...lCi Thursday, December 7, 1967 University of Nebraska Vol. 91, No. 47 yiNiiiHiHimiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiHiiiimimnH ASUN Recruitment tiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiinMiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiQiiiiii'iiiHQiiiiiiiiiiiiciiiiiiiiiiniQH I Resolution On Military Recruiting 1 Whereas, Selective Service director, Lewis B. 2 Hershey, has directed draft boards across the country to 9 revoke' the deferments of men who engage in illegal activity which causes refusal of duty in the military service and of those who interfere with military recruit- g ment, including on-campus military recruitment; and Whereas, his directive raises obvious constitutional issues involving guarantees of free speech and due 5 process regarding its victims; and 5 Whereas, his directive involves a direct intrusion 5 into University affairs; Therefore, be it resolved; that the ASUN Senate strongly recommends that the Board 6 of Regents of the University take action to suspend mili- Q tary recruitment on campus until such time as Hershey's directive is rescinded. And be it further resolved: that the ASUN Senate S pledges its resources to the active support of any person drafted for this reason and seeking to test the legality of I his being drafted and strongly supports the efforts of the I National Student Association (NSA) litigation in the fed- g eral courts opposing the policy expressed in the Hershey directive. iiiiiiiiMomiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiDihiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiii: By DAVE BUNTAIN Senior Staff Writer Student Senate voted 25-3 Wednesday to recommend to the Board of Regents that mil itary recruitment be sus pended on the University campus. Rag Staff To Name Winners The Daily Nebraskan is re ceiving letters of nomination for the two "Outstanding Ne braskan" awards, which will be presented to an outstand ing University faculty mem ber and an outstanding Uni versity student. The Outstanding Nebras kans, who have been named each semester for numerous vears, are selected by t h e Daily Nebraskan staff on the basis of the qualifications given in the letter of recom mendation. Anyone on the University campus may write a letter of nomination for a student or professor who he thinks is outstanding. Selection of the Outstanding Nebraskan will be based on such things as what the nominee has contributed to the betterment of the Univer sity, any new ideas or pro grams he has instituted or any exceptional services he has performed. Last year's Outstanding Ne braskans for first semester were Cathie Shattuck and Dr. Floyd W. Hoover. Miss Shat tuck was ASUN corresponding secretary and president of Young Republicans Dr Hoov er is a professor of second ary education. Second semester's selec tions were Bob Samuelson. second vice president of ASUN, and Dr. John Lonn quist, Regents Professor of Agronomy. The deadline for letters of nomination, to be received at the Daily Nebraskan office, room 51 Nebraska Union, is 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 13. The two Outstanding Ne braskans will be featured in the Daily Nebraskan's last issue of the semester, Dec. 15. Group Pictures For Comhusker Group pictures of the fol lowing organizations will be taken Thursday in the Love library auditorium for the 1968 Comhusker. Masquers, 6:30 p.m.; Tau Sigma Del ta; 6:45 p.m.; Alpha Zeta, 7 p.m.: Lambda Tau. 7:15 p.m.: Alpha Lambda Del ta, 7:30 p.m.; Pi Lambda Theta. 7:45 p.m.: Chi Ep silon. 8:15 p.m.; Engineer ing Executive Board, 8:30 p.m ; E-Week Board. 8:45 p.m.; Kappa Psi. 9 p.m.; Rho Chi, 9:15 p.m.; Alpha Epsilon, 9:30 p.m. -Fofe 25-3- Recommends In a strongly worded resolu tion, ASUN responded to a re cent directive by Selective Service Director William Her shey which told local draft boards to reclassify students interfering with military re cruitment. The resolution urged the Regents to suspend campus military recruiting programs "until such time as Hershey's directive is rescinded." ASUN further pledged its resources to any student drafted as a result of the di rective and stated its support of the National Student Asso ciation's effort to bring liti gation on the issue in several states. In introducing the recruit ment resolution. Sen. Al, Spangler called Hershey's di rective, "an unnecessary in trusion into the affairs of the academic community." He pointed out that juries, not draft boards, are charged with enforcing violations of U.S. laws. "We cannot permit, the mili tary to enjoy the benefits of on - campus recruitment," Spangler said, "when it is viewed as a government mat SHNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH.illlllllllllllllllllll Maintenance, j Keep By CONNIE MATTHEWS Junior Staff Writer Ever climb inside a mounted elephant? Don Martin, University of Nebraska State Museum chief preparator, said this job is only part of the museum's never-ending work to pre serve and clean specimens. Martin said the trap access door on the mounted elephants must periodically be removed so the cable attaching the head to its pelvis may be tightened. Even the slightest earth tremors may cause the cable to loosen, he said. Although the staff may only tighten the cables every three years, much of Martin's work is a yearly, monthly or daily activity. BOILED LINSEED Every year boiled linseed oil is used on the hides of the elephants to keep them from drying, Martin said. The skeletons in Elephant Hall are shellacked once a year to keep them from flak ing and drying. The prepara tor climbs a large ladder and soaks the bones, using a large paintbrush. Both the mounted elephants and the skeletons are also "dusted" with a vacuum cleaner each year, according to Martin. Hand vacuum cleaners are used to clean small display cases every three months. "No matter how tight we fit M Be Suspended ter that may call for the im position of government penal ties." He said the proper course to take is to suspend on-campus recruiting operations. Schools are assured, "that nothing students do or say about any university activity will play any part in deter mining their draft status." Spangler 's initial resolution included ro mention of ASUN. support for students or groups attempting to contest the di rective. These statements were added to the resolution after several senators urged the body to back legal efforts op posing the Hershey decree. Some Senators questioned whether the University could deny students the right to talk to military recruiters on cam pus, while protecting recruit ment protestors against pos sible consequences. Acknowledging this argu ment. Sen. Spangler said, "We must weigh the advan tages of having them on cam pus against the disadvantages they may pose." Sen. Craig Dreeszen added, "In any normal campus ac tivity, the student ought to have a right to express his opinion. We can avoid a lot of trouble by alleviating the Student And Faculty Sentiments At Omaha Overwhelmingly Support Possible Merger EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a four-part series on the proposed NU OU merger. The third part, which appears Friday, will concern the attitudes of students and administra tion at NU. By ED ICENOGLE Senior Staff Writer Omaha Opposition to the University of Nebraska-University of Omaha merger seems to be a rare commod ity on the OU campus. Museum Curators Lively the glass, the dust still gets in." he said. "We have to use a hand vacuum cleaner with only lit tle suction to prevent losing The Purge . . . jut" fH , ilitary problem now." If a number of colleges and universities take a similar stand on military recruiters, this might have the effect of helping rescind Hershey's or der, he pointed out. ASUN President Dick Schulze said he will present the resolution to the Board of Regents at next Monday's meeting. In other Senate business, delegates to the Nebraska Student Government Associa tion meeting discussed the resolutions passed by the group. Sen. Phil Boardman ex plained that the controversial NSGA statement on student use of drugs "was not aimed at liberalizing the use of drugs by students. It had to do with the disciplinary pro cedures and due process with regard to students accused of using drugs." The drug resolution urged each participating college to set up a committee of stu dents, faculty and administra tors to make the final deci sion on disciplining students who have been convicted of using drugs in court. Sen. Robert Weaver said this statement seems to "con stitute student approval of double jeopardy procedures." University of Omaha Presi dent Dr. Kirk Naylor and various campus leaders said Wednesday that student and faculty sentiment is over whelmingly in support of t h e proposed merger. Literally thousands of OU students and hundreds of fac ulty have been working for the merger, Naylor said, by campaigning throughout the city. Final decision on the mer ger will be made by Omaha IS ever-Ending Work D isplay reparation small bones of the smaller fossils," he added. According to Martin, the preparators are responsible also for the construction and a. A Of ill :$ ) , J NEEDED: A maxi-mind to conquer the mini-media. I Next Semester Positions Open On Total Education Staff 1 Make the Daily Nebras 1 kan a vital part of your 1 total education by apply- ing for a second semester position now! uE3 sjsiiBumot guuidsy take advantage of this op- portunity by picking up ap- plications for staff positions in the Daily Nebraskan of I fice and returning it by Dec. 11. The Publications Board will interview applicants for anHIIIIIIIIWIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIHitlMIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIUimillHIIIIIHIHIIlim citizens Tuesday in a six-ballot election that includes the proposed combining of NU and OU. If the electorate approves the first ballot, the merger proposal, Omaha's municipal university will become the University of Nebraska at Omaha and will be under the direction of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. Large numbers of students have actively campaigned for the merger, Randy Owens, maintenance of displav cases. HABITAT FOREGROUNDS Martin built the foreground of all the habitat displays. The wood construction bast- Photo By ltac Ladriy The Pachyderm s Y: - editor, news editor, man aging editor, business man ager, sports editor, senior writer and senior copy edi tor. The new editorial staff will select junior and senior staff writers, copy editors, photographers circulation manager, subscription man ager and sports, news and business assistants at a la ter date. student body president, af firmed. "There are about 500 s t u dents going out into other areas of the city, outside their neighborhoods," he esti mated. "But there are thou sands who are participating within their own neighbor hoods." "In general, the merger would provide the necessary fiscal stability for the Uni versity of Omaha," Naylor said, "to permit us to carry must conform to the artist's background, he said. Martin said most of the veg etation and rocks placed in the habitat displays are col lected from the exact site the museum is trying to repro duce. Grasses and leaves are soaked about a week in a mix ture of water and glycerin, and, according to Martin, "should last forever." Martin cited the example of a great blue heron's nest which was brought intact from Halsey National Forest and placed in an exhibit. REPLACE BULBS The preparator said the worst part of his job is the maintenance and upkeep. "If we didn't have to spend bo much time replacing light bulbs and such, we'd have more time for preparation (of the displays) work,' he said. Maintenance -also includes cleaning the glass in display cases. "It's tricky to clean it in me habitat groups," Mar tin said. "We have to build a small scaffolding because we can't leave footprints." Martin and the staff also must keep the "talkin? lab els" in operation at the main exhibits and each habitat group. Visitors can make use of this audio-tounst system to gain additional information about the exhibits by checking out a headset from the infor mation desk in Elephant Ball. Editor and business man- 1 ager receive $150 a month; news editor and managing editor, S85; senior writer, 1 $65; senior copy editor, $65; I sports editor, $60; senior staff writers and copy edi- s tors. $40; junior staff wri- I ters. $30; news assistant, I $35; photographer, $50: f sports assistant, $30; circu- I lation manager, $50: sub- I scription manager, $50. I on our high quality academic and extracurricular programs at a reasonable cost to t h e students." Olfs financial woes appear as one of the strongest influ ences pushing toward the merger. A reasonable cost could not have been maintained un der present conditions, ac cording to Naylor. Student tui tion has been raised every 3'ear since 1962 and is now $18 per credit hour for O m a h a students and $28 per credit hour for non-Omaha students. (This is compared to the $15 per credit hour at the Univer sity of Nebraska. ) The rise in tuition costs has been necessitated by Omaha's unwillingness to vote a high er mill levy taxation for sup porting the municipal univer sity. The levy is currently two mills. Increases on t h i s levy were voted down in 1963 and 1966. With the merger, the OU budget has been set at S3 mil lion, with an additional 81 mil lion expansion fund. This would eliminate the Omaha mill levy and make OU a stat school. CONFIDENT OF SUPPORT Support for the merger seems to be widespread across the city, according to Naylor. "I am confident the people will vote yes," he said. "I have been talking to people all over town, and I have never met a person who has raised an objection. The merger has overwhelming support." Ownes agreed to that state ment, as did Clarence Wilson, editor of the campus newspa per "The Gateway", and Jim Miles, president of the OU In terfraternity Council. "1 think the sentiment is generally in favor of the mer ger, Wilson said. ""Without the "merger, to keep fiscal stability tuition would go up and some courses would have to be dropped." Miles pointeu out the possi bility of OU becomine a resi der i-amnus. Currently, there is no cam pus housine and student? live at home or in apartments. If the University of Nebraska at Omaha fthe school's new title if the merger is approved) ex pands, some on-campus hous ing would be possible, Miles explained. 1 ,.N- 8. ft.- A- v: tv- If - f K: 31- fife";