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Target Continued from Page 1 the graduate students would be gone. More expensive full-time instructors would have to pick up the course load. John Peters, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said his college could not absorb the proposed cuts without suffering severe damage to all departments. He said the public doesn’t under stand the consequences of deep cuts in UNL’s budget. He said Nebraska needs to invest more in all of the university’s programs. Joan Leitzel, senior vice chancel lor for academic affairs, said the ad ministration was not considering drop ping classics or speech communica tions. But, she said, “If the heaviest cuts go through, wedon’tknow what we’ll do.” Elections Continued from Page 1 he said. Piper said COMMIT, the winning party last year, called press confer ences to emphasize their clean cam paigning techniques, but not to talk about the issues affecting students. But Sigerson, COMMIT’S presi dential candidate, said his party’s fo cus on the topic led other parties to clean up their act. “Past elections have been down right dirty,” he said. . Parties would rip down posters and accuse one another of breaking elec tions rules, he said. But Uiis kind of campaigning was nonexistent in last year’s election. \ Past candidates agreed that creat ing a more diverse ticket might in crease student interest and help to avoid mudslinging, but finding stu dents who were willing to run wasn’t easy. Massey said he would have loved having less-represented students, such as off-campus students and minori ties, on his ticket, but none volun teered to run. He said ASUN had done a better job in getting the word out this year by having a sign-up sheet in the ASUN office all semester. “That’s the first step,” he said. “Just get your name on a list.” The problem is that few students take the initiative to get involved, he said. Massey said he feared even fewer students would get involved this year because of the new election rules elimi nating spending limits in campaigns. Last year’s presidential candidates could only spend $3,500. Massey said unlimited spending would scare off students who think they don’t have enough money to run. Piper said even the $3,500 limit last year was too much. ACTION spent $1,000 campaigning. ' But Sigerson said spending limits were one of the barriers that contrib uted to students’ apathy. Eliminating limits would allow candidates to de velop more contacts with students. The ASUN electoral commission’s decision to lengthen campaigning periods and allow candidates to begin campaigning in January also should help candidates get their ideas out, he said. LB 27 Continued from Page 1 posed Wednesday, was designed to remove the penalties that could face school districts if they failed to de velop a multicultural curriculum. Witek withdrew the amendment be fore a vote could be taken. Marilyn Bath, representative of Sen. Dennis Byars of Beatrice, said some senators had made it appear as though there were people opposed to the bill. The main concern, Bath said, i£ about how the bill would be en acted. But Bath said she believed there was little opposition to the bill. Witek said she supported the bill, as well as multicultural curriculums. “It’s not that I’m opposed in any way to multiculturalism," she said. “I’ve made that clear on the floor." Witek said she expected the bill to be equally successful in select file. . “It has a lot of support," she said. “People are telling me, maybe more should be done to the bill, but we have to let the program get started.” Parking permit price to increase A m ■ AbuiN approvea a 7.5 percent hike Wednesday By Andrea Kaser Staff Reporter Students, faculty and staff face a 7.5 percent price increase in parking permits the next two years after ASUN members approved Wednesday the Parking Advisory Committee’s 1992 93 budget. Students will pay an extra $2.22 next year for the services of Campus | Health Center. The parking in crease, about $5 for most permit hold ers, is intended to go to projects that would benefit stu dents, ASUN President Andrew Sigerson said. “The $5 increase sounds like a lot of money, but it’s earmarked for stu dents,” Sigerson said. The increase will pay for com muter parking lots on east and city campuses, PAC officials said. The lot on city campus would also help to alleviate the estimated 35 to 50 per cent of parking spaces that will be taken from students in Abel and Sandoz residence halls, they said. Faculty at the Beadle Center for Biological Research will use those spaces after the center’s completion, officials said. Some members said they were concerned the money would not go toward student needs, but Andrew Peshek said fellow senators should trust PAC. “They can’t guarantee, but they did keep their promise last year,” Peshek said, referring to PAC’s im provements in student parking and safety. The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska also approved continuation of the safely surcharge originally added last year. The sur charge will help pay for increased lighung on both campuses. Members also completed budget ary legislation with the approval of Fund B allocations from University Programs and Facilities Fees. Students paid $ 163.11 this year for Fund B fees and will pay $165.33 for the 1993-94 school year. One dollar of the increase will go to Campus Recreation’s repair and improvement budget, which pays for maintenance of recreation fields and facilities. Sigerson acknowledged the need for the increase, but said he was against it because of promises to students to keep their fees from increasing. Campus Recreation’s operating budget will alsoreceive63 more cents per student. The Nebraska Unions will receive an extra 59 cents per student. The University Health Cen ter did not request an increase and students will pay the same as last year. The student body approved a teacher evaluation bill and a parking lot condition bill. The teacher evaluation bill recom mends that all university departments implement questions regarding class room atmosphere and racial and gen der sensitivity into teacher evalua tions. The parking lot condition bill, which originally called for ASUN members to fill potholes with materi als of their choosing, was amended. The amendment changed the bill to state that ASUN will work with Park ing Services toquickly eradicate safety hazards like potholes. POLICE REPORT-1 Beginning midnight Sunday 12:08 a.m. — Glass broken in fire alarm, Schramm Hall, $5. 4:42 a.m.—Lug nuts stolen, park ing lot at 14 th and Avery streets, $9 loss, $30 damage. 7:30 a.m. — Broken door, Ne braska Union, $150. 10:26 a.m.—Car vandalized, park ing lot at Burr Hall, $200. - 7:30 p.m. — Purse stolen, Sandoz Hall, $125. 8:42 p.m. — “Reserved” parking sign stolen, parking lot at Harper Schramm-Smith, $50. 10:54 p.m. — Persons throwing water balloons, 601 N. 16th Sl, Sigma Phi Epsilon. Beginning midnight Monday 1:23 a.m. — Water fight, Harper Hall. 3:32 a.m. — Car fire, 19th and S streets, $500. 0 4:20 a.m. — Gas leak, Manter Hall. 9:22 a.m. — Money stolen, Ferguson Hall, $30. 9:48 a.m.—Accident, parking lot at Abel Hall, $300. 2:41 p.m.—Hit-and-run accident, $75. 3:02 p.m. — Purse stolen, Abel Hall, $110. 4:25 p.m. — Suspicious person, Love Library. 5:01 p.m. — Money and credit cards stolen, Abel Hall, $182. 5:34 p.m. — Wallet stolen, East Campus Union, $220. 5:59 p.m.—Person smelled diesel f uel, power plant at Campus Recre ation Center. 7:50 p.m. — Computer discs sto len, Love Library, S60. 9:09 p.m. — Person panhandling, had warrant for arrest, transported to Lancaster County Jail, Nebraska Union. Beginning midnight Tuesday 7:54a.m.—Walkman stolen, Love Library, $50. 11:57 a.m. — Purse stolen, Oldfather Hall, $32. 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