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friday, august 28, 1981
lincoln, nebraska vol. 107 no. 6
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Registrations posted,
more comply with law
By Roger Aden
Efforts during the last three weeks to
register young Nebraska men for the Selec
tive Service System have been successful,
the state's system director said.
Malcolm Hardin said lists of those who
had registered were posted in every Nebra
ska county in accordance with federal law.
Nebraska's Selective Service director
says he is pleased with the number of
applications he has received for posi
tions on Nebraska's draft boards.
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The lists were posted to make local people
aware of who had and had not registered.
The number of registrations has in
creased dramatically since the lists were
posted, he said.
Hardin estimated that before the post
ings 2,500 to 3,000 Nebraskans had not
registered. Now, the number has dropped
considerably although figures will not be
available for about two weeks, he said.
Hardin attributes the increase to the
publicity generated by the lists. At the
start of the year, he said, the lack of publi
city caused people to just plain forget
about it (registering).
Postings "do not, in any way, involve
witch hunts or whisper campaigns where
people call up and say the neighbor's kid
did not register, Hardin said.
Instead, his office is taking a positive
attitude, he said.
"We're not going to take complaints
over the phone,' he said. "If someone has
a complaint, they must put it in writing
and sign it."
Legitimate complaints will be for
warded to the national headquarters in
Washington, D.C. where federal authorities
will decide what action to take, he said.
Hardin said he believes men who re
fuse to register are "choosing the wrong
battlefield." He suggests those who dis
agree with the prospect of the draft should
delay their protests until a national emer
gency occurs and a draft is started.
In . that event, 20-year-olds will be the
first to be drafted, he said. Underclassmen
will be allowed to finish the semester and
seniors will be allowed to earn their degree
before joining, Hardin said.
Daily Nebraskan photo
Missouri Pacific Railroad workers
Thursday morning cleared away four
rail cars that derailed near the UNL
Four-car derailment cays lat? wesKday laft"non
spilling nearly 3,000 bushels of muo.
The train was enroute to Galveston,
Texas when it struck a broken rail about
200 feet from the 16th and Y street
crossing. Two of the derailed cars over
turned, the other two remained upright.
causes spilled milo
Officials: economics influence students now, later
By Charles Flowerday
Students' may be paying a price for the change in
economic priorities now being pursued by the Reagan
administration, said Campbell McConnell, UNL economics
professor.
The UNL Economics department had varying opinions
on the impact of putting supply-side economic theories
into practice.
However, all agreed there would be significant changes
in students' lives, both while they are in school and when
they enter the job market.
After graduating, today's students will probably have
to adjust to a different lifestyle than adults are used to
now, McConnell said.
"It may be extremely difficult to realize the American
dream of graduating and buying a home at all," he added.
"Modernizing our national factory won't happen in
two or three years" he said. "Even if tax cuts increase
the modernizing, there will be no great dent in product
ivity for a long time."
When a policy change of great magnitude occurs,
McConnell said, sacrifices are made.
If efforts to stimulate the private sector shift priorities
from housing and government spending to improved pro
duction technology, home buying will become a problem.
"It is also possible, without too much imagination, to
envision a bad scenario where no more supply is stimulat
ed, only more demand," he said.
This could add to inflation and increase the govern
ment's deficit, he said.
"We are likely to see bigger deficits" said Wallace
Peterson, another UNL economics professor. He said he
based his comments on the possibility that present tax
cuts will stimulate more spending instead of more invest
ment. He said he is skeptical of the present administration's
plans to cut taxes, increase defense spending and balance
the budget, while also curbing inflation and creating jobs.
The United States has never been able to provide full
employment, except during World War II, the Korean con
flict and the Vietnam War, Peterson said.
Because cuts in social programs do not outweigh in
creases in defense spending, Peterson said, tax money lost
through cuts exceeds the reduction in spending.
"There could be a real boom in inflation," Peterson
said.
Frank Hallgren, director of the UNL Office of Career
Planning and Placement, said supply-side policies might
open some fields for a while, even as the job market in
others remains tight."-
"Technical fields continue to be strong," Hallgren said.
"Remember, no matter what the economy, supply and
demand is never in exact balance."
He urged students facing an uncertain economic future
to think in terms of career alternatives and the flexibility
of the individual, regardless of what disciplines they pursue.
He said students should think foi terms of the skills
they can use in a constantly changing market.
John Felton, a UNL economics professor, said he had
"considerable misgivings" about the potential success of
current supply-side policy.
"The benefits of productivity that the policy pre
supposes are greatly exaggerated," Felton said. The
employment prospects for someone graduating in 1984,
may be less than the administration is saying.
If the government is still running a budget deficit, it
will be forced to rely on policies that would increase
interest rates to curb inflation, Felton said. The higher
interest rates would be bad for those seeking to buy
houses, cars or borrowing to start a small business.
Such a scenario could occur, Felton said, if there is not
enough production per worker to offset the decrease in
tax revenue.
If military spending continues at present levels, Peter
son said, it puts inflationary pressure on the economy.
McConnell urged students to be cautious about job
market predictions.
"If you're very interested in some field, don't go by
predictions in the newspapers," he said.
The current boom for those graduating with masters
degrees in business administration may later cause a drag
on the market, he said. The good market for engineers
may create a bumper crop when today's freshman gradu
ate and overcrowd the field.
Union board approves repair plan, expenditures
By Ward W. Triplett III
The Nebraska Union Board approved
plans for $279,000 worth of repairs and
installments in the Nebraska and East
Unions in its first meeting of the fall seme
ster Wednesday night.
The money, as explained by Larry
Emmons, union business affairs director,
is from funds left over alter money trom
student fees and housing payments is sent
through the University Facilities Opera
ting Fund, the Bond and Interest Fund,
and the Bond Reserve Fund.
After the three funds are filled, the re
mainder goes into the replacement fund,
and then the surplus fund.
"I heard Ron Wright (former chan
cellor for business and finance) present,
this to the NU Board of Regents, and it is
a very healthy situation," said union direc
tor Eteryl Swanson.
The surplus fund was used to build the
East Union five years ago, which Swanson
said indicated the strength of the bond
situation.
Richard Armstrong, vice chancellor for
academic affairs, has tentatively decided
that $750,000 will be used by the unions,
the university Health Center, and the
Office of University Housing.
"Vice chancellor Armstrong is continu
ing his commitment to the Nebraska
unions, as seen by the amount we will be
allowed to spend,' Swanson said.
Hie breakdown is $300,000 to the
unions, $75,000 to the health center, and
$375,000 to housing.
"This is clearly student money"
Swanson said. "In the form of fees, or uni
versity housing payments, every dollar
that we have is there by student contribu
tion. Therefore, all three of us place em
phasis on student impact in spending these
funds."
The board approved the major expendi
tures for the unions listed below:
-$82,500 to replace the divider wall
in the Centennial room, to make it more
attractive to potential renters.
-$69,900 for furniture refurbishings in
both unions.
-$50,000 for repairs in rooms 220,
115, and 232 in the union.
-$16,800 to add capacity to the mini
computer system in the union.
-$1 1,000 for a new van for the catering
service.
-$7,500 for electronic employee time
cards.
The package also includes improvements
in video equipment for the East Union's
Great Plains room, and an automatic
machine for improved maintenance at the
East bowling lanes.
The total amount the union is asking,
some $20,000 below its limit, has to be
approved by the regents, and then looked
at by the Nebraska Legislature, Swanson
said.
, "We won't be seeing any of this money
until after the first of the year" he said.
In other business, Steve Hardy, Food
Service Committee member, said that the
Bakery was doing $600 worth of business
a week, as compared to $135 last semester.
He also said food service director Ron
Pushcar was pleased with the Taco Crib's
business.
Hie Colonial room's business also in
creased early in the week, as the 155 custo
mers Tuesday exceeded by five the number
needed for the room to break even, Hardy
said.
Swanson said this week's opening went
as smooth as can be expencted.
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