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Morris Udall
Photo by Ted Kirk
By Dick Piersol
$ Democratic presidential candidate Rep.
Morris K. Udal! of Arizona made s.n abbre
viated appearance at Centennial College
Thursday. v
Udall said his plane was delayed by 80
mile per hour headwinds during his flight
to Lincoln from Illinois. ".;
In a 20-minute speech and question and
answer period before a crowd of 200,
mostly students, he said the United States
is in serious trouble under the Ford administration-and
that the 1976 election will be
the ' most important election for a
generation.
"We've come to the end of several eras,"
he said."In the past 30 or 40 years this
nation has undergone unbelievable expo
nential growth. All of our progress in trans
portation, the rise ofjthe suburbs and tech
nology in general have been based on the
availability of cheap resources.
Udall attacked President Gerald Ford's
economic, environmental and energy
policies.
He said Ford was willing to tolerate not
only the present level of 8 million unem-
friday, October 10, 1975
volume 09-jiumber 27 lincoln, nebraska
OQIIU
Tenure report submitted to regents
By Randy B'aitvelt
Calling their report "the, first and cer
tainly the most accurate and comprehen
sive study" of the University of Nebraska's
tenure system, the All-University Tenure
Density Committee has submitted recom
mendations to the NU. Board of Regents
for consideration at its monthly meeting
today.
The committee, headed by NU Execu-.
tive Vice., President .far "Academic Affairs
Steven Sample, was ordered by the regents
ast April to study the ratio of-tenured
faculty members to the number of faculty
members eligible for tenure-tenure density.
, The 21-page report outlines five recom
mendations for changes in tenure-granting
procedures at the three NU campuses.
. They are:
Adjustments should be made in the
present tenure system to insure a reduction
in tenure density over the next several
years. .
-Tenure should be awarded only at the
end of the full, seven-year probationary
period, except for faculty members with
"special merit" or previous tenure-related
.experience. Faculty members with tenure
experience, at other universities should be
placed on a" four-year probationary period.
-Tenure-bound faculty members should
undergo mandatory reviews on the depart
mental and college levels and a final major
review near the end of their sixth year of
service. "
-Each campus should review, bolster,
distribute and stringently enforce written
standards for tenure, preferably with
advice from an all-campus committee.
-Since "tenure is the most significant"
of all rewards the university can offer its
faculty, tenure should operate indepen
dently of salary and promotion.
-The tenure density study should be
updated annually, prior to departmental
tenure reviews.
.. The . report also said . the university's
"tenure classes," those- eligible for tenure,
have been unusually large the last few
years, but predicted that tenure classes.will
be smaller in the next seven years.
The regents are not expected to act on
the report until their November meeting to
allow review by other university personnel.
ployed persons, but 6 or .7 million
unemployed in three years.
"I think the President has Herbert"
Hoover's old economists hiding out in a
closet in the White House," he said. "He's
telling a whole generation of Americans
that this economic system does not need
: them. He is willing to allow the black and
Chicano unemployment rates to approach
30 per cent." ,.
"In 18 months this has become the
worst administration on environmental
issues since that of. Warren G. Harding,"
Udall said. "It has stood with big oil con
cerns when it came to offshore drilling
and vetoed a strip mining control bill that
took four years of my life to develop."
Udall said it is untrue .that Americans
cannot have environmental protection and
less unemployment. i . ,
After his speech, Udall answer four
questions from his audience.
He said he supports Ralph Nader's
Public Interest Research Groups and added
that Nader epitomizes all that is good
about America. He said the government
can be responsive if groups like Nader's pu t
the right amount of pressure on the right
congressmen and senators. ,
Udall said in response to Ford's pro
posed $28 billion tax cut that he would
like a $58 billion tax cut if it would bene
fit middle and lower income Americans.
"I have two reservations about this tax
cut," he said. "First, Ford intends to cut
expenses by $28 billion as well. I doubt if
any of that is coming from the defense
budget that rpse $16 billion last year.
Second, I doubt if the tax cut benefits the
right people. There were 400 people who
made over $250,000 last year and paid no
taxes at all."
Udall said he wanted to see several con
glomerates broken up in an effort to give
them "a dose of what you hear the
Chamber of Commerce"call competition."
He said the corporate structures of the
drug, steel, food and oil industries force
prices artificially high. v
"Of 400,000 corporations in this coun
try, 200 control two-thirds of the assets,":
he said.; .., "
Udall said be favors breaking up oil
companies' vertical and horizontal
integration.
He said allowing the oil companies to
control their products at every level of
processing and distribution eliminates coni-
Continued on p.6
REK SUHN ROC tonight
New homecoming ac
tivities planned
RF.K-SUIIN-KOC (Cornhusker spelled
backwards) will 'feature a variety show in
the Harvest room including a washboard
band, Scarlet and Cream singers and a
barbershop quarts!. Also performing are
Orchesis, Gary Abel, U'NL pep band -and
Lambda Chi's 1950s band.
Arnont other groups appearing in the
Union are Rainwater, NeoCla&sic Jazz Or
chestra, a woodwind quintet and the ,
Bohemian Stationary Marching Band."
Pianists and giiiwrots , w.l ttppear in ;
the south Crib and old movies will be
shown in the small auditorium,
A casino, party will be held to ths
Pahcslenic-IFB office. .
Locsl mihs . ' v
Local artists can pay a $5 table fee to
participate, 'displaying and selling their
crafts in the lounge.
Profits from REK-SUHN-RQC will be,
divided equally among the sponsors, .Hills
said. Each sponsor must contribute $50 for
expenses.
"We have not gotten the bilts yet so we
aren't sure how much money we will have
to pay out before we begin to make profit,"
Hills said. All groups are appearing free of
charge. .
In addition to REK-SUIZN-ROC, an all
university Yell Liks Hell pep rally will be
held today at 6 pjoi. The rally will begin at
the Union and march to Memorial Stadium,
Hills saiJ. 1
', . I Jowiccemlnj displays
Homecoming displays in front of the
Greek houses and dorms will be judged
ttils afternoon. Awards for best display
v.a be presented -at REC-SUHN-ROC.
. ISomecorakg finalists also will be intro-
duced at REK-5USIN-R0C tonight, Formal
crowning of Homecoming Royalty will be
.at tha hJftlme of the ' Nebraska-Kansas
game.
Another homecoming event, Balloon
Day, is the Tassels attempt to sell twice as
many balloons at the homecoming game as
for the other games Hills said the Tassels
hope to sell about 3,700 balloons for
homecoming. -
Residence halls, Greek houses and stu
dent organizations may sip contracts to
have balloons delivered to their doors Sat
' urday morning. The more balloons bought
by contract, the less the cost, Hills said.
i Instead of the traditional dance, today's
homecoming celebration, REK-SUI1N-ROC,
will include five hours of activities,
from 8 pjn. to 1 ajn. in the Nebraska
Union,' Admission is 50 cents per person.
The nontraditional homecoming cele
bration is Icing sponsored by Tassels, Corn
Cobs, Gamma Lambda (UNl band society),
Builders and Student Alumni Board,
Tassels President Gina Hills said.
inside today
Regents: What they will be
discussing today p.6
Also Find:
I Editorials. . . p.4
Arts and Entertainment. ..... p.8
Sports . p.ll
Crossword p.12
Short Stuff ............... p.2
" Weather
Friday: Sunny and warmer. Tempera
tures in the mid70s.
Friday night: Skies fair, highs in the
upper 30s. .
Saturday: Temperatures' in the upper
70s to low 80s. . .