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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 83 No. 115
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Craig Andre9en Daily Nebraskan
Dan P.icrgan, a spokesman for die Demo
cratic presidential hopeful Walter Mon
fiale, spoke yesterday in Lincoln.
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By Noreen Niir.il
Omahawill be part of a satellite link-up for a
Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mon
dale fund-raiser, a spokesman said during a
Tuesday press conference at the Nebraska
Democratic Party headquarters.
Mondale spokesman Dan Morgan ofBurwell
said Mondale supporters will attend the
"Super Tuesday" fund-raiser, March 13, at the
Marriott Hotel in Omaha.
He also announced the formulation of a
state-wide Mondale steering committee. The
committee is composed of approximately 120
volunteers.
Some of the primary issues of concern to
these people, Morgan said, are the national
deficit and its effects on the middle-class tax
payer, the U.S.'s declining foreign policies, and
fairness to groups such as women, minorities,
and the poor.
Morgan said the Mondale campaign in Neb
raska may have a low profile, but it has raised
more than $30,000 in support.
In regards to the recent Maine and New
Hampshire upsets, Morgan said Mondale
needs to work on showing his differences from
the other candidates. He said Mondale also has
to show the public the difference between a
presidential candidate and a former vice presi
dent" -
However, Morgan said rival Democratic cand- -idate
Gary Hart is not Mondale's real op
position. The true opposition is the RupuMlcan ad
minstration," he said.
Morgan said the Mondale campaign has not
lost support, but increased it since New Hamp
shire. He said the results showed New Hamp
shire voters wanted further debate among the.
candidates on the issues at hand. ,.
Morgan said he would like to see Nebraska's
primary moved to the first month of voting.
Then, he said, Nebraska' would be of more
account in the eyes of the presidential cand
idates. .
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By Fiona Z. Koppelman
Establishing a collective bargaining agent at UNL
would create an antagonistic environment on cam
pus, a UNL administrator said Tuesday.
Jack Goebel, vice chancellor for business and
finance, said he was concerned about the effect
unionization would have on "collegiality."
"My concern is that the faculty-administration
relationship may become an adversary relationship,
rather than the one we have now," Goebel said.
. Goebel said he thinks the Faculty Senate has been
an effective voice on campus and has established
good rapport with administrators.
Linda Pratt, UNL chapter president ofthe Ameri
can Association of University Professors, said the
relationship between faculty and the administra
tion is not satisfactory.
" "It's an absolute myth that we have collegiality
right now," Pratt said. She said a poll among UNL
faculty members conducted last year showed that
70 percent of those responding distrusted the
administration.
"Collective bargaining can bring collegiality among
faculty and create a more straightforward relation
ship between faculty and the administration," Pratt
said. .
Goebel said he has talked to unionized faculty on
campuses smaller than UNL and said their reaction
hasn't been positive.
"I haven't heard the kind of good things you'd
expect from reading AAUP materials," Goebel said.
t QoebeLsaid sm.aner.schoo.ls have, experimented,;,,
with collective bargaining over the years, but attempts
at UNL have never been successful. Goebel said one
ofthe reasons unions have failed is the air of profes
sionalism on this campus.
This professionalism is enhanced through represen
tation in the Faculty Senate," Goebel said. "Unioni
zation is an alternative. I just don't happen to think
it's an appropriate alternative."
Goebel said he thinks faculty governance is an
important consideration to UNL administrators.
"If we are put into adversary roles, we stand to
lose a great deal," he said.
Goebel recently protested figures used by the
AAUP to compare UNL and UNO faculty salaries.
AAUP salary average figures indicated some UNO
faculty salaries were higher in 1GS2-83 than their
UNL counterparts.
Goebel stressed that the figures were effected by
number of faculty, years in rank and teaching
records. This also was acknowledged by the AAUP in
a Daily Nebraskan ad and in flyers circulated on
campus. Goebel said he thinks averages are too eas
ily thrown off by outside variables.
Goebel said he thought the AAUP should have
used salary figures for 1983-84 or the 1984-85
budget requests, both available to the public.
Pratt said those figures were available for UNL,
but UNO is still negotiating salaries for the current
year. She said as soon as those figures are available
from UNO, "AAUP will De nappy to re-figure the
comparison."
Goebel said despite recent controversy on salary
comparisons, he doesn't think there is tension
between AAUP members and the administration.
"I don't want to see us arguing vehemently about
issues," Goebel said. "I just want those faculty
''membe'ris generally interested in learning the facts
to have the opportunity to get information and
come to an informed conclusion."
x discrimination case'Iingers
By Moreen Niimi
Although former UNL security guard Barbara
Houlihan filed two sex discrimination cases against
the UNL Police department, she only knows the
results of one.
Houlihan filed suit for "unfair treatment" from her
male supervisors last August. She filed one suit with
the UNL Equal Employment Opportunity coordina
tor and the other with the Nebraska Equal Employ
ment Opportunity Commission.
The Commission's settlement resulted in a job
transfer for Houlihan. She is a clerical assistant with
the Housing department at the Learning Center.
But, Houlihan said, she has never been told the
results of her UNL suit.
The recommendation of Martin B. Munn, UNL
affirmative action officer, to UNL Chancellor Martin
Massengale was that UNL Police Chief Gail Gade be
suspended for five days without pay. He also recom
mended a three-day suspension against Lt. John
Burke, Houlihan's . immediate supervisor. Munn
would not comment on the results of the case.
Houlihan said she was not looking for a new job
when she sued. Her purpose was to get a better
Aid to young 'farmers
considered in forum
A proposal to help young people get started in
farming will be discussed at an open forum at 7 p.m.
today : in the Nebraska East Union. - ,
LB1005, which establishes the Beginning Farmer
Opportunity Act, is cosponsored by 11 legislators.
The measure provides a tax credit to land owners
who rent to young farmers on a crop-sharing basis.
At a committee hearing Feb. 9, state Sen. Rod
Johnson of Harvard, who cosponsored the bill, said
it is an incentive for young people who exhibit good
farming skills to enter farming, despite current eco
nomic conditions.
The forum will include panelists Paul Gessman,
UNL professor of agricultural economics; state Sen.. '
Rex Haberman, chairman of the state agricultural
and environment committee; and Johnson. -.
College of Agriculture Dean.TJE. Hartung will
serve as moderator of the forum. .
The forum is sponsored by Alpha Zeta, honorary
' society for agriculture majors, and UPC-East. -
working environment for women, she said. She had
worked at the police department for four years.
"I feel that the UNL Police department is poorly
managed," Houlihan . said. The situation of sex dis
crimination will not change as long as certain indi
viduals down there have the same mind set about
women that they do now."
A Gade said the case has been resolved and that it
"is all ancient history."
Gade's superior, Vice Chancellor for Business and
Finance John Goebel, said the case has been handled
up to this point and needs "no further amplifica
tion." Chancellor Massengale was unavailable for com
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Houlihan said she is happy with her new job.
"Housing is run professionally and the working
environment is much better than at the police
department," she said.
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