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EGO-CENTRIC CONCLUSIONS:
Block Education
A course is only as good as its instructor. So said Arnie
Garson earlier in the semester. Last semester was the
worst, grade-wise, many students have had in school.
While grades are indicative of almost nothing, they
do show one thing; in the instructor's opinion, at least, the
student has learned something.
With some notable exceptions, instructors at the Uni
versity are expressing highly opinionated views about
others based on their own field and little else. If they
could or would present other data for highly generalized
conclusions that are, in the main, beyond the scope of their
class, such views would at least be acceptable.
The contention Is: the tendency of many instructors
here to infringe upon each other's field and criticize gen
erally what someone else has tried to do blocks the will
of the student to learn from those instructors.
GUEST EDITORIAL:
Blow To Education
The Senate's recent refusal to support the proposal of
Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.), to give tax certificates
to families sending children to college is a crushing blow
to many parents who are being caught between the desire
of sending their children to college and the increasing cost
of doing so.
The Ribicoff amendment allowed for a deduction of up
to $750 a year toward the payment of tuition, books and
other fees.
The Senate's reasons for defeat of the proposal, by a
close 48-45 vote, was that it wasn't helping the lower in
come families, the group which they believed needs the
most assistance in sending their children to college. Also,
they thought that universities would hike their tuition to
counteract any tax advantage given to students' families.
Both of these reasons might be valid but not valid
enough to cause defeat of the measure. The bulk of the
students attending college are from the middle income
bracket. But, as the Connecticut senator, pointed out, the
students coming from this segment of the population are
not as eligible for scholarship aid as are those from the
lower third.
To believe that colleges would hike their tuition to
"get even" with tax advantages given the parents of their
undergraduates seems a small reason for refusing pass
age. The need for extending education beyond the high
school level is becoming increasingly important with each
technological advance that is being made. By refusing to
grant relief to families which want to send their children
to college, the Senate is making it harder for their con
stituent's to achieve this desired end.
It is interesting to note that Louisiana's two senators,
Allen J. Ellender and Russell Long, voted against the Ribi
coff proposal. It would appear that these two solons, rep
resenting a state which is struggling to keep its young
people from leaving and trying to attract others to live
here, would have voted for a measure which would
make it easier for people to go to college and earn a living
in the state.
Of course it is also quite hard to see the reasoning
behind three of the sponsors of the proposal, Sens. Hubert
H. Humphrey Robert C. Byrd and Frank E. Moss, who
voted against it when the final tally was in.
The Senate must have been in a very anti-collegiate
frame of mind that day for they also rejected by a 47-47
tie a proposal by Sen. Winston L. Prouty, R-Vt. to allow
tax deductions for working students.
With tuitions rising at an Increasing and astounding
rate, the defeat of not one but two measures designed to
lighten the burden of paying for a college education, many
families will find it extremely difficult to make the sacri
fice. The Tulane Hullabaloo
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Friday, February 28, 1964
University Procedural Safeguards
Abominable; NU Should Improve
Dear Editor:
Professor William W. Van
Alstyne of Ohio State Uni
versity concluded in his
article on "Procedural Due
Process and State Univer
sity Students" in 10
U.C.L.A. Law Review, a
January, 1963, publication,
that standards of proced
ural fairness for state uni
versity students in our coun
try are abominable.
He found that extremely
high percentages of colleges
do not accord the bare rudi
ments of procedural safe
guards to the student. For
example, from question
naires sent to 72 state col
leges and universities he
found that 30 per cent do
not allow a student to be
accompanied by an advisor
of his choice during a hear
ing, 26 per cent don't per
mit cross-examination of
witnesses; 85 per cent per
mit the administrative
board to consider state
ments of witnesses not
available for cross-exami-ination;
47 per cent al
lowed consideration of evi
dence "improperly" ac
quired, (e.g. removal of evi
dence from student's room
without emergency justify
ing such a procedure).
F.rom the Pi Xi, TE.
and Red Dot episode and
the perennial fight against
the demon rum, we at Ne
braska have seen gross evi
dence of such conduct. For
example, I do not believe
that the technique used to
obtain a list of TXE mem
bers or the coercive tactics
used to obtains confessions
of membership therein are
exemplary of our proced
ural standards in courts of
law.
Professor Alstyne s u c
cessfully emasculates a 1 1
arguments for such funda
mentally unfair procedures.
It is commonly asserted
that the University stands
in loco parentis to the stu
dent and that like his par
ents may discipline h i in
without observing any pro
cedural standards.
This says Professor Al
styne is just so much ba
loney. In the first place
parents cannot lawfully "ex
pel" the child from the
home. Nor would any par
ent wish, if he could, to
stigmatize the child or de
prive him of the opportun
ity to enter his chosen pro
fession. Further, aside from
all this, wouldn't any stu
dent's parents want him to
get a fair hearing? Petty
offenders in court are ac
corded a fairer hearing than
a student in a matter which
may jeopardize his entire
career. . .
Another argument is that
It would cost too much to
provide a student with due
process safeguards. The an
swer to this is: How much
more? And if not a great
deal more, isn't It worth it?
Further the author points
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out that young men in mili
tary service, often younger
than a vast majority of Uni
versity students, are guar
anteed due process far be
yond what universities pro
vide. . .
I am not going to set out
the suggested procedures
advocated by Professor Al
styne, except to say that
they embrace the American
Civil Liberties Union's rec
ommendations largely con
curred in by the American
Association of University
Professors. The specific
recommendations are found
in the article.
This letter is merely to
urge that the University of
Nebraska must reappraise
its policies which now exist
and enact procedures com
mensurate with a respon
sible degree of fairness. No
longer should a student be
disciplined for a drunk
Steps Present Hazard
Dear Editor:
To all students who have
not yet (1) slipped on the
east and west steps of Bur
nett; (2) slipped on the
east and west steps of An
drews; (3) slipped on the
east and west steps of
Teachers College: and (4)
tripped over the rubber
weather mats that are evi
dent all over campus
Watch Out! Your time is
coming, too!
More than one student has
Society Tells Story
The Nebraska Historical
Society was created to pre
serve and collect items tell
ing the history of man's in
habitancy of the Great
Plains. Dating from the ear
liest prehistoric period, the
Society contains 40,000
books, 20,000 volumes of
newspapers and 80,000 pic
tures and photographs, in
addition to tens of thou
sands of other items illus
trative of life in Nebraska.
Located at 15th and R
streets it is not a part of
the University, but rather
a division of the state.
Donaldson Keeps Busy
University Business Man
ager Carl Donaldson is re
sponsible for overseeing all
details of operating the Uni
versity's $00 million physi
cal plant. He does the final
planning and placing of all
new buildings and has the
responsibility for the main
tenance of grounds, p u r
chasing equipment and sup
plies, for managing dormi
tories and for employment
of all non-academic personnel.
drive violation while home
for the summer when he re
turns to school in the fall;
or punished for drinking Al
though he has already paid
a fine in court; or refused
the right of cross-examining
or at least of knowing
who his accusers are. Ad
ministrators of dormitories
should not be allowed to en
ter a student's room in the
absence of emergency (fire,
bodily injury, etc.). Nor
should University Police be
allowed to look into stu
dents' cars at their leisure
and discretion.
This is an opportunity for
the University of Nebraska
to be an innovator and a
leader. If these procedures
could be tried and proved
workable (as they have in
our courts), the reputation
of our University would in
deed become enviable.
Steve Christensen
come out of Burnett or An
drews, taken their first step
down and then has imme
diately gone flying into the
crowd below. The injuries
have usually resulted in any
thing from critical embar
assment and foul language
to mild concussions. This is
particularly true at the east
door of Andrews, where ice
forms quite easily in those
concave steps.
Teachers College must
be even worse, although It
looks quite innocent. Its get
ting so that one cannot
walk by without getting hit
by a flying purse or body.
Already this year one girl
has broken a leg on the east
steps, and I myself have
lost a tooth and part of an
other one by tripping over
one of the weather mats.
These are not just iso
lated cases and freak acci
dents. I am sure many
people have suffered the
same experiences, but have
been luckier. And so, once
again to those people who
haven't had the "free fall"
experience, take out y o u r
student Insurance, wear
non-skid step climbing
shoes, and look both ways
before climbing those steps,
and good luck!
Of course, there is an al
ternative. The university
could fix the steps.
Roger Hirsch
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By WILLIAM AHLSCHWEPE
The spring semester is a
hey-day for one who likes
to sit back, look, and chuc
kle at humamnature. Often,
the chuckle isn't called for.
The interesting thing about
spring is the going out-of-the-old
and coming-m-of tne
new. Campus elections, that
is. It's interesting to note
that in more than one elec
tion, the most capable lead
ers, those candidates with
purpose, ability, and deci
sion, have been turned down
for a compromisor, some
one who isn't strong enough
to disagree with anyone,
who has no direction to his
leadership other than to
chair a meeting, and who is
unqualified by his record
Isn't it interesting how IPC
officers must create an im
age by their appearance?
Isn't it interesting the
iTninn fights all year to
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Bad Seed II
After finally getting t h e
last of the tar and feath
ers out of my ears and the
rail splinters out of my
pride, I decided to return
to Happiness . . .
HAPPINESS IS:
Beating your parents to
the mailbox the day grade
slips are issued.
Not rooming with the
scholarship chairman, the
religion chairman, or t h e
treasurer.
Knowing you have no per
spiration problems.
An extra roll of t o i 1 e t
paper.
Your best friend on the
Student Tribunal. This is
also called insurance, true
love, and very clever.
The day that only girl in
your class skips, and your
professor knows some new
jokes.
45 shaves with one blade.
(Never mind the nicks,
burns, and four-inch stub
bleyou'll be the only one
on campus with a chin that
goes, "Beep-beep.")
Field trips in Love and
Marriage.
A letter to the editor that
doesn't begin, " In regard
to . . .", or "Parry . . ."
Giving your ROTC
shoes to Goodwill.
$45,000 for a summer rush
program.
A busboy with a sleady
hand when pouring water
on Sunday noon.
Being able to remember
everything that happened
over the weekend, or a re
liable source.
At least half the pledges
making their average.
Discovering your alum
advisor was a Pi Xi.
My pinmate finally pass
ing a math course.
A last minute date with a
girl who doesn't wear leo
tards, quote poetry, or care.
Study in I
Guadalajara, Mexico
The Guadalajara Summer School,
o fully accredited University of
Arizona program, conducted in co
operation with professors from
Stanford University, University of
California, and Guadalajara, will
offer June 29 to August 8, art, !
folklore, geography, history, lan
guage and literature courses. Tui
tion, board and room is $265. 1
Write Prof. Juan B. Rael, P. 0. Box 1
7227, Stanford, Calif. I
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keep the 5.7 average grade
limit for uoara mcmutu,
but in February consistent
ly chooses sub-5.7'ers to car
ry the banner? Isn't it in
tercsting how so-called
"Help" organizations elect
those whose records suggest
hindrance instead of help?
I think that it is time for
some "guts" to be shown in
campus elections. If you
are really serious about
vour group, then you had
better do something to pro
mote its life-like choose a
president who is a leader,
or a committee chairman
who has the ability to de
velop into a leader, or a
worker who, once his grade
average goes below a 6.5,
or is initiated, will not drop
out. That is not easy, I will
admit. It requires a little
work and some thinking.
Wake up, electors, wake
up!
A last minute date with a
boy who doesn t wear
pleated pants, quote poetry,
or try.
Not dropping your pink
Campus-Pac on the way to
class.
Not buying the blue Cam-pus-Pac.
Living off-campus with
three Sigma Nu brothers.
Finding out Doc Elbot's
wife had the maiden name
of Queenie LaRue.
A Beta out with the boys.
Not having plastic seat
covers in your car during
the winter month.
Not getting letters from
vour parents which begin.
'We think it's just about
time that you . . ."
Not being the only girl
left in your high school
graduating class who
doesn't have three children.
A friendly campus cop
who merely smiles at t h e
empty spot where your stu
dent sticker should be.
Signing just your initials
to a column, and hearing
what people think about it
when they don't know yoi
wrote it.
n.s.
LAUGH WITH HUSKER COACH
BOB DEVAKEY
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THE COACH AND HUSKERS
ONLY SI. 00 TO VEECEE,
BOX 1401,
Downtown Sto,., Omaha 1, Nebr.
From the man who fired
'The Guns of Navarone."
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