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Greater student effort. . .
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Chris Walsh, Peru State student presi
dent and chairperson of the student associ
ation's board of directors, said the legisla
tive assembly was significant for Nebraska
students.
"Today is the first meeting of the policy
making body of the first truly cohesively
organized coalition formed to represent the
needs of students in this state," Walsh said.
"Traditionally, students have not been a
part of the political process, despite their
potential as a prime political force," he
said. Walsh said students haven't defended
their interests as effectively as other
groups.
"Since students have not been organiz
ed, they have had to settle for the short
end of the stick when communicating their
concerns to legislators on the state and
national level," he said. Walsh said the pri
mary goal of the student association is con
tinued access to low cost, high quality edu
cation. Rick Mockier, ASUN Senate president
and SSA board member, said education
cuts have motivated greater student partici
pation in the political process.
"Ironically, our strongest encourage
ment to organize as students this past year
has been the massive cut that we have re
ceived in higher education," Mockier said.
Budget reductions have been made in all
levels of government, he said.
"The most recent endangerment to ac
cesible education has been the 3 percent
budget cut for the university and state col
leges," Mockier said. "We simply cannot
continue to underbudget postsecondary
education and at the same time provide a
quality education."
Mockier said the student association has
gained credibility from its growing mem
ber ship.
"I think it says something that we've
got both the largest and smallest campuses
involved with, the SSA, both the highest
and the lowest tuition in the state ... al
though both are too high," he said.
At the legislative assembly business
meeting, Deb Chapelle, GLC media liaison,
was elected chair, and Jim Krueger, also of
Lincoln, was elected vice chair and secre
tary of the assembly. Mockier announced
that the student association will hire a full
time executive director by the end of the
month
Nelson, in summing up the student asso
ciation's priorities for the next legislative
session, said, "The SSA will do lobbying in
the generic sense - plain label lobbying.
We don't have the money to do some of
the fancy things, anything other than com
municating basic educational information."
Council plans contest
The Arts Committee of the University
Program Council is sponsoring a logo con
test. The committee is looking for a logo to
use in its publicity that represents the arts.
Events include dance, music, art exhibits,
theater and mime.
A $25 prize will be awarded to the
winner. The deadline for entries is 5 p.m.
Jan. 18, 1982. Further contest informat
ion is available in Room 200 Nebraska
Union.
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