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...V Weather: Sunny and mild today. Southeast winds 5-15 mph with a high of 61. Becoming cloudy and windy tonight with a 20 percent chance of showers. Low of 35. Partly cloudy on Friday with a high near 52. October 31, 1985 Err:" : -- . Professor calls it a 'disgrace ' Eep)irt says faculty leave program is smb-standard. By Karen Shoemaker Staff Reporter UNL's faculty leave program falls far below acceptable levels, a report shows. The 1984-85 annual report of the Executive Graduate Council shows there is only one leave per faculty member roughly every 35 years. Original accep table guidelines show that one leave should be awarded each year for every 15 eligible faculty members. The council's report indicated UNL's research and library programs also are inadequate. The Faculty Development Leave Program began in 1977 because the university didn't have a sabbatical pro gram for its faculty, said Professor Linda Pratt, a member of the council's executive committee. . The leave program was started to allow faculty members the opportunity to woik on research and expand their expertise in their fields while relieving them of their teaching duties, Pratt said. "It is one of the disgraces of this university that it has such an inade quate answer to a real sabbatical pro To coordinate activities of 14 schools Student Affairs official quits, takes job in Pennsylvania By Jody Beem Staff Reporter Suzanne Brown, UNL assistant to the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, resigned Wednesday to accept a posi tion with the Pennsylvania System for Higher Education. Brown said her new position as Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs will begin Jan. 2. She will coor dinate activities for all 14 universities in Pennsylvania. Brown applied for the position of UNL Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs in the spring of 1 985. She said she was a finalist, but the job was given to Rudy Lewis. Lerrev: By Todd von Kampen Senior Reporter Gov. Bob Kerrey said Wednesday that state senators pushing for tax increases to balance the state budget "haven't made the tough decisions" in favor cf budget cuts they will have to make. Kerrey said at his weekly press con ference that Lincoln Sen. Bill Harris' R.E.PH.'s Berry of success and Diversions, page 7 gram," she said. No money is available through the leave program to replace faculty mem bers on leave, so other instructors within the department have to share responsibilities during that time. Because of this, faculty members in small departments or departments with heavy enrollment are less able to take advantage of the leave program. The committee's report shows that leaves are not equally available because the funds for leaves depend on the department's ability to squeeze money from another source, she said. Henry Holtzclaw, former dean of the Graduate College, agreed that the leave program doesn't provide an adequate number of leaves for faculty members. But Holtzclaw said the number of leaves granted before the program was started was substantially less than it has been in recent years. Only five or six faculty members were granted leaves before the program started, he said. Now the number of leaves granted at UNL ranges from 20 to 36 faculty members each year accord Brown is the third administrator to resign from Student Affairs this fall. Dave DeCoster, 1 Dean of Students, resigned to accept a position as Vice President of Stu-r dent Affairs at , Indiana University Ji in Pennsylvania, Brown Brown said. Luann Krager, Assistant Dean of Students, resigned her posi tion but is still in Lincoln working on her doctorate. Brown said she has been looking for a new job for more than a year. "I've been here too long," Brown in iraa fie :::: .:.m .CD attempts to pass an income tax increase take the pressure off the Legislature to pass budget cuts. Harris is circulating a petition among senators that calls for another special session to consider a tax hike. 'The easy thing to do now is talk about income tax," Kerrey said. "But they haven't dealt with the budget yet. What point is there in talking about the revenue side until we've dealt with y y rj Daily n I Ivr uJ JlrOUb) UwrO h i r- I s socks University of Nebraska-Lincoln ing to the report. However, the program could be improved, he said. "I'm sure no one in administration disagrees that our faculty would be better served by a fully-funded faculty development program," Pratt said. "I think support for this university in this state is less generous than in many states," she said. UNL's research programs also are inadequate, the study shows. The lack of funding from the state has meant that university-provided research support has decreased, the report said. The budget reductions for UNL's Research Council and UNO's Committee on Research the agen cies responsible for administering research funds on each campus have raised questions about the administra tion's commitment to research, the report states. "The problem is that there is this pool of money and allocating it depends on the priorities of the administra tion," said John Braeman, a history pro fessor and a member of the executive committee. Please see GRADUATE on 5 said. "I've grown and learned as much as I can." The new position is a tremendous career opportunity, Brown said. She will move from student affairs to aca demic affairs, she said, which interests her more. "This is a quantum leap for me," Brown said. She said that the new position offers her a large salary increase, but she would not specify what her salary will be. Brown now earns $31,850 a year at UNL. "I suspect that there will be some reorganization within the student affairs office by Vice Chancellor Lewis once I leave," Brown said. 'They may not even keep my position open when they get done." COTtSaSli budget reduction?" The Legislature is deadlocked over budget cuts because senators disagree with Kerrey on the depth of cuts neces sary to solve the problem. Kerrey said his staff members and Waverly Sen. Jerome Warner's staff members are meeting so they Please see KERHEY on 5 Women's cross country team favored to win Big Eight title Sports, page 13 V (A - , I -- " V I . . . Beware of the boos! By Jane Campbell Staff Reporter Tonight they will all be out: ghosts, witches, black cats and werewolves. As the sun sets, a full moon rises and fog roles in, the creatures found only in yourwildest nightmares will gather. They have one night to work a year's worth of terror, and this is it. Halloween. Halloween brings memories of scary tales, costume parades, trick-or-treating and the banana-flavored taffy found only this time of year. Peanut butter sticks, popcorn balls and caramel apples also filled the trick-or-treat bag. And you hoped for a warm evening so Mom wouldn't make you wear a jacket over your pirate costume. At UNL, many students are too tall to fit in with the trick-or-treaters on the streets today. Or are they? "I was all set to go trick-or- Amendment to lessen budget cuts By Karen Shoemaker Staff Reporter State Sen. Glenn Goodrich of Omaha has proposed an amendment to reduce NU budget cuts from 3 percent to 1.5 percent. The amendment to the Appropria tions Committee's budget reduction package would change the amount cut from the university's budget from nearly $5 million to about $2.5 million. "We have a better than average chance of it being successful," Good rich said. Vol. 85 No. 48 i inn-- , -isaa ,r ; , - - v x A V! . . V - - - " V X Kurt EberhardtDaily Nebraskan treating costume and all," said junior Linda Shipp. "If someone would go with me I would." But now Shipp plans to study on Halloween. "I have two tests on Fri day," she said. Other students plan to modify the trick-or-treat tradition. "We might go trick-or-drinking," one student said. Trick-or-drinking entails dressing in costume, knocking on doors and, instead of receiving candy or sticks of gum, sampling various alcoholic drinks. Costume parties probably are the most popular way for students to celebrate Halloween. Also, many students will parade to the bars, hoping to win a costume contest. Senior Ann Thomas said she's going to the Jaycee's haunted ouse with the little sisters of Triangle fraternity. Please see HALLOWEEN on 5 introduce Goodrich said he has discussed the amendment with many senators and they seem agreeable to it. The amendment will not be debated in the Legislature until Monday and Tuesday, he said. The Appropriations Committee's amendment, which calls for $4.9 mil lion to be cut from the NU budget, was up for first-round debate Wednesday afternoon. Goodrich's amendment also includes a change in budget cuts from 3 to 1.5 percent for the state colleges, he said. f. u
