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    The problems involved In the dispute over AWS rules
and authority will not be solved, according to members
of the AWS Council, If mere criticism of the status quo
is all that appears.
But either will 'he problem be solved in fact more
misconceptions will occur if members of the AWS
Board continue to feed back the garbled jargon which
appears in the letter to the editor today.
THEIR STATEMENT makes evident the fact that the
AWS Board and the University coed have lost contact.
The two are on entirely different planes. They don't com
municate effectively.
Coeds are not interested in hearing that the AWS
Board is aware of the problem and that some investiga
tion was done before any student raised a voice publi
cally this year.
What is of interest is what has been done. What have
the investigations revealed. Who was contacted. When
were the coeds to hear about the investigation or the
changes.
None of these pertinent questions have been answered.
nd we doubt that the AWS representatives in each liv
ing uni are informed about what is being done so that
they can relay the news.
We question whether the AWS representatives in each
living unit are informed about what is being done so that
they can relay the news.
We question whether the AWS representative in each
living unit is even provided with a copy of the AWS con
stitution. They should be.
Evidently the only real communication with the AWS
Board must come through personal contact either in court
or by attending the meeting.
A GROUP OF UNIVERSITY COEDS plan to take
the last alternative to present their reasoned, meaning
ful suggestions for changes in AWS rules and regulations.
The group should be heard. Their suggestions will be
presented in the manner which those on the AWS Coun
cil have requested.
Those who have met and will present the construc
tive program of changes are to be commended.
MARILYN HOEGEMEYER
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By Bill Oltman
The Anti-Santa Claus Campaign
I won't bore you with how good I have been. The
whole campus is bored with how good they are. There
are, of course, a lot of things I need, but more than
anything I would like an answer to something that's been
bothering me.
Dear Santa,
Face it, you've got a big job ahead of you this year.
It used to be that you only had to deliver to the younger
age group, but with all the idealism in the world these
days, to believe in you is quite appropriate. From John
Gait to the War on Poverty, I see people who are cling
ing to any belief which presents itself.
Of course you have opposition but they haven't had a
leader yet to start an anti-Santa Claus campaign. I could
never take this position, because I don't think I'm qual
ified. Such a man would have to neglect the good points
of your battle, and it would take me too long to grow a
beard.
The anti-Santa Claus campaign is bound to come
though, and it worries me. You're going to need some
body when the time comes to stand up for your policies.
Your public strongly supports you, but they are generally
uninformed (though no fault except their own). In the
time of a crisis chances are they would only stand by
and watch as the protestors spit on what I believe is
right.
What I need Santa, is some information with which
to answer their protests. Their arguments will run along
the lines of what you, Santa, are getting out of this
encounter. I realize that it can't be counted in dollars
and cents, in fact I suspect there will be much loss in
many ways. Yes the advantage of believing in yoU. S.A.n
ta is idealistic, and the battle that is being fought sup
ports that ideal.
If the protestors really have something against this
ideal (which I doubt, I think most of them do so just
for the feel of the beard). Then it seems only fair that
we take the harvests of our ideals away from them. In
other words, if the silly children don't believe in Santa
Claus and his trip, then take away the gifts.
Bill Oltman
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With all the hassle over
women'! hoars going on,
we've found an obvious and
workable solution to the
problem. Men should be giv
en the same hours as wom
en, so that women won't feel
discriminated against and
alone in their misery.
Coeds lobbying for more
lenient honrs expect action
within a month. Without
trying to be cynical, we
don't advise them to start
observing these hours in a
month.
In Carson City, Nevada
there is one Saloon for every
32 inhabitants.
We feel just a little sorry
about the successful rend
ezvous of the Gemini space
capsules. It is apparent that
eventually even in outer
space fender-benders will be
common.
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Misconceptions Are Cause
For 'Clarification' Statement
Dear Editor:
Because of the recent dis
cussion concerning women's
regulations, the AWS Board
perceives a need to clarify
some misconceptions held
by many students and to
suggest effective channels
for the expression of student
opinion in this matter.
We welcome constructive
expression of opinion in
any area of AWS jurisdic
tion, but those opinions
which are free from mis
conceptions and directed
through the appropriate
channels are more likely to
accomplish the desired
ends.
The misconceptions con
cerning AWS apparent in the
recent letters and editorials
are many. Most reflect the
opinion that AWS is an ultra-conservative
organiza
tion whose rules are behind
the times and imposed only
as an effort to supervise in
dividual morality and to ex
ercise the extent of its pow
ers. In reality, AWS regula
tions are made with the in
tention of providing an at
mosphere of safety, order,
and responsibility, not of
supervising personal morali
ty. Whenever the rules fail to
meet these ends or seem un
necessarily restrictive, t h e
AWS Board will not hesitate
to change them after due
consideration. AWS is, con
trary to the opinion of some,
a progressive organization,
and often considers and
grants liberal changes in
rules before relatively little
student opinion has been
voiced, as in the case of
twelve o'clock hours for sen
iors. In fact, some consider
ation of a "senior key
system" was initiated long
before students revealed
any desire for such privi
leges. However, progressive gov
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Dear Editor:
You just don't understand
the situation. All semester I
have been reading your
periodical attacks on "t h e
University" for building su
perb dorms while classroom
space is lacking.
Your editorial on Mon
day was another example.
What you don't realize is
that the funds for construct
ing the two come from en
tirely different sources.
Money for classroom build
ings must be voted by the
legislature.
That this is very difficult
is not surprising, consid
er i n g Nebraska's archaic
fiscal structure and the cur
rent fantastic tax muddle
in the state.
Hence the needed class-
ernment cannot reasonably
exceed e desires nor needs
of its constituents, and little
dissatisfaction with senior
hours had been voiced un
til a few articles recently
appeared in the Daily Ne
braskan. An intensive study
of the "key system" was
not initiated until early this
fall but yet before student
opinion became outspoken
on the subject.
The natter will be form
ally considered and decided
before our term of office ex
pires but not until we f e e 1
that we have adequate in
formation to make an intelli
gent and reasonable deci
sion. We cannot decide on
abstract principle alone
when dealing with a univer
sity community of this size;
more information on t h e
practical aspects as neces
sary. AWS Board members do
not seek to exercise the ex
tent of their powers for the
sake of power alone. If so,
we would be the victims of
our own tyranny, for we al
so must be restricted by the
very rules we legislate.
Consequently, we consider
the desires of mature and
responsible women students
in the light of self concern,
as well as for the welfare of
the women students and the
university as a whole. De
spite the size of the student
body, AWS makes every
possible attempt to recog
nize the individual.
To do this, we make every
rule flexible to individual
circumstance by allowing
special permission, and we
give individual considera
tion to any infraction in
AWS Court. However, the
size of the university and
the principle of justice de
mand that uniformity and
precedence be important
considerations as well. By
clarifying some of these
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room buildings are either not
going to be built at all; or
if by some miracle of per
suasion on the part of the
administration, some mo
ney is squeezed out of the
Unicameral, the new class
room buildings will be as
economical as possible be
cause the 'possibility of
more funds being forthcom
ing is remote.
Now dormitories, on t h e
other hand, are built with
funds derived from sale of
revenue bonds which are
paid off on a long-term
basis from room and board
payments. Students living in
the new dorms are not
getting anything they don't
pay for. Room and board
costs have risen from $660
to $725 in two years. A-n d
misconceptions, we hope to
encourage intelligent, reas
onable, and constructive ex-pressio-
of student opinion.
The effectiveness of stu
dent opinion is greatly in
creased, however, if it be
directed through the ap
propriate channels and with
a mature sense of expres
sion. Diatribes against the
AWS Board without con
structive suggestions ac
companied by the support
of intelligent reasoning will
certainly not intimidate nor
shame the Board into de
sired action.
Neither will an outright
opposition to all forms of
regulation aid in progressive
action reasonable persons
would not. nor would desire
to, completely discontinue
its restrictions in one step
and without transition. Re
strictions occur in all forms
of society, and mature in
dividuals accept them as the
foundation of order. For
these reasons, those expres
sions of opinion which offer
reasonable, construc
tive arguments advocating
specific changes will be the
most effective, particularly
if expressed directly to the
AWS Board.
AWS Board members,
representatives, and work
ers are held responsible to
convey these opinions to the
Board and are available in
every living unit. Also, in
dividual letters or requests
for changes may be ad
dressed to the AWS Board,
Room 335A, Nebraska Stu
dent Union. Channels of
representative student gov
ernment are available for
the expression of women
students and should be
readily utilized.
Jan Whitney
Vicki Dowling
Di Kosman
Members of AWS
Executive Council
grooms,
lOurces
there are rumors of another
substantial increase to fi
nance the expansion pro
gram. So you would be wise to
aim your criticisms, not at
"the University" which
would love to build the fanci
est new classroom facilities
in the nation, but at the
state legislature and at a lot
of Nebraskans who want the
state to have a University
with all the benefits that go
with it, but who are not will
ing to pay for it in the form
of higher taxes.
Ray Wilson
Editor's Note: We agree
that funds for the class
rooms and the dorms come
from two sources. However,
the point of Monday's edi
torial was that perhaps this
system of University fund
ing is outdated.
We repeat that it would
seem more plausible and in
deed more important to pro
vide adequate classroom
space first and then to add
the conference areas. Per
haps it is time the system of
allocating funds be changed
with a new emphasis on
providing adequate class
room and learning space.
lira Co
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Editor's Note: The following article ap
peared in the December 10 issue of the
Colorado Daily. The situation described
applies not only to Boulder but also to
Lincoln and Omaha.
By Pam Ethington
An unwed mother to be doesn't know
the color of her baby, another's boyfriend
won't marry her, and another got preg
nant because she decided to "try" sex.
They all take a week-end off from
school and go to Nebraska, or Wyoming,
or Denver and have an abortion. We can't
legislate morals, but a pill could have
prevented some of these tragic conse
quences of violating moral standards. .
What's happening everywhere in the
United States is also happening in Bould
er, and just as needlessly.
A coed and a friend go down the
main street of a Nebraska town (Edi
tor's note: we are deleting all real names
of places and persons from Miss Ethlng
ton's article for obvious reasons.)
They stop at an L-shaped white stuc
co motel on the right side of the street.
The girl dials a telephone number and
makes an appointment with Dr. X to dis
cuss "something personal."
Places like Dr. X's office, another
doctor's office in a small Wyoming town,
and a midwife's back room in Denver are
the scene of over one million illegal abor
tions a year.
The cost ranges from $125 in that
small Nebraska town to over $500 In
Eastern cities. Depending on whether the
method is D and C (dilatation and cur
With
hance
By Diaper Sandoe
Post-mortums on motion pictures are
not the usual function of this reviewer,
but with the impending vacation, perhaps
students will have more opportunities to
see pictures which have been discontinued
here in Lincoln.
"DARLING" OWES A GREAT DEAL
to stars Julie Christie and Dirk Bogarde.
Miss Christie, who plays the girl of in
definite virtue who is thrown into the jet
set crowd, oozes with the stuff of which
stars are made.
Bogarde, who is as fine a motion pic
ture actor as is around today, manages
to develop the rather bland character he
portrays fascinatingly.
Even boorish Lawrence Harvey who
plays the multi-millionare playboy does
not spoil the over-all good acting.
Dialogue is a strong point ot this pic
ture, but it is still Julie Christie, whom
foreign film goers saw last year briefly
in "Billy Liar" who steals the show.
"THE KNACK" starring Rita Tush
ingham is a gay, mad, whirl of a picture,
free and obscene beyond belief. (Some
thing like life.)
A cross between what one might im
agine as the dreams of Terry Southern,
Oliver Hardy and Allen Ginsberg, "The
Knack" shines as a wildly farcical spoof
of post-adolescent sex.
"The Knack" was the winner of the
first prize at Cannes this year, and it is
easy to see why.
"CASANOVA 70" is an Italian com-
Evaluation
is impoFfanf QuQstson
(ACP) Student dismay
over the refusal of Univer
sity of Texas art department
to renew the teaching con
tract of a popular teacher
brings up an important
question, says the Daily
T e x a n how influential
should students be in the
evaluation of t h e i r educa
tion? While we are unqualified
to pass judgment on George
Allen Bogart's competence
or on the decision to let his
contract expire, we do feel
that the art department
should give serious consider
ation to a petition, signed
by nearly 300 art students,
which favors giving the pro
fessor tenure. We also think
the department should con
sider the two Students' Asso
ciation teaching excellence
awards Bogart has received.
Calamity
Dear Editor:
Hark! I arise and heed my
fellow students! With such
sterness they beckon! What
calamity and havoc they
concern! Scorned upon by
elders in utter wrath of
pride! What right do they
have to impel such diminu
tion? I weep profusely, sob
profoundly, and my grief
abounds in ecstasy! What
else does the world contain
to halt such a necessity?
The energies and concern
of flocks shall not be heW
in stillness as the darkest
hours approach outside our
own sphere. The depest im
portance of self-concern is
here present! No other time
has the issue been so vital!
Let the girls enhance the
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As the Texan has emphas
ized many times before, the
University is for students.
Their opinions and evalua
tions of their own needs
must be considered. If cer
tain professors consistently
please and inspire students,
their manner of teaching
should be closely examined.
Those professors may be
popular for reasons other
than teaching excellence, or
they may be popular be
cause they offer something
other professors ignore.
In some departments
here, and at colleges and
universities throughout the
country, students are being
asked to grade their pro
fessors and courses. In addi
tion to yielding pertinent in
formation on specific pro
fessors and courses, such
evaluation may also em-
And Havoc
hours they desire! The
world win wait! Release
them!
Or the foundations of a
school will succumb in the
midst of a dynamic force!
This is a time for great rev
olutions and changes! At
least our school will partici
pate! Our hearts will en
lighten as the female late
Niks join in protest each
morning 1:00-2:00.
What courage!
What desire!
Whal cause!
Alas! The scented Flowers
of spring are hasty in thtir
appearance as Joan of arc
is destined to fall from her
horse!
Ray
Btiomi
PduIs
ettage;, quinine pills, or incision, the
abortion may take 15 minutes, or several
days.
Or a girl may decide to abort her
selfby falling down the stairs, falling
off a horse, or swallowing quantities of
vinegar.
No matter how she chooses to do it,
the effects of an illegal abortion are us
ually severe. One Boulder coed admitted
she would never again experience a nor
mal, healthy relationship with a man.
Another visited three psychiatrists and is
still obsessed with guilt. Still another races
from boy to boy, trying to find some
one who cares.
History has shown us that we can't
legislate morals. In the 1920's, people con
tinued to drink during Probation. In the
1940's, Dr. Alfred Kinsey's studies reveal
ed that married and adulterous couples
continued to practice variations in sexual
behavior which their states had outlawed.
If sexual relationships between un
married couples continue to occur (and
there's no reason to assume they won't)
then it seems that distribution of oral'
contraceptives tests of which have in
dicated almost 100 per cent effectiveness
could prevent some of the tragic con
sequences of violating society's moral
standards.
Distributing birth control pills to co
eds will not serve to sanction illicit sex
but it will serve to eliminate many of the
tragic circumstances it brings about. Good
girls will still be good girls, but bad
girls need not be murderesses, or poten
tial psychotlcs.
Conies
AAovies
tries to follow the steps the
"Divorce Italian styie. u aoes not.
A sure enough American box-office
winner to warrant English dubs And a few
more write-in scenes for Vlrna Llsi, the
film never quite makes consistent com
edy. The efforts of master actor Marcsllo
Mastrioanni and master director Carlo
Ponti are not in vain, however, and pro
fessionalism shows. "Casanova 70" is still
a pretty entertaining motion picture.
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH to vis
it another college campus recently and
see part of a Humphrey Bogart film fes
tivaL Due to extraneous circumstances with
in my control, I saw only one picture,
"Casablanca."
I had wondered idly after reading
Esquire magazine during the last couple
years just why Bogey has been the big
thing on Eastern college campuses. It
became clear while watching the film that
the reasons I had assumed for Bogey's
sudden re-popularity that of hero-image
a tough, nice guy were not the whole
story.
The simple fact is that "Casablanca"
and the other Bogart films are excellent
cinema. Ingred Bergman is Bogey's co
star in this classic, sentimental, unself
conscious picture. The plot is well-knit
and exciting, the dialogue, direction and
photography excellent. Our campus has
been missing the boat on Bogey.
phasize a widespread frus
tration by students who are
limited to a curriculum de
signed for the Everystudent.
To remedy such ills, many
universities are giving stu
dents a wider range of
choice to satiate their in
dividual intellectual thirsts
and encouraging professors
to cross the boundaries of
their narrow, specialized
fields.
If student evaluations are
studied rather than filed for
oblivion, they may yield
significant comments on the
shortcomings and successes
of an educational system.
Evaluation of professors,
courses, and programs by
faculty members who can
judge professional com
petence and by alumni who
have had time to test their
education is imperative, but
student evaluation should
also be a primary considera
tion. Nebraskan
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