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1 Monday, May 8, 1967 The Daily Nebraskan Page 4 Bob Samuelson Commended For Accomplishments In ASUN By Cheryl Tritt Senior Staff Writer 'A liberal stand is the only way University stu dents can get tilings ac complished," Bob Samuel son, this semester's Out standing Nebraskan selec tion claims, and he followed this philosophy during his term as ASUN second vice president. "Students have to push for change," the graduate student in English and edu cation maintains. The "av erage University student is pretty satisfied" with the present campus conditions. Only when he is "directly affected by a University policy does a student "be come excited enough to take action," he said, such as the housing issues which arose this year. I ) s? ' BOB SAMUELSON . . . long time leader in student affairs who served as second vice president of ASUN this past year is this semester's "Outstanding Nebraskan." Ag Honorary Sets Awards Banquet The Nebraska Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, the Agriculture Honor Societies will hold its annual initia tion and awards banquet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Center for Con tinuing Education. The program will include announcement of award of merit winners, senior schol arship awards, the annual teaching award and initia tion of students, faculty and alumni as new members, according to Dr. William CoMlle, chapter president. Professor R. Neale Cop pie, director of the School of Journalism will speak on "communication." iiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiii!iiaiii!i!!!iiio!i!!iuii!iiniii!iiiii!iaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiji Buy Your First National City 1 Travels' Checks 1 at unit 1 Gateway Shopping Center 1 Opn Evsnittgs Mm, Tbur., FrL, till t pjn. PiioriiiMitiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiDf Students Unknowing Students "simply dont know what things could be like," so they don't even consider trying to change the University. "I think ev ery student should go to a literal college ior a few months," he smiled, "to see what they are missing." For example the student Senate at the University of Wisconsin recently voted to ask the Administration to put "on tap beer in the dormitories," he pointed out and the Senate at the University of Michi gan voted to extend a no hours regulation to sopho more women. Viewing ASUN potential Samuelson said, "In past years student government has done nothing but now it is starting to do a little." ASUN 'Antagonistic' Senate has undertaken many projects which some other campus activity could have done, he claimed. Al though ASUN has done "a few things." it often works as an "antagonistic group" pressuring the faculty and Administration into com pliance. Arguing that Senate "only has the voice which the Administration per mits," the former elected Senator from Teachers Col lege, admitted "maybe ASUN doesn't deserve a major voice yet, but it must show it is capable of handling authority." Policy making decisions have been "isolated so long" he emphasized even the concept that students should have a say in cir riculum planning, teacher's salaries or housing policies often "is inconceivable." Consultation Source An alternate member of the Ad Hoc Housing Com mittee, Samuelson said "the fact that students were given an opportunity to make decisions and were informed enough to be a source for consultation is a definite step ahead." The Ad Hoc Committee "will have been a sham and political trickery," he continued, unless the group's recommendations are accepted by the Board of Regents. If the changes are accepted then the com mittee's work win have been meaningful." ASUN Improved Reviewing the ac complishments of this year's Senate, Samuelson said ASUN was improved by the "contributions of the three senators elected on the Student for a Demo cratic Society SDS ticket "They showed there are many ways of locking at problems." ASUN committees, how ever, "didnt do a very good job," he maintained. Capable leaders headed the committees, he explained but they "didn't show too much initiative." An exception was the Legislative Liaison and Re search Committee, he said, which presented the Univer sity students to the State "as a pressure group and increased our stature in the eyes of the Governor, the Unicameral and the Facul ty." Senate Problems Analyzing other Senate problems, Samuelson said one of the biggest obstacles in ASUN is the "lack of continuity" of certain poli cies and goals from year to year. One reason "I ran for an ASUN executive seat was because I knew the goals and philosophy of student government" of the Kent Neumeister and Larry Fro lick administration. He also pointed out a lack of continuity in Senate busi ness over the summer months. "If the Administra tion wants to pull some thing over on the students," he said, they can simply make the decision In the summer. He cited as an example the voluntary draft classi fication system the Univer sity set up last summer without hearing the opin ions of the Senate. Executive la Summer Since the ASUN president AUF Requests Charity Names A list of about 10 charities are then put wp for a stu dent vote. Five of these are selected as recipients of do nations. According to Miss Jent ges, the suggestions should be put In the AUF mailbox in the Nebraska Union, with as much information about the charity as possible. 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Objection To Parties 'I am now less sold on political parties in student government," he said, mainly because there are not that "many dividing is s u e s in student govern ment" Commenting on the Bill of Rights the former mem ber of the Student Conduct Committee said the Regents "will probably approve the concept behind the Bill" but will not accept all of the articles. The Regents will approve the rights "we already have," he forecasted, but will veto three or four ar ticles, comprising "the core of the bill," because they are contrary to existing University regulations. Work Through Channels "The students are not helpless however" he em phasized because "17,000 voices can be heard" if they work through existing channels and are refused, they "must look outside these channels to secure what they want," he stressed. Outside of the student government, Samuelson has also taken an active part in bis fraternity, Beta The ta Pi, serving as secretary and Ivy Day song leader. He also had the lead role in the winning Kosmet Klub skit last fall. Pledging Negroes He commented that if the Mg'iriw,'"' vew 4 . v ' . I . -: 'V 1 V , , M , J A- : . I SNITCHING TIME FROM STUDY . . . Samuelson steals a few moments in front of the television set while his wife Jane relaxes with a book- Greek system at the Uni versity "doesn't get out of the 19th Century and begin to pledge Negroes," it will be overlooking some of the "best people on the cam pus." Active in other campus organizations, Samuelson has also served as sports editor of the Daily Nebras kan and has been a contrib uting book reviewer for Scrip magazine. Moving From Nebraska He will receive his Mas ters degree m English this summer and has signed a contract with the Oak Park, Illinois school system for next fall. His reasons for leaving the state are "monetary" and the "attitude of Ne braska toward higher education." 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