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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tuesday, January 26, 1982 Vol. 109 No. 12 Lincoln, Nebraska Copyright 1982 Daily Nebraskan
ASUN president's salary depends on chancellor
By Bill Allen
UNL Chancellor Martin Masscngalc said Monday that
the Committee for Fees Allocations has not yet discussed
its decision to let him decide the fate of the ASUN stu
dent president's salary.
Masscngalc said he would have to wait for a recommen
dation from Richard Armstrong, vice chancellor for stu
dent affairs, before he can comment on the issue.
"I am not familiar enough with the issue to comment
at this time," Masscngalc said.
Rick Mocklcr, ASUN president, said he plans to
appeal CFA's decision leaving Masscngalc to decide
whether the student president should receive a salary.
The CFA decided Thursday night that since the senate
president is also a regent he cannot receive a salary.
NU Hoard of Regents policy states that no regent shall
receive a salary.
"I think the rationale behind the decision was that
they felt that the two positions were the same. However,
I feel they arc distinct," Mockler said.
Mockler said this will form the basis of his appeal. As a
regent he can't receive student fees, but as student body
president he feels he should be able to.
The CFA has left the decision of whether the president
should receive a salary and suggested the salary money
come from the contingency fund of student fees.
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Sen. Howard Peterson of Grand Island testifies at a public hearing on LB607, a bill he introduced that would allow
Christian schools to be exempt from teacher certification requirements.
Christian school debate continues
By Alice Ilmicck
Christian schools representatives Monday said they
could, in conscience, abide only by a law that would make
their schools exempt from accreditation and teacher cer
tification without any state interference.
Of three Christian school bills proposed, only one -LB607
would meet that standard and has been endors
ed by the governor. rr ,
I B607 introduced bv Sen. Howard Peterson of Grand
Island, would allow the waiver of education requirements
at the request of the non-public school, if the schools
officials say the requirements interfere with their teach-
mgLB47A introduced by Sen. Peter Hoagland of
Omaha, provides for an exemption from teacher certifica
tion if the parents sign an affidavit stating they recognize
what their children are being taught
Sen Gerald Koch of Ralston said the bill, introduced
at the end of last year's session, would be combined in
some way with the others under the committee s sugges-
t,0The Christian schools issue was intensified last fall
when the Faith Baptist Church School in Louisville was
closed for not having certified teachers .nratinn
Objections to LB652, a proposal by the educa i on
committee which permits the waiver of certain require
ments, were based on provisions that the church l as been
established in Nebraska for at least 10 years and that it is
3 of LB607, David Lostroh of Colum
bus the tlr of three children enrolled in a Chns ton
school in Columbus, said that parents have the right to
teulS'ducation is a definite sign of a total-
a good education by having no standardized "quality con
trol" system of testing children each year. Christians edu
cate their children, not because the states requires it but
because God does, he said.
"If a bill recognizing my responsibilities to God is not
passed, then 1 must continue to follow my ruler," Los
troh said. . . , .
Rev. Larry Lautaret of the First Christian Church in
Kearney said LB607 offers the "only constitutional solu
tion" to the issue.
The Nebraska Constitution provides that the state
should "secure rights" for all. State regualtion of non-public
schools undermines those rights, Lautaret said.
But Justin King, executive director of the Nebraska
State School Boards Association, said teacher certifica
tion requirements do not interfere with religious beliefs.
"Where we are dealing with education and the lives of
children, we have an obligation (to provide certified in
structors)," King said.
"We believe there is an obligation to ensure the educa
tion to deal with the problems of the future which you
can't understand at this time."
King said he was concerned about LB652 because it
does not define "recognized church," one provision tor a
church to request exemption.
If the bill was to become law, he said it should provide
for an annual waiver reapplication.
Anne Campbell, commissioner of education, said she
favors current laws which are "minimal and reasonable."
"I do not know of one state that has complete 'hands
off of schools," Campbell said.
Although the state mandates fields of knowledge to be
included in a curriculum, she said, it does not set a specif
ic curriculum. Campbell questioned who would monitor
Christian schools if certification requirements were re
moved .
Jim Frohman, CFA chairman, said the committee was
not surprised at Mocklcr's decision to appeal, and as a
matter of fact, expected it.
As for Mocklcr's rationale that the president and regent
jobs entail distinct duties, Frohman said, "lie may be
right and he may not. The thing here is the regents have
said that the president cannot be paid out of student fees
and we're kind of bound by that."
According to Frohman the decision whether to in
crease the student attorney's salary has not yet been
reached.
"In effect what we did is postpone the decision until
our ASUN subcommittee can check into more details on
the legal service," Frohman said.
Attorney calls budget
request 'rock bottom'
By Betsy Miller
It's tough to make a living if you're the Student Legal
Services attorney at UNL.
"It's pretty difficult to operate on this kind of mon
ey," said Shelley Stall, UNL's legal services attorney.
Stall said the entire budget for her office is $18,147.
this includes her $14,000 salary.
An average salary for legal service attorneys in the Mid
west is $20,320, Stall said.
The Committee for Fees Allocation recently sent its
recommended allocation of $50,419 foT the ASUN Sen
ate to Chancellor Martin Massengale fot approval. The
Senate had requested $58,982. Stall said the legal services
fee is included in the-ASUN allocation.
This year, Stall's total budget request of $24,938,
may not be met because ASUN President Rick Mockler
was unsuccessful in an attempt to raise her salary from
$14,000 to $19,000 a year.
"1 submitted what I considered a rock bottom figure,"
Stall said about her budget request.
Stall said the legal services office handled about 100
student cases last semester and is off to a busy start this
semester.
However, Stall's work load may be lightened because
a university legal fraternity has offered to conduct free
legal research for her office.
Sigma Nu Phi, composed of 64 NU law students, will
research some cases, Chuck Sinclair, co-coordinator of
the project, said.
"Well be donating about five hours a week to this,"
he said.
Sinclair said the idea of helping the legal services office
came up in January. He said 99 percent of the fraternity
members contacted about the project have indicated they
will help.
Stall said the contribution by Sigma Nu Phi members
will leave her with more time for other office duties.
Stall, 29, is a 1978 graduate of the NU Law College.
She worked in a North Platte public defender's office for
two years before coming to UNL.
Stall, who started work Jan. 12, said the legal services
office is definitely serving a useful purpose, but the uni
versity may have trouble retaining attorneys because of
the low pay.
The future of a legal services office at UNL could be
dark if the pay isn't upgraded, she said.
"I'm not saying that I would quit, but it's hard to
think about staying here too long," Stall said.
Inside Tuesday
Extra, extra, Read All About It: NU has hired a public re
lations firm to publicize the university in the national
media Page 3
Boooooo: Review of the film Ghost Story Page 5
Swiss Vault: No, it's not a bank. It's Marco Piatti. the
Swiss national gymnastics champion who is visiting
Lincoln PaSe 6