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UNIVERSITY OF NEBR, L13RARK O dl n MAY 29 19 P 0 BINDING Friday, February 23, 1968 University of Nebraska Vol. 91, No. 67 f ' ' '' ' ' ' ",', 4 ' , ' o I J y:: I t ''r. ': V . I I .,..v V - - ; v- ? , ' - . I i ft W; ' - r 1 -- v-'v ..r i' 4t . ; ;. v ' If - : ':'S "!V,V ' n I" ' ' '' " ' One of the many moods of Frances Alenikoff as she per formed before a Nebraska Union audience Thursday after noon. This episode was significant for its slow, deliberate action, a departure from the rest of the lively program. -Pledgeship IFC starts project to initiate changes Avant-garde Artist performs in pop art caper by J. L. Schmidt Night News Editor This article expresses the author's opinion. "When I came back I was dressed in black and the sun shone on my veil . . . and the sun shone on my veil." When Frances Alenikoff came to the University she was dressed in blue-green and the Ballroom spots shone on her modern, interpretative lecture ;0n today's world of avant arde. They also shone on a syprised, but deeply involved audience. - The first half of Miss Alenikpff's talk was given to a slide presentation and chronological . breakdown of the world of dance and its evolution as a creative force in society. Many of the slides were brown halftones and etchings, symbolic of the slow, dry start which dance had in this country. Pictures of the "greats" were shown and ones mind roamea through a maize of names, trying to pick out the familiar and follow the plot.'of the text. Then came the twenties, and a dancer in Boston shocked a crowded theater of staid Bostonians by removing her clothes and dancing in the altogether. The Bostonians were shocked but the Nebraskans perked up. The talk turned to color slidps and familiar territory. The mention of Andy Warhol's pop reproduction of the Campbell soup can brought the audience to life and they glided through the remainder of the speech with ease and interest. An explanation of the concepts of modern dance was given with the warning that many people like to tear the structure of this art form down to the bare essentials, and this can be dangerous. The explanation was followed by the highlight of the afternoon, the actual interpretation of what had been shown and talked about. The room was darkened, the film was started and the electronic music poured throught the speakers. One was aware of a figure performing in front of the screen and the attention was divided between this figure and the content on the screen behind it. A modern pop-op collage was presented in brilliant col or, keyed to the music while the free movements of the dancer accentuated the scene and helped key up the minds of the viewers. Faces, recognizable parts of contemporary ife were shown. Everyone from Jean Shrimpton to LeRoi Jones to the Beatles. The action slowed and the viewer was presented with a split screen stop motion view of Alenikoff herself. She danced in front of her own image while the music slowed and the voice ground out the plight of her being dressed in black and seeing "Sweet Alice comb her hair" on the "Sixth Street of Sleep," while she dangled the broken locket she found in the courtyard in front of her face and viewed it as two versions of the Virgin Mary swinging from a chain. Another episode dealt with what was an admitted satirizing on the draft and ended with Alenikoff shooting the audience with a plastic toy machine gun. Interpretations of misery and plight rounded out her show and she topped off the hour presentation, visibly drained of energy, but happy to have brought a shocking afternoon to the University campus. tlltlJIIIIMItllllli t IlltllllJIIIf llllilllllllll t IIKI11I t tlirillJItlllil llltlllllltllltllllltflllllMIIKIfllllirillllMJItlllllttlll IIIIIMI1IM1 Jf I Jf I On Campus Today '"SU-J J 4 a 1 1 KSemiAtf -Mm, J Fraternities affect members' EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the final part of a scrips this week that deal with pledgeship with in University fraternities. Pre vious stories dealt with pledge programs from the viewpoints of actives and pledges. This sto ry concerns efforts by the IFC and administrative officials to In itiate progressive and worth while pledge educational pro grams. by Jim KvingiT Senior Staff Writer IFC is using a double-barreled approach to improve' the quality of pledge programs in University fraternities. The sights are aimed at freshmen and those actives most directly involved in administering the pledge program. A project under way now, head ed by IFC Secretary Dave Bun tain, is involving the Junior IFC in a discussion of pledge programs as they pxist and as they would in an ideal situation. Last week a seminar was con ducted between the Jr. IFC rep resentatives and a panel of cam pus fraternity leaders. 'A lot of guys saw for the first time what's going on in the houses on campus," Buntain said. He described the seminar as a meaningful dialogue which stim ulated thinking by the pledges to evaluate their pledgeships. The effort was productive, he said, because , they were able to see the fraternity pledge programs of other houses in an open and free situation. They were able to realize that houses have similar broad objectives for pledge pro grams, hence, there is no reason for keeping the programs secret. The pledges have divided into three groups to meet at a later date. Each representative will re turn to his pledge class and dis cuss with them how they would go about developing a piodge pro gram if they were to construct a totally new program for a new fraternity. Buntain said the pledges would draw from their own experience, but not simply relate the finer as pects of their own pledge program. Later, the groups will compile their findings in a report. This program reflects the view of the IFC executives that pro gressive change must come main iy from freshmen. By getting the -Junior IFC representatives to dis cuss pledgeship between them selves and their own pledge bro thers, IFC can "hopefully get them to be the enforcers of progressive pledge programs next year when they are the actives," Buntain said. IFC is also planning to conduct a seminar on pledgeship in late March, said Sid Logemann, IFC president. He explained the pro gram would involve all the men in the fraternities directly concerned with administering the pledgeship programs in the houses. This will include pledge trainers, scholar ship chairmen and others involved. The seminar will start making peop'le think and evaluate by bring ing them together for an exchango of ideas and by contact with re source people, Logemann explain ed. The resource people will include former pledge trainen, alumni, and authorities from University faculty, administrative personnel departments. He said that people from the University Counseling Service and Educational Psychology Depart ment could present ways for peo ple to work, discipline, teach and interact with others. A discussion of pledge programs in other houses which have proven successful, as well as unsuccess ful, will be included. The idea, Logemann said, is to get those directly concerned with pledge programs to set their goals and develop their programs this spring for the pledgeship period next fall. He said too often when houses switch pledge programs they are not prepared for the change and consequently often revert back to an easier and more regressive pro gram. He said the March seminar would enable houses to agree and develop on a pledgeship program in time for next fall. Logemann added that the IFC has just made a permanent com mittee for Pledge Education. This is the extension of IFC primarily responsible for influencing houses regarding pledge programs. font, on Pg. 3 AWS will hold the annual Coed Follies Friday night at 8 p.m. at Pershing Auditorium. The Ideal Nebraska Coed and Outstanding Collegiate Man will be announced. -'T -ir The Cross Winds Coffee House at 1333 F St. will be open Friday night from 8 until 12 p.m. for stu dents entertainment. The Hillel Sabbath Services will be held at the Nebraska School Correction made The Daily Nebraskan stated in correctly in Thursday's paper in the story on pledgeship that Ter ry Cullwell is a member of Sig ma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He is a member of Sigma Phi Epsi lon fraternity. of Religion Friday at 4:45 p.m. The weekend movie in the Ne braska Union will be the "Ugly ternational evening Sunday. Uni American". The film will be shown at 7 and 9 p.m. ir rr Dozens of colleges are being rep resented in the 28th annual In vitational debate tournament at the University Friday and Saturday. For more details, see page four. Due process at the University has been defined in a Student Sen ate report. The outline, submitted this weekend and to be considered at next week's Senate meeting, in cludes a description of the rights of students. Story Page four. Coed Follies will include six skits in Its 19G8 edition at Pershing Au ditorium, 8 p.m. Friday. Details on Page three. A Greek house is in part re sponsible for the success or fail ure of its members in college, ac cording to Andy Kaulins, former lnterfraternity Council (IFC) rep resentative. Speaking at Wednesday's IFC meeting, Kaulins, a member of Farmhouse fraternity, said that a fraternity should bear par of the blame if a promising member's po tential is not realized. A man's achievement in college reflects his fraternity's attitudes, Kaulins added. Pledge training and such pro grams as "Hell Week." are a con tradiction in terms, according to Kaulins. This need not be the case, he explained. Kaulins also said that there is lack of emphasis on activities in most houses. "A few guys are pulling their houses through in ac tivities," he commented. "It's up to you, the leaders in your houses," Kaulins told the as sembled IFC representatives, "to get fired up and go back to your houses to discuss these problems." Gene liohensee, representative of Academic or social? Dorm leaders meet Regents to discuss open house policy University Board of Regents will meet with two dormitory leaders Friday afternoon to discuss the need for open houses in campus residence halls. Inter- Dormitory Association (IDA) President Bruce Bailey said he and Richard Page, Abel-Sandoz President will be seeking an un derstanding with the Regents on the open housing situation. Although the Regents have de nied a student request for coed vis itation, Bailey said the pair. would attempt to convince the Regents there are academic purposes as well as socializing interests un derlying the open houses. Students' moral judge He said they would also try to explain to the University's gov erning body, the University is not required to be the student's moral judge. The IDA President said the pre sentation would follow closely the talk that the two presidents gave before the Faculty Senate Com mittee ', on .Student Affairs Tues day. In explaining they would only discuss the need for frequent pe riods of socializing in the resi dence halls, Bailey said the talk would not specifically discuss the controversial open door rule. The open door ruling which will 0ficer Applications due for all decrees be reconsidered by a subcommit tee on student affairs in the near future, states that all doors except those of residents absent i'ro.n tne floor during the open house must remain open and those resi dents leaving the llJor must register their absence with the resjwmsible All students who expect to receive bachelors, masters or doctoral degrees, two-year or six-year certificates at the close of this semester must make application by March 1 if they have not yet done so. Students may apply at the Registrar's Office, Room 208, Window 3, in the Ad ministration Building be tween the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday. pmmrb i.iimikfc.mi Although no action was expect ed to be taken by the Regents Friday, Bailey said if the subcom mittee refuses to change the open door ruling, the IDA would re quest the full Committee on Stu dent Affiars to take the neeJed action. "They (the full committee! are closer to the actual implementa tion of the policy," Bailey said. In explaining that an acceptable open house policy must be im plemented within a reasonably short time, he said with each meet ing on the situation, the dormitory system loses potential residents. "Students are moving out to apartments so they can socialize freely," he said, "and ; we as dor mitory leaders want to keep tnem in the residence halls.,' success Delta Upsilon fraternity and for mer iFC president, an ovowed sup porter and promoter of progres sive pledgeship. said that IFC is powerless to effect the necessary changes in many house policies, font, on Page 4 Final draft soon to be submitted Fr twit m document sin Ips rvl ulionsh ips The student Academic Free dom Committee iSAF) expects to complete its document stating the reiationshins of faculty, students and administration with'n two weeks, committeeman Gene To korny saiH Thursday. The ASUN vice president said the committee, comoosed of two rep resentatives each from the facul ty, administration and student body, has completed its final draft of the paper. He said the six-man committee would submit the final paoer to University Chancellor Clifford Hardin, who would then take fur ther action. The ASUN executive said the d.:-umen; would probably be re ferred for approval to the stu dents by the Senate, to the faculty by the Faculty Senate and the the University Board of Regents. He said the paper, which imple ments the Student Bill of Rights in to the University policy, would ex press cer.ain sections of the Bill of Rights in more depth and would also contain items omitted from the Bill. The Bill of Rights was approved last spring as 17 amendments to the ASUN constitution by an over whelming student vote. Pokorny had said earlier that the document would contain poli cy on academic matters between student-teacher relations, as well as non-classroom matters such as disciplinary proceedings. He explained the document would supersede the Bill of Rights since it is written in a form than can be incorporated into Univer sity policy. The statement will be the result of work which began late Septem ber when Chancellor Hardin es tablished the six-man committee rather than having the Regents appro v-e or reject the 17-amend-ment Bill of Rights.