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Committee bans public from officer meetings President says some topics need confidentiality By Angie Brunkow Staff Reporter The Academic Senate’s Execu tive Committee decided Wednes day to close its meetings to the public. The resolution, which closed the meeting to everyone except execu tive officers and their guests, passed 4-3 with one abstention. Sally Wise, president of the academic sen ate, said the committee was not required to have open meetings, and some issues the committee dis cussed needed the confidentiality of closed meetings. Also, often the committee dis cusses information from university officials that has not been made public yet, she said. Deanna Eversoll, division oi continuing studies senator, said she academic SENATE noticed executive committee mem bers had been more constrained in discussion since the Daily Nebras kan began covering the meetings. Free discussions are crucial to the group in making decisions, she said. —44-"——— We’re going to be better off with ac cess. —Tuck member of the Academic Senate -ft - George Tuck, past president and news-editorial senator, said the meetings should be open. Tuck said that while he thought current executive officers would be open about what occurred at the meetings, successors might not. “We’re going to be better off with access.’’ The committee still will make its agenda and minutes public, and the committee will decide whether interested parties can attend spe cific meetings upon request. Senators fail to make quorum ASUN meeting three short of needed attendance By Andrea Kaser Staff Reporter Despite attempts to contact absent senators, the Association of Students of the University of ASUN ■■ Nebraska could not perform legislation Wednesday be cause too few sena tors attended the meeting. In order to con duct business, at least 21 senators needed to be present. But only 18 senators showed. This was the first time this year ASUN had not met quorum. “It’s disappointing to me that sena tors wore unable to come tonight. They make the commitment — they have a responsibility,” said Doug Oxley, senator for the Graduates Col lege. Even though the senators couldn’t pass any legislation, parliamentary procedure allowed them to hear com mittee repents and open forum. But the guests invited to open fo rum, members of Students Creating Opportunities in the Pursuit of Eq uity, asked to reschedule. Both ASUN and SCOPE would reap the most benefits from the pre sentation if every senator were present, said Reshell Ray, director of the di versity-education group. SCOPE probably will meet with the student government in March. ASUN President Andrew Sigerson said several factors contributed to the low attendance. One senator had his car towed, he said, while another was sick. The snow and the fact that the meeting was held on East Campus probably con fused things. The basketball game was another factor to consider, he said. First Vice President Trent Steele, who presides over parliamentary pro cedures, said any senator that did not have a legitimate excuse for missing the meeting would have tq face the consequences. Steele removed one senator last semester for too many unexcused ab sences, he said. Senators are allowed three unexcused absences per year. It’s disappointing to me that senators were unable to come tonight They make the commitment — they have a responsibility. —Oxley ASUN senator -M “ Seats Continued from Page 1 few years,” Byrne said. “There are more non-traditional students these days, and their interests lie elsewhere than athletic competitions." But Byrne added that both propos als were in the “very preliminary” stages. Also discussed at last week’s meet ing was the possibility of installing sky box seating and an instant-replay scoreboard in Memorial Stadium. According to the minutes of the meeting, preliminary drawings were given to athletic department officials, with tentative plans to install the sky boxes atop west stadium. The instant-replay scoreboard probably would be installed in either the north or south stadiums. The only other college football program in the country with instant replay capability in its stadium is the University of Texas., Besides Byrne and Fouraker, those present at the Feb. 15 meeting in cluded Football coach Tom Osborne, Barb Hibner, assistant athletic direc tor in charge of women’s athletics, and seven other athletic department administrators, coaches and person nel. Debate Continued from Page 1 said, students could come back to reality and have more fun. “This is college. Let’s have a good time,” he said. “I’m serious about doing this job, but I’m also realistic.” An audience of~about 40 people posed questions to the groups on a variety of subjects, such as services for disabled students, campus smok ing policies and parking. Trent Steele, VOICE party first vice-presidential candidate and a jun ior secondary education major, said awareness had increased for disabled students through programs such as Wheelchair Wednesday, which he helped organize. The program brought local celeb rities and politicians on campus to see what disabled students face daily, he said. Winter is an especially difficult time for disabled students, he said, and more students must be made aware of the difficulties they face. “Goodness, I’ve slipped and fallen in this snow,” Steele said, “imagine what it’s like in a wheelchair.” The no-smoking policy in Nebraska Hall’s 24-hour study lounge also was discussed. Dietz said the recent ban was not necessary. “Why should students who are used to smoking have that taken away from them?” he asked. Benes said the ban was imple dents in the College of by those students and their right to study without smoke,” Benes said. Matt Maser, PARTY second-vice presidential candidate, addressed a parking question posed by an audi ence member. # “Parking has been a problem for 25 years, and will probably be one for 25 more,” Maser said. “It’s kind of a dead issue. It’s really not an issue that can be solved.” Benes disagreed. “I don’t think that just because the Daily Nebraskan writes an editorial on parking it's a dead issue," he said. “Irs a logistical nightmare.” Ekeler Continued from Page 1 break down the walls that divide us, things will stay the same.” Ekeler said he planned to pursue a master’s degree in % education and go on to get a* doctorate in sociology. 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