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January 26,1989 __University of Nebraska Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 87
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Ed Bisaillon, Hastings, listens to a question from a committee jneaiher of the Govern
ment, Military and veterans Affairs Committee Wednesday. Bisaillon testifies agaiAst
LB340 during the hearing.
Hearing packed
Bill aims to resolve burial issue
By Lee Rood
Senior Editor
Room 1117 of ihc State
Capitol was packed
Wednesday. So packed, in
fact, that testimony on LB340 -- a
controversial bill on the issue of
burial rights -- needed to be piped
to people listening in the halls
outside.
The bill, introduced by state
Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha,
will answer the question - once
and for all -- of what to do with
American Indian skeletal remains
currently in the possession of the
Nebraska State Historical Society.
The bill also would regulate all
unmarked burial sites in Nebraska,
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Indian or not, and mandate the
return of the remains and burial
goods after a set time for scientific
study.
Controversy over the issue of
burial remains spawned largely
because of the historical society’s
wish to keep its current collection
of remains for scientific and edu
cational value and the fight of
Nebraska and Oklahoma Indians
to give identifiable remains a
proper burial.
Chambers told members of the
Nebraska Legislature’s Govern
ment, Military and Veterans Af
fairs subcommittee that “every
body on the face of the Earth” is
allowed decent burial tights, ex
cept “the indigenous population”
of the United States.
“Maybe what I'd like to do is
go dig around in the Mormtm
Cemetery in Omaha,” Chambers
said, referring to the way Indian
remains nave ocen cxcavaica ior
science.
Chambers said LB340 would
ensure respect for burial rights,
making sure discovered burial
remains would be left alone or re
turned to families or tribes for
proper burial.
With that in mind, LB340 re
quires the Pawnee skeletal remains
and burial goods be returned to the
tribe for reburial on Sept. 10,1989.
But Norman Krivosha, former
chairman of the historical soci
ety's board of directors, said the
society would like to keep the
Pawnee remains - about 20 per
cent of its collection - until the
Smithsonian Institution could se
cure financing for further research.
Krivosha said the society would
like to extend the return deadline
to Oct. 1, 1991,
See BURIAL on 3
Furgason named finalist
for Idaho U. presidency
By Jerry Guenther
Staff Reporter and
Jane Hirt
Senior Editor
The Idaho State Board of Edu
cation announced Wednesday
that Robert Furgason, Univer
sity of Ncbraska-Lincoln vice chan
cellor for academic affairs, has been
named as one of the four finalists for
the presidency of the University of
Idaho.
Karen Sparkman, from the
board’s office, said the other finalists
are Elisabeth Zinser, vice chancellor
for academic affairs at the University
of North Carolina-Greensboro; Ryan
Amacher, dean of the College of
Commerce atClemson University in
South Carolina and David Anderson,
dean of Veterinary Medicine at Uni
versity of Georgia-Athens.
Sparkman said the finalists will
visit the University of Idaho, in
Moscow, for two days before meet
ing with students, faculty, staff,
community leaders and a presidential
screening committee on Feb. 16.
She said the board will meet Feb.
16 and 17 in Boise to interview candi
dates and select the new president.
The new president will replace
Richard Gibb, who is retiring June
30
argason could not be reached for
comment Wednesday.
Terry Armstrong, who has as
sisted Gibb for 11 years, said he
thinks Furgason may have an inside
advantage to becoming the next UI
president.
Armstrong said that because Fur
gason is a UI alumnus and former
professor, he is more familiar with
the state and university than other
candidates.
“His loyalty to the University of
Idaho is unquestionable,” Arm
strong said.
Furgason earned his bachelor of
science and masters degrees in
chemical engineering from the Uni
versity of Idaho in 1956 and 1958.
Prior to his present position at
UNL, Furgason was vice president
for academic affairs and research at
UI from 1978 to 1984, and was dean
of the College of Engineering there
from 1974 to 1978.
Armstrong said Furgason began as
a graduate instructor at UI in 1959,
and his movements all the way up to
vice president of academic affairs
and research there was “pretty amaz
ing.”
“I know he was a rapidly rising
star,” Armstrong said.
Ah UN encourages poll site
in residence hall food building
I By Ryan Steeves
Suff Reporter
he Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska
passed a resolution Wednes
day night that encourages the ASUN
Electoral Commission to place a vot
ing poll at the Harper-Schramm
Smith food service building.
ASUN senators passed the resolu
tion 13 to 5 al ter debating whether the
food service would make the most
accessible and fair place for a poll
site.
Those who supported the addi
tional poll said it would increase
voter turnout at ASUN elections.
Marc Shkolnick, RHA president,
said he was pleased with the senators’
show of support.
“They’ve shown us that they’re
moving in a positive direction,’’
Shkolnick said. “They’re making
voting more accessible.’’
Shkolnick said he hopes the Elec
toral Commission will note senators’
support and agree to place a poll in
the food service building.
The resolution was first intro
duced at the Dec 7 ASUN Senate
meeting. Senators voted to delay the
resolution until they could find out
what students thought about the idea.
The original resolution called for
additional polls in all residence halls.
Senators amended the resolution
Wednesday, proposing only the food
service poll.
Shkolnick told senators that more
polls would increase voting and
AS UN’s influence when lobbying the
legislature. More votes also could
legitimize the new unofficial student
regent vole on the NU Board of Re
gents, he said.
“What a wonderful thing it would
be if the student regent could back
that vote up with more than a 13
percent turnout?” Shkolnick asked.
Sen. Kcv in Lytle of the Coliege of
Business Administration opposed the
resolution.
Lytle said a food service poll
would give preferential treatment to
residence hall students. He said cur
rent polls are located fairly for all
students.
Shkolnick said the Electoral
Commission could select additional
polls to make their locations equi
table for all students.
ASUN President Jeff Petersen said
he agreed with the concept of the
resolution.
See ASUN on 3
COLAGE to request funds from CFA tonight
By Curt Wagner
Editor
After being denied funding in
1987, the Committee Offer
ing Lesbian And Gay Events
tonight will ask for student lees
through the University Program
Council’s 1989-90 student fee budget
request.
COL AGE, formerly called the
Gay/Lcsbian Programming Commit
tee, will ask the Committee for Fees
Allocation to grant $ 1,691 in student
fees to finance programming. Each
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln stu
dent will pay 4 cents per semester for
COL.AGE programming if the budget
is approved.
In 1987, CFA voted 6-3 against
granting GLPC $882, but reallocated
S406 for a safe sex seminar. CFA then
pul the remaining $476 intoa Special
Events fund, which CFA suggested
GLPC use. GLPC acted as a non
financed group w ithin UPC' this year.
Kelly Green, vice president of
UPC-City, said she believes CO
L.AGE will be financed this year
because of the improved awareness
of the group on campus and the need
for the campus community to under
stand the gay/lcsbian lifestyle.
In the past, COLAGE has co-pro
gramtned with other UPC groups
such educational events as “My
friend is gay and I don’t understand,’ ’
National Coming Out Day and Les
bian and Gay Pride Week.
Nanci Hamilton, co-chairperson
of COLAGE, said she also expects
C'FA to finance the group this year.
“There’s no logical, non-reli
gious-based reason not to,” Hamil
ton said.
She said COLAGE programs are
for straight as well as gay and lesbian
individuals, and those who are not
sure.
New funding for COLAGE is only
part of a $28,334 increase in UPC’s
total budget request from 1988-89.
UPC received $154,904 in 1988-89,
but is asking for $183,238 for 1989
90. This means $4.40 per student per
semester.
Over half that increase comes
from UPC’s Kimball/Licd Perform
ing Arts Committee, which requested
$75,000, up from $60,000 last year.
The 25 percent increase results in a
$1.80 charge per student per semes
ter.
The opening of the Lied Center for
Performing Arts, scheduled for fall
1989, caused the increased request,
Green said. She said the Kimball/
Lied committee will use the money to
cover costs of half-price student tick
ets at the Lied Center and Kimball
Hall.
Green said she couldn’t say
whether CFA would grant the in
crease, but added that it did increase
the Kimball/Lied committee’s re
quest between 1987-88 and 1988-89.
That increase was from $28,918 to
$60,000.
She also said she couldn’t say
whether CFA would grant UPC’s
Fund Allocation Committee’s re- ,
quest. The fund allocation commit
tee, which awards money to student
groups for their programming, has
asked for $1,500, or 4 cents per stu
dent per semester.
Last year, the committee did not
request money because of an ac
counting error the previous year, she
said. Unlike other UPC committees,
the fund allocation committee’s
See UPC on 15