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Monday, April 8, 1968 The Daily Nebraskan Page 7 lonka favors student O O tiis ana responswuity ; -1 sf " ' rv-. L ymS)m- ,? v si I ngj by Jim Evinger senior Staff Writer Campaigning on a plat from of student power, stu dent rights and student re sponsibility is Dave Shonka, candidate for ASUN Presi dent. " Shonka heads an executive slate with running mate Paul Canarsky, Shonka, a junior in Arts and Sciences, considers the main responsibilty of the ASUN president as "giving di rection to the student body" through leadership with the students support. . As a leader it would be the duty of the president to fol low the students as well, Shonka added. Entails goals "Ideally student govern ment is going to work for " the future," the former IDA vice president said. He ex plained this entails long range as well as immediate goals. "The role of ASUN for the present is to aid the student, defend him and help him," Shonka said. "In all cases we must work with administra tion wherever possible. If due to necessity we cnnot work with that group, then ASUN must take the side of the stu dent." Shonka explained his propo sals for obtaining the support of the students. He said he would select a student major ing in the areas of statistics and public opinion analysis to conduct polling devices as surveys. He would be able to real istically i n t e r p r e t the re sults," Shonka continued, say : ing ASUN could make use of people with backgrounds in public relations adnd adver tising by having them project ASUN to the students and the students back to ASUN. More speakers needed He believes ASUN should continue supporting confer- If possible, he would like to see more controversial speak ers appear on campus, as Al len Ginsberg who spoke here two years ago. t Shonka discussed his plat form, explaining his concepts of student power and rights and their accompanying re sponsibilities. "Students are essentially living on their own. They are making their own decisions regarding their own activities. Most students realize the- im portance of their decisions and realize this requires responsi bility on their parts," he said. 'The role of ASUN for the present is to aid the student, defend him and help him. In all cases we must work with administration wherever possible -Dave Shonka. be proper for an active de monstration to take place. Shonka said he frowns upon marches and sit-ins and would rather see a specific act of disobedience in the area un der protest. The demonstration earlier this semester by Harper Hall over open house policy demon strated that such acts can ac complish their purposes, he said. 'Direct contact" stressed To improve the professed lack of communication be tween Senate and its constit uents, Shonka advocates di rect contact between the ASUN executives and the stu dent body. He said that as president he would make the executives available at any time to the student body. He would instigate a bi-weekly panel of the executives in a format similar to Hyde Park. "If this is not the answer, the executives would go to the living units directly," he said. With that idea in mind, he proposed rotation of the Wednesday Senate meetings from the Nebraska Union to the dormitories to the East Campus to Greek houses, size permitting. He goes along with the idea of distributing reports to liv ing units. Poorly handled bills Commenting on the Bill of Rights and the recent Stu dent Academic Freedom docu ment, Shonka said the way the whole matter has been handled is totally inexcusable. "If passed and approved by the University community, we will work for as liberal in terpretation and implementa tion as possible," he said. "We believe there should be complete freedom in selecting living environments, meaning that we would work for im plementation of the recom mendations of the H o u s i n g Committee which was created last year," Shonka said, in cluding housing under the area of student rights. . Courts need change He cited the court system on campus as an area that needs to be restructured and clarified. "Rights under the . various courts are very vague," he said, adding this makes it im possible for students to take the system seriously. He criticized the current structure for its lack of pow er and overlapping jurisdic tion. He said that in practice there is no established sys tem of appeals. Shonka proposes the adop tion of a court system simi lar to that of the University of Michigan. Decisions ignored He said often the Office of Student Affairs has ignored court decisions, making the courts virtually ineffective. A purpose of ASUN should be to respond to appeals of stu- Canarsky: New Senate must provide relevance Providing University stu-, campus issues, they would ul dents with a sense of rele-1 timately become more aware Students have right "Students have the right and the duty to make deci sions regarding their educa tion, their welfare and their rights on campus,' 'he con tinued. "Because of this we say re sponsible students can exer cise student power. Student power means students should have full control in their so cial non-academic affairs." Shonka explained that stu dent power involves students participating in the selection of decisions which affect their education. Student knows best "Ideally the format of Uni versity courses would be con structed by the instructor and the students. In most ca&eg the student knows which method of instruction will en able him to learn best, be it discussion, lecture and so on," he said. "Student power entails stu dents working for these rights,' he said, "as long as possible we must work through the proper channels to achieve these rights." He explained that if nego tiations break down, it would vance in the classroom, on campus and in Lincoln is the largest task facing the upcom ing ASUN Senate, Paul Ca narsky said Sunday Canarsky, a first vice-pres idential candidate on a slate with presidential aspirant Dave Shonka, said the pre vious and current collegiate atmosphere has given student a meaningless preparation fo a role in future society. "ASUN has the obligation of making the environment on compus relevant to each stu dent," the former committee chairman explained. Mood should be changed Canarsky said he and Shonka feel the ASUN's ba sic mood should be altered since too much time is spent dealing with issues that AS UN is unable to control. He named resolutions dis cussed at last week's Senate meeting concerning discrimi nation in living units and tax ing of graduate students as prime examples of action AS UN has take solely to provide a better public image. "Obviously what ASUN does will have no influence on the United States Senate concern ing the issues of discrimina tion and taxation," he said. Communications fail In discussing the alleged communication problem of the current Senate, he said the apathy generated by the Senate resulted from its fail ure to communicate its ac complishments. "There's no reason why ASUN executives and even the senators can't have bi weekly confrontations with studnts in a Hyde Park type meeting," he said. He added that senators from each college could also hold weekly conferences to discuss problems among their constituents and themselves. He said he felt if the stu dents would become more in volved with campus issues, they would ultimately be come more involved with of the events the University can offer. Students are unaware "Many students are dis content because they are not aware of what ASUN is do ing, what foreign films are and what "guest speaker is at a convocation," he said. "The ASUN constitution doesn't forbid executive state ments, so why shouldn't we make them and let the stu dents know how we feel," he asked. Switching to the area of education, the vice-presiden tial aspirant said the class room is the basis for Univer sity students' apathy. He said he and Shonak would go to the faculty for ideas and implementation of ideas. English department is example Citing the English depart ment as an example of the current education dilemma, he said an English professor regardless of rank or senior ity must follow lengthy pre scribed channels if he desires to alter his course outline from the required plan. After formulating his pro posed changes, the instructor must receive approval from the English department, the College of Arts and Sciences and Administration, this pro cess usually takes about one year, he asid. "We say a man with a Masters degree and a Ph.D, has the intelligence and ex perience to be able to exper iment in the classroom at mosphere," he said. Instructor could experiment Canarsky said the instruc tor should be free to experi ment with his desired change for one year and then be al lowed to present an evalua tion of the changes to trie De partment. "This is a meaningful con tribution ASUN can make," he asserted. He said the first vice pres ident's primary duty is to be sure that ASUN actions are clarified and articulated in their proper context. "We ask each student at the University to ask what PSA (Party for Student Ac tion) has done for you late ly, he concluded. One, way traffic on 14th street Students will now only have to worry about one-way traf fic when crossing 14th Street. Northbound traffic will move one way on 14th from Q to J Streets and traffic going south will move one way on 13th from Q to K Streets. The change was made on Sunday morning. Other changess are being planned for P and Q Streets, and 11th and 12th Streets as soon as construction work on inter sections in the downtown area is completed. dents desiring aid under trial, he added. "AWS falls under the area of student rights," he con tinued. "The majority of wom en are in favor of AWS exist ing. But there is a signifi cant minority who are dis satisfied with it. "For these women I see no reason why they should have to be members. The decision whether or not they are going to be governed by these rules should be up to them and their parents," Shonka said, adding he does not think the admini stration rules are necessary to protect the women. "Administration should exist apart from the faculty and student bodies," Shonka said. "It should serve only to serve the education of the students and to coordinate fa culty and student relation ships." Encourages experimentation "We seek to encourage ex perimentation with the class room," Shonka said. He ex plained this would indirectly improve the communication between the student and the University, making him feel more a part of the University. Shonka said this would im prove the overall learning en vironment. He proposes that NFU and the pass-fail system be ex panded into University cur riculum and major fields of study, respectively. He voices the opinion that NFU should be more spon taneous and less formalized. He suggested offering hours credit for students paticipat- mg in the NFU courses. Shonka would also like to see the feasibility of an honor code studied. Student responsibility needed "Ideally if students are re sponsible they should be trusted," he added. "This would place the responsibility where it belongs on the students." He would like to see the Student Health facilities ex panded to include a doctor on call 24 hours a day and an enlarged full-time staff. In the field of recreational facilities, Shonka called for immediate completion of existing proposals for ex panding the facilities. He advocates a gradual phaseout of the college repre sentation makeup of Student Senate, with gradual inclusion of a district basis for Senate representatives. Shonka supports affiliation with NSA, adding that he has sent for materials from NSA regarding honor codes. Dave Shonka, ASUN presidential candidate. Sifiiitiiiriiiiiifitiiiiiitiiiittif Jiiiitiiiiiif iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiitiiiftiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiifitiitiniiiiiisiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiifiriifitiiiiitiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiMi NOW IN LINCOLN!! 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