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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.”
