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Leading business figures attending Saturday's
Governor's Conference on Economic Development
agreed on the generally high quality of Nebraska's
public education, but stressed the need to retain
more of that acquired expertise within the state.
"In the last 30years, we've seen more young adults
migrating to other states than we've had locating
here," Don Dworak, director of the Nebraska De
partment of Economic Development, said in his
opening remarks.
To attract young, bright people to fuel Nebraska's
economy, Dworak said, "We must encourage, nurture
and assist new businesses in succeeding."
Nebraska boasts a number of economic advan
tages to attract new businesses, said Belden Hull
Daniels, president of the Council for Community
Development Inc. in Cambridge, Mass.
Among those advantages, Daniels agreed, is a
strong educational system.
"You have a generally quite sound educational
system, which is essential to economic develop
ment," he said.
"It's significant that you're fourth nationally in
ACT scores, and it's significant that teacher salaries
are an important economic issue (here)," Daniels
said.
Coupled with a well-educated populace, Daniels
said, is Nebraska's strong work force. "It's the kind
that people want," he said, "which is a tremendous
asset, and not a universal one."
In the area of financing, Daniels praised the
state's banking system. Despite the Commonwealth
insolvency, he called it a "good, healthy system,
attuned to the delicate balance of regulation."
Finally, he said, the state's central location also
works to its advantage.
Despite these advantages, however, Daniels poin
ted out three major obstacles to Nebraska's eco
nomic development.
"There's a certain complacency here," he said.
"You tend to ride with the country, rather than
being rigorous about advantages and seizing oppor
tunities. Economic development is something that is
willed from within."
Secondly, Daniels said, competing factions tend to
stall economic development.
"There is no custom of the public and private
sector working together, or labor and management,
local and national, Democrats and Republicans.
Economic development is not a partisan issue."
Related to this, Daniels said, "There is not one
Nebraska, but several"
Lincoln and Omaha could be a potentially power
ful economic drawing card, he said, but they must
stop playing "tug of war."
In a luncheon address, David Birch, of the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, stressed the need
to gear education toward changing technology.
"I see a shift from a basis of muscles and dexterity
to a basis of brains," Birch said. "I call this new
economy coming down the road a thoughtware
economy.'"
The state must adjust its economic strategy to
accomodate this shift, he said, which includes a
strong emphasis on the quality of education.
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Alison Boyd was crowned winner of the Miss
UNL Pageant for 1984 Saturday night
UNI
TE Party emphasizes reorganization
ByMilliKing
The UNITE Party announced its candidacy for
ASUN Senate Sunday afternoon, stressing the need
for reorganization of ASUN committees to improve
communication between students and administra
tors at UNL
UNITE represents the University of Nebraska's
Interest Toward Education, said Mike Geiger, presi
dential candidate.
Geiger, a senior political science major, is an
ASUN Arts and Sciences senator, Chancellor's Sup
port Program Evaluation Board member, former
president and secretary of Sigma Alpha Mu and
former Inter-fraternity Council Scholarship Chair
man, and IFC Rush and Interfraternal Relations
committee member.
The reorganization of committees would allow
more senators to get input from the student body,
and to lobby the Legislature and regents, said Heidi
Burklund, first vice presidential candidate.
Burklund, a sophomore political science and eco
nomics major, is an ASUN Teachers College senator,
Government Liaison Committee State Liaison chair
woman, second-year Nebraska State Student Asso
ciation representative for Residence Hall Associa
tion, special topics vice-chairwoman, Health Center
subcommittee chairperson, University Program Coun
cil subcommittee co-chairperson and Harper-Schramm-Smith
government representative and
publicity committee chairwoman.
The purpose of ASUN is to represent the students
at UNL, Geiger said. "It is our duty to lobby for
students' needs not only at the administrative level
and the Board of Regents, but also at the Unica
meral," Geiger said.
"The Unicameral is the hand that feeds our
mouth. By lobbying the Legislature, we can present
student views and concerns to our state senators,"
Geiger said.
UNITE said the NSSA is vital to the university as
well as other state colleges. .
"It is unfortunate that NSSA has become a cam
paign issue, since students can decide whether or
not they want UNL to be a member," Geiger said.
"We feel that they should have accurate facts on
which to base that decision," he said.
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The NSSA represents concerns common to a
students, he said. The university has its own regis
tered lobbyists: Ruth Boham, GLC chairwoman, and
Bill Swanson, Board of Regents corporate secretary,
Geiger said.
"By utilizing these lobbyists and the NSSA, ASUN
can stay abreast of issues and bills concerning stu
dents, and relay information to the students about
when their testimony will be most effective," Geiger
said.
UNITE supports the building of a free-standing
bookstore, which would best serve the students'
needs, Burklund said. The projected revenue should
reduce student fees, and the space formerly occu
pied by the bookstore could be used to expand the
Daily Nebraskan and possibly offer office space for
the Culture Center, Burklund said.
"We feel that our ideas will benefit the entire stu
dent body," said Geiger. "Our experienced leader
ship can help steer AJSUN toward becoming a more
effective representation of student's views and con
cerns." The UNITE Party will announce its second vice
presidential candidate at a later date.
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Index
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