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' NPresident DJ5. Varner told the NU Eoerd of
Regents Saturday that hi would recommend a 10 per cent
tuition increase for tbe next year at the board's May meet
"Our current plans are operating on the assumption
that a tuition increase w2I be generated next year," he
said.
Regent Robert Prokop of W2ber told Vamer he object
ed to a tuition increase and added that the regents would
be opened to an "tamense amount of criticism if it pro
posed a tuition increase."
Vamer told the board if everyone agrees with Prokcp,
we're in real trouble." The size of the prc ! faition
increase will not be known until next month, Var&er said.
Regent Robert Simmons of Scottsbluff said the
Nebraska Legislature put NU in a "very unfair position"
by criticizing the university for not raising its own money,
but putting a cash ceiling on the amount the university
can spend from new tuition income.
. v Guidelines set ..,
The regents also set guidelines Saturday for depart-
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The results of Friday's election of six Graduate Studies
College representatives to ASUN Senate were different
from the invalidated March 17 election.
Roberto Sosa (Lid.) and Robert SLmonson (New Stu
dent Coalition), both winners in the first election, lost
their seats to write-in candidates Janet Rasmusson and
Ronald G. Ztr&s, both independents.
Frank Thompson, the top vote-getter in the first elec
tion with 63 votes, garnered 25 votes Friday, while Mike
Duffy, who ranked sixth in the first election, led candi
dates in Friday's election with 43 votes.
The six winning representatives and their vote totals
in Friday's election, folbwed by their totals in the first
election were: - - . . .
-TMfy(Jbd.)43;53--Rasmusson
(ted.) 35; cnavsllsble.
Stress (Ind.) 32; unavailable.
ments to follow when awarding pay increases with about
$63 million budgeted by the Legislature for 7 per cent
faculty salary merit raises.
Vamer warned against awarding across the board pay
. increases because, he said, the money was budgeted for
merit raises. ,
The guidelines include: ,
" awarding a minimum three per cent increase for
satisfactory performance.
-awarding three per cent for merit and parity with
other colleges and departments.
awarding one per cent for the chancellor's discretion
subject to Varner's approval.
Vamer emphasized that faculty members performing
unsatisfactory would not receive raises.
The temptation is going to be very great to give every
one a standard increase," he said, "and I might be
embarrassed next year when I go to the Legislature if we
haven't proven mat we awarded merit increases.''
Flax&Zlty allowed
The guidelines allow flexibility within campuses and
departments but decisions must receive Varner's approval.
e election result
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Ron Stephens (University Student Awareness-USA)
30; 57.
-Marie T. Engelke (USA) 26; 63.
Thompson (Alliance of Concerned Students) 25; 63.
Simonson received 60 votes in the first election while
Sosa tallied 55.
The March 17 election of graduate senators was inval
idated April 2 by the ASUN Electoral Commission be
cause it recorded 181 Graduate Studies College ballots
although only 171 students were included in the college's
roster. . .
Five candidates' names were on the second ballot and
69 votes, including two absentee ballots, were cast, ac
cording to David Ware, electoral commissioner. Sixteen
of the 18 absentee bsl-ats cast werer disavowed because -they
failed to comply with conrmsaSon guidelines for ab
sentee ballots, Ware said.
Maximum raises for faculty members on a nine-month
contract w21 be $4 XX) a year. Faculty members on 12
month contracts will receive a maximum raise of $4,900
and office or service workers will receive a maximum
$1,200 increase. ,
In other business:
UNL Interim Chancellor Adam Breckenridge said he
planned to hire additional faculty members, reduce the
number of graduate assistants and reduce class sizes with
the $850,000 earmarked by the Legislature for improving
undergraduate education at UNL.
The board voted to include institutional support in
the 1977-78 budget request for eight programs and
activities currently financed totally or partially by student
fees. The programs are career planning and placement,
career counseling, academic health education, new student
orientation, environmental health, University of Nebraska
at Omaha (UNO) radio KVNO-FM, fine arts, general
facilities and maintenance of public use areas in student
unions.
' The board voted for a resolution proposed at its last
meeting by former UNO Student Regent Clint Bellows
restricting smoking to designated areas on all NU
campuses.
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NU administrators told the board the smoking policy
will be impossible to enforce and no punishment for
violation was included in the resolution.
Bellows had proposed that smoking areas be designated
' where large groups of people would gather.
New UNO Student Regent Steve Shovers objected to
the resolution. He said people who buy cigarettes paid for
the new UNL fkldhouse with a 13 cent tax on each
package of cigarettes.
The resolution would set smokers against nonsmokers
on campus, he said.
Speaking to the board id favor of the resolution were
State Sen. Shirley Marsh of Lincoln, Frank Nowak of
'Omaha, representing the Group Against Smoking
Pollution (GAS?), and Delmar Serafy of Omaha,
executive director of the American Lung Association of
Nebraska.
I heatre specialization splits So
each
Drama Dept
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Because of more specialization in theatre arts, speech
communication and speech pathology and audiology,
those three divisions of UNL's Speech and Dramatic Arts
Dept. wCI become separate departments on July 1.
Joseph Baldwin, interim vice-chairman of the Speech
and Dramatic Arts Dept., said the three areas do not share
as mudi in common as they once did. At one time, he
said, many professors taught both speech communication
and theater arts, but currently they do net share teaching
'responsibilities. " :
The three dlsci?Iies are "still friendly,' Baldwin said,
but they are distinctive areas of study.
He said higher UNL enrolment figures have caused
more student demand for courses in the three areas.
AS three divisions were located in the Temple Bldg. at
one time, he said, but speech communication now is in
Burnett HaH and speech pathology and audialogy is
moving to the Berkley Memorial Center on East Campus.
Baldsrin said one new degree, the "master of fine aits
in theater," may be offered. It would be for persons
specializing in areas such as acting, directing, theater
design and sound and play writing. lie said it must be ap
proved by the NU Board of Regents.
Rex MeGraw, currently a visiting professor at Ohio
State University, was confirmed Saturday by the regents
as chairman of the Theater Arts Dept. Dennis Bormann,
currently vice-chairman nf the Speech and Dramatic
Art Dept., will head the Speech Communication Dept.,
and Robert McGlone, chairman of the Speech and Dra
matic Arts Dept., wl head the Speech Pathology and
Audiology Dept.
The budget structure for the three new departments
has not been determined yet, according to Max Lanen,
interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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A dipl jy of form, power and motion will be exhibited
Saturday when the U2IL VdghtlTliag aub hosts the
1976 Mr. lcbraa and the Mr. Ncbrala Notice Fhysique
Contest. The dz'Jz, cpm to the ptUc, zzz zl 7 p.m.
n the Ncbraa CCntar for Continuing Education, 33rd
and Holdrege streets. Awards wO be given for the most
muscular contestant as well as for beat individual body
farts, mdudirg the chect, arms, shdcmmab, legs and
tack. A Mr. IwbrssVa novi rard wO be Fxesmted to
kUtf tUuiwji.i iiA Y i Urn V ttfl
t.'cn the Mr. hTcbraa titla. I,!r. U2A, Fate Fave of
Hiocmx, Anz will be guect rxtser at the contest.