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April 12, 1989___ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 136
Officials debate Kearney lobbying efforts
By Natalie Weinstein
Staff Reporter
State Sen. Don Wesely of Lin
coln said Tuesday that Uni
versity of Nebraska officials
have either “confused or ignored”
the NU Board of Regents’ position on
adding Kearney State College to the
university system.
Wesely said central administration
officials through Vice President for
University Relations Lee Rupp
should Itave been lobbying against
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Kcamey joining the university system
until a study on higher education in
Nebraska is done since that is the
regents’ position.
Instead of this, Wcscly said, offi
cials have sent a message to the sena
tors publicly that they arc neutral on
the issue. Wcscly said ‘‘a few sena
tors” have even been told privately
that central administration officials
support Kearney becoming a part of
the NU system.
Friday, the Legislature gave first
round approval to LB247. The bill,
which calls for a $250,000 study of
post-secondary education in Ne
braska, was amended to include
LB 160, a bill that places Kearney
State College under the management
of the regents and adds the school to
the NU system in 1991. Kearney State
is currently governed by the State
College Board of Trustees.
Rupp said his lobbying has re
flected the regents’ position.
T certainly have not lobbied any
body to vote for 160,” he said.
‘ ‘If Senator Weseiy or anyone else
would say that I asked for a vote for
160,” he said, “I’d deny that.”
Rupp said he has told senators that
the regents arc not opposed to Kear
ney coming into the system hut that a
study must he done first.
Regent Don Blank of McCook said
the regents’ position, which is the
‘‘official NU position,” is that the
hoard is opposed to Kearney coming
into the system until there is a com
prehensive study done on higher edu
cation in Nebraska.
Blank said a study could show that
Kearney should become a pari of NU,
that all the state colleges should be
come a part of NU or that the present
system should remain.
Regent Chairman Nancy Hoch of
Nebraska City said the regents’ posi
tion has not changed at any time.
“Our position is clearly not neu
tral,” she said.
Nebraska needs to know the rami
fications of adding Kearney State to
the NU system before it is pul into
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Cost increase causes
library to cut materials
By Brandon Loomis
Senior Reporter
Drastic increases in the cost of
library materials have forced
Love Library to cut back on
the number of books and magazines it
buys despite yearly budget increases
of about 5 percent, a library official
said.
Joan Giesccke, associate dean for
collections and services, said that this
year, the library has cut 221 periodi
cals to save $48,(XX).
This school year, Chancellor Mar
tin Massengale approved a one-time
sum of $150,000 to the library to keep
the cuts to a minimum, she said.
“We’re experiencing the same
concerns as all the major academic
libraries in the country,” Gicsecke
said.
Those concerns stem mainly from
an average yearly price increase of 12
percent for serials, she said.
Gene,’’ a genetics journal that
the. library subscribes to, is an example
of how prices have risen, she said.
In 1979. “Gene” cost $50 a year,
she said. Now it costs $1,700.
“I assume that in 10 years it’s a
slightly larger journal, but $50 to
$1,700 is a huge increase,” Giesccke
said.
Over the same 10-ycar period, the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln’s li
brary budget increased less than 100
percent, she said, from $1.36 million
to 5>Z.Z2 million.
The library’s materials budget in
creased 5 percent this year, Gicscckc
said, “which was nice, but when se
rial prices arc increasing 11 or 12
percent a year, it makes things sort of
difficult.’’
Among the reasons for the price
increases are increasing costs to pub
lishers and the devaluation of the
dollar. A weaker dollar makes foreign
serials more expensive, she said.
‘We’re experienc
ing the same con
cerns as all the
major academic
libraries around
the country. ’
— Giesecke
To alleviate budget problems, the
library joined a cooperative scries
retention program with the other Big
Eight schools,CoIoradoStale Univer
sity and the University of Wyoming
two years ago, she said.
Participating schools keep track of
who subscribes to certain serials, she
said. The other schools then borrow
serials from each other through li
brary loans, she said.
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Allen Schaben/Daity Nebraskan
War games
Staff Sgt. David Bettis and Airman First Class Timmothy Arroyo, members of the
Nebraska Air National Guard’s base security unit, lead a group of soldiers transporting
a pretend victim to shelter during Tuesday morning’s mock warfare exercises near the
Lincoln Air National Guard base.
Phi Mu alumnae struggling to keep UNL Chapter open
oy i.arry rtirte
Senior Reporter
After years of decreasing mem
bership and a lack of money,
alumnae of the University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln chapter of Phi Mu
sorority are rushing new members this
week in an effort to save the chapter,
according to former Chapter Adviser
Sharon Ash.
Phi Mu’s national organization
said it wanted to close the house in
May because its low membership was
a financial liability. But because UNL
owns the house, at 1125 N. 16th St.,
former members arc trying to reor
ganize and keep the building. Ash
said.
If the building was not owned by
ursL, Asn saia, tnc chapter might
have been terminated and then re
established later.
Jayne Wade Anderson, director of
greek affairs, said current members of
the house will be made alumnae in
May, and national and local alumnae
hope to have 50 new members by
April 22 to start over.
If the new members are found, Ash
said, the reorganization will be mov
ing in “fast-forward” to prepare the
members for next fall.
Ash said the chapter cannot afford
to operate with fewer than 50 stu
dents.
“This is a do-or-die situation,”
she said. “If we don’t get 50, we’re
out.”
Membership at the house has been
decreasing for several years, Ash said,
and current members have not been
able to build it back up again.
“It was not a successful chapter,”
she said.
Anderson said removing current
members of a house when reorganiz
ing is standard procedure in the grcck
system.
If the national organization allows
an unsuccessful chapter to continue,
Ash said, “it becomes a financial
burden” because the national organi
zation must pay the chapter’s delin
quent bills.
“The bottom line everywhere is
money,” she said.
Lincoln alumnae will conduct
pledge classes three limes before this
semester ends and three limes this
summer to educate new members
about the operation of the house, Ash
said.
New members will be challenged
because they will have to step into
leadership positions for rush activities
next fall, she said.
Ash said Phi Mu has 500 alumnae
members in Lincoln to provide
“strong numbers of support” for the
reorganisation.
The reorganisation is an ‘ ‘all
greek affair,” Ash said, with other
sororities and fraternities showing
their support. Phi Mu has asked other
sororities for referrals of women who
haven’t been able to “have the soror
ity experience,’ ’ she said.
Reorganizations like this arc com
mon “across the country” at other
sororities and fraternities when mem
berships arc low, Anderson said.
However, she said, the process is
new and “exciting” at UNL.
Anderson said that based on the
number of women showing interest in
joining sororities, Phi Mu should be
able to find 50 to 60 new members by
April 22.
Ash said the search for new mem
bers is moving along rapidly.
“We get new names every day.”
she said.
If reorganization efforts succeed,
Ash said, she will become the chapter
adviser of the sorority.
Comstock tightens security to avoid possible liabilities
By Scott Cook
Staff Reporter -
v this year at the annual
lock music festival will
htened in an effort to
1 , away from the event,
according to Janel Zager, Comstock
chairperson.
Zager said upper administration
officials have threatened to cut off
funding for the annual event if meas
ures are not taken to curtail alcohol
consumption at this year’s concert.
Zagcr said most of the complaints
about last year’s Comstock were from
administrators and East union em
ployees who reported incidents of
lighting and of someone urinating in a
hallway.
She said alcohol always has been
present at the concert, but recently the
problem has reached a point where
something has to be done.
“In the last four years it’s gotten
worse,” she said, “and it gets to a
point where the administration puts its
foot down and says enough.”
Zager said security in the past in
volved only five police officers. This
year, there will be eight officers, she '
said. Also, 20 volunteers w ill be re
cruited to aid in the effort to keep
alcohol off the premises.
Also, Zager said that a snow fence
will surround the parameter of the
concert area to limit entrance to the
area.
Zager said the fence will have one
gate for people with coolers and one
for people without coolers, she said.
AH coolers will be visually
checked before ihey are allowed to
enter the concert area, she said.
She also said no open containers,
such as pop cans, will be allowed
through the gate.
Aside from the added security
measures, Zager said, the concert will
be the “same as always.”
“People can come and go as they
please and it’s free admission,” she
said, “and if people really want to
drink, they can prime before.”
Zager said there would be no ar
rests made or tickets issued if alcohol
was found.
“We'll just ask them to lake ii hack
to their car or take it home,” she said.
Zagcr said possible liability prob
lems are the big reason for the in
creased enforcement of the univer
sity's no-alcohol policy.
Zagcr said that in the past, there
have been car crashes following the
concert. She said the university could
l>e liable for any injuries during or
following the event.
This year’s concert is April 28
from noon to 6 p.m.