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December 4,1990 ____University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 90 No. 67
Massengale offered $152,000
Presidential contract awaits regents’ OK
By Pat Dinsiage
Staff Reporter
Martin Massengale’s days as
University of Nebraska in -
terim president and Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor
are numbered.
According to contract details re
leased Monday, Massengale will as
sume the presidency of the university
. on Jan. 1, 1991, if the contract is
approved by the NU Board of Re
gents at its teleconference meeting
today.
The contract recommended to the
board offers Massengale an annual
salary of $152,000, plus $22,000 for
expenses.
Fringe benefits include a house,
located at 5930 Norman Road, and
the board would pay all utilities, in
surance, maintenance and provide a
housekeeper.
The contract states that Massen
gale must live in the house, but gives
him until Sept. 1,1991, to move from
his private residence. Until he moves,
the contract agrees to pay him $600
per month in addition to his salary.
Contract terms also state that the
board would provide Massengale with
a car. The board would pay for gas,
maintenance and insurance for the
car.
The length of the contract is three
years, from Jan. 1, 1991, to Dec. 31,
1993. The board has the option to
extend the length of the contract as
provided in the bylaws.
In a separate action, the board would
request the University of Nebraska
Foundation to provide Massengale
with a retirement plan that provides
him with a $20,000 annual deferred
compensation benefit.
Massengale was selected to be NU
president at a Nov. 20 meeting of the
Board of Regents. The board directed
regents Chairman Don Blank to work
with Massengale in drawing up a
contract Massengale has not indi
cated if he will accept the presi
dency.
Dick Wood, NU general counsel,
said the contract terms are similar to
benefits that were provided to former
NU President Ronald Roskens, who
was fired in 1989. However, Wood
said, Massengale’s contract is spelled
out in greater detail.
“It’s a pretty standard contract,”
Wood said. Nationally, some univer
sity presidents’ contracts are more
detailed and some are less detailed,
he said.
Most of the benefits and terms are
detailed in NU Board of Regents
Bylaws, Wood said, but were put in
the contract as they related to Mas
sengale.
One section of the contract that
differs from the Roskens contract is
the establishment of an annual evalu
ation of Massengale’s performance
as president.
Blank of McCook said that the.
yearly evaluation “is for everybody’s
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Recommended provisions for Massengaie contract
Salary: $152,000 per year
Tend of Employment: Three years,
from Jan. 1,1991, through Dec. 31,
1993.
Official Residence: Not later than Sept. 1,1991,
Massengale will reside in the official residence of
the president at 5930
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board will pay for
- utilities, insurance,
maintenance and a
full-time housekeeper
Annual Expense
Account: An account of $22,000 for expenses
incurred in the performance of official duties will
be provided. $18,000 will be provided by the
Universityof Nebraska Foundation, and $4,000
through state appropriations.
University Benefits: Massengaie is entitled to
receive the standard fringe benefits available to
all full-time, all-year academic-administration
staff.
Brian Shellito/Daily Nebraskan
Controversy continues despite decision
ay ren umsiage
Staff Reporter
The search process was over two
weeks ago.
Anew University of Nebraska
president is about to be hired.
' But the controversy continues.
NTJ Regent Robert .Allen of Hastings
released a statement Monday criticiz
ing the actions of other regents and
NU Interim Presidentand UNLChan
ccllor Martin Massengale during the
presidential selection process.
Alien alleged that Emit Reutzel, a
search committee member, violated
an oath taken by all committee
members not to speak separately to
the press. Rcutzel s release of a letter
to the press criticizing fellow com
mittee members for a “vicious nega
tive campaign” against Massengale
violated that oath, Allen said.
J.B. MiVUkcn,
tary to the NU Board of Regents, said
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Administrators concerned by report s recommendations
By Sara Bauder Schott
Senior Reporter __
University administrators Mon
day expressed concern over a
recommendation that admis
sions standards be raised at the Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Speaking at a briefing in the Ne
braska Union on the Widmayer re
port recommendations, Vice Chan
cellor for Student Affairs James Grie
sen said that UNL is the only place in
Nebraska that offers certain programs,
such as agriculture. UNL also offers
the only journalism college, he said.
The Widmayer study, commis
sioned by the Nebraska Legislature,
examined higher education and made
recommendations for a more coordi
nated system in the state. One of
those suggestions was that UNL raise
its admissions standards to become
more competitive.
Using agriculture as an example,
Griesen said that some students would
be denied the chance to study in the
field, at least temporarily, if admis
sion standards were raised. The stu
dents could go to a community col
lege and make up their deficiencies,
but they might lose interest, he said.
Students choose institutions based
on whether the degree they want is
offered, he said. They feel motivated
because they are working in the area
they want to study. They might not
feel as motivated if they had to attend
community colleges and study only
subjects that are not in their major, he
said.
The consultants and administra
tors also discussed remedial educa
tion in the universities of Nebraska.
Jim Lewis, chair of UNL’s math
department, said the definition of
“remedial” given in the consultants’
report is inadequate.
The report states that courses that
repeat offerings considered to be at
the high school level are remedial.
Lewis said two-thirds of the math
classes taught at UNL already are
taught at the high-school level.
Carl Trendler, a consultant on the
Widmayer team, said the definition
of remedial is left up to the faculty at
each school. If the faculty thinks a
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Walkin’ in a winter wonderland
A student walks past an icicle-covered window at tits Life Sciences Greenhouse near Okffather Hall on Monday
afternoon.
Snowball fight
doesn’t top list
of UNL’s worst
By Adeana Leftin
Staff Reporter
UNL officials are hoping Sunday night’s
winter escapades don’t snowball into
the riots of previous years.
A snowball fight began about 10:30 p.m.
Sunday in the recreation field at 17th and Vine
streets and continued into the early hours Monday
morning. Unlike preceding years, however,
this episode remained peaceful.
Capt. John Becker of the Northwest Center
Team with the Lincoln Police Department said
that only one person reported that his or her car
had been hit by a snowball.
“That’s not exactly earth-shattering news,”
Becker said.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Sgt.
Mylo Bushing said he had no knowledge of the
incident.
In past years, the annual snowball fights that
usually follow the first large snowfall have
been less disciplined. The fight in 1987 was
initiated by signs in the residence halls reading
“Dormies crushes Frats.”
The battle caused more than $10,000 dam
age to cars, residence halls, fraternities and
sororities. Five students were arrested and 15
injuries were reported. Injuries ranged from lip
cuts to concussions.
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