THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Commentary
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1967
Editorials
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6A Job Well Done'
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Campus Opinion
"A job well done" that's the way
ASUN President Terry Schaaf described
this year's student government and the
Daily Nebraskan agrees.
ASUN, under Terry, Roger Doerr and
Bob Samuelson, did accomplish a great
deal and it has been successful in mak
ing student opinion equal with that of oth
er segments of the University.
Excellent Advice
Furthermore we feel that Terry pro
vided next year's student government
with excellent advice when he warned it .
against being conservative or reactionary,
but stressed that it must always be re
sponsible and informed.
The Nebraskan balancing the tradi
tional student government-newspaper re
lationshiphas not always agreed with
this year's ASUN executives, but we feel
that for the most part our differences
are cow unimportant and our common
ideas, goals and feelings are primary.
Terry, Roger and Bob all have con
tributed more time, work, effort and de
votion to the students at this University
than almost any other three students pre
sently here.
Great Justice
Terry has done great justice to ASUN.
In its first year, he was the most effec
tive senator with the best oratory and
often the best ideas. In its second year,
Terry provided the work and devotion
that made the position of ASUN presi
dent a full time job.
Roger for whom respect is unlimited
will long stand with Larry Frolik as
being the second great ASUN first vice
president and president of the Senate.
Likewise Bob as the ASUN's first,
second vice president has made the job
vital and important. Bob occupied his
job like its formers visualized it and pro
vided the impetus for a little extra spir
it, individualism, imagination and think
ing. All three represent "a job well done."
Beneficial Results
Students can work with administra
tion in accomplishing some sort of tan
gible and beneficial results. This has been
proved by the Ad Hoc Housing Commit
tee and its recommendation this week.
In the Daily Nebraskan's opinion, the
committee has proved successful and ef
fective. Workable Compromise
The committee's report on housing
represents a workable compromise be
tween fundamental ideas about the bene
fits and necessity for group living and
the students' concern with individualism
and freedom.
The report stresses the benefits of on
campus housing such as dorms and Greek
living units, especially for freshmen. It
notes sincerely that students can benefit
from living in a group atmosphere and
mat campus living facilities can provide
educational benefits.
Yet at the same time the report also
recognizes that upper class students
should have as much freedom as possible
in guidiiig their own lives and that there
is no reason for discrimination between
men and women. The report recommends
changes in housing regulations which will
make it easier for all students over 21
to choose their own living residence and
provide a large range of choice for all
seniors, juniors and sophomores with
parental permission.
Minority Portion
It might be argued as the minority
portion of the report suggests that regu
lations for freshmen students should not
be quite so final and that individual feel
ings of students and parents should al
ways be taken into consideration.
But for the most part the report
seems to earnestly consider the feelings
of all parties the administration, the stu
dents, the parents and the individual.
The report is only a recommendation
but the Nebraskan hopes that different
parts of administration and the Board of
Regents will recognize the careful consid
eration, hard work and understanding of
all parties who took part in the committee.
Bill of Rights
Tfcs Student Bill of Rights, in the
making for over a year, became part of
(he ASUN Constitution last Wednesday.
With the tally completed, the vote of the
student body passed all sections except
part one of Article 5. The following is a
complete listing of all parts of the docu
ment, as approved by the students.
(The following amendment was sub
mitted by a petition signed by not less
than five per cent of the regularly en
rolled full-time students of the Univer
sity.).. 1. Each student shall have the right
to choose his living environment
(The following amendments were sub
mitted by a two-thirds majority of the
Student Senate cf ASUN).
Article L In order to affirm and de
fine those conditions essential to the
achievement of total education in a dem
ocratic society, the Association of Stu
dents of the University of Nebraska con
sider the following rights among those
necessary in the development of the stu
dent as an individual and as a respon
sible citizen of that society.
All persons have the riht to be con
sidered for admission to the University of
Nebraska and student organizations of
that University without regard to the ap
plicant's race, national origin, religious
creed or political beliefs.
Article 2. Students have the right to
a clear and concise statement of contrac
tual obligations before entering the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
Article S. Students have the right to
maintain democratic government.
Article 4 Students have the right to
equitable participation in University pel-Icy-making
decisions.
Article S. Students have the right to
an equitable role In formulation of hous
ing policy which allows maximum individ
ual choke.
Article I. Students have the right to
free discussion, expression and inquiry
within the classroom.
Article 7. Students have the right to
fto unprejudiced evaluation of academic
work.
Article f. Students have the right to
determine who shall hare access to their
academic or son-academic records.
Article I. Students have the right to
invite speakers, to publish, and to broad
cast without censorship.
Article 10. Students and student organ
izations have the right to contract to use
University-owned facilities provided the
facilities are used for the purpose con
tracted, subject so such considerations as
are necessary for use of the facilities.
Article 1L Students have the right to
participate freely in off-campus activities
when not claiming to be officially repre
senting the University of Nebraska.
Article 12. Students have the right to
due process in all academic and discip
linary procedures.
Article 12. Ztuimtt have the right to
be free from University discipline assert
ed as a result of an action which is in
violation of civil or criminal law provid
ing the action does not concurrently vio
late University regulations.
Article 14. Students employed by the
University of Nebraska have the right to
form student employee unions.
Article 1$. Student organizations have
the right to enjoy recognition by the ASUN
provided that these organizations comply
with the procedural regulations for recog
nition as outlined by the ASUN.
Article 18. Students have the right to
participate in student activities provided
they meet the membership requirements
prescribed by that activity.
The ambiguity created by the passage
of the petition amendment concerning
housing and section two of Article 5 will
be one of the problems facing the Sen
ate in implementation of this document.
Although it is most likely that recommen
dations of the Housing Committee will go
through and the amendments therefore
will not pose immediate problems, they
still create an essential flaw in ao oth
erwise sound Bill of Rights.
Steps will be token yet this spring
to bring about changes implied in many
of the other articles. The Senate, with a
mandate for action which is quite un
equaled in recent years, will have to
prove to the University that there is no
need for a shaken faith In student govern
ment and that student leaders are more
anxious than ever to bring about con
structive change in the University.
Our Man Hoppe-
The Killer Instinct
Arthur Hoppe
"Get ready to move out,"
snapped Captain Buck Ace.
"We've got another search
and destroy mission and I
want you men to zap Char
lie and zap him good. Any
qestions?"
"Yes, sir," said Private
Oliver Drab, 378-184454,
raising his hand tenta
tively. "Why?'
"Why what, Drab?" said
Captain Ace, slapping his
swagger stick against his
puttee with annoyance.
"Have you got something
against search and destroy
missions?"
"Oh, I've got nothing
against searching, s i r,"
said Private Drab. "But to
tell the truth the destroying
part's been bothering me
lately. I keep thinking of
Mr. Crannich."
"All right," said the Cap
tain, his curiosity getting
the better of him. Who's
Mr. Crannich?"
"That's our druggist back
home, sir. And he's a ter
rible man, really. 1 mean
he cheats the little kids
and -sells teen-agers dirty
books and short-changes
the old folks on their pre
scriptions. He's the very
worst man I know. Yet,
try as I might, sir, I just
can't bring myself to want
to kill him."
"Who wants you to kill
him, son?" said the Cap
tain, adopting the gentle
tone one uses with sus
pected mental cases.
"Oh, no one, sir. I just
use him as a test. I mean
if I can't work up any en
thusiasm for killing the
very worst man I know, you
can see how I naturally feel
about killing (and here Pri
vate Drab waved a hand at
the surrounding jungle) a
bunch of strangers."
"Strangers!" cried the
Captain. "They're not stran
gers, you idiot. They're ene
mies." "Yes, sir. But the fact is
I don't know them, not even
casually. Now I'll bet some
of them are just as bad as
Mr. Crannich. And that's
what I say to myself, sir,
when I get &ne in my
sights. I say, 'I'll bet you
NSA-Saved?
The major question now is what will happen to the
National Student Association. Is there anything salvage
able? Will NSA be able to carry on effectively its pro
grams which have benefited, indirectly through individu
placed by a "Free St"1"nt Union" (whatever that may
mean) as suggested in a column elsewhere?
We believe that NSA should be and can be saved.
During its 20 years NSA has developed numerous pro
grams which have benefitted, indirectly through individu
al student governments and directly, millions of students.
NSA, for example, sponsors the International Stu
dent Identity Card which entitles students to special ser
vices when traveling abroad; NSA originated the Student
Discount Card which saves hundreds of students a con
siderable amount of money each year; the NSA Student
Government Information Service publishes books on
topics ranging from "Campus Parking" to "Campus Val
ues and Climates," in short, NSA is the main source
of ideas used by both member and non-member student
governments to provide student services.
NSA has frequently represented the entire student
movement on the national level, and has done an excellent
job of it. Even President Johnson, who has frequently been
condemned on foreign policy issues by NSA, has recog
nized this.
In a telegram to the 19th NSA Congress at the Uni
versity of Illinois last summer, the President wrote:
"For two decades the NSA has been not only a link be
tween America's students but their national voice. Dur
ing all these years, that voice has been eloqucnt-and
your leadership vigorous and responsible."
NSA must be saved. It took 20 years to build an
effective and respected hational union of students. It
would take just as long to build another one and that
would be a waste of time and resources; the students
would be the losers.
Minnesota Dally
Collegiate Press
Service
cheat little kids and pervert
teen-agers and short-change
old folks, you rat.' But to be
honest, sir, it's pretty hard
to tell that about a man at
200 yeards especially when
you've never met."
"Look here," said the
Captain, putting a fatherly
arm around Drab's shoul
der, "I'll personally guar
antee that each one of those
Charlies out there does just
that. So next time, you zap
them good."
"I'll try, sir," said Pri
vate Drab with a sigh, "but
I'm afraid I lark the killer
instinct. Like I say, I don't
even want to kill Mr. Cran
nich and I've known how
terrible he is for years."
"All right, Drab," said
the Captain sweetly, "I'll
give you a reason you can
understand: either you'll do
what I tell you or you'll do
20 years in Leavenworth.
Now move out!"
"Well, it's still asking a
lot wanting us to kill a
bunch of strangers," said
Privete Drab later to h i s
friend, Corporal Partz, as
they slogged through a rice
paddy, "particularly when
you know a lot of people
who deserve it more."
"You're wrong again,
Oliver, and the Army's
right," said Corporal Partz,
squeezing off a long burst
into a suspicious-looking
clump of bushes.
"It's a hell of a lot eas
ier to kill someone you
don't know than someone
you do."
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Need More Like Dr. Rejda
Dear Editor:
Not many people have given the proper amount of
thanks due to the developers and instructors of the Ne
braska Free University.
For the last eight veeks, I had the pleasure to at
tend a course called Extra-Sensory Perception, which I
thought intellectually stimulating as well as interesting
just for the general knowledge that I gained from it.
Due to lack of available materials for the course, our
class closed down but not without "regret.
The kind of relationship that I shared with my in
structor and fellow students was good and more than
likely the ideal situation for all classes, i.e., groups in
discussion rather than the instructor-lecture system cur
rently in standard use throughout most of the United
States.
I would like to give a vote of thanks to the instruct
ors who devoted time and energy to this product, for the
materials provided and the time spent in planning the
weekly sessions. For my own instructor, Dr. Rejda, from
the Economics Department, I can only say that we need
more dedicated men such as him who would give a
little of their free time to make the experience of edu
cation more meaningful. It's nice to know that our in
structors are at least interested in the goals of our edu
cation. Hopefully, NFU will continue in the fall semester,
with more of the same caliber material to be presented.
Every student interested in gaining "Total Education"
should experience this unusual and note-worthy form of
self-advancement and education.
Steven R. Mcintosh
Display Corn, Not Creative
Dear Editor:
A quick retort suffices those who have been duped
into thinking that the "display" outside the art building
is "art". The gullible anti-heroes responsible for this
questionable assemblage slavishly follow the prevailing
fad of would-be artists ensconsed on college campuses,
sans thinking, sans feeling . . . Their display is corny,
not creative, depressing, not inspiring; trite, not imagin
ative; ugly, not beautiful.
We should have the courage to recognize it as junk
and call it by that name . . . Any man and Everyman
could assemble equally irrelevant and tawdry rubble; no
longer must the artist have more sensitivity, insight, or
creative genius than the artisan.
Every man is now his own best-loved artist, self
anointed, self acclaimed. If your I.Q. runs below 90 and
your image is disheveled enough, hero status is assured.
The men who made the surrounding snow fence
showed more creativity than those who amassed the
brummage therein, and they were honest enough not to
try palming off their work as "art". Laud the men who
made the snow fence, I say! Draft those who cluttered
their display 1
Al McLeod
Logicus Retorts
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Dear Editor:
He bloody well gave it away. Mr. Voss, that is.
Bloody photos don't impress me. No matter who takes
them and who did the bloodying.
But they bother Mr. Voss. So much that he wants
to see me sacrificed for my lack of sensitivity or lack
of squeemishness.
"Surely," goes on Voss, "this isn't the attitude of a
missionary." Guess he missed the part about the two
way cutting psychology. And never read a book about
Latin America or the Inquisition.
That's precisely the attitude of a missionary, 'Nuff
said. -
In truth (with a small "t")
Logicus
Greeks Have Rights, Too
Dear Editor:
I believe that it is about time a Greek spoke up in
defense of the system. I am particularly alluding to the
recent fuss made about discrimination in sororities and
fraternities.
The question is: why shouldn't we discriminate? Isn't
one of the basic tenets of our democracy that people
have the right of free association? Yes, you say, as long
as you don't infringe upon someone else's rights. It is
quite clear to me that Negroes have the right to free
association, too-as long as the people they associate
with want to associate them. The Negroes have
their own fraternity. And, by the way, has anyone ever
accused them of discriminating against white people? I
doubt it. And I also doubt that they would be anxious
to open their doors to whites for the slmpla reason that
they don't want to, and they, like us, have the right to
do what they want in the matter of association.
The liberals they all speak about humanitarianlsm.
But are they humanitarian In forcing others to accept
their standards? Isn't this coercion instead of humani
tarianlsm? And don't these liberals have their own lit
tle "in groups" which they enjoy very much because
they provide friendship, enjoyment and relaxing Inter
change of ideas?
This is what the Greek system is and I don't under
stand why so many people are trying to destroy that.
Everybody has their own little circle of friends. The na
ture of it may be different -perhaps they are colleagues
in a certain field of study or share religious interests
or are of a similar political orientation. People accuse
Greeks of being cliches of chit chat, So what if they are?
They serve their purpose and the people in them enjoy
themselves.
So why can't each be to his own and choose his own
friends and living mates? Maybe this would be one way
to make tba world happier.
No Belonejp