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? o (Djl P sip FB 1 Vol. 91, No. 54 Thursday, February 1, 1968 University of Nebraska Tho (C tun. (H j 'Suspended animation' Evaluation booklet awaits student senate resolution by Andy Cunningham Senior Staff Writer The future of the Faculty Eval uatlon Booklet is somewhat of a mystery. Its production and con tent are unsettled. ASUN is presently in charge of the booklet. Wednesday the Student Senate passed a resolution to ap point a new chairman for the now headless Faculty Evaluation Com mittee within the next ten days. A transfer of jurisdiction of the booklet from the control of ASUN to the University commit tee on Student Publications is being contemplated. However, the ASUN does not plan to make the switch to the Publications Board as it is now structured. To a new pub board Instead, Pokorny supports a transfer of jurisdiction to a new Publications Board in accordance with recommendations of the "Ad Hoc Committee on Student Publi cations for the Establishment of a University Committee on Student Publications," prepared by Susie Phelps. Under the proposed organiza tional plan, the Pub Board would be, in the words of the report, "re sponsible for the operation of the Daily Nebraskan and the Cornhus ker." It shall also "authorize the existence and operation of any new publication regarded by the com mittee as of like nature or speci fically subsidized by student fees or tax funds." This permits juris diction of the faculty Evaluation Booklets. T maintain integrity The new Pub Board would also be responsible for maintaining "the integrity of publications against ed itorial censorship" in the words of the report. Also, it would "appoint or dis miss editors or major staff mem bers of student publications," con duct business and financial mat ters pertaining to t h e s e publica tions," and "bear the responsibil ity for law suits against them." "If the board is reconstructed, then we will consider transferring the booklet to its jurisdiction," Po korny stated. Morgan feels that such a switch would be "perfect ly in the best interest of the pro gram." Suspended animation Meanwhile the Faculty Evalu ation Booklet appears to be in a state of suspended animation for an indefinite amount of time. In order to solve what he called Hiiiuiumiiiuuiiiiiiniuiuitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiuiiiiiuinue 1 On campus I Today I Dr. Daniel Horn, director of the National Clearinghouse on Smoking of the Public Health Service, will be conducting an open forum and panel discussion on smoking for students and faculty. The forura will be held in Room 20 of Morrill Hall from 3:30 until 5:30 p. m. today. Dr. Horn conducted the na tional smoking test for C.B.S. it i5r Young Republicans will not meet on campus today, according to Phii Bowen, YR president. A meeting will be held next Thursday, Bowen said. fr & Capt Bruce S. McKenna, a Ma rine Corp selection officer, will be talking with interested college men and women about the oportunities to earn a Marine commission. Capt. McKenna wil be in the Union lobby from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. today. ft- Nebraska Concerned Democrats are beginning to formulate plans for supporting Sen. Eugene Mc Carthy in the 1968 presidential pri mary. A Students-for-McCarthy group is being organized to aid in the campaign, according to Gene Pokorny, NCD treasurer., it -it Meredith Willson, famous creator of the Broadway hits "The Music Man" and The" Unsinkable Mclly Brown" will be at the University for the seventh annual "Weekend of Music", which starts Saturday. "the very serious problem we have with the faculty evaluation book let," Pokorny pleaded with the assembled senators to present him with suggestions for a course of action. The decision to appoint a chair man followed a statement in which Morgan pointed out that now that the proposal to transfer the re sponsibility to Pub Board is at best not being contemplated within the near future. The postponement of the appointment makes "no sense," in his words. 'Hanging in the air' "The Faculty Evaluation Book let is hanging in the air because we haven't located the kind of Night skies still predict destinies of believers Editors note: The following is a depth reporting project on astrol ogy written by School of Jour nalism student Larry Longh. Three thousand years ago Assy rians looked toward the heavens and lived by the mandates of the stars 30 centuries later astrol ogy flourishes throughout the world: in the Orient, Asia Minor, South America. Western Europe and in Lincoln, Nebraska. In Lincoln you can walk into vir tually any drugstore or bookstore and find at least two or three per iodicals on astrology. Prices for such literature range from 50 cents to $1.25. Pocketbook horoscope One popular form, especially with teenagers, is the pocketbook horoscope which tells the buyer his prospects for business, love, what type of person he or she is and pre dicts which days will be good or bad days during the coming year. What is astrology? Astrology is the art or science that works on the assumption that events in the sky parallel and are responsible for events on the earth. Astrology is the assumption that the twelve signs of the astral zodiac and eight planets of the solar system, oth er than the earth, exert an unde niable influence on people, plants, and objects. Virtually nothing on the earth escapes the influence of the stars and planets. How does astrology work? Many Americans know nothing of astrol ogy except under which of the twelve zodiac signs they were born. For instance, if a person was born between April 21 and May 21, his sign of the zodiac would be Taurus the Bull. This means that at the time the person was born the sun was located under the astral sign of Taurus the BulL Since astrology is an earth-centered or geocentric study, the sun is considered as taking 365 days to transit through all twelve zodiac signs and the zodiac signs are considered as tak ing 65 days to rotate complete ly around the earth. Each sign of the zodiac and each planet is attributed certain quali ties, both desirable and undesir able. The positions and angles of the planets can either heighten or suppress a certain quality. Also the relative positions of the planets under a zodiac sign can likewise suppress or heighten a character istic. For example, if the planet Ve nus is found under the sign of Vir go in a person's horoscope, this individual may be domestic and person we want for the position," Pokorny said Tuesday. "We haven't found anyone who is willing to put in all the time required to make this a good publication," he ex plained. At yesterday's meeting it was revealed that two candidates for the position had been interviewed by the ASUN executive. Pokorny said that one appeared to be qual ified for the position and willing to undertake it. While yesterday's resolution makes it clear that the committee will very shortly have a chairman, it still does not have a policy to follow. "It is only fair for the person going into a position such as this to know what he is expected to do," Morgan told the Senate. loving. If, however, Mars is found under the sign of Virgo the per son may be lustful and sensual. Or if both planets are located un der the sign of Virgo, the influences of the two planets may cancel out or mitigate one another. Wrong Predictions Upon re-examining an individu al's horoscope the astrologer dis covers where he went wrong. From this point he can readily iron out any discrepancies in his ini tial and subsequent evaluation and prediction by re-interpreting the horoscope. The astrologer must must know the exact time, date and location of a birth for an ac curate prediction. Faulty informa tion makes for faulty interpreta tion. The layman may not realize however, that there are several other forms of astrology. There is mundane astrology which casts horoscopes for nations and nation alities. A mundane horoscope would be one for the United States or one for the Jewish people of the world. Horary astrology consists of an swering questions by casting a hor oscope for the moment the ques tion is asked. Electional astrology is used to pick the right time to begin an enterprise. There are me teorlogical astrology, astro-biology astro-medicine and astro-psychology- Astro-espionage There is even one case of what might be termed "astro-espionage." During World War II, the British war heads employed Hun garian astrologer Louis de Wohl to cast horoscopes to determine what sort of military strategic advice Hitler's astrologer, Karl Ernst Krafft, was giving the Nazi leader. Many people label astrology "quackery," "occulism" or "my sticism." Many nonbelievers flat ly refuse to talk about astrology and the majority of those non-believers who do talk about astrol ogy refused to be identified. To find out what type of peo ple in Lincoln are interested in as trology a check was made with downtown bookstores and maga zine stand proprietors. A salesman at one bookstore de scribed people interested in astrol ogy as "mostly older people and those with little formal educa tion." A proprietor of a downtown magazine stand said that purchas ers of astrology magazines are "generally middle-aged, and wom en much more than men." A book seller at one large downtown de partment store reported that she "sells about 50 astrology maga zines a month, mostly to older peo ple .. . wio take it very serious ly." Many stores and stands re ported that many teenagers buy horoscopes and magazines, but unlike the older people, "they do just for kicks." Lincoln asuologers Three people were found in Lin coln capable of casting horo scopes, One was a grandmother whose family refused to permit her to discuss the subject Anoth- Senator Phil Boardman indicat ed, on the other hand, that the per son presenting himself as a can didate should have definite ideas in mind on how to produce the booklet. Morgan feels that a policy on cov erage and regular publication are acutely needed. He feels that the new chairman should know whether or not every instructor is to be evaluated and whether or not the booklet should be published both in the fall and in the spring. The need for a clearly estab lished policy was also indicated by Pokorny's admonition to the as sembled senators yesterday for having launched a program for which there was no mechanism for continuity. er was a 22-year-old Lincoln girl who was just beginning to learn to cast horoscopes and didn't feel sufficiently qualified to talk about the subject. The third person was a Lincoln housewife and mother of four. The housewife has studied as trology "for about 10 to 12 years." As a hobby she regularly casts horoscopes for members of her family and occasionally for friends. She described the art of the stars as "a greatly involved subject" Astrology: science Though astrology is given free reign in certain parts of the coun try such as Los Angeles, San Fran cisco and Kansas City, a Nebraska statute could conceivably prevent anyone from indulging in astrolo gy on a commercial basis. Sec tion 28-1111 of the Revised Nebras ka Statutes says, "that no o n e shall take part in, practice, as sist or become a subject in giving a public open exhibition or seance, show of hypnotism, mesmerism, animal magnetism or so-called psychical forces FOR GAIN ..." Lincoln laws A Lincoln city ordinance might also prevent the practice of as trology in the city for profit. The city ordinance reads, "it shall be unlawful for any person to exer cise, carry on, advertise or en gage in the business or profession of clairvoyancy, palmistry, phreno logy, mind reading, fortune telling or any other business or art of re vealing or pretending to reveal past or future events in the life of another." Though astrology is not specifi cally mentioned in the city ordi nance, City Attorney Ralph Nel son said, "if we had such a case of an astrologer practicing in the city, we would try it and let the court make a decision." Astrology has been called "one of the most diehard of the arts," by McNeice. "Diehard" seems a truly fitting adjective in keeping with the developing technology as the world moves into the 21st cen tury. " A British astrologer, Madame Katina Theodossiou, has computer ized "the most ancient of all arts." Working with the Computer Centers Corp. in New York, Ma dame Theodossiou has fed 13 mil lion pieces of information compris ing 80 years of astrological data into a computer. Now all Mrs. Theodossiou has to do is feed the computer the client's birthdate and birthplace and the computer whips out a 10,000 word account of an in dividual's personality, health and prospects for the coming year all within a minute. Whatever astrology is labeled "quackery," "a religion of sorts," "mysticism," "art," or a "science" in its own right" there is no de nying astrology is a phenomen that thrives in reality today. As trology, "the most diehard of the arts," has weathered thirty cen turies and journeyed from its homeland in ancient Assyria throughout the world to the heart of the American Midwest ' (fed & tsSF f.- g rji - -BMfe P?. v s"X PPil v. Y yqMmmmmmm mmnrnm nmJmU mm,mm n ...in. urmrn n.-nni 1 Workers continue construction on the Nebraska Union I which is due to be Senate awareness needs re-evaluation Proposals,progranis,report await action and continuity Student Senators were charged Wednesday to re-evaluate their lack of awareness of their consti tuents opinions and the need for continuity of the Senate programs. Gene Pokorny, ASUN first vice president, told the Senate to as sume their responsibilities because they face a loaded slate of busi ness over the next two months. Pokorny said in an executive committee report, that the Senate faced a problem of communica tion in that they were not aware of student body opinion except when responding to immediate is sues and to constituents. Responded to constituents He cited the military recruit ing issue last semester as a time when Senate responded and acted in accordance to the wishes of their constituents. He went on to say that it is only in these crises that the senators are keenly aware of student body attitudes. Pokorny said that being "not an organizaton but a government" necessitated Senate to continue the programs and committees they in stigate. He cited the lack of attention to the current Senate commitee which has published the Faculty Evaluation Booklet for the past two years. Accept assignments He also charged the senators to be responsible in their duties and in accepting assignments and ap pointments as representatives of Senate. The speech not only reviewed the year's accomplishments by Senate, but included six legisla tive bills which face the senators in the two months left in their term. These bills include a proposal that ASUN affiliate and become a member of the National Student Associaton; that Senate ask the Board of Regents to consider the possibility of establishing an office of Curricular Evaluation, and that Senate urge the Regents to adopt the proposal for a residential ex perimental centennial college for next semester. Improvement of programs The other two bills asked for the UlUIUMIIIIimUIIIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIIIIIItllllllllllllllMIIIMIIilllltllll finished next fall. improvement and expansion of th TTnivprsitv Honors Droeram. and the establishment of an urban stu dies program. At this date, 11 Senate commit tees have completed semester re ports, leaving two to come next week. Of the eight ad hoc commit tees established this year, four have completed reports of their ef forts. Also facing the Senate are three major programs to take place this spring. The first scheduled pro gram is the World Affairs Confer ence to be held the 14th and 15th of March, according to Senator Ron Alexander, chairman of the conference. Cancel classes He reported that speakers had been contacted and there is a pos sibility that classes may be can celed for a part of the two days to enable students to attend rhe program. Senator Mark Schreiber report ed that the Drug Seminar is sched uled the nights of March 17, 18 and 19. He had received affirma tive replys from a variety of speak ers asked to participate. Pokorny also told the senators they faced a problem of actualiza tion, in that Senate had moved out of the realm of articulating about issues and proposals. Need to continue programs He related this to the need to continue the programs Senate has continued for the past two years by formalizing them as permanent committees. This refers specifically to t h e Stillman University exchange pro gram and the Model United Na tions conference, in addition to the Faculty Evaluation Booklet. The Senators were urged to brief themselves on the committee re ports which have been completed. This is necessary, he said, to ena ble the senators to knowingly con sider upcoming resolutions ana legislation. Senator Jim Ludwig reported or the Faculty Subcommittee on Stu dent Activities' resolutions regard ing the open housing policy. Kd said that involved students had not agreed with the resolution by the faculty subcommittee. Further meetings are to take place regard ing the open house issue. ii 1 i1 1 t I 11 i i ) f a. ft ' V 1 v I 3 & 3 n m 1?