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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Editorials Commentary THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1967 Page 2 Draft Teach-in Because of the current situation in Vietnam the problem of the draft has be come relevant, either directly or indirect ly, to the life of every young person in the country. Over men there hangs a constant cloud of indecision whether they consid er military service a patriotic duty or a morally repugnant threat, it nevertheless exists at this moment to make future plans concerning school, job and marri age impossible. As a corollary, of course, the draft concerns young women of the country because it makes their future plans equally vague. It is quite fitting that in the univer sity community there is great interest not only in informing students of the complex ities of the draft situation but in airing various views as to the fairness and ef ficiency of the current system and opin ions about what type of conscription, if any. should be established by the U S. Congress. It seems especially important to stu dents because the whole concept of defer ments for education came under attack and was one of the reasons that the draft system came under scrutiny on a high level. Students for a Democratic Society has taken the lead in bringing this problem into the public light on this campus. The teach-in scheduled for Sunday evening could be most beneficial to students be cause various views will be represented by a fine variety of speakers. Undoubtedly it will stimulate thought among students, for standard as well as more unorthodox opinions will be heard that is, the spectrum of opinion should range from those who condone the cur rent policies to those who call for aboli tion of the draft altogether and subse quent reversal to a voluntary system. Also, lesser-known aspects of the problem such as the draft viewed from religious angles will be discussed. It is not often that the entire campus can participate in an event which is deal ing with such a grave and current topic. Students should take full advantage of this experience. 'Outstanding Nebraskans9 In the next week, the Daily Nebras- kan urges students and faculty members to nominate those people that they feel deserve to be this semester's "Outstand ing Nebraskans." Undoubtedly there are a number of students and faculty members at the Uni versity who could easily fit this title. These are people who have contributed some thing to the school in time, effort, devo tion and real accomplishments. Letters of nomination for the award, which will be given to both a student and a faculty member, will be accepted in the Daily Nebraskan office until n o o r May 5. a ::,: ":y :'U s V : :i: '' ;:y s5 ! y y ; y ., v- y ; . I y ' :. - y : ' y;, y y 4 y K yQ; ;f i y y : ; lorfC ; $ CVI r t TJL-i; Jl'iy' s i-- 1 .V..VII. .? .. . . ? vi t Illi aVi ' , J Vft1 ,t . ?;r v u . k. , i y Ji 3 4 .. I y " ;YcS k. . , J . S -Cv k i LHIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIiimillltlllinilllllllllHIHIIIHllllllllllllllllll Ill WWII!' ? Campus Opinion ) Costume Day Is Funny Dear Editor: Does the Centennial Committee really think they are going to get people to run around in costumes on May 3? That's the funniest thing I've heard since the Tomb stone Epitaph accused the editor of the Nebraskan of be ing a yellow journalist. The rest of th entire state of Nebraska celebrated the day of the anniversary, March 1. Why didn't we? Af ter all, the committee has been in existence for more than a year. It seems as they could have had ar rangements made for one single dress-up day on State Day and not two months later. And beware to the Spring Day worker who tries to brand me on May 3. I'll turn you into a witch in a black and gold dress. Close Keeper v.. J s i x v. V: v .. . MiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmimimmmmiffliHiiiiii Bob Samuelson's Jx dk s oConely Peoplel 1 Our Man Hoppe- oneiy people The 0ne.Man Parade (EDITOR'S NOTE: In his column for the next several weeks, Bob Samnelson, former second vice president and senat or of ASUN, will concentrate on student government, its history and its power at the University.) I am writing this because I must. I by no means consider myself an expert on the history or development of student governments in America, and my pur pose for writing is not an historical out line of student government, but what I hope will be a practical documentation of what ASUN has become at Nebraska, and what its future is likely to be. I should like to stress that the text which follows is my opinion and the inci dents described are incidents as I saw them. If I anger some individuals or groups in the course of my writing it is not because of a personal vendetta. I hope that this series of articles may in some way give a background to next year's ASUN, and perhaps an alternative of directions it can go. A Brief History In my opinion, ASUN in its present form is largely the product of the work ings of two very different people who probably have never met one another. One is John Lydick, who fostered the idea of an association of students and chaired the Constitutional Convention which draft ed the ASUN Constitution. Lydick con ceived the idea of an effective, represen tative student government and worked to secure it. Another of the most important people in early ASUN history is a person who never was an officer, a senator or a com mittee chairman. This man is Carl David son. Davidson, for all his radical ideas and his deliberately naive approach to politi cal problems, first fostered in the minds of a few campus leaders the concept of student government as an effective pres sure group for the institution of change at the University. This concept is not very earthshak ing now, as it has been shown to be ap plicable in isolated cases over the past two years, and the general campus opin ion is that it is more widely used than -it is in actuality. During, the past six weeks, however, this very crucial concept has begun to be forgotten, and students are allowing themselves to be subject to administrational dogma. I shall discuss this very disturbing tendency in another installment. Let us look then, at what ASUN has accomplished during the past two years, and how it was accomplished. When I speak of accomplishments, I am not speak ing of the many projects and undertak ings of ASUN which can justly be pointed to with pride. These projects and investigations I am speaking of: Masters Week, the Euro pean Flight, bookstore investigation, foot ball and basketball student ticket innova tions, housing discrimination, summer reading courses, etc are beneficial to students, but they could just as well be accomplished by any large, well-organized campus organization other than ASUN. ASUN's real accomplishments are few. Few as they are, it was over ninety years before students moved so far, so fast in securing their rightful voice in their University. I would list as real ac complishments of ASUN the following: toe Faculty Evaluation Booklet, the suc cessful protest against the proposed tui tion raise in spring of 1966, the Ad Hoc Housing Committee and the Bill of Rights. The above are listed in the order they occurred chronologically. It is interesting in light of recent political thought con cerned with ASUN to see just how the accomplishments of ASUN occurred. The Faculty Evaluation Booklet The concept of faculty evaluation met with stiff opposition early in the fall of 1965. Larry Frolik and Kent Neumeister had incorporated this concept as part of their campaign platform earlier that year. They borrowed their idea from many other universities including Harvard, whose booklet has been published for over forty years. The opposition from the book let was centered in the Faculty Senate Subcommittee on Student Affairs which was then and still is chaired by Vice Chancellor Robert Ross. (It is interesting to note that the present Bill of Rights is now pending before that same subcom mittee.) ASUN was told then, as it is being told now, that this subcommittee must give its approval for all projects of this nature. Ladd Lonnquist, editor of the Fac ulty Evaluation Booklet, was stalled in front of this subcommittee for over six months. Lonnquist was organizing and do ing the other work on the booklet all this time never knowing from one minute to the next whether his work would be wast ed because the subcommittee might vote the measure down. This possibility at times seemed imminent. Finally, a vote was taken of the subcommittee and the project was approved. Constituent reaction toward the fac ulty members on the subcommittee was so adverse, however, that many faculty members on the subcommittee began to question their judgment in approving the booklet Dean Ross was also the recipi ent of much pressure against the book let, and he then asked a University law yer to investigate the implications of li bel upon the members of the subcom mittee for approving the booklet The lawyer responded with a long list of liabilities that the subcommittee sup posedly could incur for libel from any instructors who were adversely criticized in the booklet The subcommittee, already experiencing the qualms mentioned pre viously, resoundiy defeated the booklet in re-vote. Larry Frolik, at the ASUN meeting im mediately succeeding this action, labeled the issue of libel as "bogus" which it was. At the subsequent subcommittee meet ing, Lonnquist, Neumeister and Frolik gave the ultimatum to the subcommittee that either the committee recognize the libel Issue as bogus and grant immediate approval for ASUN publication, or that the materials would be turned over to a commercial publisher who was anxious to take over publication of the booklet The booklet would be published with or with out the subcommittee's approval. Dean Ross, seeing that ASUN was serious and adamant, abruptly reversed his former position and urged the sub committee to re-approve the booklet which it subsequently did. ASUN did then, for the first time, recognize an administra tive maneuver and have the confidence in its stand to call the administration's bluff. Next article the proposed tuition bike. Ai Arthur Hoppe pose, marched out of bit terness, some to change the world and some simply for a lark. All I know is why I marched. I marched for me. I went out of a grim sense of duty. I have that middle-class aversion to marching, to making a public spectacle of myself, to laying myself open to the comments of those standing on the curb par ticularly to marching in a Someone asked me why all those people marched out to Kzar Stadium in San Francisco last Saturday to protest the .var in Viet nam. And I don't really know. There were hippies and old-time radicals and ser ious looking college students and teeny-boppers and a large sprinkling of middle class, middle-aged, middling-ordinary Americans. Some carried banners of hate and some carried ban ners of love. Some, I sup- ...NUtes Karen Jo Bennet "Love is a many-splendored thing . . . June is bustin out all over . . . love and marriage, love and marriage, ... get me to the church on time ... one hand, one heart ... one guy . . and this is my beloved . . there's a small hotel . . . happiness is ..." Since this is NUtes' last show of the season, I thought I'd splurge a bit with the overture. The name of today's conglomeration song is "Guess What I'm Doing This Summer! ! !" Single Track As you've already suspected, that single track in my mini leads ight down the aisle of a church where I plan to change my mind in fifty-eight days! Sine? this is not a society column, and since I can't seem to keep my mind on what I'm doing. I've decided to compromise and talk about the "Love and Marriage of Music". There is no denying that love and its relatives (hate, jealousy, loneliness) have written more songs than any other human emotional instigators. Likewise there are very few tenderest-turning-point moments in which mu sic has not had at least a small influential role (the "our song" routine, soft-music-and-low-lights atmos pheres, proms and balls, and don't forget the Matrimon ial March itelf!). "Say It With Music" is no poor advice. Women es pecially (forgive me, gals, for giving away our secrets) are susceptible to serenades in any form. Music is the oldest tranquilizer in the world. It's even used as ther apy in mental institutions. So how can you miss by mak ing it a part of your romance . . . Happiest Marriage There is yet another parallel between marriage and music in the relationship of musician and instrument. The happiest marriages, so I'm told, are built on mutual respect, devotion, unselfishness. The happiest musicians are also those who have a deep respect for music and the science of its making on the instruments they play. They respect tfca limitations and flexibilities, and work within that knowledge. They are also dedicated; in their practice they strive for accuracy, beauty of tone, expressive interpretation. They expect from their me chanical partner only as much as they put in. The results of these happy "marriages" are that the instruments play better; and music-makers receive great er enjoyment and satisfaction in return. There are some psychological-minded mystics who actually believe there is a kind of personality match between musical man-and-machine not unlike matrimonial matches. Freudian Folk These Freudian folk glitter with generalities such as: "The bassoon is the clown of the orchestra and so is the bassoonist." Matched or not, man and his music-maker seem to become a single entity when they are joined in the tre mendous concentration and attention of performance. If listeners let their imaginations run free, it becomes hard to tell whether the music is coming from the instrument or the soul of the instrumentalist. If you are in love with music nd another human being, the two can make a beautiful balance of life. But you den't have to be married to music to enjoy it; even a casual friendship is enriching. The Sound of Music is a gift to the whole world. Don't hesitate to claim your fair share. Hope you enjoyed number-one-track. NUtes and 1 wish you luck on "finales" and a splendid summer of recuperation. So . . . between homework and housework we'll . . . "See you In September . . minority cause. I doubted my marching would alter the course of our foreign policy. I doubt ed my marching would save a single life. I don't hate r leaders, nor am I able love all human beings, i simply wanted, by march ing, to divorce myself from any responsibility for the war in Vietnam. I think the war is both illogical and immoral. And should some final judgment ever prove me right, I could then say smugly, "Yes, but I marched against it.'What an easy way to absolve your guilt. So I went to the march grim, ill at ease, self-righteous. I went to march for me. I stayed because I en joyed it so. I enjoyed the festival air of the marchers around me, all of us smiling and laugh ing and gentle with each other, warmed by the bond of having gathered in a common cause. I enjoyed the excitement of the rain showers, the tinkly bells and flowers on the hippies and picnicking on the grass. I enjoyed the sight of a little tow-headed boy, no more than four or five, standing by a tree with a sign saying, "STUPID WAR." How stupid, we agreed, it seemed. I enjoyed sitting in the stadium in the sun under the rain-washed sky with all those thousands of oth ers. Here, in the stadium, we were the majority, the consensus, the establish ment. How secure we were in our shared beliefs. Then, out of a tunnel came that little band of pro-Vietnam demonstrators, waving their American flags and a placard say ing, "Support Our Men in Vietnam." I couldn't help but admire their courage. Yet we many thousands al lowed them to parade around the track unharmed. We tolerated these dis sidents the way the world outside the stadium had tolerated us. How proud I was of both them and us. So I walked home through the park all aglow .What a lovely day it had been. What a marvelous capacity our society has for tolerating dissect How healthy, de spite everything, our de mocracy still is. How good I felt about it all. The next day on televi sion, Mr. Dean Rusk said that we marchers had prob ably prolonged the war by taking part in these Communist-backed demonstra tions and while we certain ly weren't traitors . . . Slowly, inexorably, I could feel something inside me which had opened up me day before in the park close shut Once again I -was marching in a one-man parade. Once again I was marching for ma. VIA, Union Work Together :r Editor: Working with the goal of student service in mind, Jie NIA (Nebraska International Association) and Ne braska Union European Flight committees cooperatively endorse both flights as beneficial to the student and as nonprofitable to their organizations. However, there are various differences in the flights, which should be brought into the public eye. 1) The NIA trip leaves June 14 from New York and returns to New York August 29. The Union trip leaves June 13 and returns to Lincoln August 10. 2) The NIA's cost is $300, which covers air trans portation to and from New and London. Transportation to and from New York is not included in the fare. The Union price is $405 which includes ground transportation to and from Lincoln and Chicago, and air transporta tion to and from Chicago and London. It appears that both flights are nearly filled, and are both expected to go. Also, both flights have a May 2 dead line for final registration and payment. These flights have been set up for the benefit of stu dents, faculty and staff, and have not organized any type of travel arrangements once the flight lands in London. Participants are free to travel, study and work as they desire once they arrive in Europe. Because both groups are dealing with airlines under International Airline rules (Union, Pan-American NIA, TWA) they are expected to meet the same standards. Each group needs twenty-five passengers in order to go. Also, both must fly at the rates offered their group, by International Airline standards, which are reduced in comparison with regular fares. The rates offered are therefore equal; it is merely the difference in travel dis tauce that causes unequal costs. In essence, both flights are beneficial in different ways. It is the belief of the two sponsoring groups that it is advantageous to give the students a choice by off ering two different flights. Because both organizations are working with the goal of student service in mind, both trips are fully endorsed by the two sponsoring groups. Kris Swanson Benno Wymar Building Is Torn Down Dear Editor: The old building is being torn down. It is a lovely morning and a bulldozer s Roots among the trees on the open side. On the blind side are chalky letters University of Nebraska School of Music. In the afternoon a lovely crowd has gathered Young excited faces watch A teardrop shaped steel ball Tear the old rooms open. They stand close together Both the young faces and the tern rooms. Toward town at a distance stands an old woman She watches with one hand (needlessly) holding her hat The other hand is to her mouth Her face is chalky. Michael Willy Civil Rights Laws Help Dear Editor: What no one seems to realize in reply to "No Balon ey" is that Greeks are publically supported (such as the extensive use of the Union). Therefore anything paid in part by the public taxes (of which Negroes contribute) should not discriminate by color. Also this is unlawful according to the Civil Rights Bill. I for one believe that civil rights laws do work a change in people's values. These laws forceably bring down interelatlon barriers and expose Negroes for what ' they really are HUMANS. Concerned Sculpture Garden Defended Dear Editor: I am compelled to make a hasty little narrow-minded response to Mr. McLeod'i hasty little narrow-minded let ter: 1. The "sculpture garden" was merely Intended to al low the students more working space, not decorate the campus. 2. Much of the "Art" is still junk in that it is in its original pile and has not yet been declared by the sculptor as a finished work. 3. The "men who put up the snow fence" was, in fact, a sculpture student. 4. Art students realize along with many others that in any profession time is needed to fully develop basic skills, and fame through success is still considered phe nomenal at this stage of the game. 5. No outraged clean-up committee has objected to the cheap looking new gaudy lamposts gracing our cam pus and the obnoxious mole tunnels connecting them, nor to the glorious silver-painted garbage cans which encourage people to throw things on the ground, simple because they are so repulsive. 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