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daily nebraskan vol. 103 no. 71
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Police plasairsmiauni protection
By Gordon Johnson
The Lincoln Police Dept. has expressed
its concern for the safety of the local Iran
ian population by meeting with representa
tives of Iranian groups and other state
agencies, according to Roger LaPage, assist
ant Lincoln Police chief.
The meetings, held last Wednesday and
Friday, informed the Iranians how the
authorities could help them and also set a
frame , work for making plans to protect
them in the event they should be in
immediate danger, LaPage said.
The meetings were held not only with
Iranians at UNL, . but also with those
attending Nebraska Wesleyan University or
any other school in Lincoln, he said.
An idea brought up at the meetings was
that certain locations could be made avail
able for Iranians to go to, should their lives
be in danger from retaliation by
Americans, he said,
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LaPage said consolidating the Iranian
population into one or more areas would
enable the police to offer better
protection.
After Iran took over the American em
bassy in Iran, national groups with local
constituencies have threatened to take
Iranian hostages or execute them. -
COORDINATOR FOR UNL Interna
tional Educational Services Peter Levitov
tion to use police protection.
Some students have a fear of becoming
American hostages and mistrust police, he
said.
UNL Dean of Students, David DeCoster,
also present at the meetings, said that no
final plan had been agreed on and that it
was generally an informative meeting.
PRIMARILY WHAT was discussed was
what was happening and an attempt was
made to open the lines of communi
cation," DeCoster said.
Students have recently received both
physical and verbal threats which have
gone unreported, he said. Opening up the
lines of communication and letting the
students know where to go should help the
students and the police , he added .
"It has been made very clear that the
City of Lincoln folks will cooperate fully
"with the students, DeCoster said.
LaPage said that a meeting is planned
for later this week, between Iranian
representatives and local police to discuss
detailed plans to protect the students.
After last week's meetings, the Iranian
representatives were to meet with their
constituents to discuss how the students
would like to proceed.
Iranians are not only faced with the
threat of physical violence but also with
problems of housing and meeting living ex
penses Levitov said.
The first step in helping the students , he
'said, is to figure out what the future needs
, of the students might be.
Presently a telephone number has been
established which the Iranian students in
need of help may call, and the commission
will then see how they can help on an in
dividual basis, he said.
Even though some students may not
trust police, a representative for an Iranian
student group said that it is a comfort to
know they can get help if they need it.
'said he estimates the local Iranian popula
tion to be between 350 and 400.
v Colorado authorities have devised a plan
by . which buildings in Colorado's university '
cities have been designated to handle Iran
ian students, should the lives of the Iran
ians become endangered, said Lt, Henry
McGowan, communications officer for the
Colorado Highway Patrol.
The Colorado plan also provides for the
use of National Guard, should violence
become too great for the local police to
handle, McGowan said.
The plan to protect Colorado's 930
Iranians has been in effect since Nov. 15,
he said.
However, Levitov said that under such
plans the students will be under no obliga-
MOST BANKS will not cash a' check
drawn on an Iranian bank because they can
not be guaranteed payment, he said. Some
reports have been received that students
- are two or three months behind on their
rent and still others are having to borrow
money to live on, he said .
To alleviate these problems, the local
Commission on Human Rights and the
Status of Women is looking into ways of
helping the students, according to Gerald
Henderson, an affirmative action officer
with the commission.
"At this point we are setting up the.
mechanism that can work out some of
these problems, should the situation in Iran
escalate," Henderson said.
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Headin' south
Photo by Mark Billingsley
This Cedar Waxwing stopped on campus Monday afternoon on his way south. His
much-needed nutrition took the form of a plump Juniper berry. He also took advan
tage of Monday's unusually warm temperature to improve his summer tan before tak
ing off on his annual migration.
Facility calls for improved commtmication
By Debora Hemminger
i Teachers College faculty members Fri
day proposed methods to give faculty
more input into the university structure.
Three committees submitted reports
calling for an evaluation of the effective
ness of the NU systems communication
network; and supporting the NU Board of
Regents' request for a 15 percent increase
in the NU budget, and asking for a re-evaluation
of UNL's organization and role in the
NU system.
The committee was assigned last week
to develop an evaluation plan. It reported
Friday that the faculty needs to know the
channels of communication in the univer
sity. 4
A second committee asked to devise a
plan for implementing a budget increase,
suggested that all adminstrators and regents
divert the money for their paid trips to the
Cotton Bowl to the academic budget of
UNL. The suggestion as voted down by
the faculty.
The third committee was asked to com
pose a statement concluding the faculty's
feeling. This group called for endorsement
of the 15 percent budget increase. A re
quest to have future university budgets in
clude separate categories for utilities and
academic programs was also endorsed as
well as a study to determine how
communication can be improved.
A CONCERN about UNL's role in the
NU system has spurred the Teachers
College faculty to improve the quality of
education on the Lincoln campus, accord
ing to Dr. R. Sawyer, a professor of history
and philosophy of education.
The faculty thinks UNL has had the
highest quality education in the state
during the last iOO years, Sawyer said, and
there is a feeling that quality education
should continue.
In the last two years the quality of edu
cation at UNL has decreased. Dr. Harvev
Siegel, an assistant professor of history and
prulosopny ot education, said.
"The people of the state need to know
that the deterioration exists," and will con
tinue unless something is done, he said.
Siegel said budget problems with the li
brary and the computer network are a dis
grace. He said the library is deteriorating
because fewer new materials are being re
ceived and the current materials often are
in bins for weeks because of a lack of
employees to shelve them.
Computer time is being cut for research
use, Siegel said. He called it a farce when
an institute claims one of its goals is to pro-.
mote research and the materials that are
needed for that research are not supported.
. A COMMITTEE suggestion called for
the Daily Nebraskan to devote an issue to
"documenting the needs of UNL" to be
distributed throughout the state . Other
budget suggestions included establishing a
financial ombudsman, devising a long-term
budget to ensure fair proportioning to each
administrative unit, and opening communi
cation about the budget between faculty
and administration.
Dr. Robert Brown, a professor of educa
tional psychology and measurement, chair
ed the evaluation committee.
He said the purpose of the evaluation is
to improve communication between
faculty and administration. ,
The committee's reports will be edited
Wednesday by the chairmen of the
committees and Teachers College Dean
Robert Egbert. The final draft of the
report will be sent to the faculty for
approval.
Dr. R. Sawyer, a professor of history
and philosophy of education, said if the
faculty votes favorably on the reports,
copies will be sent to UNL Chancellor Roy
Young and NU President Ronald Roskens
for consideration by the Board of Regents.
The committee to conclude the
faculty's feelings declared that . "the
Teachers College faculty perceives a serious
deterioration in the role of UNL as
Nebraska's major graduate and research
institute." It also note a general decline in
student and faculty morale.
Sawyer said the faculty's morale has
been decreasing steadily. The faculty
constantly is asked where to cut budgets
instead of how education can be improved,
he said.
Apartment life blues: Landlords may raise
rents next semester to cope with
economic pressures .......... Page 7.
Signs of the season: Two traditional Christ
mas plays offer a change of pace for
frazzled students Page 8.
Hit the road, Jack: Husker starters Jack
-Moore and Jerry Shoecraft travel to home
state tonight to meet Purdue ; . . Page 10.