Wednesday, august 30, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 7
Union Program Council reorganizes and changes name
By Scott Dehm
UPC, once known as the Union Program
Council, will now be operating at UNL as
the University Program Council, according
to new Program Coordinator Tony Warner.
Warner, former program and recreation
manager for Nebraska East Union, said that
this summer, a group of students consisting
of representatives from UPC, East Union
Program Council, 'Women's Resources
Center, and the Cultural Center, decided
that since UPC serves all university
students, its title change, and its service
structure should change.
Warner said the revision, began under
suggested directives handed down by the
Board of Regents last year.
Of the two decisions affecting UPC, the
first said student fees were to be allocated
to the student government, the student
newspaper and to the major program or
ganization on campus.
The best way to serve all students
seemed to be a split council, Warner said.
Three separate councils were formed, UPC
City, UPC-East and UPC-Culture Center.
Executive body formed
To stay in touch with each other, an
executive body was formed, made up of
the president and vice-president of each
sub-council, he said.
The second decision made by the re
gents stated that the major program or
ganization should be responsible for allo
cating monies to new organizations re
questing recognition, Warner said.
To accomplish this, the Fund Allocation
Committee of UPC was initiated, he said.
Two representatives from each sub-council
make up the committee, and they will hear
requests each semester from new organiza
tions. "At the moment;' he said, "We only
have $5000 for seed money (money for
new organizations). That only gives us
$2500 to work with each semester, and it
often takes that much just for one .pro
gram, let alone an entire organization."
Warner said the task force also studied
the need for advising of the Campus Acti
vities and Programs office, the parent-organization
of UPC.
Since CAP is a department of the Neb
raska Union which is advised by the Neb
raska Union Board, and since it deals with
programs that involve over 200 campus
organizations, the task force felt CAP
should also be advised by a board.
"The question arose, of whether the
Union Board would have time to advise us
(CAP)."
CAP board formed
So a recommendation was made, he
said, that CAP be advised by a special
advisory board.
The CAP Advisory Board, will be made
up of students and faculty already familiar
with the office, but also of students-at-large,
Warner said.
"ASUN will appoint students from
volunteers, and the faculty staff will also
appoint people," he said. "Hopefully, the
vice-chancellor of student affairs will
appoint an advisor from that office, in
order to round out the board."
Warner noted that both Nebraska Union
Director Al Bennett and Vice -Chancellor of
Student Affairs Richard Armstrong had
'tentatively approved the concept of the
board, and that discussion of the advisory
board will be brought up at the first Union
Board meeting.
Warner said that by involving more
people in the advising aspect of CAP, the
new UPC structure will also be
strengthened, and money can be used to in
crease both quantity and quality of the
UPC programming.
"Students need to be aware of the three
sub-councils of UPC. and the "U" no
longer stands for Union, but University,"
he said. "We really believe that we wiD be
able to deliver more programs more
efficiently, and involve more people in the
delivery of those programs."
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