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TT ccks like Irn times far dear c!d NU.
. The Nebraska Leturj's Appreeria--4
ticr.s Committee approved the lowest bud
get increase fcr the university In memory list
week.
The committee tppreved a 1,6 percent in
crease about $2.C million. The NU Board of
Regents had requested a 12.7 percent increase.
The good news Is that the committee rein
stated funds for Morrill Kail rr.d Included e
meeker 3 percent sdaiy Increase fcrteerymem
bcrs. However, the f.nal decision about where
the money gees is up to ths regents.
The bad n,ws is, with an inflation rate cf
about 4 percent, the 1.6 percent inereesa is
actually a cut and a dramatic departure from
increases cf past years. That means there will be
cuts maybe entire programs at KU If the full
Legislature passes the recommended budget.
The minimal Increase means more of what KU
students are becoming accustomed to bi&'or
classes, weaker programs and higher tukion.
The budget includes a planned 10 percent tui
tion increase to be matched with state funds.
Faculty members can expect a small salary
increase one that will surely keep them
among the lowest paid of their peers.
The cut is a short-term solution to a large
. scale problem. Granted, the economy cf this
, state is poor, but we cannot afford to gut higher
education to save money. A weak university
means more scholars leaving the state for a
quality education, less quality research in our
state, and as a result, less economic develop
ment and a low quality workforce.
Cutting the university's funds will make the
budget work this year, but the costs to the state
in the Mure are substantially greater.
Legislators shudder when the idea cf a tax
increase is mentioned, but at this point, one is
necessary. A small tax increase, either a sales
tax or an income tax increase, would be suffi
cient to fund the university at its current level,
which would keep it at its current average qual
ity level in relation to other universities. Ne
braska needs, at laesi, an average university.
It's net likely the budget will be increased by
the open Legislature. However, w urge senators
to think twice before voting for mediocrity.
Regents and administrate will do some las;
minute lobbying, and' we encourage students to
write or call their state representatives to ask for
a mere realistic NU budget.
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Non-athletic departments
need improvements too
I thought colks were places cf higher learn
ing. Kowever, at UNL it's a esse cf look after
yourself and let the other fellow sink.
First, the old Alumni Center ha3 been torn
do'.vn and replaced ty a modern facade. A mem
orial has been built for Eb Dsvar.ey and Tom
Osborne. Their 1ns are cdrJr;!!?, but the four
cclu.T.n3 make it apps?; they died In a plane
crach.
Obviously thae were not paid for by the stu
dents' evr-increasiiig tuition costs, but the
money would be better us 3d in more generally
beneficial sieas, such as te&leTdc services and
equipment, faculty expansion cr saving Morrill
Hall.
Second, the Union Bookstcre is expanded,
despite the fact it can't ccispeia with Nebraska
Bookstore's inventory. As a result cf this deci
sion, students have lost one cf the few enter
tainment and social centers they cculd afford
and could get to without a car. Moving the video
',ks and cinbell into the television nook isn't
the answer. That hss mcved tha television into
the commons area where it distirbs any student
who wants to study,,
If people want to shew their appreciation to
the university, why not dai&ie fuads to non
athletic departments that need money. Dona
tions could be used to increase teacher salaries,
allowing UNL to compete for new instructors.
Because of cuts, the English department has
heavy limitations on the number of copies. Think
of it, a department that studio the written word
can't afford to copy and distribute the words to
the students Wouldn't improved scholastic de
partments sending educated students out into
the world be as big a boost for UNL as a football
team setting a season rushing record? . i
Joe Holm
Lincoln
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I XHl M HiO Mm 18
senators
lark Osbom and othei ASUN
should be commended for bringing to light
the abuse of student fees fey the Women's
Resource Center. The cut in operating funds was
justified as previous attempts to alter the poli
cies of the WSC have been unproductive.
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liberalism.
The lesbian ie is a case in point. At UNL a
variety cf opinions exist on the subject. The VVRC
has made its blp clear by forming a lesbian
support group and sponsoring pro-lesbian spe.skr
ers. What about opposing views held by campus
ministries? What about the views held by stu
dents who feel lesbian activities are immoral?
Somehow the V.T.C has found it convenient to
overlook these -Cts when spending student
rees.
Msibcs
The same story fsm be told of the abortion
issue. The WEC presently displays several pro
abortion pamphleti Yet, the .WEC just can't
seem to find any place to exhibit any pro-life
material. Ironically, the WT.C promotes the pro
abortion view even though a recent poll by the
Sunday Lincoln Journal-Star revealed that a
mjyority of the women in Nebraska in the 18-to-24
age group favored a constitutional amend
ment further restricting abortions.
The WEC also has promoted the nuclear
freeze, the present Nicaraguan government and
other non-sexist issues. The WRC has come to
. In the fall of 1633, tha Union Boaid's Program
and Activities Committee , did an extensive
review of the WRC. While few of the Program and .
Activities Committee's recenmendations were'.?
passed by the Union Board, the point that there.
was considerable 'dissatisfaction with the WEC "
was made clear.. .; -
The same semester, representatives front Stu
dents for Life spoke to ASUN about tha cne
sidedness cf the abortion material in the WEC.
In spite of all the attempts to modify the WEC, it
has continued to espouse a narrow brand of
look more like a branch ofilce for fee Democratic
National Committee than a student organization
promoting women's equality.
Because cf the WEC's biased viewpoints, many
women don't feel ccmfortsMa using the WRC.
WEC officials claim Vr.zi BOO people use the WRC
each month. What they don't mention is the
number of repeat mm. At the rats cf 500 people
(presumably women) psr month, stent one-third
of all women on csmpus will have used the WRC
by tha end cf the year. That is simply is not the
Former Union Board ' member Tim O'Keefe
brought up an interesticg idea while he was
serving on the board. O'Keefe suited tiie
WRC be reformed into a hn::mn resource center.
A human resource center could preserve the
non-political services offered by the WEC and
offer new services to men as well. The political
aspects of the WRC could be properly truned
over to student organizations. Whatever is done,
a change is needed because the present WRC
lives in a world of the iEOs a world that is no
longer a reality in the 1880s.
I have ever seen in the Daily Nebraska (March the most direct arid fcrsrtd attacks cn members
22;.H8d2cncsthe incessant brajtegfrcm the cfthe uravcrsity cr - ?y thit r? hre sicn in
hoKop.etnLnsvcstite sector." Lesbians, in his recent ysrs. !.!crec-5 r, 1 3 trie b pt the moral
view, are not a "true minority." They have "con- a-thcri' y rf t' - C: ' ',.d all
taminated" the Women's Resource Center. '. ' ! f .d
crde s letter, cn top cf the letters End events Yhc "-f ' :ciety.
cf ths past weeks, supports and extends one cf c - 1 c i T:Z2 5
Professor says letter .
fans flames cf hatred
In the name cf Christianity, my cellesis Kel3
Fcri3 has written one cf the most vicious letters
