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December 12, 1985
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By Linda Hartmann
Staff Reporter
An emphasis on meeting students'
needs in introductory, undergraduate
level courses doesn't indicate a de
emphasis on research and graduate
programs at UNL, a university official
said.
As a member of the UNL Chancel
lor's task force on general liberal edu
cation, John Yost, associate to the
Chancellor, said he and others have
been giving as much attention as pos
sible to attracting and retaining under
graduate students and offering as many
sections of introductory courses as
possible. But he said this does not
mean fewer resources will be available
for research.
"Our first responsibility is to edu
cate undergraduates, but we have a
distinctive mission to engage as best
we can in basic research, applied
research, creative and professional
activities," said Yost, who is also inte
rim vice chancellor for research and
graduate studies. Research has a great
impact on the quality of undergraduate
education because it brings in many
reputable scholars doing research in
Kerrey: Regents
must cut programs
sooner or later
By Todd von Kamp.en
Senior Reporter
Gov. Bob Kerrey said Wednesday
that financial problems and declining
enrollment eventually will force the NU
Board of Regents to eliminate univer
sity programs.
Kerrey said he would not "get
involved in a shouting match with the
regents" over NU's plan for handling its
2 percent reduction in state support.
The regents Saturday will consider a
budget-cut plan that includes a delay
in hiring new faculty and staff mem
bers and cuts in equipment and travel
expenses.
Nebraska does not have the resour
ces to expand NU as many people
would like, Kerrey said. When univer
sity supporters point to states like
Florida that have passed large budget
increases for universities, they forget
Dec. 30 arraignment date
set in 3 gambling cases
From Staff Reports
Arraignment has been set forthree
men arrested Monday on charges of
promoting gambling.
Mark Sage, 21, of 420 University Ter
race, Joel Lonowski, 21, of 1425 R St.
and Michael Pvrdik, 23, will be arra
igned Dec. 30 in Lancaster County
Court
Jim McKinney, city-county jail super
intendent, said they were jailed and
released on 10 percent of $500 prear
raignment bonds.
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their fields, he said.
Yost said students gain more know
ledge and excitement by learning from
instructors who are active in research.
He said faculty involved in research
also affect undergraduate education by
preparing graduate students who teach
many undergraduates.
Earl Freise, assistant chancellor for
'While we must do the best we can to be responsive to state priorities, we
need to guard against rushing into quick fixes.'
John Yost
Associate to the Chancellor end
interim vice chancellor of research and graduate studies
research and graduate studies, said a
university with strong research pro
grams helps bring quality faculty and
material into the classroom.
In addition to improving education,
Yost said the university is important to
the state for economic development.
He said in times of budgetary concerns,
research is crucial in biotechnology,
food processing, materials and surface
sciences and educational telecom
munications. Yost said the recent 2-percent cuts
in state support to the university will
that those states' populations are ex
panding while Nebraska's is shrinking,
he said.
Although university budgets proba
bly will continue to shrink, Kerrey said,
NU can remain strong if the regents
consider upgrading enrollment require
ments as they reduce programs.
Government reorganization
"I'll go to the people and say it's not
bad news and that we can still have a
good university," he said.
Kerrey said his proposal to reorgan
ize state government is not meant to
bring NU and other constitutionally
independent agencies under his con
trol, Don Nelson, Kerrey's chief aide,
said Tuesday the plan tentatively in
cludes creating four "super agencies"
from several smaller 6nes, bringing
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Ten students have been arrested
since Monday on gambling charges in
connection with a gambling raid con
ducted by the .Lincoln Police Depart
ment, the organized Crime-Intelligence
Unit of the Omaha Police Department
and UNL police.
Terrance Alexander, 23, of 1811
Normandy St. was arraigned Tuesday in
Lancaster County Court on one count of
second-degree promotion of gambling.
He pleaded no contest. Alexander was
found guilty and fined $272.
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affect the amount of research that can
be done. He said Nebraskans with eco
nomic concerns want immediate results
from their tax investments in research.
But Yost said useful application of
research takes a long time.
"While we must do the best we can
to be responsive to state priorities, we
need to guard against rushing into
quick fixes," he said.
Freise said he doesn't think the
average taxpayer analyzes how far down
into the educational institution their
tax dollars go, so they don't realize the
.long-range effects of budgets.
Yost said UNL needs to communi
cate research results to the public so
they will see its importance.
Of the three-fold mission of the uni
versity teaching, service and research
research is the least understood by
the public, he said. Communicating
basic research results puts the univer-
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Freise said the public can learn
about research results through publi
cations and faculty awards. Yost said
the university can communicate results
to the public through the speaker's
bureau.
Yost said although external sources
of research funding reached an all-time
high of about $33 million this year,
more outside funds are needed, espe
cially from federal agencies.
He said the NU Foundation has iden
tified the following areas of research as
priorities for outside funds:
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Yost said the centers represent an
attempt to draw different resources,
departments and colleges together.
Outside funding for developing the
centers' needs to be a compliment
not a replacement for state funding,
Yost said. When developing areas
important to the economy, like agricul
tural biotechnology, increased state
funding is needed, he said.
"It won't be possible to achieve the
university's goal of contributing to the
economic development of Nebraska
without substantially greater support
from the state," Yost said.
Yost and Freise said higher faculty
salaries are needed to retain faculty
engaged in long-term research.
Freise said quality faculty members
who can compete for external sources
of research funding also are mobile and
attractive to other institutions. If UNL's
economic situation doesn't improve,
more faculty are likely to go to other
schools, he said.
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