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Student fees not needed Parties raise own runoff election funds By Jerry Guenther Staff Reporter Students probably won’t have to pay any additional fees for the Association of Stu dents of the University of Nebraska’s runoff election to determine next year’s executive officers. Marlene Beykc, ASUN director of de velopment, said ASUN candidates must raise their own campaign money through their parties or fund-raisers in both regular and runoff elections. Student fees pay for the election itself, including poll workers, ballots, printing the ballots, election advertising, counting the ballots, pencils and other expenses, she said. Beykc said money left over from the ASUN Electoral Commission budget after the first election is being used to pay for the runoff. Final costs for the runoff election this year aren’t available yet, Beykc said, but she thinks the commission’s budget will cover them. The commission has a budget of $7,790 for this year and is financed through the ASUN budget, she said. Students paid $2.59 each per semester in student fees this year to support ASUN. About 19 cents of that $2.59 went to the electoral commission, Beykc said. The ASUN budget comes from Fund A of student fees and is refundable. Of the $7,790 in the electoral budget, S2,000 was allocated for design of the computer program that was used to make up the ballot. Another S840 was allocated for the ballots and $1,675 was allotted to print them. The electoral commission also allotted S800 to pay poll workers, $ 1,600 for adver tising, $350 to rent the computer to count the ballots, $525 for other printing and supplies. That money probably will cover both the regular and runoff elections, she said. Breakdown of ASUN election costs, *87-90 Salary/Poll 1 084 Worker 1,600 Advertising 1j600 County Computer rental isumpuiOT Programmer Ballots paper Printing 1,®w33.88 of ballots to TOTAL HH ACTUAL 87- 88 5,996.09 *All figures Supplies EH BUDGET 88- 90 8,074.00 $ * ...... os HI ACTUAL ’88- 89 7,309.39 |SSa/ Misc. *fo 64 j j BUDGET 89- 90 7,790.00 Comnmston. Print *43 --—---- -j I _f —---‘— Bcykc said part of the reason she doesn’t expect the runoff election to be costly is because poll workers agreed to work for no pay. For the past two years, the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln Faculty Women’s Club has worked at the polls, Bcykc said. The club donates the money it cams from the election to UNL scholarships, she said. Advertising for the runoff also was re duced and ballots will be counted by hand, she said, to save money. In runoff elections, Bcykc said, ballots traditionally have been counted by hand. Although ASUN doesn’t allot money to the candidates, Bcykc said, it does regulate how much candidates can spend on their campaigns. Bcykc said parties arc allowed to spend S500 for their presidential and first vice presidential candidates and $200 for their John Bruce/Daily Nebraskan second vice prcsidcniial candidates. For the runoff, TODAY and VISION were allowed to spend another S350 she said. Parties also arc allowed to spend $25 for each senate and advisory board candidate on their ticket, Beyke said. Independent candidates for senate and advisory board are allowed to spend $50, she said. Each of the parlies arc responsible for raising their own funds, Beyke said. They arc allowed to solicit businesses for dona tions. All money the parties raise must be de posited with Student Activities Financial Services so that each parly’s expenditures can be recorded, she said. If a parly doesn’t spend all the money it raises, it can spend it any way party mem bers choose, Beyke said. Hejduk Continued from Page 1 Bach managed “to weave this wonderful composition out of something that you think you could do,” he says. But then one realizes one doesn’t have enough imagination “to come up with something that incredible.” Hejduk says music teachers have a mission to expose students to such great composers and to raise musical standards in general. He says his exposure to new music since coming to UNL has been “phenomenal” be cause of the “hot-shot musicians” atthe school of music and because he was expecting to experience a culture shock when he moved to Lincoln. “Lincoln is a very lively town, artistically and culturally,” he says. The Lied Center for Performing Arts, he says, is an incredible place that says a lot for Nebraska. Acoustically, it s a great iriumpn, ne says. The Lied Center is “one of the best of the newer halls. We ’ve really lucked out,’ ’ he says. The center is a tribute to Nebraska and its dedication to the arts, he says, but people shouldn’t think it is a refuge for the rich. Nebraskans’ dedication to the arts and their hospitality have made teaching at the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln and living in Lincoln “very, very satisfying,” he says. He says he likes UNL students, and he works “very hard at finding music that is good for the kids’ voices.” Diane Cornelius, a sophomore music major from Beatrice, says Hejduk’s hard work has helped him win the appreciation of his stu dents. She says Hejduk takes students out to eat, pats them on the back when they need or deserve it, and alw ays is there to lend a helping hand. * ‘ It’s great to have a great conductor, teacher and friend all in one person,” she says. “He is a great conductor because he is so easy to work with and because he is so easy to get along with that you just want todo your best for him.” I Applications arc now being accepted for the IWO-VI School Year MAKE A DIFFERENCE: BECOME A PEER-ALCOHOL EDUCATOR The Peer-Alcohol Educator Program I Peer-Alcohol Educators are involved in developing innovative programming concerning alcohol issues at UNL. Opportunities Include: ’Conducting Alcohol Abuse Prevention Workshops ’Presenting Programs on Acute Alcohol Intoxication ’Providing After-Hours Support At The Health Center For Acutely Intoxicated Students Applications Available Through The University Health Center Deadline for Application is March 23, 1990. For More Information Contact: I I)r. Janet Crawford University Health Center 472 7446 ASUN reinstates KLPAC budget Budget increase to raise student fees By Jennifer O’Cilka Staff Reporter In reconsideration of Fund A student fees allocations, student leaders voted Wednesday to reinstate $5,(XX) to the Kimball-Lied Performing Arts Council budget, about a 30-ccnt increase per student per semester in student fees. Bryan Hill, president of the Asso ciation of Students of the University of Nebraska, had vetoed the Fund A budget after senators reduced the Kimball/Licd portion of the Univer sity Program Council’s budget. After AS UN approved Hill’s veto, the entire Fund A appropriations bill was sent back to the Committee for Fees Allocation. The committee rec ommended reinstating the money to KLPAC, making the total UPC budget $183,417, or $3.93 per student per semester. Arts & Sciences Sen. Tom Mas Runoff Continued from Page 1 scy, said that during me committees reconsideration, Woody Varner, act ing director of the Lied Center, showed CFA members the Lied budget for the first time. Massey, a member of CFA, said that information led committee members to recommend reinstating S5,000 to account for inflation in the budget. Architecture Sen. Todd Oilmans said the senate has to support KLPAC because otherwise it would be diffi cult for Kimball/Licd to continue to offer half-price student tickets. Business Administration Sen. Rochelle Slominski said that if ASUN didn’t reinstate the money, Chancel lor Martin Massengale would do it anyway. Arts & Sciences Sen. Julie Jor gensen said she saw no reason for the senate to change its original decision because of pressure from the univer suy aummisiraiors. Engineering Sen. Chris Podra/.a said that although he supports the arts, he thought student attendance at Kimball/Licd functions is enough to show that support. “Every nickel and dime docs add up (in student fees), and this is a $5,000 nickel,” he said. Agriculture Sen. William Jacobs said he will have a hard lime telling his constituents that the senate added the money just to please administra tors. Graduate Sen. Clark Sackschcwsky said he thinks the senate ought to show students ASUN is dedicated to reducing student fees. Administrators have pressured members of CFA and ASUN to in crease the KLPAC budget, Sackschcwsky said. But he said the responsibility for that increase should fall on administrators, not ASUN. losing VISION candidate. But Burnham was the first to be come calm. She congratulated her winning teammates and rejoiced in the victory. “1 shouldn’t be sad because we won,” she told Gosch and Mohling. “We won, we did.” With mixed emotions, the VISION team walked over to the Sigma Nu house to tell their supporters the news. “This has been on one part one of i the happiest moments of my life,” Gosch told about 40 people. ‘ ‘ But on one part one of the saddest. “When I began to put VISION together many mon ths ago, we sought the very best we could find to fill our executive board. One of our very best was not elected.” Mohling also had mixed emotions. “I don't think anyone ever dreamed the outcome would be like this,” she said. “We all worked evenly as hard and for one of us not to win, that’s hard.” In spite of the loss, Gosch said he was happy two VISION candidates were in office. His first task as presi dent, he said, would be to meet with Scott and share ideas. “I know she has been very sincere through the campaign,” he said. “I think that gives us a common ground. It’s important to build on that right away.” The TODAY candidates waited for the results for more than an hour in Vasa’s room at Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Fiddelke took the phone call from a member of the electoral commission and immediately told Scott she was the winner. ‘‘We lost by five votes,” Fiddelke told Vasa. ‘‘I can’t be happy right now,” Scott said, hugging Fiddelke. ”11 it wasn’t for Deb 1 wouldn’t have had this opportunity.” Scou called Fiddelke a ‘‘vital en tity” of student government and said she hoped Gosch and the other VI SION members would work with Fiddelke to improve ASUN. She added that she hoped VISION would by “flexible” and incorporate some of TODAY’S ideas into ASUN. Fiddelke said she wasn’t certain what the recount would reveal, but did say she thought the electoral commission was “careful” in its ini tial count. The total number of students vot ing in the runoff election was 2,754 or 12.5 percent of the student popula tion.