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y L hi i- : 't , V i may m if Wednesday, May 4, 1966 The Daily Nebraskan Vol. 81, No. V-i .Near r mi .OA RHH V A LS 7 x-V iO" ? v ) ' i 7 f I ii ii ii is ji in 1 r f f j-' 7 103 Candidates End. Of By Julie Morris Senior Staff Writer The end of a long, dusty state primary campaign trail comes May 10 when political party faithfuls go to the polls to select party candidates for local, state and national offices. CONSCIENTIOUS CITIZEN'S . . . file applications for absentee ballots for the May 10 primary election with the Lancaster County election commissioner. University "stu dents who are eligible to vote are urged to do the same. fiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiifiifiiiiiifiiiiiiitiiiiiiifiiiiiiiifffiiiijiiiiiiitiiiitiiitifiiitttitnfitif Tiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiitiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiif miiiiiiiii (Ross Pledges Support Of Rights Clarification j The ASUN has been as sured of the support of G. Ro bert Ross, vice chancellor and dean of student affairs, in attempting to clarify the students' responsibility to this University and the Univer sity's responsibility to the stu dents. "I will help in every way I know how," said Ross Tues day. ASUN' president-elect Terry Schaaf had outlined in his campaign a three-step pro cess of defining and clarify ing the University code and stating students' rights. The process included find ing out from Administration exactly what the rights and responsibilities were at pre sent, discussing the points on the Senate floor and finally submitting to Administration objections and recommenda tions. "The process seems quite reasonable," Ross noted. "These areas (rights and re sponsibilities) have been talked about for some time and will, no doubt, be talked about more." He said that since discus sion is already carried on by students, faculty and admin istrators separately, "it would be good to discuss them to gether." "In procedural issues like this the three groups should draw together and not try to decide them in isolation," he added. Ross continued, "Students as well as faculty and staff should feel free to discuss, evaluate and modify if they can offer improvements to procedures which concern them." The timing of such a pro ject, he said, is "related to the scope and detail involved. Ten items go through quicker than 30 and it also depends on where the involvement centers. "Ai an underlying philos ophy of the University," he added, "anyone materially af. fected should get involved with a discussion of the mer its and ramifications" of pro cedures. The question, Ross inter jected, is who has the 'final say. "The strength of a state ment," he stressed, "depends on the number of organized bodies willing to endorse it." Whether ASUN objections over a specific item would be considered important, he said, would also be related to the point. 1 When asked about the pro Primary Registered Republicans and Democrats across the state will be voting for candidates for the U.S. Senate, gover n o r, lieutenant governor, Congress, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer and attorney general. Voters will also be choosing dele Wil'illWdifil'i V vision in the Campus Hand book which can be interpre ted to say that off-campus students over 21 could not serve or consume alcoholic beverages in their homes, he replied, "The rule says no, but in practice it is never po liced." "The University does not get involved unless some prob lem arises," he continued. "If ff - rt:i n rf'x I'M : f;V ft Jordan: 'God May Die Twice In Nearly Everyone's Life' By Randy Irey Junior Staff Writer "God as we know him, died at least once, but he is alive and we can know him through knowing Jesus Christ." This was the opinion ex pressed by Pat Jordan Mon day afternoon. Jordan spoke in the Nebraska Union ball room, on "How Manv Times Did God Die?" Jordan is a graduate of San Diego State College and is al so a graduate of theological school. He is presently work ing with the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Jordan explained some of the reasons why people justi fy the fact that God is dead. "Some people say that God refers to nothing tangible, and since nothing is meaningless, God is dead." "Others say that since sci entists can explain every thing, there is no use in using a God to explain things." Althizer's Theory One of the leading ex ponents of the "God is Dead" theory is Thomas Althizer. "Althizer says that Jesus was God in the flesh," ex plained Jordan. "And since Jesus died, historically, God died. Althizer also says that people of the Old Testament experienced God but, since be (Althizer) hasn't experienced God, God is dead." Jordan said that one of the greatest problems in finding God is the problem of Him re vealing Himself to humans. "God made the universe, but He is not in it. Therefore by studying the universe, you aren't going to learn about God." According to Jordan. God sometimes dies twice in ev eryone's lives. Our personal concept of him must die. "Faith aJone can't carry man through. Faith is only as Campaign gates to county party conven tions and candidates for coun ty offices. Importance of the primary election is often underesti mated, according to Bob Hawes, vice president of the campus Young Democrats. Hawes said in an interview, an incident involving Univer sity students arises out of drinking, the incident is the initial factor and the drinking is only incidental." Concerning the University stand on drinking, Ross add ed, "When of age it is one's own decision. We can only hope one is mature. We do not either encourage or dis courage drinking if one is of age." valid as the object. Faith doesn't create truth. This means, in other words, that wishing doesn't bring some thing about." Lack Of Faith "But, on the other hand, lack of faith doesn't destroy truth. Sincerity in faith is not enough; it can be invalid ii' it isn't directed towards truth." Jordan said that there were three factors on which faith is built. They are knowledge, assent of knowledge, and com mittment. "The second time that God died," explained Jordan, "is when God came to man in Christ. God became human. He focused himself into man kind. It is believed that Christ lived a perfect life; He claimed to be sinless. "Therefore, only things free from sin can have a relation ship with God. Man can't en ter into his relationship be cause he is not a holy, right eous individual." 'Heinous Sin' Jordan said that the most heinous sin that man can commit is not to love God with o n e's whole being. Thanklessness is another sin. "Jesus Christ is acceptable to God. Christ voluntarily died as a substitute for other peo ple. His death separated Him from God. He took our place as being one separated from God. "But, Jesus rose from the dead," emphasized Jordan. "He was too big for death to hold. He lives now to be our guide and helper. "In order to know God, we liave to recognize that we goofed. We have to realize that we need Him. And we have to say to ourselves 'If I were God, I wouldn't have anything to do with me.'" that election returns "have shown that voters don't take full advantage" of primary elections. The primary elec tion, he said, is the time when party members "have the chance to choose" who par ty leaders will be Importance Not Realized "I don't think students re alize the importance of t h e state primary," Cathie Shat tuck, Young Republican pres ident said. The primary, she stressed, "is when you really get to pick and choose your candidates and your party leadership." Delegates to the Republican county conven tions, Miss Shattuck said, are those who choose delegates to the state convention which lays down the party platform and becomes the official mouthpiece of the party in the state. According to the office of the registrar, there are 5,000 to 6,0000 eligible Nebraska voters enrolled as full-t i m e students at the University. The spokesman said the fig ure would be "a conservative estimate." Miss Shattuck emphasized that the importance of Univer sity students as a voting bloc cannot be underestimated. "You'll notice the candi dates are more than willing to speak at the University," she said. Student Closer "The student voter is per haps more likely to be closer to the problems of his state than older people because he is not hampered with a full time job or other duties." Miss Shattuck said. 'Politicians will turn to student for ideas; they have a fresh approach. People in government are al ways interested in what stu dents have to say," Miss Shat tuck commented. The major races in this pri mary election include U.S. senator, governor, lieutenant governor and all three con gressional seats. Ten Democrats and 18 Re publicans are candidates for their party's nominations in Ont. on Pg. 4, Col. 7 Jordan stated that believing in God doesn't make a Chris tian. Rather, the individual must make a personal com mittment to have Him take one's life over in order to be come a Christian. Jordan I l L f A 3 . . - ' m h 1 1 r i i i : .... a ni.-ni.uir n mmj lumJ W 5 W If lit ii'JA -mil i ' "'S mn jr M 4 I ' '"".'"JJi .'' '. ; yJk it) tU o JjMlA A ALL THAT WORK ... is worth it to be a new Kosmet Klub member and receive a kiss Sunday from Mary Keim, Alpha Phi sophomore, at the end of initiation. The new members are: Greg Andrews, Rick Banta, Gail Burbridge, Joe Can-away, John Jor gensen, Duane Krueger, Ron Langhoff, Doug Miller, Jim Shreck, Ken Raskins, Gary Petersen, Mike Wallin, Chad Marlowe, Duane Jewel and John Wertz. iillllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllM RAM Council Approves I New Executive Election I By Jan Itldn Senior Staff Writer A new election for RAM executive officers will be held Tuesday although the R A M Council voted 17-8 Monday night that the April 25 elec tion was valid. Ted Suhr, who was the win ning presidential candidate in that election, moved to have another election "because of debate" arising over the pre vious one and challenged de feated presidential candidate Bob Shankland to a debate over RAM government on Wednesday al 8 p.m. Disputes had arisen early last week as to whether or not the election had been valid. A petition was circulated in Sel leck Quadrangle stating that the election should be held again as irregularities had existed in the electoral pro cedures. Election 'Valid' Monday's meeting took the form of a hearing with John Drodow presenting the case of the objectors and RAM President Marv A 1 m y pre senting the case for the elec tion officials. After hearing approximate ly three hours of testimonies and rebuttals concerning the alleged irregularities, t h e Council declared the election valid. Drodow stated that the con testing gioup did not wish "to question the integrity of hon esty of the election officials but their judgment." He cited two main reasons for a new election. Election procedures failed to safeguard the right of the residents to a clearly repre sentative election. East Campus Readies For Spring Day University students will spring up on East Campus Friday afternoon for the an nual Spring Day games. Classes will be dismissed Friday noon for the games at the East Campus tractor field which will begin tbe annual festivities held this weekend. The first game starts at 1:30 p.m. Greek houses, dormitory living units and UNICORN'S have entered the Spring Day events which include tug-of-wars, a stilt race, roller skat ing and pyramid building. trophies for the winners in each of the events will be pre sented. Schedule for the women's games is as follows: tug-of-war, 1:30 p.m.; mystery event, 2; stilt race, 2:30; roll er skating race, 3; obstacle race, 3:30; pyramid race, 4. The men's games are sched uled as follows: tug-of-war and push ball, 1:30; log-puU-a-fight, 2; pole throw, 2:30; mystery event. 3; bicycle steeple chase, 3:30. The resulting irregularities cast doubts on the validity of the election. Safeguards Lacking He said that safeguards lacking included no procedure being designed to eliminate the exchange of meal tickets (used for voter identification) no procedure being designed to allow residents not holding meal tickets to vote and not having all voters show their meal tickets. In the area of irregularities, Drodow cited posters in t h e main building, one number being marked twice, unas signed numbers being voted with, officials advising how to vote while in the vicinity of the election and campaigning on election day. "The issue is not who should serve," Drodow stressed, "but rather can we Di Kosman Is Nominee For 'Nebraskan' Honor The third University stu dent to be nominated for the "Outstanding Nebraskan" stu dent award is Di Kosman. Applications will be accept ed by the Daily Nebraskan for the Outstanding student and faculty member until noon May 9. The nominating letter for Miss Kosman said, "In lend ing herself completely to a wide variety of activities, Di has established a pattern of unselfish service to others, re gardless of whether there was any personal glory for her involved or nr. "She has done the big jobs and she has done the small. She has done the mundane tasks and she has done the spectacular." In addition to her position ' as A.W.S. vice president, the letter recognized "the great deal of time and energy she has given to the relatively ob scure Tau Rho, a society for students in broadcasting." "A.W.S. will be with us for ever," continued the letter, Seniors: Feel A Drafl? Although many University senior men may be receiving orders to fyke their Selective Service physicals, they need rot worry too much if they plan to allrnd graduate school and have maintained proper grade averages wtrile carrying a full scholastic load This, according to Lt. Grn. Guy N. Hnnjngr, state di rector cf the Selective Service, will be tbe case for most senior men. He said that the State Selective Service ha' pent out a letter to the local boards "asking them to be prepared" for the graduating seniors that may be needed to fulfill the draft quota. This, said Henninger, is why many of the local draft boards have ordered graduating seniors to take their physicals. Henningrr noted that if a man is not qualified physically can he forget about the military. ' He said senior men who will not accumulate enough hours or who have not met the necessary refjujremnti at the end of (bis year to graduate, will probably be allowed to come back next semester to finish, if they are doing sails ladvy work and are carrying a full load. Hennincer said the Nebraska draft call for May is 169 men. lie said that calls probably would go up again after July 1. trust the validity of the elec tion results." Almy replied, "The only thing provided are possibili ties of 'may have beens'. A new election, in effect, slan ders those who were elected. Irregularities must be estab lished without a doubt or any candidate who won last week and is not elected again would be wronged.' "We must determine if enough tnings actually hap pened." ne continued Campaigning In Lunchrooms Much discussion revolved around campaigning by ASUN President Kent Neumeister within the cafeteria and near the polling place for Suhr and whether or not Neumeister had obtained knowledge of the subtotals before he cam paigned. Cont. on pg. 3, col. 2 "but it is doubtful whether Tau Rho would have survived its very vernal stages without the invigoration of Di's boundless enthusiasm and capable leadership. She is a charter member and vice president of the group." The letter stated that Miss Kosman s "cheerful personal ity and her unselfishness have touched other groups during her four years as an under graduate. Among them are Student Council. Angel Flight, and the Delta Gamma soror ity, which she presently serves as vice president. "The ready smile and the sympathetic ear have, in ad dition to her other activities, made her a friend and advis er to many of her fellow stu dents." The letter concluded that "Di Ko'man symbolizes the type of unassuming person who quietly and with sincere dedication keeps many organ izptions and, indeed the whole campus going 1 believe she is an ' Outstanding Nebraskan." v t It i I. I 1