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Page 4 The Daily Nebraskan Friday, December 15, 1967 Spangler Philosopher ' Spokesman, Activist I : - ( t ' If : s K f" '' '" " 1. ' j . . te ;u J A v X ".F v Y ' h ;iiiiiiiiiiiiaiiMii!iiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiii'ii!aiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiitii!iDiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiu s 9 I Plunging through a third semester of existence, I the Inter-Dormitory Association Council passed four : major resolutions, dealing directly or indirectly with j the member dormitories of IDA. I Brian Ridenour, DA president, said that new i officers for the insuing year will be selected at the I beginning of second semester. 5 : , This chart gives the subject matter of the resolu- I tions, a brief explanation of the resolution, and a state- 3 ment by Ridenour. Subject S Deferred Rush Discrimination Open Houses I AWS Explanation A resolution, pre s e n t e d to the Board of Regents which supports ASUN'S opposi tion to the im position of defer red rush on the Greek svstem. This act forbids This act, for bids discrimina tion based on creed, national origin, or sex by I"?A, the mem ber dormitories, or any organized dormitory groups. This resolution presented to the Office of Student Affairs, expres sed L?Vs disap proval of an at tempted change in open house policy. A resolution stat ing that the role of student assis tants in the dor mitory should be to counsel stu dents, not police them. It recom mends to AWS that AWS invest gate the student assistant's duty of enforcing AWS rules. President's Statement "This resolution was passed be cause of IDA'S belief in the in dividual should be free to chose his own resi dence, and to prevent split loyalties in the dorm." "This act is of a preventative nature, not to halt a wide spread practice, but orientated to ward preventing a discriminatory situation from arising." "Probably this is the most im portant resolu tion IDA has pas sed. Much of IDA's future suc cess depends on whether we can reach a satisfac tory agreement with the adminis tration." "This resolution is significant be cause it defines the duty of the student assistant, and also (to a certain extent) the role of an AWS representative." By ANDY CORRIGAN Senior Staff Writer Transition hampered by confusion and student in decision earmark the Uni versity of today, according to Al Spangler, this semes ter's Outstanding Nebras kan selection. "Nebraska is undergoing an important transistional period. A re-adjustment in the distrubution of power is necessitated but presently there is confusion as to how this will be accomplished," Spangler said, expanding his statement in an inter view. The ASUN senator said that students want an equal voice with administrators and faculty in important university decisions which they don't have now. The Bill of Rights; Uni versity committees com prised of students, faculty and administrators, and the revamping of the Uni versity judicial system are positive steps in the direc tion of power transition, he said. Optimistic in his apprais al of the U n i v e r s i t y's progress, Spangler cites the strides which are pres ently being made here in the area of educational re form, such as the Centen nial College. 'IN SPITE OF' Referring to the need for educational reform, he said "one becomes educated in spite of our system, not because of it." The American education al system has gone too iong unchallenged, he said, and the time has come to ex periment with new ideas similiar to the Centennial College. "College currently is a job training center that con ditions people to fit into slots," he continued, "There is a definite need for change." Spangler enumerated three reforms which he thinks would enhance the educational system: living learning units, abolition of the grading system and abolition of group require ments. Clarifying his position, he said that from personal experience he has gained a much greater educational value from individual con tact with people than from the large lecture situation and thinks the individual basis best. Abdicating the necessity of grades on the grounds that the inhibit people, graduate assistant in philo sophy also said that grades should not be the moitva tion for learning, rather the desire to learn should be the motivation. AUTHORITARIAN' NATURE Spangler also finds fault with the authoritarian na ture of the present educa-' tional system: "what the professor says is right." He thinks greater interaction between faculty and student in the classroom situation is necessary. aiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiO'imiiiiiiiDHiiiiiiiiiiDiiiimiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiinl Registration For European Tour Students interested in the European trip next summer sponsored by the Nebraska Union .Trips and Tours Committee may sign-up now In the Union Program office The $405 fee includes train fare to Chicago and air plane fare to London. All p a r t i c i pants must leave June 12. No supervi sion will be provided after the group reaches Europe. Students must be prepared to return to the United States August 26. b AIRLINE PILOT TRAINING- "Reform could be ac complished more effectivly if administrators, faculty and students worked to gether but student action in this area is probably the most conservative element at work." he said, Spangler's rationale for student conservatism re volves around the students indecisive nature: they do not want to nr'e decisions and the present system does not encourage such action on their part. However, student involve ment has increased markedly in the past few years, he said, and the rise in student action coincides with the civil rights move ment. ANALACOUS "With the rise of the civil rights movement, students suddenly discovered that the situation of the Ameri can Negro was somewhat analagous to the situation of the American university s t u d e n t," he explained. "Things weren't what they were supposed to be for either of the two groups." Besides the civil rights movement and student pow er movement, students have shown involvement by their interest in the Vietnam War. he said. Spangler, involved in the anti-war movement for the last four years, believes that many people are being needless ly killed in the name of American self-interest when no such interest exists. "War protestors have spent a great amount of time and energy working for the end of the war but they meet constant frustra tion as the war continues to expand," he said. "The political left is splintering and becoming visibly frus trated." According to Spangler, the frustration syndrome has spawned talk of revolution among many radicals as the only means to constructive change. Spangler terms such ideas "ridiculous." However, he said, there is, as of now, no clear method of change and no one seems to have any sug gestions as to how to ef fect constructive change to improve our domestic and foreign situation. REASONS Spangler lists the reasons behind the lack of thought and solutions in these cru cial areas as twofold: peo ple find it hard to identify with anything that is n o t closely related to them; and people think in short range rather than in long range terms. Illustrating his point Spangler cited Senate's Vietnam Week, by saying "there should have been more than the 900 people who showed interest in the Vietnam referendum when you realize we have a stu dent body of 18,000." Spangler served as com mittee chairman for the Vietnam Week. The ASUN Senator stated he would never again con duct a program such as Vietnam Week because it was to expensive in time and money for the relative number of people that are effected. Qualifying his statement, Spangler said he thought the idea was good but the format wrong. LITTLE INTERACTION "Students failed to re spond largely because Viet nam Week was too much like a lecture series," he stated. "There was little interaction between stu dents and speakers." He suggested that if an other program of this type was innaugurated the speak ers should be taken to the living units in order to fa cilitate group interaction on a smaller scale. Spangler admitted that Vietnam Week was a fail ure and said the irony lay in the fact that he was in volved in politics: "I in tensely dislike any organi zational type of activity. I find political rhetoric very unattractive." Spangler served as a mem ber of the Student Conduct committee, which drafted the Student Bill of Rights, ASUN Executive Commit tee. On Dec. 6 Spangler in troduced a resolution in Senate recommending the Regents ban military re cruiters on campus until Selective Service head General Lewis Hershey re scinded his directive con cerning the draft status of student protestors against the Vietnam war and the draft. That resolution, which passed Senate 25-3, was later considerably modified in a special session of Sen ate on Dec. 10r Spangler said he was sur prised that the resolution was changed after it had passed so strongly in Sen ate. He attributed the sud den change of attitude by senators to self-doubt when their constituents. The Senator explained that at the introduction of the resolution most of the senators were against it. After discussion they under stood its purpose and backed it. However, the senators lost confidence in them selves when confronted by some dissent and instead of trying to educate their constituents in the matter they merely acquiesed, Spangler said. "I introduced the resolu tion to eliminate danger. I felt that the military was intruding into University af fairs," he said, "When on campus the military should operate under our terms." Speaking about the Uni versity as a whole the Out standing Nebraskan stated he was very optimistic about it, saying that the "Univer sity" may not have a lot of name people but it also does not have a lot of prob lems. Academically this is a good place." Tir T H'sS- A "" ft' V OUTSTANDING NEBRASKAN . . . Al Spangler confers with Cater Chamblee. . j asp mw mQm i Don't give him the same old thing for Christmas!! Give someone a unique, eccentric, special gift that will show your thoughtfulness. We suggest: We Suggest: A giant Shigeroki teapot or burnished copper ico bucket A deluxe rain troo or a rosewood salt and pepper set A-frame matches and many other exotic remembrances. INTERIORS DIVERSIFIED Open 10-6 Mon. - Fri. Open 10-4 Sat. 1230 South St. Phone 432.8851 ! IN if ! AT . I I if S I , , fif 1 tit m I IT Sights Sounds Season's if. 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