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The Daily Nebraskan Friday, November 3, 1967 Students Paint 'Pit' ... Mod Design Brightens Architectural Building IB1 Charges Unauthorized Changes Page 4 1 " ' ... ; - .... I , Made In Open Hons i i S'i 1' y W : N : n : H "'4 y . 'i - r 1 hi fcs, Is '3 -1 3 Bv JAN PARKS Junior Staff Writer . Inter-Dormitory Associa tion presented a resolu tion to the Office of Stu dent Affairs Thursday ex pressing disapproval of an attempted change in dormi tory open house policy by administrative officials. The resolution was un animously approved at a special IDA meeting Wednesday. The meeting was called because a number of dorm itories and dormitory floors reported that their re quests for open houses for this weekend had been denied by the Office of Student Activities .accord ing to Brian Ridenour, IDA president. DENIALS MADE Ridenour said that these denials were probably due to the fact that Coed Visit ing has not as yet been passed by the Board of Regents. "The administration also feels that the increased number of requests for dorm open houses may be the wishes of the dorm executives and not the re quest of the majority of dorm residents," he ex plained. Cather President Bruce Bailey denied that dorm residents hadn't been con sulted about open houses. "We presented our resi dents with a questionaire," Economics Roundtable Features Dr. Domar An Economics and Busi ness Roundtable at 7:30 Friday in the Nebraska Union will feature Dr. Evs ey D. Domar, recognized specialist on Soviet Union economics. Dr. Domar, who .has had personal experience in Rus sia, will speak on "Recent Economic Reforms in t h e Soviet Union: A Market So cialism?' Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1958, Dr. Domar has held posi tions with Carnegie Insti tute of Technology, the Uni v e r s i t y of Chicago, and John Hopkins University. He has also served as a visiting Fulbright lecturer A native of Poland, Dr. Domar holds degrees from Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and the University of California. He is the author of Es says in the Theory of Eco nsm iKrvn j.nd numer ous proi'es'ional journal puoLcatio; .le has served as a consultant to the Ford Foundation and Rand Cor poration and was a Chair man of the committee of Slavic grants of the Ameri can Council of Learned So cieties. Band Dav Saturday High school bandsmen, will join the University of Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band Saturday, parading through downtown Lincoln and performing durin" haiftime activities at fhe Nehrnkt-!(!-va State fontba1' am Over 3500 bandsmen are expected to converge upon Lincoln Saturday for Band Day. Professor Donald Lentz, director of bands at the University of Nebraska, said that 59 high school bands have accepted invita- He said that performing bands are chosen strictly on a rotation basis. Indi vidual bands are re-invited about once every four years. N'ebras' Vs Governor Norbert T. Tieniann. L i n coln Mayor Sam Schwartz kopf, Clifford M. Hardin, University Chancellor, and J. G. Elliott, University Re gent will review the parade at 13th and 0. he explained, "w h 1 c h showed that they definite ly wanted open houses." Bailey stipulated that the questionaire results showed that residents wanted open houses only on weekends for three or four hours. The IDA president said that administrators from the Office of Student Af fairs met last week to dis cuss the dorm open house policy, but that no dormi tory representatives were consulted or invited to at tend. VIOLATION "This is in violation of everything the administra tion has been saying about student government," Vice-President Dave Shon ka stated. "They have been telling us for some time to go through channels," he ex plained, "and now some one in the administration has decided to by-pass all channels for a change in open house policy." Ridenour said that t h e situation was "precari ous." "This is the first time anything driectly involving all dorm residents has been brought before IDA, he said. Paul Canarsky, chair man of the coed visiting committee, introduced the resoltuion and urged i t s passage. Bailey agreed that such iiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiainu OPEN HOUSE the present-day 3 Whereas. policy taken by the dormitory system and presumed policy of administration is that open houses may be held Saturday and 'or Sunday afternoons and at other times with i 6 special permission; 1 Whereas, the only restriction on open houses is the provision that , they be registered the Tues- g day prior to the open house and that mem- s bers of the housing staff must be present; I Whereas, some members of the Office of Student Af- fairs have unilaterally decided to change 9 the open house regulations which the stu- dents have been accustomed to using; Whereas, the Inter-Dormitory Association believes g t h i s to be a negation of the University stated goal of student participation in the decision-making processes: therefore resolved by the Inter - Dormitory Association Council on November 1, 1967, Be it that the Inter-Dormitory Association ex- presses its disapproval of the methods used by some of the members of the Office of Student Affairs in attempting to alter pre- sent open house regulations without first consulting the residence halls about the 9 ' possible need for changes in open house regulations: Be it further resolved that the Inter-Dormitory Associ- ation recognizes solely the open house reg- i ulations which the students are accustomed to using and urges the individual residence halls to abide by these regulations until S such time as the Office of Student Affairs and the Inter-Dormitory Association not only determine a possible need for change but also what that change might be. 'iiiiiiiiMiniiMiiiiiiiiaiMiiiiiMiaiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiinaiiiiiiiiiiinii'' Anii-War Riols Hit Campuses Active demonstrations In campuses across the United States were in di rect contrast to the quiet of the University this week. Elsewhere across t h e nation, anti-war demon s'ratiors were particularly vo "M. According to United Press International, what has become a season of vocal discontent-generally by a small percentage of students on any given campus flowered Wednes day at six major univer sities. Other schools went hangover, according to the wire report. President Johnson com men'ed in a special news conference yesterday af ternoon that the students were going against their avowed cause of peace in spruuing the riots. Johnson rapped his crit ics on all sides in yester day's speech, indicat ing that he is more than willing to go the last mile to the negotiation table if Hanoi will just indicate they will undertake a re ciprocal de-e.scaiation of the war. At the University of Iowa, officials had to call city 1 police, sheriff's deputies and the highway patrol to cool' off a group of SDS students rioting against a Marine recruit ing station. a resolution was needed. "Students arc required to live in the dorm," he said, "and now they're taking away one advantage of liv ing in the dorm." The council discussed whether the resolution was too harsh. "If we have a weak resolution nothing will be accomplished," said Diane Koltas, IDA representative from Wom en's Residence Halls. OBJECTIONS Shonka said that the resolution basically objects to the methods used by ad ministration. "We're not making concessions to any ' thing," he said. "We can't be passive," the vice-president stated, "we must stand up for the student's role on campus." Shonka said that their resolution may be a clari fication needed in the policy on open- houses, but "they should consult us be fore they make such a change." One council member felt that perhaps such a resolu tion would be "jumping the gun." There has been no official passage on such a policy change. Mark Cave countered, "The point is, a pro cess has already been started to change the open house policy with no con frontation with dorm resi dents who will be directly involved." STATEMENT understood open house g 1 IB B ii v M M S AT IVIB CSGARETIES AT LOWEST 16th & P Sts. Just South of Campus WE NEVER CLOSE ! $immm : H J' 9 ' T - , OLD ARCHITECTURE HALL . . . given new look by progressive architecture majors. MA To Hold Medina Toilav Nebraska International Association (NIA) will hold a combined general and so cial meeting Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union, according to Sam Bioku NIA secretary. Avtivities for the Inter national Week Program, which will be conducted Nov. 13-19. will be discus sed. Read Nebraskan Want Ads THE PRICES EVERY GAL. ?. A-Jit; Ma,. U o,,f M W. .., T -fjii -I, -irnf. Tin J i fc mmf -h Ml filnw , ,,f. tut i,. ml ,.. rtn i , 1 If Matthew Thornton had signed his name with the Scripto Reading Pen, he'd be remembered today. Scripto's new Reading Pen makes what you write eas ier to read. That's why Scripto calls it the Reading Pen. It's a new Fiber-Tip pen that writes clear and bold. Not a fountain pen. not a ball point, this is aa entirely By GARY GILLEN Senior Staff Writer About 50 third-year archi tecture students gathered Sunday afternoon with paint brushes in hand to do some thing to improve the in terior appearance of the architecture building. The students spent about 14 hours Sunday painting portions of walls, lockers and water pipes with bright enamel paint. "We did it because this place is such a pit," one of the painters said. "The University hasn't done anything in the past few years to improve this building in the least, so we decided to make some im provements ourselves," he added. The painting consisted mostly of decorations and - informative signs. For instance, one mes sage by the north entrance to the building reads "A R C II I T E C T U R-, AL? Hall." and had a large red arrow pointing up the stairs. The students were quick to point out that the work was done with no malicious intent whatever. "It was just a much-needed attempt to improve-our environ ment." So far the students have spent $50 on the project, but it isn't finished according to it isn't finished according to one participating student. "We still have some work to do in the fourth-year stu dent's room." Painting was confined to the first and third floors of the building. The work con sists mainly of designs and abstract forms. Student lockers have been painted. Pipes and fire hose nozzles usually sport a bright red color. Some paintings direct per sons to various facilities and classrooms such as one on the third floor pointing out the attic. The only classroom that is extensively decorated is In CONGRESS. Jray.,. . .. I 5 Jfe.-1. . 1 the third-year room, The walls of this room are painted with multi-colored circles, rectangles and oth er designs. Decorative improvement of the third-year classroom began as a class assign ment, After the painting was completed the students be came apprehensive of un favorable reactions from the college or the Univer sity. A student said that while doing the jo b Sunday the campus police visited build ini! but took no action, Dale A. Gibbs. nrofessor of architecture, said that he can see nothing wrong with the student's work. "Although some of t h e paintings may not appeal to my taste I can see no dam age that has been done," he said. Gibbs said that he asked the students before they be gan to confine their painting to the parts of the first door and third floor and not to enter any other class rooms or offices. Gibbs said that the deco ration of non permanent ob jects was the main objec tive. "I could see something wrong with painting perma nent unchangeable parts of iitfllSMtiK, the closest thing to home... McDonald's 5305 0 St. iy . new kind of pen with a durable Fiber-Tip. Get the re tillable Reading Pen for $ 1 . Refills come in 1 2 colors. Available in a non-rcfillablc model for 39f . Write with Scripto's new Reading Pen. You'll be remembered. the building, but there is nothing wrong with paint ing lockers and room parti tions," he said. "I can see nothing wrong with what the students did, since the building is open on Sundays until 1 a.m. trespassing violations were not involved," he com mented. "I believe it can safely be said that the building could use some type of Improve ment," Gibbs said. Russell Brown, admin istrative assistant to the dean of student affairs, said that if there is any question concerning the student's ac tion it would be decided by the architecture depart ment. "We have received no complaint about the stu dents from anyone including the campus police," Brown said. Carl Donaldson, Univer sity business manager, also may have something to say about it, but in past situa tions it has been left up to the department. Dean John R. Davis of the college of architecture, has reviewed the student's work and has no objection, according to a participating architect student. 865 No. 27th St ilk I, i.m, SuL hi itAvtl tt t J I New fiber lip f from r
