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Editor's note: This is the
second article in a three-part
series on smoking, leading
up to the Great American
Smckeout Day, Thursday,
In the bathrooms and some
hallways of Lincoln-area jun
ior high schools, smoking has
been a problem. But a recent
study and curriculum produced
by UNL's Prevention Center
for Drug Abuse is at least help
ing to clear the psychological
smoke from students' minds.
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Lincoln-area junior high stu
dents are learning the short
term factors that cause some
of them to smoke.
The study, directed by Ian
Newman of UNL's School of
Health, Physical Education and
Recreation, showed that peer
pressure and undefined values
are the main reasons junior
high students smoke.
Researchers questioned 943
area students last fall from 17
junior high schools. From the
information, the prevention cen
ter devised a 10 part learning
program for the students stres
sing the psychological causes
of smoking, rather than just its
dangers.
According to the survey, teen
age girls in Nebraska smoke
more than teen-age boys.
"If you are a smoker and a
girl, it's almost sure all of your
friends will smoke, too," said
Patricia Mohr, one of the pro
ject coordinators. Mohr said
this peer pressure causes stu
dents to chose between their
friends that smoke and their
own preferences.
The study showed that jun
ior high boys, however, were
more considerate of individual
choices. The survey was confi
dential and will be given again
this year to the same students
to see if they have become
more aware of why they smoke.
Darlene Rischling, principal
of Dawes Jr. High School in
Lincoln, said she considers
smoking at her school a major
problem.
"Kids have easy access to
cigarettes despite Nebraska
laws," she said. "It's an easy
way to test authority, and to
show their daring" The UNL
survey confirmed these obser
vations. It showed, however,
that 75 percent of junior high
students had never smoked
more than one cigarette.
"But that's a lot when you
consider that seventh and
eighth graders are awfully
young to be smoking," Rischling
said.
Rischling said all Lincoln
junior high schools have a pol
icy of suspension designed to
"punish people into changing,"
but she says that it is not a
cure.
Results on how the program
has helped students change
their smoking behavior were
not available yet.
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By Ann Lowe
A proposal to raise the student tuition
burden for NU education costs from 25 to
35 percent should be reconsidered, ASUN
president Mark Scudder said.
Scudder testified Tuesday at a public
hearing at Nebraska Wesleyan University
before the Citizens Commission for the
Study of Higher Education.
The 66-member commission is prepar
ing a set of proposals for public higher
education in Nebraska. The commission
report will include recommendations on
college and university financing, admis
sions standards and governance of the
Nebraska college and university systems.
Scudder quoted a Nov. 12 Lincoln
Journal article, saying that NU students
pay 25 percent of their education costs
through tuition. The commission's sub
committee is expected to suggest raising
the tuition burden to 35 percent, follow
ing a University of Minnesota plan that
has students pay for 38 percent of their
education costs.
But the comparison is misleading,
Scudder said, because different factors
were used in figuring the percentages.
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Using the Minnesota University formula,
NU students already bear 55 percent of
their education costs.
The commission also is considering a
proposal to establish a single governing
board for NU and the state colleges. The
governing board would replace the NU
Board of Regents and the State College
Board of Trustees.
NU Regent Robert Koefoot of Grand
Island said NU and the state colleges
should be merged. The schools already
have several "common denominators" in
curriculum and programs, he said. Main
taining separate systems builds "boun-
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daries that discourage cooperation among
institutions," he said.
A "single, multicampus institution"
under one governing board would stop
duplication of programs and cut Nebras
ka's higher education costs, Koefoot said.
State College Trustee Caroil Thompson
disagreed. Centralizing state colleges and
universities would "stifle" competition
among the schools, he said. Such compe
tition is necessary to maintain standards,
he said.
The commission is scheduled to submit
its report to Gov. Bob Kerrey on Dec. 18.
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UNL's income from student fees
will reach about 14.24 million
during the 1 34-85 school year,
said M&rlene Beyke, director of
development of the Associated
Students of the University of Neb
raska. Deciding how this money is
divided among campus organiza
tians and agencies is the respon
sibility of ASUN's Committee for
Fees Allocation.
Beyke said 11 students serve
on the CPA bo ar d. Five are ASUN
senators and six others ere elected
from fraternities and sororities,
residence halls and off-campus
housing.
The CFA reviews the amount of
money spent during the previous
year and makes decisions about
future budget allocations. Student .
fees rxo set for the following year
according to budget requests and
CFA reeoramendstions.
Student fees are divided into
two parts. Fund A fees support
student organiiions like ASUN,
the State Student Association,
the Dsily Nebr&sksn and Univer
sity Program OounciL Fund A
fees are refundable, Beyke said.
Fund B fee recipients include
the University Health Center, the
Nebraska Unions, recreation pro
grams and facilities and debt re
payment, she said.
Of th e $5.72 each student spent
for Fund A programs this semes
ter, ASUN received $1.72. Beyke
said 90 cents of each student's
contribution Is spent for Student
L?al Services,
The remainder cfASUN's mon
ey is spent by the Government
Iisison Committee and the ASUN
oe3. The GLC lobbies the state
Legislature on issues of impor-
nigs for student teei
tance to the university and the
students, she said.
The State Student Association,
which received about $21,000 from
UNL students, is similar to the
GLC. The association employs a
full-time lobbyist who concen
trates on national and state issues
important to all Nebraska college
students, Beyke said.
The Daily Nebraskan receives
about 82 cents a semester from
every UNL student, amounting to
about $39,000 this year. Beyke
said this amount covers 5 to 7
percent of the newspaper's total
costs. The remaining costs are
paid by advertising.
The University Program Coun
cil receives the largest amount of
Fund A fees, about $1 10,000 this
year. Beyke said much of this is
spent for UPC's Talks and Topics,
which brings well-known speak
ers to UNL
Of the Fund B student fees,
$795,000 a year is spent for debt
repayment Bqyke said this money
pays for new buildings and build
ing renovations. The student
unions will receive about $050,000
tliis year to cover expenses. The
remaining $8 in fees, about
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