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Volgyes: "Greeks are the elite . . . etc WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, Commission to plan if constitutional convention adiourns late by Jim I'edersen Nebraskan Staff Writer The electoral commission of ASUN will plan procedures for this spring's Senate and executive elections ac cording to the college system of representation if the ASUN constitu tional convention does not adjourn permanently by Monday, March 24. Petition rebuttal by Susie Jenkins Nrbrjskun Staff Writer Delayed but incensed reaction to the Regents' proposal not to allow gradu ate and foreign student coed visitation has emerged in petitions being cireu- E'liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniai f On campus 1 today A Nebraska Free University course on money und In vestments will hold lis first meeting Wednesday at 4:311 p.m. lit the north conference room of the Nebrusku Union. James Furiner, new asslstart secretary of Health, Fdiicatlou and Welfare, will speak in the Nebraska Union Centennial room Wednesday at 3:3(1 p.m. A seminar on the disadvantaged child will meet Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. hi the Wesley Foundation. The Student Veterans Organization meets Wednesday H 7:30 p.m. In the Nebraska Union. State Sen. Roland l.ucdtke and University Regent Fd Svhwartzkopf will speak. University Rodeo Club meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. In the East Campus Union. All women eligible for membership In Alpha Lambda Delta must be present at the Chi Omega house at one of the following times: Wednes day, 2-4 p.m.i Thursday, 1-3, 7-9 p.m.t or Friday, 2-4 p.m. Those not present at one of those times will not be con tacted again. "A" "A" The Nebraska Union Hospitality Committee will hold a meeting Thursday for all Miss University of Nebraska contestants. Young Republicans will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. In the ASUN office. ' Young Democrats wUl elect next vear'i officers Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Delegates and alternates to the YD State Convention will also be elected. - - ;. : -v, jtffrV I !. .f -- ililf! r ! in il TheDa)51k f e b ir a s h a mi 1969 "The constitutional convention, for all practical purposes, must be done by this Saturday in order for us to set procedures for holding a proper election," John McCollister, electoral commissioner, said Monday. If the convention has not concluded business, the commission has the power to go ahead with plans for the illustrates to Regents lated this week among students in all living units. "We plan to take the petitions to Pean G, Robert Ross," said Anita Harding, University undergradate, a petitioner. "Even 800 names can be effective because in the past petitions haven't been used." Miss Harding said she and co sponsors Gregg Siefker and Pam Conway would instruct Ross to "filter" the request to the Board of Regents, giving the Board two days to reply. "This is only a prelude," Siefker said. "We are already planning the second step if the Regents don't agree. "WE WILL hold a mass slUn In Benton Hall," he said. "We are willing to use the power. We are looking forward to It. Organizers plan to stage a mass violation of the antl-vlsltation rules by having students visit graduate dormitory rooms after a meeting sometime next week. "The Regents have to realize that there are such things as students," Miss Harding said. "Everybody in cluding the administration realizes that this Is a good proposal except the Regents." Miss Harding said she was grieved at the Regents' automatic assumption that coed visitation equates sexual activity. "What is really needed Is more a community feeling, knowledge that this (University) is your home," she said. "I'm pessimistic that the petitions will have any effect on our benefac tors," said Siefker, referring to the Regents. "But they (the petitions) will rally student support and get the Issue out in the open. "This is not so much an ultimatum as a plea for immediate reconsideration," he said. The proposal from graduate students requesting visiting hours In their dormitory rooms was approved earlier this year by the University Housing Committee and administra tion officials, including Ross. THE BOARD of Regents was presented with the request last fall, and voted to unanimously defeat the move at their March meeting In Omaha. Board of Regents President Richard E. Adklns said that the group followed the present policy of "no coed vlslta CouUnuea on page 4 Greek-week speaker, Dr. Ivan Volyges of the political science de partment, told listeners about their obvious advantages . . . and equally obvious disconcerns with life at the Alpha Tau Omega fra ternity Monday night. LINCOLN. election procedure election using the college apportion ment system, according to McCollister. THE ASUN constitution now in ef fect states that the commission must publicize the apportionment o f senators to the respective colleges by April 1. It also gives the commission numerous duties and powers to organize the election while making the commission responsible only to the ASUN president. "For us to allow sufficient time for campaigning and screening of can didates, McCollister added, "wo must at least have a solid indication of exactly what the new apportion ment will be. "I am not saying that we couldn't have any election at all if we don't know what the apportionment will be," he continued, "but we couldn't have a proper, logical election." Bill Chaloupka, chairman of the convention's reapportionment com mittee, submitted proposals for reap portionment at Saturday's convention session, but they were tabled. THE SUGGESTIONS of the reap portionment committee call for 21 senators to be elected under a district Jilan of 12 senators elected at large, our senators elected from the Greek Crackdown urged for protestors by Jim Pedersen Nebraskan Staff Writer Presidents and other officials of universities should employ strict en forcement of the law and crack down on students who demonstrate with violence, Rep. Dave Martin, R-Neb., said Monday. "When students destroy property or take over a. building illegally, that Is violence," he added In a telephone Interview. "Students who use violence should be expelled from college im mediately." IF ANY LAWS are violated, whether at the University of Nebraska or at California, the law should bo quickly enforced, according to Martin. "We have to have respect for law and order in this country," he con tinued. "If we don't have .hat, then we are moving towards anarchy." Martin, who won re-election to his fifth term in the House last November, emphasized that attending a college or university is a privilege. "The tuition that students pay to either tax suppported or private schools makes up only a small portion of the budget for the Institution," he said. "In state schools, taxpayers contribute most of the money of the budget, and in private schools, en dowments cover most of the cost" MARTIN ADDED that he agrees by Jchn Dvorak Nebraskan Staff Writer "You are the elite of Nebraska. Your parents make between $15 and $19 thousand yearly. Your position as Greeks ought to imply something. It doesn't." Dr. Ivan Volgyes, assistant pro fessor of political science, spoke for an hour and a half to about 65 sorority and fraternity members at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity Monday even ing as part of the annual Greek week activities. Greeks are the elite of Nebraska, yet they remain a community of un communicative, party-going young people, he continued. "You are here to have fun; you are here to get a husband," he charged. "You are the elite of Nebraska. You are also the most conceited, self con scious and selfish groups of society," Volgyes said. "There are few rebels here; there are lots of conformists. Few of you want to lay down your life for the ideals you believe." Robert F. Kennedy did, Volgyes pointed out. "You have set yourself apart, just as the University has set itself apart from the community. You refuse to be disturbed," Volgyes said. "You refuse to be disturbed by hunger in America. How many of you sent letters to Senator Carl Curtis who voted against the hunger bill in Con gress?" he questioned. Raise your NEBRASKA system, and eight from dormitory dis- tricts. Chaloupka is expected to submit some form of proposal next Saturday which will call for the election of senators to represent the five under graduate colleges, the graduate col lege and the three professional col leges. According to McCollister, if such a plan is adopted, the electoral commis sion intends to tentatively use one of two methods for holding elections: Elections will be held on two suc cessive days. On the first day students will vote for senators from their respective districts and the at-large senators. On the second day they will vote for the executive candidates and the college representatives, or Elections will be held all in one day. Students would then be given ballots for the executive candidates, college senators, district and at-large senators. THE COMMISSION will use the same process of identification by ID card and name signing as was used in last year's elections. "If the convention can conclude its work by the end of this week," he said, "we hope to put the newly formed constitution before the students for ratification by March 29." with the hardline policies toward stu dent demonstrators advocated by Gov. Ronald Reagan of California and Father Theodore llesburgh, president of Notre Dame University. According to Martin, straight talk and action on the part of college presidents could correct some of the trouble. G. Robert Ross, dean of student affairs, disagrees with Martin on ex pulsion "MY POSITION WOULD be to not have an immediate expulsion rule," Ross said. "Especially not on peaceful demonstrations, since they are a perfectly legal means of presenting a dissenting viewpoint." "Any of us are Inclined to look at a newspaper or magazine and form an opinion on a demonstration hosed on what we read," he added. "The problem Is too complex f judge without studying the situation to see Just what happened." Ross feels that college presidents and deans have probably made mistakes In dealing with student disruptions. "There probably have also been oc casions," he continued, "when students, non-students and even total strangers have been intent on creating a situation which college officials could not tolerate." Continued to Page 4. hands, he demanded. Not a hand was raised. "Don't tell me about being brothers and sisters," Volgyes went on. "How many of you girls go to T town and take care of a family whose mother is in the hospital and the father is at work and the six' children have no one to care for them?" Volgyes questioned. "How many of you men work in a mental institution, where help is so badly needed?" he continued. A little concern could save human lives, Volgyes emphasized. This is the responsibility of the elite of America, he added. "Robert F. Kennedy left such a legacy of service," Volgyes continued. Kennedy was not a god to be idolized. He was capable of some of the grossest power plays ever seen, but he left a legacy of service He was conscious of America's demands, the ardent Kennedy supporter said. Another legacy that Kennedy left, of equal importance, is hope, Volgyes said. "If you accept a world in which hope doesn't exist, you have nothing to do but lie down and die," he said. Kennedy left a legacy of hoping for many things. Hoping for a world where people would be treated equally. Hoping that the United States would solve the problem of racism, Volyges said. A third IfPat'V is that nf cnnalitv of opportunity. All studies show that L V lAKllliS.-. A M Everybody was Irish at the Malone Community Center when Student Action Front (SAF) volunteers played party hosts on St. Patrick's Day. Local VISTA-type group aims at awareness, help The Student Action Front (SAF) is looking for students who want to gain something more than activity points, according to publicity chairman Holly Rosemberger. "There are no requirements for Joining otlier than a sincere interest in people," she said. "Volunteers will have a chance to learn about and help solve community problems In a kind of miniature VISTA program." Miss Rosenberger said that since the organization Is run by the volunteers, everyone will have a chance to plan programs. Student volunteers already are working as tutors and with families, youth groups and senior citizens, she said "OUR MAIN PROBLEM right now is lack of volunteers to answer all the requests we have for help," ac cording to program chairman Paula Helnke. "We have less than a hundred volunteers now and can easily use several times that number." Anybody who has an occasional hour can become a volunteer, Miss Rosenberger said. Such activities as visiting homebound citizens or helping families move takes an hour or two on call. Others, including big brother and sister groups, will be set up on a regular basis. A group from a living unit can be set up to work as a team on grouu activities, she said. Dan Looker, orientation chairman, said he thinks the group plan will work especially well in youth ac tivities. Moving crews ana cleanup No Paper Thursday The Dally Nebraskan will devote its Friday. March 21 Issue to th situation of the American Indian In Nebraska. The special edition will feature stories and pictures collected within the last month by the Nebraskan staff. The Nebraskan will not puMish Thursday, March 20. black children living in a black society fall behind white children by the age of six months. Imagine your -child, Volgyes said, not even having the op portunity to succeed. ".Zt "You Greeks will be discriminated against someday," Volgyes said: "When you leave the University and try to get a job, that lob may go to someone from Boston University or Colorado University, you will know what it means to be discriminated against." "Justice means equality of op portunity. People have to fight for it. Kennedy left it to you to continue this battle, Volgyes said. "A fourth legacy could be health both mental and physical. Cars kill 53,000 people annually. More than 22,000 die because of birth defects. Gunshot wounds, caused by negligence, kill 6,000 children yearly. This." said Volgyes, " is not a society in which people would want to live." This society stands by and watches the criminal treatment of the mentally insane, Volyges charged. "Seventy-three coal miers die in a disaster, and this society does nothing. "The country spends $83 billion on defense and $38 billion to bomb Viet nam, "About 80 per cent of American households have some form of barbituates." "This is the society you've got to change." Volgyes said. "Robert Ken nedy left a legacy for you to create a decent society for all of us." VOL 92, NO. 81 v .V' Mill C i crews have been as much fun as work for groups from several fraternities, he added. VOLUNTEERS FEEL they get to know area residents and to under stand Lincoln's poverty problems, Miss Rosenberger said. "They're disciver ing that friendship can go both ways, and that a smile can be a very big reward for a little time." SAF activities are coordinated through the Lincoln Action Program under the direction of trained people working in each neighborhood, she said. Applications for volunteer work will be available at a booth in the north entrance of the Nebraska Union Thursday and Friday and In living units after Thursday, according to Miss Rosenberger. New computer class to relate to society Computer Science 200. "Computers and Society," will be offered for the first time next fall to seniors and graduate students, according to de partment chairman Kenneth Smltii. The purpose of the new course is to describe computer systems and how they are connected with every segment of commerce, Industry, edu cation and government. Also, it will discuss the social-humanistic Impli cations of thbj new technology. I L A 4k- .IS- .Ik V 1r