IWEATHERr Thursday, partly
sunny and continued mild. High of 50.
Thursday night, becoming cloudy and
windy with a low of 25 to 30. Late night
snow flurries are possible. Friday,
windy and colder with occasional flur
ries. High in the upper 30s.
December 10, 1987
_ University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Vol. 87 No. 73
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Pollock
Orr’s Curtis position criticized
By Kip Fry
Staff Reporter
Gov. Kay Orr is assuming the role of
governor of the University of Nebraska by
trying to reallocate money for the Nebraska
College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis,
said Andy Pollock, president of the Associa
tion of Students of the University of Ne
braska.
The NU Board of Regents voted last year
to close the Curtis school because of budget
cuts for the entire university.
“The decision is one we should stick by,”
Pollock said.
Pollock said he is bothered and feels
manipulated by Orr’s actions.
An advisory committee, created by Orr to
study the two-year school’s situation, will
present a report to the regents at their meet
ing Saturday. Pollock is a non-voting
member of the board.
Rob Raun, committee chairman and
Minden farmer, would not comment
Wednesday about the contents of the report
because the committee is not finished with
it.
“We’re down to the final stages,” Raun
said. Raun is also a former regent.
Orr appointed the committee Nov. 6. It
consists of: Irvin Omtvedt, interim vice
chancellor for the NU Institute of Agricul
ture and Natural Resources; Jack Maddux,
Wauncta farmer and cattleman; and Roy
Frederick, state agriculture director
Raun said he hopes the regents take the
report “very seriously.”
Pollock said he was not convinced of the
reasoning the committee uses for keeping
the school open. Pollock said he has heard a
presentation from the committee.
“I don’t think that fits very well into the
university’s plan,” Pollock said. “Most of
farming’s problems are not generated by
technical problems, but are farm manage
ment problems.”
Most community college programs al
ready have a strong curriculum in technical
agriculture, Pollock said, so the Curtis
school is just repeating other programs.
But Pollock said he is glad Orr is propos
ing to use state money instead of university
money to finance the school. He said he is
also frustrated because Orr is unwilling to
offer money to raise faculty salaries.
Joe Rowson, director of public affairs for
the university, said the regents will respond
officially to Orr’s proposal Saturday with a
resolution stating their intentions.
Campus committee
finding fight solutions *
By Victoria Ayotte
Staff Reporter
An estimated $10,000 in property damage
from a snowball fight Nov. 30 has prompted the
creation of a campuswide committee to im
prove relations between students living in resi
dence halls and Greek houses.
James Griesen, vice chancellor for student
affairs, and students of the Abel-Sandoz Resi
dence Association met Dec. 3 to discuss and
find solutions to the snowball fight problem,
Griesen said.
The students came up with the idea of a
campuswidecommitteeatthe meeting, he said.
Students met with Griesen again Tuesday night
to further discuss the problem and the function
of the committee.
One of the biggest problems on campus is
separation and animosity between residence
hall and Greek students, Griesen said. This is
one of the problems behind the snowball fights,
he said.
The goal of the com m i ttec wou Id be to bu i 1 d
relations between residence hall and Greek
students, and a sub-goal would be to stop the
snowball fights from occurring in the future,
students proposed.
Muaenis proposed mat me committee ne
made up of 10 representatives from residence
halls, 10 from Greek houses, some administra
tors and police representatives.
Griesen said he will be meeting with the
presidents of the Residence Hall Association,
Panhellenic Association and Interfratemity
Council to discuss formation of the committee
and get names of potential committee mem
bers.
Several ideas for improving student rela
tions were discussed Tuesday night.
Residence hall students resent Greek stu
dents because Greeks dominate many campus
organizations and committees, students said.
Griesen said one way to achieve greater
representation of residence hall students might
be to build more activity involvement into
University Foundations classes.
Students were specifically upset about how
little representation residence hall students
have in the Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska.
Students proposed that AS UN be reorgan
ized according to living units instead of by
colleges.
Another idea suggested was to restructure
intramural sports so Greek and residence hall
students would interact more often instead of
just in championship games.
Griesen said he believes the committee
could be very effective.
“I think there’s a lot of potential to bring
residence hall and Greek students closer to
gether,” he said.
AS UN policy in error
Furgason: No final exams allowed during Dead Week
By Lee Rood
Senior Reporter
Students arc not the only ones
confused about the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln’s current Dead
Week Policy. University officials and
professors have crossed their signals
as well.
Robert Furgason, vice chancellor
of academic affairs; Marlene Beyke,
director of development for the Asso
ciation of Students of the University
of Nebraska; and potentially several
professors have been using different
Dead Week policies.
Furgason said the correct policy
reads as follows:
— Final examinations for full
semester classes are to be given only
at the regularly scheduled lime as
published in the official Schedule of
Classes or at another time during
Finals Week, mutually agreeable to
all concerned.
— The only examinations that
may be given during the last week of
classes (Dead Week) are: laboratory
practical examinations, makeup or
repeat examinations and self-paced
examinations.
— Projects, papers and speeches
scheduled for completion during the
last week of classes must have been
assigned in writing by the end of the
eighth week of the semester. This
refers to the project and its scope, but
not to the topic.
— Failure to follow the above
outlined procedures may be basis for
a complaint to the Professional Con
duct Committee of the UNL Faculty
Senate.
Furgason said no finals or tests,
other than the ones mentioned above,
may be given during the last week of
classes, even if the class agrees, un
less there are extremely unusual
circumstances.
But Beyke said she and ASUN
Senate members, who originally re
ceive complaints made about Dead
Week, have been operating under a
1973 Faculty Senate Dead Week
Policy.
The policy Beyke and other ASUN
members have used as a guideline for
complaints said students may take
hour examinations during Dead
Week if the class and professor agree
to do so unanimously.
Beyke said the ASUN office has
never received anything from the
Faculty Senate explaining that the
policy they have been using is no
longer in effect.
Furgason said the 1973 policy was
revised by the Faculty Senate several
years ago and was re-approved two
years ago.
Beyke said if the version of the
policy Furgason believes is in effect is
ihe right one, it is being “grossly
abused.”
Given the current policy, Beyke
said she expects more complaints this
year than ever before, because both
tests and finals are being rescheduled
for Dead Week.
Furgason said the policy will work
if it is enforceable, but last year when
he asked ASUN for student com
plaints about Dead Week he receive
none.
Beyke said Dan Hofmcister, then
an ASUN senator, called about eight
professors who allegedly violated the
Dead Week policy. This is standard
policy for ASUN before giving the
complaints to Furgason or anyone
else.
Hofmcister never reported back to
Beyke as to his findings.
Hofmcister, who is no longer a
UNL student, was unavailable for
comment.
Jim Lewis, president of the UNL
Faculty Senate, said Wednesday that
he had believed the 1973 Dead Week
policy to be correct, but wasn't sure.
“It has iong been the belief of most
people that tests can be taken during
Dead Week if the instructor and all of
the class agrees,” he said
“I personally think that final ex
ams should only Ik given during
Finals Week,” Lewis said.
“Only something that's in the best
interest of the majority of the students
and instructor should be given during
Dead Week,” he said.
Unfortunately, Lewis said, group
psychology can definitely affect stu
dents who do not want to change lest
dales, and that is why complaints
should be filed.
If students are given 15 weeks for
teaching and one week for tests, that
is the way it should be, Lewis said.
