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Wednesday, October 13, 1982
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Vol. 82 No. 39
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Norton stresses
need to decide
budget priorities
By Duane Retzlaff
The University of Nebraska needs to
emphasize, in the budget, the parts of
the university that serve the state best or
have a tradition of excellence, said James
Norton, challenger for the 5th District NU
Board of Regents position.
Norton, an attorney from David City,
earned his bachelor of science and law
degrees from UNL in 1952 and 1955,
respectively.
Norton said the university cannot be
everything to everyone.
"I think the university or board of
regents should establish what I call 'centers
of excellence,' " Norton said. For example,
'the Ag College should be as number one
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as their football team. Agriculture is really
what Nebraska is all about," he said.
Norton said the Nebraska Legislature
has been fair in its funding to the univer
sity, especially with regard to the economic
situation.
The university budget should continue
to be presented to the Legislature in the
current line-item format, Norton said.
"I think the Legislature is entitled to
know where the university intends to
spend it," he said, adding, "1 don't
understand" the reasoning behind the lump
sum budget."
Faculty salaries should be emphasized
in the budget, because "the quality of the
school is based primarily on the faculty,"
Bereuter says investment
would ease unemployment
By Chris Welsch
Increased investment in research and
development of industry would help ease
the high rate of unemployment, 1st Dis
trict Rep. Doug Bereuter said Tuesday.
The private sector will not take care
of everything, Bereuter said at the Ne
braska Union. He spoke to the UNL Col
lege Republicans.
The government must feel responsible
to help decrease the unemployment
rate, he said.
He said he would like to create a new
American Conservation Corps. Young
men and women could be put to work
in national parks and forests.
The American Conservation Corps
would be similar to the Civilian Conser
vation Corps of the Depression years,
Bereuter said.
Bereuter said investment in research
and development would help spur the
private sector.
"Presently we are losing our technologi
cal lead to Japan," he said. "We need funds
for government laboratories, universities
and research grants."
Bereuter said he would like to con
vince the Reagan administration to change
its policies concerning research programs
and programs like the American Conserva
tion Corps.
A program like the ACC would pro
IdtfTlWHediate relieChe said. U wouldn't
be the answer to everything, he said,
but he would like to see it passed through
Congress.
Lower interest rates would also create
new job opportunities, he said.
"Today we've had three important
bits of news indicating economic
recovery," Bereuter said. The prime rate
was reduced to 12 percent at the Bank
of America, trading was heavy on the
stock market and last month's retail
sales were up by 1 percent.
According to Bereuter, unemployment
always lags behind economic recovery.
"Any unemployment is bad for our
country," he said. However, he said, there
is a bright side. More people are employed
now than ever before and many families
have several working members, accounting
for the over-sized work force, he said.
Bereuter said he was pleased with the
progress of President Reagan's economic
policies despite the 10.1 percent rate of
unemployment.
"Twenty-one months ago we had a
21.5 percent interest rate and the in
flation rate was 1 1 percent," he said.
"Supply-side economics didn't bring
results as fast as we had hoped for,"
Bereuter said. This was because supply
side economics was deemed a failure
before it was given a chance, he added.
"It reminds me of a joke," Bereuter
said.
If you believe supply-side economics
will solve our economic problems, he
said, you probably still are waiting for
Amelia Earhart's plane to eomem. J
Bereuter said the November election
is crucial.
"We all need to work together," he
said. "We are facing some very close
races."
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James Norton
Norton said.
Norton said there is no way to avoid
raising tuition next year, because the
university's operating costs are going up,
a condition that makes capital construction
spending unlikely.
"At this point in time, capital construc
tion would have to be at the bottom of the
lists,1 he said.
Norton agreed with the current policy
of not paying the student regentstudent
body president, saying service, not a salary,
should be the motivation for running for
the office.
After talking with students, he found
their biggest concern is getting a job after
graduation, Norton said. When economic
times are bad, more students go to college,
which compounds the problem, he added.
Norton said he is confident about his
chances of unseating incumbent Robert
Kocfoot of Grand Island, who has served
two six-year terms on the board.
Koefoot supports
lump-sum budget
for university
By Duane Retzlaff
The proposed lump-sum budget gets
strong support from Robert Koefoot of
Grand Island, the incumbent in the 5th
District NU Board of Regents race.
"I have always favored the lum-sum
budget," he said, adding, "however. I
think the Legislature should know how
the money is spent."
Koefoot, who is completing his second
six-year term, said the regents and adminis
tration should have the say where the
money is spent.
As it is now, the Nebraska Legislature
reviews the university's budget request
line by line, vetoing what it doesn't ap
prove, he said.
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The Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources is one area of the university
that deserves continued support, said the
59-ycar-old doctor.
The student regentstudent body presi
dent should not have a vote on the board
of regents, Kocfoot said, but should get
a salary for duties as student body presi
dent. Koefoot said he was one of two regents
to vote last year for the student body
president getting a salary.
Tuition rates are going to be higher
next year, he predicted, although the
increase will not be determined until the
university knows how much money it
Photo courtesy of Robert Koefoot
Robert Koefoot
will get from the Legislature.
Koefoot said the biggest problem
facing students is finding the money
for college, a problem that has no easy
answers.
It may be that students will have to
get part-time jobs, he said, and take longer
to get through school.
"I guess God helps those who help
themselves," he said.
Faculty salaries are the key to a quality
university, Koefoot said, adding, however,
that the state can't afford to spend more
now.
Capital construction is a budget item
that should be tabled until the economy
improves, he said.
If there is any capital construction
spending, it should be for improvement
of the university's computer system and
maintenance of existing buildings, he
said.
