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ASUN bills oppose merger of KSC into NU system ASUN From Page 1 Senate Bill No. 64 directs the Government Liaison Committee to lobby against the passage of LB 160. Senate Bill No. 64 states that KSC’s “standards of excellence” must be proven comparable to those of NU before KSC is added to the system. It also calls for an extensive study to examine ramifications of the change on NU and the state. Government Bill No. 6 is a state ment expressing the opposition of UNL students to any structural change in higher education in the current legislative session. Petersen said this bill was a “philosophical statement” to help GLC’s lobbying efforts. “Our number one priority is to take a stand to ensure the best pos sible thing for our university,” he said. “Kearney State is a good state college, but it hasn’t been shown that they are at the same level of excel lence as our university,” he said. Petersen said there isn’t enough money in the state to pay for an ex pansion of the university system. He said taxes and tuition would have to be raised, or programs would have to be cut at either school before KSC could be added to the system. “I don’t see any of these happen ing,” he said. Other money problems also make the expansion unwise, he said. KSC has asked for a 49 percent budget increase this year, and would need $12,875,000 in funds to raise it to the midpoint of its peer group, he said. ‘'Expansion’s not a good idea for them,” he said. The University of Nebraska-Lin coln and the University of Nebraska at Omaha also have money problems, he said. Even with the proposed in creases in faculty salaries over the next three years, he said, UNL won’t reach the midpoint of salaries among its peers. UNL and UNO students now pay 115 percent higher tuition than they did 10 years ago, Petersen said. Also, he said, engineering students at UNL had to pay a $9 per credit hour sur charge for lab equipment because the state didn ’ t allocate enough money to the college. If KSC joins the system its tuition may also be raised, he said. “If students at Kearney start to think about it, they might not be so red hot about it (LB 160),” he said, because they may sec significant tui tion increases. KSC’s tuition is now 24 percent less than UNO’s and 33 percent less than UNL’s. Nebraska, with its small tax base, is already in the upper half of slates in per capita spending for education, Petersen said. Petersen said the reorganization issue has gone further than he thought it would. “It has snowballed,” he said. If KSC gets momentum going, other state colleges will try to join the university system, he said. Peiersi n said he is not an opponent of reorganizing governance of the state's colleges. There are better ways to coordinate higher education, “but this isn’t the way to do it,” he said A “superboard” or a governing body with strong influence would use money wisely and prevent duplica tion of academic programs, Petersen said. Government Bill No. 6 urges Gov. Kay Orr and me Legislature to form a task force to study the “expansion” of the university system and the en tire structure of higher education in the state. The bill states that a task force should study these issues: - The governance of higher edu cation, including the NU system, the state college system, the community and technical community college Faculty Senate supports regents ’ proposal By Jerry Guenther Staff Reporter The University of Nebraska-Lin coln Faculty Senate passed a resolu tion Tuesday supporting the NU Board of Regents’ proposal for a study group to consider the reorgani zation of Nebraska’s post-secondary schools before any legislation on the matter is passed. The regents’ resolution, passed Saturday, states that LB 160, which would transfer Kearney State College into the NU system, and LB760, which would create a second state university system, should be deferred until the 1990 legislative session. That deferment would allow the Legislature to study the group’s find ings. The senate’s resolution also sup ports the regents’ proposal that the present salary increase commitment for the university should not be af fected by any merger and agreed that it should remain the senate’s and regents' top priority. Robert Diffendai, faculty senate president, said the whole question of higher education in the state needs to be considered before disassembling the state college system. Diffendai said he expects the sen ate to agree on whatever recommen dations the study group makes on structural changes in the NU system. Nancy Hoch, chairman of the Board of Regents, said during Tues day's meeting that the regents con tinue to support the three-year plan that calls for increases in faculty sala ries. “As we come down to priorities, I’m still convinced that our faculty salaries (issue) is our number one concern,” Hoch said. Hoch said that when students were willing to pay increased tuition to support the faculty salary increases, it sent a “loud, clear voice” that sala ries needed to be increased. Raisins awareness theme of Irojan sex survey By Roger Price Staff Reporter The makers of Trojan condoms will be sponsoring a survey on birth control, condom usage and sexually transmitted diseases as a part of an educational program at a booth in the Nebraska Bookstore today and Thursday. The booth also will distribute copies of the surgeon general’s report on AIDS, Trojan Gold Cards, infor mational brochures on Trojan prod ucts and samples of Trojan condoms. “By launching this educational program on college campuses, we hope to raise the awareness level of young adults and encourage them to take precautions against sexually transmitted diseases,” said Mark Klein, vice president of marketing at Carter Products, the makers of Trojan condoms. Trojan brand condoms are the No. , 1-selling brand condoms in the I United States with more than 50 per- I cent of the market. The University of Nebraska-Lin coln is among 20 major colleges and universities across the country par ticipating in the Trojan survey, the total enrollment at these schools is nearly 550,000.Thc program is tak ing place as a part of National Con dom Week whkh started Tuesday. or those who haven’t tried "| Grandpa’s Ribs' Pork Slabs ' $4 Off no limit ■ (Reg. $9.99) ■ Expires March 1, 1989 I open. | 11 a m.-IOpm Tom -Thun ■ II a m -2 a.m. Fri. 2 pm-2 a.m. Sal a 2 p m.-IO p m Son system. - The coordination of all state supported institutions of higher edu cation in Nebraska. - The feasibility of, or need for, increased state supported university campuses in Nebraska. - The academic standards of all institutions of higher education in Nebraska. - Economic ramifications of any changes to the current higher educa tion structures. 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