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November 8, 1985
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Craren
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By Deb Pederson
Senior Reporter
Deep in the east wing of the state
Capitol, a woman nick-named
"Pinky" coordinates all the notary
activities in the state and is in
charge of all 37,000 Nebraska notary
officers,
"It's a little office with a big
punch, said Shirley "Pinky" Cnren,
who get her nickname from the
color she turns when someone calls
her nase,
Craren sat up in her deck chair
and leaned forward, usirg brisk
energetic nodi to crr.jhaciza her
ies do. The r.dsry cSce used to be a
ASUN resolution backs
ByJenDeselms
Staff Reporter
The ASUN Senate voted Wednesday
to support a state income tax increase
and passed a bill that directs the UNL
Publications Board to examine Daily
Nebraskan campus coverage.
The resolution supporting income
tax said increased revenue will lessen
the severity of NU budget cuts. The
resolution said ASUN "is in support of
Gov. Kerrey in his call for an increase of
1 percent in the state's income tax."
Sen. Liz Burden said she thinks the
only revenue-raising the state senators
would consider is an increase in the
income tax. She said the income tax is
an equitable form of revenue-raising.
Sen. Jon Stick said ASUN should
support what will give students what
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works alone.
"It's an all-day, one-man job," she
said.
Notaries have a "powerful posi
tion" because all legal documents
must be notarized, she said.
They administer oaths and affir
mations, take proofs of execution
and acknowledgements of instru
ments and attest to the validity of
documents, Craren oversees them
Some examples of documents
thai are notarized include car titles,
adoption papers and foreign stu
dents' grade transcripts, Craren
said
People can get certificates of
raents through her oLlce in the
they need. He said ASUN must support
the Legislature's current plan for a 2
percent budget cut in higher education
and a 1 percent income tax increase.
Senate Bill 21 states that "ASUN as a
member of the RHAGreek Commis
sion directs the Publications Board to
stress to the DN to cover campus
events, programs and activities in an
unbiased, objective, accurate and fair
manner."
The senate bill was originally the
idea of the RHAGreek Commission
which represents ASUN, RHA, the
Interfraternity Council, and the Pan
hellenic Association.
Tucker Arneson, IFC representative,
said the bill is intended to call atten
tion to some concerns students are
expressing about the DN.
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verifies that the-notary's signatuie
is valid, she said.
Marcia Herring, secretary to
Secretary of State Allen Beermann,
said she worked in Beermann's office
with Craren when Craren was Beer
mann's secretary.
"She knows just about everyone
in the Capitol," Herring said. "No
body is a stranger. . . She goes out
of her way to help people."
Administrative secretary Helen
Lang agreed with Herring.
The Pink? She's got a heart of
Cold" Lang said. 'She would do
anything for you if she could. And
she's never in a bad mood."
When asked why her nickname is
Pinky, Craren flushed, glanced at
the floor and then looked back up.
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"By looking at these problems we
can strengthen relations between liv
ing units," he said.
The bill said the DN can help streng
then school spirit and cooperation.
Burden said she could see both sides
of the issue. She said there are prob
lems in coverage, but sometimes this
stems from groups not getting informa
tion to the paper in advance.
Burden said the DN has had instan
ces where coverage was unfair. But
overall it is a fine college newspaper,
she said.
Sen. Jerry Roeraer said he had
noticed a lack of coverage of East Cam
pus events.
Sen. Julie Williams, ASUN represen
tative on the RHAGreek Commission,
said the bill's main purpose is to make
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Proposed amendment
could repeal funds
to build Lied Center
By Diana Johnson
Staff Reporter
A proposed amendment to NU's bud
get reduction bill would repeal $5 mil
lion allocated to the Lied Center for
Performing Arts if passed by the Legis
lature next week.
In legislative action Wednesday, Sen.
Rex Haberman of Imperial proposed an
amendment to the budget reduction
bill to repeal the Legislature's appro
priation of $5 million to the Lied
Center.
Haberman proposed the amendment
while the budget bill was in its final
reading for a specific reason, he said.
"All the hulabaloo has already been
passed concerning the cigarette tax
and sales tax," he said, "by introducing
this now, it will receive more atten
tion." Haberman said he expects heated
discussion when the final reading of
the bill is given to legislators next
Monday or Tuesday.
Money appropriated by the legisla
ture will match $10 million from the NU
Foundation. Those funds will contrib
ute to a $25 million fund to build the
Lied Center. Ten million dollars first
Senators vote down
5-cent cigarette levy
By Kent Endacott
Staff Reporter
A bill to raise the state cigarette tax
5 cents fell one vote short of advancing
to final round in the Legislature Thurs
day. Twenty-four senators voted for the
bill, and 14 voted against it. Twenty
five votes are needed to advance a bill
to the final round.
The roll-call vote came after Sen.
Dave Landis of Lincoln proposed that
the law take effect Dec. 10 10 days
earlier than the bill's original date.
Landis said the amendment would
allow senators to avoid a Saturday
state income tax hike
sure residence hall students and
Greeks don't take sides.
The bill is not intended to be nega
tive toward the DN, Williams said.
Sen. Kim Kyles said she thinks peo
ple who are active in campus groups
think their events should be covered so
other students know what their groups
are doing. The bill asks the publica
tions board to look at the DN and see if
it fulfills student needs, Kyles said.
Arneson said ASUN isn't trying to
take over the DN. It is bringing a prob
lem to light, he said.
He said the DN does not adequately
represent campus thinking. Instead of
working to promote the university,
Arneson said, it seems that the DN
singles out campus groups. Arneson
said he thinks negative things should
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was given to UNL by the late Ernst Lied,
a former Omaha businessman.
UNL students' opposition to the
proposed 2 percent cut to the UNL
budget is one reason the amendment
was introduced, Haberman said.
"I believe the students' concern,"
Haberman said, "They are saying their
education at the university is going to
pot."
Haberman said his constituents in
southwestern Nebraska are concerned
that their tax dollars are being used for
a project that they will not be able to
use because it is located on the other
side of the state.
Kimball Hall, the present recital
center, has been filled only once or
twice in the past rive years, Haberman
said.
However, R-j Bowlin, Kimball Hall
director, said, me hall has been "sold
out a. minimum of 50 times in the last
five years."
Half of the money from the NU Foun
dation wiJ be used for repair and main
tenance of the Lied Center, although
there is no written agreement that has
made that statement, NU Foundation
officials have said.
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session.
Opponents of the tax argued that
the cigarette tax singles out a particu
lar vice.
"Why select one particular sin such
as cigarette smoking?" Sen. John
DeCamp of Neligh asked. "Smoking is
just a recreation for smokers. If we're
going to tax smoking then we should
tax boating, or maybe even Ping-Pong."
Ping-Pong is a favorite recreational
pastime for senators .at the special
session.
The cigarette tax would generate an
estimated $4 million in revenue.
The Legislature adjourned for a four
day weekend Thursday.
be addressed but not blown out of
proportion.
The DN isn't "fostering good campus
communications," he said.
Arneson could not give specific ex
amples of DN articles he thought were
unfair. He said the information would
be released Tuesday at the RHAGreek
Commission meeting.
In other business, second Vice Pres
ident Jeff Fishback said the campaign
to wear blue to Saturday's football
game does not take away support from
the football team. He said the blue and
red clothing is a complementary effort.
' Marlene Beyke, ASUN director of
development, said the color has impor
tance because it is traditionally the
color of education and the Nebraska
state flag.
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