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REPAIRMEN ... are at work this week repainting the
living room of the Tri-Delt sorority house following a
fire in the house last Monday. The kitchen and basement
suffered heavy smoke damage. The sorority members
moved back into the house last Saturday. No estimation
of fire damage has been made.
'Society
By Randy Irey
Junior Staff Writer
"Taking someone's life, be
cause of a crime he com
mited, cannot be justified."
This was the opinion ex
pressed toy most of the par
ticipants in a discussion on
the controversial subject of
capital punishment.
The discussion, held Tues
jay, was the second in a
series of informal forums
sponsored by the Newman
Club.
Morally Right?
The argument for both
sides appeared to center
around the idea of whether or
not c a p i t a 1 punishment is
morally right.
One opinion favoring capi
tal punishment was that if a
man is a definite danger to
society and cannot be reha
bilitated, then he should be
removed from society by capi
tal punishment. Society has
this right because it must be
YR's Name
Convention
Delegates
Ten University delegates to
the Ypung Republican state
convention in Beatrice this
weekend will meet with other
Republicans from across the
state to "get rid of the Gold
water albatross."
Kathy Shattuck, University
YR vice president, said that
a dominant theme of the con
vention will be to "put the Re
publican Party back into the
moderate ranks."
The delegates from the Uni
versity are Judy LaBelle,
R o x a n n e Wiebe, Rusty
Hughes, Mary Tallman, Doug
Miller, Marilyn Bowen, John
Reiser (president), Miss Shat
tuck, Bette Wright and Bill
Harding.
Miss Shattuck said dele
gates will be interested in
bringing the Republican party
back in as "the" party in the
state. She said the party needs
to recapture the important
positions of governor and lieu
tenant governor to again be
come the dominant party in
Nebraska.
Other events scheduled for
the three-day meeting In
clude a keynote speech by a
Kansas Young Republican,
speeches by Val Peterson and
Norbert Tlemann, Republican
candidates for governor, and
consideration of constitutional
changes and elections.
The state Young Republican
convention, Miss Shattuck ex
plained, brings together the
college and county Young Re
publican organizations.
The elections, she said
would determine he new state
college chairman and the state
chairman, as well as other
positions.
The college chairman, Miss
Shattuck said, had not pre
viously been selected by elec
tion. One of the proposed con
stitutional changes, she ex
plained, would make that of
fice elective.
Can't Justify Death
able to defend itself against
things over which it has no
control.
One individual stated that
capital punishment dated
back to the time of primitive
man. "The father of the fam
ily ruled with a hard hand,
not as punishment, but as a
form of cleansing."
Tax Credit Proposed
For Tuition Payments
Under a proposed Ribicoff
amendment before Congress,
individuals or groups paying
tuition for university students
could receive tax credit.
In an address by Oliver C.
Carmichael Jr., president of
the Citizens National Commit
tee for Higher Education
Inc., he said those persons
providing education expenses
for University of Nebraska
students could receive $189 to
$234 tax credit.
These figures are for Ne
braska students and out of
state students respectively on
1963 costs totaling $354 and
$594.
The tax credit concept com
prises two basic elements
the gift tax credit and the
tuition tax credit, according
to Carmichael.
The gift tax credit would
permit a credit against the
Federal income tax of per
sons making a gift to a col
lege or university.
The tuition tax credit would
permit a credit against in
come taxes of both parents
and donors paying for tuition,
fees, books and supplies of
college students.
Outlining the program in an
address before the 1965 annu
al meeting of the Education
MEZZO-SOPRANO . . . Dorothy Kozak, assistant pro
fessor of music education, was featured with her ac
companist Thomas Fritz, associate professor of piano,
at Tuesday night's Faculty Recital. Members of the
University music department perform In these recitals
every month at Sheldon Art Gallery.
Contexr
By Jan Itkin
Senior Staff Writer
Two amendments stating
that Student Senate approval
of organizations' constitutions
"shall be based on content,
form and clarity" were
passed at the Student Senate
meeting on Wednesday.
One amendment dealt with
revised constitutions of exist
ing organizations and the oth
er with constitutions of new
organizations.
Rule On Content
Sen. Bob Lott proposed an
amendment to the amend
ment stating that approval of
content would be on the basis
of the best interests of s t u
dent welfare. It passed unan
imously. "Since Student Senate is
the supreme governing
body," Lott said, "there is no
reason not to rule on content,
but the way the original
amendment stands, an organ
ization has nowhere to turn
if its constitution is rejected."
"With the new amend
"As man became more civ
ilized and lived in tribes,
action taken because of a
crime was still viewed with
a cleansing motive." But as
society progressed further,
capital punishment ceased to
'be a cleansing act, but rather
one based on punishment."
"However," continued the
al Writers Association, Car
michael said each dollar of
credit would reduce a per
son's tax by one dollar, ap
plied uniformly without re
gard to the taxpayer's brack
et. Carmichael contended the
tuition tax credit would take
some of the burden off par
ents who must meet the in
creased costs of college.
As an example of how the
tuition tax credit would work,
Carmichael cited the Ribicoff
Bill, introduced before both
houses of Congress.
Credit is based on the first
$1,500 paid for tuition, fees,
books and supplies per stu
dent at an institution of high
er education. The amount of
credit is 75 per cent of the
first $200, 25 of the next
$300 and 10 per cent of the
next $1,000.
The maximum credit allow
ance is $325.
Carmichael stressed the
credit is not a deduction, but
is subtracted from the
amount of taxes the individu
al would owe.
The amount of the credit is
reduced by one per cent of
the amount by which the tax
payer's adjusted gross income
exceeds $25,000.
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Det
ment,'.' he continued, "an or
ganization has grounds on
which to appeal to the Stu
dent Court."
Sen. Liz Aitken asked how
"general welfare" could be
defined.
"The ASUN constitution in
fers it in several places," an
swered Lott, "but the final de
cision would be up to the
court."
"I have been against ruling
on content," said Sen. Andy
Taube, "but if we are to be
supreme, we must be able to
rule on content. With this new
clause, an organization would
have grounds on which to ap
peal. It would guarentee that
there would never be a time
when Student Senate was un
fair to an organization."
"Both sides are covered ad
equately," said Sen. Bill Cou
fal, speaker of the house.
"We would have grounds for
consideration, and organiza
tions would have grounds for
recourse."
Sen. Terry Schaaf said.
Penalty'
speaker, "the recent trend in
history has been away from
capital punishment, because
people realize it is no longer
a deterrent towards crime.
It is, rather, a retaliation by
society. It doesn't follow any
law but instead the instincts
of nature."
"We in society," concluded
the person, "should rid t h i s
primitive part from our law."
Another speaker stated that
capital punishment c a n be
viewed from two approaches,
the rational approach and the
moral approach.
"The rational approach is
based on the idea that capital
punishment is a deterrent to
wards crime. This is not
true. It is not a deterrent,"
explained the speaker.
Moral Approach
"The moral approach is
whether or not man can set
himself up as a judge of an
other man. This act of one
man judging another, even if
there is a reason, is like man
setting himself up as God."
At this point a question was
raised as to whether this
wasnt the way all law is in
terpreted. For instance when
a judge finds another man
guilty of a parking violation
and fines him five dollars, he
is raising himself above the
other individual.
"Yes, answered the speak
er, "But this judging must
stop at some point and that
point is when a man's life is
taken."
Arguments ranged on all
aspects of capital punishment.
The interpretation of the Bi
ble, history of capital punish
ment, and other subjects en
compassing the featues of
the problem, were dealt with.
In summarizing, one of the
participants concluded that if
something could be a g r e e d
upon, it was that the penal
system should be "changed so
that its objective would be
that of reformation rather
than the punishment of t h e
violator."
'Balman-A'Go-Go
Carnival Theme
"Batmam-A-Go-Go" will be
the theme at the annual Estes
Carnival Saturday night in
the East Campus Activities
Building.
Approximately 12 organi
zations and living units are
building carnival booths for
the event, which will begin at
7:30 p.m.
FC Considers Drinking
By Bruce Giles
Senior Staff Writer
A motion to accept a policy
statement concerning drinking
offenses by indivdual fraterni
ty members was withdrawn
at the- Interfraternity Council
meeting Wednesday night.
The motion by Jerry Olson,
was wlthdrswn after IFC
members criticized the state
ment for being too general.
The statement, as it n o w
reads, provides that the IFC
executive committee talk to
ASJJN Amendment
ermines Approva
"The amendment simply
clarifies content. We do have
the power, in our constitu
tion, to recognize organiza
tions. The first amendment
bases recognition on content,
and the one under discussion
defines content."
"The power is already im
plied," he continued, "only
now there is nothing to base
our consideration on. With
Reasons Given
For Book Failure
By Toni Victor
Junior Staff Writer
Lack of information, lack
of time, and opposition to the
project were the main rea
sons given for not filling out
ASUN's faculty evalua
tion sheets, according to a
poll taken by the Daily Ne
braskan. Nine out of twenty students
questioned were In favor of
the publication of the evalu
ation book. Five students
were against the book, and
six "didn't know.''
"I am not in favor of the
book," said oi:e graduate stu
dent," because I think it is an
impractical thing. We no long
er have our choice of instruc
tor, so the Isok has no value."
'Ridiculous Proposal'
One sophomore polled said,
"I think it is one of the more
ridiculous proposals to come
out in a long time."
"I took an evaluation
sheet," stated another sopho
more, "but I did not fill It out
because I disliked the way the
evaluation was handled on
the sheet." She continued by
saying that some students are
bound to like the teacher and
some aren't. She said that It
will be almost impossible to
get a fair evaluation.
A junior who stated that he
is not in favor of the book,
said, "It can't do the job it's
supposed to do unless every
student fills out a sheet."
Convenience
Those students in favor of
the evaluation book agreed
with the aims of such a book.
They cited convenience at
registration time as one rea
son for their approval.
Of the twenty students
polied, eight answered that
they bad taken one of the
evaluation forms. Three said
the house officers to deter
mine what measures would be
taken within the house regard
ing the individuals involved.
The executive committee
would not prescribe particular
discipline against the in
dividual. However, if the
actions taken by the house did
not meet with the approval of
the executive committee, the
problem could be refered to
the IFC.
Discussion of the issue cen
tered on whether bringing the
this amendment content is de
fined." Sen. Bob Samuelson noted
that if an organization would
wish to appeal a Student Sen
ate decision, it could go to the
court. He added that a Facul
ty Senate subcommittee also
had to approve constitutions
of student organizations.
"If the faculty committee
would reject a constitution,
that they had returned their
sheets.
"I didn't have time to fill
out the sheet," stated one
sophomore.
"I got tired of filling out the
backsides of the forms," said
another.
Two students had filled out
the sheets, but had forgotten
to get them in by the dead
line. Lack of Interest
When asked why there
seemed to be such a lack of
interest among the student
body on this issue, students
felt the main problem was a
lack of information and a
variety of misinformation on
the subject.
"They never gave me one,"
said one junior coed.
"Well, I didn't fill one out
because I live in an apart
ment off campus," said an
other. "People have to be pushed.
There was no real campaign
to get the sheets distributed
and filled out," noted a sen
ior. "I didn't know where to
get an evaluation sheet, and
I really did' tknow much
about the whole thing," said
a junior.
"It just took too much time
and I didn't know when the
deadline was," noted another
junior.
"I think most students feel
thdt they can handle the
choice of professors by them
selves. They have done it be
fore," stated a sophomore.
"As a graduate student, I
didn't feel that jt was up to
me tp fill out an evaluation'
sheet."
All but one of the twenty
students knew what the Facul
ty Evaluation Book was and
who sponsors it.
house officers before IFC ex
ecutive committee would
place the responsiblility of the
individuals actions on the
house.
John Cosier, Phi Kappa Psi,
pointed out that house oficers
could appeal to the individual
fraternity members regarding
their actions, but could not de
termine what the fraternity
member did as an individual
outside the house.
IFC also passed an amend
ment which would allow each
where would it appeal?"
Samuelson asked.
Larry Frolik, ASUN vict
president, answered, "They
could appeal to the full Com
mittee on Student Affairs."
Post Constitutions
Miss Aitken introduced an
other amendment to the pre
vious one which said that af
ter ASUN constitution com
mittee approves a constitu
tion for form and clarity, a
copy of the constitution should
be posted in the ASUN office
one week before it is brought
before Student Senate. Th
amendment passed.
"This would insure that
both senators and the public
could read a constitution be
fore it w as voted on," she
explained. "Not only would
we see what we were voting
on, bat it would provide time
to think before a controversial
constitution came before
Sen. Tom Pickering pointed
out that constitutions of a
"controversial" nature are
kept at the Activities Office
at the present time, and that
therefore, the resolution
would not be accomplishing
much-
"Some constitutions that
are controversial to us might
not be to other people and
vice versa." noted Sen. Dave
Snyder. "This proposal would
give every constitution a
chance to be seen."
Tuition Investigation
In other business, the Stu
dent Senate voted to establish
a special committee to inves
tigate the raise in next year's
tuition and fees.
Kent Neumeister, ASUN
president, who proposed toe
motion, explained, ."This
committee is absolutely es
sential in light of a $30 to $40
raise in fees for next year."
"The committee could look
into the background of the sit
uation in order to find out
why the University needs ap
proximately one half million
dollars to attract qualified
faculty," he added.
The University has two
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Faculty
Booklet
Delayed
The Faculty Evaluation
Book will not be published this
year, according to Ladd Loon
quist, chairman of the ASUN
Faculty Evaluation Book, who
reported to the Student Sen
ate Wednesday.
"Due to poor student res
ponse, it would be impossible
to publish this year," he said.
"We plan to revise the ques
tionnaires slightly and work
the distribution through the
classes," he added. "Work
ing it through the classes will
insure a more adequate sam
pling to do a justifiable and
responsible job."
Lonnquist told the Dally
Nebraskan earlier in the week
that out of 35,000 question
naires, only about 3,000 had
been returned and that "Jt
would be unfair to the faculty
and irresponsible of ASUN to
publish a book on that basis."
He also explained that the
book that would be published
next year would include in
formation about the instruc
tors' teaching techniques and
methods, books used in the
course and a resume, by the
instructor, stating his goals
of the course.
Motion
house two automatic waivers
to pledge men who did not
have a 2.0 average the pre
vious semester or who were
not In the upper half of their
graduating class.
Larry Frolik, Beta Theta
Pi, said the "fraternity sys
tem at this University will
not gain by throwing open its
doors to men in the lower half
gf their class or who do not
have a 2.0 average."
He added that he would
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