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December 4, 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 86 No. 70
NU confronted with another mid-year cnt
$1.6 million
trim proposed
for university
By Linda Hartmann
and Todd von Kampen
Staff Reporter
The NU system was confronted
Wednesday with the prospect of a
fourth midyear budget cut in six
years when Gov. Bob Kerrey an
nounced his proposal to trim $1.6
million from NU's 1986-87 budget in
the fifth special legislative session
since 1984.
Kerrey announced his scheme to
cut a total of $6.5 million from the
state's present budget at his weekly
press conference. The plan, which
would leave NU with 1 percent less
state support than the Nebraska
Legislature approved for it in April,
is meant to solve a $17 million
budget deficit that must be wiped
out before the fiscal year ends in
June 1987.
In defending his higher educa
tion cuts, Kerrey returned to his
oft-stated position that Nebraska's
colleges and universities must nar
row their scope. He said UNL Chan
cellor Martin Massengale is not
overracting when he says budget
cuts will hurt economic develop
ment and educational quality. But
the state's economy, he says, is also
damaged when higher education
overreaches itself.
"We have a clear problem in
higher education," he said. "We've
got too many things on the plate . . .
The question isn't whether the pro
gram in place is good or bad I
assume they're all good. The ques
tion is whether you can afford it."
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UNL students
and officials
react to cuts
By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
NU administrators and student
leaders, as well as officials at West
Nebraska General Hospital (WNGH)
in Scottsbluff, reacted with dismay
Wednesday to Gov. Bob Kerrey's
proposal to cut $1.6 million from
NU's 1986-87 budget.
UNL Faculty Senate President
Allen Blezek called the 1 percent
mid-year cut in NU's state support
"very unfortunate and, in fact, tragic
in view of the future of the Univer
sity of Nebraska." ASUN President
Chris Scudder took a similar tone,
calling the possibility of more budget
cuts "frightening" and warning they
could seriously damage the university.
But Hans Brisch, chief of staff to
Gov.-elect Kay Orr, said cuts in NU's
budget were necessary although "I
personally am very saddened by it."
Brisch is on extended leave from the
university after serving as executive
assistant to NU President Ronald
Roskens.
"If we had waited," Brisch said,
"it would have postponed the deci
sion even more and the more painful
it is , . . We must come to terms
with the budget, and raising taxes
is not the answer all the time."
Meanwhile, UNMC and Scotts
bluff hospital officials had to put
their plans to begin a bachelor's
degree nursing program at WNGH
on hold. Kerrey's budget-cut plans
include repealing the $100,000 to
start the nursing program that the
Legislature passed over Kerrey's
veto in April.
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Amount of Mid-Year Cut
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$4, 289,106
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$3,303,516
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Joan McVey, WNGH intern direc
tor and head of the planned nursing
program, said taking the money
away would hinder the health and
welfare of western Nebraskans, who
badly need the nursing program.
"I don't see how Governor Kerrey
can ignore that need," she said.
Kerrey's proposed cuts make a
bad situation at NU worse, said
Blezek and UNL Vice Chancellor of
Academic Affairs Robert Furgason.
Four mid-year budget cuts in six
years, they said, would leave few
alternatives to eliminating faculty
positions, courses and degree
programs.
"It's a little like having water in a
John BruceDaily Nebraskan
sponge," Furgason said. "The first
time you squeeze it, something can
come out . . . but by the third.time,
you really have to wring it. We're
down to the fourth or fifth time, and
I can tell you there's not much left
to squeeze."
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variety await
s bowl-borand Nebraskans
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By Rob Fraass
Staff Reporter
Kurt EberhardtDaily Nebraskan
Editor's note: The following is
the third of a four-part series
providing information on trans
portation, lodging, night life and
the history of New Orleans for
those traveling to the Jan. 1
Sugar Bowl.
Hotels and motels ranging from the
ordinary to the extravagant are avail
able for those making the trip to New
Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.
Thirty-one of New Orleans' 85 hotels
are located in the historic French
Quarter. Located in one of the oldest
parts of New Orleans, many of these
European-style hotels were built in the
19th century.
With names like A Creole House, Le
Richelieu, Rochambeau Hotel and
Chateau Lemoyne, it's a sure bet New
Orleans accommodations are a diverse
as its history, cusine and architecture.
The French Quarter is the entertain
ment center and nightlife hub in New
Orleans.
Eleven of the French Quarter hotels
are located within a block of Bourbon
Street, the center of the city's famous
nightclub-jazz and Dixieland-music
scene.
The Louisiana Superdome is within
15 to 20 blocks of most French Quarter
hotels. CBD bus shuttle service is
available from the western edge of the
French Quarter to the Superdome.
If Bourbon Street isn't your style,
similar hotels are locat ed in the uptown
region of New Orleans, most ly along St.
Charles and Prytania avenues. Prices
vary for these hotels, generally from $20
to $85 a night.
For those people whose priority is
being close to the Superdome, mostly
chain-owned hotels in the New Orleans
central business district are within
walking distance of the sports complex.
These are generally the least expensive
hotels in New Orleans, ranging from
$20 to $45.
One way to guarantee a hotel reserva
tion is to buy a package deal through
Lincoln travel agencies.
Lincoln Tour and Travel is offering a
TWA charter flight to the game, includ
ing a room at the New Orleans Hilton
Riverside Towers. The hotel is eight
blocks from the French Quarter. The
charger leaves Dec. 29 and returns Jan.
2. The package price of $669 includes
airfare, transportation, game tickets
and various meals and buffets.
Travel Unlimited offers both a charter
plane and charter coach package. The
deal includes reservations at the Royal
Orleans Hotel in the French Quarter.
The trip, including transportation,
parties, game tickets, meals, costs
$599. The motor coach trip includes a
sightseeing tour of New Orleans and
costs $489 per person. People on the
motor coach tour will stay at the
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel and Towers.
Van C. Duling Travel Inc. has a plane
charter that heads for New Orleans on
Dec. 29 and returnsJan.2.Thetourvvill
stay at the New Orleans Hilton, and the
package price, including game tickets,
a buffet lunch, transportation and an
escort, costs $669.