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Unlike the University of Nebraska
Lincoln, UNO and UNK are collec
tive bargaining institutions, he said,
and established their peer groups in a
two-year contract during the 1990-91
school year.
Otto Bauer, UNO vice chancellor
of academic affairs, said UNO and
UNK’s peer groups were included in
a state collective bargaining law that
makes the peer groups legal entities.
Those entities are the basis for decid
ing faculty salaries.
The two campuses were chosen to
be included in the bargaining law by
the Nebraska Legislative Commis
sion on Industrial Affairs. They were
picked from a group proposed by the
central administration and each
school’s professor association, Bauer
said.
The peer groups are used, he said,
to determine if UNO and UNK fac
ulty salaries are comparable within
their faculty markets.
“The peer group is used to see if
we are competitive,” he said.
David Anderson, UNK assistant
vice chancellor of academic affairs,
said that under the new two-year
contract, next year’s salaries would
be determined by the Legislature from
information obtained through the peer
groups.
UNO’s peer group institutions
represent a wide range of schools,
Bauer said, including: Southwest
Missouri State, Central Missouri State,
South Dakota State, the University of
Central Florida, the University of Texas
at El Paso, Cleveland State, the Uni
versity of New Orleans, Wichita State,
Western Illinois and the University of
Northern Iowa.
Instead of 10 similar universities,
schools within UNO’s peer group are
diverse, Anderson said.
“South Dakota State is really not a
peer for us,” he said. “They represent
one side of the spectrum where there
is a lower salary structure.”
Several major metropolitan uni
versities that are more comparable to
UNO also are on the list, he said.
Anderson said the members of
UNK’s comparative group had many
things in common with Kearney, such
as size, region, history and mission.
UNK’s peer group includes
Moorhead State, the University of
Northern Iowa, Central Missouri State,
Northeast Missouri State, Fort Hays
State, Southwest Oklahoma State,
Emporia State and Western Illinois
University.
Many schools in UNK’s peer group
were part of the 12-institution group
Kearney State compared itself to before
entering the University of Nebraska
system, he said.
UNK’s peer group is not being
questioned, but Anderson said it still
was open to scrutiny.
Bauer said he thought officials
should take a second look at UNO’s
peer group because many schools had
changed markedly since the peer group
was formed.
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Lincoln residents
support Kerrey
in South Dakota
By Therrese Goodlett
Staff Reporter___
When Jennifer Rasmussen asked
the cashier at a gas station in South
Dakotaon Sunday who would win the
primary, he an
swered immedi
ately:
• “Well, it’s got
to be Bob Kerrey.”
Rasmussen
withdrew from
classes at the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln this
semester to campaign for Kerrey, who
is her uncle.
She said the cashier’s response was
typical of South Dakotans last week
end.
Early returns showed Kerrey, D
Neb., as the winner in the South Dakota
presidential primary.
“South Dakota was looking great
when we left (Sunday),” Rasmussen
said. ,, ,
About 25 Nebraska college and
high school students, as well as Lin
coln residents, traveled to South Dakota
last weekend to gear up for Tuesday s
South Dakota primary, she said.
By 8 a.m. Saturday — after being
fed doughnuts and given free “Let’s
Go for the Win Tour” T-shirts at
Kerrey Headquarters — the campaign
ers had loaded up several cars and
two mini-vans and were on their way
to Sioux Falls, S.D.
Supporters distributed campaign
literature door-to-door and telephoned
voters throughout the state Saturday
to address Kerrey’s campaign issues.
Rasmussen and two friends also
traveled to Yankton, S.D., to cam
paign. Districts outside of Sioux Falls
had not been canvassed before, she
said.
As well as campaigning, the sup
porters attended a live debate Sunday
at a dinner in Sioux Falls.
Doug Curry, a senior business major
at UNL, said the debate was the high
light of the trip, partially because he
was able to meet the democratic can
didates.
“Harkin was a really nice guy, and
Jerry Brown was not so nice,” he said.
Tsongas and Clinton had Secret
Service protection, so they were hard
to get close to, Curry said.
Kerrey, however, was easier to
approach. After the debate, he at
tended a rally in his honor, where he
signed autographs and talked with
supporters.
“It’s the closest thing to Holly
wood entertainment you can get,”
Curry’ said.
After the rally, supporters loaded
up their cars and mini-vans and headed
back to Lincoln.
Other road trips have not been
planned because of students’ busy
schedules, Rasmussen said. But stu
dent volunteers will be calling other
states from Kerrey Headquarters, she
said.
ASUN votes tonight
on Affirmation Day
firmation Day resolution, which
supports the gay, lesbian, and bi
sexual human rights awareness day,
would receive the support of the
majority of the senate.
“It did last time, so it should this
time,” Hughes said, referring to a
Jan. 29 resolution that the senate
passed to make AS UN an Affirma
tion Day sponsor.
The resolution was declared “null
and void” by the Student Court
Feb. 10, after Speaker of the Sen
ate Steve Thomlison sued the sen
ate on the grounds that the resolu
tion exceeded ASUN’s authority.
Thomlison said that because the
1991- 92 senate term ended April
1, the senate could not sponsor an
event April 8.
Hughes said that in its written
statement by Chief Justice Tiffany
Secvers, the Student Court sug
gested that ASU N pass a resolution
urging the next senate to sponsor
Affirmation Day.
Tonight’s resolution urges the
1992- 93 AS UN senate to support
Affirmation Day, Hughes said.
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there won’t even be dust”
Sigerson said some indirect attacks,
which could be taken as mudslinging,
were made during the first Associa
tion of Students at the University of
Nebraska debate last Wednesday.
Mudslinging occurred during
AS UN elections two years ago, he
said.
Sigerson said he wanted to set a
positive tone for the student body.
I
Because AS UN elections are the first
opportunity for some students to get
involved, he said, he doesn’t want
mudslinging to discourage those stu
dents.
Sigerson said his parly would en
force its clean-campaign policy by
asking any COMMIT candidates who
engaged in personal attacks or nega
tive campaigning to leave the ticket.
If faced withquacks from the other
party, he said, COMMIT will respond
by presenting the student body with
issues and facts, rather than respond
ing in a likewise manner.
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popularity with children across the
country.
Three years ago, a “rover force
pendulum apparatus” designed by
Bettis was demonstrated on the tele
vision show “Mr. Wizard,” on the
children’s network Nickelodeon.
His desire to educate students docs
not slop with elementary school chil
dren. He will participate in a work
shop April 9-10 for UNL students on
the physics of dance.
Bettis has been a ballet dancer
since 1969 and is active in “Ballet
LTD,” a ballet company run out of
Studio 2.in Lincoln. Bettis will per
form in May at the Kimball Recital
Hall.
After a full day of demonstrations
and a dance class or two, Bettis said
he enjoyed playing one of five musi
cal instruments.
Among the items on this unusual
list of instruments is the chitarrino, a
renaissance guitar. He also plays clas
sical and bass guitars, the cittern and
lute.
Bui this wide variety ot hobbies
only comes after work for Bettis, who
said he dedicated most of his time to
designing demonstration equipment.
“It takes a while,” he said. “First
you have to have an idea, then you
make the plans, then you build it and
finally you get it out on the floor.”
Although building an invention for
the children’s museum takes about a
year, Bettis said his work was reward
ing.
“1 have the freedom to let my imagi •
nation lead me,” he said.
While Bettis relies heavily on imagi
nation for his work, he said he was
worried that students’ imagi.MUonj
were not being put to good use
Bettis said he and his colleagues
were concerned about the lack of
imagination present in classrooms and
the quality of education students re
ceive from the elementary level to
college.
“As older teachers retire, younger
people come in, and I think it is my
responsibility to teach them how to
use demonstration equipment,” Bet
tis said. “There are some who prefer
to teach with just a piece of chalk and
a chalkboard, but I want to carry the
torch of the tradition of using demon
strations to teach physics.”
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pealed to ASUN senators, she pro
posed only $20 more than last year’s
budget of about $5,117. Instead, the
budget was cut by S885.
James Gricscn, vice chancellor lor
student affairs and ASUN’s adviser,
said he favored a more pluralistic
campus, but ASUN had its reasons
for denying minority groups’ budget
appeals.
Forman said that Griescn should
lake responsibility for ASUN’s ac
tions and should make a statement
against the cuts.
Juarez said the main problem was
CFA’s awareness of minority groups.
The best solution, she said, is to get
more minorities involved in CFA.
By Kara Morrison
Staff Reporter
The Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska will
vote tonight on an Affirmation Day
resolution and student fees appro
priations bills for the recreation
center, unions and health center
budgets.
If each ap
propriation bill
passes as sub
mitted by
ASUN’s Com
mittee for Fees
Allocation, stu
dent fees next year will be assessed,
per student/per semester, as fol
lows: Campus Recreation Center
$36.86; Nebraska Union S31.87;
and the University Health Center
S73.89.
Business Sen. Rob Broomfield,
CFA chairman, said there would
be no appeals. Broomfield also said
he did not expect the senate to
disagree with the proposals.
Arts and Sciences Sen. Teg
Hughes said she expected the Af