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election issue
monday, October 30, 1978
NU Board of Regents candidates
Two of the eight seats on the NU Board of
Regents are up for grabs this year.
Lincoln Regent Edward Schwartzkopf is seeking
his third six -year term against Leo Hill, chairman of
the board of Northwestern Metal Company.
Omaha Regent Kermit Hansen seeks his second
term against Harlan Nelson, an associate of Lee
Sapp Enterprises.
Hansen was appointed to the board in 1970
before being elected the same year.
The Lincoln regent candidates are covered on
page 12.
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The interest in election by district
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By Brenda Moskovits
Harlan Nelson, of Omaha, candidate for the NU Board
of Reg nts, &ays holding down the cost of higher educa
tion k the most important thing facing the university
today.
Nelson, 62, said the regents' budget proposal for 1979
80 includes a 14 percent increase in state financing "twice
what inflation is."
In addition, Nelson said, families "are forced into debt
to meet (tuition) costs that are artificially inflated."
Critical analysis of university courses is needed to hold
education costs down, he said.
Relevant courses
Relevant questions such as "do we have to have a spe
cific course in every century of history?" ought to be
asked, he said.
Courses, which in Europe were learned "by reading a
book (rather than attending a university) possibly could
be eliminated, Nelson said.
The university also should not teach courses the high
schools should teach, according to Hansen.
In establishing courses, what is affordable ought to be a
prime consideration, he said.
Nelson also wants salary increases based on job per
formances alone, "on the basis of salary acknowledgement
of production."
Remodeling existing buildings rather than building new
ones also would help decrease costs, he said.
Voluntary fees
Student fees should be voluntary in as many areas as
possible, he said.
"Student fees from the standpoint of matriculation is
one thing," but student activities should have voluntary
support.
Only activities by which all students benefit, such as
the campus paper, should receive any money from manda
tory fees, he said.
The student body president, as student regent, should
not have a vote because the state voters carry the respon
sibility of electing regent candidates.
"Certainly, one would like to hear their opinion,"
Nelson said.
Some Omahans had expressed concern that since Nel
son moved to rural Douglas County near the Elkhorn
River that he is living outside the regent district.
Nelson is still maintaining a legal address within the
Omaha city limits.
The Omaha Election Commissioner's office said, how
ever, that the district includes all of Douglas County and
that R.R. No. 4 is part of the county.
Nelson said he has maintained an Omaha address with
friends so he could vote in the same precinct in the
general election as he did in the primary.
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Hansen stresses evaluation
By Brenda Moskovits
Incumbent Omaha Regent Kermit Hansen stresses
three major issues the university should address: budget
restraints, continuous evaluation of academic programs
and recruiting students in light of predicted enrollment
declines.
He also said the Lincoln campus "should reach out
to adults on a continuing education basis" like the Omaha
campus does.
Hansen commended the university for trying to hold
down inflation especially in the cost of utilities.
He suggests, however "a very careful study of space
utilization and classroom density."
Concentrating building and classroom use
during certain hours and days could save even more, he
said.
However, Hansen opposes increasing class sizes to cut
costs.
He said he would rather see programs critically eva
luated and entire programs eliminated rather than cutting
program budgets across-the-board.
Sharing resources among institutions is important,
especially at the graduate level where programs are most
costly, he said.
Although Hansen disapproves of further capital con
struction in the near future, he said the university should
"complete land acquisition for the westward expansion of
the UNO campus."
The residential area surrounding UNO contains about
12 homes which he said could be used for faculty offices.
He said several residents wishing to sell their homes
have approached the university because "we have forced
the fact that we are the only buyer in that market."
Hansen said he was pleased with the 1979-80 bud
get recommendations which suggest that faculty salaries
be increased the same amount as other state employees.
Requesting a large increase like last year's 13 percent
would be "economically unwise and politically dumb,"
Hansen said.
Hansen said he will not take a stand on raising admis
sions standards and general requirements until a special
committee report is issued this winter.
Hansen called a voting student regent "an out and out
conflict of interest," saying he preferred a more tradi
tional system of gathering student opinion.
Before non-voting student regents were elected, a
group of four students from each campus voiced their
concerns to the regents the night before their monthly
meetings, he said.
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Register of Deeds
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