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University of Nebraska
VOL. 90, NO. 54
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ACTOR, ARTIST, LECTURER . . . Vincent Price ponders one of the many ques
tions asked him during his visit to the Nebraska Union Thursday.
Solons Offer Resolution ...
Tuition Cut May Occur
A Legislative resolution
which could mean a definite
Legislative policy decision
on University tuition rates
will come before the Unicam
eral Education Committee
Tuesday afternoon.
The resolution, sponsored
by Sens. Ross Rasmussen of
Hooper and Richard Marvel
of Hastings, calls for a policy
decision that resident Univer
sity students should not fi
nance more than one-third of
the cost of their education.
Leonard Huss, a student at
the University who will ex
plain the student's position at
the public hearing Tuesday,
noted the following:
"Presently the resident stu
dent pays $334 per year to
wards an education that costs
an average of $601 for under
graduate students. Of the
payment by the student, $260
is for tuition."
"This means that the cost
of an education could rise to
S780 before the student would
be paying one-third of his
cost," Huss stated.
As it is now, the student
pays more than one-third his
cost of being educated. There
fore, under this resolution, the
student would receive a cut
in the tuition he has to pay,
or the expenditures for his
education by the state would
be increased.
Another aspect of the reso
lution would answer State
Senator Clifton Batchelder's
bill to limit enrollment at the
Rallv Planned To Bad
Educational
All interested students are
urged to participate in a ral
ly Tuesday supportint the ed
ucational resolution to be pre
sented at the state capital by
state senators Ross Rasmus
sen and Richard Marvel, ac
cording to Susan Diffenderfer.
Miss Diffenderfer, a Uni
versity student who is help
ing to organize the rally, stat
ed that students who are in
terested in the resolution
should meet at 1:30 p.m. on
the North Concourse of the
Nebraska Union.
"From there, we will go to
Students Voice Disapproval
Of Increased Dorm Rates
Dormitory students
voiced ten-to-one disapprov
al of the $75 increase in
room and board rates.
Students expressed dis
pleasure at having to pay
for the residence halls pre
sently being constructed,
crowded dormitory condi
tions and low quality food.
According to University
officials, one reason for the
increase is to show ability
to fulfill construction bonds
purchased for the new dor
mitories. "I disapprove of the in
crease as I don't think
we are in such urgent need
of the new dorms," said
Peggy Kaufman, Selleck
Quad junior. The increased
rates will force me to move
out of the dorms next
year."
Sam Bonofede, Abel Hall
sophomore, said, "I disap
prove of the increase in
dorm rates as the residents
are not getting their mon
ey's worth," he said, "The
living accommodations are
acceptable in regard to the
bare necessities of life, but
It ends there. I feel the pre
sent rates should be low
ered until visible improve
ments are made."
Another Abel resident,
freshman Mike Forst, also
University, which was killed
in committee.
It states that "each gradu
ate of an approved Nebraska
hiph school be allowed to en
roll in state public institutions
of higher education, and that
the state provide academic
facilities to provide such op
portunities. A third section of the bill
urges that eligible residents
be encouraged to attend jun
ior colleges and community
colleges near their home,
with the state being required
to pay one-third of the cost
of the academic programs at
such institutions.
In several sections of the
resolution pertaining to tui
tion, it reads that students
pay no more than one-third
the cost associated with "the
actual academic programs of
study and research."
Rasmussen stated that the
words "and research" should
, be eliminated as a factor in
determining the costs that a
student should have to pay
"Since the research car
ried on by the University
benefits the entire state, the
students should not have to
pay for it. The financing of
research should be the con
cern of the state," he con
cluded. The resolution contains a
section which states that "the
percentage of non-residents
at state public institutions of
higher education be limited
so that resident students are
not deprived of the oppor
Resolution
the state capitol to attend the
Education Committee meet
ing to support the resolution,"
Miss Diffenderfer explained.
"Students have the oppor
tunity to quit sitting around
griping about higher tuition.
They can explain to the le
gislators what the student's
opinion is," she continued.
Leonard Huss, a University
student, will be the official
spokesman for the group be
fore the Education commit
tee. The meeting will be a
public hearing, however, so
that any student may speak.
thought the students should
pay less for living in the
dorms.
"If there aren't any im
provements in the existing
dorms, I don't see any ne
cessity to raise the costs
another $75," he explained,
"I think the citizens should
pay for the new dorms rath
er than the University stu
dents." Jean Hynek, Burr East
junior, felt the i n c r e a s e
would further complicate
matters for those on a lim
ited income.
"Finances are a prob
lem," she said, "I can
make it but I will have to
cut corners to do so."
"I know a lot of people
with more problems than I
have who are going to have
trouble meeting the in
crease. If we have a tui
tion increase, the two to
gether could really cause
trouble," she said.
"It is a state college and
we shouldn't have to pay so
much. It's here to give ev
eryone an education, not
just the wealthy," she add
ed. Beverly Wicseman, Fed
de Hall sophomore, said
that "we won't get any
more services for the extra
money. This rale increase
tunity of enrollment because
of limitation of facilities."
A second section dealing
with non-resident students
would have their tuition be
at least two-thirds of the cost
of the actual education.
The final section requests
that "appropriate governing
bodies, conduct continuing
surveys to determine instruc
tional offerings in various
public institutions of higher
education are not duplicative."
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I Second WSC Faculty Member Attacks
I Administration's Denial Of Freedom I
By Julie Morris
A second Wayne State Col
lege faculty member has at
tacked the school's adminis
tration maintaining there is
"complete denial of academic
freedom outside the class
room" on the campus.
Bricc Wilkinson, 32, assis
tant professor of speech and
the college's debate coach
also charged that there is
"an air of fear" over the cam
pus because of the "dictator
ial" powers exercized by
Wayne's President William
Brandenburg.
Wilkinson, a faculty mem
ber for three years, appeared
at a Wednesday night Student
Senate meeting and presented
a list of 19 grievances he had
against the school's adminis
tration for student senate con
sideration. The teacher said
his grievances centered
around the Wayne lack of
academic freedom outside the
classroom and the air of fear
on the campus.
According to Student Sen
ate President Jim Taylor, the
senate did not immediately
endorse Wilkinson's g r i e v
ances. which he said he was
prepared to document, but
moved to study the griev
ances. Several hundred of the 2,500
Wayne students appeared at
the' Student Senate meeting
where senators drew up a list
of 15 grievances of their own
which were presented to
Brandenburg.
The senate also passed a
may make me decide to
move out.
Cheryl Calvin, S a n d o z
Hall sophomore, said t h e
increase would discourage
non-residents from coming
to the University.
R a n d i Gcschwender,
Pound Hall freshman, said
"It'll just make it so stu
dents won't be able to come
here because of the in
crease." Heppner Hall resident An
dy Corrigan urged rules
that would solve the in
creased rate situation.
"If they would pass a
few logical rules such as
allowing more students, to
live off campus, they
wouldn't need these new
dorms nor the increase,"
she said. "The dorms aren't
worth more than what we
are now paying."
Linda Kruse, Selleck
Quad junior, thought it was
'absurd' to make students
pay for dorms presently
being built.
Jan Larson, Pound Hall
freshman, thought the dorm
increase "would be all
right if they intended to
raise the standards."
Jim Bcrnt, Cather Hall
junior is "tending towards
apartment life, with its
lowered costs."
'Three American Voices' ...
Price Interprets- American Artists
By Mick Lowe
Junior Staff Writer
Famed actor and art critic,
Vincent Price, interpreted
"Three American Voices" be
fore 500 students and profes
sors in the Nebraska Union
ballroom Thursday.
The first speaker in the
Representatives To Revise
Final Student Rights Bill
Bv Chervl Tritt
Senior Staff Writer
An assembly of representa
tives from campus living
units and Lincoln independent
organizations will be formed
wtthin two weeks to aid the
ASUN Student Conduct Com
mittee in revising a final state
ment of the Student Bill of
Rights. .
The Student Conduct C o m
mittce will meet with t h e
president of dormitory coun
cils, Panhellenic, Interfrater
nity Council, Unicorns and
Towne Club, Sunday, Dick
resolution providing that a
letter asking for the abolish
ment of the State Normal
Board, the governing body of
the college, be sent to Gov.
Norbert Tiemann.
The students proposed that
a Governor's Council on Ed
ucation be created to take the
place of the Normal Board.
Taylor said the senate also
recommended that "no less
than 50 percent" of the mem
bers of the council shall be
actively engaged in educa
tion. Taylor said that there is
presently only one member of
the Normal Board who has
been engaged in the educa
tional profession. He did not
name the member.
The senate passed a third
resolution formally disasso
ciating" itself from Norman
Hoegberg.
Hoeberg. an E n g 1 i s h in
structor, has been temporar
ily suspended from the Wayne
faculty because of a letter ot
resignation he sent to the
Dr. Steven
Calls For
Bv Itandv Irey
Senior Staff Writer
The role of student govern
ment at the University should
be to speak for the majority
of the students, according to
Dr. Steven Ross, associate
professor of history and new
faculty adviser to ASUN.
Ross said that he does not,
however, believe that student,
government is fulfilling this
function presently.
"I think the situation could
be improved in two ways."
he explained. "First would be
to end the proliferation of
equivalent student bodies on
this campus."
SDS End
He stated that by this he
means that SDS and other
organizations should not be
ended because of their repre
sentative function of speaking
for a segment of the student
body since they do not have
anv legislative initiative.
The job of ASUN, he stres
sed should be to represent the
student voice and coordinate
every organization.
"The second manner in
which the government could
improve their representation
would be to better the contact
between senators and the
students," Ross continued.
His Role
Concerning his role of stu
dent adviser, he said that he
regards it as just a way to,
"satisfy the University's re
quirements of signing papers.
"T h e role should not
amount to any more since
ASUN is a student organiza
tion and it should therefore
be run by the students and
not by the faculty," he com
mented. If a student organization is
weak and the adviser has
an interest in it, the faculty
adviser would end up giving
Union's Fine Arts Convoca
tion Series for second semes
ter, Price is widely known
for his romantic and "heavy"
roles in American motion
pictures.
He has also acquired con
siderable reputation as an
art buyer and critic. In his
Schultze, chairman of the
committee said, to enlist the
executives' help in establish
ing a Bill of Rights Assembly.
Schulze said the Assembly
will consist of delegates from
each floor of the dormitories
and from each sorority and
fraternity.
The delegates will attend
weekly meetings with the Stu
dent Conduct Committee,
Schulze added, "and will help
to inform the living units of
the Bill's progress and to
broaden our base of support."
Feb. 12 is the tentative date
Normal Board and circulated
on campus. Hoegberg also
conducted a 24-hour "sit-out"
protest in front of the admin
istration building Monday and
accused the school of stiffling
academic freedom.
Wednesday, Brandenburg
asked that a restraining order
prohibitiiv Hoegberg from
being on the Wayne campus
or any part of its property be
issued by the State District
Court. The order was issued
to the Normal Board.
Wilkinson denied any as-'
sociation with Hoegberg and
said the teacher had con
ducted himself in an unpro
fessional manner in handing
in his resignation. "I'm trying
to do this in a professional
manner," Wilkinson said.
The speech teacher said he
composed his list of griev
ances after some of h i s stu
dents asked him to speak for
their cause. He said he has
"maybe eight or ten" sup
porters among the 100 Wayne
faculty members.
Ross Appointed ASUN Adviser,
Improved Student Government
I
the organization its direction,
Moss explained.
The stronger the organiza
tion, the more the direction of
the adviser would become su
perfulous. he added.
"A good campus organiza
tion should not have to rely
upon its adviser. It should as
sume any role he could per
form," Ross stressed.
Bill of Rights
He applauded the actions,
taken by ASUN this semester,
of propagandizing about the
budget and developing a Stu
dent Bill of Rights.
In regard to a bill of rights,
he said that he believes the
maximum and best program
would be for the University to
disregard the policy of "in
loco parentis." "Let the stu
dents do what they want. If
they take too much advantage
of their freedom, they will
flunk out, he declared.
The University should pro
vide classrooms, a faculty,
NEW ASUN ADVISER
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to satisfy University's requirements of sign
ing papers.
Union presentation, Price
combined his two talents into
a personal interpretation of
American artistic achieve
ments. Europeans have derived vi
tality from Americans, Price
explained, but they "s h y
away from anything we have
for the first meeting of the
, Assembly.
Schulze stressed that al
though the Assembly would
consist of selected delegates,
the group's meetings would
be open to all interested per
sons. During the weeks the As
sembly and Student Conduct
Committee are completing
the Bill of R i g h t s. he ex
plained, ASUN members will
visit the campus living units
to inform the students of t h e
purposes and the contents of
the bill.
The Student Conduct C o m
mittee will discuss Sunday the
possibilities of publishing a
pamplet which will also pre
sent the "arguments and jus-'
tification of the Bill of Rights
to the students." Schulze said.
Students are being exposed
to the arguments for a Bill
Rirhts, he said, but they do
not completely understand
them, and the arguments may
be clearer if they were in
pamphlet form
He said in addition to orien
tating students to the bill, the
Student Conduct Committee
is also "re-evaluating plans
for ratification of the Bill of
Rights."
Schulze said the Student
Conduct Committee may con
sider a ratification procedure
which would eliminate a vote
by a faculty committee and
the Boar d-of Regents and
leave the vote of approval en
tirely to the students.
Following approval by t h e
ASUN, the final Bill of Rights
will appear on the ballot in the
spring student elections.
The first draft of the Bill of
Rights was presented by the
Student Conduct Committee
in November. Since that time
the committee has held meet
ings with the Faculty Senate's
Student Affairs Committee to
discuss conflicts between the
Bill of Rights and certain ad
ministrative policies.
cheap food and housing;
thereafter leave the student
alone."
Ross stated that he realizes
that such a plan would be
impossible because of the op
position to it by the legisla
ture and parents.
The next best alternative to
such a plan, he said, would
be the bill of rights granting
students some responsibility
in organizing their lives.
"The student nays taxes,
can contract debts, and in
some cases is draftable. To
smack him with these high
school-like rules borders upon
insult." he stressed.
He said that he felt t h e
opinion of the faculty concern
ing the bill of rights was one
of: "Let the students do it.
Who cares? As long as they
do their work, it is not the
faculties job to organize the
students private life."
"If the students can't hack
it and flunk out, that's tough."
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, Dr. Steven Ross describes
' i say about our'ves."
T'-rough his lectures Price
said th? ' - '- "'"' to wise
up the American people to
. i,BV have a cuj
ture "
To prove his thesis, Price
lectured on three American
artists who "made our coun
try sit up and take notice."
In his interpretations, Price
captured the vigor of Whit
man, the wit of James Albert
MacNeil Whistler, and t h e
poignance of Tennessee Wil
liams. Walt Whitman. Price ex
plained in his introduction,
was an "American poet, but
he touched the Universe.
Whitman was one of the first
American voices to be heard
around the world."
"Whitman was the first
poet of the self," Price said.
"If you read his letters, you
will see that he was in love
with himself. And that is the
first step of philosophy to
know yourself."
From Whitman, and the
way man feels about his sur
roundings. Price turned to
James Albert MacNeil Whis
tler and the way man inte
grates his interpretation of
his surroundings into art.
"Art happens. It springs up
in hovels, and no prince can
depend on it. Art seeks the
artist alone."
After reading Whistler's
"Ten O'Clock Address" con
taining the view that "There
never was an art loving na
tion," Price replied that he
thinks "art should be the in
terest of all people."
Price termed Tennessee
Williams "a voice that has
been heard throughout the
world in motion pictures, the
stage and television."
n,he Ballroom was trans
itu med into a shabby Missis
sippi Delta hotel room as
Price read William's one-act
play. "The Last of My Solid
Gold Watches."
The Ballroom was silent as
Price recited the last lines
of Williams' aging protagon
ist, who found himself alive
in a world deadened by
change.
In a brief interview with
the Daily Nebraskan, Price
said that the attitudes of col
lege students have definitely
changed since his days in
school.
"I think that students are
much more interested in the
arts than they were when I
was in school." he remarked.
Ooposes Merger
Ross declared that he was
opposed to the proposed mer
ger of the University with
Oimha University. He based
this decision on the fact that
part of the merger dealt
with equalizing instructors'
salary and teaching load.
"Presently the average O.U.
instructors teaching load is
higher than here at the Uni
versity. Therefore any in
crease in the budget of the
University would be syphoned
off to Omaha to equalize the
load." he commented
This would result in the
University being "as bad off
as it is, or Morse than when
we proposed the budget."
Ross also criticized the fact
that the O. U. Faculty was
polled and found to' be in fa
vor of the merger, while the
faculty at Lincoln was "never
asked."
"I believe that behind the
entire merger plan is a move
to get Omaha legislative sup
port for an increased Univer
sity budget," Ross declared.
Supports Berkeley
Moving into national educa
tional problems. Ross said
that he thinks the firing of
Clark Kerr as president of the
University of California at
Berkeley to be a political
move on the part of Governor
Ronald Reagan.
"Reagan is paving off his
right-wing supporters in t h e
recent election. In addition,
some of Reagan's statements
are alarming in regard to
maintaining any sort of aca
demic excellence in Califor
nia." In conclusion, Ross said
that he wished that Univer
sity students were more like
those at Berkeley, though he
admitted that the Berkeley
students have gone too far.
