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Thursday, September 2, 1982
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol.82 No. 10
ASUN Senate supports efforts to override veto
By Eric Peterson
The ASUN Senate passed a resolution
supporting efforts to override President
Reagan's recent veto of a supplementary
spending bill. The bill contains funds for
such federal financial aid programs as Pell
Grants and Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants.
Sen. Steve Grasz questioned the
appropriateness of the resolution, saying
it was too political. Sen. Kathy Roth
responded that each issue before the
senate should be considered on its own
merits.
Deb Chapelle, interim executive
director of the Nebraska State Student
Association, a statewide student lobbying
group to which UNL belongs, earlier had
given background information on the
issue.
The financial aid funds were only part
of a larger bill that was vetoed last
weekend because Reagan said it would
break the budget. Chapelle, however, said
the bill was $1.7 billion under what the
president originally asked for.
A sustained veto would kill $140
million in Pell Grants and $77 million
of SEOG money, she said. In human
terms, 1 million Pell Grants would be
reduced and 128,000 SEOGs eliminated.
Chapelle said it is still possible to over
ride the veto by Sept. 8. The best way
to have impact on the decision is to
contact local congressional offices or
phone congressional offices in Washington,
she said.
The senate also considered Sen. Rhonda
Greder's proposal to provide a shuttle bus
from the main part of City Campus to the
Bob Devaney Sports Center on election
day.
The sports center, which is the precinct
polling site for the Malone neighborhood
as well as the campus, is inconvenient to
some students, Greder said. She earlier
had suggested changing the polling place
to the Nebraska Union, but the electoral
commissioner refused because of the
lateness of the change and potential
parking problems.
ASUN First Vice President Greg Krieser
said the organization is looking for ways
to distribute an ASUN newsletter. In
addition to passing it out in residence
halls and Greek houses, the empty drop
boxes for the Journalist, the School of
Journalism laboratory newspaper, may
be used.
Since printing the newsletter costs
about Vi cents per side, Krieser said it
may be necessary to limit circulation
and be more efficient in distribution.
ASUN President Dan Wedekind
announced that he and Government
Liaison Committee Chair Nette Nelson
will be going to Omaha today with
administration officials to testify about
LB946, a legislative resolution on
financial aid introduced by state Sen.
Gerald Koch of Ralston.
Insanity resolution studied
By Mark Hansen
A recent resolution before the Nebraska
Legislative Judicial Committee, studying
the possibility of toughening law regarding
the insanity defense in murder cases, has
not generated much enthusiasm, said John
Gpc, chief legal counselor for the com
mittee. Goc said the insanity clause was added
to LR344 by Sen. William Nichol of
Scottsbluff. Nichol, chairman of the
Judicial Committee, added it shortly
after a jury found John Hinckley Jr.
not guilty by reason of insanity of the
attempted assassination of President
Reagan.
Under present law, once an accused
felon pleads insanity, the prosecution must
prove that the accused was not insane
while allegedly committing the unlawful
act. The resolution proposes that the
defense, not the prosecution, would have
to prove that the accused was insane at the
time of the crime.
One reason for perceived lack of enthu
siasm from the Judicial Committee is Ne
braska's already strict interpretation of the
insanity plea as defense, Goc said.
Last year Nebraska laws were changed
to take the power of release away from
regional center officials and put it in the
hands of the courts. Under the new law,
people who successfully plead insanity and
are sent to a regional center for psychiatric
care must appear before a judge to present
their case for release.
Nebraska still uses the traditional inter
pretation of the "Naughteri test, which
states that in order to be found not guilty
by reason of insanity a person must be
unable to tell the difference between right
and wrong.
Many states have modified their inter
pretation of the test to include irresistible
impulse as grounds for an insanity defense.
A bill similar to the ideas under con
sideration by the Judicial Committee was
introduced to the U.S. Senate by Nebraska
Sen. Edward Zorinsky prior to Hinckley's
attempt to assassinate Reagan.
A total of 33 billsi22 introduced after
the Hinckley decision was announced, are
pending before the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee. Danny Fuchs, legislative assistant to
Zorinsky, said because of the large number
of bills, the Senate probably will not be
able to take any action before their
dismissal in October.
UNL fights litter problem
with students' assistance
UNL is fortunate compared to
other Big Eight schools with litter
and vandalism problems, but damage
still occurs, Glen Schumann, the
housing office assistant director of
maintenance and operations, said at
a news conference Wednesday. "We
can't stop vandalism, but we can get
students involved in its prevention,"
Schumann said.
The UNL Police Department,
grounds department, housing office
and Physical Plant Administration spon
sored the conference, part of a
campaign to fight vandalism and
littering on campus.
Physical Plant Director Harley
Schrader said vandalism and litter in
buildings is not a terrible problem,
but it could be reduced.
"If people would have more diligence
with their daily habits, a great deal
of the problem would be eliminated,"
Schrader said.
"We need the support of students
and staff to make this a better place
to live and work," he said.
Wilbur Dasenbrock, director of the
grounds department, said his primary
concern is keeping UNL from becoming
a slum.
Dasenbrock said students are helping
out by making anti-litter posters and
making trash bins out of old oil drums.
"We want to make the campus look
nice and save money at the same time,"
he said.
According to statistics prepared by
UNL police, vandalism has been the
highest reported 'non-index crime on the
UNL campus for the past six years.
"In 1981, there were 183 such cases
(vandalism) reported," the report stated.
'This crime alone cost the members
of the university community $13,937
in personal property damages and
$7,064 in losses to the university
itself."
East Campus supplies space
for State Fair 4-H judging
By Carol Harrah
UNL buildings on East Campus will
be used for part of the activities of Nebras
ka 4-H members participating in the
State Fair.
Louis Rudman, extension specialist
with the state 4-H Office located on
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Campus will be used as part of various
judging contests within the 4-H program.
Rudman said UNL buildings are being
used because the fairgrounds either do not
have all the buildings needed or the ones
they do have are not as good as the
university's classrooms.
Judges for the contests are students
ages 12 to 19 who are picked up by their
home countries to judge in one of four
categories: crops, horticulture, forestry
and livestock, Rudman said. There are
a few people judging the contest who are
freshmen at UNL, he said, but the majority
of judges are in high school or junior high.
'The people are here all morning
judging " he said, "and then give reasons
for their selections in the afternoon. By
having the teams here, the East Union
food service will benefit from the extra
people eating lunch there."
Rudman said the university can provide
livestock and plant samples needed for the
judging competitions. He said the univer
sity has the setting available and examples
of items being judged.
Rudman said the Fair Board usually
does not have State Fair activities off
the fairgrounds.
'The Fair Board prefers for all of the
activities to be held on the fairgrounds,
Rudman said. "But with the number of
people and the length of time that theyH
be here, our facilities work better for
them (the students judging).'
Rudman said there will be about
430 people involved in the judging. He
said those involved provide their own
lodging, whether at residence halls or
in Lincoln motels.
The Collegiate 4-H members at UNL
also will be participating in the State
Fair with their annual food booth in the
4-H complex on the fairgrounds.