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Wednesday, august 27, 1975 volume SO number 3
recken ridge met needs
for UNL administrator
By Theresa Forsman
After 13 months of searching and
sifting, Adam Breckenridge was appointed
UNL's vice chancellor for Academic
Affairs, July 26. .
Breckenridge was one of 10 candidates
considered, said Walter Mientka, who
headed the search committee which
screened the initial 125 applicants.
The 15-member search committee,
which included administrators, faculty
members and students, advertised the
position nationwide to insure nominations
from all possible sources, Mientka,
vice-chairman of UNL's Mathematics
Dept., said. '
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10 names
The names of three UNL and seven
outside administrators were submitted to
Chancellor James Zumberge, who "made
the ultimate decision on who to
recommend for the vice chancellor
position," Mientka said.
"I have the utmost respect for and
confidence in Breckenridge's abilities,"
Zumberge said.
"I believe in trying to promote from
within if you've got somebody capable in
the system," the resigning chancellor said.
While Breckenridge's availability and
familiarity with UNL were factors
considered in his selection, Zumberge said
the new vice chancellor met the
qualifications established by the search
committee.
The five dimensions used to evaluate
potential candidates were scholarship,
administrative experience, experience at a
similar institution, academic experience
and adherence to the land grant
philosophy, Mientka said.
Better life
The land grant philosophy is based on a
belief that the university community must
contribute to the quality of life throughout
the state.
Breckenridge, who is starting his 30th
year with the university, has been a
political science professor and department
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Adam Breckenridge, UNL vice chancellor for academic affairs.
chairman, dean of Faculties, director of
Libraries" and vice chancellor fpr
international programs.
Breckenridge also has been acting vice
chancellor for Academic Affairs since the
post was vacated last spring by Virginia
Trotter, now assistant secretary for
education in the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
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P6&f of Service cuts UNL to cut costs
By Dick Piersol and Rex Seline
After seven years of negotiations with
UNL adrnirustrators, the Lincoln Post
Office has suspended delivery of mail to
university offices, and started a "one-drop"
policy for university mail Aug. 18.
UNL Business Manager Ronald Wright
said plans were completed three weeks ago
for campus mail personnel to begin
delivering all mail on campus.-
U JS. mail delivery will continue to
residence halls, Greek houses and other
residences.
Wright said the university had resisted
the change for years because of the post of
the operation. He said he had threatened
an injunction to stop the change, but legal
counsel for UNL advised him that changing
the U. Postal Service policy was
impossible.
Representatives of the Letter Carriers'
Association Branch No, 8, of the local mail
carriers' union, said the change was not
legal. The policy of one-drop delivery has
become , standard at most institutions,
Wright Said.
Mail is delivered to one point at
Nebraska Wesleyan University and Union
College. UNO also has had the same policy
for three years, according to Lincoln
Postmaster Carl Moore. '
Larry Loseke, local Letter Carriers'
Union vice president, said the union
opposes the shift to one-drop delivery
because three union members will lose
work.
"Three of our members will be without
jobs and they'll have to work as substitutes
on other routes until some routes become
vacant," Loseke said. "All their years of
seniority on the university routes have
gone down the drain."
Loseke said he is concerned over the
"sanctity of the mail" and cited registered,
insured and first-class mail as potential
problems of the new system.
"They're going to drop it all on the
doorstep of the university and say 'You're
responsible now, take if," Loseke said.
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'AFtuns up against
egal problems
By Randy Blauvelt
Legal problems seem to be surrounding
the Nebraska Young Americans for
Freedom (YAF), the Nebraska Youth
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By Randy Gordon
A male freshman student was listed in
critical condition at Lincoln General
Hospital late Tuesday evening after
falling through his tenth floor window at
Abel Hall, according to Campus Police .
John Duve, Campus Police traffic and
parking coordinator, said the student
apparently fell through the glass window
about 4:40 p.m., hit a tree, then slammed
into a six-foot wooden bench on the west
side of Abel Hall, located at 860 N. 17th'
St.
Lois Ullman, supervisor at Lincoln
General, said the student suffered a
fractured pelvis and wrist, several broken
ribs and possible head injuries. Ullman said
x-rays were taken to determine the extent
of any head injuries.
"He's at a point where his condition can
get better or worse," she said. "I would
hesitate to classify his condition as stable."
Campus Police refused to release the
student name, pending notification of
relatives.
Duve said investigation into the incident
will continue. '
Shelley Reissener, a freshman student
from Papilliao, said she heard the crash of
the tenth floor window breaking while she
was walking north along the sidewalk in
front of the west side of the hall. She said
she then looked up sad saw a body falling
head first, with arm extended, through the
ail. . , .
"It (the student's fall) seemed like the
slow motion in a movie at first, then about
halfway down, he turned a flip and seemed
to speed up," she said.
"I didn't want to see what was going to
happen. I knew what was going to happen,
but I. . . I looked anyway."
John Devaney , a freshman from Omaha ,
said he saw the incident while returning
from the University Bookstore.
"I saw him coming out. . . coming out
head over heels and saw him land."
"This girl I was standing by just turned
around and looked at me. I told her there
was nothing we could do here, and ran
inside to tell somebody at the south desk
(of Abel) to call an ambulance," he said.
When he later returned, Devaney
discovered that the student wlip had fallen
lived in the next room.
"I didn't even know the guy. He was
pretty quiet. Nobody knew much about
him. Now I wonder what he was like as a
person. Now maybe I won't get to know
him."
Sal Di Leo, one of the two student
assistants on Abel's tenth floor, said the
student was alone in the room at the time
of the incident, ' . .
"There was no one fighting in the room
or anything like that " said Di Leo, a senior
from Arcadia, Calif.
"It (the incident) woke everybody up to
the value of life," he said. "There are a lot
of guys doing some pretty heavy thinking
tonight."
Coalition Against Abortion and individuals
connected with the two groups.
The problems began when Common
Cause, a citizen's lobby group, asked the
Nebraska Attorney General's office and the
Lincoln City Attorney's office to
investigate possibile violation of state and
local campaign reporting laws by the two
conservative groups.
After an investigation by the city
attorney's office, misdemeanor charges
were filed against the YAF and Terrell R.
Cannon, YAF chairman, for failure to file
spending reports.
Distributed literature
Both groups distributed literature
pertaining to candidates for the City
Council election last May 6. The
anti-abortion group is considered a
committee of the YAF.
A city ordinance passed ' by the City
OUliCil last iuui Suivts null Catvunv
and political committees must submit
written reports listing their receipts and
expenditures. The ordinance defines
political committees to be "any
committee, political party, organization or
association of two or more people which
raises, receives or expends, or directs the
raising, receiving or expenditure of money
or other things of value to be used wholly
or in part in promoting or preventing the
nomination or election of any candidate or
class of candidates. . ."
The charge made by the city prosecutor
alleges that the YAF, under the ordinance,
would be considered a political committee
and thus be required to file the appropriate
reports. YAF failed to do so.
Arraignment postponed
Arraignment on the charge was
scheduled for Aug. 1, but has been
postponed because of a motion to dismiss
the case by YAF attorney, Arlen Beam.
Beam filed a brief on the motion and
the court is waiting for the dty to file a
brief stating why the ca3e should not be
dismissed. After the city files, Beam will
have another opportunity to answer the
prosecution's case. Afterwards, if the case
is not dismissed, a new date for
arraignment will be set. "
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