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thursday, april 10, 1980
lincoln, nebraska vol, 104, no. 59
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(GOP must rescue nation
By Randy Essex
Associate Editor
GRAND ISLXND-Marching into an
overflowing convention hall to the Frank
lin D. Roosevelt theme song, Happy Days
are Here Again, GOP presidential front
runner Ronald Reagon called on 4,000 Ne
braskans to "rid the country of the dogma
of the 30s and its string of federal defi
cits." Reagan, who was a Democrat in the
early days of Roosevelt's New Deal, de
cried those policies, calling for "the Repub
lican Party to come to the rescue of this
nation."
Ridiculing President Carter's proposal to
balance the federal budget as a deceptive
plan "that will take $100 billion more
from the American people in taxes," and
Carter's ecomonic policy as Warmed-over
McGovernism," the former California gov
ernor said, "There is enough fat in the Fed
eral government that if you could rend it
and make soap, there would be enough
soap to wash the world."
Bringing his campaign to rural Nebraska,
Reagan told an afternoon press conference
that farmers have been hurt by inflation,
but also said he did not yet know how to
maintain agricultural price stability.
Reagan said he has access to many
people with knowledge in agriculture, but
has not had "thorough meetings" with
those experts.
Worst hurt
"But I do know the farmer has been the
WoTsT hurf by "the "cost-price squeeze of
inflation."
Reagan's visit here coincided with the
selection of target delegates committed to
Reagan, whose names will appear on the
May 13 Republican primary ballot.
In addition to his press conference and
evening speech, Reagan spoke briefly at
the delegate caucus.
Introduced by GovCharles Thone, who
was named a Reagan delegate at the cau
cus, the candidate told supporters no one
deserved less than they to be pinched by
inflation.
He vowed to make a stable farm policy
a top priority if elected, but did not elab
orate. Concerned about the "nation in this
world that has revealed its imperialistic
ambition to expand to the ends of the
earth," the candidate said there is "no
question" that the United States is militari
ly inferior to the Soviet Union.
Reagan said that the Senate should re
fuse the SALT II treaty and said it is time
that the United States let the world know
"that we don't care whether they like us or
not, we're going to be respected."
Reagan pointed out that the Carter
administration has failed to deploy the
neutron bomb, the B-l bomber, the MX
missile system and the cruise missile.
Reservations
He told the press conference that he has
not specified his support for those wea
pons, and, in fact, does not know if the
United States should deploy those particu
lar systems.
"But we do need to build up a deterrent
force to buy us time to rebuild our military
strength, he said.
To achieve that, Reagan said that pay
for non-commissioned officers needs to bev
increased. He estimated that 70 percent of
the volunteer army leaves the military after
its first term of enlistment, and said the in
comes "of Somemernbersrof the rmed
forces are so low that their families qualify
for food stamps. ' '
Concerning President Carter's most re
cent response to the Iranian crisis, Reagan
repeated his contention that any action not
taken in the first days of the crisis would
prove ineffective.
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Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan.
Eight candidates to compete for Simmons 9 spot
By Diane Andersen
Editor's note: This is the second in a series on candi
dates for the NU Board of Regents.
Nebraska's 6th district has spawned eight candidates
this year for the NU Board of Regents, including incum
bent Robert Simmons. Three of the new candidates said
they chose to run partly because many people are dis
satisfied with Simmons.
Richard Register, a UNL student, is running for the
post. He has been criticized because he is from Fremont,
which is not part of the 6th district.
Register said he filed to run because he wanted "to
encourage other qualified candidates in the district to
run."
"The regents should sell education to Nebraska,"
Register, 20, said. "Evidently people don't believe that
is being done anymore."
.Simmons favors a closed" admissions system, which
Register said would cause NU to lose money. He said
Simmons would realize this if he read studies made
available by the administration, but said Simmons ignores t
such evidence.
Dissatisfaction
D. Neal Smith, an insurance agent from Gering, said he
is running for the NU Board of Regents because he has
a wide range of experience that would make him effective.
Smith received business and teaching degrees from UNL in
1969 and said he has business and teaching experience.
"Also, many people have expressed dissatisfaction with
Robert Simmons," Smith said, adding thathe disagrees
with Simmons on the open admissions issue..
Smith, 33, said he feels attitude as well as aptitude are
important to achievement, and both need to be tested if
admissions are to be limited. He said no money will be
saved by limiting the numbers of freshmen and sopho
mores, who have a high student-teacher ratio.
Dell L Rosenberry, 33, is a Scottsbluff lawyer who
said he filed for regent from the 6th district because of his
"general concern with education."
"I felt that Bob Simmons wasn't doing a good job of
protecting educational interests," Rosenberry said. Rosen
berry earned his law degree at Creighton University.
Robert Simmons, 61, the incumbent, is a Scdttsbluff
lawyer. He earned a bachelor's degree Jrom NU and a law
degree from the NU College of Law. Many members of his
family have attended UNL and won numerous honors, he
said.
"We have all felt we should put back some of what we
got out of the university," Simmons said, explaining why
he wants to serve in the non -paying regent position.
Simmons said he has had much experience in educa
tion, including being a member of the State Board of Edu
cation. Register said the important issues facing NU are open
admissions, which he said he supports, and the necessity
of evaluating the NU Central Administration. He said the
administration is 4tunder a lot of fire and a lot of it is
justified."
Smith said the issues he is concerned with are compen
sation of the faculty and the cost of the university to tax
payers. He said NU faculty are compensated for their ser
vices J 8 percent less than other faculty members at com
parable institutions'. , "
Cost to taxpayers
Tuition increases are not as important right now as is
tjie cost of education to Nebraska taxpayers, Smith said.
Rosenberry , said he is most concerned with inflation
and the realization that the university toust live within a
budget." He said better efforts are needed.to obtain fund
ing from private sources.
Simmons said the biggest issue right now is the prob
ability of big changes" because of an expected decline in
enrollment and more older students.
"Now we're going to have to retrench," he said, while
still maintaining quality education.
Register said NUIs top spending priority should be
faculty salaries, followed rjy support systems such as the
library. '
"Students don't come here because of the admin
istration, but because of good teachers," he said.
Smith' said his first priority would be to maintain
good faculfy members and recruit new faculty. Rosen
berry said "quality education" is the first priority, but
that research in areas such as agriculture and water
resources also is important to the people of the 32 -county
district in western Nebraska.
Fewer faculty
Simmons said faculty salaries need to be increased, but
"we cannot keep improving the buildings and keep hiring
more faculty at the same time." Simmons said fewer
faculty members would mean salary increases, and that
the faculty members would mean salary increases, and
that the faculty could produce more if they had clerical
help at a lower rate of pay.
With help from student assistantSj faculty members
could handle more classes and do what they were hired
for, Simmons said.
Register said he would 'love to see a voting student
regent, but that would take a constitutional amendment."
He said the regents needs to listen more closely to the
voice of the students.
Rosenberry, Smith and Simmons all said they think
the current role of the student regent is adequate, and
that student input is important.
Concerning faculty administration relations,' Register
said he wouldn't like to see the faculty unionize under the
American Association of University Professors as UNO has
done because it would create "an adversary relationship."
More faculty voice
If a reasonable move isn't made to give faculty more
voice in university decisions, Register said, "Unionization
may be the only answer."
Smith said the administration and faculty need to work
together for a "common goal." He said he sees no major
problems between the two groups in the future.
Rosenberry said acceptance or rejection of AAUP is
"the faculty's choice" and he wouldn't object to what
they do "as long as they're moving legally." Rosenberry
said he understands the viewpoint of the faculty.
Simmons said "Historically, faculties have governed
universities." He said there is a kind of t,armed truce"
between faculty and administrators because the line
between their prerogatives is not clear.
The way to improve the financial condition of the
faculty is to reduce their numbers," Simmons said.