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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,
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“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.
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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
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Proposed cuts could be bad ror businesses, UJNL start
Downtown merchants
expect adverse impact
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By Doug Kouma
Staff Reporter
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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,’’
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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.
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