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Jo Stohlman, editor Mike Kirkman, business manager Page 2 Thursday, Feb. 24, 1966 ASUN and Constitutions Constitutions of campus organizations was the main topic of discussion and de bate at the ASUN meeting yesterday. A resoluion submitted to the Senate for pro cedure of approval of campus organiza tions' constitutions was tabled until next week. The senators tabled the resolution be cause it stipulated in one clause that "Senate approval shall be based on con tent, form and clarity" of the proposed constitution. This would mean a constitu tion could be revoked if the Senate did not approve of its content. The Student Senate has the author ity to approve and revoke constitutions of organizations. But we feel that ASUN should not extend this power to rule on the content of an organiza tion's constitution. This would give ASUN the power to prevent any or ganization from action, if a majority of the senators disliked its constitution al content. The power of ASUN regarding the approval or revoking of a proposed con stitution should remain on the basis of form and clarity of the constitution. The body should not have the power to de cide if the constitution's contents are good or bad, which they would in effect be doing, had they the power to approve or revoke a constitution on the basis of its contents. The Senate also passed a set of five "uniform regulations" which will be re quired for the continued approval of ex isting campus organizations. One of these regulations requires that "all student organizations must provide for a democratic election process to any elective office or position. Any person who is eligible for an elective position shall have the right to place his name on the ballot for that position." This means that organizations such as AWS, which presently slate candidates for positions, may continue to do so. How ever, anyone who is not slated, but would like to run for an office and meets the eligibility requirements as set up by the organization, will be able to do so. We feel that this is an extremely good regulation for the determination of candidates. The slating procedure, as in the case of AWS' slating of can didates for the Board, has been work able and a fairly good system in the past. The AWS Board has done well in knowing and slating capable candi dates for the Board. But now, a person will not be prohib ited from running for an office in an or ganization due to the fact that he was passed over in the slating process. We see this as a furthering of the demo cratic process. In other ASUN action, the senators passed a resolution to sponsor, with YWCA, a student exchange with Still man College, a predominantly Negro col lege in Tuscaloosa, Ala. We commend ASUN's support with YWCA of the exchange. We feel that the program can be a successful and educational one. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin Movie Review ... j 6 Spy No Cover for l Glamour or Gimmicks ! By LARRY ECKHOLT The concern of many peo ple about the rising possi bility of a hot war has caused some to forget the cold war that is being waged now and has been ;or nearly twenty years. Anyone who sees "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" is reminded what a dirty war the cold war has been. The movie comes at a time when the James Bond image makes a fantasy out of espionage. The truth is that no other form of mili tary practice is more ne cessary to keep ahead of the enemy than spying. "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" does not cover espionage with sex, glamour, or gimmicks. This movie shows a spy is noth ing more than a man who must give up his morals, his philosophy, and in t h e end, his life for his profes sion. Whether or not all spies are like Alec Leamas is debateable. But Leamas is a most interesting char acter to watch. . . Portrayed by R i c h a r d Burton, Leamas has been ordered by his commander to defect to the East. Lea mas falls in love with a li brarian while he waits to be contacted by the Commu nists. It isn't fair to disclose any more of the plot, for this is one of a few movies that can build genuine sus pense simply because of its intricate story. Anyone who thought Rich ard Burton's acting ability was washed down the Nile is challenged to dispute the Academy Award nomination he won for his performance. The full tragedy of a man who must cast aside his personal feelings about life is conveyed by the dynamic performance given by Bur ton. This is Burton's best role and it overshadows his acting in both "Becket" and "The Night of the Iguana." The rest of the cast is equally good. Oskar Werner, who won an Oscar nomina tion for "Ship of Fools," plays the part of the inter rogator of Leamas who must find Leamas' purpose for defection. Claire Bloom por trays the librarian who in nocently falls in love with Leamas and suffers for it. Both characters win sym pathy from the viewer when the ironies of life catch up with them. If one question looms in the mind of the viewer af ter seeing "Spy" it is "Is it worth it all?" The answer is obvious. But no one seems to care. FdDX'S FACTS By GALE POKORNY The thing that has always impressed me about this University and for that matter, I suspect any col lege campus, is that one literately sees "all kinds" walking (running, crawling or slinging) around here. Because this school is open to all, is a state uni versity, and is semi-centered geographically, I suppose one ought to expect a wide variety of peopl to appear on our campus especially on one of our size. But still, sometimes one has cause to wonder. I must confess I sometimes have my doubt about these T shirt characters. They're the ones who run around in Daily Nebraskan Member Associated Collegiate P r e f s. National Advertising Service, Incorporated. Published at Room 51, Nebraska Union, Lincoln, Nebraska. TELEPHONE: 477-8711, Ei tensioni 2588, 2589 and 2590. Sabacriptiaa rate, are U per eemea lit k K In (to aeaaleinle rear. Eatereel eecea eUm Butler at the ItU Is Ltarela. Nebraahav mater lb. act ef tuwt 4. ml. The Dailr Nebraakae la pabllabe Maodir. Mrji4ir. Thereda tmd Friaur elartaf tb. kM rear, eirca lariat vaeatiena aaa) cum period . br etaaVpta el the l'leraltr el Ne braska ander the bjriadmloa l the Faeallr Babcenraittee .a fttaDt Pab McaUeaa. Pabiiealiaaa ah all be Ira fraaa eeaavrabip br the ttobrammittee ar aar pereea ewtaale the L'aiveraity. Mem ber! ef the aJebraahaa are reapeaaibie tar what ther caaea tm ha pttate. EDITORIAL STAFF Eater. JO STOHLM, maoarlac eier, glr.ve HI M.fcKFOKOi aewa eelitar. Ht.VB RUM Hi lt; tperta rditar. JIM FEaKKKi aicM am eailer. JON KEKKltorFl teuior atari writer. JAN Mill. BCIKE OI1KS, J I I.I E MORRIS! Jaaiar elafl vriurs. KAJCOT IKkf. TOM VICTOR. NAN CY KENDMCKKON, Bl-B I KNOW! pbetocraphera. TOM BIRIN, RICH FIKF.K: repr ediwra. POUT HHY. NOLIM. HALL LUNUfcEN. LOIS sub-zero weather with an open coat and no sweater or shirt, just a T-shirt. They must be remnants of the fast vanishing, native Ne braskan breed. I hear they're tough. Then of course, we have those people who evidently are great fans of Batman. They must have known he was coming back for they were displaying their B a t man loyalty long before he made his debut on the tube. They display this dedica tion to that law-upholding night mammal by wearing sunglasses all day long, sun shining or cloudy, in doors and out. But the real hard core addicts wear their sunglasses at night too. Evidently like their bat hero they too have miser able eyesight. These days of turmoil and conflict exert quite a strain on the population and f o r obvious reasons, especially upon college male under graduates. This strain' has produced a new type of stu dent, the insecure one. Those guys who are mar ginal in their grades and are banging between the A, B,C,D, and Ml balance ex hibit this insecurity by their apparel. They don't know quite what to wear because they are not too sure of the role they are in or the one they will be in tomorrow. So they compromise and wear some clothes that would be appropriate in each role. 'They are the bunch running around with the army surplus boots, jackets, and raincoats. There is another group who fit into the above cate gory in that they are a 1 s o insecure for the same gen eral reasons. However they do not exhibit their insecur ity via clothes. Rather they choose physical means, namely in the way they comb their hair. They take the "Ostrich approach". They let t h e i r hair reach Ginsberg pro portions and then they comb it straight down past their eyes and across their noses. After all, the world isn't really here if you can't see it. i ll . I , . ...-r.-.v-KV- 4t9 at -i. " . . asar or MA .... 33E TWAT '" i OAJ . Sorry About That! Being a compendium of farce, absurdity and comment, selected arbitrarily by the Edi tor. . . Historical Note of the Day: In 549, on the Danube, Attila the Hun begins banjo les sons, cuts his thumb on one of the strings. That Daily Nebraskan photographers are overworked is a slight understatement. Tom Rubin, our senior photographer, is proud of the fact that he can make it from Nebraska Hall (where he prints the pictures) to the Union in 4.0 flat. But occasionally Poor Tom (as we call him) reaches the limits of his patience. It happened the other day, and Poor Tom left a note for the news editor: "Next time that you have three pictures in one afternoon, do not schedule all three for 1 o'clock." Well, the Crib is finally getting a diversi fied menu. Now you can pick from ham burgers, cheeseburgers, hamburger baskets, cheeseburger baskets, fishburgers, fish burger baskets and the Reuben. (Wonder when they'll add the Rachel?) I really have only one small complaint about Union food, though. The hot fudge on my hot fudge sundae is invariably cold. The Daily Kansan reports that their stu dent council is on the ball. Explained the paper: "At the last meeting of that august body, one member noted the danger of illness at an academic institution. Sick students spreading ailments around the campus would be injurious to the university pro gram, this legislative watchdog said. "But we aren't too worried about this problem. Now that the Deans' offices have been warned, undoubtedly they will develop a university policy to meet the challenge. After all, at KU there is a policy for every problem." We might add that Nebraska does too. We hear administration even keeps an ad vance file of policies in case any problems come up. In the Daily Nebraskan's never-ending struggle for truth, justice and the Nebraska Union way, we will use this column from time to time to comment on and point out Union rules of special interest for students. Our rule for today is "Tipping is not to be permitted." We doubt if tipping will be a problem for Union officials, what with the expected stu dent charge for enrollment. Campus fires seem to be the rage on campus this year. Abel Hall, at least, has been strangely free from their former week ly Fire Department visits. We're not Sorry About That! fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim Another Viewpoint Heresy in America Have you noticed the state supported (it's Centen nial time, you know) Ne braska type cowboys r u n ning around? The West real ly does begin in this state in the approximate vicinity where the souvenir shops begin. These cowboys however sport the Hopalong CasMdy hats, shirts, blue jeans, and cowboy boots. But they have left their guns at home probably because the cur rent, gunpowder shortage has made it rough on t h e cap industry. But then they say variety is the spice of life and I guess it would be a dull world if we all looked alike, so unite American college male undergraduates. Let us not be taken in by t h e current powerful threat to make us all look alike, namely like enlisted men . . . (Editor's Note: The fol lowing article was written by Jim Gates and was printed in the Colorado Dai ly, paper of the University of Colorado.) The British House of Com mons took a giant step to ward the reform of its laws governing homosexu ality when it passed on sec ond reading a bill which would repeal all criminal penalties against homosex ual acts if committed by consenting adults in private. What is progressive in England is heresy in Ameri ca. In the area of sex, three fourths of the states in the Union have laws which equate sin with crime, and which are not confined to homosexual activity alone, but seek to regulate hetero sexual actions as well. According to the late Dr. practically no other culture, anywhere in the world, In which all nonmarital coitus, even between adults, is con sidered criminal." But the day when politi cians in this country will speak out against such un usual laws is, unfortunately, for in the future. It seems that, no matter what his private beliefs and actions, the area of sexual legisla tion is one into which the prudent public man does not venture. The politician Is not en tirely to blame for his faint heartedness, however, since sexual laws receive wide lip-service from many of those who feel no compunc tions about violating them. And, as evidenced by the growing furor about the up coming referendum on con traceptives at CU, the older generations are apparently made very uncomfortable by anyone who is willing, not only to talk about matters related to sex, but even to vote on those matters. It is always painful to be con fronted with one's own hy pocrisy. The real question involved is simply this: Does the State have the right to regu late the sex life of John Doe and his wife, or John Doe and his girl friend, or even John Doe and his friend George? The answer is no, so long as whatever they do they do as consenting adults in pri vate. That the State has an obligation to nuisances and the like is uncontested. The American Law Insti tute, in its 1956 Model Penal Code, stated: ". . . No harm to the secular interests of the community is involved in a typical sex practice in private between consenting adult partners," and also warned against state inter ference in matters which do not harm others. It has been jstimated that if every piece of sexual legislation in this country were strictly enforced, some 90 per cent of the male pop ulation would have prison records. As old Barry used to say, "You can't legislate mora-lity.". I CAMPUS I I . OPINION I Smoking in the Library Dear Editor, We as students, often hear the argument that it's all good and proper that each person decide of which vices he (or she) shall partake as long as it doesn t interfere with the "non-vice" community. This argument is used on many topics with the most recent being with regard to smoking in the classroom. ' I as a smoker, can hardly argue with this point which is we'll made. Due to the "classroom shortage" and prob lems within the classroom it is hardly feasible to use the smokers vs. the non-smokers as a basis for class mem bership. . , (Can you imagine a special column in our semester class schedule that lists "S" for a smoking class and non-"S" for the minority group!) We would drive the ad ministration mad. Accepting this point for what it is worth is a good argument against classroom smoking, but what about out-of-class study areas-more specifically, Love Memorial Library? ... It seems strange to me, that, with such a high per centage of the students being smokers, there is only one area (16 chairs) in the library where a student can both study and puff this being, in the lobby on second floor, an area not extremely conducive to effective study. While realizing the problems of administration, I do feel that we, the smokers, are not getting our fair share of library space. I would be interested in opinions of smokers and non smokers alike. Dean Lauritzen A Knight's Tale, With Moral "O fairest damsel of the King's court, I have received a parking decree from his majesty's vanguards of civil obedience", said the gallant knight. The winsome maiden looked at the decree and pro nounced, "Forsooth and for shame my noble knight. Since your dragon (What do you think they parked when knights were bold?) is not registered, it is imperative that you pay five dollars to get his majesty's seal placed on your dragon." "Out, out damn Spot", the knight commanded to his dragon which was trying to get at the drinking fountain. His plight was hopeless, so he yielded to the demand. After spending fifteen minutes filling out required parch ment, he discovered that he couldn't have the seal. For only those fearless servants in grey armor could attach the ensignia. But there wasn't one around. "Come back tomorrow." The young knight did come back the next day and the next and the next, but there never seemed to be one of his majesty's gallant gentry about. It seems they were always out chasing dirty old men in Sherwood forest. The Knight even cut jousting class to get the seal. To no avail. Finally, from all the trips back and forth to the castle, the dragon died. The young knight became disgusted and bitter. How would you like to loose a dragon that could breathe fire from dual exhaust? He donned his suede leather coat and became Robert Hoodwink, who went down in legend as the first protester. The moral of the story is why the hell do the campus authorities have to personally put the parking sticker on your car? I received a citation and paid, but I haven't gotten the sticker yet because no one is around to put it on!! Glenn Friendt Jr. Winning Viet Peasants Dear Editor, The administration has finally realized that we must win the Vietnamese peasant to win the war. There is an explanation of our modus operandi in the Feb. 21 News week: The CIA budget is now supporting 15,000 "rural con struction cadres." (Hopefully twice as many in a year). They will work in groups of 59, although it is unclear from the article whether the 59 will descend upon one village or an area of somewhat larger population. On the village level they will first "try to establish a working relationship with the hamlet's existing govern ment." Then the village's defenses are to be set up and loans are to be made to repair houses and canals. (Guess: from what?) For defenses are needed fortifi cations (people to man them? )and a warning system which includes the encouragement of possible stool pigeons with, if need be, vague threats to their lives. In order to hear grass root grievances against the gov ernment, which hopefully will act on such information, and to hear about the movements and whereabouts of the VC, each adult in the village will be interviewed once every ten days. (Recently in Hawaii Premier Ky made it very clear that his government considers more guns to be the solution.) Where will all this lead? I'm no prophet. I am a little scared. Why not more of the same? (Remember the stra tegic hamlets?) Should the scheme not work, as seems likely, we can try again and again. We know it can be done, the VC has a high degree of success with its program using methods both brutal and incomprehensible to the western mind. (But then it was a European educated Vietnamese, not an Air Force major general, who conceived, that program.) All we need is a better mousetrap (so to speak). We're not stupid. We can learn. Images of a CIA backed, no-holds-barred Madison Ave nue. Mass brainwashing. (Dirty linen can always be dyed.) chine wondrous new Prod"ct for a foreign policy ma Whiter than white. J. A. Zimmer Disgust and Embarrassment Dear Editor, j.v?a!ri Si a?ernoon. February 18th, a gentleman n ' i3Sr5 Ti Ll ? PPrtunity to insult the University LS! v a; hVJ'y of Lincoln- and the state of Ne 5f SLn HaleWd desc"Ptiw o' the worst possible degree of human degeneracy, Mr. Ginsberg filled the hearts of hundreds with disgust and embarrassment. rinhr J oUL I? afternoon at "Hyde Park Forum" Mr. his audfencwwh3530'131,6 he calls his "wi" presented SfoioSldT FeVieW f th3t Which W0U'd f0UW lowiigqaueSsS 1 th3t 1 d6Serve answe to the fol- stood foraViwLfniyTnknowledge of what this gentleman ffc could brnfg him to naUM Mrtttf i'l"8 Par'k" dis?,ay cause 'conster" hours his lrZlltSLG(nShuTg Pitted to continue for vS;SSS5iJ in the presence of Uni- of thisKelSe?3"6 bCCn t3ken t0 Prevet Petition A Law Studani