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EDITORIAL
Students As Lobbyists?
IN THE next few months the state
Legislature will be considering budgetary
requests. Included in these requests will
be those of the University for higher
faculty salaries, physical improvements
. and expansion programs.
As usual. University students should
make an attempt to become "lobbyists"
on behalf of the University budget. This
can be accomplished by talking with leg
islators from home counties and attempt
ing to emphasize the point that the stu
dents, as well as University adminis
trators, want these requests granted.
LOBBYING CAN also go into the
home county directly, through letters to
the town newspaper, talks with local
groups, officials, family and friends.
Some students, educators and politi
cal leaders have questioned the value of
such lobbying. How much good does it
really do? Is .it worth the great effort
exerted? And, is this the proper sphere
for student action?
Oh yes, we win all
(yak, yck) attack AWS for
tbe womea'i hours sys
tem that they impose,
(ha, ha, ha) and we will
Install the first University
(chortle) Key Club, be
cause we wIQ let (eh
what fan for us) the girls
let themselves in and out
(harrah) of the dorm by
themselves became they
are mature (oh yes, are
they ever) enough to take
care of themselves, and
furthermore (chuckle) if
they aren't (good deal for
as of the lecherous sex)
nobody wfll know tbe dif
ference except maybe,
but who really cares any
way. .
Ah yes, what a sterling
resolution! Complete
with laughs and grins, Al
bert Anticurfew has made
a great leap forward into
running the hours system
here at the University.
Along with all the jol
ly whereas's and hysteri
cal therefores, we will
march forward onto the
new frontier of ultra late
nights with more than
"vigah," as a matter of
fact with a great deal of
anticipation and puerile
joy.
Oa behalf of the hap
pily soured womea a this
Yes, BI, there is a Stu
dent Council.
Yes, BI, the student
flow win continue to be
congested.
Yes, BL WHY DOESNT
STUDENT COUNCIL DO
SOMETHING?
Sure, students have
been asking that question
as far back as UHO, (ac
cording to the old Rags)
and for one b & s i c rea
son. And, you hit it on
the head, BI apathy.
And, why apathy?
One indication may be
drawn from Wednesday's
fiasco. One could specu
late that many students
would have liked to have
the Council take a stand
on AWS hours. This IS a
student problem at least
to many.
But, BI, did you listen
as that motion was read?
From what has been said,
it was meant to be a
"funny deal." No wonder
Dick Weill zipped back
that the motion had little
value. If it had been
made in seriousness,
maybe the troops would
not have felt it was ridic
ulous. Mr. Weill was wrong in
his aphiionization that it
was worthless. It IS a
student problem. Maybe it
would have merited more
comment and concern if
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ONE AREA in which we students
could concentrate and we will have a
perfect opportunity to do so while partici
pating in the Student Council's Senators
Program is that of the general state
of Nebraska's higher education. We
should switch to this emphasis instead
of devoting all our time to lobbying for
one thing money.
This proposal would have students
concentrate on a less glamorous area.
However, it is an area of more long-term
importance.
INSTEAD OF talking about the Uni
versity NOW, we have to be qualified
to speak about the University's future,
its liberal arts program, its professional
schools and the athletic programs within
the University.
Although of less importance in the
present, this proposal, if properly imple
mented, could reap the University and
its students considerably more benefits
in the future.
campus, "gyre and gim
Me" most defend "Mary
Worth" Weill who wants
to protect them from tbe
cold cruel world. It was
a noble gesture on his
part, and sincerely,
shouldn't AWS cite him
for counteracting a mo
tion with a fervid speech
that, let's face it, should
have been "beneath the
dignity of a fraternity
man?"
Thank you Mary Worth,
guarder of morals and de
fender of the AWS deci
sion. May your name be
inscribed on every late
minute summons from
now until May Day.
It would appear that
the most invigorating
and exciting statement of
the resolution was over
looked, because no one
has been ranting and rav
ing because Albert Anti
. curfew said that the Stu
dent Council believed in
the equality of the sexes.
Aha, now even they, the
literate and popular stu
dent leaders of our cam
pus, are jumping on the
suffragette bandwagon.
In other council busi
ness DS1 Bonklau intro
duced tbe ninety-eleventh
motion about the brilliant
one-way stair system, re
cently installed, re -in
it had beea a motion to
advocate endorsement of
a nuclear test ban treaty
within tbe next two
weeks.
This is why the Student
Council is often looked up
on as being a circus. You
have clowns who intro
duce what could be good
legislation and angry
young men who wave the
Gag of ridiculum.
Few students and even
fewer faculty members
could care less which
door they go in or out.
Few students even bother
to ask or even find out
who their representatives
are. They want an active
Council.
Few of them know that
the Council has been re
sponsible for reducing
registration from a one
day affair to 15 minutes.
Few of them know that
the Conncil devised the
stndent-facnlty evaluation
program.
Not too many students
know that the Council is
actively involving itself in
the Senators' program.
Little mention has been
made of the Master's pro
gram which would recog
nize prominent graduates
and bring them to the
campus for the students'
benefit.
Why?
Because one or two itu-
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stalled and forever chang
ing, in Burnett that has
been plaguing the student
body since the beginning
of this, the second half of
school, in the year of our
Student Council 1963.
The motion died for
lack of enforcement, and
furthermore, the one-way
system is going to go
down the same putrid
path. The whole problem
is, nobody is going to.
know "which way is up"
in Burnett until some
happy-go-lucky instructor
manages to explain in his
class in the midst of dis
cussion of the enamorata
of the South American
sloth that "east is east
and west is west and the
center door is anybody's
guess."
We have heard that
there is a plan afoot to
install the campus police
at the doors during peak
campus hours, but they
have reportedly negated
the idea, because they
would much -rather lock
the girls dorm at n i g h t
and watch all tbe couples
out there . . . which in
return relates to the first
problem that of wom
en's hours.
Do we want to take the
only source of enjoyment
from the campus police?
by don ferguson
pid motions make all ac
tions of the Council look
ridiculous.
Because when one mo
tion of importance, or at
least of potential impor
tance to about half of the
student body, is intro
duced, it is done so in
humor and defeated in
rage.
Maybe the Council
members should be asked
to justify their individual
participation in Council. A
check of the last semes
ter's voting record indi
cates that only about one
fourth of the Council's
membership were key
people in doing anything
at all in addition, to an
excellent executive coun
cil. Maybe it would be ap
propriate for Council
members to hurry back to
the old Rags of their cam
paign days and see how
many of their campaign
promises have been bro
ken or forgotten.
Maybe the student body
will get on the stick this
spring and put the screws
to Council candidates and
match their quality with
that of their leadership.
Then, maybe BI and the
rest of us will see stu
dents willing to take note
of Council actions.
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board to the upper right
hand corner and, in the
process, to light exactly
once on each square?
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to this week's problem
to 210 Burnett. The solu
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week along with another
problem.
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"I've never had a fiscal
examination."
"First I thought you
had to be an English
major to teach English;
then I learned different."
"I'm quite prolific, but
haven't developed any
particular skill in any
thing." "About emotion, he can
take it or leave it."
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age collector: "He seems
to be down in the dumps
some of the time."
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the mental hospital with
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London, Hawaii. I would
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1925 . . . The Associated
Women's Students at the
University of Nebraska
took the grasshopper by
the tenacles and attained
national recognition by be
ing among the first ten
major Universities in the
country to establish an ac
tivities point system for
women.
But many post World
War I philosophies of col
lege life have changed.
The original purpose of
the point system was, "to
distribute the honors and
duties of college life in or
der to promote efficiency
in activities, and group
consciousness in a larger
number of women."
Point systems have been
under fire for at least the
last twenty-five years at
NU. In 1940 the AWS
point system took a back
seat to the newly enforced
activity point system for
men. The Daily Nebras
kan urged NU men to
"face the realization that
the point system for men
Than That!
and must have a job."
"Socially, she can mix
with the masses as well
as the classes."
"Hasn't been arrested
as yet."
What do you hope to
accomplish by serving in
in the Peace Corps:
"Peace."
"There are only two
ways to do things, her
way and the wrong way."
Primary skills: "Jack of
all trades I wish I
could be the master of
one."
"These are the people
whom I feel know me
best. If you would like
another list of people who
do not know me as well,
but are in more import
ant positions, please let
me know."
"Applicant appears to
be making good strides
developing from ashy,
self-conscious girl into a
persevering, self - confi
dent lad."
"Thirty minute visit to
Canada, it was a pleasure
trip."
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is here to stay and will
be permanently enforced."
The complicated men's ac
tivity tally which took in
to account age, class
standing and grade aver
age was enforced by eight
senior students and two
faculty members for only
a few years before it was
abandoned and the Daily
Nebraskan prediction be
came immortalized for
foresight.
The justification for the
short lived men's point
system was quite similar
to that of the AWS sys
tem "to regulate and
limit the participation of
students in extra curric
cular activities so that
more might have a
chance to participate;
and, to enable more stu
dents to share the bene
fits of extra curricular ac
tivities." The need for men's reg
ulatory standards was felt
because "often times men
end up going to school
for activities alone often
men overwork because of
activities every man
will eventually reach the
saturation point of more
than he can handle. It is
better to have a man real
ly working in two or three
activities than to dabble
in eight or ten. There is
no excuse for one small
group dominating all the
activities."
The AWS supported this
viewpoint in defense of
their own rules, but the
group of men who were
ultimately successful in
getting the men's regula
tions repealed obviously
did not 'concur.
Perhaps the peak of the
point system controversy
in recent years came in
1953 when there was an
attempt by the Student
Council to establish both
men's and women's point
systems. The motion
passed and for a while
the AWS and the Student
Council fought for juris
dictional rights in control
ing women's activities.
The Council, under stu
dent protest, repealed the
systems before they ever
had a chance to go into
effect.
However, one lesson
can be learned from the
point system battles. The
men's systems, with pur
pose and structure simi
lar to the AWS system,
have successfully been
disposed of for several
good reasons which were
as valid in 1940 as they
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are today, and which
are as applicable to wom
en as they are to men.
FIRST, it is a decision
of the individual as to how
many activities he or she
wants to participate in. A
governing board should
not usurp the individu
al's right to determine the
amount of emphasis he
or she would like to place
on activities.
SECOND, limiting t h e
number of activities in
which a student may par
ticipate does not necessar
ily encourage more stu
dents to participate in ac
tivities. It is still the in
dividual's choice as to
whether or not he is go
ing to join activities. Lim
iting point systems only
insure that there will be
vacant positions, not that
students will fill the va
cancies. THIRD, no matter
how complicated the sys
tems get, they cannot
completely allow for vary
ing capabilities in differ
ent students. Even consid
eration of grades, class
standing and status of the
activity cannot be made
applicable to every stu
dent. FOURTH, even systems
which assign different
activities cannot take into
account the fact that
some activities and posi
tions require work only
during certain times of
the year.
FIFTH, each activity has
within its interviewing
boards, requirements
which prohibit individuals
who are too overloaded
with activities from at
taining positions. Students
who have more than they
can handle already are
automatically "zapped" in
interviews.
SIXTH, if one assumes
that limiting activities
will enable a student to
devote more time to schol
astic endeavor, what law
requires that individual to
spend his extra time in
the stacks and not at tha
Grill.
These brief arguments
which are in direct oppo
sition of the aforemen
tioned goals and purposes
of the point systems were
sufficient to repeal all but
one of the NU activity
limitation systems. And
what makes one of the
first ten point systems in
the United States an ac
cepted dogma?
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