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thursday, march 8, 1979
lincoln, nebraska vol. 102 no. 91
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Photo by Bob Ptarton
Sen. Ralph Kelly of Grand Island models a "Down One for Kelly" T-shirt
in the Legislature Wednesday. The T-shirts protest Kelly's bill to raise the
legal drinking age in Nebraska to 21 .
Board suggests fee hike
to catch up with. inflation
By Bob Lannin
The Committee for Fees Allocation
voted for a $2.75 increase in next year's
student fees Tuesday night, according to
Daily Nebraskan figures.
Total student fees for next year as
determined by CFA are $69.25, represent
ing a $2i75 increase over this year's $66.50
total.
The increase results from Fund A allo
cation of $39,502 for ASUN; $20,000 for
Cultural Affairs Committee; $36,500 for
the Daily Nebraskan; and $60,607 for the
University Program Council.
Fund B allocations include $732,000
for bond debt services, $1,267,579 for the'
University Health Center, $34,500 for
International Education Service (IES),
$141,500 for the Recreation Department,
and $600,000 for the Nebraska Unions.
The IES and Recreation Department
allocations are still pending appeals. These
appeals will be heard at tonight's CFA
meeting.
Student impact concerns SOAR candidate
By Shelley Smith
Editor's note: This is third in a five-part
series of candidates and parties running in
the ASUN election. Hie candidate, will be
interviewed in the order they will be placed
on the ballot.
Student government has a , lot of
problems, But IF alsalgrHf pSleltiatr
according to the Students Organized for
Active Representation party candidate, Joe
Nigra.
Nigra, a 22-year-old history and poli
tical science major said ASUN started "a
lot of good things" this year, but needs to
involve more students.
"ASUN needs to make the students
aware of what it is, and what it's doing for
them," he said.
Nigra said he is running for president
because he is concerned about student im
pact at UNL, adding that his experience as
an ASUN senator qualifies him for the job.
"I have a good working knowledge of
ASUN and of UNL administrators," he
said. v
I feel I can step right into the role as
president and take up where Ken (Marie
nau) left off" he said.
JJNTigro said he feels SOAR party candi
dates for senate are best qualified because
they are a blend of former senators and
new people.
Previous senators
SOAR is comprised of 28- senatorial
candidates. Six are previous senators.- It .
is the only party with former senators and
slated members for the Council on Fees.
Allocation
Nigra said prospective SOAR senator-,
ial candidates were interviewed before
given a place with the party. He said that
this process was a "step in the right dkec-
tioh to involve rnorepeople.' ;
He said good senators would be able to
show the NU Board of Regents that ASUN
is responsible and effective in. representing
students views. . ;
c However', Nigra added, the regents needV
to begin treating students as equals. - .
"I think we can gain more respect from
the regents and faculty by showing our
capability" he said:; ,'
Capability stems frora "solving priority
problems, Nigra said.
Solve problems
Hesaid that if elected he would like to .
solve the, College of Business Administra-":
tion and "the College of Engineering and-;
Technology's problems of overcrowding"
and .minimal financing. 5
He would also like to see a student rec
reation center constructed and student fees
returned to.student control. -." '
Alcohol on campus is a right Nigra
would like to see students have, but he
added that the regents will need to respect
ASUN as a body of mature students before
any compromise could be considered.
"The regents think that all we're con
cerned about is visitation hours and
alcohol "he said.
"Weneeld'to show that were concerned
with educational problems," he added.
Nigra said, if elected, he would empha
size mat he is a student rather than a
regent.
"I would like to be on a personal level
with the administration," he said.
"I have a good ability to deal with
people in close relationships. I want
them to think of me as Joe Nigra, not just
as a student representative," he said.
He said that student government means
a lot to him, and he has a strong motiva
tion for bettering the university for the
students.
"I want people to enjoy their time at
UNL. I want them to be prepared for their
futures," he said.
Nigro's first vice president is acting
president of the. Afro American Collegiate
Society, Hubert Brown. His second vice
president is ASUN senator Kim Wieland.
Senatorial candidates with SOAR are:
Agriculture: Donald A. Brainard, Jane
Svitalc'" ' . ...
"Architecture: Gary Hawfey
Business: Brad Belt, Gail Casteel, Dee
Ann Divis, Brian Dunbar, Renee Wessels
Engineering: Douglas Novak, Ken Rice,
Nathan Wesely
Graduate: Doug Brenner
Home Economics: Pam Cope, Karen
Miller
Professional: Mike DeLaura
Arts and Sciences: Doreen Charles, Jim
Davidson, Maureen Kerrigan, Dan Kurten
bach, Mary O'Connor, John Parsons, Mary
Schanbacher, Wendy Wysong
Teachers: Ann Gourlay , Susan Johnson,
Bob Knuth, Dan Tharp, Dale Wojtasek,
...
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Richard Armstrong, vice chancellor for
student affairs, said in order for students to
determine how much of their fees go to a
particular fee user, the total allocation to a
fee user can be divided by $43,500, except
the health center and bond debt services.
The amount of fees each student pays
to the health center is found by dividing
the health center's allocation by 42,500,
and the figure for bond debt service is
found by dividing by 40,722.
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cents of each student's fee goes for ASUN,
46 cents for Cultural Affairs, 84 cents for
the Daily Nebraskan, and $139 for UPC,
making total Fund A fees per student
$3.59.
Each UNL student pays $18.00 for
bond debt services, $29.83 for the health
center, 79 cents for IES, $3.25 for the
Recreation Department, and $13.79 for
Unions. Fund B fees per student are
$65.66.
Committee member Doug Brenner said
after the five-hour meeting, "I feel the
committee has shirked their duties in rais
ing student fees more than was justified."
These final recommendations now go to
ASUN for its approval, then to UNL Chan
cellor Roy Young, who will review the fee
recommendations along with Armstrong,
and finally to the NU Board of Regents for
the final determination of fees.
Before the committee began determin
ing the final allocations, Committee mem
ber Rocky Yapp said it was obvious the
committee would have to ask the regents
for fee increase.
Yapp said a $3 increase in fees is about
as high as the committee could go to keep
services at the same level and not cause a
great increase in fees.
Armstrong said he felt there was a
chance of getting an increase in fees
through the regents. With the increasing
rate of inflation and the fact that fees
haven't been increased for two years, Arm
strong said he felt some increase might be
approved by the regents.
Yapp moved that the committee in
crease fees by no more than $3, but his
motion failed by a 5-6 vote.
Continued on page 9 .
jTFor sinks
paper's story
In last Friday's story concerning the
SINK party running in the ASUN elec
tion, the names of the first and second
vice presidential candidates inadvertent
ly were inverted.
The SINK party's first vice presiden
tial candidate is Kelly Krutz (Benjamin
Charles Krutz) and the second vice
presidential candidate is Robert E. Lee
(Thomas J. Lee). Also, there are other
members in the SINK party besides the
three executive candidates, but none are
running for office.
,The Daily Nebraskan regrets the
error.
Photo by Jtrry McSrid
'I SOAR PresidcatiU Candidate Joe Nro.
Strategy, and Tactics: Two state sen
ators advise students on lobbying
against drinking age bills . . .page 6
Got a Problem: reviewer attends
Scapino and likes what she saw'
, page 8
Football in March: Series on Husker
winter conditioning
begins r. v.;. . . ; r.page 10