Wednesday, december 2, 1981
lincoln, nebraska vol. 107 no. 66
Copyright Daily Nebraskan 1981
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Band members dispute Orange Bowl trip funding
By Ward W. Triplett III
The amount of funds allocated for the UNL Marching
Band's trip to the Orange Bowl has left some band
members wondering exactly what priorities are being
taken and how the money is being spent.
"The real issue is that they haven't told us what's going
on, said Bob Krueger, a junior band member.
"There were no band members or officials invited to
the meeting where they decided where the money would
go," Krueger said. 'The only official meeting the admini
stration has had with a band representative was the one
where they told us how much we were getting and how
we were going.
Krueger, and band members Bryon Braasch and Bill
Kellett, prepared a letter to be sent to the Daily Nebra
skan detailing their objections to the administrative
decision that the 29 1 members in the band, flag corps and
yell squad travel by bus to Miami instead of by plane.
NU Board of Regents members and administrative per
sonnel will fly to the Orange Bowl, according to the pre
sent plan.
"We're kind of disgusted that they get to fly down and
have a nice vacation while we have to work,' said Kellett,
a senior from Papillion.
After the decision was reached last week, several band
members voiced disapproval of the 26-hour bus trip,
claiming it could have an adverse effect on the band's per
formance in the two and a half hour Orange Bowl parade
and the half-time show.
Among those who objected was senior Paul Nielsen,
who said band members feel cheated because they are the
largest group involved, but may get the smallest allot
ment. "The football team should get every penny they want,
but people don't realize that the band works hard, too,'
Nielsen said.
Increased air fares force the band to travel by bus, said
Robert Lovitt, assistant vice chancellor for business
affairs.
Lovitt, who emphasized that no final decision has been
reached on the allocations, said the travel funds are
divided into three parts - the first being to the athletic
department, which will get about 73 percent of the
$600,000 total. The second part goes to the band and yell
squad, and the third part is titled "regentsadministrat
ion." Lovitt said that contrary to what Nielson and others
believe, the present breakdown has the regentsadmini
stration category receiving "less than 10 percent," and the
band receiving between 17 and 27 percent.
Krueger, Kellett and Braasch disputed the figures, say
ing the allocations and money earned from the Orange
Bowl have doubled with the airfare. Braasch also worked
out a cost estimate of a bus trip, coming to $95 ,765 total,
just $2,235 less than the plane ride.
"The other papers (Omaha World-Herald, Lincoln Star)
didn't take into account the cost of housing and feeding
291 people for four days, Krueger said.
Braasch's estimate assumes that if the band flies to
Miami on a 400-seat airplane the university could sell the
remaining 100 seats for $392 round-trip.
Braasch said regents and administrators could fill the
remaining seats.
Lovitt said that while students have been pushing that
idea, Jack Snider, director of bands, did not mention the
idea to Lovitt or to John Goebel, interim vice chancellor
for business affairs.
Krueger, Kellett and Braasch said a message was sent
Tuesday to the director of the School of Music from an
undetermined source that said: "If you are concerned
with the future of the law, you'd better cut out the bad
press."
Raymond Haggh, director of the School of Music, said
he did not wish to comment on the statement.
"I think the problem has been worked out," Haggh
said.
"A lot of confusing information has been issued, and
I think it would be appropriate to think about the Orange
Bowl now. No one is being served by this publicity , and I
think it's better to just let the situation go then continue
to put out these stories," he added.
Meanwhile, some members have accepted the decision
for the bus trip, although with some misgivings.
Lis Ushen, from Bellevue, said she didn't mind the bus
trip.
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Reagan's proposals violate
Bill of Rights, panelists say
Photo by Mark Billingsley
Nebraska center Dave Rimington was named the 1981 winner of the Outland Tro
phy Tuesday afternoon. Rimington, already named Big Eight Offensive Player of the
Year by both The Associated Press and United Press International, is seated beneath
photos of Nebraska two other Outland winners - Larry Jacobson (left) and Rich
Glover, who won the trophy in 1971 and 1972 respectively. For more on the award,
see Page 8.
Economy expected to stay
sluggish through '82 spring
By Mary Louise Knapp
The nation's economic woes are not
likely to be lessened in 1982, despite pre
vious predictions that the new year would
bring economic recovery, economists said
Tuesday.
R. Gerald Saylor, manager of agricul
tural economic research at John Deere and
Company, and Donald E. Pursell, director
of the Bureau of Business Research and
UNL professor of business administration,
spoke on the condition of the American
economy at a Tuesday breakfast in the Na
tional Bank of Commerce building.
The breakfast was part of the Nelson
Lecture series on the American economy
sponsored by the Center for the Study of
the American Business System, under the
supervision of the UNL College of Business
Administration.
"We believe that the economy will con
tinue to decline through the first half of
1982, Saylor said.
The Reagan administration's 10 percent
tax cut may help to turn the economy
around, but the full impact of the cut will
not be felt until the second half of 1982,
when economic growth is possible, he said.
The "recovery year for the American
economy has been moved back from 1982
to 1983, he said.
Saylor said he foresees a 35 percent to
5 percent decline in the gross national
product (GNP) for the remainder of this
year.
"Its been a terrible year for forecast
ing, Pursell said. "The date for recovery
moves further back each day .
Pursell said the October Index of Indus
trial Production and the Index of Leading
Indicators for this year are both down,
but the rate of their descent has slowed
somewhat since the beginning of the year.
Pursell said the current recession is af
fecting some areas of the country severely,
while other areas are experiencing an eco
nomic boom.
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By Mary Louise Knapp
The Reagan administration is violating
the rights of US.' citizens by such means as
domestic spying and harassment of various
political groups, panelists said in a Monday
evening discussion.
The panel discussion, at the Glass On
ion, 235 N. 11th St., was sponsored by the
Lincoln chapter of the Young Socialist Al
liance. Panelist Dick Kurtenbach, executive di
rector of the Nebraska Civil Liberties Un
ion, said numerous proposals of the federal
government, most of which relate to na
tional security, are clear violations of the
Bill of Rights.
The proposals include restricting the
Freedom of Information Act, allowing the
Central Intelligence Agency to resume do
mestic spying and restricting the power of
federal courts to decide the constitutionali
ty of laws, Kurtenbach said.
"I have an idea that if Reagan and Con
gress have their way, they will say that
some ideological and political groups do
not deserve the protection of the Bill of
Rights, Kurtenbach said.
Rich Stuart, a member of the Virginia
United Steelworkers of America, said the
Socialist Worker's Party and the Young
Socialist Alliance filed suit eight years ago
against the FBI, CIA and the Immigration
and Naturalization Service for illegal spy
ing and harassment.
The case should end within the next few
months, Stuart said.
"Basically, what we want are three
things,' Stuart said. We want a ban on il
legal spying; a repeal of the thought con
trol laws which give the immigration ser
vice and other agencies the right to do
whatever they want; and we challenge the
whole concept of executive authority.'
Americans support suit
The lawsuit, filed in 1973, demands an
injunction against harassment, $40 million
in damages, and a ruling that the govern
ment may not investigate the two organi
zations simply because of their political
ideas.
Stuart said that the socialist workers
and the young socialists have a good
chance of winning the lawsuit because they
have the support of many American work
ers, most of whom would not necessarily
consider themselves socialists.
"This is not the McCarthy era, Stuart
said. "The workers are much wiser now.
The government cannot buy people off like
it did in the 50s."
Stuart said a recurrence of the McCar
thy era is not likely to occur now because
of the uncertain state of the nation's econ
omy and the desire many workers feel for
economic change.
Stuart said the government is engaged in
a "tremendous war drive against Latin
American countries such as Nicaragua and
Cuba.
"In order to pull it (the war drive) off,
the government is simultaneously moving
against both the economic and political
rights of the people," Stuart said.
He said the government is misleading
Americans into thinking that socialist
groups are subverting their political rights,
when in reality it is the Reagan admini
stration which poses the real danger.
DIS revived
The Defense Investigation Service, first
implemented in the 1940s, has been rein
stated, he said.
The service, which consists of a giant
computer and records data on individuals
and groups, is considered dangerous to na
tional security , Stuart said.
"Anyone can put information on you
into this computer from the time you are
age 18 on up," he said.
To be considered a danger to national
security under the investigation service cri
teria, one need only be in poor physical
health, have "excessive" debts or wealth,
or use alcohol or drugs to excess, Stuart
said.
In addition to the lawsuit now in prog
ress, the two socialist groups plan to file
suit against the Lockheed Co. in Georgia.
The suit concerns the December 1980 fir
ing of 15 machinists for their union poli
tical activities and for their socialist ideas,
Stuart said.
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The Nightstalker: A Wesley an professor has
spent his life chasing solar eclipses -when
day turns to night for a while.
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Tough Task: The Husker men's swiniming
and diving team will have its hands full
when it hosts SMU and LSU this week
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Big Band Bonanza: Richard Perry, who had
produced albums for Tiny Tim and
Ringo Stan, now takes on the big band
sound ....... Page 10