The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 01, 1995, Page 3, Image 3
Health Center requests funds By Chad Lorenz Staff Reporter ” The University Health Center requested Tuesday a 2.23 percent increase in next year’s budget from the Committee for Fees Allocation to fund two staff additions and up graded telecommunications. rT" * ** * increase in student fees would bring the center’s total receipt from fees $3,152,947. Kunle Ojikutu, University Health Center said he to add a a part-time pujrjivai uiwia|/i>9i« He said the health center could expect to spend $21,000 for the nurse and $10,000 for the physical therapist. The $31,000 personnel cost is a 2.26 percent increase over last year. Ojikutu requested $15,500 to upgrade telephones and computers as part of a campus-wide rewiring to connect every phone and com puter to HuskerNet. The cost of upgrading the health center’s 108 telephones and 208 computer ports is a 63.56 percent increase, he said. When the health center receives all its funds, Ojikutu said, it would need to set aside $23,081 to pay for the increased cost of resale items. He said the increase was needed because of pharmaceutical compa nies had raised prices. Ojikutu said the increase wouldn’t necessarily come from student fees. The health center’s budget also called for increases in funds for supplies, postage, consultants, travel and training, maintenance, small equipment, utilities and other operating expenses. Ojikutu asked for decreases in funds for purchased services, insur ance, printing and advertising. The decrease would save $13,717, he said. Ojikutu said the health center added new benefits to UNL stu dents last year. For example, he said, the Health Center used money from closing the after-hours clinic to hire an ad ditional full-time physician, he said. Last September, the Health Cen ter hired an optometrist, and in Feb ruary, will offer contact lens ser vice. Also, he said, the Health Center will save money this year because of a contract with the AmeriSource Corporation, a pharmaceutical com pany that offers lower prices. Although only 58 percent of UNL students use the Health Center, Ojikutu said many more were helped through student health aides and outreach services. Tally Continued from Page 1 such as the highway trust fund, Med icaid, welfare and Aid to Dependent Children. “But I support the concept,” Bromm said. Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln said cutting the deficit was a popular issue with most people, as well as with her, but that people also needed to look at the potential minuses and listen to debate on the issue. Schimek said she probably had a preconceived notion that leaned her against a balanced budget amend ment, but she had not made up her mind. Bemard-Stevens has introduced a resolution that would provide for rati fication of the amendment in Ne braska. LR26 was introduced with the idea of giving senators some control over the ratification process, Bemard Stevens said. When the hearing is held, Ber nard-Stevens said, he wants to have a thorough discussion. “There’s no hurry,” Bernard Stevens said. “The states have seven years.” - Nebraska currently has its own version of a balanced budget amend ment in the state constitution. The state is required to reserve 3 percent of its revenue. Sen. Roger Wehrbein of Plattsmouth said that meant that out of $10Q, the state could spend only $97. Wehrbein is chairman of the Ap propriations Committee, which con trols the Nebraska budget. He said a balanced budget amendment would probably also affect local govern ment. Boycott Continued from Page 1 * edge of what (the contractor) was doing,” Blattert said. Once he found out what the protesters were doing, Blattert said he called the Rev. Paul Witt at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. “I told him I had my obliga tions to meet the needs of my people,” Blattert said. “I sell to over 400 contractors. Somebody’s making a big issue out of something and found a person’s name to put on it. “Somebody wants to make a big stink out of somebody want ing to put food on the table for their employees? I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.” Witt told him the church only wanted the contractors involved in the project to “pull away.” Witt also told Blattert to call Lincoln Right to Life; however, Blattert said none of his calls had been returned. Witt said he encouraged pa rishioners who knew the contrac tors to call them and ask the com panies to reconsider. He did not ask them to “browbeat” the con tractors, Witt said. Chris Funk, executive direc tor of Planned Parenthood of Lin coln, said priests passing out the lists violated the separation of church and state. “I think we should require all priests to take History 101,” she said. “They should be reminded this is not a theocracy, and this country has its roots in the sepa ration of church and state.” Because of the controversy, Funk said, some contractors de clined to help because they feared for their children’s safety. “I’m sure there’s some people who don’t want to work on our project because they don’t be lieve abortion should be a legal choice,” she said. “But most of the people who said ‘no’ were just afraid of the harassment that they were going to get.” Blattert said he felt he was being singled out. “If this was to be brought out, they should talk to the people who allowed it to happen,” he said. “They should talk to the people who supply the water, the electricity ... these people also donated, and their names weren’t listed. They should talk to the people who govern the laws. “I just can’t understand... this is going way too far, they’re pin pointing people, and it’s sad. They’re going about it in the way of hatred, and to me, hatred shouldn’t be a part of religion.” Blattert said he personally was anti-abortion, but the lists por trayed him as being on the other side of the issue. “Nobody’s asked me,” he said. “As far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing I’m supplying. I don’t seek to supply anything further, unless my contractor asks for it,” Blattert said. “And even then I’m undecided. If the clinic asks me to do anything at this time, with all the advertising be ing done, it’ll hurt my business.” But Blattert later retracted that statement. “Until pro-life calls me, I’m obligated to supply the contrac tor with anything he wants.” But for now, Blattert will wait to hear from the Right to Life group. “I hope they will pronounce my name as a person whose name has been removed from the list,” he said, “that I’m trying to help them.” IN GO THE BALLS, OFF COME THE CLOTHES! STRIP POOL Two luscious lovelies engage in the ultimate “how-to” video! Send $19.95 check or M.O. + $4.50 S & H to: BIMBEAUX VIDEO 13601 Ventura Blvd., Suite 427 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423-3788 Calif, residents add $1.65 tax. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. 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MacPhee said the states seldom ratified constitutional amendments. “If history is any judge, there have been relatively few proposed amend ments to the constitution that have been ratified by the states,” MacPhee said. If the Senate doesn’t apply the brakes and decide who will pay for what, and how, he said, all indica tions are the states will apply the brakes. I ■ GRILL^I BAR Ths KUyMARkET 826 P Street (402) 477-2171 McHenry Continued from Page 1 He said the international com munity was reluctant to get in volved in internal conflicts. This reluctance, he said, explains why it took a long time to respond to the crisis in Somalia. (hie reason that the U.S. is slow to get involved in peacekeeping operations, he said, is that the U.S. frequently must bear the greatest burden in terms of expense and manpower, sometimes acting alone. But, he said, U.S. power makes it likely that it will have to act alone even more in the future. 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