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Weather: Partly cloudy today and a bit warmer with a high in the upper teens. Light northerly winds turning southerly by midday. Clear tonight with a low around 8. February 12, 1986 Mtomey Id hiodeir student wt coy By Todd von Kampen Senior Reporter An unfavorable ruling from Attorney General Robert Spire has "cast a pall" over a constitutional amendment that would give student regents one com bined vote on the NU Board of Regents, said Monroe Sen. Lee Rupp. Spire said in an opinion released Tuesday that LR306CA violates both the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article VII, Section 10 of the Nebraska constitution. A separate opinion held that the federal principle of "one man, one vote," which says that all votes in an election must have equal weight, does not apply to selection of regents. ASUN President Gerard Keating, who had asked for an opinion on the "one man, one vote" rule, said the opinions would not stand in the way of student efforts to pass the amendment. But Rupp, chairman of the Legisla ture's Constitutional Revision and Recreation Committee, said senators probably would let the amendment die. "Once that seed of doubt is intro duced," Rupp said, "many of the mem Budget cut By Linda Hartmann Staff Reporter UNL Faculty Senate members Mon day approved procedures for evaluating proposed budget reductions. The procedures, presented by the Academic Planning Committee, will establish an ad-hoc committee to study the effects of budget cut proposals on UNL programs. Faculty Senate approval was needed before the committee could begin meet ing. ASUN senators approved the doc ument Feb. 5. The committee proposal was revised after meetings with the Executive Com mittee to clear up some objections. Faculty Senate President Desmond Wheeler said the proposal did not leave enough time for UNL Chancellor Martin Setting it Straight A photo titled "Cyclist injured" (Daily Nebraskan, Feb. 11) incor rectly identified the driver of the car. UNL police officer Al Broadstone said the car is registered to Robert Becker, the father-in-law of the driver, who refused to be identified. Broadstone said the car was stopped and had nothing to do with the cyclist's injury, as was thought at the time of the accident. The cyclist apparently slipped and land ed on the pavement. Although the bicycle slid beneath the car, police said, the cyclist and car did not make contact. The accident occurred on the west side of the Nebraska Unioa UNL radio station plays hits and more Arts and Entertainment, page 12 T . Tl. I 1 XII l f 1 I -Xl V V . general's raising bers probably would say, 'Let's go on to other things.' " Opponents of the amendment, co sponsored by Neligh Sen. John DeCamp and Ord Sen. Carson Rogers, said it would violate "one man, one vote" because it would give students two chances to vote for regents with full voting power. The Constitutional Revi sion and Recreation Committee ad vanced the amendment to the full Legislature Friday instead of waiting for Spire's opinions. Spire ruled that the "one man, one vote" principle does not apply to selec tion of an agency's members unless the agency has the power to make law. The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled in 1951 that the NU Board of Regents is an administrative agency with the power to make rules and regulations in its areas of responsibility, he said. But Spire said the amendment vio lates the "equal protecton" clause of the 14th Amendment because it makes an "arbitrary and invidious" distinc tion between regular and student regents. To overcome that problem, he said, the amendment would have to give each student regent a full vote rather than part of a collective vote. evaluating Massengale and the NU Board of Regents to make final budget decisions before the Legislature adjourns around April 22. The ad-hoc committee is expected to present its recommenda tions on budget cuts to the chancellor March 31. Senate Secretary George Tuck said the deadlines in the proposal do not provide much time for decisions, but do allow the committee to speed delib erations if possible. The committee cannot get around the time constraints, he said. The proposal also provides oppor tunities for those directly affected by the proposed budget reductions to tes tify before the ad-hoc committee. Wheeler objected to the original prop osal, he said, because it did not call for Museum director candidate sees potential, limitations By Gene Gentrup Staff Reporter Nebraska native Hugh Genoways will face a difficult financial situation if he is approved as the new director of the University of Nebraska State Museum, interim director John Janovy said Tues day. Museums across the country face similar problems, Janovy said. Genoways, formerly of Scottsbluff, was recommended Monday to succeed Janovy, who has been the museum's interim director since 1984. Genoways' appointment must be approved by the NU Board of Regents. Genoways is curator of mammals at Sports, page 10 LL'CSiiiii V Tl V 1 University of Nebraska-Lincoln The amendment also would contra dict a provision in the Nebraska consti tution that limits board members to between six and eight regents, Spire said. Giving each student regent one vote, he said, would increase the num ber of regents to 1 1. Keating said the opinions give sena tors no reason to oppose the amend ment because the "one man, one vote" question has been settled. Spire's ob jections to the bill, he said, can be overcome by floor amendments to LR306CA. "All we have here is technicalities involving the wording of the (state) constitution," Keating said. "That's what we're trying to do change the constitution." But Rupp said many senators might be reluctant to settle the amendment's problems now because the legislative session is almost half over. Many sena tors might be unwilling to give student regents each a vote, he said. Unless DeCamp makes the amend ment a priority bill, Rupp said, the amendment is unlikely to come to a floor vote this session. DeCamp was unavailable for com ment Tuesday. plan OK'd open hearings on the effects of budget reductions. The committee consists of: O Academic Planning Committee members O representatives from Student Affairs representatives from Business Affairs O Two graduate and two under graduate students from the ASUN Aca demic Planning Committee. The committee meets today at 3 p.m. in the Great Plains Room cf the East Union. Students and faculty and commun ity members have until Feb. 21 to pres ent written responses to the commit tee. They also can request a meeting with the ad-hoc committee. the Carnegie Museum of Natural His tory in Pittsburgh. "The resources of this institution (museum) are enormous," Janovy said. Genoways "is well aware of the poten tials and limitations" of the museum, he said. Genoways said in a telephone inter view Tuesday that he is seeking the Nebraskajob for "professional growth." Genoways, who toured the museum in October, said he plans no immediate changes for the museum, but said it will be important that he and his staff plot new goals. 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