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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 196?
University of Nebraska
VOL. 90,
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NO. 64
As He Hinted, Tiemann
Offers Tuition Increase
By Julie Morris
Senior Staff Writer
As he had hinted he would
for over a month, Gov. Nor
bert Tiemann Monday rec
ommended Universitv tuition
be increased next falJ.
Announcement of the rec
ommended $95 a year resi
dent tuition hike and $69
yearly non-resident hike,
came as the Governor made
public his proposed $122,299,
158 1967-69 budget package
for the school.
With the suggested tuition
hike, resident students would
pay $429 a year and nonresi
dents would pay $929 a year
in tuition and fees.
Highest of Big Eight
The increase would put
University tuition rates at
the highest of Big Eight
schools and resident students
would pay 38 percent of the
cost of their education com
pared with an average in the
low 30's at comoarable
schools. University students
now pay about 40 to 43 per
cent of their educational
costs, according to Vice
Chancellor Joseph Soshnik.
Before such a tuition in
crease would be effective it
would need the approval of
the Legislature and the Uni
versity Board of Regents.
OPERATING BUDGET 1967-69 '
Total Operating budget University asked $98,662,406
Percentage increase from 1965-67 appropriation , 61
Total operating budget Governor recommends $87,039,884
Percentage increase from 1965-67 appropriation 42
Total state funds University asked $07,192,693
Percentage increase from 1965-67 appropriation 92
Total State funds Governor recommends $52,254,886
Percentage increase from 1965-67 appropriation 49
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET 1967-69
Total Capital construction budget University asked ... $40,951,774
Total Capital construction budget Governor recommends $35,259,274
Total state funds University asked for capital
construction $24,245,000
Total state funds Governor recommends for
capital construction $19,692,500
Administrators Field
By Julie Morris
Senior Staff Writer
University administrators
fielded some pointed ques
tions posed by state Legis
lators Tuesday, the opening
day of public hearings on the
University's 1967-69 budget
request.
Omaha Sen. Henry Peder
en asked University spokes
men if the school's request
"takes into consideration the
financial problems of this
Legislature, or are you ask
ing for all the money you
need?"
Dye Offered
Directorship
At Evanston
Tippy Dye, Nebraska's ath
letic director who brought
football coach Bob Devaney
and basketball coach Joe Cip
riano to the University has
been offered the athletic di
rectorship at Northwestern
University.
Dye, starting his sixth year
at Nebraska, was In Evans
ton. 111., Tuesday conferring
with officials of the Big Ten
school when North western an
nounced the offer.
He is expected to return to
Lincoln before announcing his
decision on accepting or re
jecting the Northwestern bid.
Dye, who confirmed the of
fer Tuesday, talked to North
western president, Dr. J. Ros
coe Miller before the an
nouncement was made.
The Northwestern position
would reportedly Include a
considerable raise in salary
over the $20,000 per year he
now receives at Nebraska.
The increase has been report
ed at approximately $10,000.
Dye was scheduled to be
back in Lincoln Wednesday
and has indicated that he will
have a statement later this
week on his decisions.
For more Information, see
Daily Nebraskan Sports, page
six
Tiemann proposed the tui
tion hike to generate an esti
mated $3.5 million in extra
funds for the biennium.
In addition to these funds
and other University resourc
es, Tiemann proposes that
the Legislature appropriate '
the school $52,254,886 from
the state general fund of tax
revenues for a total operat
ing budget of $87,039,884. s
The governor also proposed
that the University be grant
ed $19,692,500 in state tax
funds for campus construc
tion in the next two years.
The tax funds would be
supplemented with $15,566,
774 in federal grants, to give
the University a total capital
construction budget of $35,
259,274. 49 Percent Increase
Tiemann's proposals for the
tax support of the operating
budget represent a 49 percent
increase over the 1965-67 oper
ating budget tax fund appro
priation. The University had
requested a 92 percent in
crease in the funds.
The total operating budget
recommended by the gover
nor represents a 42 percent
increase over the 65-67 ap
propriation, while the Re
gents had asked for a 61 per
cent increase.
"We are very conscious of
the emergency (in the state).
We're also conscious of the
emergency within the Uni
versity," Chancellor Clifford
Hardin told Pedersen.
About 75 people, many of
them University students,
crowded into the governor's
hearing room at the State
house for the Budget Com
mittee session.
The hearings are scheduled
to continue Wednesday at
2 p.m. and may spill over
into the first of next week.
The committee plans to spend
Thursday and Friday on in
spection tours of the campus.
Committee chairman Sen.
Richard Marvel said the sena
tors plan to visit the Medical
College campus in Omaha
Thursday in continuation of
the lawmakers' precedent
setting tour to see first hand
why specific University budg
et requests have been made.
The senators were on the
city and East campuses three
days last week and met with
faculty and administrators.
There is a possibility the
senators may meet informal
ly with student leaders next
week.
There was little discussion
of generalities Tuesday as
senators moved Into specific
questioning of University rep
resentatives who came forti
fied with stacks of reference
materials.
Hardin reiterated his for
mer statements that a pri
mary reason for the Univer
sity's increased budget re
quest is increased enroll
ments. Sen. Clifton Batchelder,
sponsor of a dead bill to allow
the University to limit enroll
ments, asked the chancellor
if attempts to limit enroll
ment had been made.
Hardin responded, as he
has to similar questions in
the past, that the administra
tion's philosophy Is a hope
"that there would be more
opportunities within the state
for higher education before
we took this step."
Later on in the two-and-a-half-hour
session, University
officials told the committee
that Increased faculty sal
Monday night University of
ficials had indicated they
apparently plan to go along
with Tiemann's proposals
and adjust their figures ' to
his for presentation to the Le
gislature. A statement by the Board
of Regents said the Regents
"Welcome the support (of
Tiemann) and feel he has
made a serious effort to meet
many of the programs we
have set forth."
Tiemann had said earlier
that he hoped the University
leaders would go along with
his recommendations so t h e
two could present a united
front to the Legislature. . . .
Some of Tiemann's specif
ic recommendations included
a strong emphasis on re
search, a campaign nromise
the governor had made, and
emphasis on salary increases
at the assistant and associ
ate professor levels.
The research funds asked
by the University were cut
only about $780,000. The ap
propriation Tiemann recom
mends would increase re
search funds 50 percent over
the present biennium's ap
propriation. The instructional budget re
quested by the University
was cut $5 million in Tie
mann's recommendation. He
proposes to increase this area
49 percent rather than 69 per
cent as the University had
projected.
The governor's recommen
dation is the largest increase
any previous governor has
granted to the University.
His recommendations will be
considered by the Budget
Committee and the Legislat
ure before a final appropria
tion figure is voted on.
The Budget Committee is
expected to complete study of
the University budget by the
first of April.
Questions
aries rate a top priority on
the University budget needs.
Sen. Ramey Whitney of
Chappell asked Hardin if the
University was tailoring their
requests to Gov. Norbert Tie
mann's requests.
Hardin said this was cor
rect and added that the fig
ures on specific items as af
fected by the budget could
not be given because there
had not been time for the ad
justments to be made. He
said the administrators would
know generally bow specific
items would be affected by
the cut, however.
Dorm Residents
University dormitory resi
dents voted overwhelmingly
to approve the formation of
the Inter-Dormitory Associa
tion in Tuesday's election,
thus forcing an election
Thursday in residence halls
that approved the IDA on
Tuesday,
While Tuesday's ballot es
tablished the IDA, Thursday's
ballot decides the fate of the
proposed IDA constitution.
According to ttie proposed
constitution, "The second bal
lot will be taken in dormi
tories that have drawn a ma
jority vote on the first ballot.
If this ballot is approved by
a majority of the total num
ber of residents voting and
receives a majority of at
least six dormitories, then the
IDA will come into being
under the constitution."
"If an individual dormitory
doesn't receive a majority
vote on the second ballot,
they shall have the option of
withdrawing tneir member
sWp in the IDA."
The constitution further
states that if less than 30 per
cent of the eligible voters
vote, the minimum for ap
proval shall be 15 per cent
of the eligible voters.
As of late Tuesday night,
eight of the nine residence
halls had approved the IDA
by wide margins. The total
vote with the exception of the
Women's Residence Hall
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BUDGET HEARINGS . . . Chancellor Clifford Hardin explains University needs to
Schaaf: Proposed Increase Will
Result In Limiting Enrollment
By Randy Irey
Senior Staff Writer
The University tuition in
crease, proposed by Gov.
Norbert Tiemann, is "unrea
sonable" according to ASUN
presdent, Terry Schaaf.
Schaaf said that the Gover
nor's budget recommenda
tions will help the University
solve many of its problems
but that the proposed $95 a
year tuition increase for resi
dents and $69 hike for non
residents is not the students
fair share of his educational
costs.
"This tuition increase would
If Tuition Raised . . .
Regents Request More Scholarships
Gov. Norbert Tiemann's
proposed University tuition
hike set up a flurry of re
action Tuesday.
Sen. Fern Hubbard Orme,
a Legislative Budget Com
mittee member, said she is
"very disturbed" over the
proposal.
Chancellor Clifford Hardin
said, in a prepared state
ment, he is ' hopeful that the
governor's proposal for tui
tion increases can be adjusted
in some manner perhaps
by an expanded scholarship
program."
stood at 1,110 for 150
against.
A breakdown of the indi
vidual halls is as follows:
DORM For Against
Fedde Hall 41 6
Found Hall 135 11
Cathrr Hall
Selleck 240 18
Burr Vest
Burr East 71 1
Love Mem. Hall 34 2
Abel-Sandoz 259 74
Jim Ludwig, chairman of
the Interdorm Coordinating
Committee, (IDCC), staled
"I am real happy with the
turnout and I hope it comes
out as well on Thursday."
Ludwig added that the
small turnout was caused by
the lack of the controversy
that sparked the first elec
tion and the fact that "resi
dents were pretty sure the
IDA would be formed."
Tuesday's election was an
exact opposite of the first
election held earlier in the
first semester. In that elec
tion, the dormitories voted
six to four against the con
stitution. Ted Suhr, Selleck IDCC rep
resentative pointed out, "Cop
ies of the constitution have
been available to residents
for two or three weeks. Just
last Tuesday night there was
a panel discussion at Abel
Hall on the constitution and I
have spoken to various
groups about the IDA."
put great financial stress on
many student s," Schaaf
stated, "and the financial
burden becomes even greater
when one considers the $"5
increase in room and board
at the University next year."
Concerning the proposed
hike for out-of-state students,
Schaaf said that they are
"currently paying an amount
in excess of the cost of their
education."
Limited Enrollment
It is his opinion that the
proposed increase would re
sult in limiting enrollment,
which he feels, if it is to be
The University Regents, in
a statement issued Monday
night, said the Board "shares
Hardin's concern" and hope
that some scholarship pro
grams may be expanded.
Budget Committee Chair
man Sen. Richard Marvel
said he would have no com
ment on the tuition proposals
until after the committee
completes its own hearings.
Another lawmaker, Sen.
Terry Carpenter of Scotts
bluff chided the University
Regents and administration
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limited, should be on scholas
tic ability and not ability to
pay-
if there is to be a tuition
Increase. I would urge that
there be an increase in scho
larships made available to
needy studints."
Schaaf recommended that
more scholarships could be
made available through a
state-supported scholarship
program for all students at
tending state supported insti
tutions of higher education.
Curt Bromm, who spoke in
behalf of the students before
the budget hearings, said that
for going along with Tie
mann's overall budget rec
ommendations. Carpenter said the Univer
sity move only made it ap
pear that the original budget
figures were not the school's
real needs.
Tiemann was charged with
the "casual dismissal of high
er tuition as a burden" on
students attending the Uni
versity and four state col
leges by Democratic Nation
al Committee woman Maur
ine Biegert of Shickley.
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he had some "reservations
about the proposed tuition in
crease." II I s misgivings, he ex
plained, are based upon the
fact that the tuition Increase
could possibly be a factor in
both limiting University en
rollment and restricting the
type of student that could en
roll at the University.
"In light of the proposed
budget increase, I feel that a
tuition increase is in order,
but not to this degree or
amount," Bromm said.
"Increase Too Great"
Roger Doerr, vice president
of ASUN. agreed and said
that a $95 tuition increase is
too great.
Doerr said that after talk
ing to students about the rec
ommended tution increase,
that he believes the majority
of the students feel that the
proposed increase is too large.
An increase of $30 to $60,
in Doerr's opinion, is an
amount more reasonable to
students.
He noted that students are
presently in a tricky political
position. Students, in an
ASUN resolution, have taken
the position tnat an increase
in tuition should be justified
by a substantial increase in
the state expenditures for edu
cation. "We recognize the fiscal
position of the state at the
moment, and we realize a
tuition increase is inevitable,
but we don't want to com
promise the student position,"
he explained.
"An increase in tuition
should come within the
bounds that a student can
afford. It is also important to
study the resources open to
students to offset a tuition in
crease." Doerr said.
I'rovid s Progress
In regard to Gov. Tie
mann's budget proposal,
Schaaf said that it provides
for "progress at the Univer
sity for the next biennium."
He stressed, however, the
need to emphasize that the
original budget request still
reflects the needs of the Uni
versity. "The Governor's proposal
would solve many of these
problems but additional funds
are still needed to completely
remedy the situation," he con
tinued. Bromm said, in regard to
the budget, that it is "a good
step forward and showed sig
nificant improvement in the
instructional area."
Hookstorc Owner
Pleads Nol Guilty
William Steen, owner of
the Heroic Book Store, en
tered a plea of not guilty
in his arraignment before
District Judge Ralph W.
Slocum in Lancaster Dis
trict Court Tuesday.
Charged vith six counts
of possessing, selling, and
advertising pornographic
literature, Steen will come
to trial about March 6.
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