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o T" n n olJUU J L FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1969 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA VOL. 93, NO. 34 'Conspiracy' of Chicago officials an equal cause of riots: pacifist by Gary Seacrest Nebraskan Staff Writer A conspiracy of Chicago officials was just as responsible for the violence that occurred at the 1968 Democratic Convention as the leaders of the peace movement, a co chairman of the group that planned the demonstrations said Thursday. John Liljenstolpe, co-chairman of the Chicago Peace Council and a ministerial intern in Lincoln, said, "There were two conspiracies in Chicago and only one is being tried now." "The Walker Report gives an ac curate picture of demonstrations in Chicago and is right in assigning most Psych 182 race relations Psychology 182 studies the behavior )f black and white people in relation to each other. Dr. David Levine, Psychology department chairman and originator of the course, said that it arose from the need to clarify psychologist's views on black-white relations. "There has been a lot of misun derstanding in the media about what psychologists are saying on the topic of black psychological development and black-white relations," he con tinued. He said that material offered in the course is offered in other psychology courses. "This course puts the material in one place and perhaps goes into it in more depth," he con tinued. Stolen receipts for yearbooks to be replaced .Details have been released con cerning the plans of the 19 70 CORNHUSKER to recover part of the stolen yearbook sales revenue. Bob Thacker, yearbook editor, said Thursday that receipt books have been checked and a list has been compiled of those people whose money was in the safe. "Each of those individuals will be receiving a letter in the mail con cerning procedures." Thacker said. "Only those people who receive letters need be concerned, and no ono will have to pay double for his yearbook. Thacker did stress however it is Imperative that all students are careful to retain their receipts. "Because of the unfortunate events of the past few weeks, we will be very firm in insisting thut you have your receipt when picking up the book in May," lie said. t i...iii-'f y. v. It is not all right for young people to "play", with drugs the way they often do, says Carl J. Peter, Uni versity curator of Health Sciences. of the blame for the violence to the improper response of the police," he said. The pacifist Liljenstolpe said there was no conspiracy of the leaders of the National Mobilization Committee to end the War in Vietnam to incite violent demonstrations in Chicago. He said the only conspiracy of the committee was to organize a large and effective peaceful demonstration against the war. Liljenstolpe, who was present dur ing the National Mobilization Com mittee's meetings during the Democratic Convention, said no plans for violence were drawn up. He said the leaders of the committee went Levine said that while was in preparation last discussed it extensively the course spring, he with Dr. Robert Williams, National chairman of the Association of Black Psychologists. Wayne Williams, past president of the Afro-American Collegiate Society, also discussed the course with Levine, he continued. "There was a good deal of Black input into the course." He added that the course might fit into a projected Black Studios cur riculum. Levine said the course applies what psychologists have learned in other areas to help in understanding the attitudes of black people toward whites and vice versa. "It is necessary to teach students how psychologists reached the con clusions they are using," he con tinued. "In this way they are able to evaluate the conclusions to see if they are justified." Levine continued that because of the necessity to cover extensive background material he will not be able to cover everything he had originally hoped. "The problem here is in deciding what to cut out," he added. He said that students have indicated they want to spend more time on the causes of white prejudice toward blacks. They would also like to spend more time studying the development of black people's self-concept, Levine continued. He commented that the course is very relevant to modern society. "This is the most difficult course I have ever taught," he said. "It also' requires more preparation than any other course I've taught." Ho said that the course was added after spring pre-registration and is still not listed in the University Course catalogue. It will be offered for the second time in the spring semester. Levine explained the course com bines lecture and discussion in its classwork. ,0. V - ; i - i -... -. . - ,,,:' 5 - r , . 7 :Vm ' ? , ;' . .... v .v.-... 1 - J ,t f . .; , , " ;" - , V ' i . M . ! t . . . ............... 4 ; . ; ; jl f ': . . ' i I . 1 to great lengths to make sure the demonstrations were peaceful. However, some of the leaders were guilty of making ambiguous statements that led to much misunderstanding about their inten tions, according to Liljenstolpe. "Some of these ambiguous statements are now being used against the leaders in the trial of the Chicago Eight." Own planning - The ministerial intern stressed the fact that the Yippies in Chicago did their own planning and were not in volved in the planning of the National Mobilization Committee. He said most of the McCarthy stu dent followers in Chicago joined in the peaceful demonstrations planned by the Mobilization Committee. Liljenstolpe was critical of the' Chicago police for two reasons. "First, they were acting on orders to disperse the crowds and to avoid mass arrests," he said. "This meant they had to use violent tactics to disperse the crowds. Secondly, the police were not able to maintain their self-discipline." The leadership of the demonstra tions were in.ent on avoiding violence, he added. However, there were many people there who believed in self defense when attacked by a charging line of policemen. , Liljenstolpe said most of the demonstrators were peaceful, but the verbal abuse of demonstrators against police did not help the situation. But he added, "If the police conducted themselves like the National Guard, then there would not have been as much trouble." Liljenstolpe stated that he was sorry Live-In on North Side is scheduled Another Live-In on Omaha's Near North Side is being sponsored by the United Methodist Student Center Dec. 5-7. The program provides a two-day ex posure to the problems, emotions and struggles of inner city and ghetto life. Participants live at the Urban Studies Center at 25th and Evans. The format includes dialogue with speakers who are leaders of the black and white communities or who work with city government or rehabilita tion programs. Participants will leave from the Student Center. 640 N. 16th, at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, and return to Lincoln by 5 p.m. on Sunday. Cots are provided but each person needs to bring a bed roll or sleeping bag and personal items. Informal dress is appropriate. The $16 registration cost covers all meals and speaker fees. Deadline for registering is Friday, Nov. 21, and at least $tl should accompany the registration. the peaceful demonstrations i n Chicago failed, but that he wouldn't apologize for his role in the demonstrations. "Without people like myself planning the demonstrations, the violence would have been far worse." Liljenstolpe contends that those people who think the Moratorium is encouraging the Communists are giv ing the Moratorium too much credit. "The NLF and North Vietnam will continue their policy despite anti-war demonstrations in the United States." He also added that the United States will continue their "same policy despite the anti-war movement." Will be peace "I'm convinced that as long as the Saigon government exists there will be no peace. And the Nixon ad ministration will maintain the Saigon government with its narrow political base, he said. Liljenstolpe has come into contact with many Buddhists from South Vietnam because of his connection with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a pacifist organization. He said the vast majority of South Vietnamese who want peace are the real "silent majority." He doubts if there would be a blood bath in South Vietnam if the U.S. withdrew immedeiately. He cited the fact that the NLF is a coalition and the only thing holding it together is the war against a common enemy. -Liljenstolpe . said that if the present Saigon regime fell from power, the other peaceful factions in the country could make peace with the Com munists. Liljenstolpe favors an orderly rapid withdrawal of American troops, giving those South Vietnamese who want to leave with the U.S. the means to do so. Martin: 'Mental breakdowns are few among NU students' Many seniors facing the traumatic experience of leaving the "college womb and getting out in the world" seek psychiatric help, according to Dr. Louis Martin, director of the University's mental health unit. However, his cases are nearly equally distributed among academic age groups. Martin termed college students "a pretty healthy age group." He said serious breakdowns are few about 10 each year out of 20,000 students. Although suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the college-age group, Martin said nobody has suc ceeded here since he took the job two and one-half years ago, but "there have been several attempts." Breakdowns and attempted suicides account for about five per cent of the mental health unit's business, but Martin said another 20 per cent or 90 students have serious personality hang-ups that could, and sometimes do lead to mental illness. In crisis situations, when a psychiatrist is not on duty, the Health Center can contact a mental health staffer, 'Martin said. He said Nebraska's mental health unit offers more extensive services than do most other universities where one part-time 'People too up-tight, by Diane Wanck Nebraskan Staff Writer Drugs are not the real problem to day, but the "drug problem problem" is, according to Carl J. Peter. University of Nebraska curator of Health Sciences. Peter will deliver a speech Sundav at 3 p.m. in Room 20 of Morrill Hall on "Drugs and Our Changing Socie ty." The speech will be the first of the Nebraska State Museum's Curator Lecture Series. The difficulty with the drug pro blem, Peter said Thursday, is that people are "too up-tit;ht. too anxious." He said the establishment believes alcohol to be right, and the anti establishment believes their drugs (LSI), marijuana, etc.) to bo right. "The establishment is Just as guilty," said Peter. Peter believes it Is possible that drugs will one day be as acceptable as alcohol is today. "If proven harmless, and if they are used properly, In the proper amounts, under proper supervision, there would be nothing wrong with it." he said. It's not all right for young people today to "play" with drugs the way they often do, he said. "Today we know very Utile about drugs," he ad dd. "For example, we have just . ::: I A 1 " I k iw I) ! mmm - ::Aw, .... . y. John Liljenstolpe, co-chairman of the group that planned morato rium demonstrations in Chicago in October, blamed city offi cials and ambiguous statements by demonstration leaders as the cause of Loop riots. psychiatrist is usually employed. Martin is also a staff member at the Nebraska State Hospital, but he spends most of his time as the University's only full-time psychiatrist. He and his staff of six consulting psychiatrists handle between 400 and 500 cases a year. About 75 per cent of these cases con sist of "growing up" problems such as uncertainty about values and roles, homesickness, studies and breaking up with boy and girl friends. The University adds special strains and stresses, he said, although all environments contribute to social and mental problems. Going to college is a way of prolonging adolescence, ac cording to the psychiatrist. Nebraska's mental health laws are medieval, according to Martin. A law concerning sex psycopaths recently passed by the Unicameral was "a gut reaction to fear," he remarked. The law authorized one half million dollars for increased security in housing sex offenders at the State Hospital. It came as a result of a sex offense committed last sum mer by a State Hospital escapee who had been committed for a sex crime, according to Martin. "We cry for money for mental found the active ingredient in mari juana, and we will be getting some at the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute for experimentation. "We are just getting additional study reoorts on LSD. We have found out that LSD does damage man, particularly in the structure of the skull and in the aborted fetuses of women who have taken LSD." Optic nerves have been severed to prove that LSD is truly a hallucinatory drug, according to Peter, and there is a definite "cross over" in the senses when it is taken. For example, a visual stimuli will react in an auditory way when Ii5 react in an auditory was when LSD is taken. "We are finding out a lot about drugs we've never known because drugs are being used in a different wav than they've ever been used before," said Peter. Peter asserts drugs shouldn't be played around with until all side ef fects and any possible damages are studied, experimented with and known about. The Ironic thing, he said. Is that prescribed drugs are the main drugs abused. He said that doctors w ill often prescribe a habit-forming drug to a n.Vient. who will not take It n health,'.' he said, "and the legislature spends one-half million dollars on security for three dozen sex offenders who are mostly passive and not dangerous." The psychiatrist also criticized the Omaha World-Herald for "backing a scare campaign" and "giving only one point of view." The laws for committing the men tally ill or those suspected to be ill "do not protect the rights of the in dividual and don't place effective obligations on the state to give ade quate treatment," Mar:in continued. Commitment is done by County Mental Health Boards. Board members are the Clerk of the District Court, an appointed lawyer and a doctor who is not necessarily a psychiatrist. Martin recommends that the laws be changed to insure better pro fessional diagnosis of cases, greater protection of individual r.ghts, better treatment and a way to appeal a County Board's commitment decision currently no appeal procedure ex ists. Part of Martin's activities includes speeches to community groups because the public is just as unin formed about mental health as the legislature, he said. anxious9 directed, and the doctors often don't do anything about it. What determines whether or not an individual will use drugs, Peter said, is their personality, the availability of the drugs and the peer group's attitudes for or against using drugs. "This is true today, and was true a hundred years ago." he said. "Chloroform, laughing gas. and ether parties were th0 big thing in the late moo's and early l!KK)'s. Harvard and Cambridge students used the term mind-expanding' to describe the ex perience, so the term isn't new either." "There is an allure for drugs to day," said Peter, "because it's a good way for a young person to strike back at and get rid of his parents' world. Drugs scare parents more than anything. "A young person must first and foremost be aware that it is Illegal. I believe the federal laws are too severe against drug users. Nebraska has made a surprising step ahead with the passage of LB 2. which considers first possession as a misdemeanor," he said. Peter also believes there should be a 24-hour assistance for people who have drug hang-ups. or anv hang-up. Something like this may be started K . ' ? ?! s; i w-. , ft W hi" h V if