Monday, January 23, 1834
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Volume 83, No. 83
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Cicphanie Carter
Hie American Association of Univer
sity Professors began a campaign Friday
to become the collective bargaining
egent for, UNL full-time faculty.
Linda Pratt, a UNL English professor
and president of the Lincoln Chapter
of the AAUP, was one of the first UNL
faculty members to sign her name on
the authorization cards which were
distributed in the campaign.
Pratt said full-time faculty members
will sign the authorization cards to
show they favor the 200-member UNL
AAUP as a collective bargaining agent.
If at least 30 percent of the 1,400
faculty members sign the cards, the
UNL AAUP wO ask the NU Board of
Regents to recognize them as the legit
imate bargaining agent.
If the regents refuse, Pratt said, the
AAUP will Hie a petition with the
Commission of Industrial Relations to
hold an election among UNL faculty
members, to determine if the AAUP
may act as the bargaining agent.
Pratt said she expects the regents to
"deny the UNL AAUP request.
Of UNL faculty members polled, Pratt
said, more than 40 percent were inter
ested in collective bargaining through
the AAUP, and 20 percent were unde
cided. "We felt we had to go on with the
campaign because of the enormous
faculty support," she said. ,
Although the CIR requires support
from only 30 percent of faculty members
to hold an election, Pratt said the
AAUP would like more than 50 per
cent of the faculty members to sign
cards.
- Pratt said that nationally, 737 insti
tutions of higher education have col
lective bargaining agents, but UNL has
never had one.
The Omaha chapter of AAUP has
been the bargaining agent for UNO
for more than four years, Pratt said.
Although 70 percent of the UNO faculty
had signed cards, the board refused to
recognize the AAUP as the bargaining
agent, and the issue ended in an elec
tion. If the AAUP becomes the agent for
UNL, it would negotiate a contract
with the UNL administration on faculty
business issues such as salaries, re
search support, work load and grie
vance procedures, Pratt said.
The AAUP is designed to protect
academic creativity and fair play for
faculty," Pratt said.
Pratt said the deterioration in com
munication between the faculty and
administration and the lack of faculty
participation in academic decisions
have hurt the university.
"You have to be in a building to learn,
but you don't learn from a building,"
Pratt said. "As long a3 the university
puts money into a building, that's all
they have."
In a letter to UNL faculty members,
the UNL AAUP said faculty salary was
the major problem. The salaries of
peers in comparable institutions are
1 5 percent above those at UNL.
Yet, according to the letter, the ad
ministration considers a veterinary col
lege and a dining hall for athletes more
necessary than higher faculty salaries.
The AAUP is the last organization
that would ever do anything to hurt
academics," Pratt said. "We hope to
proceed in this campaign in the spirit
of openess, candor and amicability."
Richard Wood,NU general counsel,
Thursday urged all UNL faculty to "very
carefully read" the UNL AAUP author
ization cards.
Wood said the card authorizes the
UNL AAUP to represent the signer in
collective bargaining without the need
for a secret ballot election.
Pro-life backers March" against abortion
Ey Jim DcrrjTian
Approximately 2,000 pro-life supporters braved
cold temperatures Saturday morning and silently
marched through downtown Lincoln to protest the
anniversary of legal abortion in the United States.
The two-block-long parade of protestors began
the 11th annual Walk for Life at 15th and P streets,
wound through downtown and concluded with a
short rally on the west side of the Capitol building.
Holly Sexton, president of Lincoln Right to Life
and the Nebraska Coalition for Life, reminded the
crowd of Jan. 22, 1973, the day the U.S. Supreme
Court legalized abortion. '
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Sporting black and blue US buttons, the United
Students Party announced its ASUN presidential
campaign Sunday afternoon in the Nebraska Union
Harvest Room.
"US wants student input now and will also seek
input once in office," Kevin Goldstein, the party's
presidential candidate, said.
Goldstein said US would post ASUN meeting
agendas-and have more students involved in com
mittees. Outside funding for the ASUN Newsletter
and bi-weekly update sheets also were suggested.
Goldstein said a typing center for students, similar
to the one at UNO, should be considered. Last year
more than 2,000 people used the UNO service,
Goldstein, a former ASUN senator, has been a
member of the academic planning committee, cen
tral planning committee, UNL debate team and
Interfraternity Council cabinet. :
First vice-presidential candidate Julie Meusburger
has been a New Student Orientation host and
Husker Hostess. Meusberger, a junior engineering
major, also has been involved in pledge training in
Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
Meusburger said ASUN could increase interaction
and influence with students by having office hours
for senators, student-at-large standing committees
and written committee reports.
' Some standing committees on which ASUN mem
bers currently serve will become student-at-large
committees; others may be replaced with ad hoc
committees, which meet only long enough to com
plete their intended purpose, she said.
Troy Hilliard, second vice-presidential candidate,
was on the ASUN appointments board last year.
Hilliard said a renters' union is needed.
This could have a listing of both good and bad
landlords," Hilliard said. US would use the Govern
ment Liaison Committee to lobby the city and
county for landlord-tenant reform.
In order to increase student involvement, Hilliard
proposed having ASUN student aides, similar to the
Legislature's page system. Open files would be avail
able on students interested in ASUN appointments.
V Currently, ASUN keeps a file on students who
apply for appointments.
Hilliard said UNL students also would randomly
be invited to weekly ASUN open houses. Town hall
meetings would also be scheduled with various
organizations and residence hall floorhouse repre
sentatives, he said.
"Nine years ago, 30 people came to these Capitol
steps," she said. "Now, 1 1 years after the decision, we
come by the thousands to mourn the 14 million
babies lolled by abortion."
Sexton said the battle against abortion will some
day be won. '
"We will work today, tomorrow and as long as it
takes to stop abortiorCjshe said. "You and I and life
will win the battle."
Because of the cold temperatures, the rally was
moved indoors to Pershing Auditorium.
At Pershing, Omaha Mayor Mike Boyle and Sen.
Bernice Labedz of Omaha, both pro-life supporters,
were featured speakers.
In his speech, Boyle said as an elected official, he
has the responsibility to express his pro-life opinion.
"Abortion tears of the very fiber of our society," he
said, calling the battle against abortion a "war to
protect life.
The respect for life and one another is critical,"
Boyle said.
Boyle said it is time to listen to the silent voices of
the unborn to help protect unborn babies.
"life is sacred for every person under every condi
tion " Boyle said. This is an important war and let's
continue to victory."
After his speech, Boyle said he realized that,
unlike state senators, he doesn't have the authority
to propose legislation against abortion. But, he said,
expressing his opinion is important.
"I'm someone political who shares the same con
cerns as these people here today," he said. "One of a
person's greatest rights is the right to be born."
Labedz told the crowd that she will continue to
fight abortion, should she be re-elected for another
term.
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Residence hall and off-campus students
will have a third ASUN polling place this
semester Pass 5
Blues artist Xoko Taylor claims blues
music knows no socio-economic boundaries
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Nebraska men's basketball fortunes took
a step backward Saturday night as the Huskcrs
were humbled by the Missouri Tigers, 50-48
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Index
Arts and Entertainment G
Classified 11
Crossword 11
Editorial 4
Off The Wire ....... 2
Sports 0