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AS S faculty passes amended resolution
By Mike Sweeney
The UNL College of Arts and Sciences faculty passed a
heavily -amended resolution Thursday afternoon express
ing a lack of confidence in the NU central administration
and calling on the NU Board of Regents to dissolve the
current administration structure.
Psychology Prof. Don Jensen characterized the resolu
tion's four-point conclusion as "left jab, left jab, left jab,
right cross."
Faculty members adopted the resolution, to be
presented at the next regents' meeting by a vote of 194 to.
3, but several could not agree how effective the resolution
will be.
. "Do you think anybody really listens?" asked Dennis
Bormann , professor of speech communications.
"If we say that we have no confidence in the central
administration, so what?" he said. "Whatare they (the
regents) going to do on Holdrege Street- dig a hole?"
However, associate professor of English James A.
McShane said passing the resolution is evidence the
faculty wants the university to be run "the way a great
state university ought to be run."
John Lynch, as associate professor of life sciences, said
he believes the regents will consider the resolution care
fully. Lynch helped circulate a petition putting the resolu
tion on the Arts and Sciences faculty meeting agenda.
. THE ORIGINAL resolution requested by the faculty
petition was merged with a second, less firmly worded re
solution before the vote.
The original resolution blamed the central administra
tion for UNL's financial troubles and called for the dis
solution of the administration structure.
McShane, who proposed the second resolution along
with Lynch, said he was concerned the original resolution
could be misconstrued as an uncalculated act of anger
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Modern history
- Daily Nebraskan Photo
The last of the 70s. A new decade draws near. Re
membrance's of years gone by are buried in peoples'
minds. Will the 80s look like the 60s? Will the mini
skirt return? Will the draft be reinstatedd? The real
answers to these questions are unknown.. For some
reflections and some looks ahead see today's .
Fathom, the Daily Nebraskan magazine.
Libraries to cut student payroll
By Kent Warneke
Student payroll will be reduced by UNL libraries next
semester as an alternative to closing the library earlier to
reduce the UNL budget deficit, according to the dean of
libraries.
Services that keep a library going, such as reshelving
books and keeping catalog files current, will be decreased
during the 1980 spring semester, Gerald Rudolph said.
Rudolph said the services, which he calls "housekeep
ing " will not be as efficient as previous semesters because
"the number of students that work for us will probably
have to be reduced."
"Students voiced their opinions about the proposed
shortening of library hours and the Vice Chancellor of
Academic Affairs and myself have seen that that is not
what the students want," Rudolph said.
Nevertheless he said, a part of the expected deficit of
$6oW?o5i!tIng funds for the 1979-1980 year will
have to be made up in some way, and the alternative de
cided upon is to reduce student payroll, .which will in
Em! lessen the effectiveness of the services the university
libraries offer. ,
"VICE CHANCELLOR for Academic Affairs Ned
Hedges has said he will find the funds to make up for the
Saturday hours remaining the same. 'RjJ d-
VBut it is our responsibility to find the funds to make
up for the amount of money not saved by closing the li
brary one hour earlier during the week."
Rudolph said he feels that the shortening of library
hours could have possibly been the better alternative than
the one facing the libraries now. , .
"Obviously there would be a large number of students
hurt to a great extent if the hours would have been shor
tened," Rudolph said. "But at least then the services that
we have offered in the past would have been in full
power."
"The case is now that the students will have the usual
hours, but may not be able to find the materials needed,
because the libraries will not have the number of em
ployees needed to reshelve and file tilings as quickly as be
fore," Rudolph said.
The services that will be reduced will be the ones an
average person doesn't see because in an effective library
system you shouldn't ever have to worry about them,
Rudolph said.
NOW THERE WILL BE a number of students who will
become frustrated and disgusted because they can not get
the unbound magazine or reference work at the time they
need it because it has not been reshelved yet, Rudolph
said.
The period of time for new books to be shelved and
. their cards inserted into the catalog files will also be
lengthened, he said. . . . -
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rather than a carefully considered motion.
Another problem with the first resolution was it offer
cd no constructive suggestions for solving the university's
problems, he said.
"Even if we eliminated the central administration, this
college and this campus would not have the money they
need to run," McShane said.
The second resolution had several clauses identical to
the first, but supported the regents' call for a 15 percent
increase in state support for NU and urged the adoption
of a more effective system of preparing and presenting NU
: budgets. The second resolution called for "careful exainin
ation"of the administration, instead of dissolution.
Lynch characterized the first resolution as destructive,
the second as constructive.
THE FINAL VERSION, a combination of the two,
argues that the purchasing power of money available for
UNL operations has declined 22 percent in the last
decade while the student population has increased 5 per
cent. The faculty has not been expanded to deal with the
increases, nor has the central administration been able or
willing to secflre adequate financing to maintain or
improve the quality of services at UNL, the resolution
said.
The faculty statement also names the central administr
ation as the source of information for the regents and
Legislature on the conditions at UNL.
Four resolutions follow the arguments.
First, the Arts and Sciences faculty resolves to support
a 15 percent budget increase, although they recognize
such an increase will leave UNL with a $2.1 million
deficit. The faculty supports a special line item in the bud
get for utilities. The line item will preserve educational
programs from further erosion.
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Proposed
center
for alumni moved
The Central Planning Committee voted unanimously
Thursday to locate ' a new 14,000 square foot alumni
center on Memorial Mall east of the stadium.
ASUN senators Renee Wessels and Dale Wojtasek said
that the location of the center on the mall is not good but,
it is better than the original site selected by the planning .
committee.
The original site selected by the planning committee in
August was the metered parking lot north of the Nebraska
Union . -
"We wanted it off campus, but if they must put it on
. campus, Memorial Mall is the best, Wessels said.
The vote by the Central Planning Committee was 7-0 in
favor of the mall location.
Wessels said that she is pleased the Alumni Center will
be placed on the mall instead of the parking lot. .
"It is not a major victory by any means, but it is an
improvement over what would have happened had not
ASUN stepped in and complained," Wessels said.
Even though both ASUN senators on the committee
voted for' the mall location , Wessels said the students are
not giving up hope of getting it off campus.
The Central Planning Committee makes recommenda
tions to UNL Chancellor .Roy Young, who in turn makes
a recommendation to the NU Board of Regents.
Alumni would like to serve alcohol in their new center,
Wessels said. .
If that is allowed, the regents may have to reevaluate
their stand on alcohol. If they let the alumni have alcohol
on campus, it does not seem logical that they can tell the
students they can't have it in the union, she said.
. ASUN recommended that the $1.6 million dollar
structure be placed off campus or on its outskirts. '
However, the committee was told that placing the
center on Q street as recommended by the city would not
be feasible, Wessels said.
feMi Ming
Let's talk: Maybe. Talks and Topics Committee
discusses debate on Iranian situation. . . . Page 6.
Between-the-covers best buys: Reporter looks at
bookstores Christmas offerings. ....... Page 8.
Win one lose one: Huskcr wrestling coach says his
team won't take losing "lying down . . Page 10.