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Vol. 82 No. 73
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Student can expect to r;?y at least
55 more in student fees to the" two UNL
I'nions next semester if '.he 19S3-S4
budget request presented to the Commit
tee lor Fees Allocation last Friday is passed
in February.
ihe increase was p'oposed primarily
because the uni ;n must pay half of its
utiU bills next fail, mailing the first time
the union has been responsible for any of
its own utilities. The increase also is
needed because of the additional cost of
moving the Culture Center to a new
location.
With the 1983-84 budget request,
the Nebraska Unions are seeking their
first increase from University Program and
Facilities Fees funding in five years.
Full-time students were paying SI 2.08
per semester for Union services this
fiscal year, a figure that had fallen from
S 13.77 in 1978-79. The 1983-84 request
is $17.10.
Union Director Daryl Swanson said the
proposed budget would be difficult for
students to accept.
"It's going to be a tough budget for
everyone involved," Swanson said. "It's
going to be tough to get accepted by the
Union Board, by CFA, and ultimately,
the fee-paying student."
The Union Board, which holds its
first meeting of the semester Wednesday
at the Fast Union, briefly reviewed budget
requests from the various union depart
ments at their final meeting last semester.
The board approved a request that would
have increased student fees by about $4,
but since that meeting the Culture Center
increase and an increase in health insurance
benefits for employees were added.
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A proposal to move the Culture Center
from its present location at 1012 N. 16th
St. to the Terrace Hall annex currently
occupied by the Tau Kappa Fpsilon
fraternity was presented in 1981. The
feasibility study was completed in Decem
ber of 1982.
Swanson said that he and Richard Arm
strong, vice chancellor of student affairs,
thought the Culture Center should be
included in the current budget request
partly because of the poor condition of
the existing building.
The increase in health insurance bene
fits developed from the December meeting
of the NU Board of Regents. Other re
quested increases are in students and staff
labor and operating expenses, plus the
budget allowed for a reduced net income
and compensation for a projected 1982-83
net loss. Utilities, however, are by far the
largest cause for the increase, adding more
than $3 to the request by itself.
The request still may not cover cost:
since staff raises were not included and
the economy is not improving.
"We're asking for a substantial request
in student fees knowing we haven't incor
porated salary raises," Swanson said.
"That would have some effect on those
numbers. Plus, the general economic cli
mate still appears pretty weak," he said.
"Our business isn't directly tied to the
economy, but we've seen a downturn in
food service and our other income areas."
"Students are not spending money in
our facility like they did even last year,
probably because they don't have it."
The Union budget will be reviewed
at the Union Board meeting Wednesday
for final recommendations and then pre
sented to the CFA on Jan. 20.
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"Now's the time to apply for financial
aid and scholarships," said Don Aripoli,
director ' of Scholarships and Financial
Aid.
Aripoli said he is optimistic about
fiscal 1983-84 and believes his office has
many of last year's problems resolved.
The office faced potential cuts and
did not know exactly how much money
was available.
"The federal government's plan to cut
financial aid for students by 50 percent
was unsuccessful," Aripoli said. "The
actual cut ranged from only 5 to 10
percent."
"We know today how much money
for funds is available, which will resolve
one of the problems we faced in the last
year," Aripoli said. "Last year the office
didn't know the amount until July."
"We faced major changes and the first
run through is difficult," said Elizabeth
Carranza, assistant director of scholarships
and Financial aid.
Carranza said she is optimistic about the
new year. She encourages students to
read forms two or three times and to be
consistent and accurate. This, she said,
will speed up the process.
The actual amount of aid for 1983
84 is about the same as it was last year,
although the work study program received
a $12 million increase.
The Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL)
program now is receiving about $178
million compared to $286 million in
1981. "About 11,000 GSL loans have
been processed - only about 1,000 less
than last year," Carranza said, "but the
amount of the loans was reduced for a
good percentage of borrowers."
"Financial aid ana scholarships are
available for the coming academic year,"
Aripoli said. The amount of funding
for federal aid is about the same as last
year.
More than 700 different funds for
scholarships are available.
"It is important to meet priority dead
lines," Aripoli said, "because we no longer
have enough funds for everyone." .
In order to receive financial aid, these
requirements must be met:
- Financial Aid Form must be filed.
- Student must have good standing
and satisfactory progress academically.
- Student Aid Report (SAR) turned
in regardless of eligibility
- Tax forms turned in, if requested.
- Transfer students must transfer
financial aid transcripts.
Financial aid for 1983-84 should be
awarded the first week in July, Aripoli
said.
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Staff Photo by Craig Andresen
Crowds pour into the two campus bookstores Monday. Above: Students stand in long
check-out lines at Nebraska Bookstore, 12th and R streets. Below: Students search for
their text books among the crowd.
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"They're always overpriced. They al
ways will be. UNL junior Sue Baade
seemed to voice the consensus of students
buying books at the Nebraska Union Mon
day afternoon. Comments like "They're
pretty expensive" from freshman Wes
Sheppard and "They're always too high"
from junior Kirk Cameron were echoed
by many others.
While most students seemed somewhat
resigned to the costs, sophomore Heidi
Ore expressed the effects of it.
"Crying shame that we have to pay so
much," Ore said. "It's such a deterrent.
The thought crossed my mind to drop a
class because of the price of the book.
I could get more use out of a pair of jeans
than out ot one of these books."
Students may need to be aware that
there frequently are older editions that
will serve just as well and for a cheaper
price, some of the students said.
"Our professor told us that we could
get the third or fourth edition of a book,
but the Union Bookstore listed only the
fourth edition under the course number,
sophomore Anna Kuhn said. "I found the
third edition somewher else and saved
$10."
When asked how the book sales at the
Union Bookstore were going, manager
Larry Behrends said it was "too early to
tell. There doesn't seem to be quite as
much traffic as usual for this time."
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