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By Susan Smithberger
Senior Staff Writer
Editors note: Susan Smith
berger, as Student Council re
porter for the past semester,
has analyzed and made ob
servations on the Council's
work for the semester. Editor.
The Council has now com
pleted its poll on the drinking
situation at the University,
the results of which may be
seen elsewhere in the DAILY
NEBRASKAN columns. It will
be intsresting to see what they
do with it now, since the stu
dents have requested some
sort of action. Whether the
Council responds or not will
be a major factor in whether
tha students place their con
fidence . in Council in the
future.
The student welfare com
mittee has probably come
i through with one of the great-
est innovations in the past
'few years. Students, if they
take advantage of the dis
: count cards being distributed
; at regiffrition, may receive
; sizeable discounts in several
j stores in Lincoln. If the stu
I dent does not take advantage
of the cards they will not be
' able to be improved upon next
year. This time it is up to the
j student. If used, the cards
may include many of 'e ma
jor clothing stores next year.
! Council had an interesting
i alternative to face last year
! w hen they chose their officers.
They were faced with Dick
Weill, who always has some-
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right now, and Dennis Christ
ie, who is more cautious and
wants time to think out every
situation before taking action.
This created an amusing sit
uation as thev have battled
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their way through this se
mester's business.
Council has a habit of throw
ing its weight around, support
ing AUFul night, Alpha Phi
Omega, and the trip to
Missouri. The only problem
is that there is no weight to
throw. They unanimously pass
these supporting resolutions
but then that's that. They
have no power or do not
utilize the power they have
to push the issue further and
make it really effective. It's
relatively easy to get Council
to pass a resolution of sup
port on anything a student
wants to take into them, but
it makes one of the last para
graphs of a DAILY NEBRAS
KAN story and no one hears
anymore of it.
Council did try on the foot
ball seating situation but un
fortunately there was nothing
they could do. It is comforting
to know that in the future this
situation will be avoided,
thanks to Council.
One of the highlights of this
year's Council has been the
formation of Quiz Bowl. It is
gratifying to know that the
students are academically
enough minded to respond to
the challenge. The University
has been accused of becoming
an athletic institution and it
is gratifying to know that the
Council, while recognizing the
importance of athletics, has
supported such an educational
program.
Council got quite concerned
over the situation in Alabama
where students were required
to sign an oath stating that
they would refrain from re
porting or taking pictures lor
publication on any of the inte
gration problem. They should
be saluted for the fact that they
are willing to expand their
interests beyond the campus
level but it would do them
well to acquire more informa
tion of a situation before
bringing it up on the Council
floor. They finally concluded
that the situation did hot war
rant their attention.
Much of Council work is
done in committee, the mem
bers spend many hours a week
working on committee mat
ters. Most of the students do
not realize the amount of ma
terial that goes through each
committee! Their effective
committee work . prevents
much wasted time on the floor
and allows the Council to look
into issues more completely
before acting upon them.
In total, the semester has
been one of the most effective
this reporter has witnessed.
They have the momentum be
hind them now, it will be in
teresting to see if they can
keep it going.
Party To Feature
Prominent GOP's
At Go-Day Rally
The Nebraska Republican
Party will start its fund rais
ing for the up coming elec
tions with a dinner to be held
Wednesday night at 7:00 in
Pershing Auditorium. The
event, called the Go-Day Ral
ly, will feature House Minori
ty leader Charles Halleck.
Different Republican per
sonalities will appear on
closed circuit television.
These speakers will include
former President D w i g h t
Eisenhower, former Vice
President Richard Nixon,
Governor Nelson Rockefeller
of New York, Governor
George Romney of Michigan,
Senator Barry Goldwater of
Arizona and Governor William
Scranton of Pennsylvania.
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