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Stipend for football players gets 2nd OK
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Sen. Ernie Chambers gives his final remarks on LB1226, a bill that would make it possible for
Nebraska football players to be paid.
By Lee Rood
Senior Reporter
A bill that would allow the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln to pay its
football players a stipend was given
second-round approval Tuesday in
the Nebraska Legislature.
LB 1226 previously called for
UNL to pay football players and to
treat them as university employees,
but its sponsor, Sen. Ernie Chambers
of Omaha, amended the bill to allow
stipends instead.
The bill requires four other states
in the Big Eight Conference to pass
the same legislation before the sti
pends can go into effect
Chambers said he amended the bill
after hearing concerns from UNL
administrators that treating football
players as employees of the univer
sity could cause problems.
He said administrators were wor
ried that if the players were treated as
employees of the university they
would be entitled to certain benefits
they didn ’t deserve, such as pensions.
Chambers said after changing the
wording of the bill, UNL Chancellor
Martin Massengalc said UNL does
not oppose the bill.
Chambers said offering football
players stipends instead of making
them university employees also
brings the bill closer to its objective.
That objective, he said, was to
“liberalize^ NCAA rules and allow
football players to be treated the same
as other college athletes.
Sen. David Landis of Lincoln,
another proponent of the bill, said
UNL football players arc excluded
from other students while they play
because they arc denied opportunities
to earn money in such programs as
work-study.
Sen. David Bemard-Stevens of
North Platte said he was against pay
ing players because it denied athletes *
in other sports the opportunity to
receive a stipend.
Chambers said football players
deserve the stipend because they are
the only sport at UNL that prbvidcs
revenue for the university.
The university spends $150,000 a
year on scholarships for the players,
Chambers said, but the team provides
nearly $11 million in revenue.
Chambers said another reason
other UNL athletes were excluded
from the bill is that they are allowed to
play professional sports earlier in
their careers.
“Baseball, basketball . . . tennis
players and golf team members can
go pro,” Chambers said, “but football
players can’t until they exhaust their
eligibility or they graduate.”
Some senators expressed concern
that there was no limit on how much
players could be paid in stipends.
Chambers said while the univer
sity would determine how much the
stipends could be, the objective of the
bill was to get the NCAA to change its
rules “so that a reasonable amount
See STIPEND on 5
Home Ec expects smooth curriculum changes
By Ryan Johnson
Staff Reporter
Proposed curriculum changes at the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln will not create as
many problems for the College of Home Eco
nomics as for other colleges, said Sally Van
Zandt, a member of the college’s curriculum
committee.
Van Zandt, also chairperson of the UNL
Curriculum Committee and member of the
culture and society, and communication sub
committees of the Chancellor’s Committee for
the Advancement of General Education, said
the home economics college already requires
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45 credit hours in general education. Under the
new proposal, the university will require at
least 29 credit hours in general education per
student.
If course requirements increase under the
new policy in areas such as math or science.
Van Zandl said, it will not be difficult for the
college to implement the curriculum changes.
The business and engineering colleges will
have more difficulty with the new policy, she
said, because they have the most stringent
requirements.
Mathematics is one of the courses stressed
under the new policy.
Many students choose a home economics
major because of a “math anxiety,” Van Zandl
said. However, she said, the proposed 200-level
math class will be tremendous for such stu
dents, some of whom have not had a math class
since high school algebra.
The course, designed for students who nor
mally take no university courses in mathemat
ics, introduces practical mathematical con
cepts normally used in modem society. This
class, she said, will ease the fear of grinding
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through math problems that many incoming
students have.
The curriculum shift also may improve
chances for home economics courses to be part
of every student’s curriculum, she said.
Courses such as lifespan human develop
ment provide an excellent background for
additional courses in culture and society, she
said.
‘As citizens of the world,
we need to be more
sensitive to the effects of
culture on society.’
—Van Zandt
“As citizens of the world, we need to be more
sensitive to the effects of culture on society,”
she said.
She said the lifespan human development
class, which shows the cultural differences
among 2-, 10- and 20-year-olds, emphasizes to
students human growth and change.
Van Zandt said she is trying to make the
class a requirement for all university students,
but isn’t sure if the course will fit in the new
program.
She said the only problem the curriculum
change in the home economics college will
create is if courses introduced into the curricu
lum do not meet departmental requirements.
Currently, many university classes fulfill
departmental requirements, she said. She said
she doesn’t know whether certain departments
will recognize new courses as a fulfillment of
requirements.
New course requirements must be done on
the departmental level first, she said, then by
the college curriculum committee and by fac
ulty members.
Problems may arise on one or more levels of
approval, she said, because change is always
difficult for colleges.
She said if resistance to the changes occurs,
she hopes both faculty members and students
will sec the benefitsof new classes and will find
a way to fit those classes into the system.
China cuts number of students going abroad
By Shawn Schuldies
Staff Reporter
Although the Chinese govern
ment is decreasing the number of
students who study in foreign coun
tries, a University of Nebraska
Lincoln official does not expect the
number of Chinese students here to
decrease.
Joe Rowsoit, UNL director of
public affairs, said 111 Chinese
students currently attend UNL.
That number shouldn’t decrease
Roskens: Decrease not expected to hurt UNL
because UNL encourages contact
between the countries, Rcwson
said. University of Nebraska Presi
dent Ronald Roskens has w orked to
improve ties with China, Rcwson
said.
Roskens said he doesn't antici
Site a major shift iu the number of
hinese students sent to UNL. The
university’s administration encour
ages student exchange, Roskens
said.
Peter Cheng, political science
professor who teaches the class
Politics of China, said scholarships
from UNL will keep the number of
Chinese students here consistent.
China may lower the number of
students who pay their own way to
study abroad, Cheng said.
Student exchanges deplete the
amount of foreign currency in
China, he said, because Chinese
students excliange Chinese cur
rency for foreign currency before
they leave the country.
Fear of a brain drain is the main
reason China is decreasing the
number of students studying
abroad, Roskens said. Some stu
dents want to stay in the foreign
countries, he said.
Judy Wcndorff, UNL interna
tional student adviser, said China
may restrict the number of students
that study pure sciences, like math
and physics, but will continue let
ting students study applied sci
ences, such as engineering, abroad
Cheng said he does not think
China’s action will affect U.S.
Chinese relations. China is cutting
its exchange programs with all
countries, he said, not just with the
United States.
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