ASUN to fight tuition hikes
By Kasey Kerber
Staff Reporter ' " ~
Potential tuition increases and
the selection of chairpersons for
ASUN
newly tormed
senate commit
tees were the
focus of
Wednesday
night’s meet
ing of the As
sociation of
Students of the
University of
Nebraska.
The oossible
tuition increases are a result of Gov.
Ben Nelson’s recent veto of $2 mil
lion of the $5 million that the Leg
islature recommended for Univer
sity of Nebraska salary increases.
The university originally sought
$7 million for the salary increases,
but this figure had been lowered to
‘7 ivill do my absolute
best and hope that all
you senators will as
well to keep tuition
increases at a
minimum. ”
ERIC MARINTZER
ASUN president
$5 million by the Legislature.
ASUN President Eric Marintzer
said he thought a legislative over
ride of the governor’s veto was un
likely.
With the fate of student tuition
increases to be decided after the
ASUN senate concludes its 1995
1996 session, Marintzer said he
thought ASUN would stay busy
with the issue during the summer.
“1 will do my absolute best and
hope that all you senators will as
well to keep tuition increases at a
minimum,” he said.
In other ASUN news, chairper
sons were chosen for the ASUN
committees.
• Bronson Riley, a College of
Arts and Sciences senator, will head
the academic committee.
•Viet Hoang, a College of Busi
ness Administration senator, will
head the special topics committee.
• Anna Harms, a College of
Journalism and Mass Communica
tions senator, was chosen as human
rights chairwoman.
• Tammi Reichel, another Col
lege of Business Administration
senator, was chosen as communi
cations chairwoman.
Abortion
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Right to Life on the issue but did not
feel there was enough support from the
Legislature for a special session.
But Troutman did not rule out the
possibility.
“If they (Metro Right to Life) can
give our office some indication that
there are 30 senators who support it,
he would consider calling one,”
Troutman said.
The controversial method is tech
nically called the D and X (Dilation
and Extraction) abortion and is per
formed by only six physicians in the
country, one of whom practices in
Bellevue.
Dr. LeRoy Carhart is under investi
gation by Nebraska Attorney General
Don Stenberg for possibly performing
the controversial procedure.
Stenberg said in a statement he
would seek the help of the Department
of Health in determining whether
Carhart’s procedure violated state law.
It is a felony in Nebraska to per
form an abortion after viability, which
in most cases is 24 weeks.
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Viability is defined as the stage of
human development when a baby is
able to live longer than momentarily
outside the womb.
The procedure in question involves
removing the fetus feet-first, then in
serting an instrument into the skull to
empty the cranial cavity, killing the
fetus.
But in a statement released late
Wednesday, Carhart said he did not
perform the same procedure the vetoed
bill would prevent.
“Neither the veto of the bill nor the
bill itself would in any way impact
upon my medical practice,” he said.
“All of my terminations after 17 weeks
post-conception arc done on feti that
are non-viable, are not living, and arc
thus unable to be aware of the proce
dure or any pain.”
Carhart said, in a phone interview
from his practice, the Abortion and
Contraception Clinic of Nebraska, that
the Stenberg investigation was merely
for political publicity.
“Whether he investigates or not, it
will be for whatever he can gain for
his political campaign.”
Stenberg is seeking the Republican
nomination for U.S. Senate.
Metro Right to Life Vice Chairman
Bob Banks said the issue was impor
tant enough for the governor to call the
special session.
“There is so much sentiment to ban
the procedure,” Banks said. “Support
to outlaw it should be overwhelming
from senators.”
It would take 40 signatures to ex
tend the 1996 session, which is sched
uled to end today, and 33 signatures to
call a special session.
Anti-abortion advocates were sur
prised when they learned the proce
dure was performed in Nebraska,
Banks said.
He said anti-abortion groups had
been following the bill in Washington
by watching televised committee hear
ings on C-SPAN.
In those hearings. Banks said, they
were able to see what the procedure
was really like.
“To watch that and imagine it hap
pening in Bellevue is such a shock —
we believe it needs to be dealt with im
mediately,” he said.
Lincoln Sen. Don Wesely said that
although the issue might be important,
he did not expect enough senator sig
natures to OK. a special session.
“Special sessions are for emergency
issues that can’t be looked at months
down the line,” he said.
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