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Goebel named
interim head
by NU regents
By Lisa Donovan
Senior Reporter
Jack Goebel, vice chancellor for business
and finance, was named UNL’s interim
chancellor Saturday, but the NU Board of
Regents decided he would not be considered
for the permanent posi
tion.
“The board’s feeling
is that an interim (chan
cellor) should not be a
candidate, said Don
Blank, regents chairman.
At the regents’ meet
ing Saturday, University
of Nebraska President
Martin Massengale nomi
natcd Goebel, who also Goebe!
was serving as associate chancellor, for the
interim position.
Goebel initially had said he was seeking the
permanent position, but now has backed down
since the board said it wanted to look for
candidates outside the University of Ncbraska
Lincoln.
“As I see it, I’m not actively seeking it (the
UNL chancellorship),” Goebel said.
Goebel said he won’t pursue candidacy for
the permanent position because the “university
needs to get on with its academic pursuits.”
Although the board unanimously accepted
Goebel’s nomination, the regents’ reactions
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Kicking back
State Sen. Rod Johnson of Sutton appears to have a leg up on colleagues Sens. Jim Cudaback of Riverdaie and
Jennie Robak of Columbus during the legislative session Friday. Johnson said he slipped on ice while loading
Christmas presents in his car Dec. 23 and broke his ankle. The 92nd Nebraska Legislature meets for the first time
Wednesday.
Nebraska men’s
and women’s
basketball
teams sweep
Iowa State.
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State senator calls NU budget unrealistic
By Lisa Donovan
Senior Reporter
The University of Nebraska’s
budget request for state funds
is not practical, the Legisla
ture’s Appropriations Committee
chairman said.
“The univer
sity’s request
may be unreal
istic if you look
at the revenue
receipts in the
state of Ne
braska” and the
recession, Sen. Scott Moore of Se
ward said.
Moore said he did not know how
much of a toll the recession will take
on state coffers, but he is sure revenue
will be down.
The University of Nebraska re
quested $893.1 million in 1991-92
and $971 million in 1992-93 for the
four campuses — the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of
Nebraska at Omaha, the University of
Nebraska Medical Center, and the
University of Nebraska at Kearney.
UNK will join the NU system July 1.
The university’s request would
require a 12.3 percent increase in
state funds.
« The state budget process is bien
nial, with state agencies submitting
requests in the first year for both
years. The agencies submit deficit
requests the second year.
The requests arc used by the gov
ernor and the Appropriations Com
mittee to make up a budget proposal
for the Legislature’s consideration.
It is too early in the legislative
session to determine what areas of the
university’s budget request, submit
ted in September, will not be funded,
but Moore said he thought the amount
of money allotted the university would
be a reflection of the current eco
nomic slump.
Moore echoed the sentiments (Jov.
Ben Nelson expressed Thursday in
his inaugural address.
In prepared remarks, Nelson said
higher education in Nebraska “ac
counts for nearly one-fourth of the
state’s budget,” and Nebraska’s budget
is “stretched to the limit.”
“We must find ways to get more
mileage out of the education dollars
we spend,” he said.
In the past three years, NU has
succeeded in boosting faculty sala
ries, and former Gov. Kay Orr pushed
through a research initiative of $4
million each year.
With the current economic climate,
Moore said, it will be difficult to meet
the larger budget requests, such as
faculty salary increases. The univer
sity has requested a 10 percent fac
ulty salary increases and an 11 per
cent staff salary increase.
Athletic-reduction rules needed, officials say
By Dionne Searcey
Staff Reporter
Cew NCAA regulations will
force college athletic programs
to cut practice times, coach
ffs and scholarships, but two
UNL officials said the changes arc
needed to reduce costs.
One ot the new rules requires the
number of athletic scholarships to be
reduced by 10 percent in all sports,
sal® A1 Papik, Nebraska assistant
athletic director and athletic compli
ance officer.
Papik, who attended the NCAA
convention in Nashville, Tenn., last
week, said the number of UNL foot
ball scholarships will be cut from 95
to 85 in the next four years.
Papik said the cut in scholarships
could lessen the interest of prospec
tive athletes.
“If you have less (scholarships) to
offer it might have an indirect effect
on you,” he said.
The NCAA also passed proposals
to cut the number of coaches, practice
hours and contests, he said.
Nebraska football coach Tom
Osborne said the football team will
lose three coaches. He said currently
the ratio of coaches to players on the
team is 1 to 10.
“Losing three coaches will spread
us thinner,”Osborne said. “When this
happens, we’ll just have to adjust and
do the best we can with what we
have.”
Osborne said he is concerned about
the new rules, “but it’s kind of like
after you lose a game — you can be
concerned, but there’s nothing you
can do about it.... We just have to
adjust to it.”
But NU President Marlin Massen
galc, chairman of the NCAA Presi
dents Com mission, said the proposals
were needed.
He said other presidents at the
convention were concerned that if
their schools didn ’ t reduce costs over
all, they could be forced to eliminate
a sport.
“A lot of programs arc having fi
nancial difficulties. It’s better to drop
10 percent than to lose one entire
snort ” Masscnealc said.
Papik agreed, saying budgets in
the athletic departments of some
schools were getting out of hand, so
uniform legislation was needed.
However, Massengale said, he
wasn’t certain about the outcome of
the changes.
“We’ll wait and evaluate the
changes and sec what impact they
have,” Massengalc said. “It would be
premature to make judgments on them
now.”
A proposal concerning financial
aid issues also was passed, Papik said.
The rule would give schools au
tonomy in setting individual limits on
financial aid. Papik said schools within
the same division will vote on finan
cial aid issues.
“It would allow bigger schools to
be more liberal in financial aid. Now
major colleges such as UNL or Okla
homa can propose legislation on fi
nancial aid, and (schools of that size
will) be the only people voting on it,”
Papik said.
Many possibilities could surface
because of this rule, Papik said.
He said that under the rule, stu
dents with athletic scholarships may
be allotted a certain amount of spend
ing money per month, or summer
school could be made available to
student athletes after high school
graduation.
See NCAA on 6
NCAA Rule Changes
/The number of
athletic scholar
ships will be re
duced by 10% in
all sports
/The number of
coaches, practice
hours and sports
contests will be
cut back. The
number will vary
with each sport.
Brian Shellito/Daily Nebraskan
