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«SPORTS Huskers sweep The Nebraska baseball team takes two games from Missouri to improve to 28-19 overall and 12-10 in Big Eight. Page 7 Thursday 47/35 Today, rain and thunderstorms possible. April 28, 1994 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 93 No. 151 ASUN passes bill to change UPC structure By Heather Lampe Staff Reporter A bill that would give ASUN control over the appointments of the UPC executive board and make student gov ernment accountable for the actions ofUPC was passed by a three-fourths vote Wednesday night. More than 70 people at tended the open forum at the meeting of the Associa tion of Students of the Uni versity of Nebraska’s meet ing to protest an amend ment to the change in their bylaws. The amendment, approved by a 26-8 vote, would give ASUN the power to appoint UPC executive board members, including president, vice president, programming secretary, secre tary. financial manager and public relations. The NU Board of Regents has established that ASUN may not distribute Fund A monies to individuals, groups or organziations that are not established by and under the control of the student government body, the bill says. According to the bill, because UPC receives Fund A monies, ASUN should have direct control over the program council. Charles Hamilton, a graduate senator, said finding accountability for the actions ofUPC was one of the main issues of the bill. , “If this is about nothing else, this is about accountability. We can be held accountable for | the $ 100,000 that we give them, yet we have no . control,” Hamilton said, Kim Spurlock, next year’s UPC events di- ( rector, said the senate should be concerned about its own organization. * Be concerned about your own organization * before you go jumping on the UPC\s back. The » UPC has come a long way in the last few years; r you need to give them the chance to show that * they have,” Spurlock said. Travis Fox, a former UPC executive, said the bill was rushed because ASUN didn’t give UPC notice of it until Monday night. Robert Anderson, a senior at UNL, agreed i with Fox that the bill had been rushed. c Anderson said there were other wavs to make UPC accountable, but ASUN needed to n talk with UPC before passing the bill. d “There arc ways to make UPC accountable, a but not in one night. This was also done during dead week. If you want to make the UPC w accountable, there arc other options. Why don’t tl you talk to the UPC?” Anderson said. tt Dave Milligan.spcakcrofthe senateandone of the writers of the bill, said it was important U to pass the bill now because if ASUN did not y follow the bylaws, the NU Board of Regents d could take away ASUN’s right to distribute Fund A monies. “It’s assumed that the Board of Regents will continue to give us money to keep giving the s< students the programs, but the money is not on solid ground. The Board of Regents could take it away from us,” Milligan said. n CO JO uamon Lee/UIN Brian Holtzen is a 7-year-old with cerebral palsy. His success in Hawthorne Elementary School’s inclusion program is an example of how the program is helping some students overcome the stigma of having disabilities. See story on Page 3. J Some criticize architecture proposal College may require students to purchase heir own computers ty Matthew Waite enior Reporter _ proposed policy to require architec ture students to buy their own comput ers drew criticism Wednesday from nexpected sources: business people and stu tents outside the college. Doug Stobbc, Government Liaison Com littce chairman, said the Association of Stu ents of the University of Nebraska opposed ny kind of unnecessary burden on students. “It seems almost discriminatory to students -ho can’t afford a computer,” he said. “To add ic price of a computer, it could be detrimental ) some architecture students.” The policy would require third-year archi iclurc and interior design students and first ear community and regional planning stu ents to spend an estimated $2,500 to $3,000 on personal computer. The students also would e required to purchase software through the allege. The draft plan has an implementation date it for the fall of 1994. Cecil Steward, dean of the College of Archi cturc, said Wednesday during an all-college iceting that the policy was a matlcrofcompeti (iveness. “This is about excellence,” he said. “This is about a competitive access to a limited job market.” Steward said discussion about a proposal to require students to purchase computers had been going on for nearly two years. He said faculty in the college were concerned that pro fessionals were using computers, and the col lege was not teaching with computers. “The world is moving faster than we arc.” he said. “It’s not a matter of catching up; it’s a matter of staying ahead. “Either you lead, or you get out of the way of the parade.” Criticisms that the policy was to be imposed on students, that it was elitist and that it would discouragcNtudcnts from coming to the Univer sity ofNcbraska-Lincoln were all wrong. Stew ard said. “This policy is not a done deal,” he said. “The goal of this process is to ensure access (to a computer) to each... student in this college.” Steward said the cost of the computer would be included when a student appl icd for financ ial aid. He said the college also would negotiate with vendors to keep costs low. In the meeting, Slobbc said the plan was another burden on the students in the college. “Architecture students arc being handed another user fee with little choice but to pay for it,” he said. “It’s unfortunate that the college must resort to these means.” Steward said he was as concerned about user ~ fees as ASUN was. But. he said, the plan was a reflection on an already occurring trend. “The evidence I have says ... most of the architects that see themselves as sustainable enterprises arc well into computers.” he said. “The evidence is not uniform, but the leading edge of what is coming is clear.” A businessman from an area architectural firm asked the dean about safety in having students carry expensive computer equipment through campus. “ I wouldn ’ t wan t my daugh ter to carry S3,000 through campus,” he said. Steward said it was silly to criticize the plan with things that couldn’t be controlled, such as crime and vandalism. “We can h idc under a bush, or we can be part of the world,” Steward said. The businessman asked why the burden was being put solely on the students in the College of Architecture. “Why don’t all student fees go up?” he asked. “Why don’t all students pay for this?” Brito Mulunayagam, a professor of commu nity and regional planning, said not all details had been worked out, and the college would not move until they had. Many things. Mutunayagam said, including electrical surge protection for the equipment and additional electrical wiring, had to be in place before the program would start. “This is not a fly-by-night operation,” he said. Five U.S. presidents attend Nixon’s funeral Richard M. Nixon, 1913-1994 • Former President Richard Nixon was hurled Wednesday at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace next to his wife, Pat, who died last year. .1 - • Eulogists included President Clinton, Son. Bob Dole, R-Kan., and California Gov. Pete Wilson. The Rev. Billy Graham officiated. • Also In attendance were former Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush. YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — Richard M. Nixon completed his I ife’s journey Wednesday, honored in death by five other American presidents. President Clinton said his achieve ments overshadowed humiliation and added: “May the day ofjudging Presi dent Nixon on anything but his entire life come to a close.” Twenty years after he resigned the presidency in disgrace, Nixon was bidden farewell by 2,800 mourners who gathered under leaden skies at an outdoor funeral 100 feet from the home where he was born 81 years ago. Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s secre tary of state, turned to the casket and saluted his former boss with a nod of the head before delivering an emo tional eulogy. Senate M inority Leader Bob Dole broke into tears after prais ing N ixon as “the most durable publ ic figure of our time.” One last time, Nixon was saluted by “Hail to the Chief,” the trumpet herald that announced him so often during his troubled presidency. Nixon’s successors, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush all attended the funeral with their wives. I here were only veiled mentions ol the Watergate scandal in the eulogies. Instead, the speakers focused on Nixon's foreign policy successes and his dogged triumphs over adversity. “In the conduct of foreign policy, Richard N ixon was one of the seminal presidents," Kissinger said. He praised Nixon for opening relations with China and pursuing arms negotia lions with the Soviet Union even while he was dogged by the Watergate scan dal. “Richard N ixon would be so proud that President Clinton and all living former presidents of the United States arc here, symbolizing that his long and sometimes bitter journey has con cluded in reconciliation," Kissinger said. “He achieved greatly, and he suf fered deeply, but he never gave up,” Kissinger said. And Dole said, “He was a boy who heard the train whistle in the night and dreamed of all the distant places that lay at the end of the track. How American! See NIXON on 6