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m T "I USLlly 33/18 1^1 C 1^ becomingLldcloudyeSan'd ^Bl B W B B^^ ^TW B B warmer. High MBS—SB—Bi^^^^BBBBBB APC advances ag institute proposals Vice chancellor says cuts eased by advance plans By Wendy Navratil Senior Reporter The Academic Planning Com mittee on Thursday tentatively approved the Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources’ budget reduction proposals, sending them on to UNL Chancellor Gra ham Spanicr for re view. Although the APC won’t offi cially recommend chancellor until the IANR program heads have one last chance to defend their programs against the cuts, IANR Vice Chancellor Irv Omtvedt said he doubts many will appear to protest them. “They were joint proposals from the deans, department heads and di rectors, so there was a lot of team work,” Omtvedt said. “I don’t antici pate very many that would appear.” Thomas Zorn, chairman of die APC and the Budget Reduction Review Committee, said that the program heads have until Dec. 5 to present opposi tion to the cuts. The institute's cuts amount to about $1.3 million, or 3 percent of its total $46,284,133 state-funded budget for 1990-91. Among the cuts that must be ap proved by the NU Board of Regents are the combining of the water center and the environmental program into one new cento for a savings of $98,000, and the merger of the agricultural education and the agricultural com munications programs for a savings of $94,400. These consolidations, combined with the eliminations of some admin istrative positions, will save the insti tute about $548,000. center ($98,000)*, merging ag education and ag communications into one department ($94,400)*, and eliminating many administrative positions. 2. Eliminate five crop production faculty; $263,900 3. Eliminate poultry nutrition program in Animal Science; $225,800 (includes one faculty member and five support staff members). 4. Eliminate six countv extension agents; $178,000 5. Adjust faculty workload at College of Agricultural Sciences $146,500 and Natural Resources: (includes cutting two faculty positions and converting two 12-month appointments into 9-month ones). {3 p*rc*nt ol $46,2*4,133 Source: Irv Omtvedt, vice chancellor tor IANR *t«t« budget for n»oei) Amie Def rairVON The APC also approved the elimi nation of five crop production faculty for a savings of $263,900 and the elimination of the poultry nutrition program in Animal Sciences for a savings of $225,800. Six county ex tension agent positions will be elimi nated for a savings of about S178,000, and some faculty workload adjust ments in the College of Agricultural See BUDGET on 3 iZIM I mfllU »• »^. m I if . WF ■! —* —^ . William Lauer/DN Kathleen Keeler stands surrounded by big bluestem grass. Keeler said the grass used to cover the prairie as far as the Rocky Mountains. Professor at home on the range By Lori Huff Staff Reporter _ While other biologists and ecolo gists are pondering the question of how to save the rain forests, Kathleen Keeler is keeping a close eye on the disappearing prairie of Nebraska. Keeler, a UNL biology professor and the new director of the Cedar Point Biological Station near Ogallala at Lake Keystone, said she will use her position to shape the direction of biological research. The station is affiliated with University of Nebraska-Lincoln and accommodates about 60 students a session during the summer. Keeler said that during the three summer sessions, about 140-160 students attend the sessions. The students take biology classes and acquire field ex perience while living at the site of their research. “I have been working at the station on and off for about 16 years,” Keeler said. “Nebraska is an ideal location for ecologi cal research.” Keeler said some of her students ask her why she is in Nebraska, instead of studying the rain forests. “When my students ask me about the rain forests and why I’m not studying them, I simply make them aware of the fact that there is less prairie land left than See KEELER on 2 Attempted robbery in union interrupted From Staff Reports Campus police broke up the attempted rob bery of computer equipment from the Ne braska Union on Friday, a UNL official said. LL Mylo Bushing said the UNL Police Department was alerted by a custodian at about 4 a.m. Friday that a man was in the computer laboratory of the union. An officer was dispatched to the scene and observed the man loading computer equipment into the trunk of a car. A computer mouse, computer paper, power cable and printer cable had been loaded into the car. Bushing said it appeared the man was attempting to steal the entire computer system. The man, a Lincoln resident, was issuct citations for theft and criminal mischief on th< scene and was released. The criminal mischie citation stemmed from damage done to th< computer in attempting to steal it, Bushinj said. The man will be arraigned in Lancaste District County Court on Dec. 9. ROTC cuts mean more competition, fewer cadets UNL commander predicts I program will adapt again By Sean Green Staff Reporter _ he face of the UNL Army ROTC has changed over the years. Until 1964, the University of Ne braska required all male students to enroll in the Army ROTC program during their first two years of school. ARMY After 1964, male students were given the option of taking a physical education class instead. From that point, enrollment in Army ROTC decreased to the point where there were 83 stu dents enrolled in 1972. That’s when Stephen_ Goodrich enrolled in the program as a freshman. L- ' Today, Goodrich, a lieutenant colonel and professor of military science at UNL, is the commander of the same Army ROTC unit fre.n which he graduated. This year seventy-five cadets are enrolled in the program, 10 of whom arc women. The UNL Army ROTC unit now faces an otherchange as the U.S. Army prepares for one of the largest across-the-board cutbacks in its history. But Goodrich said the UNL Army ROTC See ARM Y on 3 Cook Pavillion opens doors to weary fans. Page 3 Huskers crush Bearkats, set to face Trojans. Page 7 Romance meets the ’90s at Lincoln l dating service. Page 9 i 77T i™15 7 ' Opinion 4 5 Sports 7 A&E 10 r Classifieds 11