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"The council has had a genuine interest in all transport
ation modes. The mayor shares that commitment. In the
last (Lincoln) Transportation Department report, for the
first time there was a part actually labeled 'Alternatives
to the Automobile. " he said. Car pooling, bicycle paths
and mass transit are viable alternatives to the automobiles
that carry only the driver, he said.
But the city will have increasing difficulty financing
such plans, Steinman said.
"The Reagan administration is planning to eliminate
federal funds for mass transit by 1984. The state is also
reducing some areas of revenue. We may have to adjust
the sales tax so the bus system doesn't atrophy.'
Students should get more involved in city government,
the councilman said.
"If students really want to get involved in city govern
ment in the coming year, there is going to be a major
revision of the city's comprehensive plan. Transportation
will be a major part of that. If students are interested
in bicycle paths and mass transit, they ought to be out
in force to support them."
GLC chairperson Nette Nelson said she had talked to
the mayor about setting aside a student position on the
mayor's advisory council's because of the two-year wait
ing list on some of them-such as the Mayor's Bicycle
Advisory Committee.
Steinman suggested that students testify to committees
even if they can't immediately get on a particular city
committee. Nelson said students face disincentives to get
ting more involved in Lincoln politics by registering as
voters here, including: students traditionally registering
in their hometown; they would be liable to the present
wheel tax if they registered here; and among some city
employees "there is a pervasive feeling that students
are meddling in city politics with no guarantee they'll
be taxpayers.'
Steinman said he could sympathize because faculty
members involved in politics often encounter the same
attitude.
"A lot of people think the faculty person is just going
to find another job in a couple of years anyway. Happily,
I think it's a minority feeling," he said.
Students definitely can affect city government.
"It's a very open government, and I'm not just saying
this because I'm part of it. As a political scientist who's
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lived in other places, I can say Lincoln is a lot more open
and democratic than many other places," he said.
Nelson said the next two GLC information breakfasts
' will be Nov. 10 with Sen. Lowell Johnson of North Bend
and Nov. 17 with Sen. Don Dworak of Columbus. Both
are at 7:30 ajn. in the Nebraska Union.
Interested people should make reservations with
GLC the day before each breakfast, she said.
Fewer faculty at NU
but salaries increase
The number of full-time faculty members at NU is
down by almost 6 percent from six years ago, but faculty
salaries are up.
A report from the Nebraska Coordinating Commission
for Postsecondary Education showed that the number of
full-time faculty members at NU decreased by 1,756 to
1,655 since 1975-76, with nine-month average pay up 44
percent to $23,425 a year.
Harry Allen, director of the office of institutional re
search at UNL, said budget cuts are primarily responsible
for the reduction.
"We've been under a rollback. Our budgets have been
tight, several vacancies have not been filled," he said. "I
think that there has been a general reduction in funds for
faculty positions."
The number of full-time faculty members at other Ne
braska colleges and universities has increased, the report
said.
At the Nebraska state colleges, full-time faculty
numbers increased by about 25 people per college, or 5.85
percent. Faculty pay was up 43 percent to an average of
$19,813 per year.
At community colleges, the number of full-time
faculty members increased by 101, 19 percent, and pay
was up 36 percent to an average of $15 ,599.
Private colleges and universities in Nebraska showed an
increase in faculty of 38 people or 4.4 percent, and salar
ies were up 36.7 percent to an average of $18,444.
Pay for the average full-time faculty member has in
creased by more than a third since 1975-76, the report
said. Salaries for women rose slightly more than those for
men, but are still generally below men's salaries the report
said.
The study shows that the average nine-month salary for
faculty at all Nebraska colleges was $20,479 in 1980-81,
up 40 percent from the 1975-76 average of $14,649.
The number of faculty on tenure - long-time
employees who are almost certain to be rehired - has de
clined at NU and private colleges, but has increased at the
four state colleges.
Faculty totals do not include part-time workers, gradu
ate assistants or people who work on more than one
campus or in more than one department.
Misinformation received
Because of misinformation given to a Daily Nebraskan
reporter, it was incorrectly reported yesterday that
only three Nebraska State Senators are members of the
National Conference of State Legislatures.
Sen. Rex Haberman, of Imperial, said that all senators
in the Legislature are members of the NCSL.
First lady says she
likes to write for free
There is nothing better than being a journalist and
talking to people and broadening your horizons, Ruth
Thone, wife of Gov. Charles Thone, said Tuesday at the
Nebraska Union.
Thone spoke of her past experiences as a news reporter
as a part of a series of talks on women's careers sponsored
by Jhe Women's Resource Center and the Student Y.
"All I ever wanted to do was be a news reporter,
Thone said. "It gave me a wonderful vehicle for asking
people questions all the time."
Thone was editor of the Daily Nebraskan while she was
in college and worked for KOLN-TV and a local radio
station. Thone has written for the Omaha World-Herald
and the Washington Post
The type of writing she enjoys doing now is factual,
first person short stories, Thone said. She said she likes
to write the sort of pieces that allow her to express
her feelings.
"One of the deepest things in me is the need to write
and it must not be tied into being paid for itThone said.
Thone said writing is difficult, especially re-writing
a story.
Thone said she would like to write a weekly column.
UA weekly column is like yeast, one idea leads to an
other," she said.
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