The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 16, 1994, Page 3, Image 3
Letters ask for input on CB A Vice chancellor hopes feedback is broad, honest By Angie Brunkow Senior Reporter Letters describing the work en vironment in the College of Busi ness Administration are returning to the Office for Academic Affairs, Joan Lcitzel said Tuesday. Leitzel, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the Univer sity ofNebraska-Lincoln, sent about 125 letters to male and female CBA faculty and staff members early last week requesting their input about 1 the college work environment. CBA was criticized last month by the UNL chapter of the Ameri can Association ofUniversity Pro fessors for having a working cli mate “chilly” to women. The Com mittee W report also criticized the college’s procedures for evaluating faculty, deciding salaries and mak ing appointments to graduate or tenure positions. Leitzel said she thought person al correspondence between indi vidual faculty members and herself was the best way to get an accurate description of working conditions in CBA. “This is a practical and effective way of getting input,” she said. Other methods, such as personal interviews, would be toodifTicult to complete, she said. Leitzel asked faculty and staff to respond to her letter by March 18. Although some faculty and staff already have responded, Lcitzcl said she would not read their responses until after the March 18 deadline. “I’m not going to review it until I have them all,” she said. Leitzel said that because she would be the only one to read the letters, she expected broad and hon est feedback about the college’s environment. “It will be informative for jne,” she said. Lcitzel said she would use the letters to advise “people who can make a difference in the work envi ronment at CBA.” Leitzcl decl ined to release a copy of the letter she sent to the college’s faculty. “It was a personal letter to the people in the college,” she said. “It wasn’t written for the press.” CFA approves Lied budget increase t-rom man Heports The Committee for Fees Alloca tion voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a budget increase totaling $83,130 for the Lied Center for Per forming Arts. CFA agreed to the 2 percent budget increase earlier this semester. Howev er, the Lied Center’s budget increase was denied by AbUN as part of the University Program Council budget, CFA Advisor Marlene Beyke said. ASUN President Keith Bcnes ve toed ASUN’s refusal to grant the Licd’s increase, and the Lied’s budget went back to CFA. “We wanted to reinstate what we already appro ved,”CFA member Paul Cain said. Cain said U PC gave a portion of its funding to the Lied Center so students could receive 50 percent discounts. Tim Bartholow, Lied Center gen eral manager, expressed his thanks to the CFA. Until now, Lied Center costs have been on the rise and fee support has been decreasing, Bartholow said. Engineering Continued from Page 1 couldn’t provide much information in the report. But. the consultants were able to file a competent report, Langenberg said. “I think we were able to get a pretty good handle on the situation as it exists,” he said. Charles James, dean of the college of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukec and a member of the consultant committee, said the consultants had no political motives and no opinions on the issue before they started. “It was a pretty objective group of consultants,” he said. James said consultants were over whelmed by the number of people who told them Omaha needed an engineer ing program separate from Lincoln’s. “The problem put betore us by ev ery single group and every person ... was the issue of an independent pro gram in Omaha," he said. “(Some of the issues) we were not in a position to address.” John Christian, vice president of Stone and Webster Engineering Cor poration and a member of the commit tee, said the consultants also had small er details to consider. “There is a long history of animos ity between (UNO and UNL),” he said. Christian said, with that history, it was difficult to satisfy the needs of both. James Halligan, president of New Mexico State University and the fourth consultant, could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Bjorklund Continued from Page 1 for the incident and said there were no other problems with Bjorklund in the remaining 2 1/2 years that Bjorklund sold books. Bames also said Bjorklund shared memories of childhood abuse with him. Christine Taylor, Bjorklund’s former girlfriend, said Bjorklund talked to her at length about his adop tion and his dropping out of high school. Despite his personal problems, Tay lor said Bjorklund was the type of person who “would do anything for you.” William Roundey. a private inves tigator, said he interviewed 35 or 40of Bjorklund’s acquaintances to compile a history of Bjorklund’s “formative years” for the defense. Roundey said a former neighbor of Bjorklund’s in the Shelton area claimed Bjorklund was not well-dis ciplined as a child. Lacey said Roundey'scompiled his tory of Bjorklund ignored a lot of conflicting information. On cross-examination Roundey said parts of the report suggested Bjorklund tended to lie. Roundey also said interviews with Bjorklund’s mother made him dis count her son’s charges that her nus band physically abused her. 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