman
said.
He said CBA will try to make every effort to encourage
these bright, well-educated men and women to remain as
contributors to Nebraska's good life,
Tax dollars
"State tax dollars have paid in part for their education
and I believe Nebraska businesses should have a first
opportunity to have themY" '
He said that in order to da this, policies of coopera
tion and collaboration must be strengthened with the
business community during the coming year,
Schwendiman said one of the primary goals in the next
year will be to "maintain the forward momentum of the
college in working with the business community, I feel
very strongly that a cooperative partnership between busi
ness leaders and the college will be of great benefit to
both parties." . -
Schwendiman said good relations between the business
world and the university are important because "the busi
ness world is really our laboratory," "
The college is establishing a center for study of the
American business system, Schwendiman said. The
purpose of the center is to increase understanding of our
economic system and the mutual responsibilities within
it, he said.
. Coordinate research
He also said the center will coordinate research projects
on topics related to the performance of the system, such
as the effects of government regulation, the impact of
agricultural programs on other businesses, and other
special studies of importance to Nebraskans.
Also included in the study will be expansion of special
courses in economics for high school teachers and inter
ested citizens, an executive-in-residence program to bring
business leaders to campus, a summer intern program to
place, faculty members in businesses and an endowed
rotating research professorship. ,
University interest in the business community also is
a national concern, according to a recent survey
conducted by Louis Harris and Associates Inc.
-The survey of 750 university presidents, deans, fac
ulty members and trustees, found that the schools are
welcoming business leaders to governing hoards and
faculties and pref.',, corporate' aid to government funds.
Healthy relationship
UNL Chancellor Roy Young said he thinks there "is
a good, healthy relationship between NU and the business
community."
He said people have become more affluent since the
1960's and there is a more receptive feeling of having
businesses in universities. He said businesses have been
supportive of scholarships because "they want the best
quality student available."
The Harris survey indicated that many university ad
ministrators would like corporate personnel to counsel
and advise administrators. .
Schwendiman said, "No one has all the skills they
need, so it is helpful to have associations with business
leaders to help advise."
However, some business leaders, do not have the skills
to run a university," he said.
Child care project feeling pinch from loss of fees
By Anne Carothers
Losing student fees support this year
has not closed the University Child Care
Project, but it has forced participating
parents to pay more for the service.
In some cases, parents have been forced
to withdraw from the program, according
to Mary Jo Ryan, project director,
Without the $16,000 that the Fees
Allocation Board (FAB) originally appro
priated for it, the child care project has had
to raise parents' fees from $70 to $U0 a
month.
Other parent-students from a waiting
list filled the empty spots, she said,
The nine-year-old child care project
. . Photo by Tim Ford
Why is Jan Setozen so sad? Perhaps because the University Child Care Project has
been cut In Student Fees, causing parent! to pay more. And that's not kid's stuff.
serves between 200 and' 250 students,
Ryan said. This figure includes 100 volun
teers and 40 to 50 work-study students,
who use the child care project to gain
experience toward future professions, she
added.
"FAB's allocation was critical, but it
was not our only source of income," Ryan
said.
The child care project is a $130,000
operation that receives federal funds from
the Health, Education and Welfare dept.
and the Dept. of Agriculture, as well as
money from the College Work-Study Pro
gram and church funds.
"I don't feel that FAB didn't make an
allocation for us. They made an allocation.
That allocation was not accepted by the
regents. I feel badly that the regents didn't
have enough information about our pro
gram," Ryan said.
Speaking of the University-wide Task
Force to Study Fees, Ryan said, "I feel
really good about tliis kind of move. I
think once they realize the kinds of things
we are doing here, the picture wii! look
brighter for the University Child Care
Project."
Child care project members do not
anticipate problems with student fees
support for next year, Ryan said.
"I anticipate we will be funded in some
way they (the task force) recommend,"
Ryan said.
Ryan said if next year's FAB allocation
Is lower than this year's, the child care
project probably could not operate.
The money from student fees this year
would have gone to three different areas at
the child care project: operational costs
such as equipment and supplies, part of
Ryan's salary as director and 15 per cent
of the salary paid to Work-study students.
Ryan said she makes $10,500 as
director, which is $6000 less than a
comparable community child care position.
Work-study students are paid an average of
$1000 per academic year, she added.
Space and the cost of utilities is donated
by United Ministries in Higher Education
(UMHE), Commonplace, Ryan explained.
The University Child Care Project
consists of three projects. They are: the
Infant Care Center located at 20th and D
streets, the Child Care Center at 333 N.
14th and the Summer Day Camp at 1309
RSt.
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GLC works for you and me: An ASUN
committee goes to Washington,
D.C p. 5
No breaker, breaker: C.B. hosts the Na
tional Bluegrass Championships this
weekend , p. 6
Bond age on the screen: A ne reviewer
looks over "The Spy Who Loves
Me" p. 8
