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Bill delineating
commission role
moves forward
By Lisa Donovan
Senior Reporter
Lawmakers, after making a few minor
changes, Monday advanced to the final
round of debate a bill outlining the
powers of the strengthened Coordinating
I Commission for
Postsecondary Education.
Senators proposed and
passed five amendments
to LB663, the bill outlin
ing the role of the com
mission and giving it the
power of program review
and budget submission
over Nebraska’s universities, state and com
munity colleges.
In the November election, Nebraskans ap
proved a constitutional amendment that strength
ens the current coordinating commission. The
commission now serves as an advisory board.
Sen. C.N. Robinson of Blair proposed an
amendment that would provide state funding to
tribally controlled community colleges on the
basis of the number of non-American Indian
students attending the institution.
Robinson referred to the Indian Community
College in Northeast Nebraska, which is run by
several of Nebraska’s American Indian tribes.
“People are going to school, trying to dig
themselves out of poverty and trying to get
employment,” Robinson said.
The institution would be provided with an
estimated $40,000 in state funds, Robinson
said. Currently, tribal community colleges
receive federal funds to finance themselves.
Omaha Sen. Thomas Horgan said it is im
1 portant for the amendment to be attached to
1 LB663.
“I think it’s a responsible thing to do ... in
a diverse educational environment,” he said.
The amendment passed 28-0.
Sen. Chris Beutler of Lincoln proposed an
amendment giving the commission the power
to review and approve all capital construction
projects proposed by the NU Board of Regents
and the Nebraska Stale College Board of Trus
tees.
Under the provisions of the amendment, the
commission would be required to take action
on the proposal 90 days after submission. Proj
ects requiring legislative approval would be
acted on by the commission at least 60 days
prior to submission to the Legislature.
The projects disapproved by the commis
sion would stand disapproved unless three
fifths of the Legislature approves the projects.
The amendment was adopted by a vote of 26
1.
In addition, the Legislature advanced 663 A,
an appropriations bill, with an amendment that
would attach an emergency clause. The clause
would make the bill effective as soon as it was
I signed into law.
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Catching spring fever
Chris Stokes, a senior economics major, takes advantage of the mild temperatures Monday to play Frisbee on
Centennial Mall.
1 Goebel says Lied revenues
down, staff cutbacks possible
By Dionne Searcey
StaffReporter
fTTl he Lied Center is forecast to
1 suffer a dip in revenues this
JL yearthatcouldmcancutbacks
in staff, an official said.
Jack Goebel, University of Ne
J braska-Lincoln interim chancellor, said
the Lied Center for Performing Arts’
1990-91 expenses will exceed its
revenues by about $150,000.
If the center continues to operate
as it is now, it will suffer a deficit of
$286,000 in the next fiscal year, Goebel
said. „ .
To make up for lost revenue, Goebel
said, Lied officials have been asked
to “lake a look at the expense side of
the budget.”
That may mean cutting the num
ber of staff members, he said. The
I
Lied Center currently has 18 full
time employees.
The budget problem was caused in
part by overprojections of Lied Cen
ter income by Lied officials, Goebel
said.
He said it is “common phenom
ena” for officials at new facilities to
overstate budget projections because
they arc inexperienced in making them.
Lied officials have decreased this
year’s ticket sale projections from
SI.6 million to SI.2 million. Cur
rently, tickets are selling 27 percent
below projections.
But Goebel said a decrease in ticket
sales is not the reason for the center’s
loss. Projections for ticket revenues
simply were loo high, he said.
Ticket sales and other Lied Center
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Correction: A story about renovation
of the campus incorrectly reported the
cost of Phase III of the project at $3.4
million There has been no change in
the original $5.7 million pricetag for
Phase ril. The Daily Nebraskan regrets
the error.
A freight rail strike looms as the
"cooling off” period expires. Page
2
President Bush finds he made less
money in 1990 than in 1989. Page
3.
Lesbian poet speaks out on sin,
censorship and love. Page 5.
UNL sophomore wins Lifter of the
Year award. Page 7.
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Spirituality
NU students challenge beliefs;
religious officials offer advice
By Heather Heinisch
Staff Reporter_
In light of recent publicity about
a suspected local Christian cult,
six UNL Christian leaders ac
knowledged that adults age 18 to 22
are questioning spiritual beliefs and
organized religions now more than
ever.
Mark Randall, campus minister for
United Ministries in Higher Educa
tion, 640 N. 16th SL, said young adults
arc raising religious questions but often
try to answer them by themselves
instead of going to the church for
answers.
He said that whether University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln students attend
church no longer indicates whether
they arc religious.
Although none of the campus lead
ers could provide statistics about church
attendance among students, some said
they thought congregation sizes were
shifting from traditional to evangeli
cal churches.
Father Don HanwayofSt. Mark’s
on-the-Campus, 1309 R St., said
undergraduate students typically go
through a period of protest, experi
mentation and search for religions of
their own, independent of their par
ents’ beliefs.
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