friday, december 8, 1978
daily nebraskan
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"I represent the gas company here and the telephone
company here and they've had to have easements every
now and then across university lands but I just abstain
from voting. It hasn't been anything serious that I've ob
served yet."
The biggest problem facing the university now is
money, Sirimons believes
"The cost of running the university is increasing sig
nificantly more than the resources of the state are increas
ing. There's going to have to be some change, and there's a
lot of difference of opinion as to what changes should be
made. . . .
Shrink the university
"My personal opinion is the university will have to be
come smaller, concentrate more on a smaller area. I think
the state of Nebraska will have to join the Uniform Com
pact on Higher Education and contract with other states
to provide certain portions of instruction. I don't think
the University of Nebraska can be the kind of quality
in everything that we're entitled to have good quality in.
We really need to get smaller instead of bigger."
Simmons said the Uniform Compact on Higher Edu
cation is an organization of several states in the region
which pool their higher education resources together. He
said the Nebraska Legislature would have a chance next
session to decide whether Nebraska would join or not.
One example of pooling resources, he said, is the NU
veterinary medicine program. UNL students who want to
major in veterinary medicine must go to one of the uni
versities which Nebraska pays to let them attend there.
Conversely, other states which do not have dental pro
grams pay NU to let their students study at the dental
school here, he said.
There are about 30 programs nationwide offered by
NU which are offered by other schools, he added.
'Not anti-UNO'
Simmons, who was born in Omaha, has often been ac
cused of being anti-UNO, but he said that's not true. He
said he was in favor of the former Omaha University being
admitted to the University system in 1968, even though
he was not a regent then. He was a member of the State
Board of Education, though, and said he was on the
committee that first recommended the action.
"I don't think UNO should be a separate university,
and people in Omaha think it should be.
"I am in favor of the Omaha campus being a part of
the University of Nebraska run as a state institution, ra
ther than just for the benefit of the people of Omaha.
Business professor
honored for service
Robert T. Justis, director of the UNL Small Business
Center, has been honored by the U.S. Small Business
Institute for his service as a member of the institute's
national steering committee.
Justis was a member of the six-member steering
committee for five years, until it was dissolved last
February. The steering committee, whose members were
chosen from colleges and universities from coast to coast,
was responsible for refining policies and procedures with
regard to working with institutions of higher learning in
the development of courses and curriculums dealing with
small business. There are approximately 450 colleges in
volved in small business education programs.
A certificate awarded by the U.S. Small Business In
stitute cites Justis for "important public service rendered"
as a member of the steering committee.
Justis was a member of the faculty at Texas Tech Uni
versity when he was named to the committee. He came to
UNL in September 1977 to direct the College of Business
Administration's newly created Center for the Study of
Small Business.
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When I oppose some of the things they want to do for
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in Omaha, they think I'm opposed to the whole campus,
which is not true."
Downtown center wrong
He said the downtown center, which is scheduled to
become part of UNO but located in downtown Omaha, is
designed to bring people downtown rather than to im
prove education. He said the money spent to build the
downtown center should have been used to improve the
present campus.
In another matter concerning UNO, Simmons last year
proposed that the UNO football team be discontinued in
favor of improving its soccer team. The proposal did not
pass, and Simmons received a lot of criticism from
Omahans and others on the issue.
A former NU track star, Simmons said he was not sure
whether athletics was overemphasized or not, but
added the quality of education was not being interefered
with because of athletics.
"The academic quality of the athletes is improving
all the time."
Football 'a symbol'
He called the football team "a great symbol to the
state of Nebraska."
"The Big Red football team is not just the university's
team, it's the state's team. 1 think athletics is good for
people."
Simmons' 30-year-old son, now an attorney, also
lettered in track at NU.
He said the tickets to football games and other univer
sity events are not compensation. Regents have a right to
know what is going on on the campuses and should be
able to observe the quality of various functions, he
explained.
Orange Bowl tickets
Tickets to the Orange Bowl, he said, are furnished by
the Orange Bowl Committee, not the university.
Last February, Simmons voted against using student
fees to support political speakers, but says that he feels
that in most cases student fees are used properly, even
though he feels they should be lower.
He has voted against approving the use of alcohol on
campus, and said he thinks it probably never will be
authorized.
He is against it, he said, because there are so many
minors living on campus.
"There are plenty of places to go for those who want
liquor," he said.
Simmons is against having a voting student regent
because he or she would not have a large enough
constituency.
"If they're citizens of the state they already have a
regent representing their district."
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