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The Change Party announced its
idacy icr ASUN on Tuesiay in
the Nebraska Union. The election
will be March 13.
Kevin Goldstein, a senior busi
ness mEjor and Change's candidate
for ASUN president, said the party
tc!icvc3 strongly in "advancing the
ri.is cf student."
. Goldstein, first vice-presidential
candidate' Jill Fagcr, a sophomore
nursing r.;j:r, and second vice
presidensM candidate Doug "Gonzo"
Karpr-ek, a sophomore mooring in
secondary education, said students .
should be able to determine stu
dent policy wherever and whenever
possible. One of these policies,
Goldstein said, is the NU Board cf
Regents consideration cf the budgyt
proposed by the Committee for Fees
Allocation. Goldstein said CPA
spends two semesters preparing the
budget before it is passed on to Use
ASUN senate. After the senate ap
proves the budget recommendation,
it is sent to the UNL Vice Chancellor
for Student' Affai?i?'0rjce the" vice"
chancellor approves it, the budget
is sent to the chancellor, who con-'
siders the budget, revises it or
approves it and submits it to the
regents, he said.
"These students spend hundreds
cf hours oh the budget and their
recommendations can be changed
witnout reason, "Goldstein
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We want t,?o votes on tho rrcoes tl.
one vote on 'chancellor's proposal
vote on CFA s on final
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Fag:r, n ASUN rurdng senator,
said students "need to have greater
input into monetary decisions,
especially these dealing with capi
ta! construction."
Fager said students should vote
on the proposed UNL Recreation
Center "only when given up-to-date
information."
"We support this project as soon
as a majority of students approve a
specific proposal with a definite
level cf finding and estimate cf the
corresponding increase in student
fees," she said. .
Goldstein said -Change supports
24-hour access to the union during
fnai's week gad supports the "satel
lite registration" program now in
the planning stage,
He said the party's "2015" prop
osal would combiws ths current
method of ASUN elections by col
leges with an election by living
units. He said ether than the regular
"by college" flection process, flve
"additional students would be elected
from oST-campus residents, five from
residence hails and five from Iratcrn
' ity and sorority houses.
.. Goldstein said his party has a
"good cross-section cf people" from
all. parts of campus life. Goldstein
said he is an off-campus resident,
.while Fager is from a sorority house
and Easarek from a residence hall.
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.. The relationship between students and faculty
members cm extend beyond the Ecaderaies cf
the classroom, thanks to a prefect sponsoied by
UNL's Counseling Center., v
Whether they meet on campus or go relax in a
hot tub, the Student Development Mentoring
Transcript Project pairs students snd faculty
members called mentors (tutors) to talk
about the students' career and personal goals,
said Vernon Williams, the project's coordinator
and Counseling Center director.
. F it the meetings are not restricted to talk
about goals. Some student-faculty pairs go to
plays, rpcrts events, art exhibits or ether activi
ties. Williams md the student he acts as mentor
for, Virgil Wsicunsa, cr.ee got together for a
-meeting in a more relaxed, less academic setting
a hot tub.
Waterman ss!d the program gave him "some
body to talk to about things I didn't have anyone
else to talk to." '
Susan Dietrich, a junior marketing major, also
compliments the program.
"It's kind of a cold, cruel world if you don't
know anyone," she said.
Dietrich has been' in the program for three
years and now is assistant coordinator of the
project, recruiting faculty participants and doing
clerical work. Her mentor is John Breckenridge,
assistant director cf counseling.
"John is my friend cn campus, an inside
Mend, I can complain to him," Dietrich said.
Breckenridge helps her deal with all the "red
tape" of attending the university, she said, and
he will be helpful as a reference when she goes
out job hunting. .
Dietrich said the faculty members have a one-to-one
relationship with students, unlike in the
classroom, where no one knows anyone. P.obert
Brown, professor of educational psychology, said
it helps to give professors a different perspective
on the students.
"It's a different kind of thing than academic
advising or the classroom where you have to
grade the student at the end of the semester,"
Brown said. Brown and David DeCcster, dean of
students, began the project in 1979.
Williams ssld that evaluations cf the prcject
show it changes some of the faculty members
ideas on how they want to work with students.
,. "It made me question if I was over-protecting
students," Williams said.
.. Seventy students and 50 faculty members are
involved in the project. Project coordinators
match students and faculty based on their sim
ilar interests. Williams said students are not
necessarily matched with faculty who teach in
their major.
"If it locks like the mentor has some rele
vance to a student, we match them up," Williams
said. Students interested in participating in the
project can contact the Counseling Center, Sea
ton Hall 1316.
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Economist s
ays decreased incomes
interest rates push farmers to limit
A financial crisis grips much cf the
U.S. farm sector and UNL ag economist
Enice Johnson said he thinks depressed
form income levels, debt service prob
lems aid high interest rates are push
ing many farmers to their financial
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In the February issue cf "Business in
Nebraska," a publication cf the Bureau
cf Business Research in the College of
Business Administration, Johnson tra
ces the growth of the ag debt since
1550. The tsm debt loan has multiplied-tenfold
since that time, jumping
from $1 billion la XCSD to mere than 111
during the past 5 yesrs. Johnson said
largest lender for farm red estate in
12S4 these institutions provided 42
percent cf ferm real estate funds to
Nebraska borrowers.
The role of Production Credit Asso
ciations also has expanded during the
period. FCA's have doubled their share
cf non-red estate ag debt since 1850.
Individual lenders remain prominent.
On the other I.jt.J, fcr.k and insurance
ccrrpany i::n v-L.r.o has dropped,
while Ffjrr.ers Heme Adalnistratlon
and CcmmunlJy Cre lit C&poraticn lead
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Ir::.rt costi have' mushroomed,
Jdr-; : Intrrc:t rates cn ag red
d car. real estate debt in 16-53 -were'
twice the 1SC0 levels. As a pro
duction expense, interest is second
Farm income has not kept pace with
. the growth of fsrm debt. During the
1960s and 1970s, Nebraska farm opera
tors carried an average cf $3 to $4 of
debt for every dollar of net farm income.
But by 1832, the debt-to-income ratio
had risen to nearly $12 of debt for every
dollar of net farm income, Johnson
. In ether words, a $20,000 net farm
income was accompanied by a debt load
of nearly $250,000 on the average. Debt
buildup and growing interest costs had
diminished operators' reraairisg net
income. Total net farm earnings in the
1203s have averaged less than 3 per
cent cf the annual levels of the 19703 in
nominal dollars and less than 0 per
cent in constant (purchasing power)
able,' reesenably priced credit cf the
past placed Nebraska farmers in a
vulnerable position.