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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1967
University of Nebraska
VOL. 90, NO. 58
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PHIL BOARDMAN . . . explains the goals of the NFU
to Jean Theisen as she adds her name to the list of
517 students who have registered for courses this week.
NFU Adds Course;
500 Enroll So Far
Nebraska Free University
added a new course entitled
"Creative Approaches to Edu
cation" to the curriculum
Thursday.
Students may still enroll in
this course or the other 25
NFU courses Friday, the last
day of registration.
"Creative Approaches to
Education" will be conducted
in conjunction with the Adult
Activities Committee of the
Unitarian Church, according
to Kathy Augustin, mcrber
of the Coordinating Commit
tee for a Free University.
An organizational meeting
focihis course will be held at
the end of February in the
Unitarian Church and classes
will begin the first week of
March.
Miss Augustin said the sem
inar will examine a variety
of approaches toward rearing
and teaching children and
theories on the learning pro
cess. Participants in the seminar
will also explore the idea of
extending intelligence to in
clude physical and behavior
lal skills.
Miss Augustin said the regis
tration, which has been held
all week in the Nebraska
Union, "has been very favor
able." About 500 students had
signed up for courses by
Thursday afternoon.
Although Friday Is the last
official day of registration,
Miss Augustin said "It is still
possible for students to at
tend NFU courses which they
did not previously enroll.
"Human Reproduction," a
course sponsored by Theta
Nu medical honorary, had the
largest enrollment Thursday
with 65 students.
The course will take a fact
Illuminated Columns Darken Popular Campus Tradition
By Mick Lowe
Junior Staff Writer
The times, in the words of
Bob Dylan, are a-changin
and this atmosphere of
change is nowhere better re
flected than on the Univer
sity campus.
The columns, long the fa
vorite trysting spot of cam
pus couples, seem to have
gone the way of TNE, a los
ing football team, and the
liberal draft.
In case you haven't no
ticed, the columns are now
lighted like a London air
raid.
Carl Donaldson, University
business manager stated that
no malice towards the stu
dents was intended. He said
that he was first informed of
the crisis by his niece, a stu
dent. "Maybe we would have
thought of the columns if we
were 20 years younger," Don
aldson laughed. "But if you
go around putting up 220
lights around campus I sup
pose we lighted many spot3
that the students would like
to have had left dark."
Nevertheless, the rumblings
of campus romantics are be
ginning to be heard.
"The work of some icono
clast," one student muttered.
ual approach to human re
production and will disregard
moral and social implications
of reproduction, according to
the NFU course booklet.
Miss Augustin said the sem
inar on Physical Research,
led by Mr. George Rejda,
has an enrollment of 64 stu
dents. Students will discuss
extra-s e n s o r y perception,
mental telepathy, clairvoy
ance and ghosts.
Although the CCFU will
have no part in NFU courses
after registration, Gene Po
korny, CCFU member said
the committee plans to co
sponsor several discussion
programs with other organi
zations.. He said one program
"will be based on "Man's
Role in Tommorow's World,"
a series of tape recordings,
which were orginally broad
cast over a Canadian FM
network.
The program, co-sponsored
by the YMCA, will be held
for six to eight weeks he ex
plained and people in the
Lincoln community, familiar
with the different topics, "will
dialogue with the audience
after the tape recordings are
heard."
Each tape concerns a topic
on "the nature of society and
how man must adjust to this
new society," Pokorny said.
He cited Marshall McLuhan,
author of "Understanding
Media," and Vera Michclis
Dean, author of "The Rich and
the Poor," as two people who
narrate the tapes.
The committee also plans
to show the documentary
movie produced in Omaha en
titled "A Time for Burning."
Pokorny said "This controver
sial movie describes the race
and economic problems which
exist in Omaha."
"It will drive us under the
boiler."
"The ne! thing you know
they'll be giving parking tick
ets for staying there over ten
minutes," another predicted.
Campus opinion concerning
the motives of the adminis
tration varied.
"I think it's part of a Com
munist plot to depopulate
America," a malcontent whis
pered. An analysis of the column
situation before the illumina
tion would have revealed two
broad categories of patrons:
1) students with cars parked
beside the columns and Coli
seum, and 2) students with
out cars, or with compact
cars, sitting in or near the
columns themselves.
The columns were general
ly most popular with students
without cars who were able
to take in a movie, a Coke,
and the columns, without
leaving the campus area.
The columns, so the
plaques attached to them ex
plained, mark the entrance to
the original University.
They are considered, like
the statehouse, a symbol of
the progress and innovation
which can take place on the
Nebraska plains.
The administration consid
ers them photogenic, as well
Bryan Says . . .
Staff, Facilities
Up Dorm Rates
By Mark Gordon
Junior Staff Writer
Increased dormitory rates
are caused by several fac
tors, according to M. Ed
ward Bryan, University hous
ing director.
Bryan cited a combination
of rising operational costs,
rising construction costs and
security for bond holders as
the cause of dormitory rate
increases for both regular
and summer sessions.
The regular session in
crease will be $75 and the
summer session increase will
be from $10 to $15 depend
ing on the accomodations for
the eight-week session.
"We don't like the in
creased costs any more than
the residents do, but they
were forced by economic ne
cessity," Bryan stated.
"We want to maintain at
least the same level of qual
ity in residence hall food, fa
cilities and staff," he said.
Since the cost of food and
labor is rising, it is impos
sible to maintain this quality
without charging more, he
said.
Bryan said that an altered
payment plan has been de
vised for the regular ses
sions increased fees.
He said the monthly fee
would be decreased from the
Sen. Adamson S
Increase In NU
Students should pay a
sizable amount of the costs
incurred in their education
said State Senator and
Speaker of the Unicameral,
Elvin Adamson of Valentine
in speaking to the Young Re
publicans, Thursday evening.
Adamson said that he
based this decision on t h e
fact that after graduation,
students move into high pay
ing professions, and with the
tax revenues based on prop
erty, the graduated student
does not pay back a propor
tional amount to the amount
of tax revenue he benefited
from in receiving his educa
tion. "This idea may have to be
revised, however, depending
on the revenue system estab
lished by the legislature dur
ing this session," Adamson
explained.
He stated that he was def
initely opposed to Sen. Terry
Carpenter's opinion that the
University tuition should be
free and that he favors a
higher tuition.
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present $95 a month to $90 a
month with the difference be
ing an additional $90 pay
ment due in January. No Jan
Mary payment has previously
been required.
The $60 prepayment due in
May from students who want
to reserve dormitory space
for the next year will be
raised $20.
"The plan was designed af
ter conferences with resi
dence hall staff members, re
sidents themselves and the
Comptroller's office," he said.
"There has been some con
cern over the $80 prepayment
in May but since it would be
made in May there would be
no other residence hall pay
ments required."
Bryan said the increase
and the addition of 1,500 new
rooms will effect the length
of time it will take to fill the
University's 5,700 dormitory
spaces.
"Usually the dorms are
filled by June or July but we
expect to have them filled
sometime in August this
year," he said.
Bryan said there is usually
one increase every four
years.
"This has worked out well
as it makes it possible for
students to plan for their to
tal educational costs," he noted.
Tuesday at the education
committee meeting, would
limit students to paying no
more than one-third the costs
of their education, Adamson
said, but it is very difficult
to say what the percentage
should be.
"In addition to this diffi
culty, it is also hard to de
termine what the per pupil
cost of education is," Adam
son stressed. "The costs in
curred in capital construction
are often not included."
If there was a cut in t h e
proposed University budget,
he stated that he could not
forecast whether or not the
cuts would come from the in
structional area or the research-service
area.
"It is oftentimes hard to
separate the research and
instructional aspects of t h e
budget," Adamson explained.
"It is difficult to talk against
research because the results
often do not show up until
later."
He said, however, that he
is in favor of a high level of
expenditures in t h e instruc
A NEW TRADITION . . . lights illuminate
State Colleges
Same Budget Request
The four state colleges
chose to "go it alone" and
went before the Legislature's
Budget Committee Thursday
with the budget request they
had originally compiled.
Last week Gov. Norbert
Tiemann had recommended
a substantial cut in the col
leges' requests and asked that
the schools "tailor" their
request to fit his recommen
dation. The State Normal Board is
asking for $49.4 million to fi
nance operations and con
struction in the next two
years for Chadron, Wayne,
Peru and Kearney State
Colleges.
Tiemann recommended a
$28 million budget for schools
and a tuition hike of $70 a
IDCC Approves
First Amendment
A clarified two-step elec
tion amendment to the final
revision of the Interdormitory
Association (IDA) constitution
was adopted Wednesday
night by the Interdorm Co
ordinating Committee
(IDCC).
upports
Tuition
tional area of the budget.
In answer to a question on
the proposed merger of t h e
University and Omaha Uni
versity, Adamson said that
he did not feel it was a polit
ical move on the part of some
senators to get Omaha votes
for the University budget.
"I feel the merger is a fi
nancial problem. The Uni
cameral must face the deci
sion of either having t w o
state universities or one
united institution," he added.
Adamson said that he felt
the Lincoln campus budget
would suffer if the merger
was approved. "This merger
proposal is definitely in very
bad timing in this regard."
The interest shown by stu
dents in government and
politics was applauded by
Adamson. He urged that stu
dents should visit the legis
lature and talk personally
with their representatives.
"More can be accomplished
in this person to person man
ner than by militant
demonstrations," Adpmson
stressed.
an old tradition at the University
year for residents and $200
a year for non-residents to
finance two-thirds of the
$6.1 million increase over this
biennium.
The colleges' represent
atives began Thursday after
noon the first day of a sched
uled two day public hearing.
It promised to be detailed
and grueling as state senators
settled down to go over t h e
budget requests line by line.
The University will have
its turn at the hearings next
Thursday. The Budget Com
mittee, headed by Sen. Rich
ard Marvel of Hastings ex
amines each state agency's
requests and reports their
recommendations to the Leg
islative floor.
The Unicameral then takes
The amendment proposed
by the IDCC election commit
tee specifies the nature of the
scheduled Feb. 21 and Feb.
23 University residence hall
elections.
The first ballot scheduled
for Feb. 21 will determine
"whether or not the residents
want the IDA organization,"
according to IDCC chairman
Jim Ludwig.
"The first ballot must be
approved by a majority of all
the residents voting as well
as draw a majority vote in
at least six of the individual
dormitories. If either of the
provisions fails, the organiza
tion 'IDA! shall be dis
solved," the constitution
states.
The second ballot, sched
uled for Feb. 23 will decide
the fate of the proposed IDA
constitution.
"If this ballot is approved
by a majority of the total
number of residents voting
and receives a majority of at
least six dormitories, then
the IDA shall come into be
ing under the constitution.'
"If an individual dormitory
doesn't receive a majority
vote on the second ballot they
shall have the option of with
drawing their membership
(in the IDA)."
The proposal further states
that in both elections, if less
than 30 per cent of the eli
gible voters vote, the mini
mum for approval shall be
15 per cent of the eligible
voters.
- The Columns.
Present
Tiemann's recommendations
and the budget committee's
recommendations into consid
eration in voting on the final
appropriations.
President of the State Nor
mal Board, James Knapp
vigorously defended the en
rollment of non-resident stu
dents at the state colleges in
his opening statement to the
committee.
Referring to recent com
ments and opinions by state
officials, Knapp said t h e ad
vantages of non-resident out
state students "far outweigh
the disadvantages."
Tiemann's budget recom
mendations for the colleges
included advisment that non
resident students pay 75 per
cent of their educational
costs. Other state and school
officials have said that out
staters should pay higher tui
tion percentages than res
idents. Knapp said the percentage
of non-residents now enrolled
at the colleges "approaches
14 percent."
Marvel told the Normal
Board representatives and
the colleges' administrators,
"You should somehow or
other be able to defend this
position policywise."
He said the committee
wanted to see the guidelines
the colleges' used in arriving
at their budget request fig
ures. May Queen
Applications
Due Feb. 15
Aspirants for May Queen
must return completed appli
cations to Pam Hedgecock at
the Delta Gamma house by
February 15, according to
Carolyn Freeman, president
of .Mortar Boards which spon
sors the election.
Letters containing applica
tions have been distributed to
all dorms, sorority houses,
Unicorns and Towne Club.
Senior women with an ac
cumulative average of 2.3,
who are full time students
and did not receive below
2.0 average last semester are
eligible.
Junior and senior women
will vote for 10 finalists from
all the applicants in a pri
mary, held the same time as
AWS elections in March.
The winner will then be
chosen on March 8 when the
final AWS elections take
place.
The queen will be an
nounced on May's Ivy Day.
Living units wishing to nom
inate attendants must apply
separately, Miss Freeman
said.
as symbolic, and they gen
erally grace the frontspiece
of most official publications.
The students have also in
vented various myths sur
rounding the columns. Gen
erally, however students were
in the dark as to the true
significance of the columns,
but no more.
"If people stop using the
columns they will miss out
on a part of their total edu
cation," one Free University
supporter remarked earnest
iy. -
"I'm rather glad we can't
go there any more," re
marked one coed with a philo
sophical turn of mind. "I
mean whenever I went there
I always knew what was sup
posed to happen, and it got
to be sort of a conditioned
response."
The same coed suggested
that an interesting change of
atmosphere could be achieved
by having lights blacked out
on different blocks each
weekend, forcing potential
parkers to drive around cam
pus in search of the location.
"I think it would be kind
of neat to park in front of the
Union once, or something like
that," she concluded.