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Nfbra^kaN ..... ■■»»■■■ ■»»■' MMMIM.I.!..;... I ThbWiky ;51 Ml , 1 | SAC Trek. WBEfflm -Page 6-7 M&MmMSm Summer sn fisc city* -Page 8 MM i i i'Sfl Track teams sign recruits. , ■ ~Pag«*M M»cfc*W# P«ulm«n/DaHy N«br«»Kan Neva Carter-Brown, carrying the flag, leads demonstrators in a march in front of the County-City Building, but they had to stop because they did not have a marching permit. About 40 people rallied Wednesday to support passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. Protest calls for ERA By Mark Ceorgeff Staff Reporter The president of the Lincoln Lancastcr Commission on the Status of Women, Patty Pansing Brooks, said at a rally Wednesday, that gender bias against women should be one of the most important issues for Americans to be concerned with. “We arc not here to disparage the (lag or to criticize the Flag Amendment. The flag is the most powerful lasting and unifying symbol we possess. Instead, we arc here to focus public attention to the last six words of the Pledge of Allegiance, ‘... with liberty and justice for all’,’’ Pansing Brooks said. About 40 people attended (he commission-sponsored rally in front of the County-City building, 555 S. 10th St. Before Pansing Brooks’ speech, signs with pno-Equal Rights Amend ment slogans were carried by some at the rally. Some of the protestors’ signs stated messages of concern over the still unralified ERA and why national at tention is focused on a proposed flag amendment instead of the ERA. A recent gender bias study released through the University of Ncbraska LincolnChanccllor’sCommission on the Status of Women was among the reasons that ‘ ‘compelled us to be here today,” Pansing Brooks said. “In Lincoln. Nebraska, we have a university which continues to dis criminate against women at all lev els,” she said. She also named the Nebraska Supreme Court office’s study con cerning the Nebraska court system and the proposed flag desecration amendment to the United States Constitution as reasons for the gath ering. “If the cost in dollars and energy and emotion is not too great to pursue a Constitutional Amendment to pro tect the flag... certainly, it is not loo great to amend the Constitution to protect over 53% of our Nation’s population,” she said. Pansing Brooks also said that local shelter homes for women and children, the Lincoln Food Bank and oilier such social serv ices arc in urgent need of assis tance. Malcom resident Carita Baker said she thinks there is loo much emphasis on the flag amendment and not enough on gender bias. “I wouldn’t bum the flag itself when there’s more serious issues to be concerned with,” she said. Ada Munson, a commissioner with the Nebraska Coalition for Women, said, “We find so much concern in areas where little dam age is done instead of where no attention is being given.” Virginia Nelson, one of 28 members of the Lincoln-Lancas ter Commission on the Status of Women, said, “I think it’s really important that the ERA hasn't been ratified yet.” “It’s a time warp. These arc battles thatarc still being fought,” Nelson said. Official says national ranking may mislead By Matt llerek Senior Editor Even though a recent report re leased by a national organiza tion showed that state financ ing for higher education in Nebraska had the third highest percentage in crease in the nation from 1987 to 1989, a UNL vice chancellor said the percentage figures can be deceiving. Irvin Omtvedt, vice chancellor for Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and chairman of the Ad Hoc Operations Budget Review Committee, said that when the Uni versity of Nebraska gets an additional $1 million, that is likely to be a higher percentage increase than in states that give more money to higher educa tion. Omtvedt said he wasn’t surprised to sec Nebraska ranked as high as it was because the support figures, published by the National Associa tion of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, were based on per centages. In terms of operating finances, UNL ranks last among eight of its peer institutions, Omtvedt said. The average for UNL’s peer insti tutions was 7.4 percent, with UNL bringing up the rear with 2.2 percent operating costs, he said. me snoriagc ot i in antes at uinl has deteriorated to the point where instructors arc unable to give hand outs to their students because printing costs are too high, Omtvcdl said. Quality programs at UNL are “adversely impacted by inadequate budgets,” he said. State Sen. Jerome Warner of Waverly said the percentage increase was high in part because in 1981/82, ’85 and ’86, the Nebraska Legislature made across-the-board cuts in the entire state’s budget, including money that would have been used for higher education. Warner said it is unlikely that Nebraska higher education will re ceive the same percentage increase in the future as it received from 1987 89. The percentage will probably go down, but he said he couldn’t specu late how much the decrease would be. He said the decrease will depend on how the economy behaves and on how many new programs the legisla ture enacts without raising taxes. He said the reason the percentage was so high from 1987-89 was be cause financing for higher education in Nebraska was below standard and had to be brought up to par. See RANKING on 2 Selleck open for housing By Christine Pillard Staff Reporter Chis is the first summer Scllcck Quadrangle has been open for summer housing, and it will remain open year-round, according to Douglas S. Zatechka, director of housing at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. During the summer pre-session, 250-260 students had housing con tracts, Zatechka said, more than twice as many as in past years. He said the Office of University Housing never expected that many contracts. All students who want to slay in a residence hall during the summer must live in Scllcck this year, he said. In past summers, students stayed in Smith Hall, Zatechka said, but because of noise complaints from other groups staying in the complex for summer camps, students were sepa rated from the campers, he said. The Scllcck complex’s central location and handicap accessibility, combined with the recent installation of central air conditioning and an elevator, make it better suited for year-round housing, Zatechka said. But food service is not available at Scllcck during the summer, he said. Students do not have to pay for a meal plan, but those who do arc served their meals at the Harpcr-Schramm Smith dining hall. Zatcchka said the arrangement is not the most convenient way to offer summer food service, but one reason the kitchen isn’t open is because there arc not enough students in Scllcck with meal plans to make it feasible. It takes 350-400 students with meal plans to break even, he said, and with the number of students right now, a $110,000 loss would be suffered if the Scllcck dining hall was open. To keep it open, the rates charged to students with meal plans would have to be exceedingly high, he said. For a 5-week session this summer, Zatcchka said, living in a double occupancy room with a meal plan costs $222 more than without meals. He said the number of students with meal plans is down from last summer. Housing officials arc looking at other options that would allow- Scllcck dining hall to remain open, Zatcchka said. The dining facility is large enough to accommodate most groups, so it would be possible to have Scllcck and one other kitchen open and have temporary guests walk a few blocks for their meals, he said.