colli
friday, September 8, 1972
lincoln, nebraska vol. 96, no. 4
CSL uncovers
membership
inadequacy
by Ad el la Wacker
The Council on Student Life struggled to its
feet Thursday night without a permanent
chairman and one too many student appointees
from the College of Arts and Sciences.
At his first CSL meeting, Ken Bader, new
vice chancellor for student affairs, said he
would talk to UNL Chancellor James Zumberge
Monday about the appointment of a chairman.
He also indicated that Administrative Dean Ely
Meyerson would sit in on CSL in his place.
It was brought up during the meeting that
there are three Arts and Sciences students on
the council inspite of CSL rules which state no
more than two student members are allowed
from each college.
The three students are Deb Loers and Sherile
Schwenninger and Chris Harper.
Loers is a hold over member. Schwenninger
and Harper are new to CSL.
- After ASUN President Bruce Beecher asked
the council for suggestions for correcting the
mistake, faculty member John Goebel
reminded CSL members that the issue had
caused trouble before. He recommended
compliance with CSL rules.
Another suggested rules be waived.
Beecher said he will talk with Zumberge
about the problem and report to the council
at the next meeting, Sept. 21.
On another topic, acting chairman Hazel
Anthony questioned Beecher about whether
ASUN or CSL is responsible for Publications
Board selections. As it stands now, ASUN is to
submit 10 names to CSL who make selections.
Regents'agenda includes
tuition, budget proposals
A merry-go-round of important items faces the Board of
Regents at their 1 p.m. Monday meeting in the Nebraska
Union.
The board is scheduled to set the University's 1973-74
budget request, which includes a probable tuition hike for the
next school year.
The tuition proposal tentatively endorsed at the board's last
meeting would cumulatively cost UNL students an extra
$376,912. Some board members say they support an increase
steeper than the one preliminarily decided upon.
The board will meet informally with the Student Liaison
which is a statement of the University's general direction in
both the academic and physical sense. The plan was prepared
by University President D.B. Varner's office.
Regents also will set a date to discuss the report of the
Commission on Governance of the University. That reoort was
completed last March after more than a year of deliberation.
Sorority becomes
rush week fatality
by H.J. Cummins
Sigma Kappa was a 1971 rush week casualty-the
traditional recruiting festivities gleaned for them a
single pledge. This year's pledge class of zero has
made the sorority a rush fatality.
'There's a 90 per cent chance the house will
dose" after this semester, house president Cheryl
Shrewsbury of Lincoln said. Unless house members
reconsider their earlier decision to close which she
said could only be prompted by pledging six or more
women through open rush the 15-member chapter
will fold.
The Sigma Kappa closing is not a harbinger of
death for the Greek system, however, Panhellenic
adviser Jane Anderson said.
Anderson, who advises the 16-member sorority
governance body, said most houses this year pledged
as many women as they could under quotas set by
Panhellenic.
'There was no difference in enthusiasm from last
year or the year before," she said.
Then why Sigma Kappa?
Shrewsbury puts part of the blame on other
sororities and fraternities on campus.
'The Greek system hasn't helped us any," she
said. "Comments are made all over campus (about
Sigma Kappa) and there is no proof, no reason for the
comments."
Rush Chairman Ellen Luebsof Wood River agrees.
The house's "labels" killed them: "We're the 'smallest
house on campus,' some even say 'the worst'."
She said she's convinced the labels came up during
rush week-among rushees and by members of other
sororities.
Becky Lahr of Lincoln, one of the three 1971
Sigma Kappa pledges (the house picked up two,
including Lahr, through open rush), expressed
indignation at the house's labels and the rushees who
she said were swayed by them.
"In a generation that prides itself on individualism,
I'm disappointed that the girls would not take the
time to judge us individually I think they did go for
the label," she said.
Shrewsbury also blamed some practical handicaps
for the outcome of this year's rush.
The small number of active members could not
handle the volume of rushees as well as other houses,
which have up to 80 members, she said. Low finances
also hurt, she added.
Shrewsbury pointed out that two or three rushees
could have been pledged after this year's rush week.
But the actives decided the number was too small to
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save the chapter, and that the limited social and
philanthropic opportunities for a small pledge class
would have been too little to offer pledges, she
added.
Times have been rough for the shrinking sorority,
Shrewsbury said.
The standard duties have had to be divided among
fewer people, meaning more work for all. Members
repainted sections of the house and made curtains for
windows in several rooms. House members and eight
boarders ire cooking their own meals.
All of this, she said, has served to draw the girls
together. The sorority sisters have pledged to
continue meeting even if the house closes.
Shrewsbury and Luebs said they think the Greek
system is slumping in the Midwest but predict it will
gain muscle again.
"Some people will always want to live in a smaller
unit than that of dormitories, in a place they feel
they belong," Luebs said.
Doth agreed the system is changing, relaxing in
many ways and centering around the goal of a
comfortably sized living unit of like-minded people.
Shrewsbury said the fate of the 16th Street
building is in the hands of an alumni board. She said
she thinks the house will probably take boarders for
four of five years, using the rent money to pay back
debts and saving the rest for a possible revival of the
chapter.
'Labels killed us" . . . "the smallest house on campus" or even "the worst.'