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UNIVERSITY OF NEBIt LIBRARY MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1967 University of Nebraska VOL. 90, NO. 71 Assembly Discusses Rights Bill Question Discussion at the student Bill of Rights Assembly Sun day centered largely around the question of the degree to which the proposed Bill of Rights should be a practical as opposed to a philosophical document. Student conduct committee Chairman Dick Schultz in troduced Article 8 which had been revised by the committee to read, "The right of students to equitable participation in University policy-making decisions." Al Spangler said there is a need for a general, rather than rigid, system of guidelines as to what constitutes equitable student participation in decision making. Greater Voice He suggested permitting students to have a greater voice in those decisions which most directly affect them, such as housing rules. Spangler also said Article 12 which proclaims the right of students employed by the University to form unions should be included in the Bill of Rights. This is despite the fact that such unions need not be legally recognized by the University. A delegate who reopened a discussion of Article 5, con cerning housing, advocated a "wait and see" policy be cause of the new committee established to study housing regulations. Article 5 Bob Samuelson, a member of the committee, said he thinks Article 5 cannot be implemented on this campus the way it is now stated. One delegate said he feels that having an article in the Bill of Rights which cannot be implemented would weaken the whole bill. He suggested that Article 5 either be stricken or modified. Another delegate disagreed, terming the Bill of Rights a "statement of what we think the rights of students are whether we get them or not." Fact One student termed the right to live where you please a fact and said nothing the housing committee does will invalidate that fact. "It is our duty to recognize it as a fact," he added. Summing up the general nature of the controversy, John Winkworth asked what the assembly wanted "a statement of philosophy or a policy?" Article 17 The Assembly voted to strike the words "their views" from Article 17 which declares the right of student organi zations to invite speakers of their choice and publish with out censorship. The article would then include fictional as well as factual publications. They also substituted "campus facilities" for "university owned" in Article 14 which declares all students and stu dent organizations shall have equal access to such facili ties. Tuesday night the student conduct committee will de cide on the final version of articles of the Bill of Rights already considered to be presented to the Senate Wednes day. First Editor Dies At 89 The first editor of the Daily Nebraskan who later served as executive editor of the Norfolk Daily News died Friday in Norfolk. Sterling H. McCaw, 89, was a 1903 graduate of the University. After gradua tion, he served on the Ne braska State Journal, the Omaha Bee, the Boston Herald and the Chicago Ex aminer before going to the Norfolk Daily News in 1913. AWS Presidential Candidates Ask Structural Changes By Jane Thompson Junior Staff Writer Granting the AWS House of Representatives more power is a structural change pro posed by all three candidates for the AWS presidency. Candidates for president are Susie Sitorius, Steph Tinan, and Ann Windle. Program Area "The program area is emerging as the big area in AWS," according to Susie Si torius. As all women students are a part of AWS, programs should be incorporated to reach them, she added. Miss Sitorius stated that "AWS took a big step forward in Focus on Coeds." She would like to see this enlarged upon and improved for next year. In discussing the failure of the Lincoln Seminar, Miss Si torius attributes it to the apathy on the part of the in dependent Lincoln women. She stated that these girls Mlsi Siiorluf r J X McCaw was managing editor of the News for more than 40 years and had been executive editor of the edi torial page for the last six years. He was a former mem ber of the board of direc tors of the Nebraska Press Association. In 1964 be re ceived the University's highest service honor, the Builders Award. can eventually be reached through Focus cn Coeds. Theme For Follies Miss Sitorius added that in corporating a theme into Coed Follies helped its success, and she hopes to utilize a theme again next year. The relationship of AWS to administration "will be clari fied by the constitutional con vention." she stated. "Re sponsibility lies with the stu dent, however, to improve communication in this area," she added. In the area of structural re form, Miss Sitorius would like a stronger system of repre sentatives. She added that the constitutional convention is think of granting the repre sentatives more power. Revamp Board Miss Sitorius stated that a build up of the representa tives and a revamping of the AWS Board would function so both facets act as a check against each other, acting with equal power. Miss Sitorius sees "more in vestigation into the senior key system, possibly expanding it to all 21 yeaP olds next year." Reacting to a decision by the Ad Hoc Committee on housing policy, to end dis crimination between men and women students, Miss Sito rius stated that AWS would definitely not abolish hours. Rules When women are confronted with a choice to live on or off campus, and decide to live in the campus area, they "must live by the rules," she said. Miss Sitorius added that AWS wai originated as an arm of administration due to the manner in which the or " W-.- " """"1 A.a; h jJ 4 f wMk l Hr ' 1 LB J Critic To Speak At Union Noted critic of the Johnson Administration, author and lecturer, Sidney Lens will speak in the Nebraska Union basement auditorium Monday at 3:30 p.m. Lens will speak on the topic "Are there New Vietnams in Latin America?" In March 1966 he traveled to the Do minican Republic where he met with ex-President Juan Bosch. Tom Mesner, president of History Club which is spon soring Lens' appearance, said Lens had been very outspoken critic of President Johnson and the State Department during the, Dominican crisis last year. He visited 17 countries on a round-the-world tour in 1964 and in the summer of 1966 re visited Latin America. Arti cles on Turkey, Indonesia, the Common Market and Lat in America by Lens have appeared in national maga zines. He has visited 81 coun tries in 12 years. "Nothing will change in America or in American policy unless there is a severe shift in the power structure, away from the military-industrial complex." Lens said in his book. . "The Futile Cru sade." The book called for the abolition of war and nu clear weapons and establish ing world law. "If we are to disarm we must find some means of ab sorbing into peaceful pursuit the $50 billion annually spent on arms," wrote Lens. He asks for a strengthened United Nations, saying that men should divert their ef forts from war to improving society and strive for peace ful coexistence. ganization evolved. The ad ministration requested such a governing body; it did not arise from demand by women students. Miss Sitorius did, however, state that women students will have more faith in AWS after the convention, and grant them more approval. Sophomore Board Serving on the sophomore board, Miss Sitorius was as sistant notifications chair man, Coed Follies assistant and chairman for INC and OCM. As a junior, she was chair man of Challenge in Creati vity, workers chairman, tick et chairman for Coed Follies, and served on the AWS Court. Miss Tinan stated that hours for upperclassmen should not be expanded to meet the hours of the boys, in reference to the Ad Hoc Committee's statement. "We will have to wait and see what the situation brings," to determine wheth er keys and 'hours' expansion are necessary for junior and senior women, she added. Key System The senior key system was established against the wishes of a majority of parents, therefore the system cannot be expanded yet, Miss Tinan stated. "The University and the parents are not ready for that at this point," she added. Miss Tinan is against the expansion of hours for fresh men. "They shouldn't be giv enthis freedom," she stated. expansion of hours in gen eral "should relate, to aca demics." If the library is open until midnight, then students should be granted 12 o'clock hours, Miss Tinan continued. Student Officers Lack To Discuss Proposed The executive officers of the Omaha University and Uni versity student governments agree that they are both not well enough informed on the proposed merger between O.U. and the University. The agreement came about during a meeting between the two school's executives, held at Omaha University on Fri day. Before the meeting, the two groups of executives had con sidered the possibility of is suing a joint statement on the proposed merger. No Statement By the conclusion of t h e meeung, however, the feeling of the executives seemed to be summed up by the state ment that there was no "need for a statement now because of the lack of knowledge." Both schools expressed the fact that they have been un able to have some of their basic questions answered by their respective administra tions. Dick Schulze, chairman of .the ASUN Student Conduct committee, then noted that perhaps there weren't any an swers to some of the ques tions, but rather that they would have to be decided over time. He also urged that the date for merger, which has been set in LB 736 for 1968, be moved back so that the groundwork "for the merger can be better prepared and so that on the date of merg er, both schools could be as paralled as possible." OU President Jim Butler, who is the presi dent of the O.U. student coun cil, suggested that state ap propriations for O.U. begin with this biennium and that the merger not take place un til 1970. "T h e school definitely needs more allocations," Butl er noted, "and it needs them now. But, I think there should be some more investigation into the proposed merger. The student doesn't know every angle yet." Terry Schaaf, president of the ASUN, stated that he was opposed to the present plan for merger. "I believe there should be provisions for spe cific allocations for O.U. (as opposed to working within the University budget.)" Schaaf also agreed that the Miss Tinan Miss Tinan stated that those girls with keys handle them well. No Problems "No big problems have come up yet," she added. "People need regulation," she continued. The girls with keys know the responsibility they are holding and the con sequences. Miss Tinan said that juniors must wait a few more years to get keys. "There is no reason why upperclasswomen cannot live off campus in University ap proved housing. Women's housing does need to be looked at, she added, "for the girls are apt to be bothered, and should have University protection." Program Area Miss Tinan stated that the program area of AWS has de rived its power from the stu dents as has the judicial branch. f I ' date for the proposed merger "be backed up. However, I do believe that between now and the merger, O.U. should receive some state support inorder to get it back on its feet." Poll Taken Butler explained a poll tak en of the O.U. students in regard to the proposed mer ger. It stated that students were in favor of the merger if: The school can keep its faculty with a lower tuition; can keep its own autonomy; and enjoy the right of emi nent domain, with state back ing, since the school is suf fering from a lack of build ing space. The executives considered the problem of equalizing the teaching loads between the two schools and which school would be hurt. The executives from O.U. felt that they would be hurt because there top professors would come to The University students felt that they would be hurt, since more money would have to be spent to lower the O.U. teaching load to make it com parable to the University's. After the University's ex planation of how they see the problem, O.U. agreed that the University would prob ably be hurt the most. Resignation There was also some dis cussion of the forced resign ation, in December, of O.U.'s president, Dr. Leland Tray wick. It was felt that Tray wick's resignation was some how tied up in the merger. Bev Grasso, O.U. student council secretary, stated that Traywick could have been forced to resign because he "tried to buck the establish ment" in opposing the merger. Bob Samuelson, second vice-president for ASUN, stat ed that he felt the "merger is good, but is now the time?" The University executives . also showed some concern that if the merger was ap proved, possibly money that would otherwise be ear marked by the legislature for the University would go to O.U. OU Students In talking to several O.U. students, who were not in volved with the meeting, their feeling seemed to be that "The judicial area is an es tablished governing body de rived from the students on campus," she added. She stated that AWS is re sponsible to both the students and the administration. "The organization works under a great deal of freedom," she continued. AWS is aware of the administration's feelings as ttoey govern students ac tivities, Miss Tinan added. Miss Tinan, as a member of the Sophomore Board was the assistant publicity chair man, International AWS con tact, regional newsletter edi tor, and national AWS vice president. Follies Chairman As a junior, she served as Coed Follies chairman. Miss Windle proposes that the "absurdities be worked out of AWS." For example, she cited the dress rules which she believes "should be revised and brought up to date." Reforms in the judicial area were also proposed by Miss Windle. The AWS representa tives should be defined in their role," and recognized as responsible by the Residence Directors and Student Assist ants, she stated. Representatives Strengthened Miss Windle said she hopes to see the representatives strengthened into a legisla tive body, with the AWS Board given the status of an executive or advisory board. The status of the judicial . t i j i v. i : A aica biiuuiu uu uc i cucuncu, according to Miss Windle. She h o p e s to see it emerge as more of a court. Presently, "it relies too much on what is said aid not on the facts," she they would support the merg er only as a last alternative and that if the merger would hurt the school in anyway, then they would be opposed to it. Tom Wintle, an O.U. stu dent said that "I am proud of ' O.U. and I would like to see it separate and -maintaining its own integrity and inde pendence." He said that he realized, however, that for the school to remain open, it would have to accept some state aid. "Since a separate state LB736, LB559 . . . Public Hearings Slated This Week Public hearings on legisla tive bills providing for mer ger procedures for the Uni versity and Omaha Univer sity and for increasing the membership on t h e Univer sity Board of Regents are scheduled this week. The hearing on the Univer-sity-OU merger bill, LB736, is Monday at 2 p.m. before the Education Committee. The bill provides that Oma ha University would become the University of Nebraska at Omaha if Omaha voters ap proved transferring the school from a municipal to a state institution. Sponsored The bill was sponsored prin cipally by Sen. Terry Carpen ter and signed by eight of the 12 Omaha senators in addi tion to Sens. Harold Simpson of Lincoln and Dale Payne of Bellevue. LB559, to constitutionally in crease the membership of the University Board of Regents will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday be fore the Education Commit tee. The bill for the amendment was introduced by Omaha Sen. Clifton Batchelder. If it gains legislative approval the amendment must be approved by Nebraska voters in t h e November 1968 general elec tions before it would become effective. Second Bill A second bill relating to the added. Advocating judicial reform, she said she would like the dorms and sororities to estab lish their own courts and standards boards, with the current AWS Court becoming an appeals court. Court In this manner, women students would be dealt with by a court which is closer to them and is able to compre hend the entire situation. Miss Windle sees no reform necessary with the workers, for "they have been used to the fullest extent," and are now at the peak of efficiency. The senior key system should be expanded to include all juniors not just those who are 21, Miss Windle stated. It w o u 1 d be unfair to ex clude those juniors who are not 21, she added, In the future, Miss Windle would like the system increased to in clude sophomores also. Freshmen Regulations "Freshmen do need regula tions," she added, for at this point they are still formulat ing ideas and values.. Miss Windle stated that AWS must take a stronger stand on matters pertaining to students. As an example she cited the current housing issue. AWS waited until pressured before they took a stand on student housing and passed a proposal dealing with the sub ject. More Agressive .T k f,,t.,r. Mica U'inHlo All UIC IUIUIV, ..a.o . . ... would like to see the organi zation be more agressive and outgoing in such matters. AWS is currently respon sible to both the students and Details Merger university (made out of O.U.) would not be accepted by the people of the state, the only other alternative is the merg er," Wintle noted. Another student expressed the fact that he was in favor of the merger since it would probably mean that on cam pus h o u s i n g could be con structed, something that the school lacks presently as a municipal supported univer sity. He felt tha'. it would aid in eliminating "the apathetic spirit that rules the campus." Regents also has a hearing before the Education Commit tee Tuesday. LB775, introduced by Sen. George Syas of Omaha, would provide for a constitutional amendment to adjust the dis tricts the Regents are elected from in accord with the in creased membership of the Board. The proposed amendment would also appear on the No vember 1968 ballot and need the electorate's approval be fore it would become part of the constitution. Advisory Board To Present Panel The Business Administra tion Advisory Board will present a panel discussion at 7 p.m., March 7 in the Nebraska Union. The panel, composed of Dean Miller, Doctor McVey and Doctor Peterson, will answer questions about the graduate programs offered to students in the College of Eusiness Administration. Advantages and disadvan tages of entering the Busi ness College graduate pro grams will be discussed. Anyone interested in the Business College graduate program is requested to attend. the administration, according to Miss Windle. In their responsibility to the students, AWS tries to fulfill the students needs by estab lishing rules, and taking ac tion, she added. Administration As responsibilities to the administration, AWS tries to take what the students re quest to the administration. "I will try to get the adminis tration's backing," Miss Win dle stated, in moving forward. Miss Windle served as an AWS worker in her fresh man year. As a sophomore, she was the assistant Coed Counselor, Workers Chair man, and Coed Follies Assis tant Program Chairman, While serving on the junior board, Miss Windle was the representatives chairman, Co ed Follies lighting chairman, and helped to set the format for the Constitutional Conven tion. Miss Windle Y y -f c