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ill nuuiiu n monday, march 13, 1978 vol. 101 no. 85 lincoln, nebraska Expected war with basketballers actually diluted conflict By Mary Fastenau A. war it's not, although the partici pants wear letter jackets and cheerleading skirts as if they were uniforms. They do not carry weapons only suit cases, sleeping bags and dreams of the wild life they think every college student enjoys. The 1 978 Boy's State Bastketball Tour nament has come and gone with few horror stories or warlike attacks. University Police Sgt. John Burke said this was an "exceptional year." Nevertheless, University Police placed an extra security person in each residence hall and lengthened building patrol from 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m., he said. Residence halls were locked at midnight. Jackie Hazel, Abel North, residence hall director, said according to stories she has heard, this was a. quitet year. About 250 to 300 guests were registered in the Abel-San-doz complex, she said, but there-were few problems. However, alcohol was a minor problem, she said. "Win or lose, they still come home buttered," she said. Hazel said she had few liquor charges. "I'm not saying it is not happening. We just are not catching it," she said. What did appear to be catching was col lege students reverting to their high school .days. Jean Peters, student assistant for eighth floor Pound, sud the letter jackets were everywhere even on college students. "I don't know if they are reverting back to high school or are just showing their spirit," she said. Peters admitted she had heard stories of the onslaught and was "almost disap pointed there were no problems." Steve Bayer was chasing people around at 4 a.m. Saturday. B,ayer, student assistant on ninth floor Abel, said the people he chased were floor residents. "With them J high school students being down here, it seems to turn my kids on," he said. Sherry Shelmke. Sandoz second floor S.A., said she thinks she might hold a record with 1 1 girls staying in one room. The girls did everything together, she said, including going to the bathroom. Continued on p. 5 : V Y? (P I - J P kC AfX ?vT 1? Photo by Ted Kit Wishing. . . Hoping. Winning! Union Board approves a speaker definition, new budget The Union Board has defined a speaker as "anyone or anything supported by the Talks and Topics Committee budget or by the committee's East" Campus counter part, the Academic Relations Committee." The board approved a $13,300 Talks and Topics budget, and a $2,700 Academic Relations budget. The board will present the total Union Program Council and East Union Program Council budgets to the Fees Allocation Board sometime this week, according to Al Bennett, director of Nebraska Unions. Sara Boatman, acting assistant program director of the Nebraska Union, said this figure indicates how much a speaker pro gram will need from voluntary funding. Following the NU Board of Regent's decision to remove speaker funding from mandatory student fees, Richard Arm- Armstrong seeks guidelines Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Richard Armstrong and NU Board of Regents Chairman Ed Schwartzkopf agree guidelines need to be set for a speaker program supported by voluntary student fees. Armstrong has requested recommenda tions from both Union Program Councils concerning the new status of speaker programs. He said Friday that he had not yet seen recommendations adopted Wednesday by the Union Board. Schwartzkopf admitted he had not known of Armstrong's request of the pro gram councils. However, he called Arm strong's actions "very apropos." Armstrong said the first step to comply with regent policy is lo identify the sum that must be transferred from mandatory to voluntary fee support. "Therein lies the assignment of giving a definition of what a speaker is." he said The absence of an insured income carries implications concerning how speakers are selected and who they will be, he added. Armstrong said programming organiza tions must face such questions as "how do they come up with dollars and get a pro gram launched?" Armstrong said he may share the Union Board proposals with regents and UNL and UNO chief administrators. Guidleines must be set to keep each campus in line with regent policy, he said. Schwartzkopf said students should dis cuss their opinions on the speaker issue with the board. 'Here's a chance to sec what proposals students can come up with." He said many students have expressed displeasure with the board's decision, and some students have said they will suggest alternative measures. Schwartzkopf said the board has a duty to review any proposals brought to the board strong, vice chancellor for student affairs, asked Al Bennett to direct the Union Board to recommend a speaker definition. Bennet said Armstrong also asked for recommendations concerning a method of voluntary speaker funding and a process of speaker selection. Armstrong said the programing organi zations "need to address the new charge the regents have given -them." Calling his requests "questions they (UPC and East UPC) must grapple with," Armstrong satf he will forward their pro posals to regents or administrators if asked. Bennett said he asked the program councils to answer Armstrong's questions. However, in a memo to Bennett, East UPC President Nancy Eicher and Uir President Ron Dahlke said any UPC speaker definition would border on censor ship. They added that UPC did not believe it had the technical knowledge to devise a system of collecting and distributing funds. Bennett said the board will forward the present speaker selection process to Arm strong with a request for Armstrong to review the idea of appointing yet another group to select speakers. The memo from the UPC presidents said that UPC did not want to recommend a means of speaker selection because a voluntar program would include only contributing students. UK' said it would not be representing all students as it had under mandatory fee support. Bennett said Armstrong also requested a recommendation concerning how UPC would allocate seed money to an organi zation that wished to start its own pro gramming effort under mandatory fee support. Because UPC is not a fund-granting agency. Bennett said, the regents decision will requi.e a change in union bylaws. Union Board member Clay Statmore was appointed to work on the bylaw change. The board proposed a $44,049 UPC budget and a $19,149 East UPC budget for 1978-79 pending a more precise speaker definition. inside mondctij Health Center treats ailing budget: FAB refused to recommend the center's request for increased stu dent fees page 3 Outreach out the window: Fewer te lephone calls for assistance prompts abandonment of Out reach program page 5 Coach trades mat for desk: Orval Borgialli has resigned as wrestling coach to become a Sports Com plex administrative assistant page 7