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February 16, 1989 ___ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 102
ASUN denies funding
for COLAGE next year
By Jerry Guenther
Suff Reporter
After heated debate Wednes
day, the ASUN Senate passed
an amendment 18-7-1 deny
ing $746 worth of funding to the
Committee Offering Lesbian And
Gay Events.
The Committee for Fees Alloca
tion previously had approved $746 of
the $1,691 which COLAGE re
quested as part of the University
Program Council’s 1989-90 student
fee budget.
Before debate on the amendment
began, Lloyd Guy, a journalism
broadcasting major, voiced his oppo
sition to funding COLAGE during
open forum.
Guy said he represents 340 stu
dents who signed a petition that had
been circulated asking that COLAGE
not be funded by student fees. Guy
said he and Marlin Bcrgmann, a for
mer member of the Residence Hall
Association, circulated the petition.
“There could be more (opposi
tion) because word has it that there
are other petitions circulating
through the university,” Guy said.
Guy said he thinks students are
against using student lees for CO
LAGE because not enough people
have attended the programs which
the Gay Lesbian Programming Com
mittee, now COLAGE, pul on in the
past.
“We just feel that they do not
support a significant enough number
of students to warrant funding,” Guy
said.
During debate on the amendment,
newly appointed Sen. Steve Thomli
son said one reason he was against
funding COLAGE was because it
was a “moral issue.”
Thom I i son, a general studies stu
dent, cited Bible passages and U.S.
Supreme Court decisions in arguing
against funding for the committee.
He quoted the case Bowers vs.
Hardwick, which slates that ‘‘the
federal Constitution docs not confer
fundamental right upon homosexuals
to engage in sodomy.”
Thomlison said he wasn't against
COLAGE, just using student fees to
finance the organization.
David Whitaker, co-chair of
COLAGE, said he was concerned
that morality was brought up as one
of the reasons for not funding the
organization.
“ASUN is trying to legislate mo
rality,’’ Whitaker said.
Whitaker said many students do
not understand what COLAGE docs
with its funding.
“COLAGE is not trying to pro
mote sodomy, but is trying to educate
people about homophobia,”
Whitaker said.
Whitaker said COLAGE also is
concerned about other oppressions
that minorities suffer, such as racism
and sexism.
Sen. Julie Jorgensen of the arts and
sciences college said it was unfair to
say the majority of students do not
want to pay for COLAGE program
ming since students generally are
against using their student fees for
any funding requests.
Jorgensen said that it students
would be asked their views on other
committee requests, such as whether
ASUN should receive funding, stu
dents would voice similar opposition.
Sen. Jeff Gromowsky of the Col
lege of Business Administration said
that a “vast majority” of students
voiced their disapproval for funding a
gay/lesbian organization during an
ASUN election in 1987.
During that election, 87.6 percent
of the 3,023 students who voted in the
election opposed such funding while
7.9 percent of the students voted in
favor of the funding. The remaining
students voted that they were uncer
tain.
Whitaker said he didn’t think
those figures were ‘‘representative”
of the entire student population since
some students boycotted the elec
tions because a parly called NOFAG
was running on the ticket.
Sen. Bill Munn of the journalism
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Connie Sheehan/Dailv Nebraskan
sens. June Jorgensen ana rviati uotscnan react to ben. bteve inomnsons comments at
Wednesday’s ASUN meeting. Thomlison supported the withdrawal of Fund A support from
COLAGE. Jorgensen disagreed.
Many could face surcharges
ASUN passes anti-surcharge bill
By Ryan Steeves
Staff Reporter
Legislation opposing addi
tional tuition surcharges and
supporting a study examining
the expansion of the University of
Nebraska was passed Wednesday
night by the Association of Students
of the University of Nebraska.
Bryan Hill, chairman of ASUN’s
Government Liaison Committee,
said many UNL colleges could face
tuition surcharges if the Legislature
does not appropriate money to re
place instructional equipment.
UNL engineering students paid an
additional $9 per credit hour this year
lo help update lab equipment in the
college. The students could face
another surcharge next year if the
Legislature doesn’t appropriate
funds for such equipment.
Government Bill No. 7, which Hill
spoke in favor of, directs GLC to
lobby the Legislature to appropriate
money for instructural equipment.
‘‘I think it directly affects the
pocketbook of the student if we don’t
get this type of funding,” Hill said.
The NU Board of Regents’ budget
request included $1.75 million,
S525,000 of which is for the engi
neering college, to finance instruc
tional equipment at UNL. Gov. Kay
Orr excluded money for such equip
mcni in her budget.
If the engineering college does not
replace or update equipment, it risks
losing its national accreditation. The
college is accredited by the Accredit
ing Board for Engineering and Tech
nology.
James Gricsen, vice chancellor for
student affairs, said other UNL de
partments face similar equipment
funding problems, but are not evalu
ated by an accreditation board.
The engineering college may have
to impose further surcharges to main
tain its quality instruction, Gricsen
said, “and it’s conceivable that we
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‘Pay-the-player’ bill delayed
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Editor
The Government, Military and
Veterans Affairs Committee
of the Nebraska Legislature
Wednesday failed to take action on a
bill that would allow a stipend to be
paid to University of Nebraska-Lin
coln football players.
The committee may reconsider
the bill next week.
Stale Sen. Ernie Chambers of
Omaha, the sponsor of LB709, said
he believes the bill will pass in com
mittee when it is reconsidered. Not
all committee members were present
at the committee when the bill came
up, Chambers said.
Chambers said the bill is neces
sary to slop exploitation of football
players by the National Collegiate
Athletic Association.
The bill would direct UNL offi
cials to pay players a stipend, the
amount of which would be deter
mined by the university. The bill
would go into effect only if four other
states in the Big Eight pass bills re
quiring a stipend.
Chambers has introduced a simi
lar bill every year since 1981. Last
year, the bill passed m the Legisla
ture, but was pocket vetoed by Gov.
Kay Orr
It’s important for the Legislature
to pass the bill again this year, Cham
bers said, to send a message to the
NCAA.
Current NCAA rules prohibit
monetary compensation to football
players. Chambers said the rules are
“unduly restrictive and unreason
able.’’
“We’re going to have to bring
outside pressure on the NCAA (to
change the rules) and this bill would
do so,’’ Chambers said.
The NCAA lakes “no concern”
for the welfare of the players, he said.
The players risk injury, cannot
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Furgason to remain at UNL
By Larry Peirce
Senior Reporter
Robert Furgason, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln vice
chancellor for academic
affairs, said he withdrew his name
Wednesday from consideration for
the presidency of the University of
Idaho.
Furgason said he weighed per
sonal and professional reasons
before deciding to stay at UNL.
“It’s an honor to be considered
for the presidency of a major land
grant university, he said, but he
decided to stay at UNL which is
“on the move” with excellent
leadership and support for educa
tion.
Furgason served as vice presi
dent for academic affairs and re
search at UI before coming to UNL
in 1984. He also earned his bache
lors and masters degrees in chemi
cal engineering at 1)1.
Furgason was named one of
four finalists for the job Jan. 25.
Other candidates named at that
time included Elisabeth Zinser,
vice chancellor for academic af
fairs at the University of North
Carolina-Grecnsboro; Ryan Ama
cher, dean of the College of Com
merce at Clemson University in
South Carolina; and David Ander
son, dean of Veterinary Medicine
at University of Georgia-Athens.
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House members and university omcials discuss policy
By Amie DeFrain
Staff Reporter _
More than 30 greek house
members and officers de
bated the provisions of a
greek housing policy with university
officials Wednesday at a Student
Speech Forum in the Nebraska Un
ion.
Police procedure for entrance into
the public areas of greek houses and
house visitation policies were the
main topics discussed at the forOm.
House members and officers at
tended the forum to ask questions to
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
James Griesen, Director of Greek
Affairs Jayne Wade Anderson, Doug
Zatechka, director of university
housing, and Lt. Ken Cauble of the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Po
lice Department.
The policy, sent out Tuesday by
Griesen to all fraternities and sorori
ties, requires officers to enforce “a
sound internal code of conduct that is
consistent with the University Code
of Conduct. ’ ’ If house officers do not
follow the policy, they will not be
considered approved university
housing and freshmen cannot live in
the house.
The policy has been in effect for
some lime. University officials arc
now making an effort to enforce the
policy by sending out the form.
The undergraduate executive offi
cers, the chapter advisers and the
house corporation president or board
chairperson must submit the signed
proposal to Anderson by March 15.
The policy requires the chapters to
meet applicable housing codes per
taining to health and safety; erttploy a
house director who resides on the
property and acts as liaison with
greck affairs; follow all policies of
visitation for the opposite sex; and
have no alcoholic beverages or ille
gal drugs present in the housing unit.
The proposal slates that house
members are required to give UNL
police “access for cause” to the
public areas of the chapter houses.
Public areas include the living room,
dining room and recreation room.
Brad Rrunz, president of Sigma
Nu fraternity, asked Cauble to define
what is meant by “access for cause.
Cauble said “noise complaints”
and “cndangcrment of inhabitants'
arc considered possible reasons for
the police to enter.
Later, when the topic of alcohol or.
house premises arose, Cauble sai
that an officer seeing a house men; be.
drinking through a window isn\
probable cause for entrance.
“However,” Cauble said, “if we
sec kegs being carried in, we will
write a report.”
Problems arose in the past when
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