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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1967
A,
Legal Structure
Reconsidered
The Judicial structure
within the University was
reviewed Friday afternoon
by G. Robert Ross, dean of
student affairs; Helen Sny
der, associate dean of stu
dent affairs; Terry Schaaf,
president of ASUN; and
Dick Newton, a member of
the Student Tribunal.
The first topic considered
was what happens to a stu
dent who is involved in
trouble off-campus. Ross
stated that the student
would be called into the
student affairs office where
the staff would discuss the
trouble with him.
"If the student requested
it or if it was determined
by the staff to be to h i s
benefit, the student would
go before the Student Trib
unal," Ross explained.
The tribunal makes a
recommendation to the af
fairs office concerning any
action to be taken in re
gard to the student.
The final decision is
made by the student affairs
office. Ross said that the
decision can be appealed to
Faculty Senate Suspension
Appeals committee or to
Faculty Senate committee
on Student Affairs if the
student questions the judge
ment of an administrative
member.
111 Loco Parentis Suffers
Setbacks In Middlewest
When a Wheaton College
student, expelled from
school for joining a frater
nity, petitioned an Illinois
court in 1866 to force his
readmission. the judges
waived jurisdiction in the
case, explaining the prob
lem involved only "domes
tic discipline."
The court's reasoning re
flected the ancient English
common law doctrine of
in loco parentis which has
dominated the thinking of
college administrators un
til recently.
Now, following strong en
dorsement of student rights
by several national acade
mic organizations prompted
by student demands for policy-making
power, college
authorities are beginning to
re-examine the doctrine.
The faculties of Michigan
State University and the
University of Kentucky
recently approved rec
ommendations for sweep
ing liberalization of regula
tions of student activity.
Proposal Approved
Although many of the
schools' plans are still in
the investigatory state, a
proposal to revamp the
University of Kentucky's
disciplinary system was ap
proved last week by the
school's Faculty Senate.
The plan was prepared to
replace the school's infor
mal system of investigat
ing and handling of allega
tions of student misconduct.
Under the proposed plan,
committee chairman W.
Garrett Flickinger said,
"disciplinary punishments
Bookstore Owner
To Be Arraigned
Bill Steen, owner of the
Heroic Book Store, will be
arraigned in District Court
Tuesday on six counts of ad
vertising and selling obscene
literature.
Steen said Sunday that he
will plead "not guilty" to
the obscenity charge
brought against him by
County Attorney Paul Doug
las. Steen's lawyers, James
and John McArtbur, are
contending that the Nebras
ka obscenity laws, under
which Steen is being induct
ed, are unconstitutional and
that the material Steen
sells is not obscene.
Ambassadors To
Mock UN Chosen
Interviews for Model
United Nations Represen
tatives from the Univer
sity to Nebraska Wesleyan
University were held Tues
day. Eight delegates and
three alternates were se
lected. They are: David Rasmus
sen, Tom Hoegemeyer, Tom
Briggs, Linda Weiss. John
Schreklnger, Kelley Baker,
Hsrsld Bery and Lee
Scborer.
The alternates are: Char
lie Baxter, Carol Madwm
and JoAnn Paul.
The delegates will be at
tending the Model United
Nations at Wesleyan on
March 16, 17 and 18.
4iss Snyder said that the
AWS court handles only
cases involving infractions
of AWS rules. "If the wo
rn a n violates University
rules, she would appear be
fore the Student Tribunal."
Ross said the AWS court
parallels the functioning of
local groups within res
idence halls or fraternities.
If the student is charged
shoplifting. Ross explained
that the affairs office acts
in a counseling manner,
since the student will have
already been punished for
his actions.
Schaaf pointed out
certain areas within the
court system which he feels
to be inadequate.
"One problem is that con
flicts between two student
organizations has a final
appeal to a Faculty com
mittee." Schaaf pointed out.
"The size of this committee
makes it difficult to make
decisions."
He recommended that
the judicial structure could
be improved by the use of
joint student, administra
tive and faculty committees.
Ross pointed out one
problem is that the faculty
feels that it has the right
to say who graduates from
the University, or is ad
mitted or "kicked out."
would be enforceable only
within the proposed judi
cial systems."
The report would em
power the existing student
judicial board with final
authority over student dis
cipline decisions.
The plan would prevent
the Deans from contacting
the parents of any student
who is being disciplined.
Michigan, Too
Approval of the Kentucky
proposals came at the
same time as the Michigan
State University faculty
was endorsing a plan to
liberalize student rules and
judicial procedure.
The report recommended
the establishment of a student-faculty
Supreme Court
to have ultimate authority
over student judicial deci
sions. The report also suggested
the appointment of a cam
pus ombudsman to receive
and investigate general stu
dent complaints.
The plan has sparked de
bate between the members
of the faculty committee
and some students who say
that the committee "wa
tered down" its original
proposals for student acad
emic freedom as too vague.
The Court Action
The year-long study was
prompted by a controversy
at the University last year
when a graduate student,
Paul Shiff, was refused re
admission to the school.
Shiff was rejected because
he had discredited the Uni
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SDS To Hold Teach-in
Students for a Democra
tic Society voted at its
weekly meeting Thursday
to hold a teach-in on the
draft.
Tentatively scheduled for
April 30, the teach-in is the
versity by his conduct and
had violated campus rules.
Shiff had been involved in
disputes with MSU admin
istrators and city officials
over on-campus distribu
tion of literature and over
racial discrimination in
East Lansing.
After Shiff filed suit
against the University to
force his re-admission,
school officials reinstated
him in an out-of-court set
tlement. At the same time,
University President John
A. Hannah recommended a
comprehensive review of
the school's judicial pro
cedures and of student
rights.
Faculty members at Yale
University are reviewing
the school's responsibility
for a student accused of
violating a local or state
law. The issue has arisen
in cases where the Univer
sity has also taken actions
against students who have
been disciplined by the
courts.
Concern Theory
"On the one hand there
is the theory that the Uni
versity should be con
cerned about the actions of
undergraduates." said John
A. Wilkinson, assistant dean
of Yale College.
But Wilkinson noted that
"on the other hand, the
theory says that the Uni
versity should be con
cerned but should net take
any formal action it
should let the law take care
of itself."
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third of its kind in as many
semesters.
Advocates of widely-varying
views will be invited by
SDS to attend the panel dis
cussion. Spokesmen from the Ne
braska Selective Service,
the John Birch Society,
Young Americans for Free
dom, the Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Commit
tee, SDS, and National Re
view magazine will receive
invitations.
Several well-known poli
tical figures, including
former President Dwight
D. Eisenhower and William
F. Buckley, editor of Na
tional Review magazine and
a conservative candidate
for the mayor of New York
will also be invited.
In other business conduct
ed at the Thursday meet
ing, SDS passed a resolu
tion declaring "their intent
to establish an Ad Hoc com
mittee for the purpose of
rendering financial aid to
William Steen, proprietor of
the Heroic Book Store."
Funds raised by the com
mittee will be given to
Steen to pay "any legal
fees" which may result in
the lawsuit brought against
him by Lancaster County
for the sale of alleged por
nographic literature.
George Olivarri was elect
ed president for second se
mester. He is a graduate
student in French. Jerry
Hutchens, a freshman in the
College of Arts and Sciences
was elected vice president,
and Linda Kierstead was
elected secretary-treasurer.
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Yale will "all receive grades
of "satisfactory" this term,
but they aren't satisfied at
all. Neither is Cook.
Early in the semester
Cook has asked the class to
vote on whether or not they
wanted grades. The stu
dents voted not to be
graded, and asked Cook to
inform Yale registrar Grant
Robley of their decision.
Robley advised Cook that
university regulations re
quired a numerical grade
be given at the end of the
year-long seminar although
"grades of "satisfactory"
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The best way to influence
your state senator is to sit
down and talk to him or
write a personal letter, ac
cording to state Senator
George Gerdes, vice chair
man of the budget commit -tee.
"Newspaper articles don't
affect the senator. I'm pret
ty sure of what they are
going to say", Gerdes said.
Gerdes spoke and enter
tained questions at the ag
riculture honorary, Alpha
Zeta meeting Thursday.
"The tuition at the Uni
versity is only around $5
higher than at state col
leges, but out of state tui
tion is very high, in fact
too high", Senator Gerdes
said.
"The University budget
will not be cut so it limits
enrollment", he added.
or "unsatisfactory" could
be recorded at the end of
the first half of the course.
Following Robley's dec
laration, Cook's students
voted again to give them
selves numerical grades of
100. This action was too
much for the Yale Daily
News, which editorialized:
"Because of their de
cision to send in an absurd
and unfair bath of grades
rather than no grades at
all, the meaningfulness of
an originally positive ges
ture has turned sour."
The campus paper sug
gested the s e m i n a r stu
dents were "sabotaging
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On another comment,
Gerdes said that the Uni
versity cant afford to keep
graduate students in all
colleges. The state colleges
should just offer those
graduates in the teaching
professions.
Gerdes said that the Uni
versity shouldn't merge with
Omaha University for two
or three years.
"In Omaha, the Univer
sity will have to keep im
proving the Medical College.
It needs more buildings and
facilities", he said.
The budget committee
met with the major depart
ments of the University last
Thursday and with the East
Campus departments Fri
day. "Sciences and math
areas come first in the
budget and agricultural re
search will play an impr
tant part in the budget
erage and the integrity of
their own stand. Their
move is the ultimate exam
ple of having their cake
and eating it too."
Soon after this action,
Cook met with Yale College
dean, Georges May, to dis
cuss the school's entire
grading system. May rec
ommended that Cook take
the matter before Yale's
Course of S t u d y Commit
tee, which has control of
the school's grading sys
tem. Following the meeting,
Cook announced his agree
ment to turn in grades of
"satisfactory" for the first
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committee", Senator Gerd
es added.
"The budget committee
acts as a buffer between
the legislature and the peo
ple. Some budgets sub
mitted to us are padded,
other's arent; tut this is
our job".
When asked what are tha
critical areas in the Uni
versity budget, Senator
Gerdes listed three areas.
"An increase in salary is
one, and some salaries will
be increased."
"But one of the more im
portant concerns is proper
equipment, especially in the
sciences. We need research
equipment", he said.
"The third area of con
cern is facilities such as
buildings".
"The budget on libraries
is important and it will be
one of the first things we'll
look at for accreditation".
While May stated, "I
think we hare reached an
understanding," Cook com
mented, "I do not intend to
teach for a long time under
a system where I cannot
teach the way I want."
Cook mentioned several
changes he would suggest
to the Course of Study com
mittee. Included in the
changes are "the option of
taking a certain number of
courses on a pass of fail
basis," the elimination of
grades in certain introduc
tory courses and the or
ganization of a special col
lege within the university
around "freer choices of
courses of study."
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