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THURSDAY APRIL 13, 1967
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VOL. 90, NO. 88
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STUDENTS CAST VOTES ... in record numbers yesterday. Late last night, totals in the fiercely
yet in.
Pleas, Personalities Not
Dominated Executive Ca
Emotional pleas and per
sonalities rather than clear
cut issues dominated the
ASUN executive campaigns,
a majority of student leaders
interviewed Wednesday said.
ASUN Second Vice-President
Bob Samuelson said the
"philosophies of the top can
didates paralleled each other
more closely last year."
Samuelson said the only
"real issue" in the campaign,
the choice between "A" or
"B" in Article V of the Bill
of Rights, was "almost an
artificial issue."
Schuke, Pfcifer Agree
The top two presidential
candidates Dick Schulze and
Ron Pfeifer agreed basically
on the philosophy behind Ar
ticle V, the housing issue,
Samuelson said, but disagreed
on the way it should be stated
in the actual Rights Bill.
"Last year there was a
real difference," Samuelson
commented.
ASUN President Terry
Schaff said "Last year the
issues over the Bill of Rights
were more cleareut. This
year the candidates were a
lot closer together on the is
sue." However, Schaff said he did
not feel students had voted
on emotional grounds. "There
are more people deciding for
themselves how to vote," he
said. "They (Schulze and
Pfeifer) are two well-qualified
men," he added.
Emotionalism
An unsuccessful presiden
tial candidate last year, Dave
Snyder, commented that the
emotionalism that character
ized this campaign was dif
ferent from that surrounding
the Schaff-Steve Abbott-Sny-der
campaign last year. ,
Snyder said, "This year the
emotionalism was behind the
candidates."
Cathie Shattuck, ASUN re
cording secretary, said the
campaign's emphasis was "on
emotions rather than issues."
"The students didn't really
have any idea what they
were voting for; they were
voting for one person be
cause they hated another,"
Miss Shattuck said.
Mudslinging
Samuelson said, "Most of
the mud that was tossed into
the campaign was tossed in
by sources not generally con
sidered part of student
government. Very little mud
slinging originated from
either camp."
Samuelson said the main
problem with mudslinging in
the campaign was that the
issues were clouded. He said
the clouding was due mainly
to the appearance of
the Tombstone Epitaph.
Law student John Klein
also said the campaign issues
were clouded. He said the
heightened emotionalism of
the campaign was due main
ly to the "confusion of those
issues that were unnecessari
ly garbled.'r
Klein said the "Anti-SDS
(Students for a Democratic
Society) element strikingly
resumbled the witch-hunt
HUAC (House Un American
Activities Committee).
He said the entire cam
paign was on "quite a low
level. I would have expected
much more from the type of
candidates we had."
Snyder said "more people
were more concerned" in
this campaign than previous
ones. The campaign was
"more keyed up, more
tense."
"It was harder to be apa
thetic," he commented.
Student Interest
Miss Shattuck said she felt
IFC Meeting . . .
Sclirieber Requests
Discrimination Talks
The Greek Week Conference
on racial discrimination was
the main topic of discussion
at the IFC meeting Wednes
day night.
Mark Schrieber, chairman
of the conference, expressed
disappointment over
the small number of houses
that discussed the conference
at their meetings last Mon
day night, and asked the re
maining fraternities to dis
cuss it this Monday.
Two Main Areas
The conference, which was
held last Saturday, brought
out two main areas of thought,
according to Schrieber.
"Some delegates to the con
ference felt that all houses
should be encouraged to
pledge Negroes in rush
week," Schrieber said," and
others felt that only those
houses which have discrimi
nation clauses should be en
couraged to remove them."
Kent C. Owen, national di
rector of fraternity education
of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity
spoke on "National Fraterni
ties and Discrimination" at
the conference.
IFC Action
Schrieber said that Owen
had recommended that IFC
bring action against specific
houses if discrimination
clauses are not changed.
A member of Sigma C h i
fraternity said that he felt
that a change in discrimina
tion policy was imminent and
"how it comes about is up to
IFC."
"I personally feel our chap
ter is fairly liberal on this
subject and we will go along
there was not an increased
interest but that "people just
got out more."
Other students interviewed
disagreed on the effective
ness of the campaign.
Several students, such as
junior Marilyn Linch, were
opposed to the methods used
by the candidates. Miss Linch
claimed there was an over
emphasis on materialistic
matters such as posters rath
er than on the issues the
candidates supported.
Emotional Grounds
Joan Bredthauer, senior,
said she felt the campaign
was conducted on emotional
grounds, while wondering
"how much of the Student
Bill of Rights was based on
personal feelings rather than
the issues involved."
She added that she voted
with action taken by IFC," he
said.
The effects of sending a
test case throught rush week
were discussed. Charlie bax
ter asked, "How many hous
es are going to bid a Negro
just because he is a Negro
and because they feel they
have to?"
No Token Bids
Jim Guretzky, president of
Pi Kappa Alpha said that he
was opposed to any form of
"token bids. "We should
get away from this idea."
A member of the all-Negro
fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi,
added, "If you bid a man up
to the last day and then
drop him, what will you be
able to say?"
"Many Negroes feel they
don't have a chance so they
won't go through rush," he
continued. "They wouldn't
like being a test case and
having things given to them."
Larger Number
A member of Beta Theta
Pi said that he felt that hav
ing a larger number of Ne
groes going through rush
would be a better situation
than having a single test case.
Some members of several
houses said they felt there
was a strong possibility that
their houses would pledge a
Negro and others said their
houses would not be willing
to "step out on a limb for
a test case."
IFC president Gene Hohen
see said the discussion would
be continued next week after
all the houses had discussed
racial discrimination in the
Greek system.
contested election were not
Issues
mpaign
for candidates "I've known
and I respect the judgment
they have shown in the cam
paign along with the general
way they have communi
cated their ideas."
Others felt the election was
one of the better ones with
clear issues and effective,
fair campaigning.
Darrell Luebbe, freshman,
felt the election competition
was "a good close affair and
I considered a lot of people
until the last minute when I
made a decision based on the
candidates' debates and
speeches given at meetings."
Jaeger Dean, senior, said
he felt the candidates "went
out campaigning more than
they did last year and his
voting decision was in
fluenced by personal contacts
with several candidates.
Cheryl Patterson, fresh
man, said she "was im
pressed with "the campaign
as all the candidates showed
a lot of enthusiasm." Her
decisions were based on which
candidates "showed they can
do the best job and go
through with their platform."
Mary Roseberry, senior,
said this year's campaign
was "the best one since I
have been here as the issues
were significant ones that af
fect students."
David Truckemrod, sopho
more, voted to get represen
tatives and better executive
groups that can improve cam
pus and reached his decision
by talking with representa
tives and h e a ri n g them
speak.
Cheryl Thomsen, freshman,
felt personalities "did more
than issues because not
enough people knew enough
so just personalities were
important."
Other students' comments
ranged from "A lot of it had
to do with knowing one of
the candidates real well" to
I just voted" and "I voted for
people I know I can't stand
the ones I know."
University Theatre Plays
Present Student Works
Two experimental theater
plays written by student play
rights will be produced Sun
day and Monday by the Uni
versity Theater, according to
Professor Stephen Cole, di
rector of the Theatre.
"Eddie PajesM's Got No
More Toes" by Jim Baffico
and starring Andy Backer
who played George in "Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf" will
begin at 7:30 p.m. in the
arena of Temple Building.
"Nothing Changes but the
Voters
Senate
Late Wednesday evening
the ASUN Election Commis
sion had not finished count
ing the record number of bal
lots in the executive race.
Ballot totals were estimated
at near 7,000.
The presidential and vice
presidential winners should
be announced in Friday's
paper.
Dr. Paul Byerly, ASUN ad
viser, said that the execu
tive races as of 11 p.m.
Wednesday appeared to be
very close.
The Senate ballots and the
Bill of Rights amendments
were not near completion.
Only Race Results
The only Senate race which
the Nebraskan was able to
obtain any information about
was in the Professional and
Graduate category.
Bob Samuelson, second vice
president of ASUN, posted
the following Professional and
Graduate tentative winners
outside the ballot counting
room.
Grad Winners
The tentative winners in
order of the number of votes
received at that time were
Phil Boardman, Alfred Fel
ber, Tom Greer, Roger Lott,
Mike Naden, Al Spangler and
Bill Tooley.
The presidential candidates
are Dick Schulze, Party for
Student Action; Rich Thomp
son; Ron Pfeifer; and Wes
Cooper, Students for a Demo
cratic Society.
The first vice presidential
candidates are Liz Aitken;
Gene Pokorny, Party for
Student Action; and George
Olivarri, SDS.
The second vice presiden
tial candidates are Mimi Rose,
PSA; Jerry Olson; and Den
nis Bartels, SDS.
Strong Campaign
During the two and a half
week election race the can
didates staged one of the
strongest vote getting cam
paigns in recent years.
A precedent setting rally
was held on election day eve
which saw almost 200 cheer
ing students march from Abel
Hall to the steps of the Ne
braska Union in an all out
vote getting attempt.
Innumerable debates were
held among the presidential
candidates and door to door
handshaking toms were a
common sight in all of the
dormitory complexes.
Both executive and sena
torial candidates were night
ly dinnei guests at fraternity
and sorority houses to pro
mote their campaign plat
forms. Rights Platforms
During the campaign the
forms centered around the
Student Bill of Rights and
proposals for educational im
provements student welfare
improvements.
As chairman of the Student
Conduct Committee, which
drafted the Student Bill of
Rights, Schulze strongly sup
ported the bill and the alter
native housing amendment.
Maintaining that an "equit
able role in the formulation
of housing policy is needed,"
Schulze said the alternative
article is "based on reason
rather than emotion and re
venge." Responsible Leadership
Schulze, who called for "re
sponsible and effective lead
ership" throughout the cam
paign, said he wanted the bill
in a form which "would be
the most effective way" to
bring about change.
The PSA ticket proposed a
Script" directed by John
Holms and written by Mar
cius Sweetser will follow.
On April 23 and 24 the
Theater will present "No De
posit, No Return" directed by
Mary Timm and written by
Daniel Clark. It will begin at
7:30 p.m. in Temple Building.
"Give a Man a String," di
rected by David Vanderloo
and written by Joe Bellicg
hiere will follow at 9 p.m.
Dr. Joseph Baldwin is in
charge of the production of
the experimental plays.
Swamp Polls;
Races Close
change in the advisory sys
tem, by which senior students
rather than faculty members
would counsel freshmen and
sophomores.
A "senior seminar" was
suggested by the party in
which senior students would
meet with faculty members
to criticize and evaluate the
curriculum in their major
field of study.
Schulze also discussed an
"interdisciplinary program"
during his campaign. This
program attempts to inte
grate the study of a general
topic to give students a more
complete understanding of
one area.
Team Teaching
An expanded program of
team teaching was also sug
gested in Schulze's educa
tional platform.
In this type of program in
structors who are specialists
in one area of a topic each
teach a class for several
weeks strictly on their speci
fic area.
Pfeifer also proposed sev
eral educational improve
ments during h i s election
campaign.
He suggested an increased
in the staff of the University
Counseling Service. He main
tained ASUN could aid this
office by "helping to acquire
more personnel."
NFU Study
A study of the NFU should
be undertaken this spring, he
said, to evaluate the courses
and research the possibilities
of accreditation for the free
university.
Concurring with the other
presidential candidates, Pfei
fer favored the incorporation
of ASUN, making it a legal
entity.
He suggested an expansion
of the pass-fail system and
the faculty evaluation book.
Pfeifer also stated that
ASUN should help to finance
a campus literary magazine.
The Bill of Rights is "a
philosophical ideal which
wont be accomplished over
night," he stressed during
the campaign.
Pfeifer's executive slate
took a stand on the original
Article Five which states that
students have the right to
choose their own living en
vironment. 'Education Ruined
"Education is ruined when
people are forced to live in
dormitories," he maintained,
and "could ruin the educa
tion of others who are forced
to live with them."
Thompson supported a stu
dent cooperative bookstore
throughout his campaign
which would be operated at
a profit rather than at cost.
He maintained that if
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Students Learn
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1' The University could establish a national reputation
in the field of bathroom designing if a Counseling Service i
I experiment proves successful, according to Dr. Harry
1 Canon, director of the Counreling Service.
The experiment in the use of lavatories a3 learning s
1 areas was conducted on two iloors each in Cather and
1 Pound early this week. i
I Study skills sheets were placed on bulletin boards and
by the elevators on one floor of each hall. The same
I sheets were posted inside the booths of the bathrooms of I
the other. i
I Tuesday evening residents of the floors were tested to i
determine which floor remembered more of the content
of the sheets.
Though students were not aware they were partici-
pating in an experiment Canon said he was sure t h e y I
1 "would accept this in the gracious way they accept other I
i presentations of total education."
1 He emphasized that this experiment is not a first step
towards thought control. I
"This is clearly not an invasion of the student's pri- I
I vacy," Canon stated. I
I The project grew out of research by Dr. Clayton Ger-
1 ken, professor of educational psychology, who showed
that when the number of distractions have been reduced
a student can concentrate on what he is trying to learn, f
Canon said the bathroom is one area of the residence I
I hall which has been neglected as a learning area.
I He quoted Russell Brown, assistant to the dean of
I student affairs, as saying a lot of learning and creative I
behavior can take place in the lavatory but it is largely f
haphazard. I
If the experiment proves as successful as Counseling
Service hopes, there might be implications for future I
dormitory design, he said. I
In addition other segments of the University might I
wish to use the lavatory for formal educational purposes, I
he stated. I
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ASUN incorporates, the pro
fits from this bookstore could
be used to finance the Senate.
The campus parking prob
lem could be solved, he sug
gested, if Lincoln students
and faculty members used
the parking facilities at the
State fairgrounds and then
hired shuttle buses to take
them to the campus.
Sponsored Forums
Thompson also campaigned
on a detailed educational
plank which proposed that
Senate sponsor "teach-ins"
and "forums" on controver
sial subjects such as birth
control, the population ex
plosion and world economic
problems.
SDS candidate, Wes Coop
er, proposed a "voluntary
student union," which would
be the students' "weapon
against the administration's
weapon of suspension."
The student union would
bargain for student rights in a
manner similar to the nego
tiations which are conducted
between labor unions and
management.
Cooper proposed an all
campus election to select tha
editor of the Daily Nebraskan.
He maintained such an elec
tion method would insure "an
editor who would have free
dom to print and advertise"
in the students' interests.
New Tolerance
"A new tolerance" was
called for by Cooper as he
proposed the distribution of
birth control pills for any
coed at the University Health
Center.
The SDS ticket also took a
siong stand on the Bill of
Rights, saying the bill "could
mark a r a d i c a 1 departure
from the self-delusions that
have characterized the so
called student government at
the University."
Cooper supported a housing
amendment which was placed
on the election ballot by a pe
tition containing more than
five per cent of the names of
regularly enrolled students on
the campus.
Free Union Film
Shown Thursday
The film "Wings over
Britain" will be presented
Thursday at the Nebraska
Union at 7 p.m.
The film is being spon
sored by the Union Trips
and Tours committee and is
free. A representative from
the Van Bloom travel
agency and Pan-American
airwavs will be there.
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