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By Taniray Kaop
A statement suspending the authorization card
campaign for UNL faculty bargaining was endorsed
unanimously by the UNL chapter of the American
Associaiton of University Professors in a closed
meeting Saturday in the Nebraska Union Rostrum.
' A UNL AAUP statement said the card campaign
suspension was endorsed even though 500 faculty
members signed the cards by April 14
That number exceeds the minimum 30 percent
required to petition the Commission of Industrial
Hellions for an eletion among UNL faculty members.
The election would have determined if UNL's AAUP
could act as a bargaining a;cnt for UNL faculty.
However, according to the statement, "the demo-'
graphy of the cards suests a split between admi
nistrative divisions of the UNL campus that Would
make a successful campaign for an election difficult
and divisive at this time."
Linda Prattr UNL AAUP chapter president, ex
plained Saturday the split between administrative
divisions refers to the high percentage of approval
of collective bargaining by the Teacher's College, the
College of Arts arid Sciences and libraries, but the
much smaller percentage of approval by the Insti
tute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the
College of Engineering and Technology.
"No one won," said Norma Sue Griffcn, president
elect of the UNL AAUP chapter. "Those who wanted
it could not be pleased, but we had said if there was
not a majority we would not go through with the
CIR." '
The UNL AAUP statement said the organization
thinks its members' interest in collective bargaining
and the nearly 50 percent of the faculty who sup
port collective bargaining will be better served by
suspending the current campaign in order to pursue
the following:
Reviewing the issues that disturb the faculty
and the administration's strategies for dealing with
those issues
Looking into the feasibility of redesigning the
unit for collective bargaining without imposing it on
large or distinct administrative groups who do not
want it .
Keeping enourh flexibility to start another card
campaign if the UNL AAUP sees an insistent need
for collective bargaining instead of tying up the
energy and resurces of the chapter in the CIR for an
extended period of time.
Pratt said there are two instances in which
another card campaign might be considered. She
said these were any incident which questions faculty
governance or security of tenure, or administrative
failure to try to improve university funding of
faculty salaries.
President-elect Griff en said the organization has
collected quite a bit of information about faculty
concerns in governance areas of the university.
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Monday, April 16, 1S34
University of Nebraska-Lincoln '
Vol.83 No. 133
EilA president
resigns onice
Less than a month after elections, the presi
dent of the Residence Hall Association has
resigned his office.
Freshman John Christian, elected RHA presi
dent March 22, is moving with his family to
Orlando, Fla.r in June.-His three-week term -officially
will end Thursday when present Vice
President Lisa Bredthauer assumes the pre
sidency. Bredthauer, a sophomore, said the basic
goals set by Christian's administration will
remain the same. But, she said, there will "less
talk and more action."
"I plan my administration to do something
so people will say, 'Hey, look, RHA did this,' and
feel proud about it," she said.
Christian said that although RHA had only
one meeting during his term, a resolution to
RHA bylaws was passed to allow student
assistants to serve on RHA. Previously, this
was considered a conflict of interest, Christian
said. Now, he said, the SAs are seen as a source
of quality input.
The vice presidency will probably be filled by
senior Dave Edwards, Christian said, pending
RHA council vote. Edwards was vice president
of lst semester's RHA administration.
UNO faculty gains joay increase
Dy Pom Air. r.rd
The NU Board of Regents Saturday approved a
collective bargaining agreement with the UNO chap
ter of the American Association of University Profes
sers. .
UNO faculty whose service is satisfactory will
receive a 3 percent salary increase retroactive to
March 1, 1984, plus a 3.5 percent increase starting
.July 1. An additional 1.25 percent will be awarded
on the basis of merit.
A discretionary salary increase fund of .25 per
cent to be allocated at the discretion of the vice
chancellor for academic affairs will be established
with the agreement. The new contract will have the
same benefits package as the rest of the NU system.
The NU policy has granted, besides the 3 percent
increase given to all state employees retroactive to
March, and 8 percent faculty salary increase, 40
percent of which may be awarded for merit.
Regent Robert Simmons of Scottsbluff, the only
regent to vote against the agreement, said further
negotiation is needed for provisions involving mat
ters other than pay.
Charles Downey, vice president of the UNO faculty
Senate, spoke about the benefits of working with the
UNO AAUP to achieve competitive faculty salaries.
Professors are leaving to work at other universities
for higher salaries, he said.
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Everybody and their do2 took advantage cf Sunday's sanny weather and Jsyn and Docs Burrkiwere
no exception. Their deg Beau llada himself at the.end of his rope as the Earrir.i relax at Holmes
Lal;c a:;d;:y afternoon. ' . 1
These people could be kept by proper action," he
said.
In UNL matters, the Nebraska Engineering Center
was renamed the Walter Scott Engineering Center
after Walter Scott Jr., a contributor to the engineer
ing college. The name also honors Walter Scott Sr.
an engineer who served as vice president and later
as director of the Peter Kiewit Sons Co. The elder
Scott now resides in Blair. -
Rental increases were improved for Love Memor
ial Cooperative and University Park and Colonial
Terrace Apartments, effective July 1.
The board approved a plan, budgeted at more
than $ 1 million, to remodel part of the West Stadium
for an academic study area and athletic training
table.
The firm of Schemmer Associates, Inc. was approv
ed to' construct the connecting link between the
Nebraska Engineering Center and Nebraska Hall
The purchase of a $50,000 helicopter support ser
vice from Greenlandaire of Greenland was approv
ed for the UNL-based Polar Ice Coring Office.
The board also approved the acquisition of prop
erty near the Malone Community Center, 2040 U St.,
by trading land with the city.
In UNO business, the board approved the pur
chase for two parcels of land adjacent to UNO as
part of the LB410 UNO Land Acquisition Project.
The elimination of the UNO Writer's Workshop,
the UNO Department of Black Studies and the phas
ing out of the UNO Teaching the Hearing Impaired
program were removed from the agenda. The elimi
nations were no longer necessary since the approv
ed UNO faculty pay raise was less than 8 percent.
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Index
Arts and Entertainment . . . 13
Classified ........ 11
Crossword .12
Editorial... 4
Off The Wire 2
Sports . ..7
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