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UNIVERSITY r-"- HBRff Ross Contacted ... Promoters Discuss FM Plans L1BR fm SEP M ft It THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY ... to explore one's field of interest at the University than at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala., according to Figures. Exchange Student Program Brings Two From Alabama By Randy Irey Senior Staff Writer Life at a large university is different from that at a small university, especially when you are a Negro and the school you attended was in the South, according to Michael Figures, last year a student at Stillman College. This year he is attending the University under an ex change program sponsored by the YWCA. Figures, along with Alice Watts, were chosen last year to attend the University in an exchange program which would send two University Negro Stillman College. However, according to Kris Bitner, co-chairman of the committee sponsoring the pro ject, the program was not publicized soon enough last spring and there was not time to choose two University students to attend Stillman. It is planned, to send two University students next fall on the exchange program. Mobile 'Docile' Figures is originally from Mobile, Alabama, a city which he describes as being "do cile" in comparison to cities such as Birmingham and Montgomery. "The' city government of Mobile considers requests from the Negro community, and usually grants them," stated Figures. "For instance we did not have the trouble integrating our schools that other Southern towns experi enced." "The people put some pre sure on the city officials and they granted integration. Even though Mobile was one of the last Alabama cities to integrate their schools ,there was no trouble," Figures con tinued. Maintains Calmness "None of the national civil Vox Populi Bill Stresses 'Practicality Not Ideals By Nancy Hendrickson Senior Staff Writer ASUN has been working on a student bill of rights for the past year, although it was purposely not publicized, ac cording to Bob Samuelson, ASUN second vice president and former senator from Teachers College. Vox Populi used this bill of rights as- a basis during last year's ASUN election. New Funds Aid Medical Students A new memorial fund will provide scholarships for Uni versity medical students. The fund was established in the memory of Mrs. Anna Osthoff Bell, a 1926 University graduate and a former Lin coln resident, whose bequest started the fund in the Uni versity Foundation. Harry R. Haynie, Founda tion president, announced that income from the fund will support scholarships for reg ularly enrolled students in the College of Medicine. Qualifications for the schol arships are "good moral character, financial need and p r o m i s e of leadership and academic ability in the pro fession of medicine." AWS Sponsors Upperclass Mart A W S-sponsored Activities Mart will be conducted for upperclassmen Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the East Union lobby and the conference rooms of the City Union. Representatives from vari ous campus activities will be present to sign-up prospective members and to inform up perclassmen of their organi tations' specific functions. Freshmen may join campus organizations at the Fresh man Activities Mart Oct. 12, according to Marti Hughes, AWS Board member. ' ' V'. I tfr rights groups have offices in Mobile, except for the NAACP, and we have never had any major civil rights leaders visit the city. The city was apparently passed over because of the calmness it has always maintained," he said. He expressed the view that some of the trouble Birming ham and other cities experi enced was because both the White and Negro populations contained very militant in dividuals. Concerning any trouble he might have experienced due to his race, Figures said he had never, personally, had any difficulties in Mobile and he has never been denied ad mittance to any establishment on the basis of his race. Segregated Courtrooms He did, however, tell the story of several of his in structors who were arrested for demonstrating for equal housing. They were to be tried in a segregated court room, whites and Negroes on opposite sides of the aisle. "Some of the other instruct ors and students went to the courtroom and tried to inte grate it during the trial. The judge threatened the Negroes for contempt of court for their actions, but soon rea lized that the charge could not stick," Figures related. "I have experienced no trouble or difficulties here at the University as far as being a Negro." 800 Students Stillman College, which Figures attended his fresh man year, is a liberal arts college of 800 students, lo cated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (home of the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Robert Shelton.) "Its too early to tell what the big differences are be- "It is based on practicality rather than idealism," Sam uelson said. An ad hoc committee form ulated the student bill of rights last year. The com mittee was composed of ASUN mittee was composed of ASUN executives. Carl Davidson was on the consult ing staff. The committee did research on other student governments and studied the philosophical and political background for a bill of rights. They studied the rights oth er student governments had, what rights they needed and what rights were important, Samuelson said. The bill of rights was pur posely not published because the committee wanted to give its thorough attention to it, Samuelson stated, howev , er administration did look at it. "The ASUN student conduct committee will have to build a philosophical and legal foundation for a bill of right s," Samuelson said, "as well as poll the students at Nebraska to see what they want." The bill of rights drawn up by the ASUN committee last year includes the following statements: The right of students to clear and concise statement of their contractual rights. The right of every student and student organization to es tablish and issue publications free of any censorhip or other pressure aimed at controlling editorial policy with the free selection and removal of edi torial staffs reserved s o 1 e ly to the organizations sponsor ing these publications. The right to petition through proper channels for for changes in curriculum or faculty. The right to be immune to disciplinary action by the University for violation of civ ic laws and codes below the level of a felony, unless the student concurrently violates a University rule or regulation, 1 , . - c V i HP" I ' .... i rn . i w t tween Stillman and the Uni versity," explained Figures, "but I do know that here there is more opportunity to explore the field you are in terested in." The congeniality of the stu dents and the diversity of the entertainment on the Univer sity campus were "two as pects of the school which mak for exciting living" according to Figures. Musucm Fascinating "The museum at Morrill Hall really fascinated me," Figures stated . "One thing that truly surprised me was the size of a couple of my classes, though I'm familiar with a big campus." He stated that though he wants to graduate from a small college, he has always wanted to attend a large uni versity. This, he believes is one of the purposes of the Stillman project, to acquaint the small college student with university life. Both Figures and Miss Watts are available to speak before interested organiza tions and living units. O'Brien Lashes Out At Critics Of Federal Aid To Local Plans Pointing to "24 major pieces of education legislation cre ated by the last two Con gresses," Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien declared that the n a 1 1 o n ' s "biggest problem - education" is being solved with federal help. As featured speaker at a Democratic fund- raising ap preciation dinner for Gov. Frank Morrison Saturday night, O'Brien lashed out at critics of federal spending for local programs. "The battle-cry that govern ment spending means federal control is an outmoded slogan that is practically a collec tor's item," O'Brien said. O'Brien, the last remaining member of President John F. Kennedy's "Irish mafia" still working in government cir cles, told approximately 800 party faithfuls gathered for the $25-a-plate dinner at Pershing Auditorium that crit icism directed toward feder al programs, including feder al education programs, is lop sided because the "real con trol in federal programs is centered in local agencies." "If I were to choose one phrase to describe President Lyndon Johnson's administra tion," O'Brien declared, "I would say he believes in local solutions to local problems." One of Kennedy's top aides Legislator Blasts NU Proposal A member of the Legisla ture's Budget Committee has labeled University requests for more tax dollars an "ex horbitant demand." State Senator Clifford Batch elder of Omaha said of the University's biennium budget request, "the crisis conditions used as an excuse for the ex horbitant demands by the Board of Regents were, to a great extent, purposely cre ated by mismanagement of the University." The budget request calls for a 91.48 per cent increase in state tax dollars. In announc ing the amount of the re quest last week, university officials called attention to the problems of burgeoning enrollments and shortage of qualified staff saying that the University had reached a "moment of truth and crisis." Batchelder said of the Uni versity's description of the situation, "This technique is common to tax - supported organizations and consists of an aggressive campaign to get more students." By Cheryl Tritt Junior Staff Writer Promoters for the estab lishment of a University FM. radio station met with G. Rob ert Ross, vice chancellor and dean of student affairs, Fri day afternoon to discuss the future of the proposed station. Chairman of the promoter's committee, Bob Wilson, pre sented Ross with an outline of the organizational steps which have been taken and discussed the methods by which the FM station could work with the University. "There are two avenues open to you in gaining the Univerisity's official recogni Monday, September 19, Courses On Up To Beginning second semester, qualified students may take courses under the pas-f a i 1 grading system. G. Robert Ross, Dean of student affairs, explained that it is left to the discretion of the department as to whcich courses may be taken under the pass-fail system. "Some courses, by nature of their composition, will not this form of grading," Dean Ross said "In addition by re stricting which courses are and Congressional liason for both Kennedy and Johnson, O'Brien said the "goal of the Johnson administration is to help you in any way we can." O'Brien said the decisions and plans in the implementa tion of federal programs are being made "where they should be made, where LBJ wants them to be made, right here, not in Washington." "In many federal pro grams," he stated, "Washing ton is literally the junior part ner." O'Brien's talk was sprinkled with words of praise and sup port for Morrison who is seek ing the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Carl Curtis, a Re publican. Morrison described O'Brien, a native of Massachusetts, as IHIIIMIIIM HI. I, ,HIHm.-Wg:i J - t:l j : ft"" r'" 7 Iff . : 1 V BUY YOUR 1967 CORNHUSKER NOW ... is the slogan, and apparently G. Robert Ross, vice chancellor of student affairs, agreed, as he bought his Cornhusker from Tassel Rosie Fowles. Cornhusker Sales Begin This Week A new method of selling Cornhusker yearbooks will be . used on a trial basis this year, according to Allan Brandt, business banager for the 1967 Cornhusker. He explained that salemen would be selling the books at floor meetings of Abel Hall "in order to give more stu dents a chance to purchase the Cornhusker." The Cornhusker sales begin Monday and end Nov. 12 and may be purchased from mem bers of Corn Cobs and Tas sels at the various living units and at booths in the Nebraska Union. The books can also be purchased directly from members of the Cornhusker tion of the FM station," Ross explained. One route entails the meth ods listed in the student hand book and is utilized by t h e majority of campus organi zations, Ross added. Working through the Office of Student affairs and the Ne braska Board of Regents are the steps involved in the al ternate method of attaining recognition. The latter method was se lected by the station's pro moters as being the "most efficient workable plan," said Wilson. Obtaining formal recogni tion and acceptance from the 1966 The Daily Pass Department Discretion under this system, the de partments can control who takes the course. During the 1965-66 school year ASUN presented the pass-fail proposal to the Fac ulty Senate. It suggested stu dents be allowed to take a cartain number of electives, receiving credit hours but no grades other than a "pass" or a "fail". Pass-Fail Conditions Follwing are the conditions that apply, as passed by the one who "sees federal re sources as tools to build Ne braska." "If you are represented in Washington by someone who bolts the door to federal help, then I suggest you are not be ing well represented," O'Brien declared. Lt. Governor Philip Snren son, candidate for governor, and U.S. Congressman Clair Callan also attended the af fair which served as a kick off to the Democratic state convention help at Pershing Sunday. The convention was expected to draw 401 delegates and an equal number of alternates. One of the main items on the agenda was the adoption of a state party platform. business staff in the Corn husker office in the Nebraska Union between 1 and 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays in the Nebraska Union. Brandt explained that if the "new experiment" was suc cesful, selling at dormitory floor meeting would be used on a larger scale next year or "possibly even later on this year." Contracts for organization space in the book have been mailed, Brandt said. Any or ganization that wishes to purchase space and does not receive a contract by Tues day, should contact the busi ness staff between 1 and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. University and being permit ted to use the University's name would exemplify our purpose more clearly," ex plained Wilson. "We wish to achieve a sta tus similar to the Daily Ne braskan," he added. Present plans call for the promoter's committee to ap pear before the Regents at their October meeting and present them with the Arti cles of Corporation and a press release, explaining the cor poration's structure, stated Wilson. Ross will appear before the Regents with the members of the committee, said Wilson, Nebraskan Fail Faculty courses system: Senate, to t a k i ng under the pass-f a i 1 A student may take, at the most, four classes and not more than 12 hours on the pass-fail system. The courses taken may not be within one's major nor may they count as a minor or group require ments for graduation. Only students who have at tained junior standing may take courses on a pass-fail basis, and they can not take more than two courses from one department on that basis. Failing Means F If the student fails a course, he will recieve a grade of F under the present grading system. A "pass" grade will count as the specified num ber of hours earned but will not be taken into a c c o u nt when tabulating the student's .accumulative grade average. A course taken on the pass fail basis must be approved iiiin:iiiiitiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiituiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiituiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiiuiii Davidson Explains 'BlackPoiver' Concept Black Power is a term that indicates the ideas of political-economical power, plus the concept of "blackness," according to Carl Davidson, former graduate student at the University. Davidson, national vice president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), spent much time this summer on the Meredith March in Mis sissippi with Stokely Carmi rhael, head of the Student f.on-v i o 1 e n t Coordinating Committee (SXCC) and lead ing advocate of the Black Power policy. Stating that he is in favor of the Black Power principles, Davidson said that it mainly applies to "districts in which Negroes are in a majority." To Davidson, the concept of power includes both political and economical power. For this reason it would be im practical to push for this kind of voting power in an area which is not dominated by Negroes he said. Davidson maintains that the principle of political power is the basis of a democracy, in that the majority has always won. Economic power is not only directed toward poor Negroes in the South, says Davidson, but embraces poor whites in that area also, in Davidson's opinion, the white organizers involved in SNCC should be organizing poor whites instead of Negroes. "Eventually there will have to be a coalition movement with poor whites in the South," he stated. To realize the goal of eco nomic power in the South, he suggests boycotts of com mercial interests to "hit where it hurts in the pocket book." Davidson stated that politi cal power is being realized in Talks And Topics Needs Chairman Interviews for chairman and assistant chairman of the Nebraska Union Talks and Topics committee and assist ant chairman of Trips and Tours committee' will be held Sept. 20, 8 p.m. in the Nebras ka Union. Applications may be ob tained at the Nebraska Union Program office Friday and Monday from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. "and it appears that he will aid us with the negotations." Obtaining space in the Union for business operations is another organizational step affecting the future of t h e FM station. Ross informed the group that the Regents have by laws making it mandatory for an organization to be official ly approved by the University before they may have perma nent access to Union space and activitiy funds. However, Ross gave the committee tentative approval to occupy Union space for meeting rooms and assigned them a Union mailbox. Vol. 90, No. 4 System of by the student's adviser and must be indicated on the student's registration Courses which may be tak en under the pass fail system will be listed tin the schedule of classes. These courses will ment. Students who decide to take courses under the pass fail system have the option of con verting to a graded basis during the regular add period at the beginning of each semester. "Interest in the system," according to Ross, "has been fairly strong if it can be re flected by the inquiries in this office, but I don't know how widespread this interest is." "The program has been ap proved for the second semes ter," continued Ross, "but the faculty may decide to can cel the program at any time. This system has the same status as any other curricu lum program." part with each voter regis tration march. Six thousand people were registered to vote in Mississippi in two weeks, because of the Meridith March in July. A second integral part of Black Power to Davidson, is the concept of "blackness." As an explanation he says that the Negro must respect himself, before whites will re spect Negroes. "In the midst of White America, a Negro must de fine for himself his own values and be proud of his African heritage and culture," stated Davidson. Sept. 30 Is Frosh Weekend The annual YWCA-YMCA Freshman Weekend gives freshmen a chance to meet upperclassmen and p r o f e s sors on a personal level and to become acquainted with the problems that they will confront in their college ca reer, said Jeanie Jasperson, president of the University's YWCA. The weekend retreat will be held from Sept. 30-Oct. 2 a Camp Kitaki. Total cost for the weekend is $15. Faculty members who are participating include: Dr. Loren Bonneau, Dr. Donald Clifton, Dr. Robert Narveson, Miss Lilian Cunningham, Dr. Allan Pickering and Dr. Rob ert Mentak. Student counselors, whose job includes leading discus sions are: Phil Boardman, Jeff Kushner, Connie Beale, Carol Boyd, Jane Breden burg, Gale Pokorny, Charlie Stone, Tony Bryan, Dave Yanney, Kris Bitner and Joan McClymont. The discussions will cover such topics as personal re lationships on campus, mor als, religion, social aware ness and the challenge of edu cation. 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