Rally Continued from Page 1 UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier joined student marchers to demon strate concern over the budget cuts. Many groups have pleaded their cases to the committee, but Spanier said it wasn’t his job to determine who gets cut. “We’re not here to argue anything to be taken away from anyone else,” Spanier said. “We are quite aware of state problems.” Spanier said the student turnout was good to see, but he said most students were in class where they should be. Chuck Ostrom said the problems in Nebraska were serious, but not in comparison to his home state of Michi gan. Ostrom is a Fellow from the American Council of Education. “Michigan State is very much worse off (than) here,” he said. Ostrom has worked in the chancellor’s office for a year and had positive things to say about UNL. This is a “very efficient univer sity,” he said. “A lot is accomplished here with not much funding.” Jodi Arvin, a freshman child de velopment major, said she was afraid of what would happen in her remain ing years of college if the budget cuts were approved. Arvin said raising taxes was one possible solution to the budget shortfall. “I know that my parents would be willing to pay higher taxes,” she said. Youth Baseball Employment Opportunities The Babe Ruth Baseball League needs umpires & coaches for the summer. Leave message at 489-4252 and specify if interested in afternoon umpiring or morning II & afternoon coaching. Hearing Continued from Page 1 sary to survive,” he said. “It’s get ting to be pretty old.” Jennifer Newhouse, the student regent from the University of Ne braska at Omaha, agreed. “We’re sending the wrong mes sage to our high school students,” she said. “We’re telling them this state isn’t committed to higher education, and that they should seek other states and other univer sities to fulfill their needs.” Newhouse, a junior history major, said she has been turned away from registering for classes because of closed sections — the result of underfunding. That, she said, has interrupted her academic schedule. “These cuts may look like they’re going to solve problems, but they tc only go;ng to crush the hopes of many of our students,” Newhouse said. NU President Marlin Massengalc agreed, and added that past cuts have been painful. “Absorbing the cuts internally, withouta lot of publicity, seems to have left a dangerous impression,” he said. “I t looks as though you can just set a number and tell the uni versity to cut, and we’ll do it, and you’ll never know the difference. “Just because the pain has been inside doesn’t mean it hasn’t been real.” Massengalc said even a 1 per cent cut would mean having to eliminate jobs from the NU system —a fact N U Regent John Payne of Kearney called “unfair.” “(Further cuts) will serve only to weaken the university, which you and we have worked so hard to build for the state’s future growth and strength,” Payne said. He said the state’s budget prob lem, which necessitates the cuts from the university’s budget, is a direct result of rising costs in fed eral mandates, particularly Medic aid. “What we’re being asked to do is take away from our young people ^ ^™^f7avjs Heying/DN UNL Student Regent Andrew Sigerson waits for his turn to speak before the Appropria tions Committee Tuesday at the Capitol. University of Nebraska students spoke to the committee about a proposed 5 percent NU budget cut. and their education, and our own business and agriculture future, in order to deal with a health-care issue,” Payne said. “The situation with Medicaid belongs to society as a whole. It would not be ad dressed either on the backs of stu dents through higher tuition, or through the loss of their academic programs.” Sally Wise, UNL’s Academic Senate president, compared NU to a gemstone losing its luster. “With further cuts, the univer sity will not sparkle as brightly,” she said. Del Weber, UNO’s chancellor, said his school’s continued growth makes more cuts impossible to take. “The problem is simple,” he said. “The demand for education has increased, and will continue to rise. Now, in the face of recent enrollment growth and chronic underfunding, we’re looking at another cut. “We just can’t take it.” UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier brought a 35-year-old mi croscope from one of UNL’s biol ogy labs to illustrate his point. “This model wouldn’tmeel the requirements of most high school biology classes in this state,” Spanier said of the outdated mi croscope. “It costs $1,400 for a replacement, and we need several hundred of these on campus. You can’t do 1990s science in 1930s buildings with 1960s technology.” The testimonials continued, with students from all four NU campuses referring to closed and cancelled class sections, outdated equipment, six-year college ca reers and increasing difficulty to make ends meet. Nesler said any further cuts would be disastrous for the entire NU system, particularly afcUNK — for students and non-students. He said he, too, was tired of fighting for NU’s money every year. “It’s like your favorite waltz,” Ncster said. “We take one step forward, one step back, and al ways seem to end up in the same place. “The students arc not going to go away. They’ll always be here. Higher education is a vehicle to a belter life. With further reductions, that dream is becoming impos sible.” As the wind continued blowing through the room, Sen. David Bcr nard-Stevcns of North Platte re called what he learned from one of his college professors about wind. “He explained the high- and low-pressure systems, and how they affected each other,” Bernard Slevcns said. “Basically, he told us that we would be correct in say ing, simply, that ‘wind sucks.’” “Arc you saying that all ofwhat I’ve been saying is just hot air?” Nester asked, laughing. 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