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December 14, 1987 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol.8/ No.75
Five-year plan to bring
$20.9 million to NU
By Kip Fry
Staff Reporter
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The University of Nebraska Board
of Regents Saturday unanimously
passed NU President Ronald
Roskens’ plan fora five-year compact
generating millions of dollars for the
university.
As part of the plan, Roskens pro
posed a 6.5 percent tuition increase,
which, when coupled with a 2 percent
increase already approved by the
Legislature, would account for an 8.5
percent increase. The tuition increase
would be $3.80 a credit hour for
University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu
dents.
Roskens’ total budgetary increase
would be $20.9 million, which con
sists of $ 12.9 rn i 11 ion appropriated for
salary increases, $2.7 million from
tuition increases and $5.3 million
, already appropriated by the Legisla
ture for salaries.
Roskens called the faculty and
non-faculty salary situation a “very
severe problem,” adding that “we
obviously need to improve the com
pensation packages of our faculty and
staff.
“Unless the university can be as
sured of the ability to retain the many
effective people it now has and like
wise be assured of reasonable success
in competing for additional high
* quality personnel it needs, enhance
ment of institutional quality will be
impossible,” Roskens said.
NU’s faculty salaries are 17.8
percent lower than other universities
in NU’s peer group for 1987-88; non
faculty salaries are 20.3 percent
lower, Roskens said.
Roskens’ plan calls for support
from the public, students, the NU
Foundation and the Legislature to
improve several other areas of the
university, including libraries, re
search and liberal arts.
Roskens recommended the com
pact be created between government,
universities and private industry to
generate $20 million from external
grants and contracts. Another $31.5
million for the compact would come
from the state, including the original
$20 million proposed by Gov. Kay
Orr for research. The SI2.9 million
salary improvement request would
not be included in the state’s $31.5
million commitment to the compact.
The final $27.5 million for the
partnership with the state and private
industry would be raised by the NU
Foundation.
These funds would then be used for
enhancement of research capabili
ties, library enhancements and im
provements in the arts and sciences.
Funds for research would pay for
research equipment, graduate assis
tantships and fellowships, new and
improved research facilities, and
endowed professorships and chairs.
For all of NU, faculty salaries
would be increased by 12 percent in
1988- 89, 11.25 percent in 1989-90
and 11 percent in 1990-91. Non-fac
ulty salaries would be increased 11.5
percent in 1988-89, 11 percent in
1989- 90 and 10.75 percent in 1990
91.
“These figures reflect what we
hope we can accomplish within five
years,” Roskens said.
Roskens’ report was in response to
a research initiative proposed by Orr.
“We need to develop fields of
expertise that lead to economic devel
opment,” Roskens said. “Most every
thing we do leads to economic devel
opment.”
The Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska already has
passed legislation recommending a
tuition increase of $3.80 a credit hour.
But that legislation also warned
against depending totally on tuition
increases for salary raises. The re
gents adopted the ASUN proposal but
did not approve of its request that the
Legislature appropriate $3 for every
$1 raised from the tuition increase.
This process needs to be acceler
ated so itcan be accomplished in three
years or less, Regent John Payne said.
“We no longer have a salary prob
lem, we have a salary crisis,” said Jim
Lewis, president of the UNL Faculty
Senate. “Let us clearly say that we
want the University of Nebraska to be
one of the top 50 universities in the
country.”
Doug Carroll/Daily Nebraskan
Hanging in there
Nebraska’s Tom Schlesinger performs on the rings at
the Winter National Championships Saturday night.
Nebraska gymnasts, led by senior Kevin Davis, f inished
1-3-4 in the two-day competition held at the Bob Deva
ney Sports Center. Davis won the meet with a score of
112.25 points, followed by UCLA’s David Mortal
(>15.50), former UNL standout Wes Outer (11.35) and
Schlesmger (111.15).
Committee suggests delay of Curtis closing
Hy Kip rry
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska College of Techni
cal Agriculture atCurtis should not be
closed until a survey of people and
organizations involved in agricul
ture-related businesses is taken, ac
cording to a report submitted to the
university 01 Nebraska Board ot
Regents Saturday moming.
“We need to know what they feel
they need,” said Rob Kaun, chairman
of Gov. Kay Orr’s committee investi
gating the school.
The regents voted last year to close
the school because of cuts in appro
priations to the University of Ne
Draska.
“The commiuee believes there arc
organizations with a broad back
ground of experience in this area
which could accomplish this task on a
timely basis and with a high level of
credibility,” Raun said. “This is of
prime importance.”
The committee also recommended
proposals lor a curriculum revision
process, orderly implementation of a
new program and evaluation of a
revised program five years after im
plementation, Raun said.
Raun said a satisfactory consensus
could not be met on the operating
structure of the re-established pro
gram at Curtis. But he said the com
mitlec will continue to work on the
problem.
“We had hoped that we could have
this wrapped up completely at this
point, but wc have not quite reached
that,” Raun said.
An evaluation should be made at
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Reported rule
violations grow
this semester
By Gretchen Roe hr
Staff Reporter
Six undergraduate students have
reported violations of the University
of Ncbraska-Lincoln’s Dead Week
policy, Shawn Boldt, first vice presi
dent of the Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska, said Fri
day.
The number of complaints AS UN
received this semester has doubled,
he said.
“Last semester we only had two or
three complaints,” Boldt said.
The Dead Week complaints have
included tests, big assignments, final
projects and new material, Boldi said.
All the reports were about different
teachers and different departments,
he said.
“Obviously the problem is spread
out on campus,” he said.
Boldt said he thinks there are many
more violations which will go unre
ported.
The biggest complaints result
from misconceptions about what is
included in the Dead Week policy, he
said.
See DEADWEEK on 8
Final projects
force isolation
on architects
By Victoria Ayotte
Suff Reporter
While campus activity slowed
down last week, the third floor of
Architecture Hall West was bus
tling with students working under
pressure to get their final projects
done.
About 50 senior architecture
students brought the comforts of
home to Architecture Hall, camped
out and worked on their final de
sign projects. The projects were
due Friday.
The students said they spent
most of their time in the building
this semester, especially during
weeks before projects were due.
Projects were due about every two
weeks.
- The design room has a micro
wave, refngcrator, stereo and
phone.
‘‘At the beginning of the week,
we just bring m our sack of grocer
ies,” Kevin Clark said.
The floor is littered with pizza
boxes, scrapings of design materi
als and pop cans.
Rick McKeon, senior architecture major, works on his final project Friday morning in Archi
tecture Hall West. McKeon stayed through Thursday night working on his project.
l ne janitors aon t even bother
coming in here until the end of a
project," Clark said.
The students also put Christmas
lights up for the holiday season.
Students said they share ideas
with each other.
“This is a real think tank of
ideas,” Bob Yager said.
“You actually learn more from
your peers than from your teach
ers,” Jim Huse said.
Huse said he has hemorrhoids
from sitting on the drafting seats.
‘‘When they say studying (is) a
pain in the ass, it’s true in the
Architecture College,” he said.
Exhaustion is a problem for the
architecture students. To stay
awake, students said, they sniff
markers and drink Mountain Dew.
The students said they usually
clear off some of the floor to sleep
at night.
“You know the part on The
Waltons’ where they yell ‘good
night’ to each other. We actually
do that,’' said Michael Ray Hall.
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