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February 11, 1986
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By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
Two UNL minority faculty members
said they welcome the $25,000 fund set
up by Robert Furgason, vice chancellor
of Academic Affairs, to bring more
minority faculty members to campus.
But Jessie Myles and Miguel Carranza
said UNL officials should follow through
with their plan, which was announced
last week, by assigning people to over
see recruiting efforts and offering
minority candidates incentives to come
to UNL. Those candidates need to see
such efforts to be convinced of UNL's
commitment, they said.
"I'm not going to say I'm totally con
vinced that the university has taken a
right turn to bring minority faculty
members to the university," said Myles,
assistant professor of sociology and
ethnic studies. "But it's a start, a new
direction."
Carranza, director of UNL's Institute
for Ethnic Studies, said the fund will
make minority recruiting efforts more
visible than before. In the past, search
committees could obtain extra money
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for recruiting minorities, he said, but
they had to make special requests to
get it.
Myles and Carranza said assigning
administrators to minority recruiting
would encourage deans and search
committees to actively seek minorities.
Search committees should advertise
faculty vacancies in a wider range of
academic publications so minority
candidates are more likely to read
them, Carranza said.
Special incentives for minorities
would help UNL compete with other
institutions looking for minority faculty,
Myles and Carranza said. Such incentives,
they said, might include moving ex
penses, research seed money, assign
ments working with minority commun
ities and higher starting salaries.
Minority candidates should know
"up front" that Lincoln has a small
minority population, Myles said. But
Carranza said UNL can overcome that
problem by improving the ratio of white
to minority faculty members in each
department. UNL presently has 1,062
white faculty members and 70 minority
faculty members.
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Governor's aide says report puts
Commonwealth in clearer light
By Jeff Apel
Senior Reporter
A claim by some state senators that
a recently published report on the
failed Commonwealth Savings Co. is
nothing but old news is incorrect, an
aide to Gov. Bob Kerrey said.
Mike Breiner, who was hired by Ker
rey to act as an aide on Commonwealth,
said that the report, which was deli
vered to legislators last Friday, con
tains a lot of new information that
could help answer some of the deposi
tors' questions surrounding the col
lapse of Commonwealth in 1983.
Although parts of the report were
purposely omitted for fear of lawsuits,
Breiner said some state senators judgtd
the report too hastily.
"Some senators called it (the repo t)
to the attention (of the) legislature
before some of the senators even had a
chance to read it, and said there was
nothing new to it," Breiner said. "I
polled six senators in this area and
only one of them said they were know
ledgable about the report."
Breiner said the report, which was
issued in conjunction with the Nebraska
State Patrol, shows that Commonwealth
President S.E. Copple was not incom
petent during his tenure over the now
defunct savings and loan.
S.E. Copple, along with his son Mar
vin and several other Commonwealth
officials, are accused of embezzling
more than $76 million from Common
wealth depositors.
"In one day alone he (Copple) wrote
checks to Commonwealth for $2.6 mil-
lion," Breiner said. "One can only stand
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back and admire."
Nebraska Attorney General Robert
Spire said that he has also examined
the report, and has found it to be very
helpful.
The report, Spire said, lays out the
Commonwealth situation in a very clear
fashion.
"My own personal view is there is a
strong moral and ethical obligation on
the part of Nebraska to do something
about Commonwealth," Spire said. "I
always have believed that."
Although none involve Commonwealth
matters, Spire said the Nebraska
Supreme Court will soon review two
major lawsuits.
A case involving the increase in
state income tax approved by the
Legislature in the last session will
come before the court about Feb. 28.
$2.7 million cut proposals
to be presented Wednesday
Five NU administrators will present Goebel, Business and Finance; Roy
a $2.7 million budget reduction plan Arnold, Institute of Agriculture; Rudy
Wednesday from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Great Lewis, Student Affairs; and John Yost,
Plains Room of the East Campus union, assistant to the chancellor.
The meeting will be the Ad-Hoc
Budget Review Advisory Committee's
first review of the cuts.
The meeting will be open to the uni
versity community, but is not designed
as a forum for debate, said Robert Fur
guson, vice chancellor for Academic
Affairs.
Speakers will explain the rationale
and projected impact behind the cuts,
Furguson said. Among the speakers
will be vice chancellors Furguson; Jack
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Man charged
with false
imprisonment
By Eric Gregory
Staff Reporter
A female UNL student allegedly was
confronted Sunday by an armed man at
18th and R streets. He ordered her to
take off her clothes and get into his car
police said Monday.
The victim fled from the scene and
called police at about 1 1 p.m. Minutes
later campus police spotted a car that
matched the woman's description of
the suspect's car. It was on R Street
between 16th and 17th streets.
Police stopped the car and arrested
the driver, who allegedly had a pellet
gun.
Lawrence L. Gavre, 19, 2525 Y St.,
was arraigned on a charge of first
degree false imprisonment in Lancas
ter County Court on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
First degree false imprisonment de
fined as restraining, restricting or de
taining a person's movement, is a class
four felony punishable by up to five
years imprisonment and a fine of up to
$10,000 or both.
Police commended the victim for
being "quick-witted" and getting a
detailed desription of the suspect and
his car.
The court will review John Joubert's
death sentence at the end of March,
Spire said.
Although Spire said the issue sur
rounding the proposed student regent
vote is a fascinating one, he declined to
comment on the constitutionality of
the matter because the Attorney Gen
erals Office is investigating the matter.
We (the attorney generals office)
realize that if this (student regents
vote) was amended to the state consti
tution it could possibly be a violation of
the federal constitution," he said. "It's
an important (issue), not only from a
legal side."
Spire agrees with state senator Shir
ley Marsh by saying that he opposes
having a state lottery in Nebraska.
The state of Nebraska, Spire said,
should not be in the gambling business.
The committee, appointed by Chan
cellor Martin Massengale, includes mem
bers of the Academic Planning Com
mittee, four representatives from busi
ness and service sectors, and tentatively,
four students.
The committee will approve even
tual permanent cuts.
Open discussion forums on the cuts
will be held later this spring, Furguson
said.
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