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- o O! feet. LLJ 1968 Friday, February 2, 19i 68 University of Nebraska Vol. 91, No. 55 VLAJ VU Li Li MAI U Li RussiaH-pbysicist Likes U.S. idea 1 . I- j.- lVt 1 , 4 ft . If ' "f' i - y -' ( i A Russian physicist, Dr. Victor Anisimov is visiting the United States on a cultural-educational exchange program. IDA delays action on open house rule JL by Mark Gordon Senior Staff Writer The Inter-Dormitory Association (IDA) Council Wednesday night voted to delay action on a three point open-house guideline issued by the University bousing office. IDA President Brian Ridenour said the Council can either re ject, accept, or propose modifica tions to the ruling which states: organized bodies, either floors cr halls mast show consensus of opinion wanting an open house. there must be a duly-authorized person on each floor to watch for coordination of the open house. there must be a procedure for registering the absence of a mem ber with the responsible officer prior to the event Simply guideline "These are simply guidelines cent from the bousing office to the residence directors," said Richard Scott, coordinator of the residence balls. There are possibilities for modifications of this policy which would b acceptable to both resi dence hall governments and the bousing office," Ridenour said. He added that the University of ficials are placing responsibility for the enforcement of the rules with student dormitory govern ment, but they aren't allowing stu dent government to formulate the regulations. Meeting oo rules The IDA's chief executive said be would send a memorandum to all IDA representatives requesting them to attend next week's meet ing as the open bousing rules would be the first Item on the meeting's agenda. "The demanded policies. Imple mented or sot, must be taken to the full Faculty Committee on Student Affairs and Activities from a practical standpoint," Cather Hall president Bruce Bailey said. Hold elections In other Council business, the group voted to hold the Association-wide executive elections Feb. 15 in order to allow candidates one week and one day to conduct campaigning. Ridenour added that applications for the position of IDA present and vice president must be. sub mitted to him at Cather Hall be fore next Thursday's Council meet ing. The Council also voted to post pone action on two constitutional amendments until the new execu tive officers assume office. The amendments include a procedure for a residence hall to withdraw from the Association and a clar fication regarding whether the in dividual resident or the respective residence hall is an IDA member. Eat in other dorms Mike Eyster, chairman of the IDA food committee, reported to the Council that a plan allowing residents to eat meals in dorms other than their own is in its final stages of approval. He said 10 persons from a re spective cafeteria complex would be allowed to eat Monday, Wednes day and Friday night meals and Sunday lunch at other cafeterias if they sign a form one week in advance. He said these forms would then be distributed to each dorm en abling the ticket checkers to have the list before the meaL The Council approved a motion by Bailey to allocate no more than $20 tp pay the living expenses of the five officers from the Kansas State Residence Hall Association who are slated to hold a confer ence with IDA officials Feb. 10. Dr. , Victor Anisimov 'American students may talk too mucV, but Russian students do not talk enough. . Russian researcher 'likes the way people talk about problems and exchange ideas' in the United States. by Andy Cunningham Junior Staff Writer Although he feels that American students talk too much, a Russian physicist at the University of Ne braska counters that students in his country talk too little. Dr. Victor Anisimov, is one of thirty-two Russian educators, sci entists and artists currently involv ed in the Russo-American exchange program with counterparts in the U.S. "I like the way people talk about problems and exchange ideas here," Anisimov said. He pointed out that this had one "negative" aspect, however it cuts down on the time devoted to studying. Referring to the difference in talkativeness of students in the two countries, he concluded, "Maybe the solution is to find the middle." "Students are alike every where." said Anisimov. "There is no difference," he said, referring to the incentive and working hab its of Russian and American stu dents. In both countries they want to work sometimes and sometimes not," he said. Anisimov is a firm believer in the exchange program, which has been in existence since the late 19508. "It is important to find ways to make peace," he said. "Any ex change program where people talk informally, not officially, I think will make relations between our countries better." In addition to universities, in the USSR there are many technical schools which prepare those who are interested in obtaining work in an industrial capacity after they have completed high school. In Anisimov's country, class room space is a problem. Admis sion into a particular university or department and into a particular field is determined and narrowed by keen competition among the applicants. "Maybe your high school educa tion is too specialized," Anisimov said. "In my country high school education is entirely generaL" He added that studies on the college level lie entirely within specific fields. Anisimov said that in the high school level students are "too young to know their speciality." He said that the Soviet system, permitting the student to special ize after receiving a solid general background, is best. This allows complete specializa tion on the collegiate leveL This . Release opposes UN policy bv Phyllis Adkisson Junior Staff Writer Present University policy is not in accordance with at least five points in the recent ly formulated Joint Statement on the Rights and Freedoms of Students, according to Lou is Crompton, professor of En glish. The Joint Statement is a document stating minimal rights and freedoms for stu dents and describing proced ures or insuring these. It was drawn up by repre sentatives of five national edu cation organizations, the American Association of Uni versity Professors (AAUP), the American Association of Colleges (AAC), the National Student Association NSA), the National Association of Student Personnel Adminis trators (NASPA), and the Na tional Association of Women's De?ns and Counselors (NAW DC. Crompton, a member of the AAUP, said it is similar in content, to an AAUP docu ment drawn up last year, but includes the procedure rights of students. He added that its effective ness will draw largely from the fact that it is a joint state ment by the student, teacher, and administrator. - Jump to page 4 column 4 exchange kind of specialization is good," he explained, because it permits, for instance, an aspiring scientist to select a very narrow field within the broad scope of science. A non-specialized high school education is necessary for interac tion and successful relations with people of different fields, he said. Comparing Veronez State Uni versity, where he has been a member of the Physics Depart ment, Anisimov said: "It may be that in my field the conditions at my university are better than they art here." "Here there is a scarcity of ma terials and a long delay involved in the preparation," he explained. He is doing experimental re search with very thin films of gold, a metal with interesting elec Committees report to student senate Student Senate committees have compiled reports on first semes ter activities, according to Gene Pokorny, ASUN first vice presi dent. The reports completed were handed out to senators at the Wednesday Senate meeting. Elev en reports have been compiled, with two committees yet to com plete their resumes. Of the eight ad hoc committes established by Senate this year, four have completed their reports. The following is a synopsis of the semester's work: FACULTY EVALUATION COM MITTEE: Work on the Faculty Evaluation Booklet began during the second semester of 1966-67 school year. During this past se mester, evaluations of the facul ty ((which had been completed by students during the previous Dead Week) were compiled and sent to the University Computer Center. Due to programming difficulties, . the Center did not have the re turns completed until August Con sequently the committee could not complete work on the books until September. The books were print ed by the second week of Novem ber. Although 1200 books were printed, sales were much less than expected. Books will again be placed on sale when registration for summer school and first se mester 1968-69 begins, according to committee chairman Tom Mor gan. The first project undertak en by the committee was the pro motion of the proposed Lincoln Minimum Standards Housing code, according to chairman Margo Mc Master. Although the code was de feated by Lincoln voters, the com mittee worked for its passage by distributing information leaflets, purchasing a billboard opposite the Union, supplying press releas es to the Daily Nebraskan, through neighborhood coffees, football ban ners and various other forms of publicity. The committee also worked to find Lincoln homes that foreign students -could live in during Christmas vacation; it worked with the NYAS, a group promot ing the passage of a bill next No vember which would lower the vot ing age to 19; it organized a Ne braska Youth Fair to be held this spring, and also planned a "World in Revolution" conference. MASTERS COMMITTEE: The committee received affirmative responses to Masters Week invi tations from R. A. Alberty, Dean of Science at M I.T; George B. Cook, President of Bankers Life Insurance, Nebraska; Earl C. Hedlund, LL General in the U.S. Air Force; Guy C. Kiddoo of the Fir ft National Bank; Anan Ray mond, a Chicago lawyer; and E. Van den Bark, vice president of Phillips Petroleum Company. The committee is currently working on the program schedule and other arrangements for Masters Week, according to Carolyn Eldred, chairman. ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE: The committee is continuing work on the Campus Handbook which is sent to all Incoming freshmen. A section on ASUN has been added, according to chairman Diaane trical properties. He explained that less is known about the con ductivity and resistivity of gold than other metals. He went on to say that the fact that gold cannot be oxidized may be of relevance in examining these electrical properties. Anisimov said he has been pes tered with a problem of supply at the University. "Seme of my ma terials took months to come, and it is only recently that I have been able to begin my experi ments," he said. He also said that some of his equipment was too simple for the precision which his work required. Anisimov pointed out that he had not encountered either of these problems while working in his own country. cera, and the complete ASUN con stitution is included. PARKING COMMITTEE: The committee was successful in set ting up a working parking appeals board, which meets on every oth er Wednesday. The board has handled more than 100 cases, 60 per cent of which have resulted in the cancellation of tickets. The committee was also successful in bringing about repairs to student parking lots, according to Jim Ludwig, chairman. LIBRARY COMMITTEE: Func tioning mainly as a subcommittee to the Ad Hoc Library Planning Committee, the group is working on a bookform report concerning the new library facility which is scheduled to be built in 1972. The committee has also worked with library representatives concern ing problem areas in the library. LEGISLATIVE LIAISON COM MITTEE: The committee, headed by Diane Theisen, has compiled a file consisting of the biographies and voting record of all the state senators. Senators have also been encouraged to visit the Universi ty campus, and tours of the vari ous colleges have been arranged. The committee is also working with the Education Committee on a student academic evaluation of various departments. IT A. I- .-:-r i . y-- - m j I' t A - v I "m"" i 'V , f jf i v?V ( - Urn. s - """"""""i - . I v u c jf7zf , j v ,.- :' i f I il r ir ASUN first vice president Gene Pokorny discusses first semester committee reports submitted to the Senate Wednesday. piMIIMIIIIIINllllffllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll(3 0n Campus ... Today dm j Jazz 'n Java will be held today at 3:45 in the Crib of the Nebras ka Union. The pledge class of Sigma Al pha Epsilon will begin a basket ball bounce in Omaha Friday night to promote the heart fund drive. The pledges will bounce the bask etball along highway six and end at the State Capitol in Lincoln where Governor Tiemann will sign the ball. According to calculations by pledge class president Wally Dean, the number of times the ball bounces should be approxi mately equal to the times the hu man heart beats each day. it Newman Club is sponsoring a "living room" get-together at the Newman Center tonight at 8 p.m. According to Suzanne Broz, club secretary, a guest speaker will talk about the controversial movie "The War Game," which will be shown on Feb. 9, 10, and 11. & A documentary Indian film, "Jungles", will be shown in color at Sheldon Art Gallery Saturday at 7:00 p.m. The film, which is sponsored by the India Association, will have English subtitles. Ad mission price is one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children. ir is Campus organizations desiring booths at the second semester Ac tivities Mart should contact Kar en Wendt, mart chairman. The Activities Mart will be Wednes day in the Union ballroom from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. it it 1" The "Nearly New Shop", spon sored by the NU Faculty Women's Club, will hold a sale on Feb. 6 and 7, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 333 No. 14th Street. Members have contributed clothing, dishes, fur niture, and other items to be sold inexpensively to students. The profits from the sales will be matched on a nine to one basis by the National Defense Education Act, and will go to the student ban fund. v v- ,; .- V -.-