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DEC 15 1967
Friday, December 15, 1967
University of Nebraska
Vol. 91, No. 52
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Is Constitution
BvJAX PARKS
Junior Staff Wriler
The turmoil of your gen
eration caused by the dis
comfort of existing inequali
ties in ur society is our hope
for fulfilling the promises of
the Constitution," Supreme
Court Justice Abe Fortas told
about 300 University students
Thursday.
Fortas said that although
much has been done to ex
tend the substance and reali
ties of the Constitution since
it was written, much needs
la be done to validate full
Constitutional rights.
"In our midst there are
millions of people who are
denied their guaranteed
rights, said Fortas, whose
Legislative
Completed
Kv CHRISTIE
SCHWARTZKOPF
Junior Staff Writer
With one scheduled meet
ing remaining on Jan. 4, the
AWS Constitutional Conven
tion completed discussion
on the section dealing with
the legislative branch.
The subject of elections in
relation to representation
drew the most dissent.
Two alternatives to the
problem were discussed:
1) to elect representatives
to Congress from the living
unit in which a woman lives
at the time of the spring
election or 2) or to elect
representatives from the
living unit in which a worn
an win live the next year.
Discussion centered on
the feasibility of registra
tion, the possibilities and
ease of floating in elec
tions, the probability of
knowing the candidates for
whom a woman is voting
and the workability of the
system.
Finally - iopted as a by
law in the raft 3rT"'"i-n
was the moLion thr all
worsen sha. v-te i- -titra
of the living unit in
which they shall live the
next year.
Other itocisinnj made con
cerned a crads point sUptH
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4But tlial was not the same snow,' I say.
Our snow was not onlv shaken from white-
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wah
buckets down the sky it came shawling out of
the ground
and swam and drifted out of the arms and hands
bodies of the trees; snow grew overnight on the
roofs of the houses like a pure and grandfather
moss
minutely white-ivied the walls and settled on
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thunderstorm of white, torn Christmas card
appearance was sponsored
by the Union Talks and Top
ics Committee.
The only group of people
mho receive all Constitution
al rights are those who are
white, male and adults of av
erage or above income, he
said.
Fortas included X'egroes,
American Indians, women,
the indigent, and illegitimate
children in a group which he
said were often considered
Constitutional n o n-persons
because they are not always
extended lie personal rights
guaranteed by the Constitu
tion. An example of fulfilling the
Constitution is the Edwards vs.
California case of 1941, which
Talks
By AWS
lation and Lincoln represen
tation. The minimum grade av
erage requirement for rep
resentatives to Congress
was placed at 12 to insure
continuity of a representa
tive from spring to fall even
in the event her average
falls for the spring semes
ter. Lincoln's three represen
tatives in Congress are to
be distributed by the follow
ing criteria: no more than
two representatives who are
completely unaffiliated and
no more than two who are
affiliated with a sorority or
Towne Club.
Another by-law design sit
ing representation ii Con
gress was approved. It
states that representation
shall be as follows: Sandoz,
3; Smith, 3; SeSeck, 3;
East Campos, 2; Pound, 3;
VTEJ1, 3: sororities, 9; and
other offampBS represen
tatives, 3.
The tentative schedule for
t' e rest of the Co"s'itnton
al Onvent'cn 's: conven
tion ends Jan. A, final
w:rding during finals and
semester break; orientation
of women for ratification
Jan. 29-Feb. 12 and ratifv
catiaa elactkm. Feb, 14.
ra like a diimli.
was the first major decision
concerning the rights of the
poor and the indigent.
In this case, a revolution
ary concept, that poverty
and immorality are not sy
nonymous, was formulated,
be explained.
Chief Justice Jackson
stated in this case that being
without funds is a neutral
factor, the same as race,
creed, or religion, Fortas
said.
"Xo one can pretend that
the Supreme Court or all the
courts in the U.S. can alone
fulfil! the moral objective of
the Constitution," Fortas
stated.
"All the courts can do is to
alert people as to the mean
ing of the Constitution."
In the scheme of our gov
ernment it is crucial that
not only the Constitution be
fulfilled, but its means of
achieving fulfillment should
be in accord with the Consti
tKt!n. be a4(?d.
We should be dedicated to
the principle that the means
and the eid are inseparable."
Fortas added.
The deire by many to ful
fill the rights of the Constitu
tion has removed a lid from
a boiling kettle, be said, and
sometime the energy re
leased does cot always find
channels that the Constitu
tion has legitimized.
This enemy, known as civil
disobedience "is a noble and
magic weapon that should
only be used by those who are
thoughtful of their obligations
to society."
Fortas stipulated, however,
that civil disobedience is not
a license to break windows
in the Pentagon, to pillage,
invade, or trespass on the
lives of others.
There are times in a
man's life when obeying law
is not the greatest virtue," be
said, Jesus, George Washing
ton. Thomas Jefferson and
Ghandi all broke laws.
Open and peaceful law
bre,5d'"r. with the awareness
that violators will be pun
ished, is only justified if the
principle involved is worth
more to the individual than
the lzv, Fartaj said.
moil
s Hope
in those years around the sea-town corner now
and out of all sound except the distant speaking
of the voices I sometimes hear a moment before
sleep,
that I can never remember whether it snowed
for six
days and six nights when I was twelve
or whether.it snowed for twelve days and twelve
nights when I was six ...
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NFU
More
Bt DAVE BUXTAIX
Senior Staff Writer
Nebraska Free University
shows no sign of faltering as
it embarks on its second
year on the University cam
pus, according to Susie
Phelps, Student Senate XFU
committee chairman.
Miss Phelps said Free Uni
versity planners hope to stage
registration for second semes
ter courses during the last
week in February, leaving all
of March, April and May for
course instruction.
Our main objective in
planning next semester's
XFU," she said, "will be to
get more courses with a great
er diversity of subject mat
ter." 21 COURSES
This semester 21 courses
Mere taught in areas racging
from Ethnic Musk to Psychic
Stimulants. She indicated that
30 to 40 courses might be a
reasonable target for the com
ing semester.
XFU organizers are eager
to see the development of
more "p r o j e c t -oriented"
courses, where students could
take square-dancing or film
making as a part of their in
struction. This emphasis is in line
with the group's plans to
stress '"experimentation with
teaching methods." she ex
plained. "We would 1 i k e to
have the group be self-directed,
rather than making the
course instructors do all the
preparations."
INTEREST
Miss Phelps said a lot of
University faculty members
have Indicated an interest in
teaching in the NFU. The
Department of Latin-American
Studies have expressed
interest 'n teaching a class
on Lstip- -ierican affairs, she
said.
The "'.ailing Service is
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this issue.
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Launches Second Year;
Course Diversity Hoped
also interested in expanding
its Human Resources program
in conjunction with the XFU.
This course is patterned af
ter the T-Group program on
a number of other campuses.
Participants in the Human
Resources class meet regular
ly to study such things as
group dynamics and interper
sonal relationships within the
group setting.
PUBLICIZE
She said the XFU commit
tee plans to publicize the reg
istration program to a great
er extent possibly placing
sign-up desks in the dormi
tories. The organizers discussed
and rejected the idea of rent
ing a building or several
rooms to serve as a central
location for XFU activities.
"We felt that moving the
Free University out of the
campus setting would defeat
the purpose of the program,"
she said. This past semester
courses were taught in cam
pus religious centers and dor
mitories. CREDIT
The group also rejected the
possibility of attempting to
get University credit for some
of the XFU course offerings.
Miss Phelps explained that
such a move is not in keep
ing with the basic objectives
of the XFU and could not be
accomplished for this semes
ter, anyway.
looking back at this semes
ter's KFU, Miss Phelps cited
the drop in attendance as one
of the major problems which
courses encountered.
About 20 students register
ed for Free University course
work initially, but enrollment
trailed off as the semester
progressed. Most course?
"boiJed down to five or ten
students" by the end of the
term." e said.
ATTENDANCE
This drop in attendance,
she said, may have been
countered by a rise in the
interest of the course, since
the small grocp proved to ba
Looking through my bedroom window, out into
the moonlight and the unending smoke-colored
snow,
I could see the lights in the windows
of all the other houses on our hill and hear
the music rising from them up the long, steadily
falling night. I turned the gas down. I got
into bed. I said some words to the close and
holy darkness, and then I slept ...
Dylan Thomas
tbe most effective size."
Although the XFU has not
yet achieved any degree of
permanancy. Miss Phelps
said the organizers have been
successful in recruiting new
workers to aid in planning
the program.
She pointed out that she
now has a committee of about
15 working on next semester's
courses and urged anyone
else interested in the XFU to
join them.
COMMITTEE
"It appears mat XFU is go
ing to depend on one person
or a group of persons to keep
Leadership Forum
For Dorm Officers
A Leadership Seminar,
sponsored by the Inter
Dormitory Association, for
all hall and floor officers
of University dormitories
will be held at the Nebraska
Union on Dec. 16 between
9 a m. and 12 noon.
The program will further
inform dorm officers of the
happenings within the resi
deuce hall system and to
provide officers with ideas
to best carry out the duties
of a ball or floor officer, ac
cording to IDA President
Brian Ridenour.
Dormitories Close
For Holiday Season
University students win not
be able to remain in their
eampoi dormitories over
Christmas vacation.
AH dormitories will close at
10 a.m., Dec. 20, the day
after the last day of classes.
Closed i3! r.'Tie W'Hncs
day. J?n. 3. h a!" dsr.r.s
opening at 1 p.m., Jan. 2.
The Xebraska Center youth
wing will accommodate out
of town students staying in
for fhd hclLiaj'S, ao
I
it going each semester," she
said.
The XFU planners current
ly function as a committee of
the ASUX, enabling the group
to get financial and adminis
trative help from Student
Senate.
Miss Phelps said the great
est accomplishment of t h e
XFU to date has probably
been the creation of inter
est in educational experimen
tation. She said the ASUX's
drive for changes in educa
tion can be traced in large
part to the success of the
XFU.
Ken Stoner, a student
from Kansas State Univer
sity and the president of the
National Association of Col
lege and University Resi
dence Halls, and Richard
Schulze. ASUX president,
will aress the group.
Discussion groups will be
concerned with the follow
ing topics: Basic Concepts
of a Residence Hall Associ
ation, Judicial Procedures
Within the Dorms, Relation
ships cfStudent Govern
ment and the Administra
tion, and Greek-Independent
Relations.
cording to Edward Bryan,
Housing Director.
Prices are: $2, first day:
SL50, second day; 51-25, fol
lowing days. In addition, the
Xebraska Center win offer
cafeteria style food service
every day except Christmas.
Lov? 'ibr?rv will remain
oy?n between 7: "0 a.m. ani
4:30 p.m. except Dec. 23
through Dec. 26 acd Dec. 30
through Jan. L On Jan. 3,
regular hours will fee re-
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