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Demonstrators demand NU divest immediately By Tabitha Hiner Staff Reporter Demonstrators carrying sighs read ing “Divest Fully Now” rallied out side the Nebraska Union on Friday. About 30 people listened as Jo seph Akpan, president of the Nige rian Student Association, and natural resources sophomore J Burger said they wanted the University of Ne braska-Lmcoln and the NU Founda tion to completely divest from South Africa. 4 ‘The university is an institution of higher learning.” Akpan said, “lthas ideals; it is not just a private institu tion that makes money. It is our duty to make the university live up to those ideals.” The NU Foundation announced Friday that it would partially divest in accordance with the Sullivan Prin ciples, now called the Statement of Principles. Akpan said divestment along those guidelines would not be adequate. The Sullivan Principles deal mainly with the workplace and require that corporations dealing in South Africa have policies of non-segregation, equal pay for equal work and representa tion in training classes and manage ment positions by races according to their percentage of the population. The principles also require im provements in areas siifclV as educa tion and health care. While the principles appear fair, Akpan said, the companies monitor themselves, making the principles ineffective. Joseth Moore, a junior art major, said he did not know a great deal about the Sullivan Principles, but said that the way they are implemented would show their effectiveness. He said that if the principles would bring about divestment, that would be posi tive. “But, if it is some bureaucratic cover-up, it is a step down because you make people think they’re di vesting when it’s not true,” he said. Burger said he thought the rally would help influence the university to divest. “I would hope as taxpayers and students paying tuition .. . that they would take our concerns seriously,” he said. Moore said that there should be more attempts in Lincoln to stop investment in South Africa. UNL graduate Scott Wesely said rallying efforts are a start for some thing bigger. “The issue of apartheid shouldn’t be just about South Africa,” he said. “It should be about human relations all around the world.” CaFREE * Afe7WK^^,Jw;'t Catalog! 0*« C™P«-y m B- I, Cacpo* Sbopptt md Byt» M.**. CMmS rteJtU^s) _ComptLltn Factory Outlet Reg. Price $2999 Excel Rebate >$500 STANDARD FEATURES • von too x 6oo • 60 Meg Herd Drive e 1.66 Floppy Drive o 2 Meg Memory • 11 lbs • 3 Hoar Battery • t03t6SX Processor i te^lQBWS? 640 x 480 VGA Resolution at Near Monochrome Prices! VW«o * 1 V Add S227 for Color RHA approves, allocates budget for fall semester By David Burchei! Staff Reporter The Residence Hall Association approved a $29,340 fall budget at its weekly meeting Sunday night. The budget estimates an income of $27,252 this fall from the 4,542 students living in residence halls this semester. Each resident pays $6 for RHA services. Combined with a $2,088 carryo ver from last spring, RHA estimates a $29,340 income for the semester. This budget is $4,209, or more than 13 percent less than last fall’s budget, which was $31,461. The decrease is because of a re duction in the number of students living in the residence halls this semester. Last fall, 58 more students were estimated to be living in the halls, according to the RHA budget bill. ivainy tsusn, isrm prcMuciu, saiu one new item on the budget was fi nancing RHA’s retreat to Trailridge on Oct. 6 at a cost of $1,000. Other budget items: • Allocations to local governments at $20,439. • Executive Board-controlled funds at $3,000. • Social Programming Commit tee at $ 1,000. • Health, education and culture at $500. • Publicity committee, publisher of the residence hall newsletter Hall ways, at $750. • Committee on residential en hancement at $50. • Conference fund at $570. • National communications coor dinator fund at $150. • Allocauon to National Residence Hall Honorary at $100. • Contingency fund at $2,781. o think about your heart. 1