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By Jonathan Taylor
While the Culture Center Task Force reported at
Tueday's Union Board meeting that it did not find a
suitable relocation space, Chancellor Martin Mas
sengale's bookstore committee reported two reloca
tion options.
Mary Marcy, president of the board, presented the
"Special Edition of the Culture Center Review," pub
lished by the CAP office. The review includes views
on the progress of finding a new Culture Center
location and a synopsis of the force's work.
Dolores Sirapson-Kir kland, assistant to the dean
of students, submitted a report Feb. 8 that announ
ced completion of the task force's work and its dis
missal from duties. - .
The task force, formed in fall 1031, considered
two options for relocation of the center. Simpson
Kir kland said the first, at 420 University Terrace,
was not advanced to the NU Board of Regents. The
second, at 1630 Q St., was considered unacceptable
to the task force, she said.
"Although we were frustrated in our efforts to
relocate the center," Simpson-Kir kland said, "it is
Equal wages
for equal jobs
debate topic
Equal pay for men and
women is not a new con
cept, said the first vice
president of the Lincoln
Lancaster County League
of Women Voters.
Judy Basler spoke Tues
day night at a debate
about a possible pay equ
ity plan for Nebraska
employees. The debate,
sponsored by the League,
was at the YWCA, 15th
and N streets.
Basler said four factors
determine the compara
ble worth of jobs: effort,
responsibility, skill and .
working conditions.
Andy Russell, manager
of classification and com-'
pensation for the state
personnel department,
said a common set of fac
tors can be used to mea
sure the comparable
worth of each job, but the
decision about which job
factors are worth more
than others is a subjec
tive one. Charts and
graphs cannot tell how
much comparable jobs
should pay, Russell said.
0Jerry Pigsley, a labor
relations attorney, said a
similar system has been
used by other states, but ,
it may not have been fair
to all workers.
Pat Knapp, a third-year
law student, said deci
sions made on the basis
of a pay equity study
would be value judg
ments. However, she said,
the state would define 1
the criteria it uses to clas
sify jobs and set salaries.
Pigsley said pay equity
should be implemented
by encouraging women to
go into fields dominated
by men. He said women
should be trained for
these positions.
Knapp said the jobs for
which women compete
are "artificially limited"
through the socialization
women receive while grow
ing up. Women still are
taught to look for jobs
traditionally held by wo
men, she said.
The cost of paying men
and women equal salar
ies for equal jobs would
be phenomenal, said
. Frosty Chapman, state
personnel director.
Washington state was
ordered by courts to pay
$40 million to its em
ployees, Chapman said.
Iowa, which is conduct
ing a pay equity study,
would have to pay its em
ployees between $20 mil
lion and $30 million, he
' ' said.
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imperative that we continue to press forward to
find a suitable home for the center." .
Marcy also presented the executive summary of
the "University Bookstore Location and Feasibility
Study. The study is a result of the work done by
Massengale's Bookstore Committee and a profes
sional bookstore consultant, Ken White, of West
wood, N.J.
In the summary, White and the committee recom
mended first that a new bookstore be built across
Memorial Plaza north of the Nebraska Union. Fund
ing for the project, the summary said, would come
from bookstore revenue.
If a new bookstore could not be built, the commit
tee and White would support the renovation of the
Nebraska Union basement and the construction of a
two-story addition to the east side of the building.
Renovation of the present bookstore area only was
considered undesirable.
The university has fallen behind providing aca
demic bookstore services to the UNL community,
and a new, well-planned store would be a good
investment, according to the summary.
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in either of the relocation decisions. But, Marcy said,
if a new Culture Center task force was appointed to
study new options, the board would express an
interest.
Union Director Daryl Swanson will explain the
reports at the next meeting on April 3, Marcy said.
Swanson was absent from Tuesday's meeting.
In other board discussion, Frank Kuhn, assistant
union director, said the Space Allocation Commit
tee is preparing to begin its "cat and mouse game" to
fit student organizations into the union's limited
space.
Kuhn said the committee usually considers the
number of active members in an organization, how
it serves the university community and how much
space is needed when determining office allocations.
Out of the 3 1 organizations that apply for space in
the union, Kuhn said, only two groups ended up
with no offices last year. As many as four organiza
tions sometimes use one office, he said.
The deadline for office space applications is April
6, Kuhn said. The committee will make its recom
mendations to the board by the second or third
week in April.
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