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Golden Valley News
March 21, 2013
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Week y
ion continues
The words in HeR 3047 are few
but clear and the resolution has'
emerged as the "handwriting on the
wall" wRh no additional attempt
necessary to read between the lines:
The governance model of North.
Dakota's University System has a
good chance of being executed with
"'the body" being resurrected with
stronger legislative controls•
Administration of the state's
higher education system has been
under assault diaring the 63rd Leg-
islative Assembly, which, appegred
to believe something has to be done
to "stop the bleeding."
Months of talk about changes re-
suited in three resolutions being
heard, designed to put aside the
model of a relatively independent"
and powerful board, and justified
by a belief that the board has not
been doing a collectively accept-
able job. The three proposed reso-
lutions were HeR 3047, HCR 3042
and SCR 4028.
The first wave of complaints
concerned a sometimes hands-off
chancellor and individual campus
presidents seeking unchecked cam-
pus control. Those and other con-
cerns, including an international
program and degree scandal, tu-
ition-increase maneuvering and
non-effective financial safeguards
were considered painful and self-
inflicted wounds•
The board's answer was to hire
a "tough" new chancellor to resolve
perceived and real concerns. The
new leader, on the job less than, a
year now, was chav.acCerized as a
strong CEO who would be an ef-
fective change agent. But he and
the board now face more criticism
from many in the legislature as
well as some board members and
institution presidents'- regarding
the chancellor's governance actions
and possibly violations of open-
meeting laws.,
HeR 3047 has emerged as the
leading substitute of a governance
model. It received a 7-6 "'do pass"
vote in committee. HeR 3042 was
given a 9-4 "do not pass" recom-
mendation in committee and SCR
.4028 didn't receive a recommenda-
tion in committee and was killed on
the floor by a 13-34 vote.
If HeR 3047 becomes law the
constitutional authorities for system
governance will be replaced by a
Department of Higher Education,
effective July 1,2015. The gover-
nor will appoint the department di-
rector (rather than a chancellor
being selected by a board). The di-
recto[ will be responsible for man-
agement and operation of the
system, within limitations to b.e de-
termined. The director will also
hire/fire institutional president's that
will report to her/him. Processes re-
main a bit muddied, but if the reso-
lution passes it will be sent to
voters in the 2014 general election.
If approved by the electorate, the
64th Legislative Assembly will
°then have only a few months to
work out the, details of which
there are many.
HeR 3042 would remove cur-
rent constitutional language and
seeks a generol election for a higher
Legislative
Review
By John R. I rby
The first wave of
complaints con-
cerned a sometimes
hands-off chancel-
lor ,and individual
campus presidents
seeking unchecked
campus control
would have consisted of the gover-
n£r (or a designee) as chairman; the
superintendent of public instruc-
tion; the agriculture commissioner;
two governor appointees; three ap-
pointees by the House majority
leader; and three appointees by the
Senate majority leader• The council
would have a]bpointed a chancellor
as system chief executive officer
and he/she would have appointed
and removed (if necessary) system
presidents.
House Majority Leader A1 Carl-
son, R-41; Fargo, introduced HeR
3047 in ,a joint-committee meeting.
A vocal critic of higher-education
system administration, Carlson said
the resolution was not about retali-
ation for "some of the things that
have heen in the news," but about
better governance. He and others
have displayed frustration by con-
tentiously referencing the board as
"the fourth branch of government."
"They believe the legislature
does not have the authority to ad-
dress anything (in higher educa-
tion) except the funding," Carlson
said. He said that premise was de-
batable and added: "The legislature
has the one important thing they
(the board) need - and that's the
money,"
Carlson justified a change, in
part, by saying some presidents are
in fear for their jobs because they
have been told (by the chancellor)
that they are "not qualified or in-
subordinate." He said presidents
have been told they are not sup-
posed to speak at board meetings
unless they are asked to speak.
While the chancellor has re-
cently received two group votes of
"no confidence," Laura Glatt, vice
chancellor for the system, repre-
sented the board with testimony in
opposition to the bill: "The board
... was established by constitu-
tional mandate in 1938 as a result
of then Go,v. William Langer's po-
litical interference with the instruc-
tional staff and president of NDSU
... following that, the •citizens of the
state rejected having politics drive
the policies of higher education and
amended the constitution to create
DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: * * *
a board that would take the politics
out of higher education governance.
The result wa~ the governance
structure we have today.
"" North Dakota's State Board
of Higher Education represents one
by Linda Thistle
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Travelers to and within North nities as is the common misper-
Dakota have more hotel options to ception," said North Dakota
consider. From 2002 to 2012, 80 Tourism Director Sara Otto Cote-
new hotels were built in Northman. ""While many of North
Dakota, with slightly more than 50 Dakota's new hotel properties
percent constructed in the last two opened inthe western part of the
years alone, state, 11 hotel properties east of
Forty-two new hotels have U.S. Highway 83 opened in 2012
been built in the state since 2011, or will open in 201,3. What this
adding 3,500 rooms, and 39 prop- means for travelers, other than
erties announced plans to add having an expanded selection to
3,678 rooms in 2013, according to choose from, is that supply is
the North Dakota Tourism Divi-meeting de'and - and in some
sion. cases now exceeding demand• The
A September 2012 Wall Street end result is that it's easier to find
Journal article cited North Dakota an available hotel room and room
as one of the top 10 U.S. markets rates may be decreasing."
for hotel construction. While more hotel rooms are
"Strong demand for hotel roomsavailable across North Dakota.
has been experienced in communi- Otto Coleman s.till encourages
ties statewide, not just in western travelers to plan ahead and book
North Dakota's oil patch commu- rooms in advance of their travels.
Not cowboy I was
Hello,
Hat Tips
By Dean Meyer
I enjoy reading• It's one of the
onl~¢ things I do that does not cause
me to huff and puff and run out of
wind. It's much easier than lacing I'm just not as
up boots, pitching hay, or trying to
bend a cow through the gate when cowboy as ] used to
running ort frozen cow turds,be. Or used to think
A book I read a few years ago
was titled "Nothing Too Good for a I was.
Cowboy". It is the second in a tril-
ogy of books about ranching in couple of miles to where I could get
British Columbia in the earlyat him with the pickup.
1900's. The saying has been around Now Spook didn't think this was
for some time and I often think of it. going to be fun. I got off and picked
Yesterday was one of those days. the calf up and was trying to throw
Today is another, him on Spook. He was snorting and
I went to check heifers at 3 a.m. running sideways. The cow was bel-
and found a heifer that had popped a lering and the dogs were barking. It
calf out in the cold Dakota wind and w/isn't a real smooth operation. I fi-
gotten her back down hill. Well, it nelly got the calf kind of slid over
wasn't really a hill. It waskind of a the saddle. And being a complete
nest where I had removed a bale coward, I didn't know what to do
feeder. The calf was freezing, but next. I know. I know. Areal cowboy
alive. The cow needed some ass|s- • would have crawled on and rode
tance, but I was able to get her Spook out of there• That doesn't
rolled around to where she struggled have anything to do with me.
to her feet. So I did the next best thing. I tried
I took the calf in the house,to lead Spook, while holding the
Shirley tubed it with electrolytes, calf. That worked about as well as it
and it was fine. Till morning. That sounds. Spook didn't lead real good
cow forgot she had calved and was- when you were in front of him. Let
n't about to late this strange little alone, when you were along side of
creature nurse• So, as I'm working him holding a calf on his back.
with this calf, getting it to suck my So, I did the next best thing. I
fingers, and trying to hold a teat in tied the calf on. This is where you
,his mouth, my hands are freezing, say, "Don't try this at home!" It
my nose running, eyes watering, went real well. For about ten yards.
and back hurting, I'm thinking, Then the cow started bellering and
"nothing too good for a cowboy"• the calf bellered back and started to
I'm just not as cowboy as I used try to kick loose from my saddle
to be. Or used to think I was. strings. He succeeded. With his
But springtime calving alwaysback legs. The front end was tied
brings new problems to light. I much better. So he's belier|rig and
don't know how many years ago it hanging on the side of Spook and
was, but I re'call this calving story• kicking him in the belly.'Spook is
My mind don't work real good • bucking on the end of my reins.The
backwards. Or forwards. I bought a cow is chasing both of us and the
horse at the spring sale in Dick|n- dogs are chasingthe cow. I've got a
son. Good-looking sorrel gelding., good grip on the reins and am taking
Stood 15.3 and stout as could be. twenty-foot steps trying to keep a
Name was "Spook". Thinking b~ick hold of Spook and ahead of the cow.
on it, that should have been a clue. The calf is flopping all over Spook
After Shirley got him warmed Up and he is bucking like he should be
a little, I decided I would make at Vegas. After about a quarter mile,
Spook my circle horse. Youknow, to or fifty yards, I'm pretty well
ride down on the first quick circle in winded. I'm praying that the last
the morning and lope through the saddle strings will break and free
cows. It's about a ten or twelve mile this calf from this wreck. And I
deal and with Spook, I didn't ever don't know if the Lord was listen-
have to feel like I was using him too ing to me, or to the calf, but He did
hard.• take pity and let that last saddle
He was always looking for some- string go. The calf must have went
thing to be scared of. A rock. A twenty feet in the air.
grouse. A calf. It didn't make too And when he landed he forgot he
much difference to him. If he could- was crippled. He took off on out of
n't find anything to scare him, he there with that hamstrung leg just a
would spook away from his tail. bouncing along• The old cow was
Spook wasn't fussy, on the trot. Spook was looking
One morning I •spotted a cowpretty proud of what he had done.
,back east. Back east was tough to The dogs were happy with the part
get to. On a horse. And impossible they had played. I smoked a clue-
with anything but a horse. So ] kick rette and wondered when I had got-
Spook in a long trot and headed back ten so out of shape. But all in all, it
there. The cow was on a side hill worked out. I got the cow and calf
back in there a couple miles. When I out of there. And I learned a valu-
got there I found the trouble. She able lesson•
had calved in the past couple days Don't buy no horses named
and a coyote had hamstrung her calf. "Spook".
I suppose when she ~vas gone to , I've got to go. Shirley is gone
water. And now she was gaunted up and I've got a heifer started. Wind
from not leaving and the calf was chill -24. Nothing too good for a
getting all her attention, cowboy•
I looked the situation over and Later,
decided I had topack that calf out a Dean
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