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UNL Chancellor James Zumberge
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UNL Chancellor James H. Zumberge , 5 1 , Wednesday
announced he will resign the post he has held since 1972. ?
At the same time, it was announced that Zumberge s
name will be submitted to the Southern Methodist
University (SMU) Board of Trustees as a candidate for SMU
president.
According to Robert Cullum, SMU Search Committee
chairman, Zumberge was a unanimous choice of the
committee for recommendation as a candidate for the spot.
The SMU trustees will make the final decision for the
position Sept. 5. ,,, j u
Zumberge, vacationing at Jackson Hole, Wyo., said he
couldn't pinpoint any one reason for leaving UNL except
that SMU offered a better opportunity.
"I'm pushing 52," Zumberge said in a telephone
interview, "and I decided that I only have about a dozen
years left in the saddle. 1 also decided that SMU offered the
best way to spend those years."
Zumberge stressed that the SMU opportunity emerged
very quickly." in the past, he said, other schools have made
inquiries which he had turned down. ,
Increased salary
If appointed to the position, he will earn more than
twice the salary UNL paid. The chancellor's salary and
benefits, including a housing allowance and car, total more
than $48,000. SMU, a Dallas-based, private school,
reportedly offers a $75,000 salary with a $25,000 pension
fund for its president. Zumberge denied the increased pay
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was a factor in his decision to quit . ,
His notice of resignation comes just as he wa3 to begin
his fifth year as head of the university system's Lincoln
campiis. Zumberge said he will not, make any
recommendations as to his successor, but added that there
are qualified people within the system. ' ,
Because of the importance of "continuity, Zumberge
said his resignation will not be effective until an interim
chancellor is prepared to take over the duties of the office.
According to William Swanson, corporation secretary for
the NU Board of Regents, no action will be taken in finding
a replacement until after Sept. 1.
Committee required
The process for finding a permanent replacement,
outlined in section 2.7 of the regents' bylaws, calls for a
search committee to be established with input from
students, faculty, alumni and administrative sectors of the
school. After screening, the regents will appoint a new
chancellor based on the recommendations of NU President
D.B. Varner.
Zumberge emphasized that his reisgnation in no way
reflects on the quality of education available at UNL, but
that he believes the core of authority at the school will have
to be decided soon.
"One of these days there will have to be a decision made
as to where the Legislature's authority ends and where the
regents' authority begins," he said.
Zumberge said he believes the Legislature should have
full authority , in determining the amount of money the
school receives, but the regents should decide how it should
be spent. He blamed the present confusion on the wording
of a section of the Nebraska Constitution regarding UNL.
The only other complaint the chancellor noted about
UNL was the Legislature's tight-fisted approach to faculty
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"I have made strong pleas to the Legislature to upgrade
faculty salaries," Zumberge said, "i think it is a failure on
my part that salaries weren't increased."
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Student tactics vary in Fighting registration rules
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By Ann Owens
"I've already been here two hours!
"You mean English 101 is filled? No
what am I going to do?"
These remark along with similar cries
of anguish filled the Nebraska Union
ballroom last week as UNL students stood
. in lines for general registration.
Groups of students entered the room at
30-minute intervals after presenting fee and
time appointment cards to Academic
Services employes guarding the entrance.
Sneaking students
"Students often try to sneak through
the entrance without fee cards, one door
guard said, "but if they succeed, it catches
up with them when records show they
haven't paid their fee."
After pleading on hands and knees for
admittance, one student entered without a
time appointment card, according to a
sympathetic guard.
"I'm so soft hesrted so I let him in, the
guard said. "Another girl commented on .
how nice I looked in my new jeans so I let
her in also."
After students entered the room, by
whatever means, they formed more lines to
pay fees, talk with advisers, pull cards for
classes and check forms for errors. ,
Ran smoothly
The system registering approximately
1 ,400 students per day, ran smoothly this
year, according to Richard Young, assistant
director of Registration and Records.
Nearly everyone helping-full time UNL
employes, retired faculty, faculty wives,
work-study students, student volunteers
and even one nursery school
teacher-agreed there were no major
problems with general registration.
"The biggest problem is that many
students who could early-register just
don't," UNL Admissions Office employe
Pam Thoman said.
"This includes freshmen, who are
simply afraid to register early," she said. "I
have no sympathy for them. After all, they
- had five months to take care of it, but now
they complain about having to wait in line
for general registration."
Space a problem
The biggest problem, according to
housewife Karen Miles, temporarily
employed to pull cards, is limited
classroom space.
"If it were up to me I would give the
students any classes they wanted," she
said. "Students more often walk away
disappointed than angry when a class is
full
Mis. W.C. Meierhenry, in her thirtieth
f hfflm'no with registration, said she
believes that "students are exceptionally
well-mannered this year - :
If you greet them with a smile and
help them as much as possible, they are
most gracious," she said.
Students remain courteous throughout
the entire process, according to Sue
Fire damages
UNL building
A two-alarm fire early Friday morning
on UNL's East Campus caused
approximately $1.2 million dollars damage.
The fire, which burned for
approximately. 45 minutes before being
noticed, destroyed the roof and top floor
of the Plant Industry Bldg., Don Rixstine,
deputy state fire marshall, said.
The building, housing mainly research,
contained the horticulture, entomology
and plant pathology departments
According to Rixstine, the fire started
at approximately 1 a.m. in the attic around
the plant growth chambers, because of a
itghting baiast short.
"A concrete slab between the attic and
the third floor, prevented the entire
building from going," he said.
There also was considerable heat, water
and smoke damage on the lower floors, he
stated.
T.E. Hartung, dean of the College of
Agriculture, said, "The serious damage is
the research activity that was destroyed by
water or fire. There is going to be a serious
- loss of research progress,"
According io Hartung, it will be at least
45 days before they will be reassigning
occupancy in the building.
"Apparently the building is structurally
sound, so the main factor is the
replacement of the roof and ventilation
system," he said. , -
Low-level radioactive materials, used in
plant research, were stored in the building,
Julius Ha;s, UNL's radiation officer, said.
This material is at a level only slightly
higher than thai of radiation found in such
tilings as rock and soil, he said.
I lacs said radiation was nonexistent,
though, when he checked it immediately
after ihe firer--
Blomgren and E.R. Powell, two employes
checking completed registration iorms.
. - Thankful for end
"By the time they reach this line they
are usually thankful to see the end,"
Blomgren said. ... ,
Assistant Director Young said he is
pleased with UNL's general registration
Improvements suggested by employes
ranged from leaving the general registration
procedure as it is to eliminating it
completely and using a computer.
"There is room for improvement,"
Young said, "and improvements will be
made in the future."
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