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s Friday, February 23, 1968 j -Page 4 - r i Saturday, Feb. 24 NEBRASKA ARAB NIGIIT-6 p.m. DELTA SIGMA PI HOUSE PARTY-9-12p.m. TRIANGLE HOUSE PARTY 8:30-12 p.m. PHI DELTA TlitlA PARTY-8: 30-12 p.m ACACIA BOWLING AG MEN SNOWFALKE FOR MAL 7-12 p.m. POUND HALL OPEN HOUSE 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 SCHRAMM 4 PIZZA PARTY STU- MOVIE PARTY J rr nnnaid Olson: The University is host- . ing its 28th Annual Invitational Debate and For ensic Contest featuring 44 schools competing in ' four areas of speaking. University hosting debate tournament The University is hosting debate squads from 44 col leges for the 28th annual In vitational Debate and Foren sic Contest which began Thursday, according to Dr. Donald Olson, professor of speech and dramatic art. The 250 participants in t h e tournament, sponsored by the University speech depart ment, compete in four areas: debate, extemporaneous speaking, interpretive read ing and oratory. " Final rounds in all areas of the tournament will be Satur day. The debate teams consider only one resolution for the entire year. This year's topic isy "Resolved: the federal -government should guarantee a. minimum annual cash in come to all citizens." Olson said that invitations 'are sent to 150 schools in ad joining states. In addition, a general invitation is published in the American Forensic jjournal. . This vpar's tournament has Idrawn contestants from Iowa, j 'Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois, '.Kansas, Missouri, South Da kota, Wisconsin and Colorado. ! The University of Nebras ka's debate team consists of: ' Tnhn TVnrtnw and Terry Hall in senior division ; and1, 6-8 p.m. SMITH 4 PIZZA PARTY 1-7 p.m. RAM OPEN HOUSE-1:30-4:30 p.m. RAM HOUR DANCE-4:30-5:30 p.m. ABEL 2 OPEN IIOUSE-2-5 n tn ABEL 5 OFLH iivw-' i-iij - p.m. Discipline problem . . Veaver expresses need process ruling t. . i.ii.iJ CfuHavit or due SANDOZ 7 OPEN HOUSE -2-5 p.m. SCHRAMM OPEN HOUSE-1-4 p.m. ZETA BETA TAU HOUSE PARTY 9:30-12:30 p.m. Fraternities to host international people Sue Houchin, Doug Willman, Larry Beaty, Ken Wall, Mary Wagner, Bruce Wimmer, Bill Anderson ana uary nouings worth in junior division. Being the host school, the University's debate team can not progress beyond the pre liminary round, but the indi vidual participants in other areas may advance to the fi nals. The' University's parti cipants in individual events are: Cathy Baines and Laura Uradivincz in oratory and Nan Burling and Ronnie Mey ers in interpretive reading. ' Olson commented on other events in which the Universi ty's debate team has been in volved. They included a high school speech institute, a de bate workshop in Missouri, and 17 title tournaments, win ning 60 per cent of the tourna ments with 20 team members. The team will participate in the National Tau Kappa Al pha Tournament in Washing ton, D.C., the week before Easter. The school budget does not allow the teams to accept all invitations, how ever. Team members do not come exclusively from the speech department, but from all Uni versity departments, uison added. rnnt from Pe. 1 Layson said that houses in terested in hosting foreign stu dents would be given names of reciprocally interested for eign students. . After becoming acquainted, Layson explained that both parties coma aeciae mauu or not they would like to live together. In other business, scholar ship committee chairman Joe Vobril announced that the Houses prodded by IFC Drivers' training offered Ag students to return to Japan Thirty-four Japanese agri cultural trainees at the Col nt AoriiMilture and Home ICgC Ul 'b' , Economics were graduated from a brief curriculum on American agriculture Tnurs the trainees, mostly high school graduates with little or in iwp pxnerience. will re turn to Japan in June after studying Umtea Mates agn PiiHurp for several months The trainees reside with host families when not at the Uni versity. The University is instruct ing the men in Animal Sci enre areas : basic Animal Sci (tix weeks), and six weeks with either beef or swine production. The stu dents had previously received a general knowledge of the American way of life while in the State of Washington. Prnfpssor Dwieht F. Stev ens, visiting professor from Oklahoma, and fcast campus students have assisted the trainees during their stay at the University. Applications for Stillman over-all fraternity grade point average for last semester was 2.4 above the all-men s aver age of 2.3. The scholarship committee, Vobril announced, would stu dy the effects of different Irish school backgrounds on the academic achievement ot pledges at the University. Vnhril also said that he in tends to determine how waiver and wildcat pledges tarea academically compared to other pledges. Fraternities Management Association Chairman Terry Grasmick said that his com mittee will prepare a report on large-scale coupeicmve buying of fraternity supplies. bv Jan Porks i Senior Staff Writer The necessary elements for due process of University dis ciplinary procedures have been defined in a report by the Student Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Student Disci plinary Procedures, according to Bob Weaver, committee chairman. "Up to this point University procedures have not been ade quately defined and sufficient due process in these proced ures has been lacking," the chairman said. Weaver pointed o u t that lack of due process did not necessarily indicate lack of justice, as his speecn to stu dent Senate had been inter preted by the Daily Nebras kan Thursday. "We must depend on ade quately defined procedure as well as administrative offici als for sufficient fairness," he added. Senate will allow adequate time for consideration of the report, he explained. If the re port is adopted it will be re ferred to the Faculty Senate for consideration and adoption and ultimately, to the Board of Regents. ThP tiniversitv's adoption of the committee's recommenda tions would outline the pro cedural rights of University students regarding campus disciplinary action, Weaver noted. The report defines both what t h e committee feels should comprise due process in University disciplinary ac tion and the present proced ure for University disciplinary matters. The committee feels that the University's present defi nition of due process is inade quate, Weaver explained. The chairman pointed out a statement from the Student Tribunal Handbook which fhars Student Tribunal members "to think deeply and rnnstantlv about the interre lationship of counseling and disciplinary functions." The rerjort lists a summary of the five present University nrnppdures from the same publication, noting that these procedures do not inciuae sev eral procedural safeguards. "Presently there is no re miirpm pnt that the Office of Student Affairs inform the stu dent as to his right to remain silent and that anything ne might say may be used against him," the report states. Other safeguards that the ronnrt rernmmends are pro per notice, sufficient opportu nity to learn ot au oi me evi dence and adequate time be tween notice and hearing. Weaver explained that re- nont r-nses involving POSSlDie drug abuse on the University campus and other episoaes ai various other colleges prompt ed the Senate to examine uni versity disciplinary proced ures. Included in the report is a sentence which states: "Should a possible violation of state or federal, civil or crimi nal law exist, no disciplinary proceedings of any kina . . . shall take place prior to final disposition of such state or fprierAl. civil or criminal ac tion." This means that University Hisrinllnarv proceed ines would hot occur until the after the decision of federal. state, civil or criminal courts. "Part of the committee's rppommendations are based on a report enuueu oiuucm Academic Freedoms adopted bv Michigan State Universi ty," the chairman added. Oth er background for the report was found in a number of le gal periodicals. The committee's report mentions that "further back ground information for this report was oDtainea inruugu riicrnssinns with the V 1 c e- Chancellor of Student Affairs G. Robert Ross, ana me As sociate Dean Russell Brown. Weaver said that the com mittee's report also recom- monHc n rourt structure io ntrminv the elements of due process which the report de- fines. a unifipH court, composed . . . . . 1 J (nnllHl. of Dotn siuuenis auu jauuij, would allow students to appeal decisions from lower stuaeni courts. 4 Track Cartridgi TAPE SALE 3.99 Sound City 144 So. 9th Cont. on Pg. 4 fraternities regarding such practices as the blackball pro cedure a n fl aiscnminauun clauses, said Russell Brown, associate dean of student af fairs. Another area administrative officials would like to become involved in is alumni rela tions. Brown explained alum ni often serve closely to houses in an advisory capacity and thus are on means of working to affect change within pledge programs within houses. Frank Hallgren. director of placement and past advisor to the IFC, said moral suasion is one way the group can work to effect change within the houses. He explained that the act ual emphasis on pledge pro grams comes trom eacn nuuse individually and lies within the total membership to effect progressive changes. More important than the IFC's power of fines and pen alties is the discussion IFC executives conduct witn nouse 1 officers in cases of a distinct I exercise of poor judgment, Hallgren said. He added that responsible house programs, including o pledgeship, cannot be con o trolled or legislated by IFC. But, he said, the IFC is defi nitely committed to improv p ing pledge education. ! 'Spring fling' The Department of Physi cal Education for men is of fering drivers' training for students, staff, or their de pendents. The instruction will include ten hours of driving with per sonal instruction from a teach er trained in drivers' educa tion classes. Classes will meet on Mon day and Wednesday or Tues day and Thursday between 8:30 and 3:36. The instruction will cost about $10. Gene Gross, Assistant Pro fessor of Physical Education, noted that any person con nected with the University could take the instruction and that often students are wives I oi instructors. He said the instruction is of fered because his students need Dractical experience in instructing learners before they become qualified teacn ers. 1 eady soon Armlication forms for the Stillman College exchange program will be available in the ASUN office next week, Margaret Van Cleave, chair man of the Stillman Exchange committee, said Thursday. The applications will be due bv Mar. 25. "The Stillman exchange pro gram is a student exchange hetween the University and stillman Cnlleee. an all Ne- gro c o 1 1 e g e in Tuscaloosa, Alahama Two University of Nebraska students are currently attena in? Stillman College: there are no students from Stillman enrolled at the University. Because of personal con. flirts, the students from Mill man original v seieciea io come to the University could not enroll. The Dean of Students at Stillman has expressed an in torpct tn rnntinue the pro (Tram however, and Stillman expects to send students next semester An Ahel-Sandoz "Spring Fling" to Colorado is being sponsored by the residence association, according to Jeff Millhollin, coordinator of the excursion, stndpnts will leave Lincoln Apr. 18 and travel to a guest ranch near Loveland Colorado by bus. The busses will re turn Apr. 21, he said. - Included in the 151 cost per gtudent-are transportation, meals, use of facilities (in cluding horseback riding and a heated swimming pool), in surance, a trip to the Univer pty of Colorado campus and in evening at a Boulder Col legiate night club. i ..J U. Newly elected officer of Al pha Gamma Sigma are Roger Keetle, president; Jim Camp bell, vice president; Merle Jahde, treasurer; Jim Pan ning, secretary; Wayne Wood, rush chairman: Lyle Peter sen, scholarship chairman; Fred McGuire, social chair man and Randy Darling, warden. New Trianele officers are Mike Schuster, president; Jim Lentz, vice president; Paul Surber, treasurer: Stan Walk er, corresponding secretary; Doug Dewitz, recording sec retary; Dave Kroon, steward; Dale Halpain, house manager and Rory Holmes, rusn cnair man. Fifteen University of Ne braska iournalism students were initiated a new mem- Knro nf the Nebraska under iv 0 - graduate chapter of S l g m a Delta Chi. the professional iniirn alism fraternity. w . i T rr The new members are iwg- w- a. SI 1 Dnf or Knve. K.eni ocksuii, ixay nena Garv Gillen. Mart Gordon, Dave tiassensiao, r,u iennfTie David Kelm. Larry Kubert, Warry Leary, r aiu a Nelson. John Nolienaons John Vincent, Keith Williams and Michael Squire. Kanrv Livers. Alpha Omi- cron Pi junior in Teachers tvnm Lincoln to Vic Hancock nii Phi senior in chemical ancrineerin? from Lincoln. New officers of Theta Clu fraternity are Craig Stucky president; Jerry Wallin, vice president; Harold Janda, sec retary; Larry Sitzman, trea surer; and Greg McGrue, pledge trainer. .rV 11 . r.n AO' 4 i -mm 09 e- i wmkw ff your major is listed here, IBM would lil totalis with you February 26th o: .,na1 ' stum. 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Continue your education (certainly, through plans such as our Tuition Refund Program), And have a wide, choice of places to work (we have over 300 locations throughout the United States). What to do next . Well be on campus to interview for careers in Marketing Computer Applications, Programming, Research, Design aad Development, Manufacturing, Field Engineering, and Finance and Administration. If you can't make a campus interview, send an outline of your interests and educational background to Mr. I. C. Pfeiffer, IBM Corporation. 100 rpCTftlTV? South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. 1 1 J Q I kji I We're an equal opportunity employer. UL-uVJyJ, f . t.J. 9- " - fs-1