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Page 2 Daily Nebraskan Monday, January 11, 1981 GLC plans to lobby senators SALVAGE CENTEi r JhJS. v E WAREHOUSE OF TU in m mm i . i i,r t Your jeans warehouse has a good selection of Ladies Lee London Riders and Lee Riders Straight Leg jeans. Lee London Riders are baggy through the legs, tight fitting around the hips and ankles. Lee Rider rStr afgtrt"tegn"eanTTnre available in 100 cotton or. stretch denim. Both styles are available at a savings to you from Salvage Center, you warehouse for jeans. THE OLD LUMBER YARD BUILDING 6200 PLATTE AVENUE In Havelock (1 block North of Havelock Bank) Open 7 days a week Mon. Fri. 'till 8:30 p.m. Sat. - Sun. 'till 5:30 p.m. By Uric Peterson Lobbying senators and getting the word out for ed ucation will be the focus of ASUN's Government Liai son Committee this semes ter, said GLC chairperson Nette Nelson. GLC members took lo bying information out to their home communities over semester break, Nelson said; emphasizing financial issues like capital construc tion, high tuition and low faculty salaries. Bcssey IlalJ and Architec tural Hall on UNL's city campus and the Animal Re search Facility on east cam pus arc in special need of renovation or completion, Nelson said. Lincoln Sen. Steve Fowler recently intro duced a bill into the Ne braska Legislature to raise the state cigarette tax by 4 cents, earmarking the funds for capital construction on campuses across the state. Nelson said a similar pro posal by Gov. Charles Thone to raise the cigarette tax 4 cents and use the money as general revenue was more likely to be pass ed. "Maybe Fowler's propo sal can be added as an amen amendment," Nelson said. Equal requirements Another GLC concern is equalizing the grade require ments among UNL colleges. Nelson said many students are squeezed out of crowd ed classes in the College of Busniess Administration and College of Engineering and Technology because of higher GI'A standards. "Such restrictions on up per level courses are due to overcrowding and lack of adequate faculty, caused by lack of funding." A GLC fact sheet said the 9 percent salary increase that UNL instructors receiv ed this year only places their pay further behind the norm of comparable urana ramp XX TEXTBOOK SAVINGS SAVE up to 6 on new and used textbooks through January 29, 1982 SUPPLY SAVINGS 1) EM III Kits only 31. 95 00 QC5PBCE Regular Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday 2) TCD Kits only 28. 3) Spiral & Pen Sale LOWER LEVEL NEBRASKA UNION GARDEN LEVEL EAST UNION OPEN TILL9PM-TONIGHT schools. "The biggest concern of UNL's faculty is not that they keep pace with their academic counterparts at other schools, but rather that they keep up with the high cost of living -- neither of which is possible at the current pay rate." At the same time, UNL's tuition rate of $29.50 per credit hour is the highest in the group of Big Light schools for a student taking 18 hours, according to GLC material. Informational breakfasts Nelson said the GLC will be taking these issues to state senators through both personal one-to-one lobby ing at the capitol and in formational breakfasts co sponsored by the business college senators at the Ne braska Union. The first such breakfast will be Jan. 19 with Sen. Don Dworak of Columbus; Jan. 21 with Sen. Myron Rumery of North Platte; Feb. 2 with Sen. Ron Cope of Kearney ; and Feb. 9 with lincoln Sen. Fowler. All breakfasts are at 7 :30 a.m. in posted rooms in the union. Nelson said all inter ested persons are welcome to attend, and asked they make reservations with the GLC by the day before the breakfast. She said Sen. Larry Ston ey of Omaha will meet with the GLC Jan. 26 at noon. Nelson said the GLC will announce specific legislative priorities for the next ses sion at a press conference Jan. 18, but that the main emphasis will continue to be "promoting equal access to low cost, high quality edu cation." Nelson said a special GLC project will be a voter registration drive to start in mid-January. "The drive will be well underway before the ASUN elections. We're trying to encourage students to vote in general, both in campus and state elections." Nelson said the GLC will unite its efforts with the newly-formed State Stu- ucm Asauciauun iui tut voter registration drive. Class changes begin Tuesday Students who need to add or drop a class may do so beginning Tuesday. Schedule changes will be made in the Centennial Room in the Nebraska Union between 8 and 11 a.m. and 1 and 4 p.m. There is a $5 handling fee and time appointment cards are required to enter the room. Cards will be issued begin ning Tuesday at 8 a.m. at Window 5 in the Admini stration Building. Friday is the last day stu dents can add a class with out the permission of the college dean. CARE t. help and hope since aS& i946nv