Budget
Continued from Page 1
He said that Spanier can make budget cuts
without consulting the APC. But, if he chooses
to cut entire programs, he must work with the
committee, Zorn said.
Spanier would also have difficulty in cut
ting tenured faculty, he said.
“But within these constraints, he has a large
latitude.”
Despite the APC’s difficulty in reaching
budget decisions, Zom predicted that the chan
cellor could successfully make additional cuts
of $1.7 million.
“I can see where administratively you can
make directed or targeted cuts that would make
unnecessary the long drawn-out process we’ve
gone through,” he said.
But, Zom said he thought the chancellor
would run into some of the same problems the
APC had.
Programs with vocal constituencies will be
heard, whether it is at UNL or in the Legisla
ture, he said, and those groups will make it dif
ficult to make cuts.
Zom said he would be willing to oversee
further APC hearings to help cut the $1.7
million if the chancellor requested his assis
tance.
“It would be a mistake to conclude on the
basis of our experience that the process has to
be messy and drawn out,” he said. “It would be
a mistake to come out of this process and say
‘let’s ignore what they (APC members) are
doing because it’s not worth it.’”
Resolution suggests
cultural broadening
Students say bill
just bunch of talk
By Adeana Leftin
Senior Reporter
Although they support the legisla
tion passed by AS UN Wednesday
encouraging UNL
to culturally
broaden its cur
riculum, some
students fear it will
accomplish little.
Angela Green,
an African
American sophomore majoring in
political science and Spanish, said
she thought the resolution was good.
“But we think that it’s just a bunch
of talk,” she said.
The resolution suggests that the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
broaden the cultural base of its cur
riculum. It also urges other university
bodies to release formal policy state
ments about expanding cultural edu
cation.
College of Arts and Sciences Sen.
Steven Dietz, sponsor of the resolu
tion, said it would “set the stage for
active action.”
John Medley, an African-Ameri
can sophomore majoring in architec
ture, said fhat although Association
of Students of the University of Ne
braska senators made a commitment
to address minority issues at the Cul
tural Diversity retreat held earlier this
fall, he hasn’t seen any results.
“I would rather see action than a
lot of talk,” he said. “Back up what
you say.”
College of Law Sen. Gene Collins
said students need to forget mistakes
of the past and begin making changes
today.
“The only way we can start,” he
said, “is to try to come together and
try and be part of the solution.”
In other business, senators failed
to raise enough votes to bring to the
floor a resolution instructing the
Government Liaison Committee to
lobby the U.S. Department of De
fense to change its policy that dis
criminates against gays, lesbians and
bisexuals.
Currently, the Defense Department
does not allow gays, lesbians or bi
sexuals to become commissioned
officers.
Journalism Sen. Pat Piper, co
sponsor of the resolution, said he was
disappointed with AS UN’s actions.
He said the resolution was impor
tant and needed input from senators.
“It’s something that we need to
deal with,” Piper said. “I’d like to
hear everyone’s arguments about it.”
ASUN also passed a resolution
suggesting that greck houses be added
to the campus mail service as long as
it didn’t increase costs.
Collins said because of tight budget
times, he questioned adding the serv
ice if it would increase cost.
“We’re already considered an elit
ist group,” he said. “This won’t help.”
Senators also passed a resolution
reminding the chancellor to remem
ber his commitment to minorities when
making final decisions on budget cuts.
Flu
Continued from Page 1
The Centers for Disease Control in
Atlanta also reported that earlier-than
usual cases of flu have been reported
in several other states, an Associated
Press article reported Tuesday.
Ewert said the flu is an acute,
contagious disease that has several
characteristics, including body aches,
headaches, fatigue, coughing and fever.
The virus constantly mutates, he
said, and changes characteristics
enough that some people are not
immune to the new strain.
“No vaccine is 100 percent effec
tive, and some people never adjust to
the vaccines,” he said.
Flu vaccines contain non-infec
tious viruses made from chicken egg
products that can have some side ef
fects, but ill effects are rare, Ewert
said.
The vaccine is attacked by the
immune system fora few weeks up to
a month before the body adjusts to the
antibodies found in the vaccination
virus.
Adequate rest, washing hands fre
quently and decreasing interaction with
other people can prevent contracting
the virus, Ewert said.
“Every year, there are those who
have lower immunity to diseases,” he
said. “I recommend that those who
have AIDS, diabetes, had their spleen
removed or are over 65 to have a flu
shot.”
The number of flu cases have not
increased in comparison to previous
years, but it’s still a bit premature in
the season to be completely accurate,
Ewert said.
“In the young population I think I
would advise vaccination for every
one, but generally they’re healthy
enough to fight (the flu) off effec
tively.”
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