Highered Continued from Page 1 the present system. Another repeated concern was whether to include a voting student member on the proposed institutional boards. Deb Fiddclke, UNL Government Liaison Committee chairman, said that after meciing with university student regents and stale college stu dent trustees last week, it became clear that the students of Nebraska support LR2.39CA. In less than one week, Fiddclke said, more than 1,300 UNL, Univer sity of Nebraska at Omaha and Kear ney Stale College students signed petitions supporting the student-re gent vote and restructuring proposal. ‘‘We believe the recommendations bring exciting changes to a system that quite simply isn’t working as well as it should,” Fiddclke said. Students think the proposed sys tem would be more responsive to student concerns, she said. Most importantly, students want voting members on the proposed boards, Fiddelke said. ' ‘Even the most dedicated of board members could not have the firsthand knowledge of campus issues that a student would bring to the board,” she said. * Thirty-three states have provided for direct student involvement in policy decisions, Fiddelke said. Fiddelke said Nebraska students are the future business leaders, sena tors and governors of Nebraska. “Ail we ask for is more than an opinion on what that future holds,” Fiddelkc said. KSC representatives supported the bill, which includes changing the institution’s name to the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Two KSC students said their institution is wor thy of university status because of its diverse curriculum, outstanding pro fessors and growth. Nancy Whitman, chairman of the KSC Faculty Senate, said KSC is a university because students attend it from all parts of the world, country and state. Bill Ncsler, KSC president, said he doesn’t sec any disadvantages to the proposed seven institutional gov erning boards. Ncster said local boards are a “viable vehicle” for better coopera tion and communication among higher education boards. Nestor said there is no perfect higher-education governance system in the United Stales, but systems similar to the proposed one have been suc cessful in other slates. Sen. Howard Lamb of Anselmo said he doesn’t sec the necessity of changing the current structure. In stead, he suggested giving more au thority to the Nebraska Post-Secon dary Coordinating Commission, which would provide for better coordination of higher education in Nebraska, Lamb said. If the proposals pass, he said, Nebraska will go through a long pe riod of uncertainty about which boards have authority. Don Blank of McCook, chairman of the NU Board of Regents, said the board supports improved coordina tion, but thinks the proposal “goes beyond and dramatically alters” the higher education system. Wing Ding Wednesdays Complimentary Chicken Wings 8 p.m.-11p.m. Lounge Specials: .99 cent well cocktails $1.29 domestic beer I .50 cent Tacos 8 p.m.-11p.m. ^*