CFA denies newspaper Daily Nebraskan gets no increase in student funds By Jody Holzworth Staff Reporter The Committee for Fees Alloca tion denied an appeal Tuesday from the Daily Nebraskan for a $5,000 increase in student fees. The Daily Nebraskan was asking for 11 cents more per semester per student to help combat decreased ad vertising revenues. “This increase would help pay for a paper students receive practically for nothing every day,” Jeremy Fitzpatrick, Daily Nebraskan editor, said. The increase was needed only for the 1994-95 school year until the news paper hired a professional advertising manager to increase revenues, Fitzpatrick said. Shawntell Hurtgen, CFA chair woman, said the extra revenue was not needed because the newspaper’s printing costs were not rising next year. “Student fees are responsible only for Daily Nebraskan printing costs,” Hurtgen said. “The allocation they had last year is fine.” Fitzpatrick said the recent eight page newspapers were due to a lack of advertising. UNL athletic coaches, faculty and students have called and complained about the newspaper’s small size, he said. A decrease in the newspaper’s qual ity could continue if the Daily Ne braskan was denied the increase, Fitzpatrick said. Hurtgen said students should not have to pay for the newspaper’s own mistakes. “I have a real problem with us paying for their staff not getting ads,” she said. Fitzpatrick said student fees only accounted for $40,000 of the Daily Nebraskan’s $600,000 budget. The remaining money is earned through advertising. “We provide $560,000 every year so students can have a newspaper,” Fitzpatrick said. “The Daily Nebraskan has barely < received any increases in funding for I the past 10 years,” he said. “ASUN committees have received increases < every year.” John Barrett, CFA vice chairman, i said the Daily Nebraskan was a busi ness and did not need as much support as ASUN committees. i Bjorklund Continued from Page 1 tioned why he did not re-read Bjorklund his Miranda Rights when he started asking about the murder. Sorensen said he thought he did not have to re-read the rights and that it was Bjorklund who initiated the contact. Testimony from Lancaster County Corrections officers also was admit ted into evidence. The officers testi fied on conversations they overheard while Bjorklund was confined. Officer Matt Rohrer said he over heard a phone conversation where Bjorklund said he wanted to go to trial and plead guilty. Rohrer overhead Bjorklund say the electric chair would be better than jail, and he wanted to fire his attorney. Prosecutors have said they would seek the death penalty against Bjorklund. Bjorklund said he wished the state would just electrocute him and get it over with, Officer Brad Johnson tes tified. Lincoln Police Sgt. Sandra Myers is expected to take the stand today at 9:30 a.m. as the suppression hearings continue. Address Continued from Page 1 He also urged sportsmen to “join us in a common campaign to reduce gun violence.” The emphasis on crime follows polls suggesting that crime has be come the No. 1 concern of most Amer icans. The president also included a strong pitch for overhauling the nation’s welfare system. He said his welfare reform package would withhold certain benefits to pregnant teens. “We will say to teen-agers, if you have a child out of wedlock, we will no longer give you a check to set up a separate household. We want families to stay together.” Welfare reform was given added emphasis in the speech after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York com {>lained about inattention to the prob em. His committee will handle both health care and welfare reform. Clearly the centerpiece of Cl inton’s agenda remained his health care plan —which would extend coverage to all Americans, largely by requiring all employers to pay 80 percent oi the cost. He called for bipartisan support for health care reform and said: *Tor 60 years, this country has tried to reform health care. President Roosevelt tried. President Truman tried. President Nixon tried. President Carter tried. Every time, the powerful special in terests defeated them. But not this time.” First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, the president’s chief adviser on health care, was seated in the gal lery between AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland and Jack Smith, the chief executive officer of General Motors. -it More cost. Less choice. More taxes. Less quality. More government control. Less control for you and your family. —Dole Senate minority leader -ft At the top of his speech, Clinton paid special tribute to former House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill Jr., who died earlier this month. O’NeilJ’s el dest son, Tommy O’Neill sat in the gallery near Mrs. Clinton. In the formal Republican response, Senate GOP Leader Bob Dole sig nalled a fierce election-year battle lay ahead over health care, as he sharply criticized Clinton’s plan. “Our country has health care prob lems, but no health care crisis,” said Dole, as he delivered his party’s tele vised response to Clinton’s speech. Dole criticized the Clinton health care plan as “a mountain of bureau crats between you and your doctor. “More cost. Less choice. More tax es. Less quality. More government control,” said Dole of the administra tion’s proposals. “Less control for you and your family.” Dole challenged the president to sign crime legislation that was as strong as the rhetoric of his speech. “The president used tough language tonight—and that’s good,” said Dole. “But will he act on it?” Dole called for 10 new regional prisons and tougher punishment, like mandatory sentences for using a gun while committing a crime, and death sentences for drug kingpins. Police search for missing man From Staff Reports The Lincoln Police Department is requesting information about the dis appearance of a Pakistani man miss ing since Jan. 11. Irfan Khan, 40, reportedly left his Lincoln home and never returned. He is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Khan often used the University of Nebraska-Lincoln li brary, police said. Anyone with information on Khan’s whereabouts can contact the Lincoln Police Department or Crime Stoppers. Commission director resigns By Paula Lavigne Senior Reporter At a Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education meet ing Tuesday, Executive Director Bruce Stahl officially announced his resignation after three years of service. Although Stahl declined to com ment pn why he resigned, he re leased a statement Friday detailing his ambitions as the founding exec utive director when the commis sion was officially established in 1992. “Among the most difficult tasks anyone can begin is one which is fraught with nearly impossible deadlines, inconsistent and unrea sonable expectations, and a sub stantial dose of old-fashioned Mis souri pessimism, ‘ Show me,’ ” Stahl said in his statement. Controversy has surrounded the commission since its conception. The debate has focused on whether the commission should act in a governing or advisory capacity. Stahl included a list of commis sion accomplishments during the East two years. Among the things e cited was the creation of the Commission’s Advisory Group and reviews of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. “Everything is critically impor tant,” Stahl said. “It’s a culmina tion of what everyone has done.” Patsy Martin, communications and special projects coordinator for the commission, said Stahl’s resig nation came as a surprise. “The staff was completely un aware of this,” Martin said. Martin said she was not sure why Stahl decided to resign. “These positions are very diffi cult jobs,” she said. “It’s a focus for a lot of controversy.” Stahl’s work in launching the commission should be commend ed, Martin said. “He did what he did best for the first two years,” Martin said. “He was great in getting the staff up and going. He was certainly well-qual ified for what he had to do. “We’ve accomplished a lot in a short period of time.” Martin said Stahl incorporated high standards of work ethics, de termination and inspiration in his work with the commission. Stahl officially will leave on or before Aug. 31. He said he did not know who would replace him. Students to get another chance to voice opinion From Staff Reports Students with opinions about the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Strategic Plan and Vision Statement will have the opportunity to be heard in an open forum at tonight’s Associ ation of Students of the University of Nebraska meeting. The Vision Statement sets forth long-term goals for UNL. The Strate gic Plan establishes steps to meet those goals. 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