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Not induded: $31.95 US/foreign departure taxes/fees; airport user fees. Domestic: S3-S12 PFC charges. ASUN to discuss regent proposal By Melanie Branded Staff Reporter ASUN senators will decide today whether to approve a bill that would direct Government Liaison Commit tee members to lobby against Gov. Ben Nelson’s proposal to appoint NU regents. Andrew Loudon, president of the Association of Students of the Uni versity of Nebraska, said he was con cerned how Nelson’s proposed bill, which was drafted last week by Sen. Ardyce Bohlke of Hastings, would affect students’ ability to appeal to regents as elected officials. Regents currently are elected by Nebraska voters. If NU regents were appointed, Loudon said, students couldn’t present them with concerns as constituents. “Students wouldn’t have as much impact if regents were appointed,” Loudon said. “They (regents) would become an extension of the adminis tration.” “Students wouldn't have as much impact if regents were appointed. ” ■ ANDREW LOUDON President of ASUN Loudon said Nelson’s proposal was unnecessary because the current process held the university directly accountable to Nebraska voters since their tax money funded the univer sity. “They (regents) serve as watch dogs over administration because they’re accountable to the voters,” he said. “Twenty-four thousand of those voters are UNL students.” The senate also will vote on a bylaw change that would designate the second vice-president as the chair man of the Student Lite commis sion. Loudon said the change, which would take effect with next year’s senate, would add to the duties of the second vice-president, whose respon sibilities include serving as a liaison to the Residence Hall Association and UNL cultural groups and as chair man of the Five-Year Projection Com mittee. The student life commissioner’s role is to oversee appointees to ASUN committees, such as the Parking Ad visory Board and Curriculum Devel opment, and to ensure that appoin tees attend meetings and that com mittees have adequate student repre sentation. If the bylaw change passes, the position of student life commissioner would be eliminated. Loudon said the bylaw change was proposed because past second vice presidents had complained about not having enough responsibi lity with their office. Floors offer breath of fresh air By Andrew Lucas Staff Reporter UNL’s ban on smoking in univer sity buildings has blown onto some residence hall floors. The University of Nebraska-Lin coln Residence Hall Association passed a resolution Sunday support ingthe creation of tobacco-free floors. “This is going to be a special floor for people who really need to be smoke-free,” said RHA President Andrea Casart. The tobacco-free floors would be located on the lower levels of the high-rise residence halls because of complaints that smoke rises through the floors and ventila tion systems, Casart said. The initial plan is to have two to three floors per residence hall, she said. Students would indicate on their Jiousing contracts whether they wanted to live on these floors. The plan will be implemented in the fall semester of 1995, and the number of tobacco-free floors will depend on demand, Casart said. In the non-high-rise residence halls, such as Selleck and Neihardt, “These floors are for people who choose to live in a substance-free lifestyle. We want to give them that option. ” ■ CHUCK RENSINK residence hail program wings could become tobacco-free based on the amount of smoke venti lation present, Casart said. The resolution was passed to sup port the creation of university hous ing for students who are allergic or ultra-sensitive to tobacco, said Chuck Rensink, the complex program direc tor of Harper-Schramm-Smith. One resident said he favored the new policy. “I don’t like having the smell of smoke when I walk down the halls to go to oatnroom, saia scott Kenard, a junior actuarial science major. The university’s current policy states that residents can smoke in their rooms with the door closed and with permission from their room mates. The university also provides substance-free floors in Smith and Harper. “These floors are for people who choose to live in a substance-free lifestyle,” Rensink said. “We want to give them that option.” Casart said UNL’s policies were in tune with policies throughout the United States. “Nationwide, a lot of schools are making drastic changes and going smoke-free,” Casart said. She said RHA had considered in dividual rights when making deci sions dealing with any smoking is sues. r1' Other options considered by the university included floors for smok ers only. However, in a memo to RHA, Rensink said that idea was not feasible because of medical and clean ing problems. 7=21 talent ^ 1 AUDITIONS FOR SINGERS * DANCERS This could be the start of something big! Worlds of Fun is searching for the Midwest’s most talented singers and dancers to appear in our 1995 show program. Performing at Worlds of Fun is the perfect summer job for students/ if you work the entire season (six days per week in the summer and weekends in the spring and fall) you can earn over $7,000! i All the Worlds a Stage at Worlds of Fun, from our lively 60’s-70’s rock revue, STAX OF WAX, to our spectacular contemporary country music show at the Tivoli Music Hall. Performing at Worlds of Fun is fun, and it can be that important First Step. More than 1.3 million Worlds of Fun visitors are waiting to discover YOU!!! AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS: If you are a singer, please sing one verse and the chorus of two contrasting styles of song; one up tempo and one ballad. Sing any type music you enjoy; rock, country, show tunes, etc. (No rap.) Please limit your material to no more than throe minutes total in length. Dancers should prepare one song to sing and a jazz routine no longer than two minutes. We are not auditioning bands, solo instrumen talists or dramatic actors. You must provide vour own accompaniment. whether rt be a pianist or a cassette tape. We will provide a cassette deck and a piano. A cappella auditions will not be accepted. •Applicants must be at lea: THE CLOSEST AUDITIONS: • LINCOLN, NEBRASKA ^ Wednesday January 25: The University of Nebraska The Ballroom of the Nebraska Student Union 3:00 p.m. (Registration closes at 5:00 p.m.) • KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Sunday, January 22: The Adam’s Mark Hotel 9103 East 39th Street (I-70 at the Truman Sports Complex) 1:00 p.m. (Registration closes at 4:00 p.m.) • OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS Saturday, January 28: Doubletree Hotel 10100 College Blvd. (just off of 69 Highway South) 9:00 a.m. (Registration closes at 1:00 p.m.) For more information and a complete audition schedule, contort the Worlds of Fun Show Productions Department at (816) 454-4545, Ext. 1350. st 16 years of age by 5-15-95 NU libraries may benefit from increased funding By Laura King Staff Reporter i A request this year by both the NU Board of Regents and Gov. Ben Nelson has put emphasis on improv ing the NU Libraries. Nelson’s annual budget called for $685,000 over two years and an 11 percent increase per year in funds to be given to the libraries for book acquisitions and services. That is ap proximately $600,000 less than what the Regents originally requested in their proposal. The Regents requested $1.25 mil lion over two years in additional funds for library acquisitions and services, along with a 15 percent increase in the acquisition line, which maintains the current level of library purchases. The increase in funding is needed to keep up with the rising cost of purchasing new acquisitions, said Kent Hendrickson, dean of UNL Li braries. “Our budget is not rising with the inflating prices of acquisitions,” Hendrickson said. He said the price of acquisitions had increased 12 to 14 percent per year on subscriptions and 7 to 8 per cent on book acquisitions. The proposed increase would give UNL libraries $450,000 more with the 15 percent increase. The amount given to UNL is larger than that given to other campuses because its budget base is larger and because it is die only research library in the system, Hendrickson said. A recent ranking of 110 college libraries around the country ranked UNL’s library 72nd for the 1993 fis cal year. This ranking was based on Library Funding ■ Gov. Ben Nelson's annual budget allots $685,000 over a two-year period and an 11 percent Increase per year In acquisition funds to NU libraries. ■ The NU Board of Regents had requested $1.25 minion over two years and a 15 percent Increase In acquisition funds. ■ With the 15 percent increase, UNL libraries would receive $450,000 - more than the other NU campuses because of UNL’s larger budget base and research programs. total budget, number of volumes added, number of journal subscrip tions, total acquisition budget and number of people on staff. “The rankings aren’t measures of quality in any way,” Hendrickson said. “If we were positioned properly we should have been around 50 or so because we have to support a very comprehensive Curriculum with re sources that can’t support them.” With the proposed increase in li brary funding, Hendrickson said he hoped to improve aspects of the li brary system, such as higher per forming work stations and more pur chasing power for the libraries. “We also want to try and provide more training of students and faculty on the use of the information high way and the Internet,” Hendrickson said. He said the library could offer classes to teach people how to find things using the Internet in the fall of 1995.