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J WEATHER: Wednesday, cooler ■ Ineirla1 I and variably cloudy with a 40 percent ■ lllbKlc> | chance of showers. High in the | Wowc nin«t Pa„a, ■ lower 60s. Wednesday night, cloudy I w®wsugest. I with a 70 percent chance of rain. I editorial.Page 4 I Low in the mid- to upper 40s. ■ Sports.Page 7 ■ Thursday, 60 percent chance of I Entertainment.Page 10 I rain. High in the upper 50s. I Classified.Page 10 October 14, 1987 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 87 No. 35 Two Huskers charged with vandalism By Kip Fry Staff Reporter Two University of Nebraska foot ball players were arrested Monday night and charged with vandalism for slashing the tires of two Lincoln po lice cars, according to a Lincoln Po lice Department official. Lawrence Pete and Neil Smith were arrested after a witness saw one of them lean out of a car and puncture one tire each on two unoccupied po lice cars, said Lt. Albert Maxey. At his weekly press conference Tuesday morning, Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said that he would be consistent with the policy in dealing with players who are arrested. “If a player did something like that,” Osborne said, “I would suspend them for at least one game. If it ap pears as the charges appear, then they will be suspended.” Osborne said both Pete and Smith told him Tuesday morning that they are innocent. The witness called the police to report the license number of the car about 9:10 p.m. The car was then traced to Comhusker teammate Lee Jones. One police car was parked at the comer of 10th and O streets, and the other was on 11th Street between N and M streets, Maxey said. The tires were valued at $70 each. Maxey said he assumed Jones was questioned and that the policemen decided not to give him a citation. Smith, 22, a defensive tackle for the Huskers, was arrested at his home. Pete, 21, a middle guard, was arrested at the home of another football player. Both were released after posting S50 bond. Lincoln Police Department policy stipulates that when investigating an alleged misdemeanor, officers can either write a ticket or, if the suspect has previously failed to appear in court, jail the suspect. According to court records, Pete failed to appear on a 1985 speeding ticket. Smith was jailed because he re fused to give basic information such as his name and age when questioned about the incident, police said. Maxey said he did not know who was driving the car or who did the actual slashing. Smith and Pete were ordered to appear in Lancaster County Court on Nov. 6. Andrea Hoy/Daily Nebraskan Tunes on the terrace Xylophonist Ervlng Curtis, of the Jazz Underground, plays a solo with band members Bill Wlmmer, left, and Andy Hall, north of Love Library for Library Appreciation week. Not pictured is band member Bill Bolmeier. See story on page 6. Faculty Senate urges pay hike By Mary Nell Westbrook Staff Reporter The Faculty Senate unanimously approved a detailed salary increase proposal Tuesday presented by Jim Lewis, Faculty Senate president. The proposal was prompted by the recent North Central Accreditation Report which mentions the severity of the problem of the low faculty salaries. The proposal suggests that the Board of Regents recom mend the plan to the state legislature. The plan would increase salaries to the level of peer institutions within three years, Lewis said. During the first year, the faculty would have to receive a 15 to 20 percent raise, he said. Because of peer institution’s annual 7 percent raise, the three year plan of 15 percent, 15 percent and 13.5 percent would be one way to reach die salary level of ‘Each year we delay progress, our problem becomes more severe . . — Lewis peer institutions. The University of Nebraska-Lin coln is thousands of dollars below their peer institution’s salaries, the North Central Accreditation report said. The figure is not only true but getting worse with each year, Lewis said. This year UNL received about a 4 percent raise compared to peer institution’s 7 percent raise, he said. At that rate, it is reasonable to estimate that salaries at UNL are 22.5 percent behind those at the peer insti tutions, Lewis said. The problem is getting worse, he said. In 1981-82 faculty salaries were only about 7 percent behind the peer institutions. “Each year we delay progress, our problem becomes more severe and we increase the danger that the quality of UNL will suffer irreparable damage,” Lewis said. The faculty must go beyond say ing “faculty salaries are our highest priority,” he said. That’s why this “mathematical model” proposal should have more effect than a gen eral “let’s raise faculty salaries” statement. A specific way to raise the salaries needs to be explored, he said. Chancellor Martin Masscngalc wasn’t able to be at the meeting, but Lewis said he will meet with Masscn gale and the Board of Regents today to discuss the proposal. Also, Lewis will meet with Sen. Ron Withem and the Education Committee Friday to discuss his pro posal among other things, he said. “But, I’m not sure (the legislature) will ever take notice,” Lewis said. In other business, Paul Olson was awarded the Academic Freedom Award. Olson is a professor of Eng lish at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Report critical of administration communication By James M. Lillis Senior Reporter University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Martin Massengale said he was not surprised by a North Cen tral Association of Colleges report criticizing the UNL administration. The NCA team that visited the UNL campus reported this summer that the central administration and management of the university had problems with communication and decision making, worsening the university’s economic problems. Massengale said he thought it was a good report, but that it was a report of perceptions, not facts. “You have communications diffi , culties at any university or institution. | It’s not unusual," Massengale said. Massengale said he knows UNL has these problems and is taking steps to correct thepri. “Il s a matter of keeping in formed,” Massengale said. “We meet regularly with faculty and the student body president and campus groups and organizations.” Bob Bruce, director of university information, agreed. “These are perceptions,” Bruce said. “The perceptions of any organi zation is that communication can be improved.” Bruce said he has been in three different university systems and the same problems existed at them. The negative perceptions were not a re flection on the academic quality of the university, Bruce said. “Except for some dire economic problems, (the report said) laudable things, academically speaking. Be sides, we were given unconditional accreditation for 10 years,” Bruce said. The evaluation team’s report also said: “The members of the team wish to stress that they are reporting per ceptions, not facts that have been corroborated. They believe it appro priate to do so because it is perceptions that mold opinion — and UNL cam pus opinion docs not view the central administration as its friend.” The eight evaluation team mem bers were led by evaluation team chairperson Francis H. Heller, who is a Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Pro fessor of Law and Political Science at the University of Kansas-Lawrence. Although the team criticized the university’s administration, the team concluded: “In brief, in spile of the severe financial constraints under which the institution has had to labor for a number of years, it continues to offer high quality work_Improvement in the state’s economic condition will brighten the situation and enable U NL to maintain its traditional quality.”
