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thursday, march 15, 1979
lincoln, nebraska vol. 102 no. 05
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gatsine not
wanted by students-
ASUN senator
By Shelley Smith
Calling Fathom the magazine supple
ment to the Daily Nebraskan, a service that
students don't want but get anyway, an
ASUN senator Wednesday night questioned
the student fee funding for the magazine.
Sen. Jim Davidson, during ASUN meet
ing debate about the Committee tor Pees
Allocation recommendations said he
questions the validity" and purpose of
Fathom in a student newspaper.
"If this Is I student newspaper, and stu
dents don't want, it, why is it worth seven
grand?1 he asked.
Fathom costs the Daily Nebraskan
$7280. Earlier this month CFA cut the
same amount from students fees to be
given to the Daily Nebraskan. However v the
newspaper appealed that decision and the
$7,280 was returned to the budget and re
placed with $2,74 1 cut in staff benefits.
Davidson also criticized the Publications
Board for supporting Fathom. He compar
ed the board to 'the people over there on
Holdrege Street (the NU Board of Regents)
who say 'it good for students so let's do
it without really knowing what students
want.
Daily Nebraskan Business Manager Jerri
Haussler criticized Davidson's comparison
of the Publications Board and the regents.
wl question if that's a valid statement
she said .
"There are five students on the board,
and they can overrule the decision if they
donH want it (Fathom). If you want to kill
Fathom I suggest you do it throng the
right channels,' she said.
toa&y Nebraskan advisor and Publicat
ions Board representative C David Kotok
agr-l;Hatleriind'ddea that the
Publications Board dcsftoikpectallst
dents to read Fathom.
'This Is a public service too, he said .
"It seems to me if youe going to use
student fees, the best way to use them is to
provide a service to students for writing,"
he said.
Fathom accepts poetry, short stories
and photographs from students outside the
Daily Nebraskan
Daily Nebraskan Editor-in -Chief Pete
Mason said that Fathom fills a void on
campus by appealing for input from other
writers.
"AncTit needs to continue to exist on
campus, he said.
ASUN President Ken Marienau also said
he questioned the Daily Nebraskan 85
percent increase in salaries since 1977,
However, Kotok Justified the increase
with the growth of the paper.
"It used to be n 1976 that there were a
lot of eight-page papers he said,
"As the paper has grown there has been
a demand on the editorial staff to produce
more and more. We havent run an eight
page paper in the last two years,' he said.
Kotok added that, salary levels may
seem high, but they must be equitable in
order to attract talented writers and to re
place the income from other part-time
jobs.
He also argued that a 25 percent in
crease in staff salaries was necessary be
cause the Daily Nebraskan will become a
five-day publication next fall. It currently
publishes four times a week.
Extra staff will be hired to provide extra
stories to fill the extra day's edition, Kotok
said, adding that five-day publication will
demand more time from the entire staff.
ASUN also questioned the budget pro
proposal submitted by the University Pro
gram Council.
UPC representative Nathan Wesely said
that the $13,000 increase would allow for
more programming and planning.
Included will be funds for speakers, the
Womens Resource Center, and the format
ion of the UPC Culture Center.
Sen. Jim Davidson questioned the great
amount of money being allotted for
speakers.
Sen. Rocky Yapp clarified Davidson's
questions by quoting several inflation
figures in speaker fees.
"Last year we paid Jane Fonda around
$2,800. This year her fee has gone up to
over $4,000,' he said.
Davidson said he also wondered about
the $3,000 increase budgeted for Com
stock, the spring concert sponsored by the
East Campus Program Council.
Last year $5,000 was budgeted, but
Wesley said the actual , price would be
nearly $7,000. However, EUPC had funds
left over from several dances held this
semester to supplement the .extra cost.
Davidson said his intent in questioning
the budget was not necessarily to cut any
thing, but rather to approach certain pro
grams being planned.
He cited the $1,000 allocation for a
symposium on death and dying as a possi
ble "excess program, because only seven
people attended a similar program In 1977.
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lhoto by Maifc Btllinodty
It miht be an unusual way to make a living, but George "Jed" Smock said that preaching at universities is his life
work.
Standing on BroyhiH Fountain north of the Nebraska Union, Smock spent about 4 hours Wednesday afternoon teOing
the Gospel to university students.
Smock said he probably would move on to the University of Missouri tomorrow "unless God makes other plans,"
MtimdmBM labor bargaining bit I
By&andyli&x
NU apparently will be amended out of a
legislative bTQ that has caused faculty mem
bers to -charge that the NU Board of
Regents IS trying to discourage collective
bargainkg by skirting court decisions.
BeHevue Sen. Frank, lewis said Wednes
day be will offer an amendment to IB) OS
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to remove the university from provisions in
the bin, Lewis said be expects the amend
ment to pass. ...; ?
the measure, without the swnendment,
would establish two system -wide bargain
ing units for labor negotiations with the
regents, UNO, UNL and Medical Center
faculty would make up one Ujiit, and non
professional employees on the three
campuses would comprise the other unit.
f ancier the Lewis amendment, state
colleges and technical community colleges
would be put in single units, but univer
sity employees wouli be allowed to
establish their own units, in accord with
past court rulings.
, No business
' lincoln Sen. Dave Landis said the Lewis
amendment is ,peased,, and if it passes
will eliminate tnost opposition to the bill.
V.liwii'ial47iaie university had no
business being incladed in the b2L The pro
blem the bUl alms to solve is fragmentation
of interest that has surfaced at the state
coHegeSphetaif. - . v
State college trosteet recently appealed
a decision by the Court of Industrial Re
lations that allows employees of Chadron
State College to form a bargaining unit
separate from other state colleges.
But, Lewis said, the university situat
ion is different than that of state colleges,
and the issue is cluttered by inclusion of
NU.
University officials contend that there is
just one community of interest in labor
negotiations with faculty members, but the
courts have ruled that interests and roles
on three campuses are different,
Lewis agreed that interests are different
within the NU system, but are the same at
the state college and technical community
colleges. : ," :: ,
The regents have traditionally viewed all
campuses as part tf one unit, and support
ed inclusion of NU the bSL llie regents
have one to the Nebraska Supreme Court,
chaUsnrfng tiie tight of UNO faculty mem
bers to form their own bargaining unit,
.; Sepsrste muts
The Court of Industrial Relations and
the Supreme Court have ruled that each
campus faculty and norrprofessiceal
employees can form separate units. The
colleges of dentistry and law and the Uni
versity Police have also been given court
approval to form their own units.
UNL Faculty Senate Chairman WSHxai
Campbell last month said the regents sup
port of the b21 was an attempt to discour
age union organization. University officials
denied that charge, saying they only wri t
to avoid pitting campus groups against each
other for money.
Although Lewis 'said he expects the
amendment to pass, be wffl offer a motion
to ki3 the bill if it doesn't &
Landis said his opposition to the 21
win not end with passage of the Lewis
amendment. If the enrvetsfty Is excluded
from the bHL, Landis said most urban
senators will no longer be opposed to it.
"Theittederhing political motivates
w3 change completely he said.
But Landis sti3 thinks theb3 is man
sgement Oriented,"" and is designed.: to
inhibit criEectrte bargsiaing. HessiihewHl
oppose the b2I on the basis of court rulsgs
on the subject.
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