Monday, February 24, 198'6
Daily Nebraskan
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Lack of money
hurts research,
OTP
By Gene Gcntrup
Staff Re porta r
Some faculty mem hers teach mere
than their regular share of classes
because of recent budget cuts, and
the problem affects the effective
ness of UNL's research and faculty,
four regents professors say.
Joseph Macek, John Woollam,
Derraot Coyne and James Rawley,
chosen Saturday as new regents
professors at the NU Board of
Kegents meeting, said that because
faculty members have had to in
crease their workloads, they have:,
been sjpsniinj less time on re
search. "Everybody gets effected in the
;:iong run.," said Macek; a physicist
specializing in atomic theory.
"Salaries are low., People leave.
There's not enough to teach and
research goes down'
Opinions on which research pro
grams will feel the brunt of the
budget pinch vary from department
to department.
Macek said he likes his 50-50
balance of research and teaching.
But research will be the most affect
ed area by the budget cuts, he said.
Wollman, who studies electronic
materials engineering, said his
his department's research program
is having few problems dealing with
the cutbacks.
His research is funded almost
entirely by the federal government
and private business.
"As long as we're productive and
doing the work they want us to do,
we'll keep them happy," Woollam
said.
Letters
UNL should reconsider decision to close Men's P.E.
What is UNL Vice Chancellor of Bus
iness and Finance John Goebel think
ing of?
He recently proposed that the Men's
Physical Education Building be torn
down. The reason: saving $12,000 a year
in janitorial costs. First of all, for those
of us who frequent the building, it is
obvious that nowhere near $12,000 a
year is spent on janitorial costs. But
that is not the point.
The main problem with Goebel's
proposal is that UNL already is sadly
lacking recreation facilities. The demo
lition of Men's P.E. Building only will
compound the problem that already
exists.
More than 26,000 students have used
the Men's P.E. Building for recreation
in the last two years. This figure is
composed entirely of student in attend
ance during open recreation and does
Reqent Robinson
It was interesting to read Regent
Margaret Robinson's comments con
cerning the granting of credit to a UNO
student for her participation in the
Great Peace March.
Robinson said she didn't know de-
tails of the situation, hadn't read any of
the material that would explain it to
her and hadn't spoken with anyone who
could help her understand it, but she
didn't think UNO should give out credit
for "that sort of thing."
During the legislative hearings on
whether student regents should be
able to collectively cast one vote on the
NU Board of Regents, Robinson was the
only person to testify against the idea.
She said she feared students wouldn't
be able to put in the time needed to
read and understand the material
U.S. policy will change
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The irony is that, at the age of 75,
everyone seems to know this part of
Ronald Reagan but Reagan himself.
Faced with a challenge to authority,
he still allows his reflexive conser
vatism to get the better of him. In
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It i3 important to maintain this
support to sustain the prcfam's
success, he said.
"Graduate students get good
training, it promotes the program
and attracts good grad students,"
Woollman said.
Budget cuts also are hurting
research in the history department,
said Rawley, a UNL history pro
fessor. Rawley said cutbacks in travel
has hindered "potential research"
in the department.
"Historians need to go where the
material is" he said. Two faculty
members left the department last
semester, he sail
Coyne, an internationally respect
ed scholar in the vegetable breed
ing and genetics field, said state
and federal allocations have declined
to the point where he has money
only for personnel and little money
for supplies and travel.
Coyne said half of his overseas
research grant for work in the
Dominican Republic can be used in
Nebraska, which helps, but "de
creases my efforts."
But some professors will be affect
ed little by the cutbacks, Woollman
said. Those professors, including
Woollman, are doing work for com
panies who pay for the research, he
said.
Woollman, who works for the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration, said his work includes
research to improve satellite com
munication frequencies and to
develop an electrical conductor to
make air travel less costly.
not include students who use the
building for intramurals.
UNL currently is last in the Big Eight
in hours of recreational facilities avail
able per student per day. The amazing
thing is that Men's P.E. is the most
accessible building on campus in terms
of hours available to students; tearing
it down simply will make an already
lousy recreation facility situation that
much worse.
Where does Goebel propose those of
us who would like to enjoy the use of
recreation facilities in the afternoon
hours go? To the Coliseum? Sorry, but
the women's volleyball team uses the
entire gym almost every afternoon. To
Mabel Lee Hall? Sorry, not available to
students until 5 p.m. Men's P.E. is the
only gymnasium open in the afternoon
and is vitally important to those stu
dents who want some form of recrea
should reconsider
regents receive on issues.
If we were a little more rude, we
might point out that Robinson proba
bly shouldn't have said anything about
the UNO student's practicum until she
knew something about it. If we were a
little more- cynical, we might say
Robinson shouldn't be able to vote
until she has found the time to read her
material. But we won't.
We will say that Robinson might
want to reconsider her comments to
the legislative committee regarding
the student regent vote. After all, she
seems to think that it's OK to have an
opinion on a subject she hasn't had a
chance to read about.
Jon Stick
junior
arts and sciences
following his instincts rather than
his head, he does his country a dis
service. It may be his knee-jerk
reaction. But it's us who get kicked.
'1S8S, Washington Post
Writers Group
Cohen writes an editorial column for
the Washington Post.
Police Report
A 24-year-old UNL student wanted by
the Lincoln Police department was
arrested in Neihardt Residence Center
at about 7:45 p.m.
Lincoln police say the man is a sus
pect in several incidents that occurred
between Feb. 5 and 17.
The incidents included intimidation,
nuisance phone calls, assault, disturb
ing the peace, trespassing and property
damage, police said.
Other weekend reports include:
Thursday
12:04 a.m. Coat reported stolen
from Abel Hall.
9:28 a.m. Injury reported at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center. Person
slipped on ice and injured leg. Person
was treated by first aid personnel at
the scene and released.
3:16 p.m. Illness reported at the
Nebraska Center of Continuing Educa
tion, 33rd and Holdrege
streets.
6:35 p.m. Injury reported at the
Coliseum. Person injured knee playing
basketball and was taken to a hospital
By Linda Hartmann
Staff Reporter
The proposed 1987 federal budget
for education may cut more than $3
billion in education programs.
At an open forum of the Residence
Hall Association, members of the Ne
braska State Student Association told
RHA senators that the U.S. Department
of Education estimates the budget
reduction would prevent about 1 mil
lion students from qualifying for finan
cial aid if the budget is adopted.
The programs cuts would:
O Reduce the Pell Grant program
by $400 million and increase family
contribution to students' education,
generally disqualifying students whose
families' gross adjusted incomes are
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tion during the afternoon.
The negative impact on intramurals
at UNL also must be considered. This
semester there are some 330 intramu
ral basketball teams trying to use six
courts, three in the Coliseum and three
in the Men's P.E. Building. Already
games are scheduled until 11:30 each
night. If the Men's P.E. Building is torn
down, where are the intramural games
going to be played or are we going to
decide that intramurals are not neces
sary at this university?
Please re-evaluate your proposal
balancing the $12,000 a year costs with
the negative impact on UNL recrea
tional facilities and intramural pro
grams. Neal Hawks
junior
law
recent remarks
Doug Weems
junior
arts and sciences
by ambulance.
8:55 p.m. Purse reported stolen
from Love Library.
Friday
8:50 a.m. Cash reported stolen
from Xerox fund in Hamilton Hall.
11:25 a.m. Illness reported at
Home Economics building on East
Campus.
1:14 p.m. Telephone reported
stolen from unlocked room in Harper
Hall.
2:33 p.m. Car caught on fire in
Parking Area 22 at 10th and Avery
streets. Flames were confined to the
engine compartment and fireman ex
tinguished the blaze.
7:56 p.m. Fire extinguisher
reported stolen from the third floor of
the Temple Building.
11:11 p.m. Hit-and-run reported
in the fire lane on the west side of Abel
Hall.
11:19 p.m. Vandalism reported
in Selleck Quadrangle. Wood trim re
portedly torn from around a door. -
ermiies possible aid cuts
more than $23,400.
O Eliminate Supplemental Educa
tional Opportunity Grants and the Col
lege Work Study Program. The proposal
would substitute a combined grant
work program with $600 million less
funding.
O Eliminate money for the State
Student Incentive Grant and National
Direct Student Loan programs.
O Eliminate the in-school subsidy
payment of the Guaranteed Student
Loan Program.
In other matters, RHA Sen. Russ
Johnson presented statistics on the
use of Abel Hall pool. Senators will use
the statistics when they talk to stu
dents about the possibility of closing
the pool.
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11:37 p.m. Watch and wallet
reported stolen from room in Harper
Hall.
11:48 p.m. Car's tail-light re
ported broken in Parking Area 3 north
of Harper Hall.
Saturday
12:54 a.m. Fight reported on
the north side of Harper Hall. Partici
pants dispersed before police arrived.
1:42 a.m. Medical emergency
reported at campus police department.
Dispatcher complained of severe chest
pains and was taken to a hospital.
2:10 a.m. Hit-and-run accident
reported in the driveway on the east
side of Sandoz Hall.
8:32 a.m. Car window reported
broken in Parking Area 23 at 16th and
W streets.
2:43 p.m. Oklahoma-license
plate reportedly stolen from a vehicle
in Parking Area 3 north of Harper Hall.
7:41 p.m. More than $200
cash reported stolen from a residence
in Neihardt Residence Center.
Douglas Zatechka, director of the
Office of University Housing, is consid
ering closing the pool during the school
year pending student input.
The pool costs $41,000 a year to
operate and needs about $30,000 of
repairs.
Closing the pool would give resi
dence hall students a $5 reduction in
housing rates or the addition of another
service.
The Abel pool is open more hours
then the Coliseum and Mabel Lee Hall
pools and is the only campus pool open
on weekends. About 16 people use the
pool each day, or around 181 people a
week, according to statistics.
Johnson also announced that RHA
elections will be April 9. Applications
for executive positions are due April 2.
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