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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1967
University of Nebraska
VOL 90, NO. 66
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Dean Ross
To Mafee
Statement
A statement will be re
leased Friday by Dean G.
Robert Ross, dean of student
affairs, in response to the re
quest made by the student
senate for a statement on the
housing policy followed by
student affairs.
Ross said, in commenting
on the Senate action Thurs
day, that he was not sure
what specifically his state
ment would include.
Ross added that he will an
swer the senate's charge that
the University practices "dis
criminatory housing policies
regarding men and women"
and that ''this discrimination
is unjust."
"I w a s surprised at the
friendly flavor of the letter,"
Ross stated. "This is obvious
ly a matter of great concern
on the part of the students. In
addition, housing is a matter
which the Office of Student
Affairs is concerned about."
He stressed that it was the
proper role of the student sen
ate to request such a state
ment from the Office of S t u
dent Affairs.
"It is the role of student
government to initiate mat
ters which involve the s t u
dents," he noted.
Terry Schaaf, president of
ASUX, stated that when he
delivered the senate's request
to the Office of Student Af
fairs, he discussed the re
quest with Russell Brown,
administrative assistant to
the dean of student affairs.
Schaaf said that Brown ex
plained that the Office of Stu
dent Affairs had considered
changing the housing regula
tions before the students had
brought the issue up.
It was noted by Schaaf,
however, that Brown ex
plained that the University
was legally committed to
maintaining 95 per cent capa
city in the dormitories in or
der to pay off the bonds used
to finance their building.
Schaaf added that he felt
the Office of Student Affairs
was in favor of allowing all
students over 21 years old to
live where tbey want to live.
"If they liberalize the hous
ing regulations for women,
they may in turn increase the
regulations for men, even to
the point of having men live
on campus," he concluded.
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lAWS Coed Follies
I Honors Centennial I
A tribute and introduction
to the Nebraska Centennial,
AWS sponsored Coed Follies
"Centennial '67" will be pre
sented Friday, 8 p.m. at Per
shing Auditorium.
According to Steph Tinan,
Coed Follies chairman, "the
whole show including the
Traveler's Acts is at a much
more professional level."
The girls this year are ex
perimenting with new tech
nical details such as lighting
and backdrops. "They seem
to be handling it well," she
added.
Long hours of practice are
prerequisite to the success of
any show. This is true of Co
ed Follies.
According to Jane Johnson,
Kappa Alpha Theta skit mem
ber, the girls have been prac
ticing for about two and a
half hours each night since
the beginning of the semester.
At first the practices were
strenuous, and many girls
were nursing sore muscles,
"but now that we're used to
it, it is much easier," Miss
Johnson added.
The program will consist of
six skits, and five traveller's
acts serving as a brief in
terlude between the major
skits.
Following a historical
theme, the skit entries in
clude "Women. It's Time to
Live," Alpha Delta Pi under
the direction of skitmasters
Kathv Kuester and Shirley
Ward; "The Beef Skate," Chi
Omega, directed by Carol Sue
Housewright; "A Happy State
IFC Adviser Stresses
'Positive' Council Effort
It is "still too early to tell"
whether the speech concern
ing need for re-evaluating
fraternities has had any ef
fect, Dick Scott, Interfrater
nity Council (IFC) adviser,
said Thursday.
Scott, the assistant to the
dean of Student affairs, told
the IFC first semester that
the Greek system must re
orient itself from an emphas
is on "pledges, parties and
trophies," if it wants to re
main in the educational com
munity. Any such change may not
be seen until an lnter-Frater-
of Affairs," Delta Gamma,
directed by Jane Schmadake.
"A Capitol Idea," Kappa
Kappa Gamma, led by skit
master Trish Bystrom;
"Truce or Consequences,"
Kappa Alpha Theta, directed
by Sue Devereaux; and
"Cloud Over a Century," Ze
ta Tau Alpha, under the di
rection of Jan Campbell.
Traveler's Acts include
Becky McSpadden, Susan
Nohr, D i a n n a and Sudee
Black, Karen Jo Bennett and
Patti Van Horn, Nancy Hoff
man and Pam Dalling.
The Ideal Nebraska Coed
(INC) and Outstanding Col
legiate Man (OCM) will be
announced at the AWS spon
sored "Centennial '67".
Finalists were selected by
interview on the basis of
scholarship and general all
around qualities as ideal Uni
versity students.
Finalists for Ideal Nebras
ka Coed are Nancy Coufal,
Susan Sitorius, Pam Wood,
Kris Bitner, Peggy Kaufman,
Andrea Warren, Stephanie
Tinan and Ann Windle.
Outstanding Collegiate Man
finalists are Ron Pfeifer, Jer
ry Olson, Michael Nenid,
Wayne Kreuscher, Gene Ho
hensee, D a r r y 1 J. Gless,
Claude M. Bolton, Jr., and
Rod Basler.
Tickets for Coed Follies can
be purchased in all houses,
dorms and in the Nebraska
Union for $1.50. Tickets will
also be sold at the door of
Pershing for $1.75 on the
night of the performance.
rity Conference in April, Scott
said. At that time two or
three men from each house
will discuss problems com
mon to the system.
Scott said that though its
recent statements on Hell
Week are an assertion of IFC
power, he would like to see
the group engaged in more
"positive endevaors," rather
than punishing negative as
pects as they occur.
"The pledge training pro
gram Is definitely one area
that needs re-evaluation," he
said.
Individual houses should in
itiate programs to see what
they can provide for their
members, he said, adding that
the IFC could establish the
"method and guidelines the
houses use in this re-evaluation."
Housing Space Available . . .
All Fre
By Mark Gordon
Junior Staff Writer
The possibility of requiring
all freshman men to live in
University residence halls
next fall is being considered
as a means to fill the Univer
sity's new dormitory com
plex. The complex is sched
uled to begin operations at
that time, according to M,
Edward Bryan.
Bryan, University housing
director, said enrollment be
low prediction figures has left
much more available space
than was planned for in t h e
new 1.500 capacity dormitory
complex.
Discussion In the Student
Affairs Office has centered
aroend several plans.
Bryan indicated a last re
sort might be to require all
freshmen to live in University
dorms. Another feasible alter
native would be inviting Lin
coln residents into the resi
dence halls.
Present Policy
The present policy as stated
in the Camps Handbook,
reads: "AU undergraduate
men who are freshmen may
be required to live in Univer
sity residence halls for the
academic year." This differs
from the regulation that
states freshmen women
Year's
IDCC
By Mark Gordon
Junior Staff Writer
After agreeing to form the
Inter-Dormitory Association
Tuesday, University resi
dence halls approved the pro
posed IDA constitution Thurs
day, thus ending a year's
work by the Inter-Dormitory
Coordinating Committee (1D
CC). The constitution, which res
idence halls earlier defeated
RESIDENTS BALLOT
Rights
Action
By Cheyl Tritt
Senior Staff Writer
Implementation of the Bill
of Rights will be one topic of
discussion at the second Stu
dent Assembly meeting Sun
day at 3 p.m. in room 232 of
the Nebraska Union.
The Assembly will decide if
approval by the faculty and
Regents is a necessary step
in the ratification of the Bill,
according to Dick Scbulze,
chairman of the ASUX Stu
dent Conduct Committee.
Actions such as student
strikes or protests to insure
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simian Men May
"Shall be required to live in
University residence halls."
In admitting that most per
sons would be reluctant to ac
cept that measure, be said,
"when the chips are down,
this is something that we may
use as a last resort as a solu
tion to filling up the dorms."
He said that, although he
didn't know what the final re
sort would be, requiring
freshmen to live in on-campus
housing is a fact that has to
considered.
Fraternity Living
Bryan added that freshman
men would still be permitted
to live in fraternity houses or
co-ops.
"We are going to encourage
freshmen men to live in t b e
dormitories next fall" lie
said, "by sending a letter to
them describing the resi
dence halls."
Bryan said last fall, only
314 freshmen men lived in off
campus apartments and 130
resided in off-campus rooms,
although those figures includ
ed both first and second se
mester freshmen.
Limited Experience
Bryan said that when a per
son arrives at the University
with limited experience in liv
ing situations, this person
should explore types of living
Work
With IDA Approval
idence halls defeated six to
four first semester, will now be
sent to ASUN for approval.
In Thursday's election,
which decided the fate of the
proposed constitution, all res
idence halls approved the
measure by substantial mar
gins, with a total vote of
1,167-for and 180-against the
constitution.
The following is a break
down of the residence hall
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on proposed constitution
Dorm Association.
for
Assembly To Discuss
Needed For Ratification
the Bill's effectiveness will
also be considered. The ques
tion of the legality of the Bill
of Rights if it is added to the
ASUN constitution without
faculty and administrative
backing will be debated dur
ing the Assembly meeting.
Discussion of four revised
articles to the Bill is included
on the agenda.
Article 8, involving a def
inition of a student govern
ment's powers, has been re
written by the Student Con
duct Committee and will be
presented to the Assembly for
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which would not isolate h i m
from his peers.
"There is some good ration
ale for talking about getting
all freshmen in the residence
halls," be said. "There are
some great advantages for
freshmen to go directly into
group living when tbey enter
the University."
Eryan said that the first
semester of the freshman
year requires many adjust
ments for the student, such
as the amount of studying he
will have to do.
Added Responsibility
"When the person also
moves into an apartment, he
has the added responsibility
of the apartment and some
times this doesn't work out
too well the first semester,
which is a critical period," he
said.
He emphasized that this
person tends to remain in the
fringe area of University life
and becomes isolated from
other students, possibly dim
ming his outlook on campus
life."
"We have a serious respon
sibility to make the first
year as nice for the student
as we can," he said, "so the
individual will develop up to
his full potential"
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Ends For
totals in Thursday's elec
tion: Dorm For Against
Abel-Sandoz 218 91
Burr East 65 1
Burr West 73 9
Cather Hall 255 28
Fedde Hall 47 1
Love Mem. Hall 28 5
Pound Hall 120 5
Selleck 230 17
Women's
Residence 131 23
the newly-established Inter-
debate and an opinion vote.
The original article stated
that students have the right
to "establish and petition
proper channels for changes
in curriculum, faculty and
policy."
Schulze said "students now
have the r i g h t to petition
without the aid of a Bill of
Rights" so it is more import
ant to define ASUX's "source
of power" and "whether this
comes from the consensus of
the students or from the will
of the administration."
Article 8 now reads that
Live In
Bryan said that these fac
tors would put freshmen un
der more consideration for
mandatory residence hall liv
ing than upperclassmen, who
have been involved with the
University for several years.
"Juniors, seniors and grad
uate students are better pre
pared for isolated living as
they already know the c a m
pus," he said. He also indicat
ed that they could accept the
responsibility better than
freshmen.
Bryan concluded that al
though this measure was only
a possibility, "we wouldn't
eliminate any possible plan."
Lincoln Residents
Another alternative would
be to invite Lincoln residents
into the dormitories for the
fall term.
"Mr. (John) Aronson (di
rector of admissions) has
spoken to high schools in this
area and there seems to be in
terest among parents and stu
dents to explore this type of
living," Bry an said.
He added that Lincoln resi
dents usually wait until the
second semester of t b e i r
freshman year before moving
into residence halls, instead
of entering in the fall.
Graduates Together
lie said another possibility
Unlike the previous election
which was simply a vote on
the constitution, Tuesday's
election forming the IDA and
Thursday's election approving
the constitution composed the
organization's two-step ratifi
cation procedure.
The IDA'S constitution
states that the organization's
purpose is to "provide a self
governing body to coordinate
member residence halls, to
discuss and regulate matters
of general residence hall in
terest and to serve as aa
agency through which rela
tions between the administra
tion and residents may be
maintained.
The constitution organizes
the IDA into four parts: the
Council, Executive Commit
tee, the Inter-Dormitory
Court and several committees.
The constitution also pro
vides for an advisor chosen
from University faculty mem
bers who has shown an interest
in the residence halls. The ad
visor will be selected by the
Council with approval of the
Faculty Committee of Student
Affairs.
Until the Association officers
are elected, the IDCC will
function as the Inter-Dormitory
Council, the election com
mittee and the Inter-Dormitory
Court, according to con
stitutional provisions.
After the election of EDA
officers, the IDCC will dis
band and the constitution will
become effective. As the
IDCC'S last official function,
IDCC chairman Jim Ludwig
will sw ear in the entering of
ficials of the Association.
In explaining the wide sup
port of the IDA in the elec
tions, Ted Suhr, Selleck IDCC
representative, said, "I don't
think there was any doubt in
the minds of the people I
have talked to that there
should be an IDA."
through student government
students have the right to
"legislate and adjudicate
rules and regulations pertain
ing to student life outside the
classroom."
Schulze said the Assembly
may decide to still include the
statement concerning the stu
dents' right to petition in an
other article.
Academic records and the
right of students to determine
who will have access to them
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Dorms?
was to expand the idea of
housing graduate women stu
dents together on one floor of
the dormitory complex.
"We have bad great suc
cess with the one floor idea in
Catber Hall where graduate
students and international
students have been boused to
gether on one floor," be add
ed. Bryan said that although he
didn't know how much inter
est either of these possibili
ties would have, they both arc
under consideration.
Financial Obligations
"Our financial obligations
on the new dorms, begin at
the moment the building is
accepted from the contrac
tors, when we assume full
obligation for the money paid
Bryan added that even if
the new complex is only one
half to two-thirds full, "we
still have to make full pay
ments on them."
Although he doesn't have
any indication as to the
number of students '"'ho will
request space in the complex,
he said it may turn out that
"we really don't need certain
space, depending on the to
tal enrollment figures next
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