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Interim ChznceZor Adam Breckenridge is hesitant to
give a "black and white" answer to next fall's status of the
teven-yearcid Centennial Education Frcgram.
Te haven't ma drawn up nest year's budget, he
said. "So I can't predict what problems may arise.
Cut, he added, can make an assumption that Centra
nial wi3 very Kkely continue at least at its present level.
lis response came after the Nebraska Ltg&Isture Ved-r
nesday overrode Got. J. James Exon's proposed university
budget cuts.
Monday, Exon chopped $6.8 million from the Legisla
ture's proposed $94 mHlon NU budget. NU President
D.B. Vamer requested 5100 million for the 1976-77 aca
demic year. '
Warned Potter
Prior to the override, EreckenriJge had warned Centen
nial Senior Fellow Nelson Potter, associate professor of
philosophy, that the program faced possible elimination if
Exon's budget prevailed in the LegHure.
This semester, J77 ttudaat are enrolled in the
program, which was budgeted about SlCOjCOO for the
1975-76 academic year.
Breckenridge sail he has received much correspon
dence from Centennial supporters who learned of the pro
gram's situation and has been "button-holed when leaving
the office, by them.
But he said the , problem was "blown . out of
proportion.''
. Te weren't committing funds to any programs we
didn't have to until we knew what budget we were dealing
with," he said.
Since Centennial falls into the uncommitted fund cate
gory, Breckenridge said, Potter was warned about tie ad
rmnistration's budget position.
Roy Young, who will become UNL chancellor June 1,
said he could not comment on Centennial until he learned
more about the program.
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By Joe Hudson
UNL college deans and Interim Chancellor Adam
Breckenridge met Thursday afternoon to discuss how the
university can cut financial corners to see itself through
the fiscal year, which ends July 1 .
The closed-door session was prompted by the Nebras
ka Legislature's failure Wednesday to override Gov. J.
James Exon's veto of a cash fund ceiling increase for NU,
said Ronald Smith, College of Business Administration
(CBA) dean, who attended the meeting.
Because of Exon's veto, UNL must find a way to cut
"several hundred thousand dollars," through July 1,
Breckenridge said. Exon's veto prohibits the university
from using money generated by tuition received from this
semester's unexpected enrollment increase.
Breckenridge said a variety" of cost-cutting ideas was
discussed, but that no concrete pica was decided upon
and the exact amount that must be cut w3 net be known
until sometime next week.
Smith said Thursday's meeting had little bearing on
CBA's potential accreditation problems. However, a dis
cussion on increasing faculty salaries scheduled tins after
noon between NU Resident D.B. Vamer and the three
campus chancellors could prove important, Smith said.
Last month, Smith said CBA is plagued by an exodus
of professors, and that the college must come up with
$323,000 to increase the number of full-time faculty ,
members to 75 per cent of its staff. Otherwise, the college
would be forced to turn away more than 3JD00 class
registrations to live up to accreditation standards.
Smith also said he is looking forward to the release of
a 26-page report by Chancellor's assistant Larry Braskamp
comparing UNL faculty salaries by department with other
institutions.
The Daily Nebraskan also learned that a meeting is
scheduled today between UNL officials and Utica State
Sen. Douglas Bereuter. They reportedly win discuss how
the $850,009 allocated for UNL undergraduate improve
ment, provided in Bereuter's amendment to the NU
budget, might be used. -
Young, vice-president of research and graduate studies
at Oregon State University (OSU), said he has had no ex
perience with experimental educational programs.
hi a telephone interview, he said OSU has several pro
grams offering alternatives to traditional classes, but that
he was not very familiar with thrm.
Since others learned of Centennial's budget status,
Potter said, he has itemed much support for the program
from UNL officials. '
The UNL Teaching Council, which has three student
and 10 faculty members, unanimously passed a resolution
April 1, reaffirming its support of the program to
Breckenridge.
English Prof. Gene Ilardy, a member of the council,
said, "Most of us (Council members) have had some ex
perience with the program and recognize the need for al
ternative forms of education on campus."
FYcmaturs endorsement
Two of Hardy's children were Centennial participants.
In a letter to the council, Breckenridge criticized its en
dorsement of Centennial before an evaluation of the pro
gram had been completed.
In the last year and one-half, all university programs
have been evaluated under the direction of the Faculty
Senate's Academic Harming Committee, Breckenridge
said.
The Centennial evaluation, to be completed by
mid-May, will determine whether and in what form the
program should exist in 1977.
Letters to Potter from Business Administration Dean
Ron Smith, Arts and Sciences Interim Dean Max Larsen
and Director of Housing Dick Armstrong expressed sup
port for the program's continuation.
Continued on p.2
action, injunction cases set Sunday
The ASUN Student Court Sunday will hear two cases
and an injunction relating to the llarch 17 ASUN elec
tions and proposed ' Coalition of University Reform.
Wednesday, Graduate College students requested an in
junction restraining elected senators and executives from
taking office until the court heard all cases concerning the
election.
The injunction alio questioned the right of the ASUN
Electoral Commission to annul the Graduate College sena
tors election. It was submitted too late for court action
before Wednesday night's ASUN Senate meeting, said
court justice Don Vesery.
Since no ruSng had been made, he said, elected offi
cials were installed and the court will decide the validity
of that action 3 pan. Sunday.
At 1 30 p m. on Sunday, the court will hear 30-minute
testimonies on a suit challenging the constitutionality of
the Coalition's Organic Act and the validity of signatures
in the Coalition's referendum petition drive.
The plaintiffs also requested in their complaint that the
defendants be "enjoined from incurring any expenditure
of student fees or other ASUN assets."
The second suit, which will be heard at about 230
pjn questions the Electoral Commission's right to in
validate the election of Professional College senator-elect
FredKray.
Since two more Professional College ballots than pos
sible were cast and write-in candidate Kray received two
votes, the commission ruled to disqualify Kray and let the
newly -elected Senate replace hirn.
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