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Vol. 8415
Monday, January 1G, 1934
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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The UNL Board of Regents approved a resolution
Saturday to oppose any legislative action that
would make the board an appointed body.
State Sen. Karen Kilgarin of Omaha proposed a
legislative resolution that would create constitu
tional amendments placing the regents' under con
trol of the Nebraska Legislature at the start of the
1C34 legislative session. -
"Article VII, section 10 already provides that the
authority and responsibility of the Board of Regents
to govern the University shall be 'under the direction,
of the Legislature " a resolution passed by the
board stated.
The resolution also said the Board of Regents has
always acknowledged that the Legislature has com
plete control of the money which is to be approp
riated to the university from the general revenues of
the state.
It also states that the best interests of the state
are represented by elected Regents who are directly
accountable to Nebraskans.
Regent Edward Schwartzkopf of Lincoln, newly
elected Chairman of the Board, said that appointing
regents to the board would interfere with represen
tative government, where the people have to choose
their regent. , ,
Student Regent Matt Wallace agreed, saying elected
regents feel a sense of obligation to the taxpayers
which appointed regents may not feel.
The system we have now is working very well,"
Wallace said.
Regent Nancy Hoch of Nebraska City said the
regents have more time to keep better informed
than have the legislators with their many re
sponsibilities. Wallace also mentioned the time factor. Regents
"spend a great deal of time" on their duties which
the legislators simply cannot do, he said.
Regent James Moylan of Omaha said policy deci
sions need to be made monthly, which legislators
also do not have time to do.
"I think history has shown the university system
requires a separate board of policy-makers for edu
cational matters over the course of the whole year,"
LR225CA calls for the regents to be appointed by
the Governor with the Legislature's approval The
amendment b co-sponsored by Sen. David Newell of
Omaha and Sen. James Pappas of Hershey. "
A second Kilgarin amendment, LR238, would
eliminate the board and the State College Board of
Trustees, and place control of all Nebraska colleges
and universities under absolute legislature controL
The Legislature should have control of the boards,
Kilgarin said,, because the senators are "obviously
closer to the people."
"We have smaller districts," she said. "We are
much more visible." Consequently, they can respond
better to what the public wants at the university,
she said. ' ,
Until the 1977 Supreme Court decision which set
the regents in control over the university, the Legis
lature controlled the university for 105 years through
legislative oversight, Kilgarin said.
In that time, the Legislature never "attempted to
meddle in the inner workings of the university," Kil
garin said. However, the Legislature could listen to
public opinion, and did have the ability to specify
" where the total dollar amounts would go, she said.
The amendment is now being heard by the Consti
tutional Revisions and Recreation Committee. A
public hearing is scheduled for Thursday, 1:30 p.m.,
in 1019 CapitoL
If the amendment passes in committee, then in
the Legislature as a whole, the public must vote on it
before it is added to the Constitution. It b ultimately
up to the voters to. accept or reject the idea of a
Legislature-controlled board, Kilgarin said.
Last year a Kilgarin-sponsored amendment to
regain legislative oversight over the board failed in
committee 4-3.
Wick brick battle burgeons
Despite the threat cf a lavsuit, John
M. Miller, executive vice-president of
the UNL Alumni Association, said a
new contractor may be picked for the
Milton I. Wick Alumni Center this week.
Miller said the Universal Surety Co.
has taken over the building and is
responsible for picking the new con
tractor. Miller said he hopes the Wick
Center still can be completed by early
summer.
Harold G. Wright, the former con
tractor for the Wick Center said Friday
he plans to file a lawsuit claiming
breach of contract against the UNL
Alumni Association. The association
terminated the contract of the Harold
G. Wright Co. Dec. 2.
Wright said the main reason the
Alumni Association terminated his
company's employment was incorrect
masonry work toward the rear of the
building. He said the Alumni Associa
tion breached the contract by declar
ing his company in default. The suit
will not be filed within the next 30 days
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in order to give the Alumni Association
a chance to negotiate.
The brickwork h" 1 been completed
for several weeks and was first noticed
by an Alurani Aaac-ticn raerar. In
my opinion, and in the opinion of three
different independent experts, it (the
problem with the brick) was insignifi
cant," Wright said. '
He said the mistake would not affect
the building structurally, but would
affect the building's appearance. To
look at "the building . . . you couldn't
find it (the problem of the bricks),"
Wright said.
Miller said the contract had a per
formance bond which guaranteed the
Wick Center be completed as designed.
Wright said he was told to tear down
.the incorrect masonry work and "do it
over and over again," until it came out
right. He also said there would be a
problem matching bricks and mortar
with the surrounding area. Wright call
ed the repair an "impossible job."
He said the present defect is not
noticeable, but would be if new bricks
were installed. The new mortar would
also be a slightly different color because
the temperature and humidity would
not be the same as when the original
mortar, was mixed.
State senators bade
drinking age raise
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v The Nebraska Legislature gave first
v round approval Jan. 12 to LB53, a bill
that would raise the legal drinking age
to 21 on Jan. 1, 1C35.
Because of a grandfather clause,
persons who are already 20 years old
at that time will still be allowed to
drink legally.
Before becoming law, the bill must
pass two more floor vote3 before going
to Gov. Bob Kerrey for approval.
Bill sponsors Sens. William Niehol cf
Scottsbluff and Howard Peterson
of Grand Island said raising the drink
ing age would reduce the number of
. drunk-driving fatalities in Nebraska.
Niehol said studies show at least 0
rrrrrr.t of the fatally-injured teenag
ers have alcohol in their blood. Michi
gan and Illinois have had decreases in
the number, of drinking and driving
incidents involving young people since
they raised their drinking eges, Niehol
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