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Weather: Unseasonably warm today with a high of 53. Sunny skies will prevail with light and variable winds. Tonight, expect mostly clear skies with a low of 25. January 14, 1986 By Eric Gregory Staff Reporter An order by Gov. Bob Kerrey's office has raised questions about the author ity of UNL's campus police. The order, which took effect Jan. 1, says the authority of the campus police is to "enforce the laws of the state on the campus of UNL." It says nothing about their authority off campus. Campus Police Chief Gail Gade said Wednesday that no official boundaries have been set by the order, but it seems to limit his officers' authority to prop erty owned by the university. Gade said that he didn't think the way the order is worded left any room for interpretation. "As far as I'm concerned, this re striction would really hamper us in giv ing the campus community approp- Freshman honors program started By Eric Paulak Staff Reporter UNL officials, concerned with the intellectual needs of some students, have started an honors program for incoming freshmen. The program will start this fall with about 100 freshmen. The students will be chosen by the honors program com mittee. Loretta Johnson, chairwoman of the committee said that over 500 invita tions to enroll in the program were sent out, but all high school seniors can apply. The title for the first seminar is "Perceptions of the Natural World," and the master lecturer for it will be biology professor John Janovy. Janovy will give a one-hour seminar once a week. But the students, who will be divided into six groups, will meet twice more each week. In each of the smaller one-hour lec ture classes, professors from other Administration studied By Jonathan Taylor Senior Reporter A $75,000 study aimed at streamlin ing the NU administration is underway, NU President Ronald Roskens said Monday. Following the NU Board of Regent's approval of the project in November, the accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co. were hired to help the university study all levels of the admin stration, Roskens said. The accounting firm is just the initial stages of the 60- to 90-day study, said Alan Seagren, vice president of administration. The firm will examine and review the structure and organization of the Royals feel pressure as season nears Sports, pags 6 riate protection," Gade said. "The initial legisla tive intent was that these powers be limited." - Tagg Gade said his officers no longer would be able to enforce traffic laws on the streets surrounding campus or deal with off-campus fraternities and sorori ties. departments will stress their field of specialty. Janovy, one of the founders of the course, said that having taught 20,000 freshmen in 20 years he thought fresh mens' views were too restrictive. He hopes to change that with the seminar, he said. However, Janovy said, it may not be fair to offer the course to only 100 freshmen. "The question of fairness should be decided before the course is made," Janovy said. Students enrolled in the honors pro gram will be required to take three to six hours of honor courses both in and out of their major, Johnson said. They also will be required to write a senior thesis. Students will then take another seminar in their sophomore or junior year. A 300-level seminar is planned, but right now the honors program commit tee has not decided what it will be or who will teach it. adminstration and make recommenda tions "that will enhance its functions and perhaps at the same time, reduce cost," Rosken? said. The firm wl I study public relations, human resources, the physical plant, purchasing, insurance and risk man agement and printing and duplicating, he said. Roskens said he would not predict what kind of changes could take place as a result of the study, but hoped it would "develop a more defined and streamlined operation." He also said he hoped unnecessary duplication in the university system could be reduced. The Regents will discuss spending the $75,000 in interest-generated in come for the project at their meeting Saturday. Tim University of Nebraska-Lincoln IN In the past, campus police had no set limitations on their jurisdiction. Instead, they used their judgment, Gade said. Gade said that as things now stand, if an officer sees a traffic violation on an off-campus street, the officer will be powerless. Don Nelson, chief of staff in the gov ernor's office, said the intent of the order is "to dispel the notion that any higher education law enforcement officer is given state-wide jurisdiction." Nelson said the order was not in tended to limit campus police to prop erty owned by UNL For example, he said, off-campus fraternities and soror ities are two areas where campus 5 r n Pick-up saves time, money By James M. Lillis Staff Reporter Students are encouraged to pick up their grade reports to help the University save mailing costs, said Alice Torwirt, administrator of the Technical Records office. Grade reports will be distributed in the Union today and at window 1, Administration 208 from Jan. 15 to 17. Students who haven't picked up their grades by then will have their reports mailed to their permanent home addresses. "About 5,000 grade reports have been distributed already," Torwirt said. "Student lines have been short but steady so far." Torwirt said UNL stopped mail ing grade reports in 1983. This allowed students to get their grades sooner. "By the time we had the grades mailed to the students' homes, they were already coming back to school, and so they had to wait until their grades were mailed back to Lin coln," Torwirt said. "Grade report pick-up was not only convenient," Torwirt said, "but it also saved the university almost $4,000 in its first year." Students will need to present one form of identification a drivers license, student identification card, or library card in order to pick up their grade reports. Students who have someone else pick up their grades for them must send a written note of approval with their name and Social Security num ber. The person who picks up the report also must present identifica tion. Students who have questions about their grade reports should go to window 3, Administration 209. Mark DavitDaily Nebraskan Junior speech communications major Barb Nyhclm grimaces aftsr a quick glance et her grcda report. Grades will be distributed in the south end of the Nebraska Union lobby today and at window 1, Administration 203, Jan. 15 to 17. 'Keith County' show to be aired on WETV Arts and Entertainment, page 5 1 & o Tm j police certainly should have authority. Bob Tagg, superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol, said Friday that "university related" would be a good way to describe the area of authority for campus police. He said that while campus police should have authority over off-campus fraternities and sororities, they should no longer be able to issue traffic cit ations off campus. Campus police actually are commis sioned as state deputy sheriffs, Tagg said. "The initial legislative intent was that these powers be limited." Tagg said there was no specific inci dent that triggered the governor's order. The question of the limit of cam mm an tag es j Vol. 85 No. 79 pus police's authority has come up from time to time and has never been defined, he said. Tagg said the commission the document that gives the police force its authority is in the process of being rewritten to define more clearly the authority of the campus police. He said the new commission should be finished sooa Dean Leitner, chief of the Lincoln Police Department, declined to com ment on the order Monday afternoon because he was going to a meeting to clarify the wording of the governor's order. Leitner said a clarification of the order should be available Wednesday. V r ft