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By Ceorgs Rimer
Hoping to devise a plan that "can be lived with NU,
President D. B. Varner Wednesday described the proce
dures used in attempting to establish equity in the quality
of education between the campuses of the University of
Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and UNL
The first step in the continuing effort occurred Sept, 8
when the NU Board of Regents agreed to ask the Nebras
ka Legislature to include $500,000 for UNO in next
year's NU budget. -
Vamer said a committee he appointed 18 months ago
to study equity between the two campuses determined
that UNO would need an operating budget of $1,053,250
to achieve equity with UNL.
The committee, appointed by Varner, includes Henry
Baumgarten, UNL Faculty Senate president; Adam
Breckenridge, UNL vice chancellor for academic affairs;
William Erskine, executive vice president for administra
tion; Herbert Garfinkel, UNO vice chancellor and provost;
Steven Sample, executive vice president for academic
affairs; and Justin Stolen, UNO Faculty Senate president.
The committee was advised by John MiHett, chan
cellor emeritus of the Ohio Board of Regents and senior
vice president of the Academy for Educational Develop-.
ment, ;
Millet recommended that the committee use a formula
approach to the parity problem based on the experiences
of other universities simih'ar to NU, Material used in Neb
raska's formula to compare the two campuses was taken
from the universities of Wisconsin and Illinois.
Based on the Wisconsin and Illinois data, the com
mittee used credit hours offered by the undergraduate
and graduate colleges at both UNL and UNO to deter
mine how the two campuses compare. UNO, however,
has no doctoral program.
The credit hours were "weighted" to take into con
sideration the academic level of the hours (freshman,
sophomore, ' junior, senior, masters, doctorate) and
also the.discipline the hours were in.
The committee found that patterns emerge in study
ing the hours. Courses in low academic levels, for ex
ample, tended to require less financial support than upper
'level courses. Undergraduate courses needed less support
than graduate courses and social science courses needed
less than physical science courses. The hours were based
. on data for the 1974-75 school year.
The committee also included the functions of instruc
tion research, public service and academic services in com
paring the two campuses. Student services, operation and
maintenance of the physical plant, and institutional
support were not included.
The committee pointed out that an annual computing
of the parity of UNO and UNL was necessary. It also
recommended that the calculations by which the credit
hours were weighted be updated so that the two-year
gap in the figures could be eliminated.
"Ultimately, you have to have something you can live
with and something you can defend across the state and
with the Legislature, Varner said. "I don't know of a
better weighted formula than this one."
Vamer said he was concerned about opinions among
UNL personnel that UNO was receiving unfair advant
ages. Varner stressed that money targeted for UNO parity
would not go for faculty salaries, but for support services
at the Omaha campus.
Varner also said no money would go for curriculum
expansion at UNO. He said no doctoral degree programs
are under consideration at UNO and none would be
started with the. extra money if it is appropriated by the
Legislature.
Vamer said the current procedure to bring UNO up
to an equal level with UNL was not a permanent solution
to the problem, but would be used "until we can think
of something better."
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By Rusty Ccaninfisni
A renamed, revamped Campus Police program, design
ed to emphasize public relations and crime prevention,
is Ma necessity" in helping curb last year's nearly doubled
crime rate at UNL, according to Campus Police Chief Gail
Gade. .
A new division, the Crime Prevention Bureau, has re
placed the Special Services Division of Campus Police,
although no personnel or budget increases have been
made.
The criminal was first and public relations was at
the bottom last year, but now we're dealing more with
prevention and less with after the fact," Officer Maureen
Knott said.
According to Knott, more than 1,000 crimes were
reported to Campus Police in 1975, compared with 660 in
1974.
Larceny theft was the largest category of reported
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crimes last year with 508 reported, totaling $40,718 in
personal property loss.
Seven per cent recovered
She said only $2,801, roughly seven per cent, was
recovered.
' "Larceny theft deals with personal belonging?, such as
bicycles, calculators and typewriters,".she said.
Knott added that criminal problems are not caused
solely by UNL students.
"In 1975, 183 persons were arrested, but only 50 per
cent of them were students," she said. "One per cent of
, the arrests were made against UNL staff, while 49 per cent
of those arrested were not connected wiJi the university."
Supervised by Officer Joe Vehner, the Crime Preven
tion Bureau has four officers who give talks on campus
dealing with preventive measures to reduce losses and the
chance of injuries.
"Our goal is to work very closely with residence hall
directors and student assistants to help ensure the safety
of all persons in the dorm and their personal property,"
Knott said. "I hope youH see a change."
. .. 'Great response'
The bureau has received "great response" after starting
operation a month ago, according to Knott.
"We've had real good luck because we're not trying
to push police, police, police anymore. Now it's more of
a personal, public relations approach."
Gade said the Crime Prevention Bureau is "doing a
real good job."
These people can do a lot of good," he said. "In
stead of waiting fw. people to come to us, we're going
outtothem. ,
"We're going to show students gimmicks and things
they should know about crime prevention," Gade said.
"We want to provide a service to them for a better way
of life on campus."
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By Tobin Beck
The ASUN Senate Vednesday nht confirmed 16
appointments, but the Veal action came during executive
reports.
ASUN President BUI Mueller took some verbal pokes at
a proposal made in Tuesday's Union Board meeting to re
quire a special $5 a week user fee for groups such as
ASUN needing a conference setup for meetings.
"It's absurd for a student government to be charged a
fee for holding meetings in its o?n Union " said Mueller
- careful to emphasize that the fee has not yet been
passed. "
"1 have instructed the secretary cot to pay out any
money if they ask for it," he saM. "This is asinine."
CteS&cIfest
"Our student segment sssms to have lost control of its
Union," graduate senator Ron Stephens said in response
to Mueller's comments. "It seems that students are being
nickeled and dfmed to death."
Mueller .also suggested the Senate sponsor an open
forum to enable the campus to discuss the Publications
Report which recently was submitted to the NU Board of
; Regents. ;:
The report, according to Stephens, proposes that the
regents be made the sole body overseeing the Daily
Nebrasksn. Stephens said the report also sests that the
Council on Student Life, not ASUN, make student
appointments to the Publications Board.
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The effect cf the second proposal, according to
Stephens, would be th-t the CSL, composed cf student,
faculty and administration members, wmdd mike
xppoiatssnts instead cf ASUN, xkh is composed czly
i ' The senate zho cesfinssd 16 committee Ecmin-lions
- asd heard ASUN executives discuss hzits rasirg frcm
temporary dona housing to R St parking tictBrs.
Mueller announced he will conduct ritemsws nzxt
" week for the positions cf electoral director and cm tzzl
on the Student Court. Interested students shodd 2'y
at the ASUN cfQce, he s.