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THAT UNUSUAL GIFT ... is found at the YWCA
Christmas Bazaar, if you can resist buying it for your
self. YWCA Bazaar Sells
To 1,000
Almost 1,000 items, from
Spanish candles to Rhodesi
an masks, to Indian jewelry,
were sold during the first
day of the Christmas Bazaar.
The bazaar is sponsored by
the YWCA and is held for
three days during the Christ
mas season. It is open from
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday
and Thursday.
The items on sale repre
sent nearly every country in
the world. The counters in
the North Party room of the
Nebraska Union provide a
rich and colorful display of
household items, toys, jewel
ry and figurines.
"Most people buy some
thing here, even though they
originally came to look," said
Sonia Heckel, Advisory Board
Chairman for the YWCA.
She said that the most pop
ular items this year are jew
More Than Facts . . .
Total Education
Is Understanding
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third story in a four-part
series by Senior Staff Writer Julie Morris concerning the
concept of total education and its application on the Uni
versity campus.
An education, quality or otherwise, is not standing on
the doorstep of this or any other institution waiting for the
student to walk past and grab it, a University student com
mented recently.
Education implies much more than learning facts, fig
ures, numbers, dates, concepts, theories, laws or declina
tions, he continued.
An educated man is one who is "totally" educated in
mind and spirit and has learned to think, to feel and to
understand himself, his world and his fellows, a coed said.
The ASUN Bill of Rights committee drafted a definition
of total education under the direction of Sen. Kris Bitner.
They said "Total Education is that education which devel
ops in man the best understanding of himself and of the world
around him."
The understanding gained through total education "can
best be achieved in an atmosphere that would:
"Make available a view of all faces of life through a
free interchange of ideas and a freedom of association with
another person or persons.
"Stimulate a student to develop a philosophy by which
to direct his life.
"Encourage a student to act on his principles to fulfill
his responsibility as a citizen of society."
What is wrong with the educational quality at this uni
versity is wrong because of the general atmosphere of
the campus and the attitude of the students attending the
school, according to some students.
"I think that the real fault lies with the students them
selves, perhaps if you got students on a much higher level
you'd deserve higher quality faculty," George Olivarri, a
graduate student in French said.
"The campus is ages behind in intellectual atmosphere,"
Miss Bitner said. Intellectual atmosphere, she said, means
"a wide variety of ideas and wide discussion of what these
ideas are and why."
"You have a tendency to discuss your ideas only with
your friends. I think there should be a wider dissemination
of ideas," Miss Bitner said.
Dick Schulze, chairman of the ASUN Student Conduct
Committee that is drafting the Bill of Rights, said students
in general are attending college to gain an "education for
career purposes.
"We have to do what we can to provide them with more
than they came for," Schulze said.
There is no such thing as a "community of scholars"
on this campus, Olivarri said. The free exchange of ideas
and the discussion of intellectual issues just doesn't seem to
exist here, he said.
"I don't know what people talk albout the weather may
be," he said.
"I look at college as being an experment in education
which only 10 to 20 per cent successfully complete," Schulze
said.
An educated man, Schulze said, "Not only knows what
he does but knows the significance of what he does."
An educated man has developed a philosophy of life and
can communicate effectively with people, Schulze said. Last,
he said, an educated man has "knowledge and understanding,
not facts."
Olivarri said there seems to be "more interest in mun
dane things" on the campus than in intellectual pursuits.
To really learn, Olivarri said, a student "has to immerse
yourself in the subject and people here don't do that."
The problem of a lack of intellectual atmosphere, of a
"community of scholars' on the campus may lie in the cur
rent situation of today's society.
Andrew Hacker of the department of government at Cor
nell writes that "When all is said and done, the vast majority
of American undergraduates are not greatly concerned with
the quality of the education they are receiving. The millions
filling up our colleges and universities are there for career
purposes. They know . . . that a degree is absolutely neces
sary for financial and social success."'
First Day
elry and candles. The can
dles are imported from Spam
in the shape of oriental fig
ures. '
Miss Heckel said that the
selection this year at the ba
zaar is . more varied from
last year with many new
items added to the tables.
The YWCA starts working
in the spring for the Christ
mas Bazaar, ordering items
from eight import-export
companies. Ninety per cent
of the organization's funds
for the year come from ba
zaar proceeds said Miss
Heckel.
The money is used for
YWCA projects. Such pro
jects include: girls' club,
tutorial project, juvenile
, court project, World Com
munity Luncheon and. cultur
al tours and crafts.
The bazaar will continue
through Thursday.
Schulze Seeks Change ...
Rights Bill Intended To Conflict With Rules
By Randy Irey
Senior Staff Writer
The Student Conduct Com
mittee was aware that some
articles in their proposed bill
of rights conflicted with the
rules of the Regents, accord
ing to Dick Schulze, chair
man, but the bill was designed
to facilitate changes in some
of these rules and regulations
of the University.
Schulze's response came
in regard to statements by G.
Robert Ross, dean of student
affairs, which appeared in
Friday's Daily Nebraskan.
"In contrast to Ross' state
ment on t h e Regent's regula
tions concerning on-campus
housing, the bill of rights
states what we consider to be
an ideal situation," Schulze
explained. "In regard to zon
ing regulations on housing, we
accept the Regent's rules for
they are minimum r e g u 1 a
tions for the citizens of t h e
community and should apply
to the student."
In regard to the conflict
Wednesday, December
Bill Of Rights, University Policy Clash
On Point Of Student 'Double Jeopardy9
Areas of possible conflict
between University policy
and the proposed Student Bill
of Rights were discussed
Monday at a meeting between
G. Robert Ross, vice chan
cellor and dean of student af
fairs; Russ Brown, adminis
Hungry Id
More than 300 students
jammed the Hungry Id
Saturday night for the
opening of the newest cof
fee house on campus.
The Hungry Id is locat
ed in the basement of
the Wesley Foundation
on 16th St. and is, accord
ing to Jim Reed, assis
tant minister at the cha
pel, "an arena for the
expression of various
ideas and life styles at
the University."
Saturday night's expres
sion consisted of a play
"The Parcel", folk sing
ing, poetry reading and
conversation over the
six blends of coffee and
tea that are sold.
AWS Board
Constitutional amendments
of AWS election procedures
were approved by the AWS
Board Tuesday.
These changes will probably
"have no effect on the num
ber of University women who
run for board positions," Can
dy May Constitutional chair
amn said.
The amendments were
made "in order to improve
the type of representation and
so more women would not
feel restricted by the ideas of
the AWS Board," Miss May
added.
The AWS elections to be
held in March will be con
ducted under the newly ef
fected procedures.
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which Ross sees between the
bill of rights and the Regent's
rules applying to the use of
campus facilities, Schulze
said that the conflict is not
obvious to the committee. He
felt that the problem could be
cleared up through further
.talks with Ross.
"Any student organization
that complies with the pro
cedural rules outlined f o r or
ganizations should be a b 1 e to
use campus facilities without
the administration having to
consider the purpose of the
organization," Schulze said.
Ross said that the bill of
rights could be taken "in es
sence, that students are not to
be responsible for their be
havior." In regard to this statement,
Schulze said that the Univer
sity cannot accept the re
sponsibility for the student's
actions. "All the rules on the
book couldn't free the stu
dent from being responsible
for his actions. Therefore,
there should be a minimum
of rules regarding the be
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trative assistant to the dean
of student affairs; and mem
bers of the ASUN Student
Conduct committee.
Although the meeting was
adjourned before all 19 points
of the document were d i s
cussed, the conduct commit
Caters To
The decor of the coffee
house is "rustic" said
Reed. Electrical cable
spools serve as tables and
various works of art
from the University art
department hang for sale.
Candles light the scene.
"It's a real coffee
house and I stayed for a
few hours just talking,"
said one student.
Most of Saturday's cof
fee house patrons said
they found the Hungry Id
"stimulating", "r e a 1"
and "an enjoyable place
to take a date."
"Students were coming
in and out all night and
at one point we had to
set up more tables be
Approves Amendments
Under the new amendments
University women may place
their names on the primary
ballot to represent her class
or living unit by securing 25
signatures of regularily en
rolled women students from
the University and submitting
the signatures to the AWS
office by the designated date
for that primary election.
A women student must also
meet eligibility requirements
for participation In extracur
ricular activities and have a
2.3 accumulative average.
The candidates receiving
the highest number of votes
in the primary election will be
put on the ballot in the final
election.
havior of students."
Ross said that the R e g e n t
have established rules on
what constitutes the student's
record. Schulze, however, ex
plained that if this is the
case, then what the commit
tee is doing is asking the
Regents to allow the students
to have a voice in determin
ing their record.
Schulze referred to a state
ment of position made by the
American Association of Uni
versity Professors which said
that the personal and aca
demic record of the student
should be kept separate.
"The AAUP has been very
explicit in their feelings that
the records should be sepa
rate. Therefore the Regents
possibly should consider and
accept the experience and
opinions of this group of edu
cators," he stressed.
Concerning Ross's state
ment that the strategy of the
Student Conduct committee
should include consideration
of faculty and Regent's ob
jections to the proposed bill
The Daily Nebraskan
tee will meet Friday after
noon with the Committee on
Student Affairs to continue
the discussion.
Much of the talk centered
around Points Two and Ten
of the Bill. Point Two would
give the student the right
Suj
oeresfo
cause it was so crowded,"
said Reed.
The Wesley Foundation
sees the Hungry Id as an
opportunity for the
church to serve the com
munity. According to
Reed, the coffee house is
a "no holds barred con
frontation of students
with students" and a
"free forum for ideas".
At present the coffee
house is open from 8 p.m.
to midnight on Saturday
nights. Reed said that
ultimately if last Satur
day's attendance contin
ues, The Hungry Id will
also open on Friday
nights.
The Constitution and Elec
tion Chairman with the ap
proval of the board will deter
mine the campaign and elec
tion procedures.
Candidates for AWS presi
dent must also file a petition
with the AWS office with 25
signatures of regularily en
rolled University women stu
dents. Presidential candi
dates must have a 2.3 accumu
lative average and must have
been a member of the board
at one time during her college
career.
The president may serve
only one term and must have
a junior or status senior status.
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of rights, Schulze said that
this type of strategy is exact
ly what the committee is fol
lowing. "We have met with some of
the Student Affairs personnel
and this Friday we are meet
ing with the Faculty Senate
Committee on Student Af
fairs. We are also planning on
meeting with an ad hoc com
mittee of the local chapter of
AAUP in regard to the pro
posed bill of rights," Schulze
noted.
"In addition we have start
ed visits with the living imits
in order to explain our p u r
poses and hear any sugges
tions that they may have in
regard to bettering the bill,"
he continued.
"The committee is working
with the three elements of the
University community. This
is necessary if we are going
to be effective in changing
some of the rules and regula
tions that exist in the Univer
sity community at the pres.
ent time."
Ross called any argument
upon entering the University
to a clear and concise state
ment of his contractual obli
gations and responsibilities to
the University.
Point Ten would forbid the
administration the right to
discipline students who have
already been disciplined by
the civil authorities for a spe
cific action "merely to dupli
cate the function of general
laws."
Ross maintained that h i s
office did not "use legal
grounds in dealing with stu
dent offenses."
"Personally, I rarely con
sider the legal basis for ac
tion," he said. "Legality is
rather a minimal basis and
it would be improper in my
role as an educator to look
to legislation for a course of
action."
Brown interjected that stu
dent affairs goes by the as
sumption that "personal
standards provides the b a s i s
for human involvement" and
that the office attempts to
help students work out their
problems rather than legis
late or judge them.
ASUN Conduct committee
chairman Dick Schulze
pointed out that although the
intent of the office of student
affairs was worthy of respect,
the student often sees the of
fice in a disciplinary role.
"More students come in
voluntarily with questions
than do by request," Ross an
swered. Another time he stated
"intent and purpose of t h e
law is different from the Uni
versity's intent and therefore
there is no duplication of
function."
Ross also noted that he
does not "want to have to
ennumerate all the things a
student could do to cause me
to want to talk to him."
Such a project, he added,
would "take pages and
pages."
Al Spangler, senator from
graduate college, noted that
student reaction as often
"when did 1 commit myself?
A student should know what
he is agreeing to upon en
rollment at the University."
Ross suggested that the
committee make a list of
points that needed clarifica
tion and then both sides would
have something to work with.
University attorney's could
be contacted to relate what
the University could and
could not require of students,
Brown said, "but you prob
ably wouldn't be too pleased.
The University can do what
ever it wants to do within a
wide range of reason."
Students punished or d i s
ciplined by the Administra
tion, Spangler noted, "may
feel what they did was wrong
yet want to know the basis
of their punishment."
"That is what hits at the
core of our difference of opin
ion," Ross stated and added
that he felt his office served
in the capacity of "someone
talking to you in a learning
situation" attempting to com
municate and work out prob
lems. This concern, he continued,
"distrubing" that is based on
a "need to assert rights." He
said this implies mistreat
ment, something which he
felt could not be found at the
University.
Schulze responded to t h 1 1
idea by stating that the pro
posed bill of rights is not
based on the Idea of mistreat
ment. "We are trying to out
line and create an atmos
phere which would be c o n
ducive to the achievement of
total education. The bill of
rights is an attempt to carry
out the achievement of t h i i
goal."
Another purpose which
Schulze sees for the bill is to
serve as "an attempt to delin
eate and define the role and
position of the student on this
campus. Where Ross states
that many of the articles in
cluded in the bill are already
operative policy, I don't know
how widespread the students
knowledge of this policy is.
This is knowledge that could
be given by means of the bill
of rights.
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is what is meant by "a con
cern above and beyond legal
ity." In other discussion Ross
noted that it is "simply not
possible to set up a system
agreeing with all the decision
the University makes." '
Other discussion concerned
the possibility of conflict with
in the Bill of Rights between
Points One and Thirteen.
The question arose that the
point allowing the ASUN to
rule on organizations consti
tutions by procedural regula
tions alone would invalidate
execution of the point declar
ing the right of a student to
be considered for admission
to organizations without re
gard for race, color, national
origin, religious creed or po
litical beliefs.
Hearings
Set For
MI Funds
University officials were
scheduled to go before Gov.
Frank Morrison Wednesday
morning for the governor's
biennial budget hearings.
Chancellor Clifford Hardin
and Vice Chancellor Joseph
Soshnik will be explaining
the University's 1967-69 bien
nium budget requests in de
tail to the governor and to
Governor-elect Norbert Tie
mann. Morrison and Tiemann are
required by state law to pre
sent executive budgets to the
Legislature, which convenes
in January. Budget hearings
are held for each state agen
cy to aid them in drawing
up the budget.
The University's hearing,
which is public, was to open
at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the
Governor's hearing room of
the statehouse. There was
speculation that the hearing
might run into Thursday.
The University is seeking
authorization for a $98.6 mil
lion operating budget and a
$32.6 million capital construc
tion budget. State tax sourc
es would contribute $67 mil
lion of the proposed operat
ing budget and $24.1 million
for the capital construction
request.
Other University officials
who are expected to attend
the hearings include Cecil
Wittson, dean of the College
of Medicine; John Davis,
dean of the College of En
dean of Faculties; E. F. Fro
lik, dean of the College of
Agriculture and Home Eco
nomics and Harry Allen, di
rector of Institutional Re
search. Several members of the
Board of Regents were also
expected to attend the hear
ing. The ASUN Legislative Lia
ison Committee planned to
send Curt Bromm, commit
tee chairman, Marv A 1 m y
and Phil Bowen representatives.