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No big fee requests, Loudon warns By MjjMjjjlt Brandwt Staff Reporter ASUN President Andrew Loudon is serious about prevent ing further financial burdens for UNL students. Loudon issued a challenge this week to organizations that use stu dent fees. He asked that they in crease their operating budgets by no more than 1 percent. He said he wanted fee users to follow the lead of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, which has proposed only a 1 percent increase in its op erating budget. Loudon said ASUN’s budget in crease stemmed from a need to print additional handbooks, which are distributed by Student Legal Services and list students’ legal rights. The budget increase will cause the student government’s Fund A fees, $3.03, to rise by no more than a penny, Loudon said. Fee users are in the midst of pre paring their operating budgets for the 1995-96 school year and must present their proposed budgets to the Committee for Fees Allocation by the second week in January. Loudon said he was not threat ening student-fee users to keep down increases in their operating budgets. But he said he wanted them to know that large increases would not be accepted. “I’m making it clear that this senate and president won’t toler ate large increases in fees,” he said. “If need be, I will line-item them out of the budget. “It will be a very conservative year with low increases in student fees.” Loudon said most fee users were optimistic they would receive the increases they requested, but CFA members had cut unnecessary items from oiganizations’ budgets. “We need to respond to the needs of our constituents, not the hopes and desires of those who work for the university,” he said. “We need to leave (students’) pock etbooks alone.” Loudon said restricting the amount that student-fee users re quested in their budgets would not decrease the quality of services provided. Police to serve up sobriety tests By Brian Jwon Staff Reporter Lincoln police are cracking down on drunken driving on weekends dur ing the holiday season. Several weekend projects will be conducted in December as part of the Lincoln Police Department’s “Drunk Driving Prevention Month.” The projects are funded by a $9,200 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety. The projects include adding five officers to patrol city streets at night and setting up unannounced sobriety i— checkpoints throughout the city. These checkpoints will be equipped with blood-alcohol testing units. Lincoln Police Sgt. Dave Harnly said police would test any drivers whom they suspected of drunken driving. “If you don’t take the test,” Harnly said, “officers can confiscate that driver’s license.” December has a high number of driving-while-intoxicated arrests, Harnly said. The department made 151 arrests last year and 25 in the first five days of this month, Harnly said. Harnly said underage drunken drivers needed to be especially on guard this year. Last year, the Legis lature passed the zero tolerance law, he said. The law sets the legal limit for drivers’ blood-alcohol content at .02. Violators may face a 30- to 90-day license suspension. Harnly said youths usually didn’t understand what .02 meant. “The .02 B.A.C. level is equiva lent to 1 or 1 1/2 beers,” Harnly said. “Obviously most young adults don’t go to a party for that small of an amount.” 1994 graduates enter prosperous job market By P»Pra Jam—n Senior Reporter Justin Abbott is outta here. “I’m glad I’m done,” he said. “It look me 4 1/2 years. It’s about time.” Abbott will graduate Dec. 17 along with more than 1,300 fellow students. He will receive a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. “I’m excited as hell,” he said. “You just want to get out, but you don’t know what the hell is going to happen when you’re out.” Abbott’s degree will come from UNO, but because he did his coursework at the University of Nc braska-Lincoln, he will attend com mencement ceremonies for UNL. However, he said, he didn't plan to attend. “I’m just going to get my certifi cate and run,” Abbott said. “I’ll save the ceremony for when I get my master’s.” Rodney Moore, assistant director of registration and records at UNL, said more than 1,300 UNL students are set to graduate next week at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Moore said 996 students were can didates for undergraduate degrees. He said 301 students were candidates for either doctorate's or master’s degrees and 15 were candidates for law de grees. About 60 students are candidates for degrees from either UNO or the University of Nebraska Medical Cen ter, Moore said. Those students were invited to attend commencement cer emonies at UNL because they did their course work there, he said. Larry Routh, director of career services, said the job market for De cember graduates was great this year. “This definitely is one of the best Decembers I’ve seen in a long time,” Routh said. “It’s been quite a swing, both in Nebraska and nationally.” Routh said the job market was ex ceptional for graduates with computer skills. Abbott said he planned to spend the spring semester working and re turn to school in the fall to get his master’s degree. “That’s the big plan right now,” he said. Cynnamon Jones, another Decem ber graduate who will receive a bach elor of arts in art history and psychol ogy, said she was ready to leave UNL. “I’m ready to go,” Jones said. “I’m ready to get out from under the wings of the administration building.” Jones, who plans to keep her cur rent job after graduation, said she would participate in commencement. “That will make it final for me,” she said. “If I’m walking across that stage, that will make me realize this is it.” Spread a little holiday cheer with these Santa Savings on selected special groups of Harold’s merchandise! Short Skirts.from $39.90! Prints and solids, values to $ 125! Blouses...from $29.90! Choose from a variety of fall solids & prints! Blazers.from $129.90! Fall blazers in wool, values up to $225! ' Sweaters.from $39.90! Choose from solid vests and pullovers! Pants.from $59.90! Select prints and solids, values to $ 125! Long Skirts.from $49.90! Select suede, solids, prints, values to $ 125! 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