ASUN finalizes fees proposal to be sent to regents
By Mike Patten
ASUN will send the NU Board of Regents a fees pro
posal similar to the one submitted to the senate last week.
Only, a change in the recall of student Fees Allocation
Committee (F AC) members is different. The senate re
jected two amendments before agreeing on the proposal
Wednesday night. r
The senate accepted an amendment setting formal'
recall procedure for , students elected at-large to FAC.
Rejected were amendments to allow representatives vof
the four major fee users to sit on FAC.
The Senate voted 17-8 not to allow the four major fee
users (Health Center, Union Board, Daily Nebraskan and
the Recreation Dept.) voting privileges on FAC. Later,
the senate voted 15-10 not to allow the four users to sit
on FAC as non-voting members.
The current FAC structure, as approved in sections
Wednesday night, calls for a FAC of five ASUN senators,
six students elected at-large and two non-voting faculty
advisers, but it was the 'structure of the committee that
created the two-hour debate.
Sen. Bill Skoneki said the senate should amend the
proposal until a proposal that is broad enough for the en
tire senate to support is created.
"I personally am in favor of the four major fees users
voting," he said, "but I'm going to vote against it because
I feel that this issue has caused a lot of polarization among
the senate, and I think it's important that we should be
united on whatever we do with this."
Other senators indicated reservations with the length
of terms FAC members would serve. ASUN President
Greg Johnson said the senate should consider setting the
terms of the non-voting personnel at two years rather
than one.
Sen. John Kamp said two-year terms for non-voting
members could give them more power than intended. He
said the two-year members would tend to become in
stitutionalized and could end up working against the
committee.
"It creates centers of powers where there is not
supposed to be any power and it gives them undue au
thority ," he said
The senate also considered raising the number of facul
ty and staff advisors from two to four. Sen. Jane Matzke
said this would give FAC more expertise in allocating fees.
The faculty members add expertise that we as students
don't have" she said. "You have to remember that we're
only going to be here for four years and they're going to
be here longer."
Sen. Bill Cassel said the number of faculty serving on
the committee raises two questions. He said .these are,
how responsive to students will FAC be? and how much
expertise will it have?
Vice President Charlie Fellingham told the senate it
should find a proposal that the Regents will accept.
"After we change the bylaws we can change the struc
ture anyway we want to' he said, "but right now we've
got to make it sail with the Regents.
"As I see it we've got two options. We can choose to
pass it in its present form and hope the Regents accept it,
or we can change it to something more agreeable to
them."
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Misuse of birth certificates at bars
may put minors behind county bars
. By Mariie Lundstrom
Slipping through bar doors with a false birth certificate
is more than a minor problem since last spring's passage?
of a bill by the Nebraska Legislature.
The bill, LB72, has made it a felony to misuse a birth
certificate and carries a penalty of up to $10,000 andor
imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not more than
five years, according to Deputy County Attorney Roger
Hirsch.
Hirsch said the new law has "snuck up' on the county
attorney's office because they are not sure how to pro
secute cases involving misuse of birth certificates at
The penalty for misrepresenting one's age at the bars
with other forms of identification, as enforced by County
Judge Robert Camp, usually is $50 for the m nor and
$100 for the loaner, Hirsch said. The offense is a mis
demeanor. Felony with certificate
However, now if a minor attempts the same act with a
birth certificate he will be charged with a felony, he said.
The original intent of the law, Hirsch said, probably
was to discourage professional check-passers and others
-floating around with several identifications from
obtaining illegal birth certificates. .
'The application probably is not quite what they (Leg
islature) anticipated," Hirsch said. -Saddling kids with a
felony appears to be an overreach of the law."
On the other hand, the Legislature has "spoken pretty
clearly", and intends that there be a crackdown on misuse
of birth certificates, he said.
Lincoln Sen. Shirley Marsh, who introduced the bill,
was unavailable for comment. The bill went into effect
February 1977 with an emergency clause.
Hirsch said County Attorney Ron Lahners will have
to make the decision on how his office will deal with these
types of cases.
Encouraged stiffer penalty
Elsie Cecrle, the assistant director of the Bureau of
Vital Statistics in the State Department of Health, where
birth certificates are issued, said she was unaware of the
"bar problem' when she encouraged the Legislature to"
pass a stiffer penalty for misuse of birth certificates.
Cecrle said the bureau worked with the : Legislature
to get a bill passed that might curb problems the bureau
faces.
"I have wanted the penalty clause for many years,'
Cecrle said. "We're interested in accurate records and
good birth certificates for infants.
"By putting in the penalty clause, we feel that hospi
tal personnel and mothers and fathers will be more
careful about giving correct information. It's the child
that has to carry the brunt of the record if it's not filed
accurately, she said.
Illegal use of birth certificates, although a more wide
spread problem on the coasts, appears to be "seeping into
Nebraska, she said.
A major problem the bureau contends with is the
selling of birth certificates to bring illegal aliens into the
country, she said.
After the first of next year, the new penalty will be
written on state birth certificate forms, she said.
Iranian students
join protesters
About 10 UNL Iranian students joined more than
1,000 anti-shah demonstrators this week as they con- '
verged on Washington, D.C. to protest the Shah of Iran's
two-day visit with President Carter.
The shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, concluded talks
with Carter Wednesday as police tightened security
around the White House and attempted to prevent any
recurrence in the city of Tuesday's large-scale violence be
tween, pro- and anti-shah demonstrators, according to AP
reports. 4
AP reported that clashes between protestors left 124
" persona injured withf.l2v persons ..arsted.-Jhe-vILitu,
dents, ' who?said they were not "representing the campus
Iranian Studenf Organization, used personal funds to
finance v the; drive to Washington to join the protest.
The Daily Nebraskan spoke with two of the Iranian
students who said they would attend the protest before
they left this week.
The students, who refused to be identified, said
anonymity was necessary for safety because they would
face jail sentences upon returning to Iran if Iranian offi
cials were able to identify them.
One student said "they (Iranian secret police or
SAVAK agents) might be here at UNL or might not."
Many of the anti-shah demonstrators wore masks to con
ceal their identities during the protests, according to wire
reports.
AP reported that the demonstrators marched up
Connecticut Avenue, chanting "The shah is a U.S.
puppet," and "Fight, fight, fight, fight the fascist shah."
Most of the demonstrators were believed to be Iranian
students.
Last week Iranian students distributed flyers in the Ne
braska Union, warning Iranian students tonot accept pay
ment for expense and scholarship opportunities and the
$300 offered by the Iranian government if students would
travel to Washington to cheer for the shah at his public
appearances.
One student said the flyers warned students that by ac
cepting the offers they would be a "traitor to our sturggle
. . just as bad as he (the Shall) is."
Another student said, "We (the protestors) are just
trying to show the whole world that the Iranians are strug
gling, and that we oppose him as being a fascist and a
dictator."
The student described conditions in Iran as "terrible."
Rice, wheat and electricity are scarce and 65 percent of
the population is illiterate, he said.
"The shah spends billions of dollars to buy arms," one
student said. "They are used to fight Iranian revolution
aries, help in other revolts and protect Iranian oil
interests. Our people are fighting back."
A White House statement Tuesday said Carter pledged
continued VS. arms exports to Iran. Iran has purchased
about $15 billion worth of U.S. arms during the last five
years. -
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Bust the moguls, you turkeys: Instead of looking
for snow, you can ski it this holiday season.p. 3
No lack of shacking up : President Carter calls it
''living in sin", but some call it the way to
go . . . . ,.v P-5
Sing me a song, piano man : Entertainer Billy
Joel captured in word and picture. . p. 8