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O J - I mill i '.V. . Tim" - mini T - "Storm of controversy" . ASUN on Rozman. Faculty Acting on instructions from student senators, ASUN President Steve Tiwald will state ASUN's position on the Rozman issue to the upcoming meeting of Faculty Senate. Tiwald told the group he would present the Faculty Senate a resolution passed by ASUN last month. It expresses Weekend program to study poverity A conference on poverty sponsored by the United Methodist Chapel March 12 and 13 will study the phenomena of poverty, its general sociological aspects, the local situation, and opportunities for specific action. Representatives from the University sociology department, the Crosslines program in inner Kansas City, and the Lincoln Action Program will attend the conference. The cost of the program will be $9. Those interested may register in the north Nebraska Union entrance Thursday, Friday, or Monday or by calling 432-0355. qs it enisfs today in ens' cits MCrCMwa nacucnm firtr9 n XjammmM FREE PARKING AFTER 6:00 P.M. . . surrounds Faculty Evaluation Committee hearing. PACE. . to hear Tiwald support for Rozman in "his attempt to clarify the issues" and "denounces" the decision and procedures of the Board of Regents. The senators, with one opposing vote, reaffirmed their support of the refundable PACE plan and called on the Regents to meet with ASUN if the Board could not support the program. THE RESOLUTION ALSO branded the "Young Plan," a new proposal providing for decisions on PACE at the time a student pays his tuition, as unacceptable at this time. Other items approved during the three-hour session included decisions to oppose two bills in the State Legislature: -LB 940, which would provide for control of UNO separate from the Lincoln campus. --LB 809, providing for limited enrollment in state colleges (20,500 at Lincoln). ACTION ON LB 904, a bill for establishment of a state Commission on Indian Affairs, was tabled until next week. In othei business the Senate tabled a proposed tii . I i: fs , f-J MOW SHOWiMG 1 constitutional amendment to change A3UN's Second Vice President to an appointed post. It also continued the tabling of a proposal to provide money for a vehicle to be used by student volunteers. After some modification, Dave Bingham's Electoral Commission report was approved. A last -minute change providing hat handbills which list a slate of candidates in the ASUN election must also contain part of their platform and be paid for by their executive committee) satisfied the senators.. SEN. ROY BALDWIN announced that several people had still not picked up their profits or unsold books from the A SUN-RH A Book Exchange. He said they were available in the ASUN office. Bob Vlasak was elected ASUN senator from Engineering and Architecture. Vlasak, the State Chairman of the Committee for Undisruted Education, has tried to gain the post unsucessfuily on two previous occasions this year. Next Wednesday's meeting of ASUN will be held in the East Union at 4 p,m. JU 1 " J A j T Evaluation committee hears mild criticism "I was under -the impression that we're a controversial committee," said Campbell K. Mcconneii, cnairman or ine Faculty Evaluation Committee (FEC). Less than a dozen faculty members came to an open meeting in the -Union ballroom Wednesday to discuss the committee's report. If the faculty turnout is an accurate gauge of criticism, economics professor McConncll said he's optimistic that their report will be approved by the Faculty Senate in April. FEC, established by the Teaching Council, called the meeting to present information and to allow the faculty to criticize the report. THE REPORT SUGGESTS systematic procedures for student evaluation of courses and instruction. The release of this information "would be at the option and discretion of the individual faculty member." FEC provides that course information be made available to students, possibly in coded form in semester course schedule books. Although the report outlined possible teacher evaluation and course characteristics forms, the departments would be free to adopt an alternate form. A PRELIMINARY REPORT by" FEC's six faculty and two students was submitted in December to student, administration and faculty groups, according to McConnell. Criticism of the preliminary report suggested that if public release of the teacher-evaluations were mandatory, the Faculty Senate would reject the report, said McConnell. Although the purpose of the evaluations is to "allow the instructor to use this information for self-development," McConnell said, "It's our hope that many of the instructors will agree to make the evaluation public." THE REPORT SUGGESTS that student evaluations could be used by department chairmen in considering promotions. One faculty member said this suggestion is inconsistent with allowing faculty to keep the evaluations confidential. McConnell asserted that the purpose ot the evaluation is to help the instructor determine his effectiveness in the classroom. He added that the committee hopes the faculty will decide to make the information available. Joseph Baldwin, speech and drama professor, cast himself in the role of the devil's advocate at the meeting. He raised the question of "the ability of amateurs (students) to compare with professionals judging professionals." EMPHASIS ON STUDENT evaluations may cause undo control over the course content, Baldwin stated, allowing students to insist that professors be relevant in their discussions. Another faculty member contended that a systematic evaluation procedure would be fairer than just the scuttlebutt now available to department heads. C. Peter Magrath, Dean of Faculties, said the cost for student evaluations wouldn't be prohibitive if a mark-sense card system is used on a widespread scale. Budget, . Continued from Page 1 classes and courses may be eliminated because they cost too much in relation to their tuition income, he added. If enrollment limits come, he said, they would probably be across the board rather than just on incoming students. The University won't "knock off a thousand freshmen," he explained, because it would be a mistake lasting for three or four years. The most recent proposals for tuition increases worked out to about a $38 dollar increase per student, according to Tommeraasen. However, there have been second thoughts he said so nothing is certain at this time. Tommeraasen commended Exon for his "intelligent mnvc" in giving the Regents and adrninistration wide control over the funds they did get. He said the Governor had an obligation to the people who elected him to hold down taxes. Apparently, he concluded, Exon plans to meet this obligation by lowering tax support and putting the burden of support on the customer - people who use the University directly. Comparing the situation to a business transaction, Tommeraasen said the University would sell the same product but for a higher price. Chemist establishes scholarship in memory of parents9 sacrifice How docs one repay parents for their encouragement and financial sacrifice in obtaining a college education? Henry J. Wing, a successful 72-year old chemist from Clinton, Conn., has invested $30,000 to keep his mother's memory alive in perpetuity by means of aiding other Nebraska youth. Wing and his wife have established a scholarship fund with the University of Nebraska Foundation in the name of Kate F. Wing, formerly of Lincoln and Beatrice. Income from the fund will support scholarships for undergraduate students in chemical engineering and graduate students in chemistry and chemical engineering at the University. Preference will be given to graduates of Beatrice High School. Before his retirement in 1962, Wing was assistant director of research of Chesebrough-Ponds in Clinton, and prior to that, research director of Northam Warren Corporation in Stamford, Conn., from 1944-54. At the University, Wing earned his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering in 1911 and his master of science degree in 1925. PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1971
