mcndsy, march 23, 1977
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By Anas Ccrothsn
Handcuffs, busts and undercover policemen will be an
addition to the rock concerts at rtrshJng Municipal Audi
torium. However, the increase In policemen at rock concerts
was not requested by Pershing, but was a move by the
Lincoln Police Dept. said Ivan Hoig, Pershing Auditorium
director.
There were 50 arrests at the Z Z Top concert Saturday
and 61 arrests at the Boston concert March. 19. Most of
the arrests were for possession of marijuana, said Lincoln
policeman, Doug Ohlberg.
Approximately 30 to 35 policemen were at both con
certs. There were several plainclothes policemen as well as
officers positioned at the gates, Ohlberg said.'
Hoig said there are normally eight to 10 policemen at
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Olson said many faculty members feel there is too
much emphasis on undergraduate education and teaching.
Steven Sample, executive vice president for Academic
Affairs presented a report at the March 19 regents meeting
on university progress in undergraduate education.
He said a Faculty Activity Survey conducted last spring
measured the number of hours on an average that instruc
tors devote to instruction related activities.
The survey showed about 36 hours of an average 57
hour work week were spent by instructors in this area.
Olson said in past years students seem to have had less
difficulty contacting professors.
"I hear fewer students saying they cant get to the
professor for counseling, so things may be getting bet
ter," he said. "But the only way to really know is to ask
the students." o--
Olson said the University's Affirmative Action Program
has not been successful and has not received much sup
port. ;
The Affirmative Action program, approved by the
regents in 1974, established some procedures to elimin
ate sex and, racial discrimination within the university.
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a rock concert la addition to eiht to 10 of Pershing's
security guards. ' . '
"Security is no problenv at the concerts. The kids are
no problem, we dont have any lights or rapes. We have
more problems with high school basketball games," Hoig
added.
Ohlberg said the increased law enforcement at the
concerts was a result of complaints about the "noise
and instability of the people attending the concert" made
' by people who worked at Pershing as well as people who
- attended concerts..
Carey Kerr, a KFMQ disc jockey, said the station had
been warning people about the increase in undercover
agents at the concerts. Their broadcasts about the in
crease in police officers began before the Boston concert
and are continuing now.
which would eliminate the underutilization of the handi
capped, disabled veterans and Vietnam veterans as
students and employees of the University. These plans
are to come before the regents for approval early this
year.
"Some departments have done well in attempting to
hire women and minorities," Olson said. "My own de
partment has recruited more minorities than they used to.
But there are stiM many all-male departments."
'. ExceEacce needed
Olson said not enough action has been taken in deve
loping excellence in teaching and staff development.
"the process of giving rewards at the university is tied
to research and not to the the quality of undergraduate
teaching," he said. -
The use of student evaluations as a means of ..evaluating .
instructors is "slowly being implemented, Olson said. The
College of Arts and Sciences has just begun to take stu
dent evaluations into account, he added.
"Some improvement has been made though. It is very
difficult for a very bad teacher to become a full profes
sor," he said. "Hopefulry, in the future it wEl be im
possible." Olson said departments should work on developing
staff members where there is an oversupply. Faculty
should be retrained to work with students in other areas,
he said.
"Teachers and Business College are about the only;
colleges making any effort in this staff development,' he
said. 'It's my impression that not a peat deal of action
He added that he didn't think the increase in police at
the concerts would have any effect on KFMQ's concert
schedule or that KFMQ would try to get groups that
may be labeled as more sedate.
Hoig said he dldnt think there were any rock groups
that would be unacceptable at Pershing. The groups are
not hcouraing the people to smoke marijuana, he added.
Hoig said that since Pershing is a municipal property,
the City Council did have the power to stop certain
groups from playing at Pershing, but he did not think the
council would do that.
He also skid he did not think the City Council was
knowledgeable enough about the subject to make a de
cision without consulting him, and Hoig said, he would
not recommend restricting some groups.
has been encouraged here."
University responsibility
Ned Hedges, asst. vice chancellor of student affairs,
said responsibility for implementing the five-year plan
guidelines are university wide.
"It is the responsibility of every one in the university
to see that we reach the goals. It requires input from
faculty", students and administration members," he said?
According to Alan Seagren assistant vice chancellor for
program development, specific responsMtiy for the plan
falls under the regents, and the individual campus chan
cellors. Seagren said the effectiveness of the plan is difficult to
measure. . ,
"It isdifficult for me to define quality' of education.
The five-year plan attempts to set some guidelines, some
direction around which the university can grow and deve
lop," he said. "It is only a broad game plan."
Seagren said the university has followed the program
and "generally there has been improvement in teaching
. and the quality of education.?. .... .. . - .
He said the faculty has a strong committment to under
graduate education.
Seagren said in addition to the five-year plan, each
campus has adopted a set of goals for improving education
end departments on the individual campuses.
Since there are important differences v among under
graduate programs and the improvements needed, each
campus has different goals, Seagren said.
The UNL plan, a four-year plants aimed at improving
the use of student evaluations, reducing class size and
developing teaching materials, he said. J
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