State's delegates object to most conference issues
By Tarn Lee
Houston-A ma
jority of Nebraska's
elected delegates to
the National Wo
men's Conference
Sunday voted against
nine out of twelve resolutions considered,
and abstained on two of the issues.
Nebraska's delegates at large voted in
favor of all the resolutions.
In many of the issues, Nebraska's dele
gates objected to the use of federal funding
for programs, In others, the delegates said
they voted against them because the word
ing was not clear or specific enough.
The resolutions supporting reproductive
freedom and sexual preference were said
to be the most controversial issues voted
on Sunday, with Nebraska's delegation vot
ing a unanimous no on each of them.
The delegates voted against the resolu
tions supporting the national health in
surance plan, women in the media, rape,
and women in international affairs because
they asked for federal funding, said delega
tion chairman Naomi Brummond.
They also voted against reproductive
freedom because it would allow federal
funding for abortions, Brummond said.
Five delegates voted against a substi
tute amendment to expand civil rights for
minorities because one clause in the reso
lution would make Native American
reservations sovereign. Five delegates voted
for the resolution and six abstained.
They voted against the sexual prefer
ence issue because they regard homosexu
ality as sinful, according to delegate
Delores Bundy.
"It's God we're fooling with. He wrote
the law and he created us," she said. "Read
the Bible, it's all there."
Two delegates voted against a resolu
tion providing help for rural women be
cause it called for federal funding, Brum
mond said. Three voted for the resolution
and the other thirteen abstained.
The vote on a resolution to protect
homemakers was split between those who
were against and those who abstained. That
resolution also provided for federal
funding.
The Nebraska delegation, along with
representatives of nineteen other states
with pro-life, pro-family supporters
approved substitute resolutions drawn up
by some of the pro-family delegates. How
ever, none of the substitute resolutions
passed. '
The pro-life, pro-family delegates also
support a minority report, which will be
presented to the conference at the con
cluding session on Monday, according to
the group's floor leader, State Sen. Joan
Gubbins of Indiana.
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College degree
a 40-year goal
By Marjie Lundstrom
"I cope with everything," she muses, settling back into
the desk chair after a vigorous yoga demonstration.
The Selleck residence hall room (spattered with
posters, an Hvis Presley record resting on the shelf) is
just big enough for Margaret Dohring to stand on her
hands and p rove her agility .
She is right. At 61 , she still is limber. But then, she is
a very flexible woman.
Perhaps the oldest undergraduate residence hall
dweller, Dohring returned to college after deciding "there
had to, be something more than wheeling out to Vegas and
running around." -
She calls Gordon, Neb. home, although after her hus
band's death two years ago, she said, she traveled ex
tensively, , v
"Sure, I was part of the jet-set," she says, pausing
drawing a knee toward her chest. "But after awhile, I
pulled enough slot handles and breathed enough smoky
air, I don't smoke, that I decided I wouldn't want to do
this the next six years."
( : ; College degree
A college degree is something she says she has always
wanted-and finally is going to get.
Dohring came to UNL last summer, she said, and had
accumulated enough hours the past 40 years to have
junior undergraduate status. She majors in psychology
with a minor in women's studies.
Although Dohring said she is a bit rusty and studies
quite a bit, she still has time to enjoy dorm life.
"I find all the kids really pleasant. I've only met one
unpleasant person here, and she just thought I was trying
to get ahead of her in line."
Despite the age difference, Dohring said she is not
treated as an "oddity."
Not 'grandmother
"Most of them (student friends) look at me like, 'Gee,
you make us have hope,'" she said. "They don't call me
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Perhaps UNL oldest undergraduate residence hall dweller, Margaret Dohring says she can cope with everything.
mother or grandmother. That's not the image 1 project."
Even on football Saturdays, she remains a full-iledged
student. Dohring said she attended her first Big Red foot
ball game in 1934 when Nebraska played P?nn State and
was not impressed.
However, after attending the Alabama game, she said,
she is "totally hooked."
Big Red fans probably will be seeing more of Margaret
Dohring. She said she will be at UNL another VA years
and plans to let her career "come about in its own good
time."
"I'm not in a hurry," she said with a grin. "I have more
time ahead of me than I've ever had." She will be 62
Wednesday.
Swiss psychiatrist
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss psychiatrist,
answered her letter and promised Dohring she could work
at one of the "health and healing" hospitals currently
under construction in the U.S. Dohring said she hopes to
work at the San Diego hospital after leaving UNL
For the time being, however, Dohring said she wants
to continue her new life as a student.
Her secret?
"1 don't play sad songs," she said. "Some constantly
look back and lament, bu,t I wasn't brought up that way,
I don't open old wounds."
Student fees task force outlines three alternatives
By Mary Jo Pitzl
The university-wide task force studying
student fees outlined three alternatives to
the existing fees structure Friday.
Each alternative dealt with Fund A
allocations from student fees. Fund A
primarily supports student-operated agen
cies serving a broad-base of campus inter
ests, such as student government, student
publications and cultural, educational and
social programs.
At UNL, Fund A constitutes a little
more than five percent of total student
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fees, with the majority of it supporting
the University Health Center, the Daily
Nebraskant the Nebraska Unions and the
recreation program.
The task force evolved three alternatives
for optional funding from a proposal
presented by Ronald Beer, vice chancel
lor for educational and student services at
the University of Nebraska at Omaha. One
of Beer's four proposals combined manda
tory and optional fees, and drew the most
discussion during the task force's two
hour meeting.
The 10-member task force, addressing a
charge from the NU Board of Regents to
eliminate all student fees except for con
tractual obligations, faces a Dec. 15 dead
line. Three alternatives
The three alternatives to Fund A
allocations discussed by .the task force
included:
-dividing the allocations between stu
dent government, student publications
(providing that at least 60 percent of the
publication's support is self-generated) and
cultural, social and educational programs.
This last category would be allowed to
grant "seed money" un a one year basis to
help other student organizations get
started.
' -give the student government responsi
bility for allocating Fund A monies. The
government would be required to divide
the money into four areas: student publica
tions, government operating expenses, cul
tural, educational and social programs, and
seed money for pledging student organi
zations or projects.
-the third alternative, similar to the
second, would put the seed money under
control of the cultural, educational and
social programs. These programs would be
the sole agencies for allocating student fee
money to new student organizations and
projects.
Beer's original four-point proposal
included three other suggestions for NU
student fees structure, although most dis
cussion centered on the combined manda
toryoptional proposal.
Other suggestions
The other three suggestions were:
-to retain the current fees allocation
system,
-to collect a set fee from all students to
support contractual obligations and cam
pus programs of an on-going, long-range
nature, putting all other fees on a volun
tary basis.
-to collect a set fee from all students to
support contractual obligations, programs
related to them and to fund university
student centers. All other programs and
activities would be funded on a voluntary
basis.
These alternatives will be included in
the task force's final deliberations on a
student fees proposal.
Much of the discussion during the two
hour meeting centered around the seed
money concept. This idea originated from
the open hearings at UNL on student fees,
according to task force member Dennis
Martin. It gives a student fees-funded
organization the option to designate a
certain portion of its allocation to another
student group, he said.
Separate money
Since discussion of how to administer
seed money led to many lengthy proposals,
the task force agreed to separate the seed
money clause from the rest of the propo
sal. By presenting the seed money option
in its own clause, the task force felt that it
would be more acceptable to the regents.
Also discussed was the level of student
fees support campus publications should
receive. Beer's proposal stipulated that at
least 60 percent of the publication's
income be self-generated, but task force
members agreed that support levels are
different for the Daily Nebraskan and the
UNO Gateway. A proposal from Earl Berg,
UNO's student representative,' would leave
the support level to the decision of the
each campus publication boards.
The task force will hold its next meeting
Nov. 29 at the NU Medical Center. The
meeting is open to the public.
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