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r ' -i n oQiy thursday, September 1 1, 1975 volume 99, number 10 lincoin, nebraska 4 i J"'' iiiiim,! Hum 1 1 ii ii p ii n in urn n m immi MBWWBiMmiBiiawMMBMwww MmM'''lll,l'e'1lwli"""'"1" ByTeiriWSIso n . Some classrooms are crowded and a few courses have been eliminated because there aren't enough teachers to teach them; the residence halls are full and football ticket requests are up, according to university ofYicisls It's all part of the 1975 back-to-school movement The increased enrollment is "not just a Nebraska phenomenon, it's happening to all colleges, in private and state institu tions,' said Steven Sample, NU vice president for student affairs. The nationwide spread of higher educa tion has not swept across the plains without leaving its marks. Most students Top UNL enrollment is 22,380, the largest enrollment in UNL's history, according to Gerald Bowker, dean of aca demic services. The total is 1,488 more than a year ago, and 800 more than the record set in 1972. Freshman enrollment, at 4,024 is the largest since 4,169 enrolled in 1971, and is 276 more than last year, Bowker said. This year's Graduate College enroll ment, 3,624 students, is 599 more than a year ago. Bowker said the number of part time students continues to increase, partic ularly in Extension Division enrollments. This year 1,207 are in extension classes, compared to 1,051 in 1974 and 845 in 1972. Part-time increase Part-time graduate students also have increased from 50 per cent of the total in 1971 to more than 75 per cent this year. Bowker said women's enrollment, is up two per cent from last year tor 41 per cent of this year's student body. Although increased enrollment has caused some stress on the university, Ken Bader, vice chancellor for student affairs, said it has been a "pleasant surprise," He said there were housing vacancies last year, but this year's full occupancy caused saw students to be placed in temporary housing for a day or two. Continued a p.6 College 1975 1974 Agriculture 1517 1422 Architecture N 438 476 Arts and Sciences x 5175 5056 Business Administration 2344 . 2253 Engineering & Technology 1391 .1252 Home Economics .1060 1017 Teachers 2780 2812 Undeclared 1611 1392 Visiting 317 206 Dentistry 299 280 Law ; .471 439 Pharmacy 146 211 Graduate 3624 3025 Extension 1207 1051 TOTALS 22,380 20,892 Chancellor search committee formed; Say left out c ft., fc VkM.fr. 1 Photo bf T& Kkk Richard Gilbert, chancellor search committee chairman By Paula Darnke AS UN President Jim Say says he is con fused. Last summer he served on the search . committee for the assistant dean of student development, but at Saturday's NU Board of Regents meeting he was told a "conflict of interests" would prevent him from serv ing on the committee to nominate Chancel lor James Zurnberge's successor. The 17rmember committee roster re leased Tuesday, and Say's name was not on the list. Cant do both Say said the regents "strongly objected" to him being a member of the search com mittee while he is a nonvoting regent. The decision to bar Say from the search committee indicates the relationship be tween the regents and the student members is "not fixed," Say said. He said he would have liked more time to select the UNL student representatives for the committee, but recommendations had to be in by Monday evening, which gave Say two days to come up with a list. The three student representatives selected were chosen for their knowledge of student government and their activities within the university, Say said. Members include former ASUN senator and CSL member Carolyn Grice of Omaha; former ASUN senator James Macomber of Whitman and ASUN senator Susie Reitz of North Hatte. : Chairman of the search -committee is Richard Gilbert, former Faculty Senate president and chemical engineering pro fessor. Gilbert said a subcommittee will meet before the first meeting, of the com mittee Sept. 15 to discuss what "kind of creature we want as chancellor." Com mittee vice chairman is John Robinson, . chairman of the English Dept. ; Four faculty members were selected by the Faculty Senate president and eight . liaison committee members for their ability to exercise judgment," according to Franklin Eld ridge, current Faculty Senate president. Discussion of possible com mittee members started when Zumberge announced his resignation, Eldridge said. Eldridge said he was informed of . the, immediate request for committee nominees' at Saturday's regents meeting. Eldridge said, "The faster the committee is formed, the sooner we find a new chancellor." He said the committee was not pressur ed for a quick list of members. Work started "WeVe been working on the list since. Zurnberge's resignation," Eldridge said. The faculty members, in addition to Gilbert and Robinson, include C. Cale Hudson, professor of educational admini stration and Lowell Moser, associate pro fessor of agronomy. Members selected by the Alumni Assoc iation are Sam Jensen of Omaha, first vice president of the NU Alumni Association, Beth Kosterman of David City, Alumni Association president, and Dr. Robert Rosenlof of Kearney, former president. NU President D.B. Varner selected the remaining committee members, who he said represent "all parts of Nebraska and all walks of life," according to William Swan son, vice president and x corporation secretary. .'. . Not la bylaws, Swanson said Varner had to wait untU Saturday's meeting to discuss the search committee with the regents, because the bylaws of the university do not specify the necessity of a search committee. He said Varner needed to discuss with the regents how they wanted to conduct the search for Zurnberge's successor. Varner wants to move quickly with the search committee, and this was the reason for the so-called rush for the committee members, Swanson said. Continued on p. 6 inside. Sliced: Nebraska Medical school finances p.6 Thurston County moots requirements BI ling u a I .el ecf ion' ru les .of f ecf state Started: new degree program for College of Pharmacy p.5 The Bureau of the Census ruled this week that Thurston County ii the only political subdivision in Nebraska requiring . bilingual election procedures. , .'.-'Amendments passed Aug. 6, by the. ' House of Representatives to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 made bilingual ballots and voting information mandatory for all . elections under two conditions: . . -if more than five per cent of the .citizens of state or politics! subdivision -" ere members of a single language minority, " mi -....' -if the illiteracy rate of such persons as a 'group is higher than the national Ellier- . scy rate, now 4.6 per cent The amendments defme i&tetacy to be -failure to complete the fifth primary grade. ' . reservations for two American lisdlaii tribes, ' Winnebago and Omaha, are in Thurston county, Nebraska Secrcatary of State Allen Ecerman and Thurston County Attorney Mark J. Fuhrman were advised earlier this month by the Justice Dept. that Thurston County probably would be among sub divisions in 27 states that would be re quired to provide bilingual election ' procedures..''. Sines most American Indian languages including Omaha and . Winnebago " are traditionally. oral, provisions were made in the amendments for oral assistance and instructions ia election procedures. . However, ONL anthropology professor Jim Gibson said the Winnebago and Omaha . languages, both of th Sioux family, have ' .htm taught. phonetically in .Thurston county schools usii?g the Roman alphabet. ' Fuhrman tali he did not know whether the county, which will bear the expense, would try to provide phonetically written ballots and iruormation, or hsve art inter preter .tv0 assistance to those needing it -' Approximately ' 3,000 of the county's 7.0C0 population are either Omaha or Wknebsga Indies, he said. Most of these live hi three of the county's eleven precincts. . Fuhrman said there may be problems in carrying out the ruling. "If a person cannot read or write the English language," he said, "that person wouldn't be able to read a phonetically written ballot. We would have to find someone to Interpret fluently who was well-versed in election procedures and laws for every polling place. , Most of the younger tribal members speak, read and write English, according to Fuhntisn, but a large number of older people could not vote without assistance and have cot voted at 'all ia the past. . Beermao' ssfd he thought the intent of -tha amendments was to , provide needed bilingual procedures for areas with high concentrations of Spankhpeakirig citizens. The requirements will cause unnecessary . : difficulties and expenses to many areas, he said. '.- "When the Congress passes legislation like" this," he said, "the local governments always bear the expense and difficulty of .carrying it out. Also Find: Editorials Entertainment Sports Crossword . p.4 p.8 p.10 p.9 I WW, 1 ft (V & ier Thursday, Partly cloudy and cooler, ' temperatures in the low to rnii-TOs. Thirty per cent chance of rain. Thursday night: Cooler, temperatures in the low 40s. Friday, lEgha in the low 70s, partly - cloudy sides. - - Stopped: Illegal parking by Cornhusker football fans p.5 V. r 1 4 F t 4