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March 6, 1987
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol.86 No.117
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Average undergraduate
tuition and fees for one
year (30 credit hours)
$1128
$1524
$808
$663
$458
Year
1970 1974 1978 1982
1986
Tom LauderDaily Nebraskan
Above-average tuition
fills gaps, officials say
By Linda Holmes
Staff Reporter
A tuition increase suggested by NU
President Ronald Roskens would raise
UNL tuition which already has increased
an average of 7.9 percent every year
since 1970.
UNL's average yearly tuition increase
is slightly higher than the 7.8 percent
average nationally, according to figures
from the "Institutional Research and
Planning office.
Roskens said at a Nebraska Legisla
ture hearing Wednesday that tuition
should be raised to "preserve the qual
ity of our programs and to meet addi
tional vital needs."
Gov. Kay Orr also has recommended
a 3 percent tuition increase for under
graduates next fall, a 5 percent increase
for graduate students and a 7 percent
increase for professional students.
Cindy Hurnung, a statistical analyst
from the Institutional Research and
Planning office, said the average cost
of undergraduate tuition and fees for a
Nebraska resident in 1970 was $458 a
year. By 1986 it had risen to $1,524 a
year, she said.
A report released last week by the
American Council on Education said
tuition rates are increasing twice as
fast as inflation. The report said tuition
has risen at a faster pace than the price
of food and new cars.
The College Board reports that aver
age tuition at a four-year public college
is $1,337 this year.
The report, as quoted by the Asso
ciated Press, indicates long-term tui
tion growth appears to be only slightly
higher than the increase in consumer
prices, but tuition is rising faster in the
1980s than the prices for other goods
and services.
James Griesen, vice chancellor for
academic affairs, said UNL tuition is 21
percent higher than the average of
other Big Eight schools. Griesen said
he surveyed each of the Big Eight
schools and found the average tuition
for 32 credit hours is $1,156.20.
Griesen said UNL officials are trying
to control tuition costs but NU also
must deal with the $3.1 million reduc
tion in state appropriations made this
year, and cuts approaching $12 million
over the last five years.
The budget must be looked at realis
tically, he said, university officials
can't put their heads "in the sand"
about the costs.
Griesen said tuition must close the
gap between state-allocated funds and
UNL's spending. When state support
doesn't increase at the same rate as
university expenses, tuition has to
increase, he said.
Women's Week poet
wants to change trend
of vulnerable image
By Lisa Hoffman
Staff Reporter
Once a woman poet begins tell
ing the truth there is no end of
possibilities, " Judy Grahn
Judy Grahn, one of America's fore
most poets, kicked off Women's Week
'87 Thursday night in the Nebraska
Union.
Grahn said that one of her goals as a
poet is to "reverse the trend headed by
Marilyn Monroe of the vulnerability of
women."
Grahn's writings have earned her
several awards, including the Ameri
can Libraries Gay Book of the Year
Award in 1985.
Grahn attended Howard University
in Washington, D.C. and because How
ard was an all black college, Grahn said
that she learned what it felt like to be
in a distinct minority. Her writings
reflect the black history that she learned
there and show her contempt for the
racial bigotry in society. Her poetry
also deals with many other problems
that Grahn faced during her childhood
that are prevalent in today's society
such as alcoholism, gambling and female
passivity.
The event, attended by about 100
people and sponsored by UPC and the
Women's Resource Center, was the first
in a week long series of activities
"filled with the riches of women's cul
ture," said Barbara DiBernard, UNL
English associate professor.
Grahn, noted for her award winning
poem "Descent to the Roses of the
Family" faced a difficult struggle to get
her works published. Her first book was
rejected because publishers found it
too controversial. The rejection promp
ted Grahn to start her own press, which
published her works and the works of
other controversial authors.
Grahn will be in the Georgian Room
at the Nebraska Union today at noon for
an informal discussion and question
and answer period.
Senate suggests
increases for
ASUN, DN, UPC
Stories By Merry Hayes
Staff Reporter
In a seven-hour meeting, the ASUN
Senate approved Wednesday an
appropriations bill that would in
crease funding for ASUN and the
University Program Council, help
fund the Daily Nebraskan's pur
chase of a computer system and
eliminate funds for the Nebraska
State Student Association.
The senate amended the bill
drawn up by the rommittee for Fees
Allocation and will present the bill
to Chancellor Martin Massengale as
a recommendation. The bill recom
mends that each student be charged
$109.73 per semester for the 1987-88
academic year.
The increase for ASUN would
increase the Government Liaison
Committe budget from the recom
mended $8,299 to $24,535. These
funds were diverted from the NSSA
budget into the GLC budget so GLC
could take over lobbying efforts in
the Nebraska Legislature previously
done by NSSA.
ASUN President Chris Scudder
said beginning this new lobbying
program is "exciting."
"It's the best move I've ever seen
the senate make," she said.
The ASUN budget will be $ 1 24, 1 25,
or $3.03 per student.
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SSA 'nuked'
The ASUN Senate decision to pull
out of the Nebraska State Student
Association is a "big mistake" that
will alienate it from legislators and
other Nebraska schools, predicted
NSSA Director Steve Linenberger.
The senate's decision to divert its
funds from NSSA, which lobbies for
state colleges and UNO, to UNL's
Government Liaison Committee will
fragment higher-education lobbying
efforts, he said.
Linenberger said it is "ludicrous"
for the senators to throw potentially
the best lobbying force they have
"down the drain."
' "I can't believe they're willing to
throw the whole thing out the door,"
he said.
Senators voted 17-13, with one
abstention, to eliminate student
funding for NSSA.
ASUN President Chris Scudder,
said at the meeting Wednesday
night that UNL student fees would
be better spent on a UNL lobbying
group.
"I really hate to be the one to
nuke them, but I think we can come
up with new and exciting ways to
spend our money effectively,"
Scudder said. "A paid lobbyist (like
NSSA's) is never going to make
more of an impact than student
lobbyists."
Wednesday, ASUN rejected
Linenberger's pleas for "just one
more chance" to turn NSSA around.
Although NSSA's track record
gives good reason to question its
effectiveness, he said, those failures
were the fault of the last adminis
tration. Linenberger took over as
NSSA director Jan. 5.
Linenberger said if the senate
granted the proposed one-year pro
bation period, he could work with
GLC to "double their strength."
"All I want is one damn year," he
said.
Linenberger said Thursday he is
not yet done with his fight for NSSA
and plans to try to convince ASUN to
reconsider its vote.
"I will continue to prove to them
that NSSA can be the organization
they want it to be," he said.
If UNL pulls out, there's a chance
NSSA won't exist, Linenberger said.
UNL's $20,500 student-fee con
tribution makes up nearly hall of
NSSA's budget. Other NSSA m m
bers Chadron, Peru and Wawie
State colleges and UNO mi ht
have to double their student ue
support of the organization for ii to
continue, he said Wednesday.
Problems and complaints the UNL
delegation had about funding NSSA
this year rose out of general dis
content among members that it
wasn't accurately representing UNL
interests, even though UNL made up
most of the NSSA budget and dele
gate population.
It's not haunted it' home
By Joeth Zucco
Staff Reporter
It could be considered a modern tale
of Goldilocks and the three bears.
Except they're not bears and she's not
blond.
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"Nobody's ever walked in," or so says
Ron Kivett, who along with his wife and
son, has lived in the Lewis-Syford
House at 700 N. 1 6th St. for three years.
"I tried the front door, walked
around to the left checking win
dows. The door on the left was
open, so I went in, " said Julie
Horgan, a sophomore, business
administration major, who
wandered into the house one
drunken Friday night earlier this
semester.
"Curiosity (made me go in). I
wanted to go in and explore and
see if there was anything in there
or if it was just empty, " Horgan
said.
The house has intrigued many stu
dents who walk by. The house is
flanked by Alpha Chi Omega sorority on
the right and Cornerstone on the left,
and scores of fraternities are across the
street. But Kivett said he isn't bothered
by the students who surround him
because "I don't disturb them."
The house remains apparently unaf
fected by the modern influences sur
rounding it. Built in 1878 for the Rev.
Elisha Moses Lewis, a "home" mission
ary for the Presbyterian Church, the
house is the oldest landmark on City
Campus and the only existing example
of French Second Empire architecture
in Lincoln, a style popular among
middle-income families during Lincoln's
early years. The cast-iron cresting and
mansard roof distinguish it as French
Renaissance architecture.
Kivett said he and his family live
there because it's a "neat old house."
His father, Marvin Kivett, director of
the Nebraska State Historical Society
Foundation, said staff members of the
foundation live in it to "ensure preser
vation of the house."
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