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daily nebraskan
thursday, September 14, 1978
Voluntarily-funded speaker program built on paper
By Scott Behm
The University Program Council Talks
and Topics Committee will continue its
efforts to bring speakers to UNL according
to Tony Warner, project coordinator for
Campus Activities and Programs.
A decision last year by the NU Board of
Regents eliminated student fee funding for
anyone speaking on ideological or political
issues.
Warner said speakers of this type will
have to be funded by a voluntary program.
He said extensive research was conducted,
and a detailed four-to-five year budget has
been drawn up for such a program.
"We've built a program, at least on
paper, that we feel can logically be a self
supported speaker program," he said.
Warner said the voluntary program
would depend on fund drives, grant solici
tations, and
students.
a fee check-off system for
The check-off system would be set up
so students could decide whether to help
pay for speakers when they register for
classes, he said.
'The whole point of having a check-off
system is that the student who checks off
and is willing to pay the amount, whether
it is one or two dollars, is going to get into
all the speakers free," Warner said.
Computer-run
He said the system would be run by a
computer which would process and trans
fer the check-off information. Warner
estimates initial costs would be around
$4,000.
Although money could be raised for the
check-off system through ticket sales at the
first speaker, a delay in the actual program
may result because registration forms are
Electronic blackboards talk
By Mary Fastenau
"Hello class, this is your blackboard
speaking. Today I would like to show you
the formula for a basic nuclear reaction."
Talking blackboards? It made sense to
the NU Board of Regents Friday as they
tentatively approved $50,000 for research
and experimentation with electronic black
boards. The Bell Telephone Company demon
strated the blackboard during a regents
committee meeting.
The Bell System pamphlet which ad
vertises the blackboard explains that the
surface of the board converts chalk strokes
into signals that are transmitted over tele
phone lines. On the other end, the signals
are reconverted and appear on a television
monitor.
A second telephone line carries the
voice portion of the lecture or dicussion.
It also says students can discuss things with
the instructor.
Ned Hedges, UNL vice-chancellor for
academic affairs, said he thinks the black -
boards help a lot of instructors and stu
dents. He explained that it was not always easy
for teachers to change with technology.
There is a need for equipment which allows
lectures to be transmitted, but he said
many teachers are not prepared for closed
circuit television, which has been their
only option.
Hedges said when using closed circuit
televisions many instructors need technical
assistance. This help may include voice
training or special charts. Electronic black
boards would be much simpler for these
instructors to adapt to he explained.
It also would be an asset to classes
where there were a lot of problems placed
on the board, such as math, engineering
and accounting, he said.
Hedges said the system would help
administrators in editing. He explained
that there are times when the wording in
documents needs to be changed, and it
would be much simpler and more accurate
to write it on the blackboard than to trans
fer all the messages by voice.
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nrintftd almost one semester prior to use,
said Warner. The only problem with the
program, he said, is that the committee
"can't call a big-name speaker without
having the money already in our pocket to
pay him."
He said because of the regents' action,
there is no money for a starting base.
May apply for grant
Talks and Topcis Committee Chairman
J. B. Milliken said his committee is consid
ering applying for a $10,000 grant from
the NU Foundation.
Milliken said he will meet with UNL
Chancellor Roy Young and the chairman
of the NU Foundation Grant Committee
September 21 to discuss the proposed
speaker program.
"The $10,000 is an arbitrary figure we
came up with last spring and worked with
this summer. . . we're trying to be as
reasonable as possible and still have a good
program," Milliken said.
The committee worked this summer
contacting big-name speakers for engage
ments, Milliken said, but as yet none had
accepted.
Among those contacted were the Rev.
Jesse Jackson, Ronald Reagan, Sen. Ted
Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Leon Jaworski,
Warren Burger, and Barbara Walters.
Administration encouraging
When asked about the administration's
feelings on the voluntary program, Milliken
said, "we've gotten nothing but encour
agement from the administration, and
they've tried to help us any way the can."
Millkien said he did not feel prepared to
say if the administration would help with
funding.
Young was not available for comment
Wednesday.
Milliken said there was no truth to a
rumor that the committee was planning to
bring Jane Fonda to UNL again this year.
Fonda's student fee-supported talk last
year began the apposition against manda
tory funding for speakers.
"Jane Fond wouldn't come back on her
own expense just because of her convic
tions. We can't afford her. I don't think
she'd generate that much income after
having her this last year," Milliken said.
'The regents effectively killed the
speaker program, a major speaker program,
by their decision. They alleviated the situ
ation somewhat with their decision on
political speakers, but it still doesn't give us
the freedom to have the kind of programs
we've had in the past, and I am worried
that if nothing develops this semester, or at
the latest, next semester, that the speakers
program is going to be in serious trouble.
"We have to do something right away.
We have to get a major speaker in and we
have to get some money from someplace to
keep it alive," he said.
Milliken said if students will support the
speaker program again this year it should
survive.
Tuition, room and board rates
climb as cost of living soars
By Scott Nelson
Students paying tuition or room and
board at the end of the month will find
their college bills to be the highest ever.
Prices are going up everywhere and, not
surprisingly, the cost of a college educa
tion is no different.
An informal Daily Nebraskan survey
shows that the average cost of attending
a four-year institution in Nebraska has
risen about seven percent in the last year.
Resident tuition alone has risen an
average of six percent while the cost of
room and board has climbed more than
seven percent. These figures do not take
into account the spiraling costs of books,
supplies and transportation.
Lincoln's Union College just edged out
Omaha's Creighton University as the most
expensive in the state, although it raised
its tuition only $170, compared with
Creighton's $260 increase. Both schools
have the distinction of being the only four
year institutions in the state with tuition
costs above $4,000 a year.
The NU Board of Regents raised tuition
for the second year in a row, this time
from $21 to $22.50 per credit hour on
both the Lincoln and Omaha campuses.
Room and board went up $70.00 at UNL.
Administrators blame the almost 10 per
cent inflation rate for increases in the price
of education. They say they have trouble
keeping up with the rising costs of food,
supplies and utilities and salary increases.
Some relief for bill-weary students and
parents may come from Washington. After
months of debate, a bill in Congress which
would allow a tax credit of up to $250 for
parents with children in college is nearing a
final vote.
College costs
in Nebraska
The following costs include full-time
resident tuition, fees and room and board
for one year.
Union College $4,228
Creighton University 4,220
Midlands Lutheran College 3,850
Hastings College 3 340
Doane College 3,770
Nebraska Wesleyan University 3,760
Dana College 3,695
Concordia Teacher's College 3 ,4 1 5
College of St. Mary's 3,155
UNL 1,941
Wayne State College 1,728
Peru State College 1,690
Chadron State College 1 ,646
Kearney State College 1 ,544
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