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Friday, September 29, 1967
University of Nebraska
Vol. 91, No. 11
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practices for Saturday's carnation
Go Big Red Hits Campus
With Epidemic Of Spirit
Tassels and Corncobs, the
University's pep organiza
tions, again swing into action
with the start of the 1967 foot
ball season.
Members of the organiza
tions will be seen this week
end on campus peddling their
wares. Merchandise offered
includes firesticks, cigars, bal
loons, bumper stickers and
hats.
All articles pertain to the
"Go Big Red" theme accord
ing to a Tassel member.
Other symptoms of the foot
ball atmosphere are also re
appearing. A rash of open houses have
been planned for Sept. 30,
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Combo, Picnic On Tap
I At Flower Cult Lo ve-In I
The campus' flower chil
dren cult are arming them
selves with picnic lunches,
incense and musical instru
ments in preparation for Sun
day's love-in at PineWood
Bowl in Pioneers Park.
The love-in, the first in the
state, is scheduled to run
from sunup to sundown with
an official opening at 11 a.m.
Love-in promoter John Rid
dell said Thursday that en
thusiasm and interest in the
love-in seems to be spread
ing. Organizers aren't mak
ing estimates of the number
of people who might turn
out for the affair, .but one
backer said "an amazing
number of students seem to
be interested in coming out."
Committee
To Attend
The four special commit
tees assigned for , the AWS
Constitutional C o n v e n tion
which begins Oct. 5 will be
headed by Jodie Calvin, pow
ers, purposes and member
ship committee chairman;
Barb Doerr, judicial commit
tee head; Linda Parker, exe
cutive committee chairman;
and Mary Lynn Nelson, legis
lative committee chairman,
Nancy Coufal, Convention
chairman said that about half
of the delegates selected by
their individual living units
v;ent throught interviews for
chairmanship positions.
She noted that over half of
the delegates have had some
past experience in AWS.
the date which marks the first
home game.
Top on the list for open
house is the new dormitory-sorority-fraternity
complex on
North 14th street. The com
plex consists of Smith,
Schramm and Harper halls,
Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu
sororities, and Triangle and
Chi Phi fraternities.
Each of the new units will
host parents, friends, alum
ni and faculty after the
game. The units will also be
open to anyone who wishes to
come, according to a member
of Alpha Delta Pi.
DECORATIONS
Besides open houses, deco
The love-in is being organ
ized by a group of interested
University students and oth
ers connected with the Mid
west Art Emporium.
Love-insr which are theoret
ically held to celebrate the
ideals of universal love and
brotherhood, were the nation
al rage last summer.
Love-in participants gener
ally wear brightly - colored
clothing and arrive for the
day with incense, musical
instruments, posters and a
myriad of other flower-cult
trappings.
Sunday's love-in features a
combo. The Antelope Pavil
ion, plus impromptu f o 1 k
singing and possibly poetry
readings, according to Ridd-
Chairmen Named
AWS Convention
Mrs. Gene Regester, Burr
Hall residence director, will
serve as the main advisor for
the convention, according to
Miss Coufal.
Delegates to the convention
and their respective living
units are:
Barbara Doerr, Chi Omega;
Karen Fenster, Alpha Xi D3lta;
Susan Grothe, Alpha Omicron Pi;
Mary Lynn Nelson, Alpha Dolta
Pi; Ruthie Saunders, Alpha Phi.
Deborah Cushman, Kappa Alpha
Theta; Anne Raab, Sigma Kappa;
Jeanne Burr, Zeta Tau Alpha;
Lynne Anne Larson, Phi Mu;
Joan Drayton, Kappa Delta; Mary
Vaclavek, Alpha Chi Omega;
Cindy Cherry, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma; Susan Houghton, Delta Zeta.
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Cambell's techniques he
sale.
rated living units also seem
to be the order for the day as
houses and dorms prepare for
the onslaught of alumni and
the critical eye of the spirit
trophy judges.
With paint brushes in hand
and paper on the floor, the
workers begin to transform
glorified waste paper into slogan-filled
signs urging Big
Red onward and upward.
After a feverish night of ac
tivity the residents drape their
walls with the final master
piece and there to greet the
populous hangs a 16 by 32
foot sign proclaiming "GO
FER THE GOPHERS."
ell. He said the backers have
already paid a $20 rental fee
for use of the Pinewood Bowl
amphitheater. The love-iners
don't expect any trouble from
park officials or the city po
lice, Riddell said.
The police will be putting
extra units on the job for th
day and the city park police
will also patrol in the love
in area, according to Police
Lt. Arthur Aksamit.
Aksamit said plainclothes
policemen will also probably
be circulating in the crowd
in case of trouble.
"Our position, Aksamit
said, "is to take the proper
precautions so that if any
thing does happen we'll be
prepared."
Paula Rosen, Sigma Delta Tau;
Marilyn Jackson, Delta Gar.ima;
Anne Roland, Delta Delta Delta;
Linda Parker, Gamma Phi Beta;
Marti Gottschalk, Pi Beta Phi;
Carol Mumgaard, Town? Club;
Mary Hunt, Cathy Von Drake, '
Marty Zicafoose, . Barb Robins,
Women's Residence.
Jodie Calvin, Margaret L.
Ailes, Sally Person, Susan
D'Amato. Sandoz; Pat Bourn,
(Fedde Hall; Cinthia J. Nelson,
Burr East: Connie Evans. Burr
West; Georgia Glass, Jane C.
Thompson, Lenore Barta, Carol
Dvorok, Selleck Quadrangle.
Reesa Almy, Dee Carlstrom,
Barbara Force, Kathy Knag,
Smith; Maralee Johnson, De Ann
Erks, Marilyn Morgan, Sandra
Flatuiig, Cheryl Bresley, Susie
Hutt, Pound; Susie Ready, Jane
Handa, Terry Korinek, Lincoln.
Regents To Consider
Deferred Rush Case
. . . Greeks Submit Reports
By DAVE BUNTAIN
Senior Staff Writer
The Board of Regents will
begin considering the possi
bility of changing University
fraternities and sororities to
a deferred rush system at
their meeting Friday after
noon. The Board's deliberations
will culminuate four months
of study by Interfraternity
Council and Panhellenic con
cerning the merits of both the
present rush system and a de
ferred approach.
Should the Regents rule in
favor of deferred rush, Greek
rushing activities would be
conducted at some period
later than the pre-school Rush
Week which is now employed.
PRESENT REPORTS
Representatives of IFC and
Panhellenic will present their
reports to the Regents and
then field questions on their
findings, according to IFC
President Gene Hohensee.
i Administration representa
tives are also expected to
comment on the reports, Hoh
ensee said. The Regents have
indicated that they will con
' sider the arguments several
weeks before reaching a deci
sion, DEVELOPMENT
The deferred rush study de
veloped from a Regent's
meeting this spring, accord
ing to G. Robert Ross, Vice
Chancellor for Student Af
fairs. "The question arose wheth
er deferred rush had been
seriously considered by the
University. The Regents de
cided they would consider the
pros and cons of the present
system and the deferred sys
tem," he said.
The Board directed IFC and
Panhellenic to report on the
two systems and asked the Of
fice of Student Affairs to pre
pare a similar report from its
point of view.
NO REPORT
Ross indicated that the Ad
ministration has not prepared
Viet Nam Main Debate Topic
For Hyde Park Participants
Questions ranging from
Union coffee to the morality
of the Vietnam war were
raised at Hyde Park Thurs
day. Late comers to the second
Hyde Park found standing
room only because of an even
larger attendance than last
week's opening session.
"If you want your rights
you're going to have to work
for them." challenged the
first speaker, Richard Lit
trell. NO EXPERIENCE
This comment was ques
tioned by an audience mem
ber who asked if university
students have done anything
to deserve rights? We don't
have the experience to run
a university," he said.
"I am more concerned
about the quality, of my edu
cation than whether or not I
must live off campus," stated
the same questioner.
"If you don't ruh your own
affairs here, you won't be able
to run your own affairs when
you get out." replied Don
Sutton.
CROWD CRITICIZED
; A lull in 'volunteering speak
ers caused Sutton to again
ask an AWS representative
to explain the purpose of the
organization. However, no
onj was available to defend
the purpose of AWS.
Sutton asked for more stu
dent participation at the Hyde
Park podium, but again re
ceived no response.
One audience member cri
ticized the crowd which he
called "people who came to
.watch -the funny monkeys but
would not get in the cage."
such a report. "We had hoped
to put it together this week,"
he said, "but we haven't had
time to do it."
Both student groups worked
through the summer, compil
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D Among the major arguments for deferred rush is
a concern that students identify with the University g
before they identify with any of its student organ- s
izations, according to G. Robert Ross, vice-chancellor
of student affairs.
Ross discussed the case for deferred rush on the 9
eve of Friday's Board of Regents meeting, where the
9 group will begin considering a possible change from
the early rush system.
I He said "students come here to attend the Uni-
versity, not because they want tojdentify with a social 1
group. After reaching the school, they can decide the
groups with which they want to identify."
"A student's primary reason for coming to t e
University is studying, not affiliating with a social
group," he said. "The University is overemphasizing Q
the part of the fraternities and sororities to the point
5 that students who don't p'edge don't even want to go
to school."
I Ross said that when a freshman identifies with a
social group and has scholastic problems he is inclined
to blame that group for the demands it makes of him. 1
He suggested that "it's possible that social Q
pressures from the students and parents might be some-
what lessened with a deferred rush system."
Another consideration is the rapidly expanding en-
rollment figures and the fact that all those interested
in pledging cannot be accommodated by the system.
Ross said.
I By postponing rush, students would also know the
time demands required for studying and extra-
5 curricular activities before they decided to affiliate. 5
Ross said considerable pressure to change has
has come from the Nebraska Association of Public S
School Administrators and from parents.
9 Both groups object to the fact that high school
seniors have been contacted by fraternal groups prior g
to their graduation. In addition, the schools dislike
being asked to give out high school records durin?
February and March.
The vice chancellor also noted that there has been 9
S considerable concern among alumni about the high cost
9 of the present rush system. At least some of the money
lost in a switch to deferred rush would be recovered
S through the reduced rush expenses, he said.
He pointed out that fraternities would probably be
prohibited from rushing in the summer under a de-
ferred program, saying that rush activities would prob-
I ably "pick up a month before Rush Week."
9 He said that after the switch the system would ul-
timately be "stronger and more mature." 5
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Robert Pavlos, a speaker
from last week's Hyde Park,
was persuaded to continue
his stand on U.S. policy on
Vietnam. Pavlos felt the U.S.
could not withdraw from Viet
nam without serious conse
quences. "Three American presi
dents have pledged their sup
port in Vietnam," explained
Pavlos and our prestige in
the world would be seriously
threatened."
An audience member then
asked, "Is the U.S. such a
paper tiger that if we with
draw the world will think less
of us?"
BLOOD BATH POSSIBLE
Pavlos expressed his f e a r
that a "blood bath" would
result from a U.S. withdrawal
from Vietnam.
Another participant from
the audience questioned Pav
los's statement as he asked,
"how long the existing blood
bath would continue."
Abe Galbar, an officer in
ROTC, said that he agreed
with Pavlos, but qualified his
reasons. "I am not against
staying in Vietnam," he said,
"but I am against all of this
piddling around."
REASON: TITANIUM
Galbar said that the 'most
important reason the U.S. is
in Vietnam is titanium, a
mineral that is not found in
the U.S., which is found in
Vietnam.'
Carol Madson. assistant
chairman to the Hyde Park
sponsoring committee, the
Union Talks and Topic Com
mittee, announced that there
will be no Hyde Park next
Thursday
The committee is instead
ing information obtained from
deans and Greek leaders on
other campuses, national fra
ternity organizations and pub
lished reports on deferred
rush.
sponsoring a special speaker, ka Union ballroom at 3:30
Major Donald Kehoe. Kehoe, p.m., is an authority on un
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page 3.
Both reports concluded that
deferred rush would be less
advantageous than the present
system for Greeks. This con
clusion has been seconded by
a great majority of the house
presidents and alumni who
commented on deferred rush.
FINANCIAL ASPECT
One of the most persistent
complaints about the possible
change is its financial impli
cations. By postponing Rush
Week activities freshman men
would be forced to live in
dormitories.
Fraternity chapters and
alumni have been concerned
they would not be able to fill
the vacancies created by the
absence of a freshman class.
Many houses must be filled
to capacity to pay their
monthly rent.
Both fraternity and sorority
leaders have urged the Board
to provide a "grace period"
in the event it decides on de
ferred rush. This period of
three to five years would al
low chapters time to prepare
for the anticipated losses.
"I'm sure nothing is going
to be done that would place
economic hardship on the
groups involved," Ross said.
OTHER AREAS
The other areas treated in
the two reports include:
SCHOLARSHIP -Both
groups conclude that deferred
pledging would have little ef
fect on freshmen grades. The
IFC cites a paper recently
completed which shows that
upper half freshmen have
slightly higher grades if they
live in University fraternities
than if they live in dormitor
ie. TIME The two reports
acknowledge that pledgeship
does place demands on fresh
men but argued that they
were not excessively burden
some. They both charge that a de
ferred rush system would cost
more lost study time for the
rushees and Greeks than
Rush Week.
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