thunday, november 13, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 7
NU, state colleges may form state student group
By Patti Gallagher
In an effort to "keep the momentum" of enthusiasm
for a state student association going, the Government
Uason Committee has scheduled a meeting to form a
Nebraska association at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Alumni
House.
SSA is a group that works for the issues and interests
common to all students in the state. A Nebraska associ
ation would be composed of members from all three NU
campuses and all four state colleges.
The "momentum" was started last week when Doug
Tuthill, president of the United States Student Associ
ation visited UNL, according to Nette Nelson, GLC chair
person. Tuthill reported to the ASUN Senate last week that the
enthusiasm for an SSA was great at UNL, and he advised
the senators to begin organizing one.
Nelson said GLC already has contacted the other
college campuses, and most of them responded favorably
to the idea. GLC received a letter last week from the UNO
Student Government Association advocating the idea.
Peru State College voted earlier this year to form a state
student association.
Nelson said she hopes SSA can have its first statewide
meeting by early December.
GLC has invited every student organization and any in
terested students to attend the Thursday meeting. Nel
son said a core committee will be elected to take charge
of UNL's state association.
Strength in numbers
While at UNL, Tuthill talked about some of the ac
complishments of other associations. Working basically
from a "strength in numbers" theory, he said the key to
accomplishing any goal is in organizing as many students
as possible to work for one cause.
Neison echoed that concept, saying students should
not be afraid to use their power constructively.
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The USSA has lobbied successfully for education
assistance legislation in Washington, Tuthill said. They
also have opposed draft registration because it does not
include a deferment for college students.
Nelson said that after a state organization is formed
and is operating, efforts may be made to join the national
group.
Nebraska is one of only six states in the country that
does not have an SSA,' she said.
Nelson said many campus and city officials are sup
portive of the SSA. GLC members recently spoke with
the governor, the Lincoln mayor and state senators, all
of whom "are excited that the students are ready to be
involved in their present, as well as their futures."
The legislators have indicated that "they could do a
lot more for us if we get out there and talk to the people
of Nebraska," she said.
Enlighten citizens
State senators would be more willing to support pro
university legislation -if students made Nebraska citizens
aware of that legislation and why it is important for them.
Last week, Tuthill told ASUN that although students
know why a farmer in western Nebraska should support
an increased NU budget, that farmer may not know.
The job of a state association is to go out and tell him,
he said.
Some people have been worried that UNL interests
would dominate a state association and not give equal
representation to the state colleges, Nelson said. But in
broad issues such as equal access to quality education, all
schools are equal, she said.
When a school such as Peru State, with an enrollment
of 900 students votes to form an SSA, it shows that
"big schools and little schools do have some similarities."
A question of continuity-staying active from one sem
ester to the next and one SSA to the next-also has been
raised, Nelson said. But in dealing with 'issues in which
students can rally around for 50 years," Nelson predicts,
the groups can stay strong.
When an SSA is organized and a budget is set, a paid
full-time director and lobbyist can be hired. In the USSA,
full-time staff members have been able to provide that
continuity and keep the group organized, Nelson said.
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