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MONDAY, AKKIL iU, IVo Page rne uaiiy Nebraskan 3 '."jfl 3 .2 j'i ' 4 IS 'J 4 - 1- Student By Jim Evlnger , Junior Staff Writer Student power, student welfare, concern with the quality of education these have been the slogans and basli of stands of the six candidates running for ASUN's two vice presiden tial positions. All agree to a general goal of student concern and participation in the Univer sity through student gov ernment. Their stands vary on the policies and means of enactment to achieve that goal. List of Candidates Liz Aitken, George Oli varri (on the SDS ticket) and Gene Pokorny (on the PSA ticket) have filed for the office of first vice pres ident. Dennis Bartels (on the SDS ticket), Jerry Ol son and Mimi Rose (on the PSA ticket) have filed for the office of second vice president. Asked by the Daily Ne braskan what she thought the office of first vice presi dent of the Senate entails, Miss Aitken said the ob vious responsibility is to run the Senate meetings through parliamentary pro cedure, as stated in the ASUN constitution. Stay Impartial She said the vice presi dent has the duty to stay impartial, as an arbitrator, and remain objective in giving both sides a chance to give their views on is sues. "He musn't be hesitant to enforce parliamentary procedure or lead the "Sen ate," she emphasized. "Working with the ASUN president is another duty of milllll!llllllllllllll!imillllllllllllllllllllllll!!IIIIIIIIIIIN Liz Aitken mniiiiHNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiimiiminiiiiim the office," Miss Aitken an swered. Increase Role The role of the executive in directing the Senate must be Increased which in cludes providing leadership outside the Senate meet ings in the committee op erations, she emphasized. "This doesn't mean to say that I'd like to sae the executive run the commit tees or interfere with their work. But the executive must lead the Senate and actually serve as an entity in itself," was her explana tion. Make Speeches Concerning specific du ties in the capacity of first vice president, Miss Artken said that they should in clude representing the Den ate and the u n i v e r s i t y through speaking engage ments throughout the state. She would like to see the executives become "active ly interested in Senate proj ects," by sitting with com mittees, offering comments based on their part experi ence and keeping up regular attendance. Should Know Issues Citing this year's execu tives' lack of knowledge on the issues prior to their introduction in Senate, Miss Aitken said it was impera tive that all executives know the background and consequences of the issues before they came up. She gave her views on specific issues before the University at the present time: Bill of Rights: "We must realize and admit the problems Administra tion will face" in regard to student bousing. "We must never stop fighting for what we have stated we want as approved In the Bill of Rights. We must never lose sight of these goals." Extend Role ASUN Legislative Liason committee: Extend the role and reach of this committee in continuing this year's excellence. Honors programs: There is a need for student prompted growth in the fields of special education al facilities and programs. Expand the people and areas affected by honors courses and career scholar programs. S - 1 c t - 4 . J ' Power, Establishment of a col lege of independent thinking-study-research: to be used by upperclassmen, participating in directed readings, private research and private seminars with instructors. Improve Student Health Student health: Vocalize the student's viewpoint of the student health service. The doctors are good and the administration of it is bad. If this is unavoidable, then the system is taking unfair abuse and must be changed. Counseling-advising ser vices: N e e d to be im proved. Expand to all col leges the business adminis tration college's plan of students being able to go to any instructor in the col lege for counseling and registration. Nebraska Free Univer sity: If it does nothing better than to prompt bet ter curriculums within the University, then it's worth while. Miss Aitken said that her role as first vice-president would be to make good her campaign promises by "first and foremost re specting the views ot the students" in utilizing her powers and facilities in of fice. Three-Fold Duty Olivarri sees the duties of the office as three parts. In presiding over the Sen ate, the first vice-president must introduce vital and relative points to discus sions in addition to keeping the discussion pertinent. The next phase is serv ing as a liason between students snd administration by "explaining students de sires and wishes to admin istration in the best pos sible terms." This includes working through existing channels or adopting meth ods of action to achieve stu dent goals. The third duty of the of fice is to instigate basic policy by cooperating with the executive body. Follow Wishes Olivarri said that if elected, his approach to is sues would be the exact wishes of the students. "We've been telling stu dents what our SDS ticket stands for all through this election. They know what our platform says and what we'll do. We have not avoided any issues." He called the ticket's slo gan "student power." This means trying to bring into controlling student interest every aspect as is feasibly possible. Rights Bill Symbolic Regarding the Bill of Rights, Olivarri said "I see it as something very posi tive. It is something sym bolic for the various aspects of the University." "Article Five in its first form would be best, Olivar ri says. If the Board of Re gents refused to let the stu dents have this right, he called for students to ac tively move out of dormi tories after long talks with the Board. This would he what he terms a "dorm strike." He views the quality of education as being able to be improved in two ways: through better professors or enrichment of the private lives of the students. He stressed three planks in the SDS platform that he would work to see estab lished: the election of t h e Daily Nebraskan editor by students, student elected Nebraskan Union board members, and a student elected voting member of the Board of Regents. Ron the Senate The first vice-president's most significant duty is to run the Senate, said Gene Pokorny. "I think that any of the executive offers can bring his own philosophy of what needs to be done into ac tion." j George Olivarri Welfare, Education Are Goals Of VP Hopefuls His major concern is ed ucation and Pokorny said he had seen signs of a de crease in the quality of education available at t h e ' University. Student Government "Student government has not really concerned itself with student education in some areas. It needs to do more in those area," Po korny said. He called this the justifi cation of student govern ment, saying if it -can't make an impact on educa tion, there's nothing else it should do. One role that ASUN could assume, he said, would be helping to implement and aid the c o 1 1 e g e advisory boards when asked. He calls for "communication through executive leader ship which is sensitive to needs." He hopes for the continu ation of the free university. He termed it successful and "an obvious manifestation of student concern" over the quality of education. Honors Courses Pokorny said that the honors courses need to be improved. This is an area in which student govern ment must learn how it can help, he said. He stressed that the pass fail system should be ex tended to all colleges, with continued annua' improve ment in the system. Pokorny cited the estab lishment of the legislative liason committee as a sig nificant break-through in re lations with the state Legis lature. Gene Pokorny Government Power "The power of student government lies in its per suasive power" as a spokes ' man of the student body, he said. He emphasized the need to articulate and com municate to the legislators, and the citizens of the state, the students' viewpoint of the University and its issues. Higher education in this country is going through an extremely rapid change, he said. It has been failing to fulfill some of the ex pectations of the people. This is partly a result of the student body and so ciety having wrong expec tations as well as the failure of higher education. He pointed out a nation wide movement to have those institutions fulfill their obligations to society. Most of the responsibility falls on the students, he said, and that they have generally been unwilling to assume this responsibility. Elements Fraction: lized Seeing the University as a community which cannot operate in segments, he said that elements have been fractionalized, hinder ing progress as an institu tion. He said that change must come from the whole community. "ASUN has made defin ite progress in its first two years. We're finally begin ning to realize the poten tial of an association of students of the University," Pokorny said. "Now we must increase our speed because we know the direc tion we're heading in." The duties of the second vice president as set in the ASUN constitution include being a member of the electoral commission, ad viser to Senate committees, available to serve with all GARY RAYMOND FOR ARTS & SCIENCES ADVISORY BOARD ad hoc committees and carries out general execu tive duties. Bill Of Rights As second vice-president, "it would be my respon sibility first and foremost to see to the implementa tion of the Bill of Rights as approved by the stu dents." said candidate Den nis Bartels. He said he would gear his role in sen ate entirely to this goal. "Hopefully if our slate is elected, we will be able to instigate legislation or oth er types' of action which will make not only the Bill of Rights a reality but also our SDS platform. "It is my goal that we should try to achieve these goals through communica tions with the proper au thorities, through both stu dent and civil law courts and through direct action by students when neces sary." Instigate Action As second vice-president he said he would provide leadership for those com mittees he works with, bear ing in mind implementation of the Bill of Rights and the SDS platform. He called the executive slate's pur pose to instigate legisla tion and action. "In terms of value to the students, the goal is es tablishing a means where by the students can change curriculum and the grad ing system," he said. Referring to the housing policy, he called the pres ent situation analogous to the "black people of the south who don't have total rights of citizenship be cause the community at large doesn't want them to have the rights." Exercising Rights "If the Regents have gotten themselves into a position where financial ob ligations require them to prevent students from exer cising their rights, then that is the problem of the Regents, not the students," Bartels said. Should certain articles of the Bill of Rights be re jected by the Board of Re gents, he said that simply because the Regents don't recognize certain articles, it doesn't mean students don't have those rights. "If the Regents don't recognize certain articles by rejecting parts of the Bill of Rights, it doesn't mean we haven't got those rights. All it means is that we haven't got the power to enforce those rights yet!" he exclaimed. Implementing 'Rights' "If the channels fail, we'll have to do everything in our power that hasn't been used yet," he explained. Expanding this, he includ ed the channel of direc action, which encompasses legal action through civil courts. Direct action is also non violent demonstration, he said. This is different from direct and outright civil disobedience. It covers the formation of an assembly or union of students. 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"If there's one slogan to summarize the SDA plat form, it's student power. We feel the group at the univer sity which makes decisions that directly affects student lives should be the students," Bartels concluded. Candidate Jerry Olson said the office of second vice president is fortunate ly not limited in the ASUN constitution. He envisions it as a part of an executive team to formulate policy, to give ad vise to the senate, and serve as the student's rep resentative. "Administrative Catch-all" He termed the office an "administrative catch-all" which aids with the admini strative duties of the other two executive officers. "I'm under the firm phi losophy that the University exists s o 1 e 1 y for the stu dents." With an ever in creasing enrollment making the student less and less of an entity, he said that the students must be rep resented by the Senate and provide a sounding board for the individual. Coordinator Olson said that student government should be an intergrator and coordinator between students and or ganizations. He would like to see Senate go to the ma jor organizations for ad vise on problems that en compass several areas of campus life, and may deal with the entire University. "I do not envision ASUN as an amoeba to engulge all other organizations, but rather promote a spirit of cooperation to benefit the individual student. Student Government "Student government has but one place to go and that's into education," Ol son said. Calling the pres ent quality of education not what it should be, he chal- . lenged student government to assume a vital role in improving it. Olson listed ways to ac complish this as: Expanding the honors program. Improving the career scholars program. Ending the red tape in volved with the current ad vising system by installing the business administration college program throughout hte other colleges. Ending the "waste of time and burdensome incon venience" of the student health system. Publicizing and improving the counseling service, say-, ing that "the department head has pointed out that re form must come from the students, through student government." Rational Approach Advocating a rational ap- pr ach to accomplish pro gressive change, Olson, agreed that rational d i s cussion with administration and the Board of Regents is necessary to bring about change. He cited an example of SUMMER M EUROPE??? tfmdol Matw Cwnpony wilt Ml m Imr t wvt of t 1M m STANDARD MOTORS 1731 "0" HONDA -TRIUMPH end HOW.. BULTACO!!! BULTACO BULTACO- Mi"JS!r WE SERVICE AND HAVE PARTS FOR ALL WE SELL MIDWESrS LARGEST STOCK OF PARTS AND ACCESSORIES EASY TERMS PAYMENTS AS LOW AS $9 MO. RANDOLPH CYCLE 2100 N. St. 432-5MS K n W is rlj; Nll i Dennis Bartels niiiini niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiHiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i in this as the ad hoc housing committee. Supporting the e n t i r e Bill of Rights and Article Five in its original form, Ol son said he felt qualified to h i s opinion through h i s work on the student con duct committee this year which drafted the bill. "It puts in writing a goal that is not subject to the whims of a changing admin istration as would be the definition 'maximum indi vidual choice' as stated in the alternative." Alternative Proposal He f e 1 1 the alternative proposal c o u 1 d be inter preted differently every time, "leaving too much to administrative definition." "Doing things meaning forming task forces," he said. "There's ' more to it than laying out a simple three-step approach to ev ery problem. This is un realistic and inflexible in practice." Student Ideas "We don't pretend to want to make decision for indi vidual students without dis covering what their basic feelings are." Mimi Rose agreed to the opportunity afforded the second vice president, say ing it included working with executive in carrying out projects that come up through out the year but can't be predicted ahead oi time. Necessity She said a "Bill of Rights Is a necessity to the cam pus" and "will commit stu dent government to action." she sees the main issue as ue, involving philosophy of government She gave two instances of student participation this year in decisions which they have a direct stake involved. One is the legislative lia son committee which she served on. She thinks the committee had a "s o m e what instrumental role" in affecting the University bud get considerations by the Legislature this year. JANE THOMPSON for Teacher's College Advisory Bssrd - t,yl the Brfint tf the MS! Jerry Olson Ad Hoc Committee Her other example was the Ad Hoc Housing Com mittee. She hopes that it will be become a perma nent group, evaluating hous ing policy every year. Miss Rose said that stu dent government should move into the role of edu cation. She pointed out that it had started to move in that direction this year with the limited use of the pass fail grading system. She said the system could be expanded through student government. She urged ASUN to in corporate under state laws, saying it was apparently economically feasible to do so at this time. Bookstore Such a move would allow ASUN to operate a book store for the students. Most effective change she emphasized, comes from working with the elements involved at the University the administrations, faculty, state legislators, the stu dents and the citizens of the state. Calling the free univer sity's start this year as a beginning, she said it has "made students aware of what they are lacking" in terms of education. She hoped it might even tually affect the curriculum and wished it to be con tinued and expanded in terms of more courses that people wish to take. 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