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Student Senate passed a
resolution Wednesday which
was supposed to clarify the
constitution and explain what
student government's powers
will be in connection with
campus organizations.
The resolution or policy
itatement, which was intro
duced by Sen. Bill Coufal,
president pro tempore of the
Senate, said:
"The Student Senate or ex
ecutive branch will not inter
fere with the constitutional
function of any existing cam
pus organization or activity.
Because itjs representative of
the student body, however, the
Assn. of Students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska (ASUN)
can examine and study any
area that affects the general
interests of the student body.
Student Interests
"If this examination demon
strates that the best interests
of the student body are not
being served, Student Senate
has the power to take ap
propriate action which may
include making suggestions
to any activity or organiza
tion or to reassign a function
to another activity or organ
ization. "If no existing campus or
ganization or activity is in
volved In an area that affects
the interests of the student
body, ASUN can initiate a
function in this area."
Coufal explained that the
policy statement was needed
because of the misunderstand
ing and controversy that has
resulted over the student
work with the Nebraska Foun
dation between ASUN and
Builders.
Unfounded Fears
"Builders," he said, "for
some reason feared that
ASUN wanted to take away
every organization's rights."
As the policy statement
says, Coufal pointed out, we
don't want to take over Build
ers or any other activity. "We
just want to represent the
students and put forth the
pinions of the students."
He stressed that none of the
ASUN committees want to
take over an established or
ganization or committee, but
that they want to "examine
and study areas that affect
the students."
Senate Action
If an examination shows
that the best interests of the
student body are not being
served, he said, then Student
Senate has the power to take
appropriate action which" will
include making suggestions to
any activity or organization
which already, according to
its constitution, has interest
in this field.
"If the activity which is al
ready interested In this field
doesn't want to take our sug
gestions or if there is no ex
isting activity involved in this
area," he said, "ASUN can
Religion,
Stimulate
Besides a few organized na
tional groups on campus,
there are many individual stu
dents or small groups of stu
dents who are concerned with
contemporary problems.
One group of students who
demonstrate a certain kind
of searching youth are a
dozen students wbo will go to
the Ecumenical Institute in
Chicago this weekend.
This institute was organ
ized to experiment in church
renewal and to try and find
a form of church service and
theology more relevant to the
twentieth century man.
JoEllen Williams, who spent
eight weeks at the institute
this summer, explained that
the weekend would consist of
a 44 hour seminar in Chica
go where students would
study papers of leading theo
logians and worship in experi
mental worship services.
"Old myths about Christian
theology are stripped down,"
6he said, "and the institute
challenges people to live their
life and to be aware of the
fact that they decide what
they want to make of their
wa life and determine their
wa future and that of all
mankind."
She said that the experi
mental worship service de
mands a great deal more of
the individual and the whde
corporate body worships more
together. '
She stressed that before go
ing to this institute a college
student might feel like reject
ing religion and all its myth,
but that with the modernized
ideas and human emphasis
put on religion by the institute,
one's viewpoint changes com
fdatety. V v
initiate a function in this
area by itself."
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Dick Newton, chairman of
the ASUN alumni-foundation
committee, said his commit
tee would not overlap Build
ers, but that it would main
ly bo an investigation and
study committee.
Senior Contributions
He said that things his com
mittee wants to investiga'te
include the possibility of tak
ing pledges or asking for con
tributions from the Univer
sity seniors for the founda
tion. Another area he said h i s
committee wants to investigate
is the relations between the
students and the foundation.
He said he wanted to find out
just how much the students
know about the foundation.
Sen. Cuz Guenzel, who is
also a member of the Build
ers executive board, said that
there had been a complete
misunderstanding 'and that
sh was sure she could speak
for Builders in strongly sup
porting "this type of policy
statement."
"This is the type of govern
ment the framers of the new
constitution had in mind."
ASUN With Activity
Larry Frolik, ASUN vice
president and president of
the Senate, said the ASUN
will never act suddenly in de
ciding that an activity isn't
doing its job for the students
but that it will work with the
activity as much as possible
in helping it to solve its prob
lems. In other business at t h e
meeting, Bill Harding. Ne
braska Union board president,
read a proposal to Student
Senate which gave union's
full recognition of ASUN as
the "supreme government"
and welcomed
its comments
and suggestions
activities.
about union
"It is our feeling." Harding
said, "that the ASUN offers
students and organizations on
this campus a fortunate and
long sought after means of
expression in many areas of
student concern."
Nebraska Union is pleased'
to invite the ASUN to j o i n The president on this cam
with us he explained, and; puS( Carl Davidson, describes
further to review and exam- i r.c. t. - i .
ine anv and all aroas of nr!SDS as bc,ng extremely anti-
program function "with the
sincere hope that ASUN ' may
prove of assistance to the un
ion in the implementation of
its programs.
Frolik thanked Harding and
said he was sure they could
"work together in a spirit of
cooperation."
The Senate also passed sev
eral motions which approved
the ASUN committees and
their members appointed by
ASUN President Kent Neu
meister. Politics
Thought
Miss Williams said that
after the group returns they
would gather in groups called
"cadres" to discuss the ideas
expressed at the institute.
' Another group of students
at Ihe University ' who repre
sent student action and think
ing is the Student Action for
Government Effective
ness (SAGE).
The difference between this
group of students and perhaps
some others on campus is that
they are organized because
of University problems,'
One project that SAGE has
accomplished this year was
their backing and help with
the conference room petitions
which prompted the Assn. of
Students of the University of
Nebraska to pass a motion
suggesting the rooms to the
administration.
Dick Sherman, one of the
SAGE organizers, said, "Now
we're waiting to see some
thing done about making plans
for these rooms. We don t
want to see them end with a
resolution."
Another project is the for
mation of a research commit
tee which is looking into the
matter of University concern.
Sherman stressed that the
keynote of SAGE'S organiza
tion is "cooperation" with the
present student government
and University, but that "they
won't hesitate to voice opin
ion."
"We are very concerned,"
he said, "with creating an at
mosphere of learning which
we feel has been lacking on
this campus." I
SAGE's present mem
bership is estimated at 35
members. ,
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SDS Plans
Viet Nam
Teach-in
Nebraska's newest student
action group, Students for- a
I Democratic Societv fSDSK is
, interested in not only civil associate professor of history.
-iKf K,.t ; as he took an overall look at
rights but also many other;thfl rfls.t student a c tion
contemporary social p r o b -
lems.
These problems range from
international
speech and
reform.
peace to free
University
totalitarian, against both fas
cism and Communism.
The group, which includes
about a dozen members, has
been on campus only about
four weeks, but it already has
numerous projects and plans.
Sunday they will sponsor a
Teach-in from 6 to 11 p.m. on
the war in Viet Nam. The
teach-in, coordinated with the
International Protest Days!
against Viet Nam on Satur
day and Sunday, will feature
faculty members speaking on
both the pros and cons of the
war. One of SDS's national
officers will also be here this
weekend to welcome the new
chapter and participate in the
Teach-in.
Other projects considered
k., enc tu,L t a f
by SDS include a study
rules and regulations on cam-
pus. One of its members has
begun a study of these rules
and recently reported that he
could find no information on
the Unjversity code which is
vaguely mentioned in the
campus handbook.
He explained to the group
that the University's actual
rules are vague. For instance,
they prohibit any "bad be
havior" or violation of t h e
rules of "morality and de
cency," Davidson has stressed that
if there are rules to be made
on campus, SDS believes stu
dents should make them and
"not have rules just given to
them."
Hc has also explained that
students should have the
privilege to bring whoever
they want to campus to speak,
to publish anything they want
and to do research on a n y
subject they chose.
Another project that has
been investigpved and consid
ered by SDS is the unioniza
tion of all service-type Uni
versity employees.
Davidson stressed that
SDS's purpose is not riots and
disobedience for he said
"there is no reason for riots
as long as the channels are
open."
SDS nationally has more
than 100 chapters and is de
scribed as a radical-leftist
movement.
President of SDS, takes over the "Hyde Park" platform.
New Movements
Encourage Trask
A call for more student ac
tion, a less apathetic adminis
tration and more education on
contemporary problems.
All of these things
were
i stressed bv Dr. David Trask.
1 groups on this campus.
"We are not a first rate
! University," he said. "One of
the tirst signs ot a nrst ciass , tha stale, such ss conserva
school is active student ac- tism, are threatened.
tioJ" , . . He said that most of the
He said that m the last. tadents t Ncbraska fee, the
wo or three years there had sures of an inadequate
been promising signs of a fntellectual atmosphere. but
DR. DAVID TRASK
growing concern for great na -
tional and international Drob-
lems by students at Nebras-
ka, but that we were still far
behind most schools in the na-
tion.
Trask explained that at
highly rated schools like
Harvard, Colomhia. the Uni-
versity of California and the
University of Wisconsin, the
i students are lar aneaa oi ie-,
1 braska in thinking about and
j understanding issues.
j jJe appauded the students
j who are taking part in Friends
! of Students Nonviolent Coordi-
nating committee iriNU, '"e siuuenis. ne saia,
Students for a ; Democratic I "are apathetic for two princi
Society (SDS and other less pal reasons." i
organized "think action! First, he said, there is at
groups" on campus. He said lack of adequate education
these students were simply : about the great conlemporary
"more advanced in the recog- problems. Second, the Univer
nition and understanding of sity administration and facul
education." ty have fallen short of their
"The people who participate responsibilities in arousing the
in FNCC are the brightest ' student's interest in these
most sensitive students in the problems.
University." he said. "Students look to the facul-
He explained that student ty and administration for lead
action on Midwest campuses ership," he said, "and if they
Combos Set Tone!
For Homecoming
Three different combos will i
set the tone for the Homecom
"t
ning at 8:30 p.m. The Home
coming queen and her attend- j
ants will be announced at the ;
event which is the Homecom-!
ing Week kickoff.
The Kopi Kals from Has
tings, the Starfires from Oma
ha and a campus group, the
Nate Branch trio, will be
playing on different areas oi
the floor in the Pershing Au
ditorium Arena. A huge 15 by
20 foot red and white back
drop across the stage will ac
cent the dance's theme. "Sa
lute to NU Sports."
Vkki Cline, last year's
queen, will crown the new
Homecoming Queen at 10 p.m.
The honored guest at the
dance will be Mrs. John Mor
row of Lincoln, Homecoming
Queen of 25 years ago.
Nebraskan
was slow in getting started
because the two main prob
lems, civil rights and interna
tional peace, were especially
distant from the Midwest
; area.
Trask said people in
! Nebraska are generally
afraid of any type of change
and had a 2reat fear of infen-
ority which comes into plav
wnen basjc commitments of
that only a few are advanced
enough to organize.
"There is much more dis
content at the University than
appears on the surface," he
said.
The basic student com
plaint, he said, was the ad
ministration and faculty's
lack of attentiveness to the
real needs and aspirations of
the students.
"The University has lost
sight of the students in trying 1
to deal wth problems of ex-j
pansion and diversification."
; he explained.
He said that the adminis-!
tration and faculty were ed-:
; ucating the students in 1965
to live in 1945.
"Students want to be taught
how to live in the present and ;
.future. They want to under-;
stand the problems they must
face," he said.
Trask explained that even
umugi. ki uaeius . c e .
: tins need, few of them on the
i Nebraska campus at the pres-
ent time have the initiative
and concern to do something
about it.
are apathetic and don t care
neither will the students."
But he stressed that stu
dents will only continue this
way for so long and then when
they begin to feel this ever in
creasing lack of education
about contemporary prob-
lems, there will be problems.
"We w ill have riots compar
able to those at Berkeley in ,
the next two or three years
unless the administration and
faculty do something to meet
the real problems and impor
tant issues being raised,"
Trask said.
He said that the University
needs to take stock of these
problems right now and begin I
to redress the student griev-1
ances. j
"The best policy oi the facul
ty and administration," he!
said, "is to work with these
student action groups rather
than against them.'"
We are only at the beginning
of the student movement in
Ncbraska, he said, and it will
continue and grow rapidly.
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By Wayne Kreuscher
Senior Staff Writer
Editor's Note: This week
end college students all over
the nation will be taking part
in International Protest Days
against U.S. participation in
Viet Nam.
No Nebraska group on the
University campus will be
protesting primarily against
participation in Viet Nam. but
many will be thinking ah oat
serious issues along wit'i the
rest of the wuntry.
Action on the University
campus this week has already
Hyde Park . . .
Students, Faculty
Voice Opinions
By Steve Jordon
Junior Staff Writer i
The Student Non-violent Co
ordinating Committee, the'
Students for Democratic So
ciety, juvenile delinquency,
American apathy and weak !
ness and the "University
code" were discussed yester
day afternoon by some 300
University students and facul
ty. The occasion was the first
of a series of events called
"Hyde Park," held in the Ne
braska Union Lounge.
The name was taken from
a small park in England
where passcrsby can express
their opinions or listen to oth
ers whenever the impulse
arises.
1 The audience traditionally
participates by heckling, ask
ing questions. and occasionally
removing 'he speaker from
the platform.
The session is sponsored by
the Nebraska Union Talks
and Topics Committee headed
by Liz Aitken. It is open to
FSNCC Strives
To Help Gulfport
Civil rights is the primary
concern of the Friends of the i
Student Nonviolent Coordinat-'
ing Committee (FSNCC) on
the University campus. j
Organized last year by six!
P'vle, the group now has 40 ;
members. It was the first civil
rights group ever organized'
on the University campus. i
Gene Pokornv. president of j
FSNCC, said that the group
this year planned on continu
ing some of FSNCC's projects
started last year such as the
Gulfport Project
ile explained that the Uni
versity is the only school in
the North which is helping the
Negroes organize for political,
educational and economic lib
erty in Gulfport, Miss.
FSNCC collects money on
this campus, he said, and
tries to send about $200 a
month to Mississippi for the
project which is now trying to
organize and educate the Ne
groes into using their voting
rights.
Of this money, $40 goes to
1W5 University graduate Pes
gy King who is the third Uni
versity volunteer Sir w ork
er to spend time in G u I f
port. Pokornv explained thai
this $40 a month was all Miss
King receives to live on while
working for the project in
Mississippi.
FSNCC sends the other $160
to the Gulfport Project in gen
eral which is trying to help a
Negro ghetto register all of
its citizens above 21 to vote.
"People don't understand,".
Pokorny said, "that when a
Negro has been stamped on
for so long, it's hard for him
to understand that all of sud
den he has the righ to vote.
People have to explain h i s
rights to him and why he
should vote. They have to
show him that this right will
mean something."
He stressed that the $40
Miss King gels each month
means tat thf spends "(I
cents for each of her meals
and that lor every dollar con
tributed, . five meals are
bought.
Four months ago. he said,
the total project at Guliport
had $50. thus "every penny
really means some'hing to
..hese people."
i The money for this project
Thursday, October 14, 1965
included the first Hyde Park
forum.
Today a national socialist
leader, Norman Thomas, will
speak in the Nebraska Union
a. 3:30 p.m.
Sunday evening Nebraska's
first teach-in will be held in
the Love Library auditorium
where faculty members, stu
dents and Lincoln individuals
will informally talk on both
the pros and cons of the Viet
Nam war.
The Daily Nebraska today
attempts to describe the small
but growing student action
and student thinking groups
on the University campus.
any faculty member or stu
dent for a 20 minute speech,
for active or passive listening
or for a simple statement of
an opinion.
The program lasted until
5:30 p.m., and during the two
hours of discussion, the Uni
versity's authority boundaries
were questioned, the integrity
of the American citizen was
placed in doubt, the goals
of the Students for Democra
tic Society were reviewed
and criticized and jesting
cheers were heard for juvenile
delinquency.
The audience was as niuuh
a part of the event as the
speaker. Some speakers ig
nored the interruptions and
questions of the listeners,
some answered questions
when they arose, and some
members of the audience
marie wisecracks that drew
laughs and applause from the
crowd.
Hvde Park will be held noxt
week an hour earlier, again
in the Union Ixtunge, accord
i ing to Miss Aitken. .
is collected through FSNCC's
Dollar Days where a c a r d
table is set up in the Nebras
ka Union lounge seeking con
tributions once a week and by
some solicitation.
"Last year," Pokorny ex
plained, "almost all of our
money came from the faculty ,
because many students just
weren't interested."
Other things FSNCC wants
to do this year include stu
dent and faculty contact com-
GENE POKORNY
mitres. Pokorny said they
wanted to go out and talk to
living units and to the faculty
about their organization and
try to find more "badly
needed" members.
"People at Berkeley, Har
vard. Columbia and other
places are ready to fight
lor what is right," he said,
"but here people just d o n't
seem to be interested."
"If we are ever going to
solve the problems of this col
lege generation, people are
going to have to become more
aware."
Other projects planned are
an investigation into reported
discrimination in some Lin
cr'n taverns u.A a regular
news letter which will be dis
tributed around campus
entitled "Called To Be Hu
man.' Pokorny said the group has
plans to co-sponsor a visit to
the campus next April by
ireedom-singer Pete Seeger.'
"1 wish people just wouldn't
dismiss us without hearing us.
Often all they hear are a lot
of rumors. If they would In
vite us into their houses and
then alter hearing us say no.
I would respect them a lot
more than the ones who
won't even hear us," Pokor
ny said.
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