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February 6, 1987
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 86 No. 97
By Lica Herman
Staff F.cportrr
An er.'rily froi? of protesters
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Health Center increase
By Libby York
Staff Reporter
The Committee for Fee Allocations
voted Thursday to approve a 3 percent
budget increase for the UNL Health
Center. Included in the budget provi
' sions is money for the AIDS education
i program, with the stipulaton that the
money come from reallocations in the
printing and public relations lines. The
Senior-gift idea sits well
Slab seats sold as senior surprise for a song
By Dorothy Pritchard
Staff Reporter
Stumped for a senior-gift idea?
Unable to decide between art, exhibits
and recreation? A unique alternative
may be right under your nose . . .
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611 T? VACJ
The Friday feature that fo
cuses on the offbeat or unex
plained on campus.
In fact, you have probably sat on the
idea a hundred times, not realizing
that for a mere $500 you, too, could be a
part of a campus monument. Immortal
ized on stone, just like Ernest Benni
son, class of '09 and Oren Beltzer, class
of '10.
They and others are the proud spon
sors of 61-by-16 inch granite and con
crete benches randomly scattered
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Nuciocr Freeze sponsored the vi'il
which attracted ever 70 supporters,
TjLt DiVis., participant in the
Grcsi Peace ?!:rch and co-crpr.izcr
r f t''? s:id the frcup met !to
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increase amounts to a 1987-88 budget
of $2,097,846 in student fees. Gerald
Fleischli, medical director of the Uni
versity Health Center, said that the
total Health Center budget granted has
yet to be calculated.
The CFA meeting also included a
presentation by the Nebraska State
Student Association. Steve Linenberger,
who has been NSSA Executive Director
since Jan. 5, said that he is aware of
around Broyhill Fountain and along the
sidewalk that once was 14th Street.
But, the observant slab-sitter will
notice, not all 32 UNL benches have
been dedicated. A bench hasn't been
given in the memory of anyone for five
years, said NU Foundation President
Ed Hirsch. f
So the bench market for this year's
graduates is wide open. You don't have
to do anything special just graduate.
Or do it twice and be like bench hono
ree Ted Eugene Riddell, M.D., classes
of 1918 and 1923..
And if you actually do something
special, as did Val and Marie Kuska,
who began the first UNL student-loan
program your accomplishment can be
included on the bronze plate.
If you'd rather not spend $500 on a
slab of concrete and granite, you could
just sit it out and wait until your kids
give you one for your birthday. That's
what 81-year-old Marie Kuska did.
"The bench was a gift from our
youngsters," she said.
For that person who has everything,
a bench may be a one-of-a-kind gift idea.
"(It) just seemed like a nice thing to
the peaceful protest, was the first to
address the group.
"The first reel step to peace,"
Strait .n said, "is to stop testing"
Ctraiton eK-ju stated that th?
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approved
UNL's growing dissatisfaction with past
NSSA policies, which reflected more
state than campus interest.
Daily Nebraska General Manager
Dan Shattil is requesting a one-time 75
cent per student increase in student
fees to help fund new video display
terminals for the DN. The increase
would generate $30,000 for the VDTs.
CFA will vote Tuesday on the NSSA
and Daily Nebraskanjbudget proposals.
do," said Mrs. G. Thurston Phelps, who
bought a bench for her Cornhusker
quarterback husband, a 1939 graduate.
Ruth Sowles found that sometimes
you receive in giving a bench. Sowles,
72, was surprised to find that her name
was on the bench she bought in honor
of her husband, Duncan, when she was
contacted by the NU Foundation in the
early 1970s.
But perhaps you're thinking a con
crete bench is too uncomfortable, too
cold and impersonal for you to sink
your wallet, much less (or more) your
bottom onto.
UNL Grounds Directors Bud Dasen
brock said he agrees they're not com
fortable, and he's not sure why they
were placed so haphazardly. He wasn't
here when it happened.
But Dasenbrock said, "They've stood
up well."
Yes, but do they sit down well?
Apparently not, since the number of
slab sitters stationed on the stone
stayed separated from the structures
most of this week, seriously hampering
all efforts to discover if slab sitters
could be converted to slab owners.
NU officials defend
targeted programs
By Kari Hulac
Staff Reporter
UNL vice chancellors on Thursday
presented reports to the Budget Reduc
tion Review Committee on the impact
budget reductions would have on the
Division of Continuing Education, inter
collegiate athletics and the NU School
of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.
NU President Ronald Roskens recom
mended the budget reduction proposals
to help compensate for a $1.5 million
midyear reduction in state support to
NU passed by the Nebraska Legislature
in December.
Roy Arnold, vice chancellor of the
Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, said the proposed reduction
of $1,245,000 in General Fund support
would result in the elimination of the
five two-year vocational-technical pro
grams offered at UNSTA, in which 158
full-time students are currently en
rolled. Programs include: ag business, ag
machinery mechanics, commercial hort
iculture, production agriculture (includ
ing soil and water options and veterinary
technology).
Budget cuts also would eliminate 93
full- and part-time staff positions.
"Similar programs at other institu
tions don't offer identical depth or as
specialized programs at UNL," Arnold
said. "Closing of UNSTA would be
detrimental to the economy of the
Curtis community and surrounding area,
and would be a personal hardship to
UNSTA faculty and staff."
Robert Furgason, vice chancellor for
academic" affairs, explained the basic
operations of the NU Division of
Continuing Studies and the financial
contributions it makes to the state.
Furgason said 74,000 people partici
pate in the Division of Continuing
Studies. It offers professional credit
and non-credit courses to people from
all over Nebraska that they are unable
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to obtain otherwise, he said. The
division also works with private busi
nesses and organizations.
The division is targeted for $740,000
in cuts. It receives $1,636,000 in state
funding and a tuition income of
$1,200,000 that is returned to the state.
Furgason said the net state cost is
$435,000.
Furgason said including its other
self-supporting programs, the division
generates $6,418,000.
"For every dollar the state invests,
we deliver $15 worth of education,"
Furgason said. "It is one whale of a
good investment for the state of
Nebraska."
Jack Goebel, vice chancellor for
business and finance, read a prepared
statement from the athletic department
protesting the proposed $390,000 re
duction in state support.
The reduction would take $165,000
from the athletic program and $225,000
from the Bob Devaney Sports Center
budget.
The statement said the reduction is
the residual of state support originally
provided for women's athletics. About
650 students participate in athletic
programs either as walk-ons or scholar
ship athletes finances with non-state
funds.
"These students, and the programs
in which they participate, attract
national and international attention to
the university and the state in a very
positive fashion," the statement said.
While state support comprises less
than 2 percent of the athletic budget,
loss of state funding will require re
evaluation of existing programs for
men and women and necessitate elimi
nation of part of the existing program,
the statement said.
The statement said any reduction in
state general fund support for the
sports center will make it more difficult
for the center to operate because of
high maintenance costs.
Perkins National Direct Student
Loan checks for second semester
will be issued Monday through
Wednesday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and
1 to 4 p.m. Checks will be issued in
the Nebraska Union Ballroom Mon
day and Tuesday and in room 340 on
Wednesday. Students must have
student IDs with them to pick up
their checks.
Andrea HoyCsily Nebraskan