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UNIVERSITY ffiJl. Presidential Hopefuls Call LIBRA, A -i(kft7 Z By Mark Gordon Junior Staff Writer The Inter-Dormitory Asso c?cmvBt ciation (IDA) presidential candidates in Thursday's As soclajUiHwkte 'etBEtion, both "-""'"'"'express an interest in seeking a strong and unified IDA. In the executive election, Jim Arundel, Abel sopho more, currently the Abel-San-doz Social Director, will op pose John Fryar, Cather jun ior, Cather's IDCC represen tative, in the IDA's first pres idential election. I ' Vr: '"fir . Fryar WEDNESDAY, MARCH Suspension Warned . . . Coed Must Move Out Of Apartment Coed Jo Flaugher said she will move out of her off-campus apartment Wednesday in to University-approved hous ing. Miss Flaugher said that she now plans to move in with a 'family and work for her room and board. Two Days She said that Miss Helen Snyder, associate dean of student affairs, gave her the choice "move out in two days or you will be suspended." Because of her desire to continue in school, she said, "I have no choice excent to move. I can't take it to court because I haven't the financ es." Court Challenge Representatives from the American Civil Liberties Un ion have expressed interest in backing a court challenge, but "they won't meet until after the suspension would take effect," she said. Even if she complies with the ultimatum, the coed was told she will be subject to AWS Poll '67 Board As AWS is undergoing func tional and structural changes, it is important that all Uni versity women vote in t h e AWS elections to be held March 8, according to Mimi Rose, board member. The general election will be conducted similarly to the primary, she continued. Vot ing will be held in the Nebras ka Union and the East Cam pus Union. Poll Times Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Women are to vote for as many positions as there are to be filled. For example, if six board positions are avail able, and twelve candidates are running, each woman must vote for six candidates or t h e ballot will be d i s carded. When voting for president, mark only one candidate. The remaining two candidates will serve as judicial and pro gram vice presidents. Senior Board members will deter mine which remaining presi dential candidates will serve in the respective vice pres idential positions. Need Turn-Out "We hope there will be a large turn-out because this is the first year we have tried to make AWS more represent ative in terms of election pro cedure," Miss Rose added. Candidates for the pres idency are Susie Sitorius, Stepb Tinan and Ann Windle. Arundel, who served as chairman of the UAF Inde pendent Men's Fund Drive last fall and Fryar, a former Cather floor president and hall secretary, both hold spe cific views of the IDA. Arundel Arundel said the IDA would explore new areas of dormi tory interest and work with dormitory leaders who were elected to the Council in speaking for over 4,000 resi dents. "The IDA should and will represent the expressed de sires," he said, "of all dormi tory residents in areas that are pertinent to the overall system." "The IDA should function as a co-ordinator, although specific programs and inves tigations into new areas of concern to all residents is of the utmost importance," he added. He said the IDA must pro vide the residents with the op portunity to be granted a voice in every program and regulation that affect the dormitories. Arundel said he is seeking to investigate dormitory reg ulations such as housing poli 8, 1967 "disciplinary action" and it will be noted on her conduct record that she is a "discip linary problem," she said. "I feel this is unfair, since I was led to believe that what I was doing was approved, I was doing was approved, when I moved out," she said. "I didn't think I was creat ing a problem." Miss Flaugher touched off a campus controversy sever al weeks ago when she moved out of her sorority house in to an apartment, "for finan cial reasons." Not Grounds Such a move conflicts with the present housing policy ad ministered by the Office of Student Affairs, which prohi bits women from living off campus except in certain cases. Financial difficulties are not considered grounds for an off-campus permit. Miss Flaugher was critical of "the kind ' of pressure they've put on me. Originally they told me that I could wait to hear from my par ents before making up my mind. But now I have to de cide without hearing from them." LB 736 Gains First Round Legislative Approval By Julie Morris Senior Staff Writer LB736, to provide for a merge of the University and Omaha University, gained r,"LLji' j. 1 " " j it 1 Z' 'I If r ; y. HARDIN . . . gave his support to a merger of the . University of Nebraska and Omaha University. cies and other matters of con cern to all residents. Coed-Visiting Hours "I believe the coed-visiting hours and open houses should be taken up with the auth orities," he said. "This orga nization can be used to deal effectively with joint activi ties such as social events." He said the IDA could spon sor an annual formal dance and take an interest in dor mitory improvement "investi gating adding new facilities where possible and improv ing upon those that already exist with the housing office." He also called for improve ments in residence hall food, maintanence, recreational fa cilities and study areas. "The . IDA could initiate tu toring services, all-dormitory social events and activities and the possibility of orienta tion programs for new resi dents in Sept.," he said. Fryar Fryar agreed with Arundel by saying the University dor mitories are not merely a col lection of bedrooms as they are the foster homes of sev eral thousand students. "This fact, coupled with the high price a student now pays to remain in a dormitory, calls for a redefinition of the resi Ad Hoc Committee m A Ti A To Allow A proposal for the establishment of an interim Fa culty Student Administrative Housing Appeals Board was accepted by the Ad Hoc Committee on Housing Tuesday afternoon. The board, which was presented by committee mem ber Bob Samuelson, would make decisions on appeals made to it by students in the area of housing. Its de cisions would be made on the basis of the present hous ing regulations of the University. Board The board would consist of two students, selected by the President of ASUN and approved by a majority vote of the Student Senate. Two members would be selected by the Vice Chan cellor of Student Affairs. Faculty members would be chos en by the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs. The board would be chaired by one of the faculty members who would be selected by the chairman of the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs at the time of his appointment to the board. Chairman The chairman would be responsible for keeping the proceedings of the board in form and order, and to cast the deciding vote only in case of a tie vote of the board. The board would accept all appeals on existing hous ing policies, rules, or decisions, and rule on the validity of each appeal on its individual merit. The decisions of the board would be final for the academic year. The decision of the board would be ap pealing to the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs. Safeguard Russell Brown, assistant to the dean of student af fairs and a member of the committee, called the board "a safeguard to the making of individual decisions. Specifically, it broadens the base for decision making," he stressed. According to Marv Almy, chairman of the committee, Continued On Page 3, Col. 1 first round legislative ap proval 6-0 Monday. The bill was advanced to general file by the Education Committee after the senators ' .- dent's role in his dormitory," he said. "He heartily endorsed the coed-visiting hours commit tee." He also called for IDA's in vestigation of student assis tant selection, scholastic op portunities, open housing, room and board rates, hous ing appropriations, maid ser vice and the equalization of facilities between the resi dence halls. IDA Affect Arundel and Fryar agreed that the IDA would strength en rather than weaken the powers of the individual dor mitories. "The IDA will not infringe upon matters pertinent to the individual dormitories," Ar undel said, "as the IDA will greatly enhance and strengh en them by comining areas of mutual interest." Fryar said the IDA wouldn't "barge into the dormitories by dictating the wishes of the Inter-Dormitory Council be cause it is important for each dormitory to develop a per sonal image to provide its residents with more of an ed ucation." "It's not going to dictate anything," he said, "I hope it builds up rather diminishes the power of the individual University of Nebraska Appeals heard OU and University of ficials and a representative of Gov. Norbert Tiemann at a public hearing laud the merge as a step to strength ening the state's higher edu cational system. Clayton Veutter, Tiemann 's executive assistant and a for mer University faculty mem ber, said the merge "will be one of the finest things that has ever happened in educa tion in the state." The bill was introduced principally by Sen. Terry Carpenter and co-sponsored by 10 other lawmakers including eight of the 12 Omaha repre sentatives. The public hearing Monday drew about 100 people. Many of those who came were fac ulty. Yeutter said that "in the long run" a municipal uni versity as OU Is now, "is not (he answer" to a strong high er educational system for the state. He urged that senators con sider the nerge proposal "on the basis cf what is best for the state of Nebraska in gen eral, although the benefits will probably accrue more to the people in Omaha than to the people in outstate Ne braska." The merge proposals would make OU the University of Nebraska in Omaha with con trol of both campuses under the present University Board of Regents. Before the merge For Fuller Dorm Life dormitory' and sets worth while precedents for the dor mitories under construction." Support Needed Arundel felt the resident's interest in the organization was "crucial to its success as the IDA must have the support of the collective resi dents." "Without the backing of the residents, the IDA would be come a mere sounding board," he said. Fryar said the residents have a two-fold responsibility as they must first elect an efficient set of hall officers while selecting representa tives for the IDA Council. Executive's Role They disagreed on the role of the IDA executive leaders. Arundel said the executive leadership must work for the constant communication be tween the IDA, the executive councils of the dormitories and the individual resident. Fryar felt the president's role is to publicize the orga nization and show the resi dents the things that can be gained by joining together in a common effort. "To me the IDA represents an institutional basis for ex panded progress in the dormi tory system," Arundel said, "A strong IDA with all its in AWS Votes To Keys For Junior By Cheryl Tritt Senior Staff Writer AWS Board unanimously voted Tuesday to recommend that key privileges be ex- Three File For ASUN Positions Three students, who have all filed under the name of Party for Student Action (PSA), were the first appli cants for executive office po sitions as of 5 p.m. Tuesday. Dick Schulze has applied for the office of president of ASUN. Schulze is a senior in the College of Engineering and Architecture with a 3.8 average. Ron Pfeifer applied Tues day for the office of first vice president. He is a junior in Arts and Sciences with a 3.3 grade average. Applying for the position of second vice-president was Gene Pokorny. Pokorny is a junior in Arts and Sciences with an average of 3.951. could be accomplished, it will have to be okayed by Omaha voters as provided in the bill. The bill sets July 1, 1968 as the date for the effective merge. The president of the OU Board of Regents, Robert Spire, told the senators the most important reason for approval of 736 is that it "represents the first very sound step in the coordination of higher education in Ne braska." Acting OU president, Kirk Naylor, said the merge of the two schools would benefit students because of lowered tuition costs at OU and better coordination of programs at both schools. OU students now pay $18 per credit hour if they are Omaha residents and non resident pay $28 per credit hour. All students also pay a a $30 a semester fee charge. The average yearly tuition for residents is $600 while non-residents pay an average of $860 a year. If the two schools merge, OU's tuition rates would come down to the University rate which is now $334 yearly for residents and $860 yearly for nonresidents. University Regent Edward Schwartzkopf appeared as the Regents' spokesman at the hearing. He urged that the preliminaries to the merge "move along as fast as possible." herent advantages must be initiated this year acting upon the resources of its leaders." 'Dormie' Image Fryar said that dormitory residents on this campus "have had second-class citi zenship for too long. It is time they unify their protests and criticisms through the IDA and its officers. It is time they either submit to the 'dormie' image or rise to a position of campus leader ship." Arundel's other activities include a two-year term as an ASUN associate serving on the Student Conduct Commit tee, the Student-Faculty Rela tions Committee and the Cen tennial Committee. An Abel resident for two years, Arundel served on the Abel Supreme Court last year. Fryar, a Regents Scholar, is a member of Phi Eta Sig ma, a freshman honorary so ciety. He was a Daily Ne braskan staff writer last sem ester and a Student Senate Associate as a freshman. President's Job The president, along with the vice-president, secretary and treasurer, will form the IDA executive committee which serves as a co-ordinating body between the execu tended to all junior women and to women 21 years old, next year. At the last AWS meeting be fore elections, the board al so voted to organize a key seminar, headed by Elaine Kallos. The seminar will reorga nize the key system to accom modate an increased number of participants and to solve implementation prob lems, Miss Kallos said. Review Evaluations She added the seminar will also review the valuations of the system submitted by each participating living unit to get added information to improve the key program. Comprised of 14 members of the former AWS Board in cluding the three presidential candidates and the senior key committee, the seminar will hold its first meeting next week. Board Approval With the approval of the new AWS board, additional keys must be ordered this spring so these extended priv ileges will be effective early next term, she added. Introducing the resolution, Andrea Warren said "AWS is Carpenter also spoke be fore the committee. He said "This Legislature will never give higher education the fi nancial attention it demands If A 1 'K ' "( It f,2 Si I I II I 1 SPIRE . . . merger will provide coordination of higher education in Nebraska. tive and legislative branches of the Association. Presidential duties include stating Association opinion to public and official assemblies and executing all provisions of the constitution, by-laws and duly-enacted legislation of the Council. The President presides at all Executive Committee and Council meetings while he al so has the power to appoint the secretary, treasurer and committee members and chairman of all committees. '1 I f Arundel VOL. 90, NO. 72 Suggest OU Women now in a position to make such a move," as the key sys tem "has proven itself." Time To Initiate She said the newly-elected AWS Board probably wouldn't have time to initiate such ac tion this spring when they are attempting to reorganize the board. Candy May said the Univer si t y "housing policy will change before next fall," and "we must sell the campus to the student." No large problems exist with the key system, she said, and the majority of house mothers would approve an extension. Key Seminar AWS President Pam Hedge cock suggested forming the key seminar to enable the former AWS Board to work out the technicalities and in sure the success of an ex tended key system before re linquishing the project to a new board unfamiliar with the system. The present key system al lows all women with senior standing to participate. The system has been operational since December with about 175 participants. unless we merge these two institutions." No one appeared in opposi tion to the bill.
