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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1991)
ifc, t "i uaiiy -g 5 —^ 28 ^ AS* _ **_— n „ ___ _— _-** I! with the high near 65. To s #» 9 ^ BBM night, fair and cool with the ll&j S».B K 18 $8T Jll Wkj/F ,51 m an low near 40. Wednesday, B»8 HL sm m mi UsPIbl 4#Hg» M fi 1H sunny and warm with the JL ^ V* a^XCAOJl^CJLK. L \mmmm ^h65-70 Officials say Beadle funds still shaky By Adeana Leftin Staff Reporter University of Nebraska Lincoln officials say they are pleased with the Appro priations Committee’s proposed ciga rette tax allocation for the Beadle Center, but they won’t count their bricks yet. Bill Splinter, interim vice chancellor for research, said there is still time for negotiation about, the cigarette tax. The Appropriations Committee proposal still must pass the Legislature and be signed by Gov. Ben Nelson. “Nothing is final until the Legislature and governor pass it,” Splinter said. The committee tentatively decided last Thursday to appropriate $6.5 million to UNL for the George W. Beadle Center for Genetics and Biomatcrials Research project Five mil See BEADLE on 3 Salary allocation up to NU regents By Lisa Donovan Senior Reporter 1"! he Nebraska Legislature’s Appropria tions Committee decided on Monday to give the NU Board of Regents the dis cretion of where to disseminate the 4 percent increase in faculty salaries for the University of Nebraska. Lawmakers decided unanimously to pro pose to the full Legislature that the regents, rather than the Legislature, allot the suggested increases of SI 1.9 million for 1991-92 and $25.3 million for 1992-93. The Legislature’s proposal would gram the university 90 percent of the funds, or $10.6 million and $23.2 mil lion, for the 4 percent raises it is suggesting. “We decided a long time ago, and we reaf firmed it tonight, we don’t have the money to fund it fully,” said state Sen. David Bemard See BUDGET on 3 w ^ ^ ^__ Michelle Paulman/Daily Nebraskan Raphael Zariski, a political science professor, sits behind his cluttered desk. Adept professor doesn't rest on laurels By Jeremy Fitzpatrick Staff Reporter When the door opens to political science Professor Raphael Zariski’s office,the first visible thing is the books. Books on shelves, chairs, desks, the floor. Books everywhere. But that fits the office of a man who has written two books himself, co authored and edited others and written 11 articles for po litical science journals. The Harvard graduate and son of Italian immigrants modestly describes his accom plishments. He says many professors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have achieved more than he has. j “We have some pretty fantastic faculty here,” he says. It would be difficult to exclude Zariski from that group. He has been a professor of political science for 36 years and was the recipient of UNL’s outstanding teacher award in 1982. Zariski says he became a professor because he liked researching. ‘‘I enjoy weaving a lot of material together in a class presentation,” he says. That teaching method provides both joys and frustrations for him. ; “Once in a while you feel the day went I well.” Zariski says he tries to teach with a sense of humor that has become popular with students. He smiles. “Sometimes students say they like my jokes as if I was a comedian. I just use it (comedy) to lighten the atmosphere in class and make it more interesting.” Although he describes himself as only a “somewhat better than average” teacher, Zariski says he has taught some “pretty prominent” people who still remember him as a good professor. He mentions Ronald Regowsky, chairman See ZARISKI on 6 Michelle Paulman/Daily Nebraskan Paramedics take an unidentified student to the University Health Center Monday at 12:30 p.m. after he had a seizure in Love Library, according to UNL police. UNL faculty members, NU regents debate admissions standards By Jeremy Fitzpatrick Staff Reporter Nebraska’s economic woes have prompted a debate among university officials over high standards versus openness in UNL’s admissions requirements. James McShane, president of the Academic Senate, reacted negatively to the idea of higher admissions standards. “I’m worried about it, quite frankly,” he said. McShane described the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as the largest and best-equipped institution in the state and the most sophisticated in terms of library and laboratory facilities. “You can’t say people who come here can get the same education somewhere else (in the state) — they can’t,” he said. Raising UNL’s standards would mean making education unavailable to whomever fails to meet those standards, McShane said. See ADMISSIONS on 6 Racism on campus is decreasing, officials say Page 3. The National Football League takes four more Cornhuskers. Page 8. INDEX 0 Wire 2 Opinion 4 Sports ' A&E 9 Classifieds__H_