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riiTTiir"i UAH 1 l1 THURSDAY, MARCH University of Nebraska N0.77 University of Nebraska VOL. 90, iiit Mill mint iiiiriiiiiiiiif mi it mufiiiiiif iiintiiiifiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiHiiiK r rrf iriif f iiiiiiiif iiuwiiritiiiiriiiriifiiitiiJiiif iiitai iiiiiiiiiiif iiiiiiit iiiijf iiiiiirt iiaiiitiiiiiiii (The following is the pro posed student Bill of Rights as approved by the Student Senate Wednesday at 10:45 p.m. for the April 12 elec tion ballot.) Amendment 1: In order to affirm and guarantee those conditions essential to the achievement of total education in a democratic society, the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska consider the following rights to be among those necessary to the development of the stu dent as an individual and as a responsible citizen of that society. All persons have the right to be considered for ad mission to the University of Nebraska and student organizations of that Uni versity, without regard to the applicant's race, na tional origin, religious creed, or political beliefs. Amendment 2: Students have the right to a clear and concise statement of contractual obligations be fore entering the Univer sity of Nebraska. Amendment 3: Students have the right to maintain democratic government. Amendment 4: Students ?lllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIinilllllllinilllllllinillll!lllllllllllll!llllllllllllllIN SDS Enters ASUN Elections To Raise Student Voice, Issues By Mick Lowe Senior Staff Writer The Students for a Demo cratic Society (SDS) have entered the ASUN elections largely to "raise issues," ac cording to SDS president George Olivarri. "By the time a person is old enough to become a col lege student," Olivarri stated, "he is old enough to take care of his own life." "We think that students should actively participate in decisions which affect his own life. Up until now this hasn't been possble," Olivarri con tinued. Student Voice Consequently, the SDS cam paign platform has as its ob jective increased student voice in policy-making deci sions, Olivarri said. Planks now included in the SDS plat form: 1. The selection of the edi tor of the Daily Nebraskan through a campus-wide elec tion. 2. Election of the Nebraska Union Board. 3. Support of the Student Bill of Rights "as written." 4. Support of a student mem ber of the Board of Regents, selected through a campus wide election. Open Advertising 5. Open advertising in the Daily Nebraskan. (This pro vision would allow the Daily Nebraskan to use liquor and cigarette advertisements, ac cording to Olivarri). 6. Voluntary membership of AWS and AWS jurisdiction should be limited to mem bers. 7. Free bus service between East Campus and City Cam pus for students whose cur riculum requires inter-campus travel. 8. Birth control pills should be prescribed by the Univer sity Health Center doctors and should be denied coeds only for medical reasons. (Not because of age or mari tal status). Liquor on Campus 9. Support of an on-sale li quor establishment in the stu dent union following a modifi cation of state law allowing the sals of liquor on slat? property. 10. University Police should not carry firearms. 11. The support of an offi cial student literary maga zine with funds allocated in the same way as the news paper and yearbook, BilUMRigktf have the right to equitable participation in University policy-making decisions. Amendment 5: Students have the right to choose their own living environ ment. Or Students have the right to an equitable role in for mulation of housing policy which allows maximum in dividual choice. Amendment 6: Students have the right to free dis cussion, expression, and in quiry within the classroom. Amendment 7: Students have the right to an un prejudiced evaluation of academic work. Amendment 8: Students have the right to deter mine who shall have ac cess to their academic or non-academic records. Amendment 9: Students and student organizations have the right to invite speakers, to publish, and to broadcast without censor ship. Amendment 10: Students and student organizations have the right to contract to use University-owned fa cilities, provided the facili ties are used for the pur pose contracted, subject to such considerations as are 12. The right of students to freedom from invasion of pri vacy. (Particularly in dormi tories.) 13. The establishment of a faculty-student committee to investigate expansion of the pass-fail system Advisory Board Petitions Require 25 Signatures Applications for positions on three student advisory boards are presently avail able in the ASUN office in the Nebraska Union, accord ing to Mel Schlacter, chair man of the ASUN Advisory Boards committee. He stated that the applica tions, which are for the Teachers, Arts and Sciences, and Agricultural College Ad visory Boards, are due by noon, Friday, March 24. To be eligible fur one of the three boards, a candidate must be a full-tim student of the college. There are six positions open on the Arts and Sciences and Teachers Boards, and eight on the Agriculture Board. "Each candidate must run in a specific department or division in their college," Schlacter said. Along with their applica tion, they must submit a pe tition of 25 signatures from students in their college," he added. A candidate of undeclared major in Arts and Sciences should declare what depart ment he has accumulated the most hours on his applica tion. Schlacter noted that the constitution for the Agricul ture Board would be ap proved at the same time as the election of Its members on Apr. 12. The Agriculture Board is similar to that of the Teach ers and Arts and Science in construction, except that Schlacter noted "that the members of the board each represent one of eight areas of college majors and the number of people each mem-, ber would represent therefore varies significantly." He said that the campaign regulations for board candi dates are similar to those of ASUN candidates except that Advisory Board candidates are limited to $20 in expenses. i necessary facilities. for use of the Amendment 11: Students have the right to partici pate freely in off-campus activities when not claim ing to be officially repre senting the University of Nebraska. Amendment 12: Students have the right to due pro cess in all academic and disciplinary proceedings. Amendment 13: Students have the right to be free from University discipline asserted as a result of an action which is in violation of civil or criminal law providing the action does not concurrently violate University regulations. Amendment 14: Students employed by the University of Nebraska have the right to form student employee unions. , Amendment 15: Student organizations have the right to enjoy recognition by the ASUN provided that these organizations comply with the procedural regulations for recognition as outlined by the ASUN. Amendment 16: Students have the right to partici pate in student activities provided they meet the membership requirements prescribed by that activity. 14. Preventing University personnel who reside in stu dent housing from acting in any capacity other than coun seling. (This plank is aimed particularly at house mothers and residence directors who may interfere in a student's Schlacter concluded by not ing that upon the approval of the Agricultural Advisory Board, that only the Engi neering, Business Adminis tration and Home Economics Colleges would be without similar boards. "I am, however, confident that by next fall, advisory boards will be established in these three colleges." KK Features Mod Costumes, Make-Up The members of the cast of the Kosmet Klub Spring Show, Irma la Douce, will look like they just came from Carnaby Street or is it Paris? Actually, the setting of Irma la Douce, which will be staged this Friday and Satur day night in Pershing Audi torium, will be Paris, accord ing to Spring Show chairman DickWeerts. "However, the costumes will be a combination of French and mod styles," Weerts said. "Our costume designers, Sue Westerhoff and John Wertz, have updated this aspect of the play." Costumes Made Here "Most of the girls' cos tumes are mod and a large part of the boys' costumes are French," Weerts con tinued. "Most of these cos tumes were made here in Lincoln under Sue's super vision but we had to order ' a few of thera from costume houses." " ' i Weerts added thst "of course, the make-up of the cast will also fit the general theme of the show." Richard Ralston is in charge of tha Senate Passes Changes Made By Cheryl Tritt Junior Staff Writer Student Bill of Rights passed the first hurdle in the ratification process late Wednesday night as ASUN approved all 16 articles after some changes in the Student Conduct Committee proposal, to be presented to University students in the Senate elec tions April 12. Lengthy Debate After a lengthy debate, the Senate voted 27-8 to include an alternative amendment on the ballot with the original Article five, the controversial housing statement. Students will either vote for the original article, or for the alternative amendment, or they may reject both amend ments. The original article states that "students have the right Incoming Chairmen Announced By AWS Committee chairmen and assistants for the 1966-67 AWS Board were announced at Tuesday's installation ban quet. New senior key chairman is Mimi Rose. The key com mittee met Wednesday and discussed the expansion of the key system to all seniors and private life, according to Oli varri.) Selective Service 15. Oppose ranking of stu dents by grade for use by the Selective Service. 16. The establishment of a "scholar in residence',' to be elected by students for a term of one year. More planks may be added to the platform later, accord ing to Dennis Bartels, SDS' ASUN second vice presiden tial candidate. Unanimous Approval All SDS candidates will run on the above platform, since it was approved unanimously by SDS members at Tuesday night's meeting. Several SDS candidates have not filed, according to Olivarri, because they are running from Graduate Col lege, and have had trouble finding 35 people to sign their petitions. make-up of the cast, Weerts reported. The other members of the make-up crew are Rick Marsh, Bobbie Kier stead, and Ellie Petersen. "The make-up for most of the cast is fairly simple," Miss Peterson said. "The only difference from ordinary stage make up is that the eye makeup on the girls will be extreme." Cast Instructed On Makeup "We have instructed most of the members of the cast on how to make themselves up but the make-up crew will make-up the leads and character roles," she added. Miss Peterson said that she didn't foresee any major problems in the make-up as pect of the show. "There will be one point in the play where some of the men will have to make up on stage, however. The men supposed ly have been on a raft sev-. eral days and since there isn't time for a scene change they will have to put on beards without the audience' being aware of it." "Tickets are still on sale in the Nebraska Union and from Kosmet Klub workers," Weerts announced. "There will be 2 a.m. women's hours on Friday," be added. to choose their own living en vironment." Alternative The alternative amend ment, proposed by Sen. Dick Schulze, states students have "the right to an equitable role in formulation of housing pol icy which allows maximum individual choice." Presenting the alternative amendment, Schulze said, "there is sufficient contro versy on article five, that the students should be allowed to have a choice in their deci sion." Sen. Jerry Olson argued the amendment was "com pletely redundant." He said article four, which gives stu dents "equitable participation in University policy-making decisions" would cover the statements presented in Schulze's amendment. juniors and women over 21. According to Miss Rose, "there are several problems to be faced if many more women have keys and one is lost." "The probability for this would certainly in crease," she added. For example, the cost of replacing a cylinder and keys if more than one key were lost would be extremely high, Miss Rose continued. "I am quite confident that the key system will be ex panded before next year," Miss Rose stated, "however, the actual mechanism for this expansion remains to be worked out." AWS Chairmen Other chairmen are: Marti Hughes, IAWS, Convention; Elaine Kallos, Focus on Coeds; Tish Hoyt, Treasurer; Dianne McDonald, Secretary; Nancy Coufal, Constitutional Convention chairman. Karen Wendt, Ivy Day Sing, activities mart; Nesha Neu meister, Constitution Conven tion, elections; Kathy Kues ter, Coed Follies; Mimi Ba ker, publicity. Nancy Eaton, House of Representatives; Maggie Ev enson, workers; Christie Schwartzkopf, orienta tion; Jan McGill, records; Carol Schliffke, notifications; Jane Sitorius, Coed Follies program; Susan Deitemeyer, office manager. Assistant chairman are: Linda Jeffrey, publicity; Cricket Black and Rosemary Mankin, records; Kendra Shepers and Mary Lund, noti fications. IRSXA LA DOUCE o A t H U C C - i !l s v.! t t- it . v i i" . v f '..1 ' if . I' in -mi. ,ni m.. il i WO-A. -rnwim- W Winriti iinniiiir nn n .nini.Miwmni itM Bill In The alternative amendment infers that freshmen may not have a choice in housing mat ters, Sen. Sue Phelps ar gued. Selection of their own liv ing quarters would not be a right for freshmen but a privi lege, she said, "and this is against the whole vein of the Bill of Rights." ASUN Second Vice-President Bob Samuelson said the alternative amendment is not redundant but "talks about working toward specific goals." Philosophical Stand Many senators are not cer tain whether to favor a "philosophical stand or a practical stand," and this de cision is "of such magnitude that the students should de cide the question. Article one of the bill was approved unanimously after the Senate passed a substi tute preamble, presented by senator Curt Bromm. Bromm said certain words in the original preamble "might possibly reflect the wrong image" to the other groups which must ratify the Bill, such as the Board of Re- gents and the Faculty Com mittee on Student Affairs. Substitute Preamble The substitute preamble doesn't have a "change in meaning," he said, but it is "less offensive." Sen. Al Spangler countered that the new preamble "is less firm, and less attrac tive." The substitute preamble was approved by a vote of 24-11. ASUN unanimously approved the original Article two and four and approved the original Article three by a vote of 30-2. Original Form Articles six, seven and eight were also approved by the senate in the original form. After incorporating an amendment into Article nine, , the senate unanimously passed the article. Proposed by Schulze as a "safeguard for the student radio station which will be in operation next fall, the amendment added that stu dents have the right "to broadcast" without censor ship. Articles 11, 12 The original statements of Articles eleven and twelve were also passed. Article ten was approved unanimously after being amended by Samuelson. Sen. Dave Snyder argued the article is unclear because "University facilities" are not defined. He added that "fa cilities" could include any thing the University owns. Koi.Jet Klub members prepare dress rehearsal. Of Rights; Proposal After a long debate and sev eral votes, the senate passed Article 13 33-1 with 2 absten tions. The article was amended by Samuelson to clarify the student's legal position in dis ciplinary actions. Sen. James Hubbard said under article 13 students can still submit themselves to University disciplinary ac tions if they so desire. He said if a student feels he has been unfarly treated by Uni versity officials in disciplin ary matters "he has a re course in the local courts." Employee Unions Amendment 14 stating that students employed by the University have the right to form student employee unions passed. The amendment passed af ter having been once de feated. The original amend ment simply said that stu dents have the right to form student unions, but was de feated when various senators expressed fears that student unions could be more destruc tive than constructive in na ture. A Samuelson - amendment changed the article to its . present form. 'We've Got' Miss Bitner, in voicing her support of the proposal, noted that this amendment "is one of the legal rights we've got" and urged its passage. She also pointed out that the University did not come under the minimum wage law and student unions would be one way to achieve more equitable wages. Amendment 15, which in es sence denies ASUN the right to rule on substance when recogniting student organiza tions, passed overwhelmingly after a Senseney motion al lowing ASUN to rule on sub stance was defeated. Watchful Eye Senseney argued that stu dents should have enough faith in student government to allow them such jurisdic tion, but Schulze urged that it was not "ASUN's job to keep a watchful eye on any organization ... the students should watch." "This is one place." he con tinued, "where college stu dents should start growing up." ' Amendment 16, allowing students to participate in ac tivities provided meet the re quirements of that organiza tion, passed unanimously. Grade Point Schulze explained, "It's about time students make up their minds if they can en gage in activities regardless of their grade point average." costumes for Thursday's J ' V I It- ?; I ' ? is i s - s I r T