The Daily Nebraskan
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Senate campaign elicits political party actio
CSP chairman
gives platform
PSA attempts to reach voters
with Questionnaire distribution
Friday, April 5, 1968
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by Jan Parks
Senior Staff Writer
Student Senate should get
more involved in the main
stream of student thought, aa
cording to Mike Nelson, chair
man of tlie Concerned Stu
dents' Party (CSP) the Uni
versity s newest political or
ganization. Nelson, who outlined the
CSP senatorial platform Wed
nesday, said that there are
more issues on campus than
those indicated by bills in Sen
ate. "Attempts should be made
to get students more inter
ested in nation, state and lo
cal affairs," Nelson added.
"We totally support Choice '68
and the Nebraska Young
Adult Suffrage movement."
Supports Revolution
"CSP also supports the ex
pansion of the World in Revo
lution Conference," the chair
man noted, "It could be a
much greater success than it
w as this year."
He cited better advertizing
and the centralization of
speakers at one place as ways
to improve the conference.
Nelson blamed the "fail
ures" of this year's World in
Revolution Conference on a
lack of competition between
student parties in Senate this
year.
"This year's Senate had
very little competition on stu
dent issues," Steve Fuchser,
a senatorial candidate stated.
"There was nobody to refute
the policies of the party in
power."
Student apathy cited
Nelson described the 1967-68
Student Senate as a "rubber
stamp Senate" and blamed
"the one party system for
student apathy on campus is
sues." Explaining the purpose of
CSP, Fuchser said, "We're
not trying to degrade student
Senate, but to improve it
from within. We're afraid that
without competition, student
government will be meaning
less." One of the major planks of
the CSP platform is that Stu
dent Senate should take a
stand on University visitation
policies within the living un
its. Nelson felt that it was a
mistake for Senate not to take
concern in the Harper Hall
issue, which involved the pro
test of Harper residents to the
University's open house pol
icy. Senators uninformed
"Many senators were unin
formed and unconcerned
about the open door situa
about the open door situa
"which directly influenced
many University students."
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Section two of the CSP plat
form states: ' "... a Sena
tor's first responsibility is to
his constituents . . . "Nelson
explained that this clause is
an attempt by CSP to improve
the voting responsibilities of
senators.
"In many cases senators
vote without regard to stu
dent opinion," Nelson charg
ed, as he cited the Dow Chem
ical resolution as an exam
ple. N Fuchser pointed out that
another CSP proposal is to in
crease student influence on
University policies. The plat
form states, "The University
must open it's 'proper chan
nels' through a greater re
spect for student opinion."
Overcome fears
Fuscher explained his feel
ing that Senate must over
come its fear of the adminis
tration to achieve student
goals. "We must respect the
leadership of administrators,"
Fuscher explained, "and at
the s a m e time work toward
the expression of student opin
ions." Nelson added that student
rights should "go as far as
student responsibilities."
Commenting on the fact
that CSP candidates will not
be designated as such on the
May 10 senatorial ballot. Nel
son said, "the electoral com
mission this year has been a
detriment to political compe
tition." Fuchser said, 'This detri
ment is evidence by the com
mission's failure to allow par
ties to be on the ballot. Stu
dents were not informed that
March 15 was the deadline
for the registration of politi
cal parties," he explained.
Candidates become threat
Nelson felt that CSP can
didates were a serious threat
to PSA senatorial candidates,
even though PSA is the in
cumbent student party.
'CSP has three incumbent
candidates, while PSA has on
ly one," Bill Mobley, another
senatorial candidate noted.
"PSA in their nominations
were sacrificing quality for
vote-getting quantity by nom
inating many inexperienced
people who can get man y
votes from the dormitories,"
Mobley said.
He felt that re-nominating
incumbent senators was ben
eficial to allow for continuity
in Senate.
In the realm of education
al programs, the CSP has en
dorsed action in the following
area: centennial college, res
idential college and the ex
pansion of the pass-fail pro
gram. The formal platform
also suggests that Senate
work toward the inclusion of
University courses dealing
with Afro-American culture.
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Dave Shonka, candidate for president of ASUN,
spoke Thursday at Hyde Park and outlined his
campaign platform.
Shonka-Canarsky . . .
Basis for platform:
student power
The realization and recog
nition of student power is the
basis for the Dave Shonka
Paul Canarsky executive
platform in the ASUN execu
tive race.
According to Shonka, an
ASUN presidential candidate,
student power means grant
ing students an equal voice
("equal with administration)
in selecting policies involving
their education and in poli
cies which involve student
non-academic affairs.
The presidential candidate
promises that if he and h i s
running mate are elected,
steps will be taken to recog
nize the rights of the individu
al student.
"Too often these rights
have been ignored, and too of
ten the past student govern
ment especialiy ASUN has
not taken a definite stand on
student rights." Shonka has
contended.
The Shonka-Canarsky plat
form states that University
students are responsible indi
viduals and should not be de
nied the right to choose their
living environment, hours
and activities.
The platform charges that
Senate has not acted from a
position of strength to further
student rights.
Shonka has suggested that
Senate encourage student par
ticipation on all levels.
"We will encourage student
participation in the next ses
sion of the State legislature,"
the platform states. Students
should be interested in any
applicable issue, Shonka
stated, including legal drink
ing age, capital punishment
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and the University budget.
The presidential and vice
presidential candidate?, have
also advocated that Senate
act to make AWS a volun
tary membership organiza
tion. Informing the student body
on the progress of the Stu
dent Bill of Rights and tak
ing a stand on a realistic im
plementation of housing
rights are two other areas
that Senate should take ac
tion on. Shonka explained in
his written platform.
The present government
has "inexcusably failed to in
form the student body" as to
the reasons that the Bill of
Rights has not been imple
mented after it received stu
dent approval last year, the
platform continues.
Student-faculty cooperation
in areas of mutual concern is
also advocated by Shonka
and Canarsky. "This means
s t u d e n t-faculty involvement
in campus issues," Shonka
said.
Student power should also
encourage experimentation in
the classroom, according to
the platform. "Only when the
classroom becomes a t r u e
learning experience does
apathy disappear," Shonka
contends.
"We seek a faculty evalua
tion booklet that is more than
an attempt to praise every
teacher," Shonka explained
that in the past "the booklet
has been restrictive, vague,
and often inaccurate."
Another Shonka-Canarsky
campaign proposal provides
for the establishment of a
University honor code.
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"Justified accusa
tions" against the 1967-68 Stu
dent Senate communications
have led the 1968 Party for
Student Action (PSA) candi
dates to try to reach the vot
ers directly through an all
campus questionnaire, ac
cording to Diane Theisen,
campaign manager for PSA.
The questionnaire, titled
"PSA '68," was distributed
Friday before the ASUN gen
eral elections April 10. The
reason for this, according to
Miss Theisen, was that Uni
versity students need to start
talking about ASUN.
Value to senate
"This questionnaire should
be of value to the Senate even
if PSA doesn't win," Miss
Theisen said. "We felt that
solving this problem of com
munications is vital if we are
to envolve students again in
student government."
The PSA questionnaire is a
sort of unconscious outline of
the three main planks in the
PSA platform, according to
Miss Theisen. The first sec
tion, concerns special pro
grams projected by ASUN
executive candidates Craig
Dreeszan. Cheryl Adams, and
Mike Naeve.
"PSA slate believes that
these educational programs
are an important part of Sen
ate's activities," said Presi
dential Candidate Dreeszen.
"We have worked on such pro
grams as the Free Universi
ty, the Model UN and Still
man Exchange program, and
we want to know which of
these and other possible pro
grams are most interesting to
our constituents."
Dreeszen thinks that Sen
ate has a very definite role in
such educational programs.
"Students at the University
of Nebraska need not be pas
sive recipients of an 'educa
tion' that is often fragmented
and irrelevant," Dreeszen
said.
Continue programs
"Many of the r e f o r ms
sought are of a long term
nature, so most of the pro
grams begun by this year's
ASUN Education Committee
and the Advisory Boards
must be continued next
year," Dreeszen said.
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lish a committee to make an
"intensive evaluation" of ed
ucation at the University.
Dreeszen said this would be
a year long study resulting
in specific suggestions, simi
lar to the study authorized
at Berkeley in the wake of
the student revolt.
"This trend of questioning
must be continued in student
government," Miss Theisen
said. "More students are now
beginning to see that there
are other and better ways
of getting a thorough educa
tion." Housing policy
A second area of concern
for PSA candidates this year
is the question of the Univer
sity student housing policy.
In the PSA questionnaire,
students are asked their opin
ions concerning stag
gered dorm rates, off-campus
housing, and the building of
fraternity and sorority com
plexes by the University.
"We hope that these ques
tions will make students real
ly think about this housing
debate," said Dreeszen.
"PSA feels that no real ef
fort has been made to im
plement the rcommendations
of the 1967-68 Ad Hoc Hous
ing committee."
Four proposals made
PSA has four main propos
als for student housing in
campaign platform. They
are:
that the current Ad Hoc
Housing Committee immediat
ely begin to consider alterna
tive uses of residence halls
so that financial needs can
be met without sacrificing
student rights ;
that a permanent Student
Administration Resi
dence Hall Planning Commit
tee be established to help de
velop dorms that can be filled
merely by being attractive to
students;
that an investigation be
made concerning policies af
fecting residence halls and
their effects on the residents.
PSA olatform states that po
licies such as the open-house
policy could directly ettect
the students' desire to live
! in residence halls.
I that there should exist the
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between a) the students' re
sponsibility to the welfare of
the University and b) the in
stitution's responsibility to
rights of the students.
Choose environient
"We think that the student's
right to choose his own liv
ing environment is so impor
tat that alternative ways of
fulfilling housing financial ob
ligations must be found," said
Dreszen.
"If the Administration and
the Board of Regents per
sists in their reluctance to
assure students rights, stu
dents can justify non-cooperation
with housing regula
tions," he said.
PSA completely favors af
filiation with the National Stu
dent Association (NSA), ac
cording to Miss Theisen.
Favor NSA
"NSA offers programs for
both the individual and the
student government as a
whole," she said. "We urge
voters to vote 'yes' for NSA
affiliation in the general elec
tion." Concerning the question of
S e n a t e-student communic
ation, Miss Theisen said this
is a somewhat general but
difinitely existing program.
PSA is preparing to parti
cipate in face-to-face and in
direct contacts during the
senate term as well as dur
ing the election campaign.
"Although we have heard
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complaints of an 'inactive'
Student Senate and ASUN,
we feel that these accusa
tions are unfounded," said
Miss Theisen. "The problem
has been communications be
tween the action of the Sen
ate and the student body.
"PSA hopes that through in
creased attention to 'senate
newsletters and seminars as
well as to the Senate pro
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adequately inform and inter
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their student government"
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