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Monday, October 1, 1C34
Fy Kevin McCoy
IHI! Nc&nu&An Staff Writer
New policies regarding lofts and
and refrigerators were outlined
in an open forum at a Residence
Kali Association meeting in the
East Caropus Terraces.
Glen Schumann, assistant dir
ector cf housing for maintenance
and operations, said that next
fall only free-standing lofts and
bunks will be allowed in the halls.
Largs refrigerators also will be
prohibited, he said. Although no
specific maximum refrigerator
size has yet been determined,
Schumann said, the ban probably
would include any refrigerator
exceeding the dimensions of the
largest refrigerators currently
available for rental in the halls.
Damage problems and safety
hazard led to the restrictions on
loft construction, Schumann said.
Many students damage their
rooms' desks or bookcases by
using them to help support the
weight of their beds. Room furni
ture was not designed to hold the
extra weight, he said, and in Abel
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Hall, several bookcases have been
pulled out of the wall
Because lofts and bunks have
become more popular in the last
five or six years, Schumann said,
the administrative staff worried
that damage problems would get
out of hand if they were not
remedied soon.
Also cited as a reason to res
trict lofts was the possibility of
bookcases crashing down and in
juring reel dents.
Despite the new rub, all lofts
and bunks that do not uza any
room furniture as part of their
basic structure still will be per
mitted, Schumann said.
The change in refrigerator pol
icy resulted from damage caused
in transporting refrigerators in
and out of the halls, Schumann
said. Three doorknobs had to be
replaced this summer because
refrigerators had been forced in
and out of rooms, he said.
Students who do not use proper
equipment for moving refrigera
tors also have damaged elevators
and loosened and chipped floor
tile, Schumann said.
The policy change also would
. cut down on electricity usage and
storage problems. Because of
shortage of space and a Lincoln
ordinance that requires refrigera
tors to be either behind locked
doors or chained, storing refrig
erators has been a problem. Res
idents who abandon large refrig
erators also have burdened maint
enance crews, Schumann said.
Another idea under mainte
nance consideration is the in
stallation of central overhead
room lights in the high-rise com
plexes of Abel-Sandoz, Cather
Pound and Harper-Schramm-Smith.
Schumann said the extra
ordinary cost of replacing the
twist-around lamp3 in some of
the halls might be better invested
thi3 way. He said the idea would
have to be considered relative to
other student priorities for next
year.
In other action, RHA approved
in a straw vote to recommend
that the housing ofSce delay the .
implementation of "unlimited
food" in university food services
until student opinion and cost
considerations could be accur
ately assessed.
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By Kevin Dcgaii
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While tuition takes a big bite out of
student budgets, it amounts to barely a
nibble for the university.
Even with annual increases, tuition,
which has almost doubled in the last
eight years, pays about one-third of in
structional costs and considerably less of
the university's overall budget
Student tuition is used by the univer
sity 'primarily to pay professors. Robert
Clark, director of Student Accounts said
the money goes to pay salaries, wages and
services provided by the colleges and
their departments.
UNL budgets, as does any other busi
ness, Clark said, with straight forward
accounting procedures payments in
and payments out. He said the budgets
are based on historical experience and
future projections of students and the
number cf credit hours they will carry.
J.W. Knisely, UNL comptroller, said
that along with tuition, the university has
several other major sources of income.
State-appropriated tax dollars provide
the lar gest portion of the3e funds, he said.
Federal funds are mostly allocated for
agriculture experiment station research
and the agriculture cooperative exten
sion service, Knisely said.
Revolving funds from auxiliary enter
prises such as the stores in the Nebraska
and East unions, lab fees, and the selling
of livestock and produce from the excer-
iment stations also provide money for
UNL operating expenses.
Library fines, endowment fund income
and investment on idle cash by the State
Investment Council round out what is
called the "other cash" fund, Knisely said.
The $20 late-tuition payment fee, which
annually nets about $00,000, is contained
in this fund, he said.
All these sources of income are used to
meet instructional costs, of which tuition
alone accounts for about 32 percent.
But to say studen t tuition accounts for
nearly a third of overall UN L expenses is
false. Kniseiy said the university is a
Quarter-of-a-billion dollar annual enter
prise for which tuition provides Jess than
9 percent.
According to the 1984-85 Uf)IL Sum
mary of Expenditures, the College of Arts
and Sciences receives the greatest por
tion (30 percent) of these funds. Except
for the Graduate College, the School of
Journalism receives the smallest propor
tion (1.2 percent).
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Student fees finance eot
By Lisa Nntthsg
, Doily Nsbresfc&B EiZVMteT
Student fees are the mainstay for UNL
services, like the student unions, Univer
sity Health Center and various recrea
tional programs and facilities.
But some students think these services
are "extras" to the academic curriculum.
Student fees finance those "extras" be
cause many college administrators think
students develop physically, socially and
emotionally, as well as intellectually,
throughout their college years.
Student fees, also called University Pro
gram and Facilities Fees, cover the cost of
student programs and services not fi
nanced by tuition or tax monies. These
fees make up $95.28 of the tuition paid by
each student enrolled in seven or more
hours of classes.
Student fees are divided into two parts,
Fund A and Fund B. Fund A is refunda
ble, Fund B is not. Fund A supports stu
dent organizations like the Association of
Students of the University of Nebraska,
State Student Association, the Daily Neb
raskan and the University Program Coun
cil Fund B supports student services such
as the unions, the health center and var
ious recreational programs and facilities.
Fund A refunds of $5.72 can be obtained
from the Student Activities Financial Ser
vices office, Nebraska Union, 222. How
ever some student privileges will be lost
Although some students will not use all
the services they pay for, all are required
to pay Fund B of the fees.
"Student fees arent considered to be
user fees," Suzanne Brown, assistant vice
chancellor of Student Affairs, said. They
are a part of the cost of attending the
university."
"Naturally, some are not happy about
it," Brovn said.
Even students who are enrolled in
independent studies or an internship
outside of Lincoln must pay student fees.
Brown said many students petition
their fees each semester. These students,
often non-traditional students, graduate
students, those on field location or those
working on their doctoral dissertation
say they dont use the facilities and should
not have to pay the fees, Brown said.
"Once we were to make an exc eption,
we would just open Pandora's box " Brown
said. "If we waive a student from Buffalo,
N.Y., what about a student from Omaha
or the 45-year-old who has his own (local)
doctor?"
"It goes oh and on," Brown said. "We
don't waive the fees because for every
reason, there are many others (students)
in the same situation."
During the 1983-84 school year, 808
students filled out applications for a
Fund A refund. According to Doug Metz
ger, manager of SAFS, 683 students re
turned to collect their refunds.
"Our function in this office is to admin
ister the refunds and doitina non-biased
manner," Metzger said. "We recognize that
students have a right to their refund."
Brown said the state will net pay for
any of the student "extras" so only
those organizations that are self-sustaining
would survive. j