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Editorial Comment
Tribunal Matters
The Student Council Judiciary Commit
tee should be complimented on its quick
action on the eligibility of Gary Rodgers
as a member of the Student Tribunal. It
should also be complimented for making
explicitly clear to Joe Baldwin, Tribunal
chairman, that the eligibility of Tribunal
members is one matter completely out
of the hands of the, student judges.
Donald Iburg, senior Tribunal judge,
has reportedly expressed complaint that
the group was being "judged guilty with
out a trial.". He also commented, "The
rules f jr the hearings have not been
drawn up yet. I wish we could be given
a chance." Here, Iburg was referring to
reports that hearings of the Tribunal will
probably be closed to the press and con
sequently the student body. All of the
judges actions would thus be a secret
from those who agreed to their organiza
tion In the first place. To this type of
conduct, the label "farce" could easily be
applied. This seems to be another decis
ion which the Tribunal should have no
right to make. Its .duty is to pass judg
ment on student conduct, not to withhold
Information of its actions and protect the
judged student or the judges, who may
make a seemingly unfair decision about
which the entire student body should
know.
The whole idea of a student group of
judges should be to bring student justice
out into the open, away from the closed
doors of the administration. How can per
sons on campus help but wonder about
what the Tribunal has in mind if it intends
to close its hearings? Why, if the Tribunal
has the power to place someone on proba
tion or recommend his expulsion from
school for cheating or drinking, can no
one be told how it uses its powers?
The Nebraskan would recommend that
the Student Council Judiciary Committee
review the problem of closed hearings and
make a recommendation or ruling on the
matter This, of course, should not be
done without first carefully polling the
opinions of the persons who the Council
members represent. It seems almost cer
tain that many unfavorable comments
would be heard on the idea of secret pleas
and punishments.
This paper has no intention to smear the
names of guilty students across the pages
in banner headlines. Conduct findings,
however, should and would be reported if
hearings are open. If the Tribunal's judg
ments are then fair, nobody will have
cause to complain including the student
who may be found guilty.
Fraternity Rushing
The Interfraternity Council's discussion
on revamping rush week rules may prove
extremely beneficial to Nebraska Greeks.
The idea of a second semester rush week
is one which numerous out-state students
might find extremely attractive. Under
the present program, if a student doesn't
go through rush week he often has to wait
until next year to show his desire to join a
fraternity. When that next fall rolls
around, he may decide he doesn't want to
be a pledge with a group of freshmen he
doesn't know, so he forgets about frats
and stays in the dorm or finds an apart
ment for the rest of his college life.
The listing of pledge preferences by the
rushee and the houses a system similar
to that now used by Panhellenic seems
capable of adding more dignity to rush
week. A more intensive rush program
out-state will undoubtedly give the IFC its
most headaches. The costs of caravans to
high schools might be prohibitive, but
could be effective. One of the best types
of selling fraternities will be messages of
"good works" done by these organizations.
The IFC has plenty of time to make cer
tain this campus doesn't lack fraternities
willing to do community work to add to
the stature of the Greek system.
No Man Is an Island
The Rev. Darrell Patton, Methodist uni
versity pastor, is author of this week's
religious feature.
Religion in America seems to have
gained a new popularity. This fact has
excited considerable comment from a
number of sources. The principle point in
question seems to be whether or not the
revival of interest in religion is genuine or
superficial. I am sure that no one is
qualified to give an accurate answer to
the question. The facts seem to indicate
that it is a strange mixture of both. His
torically the current popularity of religion
has never been a test of its vitality. In
fact history seems to indicate that when
religion is most popular it is also most
ineffectual. A virile faith is usually the
product of adversity.
Let's take an honest look. We who pro
fess a faith claim that it gives ultimate
meaning to our existence. But does it
really? Too often it is merely an inter
esting hobby to be enjoyed when we have
nothing more important to do. This kind
of indifference is especially apparent on
the campus. Students who claim to have
inquiring minds seem perfectly content to
leave the whole realm of religious knowl
edge unexplored. We somehow assume
that if we have a casual association with
some form of organized religion we will
absorb sufficient knowledge of it by some
kind of a "sph Uial osmosis." From our
great wealth of ignorance thus absorbed
we are quick to supply information about
our faith when religion becomes the topic
of the late hour bull session.
If we are honest with ourselves we are
forced to admit that our campus religious
life is often merely another extra curricu
lar activity. We profess a faith but fail to
practice it. We affirm a faith with our
lips and deny it with our lives. Let us ac
cept the challenge to become students of
our faith not in name only but also in
deed.
From the Editor
A Few Words of a Kind
There are 18 minutes left until deadline.
There is only one answer . . . Hines'
stream of unconsciousness. This should
be great, I tell myself. Everyone is al
ready saying that I am unconscious.
How the devil did that fly get inside that
paste pot? Why don't flies stick to the
paste? If I don't hurry up
I'll never make it to class
on time. I never do any
way. Damn phone never
works right.
Just when you try to
work somebody walks in
and asks a question. Why
do they ask me? I don't
know what the devil is
wrong with them.
Got to hurry. Debate
meeting tonight. Can't
go. No date Sunday. Got to get one.
Could call ... no.
They're talking outside. Sam Jensen
scored a touchdown for the Betas. I don't
believe it. That's right, I reply. He's in
law school. How do you spell his name?
S-e-n? Yeah. It's S-e-n. They start laugh
ing. Sam, playing football? Why don't
they keep quiet.
Time running out. Someone asked me,
e.e.
. . e, e, hines
finding it hard to find anything to write
about? Absolutely, I replied. Now he will
know I'm kidding.
I'm going to marry a rich girl. One rich
girl could certainly prove as useful as two
poor girls. No, I won't either. Be a
bachelor. Go to South America. Do public
relations.
Time's running out. Should have brought
old clothes to use in the theatre lab. Too
late now. Studnicka never has painted
that plaster bird he gave me. Wonder if
the Phi Gams will ever quit kicking the
football across the street.
Funny the pledge of ours wondered if I
was a real terror. Never seen me smile,
he told someone. Say, that fraternity
brother of mine is really screwing up my
love life. Wonder how much more before
I get to the end of this. Keep it short. Say
something clever. Read where there are
3 million alcoholics in the United States.
Didn't know there were that many news
papermen. Read somewhere that cut flowers seem
to keep better in gin than water. That ex
plains hung-over flowers.
I'm late for class. I believe in school
spirit, the extra point club, and scratch
ing yourself when you itch.
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THE STRANGE WORLD
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Bungling
By Dick Shugrue
9-26
Nebraskan Letterip
Double Jeopardy
In an invited visit to a fra-.
ternity on campus a day or so
ago, the Associate Dean of
Student Affairs, Frank Hal
gren, was entertained as the
honored guest. After dinner
he spoke about University pol
icy on scholarship and other
interesting regulations.
When asked about the sup
posed "double jeopardy" that
students are confronted with
when they break state, county
and city laws, Dean Haigren
denied the existence of such
punishment. To prove this
point he cited an example:
An emnloyee of a business
concern is found guiltv of
drunken driving. He is fined
$100 and his license is revoked
for six months. When he ap
pears for work the next morn
ing he is fired because his
actions have brought undue
publicity to the company and
is hurting its reputation.
The ounishment of the Uni
versity is represented in this
manner. Is this simile cor
rect? I don't think it is.
The University is a function
of the state, the business is
not. The laws are also a func
tion of the state. Therefore,
when a student is punished by
the University after he has
been punished by the authori
ties, he is actually appearing
before the state twice and is
punished by the state twice
for the same crime.
This action, this "double
jeopardy," is strictly forbid
den in the constitution of the
United States. Why then is the
student subjected to "double
jeopardy?"
C. W.
Builders Reply
Although (R. M. Ireland)
scarcely merits reply, his col
umn of last Monday has
caused a certain amount of
controversy in some circles
mostly as to where he got his
ideas.
As stated in the Builders'
constitution, our purpose is
"to build a greater Univer
sity." To do this, our activi
ties are channeled in three di
rections. In the field of public rela
tions, the publicity committee
handles a great deal of out
state publicity for the Uni
versity. Members of this
committee accompanied ad
ministrative personnel, at
the administration s request,
in hlP-h schools through the
state acquainting high school
students with tne campus ana
University life. Between the
city campus publicity com
mittee and its counterpart on
Ag campus, approximately
2,000 potential University stu
dents were reached person
ally. Another 5,000 outstanding
high school students received
letters from Builders congrat
ulating them on their indi
vidual achievements. That
this program has been effec
tive is shown Dy me iaci uiai
the administration wants to
expand these activities even
more this year.
Parties and conventions
committee sponsors a dance
LAST CHANCE
TODAY
Buy Your
Tickets To
THE BROADWAY
THEATRE LEAGUE
for high schoolers at state
tournament time, helps offi
ciate at the Fine Arts Festi
val, and assists with a ban
quet for those attending the
high school press convention.
The city and Ag tours com
mittees do not specifically con
duct tours of the campus for
freshmen. It is rather a serv
ice to high school groups and
other Interested organizations
who wish to become acquaint
ed with the University cam
pus. Between six and eight
thousand people were giuded
around our campus by mem
bers of these two committees
last year.
In the field of publications,
Special Edition, First Glance
and Husker Handbook p r o
vide various views of the cam
pus to help orientate incom
ing freshmen. Special Edition
covers matters of interest to
new students from the Mili
tary Ball to life in the dorms
to what to wear. First Glance
provides a pictorial presenta
tion of the various activities
on campus, and it does so
more cheaply and more ef
fectively than the individual
organizations could do them
selves. Husker Handbook is placed
in the freshmen packets along
with administrative pamph
lets, which speaks "highly,"
in the words of Dean Chat-
field, for the worth of the
publication.
As for the columnist's spe
cific complaints (on the Stu
dent Directory), all the phone
numbers in the directory are
checked by the telephone
company and the omissions
are those of students who ne
glected to fill out a card dur
ing registration.
Because it is simply not
feasible to run back and forth
between the city and Ag cam-
Euses, the Ag committees in
fniversity Builders perform
some of the same, but many
of their own, functions on that
campus.
Because of the lines of serv
icepublic relations, publica
tions and agthree v i c e -presidents
are necessary. One
would hardly expect that one
person would have sufficient
knowledge of all these differ
ent fields, even if that per
son had the time, to adequate
ly coordinate all three.
If by "whale" you refer to
our size, Mr. Ireland, you are
right, for Builders is certain
ly a large organization. It has
to be to accomplish all that it
does.
UNIVERSITY BUILDERS
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Shugrue
If it's not the growl of an
Air Force ROTC tiger just as
another columnist predicted
would be heard then it's
something even more ridicu
lous . , . and
in the same
d e partment!
Think of it.
Men. College
men. One
minute
they're hear
ing of t h e
horrors o f
atomic war
fare and the
great part
the USAF will play in it and
the next minute they re mak
ing model airplanes.
Yes, mothers of River City,
model airplanes. That's the
semester project for the soph
omores. Each cadet checks
the name of a plane oft the
list and proceeds to make it
for a display to be discussed
later.
Now how about that for college-level
training? I finished
my last model plane the night
I got my report card from
the sixth grade.
And, taxpayers, your hard
earned dollars are going to
support this type of course,
this kind of assignment.
I have never heard the likes
of the noises coming from the
Student Tribunal If the ruling
on Gary Rodgers is going to
be typical of the Tribunal do
ings, I say get rid of the thing
before it gets uncaged.
Have you ever heard of an
organization which rules on
the eligibility of its own mem
bers? I have, but the organi
zations didn't last long when
the public caught on.
It's not the question of
whether old Rodgers is eligi
blehe isn't in my book; you
can only have one law school
judge but rather the question
of what body is responsible
for the good conduct of the
Tribunal.
That's the Student Council.
And, by jove, if they don't
put the tribunal in its place
quick, the whole bunch will
have to be dealt with and
long before next May.
Dave Keene, can't you do
anything with these self-pcr-petuating
tribunes?
This is just going to be a
statement of facts as I lived
them and as I write them.
8:15 p.m. Wednesday: I
write down number of back
volume of periodical I need
for report.
8:20 p.m. Wed.: Move from
Social Studies reading room
to call desk; hand call slip to
Librarian No. 1.
8:35 p.m. I Wed.: Librarian
No. 2 asks, "Are you being
helped?" Reply: I think so;
won't guarantee it.
9:05 p.m. Wed.: Librarian
No. 1 says, "This volume is
lost; we don't have it."
Oh, Mr. Lundy, why is life
so tough? I thought I paid
that last fine in May.
The student library stua
tion isn't the same as the stu
dent - teacher situation. I
mean, the librarian has a cer
tain "service-type" obligation
to be nice to the customers
it's so seldom she sees most
of them.
So far this year I h a v e
wanted three books from Love
Library. One is in the bind
ery, another is lost and the
third is checked out for the
semester to a faculty mem
ber. Therefore, I go to tho
nice old lady in the College
View branch of the city li
braries. She keeps a civil
tongue, has a book or two and
is 237 per cent more efficient
than these gals dealt with
Wednesday eve.
Good Luck
Huskers!
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