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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, icptember 12, 1070
Survey: Higher tuition won't mean better education
Dy Kathy Stokebrand
Results of a recent survey have shown
that 725 percent of UNL students ques
tloned said that. a proposed 10 percent
Increase In tuition would not mean an
Increase In educational quality.
In addition, 1 ,1 percent of the stu
dents surveyed said that the educational
quality at UNL is declining.
The survey, conducted by the Govern
ment Liaison Committee, questioned UNL
sophomores, juniors, and seniors for a total
response of 118. The percentage of stu
dents believing that the educational quality
at UNL is declining increased as their hours
did. By classes, 58.8 percent of the soph'
omores, 67.44 percent of the juniors,
and 92.68 percent of the seniors surveyed
said they felt the educational quality was
declining.
Students also were asked if they
thought the NU Hoard of Regents had
"educational quality in mind when they
discuss tuition raises' About 51 percent
of the students surveyed said the Regents
did have educational quality in mind, and
47 percent disagreed.
According to GLC member Brad Belt,
it Is the students view that the educational
quality at UNL is declining. That Is all the
more significant when one seriously evalu
ates the educational hierarchy of the
nation and the Big Eight, he said .
Nebraska is among the lower 30 percent
nationally In faculty salaries. However,
Belt said, tuition here is the second highest
in the Big Eight.
Belt said one could tentatively conclude
from student perception that educational
quality is on the decline and that an
increase In tuition will not serve to Increase
that quality.
Furthermore, if one looks at faculty
salaries-tuition ratio as compared to other
land grant instltutions-the quality of
education is not that good to begin with,
BeltM,d .
At the regents meeting Friday, ASUN
President Bud Cuca plans to ask the
Regents to reconsider the tuition increase
and consider possible alternatives to the
straight 10 percent Increase. It Is GLC
policy that less of an Increase in tuition is
warranted and that funds should be ear
marked, Belt said.
The Graduate Assistant Teaching Pro
gram would be one example for earmarked
funds. This program is easily recognized as
increasing the quality of education, Belt
said.
He said that regent policy is one that
costs are going up so students should help
bear the costs. Belt said when the cost to
the student means dropping out of school,
the cost is too high.
Belt added that a straight 10 percent
tuition Increase is similar to saying that the
income tax for everyone in the United
States should be a flat rate. If this Increase
is passed, it will mean that tuition has gone
up 33 percent In the last four years.
The GLC is the research and lobbying
agency of the ASUN, appointed by the
ASUN. Purposes of the committee are to:
(1) evaluate proposed state and local legis
lation that would affect UNL and its stu
dents; (2) survey student's opinions about
that legislation; and (3) lobby on behalf of
ASUN and the student body .
Although recruiting for GLC members
has not actively begun, Belt said that mem
bership is open to anyone interested in
lobbying or research for the student body
or issues that affect it.
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Lincoln herb shop
offers a euphoria
By Paula Bauer
Herbs and spices can be put in your dresser to make
your socks smell good or mixed with water to make tea.
Your grandmother might have used a particular herb
tea to ease her arthrities.
Now herbs can be bought in capsule form, Solaray
herb capsules, which can be purchased at Euphoria, 1911
0 St., are sold. as a remedy for ailments from high blood
pressure to impotence and hot flashes.
Owner Deb Haselhorst said that business for the herbs
is good. Capsulized herbs are more expensive than the
loose variety used to make tea, but she said people will
pay more for the convenience and the smell.
Some of the herbal remedies smell awful, she said, so
many people prefer to just take a pill.
"Herbs aie just starting to come back. People are
getting back Into what their grandparents did," she said.
"Herbs really are the basis for medicine."
Books and pamphlets about herbal remedies also can
be purchased at Euphoria.
The store also sells woodrose and psilocybin mush
room seeds. Hawaiian woodrose seeds come in 20-seed
packets for $4. Haselhorst said they are sold with the in
tention of planting, but most buyers scrape off the coat
ing and eat the seed to get a "buzz like speed."
She added that the coating contains strychnine, so a
person could vomit for several hours if the seed is eaten
without removing the coating.
She said there is little demand for either woodrose or
mushroom seeds.
Mushroom seeds are legal in seed form, but she said
"people aren't supposed to plant them." She said the
demand for them is low because of the difficulty in
growing them. Psilocybin mushrooms are hallucinogens.
"They need certain temperatures and growing condi
tions, so they're fairly hard to grow."
Euphoria also carries marijuana paraphernalia. Hasel
horst said the pipes "are just a side-line. The herbs are the"
main thing."
Euphoria, formerly Lady Lavender's Herb Store, has
been open for a year and is owned by Haselhorst and her
husband Greg.
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