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Wednesday, march 21, 1979 lincoln, nebraska vol. 102 no. 99 u' )' . , , , i ; , ' ".'.- "i .'. . ' , ' "J, , , ' : i'f ..j -rS. t vvr jJ .... 1 Vr, " ' .iiii.ii ' t' t vr"' 1 A UNL student tekcs sdvsnttse of the wsim weather to play some soccer with his friends. NU By Randy Essex t' B - Cat U o o FOBl OaM&lIllIlS OIL II thoiiUwk removed Monday from a bill priti cized as anti-union, the Legislature did not advance the measure to final reading.; . LB108, attacked by its opponents as an attempt to dis courage collective bargaining by sidestepping court rulings, would establish systemwide bargaining units for employees of state and community colleges. - University employees on all three campuses would have been put into two units, through which they would carry out labor negotiations with the '"NU Board of Regents. But Bellevue Sen. Frank Lewis was successful Monday in amending the bill so it does not inlcude the university system. Lincoln Sen. Dave Landis failed Feb. 15 to remove NU from the bill. The Lewis amendment passed ona25-6vpte,'V';'';,.. " ' '' ".- ' ';:' The Lewis amendment reads, in part, 'This section shall hot be construed so as to require systemwide bargaining units at the University of Nebraska, or to re quire systemwide units for non-faculty employees of post secondary institutions. , . V ; : - Oppodtim . !V ' " Although the amendment excludes all those concerned except faculty members at state and community colleges, 19 senators opposed the bO. Landis led the opposition, , charging that the bill amounted to coercion of employees. Landis had earlier predicted that passage of the Lewis amendment would,, eliminate. . most opposition to the bill, but the vote Monday to advance the measure showed more opposition than any earlier vote. "Now we've said (to NU employees), Te won't kt 103: touch you. We won't let decisions hy the Co!irt of Industrial Relations concerning you be violated',. Landis .said. " . ' . i ' " ' - "But we will allow it to have an effect on other people. ' - - -?" Landis said that by removing the university from the bill, opposition to the bill, had been limited to constitu encies spread across the state. And those groups lack poli tical power, he said. Legal issues Landis said LB 108 amounts to the rewriting of a court decision, which he considers adequate. Such legal and factual issues should be left to the courts by the Legisla ture, Landis said. 4 Hemingford Sen. Sam Cullan also opposed bill advance ment, saying that after passage of Lewis amendment, the bill would cause "two sectors of post-secondary educa tion to be treated differently. A motion to advance the bill failed on a 23-19 vote, with seven senators not voting or absent. LB 103 traveled a rocky road through the Legislature. The first attempt to. advance it from the first stage of debate failed 24-13. A week later, the bill cleared its first hurdle 25-14. A unicameral majority is 25. ' , The regents are now awaiting a decision from the State Supreme Court; concerning its appeal of a Court of In dustrial Relations decision allowing faculty members at UNO to organize in a separate bargaining unit, : The regents contend that employees of each campus are a part of an overall system, and should not become fragmented. battles - ; Regent Ed Schwartzkopf said he does not . want , campuses or campus groups to battle each other for funds. He cited controversy between business administration engineering and agriculture students over the NU Budget ; request as an example of what the regents want to avoid.' "Employees nbed to understand how they fit into the , total picutre," Schwartzkopf laid. ' " ' if collective bargaining is what they want, that is fine, so long as . they understand the situation, he added, i "There is nothing magic about getting more funds because you're organized, Schwartzkopf said. ........ ..' - . Continued on Pe-e 8 Greek letter starts rumor about slate By Shelley Smith A letter has been sent to Greek. ASUN candidates by Theta Nu Epsilon (TNE), a secret fraternity, congratu lating them for running in the ASUN election today and encouraging them to "always be thinking Greek when you're voting or implementing a program." The letter, signed by NuktograpWus, brother recorder states: "it has been the Greeks, not the independents, that have given the vast majority of input in all facets of campus. Let's uphold this fine tradition by supporting ourselves." - The letter has several implications, according to to the ASUN presidential candidates. The results of the letter on the election are unknown, they added. : 3 However, each of the five candidates said they were upi set with the letter, and four signed a rebuttal letter urging voters not to support attempts to elect representatives from just one segment of campus. Henry (Bob) Winkler, with the SINK party, was not available Tuesday afternoon to sign the letter, according to ASUN President Ken Marienau. However, when contacted by the Daily Nebraskan, Winkler said he would havesigned the letter and "fully backed what it said. Bud Cuca, Students for the University of Nebraska (SUN) party presidential candidate Said he was "very up set" about the TNE letter, and added that some people have asked him if his party will be included in a Greek slate. While Cuca said he does not think there is a Greek slate, he said he felt the Students Organized for Active Representation (SOAR) party "is behind trying to associate us with a Greek slate." "They know who their competition is. I think it was a Continued on Page 6 Rami sir"-. choices your in ASUN election When students visit the polling booths today to vote in the ASUN election, they wul vote on a ballot that has never been used at UNL. The ballot is part of the Hare System of voting, and involves ranking the executive candidates in preferen tial order. The Hare System is being used because of an NU Board of Regents rule, adopted last year, which requires the executive candidates to be elected by a majority of the students voting. ASUN President Ken Marienau said it is important that each voter vote correctly in order to obtain a fair and balanced election. First choice votes will be counted first, according to Marienau. If a candidate has not received a majority, then the trailing candidate's first place votes wul be eliminated, and the second preference on those ballots will be counted. Marienau said he hopes people will preference four candidates and added that by doing so, it will not hurt their first candidate's chances. Polling booths will be located at : -the Nebraska Unions, Nebraska Hall, Henzlik Hall,; Love Library, HarperSchrammSmith from 8 ajn. to ; 8 pjn. f -AbelSandoz, Neihardt Hall; C.Y. Thompson li brary; Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, 41 5 N. 16; Sigma Chi Fraternity, 1510 Vine St.; Sigma Phi Epsilon Frater nity, 601 N. 16; Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, 1515 R St. and the Comhusker Cooperative, 705 N. 23 from : 5 pjn.to8pjn. -Wesley House, College Of Business Adjninistra-: tion, Andrews Hall, Oldfather Hall from 8 am. to ' 4pjn. ' i Students must bring their UNL student identifica tion cards, when they vote. n n . n t . u It's lsli Attorney General's opinions oJc. bill to - : raise drinking age. . ;.'.p2s 6 Out cf the deep: Food reviewer Ben T. Shomshor takes a look at some fishy rned possibilities..' ...P ....p2Sl3 No winter vacation: The risers of UNL's winter ?. conditioning . , . . . -.prs 13