monday; fcbnwiV 13 1978
... , daily ncbnsksn
SJSyf According to 7 Student FContro - The Union hocram Coicfl previously
Sftitt?1100-011 lenlattheUnityofNebteka-Uncoln had launched a World In .Revolution sym
M"!; confcrence . Warren Spencer, "Ihe 1971 lime Out; : posium , Inviting' speaken to campusTo
. . ; Conference on Human Sexuality undoubti discuss current -world problems. The
- AmnaM!ifv;;fc.; ; JK? ..WKC of 1972 had' favitrf Hack Panther
1071 1'wT Trri' ww uuiujj,uiai uic university or Nec-rav- , uoooy seaie and attorney WUIiam Kunst-
Jak bZ S twnUilCd VPd through- ler, f&ures from the Chfcago Seven ffi,
acK Baxer ana MiKe Mctonnell. two Uni- out its historv nf ciwst (nosUr. r tnirMr : - T-.-
By Paula Dittrick f
... . ... . . -j .o , , .... .
Contrary to the seemingly endless dis
, cussions concerning them,- student fees
H have hot been around since the beginning
- of time. And contrary to popular buck
passing, fees were not created by money.
1 mongenng aaministrators. - - ' Jir nw 4 invT It J . v r .wv ium experienced inrouga-
,lt M Ae-ttudStf lto hen they 2t? oinl tW0 0Ul """V X esi j1"'- Cm-
wcic lum general iuna money could hot
used to support desired services like ASUN
Daily Nebraskan and UPC
And 34 vears oassed witfimif Ani
administrators collected and allocated fee
money while periodic student referendums
reflected approval of the self-taxation. Be
sides funding student organizations, fees
also supported bond indebtedness. 1
- Then came the late sixties, early sevent
ies and the UNL student'fee chaos. Court
battles, task forces and an NU Board of
, Regents freeze on student fees triggered
changes in the fee structure, the Fees
Allocation Board and future concern about
mandatory fees, ;- . :.
Controversy stemmed when Union In
gram Council and ASUN programs brought
speakers to, UNL in
discussion about current world events.
Conservative factions opposed these speak
ers and topics. -"' .. :
, These- factions voiced concern about
several ; events staged on campus between
1970 and 1972. Ihe first was an anti-war
strike and occupation of the ROTC build
ing on May 4, 1970. A peace rally followed
the next Saturday at the women's athletic ,
fields The; rally lrewt about 5,000 ,and
ASUN paid more than $ 1 ,000 to cover
expenses.,' t ,
: The strike was only me beginning, i
to UNL
; The regents froze, expenditurej" of stii-
Decem-
lev 'national ii.n7r;..Cr :r . 1 . "cvcr uwotc 113(1 me IJoara 01 - : me regents iroze, expend turei
be "'-fiiS tB) ,ents been exposed to such public pres- , ; dent fee money for one month in
oe , samesex marriage. : sure oyer such an event.- ;;v :f '.. . i' - - ber 1972; : : . ,
' 'V :'cf-;5vrr ',;'" ..FoUowing'the'-'feeffreezean'
yU . ' "J: 1: ;;. n. tR-oeramfArbitratfnn nnarHnrti
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Interim -
, ' Program " Arbitration Board breanized to
aeciae wnat snouia done'concernijig
; symposium plans. Regents voiced concern -and
.several suggested an end to student
fees if the speaker list was not ' balanced.
r r, The 1972 Justice iri7America sympos-1
r ium was ' staged but;, neither. Seale" nor
?. Kunstler flDoeared. The fiwnt rnst $0 nnn !
in "student -fees and it was reported only
abouCS, percent of the enrollment attend.
ed the last day of the eight-day iforum.
Conservative factions voiced opposition V
to the distribution of some birth, control
pamphlets, distributed on campus at about V
-uie.samfr ume as tne "lime Uut" confers
, . ence. ASUN purchased. the pamphlets but
, sum mem to ine , Association tor Birth
; Control (another f iampus : , organization), "
; before they were distributed., .; i,?;. ;
T .: -The Daily Nebraskan also was criticized -v;
for its'.coverage and editorial stands con- .
r perning' the r.war Southeast Asia and -
1, -car.ipus events.' - - s - -
The theme for future controversy, had' ;
r-. been set. Five students filed suit against the
I 'University of Nebraska charging that they ';
''should not be assessed mandatoiy student v
ices . io. support programs outside their
Student
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Continued on page 14
By Rex Henderson swakers rDrosrams would "effertiwiv An ' ruil-vu :u'jJ:-t'ts2:l':'y .
tlfiim.i;Vv ; mi ld stifle the exchange ofldeas and .residence halls; greek houses and before the V tures. - .
At least live student organizations will thnnotif timi.i:Mi .. . . . . r vu
be bombarding the NTT I Rrrri dV7 Zl r t r c grai Rosioence wau Association and the Coundl ; .: Johnson said he has sent the resents
iliomeetiim
tion and arguments on student fees at the -
regtats reb. 18 meeting. . . . .
Position ' papers, letter campaigns ind
petition drives are. circulating campus,
aimed at influencing the regents policy on
' jrtudent fees allocation. VV: i. ; ;
7 If numbers alone can determine the out- '
come of the fees debate, the pro-fees forces
Appear to dominate the. no-fees forces
v 1 Only j one student ; organization," the . .
Young Americans for Freedom, publicly
has opposed - using mandatory . fees to
support speakers , and other programs. ;
. t According to the president ' of the '
campus YAF chapter, Jeff Chizek,'YAF.
will continue -to publicize its position
through letters and debates. YAF members' ,
will participate in a debate witSTNUPIRGf;
members next Wlncsday. v - . -
Chizck said he has discussed the issue ,
with all the regents by phone or by maiL-
. . Meanwhile, ASUN will be doing its best -
- io gain suppon ror mandatory iees oetore
ithe regents meeting. v . . . - -. . ;
r ASUN president Greg Johnson said the
objective' is to "get the information out." -
An - ASUN : position -paper sent: to the
regents, last week argues that fee support-;
for speaker programs is essential to protect
an open marketplace of ideas.",;. :
Johnson said he and ASUN Vice Presi-
suupon.
ASUN also is sponsoring a petition drive
.' Endiss insndatorv . fee : sunoort for
0
: " Recommendations of a task force re-. other student - organizations" upon
. port on student fees wi3 be discussed at chancellor approval. , -;
an NU Board of Regents meeting Satur- i -granting of seed money funds for
day - ij - -.. . - - , - - - newly, organized groups on a one-time
"Zi Three recommendations outline the V basis to meet initial groups' program
task force proposals. The regents may rning needs. V
adopt, reject or amend these suggestions The second recommendation sug
in any way. . ;, .. r , . . . gesis:
: Hie first' recommendation proposes: ' "T3 campus-by-cainpus review of fees
..; -a program combining mandatory ' uusea tomeet bond debts and to support
and optional fees beginning July 1. Jve. Ne!?rasa f UnioRS the
f. u c - ' I University Health Center. . .
acttm tn -T , , . laiA. iuicc siuuy oi IS5 support I or SIU-
ASUN,. Daily Nebraskan. and Union .dent nrwntotiin
npgCouncfl , , ... , ' . possibiIfty ofWrtiferSrs to -
functions now performed by the Fees The third recommendation presets
Allocation Uoard. ; . . V. , .stnMit hnAv r?fWf4'i-n nrlnr n
irtrti - . - . i - . J " " w
-w' apwisor asenaes ana un; tee increase to cover capital cc
sponsor programs "in conjunction with ion costs.
: regents response has been ncourzr
-iivcryce (inclr the regents) is ia
. aement that it is the student govern
y ment that should make the decisions" in
allocating' student fees, Johnson said.
.Regents Ed Schwcrtzkopf of lisccb and '
Dr. Robert Prokop of Omsha ha been
. especiyencounpg,hedd. -rr
Thz ASUN position paper "supports its
concept thaf only programs and services
; that benefit a signiflciant portion of the
UNL student body should be funded "
, ., The Residence fM Association and the
Council on Student life have joined ASUN
- in support of the current " fee system.
MLke Eyster, Abel-Sandoz resiJence hzll
complex program director and a CSL
member, ssld CSL has resolved to ivrils the
regents in support cf the mahterice of
student fees.,
Eyster seii tie CSL position is that fees
. "should not be surpended cn the ber's of
one speakeror one controversy." - - -
nil A rre"' A rt ?'' C,t v' 1 r? ?
voted cnsnimoticly to sr.j7crt. tl.j ASUN "
petition drive. r -
MjTiTvG hst week completed a stujy "
"cf student fees at the requeet cf AZ7JII.
Tl-e zizdy zhewzi fct fevFi:nI A
money rrcvlies a zzt zz Gf -t J
sfcients ct a r:rcnr.l!e cc:t,:: J D;a .
LumiHistratie opiiiioiio var
The report by the student fees task
force tops the piles cf clutter on many
UNL adrrJnistrators decks.
'-. The position which the report occupies
.'amidst the mounds cf memos and p2pers
reflects the question which rests uppermost
in Ihe' minds cf administrators and ttuisnts
that of the future of student fees.
. Richard Armstrong, UNL rice chancel
lor for student affairs, seii the report's
tecomrhendations that mandatory student
fees support only those agencies senr:g a
majori"f sfcients zho raiees que:ticns as
to the ibture cf some crspi: s creraza
tions. The report's recorrlriCidstions u-culd
result. in limitations cn scrr.s university
organizations, Armstror sei J.
.ome ;" crcmizations will tecc:r.e
extinct and ethers will become mere innovative."
UNL, Chancellor Roy Youni sd the ft (ACUT0 v.i'J tcueh rpe.n the Ira
university "may have to lock at other v.-zvt cf rr.r.re !rti r-3 f'-r-fr- - ! t
to help them (organizations) help them- fer into a better un-? cf ASUN " he ei! j.
Cw-ers-L-tercrct the te:k fcree re-crt
i . . it.,
selves.
The concern for cuttirg cocts is here to
stay, Armstrong said, and is "a recognition
of the mcreaeLng coneervat'sm cf cjr
economy.
Veve just got to te mJre selective.
uuiervue, uie coets wu t
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unm;
Eut, he s::d he opposes eiLr.Liiticn cf
mandatory fees. "I'm afriJ thet if t!:et
" should ' heppen we'd 'io:a some of the
quality 'four programs."
Ccnccmirj a recommer.daticn to sljft
FAB's functions to Am, Armetrcrseli
brceieninj ASUli't role would str:r;'J.:n
student government.
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Erixh raid wte intent cf tl.e t;
heve an liberations bceri r;pcri.'
dent pvemrr.ent."
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menied fcy t! : f;;ert h:'; r:f.:
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