Cuca
stresses AUN9:adiMiiiistration compatibiMty
By Shelley Smith
The Association of Students of the University of
Nebraska has battled UNL administrators all summer,
according to ASUN President Bud Cuca. This fall, he said,
he hopes to start working with them.
''It's been one fight after another, " he said.
letters cont.
251 which stated the states concern over the quality of
post-secondary education in the state of Nebraska. An ac
ceptable quality of education can only be attained if funds
are made available to attract top faculty and programs.
Whether or not a 15 percent increase in state-funding is
necessary is open to debate, but it is definitely clear that
the university must get over a 10 percent increase in state
funding to operate a first-rate institution.
Students too, must participate in solving NU's fiscal
dilemma. We realize that the university must defray infla
tionary costs in some manner. We do not, however, feel
that students and their families should be burened more
than is necesary . A tuition increases of half of the proposed
10 percent increase would be a compromise that students
would have qualms about, but could probably live with.
Bud Cuca
ASUN President
Hubert Brown
ASUN 1st Vice-President
Johnson scholarships
awarded to 55
Fifty-five University of
Nebraska-Lincoln students
have been named recipients
of F.E. and Orinda Johnson
Scholarships for use during
the 1979-80 academic year.
Jane Matzke of Sidney
received an $800 stipend.
Recipients of $300
scholarships were:
Chadron-Carolyn Reid.
Columbus-Marilyn L.
Fernt, Karent E. Koppel
and Curt Robak.
Fairbury-Darrell J. Ebke.
Falls City-Rodney Joy
and Greg Kratz.
Ft. Calhoun-Lynne M.
Dugan.
Grand Island-Kurt
Brown.
Kearney-Ann C. Weber.
Lincoln-Scott S.
Ahlstrand, Janalee Barnell,
Debbie Blohm, Paul J.
Dietze, Jill Gossih, Ronald
Haehiya, Paul B. Johnson,
Benjamin Knoll, Jeanne
Matzke and Michelle.
Wiruth.
North
Emanuel.
North
Miller.
Omaha-Kerry Gott, Cyn-
Thone to consider
NU finance study
Governor Charles Thone,
Tuesday, announced that he
would Consider NU
President Ronald Roskens'
proposal to appoint a
commission to study NU's
financial picture.
However, Thone said he
would not set up he
committee but suggested
thai the NU Board, of
Regents might be the proper
body to conduct such," a
study.
Roskens first suggested
-that Thone name a
committee at the June
regents meeting. He voiced a
strong concern; that the
university's reputation is
being 7 hurt" because of
funding!, 'reductions and
itcoamendcd a IS percent
Bend-Ann
Platte-Diane O.
thia Hamblen, Staci Hessig,
Kirk Higbee, Jean Jirka,
Steven Kaspar, Kathleen
Lorenz, Elinor Lynch, An
drea Marcue, David Pritza,
Bertie Roberts, Stan Rosin
ski, Brenda Saunders,
David Smisek, Timothy
Myron Smith, Jeanne
Stern, Karen Veverka, and
Thomas M. Withers.
Papillion-Joni Lynn
Kramer.
Sidney-Kevin Hammond.
Springfield-Christie R.
Leigh.
Superor-Monica
Schleuter.
Illinois-Catherine Walker
of Harrisburg.
Iowa-James J. Coonce of
Council Bluffs, Christine
Stewart of Delwein, Susan
Long of Emerson, Amy
Erdenberg of Mason City,
Joel Schnoop of Onawa.
New Hampshire
Nannette Lewis of Nahsua.
Rhode Island-William
Oliver of Pawtauket.
Virginia-Susan Glover of
Fredericksburg.
Wisconsin-Carol
Brownlee of Kenosha.
"First the stadium expansion, the alumni center and
now the proposed tuituion hike." '
Cuca said he believes it is "ironic" that ASUN has been
fighting the administration. Usually it's the other way
around, he said.
Cuca said the stadium expansion proposal that was
killed by a non-majority regent vote In June, was a student
victory. Many ASUN senators were influential In the
decision he said.
And, he said, while not a total student victory, the
Alumni Association Center Is proposed for a parking lot
Cuca called "the lesser of two evils."
Tuition hike
Now, he said the battle lies with the proposed 10 percent '
tuition hike.
"It's beenr a good summer for students," Cuca said.
"Now weliave to concentrate on this fall," he added.
Cuca said he would like to see ASUN form a standing
committee to deal with minority enrollment.
A similar committee was formed last year under
President Ken Marienau, however, it was not a standing
committee, he said.
He also said a committee formed to investigate student
fees will be used to justify each student fee dollar spent.
Student desires
"We want to find out students needs and work
accordingly," he said. Cuca added that a program will be
developed during first semester and implemented during
the second semester.
Cuca said also ASUN plans to look into problems with
the current speakers program.
Cuca said some constitutional questions in relation with
the first amendment have been raised concerning the
regents rule disallowing any political or ideological
speakers on campus to be paid by student fees.
He said ASUN members are investigating possible
violations and looking at different speakers programs
options.
Ambiguity defined
If nothing else, Cuca said, he would like the ambiguity
in the regental rule defined.
"What is a speaker? What is political? What is
ideological? These questions need to be defined," he said.
budget hike.
Last Friday, Thone said
he felt Roskens was
'overreaching by asking for
the increase saying that big
budgetary increases -of the
-early 1970's are as 'rare as
39-cent-a-gallon gasoline?
Roskens' study would,
result in a lifting up of the
university for a tort of
airing to the general public.' ,
rt explained? he believed
that NU is at a fiscal
crossroads' and said he was -concerned
with NU's
educational quality.
: The 1979-80 NU budget .
totals $414.5 million," of,
which $115.9 million corr.es
from the state. This year's M v
legislative session increased
the budget by $9 million -V
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