WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1967
The Daily Nebraskan
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Legislature Session
Onmhaiis
On OU-NU Merger
By Julie Morris
Senior Writer
The possibility that the
University may merge with
the University of Omaha
was put i n t o writing Mon
day as Legislative Bill 736.
Sen. Terry Carpenter of
Scottsbluff introduced the
measure which provides
that Omaha voters would
decide the outcome of the
merger suggestion. If Oma
hans approve, the 8,040
Omaha campus would be
come the University of Ne
braska in Omaha.
Eight of the 12 Omaha
senators signed the bill
in addition to soonsorship
from Sen. Harold Simpson
of Lincoln and Bellevue Sen.
Dale Payne.
Speculation that the two
schools might merge be
came public about t w o
weeks ago. The OU Board
of Regents has reportedly
set Jan. 1, 1968 as the tar
get date for the effective
merger. University Regents
have not made any mention
of dates, but generally fa
vor a merger.
University Regent Ben
jamin Greenberg endorsed
the move calling it an op
portunity for growth of the
University.
The suggestion for the
merger partially came be
cause Omaha has been ex
periencing financial difficul
ties in supporting OU which
is a municipal Institution.
Omaha Sen. Richard
Proud said Omahans "have
indicated they will no
longer support OU to the
extent it should be sup
ported." Proud said that
Omaha's recent rejection of
a proposed mill levy hike
that would have made more
funds available for OU
was indicative ot this at
titude. A bill that would give
some type of state aid to
OU has also been intro
duced in the Legislature,
but many senators feel that
a complete merger with the
University would be m o r e
effective in the long run.
Spire: OU-NU Merger
May Give Many Benefits
By Randy Irey
Senior Staff Writer
The proposed merger of
the University of Nebraska
and the University of Oma
ha will benefit both Uni
versities, according to Rob
ert Spire, chairman of the
O.U. Board of Regents.
"The merger holds the
prospect of developing co
operative programs benefit
ing both campuses. An ex
ample would be the dual
utilization, of the closed
circuit television programs
presently in use."
Another possibility is that
both campuses might ob
tain a visiting professor for
a year, who could spend a
semester at each school.
Both schools would benefit
whereas neither could have
obtained the professor with
out the cooperation of the
two schools.
"Another reason in favor
of the merger is that it
won't be long before there
will be 30 or 40 thousand
students being educated in
Omaha and Lincoln. The
best way to do this is for the
two cities to work together
and therefore provide the
best education for the stu
dents. This could be facili
tated easily because of the
close relationship, industri
ally, economically and cul
turally between the two
cites," he continued.
"In addition, it is feasible
that Omaha and Lincoln
could become one big me
galopolis within our own
lifetime which would be a
definite factor leading to
wards cooperation between
the two campuses."
Another reason for mer
ger, Spire said, is one that
people often forget. It is
that we are trying to serve
the students. O.U. is pres
ently not serving the stu
dents it should because of
the high tuition.
According to Spire, if
O.U. does not get state
aid of some type soon,
the school will have to re
strict itself to its current
programs. It may even
nave to carfail some pro
grams or raise tuition,
"If we do not receive
state aid of any kind, the
itudent at O.U. will suffer
financially, educationally
or both," Spire emphasized.
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If the schools did merge
actual control would pre
sumably be under the pres
ent University Board of Re
gents. Omaha University
would continue under
a president who would re
port to the Board of Re
gents, according to pro
posed plans announced by
the OU Regents.
Carpenter said "Omaha's
problems have only begun"
with a lack of financial
support for OU. He said
if the two school merge,
OU "could be as big or big
ger than the University" in
five or ten years.
The Scottsbluff senutor
also said that the research
potential offered by a
merge of the two schools,
with the University medical
college campus in Omaha,
are teinendous.
Citing other advantages
for the merger, Carpenter
said "The University of
Omaha is getting to the
point where it is too big
for Omaha to support, tui
tion rates are almost pro
hibitive for some now."
Carpenter added "You
must realize that the appro
priations (budget) you get
are based on the number of
votes you get" in the Uni
cameral. Carpenter said an OU-NU
merger would mean 19 sen
ators, 12 from Omaha and
seven from Lincoln, would
be representing the Univer
sity of Nebraska. The law
maker said 26 votes are
needed to pass a budget
appropriation.
"I would attempt to pro
ject that the citizens of
Omaha would pass it (the
merger proposal) by a vote
of two to one," Carpenter
said.
The Omaha senators who
co-sponsored the bill are
Sens. Edward Danner, Sam
K 1 a v e r, C. F. Moulton,
Richard Proud, Florence
Reynolds, William Skarda
George Syas, and William
Bloom.
proves the merger plan,
the citizens of Omaha would
have to vote in a special
election to turn O.U. over
to the state, since the
school is a city-owned un
iversity. Spire emphasized the
difficult task that faces this
session of the Unicameral.
"The problem of higher
education is one of obtain
ing resources; the problem
of the legislautre is one
of obtaining the resources
and then determining how
to allocate them among the
many objects of state
aid."
Merger May Aid
Student, Taxpayer
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Elliott
A merger between Oma
ha University and the Uni
versity of Nebraska would
"provide better educational
opportunities for students
from heavily populated ar
eas," according to J. G.
Elliott, president of the
University Board of Re
gents. Elliott added he could not
estimate when the merger
could occur because a
merger bill must first pass
the legislature and a vote
by the Omaha community.
The Board of Regents is
"pretty much in agree
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THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE . . . bustles with ac-
tivity as legislators
Merge
Splits
Senators
and pages
Capitol.
Eight of Omaha's 12 state
senators are co-sponsors of
LB7.36, which would allow
merger of Omaha University
and the University of Nebras
ka.
The four Omaha represen
tatives who are opposed to the
merger are Senators Clifton
Batchelder, Eugene Ma-
honev. Harold Moylan and
Henry Pedflrsen Jr.
Pedersen said he opposes
the move because it would
mean the University would
be even larger than it is now,
and eventually too large. The
senator said he also objects to
the proposal because the pres'
ent plan calls for control to be
under the present University
Board of Regents which owes
primary allegiance to Lin
coin."
Omaha Sen. Edward Dan
ner, said he supports the mer
ger proposal with some reser
vations but would approve
with the consent of Omaha
voters.
LB736 provides that the
merger proposal would be
submitted to Omaha voters
before any steps toward a
merger were taken.
Sen. Richard Proud of
Omaha said he supports
LB736 for several reasons
One was that "there are prac
tically no municipal universi
ties left in the country, and it
is the obligation of the state to
support higher education.
ment" that an OU-NU
merger would be benefic
ial to both the student and
the taxpayer, Elliott said.
In a recent article in the
Nebraska Alumnus maga
zine Elliott said the state
legislator has a difficult
duty when he attempts to
advocate improved higher
education and low state tax
expenditures simultaneously-
Elliott also demonstrated
the problems which face
both the legislator who
wants to increase taxes and
rapidly improve education
al facilities and the legis
lator who is more con
cerned with maintaining
low state expenditures.
Concerning the low rank
ing the University received
from the Midwest Research
Institute (MIR) of Kansas
City and Missouri, Elliott
said, "we knew we were
lacking in faculty salaries
but the quality of educa
tion is just as good as in
most of the Big Eight
schools."
Elliott refused comment
on the ASUN proposed Bill
of Student Rights and the
Nebraska Free University
adding he did not have
enough information about
these affairs to make a
statement.
A member of the Board
of Regents for 13 years,
Elliott was recently elected
as President of the board.
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Floor Debate For 18 Voting Age
Scheduled In State Legislature
By Julie Morris
Senior Staff Writer
A bill calling for a con
stitutional amendment to
lower Nebraska's voting
age to 18 will come up for
floor debate in the state
Legislature Tuesday.
Student supporters of the
bill, LB132, said they hope
to "pack the galleries" with
young people during the
floor debate.
Mike Tefft, chairman of
the Nebraska Youth Coun
cil for Teenage Sufferage,
said there will probably be
sharp debate on the issue
among the 49 senators. A
three-fifth vote is required
for passage of the measure
because it is a constitution
al amendment. If the bill
passes, t h e proposed
amendment will be pre
sented to Nebraska voters
in the November 1968 elec
tions. At least one senator has
expressed disfavor for the
measure. Sen. Jerome War
ner of Waverly said he per
sonally feels that "a little
more experience will en
able young people to make
more sound decisions" on
governmental matters.
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Voting Age,
score of people appeared
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bill last week. All of the
dozen who spoke before the
Legislative Committee on
Government and Military
Affairs were for the bill,
while no one appeared in
opposition to it. More than
half of those who appeared
at the hearing were stu
dents. The eight-member com
mittee, headed by Sen. Ter
ry Carpenter of Scottsbluff
unanimously passed the bill
for Unicameral considera
tion. The measure, sponsored
principally by Omaha Sen.
Eugene Mahoney, will ap
pear on the floor under
"general file". Bills on gen
eral file have already been
introduced and referred to
a committee which studied
the measure and held pub
lic hearings on it. When the
bill is brought onto the
floor under general file, the
question is thrown open to
discussion and debate and
may be amended. The bill
then is referred to the bill
drafters for final printing
before it appears on the
floor again under "select
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not taken until it makes a
third trip to the bill draf
ters for revisions and cor
rection of errors.
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for the Legislature to call
for a straw vote on bills
on general file, Tefft said
this will probably be the
case with LB132.
John Schrekinger, a Uni
versity junior who supports
the measure, urged students
. to attend the session when
the bill will be brought be
fore the senators. Schre
kinger said the bill will
probably be brought up in
the first part of the ses
sion, which usually begins
at 9 or 10 a.m.
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er states, Kentucky, Geor
gia, Alaska and Hawaii
have lowered their voting
age below the usual 21 and
, that eight other states, in
cluding neighboring Kansas
and Iowa, are presently
considering similiar action.
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committee the governor
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Gov. John Everroad spoke
in favor of the bill as did
Lincoln Sen. Roland Lued
tke, a co-sponsor of the
bill.
"I know youth of this age
are ready to take over the
ballot, if you can face bul
lets you should have the
ballot," Luedtke said.
Dr. Edward Kuncel,
chairman of the political
science department at Oma
ha South said "Our failure
to grant these young men
and women the right to vote
is a gross failure on our
part."
Kuncel said that adults
tell youth to "learn all you
can about government then
do nothing for three years.
Everywhere else we say
learn the fundamentals and
practice, practice. Only in
government do we say learn
the fundamentals and then
sit on your hands."
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