friday, january 16, 1981
lincoln, nebraska vol. 106, no. 5
UU
UnionBoard 'not happy' with bookstore's rent
By Ward Wright Triplett III
The Nebraska Union and the University Bookstore's
management have agreed to a rent payment plan, but the
results of the negotiations left mixed feelings among
Union Board members at a Wednesday night meeting in
the East Union.
The Union Board is a group of students, faculty and
Union officials who advise Union Manager Daryl Swanson
on decisions concerning the city and East unions.
In the first meeting of the year. President Maynard
Krantz announced that the bookstore's rental price would
be $32,000 a year. The figure was sharply reduced from
the $64,000 the board had originally requested.
"We are not happy with the final figure and 1 don't
know how they arrived at it," Krantz said. "The book
store is recognizing they do owe us and are ready to pay,
but the money they're offering is not worth it."
Krantz and Vice President Jean Gittler had presented
the first figure to Richard Armstrong, vice chancellor of
student affairs, who eventually received another figure
from Ray Coffey, UNL manager of business and finance.
Coffey first said the bookstore space was worth
$31 ,000. Then he raised the value to $32,000.
"I don't understand how they pulled that figure out,
but Armstrong did not leave us any room for discussion,"
Krantz said.
Although Swanson was not satisfied with the fee
either, he said he was more positive about the situation
since the principle of rent had been established.
'T feel it's good that a chancellor took enough interest
to hear out the vice chancellors," Swanson said. "We had
never had that happen before in this matter. Secondly. I
think our proposal to manage the bookstore was at
impasse, and not going to happen, so it's good that we got
this far."
In relation to the rent, the board voted unanimously to
request a review next year before the Union budget comes
up. It also was decided not to distribute previously print
ed flyers that brought attention to the relationship be
tween the bookstore and high student fees.
In other business, the 1979-80 fiscal year budget
was approved, and in a motion by Bob Moline, the budget
was passed to the Committee for Fees Allocation. In an
amendment to that, the Board passed a resolution appeal-
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ing any cuts made by CFA.
"The way I see it, our budget here is too tight to
afford any more deductions," Moline said. Last year, the
union was the only organization not to appeal its cuts,
and all those that did won, he said.
In other business, it was announced that Ben Barret,
though no longer a Union Board member, will interview
new board applications next Thursday and Friday. A new
planning chairman would be chosen, Swanson said.
Profs say pay lid
will cause cutbacks
By Melanie Gray
Some UNL faculty members said they will have to cut
vacations, make fewer home improvements and possibly
unionize because of Gov. Charles Thone's 8 percent pay
increase recommendation for state employees.
Five UNL professors expressed disappointment about
the recommendation, which was almost 10 percent less
than that suggested by the Nebraska Association of State
Employees.
Political science Professor Edward Megay said the pro
posed increase is "deplorable." Megay, who said he will
retire either this summer or in the summer of 1982, said
the hike would have more effect on younger faculty
members.
"A couple of hundred dollars a year wouldn't really
have an effect on me," Megay said.
Kim Sosin, an economics professor, said that although
the proposed increase would not effect her lifestyle dra
mamtically, some cutbacks might have to be made. Vaca
tions, she said, might be the first to go because of a "com
bination of lower real income and increased fuel costs."
Like Sosin, Thomas W. Sullivan, professor of animal
science, said his lifestyle would not be "greatly effected."
Fewer home improvements and shorter vacations would
probably be the extent of cutbacks, Sullivan said.
Besides cutbacks, the proposal could "force state and
university employees toward unionization," he said.
"An exodus of better people seeking better salaries,"
might also occur, he said.
Sullivan said he would consider leaving UNL if the
right offer from the right part of the country came in.
While "everybody is open to looking for better jobs,"
assistant professor of oral biology, Stanton D. Harn,
said he has not made any judgements yet whether he will
look for a different job or not.
Joan Laughlin, associate professor of Textiles, Cloth
ing and Design, said the proposed raise would force her to
cut memberships in professional societies and expendit
ures for professional journals. Traveling to professional
meetings also would have to be cut, Laughlin said.
UNL does not pay faculty members to attend con
ventions, she said.
"In short, faculty is forced to cut down on things that
present a positive image for the university," she said.
Student loan cuts make early application 'critical9
By Suzanne Sayed
The federally funded National Direct
Student Loan program has been cut by SI
million because of a continued resolution
signed by Congress in December, said UNL
Financial Aids Director Don Aripoli.
The program, which was allocated $286
million for the 1980-81 school year, will
only receive SI 86 million from the govern
ment this year.
The congressional action , which Aripoli
said could be reconsidered, makes it "criti
cal to apply immediately for all financial
aid."
Now is the "prime time," Aripoli said,
and students who send in their financial
aid forms by the Feb. 1 deadline have a
better chance of receiving the aid they
need.
Students who file by Feb. 1 . Aripoli ex
plained, will be considered for all scholar
ships, all need-based grants and the NDSL.
as well as Guaranteed Student Loans,
which are currently available to any stu
dent, regardless of need.
Students who miss the Feb. 1 deadline
and apply by March 1 will only be consid
ered for the need-based grants and loans
and the GSL.
'Awfully risky'
After the March 1 deadline, Aripoli said
the chances are "getting awfully risky" and
that aid will be awarded only as long as the
money lasts.
This year, Aripoli said, the funds ran
out in the fall, leaving no aid available for
the spring semester.
To be considered for scholarships and
federally funded aid, students must turn
their Student Eligibility Report into the
financial aids office (by March 1 if they
meet the Feb. 1 deadline), and must be
admitted or enrolled in good standing with
the university.
Aripoli noted that the aids office will
monitor students' grades more aggressive
ly than in the past and that "good stand
ing" would remain a serious consideration.
Although Aripoli said it is a general rule
that priority is given to the lowest-income
families, he recommended students do not
try to "second-guess their financial situa
tion." There is no given income at which stu
dents should stop applying for aid, Aripoli
said, although family incomes of zero to
$28,000 per year are targeted as being
some of the most needy.
"A student whose family income is even
$50,000 per year should not hesitate to
apply," Aripoli said. Each situation is con
sidered independently and many factors
are taken into consideration, he added.
The GSL program, which Aripoli said
he sees as "excellent but extremely ex
pensive," also could be of some concern to
the Reagan administration.
Reagan's restrictions
According to a Newsweek article of
Dec. 15, "Reagan's men are looking at the
heavily subsidized Guaranteed Student
Loan program, for instance, with an eye on
restricting it to the genuinely needy."
Aripoli agreed that it would not be pre
mature to expect concern among the ad
ministration, but that it is "really too early
to tell."
In 1972, he said the GSL was restricted
to the needy and the program was "impos
sible to control." Aripoli said he had no
idea how Congress would determine the
meaning and qualifications of the "genuin
ely needy."
"They could do any number of things
to the program to lower the overall cost,
from restricting the number of available
loans to making the student pay the inter
est on the loan," he said.
However, Union Bank President Jay
Dunlap, said there is "very little chance" of
any changes in the GSL program.
The Union Bank is the buying agent for
all the loans which go through Lincoln
banks, Dunlap explained, and there has
never been any problem with the program.
"These loans are essential to keep stu
dents going to school," he said. "The gov
ernment just can't take them away."
He said it is a "very workable program,"
and that it only makes sense that the pro
gram remain the same.
When questioned as to whether he
thought the program would be restricted to
the genuinely needy, he said, "We've been
down that road before . . It was impossible
to police and not at all workable."
He said that Nebraska banks gave out
approximately $50 million in Guaranteed
Student Loans this year and that he ex
pects the same or more for the coming
school year.
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