thursday, September 29, 1977 vol. 101 no. 17 lincoln, nebraska
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ASUN approves Robert G. Lange
as Student Legal Services lawyer
Daily Nebraskan Photo
ASU$ President Greg Johnson
" v . By Mike Patten
ASUN's month-long search for a new Student Legal
Services Attorney ended Wednesday night when appoin
tee Robert G. Lange was unanimously approved by ASUN.
Lange was the third person offered the job vacated by
Dave Rasmussen.-Rasmussen left to open his own practice.
- ASUN President Greg Johnson said, "Even though Bob
is a new graduate, I'm impressed with his legal ability. I'm
sure he will continue the services offered by the Student
Legal Services Center.
Lange is a 1977 graduate of the NU College of Law and
a 1973 graduate of UNL. He was a Student Bar Associa
tion representative during the 1975-76 school year.
He was a law clerk with the Lincoln Legal Aid Society
when hired by ASUN .and also has worked with the
College of Law Prisoners Legal Services Project. .
Lange told the seriate the biggest problem he can see at
the legal center is a lack of books.
"We don't have adequate books now," he said. "The
attorney who was here before had his own books and he
took them with him when he left."
Lange estimated that $500 is necessary to fix the book
situation. Sen. Bill Skoneki suggested that money could
be found to buy more books.
''We saved $i;000 in the last month by .not having an
attorney, he said. "I would think we could take $500
of that to buy books.'
Lange said he would provide some of his own books
too.
In other ASUN business, the senate was told by ASUN
Vice President Ken Christoffersen that its fees takeover
proposal now is in the faculty senate's hands. The faculty
senate will debate the issue before taking its its recom
mendation to the Regents.
ASUN's other vice president, Charlie Fellingham, said
the ASUN community relations committee would meet
tonight in the ASUN office. He said the committee will
try to explain ASUN's role to students.
"Why is it?' he asked, "that 76,000 people will go to
a football game, but less. than 2,000 students voted in the
last election.- ....
"The answer is because the 76,000 know the players
and the rules of the game," he said.
The senate also heard a talk on computers by Mel Ray
and Glenn Andersen. Andersen is director of the UNL
computer network.
Union Board votes to move
giant TV from South Crib
As a result of student criticism, the Ne
braska Union Advisory Board voted last
night to temporarily move the giant screen
television from the South Crib to the T.V.
lounge. - -
Cheryl Benes, Union Programming
Council representative .complained that
since the South Crib was one of the main
areas used for programming, and the T.V.
was a distraction to the programs, the tele
vision should be moved. ,
Union Operations Manager Frank Kuhn
said he thought programming took up, a
small amount of time in which the students
use the South Crib. He added that the T.V.
could be turned off during programs.
The" board also , moved to open the
North Crib and the Harvest Room for
study areas during all building hours. A.
friendly amendment was suggested to the
motion that would exclude Saturday and
Sunday from study hours.
According to the year's end financial
statement the two Nebraska Unions lost
$98,000 last year as compared with a loss
of $8,000 the previous year, said Burke
Hinds, finance committee member on the
board. " . '
He added that he hadn't had a chance to
analyze the statement yet and so could not
specifically identify the reasons for the
loss. . :
Union director Al Bennett said most of
the loss could be attributed to opening
costs of the East Campus Union.
Hinds said he would be meeting with
Bennett next week to analyze the report.
Board members also gave their ideas on
the contents of. a statement of needs and
expectations concerning the student fees
system. The Union Board will submit the
statement to ASUN in conjunction with
the Union Programming Council and the
East Union Programming Council.
The statement will express what the
Union Board feels it needs and expects
from a fees allocation system, regardless
of the specific organization of that
system. , v
Union improvement plan ok'd
budget sent to vice chancellor
Nebraska Union Director AI Bennett has
approved an approximately $250,000
improvement plan for the Union.
The Union Advisory Board submitted
its recommendation for the plan to
Bennett last week, lie then approved it
inside ihufodatj
Smoke gets in your eyes and lungs;
The cure could smart too. . . ,pg. 6
S.S. Sheldon films afloat; Finan
cially troubled Film Theatre
received funds to continue one
program. . pg.7
Bouncing Dcrt; Why Bert got
bounced for bouncing checks pg.7
with one addition, according to Bennett.
The improvement plan will be sent to
Richard Armstrong, vice chancellor for stu
dent affairs, for his review. The plan needs
the approval of the NU Board of Regents
to become final.
Bennett said he added $5,000 to replace
a soft water system for the Union. The soft
water tank,-which was "rusted beyond re
pair", broke down between the time the
board made its recommendation and the
time Bennett approved the plan, he said.
The $5,000 will bring the board's
recommendation plan to $253,923.
If the regents approve the plan, it will
be financed from the bond reserve fund,
said Dave Roehr, Union Board president.
Hie bond reserve fund is the excess
money from student fees not used to pay
off the bonds sold to finance the building
of the Union, University Health Center,
and lhe residence halls, he said.
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Daity Nebraskan Photo
When we cleaned out the trunk, we found a lot of junk but we found a
few gems too, like this picture of solitude in the rain. You'll find a few more
diamonds in the rough on p.8.