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USCQLN, NEBRASKA.
APR 1 4
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1967
University of Nebraska
VOL 90, NO. 85
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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
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and seemingly bored with the whole proceedings, a Saint
Bernard joined protester! at Saturday's march against
the arrest of Heroic Bookstore employees.
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
