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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 85 No. 25
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By Michael Hooper
Staff Reporter
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Two UNL officials question whether UNL has
the resources to implement a dropadd service
on East Campus.
"We're existing on bare bones now," said
Rudy Lewis, vice chancellor for student affairs.
"The idea (of having dropadd on East Cam
pus) is itself a good one," said Doug Gale, UNL
director of computer services.
But Gale said he doesn't think UNL can afford
to pay for more staff members to run the addi
tional service.
ASUN recently passed a resolution to research
implementing a dropadd service on East Cam
pus. Jerry Roemer and Heidi Bergmeyer, ASUN
agriculture senators, said East Campus students
must take more time to go through dropadd
than students on City Campus. They also said
having a dropadd service on East Campus could
alleviate dropadd crowding on City Campus.
Bergmeyer said East Campus serves about
3,500 students. .
"One of the crippling factors is the funds" to
implement the service, Lewis said.
Gale said if dropadd on East Campus is
implemented, students may receive their finan
cial aid checks a day to a month later than usual.
To have dropadd on East Campus, Gale said,
the existing dropadd computer programs would
have to be reprogrammed.
Besides the programming involved, a "hard
line" or permanent connection would have to be
placed between campus computers, Gale said.
Telephone connections between City Campus
and the would-be East Campus computers would
not be sufficient, he said.
Gale said administrative staff members are
studying the "whole process of registration and
student information."
"What can we do that will do the most good for
the most people?" Gale said.
"One of the things worrying us is the area of
financial aids," he said. "We have a whole lot of
students on financial aid."
During the 1984-85 school year, 10,394 UNL
students applied for financial aid, Larry Apel,
associate director of scholarships and financial
aids, said in a recent Daily Nebraskan article.
Gale said he was concerned with all the paper
work that must be processed for the many stu
dents applying for financial aid.
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Drab day
Beth Vohland, a sophomore sociology major, peers out of her window in Selleck Quadrangle at the snow as it fell for
the first time this year. Her fan probably will be left off today the high should be near 40 degrees.
Zatechkato seek new study, piano area
By Jen Deselms
Staff Reporter
UNL Housing Director Douglas Zatechka said
he will work with Smith Hall residents to replace
the study and piano rooms residents lost in the
construction of the women's athletic study
facility.
Zatechka, who spoke at the ASUN Senate's
special session Thursday, said Smith Hall was
chosen because it is near the women's athletic
practice fields, many women athletes live in the
Harper-Schramm-Smith complex and construc
tion costs were nominal.
The ASUN ad hoc committee called the spe
cial session to unite student response to the
study center. The facility could open by Wednes
day and a satisfactory agreement may not be
reached until after it opens.
A senate bill ordering a delay in opening the
study area until a solution was reached was
discussed, but not voted on.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Rudy
Lewis, who also is ASUN adviser, said the special
session was unnecessary and the method of
appeals should be followed.
Zatechka said he knew a few students would
be upset about the study room, but he underes
timated student response. He said construction
was rushed because women athletes needed the
study area. Zatechka said he should have con
sulted the student groups affected by the change.
He said he would not delay opening the study
rooms. Zatechka said athletes are not any more or
less important than other student groups.
He said several other student groups have
special areas in residence halls. Residence halls
have floors for international students, modern
language students, regent scholars and non
traditional students.
RHA President John Danforth said RHA is
satisfied with the negotiations Zatechka plans.
Danforth said Smith residents would be satisfied
except they would like to be able to use the room
along with the women athletes.
Lawsuit filed after placement of sexual preference ad denied
By Diana Johnson
Staff Reporter
A lawsuit against the Daily
Nebraskan has been filed by two.
UNL students over the refusal to run
advertisements including a person's
sexual preference.
Although the newspaper hasn't
been formally notified, Dan Shattil,
DN business manager, learned of
the lawsuit when Lincoln Journal
reporters called to interview him on
the suit. He expects to be formally
notified today by mail, he said.
Pam Pearn and Michael Sinn,
members of the Gay-Lesbian Stu
dent Association, filed the lawsuit
Friday in U.S. District Court.
NU Board of Regents, the UNL
Publications Board and Shattil have
been named as defendants in the
lawsuit filed by Lincoln attorney
Jerry Soucie with the support of the
Nebraska Civil Liberties Union.
Pearn was prompted to file suit
when she attempted to place an
advertisement for a third roommate
preferably another lesbian or
someone who would not object to
living with lesbians and was
refused.
When Sinn tried to place an ad
identifying himself as gay he also
was refused.
At the time, the DN's ad policy
did not specifically mention sexual
preference. Both ads were refused
until the ad policy could be inter
preted by the publications board.
The publications board's answer
to the issue was to change the pol
icy to include sexual orientation
under a list of protected groups that
cannot be discriminated against in
advertising. Groups protected by
the policy include race, religion,
- sex, sexual orientation, age, dis
ability, marital status and national
origin. The policy allows only stated
preference of male or female, smok
ing or non-smoking roommates in
advertising.
According to the Lincoln Journal,
the petition stated that the two
students "suffer irreparable harm
in being denied access to a public
forum and to free expression as gua
ranteed by the First and 14th Amend
ments to the United States Con
stitution." Shattil said the lawsuit has been
filed on two issues.
"The gay students are upset that
they cannot place ads specifying
sexual preference," he said. "Second
ly, legally, they are claiming that
the DN cannot turn down any ad
because we are a publically owned
newspaper. If we were a privately
owned newspaper they feel we would
have the right to refuse advertising
like this."
Pearn and Sinn have asked the
court to uphold their right to buy an
advertisement that is self-descriptive
of their sexual orientation and
to allow them to place such adver
tisements in the future.
"I am not doing this for myself,
it's for the gay community," Sinn
said. "When we win this lawsuit, it
will help them down the road."
