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Where Do We Go From Here
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EDITORIAL
NATIONAL STUDENT
NSA Motion Draws Fire I
Battlelines. Thunder on the stage. Warm
collars at Student Council meeting. Pan
hellenic resolutions. Confusion, misunder
standing. ,
These are terms which can be used to
describe the recent chain of events evolv
ing from the motion made by Public Is
"sues Chairman, John Nolon, at a recent
Student Council meeting.
The motion called for the affiliation of
the United States National Student's As
sociation (NSA) with the Nebraska Stu
dent Council. .
What is NSA? To quote from the Con
gressional Record, August 18, 1961:
"The U.S. National Student Association
(USNSA) is a confederation of student gov
' ernments. in colleges and universities'
throughout the United States. Its pro
grams, policy and national leadership
this year as in previous years is deter
mined by the National Student Congress,
the largest and most' significant single
meeting of college students in the Nation,
comprised of delegates elected by the stu
dents of the member schools of the
USNSA..-.
"Today, USNSA's membership includes
the student bodies of 400 major American
colleges and universities . . . one-fifth the
total number of institutions on higher ed
ucation in the United States . . . and one
third of the accredited colleges and uni
versities, the enrollment . . . encompasses
veil over one-half of the total college en
rollment in the country . . .
"USNSA is bum on the belief that educa
tion is the keystone of democracy and that
a free university is essential to a free so
ciety. For this reason, the association an
- nually sponsors Academic Freedom Week
on its member campuses to emphasize the
importance of the freedoms to teach and
to learn in building and maintaining a free
society." .
Last Friday, a handful of interested stu
dents met in the Union Auditorium to hear
Mike Neff, representative of NSA. Mr.
Neff was detained by snow, so Council
President Steve Gage took the stage to dis
cuss the rapid growth of rumor and events
Surrounding the resolution.
He stated that as the Council resolution
stands now, the Council vote will determine
whether or not the University will affiliate.
' However, this does not mean that the mo
tion can not be amended and the decision
referred to the student body.
Gage's "thunder" then turned to those
who have already supposedly made up
their minds. He called upon them to seek
more information r through the Council's
study sessions, which we hope will be open
to the student body. -
He called for removing emotion and re
placing it with objectivity. The Council
and student body must decide if the mer-
By PHIL BOROFF
" 62 Skit-oo!," the new
est version of the Coed
Follies presented by'
AWS (Associated Wom
en Students), was gen-'
erally
well re ceived
by '
a large
a a d i
ence at
Penh
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Friday.
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audience member, the pa
rade of five skits and five
traveller acts, pleasantly
introduced by 'Herbie'
Nore, offered little in the
way of new, original,
clever entertainment.
Rather, it was a variation
and re-hash of used comic
and music routines hand
somely decorated.
' The highlights of the
evening were two travel
ler acts. Freshman Chris
tine Johnson delivered in
high style a series of
three love songs con
nected by a spoken 'dat
ing' story. She seems to
hJVe a tremendous
amount of musical talent.
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, Also excellent was "The
Bumble" from the hit mu
sic play and movie "West
Side Story," danced ener
getically' by Delta Gam
ma's Karen Costin, Ar.ne
Sowles and Jeanne Tho
rough. Having seen the
Broadway show and
worked with a summer
stock touring company
for -a week of eight per
formances, I was ex
tremely impressed with
me newness the three co
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not think so, and hope not. . .
Panhellenic, Student Council, and every
student should look very objectively at this
' question. Let's weigh the pro's and con's.
Get interested in what NSA is, what it
can do for the student body and Univer
sity; what it can not do. Talk about it;
think about it.
And, Panhell, might we suggest that
you join forces with the Council and spon
sor combined study sessions? It seems
that both groups should be after the same
thing. Information objectively obtained.
PTP Starts Moving
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Sunday afternoon, the People-to-People
movement went into full ..swing. It was
very pleasing to see the two rooms of the
Union overflowing with approximately 300
participants. .
It was stressed by the various speakers
and by Student Council Chairmen for PTP,
Chip Kuklin, that this is not to be con
sidered as an activity or an organization
as such. The program is not something
to do because it is fashionable. PTP is
people.
It might be argued that the program
should be called Person-to-Person in that
all areas of activity involve personal,
man-to-man relationships.
The primary area for this program will
be the Brother-Sister program, one which
will pair an International student and a
University student so that they might de
velop a close relationship and an under
' standing of each other and their cultures.
But, again, this can not be forced. Peo
. pie who join the program must do so with
open minds and open hearts not after
activity, points.
Congratulations, Chip, and all who are
and will help you with this program.
eds injected into the num
ber. Surprisingly, the award
winning traveller act was
the "Chi Chimps," with
Alpha Chi Omega's Helen
Landis, Anita Chilen and
Mary Jo Leach. Their
award should possibly be
posthumously split with
comedian Ernie Kovacs,
since he first did the
same thing .with his now
famous Nirobi Trio.
The other two traveller
acts, Sigma Kappa's
"Frantic Moment" and
"The Flaming Youth,"
with Linda Landreth do
ing the Charleston to a
recorded "Has Anybody
Seen My Gal," were both
politely amusing and
slightly entertaining.
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The skits were all ex
cellently costumed and
fluently coreographed.
But as a purposeful en
tertainment, no one skit
was completely success
ful. Alpha Phi's "Think
Pink" won the first place
award in an attractive
but unoriginal thematic
manner. The same idea
and title song were per
formed by Kay Thomp
son, the "Eloise" crea
tor, in a 1957 musical
Fred A s t a i r e-Audrey
Hepburn . film called
"Funny Face." After the
Follies, 1 went home and
listened to the film ver-
sion in the LP album. I
want to see the film
again.
"'62 Skid-Row;" pre
sented by the Chi Ome
gas, hastsome interesting
staging hanging phos
phorescent window frames
some original music,
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its outweigh the demerits and whether the
role of the student government extends to
an interesting staly and involvement in
discussions over state, national and in-
ternational affairs.
Panhellenic passed a resolution setting
up study groups every other Monday. 4"he
first one is today. Here, we can refer to
the cartoon on this page. What is the real 1
motive of Panhellenic? We hope that their
statement: "to present the facts both for
and against NSA" is the one apd only mo-
tive. 1
We know, however, that National Pan-
hellenic has decreed that NSA is not a good s
organization. It has also been said that s
Panhellenic defeated- NSA on the Okla- 1
homa University campus because national
sorority officers requested their members
to vote against it the basis for which was
Panhellenic stand.
Should organizational prejudices over
shadow an objective look at NA? We do
and some bright, cat-like
dancing, though no dra
matic progression. II o w
ever, it was judged good
enough for second place
recognition.
Third place went to
Delta Gamma's "All
finrTR Chilun Got
Rhythm," a takeoff on
the old Minstrel sh6ws.
Thl!Ew!Lb3dd
trite jokes were more
burlesque or vaudeville
house than minstrel show
boat. The fine dancing
could better have been
incorporated into the skit,
Serhaps by using a num
er like George and Ira
Gershwin's "Clap Yo
Hands," also from the
film "Funny Face.'.
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I found Kappa Kappa
Gamma's "Pleasantly
Bombed" THE MOST
ENTERTAINING skit of
the evening's fair. An
amusing, satirical look at
the world situation of nu
clear bombing involved:
Africa "I want my
Mau-Mau;"'Cuba Ca
trO peddeling a toy trac
tor; Russia - K h r u
shchev pounding the floor
with his shoe, removed
because it was pinching
his toe warts; , and t he
U.S.A. Kennedy late
because he was at mass,
and later revealing a
stack of hair hidden under
an Uncle Sam top hat.
It was fun.
The Gamma Phi Beta
skit, "The Jig is Up,"
shortly revealed the plight
of shamrock stealing from
the Irishmen by Scotch
drinking Scotchmen.
Much as I like scotch . . .
Skit who?
Differences unlimited,
Inc This could be the
1 name of a corporation we
I could register in one of
I the states of the Union
and start selling "differ
ences" between individ
uals and nations.
In case you are totally
free and have nothing else
to do, this may not be a
bad venture to undertake.
Individuals, groups, soci
eties, nations have ex
ploited it in the history of
mankind as a weapon
against each, other. But,
believe me, there are
many, many areas still"
untouched. The economy
of "differences" 'is un
limited and that should be
enough of a consolation.
But there is also the
other side of the coin.
This is the area of light,
,3f understanding, of ap
preciation, where dark
ness or misunderstanding
is relegated to the back-
NSA QUESTION:
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iDraws Comment
Ann Moyer's generaliza
tions about the work of
the Student Council and
the interest of its mem
bership, although undoubt
edly motivated by good
intentions, a r hastily
drawn. From her first
impressions of one meet
ing Miss Moyer concludes
that the Council has not
been developing its po
tential for the past six
months and that only two
junior members' possess
leadership qualities. She
also concludes that the
senior members of the
Council have abandoned
their role as leaders.
There are valid criti
cisms to be made of the
Student Council and sev
eral have been made this
year. But those who wish
to constructively criticize
must first conscientiously
attempt to determine the
facts so as to give their
readers an accurate re
port. '
The five senior holdover
members have been any
thing but lax in their lead
ership. President Steve
Gage has shown accurate
insight into the problems
of a student body and
has been the initiator of
many of Council pro
grams. Jim Sam-pies,
first vice president, has
effectively carried out the
tedious Job of approving
all constitutions of stu
dent organizations. He is
now beginning work on a
much needed revision of
Council by-laws.
Al Plummer and Sukey
Tlnan devoted two months
of the first semester to
organizing the Big Eight
Student Government As
sociation Convention. The
success of this convention
was attested by the Gov
ground with human ef
forts. There are innumer
able problems that are
common to mankind.
Fashions or fads start in
one country and travel all
over the world in no ti.ie.
Psychologists will tell
you that there is the child
in every man. Only the
other day (during the cof
fee hour-I prefer to call
it tine "gossip time." A
friend confided in me. He
had told his wife that the
moment he starts' acting
his age he would rather
drop deaii-
My hypothesis is that if
there are things that are
common between different
age groups there-. :t be
many things common be
. tween different individu
als, races, and nationali
ties. When a fellow foreign
student tells me that
Americans are different;
WILL THE REAL PANHELL.
MOTIVE PLEASE 'STAND ?
ernor and representatives
of the National Students
Association, the Collegiate
Council for the United Na
tions, the Peace Corps,
and the People-to-People
program of the Big Eight
schools.
"Don Witt, second vice
president, has been re
sponsible for the many
Council sponsored cam
pus elections and has
been instrumental in de
veloping the Council As
sociate program which
enables interested non
Council members to par
ticipate in the activities
of their governing body.
The junior and sopho
more members of the
Council have provided
leadership in the People-to-People
program, the
CCUN, t h e Combined
Campus Publication, the
Student Tribunal, activi
ties standardization, and
simplification of registra
tion procedures. The re
sults of their work are
not necessarily apparent
at any given session of
the Council.
The Student Council is
certainly not above ' re
proach. It has made mis
takes, and will undoubt
edly continue to make
them. However, each crit
ic should inform himself
of the work that is being
done so that his criticisms
will be valid and con
structive and so that
credit may be given
where credit is due..
John Nolon
Patterson Installed
At VCCF Chapel .
Rev. Dennis W. Patterson
was installed at the United
Campus Christian Fellowship
chapel Sunday at 8 p.m. He
received his Master's in so
ciology from the University
of Chicago.
they are proud of them
selves, that they are cold
I don't believe him.
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Similarly when an
American Mend confides
in me and relates some
what the same story but
in different words, I don't
believe him either.
Our main trouble is
that we jump to conclu
sions in split seconds.
Whether you are from the
United States, Canada,
England, Gernuny In
dia, Iran, Japan, Jamai
ca, Turkey or any other
country, you are also SO
AND SO. So my request
to you is that you not
commit the blunder of
generalizing from one or
two individuals.
I am warning you doub
ly in case ycj are already
involved in one of the in
ternational programs or
contemplating doing so. I
have heard some students
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have withdrawn their ac
tive participation from
certain worthy projects
after they ran into some
difficulty at the initial
stage. ,
There are weaknesses in
each individual as there
are in any or ail of the
organizat' "is. Let as,
therefore, be a little but
c. .vative and not get
ultra modern all at once.
. If you Jo not agree with
the objectives of those or
ganizations to which you
belong or have certain
misunderstandings, my
plea is that you attempt
to have them clarified. I
am sure officials of those
organizations will ,be
gratified to receive new
ideas r suggestions to en
hance their effectiveness.
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It is possible that many
of you have still not
thought of joining groups
like the Nebraska Inter
national Association or
or participating in the
People-to-People program.
Some of you feel that you
would rather have person-to-person
contacts. Then
there are several of you
who are merely allergic
(for no valid reason!) to
organizations and '.heir
structures.
We are living in a
world where we already
feel half-lost and thus we
are afraid of losing the'
other half by joining an
other organization. But I
hope you also realize that
these organizations are
meant only to provide a
platform so that you can
develop interpersonal re
lationships. This is the end-use of
organizations- Their span
of control ends there.
They are not interested in
controlling us but are in
terested in helping us
achieve our own indi
vidual goals.
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Some of you (like me)
are already lost in the
wilderness. If Astronaut
John Glenn could orbit
the earth three times and
return "hale and hearty",
why can't we orbit our
minds occasionally and
know where we are land
ing? Are we happy being
lost in our sororities or
fraternities, our daily
amusements, pajama
parties or beer sessions?
We should not deny our
selves these and other
pleasures of life. But we
should also have a few
moments to ourselves, to
sit down, relax, and ask
this $64,000 question:
Where do we go from
here?
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