The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 10, 1942, Page 4, Image 4

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    Friday, April 10, 1942
DAILY NEBRASKAN
Barbs Circulate Second
Council Amendment Plan
Members of the Barb party, who
are organizing to form the Ne
braska Independent Students' As
sociation if their constitution is
approved by the Student Council,
are circulating the following peti
tion for amendment of the Council
constitution. The petition is simi
lar to the one offered on last fall's
ballots which was defeated by an
overwhelming majority when it
reached the polls.
WE THE fNDERSIC.NF.n STIIENTS
OK THE I-MVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
PROPOSE TO ALTER THE XNST1TI'
TION OF THE STIDENT COINC1L OF
THE VNIVERSITY OK NEBRASKA BY
AMENDING ARTICIJCS IV, V. VI AND
X. STRIKING Ol'T ARTICLE VIII, RE
M MBKKING ARTICLE IX AND X AND
PROVIDING A NEW ARTICLE X, ALL
TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
ART1CI.E IV,
SECTION 1: The Student Caanrll (hall
Vr composed bjr twenty member, one-half
elected rrh wnrttrr.
I. The College af Arrlcultore 1U ke
entitled to (oar members, twe l be chosen
4 each remlar election.
t. The corteges ea the city Campos hall
he entitled ta slxteea members, eight ta be
chosen at ear rrralar eteettoa.
S. If at aay time the rait betweea the
arollmeat ( the College a( Arrlealtnre
ad the City Camnam shall exceed 1:4 the
'atndeat roaaell shall hare power ta In
crease the membership from the college of
grlraltare ta provide for the proper aro
portlea. SECTION t: The refalar stadeat roaaell
leeiloa shall be aeM a Tarsda ( the
eighth week f each semester aales the
time la ranged by aetloa at the Valver
Hy Senate.
SECTION S: Ta he eHgibir far member
ahlp la the stadeat coaactl. eah raadldate
ahall be a boaa fide member of the college
ar groap af collegea that he arefcs t rep
meat, aad shaU have the ajaaltfkatioas
repaired by the eligibility rate prescribed
by the seaate committee. Regalar aatver
atty rale shaU gavcra la determialac a
candidate's college.
. SECTION 4: Nomlaattoa for members
af the stadeat eoaaril shaU be made by
the flliag af the aame of the caadtdate aot
later taaa p. ro. aa the eeoad Friday
est prior to the day of election, at the
stadeat activities office. The secretary of
the stadeat eaaaca shaH aaaaaaee h the
Daily Nebraska at least tea days prior
thereto, the day aad boar whea . flliag
SECTION (: Beetfaa af aiemaer ta the
stadeat eoaaril shall a by the Hare (or
iagte vote) system of proportloaal renre
aeatattsa with traasfers by what I termed
the evact method
I. The ballot' (had Hat alphabetically
the aame of the several eaadidate for
olflre aad. la case af endorsement, shall
Vaigaate the party ar groap ta which he
t. Each a nail fled stadeat voter shaB he
-entitled ta receive a separate ballot bear
hag the aame af all the eaadidate per
mitted t file. Each voter shall be prlv
Urge ta destgaate hi first aad seeoad aad
third aad other thaler far aay eaadtdale
he h) williag ta have rrpreacat him.
ARTICLE V.
8FCTION I: The aewty elected stadeat
aaeH anembrrs shaH be b stalked at a
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meeting called by the president of the stu
dent council within a week after election
day. At this meeting a president, vice
president, secretary, and treasurer shall be
elected, and the erganlsatioa of the coun
cil perfected.
SECTION I: Aa advisory board of aot
lens than three member of the I'nlverslty
faculty or administration shall be chosen
by the council.
SECTION S: The council may provide
for committees which shall be responsible
to It. All committees within the student
council organisation and all committees or
boards appointed by the council, which
represent the stadeat body as a whole
shall be chosen according to the party
ratio established la the elect loa of mem
ber to the stadent council.
ARTICLE VI.
The term of member shall be for oae
year or until their successors are dnly
elected. The complete election count ahall
be preserved la the flies of the secretary
of the student council for one year. Aay
vacancy occurring during the college year
betweea elections shall be filled for the
remainder of the term by the candidate
next la order after the last one declared
elected.
ARTICLE IX
(RE-Nl'MBERED ARTICLE X)
SECTION I: (Provisions for amendment
of the student council constitution a
stated ander the eoastltulloa bow la
effect.)
SECTION J: The role for atndeat clec
tloas mayv be initialed or repealed by a
two-thirds vote of the stadent council, or
npoa the pelltloa f a majority of the
tudea! body regard less of the eona"U's
action.
ARTICLE X.
SECTION 1: Articles IV. V, VI. VIH
aad X a heretobefore existing are hereby
repealed, aad Articles IX and X shall be
reaumbered a VIII aad IX respectively.
SECTION Z: The ameaded Article V
aad IX shall take ef'et Immediately apoa
adopt too, but the ameaded Article IV aad
VI hall aot take effect aotil the begta
alng af the college year 1MI-1MS.
SECTION S: The 19 college representa
tives aad the foar sea lor members at large
daly elected aa April SI. 142 aad those
member seated by the system of propor
tloaal represeatatloa shaU eoastllate the
stadeat roaaell antll oae week after the
regular first semester rtertioB of the school
year IMi-lMS. at which time the tea new
member fleeted aerordiag to the provl
stoa af this amendment shall be added.
No stadeat elected by the oatgetag eoaacll
a a holdover member shaH be entitled t
hold a seat aa the eoaacll.
SECTION 4: Aay vacancies acenriag be
fore the first semester elect loss af th
school year IM2-IMJ shaH be filled with
out regard to college, Haas ar sex. bat the
new member shall be chosen from the
aame party ar farttoa a the member
whose vacancy he Is fHHag.
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Identification
Student Council Judiciary
Limits Tactics
Th following is the iudiciary
committee's interpretation of Ar
ticle IV of the Siuaeni uouncu
i miQHtiitinn p-overnine student
elections. This interpretation was
a m At-.
drawn up in preparation ior me
general spring election April 21
and goes into effect at this time.
Article IV of the constitution
reads as follows:
No vote shall be solicited at the
polls or in the building in which
an election is being held during
election day. No money shall be
spent in behalf of any candidate.
No printed, mimeographed, typed,
or otherwise published material in
behalf of any candidate shall be
permitted, except the impartial an
nouncements of the candidates ap
pearing in the press. Any candi
date violating these rules either
in person or thru his supporters
shall thereby become ineligible.
The interpretation as handed
down by the judiciary committee
is-written thus:
The judiciary committee of the
Student Council agrees on the fol
lowing definitions and interpreta
tions of Article IV of the rules
for student elections. This is done
at the request of the faculty com
mittee on Student Organizations
and Social Functions.
Vote Solicitation Banned.
"No vote shall be solicited" shall
mean: No person eligible to vote
for any candidate shall be influ
enced in any way by means of the
spoken or written word Os. any
other means, to cast his or her
vote for any particular candidate;
nor shall any such person be in
fluenced in any way to vote at all.
"At the polls or within the
building in which the election is
being held" shall mean: Any place
within said building or on the
steps, walks or drives leading from
the adjoining public streets or
streets up to the buildirg. It shall
also include the lawn adjoining
the building. The phrase "at the
polls" shall mean: at the place or
places, where passing out of bal
lots to voters, marking of bal
lots by voters, and placing of bal
lots in the ballot-boxes is taking
place.
"During the election day" shall
mean: at any time from 12 o"clock
midnight of the day preceding the
election to the time that the polls
are officially closed.
"No money" shall mean: no
cash, checks, mail order drafts,
stamps, or credit.
"Shall be spent" shall mean:
shall be exchanged, traded, or
given away in any manner.
"In behalf of any candidate"
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in Election
shall mean: in any manner which'
would in any way influence the
roonita nf the election. This shall
include any manner which would
in any way influence a voier 10
oast his vote for any particular
candidate, or candidates, whose
name, or names, appear on tne
ballots. The term candidate shall
include both persons whose names
appear on the ballots, and also the
political parties with which they
may be affiliated.
This definition of "candidate"
shall be followed wherever the
term appears in this article. A
person whose name is to appear
on the ballot shall be considered
a "candidate" anytime within the
two week's period directly prior
to the election and including the
election day, irrespective of wheth
er or not the person has been of
ficially or unofficially announced
as a nominee.
No Handbills.
"No printed, mimeographed,
typed, or otherwise published ma
terial" shall mean: no handbills,
posters, papers, newspapers, or
any other type of materials or ad
vertising on which appears any
other type of pictorial representa
tion of thought which material is
transmitted to any voter by any
means whatever or is posted in
any place except the inside of the
private home, boarding house, or
sorority house. Any such material
posted in the university residence
halls for women shall be con
sidered "published material."
"Shall be permitted" shall mean:
shall be legal and in accord with
this article.
"Impartial announcements"
shall mean: a list of all candidates
for all offices to be filled by the
eletcion. in which list the candi
dates names must all appear cor
rectly spelled, in the same kind of
type, in the same color and shade
of ink and with no extra markings
of any sort beneath, over, around,
or beside any particular names
which marking does not appear in
the same wav bv all names in the
list. Such lists may contain the
political affiliations of all candi
dates but no other information
about them unless such informa
1 o. xlt"
Committee
Campaign
tion is officially authorized by the
Student Council.
Editors Responsible.
The "press" shall mean: any
publication which has the ap
proval of the university publica
tions board. In all cases the edi
tors of such publications shall be
held directly responsible for what
appears in the publication.
"Violating these rules" shall
mean: in any way causing the
rules of this article to be broken
or infracted.
"Either in person or thru his
supporters" shall mean: either by
a personal action or by the action
of any one of his supporters or by
any member of the political fac
tion with which he is affiliated, no
matter whether or not he knows
such action will be taken, is be
ing taken, or has been taken.
In considering the definition of
the term "candidate" the penalty
of violation of a rule shall apply
to the individual with whom the
violation is concerned. If the vio
lation is concerned with a political
party, then the penalty shall ap
ply to all nominees affiliated with
that party.
Ignorance No Excuse.
Ignorance of this article and its
interpretation shall not be con
sidered a valid excuse for the vio
lation of the rules of this article
either by an individual, a group
of individuals or a political fac
tion. Regular news items appearing
in the "Press" (as above defined)
and concerning any candidate
shall not be considered as viola
tions of this article unless they
contain editorial comment about
the candidate or unless they are
not impartial.
'Elijah' Will Be
Given April 26
The Fine Arts school's pres
entation of Mendelssohn's ora
torio, "Elijah," will be April 26
instead of April 21 at wa' in
advertently reported in yester
day's Daily Nesbraskan.
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