monday march 24 T980
lincoln, nebraska vol 104. no. 5t
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Ballots
appoint justice are questioned
By Kent Warneke
Two absentee votes to appoint Jim Young to the
ASUN Student Court Wednesday night may have violated
ASUN's rules of order,, and one student court justice said
an. invalid appointment would nuHify the court's decision
Thursday to throw out complaints about the March 12
ASUN election.
Young was appointed by a 20-0-2 vote at the Wednes
day ASUN. meeting. Two absentee ballots were cast in
favor of the appointment to reach the two-thirds majority
of ASUN senators needed for the appointment,. ASUN
minutes indicate.
One day later Young cast one of the thee "aye" votes
in student court to throw out all cases concerning the
ASUN elections. The complaints filed after the election
were thrown out on a 3-2 vote and the election results
subsequently were revealed.
The controversy centers on Robert's Rules of Order,
which ASUN's constitution states should be followed at
all meetings. Under the voting section , the rules state "un
less charter oe state laws authorize absentee voting, no
member can vote except in person.'
Glenn Maloney, an adviser to ASUN, said there is. nos
mention in the ASUN constitution about absentee voting,
unless it is "under the jurisdiction of the first vice
president.
Would have been deadlocked
If the two absentee ballots had not counted, Young's
appointment to? the student couit would have been
approved at the last senate meeting. Consequently, the
student court's decision to throw out the case filed by
John Parsons would have been deadlocked at 2-2 and the
merits of the case would have to have been heard in court.
Hubert Brown, ASUN first vice president, disagrees
with calling the Young appointment a violation of the
ASUN constitution.
Brown said it has been ASUN's custom to use absentee
voting and that tradition takes precedence over Robert's
Rules of Order.
Bob Moodie, ASUN parliamentarian and past first vice
president, agreed with Brown and said the first vice presi
dent can do anything until the senate overrules him.
"If a senator called out of bounds and called him
(Brown) on it, then absentee votes probably couldn't be
used,' Moodie said. 'The practice is one of expedience
and not the letter of law."
Student Justice Mary Fejfar expressed different opin
ions on the issue, and said she believes Robert's Rules of
Order allow no such provisions.
'Probably invalid
"If someone asked me what I thought about the
appointment, I would have to say the vote would probab
ly be invalid," Fejfar said. "In that case, a new justice
would" have to be appointed and it would nullify last
week's decision."
Fejfar said if reconsidering John Parsons' case was
needed, the merits of the case would have to be heard and
the announcement of the March 12 election results should
not have any effect on the case.
The court first enjoined release of the election results
on the grounds that they might bias a second election, if
a second were needed, Fejfar said.
"However, looking at past years when there have been
two elections, it appears that there have been no problems
with bias, and so the announced results shouldn't have
any effect," Fejfar said.
Parsons, who originally filed the suit against the elec
toral commission, said, "I'm not going to pursue getting
the appointment of Jim Young revoked. The whole idea
of the suit was to hear the case before the first results
were released and that's not pertinent anymore."
Are grounds
Parsons added, however, that judging from what he
knows about absentee voting regulations, there are
grounds for the claim of illegal voting.
Bob Gleason, counsel for Parsons, said the use of
absentee votes was probably improper.
"It doesn't have to be Parsons doing anything; anyone
can file a petition on this issue," Gleason said. "However,
the only intelligent recourse is to go beyond the student
court to a higher body on this."
ASUN senator Brad Belt said he believes there wasn't
any room for interpretation of the ASUN constitution
by the first vice president or for the use of absentee
ballots.
ASUN President Bud Cuca agreed with Brown and
Moodie and said precedent dictates the use of absentee
votes.
"If "Bob Moodie says it has to be the local custom,
fine. It is," Cuca said. "The senate didn't stop him
(Brown) from using the votes."
Young said he wasnt't aware of the use of absentee
votes in his appointment.
"It sounds to me like it's something for the court to
look into," he said.
Lack of f unds,guidelines
hurt aid to handicapped
By Mary Fastenait
Editor's note: This, is, the second of a two
part series describing the problems of
handicapped students at UNL.
Efforts to aid the physically handi
capped at UNL are themselves handi
capped by a lack of money and clear-cut
guidelines. But it's apparent the situation is
less-than-disasttous and is improving.
The problem with UNL's response to its
handicapped students is the same that
plagues work with other minorities-the
response came as an afterthought.
Programs have been tacked on to the
responsibilities of existing offices; funds
for adapting facilities have been taken
from the budgets of various departments
and legislation has failed to give definite
objectives.
These judgments emerged from a study
of the situation which; included a three-day
"experiment in which this repwtet was pri;
fined to a; wheelchair. ' ; "' . ' "V "
Brad Munn, UNL's Affirmative Action
officer, said he is, pleased with the progress
of programs for the disabled students. He is
also pleased with the $161,000 recently ,
allocated by the state through the pro
visions of LB309 to, be used in building
modification for the handicapped.
Munn- said tb money was allocated by
the LB309 Task Force, a group created
through a 197? bill and primarily respons
ible for distributing funds for deferred
maintenance of state buildings. This year
the group had $875,000 to use for handi
capped modification.
The $161,000 is important because it is
the first time the state has contributed a
substantial amount of money to help UNL
with building modification, Munn said.
However more funds will be necessary,
he said.
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Pig roasts popular during
summer, football seasons
. By Suzanne Sayed
. For the enthusiastic partier who goes
hog-wild over good-friends, good times and
good food, a pig roast could prove to be a
worthwhile endeavor.
Spring, summer and early fall, especially
during football seasons, are the best times
to partake In such an affair, according to
several managers of Lincoln meat markets.
For more ideas on parties, parties and
more parties turn to the Into the 80s, sec
tion , , , Page 7, .. '
Kevin Jones, manager of the Loffel
Meat Lab on East Campus, said they fill six
to eight requests a month for roast pig
between March and October.
September is the biggest month for
sales, Jones said, with April a close second.
Roasters at the Loffel Meat Lab are sold
for $1.20 per pound and can average any.
where from 50 to 125 pounds, Jones said.
Although the total sum may seem a lot
to squeal about, the average price comes to
little more than $1 per person.
"You figure about one pound of pork
per person," Jones explained, "so a 100
pound pig could be expected to fill a group
of about 100 people."
Jones also added that about 90 percent
of the purchased hogs are cooked at the
lab's smokehouse.
1 "For many groups who don't want the
hassle of preparation, we prepare the roast
er in the smokehouse," he said. Jones
explained that heat is directly applied to
the -pig : for 24 hours in an enclosed
structure. The fee for cooking is $20.
Jones described two other methods for
roasting a pig.
"The pit -type method has hot coals in a
dug-in in the ground that are covered with
sand and gravel. There are sheet' layers on
top of the coals and a minimal amount of
heat gets to the pig, which rests on top "
he said.
The third method he described is the
spit-type, where the pig is over the fire on a
rotisserie, The heat source is underneath
the pig, he said.
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Photo by Tom Gessner
The race is on! Bern Kralik shoulders his daughter Sharri and pulls his son Shad
by the arm in an impromptu race that developed Sunday afternoon on the way
back to the car from a family outing.
Residency requirements set
The Legislature Friday passed a bill that
would allow governing bodies of NU and
state colleges to set residency requirements
for instate tuition rates.
Included in LB304 is a clause requiring
the student to live in Nebraska for at least
18Q days and to show proof that he or she
plans to live in Nebraska permanently.
The bill sponsored by the Legislature's
Education Committee passed final reading
with a vote of27-U
LB304 sets minimum standards to
which the governing boards must adhere,
but allows the boards to make more strin
gent requirements at their discretion.
The minimum standards required under
the law are as follows:
A student must have lived in the state
for 180 days and prove that Nebraska will
be his or her permanent home;
-The parents of minors attending the
state colleges or university must be resi
dents of the state;
-A person may claim residency if he or
she is of legal age and is a dependent for
federal income tax purposes of a state
resident;
-A nonresident who marries a resident
may be considered a resident for tuition
purposes;
-A person may also claim residency if
he graduated from a Nebraska high school
or registered for classes while being a resi
dent of Nebraska.