thursday, november 8, 1979
ASUN policy committee suggests
student research program criteria
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In 1978, the AU University Fund appropriated about
$3,000 to ASUN for the purpose of initiating a Student
Research Grant Program. The program was originally
established to encourage independent student research
research resulting from personal initiative rather than
academic requirements.
The program's creators considered limiting funding to
' students who had never participated in a research project,
stressing undergraduate research, or weighing the
worth of the projects on the number of students who
would benefit from them.
The ASUN Academic Policy Committee has considered
the originators' intentions and suggested guidelines to aid
in the selection process for research grants. Some
suggestions are:
1) References from sources, outside the Student
Research Grant Committee, will be considered on the
basis of the abilities of individual students submitting pro
posals, not on the worthiness of the proposals themselves.
2) Grant allocations may be used both to fund entire
projects and to supplement funds from other sources.
3) There will be emphasis on research projects that are
outside normal requirements for classes and degrees.
4) The student researcher must submit a written report
to the SRGC at the completion of hisher project.
5) Student research projects to be funded by SRGCs
must be completed by April 15, 1980, in order to give the
SRGC sufficient time to evaluate and report on the results
of the program. - ,
6) The SRGC will meet monthly during the academic
year to assess the progress and make an evaluation of each
project. Each student researcher must submit to the
SRGC a written report in March if the project has not
been completed, to include all expenses incurred in the
research, all expenses charged to the grant allocation,
drafts of the final report, if any, or of any section thereof,
and any other information the SRGC may require.
Janice Kluck, ASUN senator and chairman of the
Academic Policy Committee, said 45 proposals were
received for the grants this fall and a total of $3,300 was
asked for. More than one-fourth of the proposals will be
funded, she said,
By Nov, 16, all proposals selected to receive research
grant money will have been chosen. Those who submitted
proposals will be notified if their proposal was accepted or
rejected at that time.
Use of Pill declines, but not at UNL
By Mary Louise Knapp
Although national statistics and a Lincoln birth-control
clinic report a decline in use of birth-control pills in favor
of. other contraceptive methods, the University Health
Center reports that women going to the health center for.
birth-control aren't following the trend.
. Terri Mecham of Planned Parenthood of Lincoln said a
decline in Pill use in the city. reflects a nationwide trend. "
Planned Parenthood reported a 5 percent decline in the
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number of women who are patients there who chose the
Pill over other forms of contraception since 1977.
"Of a total of 3,629 women who visited the clinic in
1977,78 percent chose birth-control pills. In 1979 we saw
3,387 women, 73 percent of whom chose the pill,"
. Mecham said!
The diaphragm was the second most popular method
of birth control preferred by 8 percent of the women who
' visited Planned Parenthood from 1977 to 79. Five percent
chose the IUD.
However, Linda Rijicz, director of nursing at the Uni
versity Health Center, said that she has not noticed a de
' dine in prescription of birth-control pills at the Health
Center.
"Overall buying of the Pill is up," Rijicz said, "but we
1 pre not sure of exactly How many students are on the Pill
because we have not kept track of them, We have noticed
a greater interest in the IUD and the diaphragm, especially
during the past year."
The Health Center began prescribing the diaphragm as
a contraception method in March 1978 and started offer
ing lUDs in September,
"We are keeping statistics on the number of women
who request these methods," Rijicz said.
Since the Health Center made diaphragms and lUDs
available, 1 5 women have requested diaphragms and six or
eight asked for IUDs, she said. Before March 1979, the
birth-control pill, over-the-counter methods such as
condoms and spermicides, and instruction in natural
methods such as rhythm, were the only forms of contra
ception offered by the Health Center.
National declines in Pill use have b.een attributed to re
ports during the past 10 years linking the Pill to blood
clots, some forms of cancer, gall bladder problems, liver
tumors, heart disease, strokes, anemia and numerous
minor side effects such as weight gain or loss.
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