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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1996)
TViikr Monday mf ^ I I Xl I I \ / ^ "T* I V^VJ_L V 1 WEATHER: gglftgP S~~\ O I 7"/^ Today - A J0 percent fefBkfftil I 1 ■ J B B chance of rain. Northwest ^ | #| /J i^|\/l B | wind 15 to 25 mph. fill I, -A- ^ ^^ JL JL. ■,% M JL. Tonight -Mostly clear, and COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SINCE 1901 VOL. 95 NO. 153 cold. Low near 30. 1 April 29, 1996 Step in time i Matt Miller/DN A processional for Chancellor James Moeser’s investiture makes its way through campus Friday afternoon. About 160 people took part in the prosessional that was led by a Dixieland band. UNL installs Moeser as chancellor By Julie Sobczyk Senior Reporter Administrators, wearing full academic regalia, paraded with a Dixieland jazz band through campus Friday to welcome James Moeser as UNL’s 18th chancellor. Mocser was officially installed as chan cellor of the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln during an investiture ceremony at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. - About 160 people, including members of the chancellor ’s cabinet, regents, deans, Gov. Ben Nelson and officials from other univer sities came to greet Moeser. A series of speakers, including Nelson and NU President Dennis Smith, praised Moeser for the qualities he will bring to UNL. They then turned the podium over to the new chancellor. During his speech, Mocser told of his recent travels throughout Nebraska. Resi dents speak about UNL with pride, he said. “People are proud of their university,” Moeser said. “People are proud to send their children here.” The university’s history is rich, he said, and UNL should use the past to prepare for the future. In 1896, when the university was founded under the Morrill Act, everyone, regardless of race and gender, was allowed into UNL, Moeser said. Now, UNL should accept challenges rather than fear them, Moeser said. “The greatest danger of this university is the tendency to grow complacent,” he said. “This is not a university in crisis. We arc headed in the right direction.” The university’s challenge, he said, is itself. “Our greatest enemy is walls that separate department by department, college by col lege. We must resist the tendency for col leges to contain specific segments ol knowl edge. “We must find ways to turn walls into permeable membranes.” During his speech, Moeser also revealed his vision statement for the university. While previous chancellors’ statements had been pages long, Moeser’s statement was only a few paragraphs. , His primary vision, he said, was quality, affordable education for all Nebraskans. “I envision the university as a community whose scholars enjoy learning, whose text book is the world. We must prepare for the future.” For his vision to become a reality, Moeser said, everyone must pitch in. “We need assistance from everyone who loves and cares about the university. It will take every ounce of energy and strength I have to do justice, to love and to walk hum bly with our God.” Regents say tuition hike kept minimal By Erin Schulte Senior Reporter UNL students will likely face a 3 percent tuition increase next year under a plan proposed Saturday to the NU Board of Regents. For an undergraduate student paying in-state tuition, that would mean paying S75 per credit hour instead of the current $72.50. Regent Chairman Don Blank of McCook said he thought the proposal would pass. “We did what we had to do to keep the raise at a reasonable leyel,” Blank said. “We’d like not to raise it at all, but the dollars had to come from somewhere.” UNL Student Regent Eric Marintzcr said the tuition increase was reasonable because NU President Dennis Smith had previously consid ered raising tuition as much as 7 percent. “Administration has made a heck ofan ellort to make sure the tuition raise was low,” Marintzer said. “I commend them for their effort.” UNL Chancellor James Mocser agreed that the proposal was fair. “I see it as a modest increase,” Mocscr said. “Trends in tuition raises have been at about 4 to 5 percent.” Under the proposal given by Smith, UNL faculty will receive a 3 percent pay increase next year. The tuition increase will help raise part of the $3.2 million needed for faculty salary increases. The tuition increase roughly equals the rate of inflation, Smith said. “We do not believe it is appropriate this year to put the burden of making up the shortfall in salaries on the university’s students,” Smith said. He said last year’s tuition increase of 6.5 percent was higher than the national average for public institutions. “That is a ranking in which we do not aspire to be above average,” Smith said. The university needed funding for faculty salary raises after Gov. Ben Nelson vetoed $2 million from the university budget, Smith said. Because taxes and tuition are the only sources of funds for its day-to-day operations, he said, it was necessary to raise tuition. The regents are scheduled to vote on the proposal at their June 1 meeting. UNL provides communication, social skills for officer By Chad Lorenz Senior Reporter ! Only eight months out of school, Lincoln Police Officer Robert Branch has already benefited from his Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln degree. Of900 applicants, Branch was one of 15 accepted into Lincoln’s police academy last year. Applying to be a police officer is a long, selective process, Branch said. Applicants perform in test after test and are heavily screened. Those who make the thin cut, like Branch, usually credit their college degrees for giving them the skills po lice departments want. Branch said his years at UNL gave him two assets that helped him maneu ver through the selection process. Strong written and oral communi cation skills provide an advantage for police applicants, Branch said. Chi the job, officers must document almost everything they do. Branch also learned personal rela tions. In college, students arc sur rounded by each other, he said, so they automatically learn to meet and work with people. Police officers must be able to deal with the public, whether they are as sisting pwple or making an arrest, Branch said. Personnel Sgt. Jim Hawkins said he looked for applicants who were in volved in a lot of student groups and activities and have developed those people-oriented skills. Branch’s criminal justice degree helped him in the academy when learn ing criminal law, but, he said, any degree is helpful when trying to be come a police officer. Hawkins said a majority of LPD’s college-educated officers have degrees in criminal justice, but the department also needed degrees in business, law and communications. “A degree helps,” he said, “but one in criminal justice doesn’t necessarily make a good officer ” Regardless of the degree, Hawkins said, general col lege skills are important from the first stages of applicant testing. After applicants meet the basic job See POLICE on 8 From citizen to r« police officer Applying for the police academy and officer training is a long process that takes about a year and a half. Clients must meet five basic its to be considered for police employment They must: be 21 years old, be a legal U.S. citizen, have | high school Optonii J \ . ... 'is havo o record free of felony offenses, have a valid driver's Rcense. <■■2. Testing applicants must pass two test the QB test which weaturet language Md communicathHi skills ths Pokes AttRudkud rsdor test, wtticit measure ms appocanvs anposfuon tot police work. (only half of all applicants continue.) 3. Get pliysi [physical I weaving . around obstacles in (>4.9 seconds Face to face Applicants are scheduled for an interview aM with the personnel Sgt to discuss their ' education and background 6. Screening Applicants under#)^ polygraph test, drug test and psychoanalysis. (the applicants are rated and a final cut is made) Ferceiver interview M jf £/ .ijj^ In a phone interview, the applicants ' ■ answer questions based on tneir perception 7. Police acai Cadets attend nearly foSrtrtonths of police training at the Lincoln Police Department 8. Fteld work ■ ^.Roolcie officers are evaluated on the job € by Superiors who rate their performances after six months. Those wno perform well are assigned to a team and given standard pay
