wednesday august 22, 1979
daily nebraskan
paga 17,
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Tuition
iorl9
increase
to $26.40 asked
8081 year
. fiy Cindy Criglianesa
Students fetUrnlng to school In tlid fall of 1980 can
expect td pay at least 10 petcerit Wore intuition i .
The NU Board of Regents approved a proposed operat
ing budget at their July. meeting which would require 10
percent increases in tuition for undergraduate students on
both campuses, a 20 percent increase lit the dentistry and
pharmacy colleges and a 25 percent increase at the College
.of Medicine ; ,: s .. . ;
NU administrators recommended a 19.6 percent
increase In the state tax money used In the 1580-81
operating budget. However, the Board of Regents,
during its July meeting, trimmed the request to the
Legislature so the Increase will not exceed 15 per:
cent. Page 25.
. NU President Ronald Roskerts arid the NU administra
tion originally asked the Board of Regents for approval of
a 19.6 percent Increase of state support for the 1 90-8 1 .
Operating budget The regeriti approved art operating bUd- !
get riot to exceed 15 percent of this year's budget In both
proposals, tuition increase remained the same. '
Hie increase may mean students will pay $26.40 a
credit hour for residents while non-residents can expect to
pay $71.50 a credit houf xOmpared With this year's rites
ot $24 per credit hour for residents and $65 a credit hour
for nort-residents. )! u
The Nebraska Legislature Will be presented With the, ;
budget proposal next month and Wll acjbnje.jtequest in.
hext year's session. jj- rMZWst' ; '
, , f; At the July meeting, ASUN President. Bud CUca told -the
board that educational costs are placing stress on stu
dents and raising tuition Costs and student fees may
"place some students out of the educational market.
- , University Vice President William Erskine responded
that the University's proportion of tuition income td
State General Fund support has been reduced in the years ,
1971-72 through 1979-80. .V
ASUN 1st Vice President Hubert Brown told the ;
board members that UNL currently has the second highest
tuition in the Bi Eight, but he said jtfiat NU wai at the
bottom of the Big Eight in academii quality,. V
Cuca, Brown and UKL student regent John Kirk asked ?
the board to consider cutting the tuition increase to 5
percent, a figure that Cuca said would be equitable and
advantageous to the students.
. Wilber Regent Robert Prokop agreed that the tuition
increase would price some students out of the educational -market.
Regents Ed Schwartzkopf of . Lincoln and Robert ;
Raun, Mindenr commented that inflation Was evident In
all sectors of the economy and that students should be ex-
pected to help pay the increasing costs of education. .
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Stormy weather striking Lincoln this summer brought much needed moisture. The fall forecast calls for cooler
weather with much of the same. v
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Students should prepare for a cool fall thli yeark Not
only are thermostats In the residence halls being turned
down to reduce costs, outdoor temperature! should be
three to, four degrees colder than normal for the next
three months. ..
At least that is what the weather will be like if Art
Douglas predictions come . true. Douglas, an Assistant
Professor Geography at UNL Works with long-range
.weathertprealetidrt. He Usei; surface temperatures of the
Pacific Ocean to determine Where the jet stream is, and
then tries to determine Where it Will go.
The jet stream is a band of fast-moving winds in the
upper atmosphere, and it greatly influences our weather,
Douglas said.
This method of long-range prediction gained consider
able attention in the late fifties when It was noticed that
the decade's drought , ended with:dramatic temperature
changes in the Pacific, he said. '
THE SYSTEM WAS developed then by the National
Weather Service in Washington D.C., but has been discon
tinued, f jf
However, it has been reliable for Douglas.
the last three winters were forecasted to be cold by
Douglas and the region has had cold winters. But, he cau-
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tioned, he forecasts for the entire United States and reli
ability must be looked at on a large scale.
This Winter should be like last year's, Douglas said.
We expect an overall, basic weather 'pattern through
J anuarVl Colder than normal, however. Precipitation
should be near normal at the beginning of the season, but
it should get drier towards the end," he said.
Most of the' region! air masses will be coming from
Northern Canada and will be dry and colder towards the
end of the season, he predicts.
"WE CAN ALSO EXPECT a 30-day period of tem
peratures about ten degrees colder than normal as winter
progresses," he added.
Douglas stressed that the three-month prediction is
more reliable than the six-month prediction and as condi
tions change, his predictions will be Updated monthly.
If his forecast is right, Douglas said, it will be unfor
tunate for the country. A cold winter east of the Rocky
Mountains Will be an added problem for the government,
he said.
MA certain amount of blame for our current economic
condition must be placed on our last three winters and
their drain on the economy," he said.
Douglas said he hoped more government planners and
business people will Use long range forecasts when setting:
budgets and planning projects. ;
Regent: 1C
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Dy Rocky Strunk
Associate Nfws Editor
Regent action to change NUVrnanda
which Will Include three hearings, with the
first one in Kearney today.
tory reurement age rom m to o in May Regents that would provide statewide co
feasibility o( a ttsupet boari of regents : pribritjf item on their, 1978-79 budget re-
; With the Nebraska Ledslature over an East
Campus chiller Appropriation, according td
Lincoln Regent Ed SchwarUkopf. .
. I was alwavs in support of the ksa
being 70 tr.i we just wanted - to be
consistent with the Legislature," Schwartt ;
. kopf said. - " -J ;' ' ',
Earlier this year, the regents established ; ;
a retirement policy which allowed NU em
ployees to remain after 65 only with regent
approval:- ;
;SUte Sen. I- rank Lewis or RUevue
looked tipon the Regents earlier retire
ment policy as "the Regents continued
desire to circumvent the authority of the
Legislature. He then led a series of amend.
ir.:nts dealing with the university! capital
construction budget
; A RESOUniON by :n. Ds t?tU
rment i decioicii; cliiiiBr aBBronriation unreined
cause of the importance Of temperature on
research on East Campus. v :v .
Schwartzkopf also said that he felt pres
sure groups had Influenced the Appropri
ations Committee and; had changed the
budget priorities. . V
"For what other reason Would the Ap
propriations Committee have ignored our
number One budget request??. Schwartz..
ordination bf higher education systems.
Regents would be appointed A by l the
governor and confirmed by the Legislature.
. 4Im against regenti being appointed be
cause they can become a political tool and
' can serve vai political rewards, said
Schwartzkopf, Who has been on the Board
of Regents since 1966. "We need to pro.
' tect the elective process. ; ,
Ikcau the regents hold elected posl
x tions, a constitutionsl amendment would
have to pass durirg a gsnerd election be
fore an 'appointed board could go bto
effect. . '..'
Newell'i resolution was offered May
after - floor- debate on the university
. capitd constmction budget- That debate
- centered upon ah East Campus chilling
unit. . , '.
ALTHOUGH Vk2 ClILLn -had Uzn
quest, and me regents entered into a con
tract agreement with a $35,000-cancella-tion
penalty, the Appropriations Commit
tee had tailed to include it in its uni
versity capital construction budget.
."It Was a misunderstanding on the part
of - both bodies (legislature and regents)
that there Was a mixup on the chiller. said '
Sen. Gerald Koch, member of the Educa- kopf asked.
dcrijr.itsd as the r:;:r.tj
number
; tion Committee There Wa a bigger issue
. on. the Boor about it-than had to be.
' According to Koch, tKe University made
the proper, procedures it the preliminary ,
I budget hisxings to get appropriations for
its number one priority item.-: - -Tfo
chiller wa included in the capital "
; construction" budget after attempts by tev
erd state senators failed to restructure the t
? tdmiaistratlon budget, . ' vx- i-f
"I don't sense any animosity by either
body over the chiller, Schwartzkopf st!J.
"I hope that the Legislature mfeht become
; mere fimUbr with da University's needs
.to rroviie a better learrJr.i situation. '
wvuiiAli.iukl;i ADDi.0 that the
TJl. Because bf a 1977 State Supreme Court'
ruling, the Board of Regents haa the tiht
to determine Its internal spending priorities
and, the Legislature has no Control of the
spending priorities adopted by the Regents.
This ruling was stated U Newell'a resolu
tion as one of the reasons for creation of a
super" Board Of Regents.- v
ITie next hearing concerning H;clla
proposal wO be Monday at the Cnsha
Dougla County Civic 'Center.; It' U
scheduled for 10 ajn. Li ths Cour.ty Com
misaioners Hearing Room.
Sdiwaitzkcrf sali he mi.t attend
tie he:rL":, and. ASUJI Tr::::;r.t
one chiller was placed as highest priority be-Cuca seid he ttUrJ: