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mondayfebruary 16, 1976 page 2 daily nebraskan esif s f bid insiiff iciest financial! By Ann Owens Utica Sen. Douglas Bereuter told the NU Board of Regents that he is concerned about what he called the declining quality of education at UNL. Bereuter said the main reason for. the. so-called decline is that faculty members and resources do not match the growing student population. Other reasons, he said, include NU rescuing the Uni versity of Nebraska Medical Center when it was in danger of losing accreditation and taking over Omaha's municipal university, now the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Bereuter said the more drastic decline is at the under graduate level. Quality not sustained Bereuter said he believes in parity of educational quality between NUcampuses, but added "we haven't put enough resources into UNL to sustain quality." He said Nebraskans don't understand the situation. 'They are deceived by a winning football team and new buildings," he added. The Nebraska Legislature sometimes reaches into matters it shouldn't, Bereuter told the board. But he said he is afraid the university has tried to achieve parity by re straining UNL. If someone has to be blamed, Bereuter said, it would be "various decision makers" including former ; and current administrators, regents and legislators. Bereuter, a UNL graduate, told the board that he I u Photo by Ted Kirk Second district Rep. John McCollister, who is cam paigning for the Republican nomination, addressed questions on forced busing, foreign policy, defense spending and his campaign at a Lincoln press conference Friday. K Iltd. j h Cut Above The Others j 2141 N. fl8th I ! Appts. Preferred: 464-8559 I Quality euts & Styles I Lyle Miller Kirk Lieswald "Yoa sttiisimpJIy, It's ilmist a: if ys wtn lack ii Ui witr.s. Tat warm, fluid sapport kteps yes rstaul all alglt" . Barter Hopkift, Lincoln Wisa jss'ri tirii if tfis ttm tli tprligs. would continue to pursue "quality" for UNL He said that he plans to speak with Omahans who he said influence the Legislature and "who have very aggres sive ideas.." "Some go far out," he said, "and won't be satisfied until this (UNL) is a shell." Upgrading UNL Other plans, Bereuter said, involve earmarking money for upgrading educational quality at UNL, cutting down class sizes and dismissing those graduate assistants who are "inappropriately" teaching classes. "I hesitated speaking to the board today because the new chancellor (of UNL, Roy Young) is here," Bereuter said. "But if what I have to say has any merit, he might as well hear it the first day." According to NU President D.B. Varner, the board was fortunate in hearing Bereuter while Young was present. He added that he was encouraged by Bereuter's concern and that he wants to "pursue the thrust of this." The board thanked Bereuter and Omaha Sen. Glenn Goodrich, who also attended the meeting, for their in terest in the university. Varner recommended that Regents' committee "systematically look at quality of undergraduate educa tion at UNL and UNO and report to the board at its next meeting." The board voted to talk to Gov. J. James Exon and form a student-faculty-citizen committee to study the quality of education at NU. n I '4 I ' v 1 I w nioto by Ttd Klrfc Utica State Sen. Douglas Bereuter told the NU Board of Regents Saturday that the quality of edu cation at UNL had declined. McCollister is critical of busing, farm and business regulations By Dick Pferso! " The greatest legislative priority for the next U.S. Congress is to reduce the "backbreaking" federal regula tion of farms and small businesses, according to. second district Rep. John McCollister. He told a Lincoln press conference Friday that federal regulations have hit small business disproportionately hard, compared to larger businesses. - McCollister, who is campaigning for the Republican senatorial nomination, said that if elected he wanted assignment to the Commerce and Small Business committees. He also addressed questions on forced busing to achieve racial integration, foreign policy,' defense spending, government spending and his campaign. McCollister said forced busing is "not a good tool" to achieve integration and "90 per cent of the people object to it." He said integration could best be accomplished by continually ending discrimination in housing and employment. v Wary of agreements with Soviets The federal government, he said, is responsible for the difficulty in reducing unemployment. "The U.S. Treasury elbows its way into the capital market," leaving private business with a hard time attracting capital. Five out of six jobs in America are in the private sector, he said. McCollister said the federal government has added i:t-.k.t-..,Jj.itgl,l-l..l:rti-iTJi,.JJ. -...j-m more to the national debt in the past two years than in the previous thirty. He said he supports cuts in govern ment spending on foreign aid, food stamps and welfare. He also said the growth of federal housing and health care programs should be curtailed. In foreign policy, he said the Soviet Union has violated detente, most recently in Angola, and said he would be wary of any future agreements with the Russians. He said he voted against cutting off aid to the anti-Marxist Angolan factions. President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger have been rendered incapable of conducting ef fective foreign policy and there was "no way 535 repre sentatives of Congress could operate a clear- policy," McCollister said. The U.S. Constitution reserves that right to the executive branch, he added. "Subconscious talking more" On defense spending, McCollister said he supports the B-l supersonic bomber but is "frankly uneasy with the cost escalations." "My subecuscious has been talking tome more lately," . he said. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning campaign spending limits would affect his campaign very little, he said adding that he has raised $70,000 so far and will limit himself to spending $100,000 for the primary election. Si Wo still nova a las of qqgc! buys loft in our csto ctock, oo well eo Pacific Troilo Down 1 60.00 - nciv se.se A '50.00 now 34.S9 8 SS.Q0 - now 21.80 VVa have just received tha entire stock of ski coats from our Denver and Boulder stores. They have ell been merkod down especially for our Lincoln sale. Hurry, crest selection, but they ere selling fast! 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