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y 11 )ailv i ““ Nebraskan L Interviews to help decide budget cuts Spanier speaks to college deans, vice chancellors By Susie Arth Senior Reporter UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier and his cabinet are in the process of interviewing college deans and vice chancellors to determine where to lower the ax for budget cuts. Herb Howe, associate to the chan cellor, said Spanier had completed m more than half of BUDGET his interviews. “We are at tempting to give Q the cabinet an un w derstanding of what each of the colleges and each of the vice chancellors offices arc all about,” Howp said. “We sit down and see what needs to be strengthened and ask ‘If you had to take a cut, where woujd you take it from?’” $ Upon completion of the interviews, Howe said, the chancellor and his cabinet will makedecisionsas to where the cuts will be taken. Randal Haack, director of budgets and analysis, said the University of Nebraska-Lincoln had absorbed about a $3.4 million budget cut in the past year. The university system as a whole, which includes the University of Ne braska at Omaha, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and UNL, has swallowed a $6.9 million reduc tion in the past year, he said. Haack said he intended to issue a report to Spanier in December of his recommendations on how to phase the cuts into the permanent budget. Some of the cuts would be tempo rary, he said, while others gradually would be phased into the final, per manent budget. See BUDGET on 3 Admissions standards hearings to begin today By Corey Russman Staff Reporter A second scries of public hear ings to discuss proposed changes in admissions stan dards for three of the lour University of Nebraska campuses starts today in Nebraska City. University officials are using the hearings to explain the proposed changes and to gain input from the public, said Joe Rowson, director of public affairs. Rowson said the first set of hear ings, which took place Nov. 18-20, was successful. Tcachcfs, counsel ors, parents and school board mem bers attended |hc meetings, he said. Rowson said the input received from the hearings showed a general support for the proposed changes, but there still were issues that needed to be considered. For example, Rowson said, con cerns were raised as to whether el ementary and high schools would be able to accommodate changes in ad missions standards at the University of Nebraska-Lin'coln, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Uni versity of Nebraska at Kearney. “Some individuals feel it is the wrong way to go,” he said. After the hearings, Rowson said, the proposed ad m i ssion s sta ndard swill go to the NU Board of Regents for review December 12. The new stan dards would take effect in the fall of 1997. The proposed changes in admis sions standards would require stu dents to complete 16 core courses in high school to be admitted to an NU campus. The new core would include four years of English, three years of math ematics, natural sciences and social sciences, two years of study in one foreign language and one additional course. Students applying to UNL would have to fulfill the additional require ments with an algebra-related math course. Applicants to the two other campuses could fill the requirement See ADMISSIONS on 3 xxr. , . „ Robin Trimarchi/DN Wind sprints Kelly Daley, a freshman pre-veterinarian major, jogs through the melting snow on a windy, but warm, Tuesday afternoon. Bike thieves target academic halls, official says 60 bicycles taken so far this year By Steve Smith Staff Raportar_ niversityofNebraska-Lincoln students who ride their bikes to class had better beware; their main mode of transportation may be snatched from under their noses. UNL police Sgt. Mylo Bushing said bikes that had been stolen on campus usually were nabbed from outside academic halls, and not near residence halls as many people thought. During the fall semester, Bushing said, 61 percent of bikes reported stolen were taken from academic buildings such as Avery and Andrews halls. Only 39 percent of the bikes were taken from residence halls, such as the Harpcr-Schramm-Smith and Cathcr-Pound complexes,or fraterni ties and sororities, he said. Although bikes arc left for short periods of lime outside academic halls, Bushing said, they arc hit the hardest because their owners arc in class. “It docsn’t take very long for some one who has been doing this for a while and who is carrying a pair of wire cutters in a backpack to swoop down and lake a bike while everyone ’ s in class,” he said. “It’s not as if the students arc leaving these bikes there for long periods of lime.” Students living in residence halls arc less likely to get their bikes stolen because they take them to their rooms, Bushing said. “Normally, though, they can’t lake their bikes to class,” he said. Time of day hasn’t played a big _ part in the thefts either, Bushing said. Reports of stolen bikes have come in at all hours of the day. He said about 60 bikes had been stolen since August — the average number of bike thefts compared to other semesters. But Bushing said he could remember semesters during which more than 100 bikes were taken. The best way to prevent bike theft is to use a good lock, Bushing said. “Some students will spend $1,200 to $ 1,400 on a bicycle, but not invest in a good lock,” he said. “The idea is to get a good lock so you’re not just saying, ‘Here, just take it.’” A U-lock, or a thick lock that sus pends the movement of tires, makes it more difficult to steal a bike than a conventional lock that simply attaches a bike to a rack or pole, Bushing said. Students also neglect to copy their bike’s serial numbers so they arc able to identify it once it is recovered, Bushing said. Other identification is acceptable, he said. The UNL Police Department offers a system called Operation ID, which involves engraving a code onto the bicycle and registering it with police. Interested bike-owners can contact the police department for more information. Source: UNL Police Department Scott Maurer/DN /
