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'Honnorable' pitching
leads to Husker win
sports, page 19
The Paladins:
Have band, will travel
Diversions, page 7
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April 17, 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol.85 No. 141
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I nternational studonts share artifacts, trivia of homeland
By Liso Olsen
Senior Reporter
Gils a corner of the Nctraska Union main
lounge with native dance music from Bali
Island.
The Ganida, a statue of a half-reptile bird
that is the national symbol of Indonesia, leers
at passers-by as students from nine countries
explained art and artifacts displayed in the
International Student Art show, Tuesday and
Wednesday in the union.
Wan Azizi, one of 278 Malaysian students
who attend UNL, shared some trivia about his
culture with the curious. He told them he
misses the green countryside, warm weather
and eating habits of his country.
Malaysians eat four meals a day, so he can
eat more at home, he said.
In the Malaysian display were two kites
that had earned honors in KLIN's kite contest
the students mit It is tco he.y to fly. ' f -
A visiter to the bacth p icked up a v.icker
woven ball Malaysia's version of the HACSY
SACK, and kicked it skillfully. "Ail right," he
said, as the students manning the booth
looked on, smiling. '
Another student showed a "Minangkabau,"
a traditional rural house built on stilts to .
avert flood damage and thatched with coco
nut leaves. The model was built by the Malay
sian Architectural Club.
Students from Malaysia, Taiwan, China,
Indonesia, India, Pakistan, the Dominican
Republic, Bhutan and Micronesia displayed
articles at the fair.
This is the third year for the event, which is
designed to increase cultural awareness.
The fair culminated with a display compe
tition between the student groups.
Malaysia won the contest, narrowly de-
featins Indonesia,
Exhibited items ranged from the deco
rated towels at the Dominican Republic dis
play to macrame at the Taiwan display.
Some cultural exhibits of the Asian coun
tries seemed to overlap. Traditional ceremon
ial masks and batiques were featured in sev
eral displays.
But each piece has a unique significance,
students explained.
For example, one black-lacquered mask
with a long row of buck teeth represents evil,
Mathilda Notohamiprodjo said.
The red masks indicate heros in operas,
said Ruoh Jiun Jih, who manned Taiwan's
booth.
Many statues and other pieces in individ
ual displays also had special significance.
Reagan plan could raise utility costs
By Kent Endacott
Senior Reporter
The Reagan administration's proposal fW sellM
the natron's five hydroelectrical power nurket:
ing ageiicies to private corporations would raise
utility costs at UNL $2.8 million, according to a '
Nebraska Municipal Power Pool report.
The four-month report predicts the higher
rates that private corporations must charge to
make a profit would increase utility costs for
Nebraska consumers by at least $57 million a
year. In 1984, UNL spent about $600,000 on
wholesale electricity.
"We're definitely against it (privatization),"
said Harley Schraaer, director of the UNL physi
cal plant. "It would have a very strong impact on
the university."
Federal power, generated by dams throughout
the nation, is distributed by five government
owned agencies. The Western Area Power
Administration of Golden, Colo, provides power
to Nebraska and 14 other states, j
, Under Reagan's privatization jplan, WAPA
'wouia Desoiu Dy -ivvi.
Privatization is intended to reduce the federal
deficit through the sale "of the dams.
But Gary Lay, director of development at the
Nebraska Power Pool, said that the administra
tion introduced the plan for ideological not eco
nomic reasons.
"The power program pays its way. So now
they're going to sell the only things making
money, and keep the things they have to spend
money on, like dams for recreational purposes,"
he said. "Sure it's ideological."
The report cites two reasons for increased
utility costs under privatization:
O Private companies would have to pay
higher interest rates. Federally owned power
agencies were financed through low-interest
bonds issued in the 1950s, with interest rates as
low as 3 percent. Private corporations today
would have to pay 10 percent interest rates, Lay
said. Nebraskans could pay up to $16 million
jripre a year irt interest rates alone, accordiri&to
the, report.
Private corporations must make a profit
that can be passed along to shareholders. The
five power marketing industries do not use tax
dollars, and they support themselves on revenues
generated through the sale of electrical power,
Lay said.
Schrader said the university is lobbying legis
lators not to pass privatization. He said the plan
would have devastating effects on the nation's
economy.
"Not only would it hurt the university, but all
industries," he said. "If they increase the rates
the industries have to pay, it's going to make
them non-competitive with foreign competition."
Stydeot
fees coo Id
By Linda Hartmann
Staff Reporter
Student, fees will pass the $100 mark next year
if the NU Board of Regents approves an alloca
tion recommendation at Saturday's meeting.
If the recommendat ions, sent to the regents
by Chancellor Martin Massengale, stick and the
Regents approve a 3 percent salary increase for
NU employees, students with seven or more
hours will pay $106.16 a semester in student
fees. That's $10.88 more than last year, or an
increase of about 11 percent.
Fund B items, money that goes to UNL student
services and institutions, will await Regents'
final approval. Fund A items, $7.04 of the total
that go to student organizations, have been
approved by Massengale and need no Regent
approval. Students can receive a refund of Fund
A fees on request.
Fees for students taking less than seven
credit hours will be decided in May, said Regina
Rogers, graduate assistant and the vice chancel
lor's designee to the Committee for Fees Alloca
tion. Fee recommendations are approaching their
last hurdle. CFA makes initial recommendations
according to budgets submitted by affected
agencies. The ASUN senate and vice chancellor
for student affairs amend the recommendations
before they are sent to Massengale.
Two agencies, the unions and the recreation
department, appealed the fees allocation sent by
ASUN to the vice chancellor for student affairs.
The unions requested $10,500 for the biannual
printing of a student handbook. CFA turned
down the request, saying in its recommendation
that the handbook should be funded by the
administration. Vice Chancellor Rudy Lewis
reinserted the request in the recommendations.
Other Fund B recommendations are:
O $46.54 per student for the Health Center, a
$3.71 increase over last year's fees
$18 for debt service mandated by the
university
O 2 cents for a contingency fund.
Fund A allocations for student organizations
went up $1.32 overall.
They include:
O $2.47 for ASUN, a 75 cent increase.
The student senate included in its budget a
one-time allocation of $ 1 0,500 to set up a student
information center.
50 cents for the Nebraska State Students
Association with no increase over last year
96 cents for th Daily Nebraskan, a 4 cent
increase
CFA included a recommendation that a one
time allocation to buy a computer editing system
for the newspaper be studied.
O $3.11 for the University Program Council, a
:5jJ cent increase ; ,
Included in UPC's final budget was aline item
increase of $2,685 for the Talks and Topics
speakers committee.
Jon Stick, UPC subcommittee member for
CFA, said he recommended the increase so that
Talks and Topics could bring more educational
programs and better-known speakers to the
campus.
Stick said one famous speaker can cost
$18,000-$20,000: nearly all of the Talks and Top
ics budget. The speakers bureau is only able to
invite one such speaker a year, he said. But with
more funding and admission charges, he said,
Talks and Topics could eventually become self
supporting and bring two or three well-known
speakers to campus each year.