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Interv iew with KFMQ before his appearance at the Student Union yesterday afternoon.
Vol. 80, No. 89
By Priscilla Mullins
Senior Staff Writer
Eob Kerrey will not be re
moved from the Student
Council, nor will he be asked
to return to the Council the
money he made from the Stu
dent Discount Cards.
The report of the Judiciary
Committee yesterday stated
that the committee "has not
found due cause to remove
Kerrey." The vote was four
to one, with Jhn Klein dis
senting. The fact that Council offi
cials from last year and this
year did not know Kerrey
was making profits on the
cards was "not enough in it
self to warrant removing
Kerrey from the Council,"
according to the report, given
by JoAnn Stratemann, chair
man of the Judicfary Commit
tee. The issue "hinged rather on
the motives behind h i fr
actions," the statement read.
"To the majority of the Com
mittee, it would have to be
proven beyond a reasonable
doubt that Bob Kerrey had
deliberately concealed from
the Council the profits he
was making in order to avoid
having to turn these profits
over to the Council.
Will Keni
Skirting Other Campuses
California Chancellor Dances
Watusi like One Of Gang1
CBS News recently discov
ered Dr. Franklin Murphy,
chancellor of the University of
California at Los Angeles, do
ing the Watusi at a fashion
able party in Bel-Air, accord
ing to the Forty-Niner, Cali
fornia State College, Long
Beach.
The Forty-Niner looks for
ward to the chancellor's first
album, "Watusi with Frank
lin," and suggested that the
dean of students, the dean of
housing and the dean of wom
en join him in that effort.
"When the students are con
vinced that Dr. Murphy is just
like one of the gang, they'll
be more docile In accept
ing his administrative de
crees." A guide to sports language
compiled by Ervin Wolff, col
umnist for the Iowa State
Daily, informs 'us as to what
football sportcasters really
mean when they use the stock
phrases of their trade:
"Well, Bob, what do you
think of these two teams we'll
din
"This, we feel, has not been
done."
me (jommntee ... was
unable to disprove Kerrey's
assertion of his original good
faith ... no proof has been
found that he at anv time
ceased to act in good faith."
The report went on, "Bob
Kerrey made money by vir
tue of his position in student
government s o m e t h ing
which is at best debatable
under any circumstances. A
person in the position of re
sponsibility which Kerrey oc
cupied ought to know better
than to assume such an action
proper without prior Council
approval.
"Whatever his intentions at
the outset of the program,
Kerrey was guilty of extreme
ly poor judgment in failing
to inform the rest of the
Council when he learned of
the profits to be made from
the card."
Presenting a dissenting re
port, John Klein said, "In
the opinion of the majority
they condemn all actions of
(Kerrey), hold him responsi
ble" for his actions, but then
take no action against him.
be watching today?" Or,
"Why do they send us out so
early?"
"the fans are really en
thused about today's game."
Or, "They've been on t h e
sauce all morning."
"Now we'll send you down
to the field to hear a little of
that music from the band."
Or, "I just gotta go."
"Maybe we'll get a chance
to bring you some of the
scores from around the coun
try and give the statistics of
these two teams playing to
day." Or, "I think the second
half is going to be dull, too."
"These boys are really play
ing football this afternoon,
aren't they?" Or, "I was
right."
"Well, folks, that's the
game. We've got some fig
ures for you now." Or, "The
sponsor paid for 17 minutes
more."
Harry Hooper, columnist for
the Auburn Plainsman at Au
burn University, wondered
The Daily Nebraskan
p Profits;
"I cannot join in such ir
rationality." Klein said he felt the in
fluence of the senior honorar
ies at the University had an
effect on the outcome of the
committee's decision.
Discussing the Committee's
decision, Miss Stratemann
quoted William Pharis, advis
or to Council. "We can't undo
the pasi tout we can learn
from it."
She told the Council that the
committee made a suggestion
that an ad hoc committee be
formed to discern future fi
nancing of the Student Dis
count Card program.
"As far as we're concernpd
this is a closed case," she
said.
In a Student Opinion Com
mittee report, John Cosier
told the Council that his com
mittee is considering a stu
dent poll concerning how much
the Student Discount Cards
are used by students.
President John Lydick told
the Council in a prepared
statement that "My final con
clusion and decision as I sta
ted it to the Judiciary Com
mittee was that I would rath
about a claim that the
av-
erage college-educated Ameri
can male secretly wishes to
be a truck-driver because he
is the ultimate in manliness.
Hooper interviewed a truck
er, the owner of a genuine
"big rig", but himself old,
grey haired and small of stat
ture. He had quite a song to
sing about the Teamsters
Union.
"I have had a steady job
since I joined, he said, and
I have built up enough senior
ity so that I don't have to
worry about being laid off
until I retire: If I get s i c k
the union pays the medical
bills. If I lose my job I get
unemployment compensation
from the union. When I retire
the union will take care of me.
I get all this for $7 a month."
When asked why college-educated
American males want
ed to be truck drivers, he re
plied, "I guess things just
work that way sometimes. A
lot of Teamsters would like to
be college-educated males." :
Gregory Entertains (Full House
A comedian or a Civil Rights leader?
Dick Gregory proved yesterday in his hour and a half
talk to nearly a thousand people in the Student Union Ball
room that he is both.
As a comic, Gregory, in the first half of his speech,
mixed jokes and satire on everything from Civil Rights
and capital punishment to politics.
The last half of Gregory's speech was completely that
of a Civil Rights leader and had nothing comic in it. "We
have a great social problem in America," he said. "If we
dont solve it, it will solve us."
He said that America has the means to solve this
problem of civil rights, but that instead of solving it "we
lie about it, involve emotion and blame everything 1.
real thing."
"This problem is not one of black against white, but
right against wrong," he stressed.
He said that telling the Negro to wait for his civil
rights and to give it all time is like someone telling a man
that he shouldn't choke him, but that it will take time to
stop choking him because he can't stop at once.
Gregory said that the Constitution must be carried
out to its fullest for all Americans and that the Civil
Rights Bill is weak and "doesn't see to it that justice is
done."
"The Civil Rights Bill gives freedom on the install
ment pltin,' he said. "It doesn't give the Negro the rights
that the Constitution insures him, but only a weak promise
that often isnt enforced."
He said tJiat the Negro's education level can no long
er be used as an excuse. He pointed out that if we don't
question Viet Nam's education level before we send sol
diers to free them, we likewise can't fairly question the
Negro's education.
"Martin Luther King and many other Negro leaders
are educated enough to be President of the United States,
but the country isn't integrated enough," he said.
Religion, he said, is another example of where Civil
Rights have failed. Ninety-nine percent of the whites go
to church and never see a Negro there and likewise the
same number of Negroes never see a white person in
church. He said that in many churches a Negro would be
yon a
er be in doubt as to the pos
sibility of having sacrificed a
principle than to be in doubt
as to the possibility of having
sacrificed a human being."
Lydick said that his first
conclusion "was that Bob was
guilty of extremely poor judg
ment and neglect of duty. I
have stated this appraisal
openly, and I have explained
my feelings to Bob personally
in detail.
We were to determine
whether or not these viola
tions were grounds for remov
al from Student Council. At
this point we became con
cerned with the amount of
confusion surrounding the
case and the possibility of
guilt on the part of others in
failing to carry out thpir duty
"As the ex-officio member
of the Judiciary Committee,
it was my duty and theirs to
pass judgment in light of
these aspects. It was also no
ted by the committee that in
passing judgment a contribu
ting factor is the ramifications
of that judgment.
"I concur with the decision
of the Judiciary Committee
and commend each of them
for having performed a very
difficult job to the best of
their ability."
Lydick said he had directed
the Student Welfare Commit
tee to find an organization to
handle the Student Discount
Card program.
In other action, the Council
adopted a resolution by John
Kenagy endorsing the pro
posed increase in the Univer
sity budget. The resolution
called on Council members,
"as constitutents of the Ne
braska state senators, strong
ly urge the adoption of the
full ten and one half million
dollars increase from the
State General Fund."
In a statement' after the
meeting, Kenagy said, "Stu
dent Council as the student
governing body of the Univer
sity has unanimously agreed
to accept this resolution. I
feel personally that this is in
dicative of the general opinion
of all 13,000 students attending
the University and is an ex
ample of the strong feeling the
students . . . have toward the
proposed budget."
Activities Committee chair
man Susie Segrist told the
Council that a list of the new
officers of all student organi
zations must be turned in to
the Student Activities Office
as soon as possible, so they
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Thursday, February 25, 1965
Students'
Incomes
Taxable
Students cannot expect any
special favors from the De
partment of Revenue this
March, simply because they
are students, according to
Richard Peebles, CPA and as
sistant to the dean of the Col
lege of Business Administra
tion at the University of Iowa.
"None of the expenses of
the typical undergraduate
books or tuition are gener
ally deductible," said Peebles,
"whether or not the student
is paying his own way. Any
scholarship, however, is n o t
usually taxable income."
In order to be claimed as a
dependent or in order to claim
dependency status a student
must prove that another per
son provides more than 50 per
cent of his support and that
there is a relationship between
the claimer and the claimee,
said Peebles.
"In all cases," said Peebles,
"you cannot earn more than
$600 per year unless you are
a full time college student."
Peebles said that full time
would mean four to five
months or more of the year.
"The student can make two
or t ft r e e thousand dollars
without loss of a dependent
status if the parents still con
tribute more than half of his
support," Peebles said.
The student mav find that
prizes which involve specific
effort on hjs part can be
counted as taxable income
said Peebles. If the nature of
the prize is a scholarship then
it may not be taxable.
Peebles noted that, scholar
ships awarded by companies
may be taxable "where the
company expects future serv
ice from the recipient."
"Teaching fellowships and
assistantships are generally
taxable as income. Many re
search grants are also taxa
ble unless it is research re
quired of all candidates for a
particular degree," Peebles
said.
"Certain educational expen
ditures such as books, tuition
and fees may be deducted by
a taxpayer whose employer
requires such educational
measures."
A student's income is his
own, said Peebles, and there
is nothing about his status to
prevent lum from being taxed.
. . . With Humor, Straight Talk
thrown out If he ever tried to enter the dw,
Young Americans have a "heck of a responsibllityw In
solving the problems that the older generations have cre
ated for them, he said. These have to be solved, he add
ed, or America will crumble from within the same as the
Roman Empire did.
Before his speech in the Union, Gregory explained hi
humor and the part it plays in the Civil Rights movement.
"Humor cant solve the problems of Civil Rights as
far as projecting the people," he said, "but it can help
the people who are involved in the problems."
"Football," he began, "is a great sport. Where else
could a Negro chase a white man and have 40 thousand
people cheer him?" ,
Other. Civil Rights satire disguised as jokes concerned
Brotherhood Week where he described a white family
breaking the dishes after inviting him to supper and the
fact that although there may not be a Negro in the White
House, at least LBJ sounds like one.
He also made fun of the common reaction f a white
neighborhood when a Negro buys a house there.
"We pay $75,000 for a $12,000 house in a white neigh
borhood and then they accuse us of depreciating the
neighborhood," he said. He also pointed out through jokes
that the Negro really doesn't have to be warned of yell
ing or making trouble in a white neighborhood.
"My wife knows I wont beat her in a white neighbor
hood, like I will in a black one," he said satirically.
Gregory made his own political views known when he
said, "If Barry Goldwater had been elected, there would
have been no reason for me to worry about public ac
commodations in a fox hole."
He also made his own aversion to capital punishment
clear when he jokingly suggested that there should be a
"mass day of executions."
Gregory said that he had a plan for putting a "nigger"
in everybody's home. He explained that a new book he
has written called "nigger" could give every American
the chance to buy a "nigger" for $4.95.
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"Selma, Alabama is the present battle ground of the
Civil Rights fight."
So spoke Dick Gregory, noted Civil Rights leader and
comedian, at a news conference in Lincoln yesterday be
fore his speech in the Student Union.
Gregory said that the Negro's fight in Selma for the
rights insured all Americans in the Constitution not only
concerns Alabama, but the whole United States. He
stressed that this fight must remain non-violent for both
the Negro and the white man. In Selma. Gregory said,
the Negroes are now fighting for their right to register to
vote.
Gregory, who has been helping to lead the non-violent
demonstrations in Selma and was arrested last week, said
his own trial planned for yesterday had been cancelled
until a later time.
He also said that he wasn't sure exactly what it was,
but that Malcolm X's assassination involves something
international, much larger than just a dispute between Ne
groes. Many things about Malcolm's death, he said, are sus
picious. He pointed out that the papers first mentioned
that three men were arrested, but that only one name
was announced and that many other factors suggested
that something big was involved.
He said that someone other than the FBI needs to in
vestigate this murder. "The world knows J. Edgar Hoov
er is right wing and we will get no support from him
in any investigating," he explained.
WThen asked about the Klu Klux Klan, he said that it
was extremely strong in the South and that in many areas
white men didn't dare not join.
"We're almost to the point now where the white man
is the slave and the Negro is the master,'" he said. "Any
Negro can loan his home to a white man, but no white
man can dare sell or even loan his house to a Negro with
out causing himself trouble."
Gregory pointed out that the Student Non-violent Co
ordinating Committee (SNCC) is one of the most power
ful organizations in the Civil Rights movement and has
helped to "wake up the conscience of America."
Council Jurisdiction
Recognized ffy IK
By Wayne Kreuscher
junior Staff Writer
The Interfraternity Council
(IFC) passed a resolution last
night accepting the Student
Council s new constitution and
recognizing Student Council
as the supreme student gov
ernment on the University
campus.
John Luckasen, Phi Delta
Theta, presented the resolu
tion and said that with the
new constitution the IFC, like
all other student organiza
tions, is under the Student
Council's jurisdiction.
"This means," said Lucka
sen, that Mudent Council
must approve or disapprove
the form of our constitution. It
has nothing to do with the
fraternities, only with the or
ganization of IFC and its con
stitution.
Buzz Madson.IFC president,
said he could find no reason
why IFC shouldn't be under
the Student Council. He too
emphasized that this gives
Student Council only the pow-
Lecture Rescheduled
For Tomorrow Night
The public lecture by Ral
ston Crawford, New York art
ist, has been re-scheduled for
8 p.m. tomorrow in the Shel
don Art Gallery. It was orig
inally scheduled for Tuesday.
Crawford will discuss "The
Artist and Communication,"
according to Norman Geske,
director of the Gallery. The
New York artist Is spending
the month of February in res
idence at the Gallery under
auspices of the Ford Founda
tion and the American Feder
ation of Arts. Crawford's
paintings and graphics will be
on display at the Gallery
through Mar. 14.
ed to judge the constitu
tion and it does not give it
any authority over the fratern
ities. IFC also seriously consid
ered extending rush week
from three to four days at
the meeting.
Stan Miller, IFC vice presi
dent, said that it was neces
sary to extend rush week a
day in order for small houses
to be able to accommodate
the increasing number of
rushees during rush week.
Last year there were 457
rushees and 700 are expected
next fall.
Miller said that by ex
tending rush week a day, the
first parties could be smaller
and the smaller houses could
have someone talking to each
rushee at every party.
IFC will vote on whether or
not to extend rush week next
week.
Madson reminded the fra
ternity representatives that in
rushing, houses today have to
emphasize scholarship and tha
social graces.
"We must be aware," he
said, "that the scholastic en
vironment of universities is
changing and becoming more
and more Important all t h
time."
He also said that during
rush, fraternities must sell the
fraternity system first and the
individual fraternity second.
A fraternity should point out
its own values without tearing
down those of another house,
he added.
IFC interviews for the Pub
lic Relations, Pledge Educa
tion, Scholarship, Rush and
Food Management Commit
tees will be held Sunday.
