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. ' T " ad* 1 ‘ ^ m. ' " ' *"*" " : “ — p « — n '" / T^V r N • ill Final budget reductions to be announced Saturday marks end of process, chancellor says By Jeremy Fitzpatrick Senior Reporter UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier plans to announce Thursday the final proposal to reduce UNL’s budget by 3 percent, and will present it Saturday to the NU Board of Regents. '“We’re not done yet, but we do want to wrap (the D. . __ budget process) dUDGcT' up by Saturday,” (■Jf Spanier said. “l?m reasonably Xj~\ § confident we can finish.” - Spanier said that Michael Mulnix, executive director of university rela tions, would announce today in what form the new budget-reduction plan would be released to the university. Spanicr said he did not want to com ment on the content of the reductions until they were completed and offi cially released. When Spanicr announces his pro posal, it will end a controversial budget reduction process that began last spring when the Nebraska Legislature or dered the University of Ncbraska Lincoln to cut its budget by 3 percent during the next two years. Originally, a reduction proposal' that included the elimination of the departments of speech communica lion and classics was proposed Sept. 9 by then interim Chancellor Jack Goebel and his cabinet. Two committees, the Academic Planning Committee and the Budget Reduction Review Committee, were eharged with holding hearings and evaluating the proposal. On Dee. 2, the APC forwarded recommendations against cutting speech and classics, and for cutting City Campus programs totaling 5930,000. That amount was based on cutting 2 percent from UNL Vbudget this year, but fell short by $157,000. The recommended cuts for the Insti tute of Agriculture and Natural Re sources met budget-reduction require ments. After receiving the recommenda tions, Spanicr decided that the 2-per ccnt reduction was insufficient. He decided to cut the entire 3 percent from this year’s budget. He has since set out to find almost double the amount of cuts to UNL’s See BUDGET on 8 JNwVA adopts new standards UNL officials debate impact of tougher eligibility rules By Erik Unger Staff Reporter Legislation passed Jan. 8 by the National Collegiate Athletic Association has drawn mixed reviews from UNL offi cials. At the NCAA Convention in Anaheim, Calif., last week, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln agreed with the adoption of meas ures to raise athletes* eligi bility requirements to be admitted into college and maintain college status. But some UNL offi cials say the new standards may be unfair. Proposition 16, one of three proposals con sidered by the President’s Commission and * NCAA Council at the convention, requires that freshmen entering college after the 1995-96 year have higher ACT and SAT scores if they have a cumulative grade point average below 2.5, The proposal allows a student with a higher GPA to get by with lower test scores, and it increases the core curriculum in high school . from 11 to 13 credits. UNL Chancellor Graham Spanicr said the proposition was the best of the three to choose from. The other two proposals, which were not as lenient, died when Proposition 16 was passed. See NCAA on 7 . Michelle Paulman/DN Just a swingin' Jimmi Anne Brandt, a part-time UNL student, pushes her 6-year-old son, Christopher Jackson, on the swings at Oak Lake Park Saturday afternoon. .- --— ■ .. —. - - - —- - - - The following bills are proposed: LB 214-carryover Nil from test session requiting teachers to be fluent In English. LB 976-change approval procedures tor capital construction by Coordinating Committee tor Post secondary Education. LB 922-devetop and Implement multicultural programs. LR 6-reeoiutlon allowing Qov. Nelson to appoint members to the NU Board of Regents. Student-body president would remain member of Board of Few NU issues brought to Legislature Chairman of GLC says tight budget causing problems By Cindy Kimbrough Senior Reporter While death and taxes remain foremost on the minds of most Nebraska legislators, issues concerning the University of Nebraska are few and far between, the Government Liaison Committee chairman said. J “Things arc looking bleak as far as what the Legislature can do for u's this session,” Andrew Sigcrson said. This gloomy outlook for NU is not just because of the property tax issue or the dc*h penally, he said. Ne braska’s tight budget also has been a problem. A proposal for funds to remove asbestos, to create a hazardous waste facility at the i University of Ne braska-Lincoln, j JHMk and lo ventilate Hilili&l Bruner Hall at the LJIj||2|gW University of Ne braska at Kcamcy was turned down 1^2-lLiLlLiJLii by Gov. Nelson in December because of a lack of funds. “We arc really going to have to work to get things through,” Sigcrson said. The GLC has been looking into four pieces of legislation this session, he said. LR6, proposed by Sen. Timothy Hall of Omaha and Sen. Eric Will of Omaha, heads the list. The resolution proposes that the NU Board of Regents be appointed by the governor instead of elected. The resolution also would take away some of the regents’ power by pro posing they be put under the scope of the newly formed Coordinating Commission for Postsccondary Edu cation. LB214, proposed by Sen. Rex Haberman of Imperial, would require teachers to be fluent in English. The proposal, carried over from last session, docs provide for excep tions and exemptions, Sigerson said. Sigerson said that the GLC did not have much information on the two remaining bills, but would research how they might affect the university. LB922, introduced by Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, proposes the development and implementation of multicultural education programs in Nebraska. LB976, introduced by Sen. Scott Moore of Seward, proposes that ap proval procedures be changed for capital construction by the Coordi nating Commission for Postsecondary Education. Apollo UU9 relocated to indoor storage i By Dionne Searcey Senior Editor The Apollo 009 won’t leave the state if two members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents have their way, two re gents said Sunday. Margaret Robinson of Norfolk said she was unsure about the fate of the Apollo, but said she did not want the Kansas Cosmospherc and Space Center in Hutchinson to obtain the capsule. j : k : Robinson said the capsule was given to Nebraska and should stay there. NU Regent Rosemary Skrupa of Omaha agreed. “It’s a treasure that came to Ne braska for Nebraskans,” Skrupa said. The Apollo 009 has been outside the Nebraska State Museum for nearly 20 years and has suffered damage from humidity and extreme tempera tures. Robinson said the Apollo capsule was moved from outside the Nebraska > h > i ’ 1 1 • « State Museum to an indoor storage area about three weeks ago. The move will protect the capsule from another Nebraska winter, she said. Thomas Long, a member of Ne braskans for the Advancement of Space Development, said the move was a good idea, but the capsule was of no educational value ir it was not on display. 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