friday, november 6, 1981
daily nebraskan
page 7
ASUN supports DeCamp in drive to save gas
By Melinda Norris
The Asun Senate unanimously approved
legislation Wednesday supporting a state
senator's effort to make Nebraska inde
pendent of petroleum imports.
Sen John DeCamp of Neligh told the
senate in a 25-minute presentation that if
Nebraska does not become energy-efficient
and develop alternative energy sources, the
state will pay increased rates for natural gas
when its price is deregulated.
The senate voted to send a representa
tive Nov. 13 to a public hearing on energy
at the state capital, encourage people to at
tend the hearing and work with state sena
tors to get energy legislation passed, in the
Health center board accepts
proposed budget increases
By Tricia Waters
The University Health Center Board
approved the health center's proposed
budget increases and considered support of
a "wellness program" at its weekly meeting
Thursday, said chairman Roy Miller.
The board is comprised of 10 students
appointed by the ASUN Senate. One posit
ion is open on the board.
The board approved the health center's
suggestion of a tentative $3 to $5 increase
per student in student fees for the center,
Miller said.
The health center receives about $1.5
million, or about $70 a year from each full
time student, said Steve Blom, health
center administrator. It generates about
$470,000 from direct charges, Blom said.
The increase in fees would go for addit
ional staff in the physical therapy and
mental health departments and would in
crease health aide salaries.
The board approved the suggestion that
about $15,000 be channeled into the
health aide program, to raise weekly salar
ies from $5 to $7.50, Miller said. The $5
the 150 health aides receive is the same
pay they received when the program be
gan over 20 years ago, Miller said.
Blom said the health aides end up pay
ing their salaries back into the program to
get supplies.
"Five dollars doesn't go very far any
more," Blom said.
The physical therapy department would
receive $5,000 to hire a part-time therapist,
Miller said.
The mental health department would
get $6,500 for a part-time worker to assist
the four mental health therapists, Blom
said. The worker would be a clinical psych
ology student who needs a year of experi
ence in practicing.
Over the last year, those departments
have seen a significant increase in people
using the services, Miller said.
Miller said the board also decided to
support the wellness concept that is sweep
ing campuses across the nation.
At upcoming meetings, the board will
decide how much the health center should
concentrate on this area how much
money to commit and to what kinds of
activities, Miller said.
"The wellness concept is a phenomenal
explosion on college campuses," Miller
said. He said the concept is an approach to
health, considering physical and mental
health, exercise and diet.
Some colleges have sponsored wellness
summer camps and retreats. One college
cancelled classes for one day for students
to attend a wellness program, Miller said.
He said physical contests are also a
possible wellness activity.
Students surveyed by board
for insurance policy needs
By Tom Shelton
The University Health Center Board is
investigating whether the university's stu
dent health insurance policy is adequate,
the board president said.
Roy Miller said he became suspicious of
the university's policy after attending two
conferences in April.
At the first - the Central College Health
Association Conference at Kansas Univer
sity - Miller said KU officials told him 35
percent of the students there have univer
sity insurance policies. And Miller said he
discovered the KU insurance policy costs
about twice as much as UNL's policy.
"Whether the Kansas University insur
ance program is better, I don't know," Mil
ler said. "And yet, it costs twice what ours
does and still 35 percent of the students
have it. You can see why we (the health
board) are wondering."
In late April, Miller attended a national
conference in Boston and said he found it
is common for students to have consider
able voice in establishing insurance policies
at their universities. He said UNL students
dont have as much control over the type
of insurance offered by the university.
"We should have a voice," Miller said.
"Nobody's approached us for input." The
"nobody" Miller sefers to is the universi
ty administration, which he said has been
"passive" in its evaluation of whether the
university's insurance policy is adequate.
Miller said administration officials told
him the UNL insurance policy is accepta
ble. But his findings at the two conferences
made him doubtful, he said.
"We're not going to war with the univer
sity," he said. But the board is gathering its
own information to evaluate the policies,
he said.
To determine whether the policy is ac
ceptable, the board sent 1,800 students a
survey designed to collect statistical data
about the policy, he said.
The survey was distributed from frater
nities, sororities, residence halls and the
Nebraska Union - "to catch the off-campus
crowd."
If the survey results indicate the present
policy is acceptable, the board will accept
that. But if the data indicates changes are
necessary, the board will try to change it,
he said.
If the administration rejects the board's
findings, it will take "other action," he
said.
"But I don't see that happening."
Car damaged in campus parking
Someone apparently kicked in the left Mark Valkenhorst of Harper Hall, received
rear-side panel of a car parked on a univer- about $200 worth of damage, police said,
sity lot Tuesday night. The car was parked in the Area 3 lot at
The yellow 1979 Plymouth, owned by Hth and New Hampshire streets.
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1982 legislative session.
In action on the city wheel tax, the sen
ate appointed Nette Nelson, chairperson of
the Government Liaison Committee to tes
tify Nov. 9 at the Lincoln City Council
meeting on behalf of the senate.
The proposed wheel tax ordinance
would force working students who drive to
work a vehicle registered outside Lincoln
to help pay for street construction and
maintenance.
The senate approved criteria used by the
Committee for Fee Allocation to budget
funds. The CFA is an extension of the sen
ate and makes recommendations to the
chancellor on fee allocation.
The committee will meet publicly at
7 p.m. Nov. 12 to seek student opinion on
fee usage of Funds A and B. Fund A sup
ports the State Student Association, the
senate, the Daily Nebraskan and the Uni
versity Program Council. Fund B supports
the Debt Service, University Health Center,
Nebraska unions and recreation programs
and facilities.
The senate recognized the UNL Art
League as a university organization. People
within the Art Department sponsor the
league to expand art appreciation.
The senate also approved one appoint
ment to the Union Board and two appoint
ments to the senate.
Appointed to the Union Board was
Brian Wacker, a junior studying business
administration and management. Wacker,
from Plainview, is a member of Farmhouse
Fraternity.
Michelle Magruder from Lincoln and
Francis Aube from Bellevue were appoint
ed to the senate. Magruder, a junior study
ing political science, is a College of Arts
and Sciences senator, and Aube, a fresh
man studying socila sciences, is a Teachers
College senator.
The next meeting will be 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday in the Culture Center.
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