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DN, ASUN make requests for increased student fees By Kara Korshoj Staff Reporter Representatives from the Daily Nebraskan and ASUN presented bud get proposals Thursday to the Com mittee for Fees Allocation for the 1994-1995 fiscal year. Both the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska and the Daily Nebraskan requested increases during the first round of fees alloca tion requests by Fund A-supported student organizations. Daily Nebraskan Editor Jeremy Fitzpatrick requested a temporary 12 percent increase in student fee alloca tions for the 1994-1995 school year. The money would be used to cover an anticipated increase in printing costs. Fitzpatrick said the Daily Nebras kan received the lowest amount of student fees among Fund A organiza tions. The Daily Nebraskan asks only 88 cents per student each semester. Asking for a 12 percent increase would result in an 11 cent increase per stu dent per semester, Fitzpatrick said. “Considering the services we pro vide, we should receive the money,” Fitzpatrick told committee members. “Eighty-eight cents is not a lot of money.” Fitzpatrick said the Daily Nebras kan provided a valuable service to UNL students for a very low amount of money. “You could not buy one Sunday Omaha World-Herald (with what the Daily Nebraskan is asking),” Fitzpatrick said. But CFA members were concerned with the elimination of the entertain ment supplement Diversions, a week ly publication that the Daily Nebras kan discontinued in August. Some committee members said they felt the elimination should have resulted in a surplus of funds, which would aid in covering printing costs. Fitzpatrick said the Diversions sec tion did not heavily affect the Daily Nebraskan’s Financial status. The Daily Nebraskan will also hire a professional advertising manager to help increase advertising revenue, he said. Mark Byars, an ASUN senator, presented a memorandum to the com mittee in which he presented his con cerns about the operation of the Daily Nebraskan. ASUN President Keith Benes also requested a budget increase — 3.32 percent — for the next fiscal year. Benes said the majority of the pro posed increase would deal with the lack of employee benefits in many ASUN departments. The support staff would be target ed for most of the proposed increase, Benes said. A substantial increase also was requested for Student Legal Services regarding employee bene fits, including health insurance. Baldwin Continued from Page 1 son of insanity in the January 1992 beating of Gina Simanek. During a second psychotic episode in Septem ber 1992, Baldwin was shot by an Omaha police officer and paralyzed from the waist down. He was subse quently committed to the Regional Center. The regional center had recom mended in November that he be placed in the Madonna Rehabilitation Hos pital in Lincoln where he could get appropriate physical rehabilitation. Carol Smith, spokeswoman for the Regional Center, said Thursday the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital met court requirements for the placement and treatment of Baldwin. In November, Lancaster County District Judge Paul Merritt ruled Baldwin’s treatment facility must fol low recommendations set by the De partment of Public Institutions. The recommendations suggested developing a program for Baldwin that included: •A structured group living arrange ment. • A program for Baldwin’s emo tional, physical and vocational needs. • A plan to ensure proper intake of medication, including testing about every two weeks to ensure it was being taken as directed. • A goal toward independent liv ing. • A method to report any problems with Baldwin to the Lancaster County Attorney’s office. 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