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Friday Facts in a story about faculty members reactions to salary increases was incorrect (DN, Sept. 15). Faculty members received an 11 percent increase, not a 13 percent increase While all professors shared in the raise, the percentages were not equal in all cases Performance evaluations, and efforts to resolve salary inequities accounted for the dif ferent levels of raises. After clearing these inequities, most of the salary increases ranged from about 7 percent to about 14 percent, with about 11 percent mean, Lewis said Jim Lewis, former Faculty Senate president, was misquoted when explaining the salary inversion. Ffe said a faculty member who joined the staff five years ago and received only a 3 to 4 percent annual increase in pay might make the same or only a few thousand dollars less than, not more than a member who joined last year at a higher starting salary James Sennett column (DN, Sept. 14), former DN editor Vicki Ruhga's name was misspelled._ September 16, 1988 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 14 Minority expert to address awareness By Pattie (Jreene Staff Reporter In order lo make University of Ncbraska Lincoln students more aware of minori ties on campus, UNL officials have re cruited an oulside expert to talk to campus rep resentatives. According to Peg Johnson, director of Spe cial Projects in the Student Affairs office and Jenny Lastcr, president of Massey Enterprises (a consulting firm located out of state), will work with student organizations, faculty and the administrators Oct. 3 through 9. Lastcr will hold workshops with the groups in order to help them understand what they have to do in order to understand cultural differ ences, Johnson said. “We’re really excited about the possibili ties,’’ Johnson said. Johnson said the problem at UNL is not racism but a lack of awareness. A majority of UNL students arc white and come from envi ronments where they have had little exposure to people from different ethnic backgrounds, she c3id. “If you’re not aware, you don’t understand,” she said. “And if you don’t understand, you ignore it.” When students graduate, they will be faced with working with people from different ethnic backgrounds, Johnson said. “That’s why we want to educate people now, while they’re in college, on the differences in people and understanding and appreciating those differences,” Johnson said. The problem came to the attention of Johnson and James Gricscn, vice chancellor for student affairs, last spring during a meeting with campus organization leaders, she said. “Some people from the APU (Afrikan People’s Union) were disappointed in the few people who turned out for Black Awareness week,” she said. “It’s a matter where if you’re not involved it’ll go past you,” she said. She said if students knew a member in the organization, they would be more likely to attend events sponsored by the groups. “In order to overcome those differences this year,” she said, “the university is focusing on cultural diversity, in order to bring about under standing.” Jeff Petersen, president of the Association of Sludentsof the University of Nebraska, said the 2 1/2-hour workshops will show how the vari ous student organizations on campus can be come more integrated. “We’ll figure out how the issue affects us and the role we play in it,” Petersen said. The 10 student organizations that will par ticipate in the workshops are the Residence Hall Association ASUN, the Interfratemity Council, the Panhcllcnic Association, the Afri kan People’s Union, the Mexican American Student Association, the Native American Student Organization, the Vietnamese Student Organization, the University Program Council and a representative for all foreign students. At a retreat Oct. 7 through 9, all of the leaders of the organizations involved will share ideas and get to know each other, Petersen said. Petersen said he thinks the program is cru cial to ASUN. “Student government needs people,” he said. Petersen said minority groups arc an asset to UNL. Their involvcmcntcan hclpcreatc larger organizations. “We’ll work with minority groups to gel them involved in campus activities,” Petersen said. Larry Koubsky, RHA president, said the program is important because of the number of minority students who live in the residence halls. “I hope we can educate our executives and our members so that they can program for everyone and not leave anyone out,” he said. Johnson said some of the organizations al ready have discussed working together. “There is a Black Student Government Association that meets in the Big Eight schools,” she said. UNL usually sends a few representatives, but students have problems coming up with money, Johnson said. “I know this is a gross generalization, but some of the minority groups don’t know how to plan that (raising money),” she said. Other groups have promised to help co sponsor an event in order to help minority groups learn how to raise money. “This is a new thrust,” Johnson said. “The goal isn’t new, it’s just a new way of trying to achieve diversity awareness on campus.” Kerrey calls claims of contradiction false By Lee Rood Senior Kditor nrmcr Gov. Bob Kerrey refuted m Thursday claims by Sen. )avc Karnes that Kerrey was incorrect at a rally Wednesday when he said he didn’t support closing the NU Medical Center or the NU Col lege of Law in 1985. A student attending the rally at the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln asked Kerrey about an advertisement that Karnes ran in the Daily Nebras kan, claiming that Kerrey favored closing the schools in 1985. Kames said Thursday that Kerrey, his opponent for a U.S. Senate scat, was inconsistent with his statements in the 1985 DN article. The ad compared Karnes’ stance on education with Kerrey’s and quoted the 1985 article. “What I did do is support the chan cellor of the medical center when he came forward and recommended that we close pharmacy and nursing,” Kerrey said. But Karnes said Kerrey “clearly stated” in the article that the medical center and law school should be closed to cut Nebraska’s budget. In the 1985 article, Kerrey was quoted as saying: “Professional schools such as the NU Medical Center and NU College of Law, should be eliminated first because comparatively few Nebraskans at tend them and fewer of their gradu atcs slay in Nebraska than those of undergraduate programs.” Kerrey said Thursday that state ment was taken out of context. “I never proposed eliminating the schools,” Kerrey said. In the midst of cutting the budget, Kerrey said, he favored cutting pro fessional schools before top priori ties, such as undergraduate programs and graduate research. Kerrey said when the NU Board of Regents voted against cutting the pharmacy and nursing schools— two other NU professional programs being considered for cuts at the time — he accepted their decision and did not prepose that the state cut them or any others. “This is why $150 to $200 billion dollar deficits exist,” Kerrey said. People criticize politicians who try to cut budgets despite huge defi cits, he said. Karnes said Kerrey’s claim that the schools should be eliminated because few Nebraskans attend them was said to be incorrect by UNL administrators in another 1985 DN article that followed the first one. In the article, four UNL adminis trators said Kerrey had his facts wrong. Between 98 and 99 percent of the students in medical center pro grams were Nebraskans and so were 90 percent of UNL’s law students. Kerrey said that at the time he See KERREY on 5 «nuy manualiwany iwuiaaMii ‘Not just a university problem.' Enforcing drinking policy tough By Ryan Sleeves Senior Reporter University of Ncbraska-Lin coln officials say stop ping students from sneaking alcohol on campus has been diffi cult. Drinking On Campus, J I I _ The officials sav their goal is to catch violators of UNL’s no-alco hol policy and educate students about the effects of drinking. “(Drinking) is not a residence hall problem — it’s not a univer sity problem,” said Doug Zat ccnka, director of university hous . ing. “It’s a societal problem and in this society 100 percent enforce ment is impossible.” Zatechka said occasional drinking can lead 10 alcohol prob lems. But he said drinking starts long before students arrive at UNL. “So many students come to the university with two, three, four or five years experience,” he said. The job of housing officials, he said, is to identify students with problems and refer them to coun seling programs such as Alcohol ics Anonymous. All housing offi cials receive 10 hours of training to leant how to identify students with problems, Zatechka said. Zatechka said alcohol prob lems can lead to problems with family and friends and to poor performance in school. “I’ve seen loo much of this,” he said. “One incident is loo much and I’ve seen plenty.” Lt. Ken Cauble, UNL police division commander, said he too has seen many alcohol related problems. Cauble said most of the assaults, rapes and vandalisms are caused by drunken students. Cauble said alcohol-related incidences, such as policy viola tions, increased during the first two weeks of school. Students have been openly defiant toward the drinking pol icy, he said. Some students have been seen carrying beers from one fraternity to another without ) conceal them, he said, t’s not even an attempt at trying to be responsible," he said. But fraternity members are not alone in violating no-alcohol poli cies, Cauble said. Residence hall students have been just as bad, he said. "This year, especially the (first) week, is probably the worst time I’ve seen on campus," Cauble said. The problems have begun to case up in the past week, he said, because UNL police have started to crack down on violators. "I think they need to realize that it will not be tolerated," he said. ' 4 Litwak pleads guilty Value of equipment to be contested By Amy Edwards Senior Mdiior Bohn Lilwak, an 11-year em ployee of the University of Nc braska-Lincoln and former drill systems manager in UNL’s Polar lee Coring Office, pleaded guilty Thurs day to stealing property from the of fice from 1984 to July 1988. Litwak, 32, pleaded guilty in fed eral court to one charge of converting government property, according to his attorney, Jerry Soucic of Lincoln. The property was owned by the National Science Foundation and was intended to be used for drilling loca tions in Greenland and Antarctica. Ice coring office employees dis covered the thefts in August during a regular inventory inspection. Soucic said Litwak, formerly of 1718 S.W. 23rd St., stored the cquip J inent, valued at $75,000 to $125,000, at a storage garage Litwak rented at 1659 S. 2nd St. “The value of the equipment will be contested at the hearing,” Soueie said. Litwak did not sell any of the equipment until 1987, when he sold a Cateipillar engine and generator, Soueie said. The Associated Press reported that Litwak told U.S. District Judge War ren Urbom he took items from the office and sold them to help pay his expenses when he went to Greenland with the ice coring team. Soueie would not comment on how Litwak used the money from the stolen items. He said Litwak probably would return to Pennsylvania today to live with his family. Urbom scheduled sentencing for Nov. 18 at 12:15 p.m. Litwak faces a $250,000 fine and 10 years in prison.