CFA OKs increases for UPC, ASUN
By Kathy Stokebrand
The Committee for Fees Allocation approved increases
in its original tentative allocations for ASUN and the Uni
versity Program Council Tuesday night.
Specifically, the committee returned the positions of
ASUN first and second vice presidents to the same pay
level, instead of paying the first vice president more as was
originally allocated this year. Both officers will tentatively
receive $110 per month in 1980-81. Last year they re
ceived $140 per month.
ASUN President Bud Cuca urged the committee to
place ASUN first and second vice presidents on an equal
pay level. Their jobs, he said, are "very equitable.'
Brad Belt, ASUN senator, said he felt the first and
second vice presidents should not get any salary. He said
the president doesn't get enough.
The committee recommended that the senate more
clearly outline the duties of first and second vice' presi
dents in its constitution.
The UPC tentatively will be given $58,424 plus
$15,000 for major performing arts assistance. UPC origin
ally requested $60,883 and was given $54,024 after the
first round of CFA allocations.
One-semester
The Free University program was not given funds to
become a two semester program, as was appealed for.
CFA member Steve Speer said the program has not
started well enough to go to two semesters. He said the
time spent in additional planning for the one-semester
program would help it more than pushing for two
semesters.
The Cultural Center appealed for and was given
$2,750. Of this total, $1 350 was added to the original re
quest that the committee cut.
LeVetta Chamberlain, president of the UPC Culture
Center, said the additional funds were added to offset the
possible rejection of grant proposals the center is apply
ing for.
The committee had originally cut three of the center's
budgets for special events because it said other ethnic
and student organizations participating in the program
ming process should be responsible for contributing funds
to these events.
Representatives from various minority organizations
spoke on behalf of the UPC Culture Center, saying that
their groups would not be able to offer funds for the
programs. A spokesperson for the African People's Union
said the only thing that organization can offer is man
power because it doesn't have any money.
Rationale requested
Hubert Brown,, ASUN first vice president, asked the
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committee if the rationale for the cuts was included in the
minutes. Mary Schanbacher, CFA secretary, responded
that they were not.
Brown was given an explanation for the cuts.
He reminded the committee that the philosophy be
hind the Culture Center is to design programs for the en
tire student body from the minority students' perspective.
The cuts, he said, would drastically hamper these pro
grams. The College Bowl, a trivia contest included in the UPC
City budget, was originally cut $310. The money would
be used to send contest winners to regional competition,
said Greg Venburg, UPC-City president.
According to ASUN policy, student fees cannot be
used for students food, lodging or transportation to
attend seminars and conferences. Speer said the commit
tee interpreted this policy to apply in this situation. The
committee cut $450 from the College Bowl, $140 more
than originally, because that was the figure quoted by
UPC-City for food, lodging and travel.
UPC-East was given an additional $100 for funds to
publicise the trips offered by the council. Novelty Acts
for UPC-East were cut $200 rather than the original $250
cut.
Kumpost in race
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Photo by Jerry McBride
Crews at Pershing Auditorium this week arent just making a big mess-they're moving in tons of dirt for this
weekend's International Rodeo Association show.
By Diane Andersen
Junior Corkie Kumpost, Sandoz Hall president,
Wednesday announced her candidacy for president of the
Residence Hall Association.
Kumpost heads the Concerned About Residential
Environment party. Also running as members of CARE
are sophomore Lisa Burianek for vice-president;
sophomore Susan MacDonald for secretary; and
sophomore Russ Oatman for treasurer.
"We want to know what our money is spent for"
Kumpost said, citing a proposed 9.1 percent increase in
room and board costs to $1 ,555 for 1980-81 .
"As far as we know," Oatman said, "it (the increase) is
justified." But Kumtjost saidjstudents were shocked
at such a big increase, " wTTen """they " had been expect"
ing a 2 or 3 percent rise.
"Our main concern is the quality of the environment in
the halls " Kumpost said. She said living in residence halls
is a big adjustment, especially for freshmen,
Kumpost .said she would like fo create better unity
within each hall by creating discussion groups of hall
presidents, residence directors and hall residents. .
Oatman said that learning to deal with people is
possibly more important than skills learned in classes. He
said this skill is learned in the dormitories, "We want to
make them a community," Burianek said.
Crowding is another problem the CARE party plans to
address, .
"It will probably be another four or five years before
the crowding problem is solved" Kumpost said. She
suggested possibly lowering penalty fees for residents who
decide to get out of their housing contracts at the last
minute. More people might move off campus under such
a plan, she said,
Kumpost said she wants to motivate the halls to get in
volved in campus issues-as RHA did in the stadium
expansion petition drive last year,
"RHA can be powerful," she said, "so we want to
make it known to the whole campus,"
The RHA election will take place on March 12, the
same day as the ASUN election, The CARE party
currently is running unopposed.
Chambers denounces, "random5 'death penalty use
By Gordon Johnson
A committee hearing on LB762, which would repeal
the state's death penalty, may have little effect on the bill,
since Gov. Charles Thone has indicated that he will veto
the measure.
At a public hearing Wednesday of the Legislature's
Judiciary Committee, the bill's sponsor, Omaha Sen. Ernie
Chambers said the presence of the death penalty has not
reduced the number of capital crimes.
Chambers asked for the committee to advance the bill
because the present system is unfair to the indigent,
poorly educated and minorities.
- The way the law is used now the death penalty "is
random, like being struck by lightning," Chambers said.
If two people are charged with the same crime, and
found guilty, one may get the death sentence and the
other life in prison, he said.
Last session the Legislature voted, 26-22, to pass the
bill, however. Gov. Thone vetoed the measure after the
legislature adjourned.
Last year's version
Chambers bill, which is the same as last year's version,
would replace the death penalty with a mandatory 30
year sentence.
Chambers said, threatening someone with 30 years im
prisonment is more of a deterrent to capital crimes than
the death penalty.
Nebraska has had a death penalty since 1903, but only
20 people have been executed, he said. The last person
executed under Nebraska's law was Charles Starkweather
in 1959.
In order to be effective as a deterrent, the death
penalty must be swift and certain , he said .
'The death penalty is neither swif) or certain "
Chambers said.
Nebraska presently has eight people on death row.
According to testimony from Omahan Wayne Low
den , 3 334 people have been executed in the U.S.
Lowdcn, who painted a gruesome picture of death by
execution, said that the terror of execution does not act
as a deterrent.
Degrades life
The Rev. Ken Hutton, speaking for tire Urban League
of Nebraska and the Catholic Conference on Human
Relations of the Archdiocese of Omaha, said that the
death penalty leads to an erosion of respect of life,.
Also speaking in support of the bill were
representatives of Amnesty International, the editor of a
newsletter called Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty
and Nebraska Civil Liberties Union representative,
Thomas Hagel.
Hagel said Chambers' bill is workable,
"I would urge the committee to get rid of all the
emotional issues and look at the bill as a workable and
justifiable bill," Hagel said. "Society will be protected
without the taking of another human life."
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