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aSKASXA STATE HISTORICAL SOdm USCQLN, NEBRASKA. APR 1 4 MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1967 University of Nebraska VOL 90, NO. 85 T IMPROVISED CROSS . . strators marched Steen, Students March; t No Arrests At Read-In By Mick Lowe Senior SCaff Writer William Steen continued his struggle against what he terms "police harassment" with a protest march through downtown Lincoln Saturday morning. One hundred twenty univer sity students followed Steen, owner of the Heroic Book Store, in his march to City Hall. Lincoln police were sta tioned at intersections and along O St. to escort the marchers and direct traffic. "Impeach Paul Douglas" The marchers carried signs reading "Impeach Paul Doug las," -and "The Bible has pin. i- rni ,4 i 1 tf f -S.V - f j aid - i. BURDENED BY PLACARD . . . which be cannot read and seemingly bored with the whole proceedings, a Saint Bernard joined protester! at Saturday's march against the arrest of Heroic Bookstore employees. Flff HffllHHUIIHf HBfffTfin :3Kflfl1iKnilMfflfllOTfg I Nominees I iTellASUNf Platforms S Three students who coul3 sot be contacted by the Daily Nebraskan have rade state ments concerning their quali fications for election to stu dent senate. Frank DaUad, a candidate from Graduate College said be "feels like there are a lot of activity jocks in the sen ate" and be would like to re-, place them. He also stated that be sup ports the SDS platform. Linda Zimmerman, a can didate from Teachers College, listed her involvement in Teachers College activities as the basis of her qualifications. She advocated closer con tact between senators and students, better counseling services and investigations of the physical aspects 'of hous ing. Marty Prince, a candidate from the college of architec ture and engineering, stressed that the needs of the archi tecture students have been long neglected in areas of both educational planning and participation and that be would like to remedy the situ ation. He added that his experi ence in working in the archi tectural field for two years lias helped to give him an in sight into the problems of the career in connection with the preparation one receives at She University. v;'ilf y i VS J X J : jj V . formed when gusts of wind dislodged protest poster as demon Saturday to express their disapproval of censorship. dirty stories," among others. Paul Douglas is the county attorney. The reactions of observors were widely varied. "I think they're the biggest idiots that ever walked down the pike," one irate Lincoln barber said as the marchers passed by., "They're a bunch of uncouth individuals." Put Cops In Jail "I think it's stupid." an O St. hairdresser stated flatly. "What's it for That Steen guy, huh? I think they should let him sell whatever he wants, and throw some of cops in jail," she laughed. "What's the difference be- HUMAN ir,- v Greek Banquet Announces Scholars, Game Winners Outstanding scholar ship awards, new initiates of Gamma Gamma, and the win ners of the Greek Week Games were announced at the Greek Week Banquet, Sun day eight. Bob Bartee of Beta Sigma Psi fraternity received the Sophomore Scholarship Award. The three Top Sen ior Male Greek Scholars were: Gary Larsen of Beta Sigma Psi, first with 4.1S5 overall average; Frederick Leistritz of Alpha Gamma Rho, second with a 4.144 over all; and Barry Kort of Sig ma Alpha Mu, tJiird with a 4.070 overafl. Coed Scholars Kathy Augustin of Kappa Kappa Gamma soroity re ceived the Sophomore High Scholarship Award; Glenice Barrows, Alpha Omicron Pi, received the Junior High Scholarship Award; and Er ma Winterer, Kappa Delta, received the Senior High Scholarship Award. Farmhouse Wins The Overall Men's Games Trophy was awarded to r arm house. Beta Tbeta Pi was first in the Volks-tow, Pbi Delta Theta won the Chariot Race, and the Tug of War was won by Farmhouse. The Pyramid race was won I - M tween art and filth?" asked a bystander at 12th and O. "Take some of them statues up at the University. If you ask me, those are obscene." "I don't approve of what he's selling, but I approve of his right to sell it," another man remarked quietly. "We have freedom of speech and the press so who's to say what's what?" Demonstrator's Route The demonstrators marched through the campus, down 14th to 0, and down 0 to 9th, in front of City HalL Police called the march "orderly." Steen called it "a success."- " Saturday afternoon many of the marchers reassembled at the Heroic to read "obscene" magazines on the stairway leading up to the store. At about 1:20 p.m. Steen and his followers appeared in the doorway of the store hold ing nudist magazines. Police Reaction Two Lincoln police officers sat outside the store in a cruiser and watched the dem onstration. Some of the demonstrators frankly admitted that they w ere "trying to get arrested," but they appeared to be work ing at cross-purposes with Lincoln police. Steen was sentenced Fri day to six months in jail and fined $300 on six counts of "advertising and possessing pornographic and obscene lit erature." by Chi Phi and the fastest time in the Marathon was that of Rex Keep 4 min utes and 40 seconds. Pi Beta Phi soroity won the girl's obstacle race and Wildlife Research . . . U.S. Researcher Asks: Can Nebraska Fill Need There is more to Nebraska fishing and wildlife work than controlling fishing and hunt ing, according to Dr. Ray mond Johnson, assistant di rector of the Research Bu reau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife in Washington. Wildlife work has other values such as indicating quality of land and water and explaining the human en vironment, Johnson said in an interview Thursday. Does Nebraska Have It? Are there facilities and op portunities in Nebraska for the complex studies and scientific disciplines that are required to provide these values? be asked. Johnson challenged the Uni versity to muster enough talent for the wildlife oppor tunities in Nebraska. He , termed the University the only source of enough trained talent to meet the challenge. 'No Overt Action, But Stares'; Greek Meet Hears Pickens By Paul Eaton Junior Staff Writer "Some houses I dread walk ing in front of. There is no overt action but there are the stares," Bob Pickens, University of Nebraska stu dent, said at the Greek Week Conference on Racial D i s crimination held Saturday at the Nebraska Center for Con tinuing Education. Pickens spoke on discrim ination viewed locally and about discrimination as he sees it on this campus. He said that while at Ne braska he has met constant frustration at being "a black man in a white society." Pickens said that the c 1 a s s room is one of few places where he is not discriminated against Greek Member Pickens stated that he is a Greek member but that there are some houses he dreads walking past. He said that over all knowledge and under standing is part of college. "You have to understand the other side of the fence," he said. "You have asked us to learn of you. but yu have not attempted to learn of us. College is a mutual learning process. "You should observe me and apply this knowledge to the theories you have already." "What can you do to elim inate the problem of discrim ination?" Pickens asked. "You can learn more than there is to learn in books. You can observe how you re act to the same situation." Not Accepted Pickens said that his great est frustration comes in ask ing himself the reasons why he is not b e i n g accepted. "Don't I meet the standards of the g r o u p or is it my color." He said that if the discrim- Tassels Initiation Set For Monday The annual Tassel's initia tion will be held at 4:30 p.m. with a banquet following at 5:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Monday. Interviews for new tassel pledges for the coming year will be held Saturday. Applica tions are available at the Tas sel's office in the Nebraska Union. Interested independents are asked to sign-up for an inter view time before S pjn. W'ednesday. Delta Zeta wrapped up the twelve-legged race. For lack of space the Gam ma Gamma members will be announced Wednesday in the Daily Nebraskan. Friday at the University Wildlife Club Banquet, John son told of a discovery of cancer in fish that was traced to diet where the inducing agent was discovered to be a fungus that grew in sacks of fish food. Craig D r e e 2 e n. Wild life Club president presented Terry Cacek an annual stu dent award. Cacek is an avid hunter, fisherman, trapper, and reloader. He has been the author of articles in na tional wildlife magazines. One of the nation's best known ornithologists, Mrs. John Lueshen of Wisner, was awarded the Nebraska Out standing Wildlife Conserva tion Award sponsored by the Club and the Lincoln Journal and Star. Gov. Norbert Tiemann and Mayor Dean Petersen at tended the banquet. ination is based on group preference, it's time to ren ovate the group. "You have no g r o u n d to say I discriminate against Ne groes until you find reasons to base your discrimination upon," he said. Pickens urged everyone to ask questions and discuss the views and ideas of different cultures and elim inate discrimination. Discriminatory Basis He asked each person to ask h i m s e 1 f if he discrim inates and then to ask him self what the basis for his discrimination is."If the basis is purely cultural or because of my color again I feel sorry for you because you aren't learning," he said. "If the basis is group pref erence, you are part of t h e group so try- to alter the two." Pickens closed by saying that Nebraska has along hard road to travel not the University, not all the people, but those who fail to realize that other cultures are healthy and beneficial to so ciety. Another of the three fea tured speakers of the confer ence, Mr. John Davis, trav eling secretary of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, spoke on the changing role of fraternities on the college campus. Brotherly Love' Davis said that the role of the college fraternity which is to promote brotherly love within the brotherhood of tmnnnniiBiiiiniuiniiirmnniiiiinuiiiiimiiiiiji Polling Places I The polling places for i I Wednesday's ASUN elec- 1 ' I tion have been an- I I nounced. I Voting booths in the g Nebraska Union and Love Library will be jf open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Two tents will i be set up for voting be- tween 8:30 and 4:30 p.m. I One of the tents will be s located by the Woods Art Gallery and the other booth will be on the Mall 1 I between Burnett Hall and I Andrews HalL f 1 The East Union will be open for voting between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. I IjRimnmmmiimeufflmnuDuiKrtuiinminiil IDA Plans Tuition Hike Study 9 Fund Request Mark Gordon Junior Staff Writer An investigation of the pro posed University tuition hike and a request for additional per-resident funds from the .University housing office are among major IDA plans for the remainder of the semes ter, IDA executive officials said Sunday. Poll Of Residents IDA president John Fryar said that as soon as the re sults of a poll on the effect of the $75 dormitory rate hike and the proposed tuition in crease will have on dormi tory residents, the IDA will take some action. Brian Ride nour, the IDA vice-president who istaking the survey, said the preliminary survey indicated 120 Pound residents and 138 Cathei residents will be forced to leave the dormi tories due to the combined increase. Letters To Senators "We'll probably send letters to all state senators and ad ministration officials as well as presenting our beliefs to the legislature," Fryar said. He said the legislature pre sentation would assume ad ditional influence if a large number of residents would accompany the IDA officials to the legislature. "A presentation by an IDA spokesman who represents over 4,000 students along with a balcony full of residents would help our cause," he said. More Money Wanted In conjunction with the the increased student p a y ments next year, Fryar said he will request a bike man, has not changed, but that the members of the in dividual fraternities have changed. Through the formative years of 1776, when the first college fraternity was founded at the College of W i 1 1 i a m and Mary, until 1864, when the first fraternity house was established, the purpose of the fraternity was to pro mote the brotherhood of man and the growth of character. Lose Purpose "Then," said Davis, "came the Roaring 20's when Greek members seemed to lose sight of their purpose and the Greek image became one of a care free student with a small hat sitting on the back of h i s head, a pennant in one hand, and a bottle under his arm." "Today we are seeking to get back to the role of t h e fraternity by trying to get the people involved to see the fra ternity as a place for living and learning, said Dans. "We want them to see and recog nize the unseen things like brotherhood and friendship which are the real basis of a fraternity." Evaluate Pledge Program Davis ended by saying that we should evaluate the pledge program. "Quality teachers should teach the broader and deeper meaning of the fra ternity to quality pledges," he said. The other featured speaker of the afternoon was Mr. Kent Owens who spoke on national fraternities and discrimina tion. Owens said that the institu tion of a fraternity is worth saving and therefore should be changed. He said that prej u d i c e and discrimination which results in exclusion which is not realistic or mor alistic. Discrimination Types Owens listed three types of discrimination present in sev eral fraternities. These were structural, procedural and society discrimination. Structural clauses which discriminate against many groups can be found in the national constitutions or chapter by-laws of many fra ternities and sororities. Owens also listed the "blackball" as a procedural discrimination which must be eliminated. He said that the of the present $5 allocation per resident for next year. He said the request that will be presented to the University housing office for next year's funds is "to provide educa tional opportunities for our residents as well as meeting our own operating costs." He added that the matter would not be presented to Uni versity officials until a finan cial statement from each res idence hall is completed and studied. Feedback From S800 Ridenour added that al though the residence hall ex penses are increasing for the administration, "part of the funds should be sent back to the residents for increased benefits." Fryar said the IDA will be gin work on starting a pro gram for freshman workers for next year so "freshmen can get involved in dormitory life and participate in dormi tory activity." He added that "right now the officers and programs are already set up but these are basically on large scale pro grams." Booklet On Dorms Ridenour said be will begin assembling a booklet describ ing the dormitories and their opportunities for residents for possible distribution to n e w students next fall by mail along with their application to the University. "This will help to acquaint students with the system and enable them to make a choice about the different residence halls," he explained. He also suggested the "formation of a monthly IDA blackball is symbolic killing. He proposed that every mem ber of the chapter should ap prove a prospective member before he is pledged. Society Discrimination Society discrimination, Owens said, is arbitrary and unintentional, but it exists and could be abolished if each person would think about th. reason he has for being op posed to pledging someone. Owens said that many ideal istic statements have been made by Fraternity councils and national organizations but that nothing of consequence is being done. Locally Autonomous He proposed that frater nities that become locally au tonomous should be sus pended by the colleges. Owens also urg3d delegates to speak up honestly at national con ventions. He stated that most national fraternities a n d so rorities do liave Negro mem bers. Marck Shrieber, chairman of the conference said the IFC plans to use this a n d fu ture Greek Week Conferences to discuss specific topics which are relevant to the Greek system. After listening to the speeches the delegates split up into nine discussion groups to discuss what had been said. Discussion Groups Following the discus sion groups the delegates and group leaders came back to the conference hall and re viewed what had gone on in their discussion groups. Several of the discussion leaders were disappointed in the reactions of the members of their groups to-what had been said earlier. After the discussion group leaders had given their sum maries, Owens summarized what had been accomplished. He said that he was glad to see such a conference being held because it showed the awareness and interest the members of the Greek sys tem had in their problem of discrimination. Schrieber closed the pro gram by asking each delegate to make a report of the con ference at their chapter meetings and to discuss the conference vith the other members of their house. bulletin outlining dormitory and campus activities for each month and an exchange of newsletters between the residence halls." Hall Directors At IDA Other programs included having an IDA representative attend ASUN meetings, an in vestigation into having resi dence directors attend future IDA meetings on a rotating basis and obtaining a history of each individual residence hall "so the Council and ex ecutive members can know more about each hall." He said the IDA will under take further action on the coed-visiting hours proposal that was presented to the Uni versity Board of Regents April 3 as soon as the Regents reach a decision on t h e mat ter. Ridenour pointed o u t an IDA problem that all this ac tivity may solve. The IDA has much to do in these last few weeks of the semester if in terest in the organization is to be retained over the summer, he said. Minimum Wage Affects Employe All University part-time employes are affected by the recent Federal Fair La bor Standards Act (Mini mum Wage Law), accord ing to Robert B a r n e t, as sistant director of the Ne braska Union. The minimum will in crease 15 cents annually un til it reaches $1.60 per hour in February of 1S70.