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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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By Kris Mullen
The NU Board of Regents decided Friday to cut
$554,114 from four UNO colleges and two campus
wide committees to meet UNO faculty pay raises.
The regents unanimously voted to make the cuts
from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education,
Fine Arts and Public Affairs and Community
Service.
The cuts mean 21 UNO faculty and 63 classes will
be eliminated, said Otto Bauer, UNO vice chancellor
of academic affairs.
Non-personnel reductions include $9,000 from
the Improvement of Instruction Committee and
more than $41,000 from the University Research ;
Committee. :::
Bauer estimated the annual tuition loss will be
$65,200. He said the eliminated classes will make it
increasingly difficult for students to enroll in the
classes they need in the departments affected.
Regents OK expansion
ofUNL Health Center
The NU Board of Regents Friday unanimously
approved plans to renovate and expand the Univer
sity Health Center.
The project calls for renovation of 22,000 square
feet of the existing building at 15th and U streets
and construction of an 1 1,600-square-foot addition.
The existing Health Center has 26,600 square feet
of space distributed on three floors."""w-"rv""
It was designed to serve 10,000 students when it
was completed in 1958. Enrollment is now 24,000
students.
According to a summary presented to the board,
UNL provides 53 percent fewer square feet per
student than the average area provided by other Big
Eight schools with similar health services.
Estimated cost of the project is $2.75 million.
Funding will come from surplus money in the
university's student fees and facilities revenue bonds.
The expansion will increase operating costs, but
the fee increase is estimated to be less than 49 cents
per student per semester.
Tentatively, an architect will be selected in October
and approved by the regents in November. Construc
tion bids will be solicited in April 1984 and the
project should be completed by January 1986.
Student leaders decry
library hour cutbacks
Student leaders expressed concern abut cutbacks
in UNL library hours at a Friday morning press
conference.
Bill Buntain, second vice president of ASUN, said
the cutback, which will close all UNL libraries on
home football game Saturdays this semester, will
make using the library difficult for students who
cannot get to it any other time.
Government Liaison Committee Chairperson Ruth
Boham said she hoped the situation would change
but that "it doesnt look good."
"We're consumers. We're paying for an education,"
Boham said. "If this is being cut, what's next?"
Gerald Rudolph, dean of libraries, said he made
the decision to reduce library hours in July, when a
$70,000 shortage turned up on the operating cost
budget
Few people use the libraries on home football
Saturdays, he said, and the decision was made to
save money while inconveniencing the fewest people,
he said. - .
Many students are unaware of the closing, Buntain
said, adding that the libraries should stay open to
help maintain a quality education at the university.
Rudolph said he was surprised that students had
not been informed earlier about the closing plans.
He said he sent a letter to all department chairmen,,
deans and faculty members in July to notify them cf
the chants in schedules. S'ns explaining the closings
were to be posted around campus, but the sins
arrived late, he said.
Rudolph, who was on vacation during most of the
summer, said he will investigate why students were
not notified cf the closing until the second week of
school.
Bauer said the cuts are significantly less severe
than other options because a degree program is not
eliminated and tenured faculty members will not be
fired.
Joseph Wood, UNO faculty senate president, said
the senate is concerned because the regents did not
approach the state Legislature for supplemental
funding.
The cuts were made to pay a faculty wage order
issued by the Commission of Industrial Relations.
The order includes a 6.6 percent retroactive pay
raise for 1982-83 and a projected 3.3 percent raise
for 1983-84.
Bauer said the cuts are severe. "Each will leave
important needs unmet," he said.
In other action the board:
defeated a measure, 4-4, to hire an architecture
firm to study renovation of Architecture Hall and
the Former Law building.
approved the sale of $11.4 million in revenue
bonds to be used to renovate facilities on the three
NU campuses.
approved development of a needs statement to
remodel the West Stadium area to accommodate a
combination training table and study area. Funding
for the $1 million development will come from the
Athletic Department and private contributions.
agreed to buy $1.5 million in comptuer equipment
as part of a joint effort of Control Data Corporation
of Minneapolis and UNL to provide training for high
school students. The project will offer additional
computer research facilities for faculty and
students. r
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Staff photo by Craig Andreten
Looking good
Husker I-back Mike Bozier made it look easy
Saturday as his 191 rushing yards against
Wyoming gave him 2,634 career yards and the
; Corahcsker , all-time rushing record. The
Hcskers defeated Vtyoming, 3-20. For story
and more photos, see Fags 8.
UNL faculty salary increase
is Massengale's top priority this fall
By r.Iary Louisa Knapp
Raising salaries for UNL faculty is the top priority
for the chancellor's office this fall, UNL Chancellor
Martin Massengale said at a faculty breakfast Sun
day morning in the East Union.
Massengale said the approval of an 11.1 percent
salary increase request for UNL faculty by the NU
Board of Regents Friday is an encouraging sign. The
salary request was part of the 1984-85 budget
request, which includes $168 million in state funds
and a 10 percentstudent tuition increase.
The regents also endorsed the use of land-grant
institutions which belong to the American Associa
tion of Universities as comparison groups for UNL,
he said. Each campus will have its own "peer group"
of institutions against which, to measure faculty
salaries, he said.
"I want to assure you of my sensitivity to the
salary situation and its effect on faculty morale," he
said.
Budget reallocations and possible program cuts
are other concerns in which the faculty should be
involved, Massengale said.
The regents in July approved a proposal by NU
President Ronald Roskens to reallocate 2 percent,
or almost $3 million of NLTs 1984-85 budget. Mas
sengale sent a letter to faculty and staff members in
late August outlining procedures for the budgetary
reallocation. The Central Administration must
submit a list of possible programs to be cut to the
regents by Dec. 10.
"We must work rapidly to meet the tight sche
dule" Masssengale said. "I want all of you to feel you
have a chance for input."
Massengale assured the faculty that any cuts in
programs would be carried out with "fairness and
equity" and that the NU administration would help
find work for any staff members who might lose
their jobs due to budget reallocations.
Although the budget reallocation is a serious con
cern, Massengale said it should not be allowed to
interfere with the mission of the university.
"UNL serves as Nebraska's comprehensive land
grant university which oilers a Ph.D. degree," Mas
sengale said. "UNL ranks as a major research center.
Research, teaching, and educational services is our
baic mission.
Massengale said he is proud of the academic
accomplishments of UNL's faculty and encouraged
them to continue to strive for academic excellence.
He also praised the quality of UNL's students.
"This year a new record will be set on the number
of National Merit Scholars who attend UNL," he said.
Five Fulbright Scholars were chosen from UNL last
year, he said.
Massengale stressed the importance of a liberal
arts education, and said UNL provides a quality
example of such an education.
The liberal arts must be a foundation for profes
sional training. The state and nation need under
graduates with a broad background," he said.
- The faculty also has a responsibility to present a
"positive and constructive image" of UNL to new
students, and encourage them to remain in the
university.
"I want the faculty to be academic visionaries, not
just survival managers," he said. "UNL must thrive,
not just survive."
Inside
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Olaf Keese, a Fulbright Scholar from West
Germany, describes his first semester as a
UNL student Pegs 7
Progress on the proposed recreation cen
ter is at a standstill Pc3 8
Billy Shaffer reports on the opening of
landscape artist Harry Orlyk's display at Shel
don Art gallery Pcsa 10
Index
Arts and Entertainment 19
Classified 11
Crossword .12
Editorial 4
Sports 0
