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By Liz Crumley
The controversy between the ASUN Senate and the
Council on Student life (CSL) continues.
At its 6:30 meeting tonight the Senate will discuss a
resolution which would recommend that UNL Interim
Chancellor Adam Breckenridge disband CSL.
It also would suggest that the 1976-77 Senate make a
similar recommendation to Roy Young, who has been
named UNL chancellor.
Submitted by Business Administration Sen. Jim
Wefso, ASUN Resolution No. 70 states that the stu
dents' welfare "cannot be best served by two policy
recommending bodies such as ASUN and CSL, which
disagree on "questions of jurisdiction and influence.
, Previously the Senate had passed a resolution recom
mending that CSL be an on-cafl body. It also tried to res
cind its CSL student appointees during a period, of pos
sible CSL restructuring. The ASUN Student Court
ruled Feb. 23 that the rescission attempt was invalid be
cause the appointees were riot given sufficient cause and
notice. '
The hew resolution's purpose, said Wefso, a junior
economics major from Rushville, was to eliminate a
source of controversy.
"As long as CSL and the Senate existed there was
going to be controversy, he said.
"The best way to eliminate controversy is to elimi
nate one of the sources,"
He added that "CSL cannot represent students as well
asthe Senate.
Wefso said he realizes the Senate has no power to
disband CSL, but said he wants the Senate to "go on
record against the whole concept of CSL.
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Photo by Smv Bowdm
This leafless tree on East Campus will remain
bare for a few more weeks, despite recent bb- ,
seasonably warm temperatures, as winter
weather returns to Nebraska. The linjermj
patches of snow might be covered with a fresh
layer since overcast ikies, low temperatures
and predpitatioa are predicted today.
Three candidates
omitted from list
Three candidates for ASUN senator representing the
College of Agriculture were omitted from Monday's list
of ASUN Senate candidates. Douglas Winz, Dennis Burson
and Jerry D. Peterson all are running with the New
Student Coalition (NSC) party.
, Cris Carmfchael, running for Arts and Sciences senator
with NSC, and Eric B. Cantenson, running for Teachers
College senator also with NSC, had their names mis
spelled in Monday's list. . t .
Tom Chastain. listed as running with the Stupid
Americans Party (SAP) in the College of Agriculture,
denied he is a candidate, although his Berne appeared on
SAP's foster of candidates.
The second vice-presidential. candidate cf NSC is
Dennis Martin, not Dennis" Miller as Monday a list sjd.
Also, Frank Thompson is running as a candidate With
the Alliance of Concerned Students (ACS) party, not
IXS, as was reported.
Full professor salaries at NU
rank at bottom of AAU barrel
By Ron Ruggless
Salaries of NU professors rank last among the 23 mem
bers of the Association of American Universities (AAU),
Faculty Senate President Franklin Eldridge said Monday.
FJdridge cited an article in the University of Kansas
campus newspaper, The University Daily Kansan, which
showed NU salaries for full professors to be $7,232 below
the top-paying institution, the University of Pennsylvania.
'There is no question that our salary level at the uni
versity is not competitive," Eldridge said. .
He said Nebraska placed 22nd out of 23 for associate
professor salaries, 18th out of 23 in assistant professor
salaries and 21st out of 22 for instructors salaries.
"". ".' 7 ' . Gieat exodue -' '
'Ten to 15 years ago there was a great exodus of
highly capable professors because of low salaries,"
"Eldridge added.
It took the Nebraska Legislature a long time to realize
this, he said, but after they did, they granted a 25 per cent ,
salary increase over two years and the exodus declined
immediately.
"It takes years to make up for this difference in quality
faculty," Eldridge noted, adding that five to 10 years is
the usual span for replacing these professors.
In addition, he said he thinks the NU Board of Regents
and NU President D.B. Varner's request for a 6 per cent
across-the-board increase in faculty members salaries with ,
6.23 per cent for merit raises is legitimate. v
"It would take that amount to bring the average level
salary at NU up to the top half in the Big 8," he stated.
Many Big 8 Conference universities are giving eight to
10 per cent pay increases this year, Eldridge noted.
Other means of support
"If we were "to compromise at any point on this salary
question, we would slip behind (other universities)," he
said.
"I have talked with many taxpayers that have indicated
they want a quality university and they are willing to pay
the cost "he added.
Eldridge said he hopes the university can find other
means of support without raising student tuition.
"Most of the faculty is concerned with pricing poorer
students out of the market , he said .
An additional $850,000 added to the proposed uni
versity budget, still in the Legislature's Appropriations
Committee, should help decrease class size and the
number of graduate students teaching at the undergradu-
ate level, Eldridge said. .
"Sorely needed"
"We hope to bring back a more favorable student
teacher ratio "he said.
In a prepared statement, Eldridge said the Faculty
Senate Executive Committee supports the Appropriations
Committee's action.
"All of the funds added in this most recent modifica
tion of the original appropriations bill are sorely needed
to maintain quality at the University of Nebraska," he
said. "Furthermore, adequate funds for salary increases,
particularly increases for merit, will be necessary if the
university is to keep its most capable faculty members."
Appropriations Committee approves
seven per cent salary raise for NU
A sever; per cent increase vup4ujr mmi
approved by the Nebraska Legislature s Appropriations
Committee Monday afternoon.
The seven per cent wage increase, if approved by the
Legislature, will provide the university with a lump sum
from which administrators allocate the increases to both
professional and nonprofessional employes.
These increases would be given on a merit-type bash,
according to the bill, LB691. It gives the administration
flexibility in granting raises.
"I'm extremely pleased with being given the flexibili
ty,' Varner said. "It is essential in fund allocation these
days.
"It isnt as much as we had hoped to be provided," he
added, "but the fact that it is flexible is good."
Varner and the NU Board of Regents had submitted a
request for a six per cent increase with a 6.23 per cent
increase for merit raises.
Passage Lkt?
It is likely the bOl will be passed by the Legislature and
approved by Gov. J. James Exon, Varner saidv
This increase percentage is not that much different
than the governor proposal," he said.
The Appropriations Committee last week considered a '
four per cent salary increase with one per cent for merit
pay, but it was defeated. - .
Rcfcuuig to tlic seven per cent increase. Faculty
Senate President Franklin FJdridge said, "It's a whale of a
lot better than 5 per cent."
" , ' Still below average
"It still doesn't do the job of getting the average salary
at the University of Nebraska to the top half of the Big
8," FJdridge added.
Ik said he wanted to emphasize that the seven per cent
increase in salary does not mean that some of the profes
sors and university employes will not be getting raises be
cause of the merit -type wage scale .
"There will definitely be some kind of minimum in
crease "he said. "
The Faculty Senate has a salary study committee draft
ing a pkn for the distribution of the wage increase, he
added. This plan should be released sometime this week or
early next week, he said.
Eldridge said he couldn't predict the outcome of the
bill in the Legislature.
."I understand the feelings of the senators," he said,
"and 1 know many of them are conservative."
The entire bill was approved by the committee and
sent to the Legislature's general file. j
State employes not In higher education were granted a
five per cent salary increase with two per cent for merit
pay. .