tVSUN president says diversity
s important ingredient at UNL
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lenior Reporter
Federal aid to students, out-of-state tuition
ales and the UNL budget topped the AS UN
resident’s summer project list.
Andy Massey, president of the Association
f Students of the University of Nebraska, said
orcing out-of-state students to wait longer
efore applying for residency to pay in-state
jition could hurt diversity at the University of
lebraska-Lincoln.
Massey said UNL would be isolated without
ie diversity brought by out-of-state students.
He said he didn’t think the money Nebraska
ixpayers would save by forcing out-of-state
ludents to pay out-of-state tuition for a longer
eriod was worth the cost to UNL.
“We want a cosmopolitan university envi
onment,” he said. “Now we’re looking like
ve’re willing to jeopardize that. I think the
ludents should know about it and care about
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At the June NU Board of Regents meeting,
Regent Don Blank of McCook called Nebraska
esidency requirements a “sham’’ that forced
Nebraska taxpayers to pay for the education of
>ut-of-stale students.
Massey said the regents were “jumping on
n issue that’s not as one-sided as some regents
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“They have to understand that you don’t get
educated at college just in the classroom,” he
said.
Aside from residency restrictions, Massey
said he has been busy with other student con
cerns this summer.
He testified before the House of Represen
tatives Congressional Subcommittee on
Postsecondary Education about high national
federal aid default rates preventing some Mid
west students from receiving aid.
Despite low student loan default rates at
UNL and throughout the Midwest, he said,
high default rates nationally make the loans
more difficult to get.
“It’s a big problem,” he said, “and we can’t
afford to, on the federal level, lose the money.”
Massey said he also brought to the regents’
attention an inconsistency in the summer stu
dent loan process. Students needing loans for
summer school are not receiving their checks
until three to five weeks after the tuition due
date.
The University of Nebraska at Kearney and
the University of Nebraska at Omaha have
developed systems to bypass the delayed pay
ments, he said.
“If Kearney can do it and Omaha can do it,
so can UNL,” Massey said.
■LrLU worang tor rair Duaget cuts
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During the summer, UNL’s Government
.iaison Committee worked to ensure that
nandatory budget cuts faced by the University
>f Nebraska will be fair to students, the com
nittee chairman said.
Andrew Sigerson said that for the most part,
3LC worked with Andy Massey, president of
he Association of Students of the University of
Nebraska, to “make sure students’ needs are
ieard on the Budget Reduction Review Com
nittee.” *
The reduction committee, which is com
posed of students, faculty, and administrators,
nust meet the 2-percent reduction in NU’s
>asc budget imposed last year by the Nebraska
Legislature.
I Sigerson said GLC is working to maximize
^student representation and involvement on the
^ommittee^
Specifically, Sigerson said, GLC is con
cerned about increases in student fees and
excessive cuts in computers and programs in
academic departments.
“The basic role of the GLC over the sum
mer,” he said, “was just to plan and strategize
for the coming year.”
On that score, he said, the committee con
tacted legislative aides at the Nebraska Capi
tol.
Sigerson said that he and GLC lobbyist Lisa
Miller also are working to ensure that students
receive their share of the revenues of a pro
posed lottery.
Another GLC project is finding a way to
enable students to drop and add classes by
phone, he said.
Sigerson said the committee is planning
“massive recruiting” in residence halls and
student groups this fall to maximize involve
ment in student government and the Legisla
ture.
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