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DN : Did you agree with the ToucheRoss audit of the
UNL student unions ? What were your feelings about it?
Moylan: Well, we've had some problems. And I'd
rather not talk about it. I think the board has let the ad
ministration know that these things have to be remedied.
DN: How much power do you think the student
government should have?
Moylan: I don't think they ought to be endowed with
a tremendous amount of power.
DN: Do you think the student government should
have more power than it does now?
Moylan: No, I don't think so. I think right now they
probably have about the extent of power a student
government should have on campus. The only thing that
disturbs me is the fac that there's such a small group
participating (in government).
DN: Do you think this lack of interest might be caused
by the student government's limited amount of power?
Moylan: 1 just think their (ASUN's) committees are
just not creating enough interest among the students. And
I think it varies with the administrations of student
governments. I think some of them just use it for their
own personal benefit. I think it just kind of depends on
the administration.
DN: Do you think students this year are more interes
ted in student government than in the past?
Moylan: Well, it seems like every time they have an
election there's very few of them that vote. I still think
that they lack the interest that they should have.
DN: Do you have any suggestions to remedy this?
Moylan: No, except maybe if the student govern
ment would run a poll of the students and find out what
areas they're interested in . . . and what they think stu
dent government should be doing . . . rather than the stu
dent government themselves trying to determine what
they think is best for the people. And maybe having ad
ditional committees and allowing more input from more
students.
DN: What do you think about ASUN's action recalling
all ASUN-appointed students from university committees?
Moylan: I really don't know much about that.
DN: Are you familiar with the Student Court's
decision in the ASUN-YAF case?
Moylan: No, I'm not aware of that. I missed it
somehow.
DN: Do you plan to run again for regent?
Moylan: Well, I think it's kind of early to decide. I've
got four more years on the board. I think I'd rather re
serve that statement until closer to the end of my term, if
I'm still around?
DN: If you're still around?
Moylan: If I'm still alive, yes.
DN: How much time do you spend on regental'
business?
Moylan: Well, outside of the monthly meetings, and
sometimes a meeting in between, monthly meetings
usually take the good part of a day or day and a half; but
I would imagine an average of an hour a day on corre
spondence. . . .and there's a lot of material to read.
DN: Do the regents usually accept the advice of the
administration?
Moylan: No. I think you'll find if you check the voting
record that they don't always accept their advice on
everything. And there are some matters which get rather
controversial.
DN: What are some controversial issues?
Moylan: Well, student fees is one that the boards (the
regents and the administration) couldn't agree on. And
occasionally there's an appointment that not all of the re
gents will agree with. You know, the administrators are
faculty. . . .1 don't think we all agree on some of the
matters happening at the Eppley Center.
DN: Are you referring to the $1.1 million which the
federal government says the Eppley Institute owes?
Moylan: I'm talking about the problems there in
general.
DN: Is there much controversy among the regents
themselves?
Moylan: Oh, I think youll find a lot of split votes on
the board.
DN: Would you say there's a voting bloc on the board?
Moylan: Not really. It depends on the issue. . . .1
think a regent from Scottsbluff has an entirely different
constituency than a regent from Omaha.
DN: Would you describe yourself as being conservative
or liberal?
Moylan: Conservative. Even though I am a Democrat.
Or moderate. Moderate to conservative, I guess that's
what you'd call me.
DN: How would you feel about a voting student
regent?
Moylan: Well, I think I'd be opposed to it.
DN: I understand you lobbied for 10 organizations last
year. How long have you been a lobbyist?
Moylan: Where in the world did you hear that?
DN: I got the list from the Clerk of the Legislature.
Moylan: Oh, did you? Last session. It's part of my law
practice. I've been doing legislative work for the lobbyists
since the early 1960s. It still constitutes a good part of my
law practice.
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Moylan: For some of them I'm attorney, for some of
them 1 just do their legislative work.
DN: To your knowledge, do any of the organizations
that you lobby for conduct any business with the uni
versity? Moylan: I don't think any of them do.
DN: Have you ever encountered any conflicts of
interest because of your position as lobbyist for various
organizations?
Moylan: No. And I think that lawyers should be aware
of conflicts when they arise. You're not going to be in the
law practice, I don't care who you are, without occasion
ally running into conflicts.
And I think that first you ought to know what a con
flict is, legally, and secondly, you better have the belly to
get up and declare there's a conflict and decide . . .
whether you take yourself out of the matter, or if you're
on a board, you don't vote on a particular matter. And
that's always been my policy to avoid all types of con
flicts (of interest).
DN: Have you ever abstained from voting on the issue
of alcohol on campus?
Moylan: Oh no, I haven't ever abstained on that. I have
been opposed to the having of alcohol on campus. And I
think I've been on the record since day one on that. And
the Licensed Beverage Association does not have a
position on that.
DN: Section 10 of the Nebraska State Constitution
says that regents "shall receive no compensation, but may
be reimbursed their actual expenses incurred in the
discharge of their duties." Do you or any of the other
regents receive any compensation, direct or indirect, how
ever minor?
Moylan: No, that would be prohibited by the
constitution.
DN: What about the free athletic tickets that regents
receive?
Moylan: Well, that's a university function . . . that's
not compensation, you're participating in one of the func
tions of the unviersity that you govern.
DN: How about free, all-expense paid trips to the bowl
games for regents?
Moylan: Well, that's a university function.
DN: Is it your duty as a regent to attend bowl games?
Moylan: I think probably just as much so as anybody
other than the players and the coaches.
DN: How do you feel about the other members of
the board?
Moylan: They're all pretty much businessmen and pro
fessional men, and have had a lot of experience in
different areas and on different boards, different com
missions. . . . Basically, I think it's a good board.
DN: Do yo think the university places the right
amount of emphasis on sports?
Moylan: I don't think it's really outdone-the sports
program. There's a lot of interest in it. And it's pretty
well self-sustaining financially. I'm sure that a lot of
people would say that there is too much emphasis placed
on athletics. By the same token, there's a lot of people
that pay their taxes regularly, taxes that are used to
support the university, and this is about their only con
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