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.. . .. ...... ..., .t-3MfrsaWrwaV3fcfe Page 2 The Daily Nebraskan Thursday, November 10, 1966 Student Government's Role Student rights are not a subject that will be forgotten on the University cam pus this year. -. Nor will the question of what author ity or power student government has set at the University disappear. - In recent months these questions have been discussed at times vehemently with a great deal of publicity and at other times quietly and peacefully without too much attention from the whole University. " But in the weeks to follow these ques tions will continually increase in the minds of student leaders and all the students in this institution. ' At Student Senate Wednesday, a spe cific example of how student rights are possibly mistreated and vague on this campus was discussed briefly. The dis cussion can not be brief in the following weeks. Sen. Dick Schulze, chairman of the student conduct committee, has announced that in the next three weeks his commit tee will begin drafting a student bill of rights to be presented to the Senate. This means that although a majority of the senators may now be content to discuss procedural matters and other pro grams of little significance to the students thev represent, the time for this type of insignificant discussion will soon end. Soon the senators must consider stu dent rights and the role of student gov ernment not in brief discussions, but in lengthy and serious meetings. They must decide exactly whr. kind of organization they are, how muc power they have and what they should ii with this power. In Wednesday's discussion about a 21-year-old woman, who with parental per mission to live off campus, was still re quired to live in a University dorm, sev eral senators pointed out that ASUN can not ignore this problem but must accept its responsibility in deciding if this is fair or not to the students. In the Daily Nebraskan's opinion, this is exactly what student government must do. It should mature in the next couple months and decide if it's a government representing the students or if it's a club. Student government must face the is sue of student rights and find out if it has the power as the students' represen tative to rule on many matters and to achieve resulU from the University ad ministration. Wayne Kreuscher OusT'TmWJC Co 6oo Was The. AbJTy To do Fa& to &bjLLL Q9 mm ,i,M,HiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniHimiuiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiHi''i i Campus pillllllllllllllllllllllll 1 MllllllJi tlllMIir llllMIIIMISiilljlIltlJI Ml If lllllllllf tlllf JItl 3 JJilllltllf ItlllilJIIIlIflllijlIHIIIJIlltllll tlllfllUIIfSlllttilllMJIIllllll tlllltlf IJJIIIllIflJ Bob Samuelson's l or 1 1 cri r i luxii cjne oLonew of- People I fflin . IjflUu Art . Op lnion Since I last wrote a few disparaging remarks about AWS in this column, I have become aware of a rather wide spread and conscienscious effort on the part of AWS leaders to re-evaluate many of their organization's procedures and women's rules. 4 In light of what has been happening recently, and in light of talks with Presi dent Pam Hedgecock and other mem bers of AWS, I would find them justified in serving me a dish of crow at least a small one. As I understand the problems of con structive AWS policy and rule reform, they are centered around the need for workable and meaningful suggestions of areas in which AWS might venture. Here are some suggestions which AWS may or may not be already considering: The AWS has already abolished the manditory sign-out sheet this is a great step forward, because as everyone knows, the old system was meaningless and hypo critical. I would like to see AWS Investigate., a policy whereby a coed would have eight or ten "late-hours" d u r i n g the se mester. If she then wanted to stay out lat er than the prescribed check-in time, all she w o u 1 d be required to do would be to phone in to the residence hall that she wished to extend her own hours. This would apply for two hours in any one night, i.e. if regular check in time were 1 a.m., she could extend her hours until 3 a.m. if she wished. Likewise, a co-ed would have a num ber of phone-in overnights if she called In before the regular check-in time. The number of these allowed might increase with grade standing. To go along with the idea of "late hours", a co-ed would have one-hundred eighty (or some like number) of "late minutes", which could take care of the many unavoidable times that a precise eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, or one o'clock return to a living unit is inconven ient. A maximum number for one eve ning might be thirty minutes, after which time the co-ed could report in or call in one of her "late hours", and thus not be penalized. An objection to policies such as these Is obviously that of administering them. Other schools employ women's policies much like this, and find their problems surmountable. A much easier solution is, of course, to abolish hours altogether for coeds above the first-semester freshman level. Perhaps individual parental approval is needed here, but parents of male stu dents sign no such approval, and the jus tification for women's hours at all is an interesting question. We must do our theorizing, however, in realms in which we can make definite contributions, and it is doubtful whether the abolition of women's hours will be a possibility be fore the coeds have a chance to show that they are mature enough to use small advances in policy in a "wise" manner. I should like to urge one thing in the re-adjustment of the selection procedures., of AWS officers. That is that any interest ed Nebraska coed be allowed to file for an office. Student body elections have shown that experience in Senate is a prime factor of consideration in the students' voting. I am sure this would also prove ture in AWS elections. Our Man Hoppe- Drab Picks A Battleground Arthur Hoppe I AM WHAT I AM- ...By Tom Dearmor.t From What I have noticed on campus the last week, I've concluded that frater nity sneaks are again with us. It's always interesting to watch the different phases of on of these sneaks. First f all, the Friday before a sneak is epea season for all pledges on the ac tives of their respective fraternities. For example, last week I watched a group of pledget converge upon twe unsuspecting actives and In the riot following, which In cidentally was about as even as the Clay Patterson fight, mummified them in rope and carted them off, 0 This legalized kidnapping is net all pne-sided though. I watched a group of pledges pay dearly In teeth and black eyes for. three actives in front of the So cial Science Building last Friday. m The second phase is "bugging the house." This extended example of basic sabotage seems to be an important part of every sneak. I think the Green Berets could take lessons from some of these Jys. ! 1 One has to admire the methods these pledges devise to make living conditions impossible for the few actives they left jome and for those tbey left scattered from here to wherever tbey are going. I mean, when someone runs off with the front doer the same weekend we have a snowstorm or turns loose two dozen chick ens and six bogi In the house, It tends lo impose Inconveniences to the living ha Ms of the averege fraternity man. ; For example, just who would want to jun the chickens out of the living room so he and his girl could watch TV (if the pledges hadn't called a repairman and told him to pick it up to be repaired). The next part is the getaway. There are two ways this can be done. First the pledges can sneak away with no fuss at all, or second, they can have a brawl with the actives just before they leave. The latter is by far the most common and interesting to watch. Some of these free-for-alls are better than anything you could ever hope to see in Watts or Omaha, probably because there is do police Interference. This Is usu ally a pretty even skirmish because by this time, the pledges have all the ex cess actives tied up in the trunk of some one's car. The object here must be for the ac tives to take a few pledges hostage to trade for their friends. I don't know how many actives a pledge is worth. If they don't trade, they can always keep them busy slopping hogs and picking chickens all weekend. I still haven't realized why a few pledges don't learn Karate and get this over fast. It would make for a clean getaway too. The last part worth watching is when the pledges return after an intellectual weekend in Boulder, Colo., or Manhattan, Kans. By this time these boys show about as much life as a moonshiner on Sunday morning. Now is when you see them start to fix everything they undid. They usually spend all night putting the front door back and putting together the t e 1 e p h o n s they dismantled, but they've got a lot to talk about Monday in class during the five minutes before the fall asleep. "Well, Drab," said Cap tain Buck Ace, permitting himself a fatherly smile, "did the President's visit make you feel better?" "Well, sir," said Private. Oliver Drab, 378-18-4454, who was squatting in the mud and thoughtfully scratching a sore on his ankle, "I don't feel any worse." The Captain frowned. "I hope you read where he said afterward that you were the flower of our man hood and you were giving your all to fight Commu nism." "Yes, sir, I read that story," said Private Drab. "Only I think he was dead wrong. No offense," "Wrong?" said the Cap tain. "Wrong about fighting Communism?" 'Oh, not that, sir. I mean he said, "It is better to do it there (meaning here) than in Honolulu.' Right off, I said to myself, 'He's wrong. No offense. It'd be better in Honolulu.' " "In Honolulu!" The Cap tain put his hands on h i s hips and eyed the private suspiciously. "What are you talking about, soldier?" "Well, sir, the climate for one thing. This may be a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to fight a war here. It's too hot. Either that or it's raining. Then there's ail this muck and boondocks . . ." "D r a b, Honolulu's an American city." Daily Nebraskan "Right, sir. There's a lot more to do off duty. I re member, when we came through, there was this little place on Canal street . . ," "What the P r e s 1 d e n t meant," said Captain Ace, mustering his patience, "is that American civilians don't want to be subjected to the horrors of war." "And they're right, too, sir. The natives here feel the same way. But I think the President forgot Hono lulu's on an island. We could really keep out infiltrators and stuff. And then it's only a couple of thousand miles from home. We'd get our mail a lot faster and with two weeks' leave . . ." "Now look here, Drab. I doubt there's more than a handful of Communists in all of Honolulu." "Gosh, sir, I hadn't throught of that," said t h e Private enthusiastically. "It'd sure better the odds. Why, we could win a w a r there in no time." "Damn it, D r a b," snapped Captain Ace. "You can't pick where you want to fight Communists." "Oh, I know that, sir. But the President can, can't he? I mean there's Communists all over the world. Like take the s o u t h of France, sir. I read in a magazine where it's real lovely there this time of year." "The flower of our man hood," said Captain Ace with a weary sigh. "And I get all the nuts." "Well, I still think the President's wrong," said Private Drab later to h i s friend, Corporal Partz, as they huddled under a pon cho. "Would you rather fight a war here or would you rather fight a war in Honolulu?' "To tell the truth," said Corporal Partz, spitting out a soggy cigarette butt, "I'd rather not." A Fair Campus Representation Dear Editor: I have just finished reading the letter from Charlie Baxter in the Wednesday Daily Nebraskan. In it he states that he is surprised and worried about the proposed IDC. He is surprised because of group of students want the right of representation. There are now on this campus 4,600 Independents liv ing in dorms. They need some sort of voice in the affairs which are obviously going to effect them. Since no one on this campus, other than the Independents, cares what happens to Independents and Independent candidates for offices and honors, they need a coordinated body to make their views known. The constitution of IDC, as proposed, specifically states that it will serve only as a COORDINATING body between the member dorms. Notice the use of the word "coordinating." That is just what is meant. There would be no relationship between the complete regimentation forced upon members of IFC, Panhellenic, and the unify, ing effects of the IDC. Mr. Baxter says he is puzzled and worried, I would guess the main reason he is worried is that he fears that finally a fair campus representation might be shown. Bob Shankland Selleck IDC Delegate SDS, ROTC Could Never Agree Dear Editor: I have just read the letter in the Daily Nebraskan pertaining to a proposed debate between the SDS and the ROTC departments. As I am in ROTC, I felt this letter to be directed in part toward me. I would like to say that I can forsee no constructive outcome of such a debate. I doubt very much that any member of SDS would allow themselves to conform to the given standards of society they seem to be striking out so vehemently against enough to even listen to any argu ment I or my fellow cadets and Midshipmen could pre sent. From my observations of the SDS I feel that the main purpose of their proposal is to publicly insult and degrade those that are and will be trying to end the mess in Viet Nam. At this time, I don't feel that there is anyone that can prove beyond a doubt the correctness of the Vietna mese conflict. Every citizen in the United States has his own opinion about the struggle, but one conclusion is pre valent: We must bring a peaceful settlement of this con flict. I could be wrong. If the SDS merely wants to dis cuss ways of bringing about such a settlement, then I would be interested in such a discussion. But if they wish to discuss policy, then, as Capt. Mullen said, "You can find everything you need to know about the Administra tion's policy from reading the newspaper." Richard Owen N Club Performance? Dear Editor: I, for one, would like to congratulate the new initi ates of the University athletic "honorary," the N Club. You are certainly to be commended for your perform ance on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 30. The part of your anat omy which you chose to display lo the students of the University and a number of unfortunate Lincoln residents Is probably your most impressive and doubtlessly your most intelligent. The next time you have to prove your manliness "boys;" see if you can do it other than from the back of a truck traveling on the city streets of Lincoln. It's too bad that the entire N Club will be judged .by the obscene and rather depraved actions of a few of its members. Unimpressed 9 the BY KELLEY BAKER 'Vol. m, nb.T "Nov. W.TVj eooad-claaa postage paid at Llaeola, Neb TELEPHONE: 477-711, Ex tendon 2588, 2589 and 25!. obserletloa rates ara M per ram tar or M for U scsdrmlc rear. Pub kshrd Moodjir. Wedaaadajr, Tharidar aad Pridar during tht school rear, es eeat dun of escauons and mm eerl ada, br tht atodeata at tha tJarreraUp af Nebraska under tha iuriadktWa id tha Paouit? BulcommlUe tm Studeat Publication! 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Urn Aaa Clm, Marp ia MiDoov Belli ecreUra Unda Udsi Buetaeaa Aaautaala, ierrr Wotto, Jim Wottara, Ckuts 8 ton. Rust Puller, Cutaa Prl.a4t. Brtaa Hallo. M'aa Csteri labsrrlaiioa Manager iSm alusUi Car eulaUoa Maaaaer Lroa Rsinwai Ckr atiiaiasa a aw si aid Carp Meres. Once each fall, Kosmet Klub members prostrate themselves in the direction of Attleboro, Massachusetts and mumble their humble thanks for the success of the KK Fall Show, The same ceremony occurs in different forms for the Corn Cobs, Tassels, Sigma Chi's, Associated Women Students and many other organiza tions. You see, Attleboro, Mass, Is toe borne of L. G. Bal four, great prophet and in- S .rational leader of tbe eck system. In his fac tories, L. G. manufactures, in production line fashion, one of tbe greatest keys to the actions of fraternities and sororities tbe trophy. It is my observation that one trophy, properly of fered, has more potential effect on fraternities and sororities than would food to a starving man. Let's take three cases in point: the Kosmet Klub Fall Show, the Corn Cobs Tassels Spirit Trophy and Derby Day, Once a year, in a fran tic bit of eleventh hour or ganization, about 15 bouses and sometimes a dorm or two patch together a 15 minute production called a skit. Usually sli unfort unate fraternities are chos en and the race for first place is on. The reasons offered for entering the competition are: 1. it helps to promote house unity 2. KK is a worthwhile event and 3. it promotes the name of the house around campus. The underlying motive however is the awarding of trophies a tangible re ward and something to point to during Rusk Week. In truth, the advantages of close cooperation of bonse members is a by- iroduct of the primary ef ort to win trophies. Take away the trophies and no one would try out for the KK Fall Show you might as well take the centerfold out of "Playboy," Corn Cobs and Tassels, in a bit of promotion genius, offered a Spirit Trophy to the living unit showing the most enthusiasm through out the year. Enter trophy, exit spontaneity. Now pier' classes at tend rallies primarily to demonstr support for the team but as an organ ized group bent on win ning the Spirit Trophy, The competition was so loud at one rally that the coach and team captains went un heard and unheeded. Derby Day comes under a slightly different classi fication. Since all sororities are eligible to compete they all feel obligated to com pete. Not all traternitks try out for KK because they know there will be a cut before the show, but the sororities feel they will be considered "unusual" if they don't put forth an all out effort so they plod ahead and dig the groove a little deeper. Derby Day does come under the same classifica tion as the others when you consider that the trophies and publicity are the cogs which make the wheels turn and without which there would be no Derby Day. Tbe trophy complex car ries over even to the phil anthropic projects of sorori ties and fraternities. Often tbe projects are merely carefully planned steps to ward winning tbe Madeline Girard Phllanthrophy Tro phy or the C. B. Schultz Public Service Trophy. Again, publicity and an eventual reward are the primary motivating factors behind the houses' efforts and charity is the secondary by-product of a house in search of a good image. Most programs are chosen on the basis of public rela tions value and amount of involvement (the less the better.) Oddly enough, some peo ple look to philanthropic projects as a Justification of the Greek system, an en tiitly backward way of thinking. They see these efforts as a reason for the existence of the system, not as actual charity from an organization developed for other reasons. Interestingly, there is a direct correlation between the size of the trophy and the value of the project to the fraternity. That is to say, the larger the prize, the more worthwhile the project. Under this delu sion, tbe Hiram Winkle Award for clean front steps (a thirty-two inch monstrosity of gold plate and victory figures) Is far more valuable than the In nocents' Scholarshlp-Activi-ties Trophy. Someday, perhaps the children of the State Hos pital will be able to have a party with a fraternity or sorority because the stu dents actually took an In terest in the children and wanted to help them and not because it was the thing to do or the time of year to give parties for orphans and cripples. Someday, perhaps t h e members of the Greek sys tem will be charitable with out expecting recognition as a reward without any goal other than charity it self, for charity rewarded is not true charity. Someday, perhaps they will attempt r,a deed done for the deed's sake." J ....