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..- Tuesdoy, June 29, 1965 The Summer Nebroskan Page 3 60thers--Not Me--Need Rules,' Coeds Reply By Myrna Tcglnieier Rules are made for other people to obey, according to nine of every ten University coeds interviewed recently. Due to growing interest in the "why" and "what for" of University rules for women, I (a coed at the University of Nebraska and therefore sub ject to the aforementioned regulations), undertook a sur vey of 37 women students with varied backgrounds, ages, and classes, and different liv ing conditions. Eighty-six per cent said that while rules are necessary for some girls, they themselves do not need them. The remaining 14 per cent were divided in thinking that rules are needed for all girls (including themselves) or that no rules at all are needed. The rules referred to are established and enforced by the Association of Women Students (AWS) at the Uni versity of Nebraska. AWS is the governing body of t h e women students of the Uni versity, and every woman be becomes a member of AWS upon registration in the Uni versity. A board which co-operates with the Dean of Women in establishing and enforcing such rules is at the "head" of AWS. Certain officials enforce AWS regulations in individual living units. These officials are the housemother, officers (usually president, standards chairman and scholarship chairman), resident assist ants, and AWS representa tives. These people can make rules for their individual liv ing units in addition to those made by AWS, but such rules cannot conflict with any made by the governing body. According to the Dean of Women, Helen Snyder, the basic idea behind AWS is to give students an opportunity to participate in self-government. The organization was established on university cam puses when students began to live in dorms. Dean Snyd er said that such an organiza tion is necessary for co-ordination of regulations. "Rules are necessary if only from the standpoint of protec tion," she said. "An institu- 2 LOCATIONS 865 NO. 27th 5305 "0" ST. Look For The Golden Arches Pure Beef Hamburger 15c Tasty Cheeseburger 19c Triple-Thick Shakes 20c Golden French Fries 10c Thirst-Quenching Coke 10c Delightful Root Beer 10c Steaming Hot Coffee ...10c Delicious Orange Drink 10c Refreshing Cold Milk 12c OPEN ALL YEAR tion such as the Univer sity attracts a certain amount of riff-raff, and it is our duty to prevent them from caus ing trouble for other girls and the school." A majority of the coeds who were interviewed agreed that rules are needed to limit the behavior of women students. Nearly all cited examples of "some girls who need regula tions." One-hundred per cent, how ever, expressed a desire for revision of present AWS rules. More overnights and out-of- towns was the change most often mentioned. (The present limit is three of each per se mester for freshmen, sopho mores and juniors, and six in total per semester, selected as overnights or out-of-towns, for seniors.) One girl said that she failed to see why over nights and out-of-towns are forbidden on two o'clock nights, since one hour's time does not change anyone's plans greatly. Closing hours are a "bother" to most girls, but few would completely elim inate them. Many said that they would be in favor of lib eralizing the present hours. A 20-year-old junior, who said that she is "passive about the whole thing," remarked that hours have never bothered her except when she attended shows on week nights. "I come in earlier at home than I have to here." she said. Hours sometimes are re sponsible for a girl's stav ing out later than she other wise would, according to an 17-year-old freshman. "Some times a guy thinks that inst because you have such-and-such a limit, you must stay out until then." The general consensus nf both freshmen and upper classmen is that nine o'clock hours are reasonable for first-semester students. "Those hours made me study more," an 17-year-old fresh man said. Rules ideally protect the girls, but actually are for the benefit of the University, ac cording to most coeds. "This way, if somebody gets in trou ble, the school can say 'We had these rules. We aren't re sponsible if your daughter didn't follow them'," a 21-year-old junior said. Most girls feel that rules are ineffective as deterrents of trouble. "You can get just as drunk or just as pregnant before one o'clock as after," a 20-year-old junior said. Agreeing essentially, Dean Snyder admitted that regula tions do not appreciably change behavior. "Previously set patterns are too strongly ingrained before a girl reaches college," she said. "Hopefully, however, coeds can be controlled and some may eventually be effected in their standards " Some coeds, however, do feel that higher standards are imposed by enforcement of such regulations. A 19-year-old sophomore said that AWS rules "discourage people who are kind of ornery. Some people will do anything any way, and some are responsi- Fr ttachen who want more money, a more congenial location or special assistance in meeting articular situation, contact! THE DAVIS SCHOOL SERVICE 501 Stuart Building Lincoln, Nebraska Phone: 432-4954 "Our Mi-vin eavars the entire United States" No feet er ehareet until you have received acceptable service. I Are you lacking some of those required books? Be sure and pick them up at the University Bookstore nebraska union-lower level We must clear the shelves and set up for the fall semester soon, So hurry! ble with or without rules, but there are borderline cases who can be scared into behav ing." Disregard for some rules among University coeds. Ac cording to many students, sign-out sheets rarely list a girl's real destination. Anoth er frequently violated rule is one regarding women visi tors in men's living quarters. A 19-year-old sophomore re ports that she often visits her boyfriend s apartment to study. "I think I'm fairly typical," she said. "If every girl who has visited a man's place (without the presence of a housemother) was expelled, there wouldn't be many girls left in attendance at the uni versity." The magic age of 21 was cited often as the point of di vision between "those who shalt and those who s h a 1 1 not" be bound by rules. A 21-year-old junior said that hours should be done away with at that age, but admitted that such action might not be practical. "All the rules refer back to sex," a 20-year-old junior stated. "The whole country is preoccupied with it, and we have to be protected from it. They talk a lot about study hours etc., but those aren't the real reasons for closing hours and visiting rules." Parents of women students are more pleased with the rules than their daughters. Forty-two replies to a mail survey of eighty letters were KM) per cen in favor of AWS rules. Many parents expressed surprise at the complexity of the rules and recommended simplification of them. One mother said that she w o u l a never have taken time to read the regulations if she had been a student, but would have i u s t staved home to avoid any violations. Two-thirds of the parents who returned the question naires said that their daugh ters would conduct them selves equally as well with out regulations, but that "oth er girls" need the rules. One hundred per cent said that the AWS rules developed a feel ing of security in the coeds. (Eight per cent of the stu dents believed this to be so.) Parents, in contrast with the students, said that no dispen sion of rules should take place after the girl reaches the age of 21. One mother said that parents over 21 often do not conduct themselves in a respectable and proper manner, so students cannot be expected to act differently. "Many parents write letters to the University expressing their pleasure at the interest shown in their daughters' ac tivities," Dean Snyder said. "Several years ago the chan cellor toured the state and talked to parents of college age youngsters. Many were afraid to send their daughters to the University of Nebraska, the great center of sin, be cause they felt that its size prohibited sufficient control." Both parents and students seem to favor the simplifica tion of the rules which gov ern the behavior of coeds at the University of Nebraska. Whether this simplification will lead to the gradual re moval of such rules remains to be seen. It seems likely, however, that coeds will grumble, parents will ap prove, and rules will remain. Although some students ex press the belief that AWS and the University are involved in a reverence for rules that has become an end in itself, many probably agree with the moth er who wrote "I feel a need for rules in any society.' Not particularly because any spe cific person or persons need them, but because no r u 1 e s could cause more trouble than the rules do." I -J. : .v'... ,", J r. V L J-School Radio-TV Sequence Adds CBS Newsman To Staff Bv Beverlv Carbon? Although this is Coney's first full time teaching job, he has worked with students before. "I've always accepted chances and sought chances to hold classes or lectures with students," he said. Former CBS newsman . Charles Lee Coney Jr., who has covered every national political nominating conven- j tion since 1956, has joined the staff of the University's1 After serving the Baton School of Journalism. ; Rouge Morning Advocate as reporter, wire editor and ; sports make-up editor, Coney Charles Coney This summer Coney has been instructing All-State stu dents. He is specializing in the broadcasting sequence. This Week's Schedule Tuesday, June 29 Final day for filing applications for degrees and certi ficates. Barbecue East Campus. 12:20 p.m., administrator's Luncheon, Keith Goldham mer, Pan American Room, Nebraska Union. 2:45 p.m., Sky Show, Planetarium. 7:00 p.m., Orchestra Concert, Honors Recital, Ball room. Nebraska Union. 7:30 p.m., All State Plays, Temple Rooms 201 and 301. Wednesday, June 30 12:20 p.m., Pi Lambda Theta Luncheon, Nebraska Union; Pi Delta Kappa Luncheon, Pan American Room, Nebraska Union. 2:45 p.m., Sky Show, Planetarium. 7:30 p.m., All State Plays, Temple Rooms 201 and 301. 8:00 p.m., All State "Evening with Cole Porter," Pershing Auditorium. Thursday, July 1 10:30 a.m., All State Debaters, Pan American Room, Nebraska Union. 1:30-2:30 p.m., World Affairs Preview, Walter Harris, New Zealand Educator, Love Library Auditorium. 5:30 p.m., All State Banquet, Ballroom, Nebraska Union. 7:00 p.m., Classique II "Alexander Nevsky," Audi-, torium, Nebraska Union. All State Ends Friday, July 2 2:45 p.m., Sky Show, Planetarium Saturday, July 3 2:30 p.m., Sky Show, Planetarium. 3:45 p.m., Sky Show, Planetar' a. Sunday, July 4 2:30 p.m., Sky Show. Planetarium. 3:45 p.m., Sky Show, Planetarium. became the first radio news man to cover the State Cai tol and legislatures on a full time basis. Coney was the first broad cast man to be admitted to the Baton Rouge Capitol Press Corps. "The most beneficial exper ience I had was to read all the coverage of a story I had covered," he said. Coney's interest in journa lism began when he was a boy and hung around the news office. "It was just after the depression and couple of us used to run errands, write small stories and answer the telephone," he said. His interest continued through high school and col lege, and in 1943 he gradu ated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Journalism degree en absen tia. "At the time I was in the South Pacific as an ensign in the Navy. That was the only period in my life that I wasn't actively engaged in journal ism," Coney recalled In 1951 Coney moved to Washington as an editor with ABC. Two years later he joined CBS radio news as morning editor for the nation wide broadcast "News of America." Coney's decision to leave the broadcasting field and pursue a teaching career was a hard and personal one. "I'm convinced I made the right decision," Coney said. "The effort is tremendous on the part of the teachers, the students have a strong desire and appetite to learn, and there is a tremendous rela tionship between the school and professional organiza tions." In making his decision Co ney talked to several s t u -dents. "Most students I talked to, thought journalism school was tough here. That's good because I think reporting is one of the toughest jobs in the world," he said. In discussing the relation ship of broadcasting and news writing Coney said he felt the reponsibility was the same to the public. He said the main difference was in the tools that were used. VThe most ticklish question is broadcasting today is how far we have the right to go. If broadcasters could get into every place that pen and pen cil reporters can, there would be quite a difference," Coney said. "However, you must re member that this privilege of broadcasters must not be car ried to the point that it jeop ardizes the public figure in volved." In addition to working in the All-State program and assist ing with the Journalism 81 classes, Coney is also taking a graduate course in history. "I thought that after the hectic days in Washington, this job would be a regular schedule for me, but so far I have been kept too busy to notice," he said. 2:45 p.m., 7:00 p.m., braska Union. Monday, July 5 Sky Show, Planetarium. Cinema '65 "5 Pennies," Tuesday, July 6 Auditorium, Ne- 1:30 p.m., Elementary Education Forum featuring Har old McNally, Auditorium, Love Library. 2:45 p.m., Sky Show, Planetarium. Summer Reading List Humanities Reading Room Bunce, William. RELI GIONS IN JAPAN. Religions in Japan was a report pre pared in 1948 by Civilian Information and Education Section, General Headquar ters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. It was originally intended to be a handbook which would enable the Military to better under stand problems arising in the field of religion. Students of Japanese culture will find in readable non-technical lan guage answers to many ques tions on the complicated and often confusing Japanese religions. Science Reading Room Iacopi, Robert. EARTH QUAKE COUNTRY. . Pub lished by Sunset Press, this is a popular pictorial work on the effect of earthquakes in California. Each of the faults are discussed, with pictures of their surface topography. Buildings and the inadequate building codes are also graphi cally presented to remind would-be Californians that quality and principles count in an earthquake, that they are not just so much theory. Indeed, the whole theory of earthquake movement can be proven and pictorially pre sented in California as quite likely fact. Now's the time to hit the "Walk"! Selected groups of men's fine summer sportswear. 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