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The next round of state lawmaking will begin
when the Nebraska State Legislature convenes Jan.
4. Bills held over from the spring session will com
mand immediate attention but new bills will be
introduced during the 60-day session.
LB58, the bill to raise the legal drinking age to 21,
was introduced in the last spring's legislative session
and made it to the general file before that session
ended. Sen. William Nichol, of Scottsbluff, and Sen.
Howard Peterson, of Grand Island, sponsored the
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Nichol said the bill has gained a lot of support
since the last legislative session but said he isn't sure
the bill will win enough votes to pass. He said the bill
will be acted on early in the session since it has
already made it to general file.
Other legislation may include a bill prompted by
the Faith Christian School controversy, Nichol said.
He said he doesn't know who will sponsor it or what it
will say, but he said he thinks it will include legis-
laton on unaccredited teachers. Nichol said he
didn't think the bill, if proposed, will be successful.
"It didn't fly last year, and I don't think itll fly this
year," he said.
Nichol said he also is expecting the proposal of
bills concerning the Commonwealth situation and
how to prevent a similar event from occurring in the
future.
Sen. Carol McBride Pirsch, of Omaha, said the
chances for her bill, LB 79, arc good in light of the
recent Omaha-area sexual assaults and murders of
Danny Joe Eberly and Christopher Paul Walden.
The bill would make the sexual assault of a child a
felony, and would make possible the prosecution of
any person who sexually arouses a child to gain
sexual gratification. Another part of the bill would
encompass the sexual assaults of both children and
adults by barring evidence of the victim's past sex
ual behavior from the courtroom unless the victim is
given prior notice that the evidence will be used in
court.
Pirsch said she sponsored the bill because sexual
Drop add coinciding with dead week
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may cause students aouoie misery
By Sura Thoxnassen
In the past, drop and add has been a trying expe
rience for many UNL students but this year students
have another black spot on their calendar to con
tend with because drop and add coincides with
dead week. ...
"We have dropadd this close to the end of the
semester because a lot of times students dont know
what classes they need to take until close to finals
week," said Millie Osten, administration services
manager for UNL Registration and Records division.
Kathy Leeper, a UNL senior, said dropadd did
hot affect her preparation for finals.
"I can see where it might be an inconvenience, but
personally it didn't bother me," she said. Leeper said
she went through the entire process in 45 minutes.
Not everyone shared Leeper's positive attitude.
Freshman DeeLynn Buss waited more than an hour
for her printed schedule to come out of the computer.
"I have a lot of finals this weelc It would be nice
not to have to worry about this and think about
them," she said.
Osten said on the average it takes les3 than 15
minutes to get a drop or add processed through the
computer. When a longer delay occurs, Octen said, it
is because a form has been incorrectly filled out and
submitted.
"It's all a matter of timing," said Lisa DeRoin, a
junior. "If you're here at the right time you get done
faster. If not, you're out of luck."
Mrs. Wayne Hertzler, a part-time administrative
employee, said there are only two frequent com
plaints. First, classes students wanted were closed,
and second, a student's registration was incorrrect
because of computing mistakes made during pre-regis-tration.
"I think the students' attitudes have always been .
good toward dropadd," said Hertzler.
The present dropadd process is a system started
only a few years ago. New elements to increase effi
ciency are being added continually. This semester, a
self-service terminal was installed. This terminal
performs the basic tasks previously done by regis
tration consultants. The student punches in the call
number of the course, and the computer indicates if
there is an opening.
"The registration consultants are still around to
help with more difficult problems," Ostens said. "The
self-service terminal has only made things more
accessible to students."
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assault, especially of children, is a growing problem
in this country. This bill was also introduced during
the last legislative session and is in the general file.
Sen. Peter Hoagland, of Omaha, announced last
week that he is considering proposal of a bill that
would allow voters to decide if the office of Univer
sity Regent would change from an elected to an
appointed office. Hoagland said that since the office
of University Regent is a low-visibility office, voters
really don't know who they are voting for. He said
the election becomes a name-recognition contest
with voters choosing ethnic names or names that
are similar to other well-known names. Hoagland
said if his bill was approved, regents would be
appointed for their administrative ability, resulting
in higher quality regents.
If the Legislature approves the bill, voters would
decide the issue in the next general election. If the
voters approve it, the governor will be in charge of
appointing the regents whenever one of the six-year
terms expires.
-Court rules against
holding second office.
ASUN's Student Court has declared that
because of the obligation to serve on the
Electoral Commission, ASUN's second vice
president cannot run. for any elected office
during the second semester of his or her term.
The decision was made in response to con
cern over whether Kay Hinn, current second
vice president, could run for re-election or
another executive position and remain in
office. ASUN's constitution dictates that the
second vice president shall be a member of the
Electoral Commission. Ilinn anticipated that
she might be able to resign from the electoral
commission yet remain in AS UN.
Discussion of the case hinged on the inter
pretation of "shall."
In presenting the matter to the court,
Student life Commission Chairman Hark Ccut
ter said "shall" should be interpreted as
"merely permissive and not. mandatory." The
court found that " 'shall' ... is generally a word
of obligation."
Rules of the Electoral Commission
quire that ". . . members shall sin a notarized
o h of office stating that they themselves .ere
not candidates , . . "
The court also ruled that if a second vice
president desires to run for an elected posi
tion, he or she may resign and do so.
Hinn said Wednesday afternoon that she has
decided to remain a member of ASUN and the
Electoral Commission. She said she looks for
some changes in the constitution next sem
ester, since it has not been revised since 1SSS.
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and places to go in its special Orange Bowl
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the winners of the first Clyde Bruckman awards
are ready to be announced . . , . Pe-a 13
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