Teaching, research budget priorities
By Melanie Branded
Staff Reporter
Colleges at the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln spend more on instruc
tion and research than anything else,
and that amount is rising each year.
The University of Nebraska gen
eral operations budget for 1994-95
shows that the College of Arts and
Sciences spent more than any other
college 6n instruction and research. It
spent $32.8 million, up about $1.2
' million from 1993-94/
. The College of Engineering and
Technology was the second highest
spender. It spent about $12.2 million
on instruction and research in 1994
95, compared with about $11.8 mil
lion in 1993-94.'
Kim Phelps, associate vice chan
cellor for business and finance, said
the increase in expenditures on in
struction.and research was mostly gen
erated from higher faculty salaries.
Two-thirds of college budgets for in
struction and research are designated
for employee salaries and benefits;, he
said.
Personnel costs are a major factor
in determining whether tuition should
be increased, Phelps said. But other
factors, such as the declining amount
of state fundingthe university receives
and the rising cost of periodicals and
serials in university libraries, play a
greater role, he said.
The amount colleges need for in
struction and research depends on each
program, he said.
Phelps said science programs, such
as engineering, needed more money
to replace equipment or purchase
materials than non-science programs,
such as journalism.
David BrinkerhofF, associate vice
chancellor for academic affairs, said
some programs, such as music, also
cost more because they require more
individualized instruction.
Funding for such programs is de
termined by the number of faculty in
the department and faculty workload,
said James Griesen, vice chancellor
for student affairs.
“W e don’t think of funding in terms
of cost per student,” Griesen said.
“We are concerned with efficiency,
but if some classes are more labor
intensive than others — that fact we
deal with.”
Enrollment in academic programs
does not affect instruction and research
budgets, Phelps said.
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criminate against one media outlet,
Bender said.
If Osborne worked at a private in
stitution, Bender said, the case would
be different.
Bender cited three cases in which
newspapers won civil rights lawsuits
against public officials Or institutions
that discriminated against them. None
involved political cartoons.
Daily Nebraskan Editor J. Christo
pher Hain said the Daily Nebraskan
was planning no legal action against
Osborne.
The cartoons to which Osborne
objected were published last week.
Both were drawn by artist James
Mehsling.
One, which was published in
Thursday’s Daily Nebraskan, depicted
NU wingback Riley Washington
dressed in a striped prison suit drag
ging a ball and chain on. the football
field in front of a line of players.
^ Hain said the cartoon criticized the
.decision to let Washington practice
after he was jailed for 13 days. The
player faces two felony charges in con
nection with the shooting of Jermaine
Cole of Lincoln.
Osborne met Monday with Hain
and the Daily Nebraskan assistant
sports editor, Mitch Sherman.
Hain said Osborne also objected to
Friday’s cartoon, which depicted NU
I-back Lawrence Phillips driving
across the football field in a new car
with money flying out the back. The
cartoon was related to Phillips’ al
leged relationship with a professional
sports agent.
“I-felt that the cartoons which ran
last week were particularly demeaning
to two of our players — one of which
is guilty of lunch with an agent and one
who has steadfastly denied being in-,
vol ved in a shooting incident,” Osborne '
said.
*“I feel like they should have the
opportunity to demonstrate their inno- ■
cence in a court of law before being
* vilified by the student newspaper,” he
said.
“I would think that the Daily Ne
braskan would be more sensitive to
student athletes, more than any other
media outlet, because they are stu
dents themselves.”
It is die nature of an editorial car
toon to be critical, Hain said, and many
are bound to irritate people.
Daily Nebraskan editorial cartoons
have criticized all kinds of people,
Hain said, including university offi
cials and other groups.
“They don’t shut off the DN like
Osborne has,” Hain said. “By shutting
off the DN, he also shuts off the stu-.
dents at the University of Nebraska.”
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Rush is busy for the women on the
other side, too.
“It hasn’t stopped since Friday.
There’s hardly any time to eat or.
sleep,” said sophomore Stephanie
Preissler, an active member of Gamma
Phi Beta Sorority.
Preissler said some girls in her so
rority had papers or quizzes to worry
about. Having rush on Labor Day
weekend instead ofbefore school made
it more stressful, she said. , _. ^
One advantage to having rush later
is that summer lasts longer, said sopho
more elementary education major
Gretchen Boswell, an active member
of Gamma Phi Beta.
Rushees and sorority members
don’t have to come back as early, she
said. Burleson agreed.
“It was nice to get settled in and get
used to college before rushing,” she
said.
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