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Monday, February 8, 1982
Vol. 109 No. 21
Lincoln, Nebraska
Copyright 1982 Daily Nebraskan
Recreation and union budgets reduced by CFA
My Mike Patras
The Committee for Fees Allocation recommended that
the 1982-83 student fee allocations for the Nebraska
Unions and the Recreation Department be reduced from
their 1981-82 student fee allocation.
CFA last week recommended a SI 18,764 reduction of
the recreation department's budget request. CFA also
recommended a S 1 04,460 reduction in the union's budget
request. That does not include the proposed reductions
from Student Activities and Financial Services.
Included in the recommended reductions arc the stu
dent recreation supervisors' salaries for the following
facilities: the Coliseum wcightroom, Mabel Lee Hall gyms
301 and 313, Men's Physical Education Building, Schulte
Ficldhousc, East Campus Activity Building and East
Campus and llarperSchrammSmith tennis courts. The
courts arc supervised during summer school.
Stan Campbell, intramurals coordinator, said if super
visors arc not provided for these facilities tliey will be
closed to students.
The only facilities that would be available for open
recreation in 1982-83 would be the Coliseum main floor,
swimming pool (if repaired) and the Mabel Lee Hall
swimming pool.
Dan Stellcr, director of the recreation department, said
that if this recommended budget is approved it would
mean the complete elimination of recreation programs for
students.
The committee also recommended cutting the
requested additional dollar of student fees which would
have been used to light the East Campus playing field.
Mark Ebel, coordinator of outdoor programs, said the
committee also recommended a 75 percent reduction of
student rental equipment. The recreation department had
requested to replace the equipment, he said.
The Recreation Advisory Board is circulating a petition
protesting the recommended allocation. The petition will
be available in all of the buildings affected by the recom
mended allocation. It also will be available at all fraternit
ies, sororities, residence halls, co-ops, and at a booth in
both unions. The petition will be presented to the com
mittee when the recreation department appeals the recom
mended allocation Feb. 23.
According to Campbell, UNL already had the lowest
number of hours per student per week for indoor recreat
ion among Big Eight schools. Campbell said that during
the recreation department's presentation to the com
mittee, no questions were asked in the areas that were cut.
Jim Frohman, CFA committee chairman, said the fee
determination process allows each fee user the oppor
tunity to appeal the recommended allocation.
"The appeals give the fee user a chance to correct our
mistakes," he said.
The recreation department is a Fund B user. For Fund
B users, the committee serves in an advisory role. The NU
Board of Regents makes the final decision, Frohman said.
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TRUE party 'not affected by any red tape'
iiy Ward VV. Triplett III
Sometime last December, junior Michael
Ford and senior Dan llohensee got into a
conversation about the ASUN Senate and
what it had done for them and other UNL
students during the last three years.
"Basically, it was like ASUN was off in
the distance. They never directed anything
toward the students, nor tried to get stu
dents involved in the issues," llohensee
said.
"Really, we couldn't think of anything
at all they had done for us," he said.
Sunday, Ford announced his candidacy
lor senate president, with llohensee
running for first vice president and junior
Ronda Granger for second vice president.
The three belong to the TRUE party,
which is not an acronym, but represents
what the group will give UNL student
government, Ford said.
"We don't feel ASUN is truly represen
tative of student interest. We don't feel it
goes after the student opinion . . . members
of ASUN don't have a lot of interaction
with students and don't try to," Ford said.
"We feel that we can offer a fresh, new
approach. Our opinion is that the govern
ment should go to the people, not wait for
the people to come to it. With our inter
action of new ideas, we can bring a fresh
look to ASUN that people can look at and
see what it's doing for them," he said.
One reason Ford is sure TRUE can bring
new ideas to the government is that neither
he, nor any of his party members so far,
have ever been senators.
"We feel that's to our advantage. We
don't know the ASUN system, so we won't
be affected by any red tape the others will.
We will be there voicing opinions as stu
dents, not politicians, and we won't act
like politicians," he said.
Ford said that TRUE will sponsor open
forums to allow more student input, as
well as issue bi-weekly reports about the
issues students should be concerned with.
The report would include columns by the
senate president and chairpersons of
important student groups, so students will
have an idea of what their leaders are
thinking and doing. TRUE also will try to
begin an off -campus organization that
would parallel the Residence Hall Associat
ion and Panhcllenic organizations, and
form a minority commission composed of
minority students and senators to insure
that their opinions will be voiced as well.
"We also want to form a regent's com
mittee, which would try to get regents here
to speak or communicate with students.
We think we can develop a good working
relationship with the regents that way,"
Ford said.
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Candidate Stonecipher runs without party
Photo by D. Eric Kircher
Brian Stonecipher
By Betsy Miller
Two UNL juniors who said the ASUN
Senate party system does not work and
that party acronyms "are a joke" are
running for senate president and first vice
president.
Brian Stonecipher, 20, an industrial
engineering major from Hastings, is running
for president, and Stephen Schlachter, 21,
a chemistry major from Hastings, is a
candidate for first vice president.
Stonecipher said they will be identified
only by the title of Stonecipher and
Schlachter and will not seek a second vice
presidential candidate. He also said they
will not have students align with them to
run for senate seats.
Stonecipher, currently a senator from
the College of Engineering and Tech
nology, said the party system doesn't
work. He said even though students run for
office as members of the same party, they
soon forget their party ties after they are
elected.
Stonecipher plans to remove the party
system, he said. A change in the electoral
commission rules could eliminate parties,
he said.
He said too many candidates for senate
executive offices urge students who have
campaigned for them to run in their party
as senators. Students who are dedicated to
serving well as senators are overlooked," he
said.
Parties also tend to obscure the opinions
of candidates, Schlachter said.
"The people never Have to say anything
about their individual stands; they can hide
behind the party platforms," he said.
Senate committee roles also should be
strengthened so they can screen bills before
they reach the senate floor, Stonecipher
said. Currently, the senate can still consider
bills that were killed in committee.
The two also said they are committed to
dealing only with issues that directly affect
the university.
Stonecipher called El Salvador and
nuclear disarmament "garbage issues" for
ASUN because they don't deal with the
concerns of senators' constituents.
"It's a political science playground," he
said.
He said some senators also have second
ary motives for running for office, such as
improving their resumes.
"It's a social-climbing stop for them,"
he said.
His campaign may have problems,
Stonecipher said, because he is not the
"designated Greek candidate." He said he
has heard some Greek leaders don't
approve of his campaign because they feel
the vote will be split between REAL Party
candidate Dan Wedekind and himself.
Stonecipher is a member of Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity and Wedekind, who is
married, is an out-of-house member of Ag
Men fraternity. Stonecipher said Wedekind
has the Greek support.
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Party runs again with STUPID platform
By Betsy Miller
The STUPID Party has been revived
for the 1982 ASUN Senate election. The
party favors mandatory alcohol consump
tion in residence halls, electing senators
according to zodiac signs and housing some
students in parked train cars, among
other things. . n
The Students Taking an Unlimited Part
in Democracy Party II candidates tor sen
ate president, first vice president and
second vice president sponsored a press
conference Friday in the Harper Hall base
ment and presented their platlorm for the
1982 election.
Mike Frost, 20, a junior from Omaha
majoring in political science and sociology
is the STUPID candidate for president.
Ben Miller, 20, a junior from Pender
majoring in music and psychology, is the
party's first vice presidential candidate.
Jeff Rushall. 21, a junior from Scottsbluff,
majoring in math and music, is the second
vice presidential candidate.
The STUPID party was unsuccessful
in last year's election, but Frost said he has
determined why.
"We just didn't get enough votes. I
felt that was a real deterrent to winning,"
'1C Frost said the mandatory alcohol
consumption policy in the residence halls
will mean student assistants won't have
to cite as many students for violations.
He said the STUPID budget "is one the
Unicameral will understand," and includes
the addition of generic classes.
The party also wants the administration
to be paid minimum wage.
To reduce library costs, all the books
could be sold and replaced with Cliff's
Notes, Frost said.
He said bribery might be used by the
student regent to work productively
with the NU Board of Regents.
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Photo by O. Eric Kircher
Mike Frost