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Weather Partly cloudy, warm and humid today. Southeast winds 5-15 mph with-a high of 89. Partly cloudy tonight. Low of 70. Partly sunny and warm again on Friday with a high of 92. Barb BrandaDally Nebraskan September 5, 1985 By Tammy Kaup Staff Reporter The Legislature's budget cutting last spring resulted in about forty fewer class sections this fall at UNL, said Robert Furgason, vice, chancellor for academic affairs. Most of those sessions, however, were temporary sections that usually are set up after pre-registration to meet student demand. Furgason said no courses were dropped, only sections. Departments affected by cuts in temporary funds include: computer sci ence, speech communications, busi ness, English, modern languages, jour nalism and engineering. The Department of Computer Science received $15,000 less in temporary funds than it requested. Department chairman Roy Keller, said about three sections of multi-section classes were eliminated as a result. The computer science department previously turned students away because there are not enough computers to keep up with class demand. Computer classes can Bylaw passes; msm -x. -mm m "bv .yv I plan adopted By Jen Deselms Staff Reporter The ASUN Student Senate on Wed nesday unanimously passed a non discrimination bylaw which stated that ASUN or any recognized student organ ization cannot discriminate in the selection of members or appointments ; on the basis of age, race, national origin, color, gender, creed, handicap, or place of residence. The new bylaw also requires ASUN to establish an expanded recruitment policy to include mailing information of upcoming ASUN appointments to all recognized student organizations. The mailings are expected to cost nearly $500 a year, ASUN president Gerard Keating said. "I would spend over and above that $500 because I feel in theory that it is vital to get the information (on ASUN appointments) out," said ASUN Sena tor Dan Hofmeister. "They (gay stu dents) will have equal opportunity to apply (for ASUN appointments) as they always have," Hoftneister said. Before the bylaw was passed the senate voted on a non-binding resolu tion to gauge senate sentiment towards a sexual orientation phrase. The vote was 21-5 supporting the exclusion of the words "sexual orientation" from the non-discrimination bylaw. "I still felt sexual orientation was a physical and cultural characteristic that needed to be included in the bylaw," Senator Jerry Roemer said. Roemer, who proposed the non-binding resolution, said senate feelings on sex ual orientation were not clear to him after the passage of the bylaw last spring and then the failure to override the veto last week. 71 TO" nn At ff?ysn l-back Miles plays middleman Sports, page 15 t y Ti Daily t not be expanded like classes In other departments, he said. Next spring's computer course offer ings will be similar to this fall's, Keller said. Speech Communication Chairman James Klumpp said this year's budget cuts multiplied problems created by budget cuts made four years ago. The department received $20,000 less than it requested for this year. If more money were available, 10 to 15 more class sections would have been offered this fall, he said. Instead, about 1,000 students were turned away before drop-add last spring. More than 500 were turned away this fall. The cuts also eliminated advance classes in the department. As a result, Klumpp said, some students have been forced to delay graduation. The College of Business Administra tion received $71,000 less than it re quested. About 15 more class sections could have been offered this' fall if funds had been available, said Gary Schwendiman, dean of CBA. Schwen- 1 I Display after display... A man looks through some of the thousands of 4-H exhibits more on fair festivities, see pages 10 and 11. State fairgoers frolic Diversions, University of Nebraska-Lincoln o diman said his college also had trouble meeting demands for classes last spring. However, Schwendiman said, even without the budget cuts, the college would still be combating class shor tages. The problem simply has become too great, he said. The College of Business Administra tion's $71,000 budget cut, the largest departmental cut on campus, left 1,500 to 2,000 students without needed classes. Dean Gary Schwendiman About 1,500 to 2,000 requests for classes were unfilled this fall, he said. These figures do not include the more than 100 students who were unable to take upper-levej business classes be cause their grade point average failed to meet the college's minimum require ment of 2.5. The English department received $15,100 less than requested, but all class sections were left intact. Freder r? ! - -ftp-""- . J amid exhibits, amusement page 10 ick Link, department chairman, said the department was -able to do this because the Legislature made its cuts after the department received tempor ary funding. Temporary sections were set up with the less-than-requested dollar figure in mind, Link said. But cuts in temporary funding this year will affect next year's offerings, he added. For every $2,000 funding cut, Link said, one section of freshman composition would be elimi nated. The modern languages and liter ature department received $30,750 less than requested, but like the English department, all fall classes were left intact, said Ralph Albanese, depart ment chairman. However, next spring's curriculum still hinges on the cuts, he on display at the Nebraska State 40 dass S c I - Sm. ' l I - I I I Vol. 85 No. 8 said. Albanese said the modern language department relies heavily on temporary instructors since language classes must be small, with 15 to 20 students. The College of Journalism received enough temporary funds to cover sche duled classes, said Dean R. Neale Cop pie. The college received $28,000 less than requested. The Teacher's College received $19,000 less than requested. The tem porary section funds finance a business communications course, said James O'Hanlon, dean of the college. This fall's course is covered, but he said, the college may be unable to meet next spring's demand. Although the College of Engineering and Technology received $27,350 less than requested, all class sections were salvaged, said Stanley Liberty, dean of the college. Since the high school pop ulation is dropping, he said, the "clog" of students in lower classes is clearing out. "We feel we got an adequate amount (of temporary funds) to address the need," Liberty said. Mark DavisDaily Nebraskan Fair through Sunday. For L.,