Wednesday, april 12, 1978 lincoln, nebraska vol. 101 no. 97
Exon gives final approval to NU appropriations bill
By Rex Henderson
Governor J. James Exon Tuesday signed
the appropriations bill that gives NU a little
less than one-half of its 1978-79 operating
budget.
Exon approved the entire bill, vetoing
none of it. LB954 allocates $107.8 million
to the NU system, only $124,000 more
than the recommendation Exon submitted
to the Nebraska Legislature in February.
But the allocation is far short of the
regents' $1 14.2 million request.
The only substantial difference between
Exon's recommendation and the appropri
ations bill is that Exon asked for a lump
sum amount for NU while the Legislature
broke it into separate allocations for each
campus.
UNL will receive $58.7 million, UNO
will receive $14.9 million, the NU Medical
Center will receive $17.7 million and the
NU central administration will receive $4.9
million.
The NU Board of Regents was allocated a
$650,000 discretionary fund. Edward
Schwartzkopf, regents' chairman has said
that the money would be used for instruc
tion. UNL's allocation includes $17.7 million
for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources.
Despite the $6.2 million cut from the
regents' request, faculty salary increases
still will be the first priority next year, ac
cording to William Swanson, NU vice presi
dent for governmental relations.
Swanson said a "hard look" at the
budget will be necessary to determine
whether the regents' goal of 9 percent
salary increases for faculty and 7 percent
for other employees can be met.
"I don't know what will happen,"
Swanson said.
"We thought we had a reasonable re
quest when it went in (to the Appropria
tions Committee), he said. "But we recog
nize the constraints they (the legislators)
are working under.
"Their decision is based on the revenue
predictions."
In accordance with a Nebraska Supreme
Court decision handed down last summer,
the regents have control over all cash
funds, federal revenue for the university
and revolving funds.
The regents' original budget request in
cluded a $1.50 per credit hour tuition
increase.
In the intent bill accompanying the ap
propriations bill the Legislature called on
the regents to "effectively reallocate exist
ing resources" before raising tuition.
The intent bill also included a clause
asking the faculty to concentrate on teach
ing and to reduce the dependency at NU
on graduate teaching assistants in under
graduate classes.
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Intercollegiate Rodeo. See story on Page 7
UNL education cost
to increases-officials
By Rod Murphy
Next fall, UNL students will spend more money for
their university education than ever before, according to
UNL administrators.
If present figures remain in effect, Nebraska stu
dents again will be part of the national trend of rising
education costs.
The average unmarried Nebraska resident student
should plan on spending about $3,100 next year, or $300
more than currently is spent, according to Ron Fritz, as
sistant director of financial aids.
Tuition and fees will cost about $800; room and board
$1,335; books $200; health insurance $80 and personal
expenses and transportation the remainder, Fritz said.
Room and board for students living away from home
is the single most expensive cost they will bear.
For the fall semester, dormitory rooms will cost
$1,335 for a double and $1,685 for a single. This is about
a $70 increase over the current rate, according to UNL
housing office officials.
A double room during 1977-78 cost $1,265. A single
rented for $1,615. In the 1976-77 school year, double
rooms rented for $1,225 and singles for $1,575,
housing personnel said.
Tuition and fees also represent high student costs.
Although the NU Board of Regents have not acted on the
issue, UNL officials expect tuition to go up about $1 to
$ 1 .50 a credit hour.
UNL resident students now pay $21 a credit hour, and
carry an average credit load of about 15 hours. In the
past, tuition has been increasing annually about $1 a
credit hour.
Student fees now are $66.50. The regents have not yet
decided whether to increase that amount.
Time strips pride from building, forces tenant eviction
By Mary Fastenau
It was paradise to some. It soon will be
a parking lot.
Eldorado is painted across a gray, wea
thered sign in once-black, capital letters.
There is an E on the silver screen door as
if the building once was proud of its name.
It appears that the small red brick apart
ment building at 1219 K St. has lost all
its pride.
The sidewalk is cracked and there are
few signs of spring on the front lawn.
The Eldorado soon will be gone. But
first, the tenants in its six apartments must
find new places to live.
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And more salaries: See your favorite
NU administrators rated in dollars
and cents page 5
Laundromats not all that Cheer ful:
Photo essay documents weekend
laundry blues page 10
B-Bob N-Newhart b-bids adieu: Like
all situation comedies, this pack
of crazies is laid to rest . . .page 1 3
Thelma Kingston and Helen Bixby, both
in their seventies, are two of the Eldorado's
residents..
Their eviction notice arrived April 1,
informing them they must move before
May 3 1 . The women said they knew that
the building was to be destroyed before
they received the notice.
They are not looking for sympathy
only a place to live.
Kingston said the women have looked
for a new apartment but are spoiled be
cause they have a seven-room apartment at
the Eldorado.
Bixby said they had not had any luck in
their apartment hunting and that she was
ready to pitch a tent.
The Eldorado seems to be a place for
meeting people. As the women sat talking,
an upstairs neighbor came to visit bring
ing a large silver tabby cat.
Gary Spalti asked if the women had
found a new apartment. He also has been
having difficulties locating a new place to
live.
Spalti said he will miss the Eldorado and
its occupants.
"We are all almost like family," he ex
plained. "We all have to get along very
well, and we do."
Kingston and Bixby said they are the
"old people" in the building now. ment they can afford. Both said they also
"It is nice to have young people are worried about what will happen to
around," Kingston said. "They have been their cats-Lummie, a silber tabby, and
really good to us." Sheba, a black long-hair-if they cannot
Kingston said she and Bixby are afraid take them with them.
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Thelma Kingston is a resident of the Eldorado apartment building destined for
destruction this summer. Reminiscent of Joni Mitchell's song, the owners of the
Eldorado are "paving paradise to put in a parking lot."
