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Inside tcdaij Yowza, Yosrza Step right up, sec the pictures, -: :J read the story . ... .p. 10 daily nebfosEsan thurrdoyptcnrcrO.IOTO vol. 103 no, 7 linccln, ncbmha ohmf b O m e i By Anita Stork The NU Board of Regents Wednesday approved a $103 million general fund bud get request, including a five per cent pro jected tuition increase. The budget request, presented to the board by NU President D. D. Varcer, in dicated the tuition increase was necessary because of an expected rise in the Consum er Price Index. V AiUWl IHIMI UUM UAU1 UUSly WliAfcott means students will pay $1 more a credit hour, reflects "the increase in the cost of living. "Ve hate to do this to the students and parents," Vamer said. "Raising tuition even a dollar per credit hour could price some people out of the market. Ongfssl reqacst The original budget request represented' a 163 per cent increase in the general fund appropriation, from $94.6 million to" $110.2 million. But Vamer subtracted a $13 minion loss in federal funds to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and said the actual increase in the general fund budget would be 15 per cent. However, complaints from the regents that the IS per cent increase request was too high resulted in the 25 per cent reduc tion in the general fund request. After considering numerous suggestions for absorbing the 25 per cent reduction, the board decided to cut salaries and the general improvement fund. The board initially considered a nine per cent increase in faculty salaries and a six per cent pay increase for everyone else. Finally the board opted for 83 per cent and 53 per cent increases, respective ry. .-Vamer said he supported .the cine per . cent and six per cent increases because faculty salaries currently lag six per cent '.. behind the average salaries for land grant institutions. "By adding an additional three per cent increase to faculty salaries, half the gap would be closed, Vamer said. SalsycEts necessary - Several regents agreed with Vamer that improving faculty salaries was important, but maintained that the salary cuts also were necessary'because the 15 per cent in crease was unfair to taxpayers. Regent Robert Koefoot of Grand Is land, said a 15 per cent increase is "more than the taxpayers will bear. "With the present drought conditions in the state, a 10 per cent increase is the most we can approve, Koefoot said. Regent Ed Schwartzkopf sail he was tired of hearing about budget cuts. Te want a quality institution, Schwartzkoph said, "Let's have a budget that will move us ahead. The university should move" ahead, Koe foot said, as far as it can afford to. UNO parity aUsteest Regent Robert Simmons of ScottsbhiiT suggested cutting the $500,009 allotted for UNO parity. He also reminded the regents that no matter what budget they passed, "the Legislature will have a second look at it anyway. Regent Robert Prokop of WEber sug- gested terminating current programs when cutting the budget. According to Vamer, cuts should be made in the. program improvement fund where "the least damage would be done. After considerable debate, the board voted to slice $23 million from the recom mended $3.8 million program improve ment fund. The cut will be spread throughout the three campuses, the board said. - ' UNL's original portion of the program improvement fund was $1.7 million, UNO and the medical center, $850,030 each, and Central Administration $445,000. The board said the $23 million cut will be div ided proportionately among the campuses. ResfsaatSa-as ' The regents accepted a number of re signations including tnose ot Ken Cader, vice chancellor for student affairs, and Winn Sanderson, assistant vice president for budget and cost analysis. Varner said the large number of resigna tions by high-risking UNL officials had given people a feeling that "there's some thing wrong at UNL. "To the best of my knowledge, a!l those leaving are advancing professionally and salary-wise, Varner said. Varner said he has received an envelope from the search committee containing seven names for the medical center chan cellor position. The regents urged Vamer to narrow the field to three and give his recommenda tions to the new NU president, who will make the final selection. . Other action , In other actions, the regents: Approved the capital construction budget, deleting $1 million from the Agri cultural Engineering Bldg., which will be built of steel instead cf brick as originally planned. -Gave the go-ahead for a plan for deter mination cf academic rank for personnel in the University of Nebraska State Museum. , Authorized expenditure of up to $458, 630 for alterations and improvement in Residence Hals, the Nebraska Union and. the University Health Center to com ply with the state fire codes. This is an on going project. Requested the NU Foundation to pur chase lots at Pircher and Baldwin's second addition to University Place for lease to UNL. -Changed the came of the Department of Minority Affairs to Department of Midti-Cuhural Affairs. Bader said the term "minority was seen as synonymous for only third world persons. "The name multi-cultural is broad enough to encom pass all groups." it" if 7 Matcrcycles parled on R St., in front of Love library. rickeiino motive is 'ordsr' "Attaining some semblance of order is our main objective for ticketing motor cycles at 12th and R streets, said Police Chief Dean Leitnsr. The policy referred to by Leitner in volves ticketing of all motorcycles park ed in non-designated areas along 12th and R streets. Up until this year motorcycles were allowed to park between the red lines thaf marked the fire lane at the intersec tion. According to Leitner, vehicles in these areas posed no problems in the past, but now because cf an increased number of motor cycles the situation has "gotten out of hand. City Traffic Engineer Robert Holsbger said, Te are looking into all red zone areas to see how many spaces we can create and you can be sura that we wfl make spaces for as many motorcycles as possible. lis explained that specific zones will be created so motorcycle operators wO know exactly where they can park. Ha said that according to legal clearances, "we will dear up once and for all just how many cycles can be accommodated. titner s?sd the space available will not be diminished much, "hut just enough to clear the cress-walks and the fire lane. The fine for narking in a restricted area is one duutf. The office cf the traffic engineer plans to gradually mark all motorcycle parking spaces throughout the city until al doubts wO be cleared up as to what is restricted and what is not, said Ilolsinger.' 1 ' " J testae? T3Kk f&st es thsss isca cr3 sJscst? Xkstsz ETh cstacts ware a k& tt th Kraa DatiTs ci K&na Ftaea CZsak t3 tt tha KaTrSa SSitj Fdr. Has f itsatid stesy ca ps2 10. Isgsnt She -. , m Steven Shavers, University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) student body president and student regent, has been placed on dis ciplinary probation at UNO and may be unable to complete his terms in those positions, the Daily Nebraskan learned Wednesday. Ronald Beer, UNO vice-chancellor for educational and student services, said the probation resulted from an alleged incident during the latter part of Jury. Beer would not comment on the specifics of the esse Shovers could not be reached Yednes day for comment. He attended Wednes day's NU Board cf Regents meeting as student regjsnt. Beer said disciplinary probation usually prevents a UNO student from representing UNO in student organizations. Because cf "the circumstances . mc&ed, hosvar, no sanctions would be placed ca Shovers until he competed the appeals process The UI0 Appeals Board wO caaat somatrna next weak at Shavers rtc'itst to study Ms case, Bear said. Tha bsard con sists cf three strdrsts, tsro faculty rnana- bzn and cne IRIQ staff member. isaally are chosaa by the stadtnt body presidsnt and confirmed by tha stadsat senate,. Beer said, the speaker. cf the studsit senate u-cull act ta Shovers plsce aaa cftcose tha three studaats. The sta dants still xxuli be confirmed by the sea- UNO Chancellor Ronald Roskens will choose the faculty and staff members. If the appeals board votes to uphold Shovers probation, he then may appeal its decision to Roskens. If Roskens would de cide to uphold the board's decision, Shovers could appeal the matter to the re- gents. Beer said this is the normal procedure for such matters. Ha emphasized -that Shovers has cot been expelled from UNO or suspended from classes. Stavas gats nod for ASUM post ASUN Senator Joe Stavas was elected V.'adnasday evening as ASUN second vice Etavas, a senior, was coniinated by ASUN President El Muar to replace W WWfca.'N k AWtMi lrUtM ltMUa v.ho rtsignad from ASUN last weak. !:a!!er said he selected Staves "because he has the most experience and is tha coat compare with my philosophy. Stavas, who conferred with Muallar last Friday about tha cerarutha, saM he wants to gat the canirs'nity systtsa work kg and keep ia touch with other executive Stavas has been aa ASUN senator for . one and one half years.