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Estimate of ’90-91 UNL Undergraduate Student Expenses ] Room & Board J Tuition & Fees | Personal Expenses [>• Books & Supplies Totatf Estimates are based on under graduate resident tuition for 14 credit hours over a 9-month period Nonresident under graduate tuition adds $2,400. Utilities are in cluded in room and board for off-campus students. . ■ H $7,1*0 Source Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid Jana Pedersen/Daily Nebraskan Aid future unsure By Jennifer O’Cilka Senior Reporter There is a big question mark hang ing over financial aid for the next school year at the University of Nc braska-Lincoln. Earlier this year, President Bush proposed a 1991 budget cut of half a million dollars in the area of financial aid. John Beacon, UNL director of scholarships and financial aid, said the future of federal financial aid would be unsure until Congress acts on the Bush proposal in October. , The budget proposal would cut student aid from about $9.94 billion to about $9.46 billion, Beacon said. The proposed cuts would effect students in the 1991-92 school year. “While it hasn’t been resolved, any body in the financial aid community would be concerned when they have no new money to award,’’ Beacon said. Beacon said the cost of attending college probably had increased about 6 percent annually. Estimated undergraduate costs for 1990-91 were S6.580 to live in resi dence halls, $5,360 for commuter students and S7.180 for other stu dents. The expenses include room and board, tuition and fees, personal expenses and books and supplies. “Anytime the aid we’re awarding is not keeping up with that rate, stu dents are going to have to look else where (for money),” he said. Some options for students include supplementing aid with an outside job, taking fewer credit hours in a semester, skipping school for a se mester or delving into their own funds, Beacon said. Beacon said student aid had been met at UNL. The average need for a student in 1989-90 was $4,194 and the average aid awarded was S3,128. Beacon said the $1,000 difference was caused by student rejection of some types of aid like work study jobs. Also, some students apply for fewer loans than they could receive and may not work up to their work study earning limits. The dollar amounts of total aid at the university increased from 522.025.000 in 1988-89 to S23.311,000 in 1989-90. Pell Grants increased from $7,542,000 to $7,545,000; Supple mental Education Opportunity Grant program from S517,000 to S579,000; work study dollars from S803.000 to S896.000; Perkins Loans from 51.817.000 to $209,000 and Guaran teed Student Loans from S11,346,000 to $12,228,000. Pub Continued from Page 1 member monitor The Pub Saturday. Because councilmembers Gates Minnick, Hcntpcl and Gutgsell planned to be out of town Saturday, the coun cil members agreed to speak to the Lincoln Police Department to find out how the day went. Councilwoman Colccn Seng, who had opposed the earlier request to serve alcohol in the parking lot, was absent from Monday’s meeting. Hunter said he didn’t know how many people would show up Satur day or how much money he would pqjggp Beginning midnight Sunday, Aug. 26 12:17 a.m. - Hit and run acci dent at Pound Residence Hall, $350. 12:55 a.m. - Vandalism to car at Harper Residence Hall, $50. 3:57 p.m. - Bike stolen from Cather Residence Hall, $70. 7:04 p.m. - Injury at Buck Bclt/er Field, party refused medical treatment.. 8:33 p.m. - Burglary at Harper Hall, jewelry taken, S450. 11:22 p.m. ~ Illness, back in- j jury , in 4300 block of Holdrege. make. If the temperature was high, he said, customers probably would eat and drink inside. Hunter said he planned to apply for permits to sell before the Sept. 8 game against Northern Illinois, the Sept. 22 game against Minnesota, and other games. “I’m sure we’ll do it again,” he said. Hunter said he wasn’t worried about any problems occurring while serv ing in the fenccd-off parking lot. “We’ll be able to handle it.” The City Council voted in January to allow The Pub to sell beer and the business began serving in April. Pack of Lies. I AAtiflMdS4 iwr SfeilSI Discussion, not lecture, stressed Ethical issues class offered By Kara Wells Staff Reporter A class exploring the ethical is sues in agriculture and natural re sources is being offered for the sec ond time at the University of Ne braska-Lincoln this fall. The class was offered last spring, said Bruce Johnson, professor of agri cultural economics at UNL, who is joint-teaching Agriculture Commu nications 399 with Laura Casari, associate profes sor of agricultural communications. Because the class was such a suc - cess when it was taught last spring, it is being offered this fall, Johnson said. Tlie class was limited to 2f> students last semester, but it still is open through Drop/Add for this se mester, Johnson said. “The class definitely went well last time,” he said. “It’s a solid course. We just need to refine it.” The class will be offered once a year, Johnson said. The class mainly will cover ethi cal questions in agriculture and re source management, he said. It will address how people can solve ethical problems, he said. Johnson said he hoped the class would help students develop reasoning processes rather than impose a certain set of values. The class is interactive, Johnson said, without very much lecture. Stu dents arc encouraged to learn from each other, he said. By interacting with each other, students will develop better decision making skills, Johnson said. Agriculture is full of ethical ques tions, more so than the medical pro fession, Johnson said. The class will deal with ethics in the workplace, Johnson said. For in stance, the class will discuss employer employee rights and responsibilities. The class also will deal with ethics in agriculture and natural resources, Johnson said. Animal welfare, water and resource management, biotech nology and family farming will be discussed, he said, as well as a global perspective on food. The class is being offered through the Institute of Agriculture and Natu ral Resources on East Campus. Class credits apply toward a humanity elec tive for agriculture students. Me+tier Family 8oKen/... lvMufRns 4Via+ bring home a ij’Hie closer -+o campus M (or^cnecf “RfcV yammj aoia&ckots... -Vtere'i nothing bettor -k> V«Jpc>«se awftkvj Ht* Homesickness _-w-sm 'Bktos O_ Birthday Sale! $5.97 Cassettes Lowest prices of the year! 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