The Nebraskan
Friday, July 26, 1985
Page 2
Nursing dean offers options
By Deb Pederson
Senior Reporter
The Dean of the NU College of
Nursing, Rosalee Yeaworth, proposed a
$500 per student tuition surcharge as
an alternative to phasing out the Lincoln
nursing program.
At Tuesday's afternoon hearing before
the Regents, Yeaworth said the sur
charge would bring in $200,000 per
year. She also suggested saving the
approximately $ 1 30,000 from the already
planned cut of seven faculty positions
this fall, cutting another 10 faculty
positions for a savings of $200,000 more
over three years, and trying to raise
$25,000 per year in grant supports from
local health care facilities and the
community.
Yeaworth noted that tuition in the
College of Nursing is less than half at
privately run schools in Nebraska.
The "real costs" of operating the
Lincoln division are $64,138, Yeaworth
said. Almost all of the division's $800,000
budget is In faculty salaries, she said.
About one-fifth of the faculty po
sitions have been eliminated over the
last five years, Yeaworth said.
The Lincoln division has twice been
mentioned for elimination in its ten
year history, which Yeaworth said she
thought was interesting since the Re
gents established the program because
of a need for nurses. Part of the reason
it was mentioned for elimination may
have been because most people think
the program duplicates the program in
Omaha, but the Lincoln division is an
extension, not a duplicate, of the
Omaha division, Yeaworth said.
Yeaworth stressed the quality and
the necessity of the program, pointing
out that the Lincoln division is only one
of three programs in Nebraska offering
a bachelor's of nursing (BSN) degree.
The program has received sizeable
grant support and is one of only 12
schools in the country to qualify for a
national biomedical research award,
she said.
Growth in the nursing profession is
Police
Report
The following incidents were reported
to UNL police between 6:09 p.m. Mon
day and 3:54 p.m. Wednesday.
Monday
6:09 p.m. Book reported stolen
from Love Library.
9:38 p.m. Intoxicated person
reported arrested on 12th St. between
Q and R streets. Person was taken to a
detoxification center.
Tuesday
9:10 a.m. Burglary reported on
third floor of Harper Hall.
12:41 p.m. Billfold reported lost
or stolen on city campus.
7:42 p.m. Hit-and-run accident
reported in Parking Area 3 north of
Harper Hall.
Wednesday
3:54 p.m. Person reported tres
passing on the third floor of Schramm
Hall.
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predicted for the 1990s because of the
growth in health care for the elderly,
she said. Already nurses are in demand
and the Lincoln program has a waiting
list of applicants, she said.
Elimination of the program would
the extent of the off-campus program,
yeaworth said.
Yeaworth's position was backed by
34 other speakers at the hearing, which
had about 300 people in attendence.
The speakers included nurses, phy
sicians, directors of health care facili
ties, parents, patients and students.
Nurses are the most cost-effective
health care providers and are the
background for home care and com
munity services, Jeanniene Greenfield
of the National League for Nursing
said. The league is the accrediting
agency for nursing schools.
Baccalaureate nurses are needed for
their diversity and depth, Greenfield
said. The BSN education trend is a
necessity for quality care.
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News
A UNL associate professor was re
cently selected to receive the 1985
Amoco Foundation Award at UNL
Dr. Jack L. Schinstock, UNL
associate professor of agricultural
engineering, is one of three recipients
of the annual $1,000 award for distin
guished undergraduate teaching.
Don Siffring has been named
extension volunteer leadership special
ist for the 4-H Youth Development
office according to Bill Caldwell,
assistant extension director, 4-H, at
UNL.
Siffring assumed the position July 1.
He previously has served as an exten
sion agent in Morrill County, as district
resources conservation development
specialist at the Panhandle Research
and Extension Center in Scottsbluff,
and extension 4-H and youth specialist
at the West Central Research and
Extension Center in North Platte.
A Porta A. Goke scholarship valued
at $500 has been awarded to Chad
Heyden of Newport for the 1985-86
academic school year at UNL
Heyden is studying animal science.
He is a member of the UNL Block and
Bridle Club and has also received the
Daniel S. Bestor Scholarship.
The $500 Kenneth M. Reed Scholarship
for study at UNL's College of Agricul
ture has been awarded to Troy D.
Busboom, a freshman animal science
major. The scholarship is for the 1985-
86 academic year.
The $500 Ward Snow Memorial Scho
larship for the academic year 1985-86
has been awarded to Charles P.
Bachman, a senior agricultural eco
nomics major in the UNL College of
Agriculture.
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Reagan refuses South Africa
meetings, renews criticism
WASHINGTON The White House renewed its criticism of apartheid
Thursday and called on the South African government to move promptly to
abandon its policy.
"We have made clear our view that the South African government must
move promptly away from apartheid, which we find to be repugnant and
which is the basic cause for the violence South Africa is witnessing
today," spokesman Larry Speakes said.
He also intimated that the Reagan administration would not agree to
hold high-level meetings with South Africa on the state of emergency
proclaimed Sunday and giving South African police virtually a free hand in
arresting opponents of the government.
The New York Times said South Africa had proposed high-level talks
somewhere in Europe to explain its recent actions and try to end the chill
in relations with the United States.
"We have no plans for high-level U.S.-South African meetings in
Europe," Speakes said.
The U.N. Security council took up the South Africa crisis Thursday
following a surprise move by France, which Wednesday ordered a halt to
new investments in the segregated republic.
Announcing also that the French ambassador was being recalled from
Pretoria, Prime Minister Laurent Fabius said in Paris that France would
propose a draft resolution to the Security Council, condemning apartheid
and proposing international action.
Soviet maneuvers reveal strategy
WASHINGTON Naval exercises being carried out by the Soviet Union
demonstrate that it intends to launch a powerful offensive at sea in the
event of war, Navy Secretary John Lehman said Thursday.
"They want the world to know they are a blue-water and global navy and
they intend to take the offensive in wartime," Lehman said in a television
interview.
The maneuvers also reveal for the first time that the Soviet Union would
attempt to take control in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United
States.
Lehman said the exercises, which began in April, represented the
biggest naval operation undertaken by the Soviet Union since before 1975.
Kremlin calls for 'Star Wars' ban
MOSCOW The Soviet Union insists on a ban on research for the U.S.
"Star Wars" program, the chief Soviet negotiator on space weapons at the
Geneva arms talks said Thursday, asserting that such a ban could be
verified by satellite.
Western diplomats said his remarks could suggest a slight softening in'
Moscow's opposition to all aspects of research connected with the U.S.
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), an issue over which the U.S.-Soviet
talks in Geneva have stalled.
The Kremlin says Washington must drop its $26 billion program, aimed
at devising a space missile defense, before there can be any progress at
Geneva. The Americans say SDI is a research effort and no ban on the work
could be verified.
"Work on space weapons, even at an early stage, is accompanied by
signs that can be observed by national technical means," Soviet negotia
tor Kvitsinsky said. The phrase refers to surveillance by satellite.
"Purposeful scientific development under contract for military agen
cies can and should be banned," he said, adding however that Moscow did
not oppose "fundamental research."
Chemical weapons being examined
WASHINGTON Congressional negotiators will be asked to approve a
compromise on chemical weapons that would require consultation with
allies but not specific NATO approval before the United States resumes
production, a congressional source said Thursday.
The compromise, drafted by key congressmen and senators, was
expected to be considered by the committee trying to resolve differences
between the House and Senate versions of the $302.5 billion 1986 defense
bill.
Disagreement between congressmen and senators over resuming pro
duction of chemical weapons, which the United States halted in 1969, has
tied up the negotiators for days.
Warren Nelson, a spokesman for the House Armed Services Committee,
said the compromise "would require European agreement but not a
specific vote" by NATO allies before production was resumed.
The compromise language was deliberately "left very vague" so that
U.S. allies would not feel pressured to have a vote and give the political
opposition to chemical weapons in various countries a chance to mobilize,
he said. It basically would require Reagan to consult allies and then
report to Congress, he said.
Hudson AIDS diagnosis confirmed
PARIS A spokeswoman for Rock Hudson Thursday confirmed he is
suffering from AIDS, ending days of rumors and confusing statements as
to why the famed film star would seek treatment at a Paris hospital
specializing in treating the killer disease.
But the admission was not without confusion of its own.
First, Hudson press spokeswoman Yanou Collart said the 59-year-old
actor had AIDS, then she contradicted herself by saying recent tests in
America showed that he did not have the incurable disease and then her
office released a final statement saying he had it.
The press office statement not only confirmed that Hudson had AIDS,
but said he was suffering from an unspecified liver ailment as well. His
U.S. agent had previously said that Hudson was suffering from cancer of
liver.
Hudson, one of the last of the tall, handsome, square-jawed Hollywood
heroes, became a screen idol in the 1950s and 1960s. His career ranged
from musical comedies to Westerns and epics.
President Reagan telephone Hudson Wednesday. A White House spo
kesman said the conversation was brief and that Reagan wished the
59-year-old actor well telling him "he and Mrs. Reagan were keeping him
in their thoughts and prayers."
The two men have been friends since Reagan's Hollywood acting days.