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Nebraskan 1 w ---—■* Mostly cloudy and a 30 percent chance of showers this morning. Mostly sunny this afternoon with the high in the mid-60s. Clear to night with the low in the mid-30s. Thursday, sunny with the high in the upper-50s. McShane: Faculty have salary alternatives By Dionne Searcey Staff Reporter Faculty members must make their views known on the salary increase dilemma UNL faces under a legislative budget proposal, the UNL Academic Senate president said Tuesday. “I don’t want to alarm anybody, but I don’t want us to go back and stick our heads in the sand,” McShanc told a meeting of the Aca demic Assembly, which is composed of UNL faculty members. “Faculty ought to have a voice” in salary appropriations, he said. McShanc outlined options that were dis cussed at a lunch earlier Tuesday for the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln if salary increases proposed by the Appropriations Committee make the University of Nebraska final budget. The Appropriations Committee’s prelimi nary budget would not provide enough funds to allow the 4 percent faculty salary raise it pro posed, McShane said. Overall, the university would face a $54 million budget shortfall in 1991-93, the difference between the Appro priations Committee’s preliminary' budget proposal and NU’s request. UNL had requested 10 percent yearly salary raises. McShanc said faculty members could opt not to receive any salary increases. But Stan Liberty, vice chancellor for aca demic affairs at UNL, said that if faculty members choose not to ask for raises, they might be asked to give up salary increases in future years if the period of underfunding continues. Raises are necessary, he said, because with out them faculty members could “face years of poor treatment” with “morale going down and instability of staff.” “If wc continue to decline, we’ll have a tough time keeping this institution together," Liberty said. He said faculty members are entitled to raises. “Wc as an institution have the right to state William Lauer/Daily Nebraskan Don Uerling, associate professor of educational administration, reviews the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s state ment of purpose during the Academic Assembly meeting Tuesday at the East Union. our needs and work to obtain our fair share of state support — However, we shouldn’t be so greedy to try to get everything at others’ ex pense. When times arc tough, we have to share.” MeShane said lhat if faculty members choose to accept the proposed 4 percent raises and if they are approved, the university would have to cut programs to finance the increases. In a memorandum sent to all faculty mem See McSHANE on 6 Alumnus to defend alleged injunction violation By Tabitha Hiner Senior Reporter A former University of Ncbraska Lincoln student will tell Lan caster County District Court today why he allegedly violated an injunction forbidding him to have contact with Janet Kruse, a Nebraska volleyball player. David Brinegar, a former UNL graduate student, will appear before the court to show cause for his al leged violation of an injunction that was placed on him Feb. 20 and amended Feb. 26. The Feb. 20 injunction prohibited Brinegar from threatening, assault ing or harassing Kruse, entering prem iscsoccupicd by Kruse, imposing any restraint upon her or attending UNL women ’ s athletic practices or compe tition. While it also prohibited him from threatening, assaulting, harassing or otherwise disturbing members of UNL women’s athletic teams, this para graph was deleted Feb. 26. The Brinegar case began Jan. 22 when he submitted a petition for a when he submitted a petition for an injunction against Kruse, UNL and the Lincoln police, claiming his civil rights had been violated. In the order, Brinegar claimed his First Amendment rights had been violated when he was forbidden to propose marriage to Kruse, a junior arts and sciences major, and his Fourth Amendment right had been violated when policemen removed him from women’s basketball games. He alsoclaimed his Ninth Amend ment rights were violated because he was notailowed to contact Kruse, had been banned from women’s athletics for five years and was required to undergo counseling at his own ex pense for an unspecified duration. While he requested the court pro hibit the violations of his rights, the defendants filed a counterclaim on Feb. 12 requesting an injunction against Brincgar. In the counterclaim, the defen dants said Brincgar “began making unsolicited and unwanted contacts with Ms. Kruse” on March 26, 1990. In August of 1990, the counter claim stated, Brinegar approached Kruse’s sister at Lincoln East High School and told her he had proposed marriage to Kruse. After that, according to the counter claim, he began attending UNL women’s volleyball practice sessions where he watched Kruse and alleg edly followed her after games. On Dec. 17, the counterclaim stated, Brinegar violated a five-year proba tion that had been placed on him by the University Judicial Board on Oct. 4, 1990, which prohibited him from attending UNL women’s athletic events and engaging in unwanted contact with female students. It also required him to undergo psychiatric evaluations. Brincgar allegedly sent Kruse a poinseuia and a note asking her to enroll in a biology course with him and to travel to Norfolk with him. The defendants claim Brincgar violated the injunction and should be held in contempt of court. In an application for an order to show cause, the defendants claim Brincgar tried to contact Kruse and Stephan ic Thaler, another member of the volleyball team, in February to discuss the case. On March 15, 19 females added their names to the list of defendants, claiming they had received unsolic ited contacts from 3rincgar. Brincgar could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Speaker cites defects in Affirmative Action By Lisa Donovan Senior Reporter Affirmative Action hurts mi norities and perpetuates the idea of inequality on Amer ica’s campuses, said Dinesh D’ Souza, author of “Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus.” Amid some hissing and snorting, D’Souza addressed a group of about 135 people Tuesday afternoon at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Law. Affirmative Action, while claim ing to help those who have been oppressed, “reinforces the self-doubt of minority students,” he said. Many college students arc natu rally insecure, D’Sou/a said, ques tioning their intelligence and ability to handle college. “What Affirmative Action docs is places these questions in italics. It places an invisible question mark around all achievements on all people See SPEAKER on 6 Senate proposes ban on arms sales to wire INDEX 2 gulf war allies Pag* 2. Opinion 4 _ Sports 7 Gov. Nelson revokes MeatOut Day en- a&E g dorsement Pag* 6. Classifieds 1j_ ASUN to consider amending bylaw By Adeana Leftin Staff Reporter Some AS UN senators arc trying to beat the clock by making a last-ditch effort to create Racial Affairs and Gay/ Lesbian/Bisexual committees. Before they leave the Associa tion of Students of the University of Nebraska April 3, some senators are trying to pass a piece of legisla tion that would create the two committees and attempt to assure equal representation. Three weeks ago, the Student Court declared the Gay/Lesbian/ Bisexual and Racial Affairs com mittees, created by AS UN last semester, unconstitutional. College of Arts and Sciences Sen. Angela Green said that after the ruling she spoke with James Griesen, vice chancellor for slu dent affairs, about alternatives the senate might pursue. He suggested amending AS UN’s Bylaw 1, she said. The bylaw change, which may be brought upon emergency status at tonight’s meeting, would ex empt “ASUN committees, stand ing or ad hoc, that have as their express purpose the representation of minority student concerns,” from a prohibition on quotas. The reasoning, Green said, is that the Committee for Fees Allo cation and residence hall govern ments, which also arc included in Bylaw l.have membership quotas based on where a student lives. She also said certain religious organizations arc limited to mem bers of that religion. Green said that if the bylaw change passes, two more bylaws will be discussed that actually would create the committees. Dick Wood, NU vice president and general counsel, said he thought that if the committee formed is advisory and calls for representa tion of all groups, he didn't see any problem with it. In other action, ASUN will address a resolution asking Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln fac ulty members to work with stu dents in the National Guard or Reserves who are required to serve two weeks a year on active duty. Teachers College Sen. Steve Thomlison said sometimes faculty members don’t cooperate with the students on active duty to get work made up. Thomlison said he thought the resolution would raise the awareness of instructors. “This isn’t two weeks that the students are out joyriding,’’ he said.
