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r Bowl group funds regents’ trip By Paula Lavlgne ■Senior Reporter More than $ 1 million was allot ted to send 11 administrators, four regents and four student regents to the Orange Bowl, but not one penny came from the university. Paul Carlson, interim vice chan cellor for business and finance, said the Orange Bowl administra tion gave the University of No braska-Lincoln $4.5 million. However, he said, the money had to be divided among the the Big Eight conference schools. A university not in a conference, like Notre Dame, could pocket the whole $4.5 million, he said. “Iowa State and Kansas State, who didn’t win a game all year, get $400,000 for us going to the Or ange Bowl,” Carlson said. UNL received an expense ac count for $1.17 million to cover transportation, lodging, food and incidental costs for administrators and regents, Carlson said. How ever, he said, UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier received funds directly. Unlike the football players, who received t-shirts, rings and other souvenirs, Carlson said the admin istrators and regents did not get extra gifts with the account funds. Carlson said he and his staff had been working on the expense account si nee November and would not finish paying the bills until March. They had to follow the Jeff Haller/DN UNL Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs James Grlesen cheers the Comhuskers to victory at the Orange Bowl In Miami. Orange Bowl Official Participa tion Manual, which Carlson called “The Bible.” The manual dictates everything from where UNL’s guests will stay to who will drive them to and from the airport. Carlson said guests were asked to attend parties, fashion shows, fishing trips, balls, parades and other events. “The events are part of the whole atmosphere. They give us $1.17 million to go down there and put on a big party,” he said. “We’re just the invited guests.” Carlson said it was important both for the university and for the Orange Bowl to have guests from UNL at the game. “The Orange Bowl puts on this big extravaganza, and they want proper representation,” he said. Spouses were included in the events, he said, because the Or ange Bowl committees liked to make their celebration an old-fash ioned family affair. Regents chairman not seeking second term, supports O’Brien From Staff Reports Citing a return to one-year terms, Regent Charles Wilson of Lincoln said Thursday he would not seek an other term as chairman of the NU Board of Regents. Wilson said Regent Nancy O ’Brien of Waterloo, the board’s vice-chair woman, told him she was interested in the job. He said he would not t compete for the post and would sup port O’Brien. In the last few years, Wilson said, there were chairs who served two year terms. Recently, regents John Payne of Kearney and Don Blank of McCook both served two-year terms, he said. Wilson said the two former chair men served their terms under circum stances that cal led for a two-year term. He said he could make a case for changing the chairmanship to a two year term, which would mirror the biennial budget process in the Ne braska Legislature. However, he said, he would support O’Brien. “I don’t want to compete with Nancy O’Brien for the chairrespe ciatly in a second year,” Wilson said. “And I think she’ll be a good chair.” Interim engineering dean enjoys smooth transition Splinter pleased by cooperation, reduced publicity By Paula Lavigne Senior Reporter The calm after the storm has be gun to settle on the engineering de bate, and Bill Splinter, interim dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, is taking advantage of the low tide. Splinter said he would carry out NU President Dennis Smith’s recom mendations by taking the engineer ing issue out of the media and work ing closely with both the University of the Nebraska-Lincoln and the Uni versity of Nebraska at Omaha cam puses until a new dean was assigned. “President Smith set forth a plan of action that we’re going to follow,” he said. “There won’t be any news in that.” Splinter was asked to serve as in terim dean within a few days after Stan Liberty announced in December that he would step down as dean on Jan. 1. Splinter, a UNL alumnus, joined the faculty in 1968 as a professor and head of the agricultural engineering department. He retired from UNL as vice chancellor for research in 1993. Splinter, who met with UNO fac ulty last week, said his first objective was to make engineering a non-issue by avoiding publicity. “We’ve been in the press too much,” he said. “The press likes to worry about conflict. There’s going to be no conflict to worry about.” Splinter said he thought Smith had made a workable, wise decision when he did not recommend the cre ation of a second engineering college “We’ve been in the press too much. The press likes to worry about conflict. There’s going to be no conflict to worry about. ” BILL SPLINTER Interim engineering dean in Omaha, even if that did not make everybody happy. Now that everyone was going in the same direction, Splinter said, the faculty members no longer were in a confrontational mode. They have ac cepted Smith’s decision, he said, and are willing to cooperate. “I feel really good about it, quite frankly,” he said. By working closely with Omaha and Lincoln faculty members, pro gram managers and graduate students, Splinter said he would try to find out what the problems were. “I have an apartment in Omaha where I will be spending my Thurs days and Fridays of every week,” he said. “We have an ongoing operation up there, and we need to spend more time with that program.” Splinter will be interim dean for six months. A permanent dean will be chosen by then, he said. “I’m going to be 70 years old this year and have a lot of travel plans,” he said. “I have no intentions of seeking a permanent position.” Joan Leitzel, senior vice chancel lor for academic affairs, is forming a committee to find a permanent dean. 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