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Women must continue trying, professor says WOMEN From Page 1 that women should stay at home and raise a family. The idea that women should go to work threatened them, she said. Francis Kaye, associate professor of English and editor of “Great Plains Quarterly,’ ’ said that when she and her husband came to Nebraska in 1977, a wife’s income was not con sidered when a couple wanted to buy a house. Because she was the prin ciple wage earner, the Kayes had a tough time buying a house. Until the early 1980s, farmers’ wives paid hefty inheritance taxes if their husbands died. But if the wife died, the husband didn’t pay any taxes. In some cases, inheritance taxes were so high that women had to sell the farms they had lived on be cause they couldn’t pay the tax. Women Involved in Farm Eco nomics (WIFE) was successful in changing unfair inheritance laws, Kaye said. One aspect of the women’s move ment Kaye said she didn’t like was the emphasis some gave to the idea of women as victims. 4 41 thought,' Let’s not worry about that. Let’s just go from here,”’ she said. Women have been discriminated against, she said, but it’s “not useful to keep on harping about that.” ‘You still have responsibilities,” she said. Joy Ritchie, associate professor of English, said society has become more conscious of women’s issues through legislation and Affirmative Action. One only needs to look at who holds positions of power to see how far women have to go, she said. Ritchie said there are few women at UNL who are deans, full professors or graduate fellows, but manv women arc not tenured and part-time instruc tors. “I have real concerns that we have not made a lot of progress,” she said. More women work because they arc forced to, Ritchie said, and not because there has been a great amount of Affirmative Action. Most single heads of families arc women who don’t earn a “livable wage,” she said. As a result, both women and their children have a lower standard of living, she said. Ritchie said she doesn’t like to sec college women “closing down their options” because they don’t think women belong in certain careers. Some women could go into engi neering but don’t, she s*id, because they have the view that it’s not the “proper role for them.” BRHMMMHIHnniHBHHHnMWHBH - Oo* This coupon is worth !*> $20.00 | Y on your 1st and 2nd plasma donations (within 6 days). * Earn cash while you study. For more information call the "Friendliest Staff in Town". 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The board is held accountable for all appropria tions, including student fee alloca tions, he said. Thus, regents must review ASUN’s fee decisions, he said. “The Board of Regents is the ac countable entity of the entire univer sity,” Hansen said. Gricscn agreed with Hansen. He said administrators should have a say in student fees because they are re sponsible for staff and facilities fi nanced by the fees. Hansen said the regents review student fee appropriations to ensure that ASUN and administrators allo cate enough to meet basic student needs. Hansen said regents usually do not change ASUN and administrators’ Fund B allocations. Hansen said he can’t recall them making a single modification to Fund B proposals in the past eight years. Griesen said he also has made no major changes to the Committee for Fees Allocation and ASUN’s propos als. “I have always supported in prin ciple exactly what the ASUN Senate sent to me,” he said. ‘‘I think that reflects the respect I have for CFA and ASUN.” Svoboda agreed that Griesen shows great respect for ASUN’s ap propriations. But the potential for ad ministrative abuse is always present, he said. “The intent of this legislation is to ask the question ‘what happens 10 to 20 years down the line when we don’t have a Jim Griesen as vice chancellor for student affairs?”’ Svoboda said. ASUN would gain more power by having total control over student fees, which also could help curb student apathy, Svoboda said. If UNL stu dents know ASUN controls their fees and facility money, Svoboda said, they will get involved. Svoboda will present his resolu tion to CFA today at 6 p.m. before the ASUN meeting at 6:30 p.m. If CFA kills the resolution, Svoboda said he will bring it up in ASUN emergency status. According to ASUN bylaws, a bill killed in committee may be brought up as emergency status. i—: Official says tuition hike likely TUITION From Page 1 only $22.4 million in 1989-90 and $19.7 million the following year. Orr’s proposal suggests raising faculty salaries on each campus by 7.5 percent annually. NU proposed a 11.25 percent overall annual increase for the next two years. Haack said the proposed budget would have to be changed signifi cantly if Orr’s proposition makes it through the Legislature. “It either means that we would look for additional revenue or we would have to cut acquisitions,’’ he said. Haack said it is too early to predict if a lack of funding from the state would result in a tuition increase larger than the proposed 5 percent. “The governor’s recommenda tion is an early idea of where we could come up,” he said. “The Ap propriations Committee could be more or less supportive.” Diffendal said he plans to do his best to support the university’s pro posal at the Appropriations Commit tee meeting March 14, when NU’s budget comes up. “I’m not sure what the mood is,” he said. “What I plan on doing is going in and supporting the regents because the salary problem wasn’t solved last year. If we’re going to be competitive we have to have salaries up to the point where we can attract faculty to the university.” Although tuition increases would be a last resort, Diffendal said, it is possible to generate additional reve nue for faculty salary increases. “We were very pleased last year that the student government came out in support of our efforts, in that if the Legislature came up with so much, the students would be willing to sup port a tuition hike,” he said. ASUN President Jeff Petersen said he would not be in support of increas ing tuition more than the proposed 5 percent in order to support the faculty increases. “We’re not giving up on the fac ulty salary increases yet,” he said. “We’re hoping the Appropriations Committee will come through with the funds. “I never like to see tuition go up. I don’t think anybody does.” Haack said UNL has not made any long range plans to increase tuition, since budgets are made out only two years in advance. Budget guidelines for 1989-1991 propose an increase in tuition of 5 percent each year. Tuition rose by 58 percent from 1980 to 1985 because of decreases in state funding of the university sys tem. This decrease came as a result of income tax cuts at the national level, Haack said. Since Nebraska income taxes are figured as a percentage of the federal tax, this resulted in de creased revenue for the state. If federal income taxes increase in the future, this will reverse the proc ess, giving Nebraska more money which would likely increase state funding for UNL, he said. The state’s present budget surplus has similarly helped the cause of the univcisity in the Legislature, thus reducing the need for tuition in creases, Haack said. Despite past increases in tuition, UNL is less expensive in adjusted dollars than it was 20 years ago, he said. A course load of 15 credit hours taken each semester of this year cost S 1,313 in 1988 dollars. When this is converted to 1968 dollars by the consumer price index, the tuition bill amounts to $385. Tuition for the same course load in 1968 cost stu dents $433, 12 percent higher than tuition is now. /9-J .- ^ ^ . T • Save big • 1 On Your Big Eight Tourney Hotel '■ If you’re coming to Kansas City for the Big Eight Tournament, stay at the Headquarters Hotel for Fans: The Holiday Inn Holidome in Kansas City. And while the tournament’s on, you’ll receive a special Big Eight Rale: Just $55.00! You’ll get into the Sports Spirit with these Holidome activities: •ALL SEASON POOL • SAUNA • EXERCISE DECK • TABLE TENNIS • WHIRLPOOL • TANNING BEDS •GAME ROOM • PUTTING GREEN Make a play for the luxury and fun of the Holiday Inn Holidome—Lenexa. It 's your headquarters for Big Eight excitement and Big Eight savings!
