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e T Q3 rn Q Thursday, January 17, 1985 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 84 No. 83 Hi i ' r I: f. n Vi cathsr: Partly sunny and warmer today with a high of 36 (2C). Tonight, cloudy and cold with a low of 1 7 (-eC). Friday, windy and very cold with flurries and a high only In the teens (-7C). Friday night, very cold with a low around 0 (-17C). Ccb Sis Zaid plans of mice and men... State Sea Cclvin Carsteiia cf Avoca contemplates liow he will vote Wednesday on the lienor of tlie Legislature. I U u m a S A MUM Union Board to decide fate of University By Gen Gentrop The Nebraska Union Board will decide at, its Tuesday meeting whether the University Child Care Prefect will be allowed to stay in the recently purchased Commonplace Building until May 1983 ono year longer thai a previous agreement. Bridget Nifoussi, a parent whose' daughter attends the child care pro gram, asked the board for extended use of the building from May 1985 until May . 1835. She said this would give parents enough time to find another child-care program, and UCCP could find a place to relocate. The UCCP his been a tenant of the Commonplace Building since 1SC0. NU bought the building from the United 4 - The state Legislature should remem ber the Lied Center for the Pcrformii Arts, although Gov. Kerrey proposed delving the project's first appropria tion until next, yesr, sdd an cfUcial of ths lied Center Fund Campdp. Jack Tlsompscn, co-chsinaan of the cssipsJsa, said the greap hopes ths Leslsture will appropriate $250,000 'as s token that they tre still plsdisd to th-a preset." - Kerrsy announced Tuesdsy that he had deleted $1.85 million scheduled for m a k. . mm s ' G CroSiachcrDtl'y Kebrt skn k k t tf a y Ministries in Higher Education with plans to oust the UCCP this May. The board plans to use the building for new office space for campus organizations. Nifoussi said the program usually uses cr,!y the downstairs for activities but a!sa needs part of the upstairs for the children's afternoon nap. Licensing regulations will not allow the children to sleep below ground level, she said. Nifoussi sdd the governing board cf UCCP needs an extra year to find a new location for the program and funding, if buying and renovation are necessary. Nifoussi asked that a decision be made soon because if the child-care program' is net allowed to stay, parents t would need time to find another care ' program by the end cf May. " She described the program as a icure snouia A f iff m f the center from his 1885-83 budget. The lied Center cut wes one cf several char.253 Kerrey mads to cut $10 million from his oiiginal spending pha. Kerrey said the cut will have little effect cn the center's construction. "In a recent discussion vdth (D. B.) Woody Vamsr, I discovered that most if not ell cf the $1.85 million recom mended for lied will not be needed ur.t.i 1SC3," Kerrey said. Varner, Thompson's Lied find coca terp.srt and president of the NU Fo'ia d&iicn, is ta CaHTcniii and could not be reached for comment. But Thompson sdd that since land acquisition for the buildks had not been completed, no lie FJ2sg sings ffor ilG 141 ilCp ...Page 7 more time Child Care Project "non-traditional child-care program where children are able to syow around both men and women in a 'non-sexist' atmosphere." ASUN president Mark Scudder told the board that student response is "mixed" over a move last week by university oScisls to remove the Union's bowling alley and BecBoom for con struction of a new university bookstore. "I'm getting a positive response from the elder students who have said It's nice and it's about time it was accomp lished' and IVe got a response from people who are frequent users of the bawling alley and their opinions are esinst it," Scudder said. Construction cf the university book store is awaiting approval from the NU Bosrd of Regents in February. moer 1C "real" delay would result from Kerrey's action. : Ray Coffey, UNL business manager, sdd negotiations are "underway" with the Knights cf PytMus, wldch owns the comer lot at 11th and O streets. Three other lets, now occupied by Nebraska Bookstore, will not be bought until the store has moved to its new building, row under construction at lth and Q streets. Th ompson said the fond drive is pro ins 'Very well" We're getting a very enccundng response from outside Nebraska," he aft foi i - Regent proposal is tons 1 By Br&d GHTsrd Semfer Eepcrtar Members of the citizens' group that compiled a study of higher education in Nebraska on Wednes day told the Legislature's Educa tion Committee they agreed on all but one cf their 80 recommenda tions governance of college and universities. James C. Olson, director cf the Citizens Commission for the Study cf Higher Education, said the group agreed state colleges and the NU system should be governed by the NU Board cf Regents. The commis sion's points of disagreement, he "superbosrd" and whether the mem bers of the body should be appointed or elected. Tls members concluded in re commendation number 29 that the "new" board of regents would con sist cf nine members, three from each congressional district. Tt.e regents would be appointed by th governor and serve six-year terms, which would be staggered so three members' terms would expire every two years. Student input vouid come from three student members appointed for one-year terms by the governor. No campus under the board could have more than one student re presentative. Debra Chapelle, executive direc tor of the Nebraska State Student Association, said mere student re presentation would be needed for effective representation from all campuses. "Changing the governing system, if there's proof that it will ir ;rr, e higher education in Nebraska, is h d Ed Commission I it you...Page13 "1 .A-; J Joel SartorsDaily Nabratkcn fine with us," Chapelle said. "But students have to have adequate input into the governing process. A system that allows only three stu dent representatives would erode the ability of each campus to make its needs known to the board." Olson said the "superboard" concept has been enacted in many states because of demographic and economic conditions. "Thi3 seems to be the trend in the country," Olson said. "As costs go up and enrollments go down, there just has to be consolidation." The. reports show Nebraska's college-age enrollment declined 8.5 percent from 1870 to 1083. College age population increased 2.7 per cent during the same period, but Olson said that that age group will decline. Total enrollment increased dur ing that .period, mainly because record numbers of older students have either returned to college for retraining or Jsave enrolled for the first time. .This age group cannot be counted cn to maintain total enrol lment, Olson warned, because their ' number is not predicted to increase much more.. To increase accessibility to Ne braska's colleges and universities, the commission proposed the Legls- -latura appropriate fund3 to all pub lic and private schools so each can match the federal State Student Incentive Grant funds. The report also calls for the lawmakers to vote lends into the State Scholarship Fund. The fund was established by the Leslature in 1878, but sena tors hive failed to finance it. The" measure for funding fell two votes shot test year.