thursday, december 13, 1979
daily nebraskan vol. 103 no. 73
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By Mary Kay Wayman
A financial cutoff of student fee support and increasing
inflation will have a "pretty devastating,' effect on the
Kimball Performing Arts series Ron Bowlin, Kimball Hall
director and coordinator for the Cultural Affairs;
Committee in charge of the series, said.
Bowlin said that since his committee has compiled a re
port on the financial impact on the series, they have
found the funding problem would be worse than
originally thought.
"I didn't think it would be as bad as it will be," Bowlin
said. "It's become a nightmare."
The NU Board of Regents cut off student fee support
to the Performing Arts Series in 1977 when they
restructured the NU student fees system.
"The loss of the fees makes a big dent," Bowlin said.
But even if we didn't Jose that we would still be behind."
The Performing Arts Series was financed through next
year's season with a base support of $15,000 from student
fees, $9,000 from university tax dollar support through
the Arts and Sciences College and $22,000 from an
endowment left to the university for the school of music,
he said.
'THAT BASE MONEY enables us to generate the
other funds," he said. The other funds include grants
from state and national agencies tor the support of the
arts which are given on a matching dollars system.
Bowlin said that through grants and box office sales,
the base money is tripled for the series' use.
"We can conclude that the $15jXX) loss is not just the
loss of $15,000, hut may diminish the program budget by
' $40,000 to $50,000 or about one4hird of the program,"
he said. .
Major tours cost more than box office revenues alone
can generate, he said, and grants are a necessity to bring
the major tours to UNL. For example, he said, the San
Francisco Ballet Co,, appearing next semester, will cost
"something like $40,000 for the two days they will be
here." The total cost to the series budget will be $21 JOOO,
to $22 pOO, he said.
The series can book other shows for the 850 seat
: 'theater hich can be paid for through box office revenues
aloheVhe said, but booking only such shows brings up the
"question of quality."
' . "I rfeel we have the responsibility to provide
experiences to show people how significant the arts can
be,"hesaid. .
"It's the base level of support from the university that
enables us to do this," Bowlin said.
A PROPOSAL to allocate funds for the Performing
.Arts Series from the University Council fees support has
been approved by all UPC program councils, Glenn
Maloney, program consultant for the Committee for
Activities and Programs, said. . . , '
UPC approved the proposal on the condition that cer-
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Flying high
Photo by Mark Billingtley
Here's lookin' at you " said one of the many
Floridian seagulls to the vacationing businessman's
family. Like the seagull, many students will be
ready to soar to the vacation lands of Florida, other
states or even the proximity of home after being
tethered to their books during finals week. See
pages 6 and 7 for more photos and stories on
vacationing down south.
tain concessions be made, Maloney said. These
concessions include a continued student discount on series
tickets, UPC representation on the program selection
committee, a byline for UPC on all purity and
programs and 100 tickets held back for each show to pre
vent sell-outs by series tickets alone. -
Before the Kimball Performing Arts Series can obtain
UPC funds the proposal must be approved by the
Committee for Fees Allocation, ASUN, the Vice-Chancel-lor
for Student Affairs Richard Armstrong and the
regents, Maloney said.
Bowlin said that according to projected costs based on
this year's program and considering a 7 to 8 percent infla
tion rate the Performing Arts Series will need $30,000
more than it will have for the 19801 seasor055j000
more for the 1981-82 season and $64000 more for. the
1982-83 season, Bowlin said. '
The figures were obtained considering the cutoff in
fees support and zero growth in grant and university tax
dollar support, he said.
"The grants are staying constant and thus decreasing in
value as artists fees go up," he said.
These figures indicate that the program will be cut
down to half of what it's been, he said. ; .
"We've been able to give the university a pretty good
program for not much support," he said. "Now it's going
to be up to them (the. administration) to set policojv
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Survey
says
paper
credime
By Bill Graf
In a Daily Nebraskan survey of 200 UNL students,
faculty, staff and administration, 182 said they believe the
Daily Nebraskan is credible. Fourteen said the newspa
per's credibility is marginal, one said the paper does not
have credibility and three gave no opinion.
The Daily Nebraskan informally selected 160. students
from the UNL 1979-80 Buzz Book, and 40 members of
the faculty, staff and administration were chosen from the
UNL 1978-79 Centrex Directory.
Besides asking about the credibility of the Daily Ne
braskan, the short telephone interviews included seven
other questions concerning the paper.
When asked, "which page do you read most often,"
most respondents said they read the front page first. It
also was voted the most read page, with 41 percent of
the students and 76 percent of the faculty, staff and
administrators saying they read the front page either first
ur secunu.
FACULTY AND students selected different pages as
the second most read. Forty -five percent of the students
and 21 percent of the faculty, staff and administration
said they, read the sports page first or second, while 39
percent of the students and 52 percent of the faculty,
staff and administrators voted the editorial page as their
favorite. Several people added that they have started to
read the editorial page more often since the start of the
Iranian crisis.
Personal classified advertisements rated a close fourth
with 44 percent of the student vote and 12 percent of
the faculty, staff and administration vote.
Continued on Page 14
By Barb Richardson
Although Tim Rinne, a graduate student and member
of University Students for Educational Development, has
said that he doesn't believe that ASUN is representative,
Rinne was appointed to ASUN last night. '
First Vice President Hubert Brown, voting in favor of
Rinne's appointment as a graduate college senator, broke
a tie vote of 14-14. - , ' -
Rinne told the Senate that he thought ASUN must
take a larger role of informing students of pertinent issues,
such as student fees and tuition increases.
Rinne said that student fees should be a main concern.
He said that students "need control" of the Dady
Nebraskan and suggested that ASUN be given a weekly
column in the Daily Nebraskan.
Rinne added that another priority ofthe senate should
be to lobby for the ERA and minority rights.
off tSuree aiQBoMted to
ASUN
Earlier in the meeting, Sen. John Parsons said that it is
not the policy of the senate to get involved with social
issues. He added that he doesn't want Rinne using ASUN
as "a pounding board" for social issues. .
Sen . Gail Casteel asked Rinne if he thought ASUN had
not been responsive to minority and women's rights.
Rinne answered that he thought ASUN could take a larger
role in being responsive to those issues.
"I feel that I've been clumsy in the past and I will be
clumsy in the future," Rinne said. "I understand some
people being upset about my past comments, but I feel
that I can work with just about anyone here."
Rinne said that although he may disagree with some of
the senators, good decisions are based on exchange of
ideas. .
Rinne's appointment followed in hour of debate and
, two votes on the appointment.
Also appointed to the Senate Wednesday were Judy
Henderson, a sophomore from Arts and Sciences College,
and Steve Steiner, a junior from Teachers College. Hen
derson said that she is primarily concerned with the 10
percent tuition increases planned for the next five years.
Steiner said that he would like to increase a student in
terest in ASUN as a senator.
Speaking in open forum, Student Court Justice Bob
Gleason, told ASUN that the leadership ofthe Senate has
problems that need to be looked into.
'The only consistent aspect of your leadership has
been the inconsistency," Gleason said.
In his speech Gleason referred to the operation of the
executive committee, internal affairs committee and
knowledge of some ofthe ASUN leaders. '
"I have not said a thing tonight that I have not heard
before from one of you," Gleason told the Senate. Presi
dent Bud Cuca and Second Vice President Kim Weiland
said that Gleason made some 'Valid comments."
