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ASUN ends session Adjournment leaves two unfinished issues By Lee Rood Senior Reporter Senators in the Association of Students of the University of Ne braska passed several bills Wednes day, but one senator said members adjourned with important unfinished business. In their last meeting of the semes ter, senators voted to begin two new programs allowing them to meet with constituents, fight to save UNL’s Air Force ROTC program and investigate parking problems near campus. But Sen. Brian Svoboda, from the College of Arts and Sciences, said he and other senators were disappointed when the Senate adjourned without discussing at least two important is sues. Svoboda said a bill on increasing the number of minority faculty members at UNL and another on a tenure policy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center needed to be voted on Wednesday because of their timeliness. Svoboda said senators were briefed on the two bills and that there were two students who came to the meeting lo discuss the legislation. Motions were being made so quickly at the meeting, Svoboda said, that few senators realized they had unfinished business. •> 'fry'' - '-''St'' , ■■ ‘Tonight was very good because we Took a lot of steps to increase our credibility on campus.’ —Petersen Svoboda said he will file a request in the ASUN office today, asking senators to reconvene before they leave for summer vacation. Svoboda said, however, that he doesn’t think the body will meetagain because it is Dead Week. Jeff Petersen, ASUN president, said he thought the adjournment may have been premature, but said “that happens sometimes.” “The way the rules work .. . that can happen at any time,” he said. Petersen said he thought senators got a lot done before the ad journment. “Tonight was very good because we took a lot of steps to increase our credibility on campus,” Petersen said. Petersen was referring to the estab lishment of a Residence Liaison Committee and starting monthly meetings in the fall between ASUN senators and the constituents from their college. In the past, Petersen said, some people complained that ASUN never asked the students what they wanted. These meetings, he said, will give students the opportunity to voice concerns and become involved with ASUN. In other business, senators di rected the Government Liaison Committee to look into improving the pavement on 16th and 17th streets and requested the Parking Advisory Committee to search out additional parking near campus. Senators also voted to urge the Air Force ROTC to keep its ROTC pro grams permanently open for UNL students. Committee tries to globalize Ag College By Julie Dauel Staff Reporter A University of Nebraska-Lincoln committee is trying to find ways to globalize the College of Agri culture’s cumculum. , Creating options in international studies and globalizing existing courses are two possible ways the International Studies Committee plans to enhance the curriculum. An option in the College of Agriculture is similar to a minor. Ten faculty members and one stu dent form the committee, which be gan studying last fall for ways to globalize the curriculum, said Earl Ellington, chairman of the commit tee. “Students today arc finding them selves in increasing international situations and for us to continue in leadership roles and remain competi tive, we need to look at the global side of things," Ellington said. Changes in the curriculum is an other option under consideration by the committee. Curriculum changes do not always mean adding classes, Ellington said. “We feel we can also globalize what we have,” Ellington said. “We have made some progress because some of our professors are having international assignments.” Ted Doane, professor of animal science and extension sheep special ist and a member of the committee, is one professor who has had experience overseas. Doane has been overseas five of the last 20 years. “If people understand what is going on in other countries they can help utilize the resources we have,” Doane said. Doane said students need the alter native to take more courses to under stand international culture, econom ics and the way various climates re late to agriculture. Ellington said options in interna tional affairs might be another way students can leam more about other countries. Globalizing agriculture involves not only the College of Agriculture, but other colleges at the university, too. “Globalization involves the total university,” Ellington said. He said he wants many people to become involved in enhancing the curriculum. ‘We need to involve people out side the College of Agriculture and also involve more people within the college,” he said. Patricia Knaub, associate dean of the College of Home Economics, also serves on the committee. Knaub said she is on the committee because she can offer an outside viewpoint to the College of Agricul ture. But, Knaub said, this will also help the College of Home Economics because it may also globalize their curriculum. Butch Ireland/Baily Nebraskan Who dunnit? R Street received a new “crosswalk” Monday night or early Tuesday morning when vandals painted the let ters “ATO” between two lines from curb to curb. Alumni reunion begins today By Tim Engstrom Staff Reporter As the school year ends, most people on the the University of Ne braska-Lincoln campus are thinking ahead to summer. But some people will be reflecting on the past today through Saturday at a reunion for alumni who have been out of school 50 years or more. The reunion begins with an infor mal “Kickoff Cookout” today at the Nebraska Arboretum on East Campus at 5 p.m. Reunion registration and tours of the Wick Alumni Center begin Friday at 10 a.m. UNL Chancellor Martin See REUNION on 3 •q Marriage And Family (Kamineyer) & The Press And America (Emery) }Q=.-» ■■■■ College Chemistry (Holfzclaw) ^ Psychology (Wortman) (0 Media Law (Holsinger) kw = Ip Family In Transition (Skolnick) jSv American Courts (Baum) jO The Resurgence of the U.S. (Bowman) jp Nebraska Govt. And Policies (Miewald) C^ Reason In Law (Carter) k) - — - JO Versoniflcation h-v Newswriting (Neal) /O Advertising (Dunn) John Bruce/Daily Nebrnskan Bookstores have similar prices By Randy Lyons Staff Reporter Students selling textbooks back will find comparable prices at the Nebraska Bookstore and the Univer sity Bookstore, with only a few ex ceptions. In an attempt to find major differ ences between prices paid for text books, 13 identical books were sold at each bookstore at the same time dur ing finals week of first semester. The Nebraska Bookstore and the University Bookstore each reached its limit on two books and two others had no value. Those books differed between the stores. Prices on other books varied slightly. The biggest difference between t he two was the amount of time it took for each to reach its limit on some book titles indicating the price that would be paid for the book. Both bookstores paid 60 percent of the new price for textbooks that would be used during the second semester. Once the limit on the esti mated amount of books needed for a class is reached, the bookstores buy the books at wholesale prices. Jerry Mullinix, manager of the Nebraska Bookstore, said the reason the Nebraska Bookstore reached its limit sooner than the University Bookstore on some titles last semes ter was because it had several books left over from the last buying period. Therefore, they needed fewer num bers of some titles. Mullinix said that when the Ne braska Bookstore reaches a buying limit on a title and pays students wholesale price, the bookstore doesn’t make a profit on the book. The wholesalers pay the bookstore the same amount of money that is paid to the students for the book, he said. Mullinix said the book wholcsal ers speculate on textbooks like people speculate on the stock market. They buy the extra books hoping the book will be needed at some other univer sity across the country, he said. The books that will never be used are simply thrown away because they can’t be recycled, Mullinix said. The glues used in the manufacturing proc ess gum up the recycling machines, he said. Martha Hoppe, textbook manager of the University Bookstore, said wholesale prices paid by the book stores may differ because each book store uses a different wholesaler. The Nebraska Bookstore uses the Ne braska Book Company, based in Lin coln, and the University Bookstore uses Follett of Chicago. The methods each bookstore uses to buy back books also differs. The University Bookstore requires See BOOKS on 3