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February 12, 1986
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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
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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
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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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