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daily nebraskan
tuesday, december 4, 1979
ASUNsurprised by union hour cutback
, By Barb Richardson
ASUN President Bud Cuca said he was a
"bit surprised" Thursday morning when he
read in the Daily Nebraskan that the
Nebraska Union hours had been shortened.
Cuca explained that members of the
ASUN senate were unaware that the Union
Board was voting on hours Wednesday
night when the senate also met.
Cuca also said the communication
problem creates unnecessary "animosity'
between Union Board and ASUN.
The Union Board voted that night to
shorten the Nebraska Union hours to
11:30 pjn., instead of midnight, on
Fridays and Saturdays. The union will
open at 9 instead of 8 ajn. on non-football
Saturdays. The East Union will close at
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Thursday and will close at 11 pjn instead
of midnight, on Fridays and Saturdays.
The board shortened hours to help pay
utility bills. Because the Nebraska Legisla
ture voted last year to no longer finance
bonded projects, among them the unions,
the union was left with a $244,027 utility
bill. , x
'None of us (Union Board members)
want to close the building,' board
President John Kreuscher said, but "we
need the money."
After the hour cuts, the union has
$4,070 left to pay for utilities, Kreuscher
told the Daily Nebraskan.
ASUN SEN. DALE WOJTASEK said he
was surprised by the change in hours.
Wojtasek sponsored an ASUN resolution
that objected to cutting the unions hours.
The resolution said because closing the
union decreases the hours available for
students who support the building, ASUN
should oppose limiting the hours.
Wojtasek said the resolution, which was
not introduced, will not be introduced
Wednesday night. He said the resolution
was not introduced last Wednesday because
he told the senate that Union Board would
give the senate warning before they voted
on the change.
Wojtasek said when he read the paper
Thursday he felt like he had been used,
because the board did not warn the senate.
Kreuscher said he told the board they
probably should wait for ASUN's reaction,
but because ASUN gave the Union Board
responsibility for consulting the union staff
on policy changes, they went ahead and
voted on changing the hours.
Wojtasek said it would be pointless for
ASUN to address the resolution. He said he
doesn't plan to introduce the resolution at
Wednesday' ASUN meeting.
ALTHOUGH WOJTASEK said that he
can now justify the cut in hours, he said he
was bothered by the communication
between. ASUN and the union board.
Instead of verbally letting ASUN know,
through Cuca, that the vote on hours
would take place Wednesday, Wojtasek said
that Kreuscher sent ASUN a letter in the
mail that arrived Thursday after the.
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change. ,
Wojtasek said that Kreuscher told the
senate on Nov. 14, that he wanted student
input on the changes and was going to do a
study to determine how many people use
the union during the late hours.
' Wojtasek'said he didn't know if students
were talked to about the change.
My argument is not with the hour cuts,
but with the communication barrier,"
Wojtasek said.
Kreuscher. said that one of the reasons
that the board took action last week was so
that if students were upset about the
change the board could change the decision
this week. He added that the board talked
to the night managers to find out how
many people use the union late at night;
"ITS QUITE COMMON that only one
person is in the building at closing time,"
he said.
Kreuscher said that he is assuming that
the hour changes are acceptable because he
hasn't heard any negative feedback from
students.
'The Union Board is made up of
students, and if that's the only student
input the board used, then I would say that
is biased, asun owuuu w-.v...
Kim Weiland said. ...
"I can understand why they would close
the union, but I don't agree with the
communication used ," she said .
She said that she had not heard of any
correspondence between Union Board and
ASUN about Wednesday night's vote.
"I was very upset that Union Board
didn't wait for ASUN's position," ASUN
Sen. Bob Knuth said. "If you look at what
ASUN is supposed to be, we're supposed to
represent the students of UNL and their
opinions."
Knuth said the cut in hours is not such a
"catastrophe" if it is the best possible
solution.
Although he was surprised, Cuca said
that it's hard to comment on the changes
because he didn't have all the facts, such as
the number of people using the building
late at night. v
Kreuscher said that he will probably be
at ASUN's Wednesday night meeting to
discuss why the changes were made.
Boosalis corrects Scherer
The Daily Nebraskan quoted City
Council member Leo Scherer Nov. 27 as
saying the mayor spent $3,600 on travel
expenses for the last fiscal year.
Mayor Helen Boosalis said the figure
was wrong. She said she spent $1,800 on
traveling expenses for the last fiscal year.
Flood area to be discussed
" Rehabilitation alternatives will be dis
cussed today for a flood area in the Malone
neighborhood. - -
The area from 0 to R streets and 22nd
to 27th streets has one chance in a hundred
years of flooding, Larry Potratz of the Ur
ban Development Department said.;1
The meeting is part of an eight-step pro
cess before Lincoln can spend federal
community block grant funds for rehabili
tation in the area,
Citizens are invited to the meeting at
the Grace United Methodist Church, 2640
R St., at 7 p in. to give suggestions. .
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