Daily cms University of Nebraska-Lincol- n Thursday, April 1, 1982 Vol.109 No. 53 Lincoln, Nebraska Copyright 1982 Daily Nebraskan ASUN Senate committees forming, constitutions pass By Uetsy Miller must have their constitutions reviewed yearly by the senate. The 1982-8- 3 ASUN Senate took more Eight ad --hoc committees, which can steps to begin organizing its committee consist of ASUN members, faculty mem- structure at its Wednesday night meeting bers and students in general, were approved in the East Union. by the senate to investigate issues related f ' Zl few. to financial aid the ASUN leg- The senators have not yet been assigned questions, islative the Student Foundation, to committees, but Kathy Roth, speaker of process, the Student Services Com- the senate, said they should be on commit- Legal Advisory admission student tees by the end of April. mittee, restrictions, communication, lab fees evaluation and the In the the senate a bill meantime, passed University Bookstore. that allows the ASUN Executive Commit- Roth said ASUN President Dan Wede-kin- d tee to as a Committee il act Constitutions wanted action to be taken until a Constitutions Committee is formed. quickly. She said she thought the ad-ho- c commit- The senate then approved the constitu- tees can work independently from other tions of Towne Club, the Bowling Team, a ASUN committees. Criminal Justice organization, the Univer- Wedekind and first vice president Bob sity Child Care Governing Board, the Stu- Fitzgerald are in Philadelphia attending an l l n dent Sections of Consumer Affairs Majors, American Association of University Stu- Phi Theta Kappa-Alum- ni Association, the dents conference, Roth said. Institute of Transportation Engineers, the The senate voted to allocate $100 to Nebraska Engineering and Technology Exe- pay the registration fees of Fitzgerald and Ay cutive Board and a design in Wedekind . I 1 organization " the of Home Economics. All these ...... S. J College Hie senate also approved Doug Dey, i Photo bv D. Eric Kircher organizations had their constitutions re- a freshman from Waverly majoring in viewed the Executive Committee. w Ramona Weatherly launches a kite for Karen Tangeman on a windy, sunny Wednes- by pre-la- and agricultural economics, as its day, in a grassy area east of Memorial Stadium. Roth said most university-relate- d groups new parliamentarian. Regents' bylaw on political activity under review By Vicki Ruhga Steinman said, he made a request to the law, I intend to run for Stein- chancellor and appropriate dean or division chancellor. The chairman of the political man said . head, according to the bylaw. NU Richard Wood has been science and the dean of the "It shall be the of the chancellor attorney department Wood said that he is reviewing the by- duty asked UNL Chancellor Martin Masscn-gal- e of Arts and Sciences wrote a to determine what extent such by College law, and hopes to have an opinion to to political review the NU Board of to Steinman 's and based activities will interfere with the to Regents' reaction request, Massengale within the next 10 days. Wood employee's on the chancellor allowed him to duties and to decide to what extent bylaw political activity by university upon that, said time is not an important factor be- regular members. run for the office without his duties and shall be cur- faculty any conditions, cause the election is a year away. compensation he said. The took three last tailed," the states. Lincoln councilman Mike Stein-ma- n, process days bylaw city Steinman said. The bylaw states that faculty members The criteria for the chancellor's decision who also is a UNL political science time, Steinman said he has the same now have the right to participate in political will be the amount of time which he or she is the member job professor, only faculty full-tim- each member must that he had then, that of a e faculty life; however, faculty will be required to devote to political affected by the review. the duties his or her at member. Although he was on leave to work perform of position activities during the period assigned for the I for I UNL interference from outside "In 1979 when first ran council, in the governor's office last time when he without performance of his duties at the university, went through the notification process notified the chancellor, he was teaching in activities. and the time he would devote to such said Wed- listed in the bylaws," Steinman the fall when the election took place, just Any UNL employee who is thinking activities as classes, research and counsel- "I have notified the e nesday. again as he hopes to be teaching next year, he about filing as a candidate for any part-tim- ing. The duration of the political activities chancellor that I will seek said. public office to which he may be also would be considered by the When he ran for city council last time, "Given what I now know about the by elected or appointed must notify the Political leaders say Reagan changing students By Eric Peterson said, and noted Nebraska's approval rating was the highest in a national poll. Leaders of two student political groups Grasz said the College Republicans see UNL students' moving in different dir- group has about 60 members, and has been ections politically. involved with strategy training by a team "I think (President) Reagan is pushing from the party headquarters in Washing- UNL students toward the center," said Jim ton, D.C. The College Republicans group Vitek, who heads the Nebraska Young has a $3 membership fee. Democrats. Me cited reductions in social Vitek agreed that Reagan's economic will be the programs and disagreements with present performance major political issue this foreign policy as reasons for the shift. year. "A lot of students are insisting that "The Republicans will either be running there be nuclear disarmament talks," Vitek on it or trying to distance themselves from said. it," Vitek said. Reps. Bereuter and Smith, Steve Grasz, chairman of the Nebraska who are from more rural or conservative will College Republicans, said UNL students are districts, probably campaign on the not necessarily becoming more liberal, but administration's popularity there, Vitek are concerned with different issues than said. But Rep. Hal Daub, whose Omaha most other Nebraskans. district has a high unemployment rate, may "Most students tend to think like their try to downplay his support for Reagan, he parents politically, but I think students llliil said. tend to focus on different things," Grasz Vitek said the Democratic nominee for said. "Parents may have taxes as a priority, governor will probably attack "what while students are very involved with Thone's done by just not doing tlungs." financial aid." Lincoln businessman Bob Kerrey and form- Photo by D. Eric Kircher Photo by D. Eric Kircher to the of State's er state senator George Burrows are According Secretary Leonard "Steve" Grasz James Vitek office, figures from the Nov. 4, 1980 currently running for the Democratic election show 424,963 registered Republi- U.S. Senate race in which former Strategic certain state senators. nomination. cans and 376,534 registered Democrats in Air Command vice commander Jim Keck, a "The state legislature races are officially The biggest student issue this year is is financial he said. Nebraska. Republican, running against incumbent non-partisa- n, but some of the races have aid, whole a debate stu- Grasz said students as a are not Democrat Ed Zorinsky. pretty clear Democratic and Republican "There's over cutting off especially politically active. "It's irenic that a Republican state like divisions," Grasz said. dent loans or making it so restrictive that "Most students seem to be concentrat- Nebraska has two Democrats in the no one can get them," Vitek said. He said will be a on studies and their careers," Grasz Grasz said. "We want to Reagan's performance Vitek said the Young Democrats ing senate," help favorable issue for in Nebra- group said. that." Republicans is mostly but not exclusively stu- change ska. university He said the College Republicans will He said the College Republicans will dents. He said group members will partici- "Two-third- campaign for student involvement in also work to re-ele- ct Gov. Charles Thone, s of the people approve of pate individually in election races this year, several state races this year, including the the three Republican congresspeople, and Reagan's performance in the state," Grasz but not as a whole.