Student leaders: State allocations will benefit students
U\ Jana Pedersen
Si il I Reporter
I w'student loadeisat tho l imor
si 1 \ ol Nebraska I ineoln said tho\
think the dousions ol iho IdSdl eg is
laturo wore general!) bonolieial to
students at the l ni\orsit\ of No
braska-l tneoln.
Debbie Fiddolke, I‘>SK-Nl> siudem
lobbyist 11>r tho Government l tatsoii
('oinnnitee, said tho approved uni
\ orstiN, budget will bonol it students
b\ alhxaiing more mone> lor tacults
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wages aiul the (>1 lice ol Scholarships
and I -'inaneml \id.
I uldelke. current (il.C chairper
son. said lhe budget \xas good simplx
beuiuse the Legislature had more
monos to ssork ss ith
\ kes improvement in l \l tuml
mg came m the area ol OSFA. lad
delke said.
Alter a request lor more funding
came trom the \l Board ol Regents,
the 1 egislature appropriated
Mob,>()() lor the office next year.
Students have continually com
plained about delays in receiving
lmanual aid m the past. Iiddeike
'jul l.asl seat there were even more
.iimplamts. 'lie said. because the
['like had load|iis| to a new lompitU'i
'\ stem
Hui I iddelke said the most sigmli
unit reason lor delavs was that the
amount ol Imaik lal aid lommg mu
the oilue had inereased ten tune'
more than stal I i apaiitv
The new funding lor the ollm
will be a big help in combatting tIk
overload problem, she saul.
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even my socks will match.
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,• 4 fiv»i '•’*}• ••••w>Mian*lig*ii«»s Vsr*>'"*‘ orao’»t-on
\si \ President Bryan Hill
,i .’ree*l dial increased landing lor die
(»s 1 \ was a signdicanl improve
lu ill in diis \ ear s budget
I lu I muling is tc ally miporlanl
because dial ollice was being li
naiic ed ihrough energy savings,
w Iik li is a very unstable source. Hill
said
I nergv savings is money that
I M saves when weather conditions
don’t require costly use ol snow
remov a I equipment, heat or air condi
(toning.
I he Legislature's appropriation
will create a more stable income lor
()SLA. he said.
An increase in lac ultv salaries was
another big gam lor l \l .Hill said.
I he 1 egislaiure approved an 11
percent increase m I acuity salaries
lor this year, which is a "very re
spectable ligure, Ilill said.
Originally, the university re
quested a 12 percent increase, he
said Mill said he hopes the I egisla
turc will nrov ide monev lor the addi
lional I percent next year.
I uhlelke Mini she also was happy
w ith the salarv nic rease hill w ill wail
losee il the Hoardol Kegentsgives its
lull approval to the raise
Hill said one disappointment lor
the iimversiiv was (lov kax < )rr s
veto o| a sl.l> million appropriation
lor instructional equipment ai lhe
universal}
I hat was a v ital area that we
need monev lor Hill said. !'m uist
alraid that we re om in need iwke
as mutli monev nevI \eni
I i lluke up loi die Uk k ol lutld
ms: Hill saui ilk mrcharv for engi
neenn siudenis mav have lo be
doubled lo 4t) peri cut of iiniion.
I he Mire hat *e wi uld nveiage out
to about SIX per c red it hour, accord
inn to Hill s inrmtila Hut Hill >aid he
would oppose siali an uiciease be
cause il mav causi die umveisiiv to
lose good engineering students.
“We can I extied eimiiicermg
undents to pay that money to bar ,
maintain accreditation, I h|| s, ,j
A better option, Hill said v\.
he to use some flexibility in il,
cersity budget by taking money >u
some programs and re distributm ,
lor instructional equipment \nd, i
sion has been made on the mallet I,
said.
Another Legislative decision that
could have been a disappointment I nr
the university was the passage n|
I B65I. Hill said.
In its original form, the bill would
have provided more state I manual
aid for students attending private
institutions, which generally Juu
higher tuition rates than public mui
lulions.
But the bill became a "a compro
mise” between supporters ol I U(A|
and another bill, LB4BX. which
would have favored students in pub
lie institutions. Hill said.
The adopted bill creates two
lunds. one that takes into consulsra
I mil I ht' rnsl nl I In' m m 11111 mil in, I , u,
llmt considers a student's need.
I lie onl\ concern Hill said he nil
lias wnh I Bro I is that poor i sin
denis now mav not be able to atn mt
ans insiiimion.
Both Hill and I iddelke has *
adopted a wan and see point i
view on the issue ol adding K n
Stale ( ollege to the M wMem
Hill said it the promise ol i *
the addition a change in eov
and not a i Mange in role and
is k.A pi there should be no 1
leuis
Bui I iddelke said i|ucstion
the coiisinulionalilv ol tlu
could result in the need lot .1
\ ole lv I ore the addition an ■
\llorno} 1 iener.il Kober 1 S|
'aid KM cannot become n
\t s\ stem w itlioul an ameiuii
the Nebraska constitution It v i
coired. Nebraska voters mu
prove the chance.
NU sub-units got most tickets
i from rage i
ees \ulh the rest going lo students.
f lic Sports Center began taking
requests on a first-come. Iirst-served
basis at X a.in. F riday and the tickets
were gone at about (> a.m. that saint*
day, he said.
I
Bush vk111 speak al ihe Boh lX-va
ney Sporls C'enler al about 2::() p m
I'uesday a I terms >n, alter touring lIk
l.ngme technology Center on l ast
Campus.
I aura Smith contrihuU-d to this stun
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