Jo Stohlman, editor
Mike Kirkman, business manager
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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.".
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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.
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