THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, March 26, 197
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Election Time . . .
For a long time, the majority opinion on the campus
has been that the Student Council needed something, but
no one has stated explicitly just what that need was. The
time has come for the student body, or at least that part of
it which is interested in seeing the Council become more
than an activity with a paint value of 2, to do what they
want to with it.
Filings for Council positions end today at 5 p. m.
Sophomores who meet university requirements for partici
pating in activities may enter their names as candidates
from their colleges for positions on the Council during
their junior year. Junior students may file for senior-at-large
positions.
The students who file and are elected on April 1 have
one duty before them which would strengthen the Coun
cil. That duty is rewriting the Constitution. The Consti
tution was adopted in 1931 and has become obsolete for
the present and anticipated enrollment now and in the fu
ture. It no longer can take care of the many problem!
which arise now and many of the problems which faced
the Council 16 years ago have been taken care of.
In today's Nebraskan are two stories concerned with
the publicity which can be allowed during elections. The
story on page 1 is an interpretation of the present Article
IV of the Council election rules. This article is in effect
and will remain in effect for the election on April 1.
The second news item deals with a proposed revision
of this Article. It would allow campaigning for an in
dividual candidate or for a party, within certain limits. The
limits are posters and a special 'election edition of the Daily
Nebraskan. In the special edition, candidates names and
qualifications would be publicized. This is a step forward
in realizing that publicity helps in letting students know
who is running and why, which the original article ignores.
The decision of whether or not to allow this publicity
is up to the students, because they will vote on it next
Tuesday.
However, no provision is made in the revised article
for any other kind of publicity, such as through the Letterip
column of the Daily Nebraskan. We feel that statements
of party policy and plans can be made through this column,
as well as elaborations of the qualifications of candidates.
The Daily Nebraskan has made it a policy to print all let
ters which are pertinent to campus or national affairs, not
profane, and are not libelous or maliciously directed against
one individual or group. Campaigning of this sort arouses
necessary interest in campus affairs, which has been sadlv
lacking. J
The only change to remedy this omission in the re
vised article is through the Council Election Publicity
committee provided for. If the revision is approved by the
students, the Publicity committee can consider further
methods of liberalizing present campaign restrictions.
It is too bad that campaigning cannot be allowed in
this election, because interest needs to be aroused. We can
only hope that the revised article is adopted by the stu
dents and that further elections will not be met in such a
lackadaisical manner.
News
Print
Sociology Prof
Speaks Tonight
Henry Angelino, instructor in
sociology, will lead discussion on
the "sociological aspects of mar
riage" at the weekly Preparation
for Marriage group meeting to
night at 7:30 in the west lecture
room of the library. Georgette
Khouri and Nels Wodder are co
chairmen. Meeting for the last time to
right are the Christian Faith and
Action apd the Bible Study com
mission! groups. The Religious
Welfare Council has, been spon-;
soring this series of discussion
groups each week.
Vet Couples
Housing Is
Available
Living facilities are available
for student veterans with one or
more children, the Home and
Hospitality committee of Lincoln
announced today. Veterans inter
ested in this public service may
obtain more information at the
city housing desk, veterans affairs
building, 15th and N streets.
Committee officials said that
u p p e r c lassmen were preferred.
Explanation was made that the
vacancies have been created by
married university veterans who
have moved to Huskerville.
BY JIM COUFAL.
President Truman's decision to
by pass the UN as far as Amer
ica's immediat ve to stop com
munism is v. ied can, and
probably wi, . ulish a serious
precedence as far as world polit
ical action Is concerned.
America has no monopoly on
evangelical spirit, and our wish
to democratize the world can only
result In our great competitor's
equal teal to save the proletariat
from the dangers of capitalism
If America can support the
democratic forces in Greece, the
competition has an equal right to
aid the large communist elements
in South America. The Monroe
Doctrine, if legally applicable in
America, should be legally ap
plicable to American colonization
in Europe. America's intentions
in Greece, although not coloniza
tion in the physical sense, would
nevertheless be colonization. Of
course, there is, and long has
been, the question of whether the
Monroe Doctrine, which was
formed in 1823, is still relevant
in the world's actions.
In overpassing the UN, Tru
man took a dangerous step, for
the UN, inexperienced as it is, is
still a good sounding board for
world opinion and a good way to
find the reaction of the opposition.
Aside from these reasons, the
need for world government is ap
parent, and if the UN, which is
the embodiment of this need, is
to survive, instead of being al
lowed to die in the eight and
a half million crypt which Rocke
feller has given, it must be given
responsibilities and power.
It is granted that the UN would
deal with this problem at a slower
pace than an individual power,
but the immediate loss to one in
terest would be superseded by the
general agreement of all nations
on the problem.
The world is split into two rival
camps, and it Is a contest pure
and simple. One side is chosen
to win by coercion and force. In
the past this has failed, and after
a taste of it the countries which
must choose a political alignment
would probably prefer an Ameri
can plan.
Question of Week Stops
Sosh Traffic; Momentarily
BudgetHearing
Planned Today
Hearings are scheduled to begin
today before the state unicameral
budget committee on the univer
sity biennial budget.
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson and
University Comptroller J. K. Sel
leck will present the university's
budget to the committee at an
open hearing which begins at 2
p. m. University students inter
ested in attending the open hear
ings can determine in which com
mittee room the budget group is
meting by looking at the schedule
board at the main entrance to the
state capitol.
These hearings mark the offi
cial opening of action on the rec
ord university requests. The only
previous action was taken by for
mer Gov. Dwight Griswold in his
final recommendations to the leg
islature and by Gov. Val Peter
son in his preliminary statement
to the unicameral.
Filings . . .
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names must all appear correctly
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 name
which marking does not appear
in the same way by all the names
in the list. Such lists may contain
the political affiliations and cam
pus activities of all candidates but
not other information about them.
This list may appear either in the
press or on posters as authorized
by the Student Council.
"The press" shall mean: The of
ficial campus newspaper. In all
cases the editor of this publication
shall be held directly responsible
for what appears in the publica
tion. "Violating these rules" shall
Article IV
Of Charter
Revised
In a dual attempt to liberalize
election campaign publicity and
to inaugurate more student in
terest in campus elections, the
Student Council has approved a
revision of Section IV, Article
IV of the By-Laws of the Stu
dent Council Constitution.
The revised articla will be sub
mitted to the student body at
the spring elections scheduled for
April 1. If adopted, it will be
come effective after approval by
the University Senate.
Publicity.
At present, Article IV, dealing
with publicity during elections,
(interpreted in story on page 1),
prohibits the use of any kind of
campaign material for any can
didate or party. The revised
article includes some of the
clauses of the orginal, such as
forbidding soliciting of votes at
the polls on election day and
prohibiting distribution of me
chanically printed material of any
kind in behalf of any candidate
or party.
Additions to this article pro
vide for an election edition of
the Daily Nebraskan containing
publicity of all candidates and
parties, published on the regular
publication date prior to an elec
tion. Allows Toster.
Hand-made posters in behalf of
any party or candidate, limited
to a maximum of six posters per
party and four per candidate, will
be allowed under the revision.
The posters will be the only elec
tion publicity that will be law
ful, other than the special edi
tion of the Daily Nebraskan. In
permitting this added campaign
ing, the Council felt that it would
provide adequate publicity but
would still prevent undue ex
pense and work on the part of
any candidate or party.
Penalties invoked on violaters
of the present Article IV are
stated as "any candidate violating
these rules either in person or
through his supporters shall there
by become ineligible." The phrase
"upon presentation of conclusive
evidence" has been added in the
revision because of the possibil
ity of any candidate becoming
ineligible as a result of foul play
by his opponents.
The last addition in the re
vised article provides for a Stu
dent Council Election Publicity
Committee composed of four Stu
dent Council members, the chair
man being a member of the reg
ular election committee and the
remaining three members being
selected from the Council. The
powers and duties of this com
mittee shall be to determine each
year, within specified limits, the
number of hand made posters per
candidate and party and to pub
lish rules one month before election.
mean: In any way causing the
rules of this article to be broken
or infracted.
"Either in person or through his
supporters" shall mean: Either by
a personal action or by the ac
tion of any one of his supporters
or by any member of the political
party with which he is affiliated,
no matter whether or not he
knows such action will be taken,
is being taken or has been taken.
Shall thereby become ineli
gible" shall mean: Shall not hold
the office for which he is a candidate.
Penalty
In considering the definition of
the term "candidate" the penalty
of violation of a rule shall apply
only to the individual with whom
the violation is concerned. If the
violation is concerned with a po
litical party, then the penalty shall
apply to all nominees affiliated
with that party.
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
BY LARRY GOLDBLATT.
Ten minutes to four the guy
makes me go over to Sosh to find
out what people are going to do
for Spring vacation. Ten minutes
to four, he couldn't have decided
it half an hour ago; and me with
a coke date at four. He couldn't
have said, "Go up to the Crib and
ask a few people while you're
sipping a cup of coffee." No, the
guy wants me to go to Sosh, as
if they have a different class of
people there. So, I'll go ask
them. Who cares what they're
going to do on vacation; I don't
care; and neither do you. But I
go, and I ask, so read on.
Shirley Rumner says she is go
ing home to Bcnkelman and eat,
and sleep, and maybe go to Colo
rado. So now you know; are you
any smarter; do you care? Are
you any happier? Does it make
your whole day more pleasant?
Norman Pred from Lyons, is
going to work in a dance band in
Lincoln. He says he plays trum
pet. Doesn't he have a home?
Was it before or since the trum
pet? Or, is this the fruits of a
misspent childhood?
Prof. Breckenridge, What could
I do, I need the grade? He claims
he is going home to Missouri to
visit old friends, and his great
grandmother. I could say some
thing, but we'll give him the bene
fit of the doubt and pay him the
same respect that we give to an
instructor. I got 69 average in
the class.
June Soldani, a town girl, says
she is going to Omaha, and have
a few slumber parties. Who are
we kidding? That sounds almost
as interesting as Geography 72
Lab. But, every gal to her own
taste; stick to it, honey. I'll do
all I can to advertise it for you.
Mercedes James, Tabor, Iowa.
The gal claims she is going home
to mess around and have a good
lime, bhe murmured under her
breath she was going on a nine
day drunk, but her mother
wouldn't like to see it in nrint.
So, I promised her it wouldn't be.
Vow can I go, I'm forty-five min
utes late for my coke date al
i eady.
Nat'l Executive
Talks to APO
Marion Dizburoueh. a member
of the national executive board
of Alpha Phi Omega, addressed
tne local chapter at a meeting
held in Sosh Thursday evening,
Mach 20. Mr. Dizburough set
forth the aims and obiectives of
Alpha Phi Omega as those of
service to the university and
building up the local chapter. He
pointed out that Alpha Phi Omega
is not "just another organization"
but. a service fraternity made up
of former scouts who are now
gathered together to serve their
university and community.
Other business of the evening
included the formulation of a
spring project and the decision to
have an installation of new offi
cers at the next meeting April 1.
Council ...
(Continued from Page 1.)
Council positions open for fil
ings are Ag college, 2 men, 1
woman; Arts and Sciences 3, 2;
Bizad, 3 men; Engineering, 3 men:
Journalism, 1 man; Pharmacy, 1
man; Teachers, 1, 2; Fine Arts, 1,
1; Dental, 1 man; Law, 1 man;
and Graduate, 1, 1.
One representative from each
of the sophomore, junior and sen
ior class will be elected to Pub
Board. There is no stipulation as
to the sex of Pub Board candidates.
Conference Appointments
Girls who were unable to attend
the Charm School lecture Tuesday
night may make appointments in
Ellen Smith today and Thursday
for personal conferences with Miss
Gladys Bliss. - Miss Bliss will hold
20 minute conferences between 10
a. m. and 4 p. m.
of individuals or a political party.
Regular news items appearing
in the "press" (as defined above)
and concerning any candidate
shall not be considered as viola- j
tions of this article unless they
are not impartial.
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