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Soviet Union delegates at UNL today Thirteen delegates from the Republic of Tajikistan in the So viet Union will be on campus to day at 3 p.m. to meet with Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln students. The group, sponsored by the Friendship Force of Lincoln, is having an open forum in the Ccn tennial Ballroom of the Nebraska Union. Griesen defends student fees for Campus Rec under non-refundable Fund B fee user scheme CFA from Page 1 proposed $7 increase will be used to supplement the existing operating budget, he said. The increase for existing pro grams will include an additional S2.000 for Club Sports, said Linda Kapusta, Club Sports coordinator. Kapusta said the increase is neces sary to keep die University of Ne braska-Lincoln’s Club Sports pro gram competitive with those at other universities. Big Eight schools which use student fees to subsidize Club Sports allocate an average of $20,675, compared with S8,000 at UNL, she said. Requested increases for funding for most other Campus Rcc organiza tions, including Informal Recreation, reflect the higher cost associated with the Rec Center, said Bill Goa, Infor mal Rcc coordinator. Anne Stcyer, CFA Member, said increases in Informal Rcc’s budget should be considered carefully, since facility users are only 20 percent women. Goa said this ratio was influenced by the weightlifting center, which caters mostly to males. In the future, this will be replaced by a fitness room which will be less intimidating to female students, he said. Although Campus Rcc’s proposed budget represents a significant in crease from this year, Campbell said, all funds are necessary in order to continue present programs and fi nance the Rec Center. “We’ve sharpened our pencils, and we’ve whittled it down to the point where we feel it is at a level which students receive the most serv ices for their money,” Campbell said. CFA will vote on Campus Rcc’s student fee request Feb. 9. Since Campus Rec is a Fund B organiza tion, the budget must also be ap proved by Chancellor Martin Mas scngale and the NU Board of Re gents. IlHfeK&e VMJtcmi ill tf2£g&-\T ~£>Ui2 TlC*Z0^ ^.TJg. FCJZ-:I IfOMMK u»*tuev«it! T ^ U)vV^l^v£L- F*-ftJ Legislature debates sports bills NCAA from Page 1 Chambers was the sponsor of another bill concerning NCAA ac tions that was not advanced out of the Judiciary Committee Thursday. LB708 deals with disallowing an NCAA rule that requires the restric tion of Pell Grants to collegiate ath letes. Currently, athletes who have full ride scholarships to NCAA-member institutions cannot receive additional financial aid of more than $1,400. That means athletes who arc fi nancially elegibile for up to $2,200 in Pell Grant aid are not given all of the money they deserve, Chambers said. The remaining $800 of the Pell Grant, he said, is deferred to the ath letic budget of the athlete’s school. The NCAA rule is unfair because other federal aid programs arc ex empted from the restrictions, he said. “Consider the players,” Cham bers said. If they have financial need, they deserve the full amount of Pell Grant money, he said. Colleges and university compli ance with the NCAA rule is discrimi natory, Chambers said, because “athletes arc the only category of students that have to forgo part of their Pell Grant.” Other students are allowed the full Pell Grant regardless of any other financial assi’ ince they receive, he said. A1 Papik, assistant athletic direc tor for administrative services at UNL, speaking in a neutral position, said the university has been lobbying the NCAA to lift the Pell Grant re strictions. Papik said he supports the prin ciple behind the bill, but a better way to address the issue would be through the NCAA or Big Eight, not through slate law. Chambers disagreed. “What I think is necessary is for slates to begin to take action to show that the NCAA should change its rules,” he said. Legislative committee advances bill reauiring agents to register By Jana Pedersen Staff Reporter The Nebraska Legislature’s Ju diciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday requiring sports agents to register with the Nebraska sec retary of staic before attempting to recruit athletes. * LB224 would require prospec tive sports agents to provide spe cific background information about their training, a $250 filing fee and a $25,000 bond to receive state approval. Also, all contracts between agents and athletes would require approval from the secretary of state, and athletes would be al lowed 48 hours to reconsider the agreement after signing. If the ' sports agent later failed to meet the requirements of the contract, ath letes would be allowed to declare the agreement void. One of the bill’s co-sponsors, Sen. Jim McFarland of Lincoln, said the bill is necessary to prevent agents from taking advantage of athletes who arc ignorant about the hiring ot sports agents. The bill would attempt to elimi nate unscrupulous behavior by agents, he said. UNL football coach Tom Osborne spoke in favor of the bill. “Right now to be an agent in Nebraska all you have to do is say you are one,” Osborne said. Registration would be benefi cial, Osborne said, because some sports agents resort to threats and extortion to make athletes follow through with contracts they signed prematurely. Signing contracts with sports agents before the end of the ath letic season makes an athlete ineli gible for the rest of the season, Osborne said. Within the past 18 months, the NCAA has declared about 30 ath letes ineligible, he said. Because the bill would prevent agents from approaching athletes before the end of the athletic sea son, Osborne said, it would help prevent Nebraska’s athletes from making the mistake of hiring an agent prematurely. Alternative financing sought for lab equipment CHARGE from Page 1 help. GLC is in the process of organiz ing a major student lobbying effort for slate funding of the lab equip ment, he said. Hill said he hopes talk of surcharges will encourage students to participate. “At least that (mention of a sur charge) will upset enough students that they will go down to the Legisla ture to express their dissatisfaction,” he said. Karen Brock, vice president of engineering college executive board and an industrial engineering student, said the board has plans to focus on the formation of a legislative lobby ing group to “find a belter way to provide funds for faculty and equip mcnt rather than a surcharge.” Furgason said Orr’s overall budget recommendations arc “very supportive” of the university. “Apparently, she fell the stu dents’ needs in the business college ranked higher than engineering,” he said, referring to the $168,000 Orr recommended for the College of Business Administration renovation and additional faculty. Dave Wagaman, senior budget analyst for the Nebraska Department of Administrative Services Budget Division, said the governor was aware of the “trade-off” between engineering and CBA. But it is easier to find money within the university budget for engi neering lab equipment than for the three additional faculty positions for the business college, Wagaman said. “The university system has ex cess utility funds of approximately S2 lo 2.5 million, $1.5 to 2 million of which is at UNL, that could be reallo cated,” by the university, Wagaman said. Such reallocation has been done in the past, he said. Wagaman said he thought top pri ority for such reallocation should go to the engineering college instruc tional equipment. “There is flexibility within the base budget,” and knowing that something could be done internally at UNL was taken into consideration when the governor made her recom mendations, he said. John Rochman, slate budget direc tor, said the governor feels she has funded the university’s top priorities, and the regents have “had ample opportunity to address the issue” of funding replacement lab equipment. “They can’t wait until the lllh hour to cry ‘wolf’,” he said. Regent Don Blank of McCook declined to comment on Rochman s statement until the February regents meeting where the budget will be discussed. Furgason said Orr's recom mended budget now goes to the Leg islature’s Appropriations Committee for consideration. The university “has to sit back and see if the com mittee will include the funding back in. It is really tot) early in the game to determine how receptive the commit tee will be.’’ Lee Rupp, vice president for uni versity relations, said NU is sched uled to appear before the Appropria tions Committee March 14 to lobby for the official NIJ budget request. Rupp said “the university has been listened to in the past, and with the economy better... and revenues exceeding projections... it is a favor able climate” for the university. “We’re about three months and 3(X) arguments away from a final budget,” Rupp said. Liberty said he has no idea how the accreditation team will respond if the college doesn’t get the equipment. However, he said, “you don't want to go into the accreditation play ing Russian roulette with bullets in the gun.” QHow do you top aVal’s large • for a medium charge? On-campus delivery Here’s the best deal around: Get a large original (single topping) pizza for the price of a medium. And we’ll deliver it, piping hot and ready to eat, direct to your door. Great pizza. A great deal. On-campus delivery. Now how in the world would you ever top that? 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