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mmmraeir NebraBatni number 1 University of Nebraska-Lincoln June 6, 1980 i, ' -i 1 - ! : ". J lii iU v. V- 1! ooooooooo II.- -Tl UN 111-. will suffer from Staff Photo Bv Jont Hammtr Omaha man toasts the first warm days of summer in a local bar. Artist :carve tribute for state9 By Jeanne Mohatt The carved Indian Chiefs face on the century-old cottonwood looked stern and proud in the hazy morning light. A crane, brought in by the National Guard, lifted the tree onto seven steel rods atop the 8-foot-tall cement block. The scene was the erection of a monument dedicated to the Indian people of Nebraska at the Lincoln Indian Center Wednesday. Peter Toth has carved 35 monuments for the American Indians since he began nine years ago. A dark-haired, dark skinned,' Hungarian-borri sculptor, Toth has adopted the American Indian people and their cause. Toth moved with his parents and ten siblings from Europe to Ohio when he was 10, he said. He studied the American Indians and began traveling across the country to build his tributes to them. He has carved monuments in 33 states, and he said he hopes to erect his "whispering Indians giants" in all 50 states. "I'm trying to raise the nation's con sciousness," he said. His monuments are a silent reminder of the plight of the American Indians. Michael Craft, public information di rector at the Lincoln Indian Center, said the center provided the tree, which they took from an area north of town off Highway 77. The tree is about 26 feet tall and 53 inches wide at the base, Craft said. It weighs 10,000 pounds, he said, and its estimated value is $26,000. Toth has been carving the Indian Chief on the tree for two weeks, using a 5-pound chisel and hammer. The monu ment is not nearly finished, he said, but he hopes to have it completed for the dedication on July 4. The sculpture has "raw beauty and more spirit than one could imagine possi ble," Craft said. By Kim Wilt and Lynn Mongar The English Department lacks the money to add enough faculty to teach at least 30 sections of English composition classes this fall, according to Max Larsen, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. About 800 freshmen will either have to delay taking English classes or take the courses through the Division of Con tinuing Studies, Larsen said. The modern languages department and the speech communications department also will be hurt by budget constraints, he said. "Students will have a much more diffi cult time getting classes they want this fall," he said. Campus Problem Ned Hedges, Vice Chancellor of Aca demic Affairs, said the shortage of in structors and funds is a campus problem and not confined to the English depart ment or the College of Arts and Sciences. English Department Chairman John Robinson denied there was a problem. "This comes up every year," he said. "It's never failed that the money is found." Robinson admitted that the depart ment does not have room for all the freshmen, but said no one has been turned away. Larsen said the College of Arts and Sciences has been asked to cut $475,000 from its 1980-81 budget because the Leg islature's 10.32 percent increase over last year's budget fell short of the 15 percent increase university officials had request ed. Budget plans and hiring commit ments had been made before the Legisla ture's allocation was made. Because the decision came late in the school year, tenured stff could not be dis missed, so temporary staff were not re hired. The Regents' By-laws specify three types of staff appointments, long term faculty, specific-term appointments and special appointments. Tenured fac ulty and specific-term appointments can not be dismissed without a notice of at least several months and often a full year. The contracts of special-appointment (temporary) instructors, however, expire after their appointments are up, and they are re-hired at the administa tion's discretion. "It's easier to not hire than it is to fire," said James McShane, chief adviser for the English department. "What's at issue is financial pragmatism of the raw est sort." Quentin Gessner, dean of the Division of Continuing Studies, said the division always has supported a certain number of English classes. Lower Salaries The freshmen composition classes will be taught on an overload basis, Gessner said, which means that teachers will be paid less money than if they taught them through the English department. Earl Green, director of course pro grams for the Division of Continuing Studies, said that teaching the additional courses will be an administrative strain. James Van Horn, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences confirmed that it will cost the college less to have the courses taught through the Division of Continuing Studies, but he could not specify how much would be saved, be cause teachers' salaries vary, he said. ASUN President Renee Wessels called the decision "outrageous," and said it shows poor budget planning by the ad ministration. "It makes me question where the uni versity's priorities are." Olympic trials attract wrestlers By Jeanne Mohatt Junior high and high school boys from across the country are here in Lincoln this week and next for the National Jun ior Olympic wrestling-championships. Stan Dziedzic, originally from Allen town, Pa., is the head coach for the championships. He was the Olympic bronze medal winner in 1976 and the world champion in 1977 in the 163-pound weight class. Dziedzic said about 600 boys between the ages of 15 and 20 will compete at the Bob Devaney Sports Center under the in struction of several world-famous wres tlers; Ion Baciu from Romania, who was the world champion wrestler in 1967 and the second-place winner in the 1968 Olympics; Zygmond Dymowski from Po land, who was the official referee in the last two Olympic games; Dave Schultz, who won the Olympic trials in the 163 pound weight .class last month; and Jim Humphrey, the assistant coach at Okla homa who won the silver medal in the 1967 world championship and was second in the Olympic trials. On June 11 and 12 the Greco-Roman wrestling championships will begin, and on June 13, 14 and 15 the freestyle wres tling championships will be held. Three age-groups will compete: 15-and 16-year-olds, or the advanced group; 17-' He said the United States, Japan, West Germany and South Korea won 50 per cent of the medals in the last Olympics, and all of those countries are boycotting the 1980 Olympics to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. "The boycott won't be very effective in Greco-Roman wrestling," he said. Sweden won three or four of the medals in the last Olympics, and they will attend the 1980 Olympics. "The boycott doesn't mean we can't have serious competition with the wres tlers in Moscow," Dziedzic said. The solution is to invite the top wrestlers in the world to an invitational meet. Japan had a similar event last year, he said. Dziedzic attended a European cham pionship in Czechoslavakia in late April, he said, and he spoke with some Russian wrestlers. "The Moscow players are.dis appointed we won't be there," he said. "They want a true champion." He fought against the boycott in the beginning, but now that the United States will definitely not be represented in the 1980 Summer Olympics, he has dif ferent feelings, he said. "I hope it (the boycott) is effective. But I fear that it might not be. I fear that it might be the elimination of every thing we've worked for. MI hope it's effective, but I fear it might be the end of the Olympics as we know them." and 18-year-olds, otherwise known as the elite group; and 19-and 20-year-olds, or the Junior World group. On June 15 the instructors will choose the Junior Olym pic team. The National Wrestling Camp began Monday and will continue until June 20 at the Coliseum. About 200 boys from across the country will be here dur ing the camp. Another wrestling tournament will be held July 17-20 at the Sports Center. The Grand National Tournament will deter mine who goes to the World Schoolboy Championship in Sweden. The boys, in the 13-14 and 15-16 age groups, will train from June 21-27 and then leave for Sweden. Don Krone, from the Amateur Ath letic Union office in Lincoln, said the offi cial U.S. Olympic wrestling trials which were to be held here have been cancelled. He said it didn't seem beneficial to "tack on six weeks of competition" if the team will not go to Moscow for the Sum mer Olympics. The final wrestle-offs for the Olympic team will be in Brockport, N,Y., from June 19-28. The team will compete in a world tournament in Europe, but the specific time has not been set, Krone said. "Fifty percent of the freestyle wres tling medals are boycotting," said Dzied zic, who is the National Wrestling Coach, v