thursday, aprit 23, 1931
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Lobbying meeting . . .
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Congress is currently in recess, but is expected to be
Kin deliberation on bud2et bills next week.
The students attending the conference were Rick
Mockler, ASUN rresidentJ)oran Matzke, second vice
president; Renee Wessels, past ASUN president; Nette
Nelson, chair of the government Liaison Committee;
Nancee Shannon, Dan Renn and Cheryl Hoeiting, all
ASUN senators; Doug Peterson and Meri Blaylock, CLC
members, and UNI student Deresa Oliver.
The conference was sponsored by the United States
Student Association.
Knowledge of specific cuts proposed in federal aid
to education was the most valuable aspect of the confer
ence, according to students interviewed Wednesday.
With that knowledge came a realization that students
need to be active on the federal level, according to Wes
sels. One form of action will be a letter-writing campaign
included in the Student Day Activities.
Professor to speak
on economics Friday
A member of Harvard University's department of
government faculty, internationally noted for his work
on economic factors in the political process, will speak
Friday.
Douglas Hibbs will present a colloquium at 3 pm.
in Room 538, Oldfather Hall. His presentation will be
free and open to the public.
Hibbs topic will be "Macroeconomic Performance,
President Carter's Defeat, and the Reagan Administra
tion's Economic Policy Options."
In addition to his colloquium, Dr. Hibbs will have a
luncheon meeting with faculty and students.
hv rcnnopmen) hear from us, they are
under obligation to go with public sentiment and the
public wants budget cuts, Wessels said.
The students said the UJS. House of Representatives
budget proposal for higher education includes a 1U
percent cut. . . . ,.
But an amendment to the House proposal is in une
with Reagan's proposed education cuts.
According to Nelson, that amendment would repre
sent a 56 percent cut for higher education in Nebraska.
Nelson said they learned that proposed federal cuts
could hurt middle-class students as wll as those consid
ered needy. Causing needy students to drop out of school
could translate into narrower class selections and higher
tuition for those remaining, she said.
The conference also taught those attending the import
ance of getting students to vote, they said.
"If they don't exercise their vote, things just aren't
going to change," Renn said.
According to Nelson, the Reagan landslide victory was
due in part to low voter turnout in the 18-25 age group.
Wessels said the number of students across the country
for outnumbers the number of members in special inter
est groups. If those students organize and work against
educational budget cuts they will be most successful
she said.
ASUN paid $500 for the trip, $2,360 was provided
by the NU Foundation, and the students each paid
about $200.
The students said they have forwarded some of their
information to the UNL administration. A campus repre
sentative is expected to go to Washington next week to
lobby for federal money for the university.
Women's center plans open house
There are misconceptions and a lack of understand
ing by many people on campus as to what the Women's
Resource Center is all about, the coordinator of the
center said Tuesday.
Marcee Metzger said the center will have an "open
house" today to provide an informal opportunity for
anyone to come in and learn about the center.
"People seem afraid to get involved, afraid we'll
cram issues down their throats," Metzger said. "This
misconception is something we've been working on for
a long time."
The center has a library, a referral service, files for
research, speakers, talk groups and counseling.
"A lot of people don't understand what we do and
all that we have to offer," Metzger said.
There is no one political ideology at the center, she
said, explaining that the overall goal is to address issues
of sexism and to give support and information on
women's issues.
Each individual that comes to the center has his or
her own philosophy of what feminism is, she said,
and these different ideas all blend into the daily oper
ation of the center.
There have been two open houses in the last several
years. They were successful because 75 to 80 people
came to each one, she said, and afterward a lot of
people began working at the center and using the
center's services.
The open house is in Room 116, the Nebraska
Union from 1 to 4 pjn.
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