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A&E: Peering into the
Puppet heads—Page 6.
Sports: The Comhusker
men ’sand women ’ s track
teams open their seasons
with wins. —Page 8.
Senators to decide on faculty pay proposals
By Anne Mohri
Senior Reporter
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
faculty members could get a raise by
this summer if the Nebraska Legisla
ture accepts one of two salary increase
proposals, said Jim Lewis, faculty
senate president.
The proposals should be voted on
during this legislative session, said
Earl H. Scudder Jr., president of UNL
Parents Association.
One proposal, made by University
of Nebraska President Ronald
Roskens in December 1987, would
raise faculty salaries 39.1 percent over
the next three years in an attempt to
bring UNL salaries up to parity with
other American Association of Uni
versifies land-grant institutions,
Scudder said. The increase for 1987
88 was 4 percent
Gov. Kay Orr’s proposal, Scudder
said, modified Roskens’ proposal to
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‘It is a significant
problem; we want
the remedy to be
as significant as
possible.'
—Lewis
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suggest that if a 8.5 percent tuition
increase voted for by the Association
of Students of the University of Ne
braska is enacted, a 12.23 percent
faculty salary increase would be pos
sible. He said Orr made no mention of
faculty salary increases for the follow
ing years.
Scudder listed three concerns
aboutOrr’s proposal in a letter he sent
to her:
• that the peer institutions receiv
ing 6.5 percent increases yearly will
rise 28.64 percent above 1986-87
levels.
• that Nebraska, having received
only a 4 percent increase in 1987-88,
will need more than 12.23 percent per
year for three years to obtain parity.
• that Orr’s budget (coupled with
a presumed 8.5 percent increase in tui
tion) should be only the first step in a
three-year commitment to achieve
parity.
He said the letter was also sent to
get Orr to make more than a one-year
proposal.
Scudder said he will support Orr’s
proposal if it is accepted by the Legis
lature and the NU Board of Regents.
“Half a loaf of bread is better than
no loaf,” he said.
Lewis said Orr is trying very hard
to provide the money to build a better
university.
“It is a significant problem; we
want the remedy to be as significant as
possible,” Lewis said.
In a 1987 UNL Faculty Salary
Study, professors’, associate profes
sors’ and assistant professors’ salaries
fell last or second to last compared to
10 other AAU Land-Grant salaries.
In the Nebraska Alumnus maga
zine, Lewis said, UNL ranked 153rd
in professor salaries, 164th in associ
ate professor salaries and 153rd in
assistant professor salaries, out of 168
peer group institutions.
Non-faculty employees of UNL
would need a 32.6 percent increase to
be equal to average salaries in Lin
coln. Scuddei said UNL “is so far off
the Lincoln market, they can’t get
people when they advertise for them.”
Faculty on the 12-month calendar
could receive the increase in July, and
faculty members on the nine-month
academic calendar could receive the
increase in August or September,
Lewis said.
Work-at-home promotions
cause grief, cost money
By Shawn Hubbell
Staff Reporter_
People looking to earn easy money
through work-at-home promotions,
beware!
That’s the advice of U.S. postal
inspectors and the Better Business
Bureau. _
Work-at-home schemes advertise
huge profits, require no experience
and are sure to cause people grief and
cost them money, said Phyllis Cham
bers, president of the Comhusker
Better Business Bureau.
Steve Schneringer, public infor
mation officer for the U.S. Postal
Service, said there are numerous vari
ations of work-at-home schemes. He
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‘The only person
who prospers is
the originator of
the scheme...
until we get wind
of it.’
—Schneringer
said advertisements promising hun
dreds of dollars for handing out fliers
or stuffing envelopes arc some lures
advertisers use to sell information to
people on how to set up their own
schemes.
“I’m not aware of any work-at
home proposal that’s legitimate,’’
Schneringer said. “Nobody is going tr'
pay someone to stuff envelopes; they
have machines to do that.’’
Chambers said people answering
advertisements that promise work
need to know that legitimate employ
ers do not ask applicants for money
before they can start working.
Many schemes require people to
invest hundreds of dollars for materi
als to produce items that the company
promises to buy back for resale, she
said. But when the people send the
finished products back to the com
pany, they are never paid, with the
explanation that their work did not
meet company standards.
“The only person who prospers is
the originator of the scheme... until
we get wind of it,” Schneringer said.
One company that U.S. postal in
spectors are investigating for misrep
resentation is Global Communica
tions Inc. of Monterey Park, Calif.
The company recently placed an ad
vertisement in the Daily Nebraskan
say ing people could cam $ 100 a day or
more by hand-deli vering fliers door to
door.
One University of Nebraska-Lin
coln student sent $20 to the company
to learn more about the offer. For his
$20, the student, who asked not to be
identified, received instructions and
one flier that he was to copy (at his
own expense) and deliver.
For every 100 fliers delivered, he
was to cam $10. But before he could
receive his money he had to supply the
company with the name, address.
Social Security number and phone
number of every person who received
a flier.
When he became suspicious, he
contacted Global Communications’
home office but was unable to talk
with anyone other than a secretary
who hung up on him.
“I had some time and thought I
could earn some extra money,” he
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Nebraskan
James Jones of Auburn protests against abortion on
the west side of the Capitol.
Bill may curb UNL’s out-of-session spending
By Mary Nell Westbrook
Senior Reporter
The University of Nebraska-Lin
coln could no longer use money for
campus buildings while the Nebraska
Legislature is out of session if legis
lation introduced last week passes.
The bill, introduced on the last day
of legislation, could require the
Legislature’s Executive Board to get
approval from the Legislature before
spending any money during the in
came dangerously close to being
unconstitutional because of the way
money from bonds was being spent,
he said.
Although state money was not di
rectly used for the field house, state
law requires the Legislature’s ap
proval because $3.5 million was bor
rowed from student revenue bond
surplus funds.
Money for residence halls and
other buildings is controlled by an
appropriations bill. If that money is
needed during the interim, the Execu
tive Board justpulls itout. Lynch said.
The bill, sponsored by Sens. Jer
ome Warner and Bernice Labedz,
would prevent any money being spent
when the legislature is not in session.
“We didn’t want the committee
using up money we didn’t budget for,’’
Lynch said.
Approval should be sought before
spending money instead of after, he
said.
Lynch said important money from
bonds and interest was being spent
This concerned many senators, he
said.
“We are not suspecting or accusing
anyone,” Lynch said. “Approval for
the funds would be more appropriate
this way.”
Before, the Legislature wouldn’t
find out about the spending until it
came back into session at the begin
ning of the year, he said.
The bill would establish a “right to
know that didn’t exist before,” Lynch
said.
Officials protest
at abortion rally
By Stephen Davis
SuffRepoiter__
Gov. Kay Orr proclaimed last
week Nebraska’s annual Right to j.
Life week Saturday at a rally and
march in Lincoln. . 1
The 15lh Annual Walk for Life
rally began at the Capitol as Shirley
Lang, master of ceremonies an
nounced, "Twenty-two million
abortions later since Roc vs. Wade
— we are here today because we
don’t accept the killings of inno
cent children.”
A crowd of more than 250
people applauded her statement
Other speakers at the rally included
Barb McPhilips, president of the
Nebraska Coalition For Life; state
Sen. Jim McFarland of Lincoln;
and Rep. Hal Daub.
Daub, a pro-life supporter, said
he and his wife, Cindy, were in
volved in pro-life demonstrations
before he became a member of
Congress. He is a member of
Lawyers For Life — a group of
lawyers who support the pro-life
movement He also supports Presi
dent Reagan’s amendment against
providing federal money for abor
tions.
Julia Lostroh, spokesperson for
the Nebraska Coalition For Life,
said the rally’s goal was to “edu
cate the public that the issue of
abortion is still alive.’’ She said the
coalition hopes the courts will
reverse the Roe vs. Wade decision.
Roe vs. Wade is the 1973 Supreme
Court decision that legalized abor
tion on demand.
-s After the march to the Federal
Building,
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terim.
Currently, the Executive Board of
the Legislature has the power to spend
money on a major crisis or project
when the Legislature is not in session,
said Sen. Daniel Lynch, who drafted
LB1218.
The new Cook Pavilion at UNL
was an example of use of “emer
gency” financing, Lynch said. The
Legislature didnvt formally approve
the financing for the field house until
last March.
The way the board was proceeding
