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thursday, October 20, 1977 daily nebraskan Smith joins Minnesota's staff The University of Nebraska's hudct will be in the hands of another 'man come November, when Glenn Smith steps down as assistant vice president for administra tion. Smith has accepted a position as con troller over the University of Minnesota's five campuses. His last day at NU is Oct. 28th. As assistant vice president at Central Administration, Smith coordinated accounting, budgeting and business func tions. Central Administration, which is housed in Regents Hall at 38th and Hol drege streets, coordinates NU activities. The soft-spoken, gray-haired adminis trator has been dealing with NU's money problems for 14 years. He has held ten different titles during that time, including assistant to the comptroller, associate director of the university computing net work and assistant vice president and director of business and accounting. Coordinated pre-registration Fkom 1968 to 1972, he was responsible for the preparation of the annual operating budget which was presented to the Board of Regents and the Legislature. Also during that time, he coordinated UNL's conver sation to pre-registration by mail. Smith said he has seen the university grow to include the two Omaha campuses and Central Administration. Much of his efforts have been directed at promoting coordination among the campuses, he said. Although Gov. I. James Exon recom mended in his' 1977 budget address that Central Administration's staff be cut and that more power be returned to the cam pus chancellors, Smith said he disagrees. Extra staff members needed "There are more than sufficient things to be done by the staff in Regents Hall," he said. At least three additional professional people should -be hired, he said. One is needed to develop and administer a per sonnel plan, another to update buildings for the handicapped and the last to help develop curriculum in the Academic affairs are, he said. Central Administration is "relatively young" and still is growing in some areas, he said. Although Smith's new job will pay more than his present salary of $36,750, he said he is not leaving for more money. "I have an opportunity to get involved in operations besides policy making at Minnesota," he said. He will coordinate the accounting, finance, purchasing and property account ing operations of the University of Min nesota's campuses. Task force meetings closed Within the next several weeks, the president's University Wide Task-Force on Student Fees will conduct closed meet ings to map out their strategy to revise the existing fee system, Task Force chairman Hans Brisch-said the closed meetings are not an attempt to screen the task force's work from the public. rrc aic icauy jatcu wuu a time crunch," Brisch said, ie explained that in order to meet the December deadline when the task force must report tc the NU Board of Regents, the. IQ-member task force needs to work without interruption. , "We need to allow a free range opin ions to be expressed about programs involved (in, student fees)," Brisch said of the task force's duty, He added that there was some ques tion about the closed meetings being a vio lation of the Free Flow of Information Act, but legal counsel has advised him that the committee is legitimate in holding closed sessions. The task force, composed of students, faculty and administrators from the three NU campuses, was appointed by NU Pres ident Ronald Roskehs to propose alter natives to the current student fees system. They must present their report at the Dec, 10 regents meeting. Brisch said the task: forces will ' meet weekly at UNL in order to make the dead line. He said he hopes the group soon will come out with "some sort of philosophical statement" concerning their views on stu dent fees, but concrete proposals will not be publicized until the December meeting. mm mm wMDRE ALPINE Pi Q W J fi I S ATrmnoM UJ ft pS oviER T JrW 1 -To noRa T JXjt) A ' tti&'itor W A MJiU-WlrJ.. I Nv if sf A 7 r Yoo& short stuff The Undergraduate Soci ology Association will meet at 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in Oldfather 722. ,. The Union Program Council's : American .Film Classics series will present "High Noon" at 7, p.m. in the Union Centennial Room. The NU Public Interest Research Group's Family, FarmRanch Task Force will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Nebraska East Union on the Terraces. For more information call 472-2448. page 7 Phi Chi ThcU will meet at 6:30 pjn. in the College of Business Administration's third floor lounge. The Engineers for Christ will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Triangle Fra. ;rnity, The East Campus Gavel Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the East Campus Union. A N Im LoGss V JT J ' ' ' '' V ' " . ' '," A.' , ,"' We're now your factory outlet for Anita's Swedish Orthopedic Wooden Clogs. Regular Prie $18- $24, Now Only $909 Choose from a wide variety of styles and colors. 474-2515 13th & O Lower Level Gunny's Building. (It WIN MO )WMP Crazy Daisy Days Cowl Sweater and Shirt Sale The perfect Fall Combo, Plaid Shirts, and Acrylic Washable Cowls. Assorted Colors in Cowls and a tremendous selection of Shirts to choosa from I The Atrium 13th & N 2nd Level (0)90 to $20 GATEWAY 61ST&0
