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By Anita Stork . .
Proposing at least an $8 million increase in the univer
sity's budget, NU President D. B. Vainer appeared before
the Nebraska Legislature's" Appropriations Comitteee
Monday. ,4f. t ,.
Varner said the $8 million increase was a first action
to bring NU's financing into the top half of Big 8 Con
ference schools. .
"This would create a new base of $85 -million in
state general funds," Varner told the committee. "From
this base we have to consider salary adjustments,
inflation, comparability between UNL and UNO (the
University of Nebraska at Omaha) funding, lost (Univer
sity of Nebraska) Medical Centerfederal funds and work
load and program improvements."
NU has requested $100 million. Gov. J. James Exon
has offered $84 million and the Legislature, in LB691.
proposed $88 million.
Three studies
Three separate studies of NU's financing have been
made, including reports by the Legislative Fiscal Office,
university and Exon's 1202 Commission on university
funding. , n
Chaired by Gus Lieske, vice-president of an Omaha
computer products company, the commission studied
how much state general funds NU should receive to equal
the average of the top three Big 8 schools. NU then would
be financed at a figure representing the average of the top
half of the Big 8.
The commission concluded that state general funds
of "between $7 million and $8 million is needed during
the current fiscal year to bring the university on a financ
ing level with the top half of the Big 8."
Varner said NU was prepared to accept the
commission's report, but added that "Exon submitted
his budget recommendations prior to receipt of the
commission's report."
"The $8 million increase suggested by the commission
raises the state general fund from $77 million to $85
million," Varner said. "Further increases are needed to
fight inflationary costs."
East Union construction
The Appropriations Committee also heard testimony
from Warren Johnson, legal counsel for the NU Board of
Xegents, favoring passage of LR1 1 5 .
Under the resolution, Johnson said, expenditures of
$680,450 from UNL student fees and $317,000 from
Facilities Revenue Bonds Replacement Fund would be
-made, along with an additional $1,331,500 from the
surplus fund of the bond issue for construction of the
East Campus Union."
"Construction estimates on the new Union were
initailly $3 million, but inflation has pushed the funds
needed to $4.3 million," Johnson said.
' Money from the replacement fund is needed for fire
and safety maintenance on the Nebraska Union, residence
halls and the University Health Center, Johnson
explained.
New. . .
Continued from p. 1
Massengale said he has not examined UNL's agriculture
program in depth, but added that the number of Uni
versity of Arizona agriculture faculty members is propor
tionally larger than UNL's.
"The faculty is larger at Nebraska, but not when you
consider that agriculture is about a $5 billion industry in
Nebraska and a $1 billion industry in Arizona."
A nationally renowned agronomist, Massengale said he
will push for increased financing to establish a strong
agriculture program.
Encouraged by "the interest in agriculture throughout
the state," he said he is optimistic that Nebraska's Legis
lature, which approves departmental budgets, appreciates
the department's role in Nebraska's economy.
Massengale said he will study UNL's program in depth
before sorting out its strong and weak points. Through
contact with consumers and producers, he said he hopes
to familiarize himself with Nebraska's needs.
Predicting that energy costs of agricultural production
"will increase dramatically in the future," he said research
on cheaper production methods will be "the key to future
agriculture success."
Specifically, Massengale referred to what he called the
increasing costs of irrigation water. Through a grant, he
has researched water conservation in crop usage.
Organic farming and "going back to nature remedies"
cannot meet demands of commercial acreages, he said.
A Kentucky native, Masseneale received his B.S. degree
from Western Kentucky University and his M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He has served
as an agriculture consultant in the U.S., Brazil and Saudi
Arabia. ' "
calendar
Weather
Wednesday: becoming partly
cloudy with high temperatures
in tha lower 40s.
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Wednesday
8 a.m.-Japanete Agricul
tural Training Program
Nebraska Center for Continuing
Education (NCCE), 33rd and
Holdrege streets.
9 a.m.-Student . Develop-
staff-Nebraska Union
ment
202A.
12 p.m.-Nebreska Grain
Improvement Crop Recognition
Conference-NCCE.
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12 p.m.- Interfraternity
Council Chapter Advisers
luncheon-Union Pewter Room.
12:30 p.m.-Career Planning
and Placement luncheon-Union
203.
1:30 p.m.-Career Action
Commits Son Union Harvest
Room C.
1 1:30 p.m. Personnel;
Orientation-Union 232.
3 pjn. Financial Aids; State
Advisory Committee Basic
Educational Opportunity
Grants-Union Pewter Room.
3:30 p.m.-Student Affairs;
Staff Development-Union 343.
4 p.m.-University Judiciary-Union
337.
5:30 p.m.- Gamma
Lambda-Union Harvest Room
A.
5:30 p.m. Engineering
Toastmasters-Union Harvest
Room C.
6:15 p.m.-Phl Beta Kappa
dinner-Union 242-243.
6:15 p.m.-Builders Red
Coats-Union 232.
6:30 p.m.-Panhellenic Rush
Chairmen Union Harvest Room
B.
6:30 p.m.-ASUN Senate
Meeting-Union 222.
7 p.m.-PI Tau Slgma
Union 202A.
7 p.m.-Wildlife Club
Executives-Union 343.
7 p.m.-McJol - United
Nations Opening meeting-
. Union Centennial Room, Union
Ballroom.
7:30 p.m.-Blacks of African
Descent-Union Pewter Room.
7;30 p.m.- Math
Counaelers-Unton 225 B-C.
7:30 p.m.- Mexican
American Student Association
Union 337.
7:30 . p.m.-Wlldllfe Club
Union 343.
8 p.rrt.Modei United
Nations bloc meetings-Union
203, Union Auditorium, Union
202, Union Conference Rooms,
Union 232.
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