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By Theresa Foreman
The NU Board of Regents Friday de
ferred fiction for one month on tenure
recommendations made by Steven Sample,
executive vice president for academic af
fairs, and asked that alternatives to tenure
be investigated.
Sample's report, ordered .last May,
said that UNL's moderately high level of
tenure density was not out of line with
tenure levels at similar institutions, a
Sample noted that 68 of 97 major
American public universities have a tenure
density of 51 to 70 per cent. He said
UNL's tenure density, which in 1975-76 is
73.7 per cent, is average, for a Big 8
university.
Five recommendations
Sample made five recommendations to
the board:
-Reaffirmation of the tenure policies
in the regents bylaws, with certain adjust
ments (described belowV
Each faculty member should serve the
full seven-year probationary period before
being granted tenure. (Sample said that in
the 1960s, the university often granted
tenure before a faculty member had served
seven years.) Sample recommended depart
mental and college level reviews for each
Homecoming
king crowned
for first time
Homecoming 1975 is history now. For
the first time ever, UNL crowned a home
coming king as well as a queen, and REK-SUHN-ROC,
Friday's five-hour home
coming celebration termed successful.
Homecoming queen was Jackie Learned,
a 20-year-old junior criminal justice major,
from Grand Island. She ran as an inde
pendent write-ia.
Entered by Smith Residence Hall's
seventh floor, the queen said she ran
because she thought there should be more
residence hall representatives among the
finalists. Homecoming king was Dan Fox,
a 20-year-old architecture major from
Omaha.
Homecoming king write-in candidate
Ralph Crab tree, the cartoon creation- of
Daily Nebraskan artist Ron Wheeler, would
have won if he hadnt been disqualified.
Ciaa Hills, Tassels President, said
Crabttee received the most votes among
homecoming finalists, but was unabla to
establish credentials as an ID-carrying
UNLjunior.
Jligh attendance at REK-SUIIN-ROC
was Indication of the popularity of the
said. She also said she thought REK-SUIIN-ROC
would become a traditional
homecoming activity instead of the pre
viously traditional homecoming dance.
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority won the 10
Valentino Pizzas for best attendance of any
campus living unit. More than 60 per cent
of the Zeta House attended REK-SUHN-ROC,
she said, .
Prize-winning homecoming displays,
chosen from about 25 displays prepared
by students, were judged by a panel on the
basis of originality,, -theme and
construction.
Best orsrsS ua$by winner was Alpha .
Tau Omega fraternity, best fratertity
dbplsy was Sima FM Epdfosa and best
sorority display award went tc Kappa
Kappa Gamma (la cooperation wir the
Delta IfpsJlon Fraternity). ' '
The best oversS S3&y won $53 cs:h
pdia and $25 was nwarioJ to the best .
ifetcrsfty tad sorority dihyf.
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on th ilse, IMSs said, T1 displays were
bigger aad belter tlisa before, the "Veil
Lile HeT pep rally was a fantastic success,
elections went well mi REK-SUIIN-ROC
was well received by a! ihoss . who .
faculty member and major reviews during
the sixth year of service.
-Tenure policies should be reviewed
periodically and stringently enforced. Alsot
outside or campus-wide evaluation should
be sought before granting tenure.
-Tenure should be separate of promo
tion aad pay raises.
-The tenure report should be updated
annually.
Study options
Regent Kermit Hansen, Omaha, said he
is not willing to accept tenure as the only
option for giving security to faculty
members.
Hansen suggested salary differentials,
increased retirement benefits and short
term renewable contracts also be
considered.
Sample said the advisory committee dis
cussed alternatives to tenure, but added
that the university competes in the faculty
market.
"Faculty members aren't leaving the
university for a better tenure policy," said
Regent Ed Schwartzkopf, Lincoln. He sug
gested faculty members were interested
more in larger salaries than tenure.
Programs incompatible
He said that the "toward excellence"
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program and tenure pattern are
incompatible.
Regent Robert Moylan of Omaha said
tenure should be used to reward "outstand
ing" professors. ' -
Schwartzkopf said he resented the
implication that the recent faculty move to
form a bargaining unit was caused by the
suspension of tenure. f
Regent Robert Simmons of Scottsbluff
said if the move was a result of last April's
decision to suspend tenure-granting, it was
based on inadequate information.
In other business, Executive Vice Presi
dent William Erskine received bQard
approval for some $775,000 in non-state
financed projects.
The board approved an additional $3.2"
million in the capital construction budget
sent to the Legislature last month.
R. Neale Copple, director of UNL's
School of Journalism, reported on the
"area of excellence," program.
Journalism graduate program
With its $75,000 "excellence" appropri
ation last year, the journalism school
started a graduate program. This year's
expected $25,000 grant will be used to
maintain and improve the current quality
of the journalism school's undergraduate
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Left photo: Homecoming queen
winner Jackie Learned (right) who
won es an independent write-in
candidate, is all smiles as she poses
with escort Ralph Crab tree (John
Krause). Crabtree, a fictitious Daily
Nebraskan-cartoon character created
by artist Ron Wheeler, received the
most votes for king but was dis
qualified. Dsn Fox was then named
king. Above: Interim Chancellor
Adam Breckenridge waits to present
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Sports p.7
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Weather
Monday: Fair to partly cloudy. Temper
atures in the low 80s. Westerly winds from
5-15 m.pJi.
Monday night: Partly cloudy and cooler.
' Low4 in the 50s.
Trosdsy: Mostly cloudy and cooler.
Highs in the low 70s. Chance- of rain. .
program.
Sample reported that a study comparing
salaries and financial support levels at the
university's three campuses is being
compiled.
Pending litigation was discussed in
executive session, including a suit in the
State Supreme Court asking the court to
decide the regents' authority and a case
pending in the state Court of Industrial
Relations concerning the size of a proposed
faculty bargaining unit.
Regents back
school appeal
Members of a coalition of professionals
and students interested in generating state
support for the School of Social Work ap
pealed to the NU Board of Regents Friday
for help.
The social work school is threatened
with loss of accreditation after being on
probation since 1967.
The regents resolved to support the
school in efforts to keep accreditation.
Mary Quattriochi, social work graduate
student, Cecil Munson, a professional social
worker, and Craig Collins addressed the
board.
Munson told regents the graduate school
is only one of a few in the Midwest and
thus is valuable to the state.
The board resolved to send a student
representative to the show-cause hearing in
New York in November The hearing will
allow the university to address the Council
.on Social Work Education to show why
accreditation should not be revoked.
NU President D.B. Varner said the uni
versity should do anything it can to keep
the social work school from losing its
accreditation, "but if a large infusion of
dollars is needed, we may not be able to
pull it off."
Changes will have to be made in the
school, including phasing out some faculty
members to bring in more competent ones,
Varner said.
He said he is confident that "we're
going to get this program back on the
track."
Regent Robert Simmons of Scottsbluff
questioned the procedures of "doing just
enough to get by" the accreditation team
for the past eight years, but University of
Nebraska at Omaha Chancellor Ronald
Roskens explained that lack of money has
prevented the university from bringing the
school's program above "that razor edge."
Varner agreed that programs at NU are
not ovcuy financed sr.d thst if th-y !ck
accreditation, it is not because the universi
ty has not done the best with what it had.
Omaha Regent Kermit Hansen called
tho social work school's threatened loss
shocking and said the board should take
steps to insure that there is never again
such a long probationary period for any
school.
Rhino boots start
clamping today
Although lata in coming, Rhino Boots
will make their appearance today,' accord
fog to John Duve, Campus Police parking
' aad traffic -oordiiutar. ; ' .
He said the boot will be placed on auto
which are on Campus Police's towing list,
Dave said the rhino boots, which fit over
the wheel of an automobile and prevent it
from moving, were not used at the start of
tho semester because they did not arrive
until Thursday.
Students wishing to check if their cars
are oa the towing list can do so fey contact
ing Campus Police, he said. .
