Berkshire
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NU President Dennis Smith’s one
university concept.
, Berkshire said it was hard to trans
fer credits between the University of
Nebraska at Omaha and UNL, and
that was a “tragedy.” He said the two
schools did not have a transfer agree
ment to make transferring credits
easy.
“That’s insane,” he said. “They are
members of the same institution.”
A student enrolled in classes at any
Nebraska state school should be eli
gible to attend class at all schools,
Berkshire said. He said many students
transferred between campuses before
getting a degree.
“We need to streamline the system
of education to make it user-friendly,”
he said. “We’re there to serve the
people. We’re not there to create big
budgets.”
University relations
Berkshire said the structure of
higher education in Nebraska was
unique to other states.
“In some ways, we are all part
ners,” he said. “In others, we are ad
versaries — we are pitted against
each other.
“In a perfect world, that wouldn’t
happen,” Berkshire said. “There
would be plenty of money to throw
around.”
The regents and the Legislature
have a responsibility to meet the
needs of the students and the taxpay
ers of the state, he said.
Berkshire said meeting needs
didn’t have to mean more money.
“A billion dollars is enough,” he
said. “The problem is the people of
Nebraska are not getting enough edu
cation for their money.”
The rise in tuition is “terrible,”
Berkshire said.
“The burden placed on the stu
dents gets greater every year because
the regents refuse to make tough de
cisions,” he said.
Regents’ role
Berkshire said the regents should
stand back and let the campus chan
cellors and the NU president do their
jobs.
“The role of a regent is to hire and
fire the president and get out of the
way and let him run it,” he said. “You
are there to govern. They are there to
administrate.”
“The regents' relationship with
the chancellors is to hire them, give
them the support they need and let
them do their job,” Berkshire said.
Berkshire said the regents and the
chancellors should stay out of one
another’s line of work. He said the
regents should work through Smith
to address issues to the chancellors.
Engineering
Berkshire said the regents should
never have been involved in the de
bate about the establishment of a
separate engineering college at UNO.
Debate about the engineering pro
gram would have never emerged if
the program had been better admin
istered, Berkshire said.
Berkshire said he agreed with the
original consultants’ report stating
that Omaha needed a college.
“The two parties ... are so dia
metrically opposed that they will
never get along,” he said.
Skrupa
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to help students with the purchases.
Crossroads
Skrupa said she was worried about
how the university’s resources would
be focused in the future. The univer
sity system is at a crossroads in de
ciding where to apply its resources,
Skrupa said.
The system must decide whether
to continue to emphasize research or
to reposition resources to bolster edu
cational quality, she said.
“And all that comes down to
money,” Skrupa said. “We can’t be
all things to all people.
“We’re not ready to meet the 21 st
century.”
Skrupa said the regents should be
looking to the future when they made
these decisions.
One university
The idea of the NU system being
four separate colleges with UNL as
the flagship campus is “old-fash
ioned,” Skrupa said. She said, how
ever, that the one-university concept
has not yet taken hold in name or
practice.
“The concept’s out there, but it
hasn’t been accepted,” Skrupa said.
“If we are going to be one institution,
then we should have what I call port
ability of credits.”
A student should be able to trans
fer between state colleges and not
have to worry about whether their
credits would follow, she said.
“If you are going to be one uni
versity, let’s not just throw the con
cept out, let’s mean it,” Skrupa said.
University relations
The regents are captive to the
Legislature’s budget decisions, she
said. The Legislature budgets the
money to the university, and the re
gents allocate the money to the indi
vidual campuses.
“We’re independent of one an
other but nothing happens until the
legislature gives us the money,”
Skrupa said.
The regents and the Legislature
must work together to benefit Ne
braska, because “the name of the
game is education,” she said.
Engineering
Skrupa said her views on the en
gineering college debate were clear:
Omaha needs a college separate from
the one in Lincoln.
“If you can fill up the classroom
in both places, what’s the difference?”
she asked. “An engineering college
here in Omaha is crucial to the eco
nomic well being of the state.”
Skrupa said formation of the col
lege had other broad-based implica
tions for the state.
“We, as a state, cannot depend on
agriculture as a tax base,” she said.
A separate college would attract more
engineering jobs to the state, Skrupa
said.
The separate college can be done
without duplication, except at the
lower level courses, Skrupa said.
With the commission formed by
Smith reviewing the possibilities of
the separate college idea, Skrupa said
the group should be left alone.
“I just don’t think we should stick
our horn into it,” she said. “They
should act without any political or
regental pressures.”
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Rosemary Skrupa is a
graduate of the Creighton Law
college and practicing lawyer
in Omaha. She has been an
Omaha municipal court judge
and was the first woman presi
dent of the Omaha Public
Power District’s board of direc
tors. She was elected to the
Board of Regents for the first
time in 1988.
Richard Berkshire
Richard Berkshire has
been practicing law in Omaha
since 1979 and graduated
from the University of Ne
braska law college. He is mar
ried and has four children
ranging in ages from 8 to 1.
He has served on the Metro
Community College Board for
eight years.
Police still looking for suspect
in shooting of football player
From Staff Wiport»
Police still are looking for an
Omaha man charged in the Sept. 10
shooting of University of Nebraska
football player Brendan Holbein.
A warrant was issued on Tuesday
for Walter C. Smith, 22, in connec
tion with the shooting.
Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann
Heermann said police had had no
contact with Smith since the warrant
was issued on Tuesday.
Holbein was shot at a party at 3087
Vine St. after a fight began in the
street. Police reports indicate that
Holbein was walking to a car to leave
when someone fired two shots, ap
parently trying to end the fight.
The second shot, fired from a 9
mm handgun, grazed Holbein at
waist level on his left side.
Police Report
Beginning midnight Monday
3:60 p.m. — Bike stolen, Neihardt Resi
dence Center, $454 loss
7:27p.m. — Wallet and contents sto
len, Campus Recreation Center, $12
loss.
Beginning midnight Tuesday
10:18 a.m. — Alarm/security, acciden
tal trip.
11:03 a.m. — Injury/sickness, Area 17D
near South Memorial Stadium, person
fell, transported to Lincoln General Hos
pital.
12:13 p.m. — Bike tire taken, Pound
Residence Hall, $100 loss
1:25 p.m. — Gas leak, 19th and Vine
streets.
2:49 p.m. —Alcohol/drunk, 1901 Y St.,
person transported to detoxification cen
ter.
3:37 p.m. — Headlight covers taken,
Area 20 Old Headquarters lot, $50 loss
4:29 p.m. — Injury/sickness, 18th and
Vine streets, person stung by bee.
6:26 p.m. — Miscellaneous, Love Li
brary
10:17 p.m. — License plate taken, Area
28 near Reunion.
11:13 p.m. — Bookbag stolen,
Westbrook Music Building, $147 loss
Beginning midnight Wednesday
12:31 a.m. — Cash taken, Westbrook
Music Building, $28 loss
2:48 a.m. —Alarm security, Wick Alumni
Center, accidental trip.
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