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friday, may 1 1981
lincoln, nebraskan, vol. 106, no. 75
Beans: Seldom hear about Bead Week violations
By Trida Waters
Karen will take a test Friday. Steve turned in his
research paper Wednesday. Brad completed his semester
project Monday.
Every semester students complain to their friends
about their instructors disregard for UNL's Dead Week
policy. But according to deans and department officials,
few students complain to them about Dead Week violations.
Technically, instructors can't give tests or schedule
projects to be due during the last week of classes unless
the class unanimously agrees to it.
College deans interviewed said complaints are handled
at the department level, and seldom reach them.
Teachers College Dean Robert Egbert said someone
complains of a Dead Week violation every few years and
the vice chancellor of student affairs, Ned Hedges, re
minds the university community of the policy.
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Egbert said he has heard of some professors giving
tests during Dead Week. He said they carefully have plan
ned the semester into quarters and the last week is the end
of the fourth quarter and a good time for tests.
He hasn't heard of a complaint through the Teachers
College in the last 10 years, Egbert said.
Two officials said giving tests during Dead Week
may work to the students advantage.
Max Larsen, Arts and Sciences College dean, said a
test during Dead Week ensures that students are tested
over all course material before their final.,
"As far as I know, every instructor follows the rules,
Larsen said. If students tell the instructor that they
dont want want a test during Dead Week, they don't
have one, he said.
James O'Hanlon, Faculty Senate president and direct
or of the School of Health, Physical Education and
Recreation, said he's unsure whether professors follow
the policy, but he has received no recent complaints.
He said the professors know the Dead Week policy rules.
Some professors may give tests during Dead Week
because students want them to, O'Hanlon said. The
students might want them to stretch out their final
over more days or to get them over with.
Morris Schneider, professor and department chairman
of industrial and management systems engineering,
said he stresses that professors get 100 percent consent
from their students to give exams during Dead Week.
But he said he has never considered it unacceptable
to assign papers or pojects due during the last week of
classes.
Maybe the students like the extra time they get to
do the projects, Schneider said.
, , Ted Hartune. dean ofc-the Agriculture College, said
some professors will consider moving a iinai exam xrp--a
week if the class wants that.
He said faculty
students do.
members don't initiate the move,
Photo by Mark Bill ingsley
Dead Week is almost over, but Tom Hafemeister reads on, burying his nose deep into his law books for next
week's finals. Hafemeister said he has been in the library all last week and this week too. He says he will return
to Love library next week to prepare for finals.
The deans said they have no way of checking up on the
professors to ensure that they follow the policy. That
would require checking every class and instructor, which
is impossible, they said.
Nebraska representatives favor financial aid cut
By D. Eric Kircher
Nebraska's congressional representatives generally seem
to agree with the budget and tax cuts proposed by Presi
dent Ronald Reagan. They or their aides expressed a feel
ing in interviews this week that the people demand the
budget be cut and that student financial aid should be cut
along with the entire budget.
Nebraska's Democratic senators support cuts in the
overall federal budget .
Sen. J. James Exon's administrative assistant, John
Oberg, said Exon voted against Reagan's package.
Exon supports cuts
"He supports cutting the $480 billion from the 1982
budget but not where Ronald Reagan wants to cut,"
Oberg said.
Exon "had trouble" with the financial aid increase
passed last year and may favor lowering it this year,
Oberg said. Exon opposed elimination of requirements
to demonstrate need before parents and students re
ceive aid, Oberg said. ,
Graduation exercises
to be next weekend
UNL commencement exercises will be May 9 in the
Bob Devaney Sports Center for nearly 2,000 degree
candidates.
The ceremony, at which professional, doctorate
and baccaluareate degrees will be awarded, will begin at
9:30 a jn. NU President Ronald Roskens will be the
speaker at the ceremonies.
The NU College of Law will hold separate commence
ment exercises for students receiving law degrees at
7:30 pjn., May 8, in the Centennial Room of the Nebras
ka Union. Judge Warren K. Urbom, chief judge of the
U.S. District Court in Nebraska, will speak.
Erika Kenny, an aide of Sen. Edward Zorinsky, said
that Zorinsky will consider the many letters he received
supporting continued financial aid funding but "he gener
ally has supported most of these cuts."
Nebraska's three Republican representatives in the
House either will vote for or are "leaning toward" voting
for Reagan's proposal .
Congressman Douglas Bereuter's aide, Renee Ross, said
Bereuter stated several months ago that he wouldn't
support any spending over that which Reagan proposed.
She said Bereuter will be unable to vote on specific cuts,
but only on the entire package.
An aide to Congresswoman Virginia Smith said Smith
will be voting for the Reagan budget if it comes before the
entire House, as expected.
. "Generally, her position has been that she is going to
support the president," the aide said. She asked that her
name not be used.
Second District Congressman Hal Daub said he intends
to vote for Reagan's proposal, which he expects to reach
the full House by Tuesday.
Favors financial aid cuts
The reduction in the financial aid programs is needed
to help the economy of the nation, he said. The cuts
would reduce waste and the growth of the aid programs
to "unprecedented levels," he said.
"We're faced with the task of balancing what we want
to do versus what we can afford to do," Daub said.
The recent liberalization of the financial aid require
ments, specifically loans to parents for their childrens'
education, has caused much abuse, with the "free money"
being used to buy cars and high-interest paying bonds, he
said. . ' .r :;.:;..ry y- " ,
"Students who really need it (financial aid) are going
to get it," he said. He also supports a proposed $750
"annual self-help contribution" from students. Students
would have to pay the first $750 of their tuition before
receiving aid.
"I think most everybody agrees a little work is good
for the soul " Daub said.
Some predicted effects on the Basic Educational
Opportunity Grants, now called PELL grants, if Reagan's
proposed cuts are passed include:
-changing the family's required contribution and not
allowing the family income to increase with inflation
without the required contribution being raised also. This
may make approximately 100,000 families ineligible for
aid.
-increasing the family contribution from 14 percent
to 20 percent the amount the family has left after paying
necessary expenses. This would lower the family income
limit from $25,000 to $19,000 and would eliminate be
tween 500,000 and 600,000 students.
Continued on Page 10
Correction
Because of typographical errors in Thursday's Daily
Nebraskan, two mistakes were made in a story headlined:
"Law college letter opposes Legal Services cuts."
. The sentence should have read: Toft said many dis
putes which poor people get involved in many landlords
or others who are able to afford to hire some legal help.
"We all know that without legal help in court, you're
just out of luck," he said.
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