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ik&; I ■—■I B I ^^^B I B lingering*^™**. Tonight, B M B B B _ B^^k 'B> r»'' B B continued cloudy. B| . 1 W B B yB I W B B yB B B Thursday, partly doudy ■■■■ B Bi ^B^B^Bb^Bto Bi and warmer. Player stipend bill impractical, Byrne testifies By Michelle Leary Senior Reporter A bill that advocates paying student athletes is not practical for the UNL athletic department, Athletic Direc tor Bill By me said. Byrne, who addressed the Legislature’s Education Committee Tuesday, said he op posed LB456. The bill, which was introduced by Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, would require that a stipend be given to football )layers at the University of Mebraska-Lincoln. intercollegiate lootball programs arc already facing increased expenses with the rising costs of lu .__ ition and room and board, LEGISLATURE Byrne said. “We support the idea of doing as much as possible for student athletes,” Byrne said. “But by passing this bill, you’re asking us to increase our expenses more and jeopardize NCAA rul ings.” The rules of the NCAA prohibit players from being compensated. Chambers said many football players were recruited from impoverished families, and that NCAA rules rendered such players vulnerable to illicit offers. “ Atfair amountof financial assistance would give players a choice when they are being offered inducements,” Chambers said. The bill states that the rules of the NCAA are -unduly restrictive and unreasonable, promote unfairness, encourage dishonesty in recruiting and retaining players and would not be toler ated if applied to all students.. “These rules arc self-serving rules that gen erate money for NCAA .’’Chambers said. “And there’s a desire in NCAA not to share money.” Football players do not appear at the univer sity by accident, Chambers said. They are actively recruited by university personnel at considerable expense. “These athletes are not recruited and schol arships are not awarded on the basis of need or academic achievement. They are here for their athletic prowess,” he said. See LEGISLATURE on 3 i (avis rteyinfl/UN Agnele Agbodjan, who is from Togo, West Africa, tries to persuade a customer to buy a West African scarf from her booth at the International Bazaar Tuesday. The bazaar in the Nebraska Union will continue today. Food, fun, education Cultural diversity displayed at UNL International Bazaar By Katherine Gordon Staff Reporter Agnele Agbodjan, dressed in tradi tional colorful African garb, grinned, danced and clapped to African folk music as she demonstrated ways to wear African hats and scarves. Pierre Reynes told a student that he would give him a fork for his French croque monsieur, but most people just “crunch” it. His hand-to-mouth demonstration showed that the food, which looked like a grilled ham and cheese sandwich,was meant to be a finger food. Yakirui Haquc demonstrated how the Bangladeshi dolls made from jute fiber could be used as rear view mirror ornaments. He said jute, found primarily in Bangladesh, was the most-used fiber in the world before synthetic fibers were developed. These people can all be found at the International Bazaar. The bazaar, hosting 25 booths and 15 different cultures, began Tuesday and will continue today from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sponsored by International Student Af fairs, the bazaar features foods, crafts, slides and a variety of information from countries such as Yugoslavia, China, Pakistan and Venezuela. “It’s a reason to get people to mix to gether and for Americans to get to know what the rest of the world is like,” said Judy Wendorff, bazaar coordinator from the In ternational Affairs Office. The bazaar was a lot of work but the results were wonderful, said George Tuck, a journalism professor. “It’s one of the very best things UPC does,” he said. “It’s multiculturalism in its purest form on a level people can relate to— food!” Budget cuts, inflation cause increase in admission fee By Angle Brunkow Staff Reporter Budget cuts and inflationary pres sures mean UNL students are going to have to reach deeper into their pocket-books to cover the costof education, a UNL official said. James Griesen, vice chancellor of student affairs, said high school se niors would have to pay $15 more next year when applying for admis sion to the University of Nebraska, and UNL graduating seniors might have to pay to get out. Griesen said additional fees were being placed on students in order to prevent cutting academic or service programs. “We’re looking where to increase revenue in a reasonable, legitimate manner,” he said. Griescn said students had a choice between cutting programs or increas ing costs. “Students are going to be affected one way or the other," he said. Griescn said the Council of Stu dent Affairs Officers, which has rep resentatives from all NU campuses, decided to increase the $15 applica tion fee because it had not been ad justed since 1972, making the fee the lowest of all universities in Nil’s peer group. “Inflation alone would justify go ing to $25,’’ he said. The fee for oul-of-state students will remain at $25, he said, because there was no reason for it to be in creased. Any increase might deter potential students from applying, he said. “In our pressed economic times, the out-of-state student is very attrac tive to us at the out-of-state tuition rate,” he said. Griesen said escalating costs at the admissions office also made the fee increase necessary. The admissions office will be re sponsible for working with high schools to implement the higher ad $66 RATES on 3 Proposed cuts could be bad ror businesses, UJNL start Downtown merchants expect adverse impact ' * ■ By Doug Kouma Staff Reporter -- V The nearly $ 14 million in proposed bu get cuts at the University of Ncbrask Lincoln could have an adverse on not onl merchants. an important customer and employee Base lor area merchants, and any serious disruption in that base could have far-reaching effects on retailers. Shields said. If budget cuts were to cause UNL to begin losing students, faculty and staff, downtown’s small businesses would be the hardest hit, she said. “If we lose students, we lose good business pro is,” Shields said. ;aid she also was worried about how the student-employee base might be affected. While she said she didn’t think the eco nomic impacts of the cuts would force employ ers to lay off student employees, jobs might have to be phased out by not replacing student employees after they resign. Marla McCabe, owner of Footloose and Fancy, said as a whole the university provided her with nearly 30 percent of her business. “I’m always concerned with budget cuts,’’ r See BUSINESS on 3 NU crunch may result in service-staff layoffs By Kristine Long Staff Reporter With the prospect of large budget cuts looming over the NU system. Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln service em ployees are worrying about their jobs. Kathy Bennetch, president of the University of Nebraska Office Personnel Association, said employees had not come directly to her with their worries, but that she knew they were concerned. Although cuts in service positions are not definite, Bennetch said, it is common knowl edge that the first jobs to be eliminated are usually service jobs—including those of land scape services employees, custodians and of fice personnel. At UNL, 2,009 employees fit this category, Bennetch said. And they are beginning to wonder, “Am I going to have a job or not?” But if jobs are eliminated, employees won’t be left out in the cold, she said. Last January, Bennetch was told her job as superv isor of the UNL Counseling Center was being elim i nated because of budget cuts. With the help of administrators, peers and employee-help programs, Bennetch was able to find another job at UNL. When James Griescn, vice chancellor for student affairs, told her about the elimination of her job, Bennetch said, he encouraged her to search for another position at the university. See UNOPAon 3