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1 1 Ucldor? J.C. cor.ch 5io;)iirj for rep oat wir C"' - r v 4 oiv dciico director ClrtUdv and miM tmimt v.HH 73 percent chanca cf afU-moon f,:iowi;r3. Winds southerly 10-20 mph with a high of 73. Cloudy tonight with a 45 percent chanca of ri,in.low o' 51, Cloudy on Friday with a hSjjh near ronrnrni 7 " rforms Diversions, pr.3 7 October 17, 1985 ' 1 New admission p Stricter UNL standards help prepare students for college By Michael Hooper Staff Reporter UNL's new higher admission stand ards, which go into effect this summer, will not decrease the number of stu dents admitted, a UNL admissions offi cial says. Alan Cerveny, UNL assistant director of admissions, said the tougher stand ards were intended to prepare high school students for college, not to deny students admission to the university. High school students now will be required to take more courses in lan guage arts, mathematics, science and social sciences to be admitted in full standing as UNL freshmen, Cerveny said. "A lot of times students (at UNL) find out after they get here that they will have to have these requirements to graduate anyway," Cerveny said. For example, he said, many students do not take high school algebra, but end up taking it as a remedial course because it is often required to graduate. Many U.S. universities have tough ened admission standards to increase the quality of high school and college education. Cerveny said UNL did not raise admissions requirements because of declining academic quality. UNL has not noticed a slip in the academic quality of applicants, Cer veny said. He cited a report showing Two senators say NU likely to share cuts By Todd von Kampen Senior Reporter Two state senators disagreed Wed nesday whether NU can make the $5 million in budget cuts proposed by Gov. Bob Kerrey without causing lasting damage to the university. Both Speaker of the Legislature William Nichol of Scottsbluff and Lincoln Sen, David Landis, however, . agreed that the Legislature is un likely to spare NU from the 3 per cent reduction in state support for most state agencies that Kerrey proposed Tuesday. The Legislature convenes in spe cial session this afternoon to con sider way3 to balance Nebraska's bud "ft. "The university will be hard prccsed to ndce a case sufficient to receive an exemption," Landis soil "They ir.sy well deserve one, aad I and ir.y ccllec jacs will be on our feet trying to make thst esse." Lin coln's ether senators feel as he . : CwOSf lie sc Lar.dis said senators are locking at the entire packggs cf budget cuts without focusir.g on what individual cuts would inaan. A 3 percent reduction, however, crji be handled better by agencies that UNL freshmen's average compo site scores on the American College Test (ACT) were more than two points higher than the national average of 18.6 last year. UNL freshmen have main tained this standard for the last nine years, he said. Norm Michaels, University of Colo rado associate director of admissions, said CU adopted tougher standards in response to a national concern about the quality of education. "Everybody is interested in improv ing the quality of education at all lev els, and that is why you're seeing modi fications in (admission) requirements" at some universities, Michaels said. CU will soon toughen its current standards, Michaels said. CU's current admission requirements vary from college to college, Michaels said. For the college of Arts and Scien ces, applicants must: O rank in the upper 40 percent of, their graduating class. O have a combined SAT score of 1,000 or an ACT composite of 23. Admissions requirements at the University of Oklahoma also are be coming more stringent. . This year 0U turned away about 270 of its 7,462 applicants. OU requires incoming freshmen to have either a 3.1 grade point average on a 4.0 scale in high school courses, be ranked in the upper half of their graduating class or a minimum score of such as NU that have large budgets, Nichol said, "because they have more to cut from." Taxpayers believe the university can adjust to a smaller budget with out eliminating entire programs, Nichol said. NU, he said, should increase its efficiency by dropping sparsely attended classes and pro grams that teach no students but cost money. "The university is there to edu cate students," Nichol said. "All this extracurricular stuff doesn't educate students; it serves only a few people and most of them are out-of-state." Cut Landis said his conversations with faculty members and adminis trators at the three NU campuses indicated the university has lKtle room to tighten its operation. Lan dis has proposed a compromise in which NU wouli reallocate $10 mil lion in spending over Eve years and the Legislature would agree not to cut the $10 million from the budget. Nichol said senators will intro duce bills Thursday through Satur day before adjourning to give legis lative committees a week to work through "them. Debate on budgst bills will begin Oct. 28, he said. Daily n University of Nebraska-Lincoln lacy won't alter enrollment NEW ADMISSIONS STANDARDS (Effective Fall 1986) Students wanting to attend UNL now must have: Language Arts 4 years; which in clude 1 year of com position and one year of speech, journalism, litera ture or foreign language. Mathematics 2 years; which must include 1 year of Algebra and one year of geometry, advanc ed algebra, trigo nometry, calculus or computer science. f j A fV. L ' For those who do not successfully complete the above requirements, admission will be granted if: the high school student graduates in the top half of the graduating class or the student has an ACT score of 18 or a combined SAT score of 850. 17 on the American College Test (ACT) or a combined score of 760 on math and verbal on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), said Barbra Kousins, OU direc tor of admissions. If applicants do not meet any of the criteria, they must have 24 credit hours from another acceptable college. The students also must have a GPA of 2.0 or better on a 4.0 scale before they could transfer to OU, she said. New statewide requirements go into Union plaza policy questioned By Milli King Staff Reporter Union Board members decided Tues day night to take emergency action at their next meeting on a proposal that would regulate the use of the plaza on the north side of Nebraska Union for student events. Some Selleck Quadrangle residents complained at the meeting about noise from plaza events. Julie Gathmann, Programs and Activities Committee, presented a proposal that was written by some Selleck residents. Board members, who couldn't vote on the proposal because a quorum wasn't present, will vote Oct. 29 on the policy for plaza activities. The policy says recognized student organizations that schedule programs on the plaza with sound equipment excluding microphones will have to follow the following rules: There will be no performances during dead week or Jfinals week. The program will begin no ear lier than 3:30 p.m. and must end by 10 p.m. on weeknights and 10:30 p.m. on weekends. There will be no more than three plaza performances a week, and those scheduled preferably will be on Friday and Saturday. Events scheduled during the week will not be on consecutive evenings. Organizations sponsoring an QN w ?5 Yn) 4 effect in the fall of 1988 for all Okla homa state colleges. Applicants will be required to have completed certain courses in English, mathematics, lab science, social science and history, she said. The OU State Board of Regents still is reviewing the plan, which was passed in July 1985, Kousins said. OU does not accept applicants with General Education Diplomas (GED), activity on the plaza must give a two week notice to the Selleck Quadran gle residence director and a copy of the registration form. This would enable the director to notify residents about the activity. Student organizations are en couraged to exercise courtesy and respect for others regarding program sound levels. Three consecutive plaza performan ces were scheduled during the first week of school this fall. "Party on the Plaza," sponsored by ASUN, was held Tuesday, Aug. 27. "Music and Melons," an annual event sponsored by FarmHouse Fraternity was on Wednesday afternoon. A Muscu lar Dystrophy benefit on Thursday even ing was given special permission to last from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The third plaza event was "the straw that broke the camel's back," said Glenn Gray, Selleck Quadrangle resi dent director. The biggest demand for the plaza always is the first week of school, said Frank Kuhn, Nebraska Union assistant director of operations. Most students don't have anything to do at night during that first week, Kuhn said. Ray Korpi, Selleck government pres ident said students in Selleck are serious about their studies. "Selleck houses a bigger swath of campus student-grouping," including Vol. 85 No. 38 Science 2 years; which must include bio logy, physics, chem istry, earth science or life science. Social Science 2 years; which must include Amer ican government, American history, world history, psy chology, sociology, economics or an thropology. Phil TsalDaiiy Nebraskan which are equal to high school diplomas. University of Kansas and Iowa State University officials said they foresee no admission requirement changes. At the University of Kansas, in-state applicants must be high school gradu ates or have GEDs, said Jim Stinson, KU assistant director of admissions. Applicants must present ACT scores, but they are used only for advising and placement, Stinson said. many graduate students, foreign stu dents and a higher percentage of return ing students, he said. Korpi said he agrees with the two week notice so that Selleck residents could plan to be somewhere else dur ing plaza events. Three scheduled events in one week is unusual, said Daryl Swanson, Ne braska Union director. "It will probably neVer happen again," but the revised proposal makes it impossible. The revised programming policy is still subject to modification at the next Union Board meeting before it is voted upon, Swanson said. Group to protest psychologist's talk The UNL GayLesbian Student Association has scheduled a protest rally tonight at 6:30 p.m. outside of the north entrance to the Nebraska Union. GLSA is protesting Lincoln psy chologist Paul Cameron's presenta tion on aids. Cameron is an anti-gay activist.