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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1970
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL. 93, NO. 62
John Eaves:
'We came to see
what would happen'
by CAROL ANDERSON
Nebraskan Staff Writer,
Blacks walked out on this week's
Council on Student Life meeting because
"we came to see what would happen, and
nothing happened," John Eaves, president
of the Afro-American Collegiate Society
(AACS), said Thursday.
Led by Eaves, about 20 AACS members
walked out. Joining the walk-out were three
black CSL members, Vern Slaughter, Lee
Harris and Walt Strong, co-ordinator of
special programs in student affairs.
Slaughter and Harris are also AACS
members.
AACS member Phil Secret termed the
CSL's discussion on prejudice at the
University "just rhetoric," and a "jive
session." He said the walk-out was spon
taneous "to show that he (Eaves) had
the backing of all the members."
Instead of talking about "identifying
the problem they (CSL) should have come
up with some definite proposals with a
time limit," Secret said.
"I expected to see action," explained
Eaves, who said he was "leary" about
attending the meeting in the first place
because "I had heard CSL had become
a debating society."
Strong's proposal charged discrimina
tion in fraternities and sororities and called
for revocation of the charters of Greek
houses not actively working to end black
exclusion. Eaves said it was "a wasted
motion" and "ineffective." He emphasized
that Strong doesn't speak for AACS.
"Strong speaks only for himself."
"Somewhere along the line it would
have been washed away probably In
CSL," Eaves said. If passed by CSL, it
would have been stopped somewhere else,
and even if implemented it would be inef
fective because the proposal originated with
blacks not whites, Eaves continued.
"They want blacks to make the effort,"
Lee Harris charged. "But blacks don't need
fraternities. They (Greeks) need us. It's
killing their image. They have to in
tegrate." '.'It's too late to talk about fraternities
and sororities," Eaves said. He added that
he would not encourage any blacks to join
Greek houses.
"The Greek system's discrimination
should be discussed if white .people are
worried about it, but we're not worried
about it," Eaves continued. He said he
would like to see CSL members "find out
where they're at themselves. White people
have to educate themselves."
Eaves criticized Paul Crist, IFC presi
dent, for attending the CSL meeting and
apologizing for the Greeks "with nothing
to offer."
Slaughter commented, "If we wanted
to break up the system, we wouldn't do
it through CSL. The blacks have enough
evidence of Greek discrimination to sue
the Regents in federal court. They're the
head of the fraternity system."
An interview with CSL chairman John
Robinson about his views of the
discrimination problem and the walk-out
will appear in Monday's paper.
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John Eaves
'We won't go'
Petition no-nos draft
A "we won't go" statement
being circulated in the
Nebraska Union, which has the
signatures of nearly 100
University of Nebraska
students, will be presented to a
Congressional draft-r e v i e w
committee in March.
As of Thursday afternoon,
some 77 men had signed the
It's a possibility
Everybody evaluates teachers
by BILL SYHTIIERMAN
Hebratkan Staff Wrltar
Possible faculty evaluation by
all segments of the University
community will be explored by
a committee appointed Friday.
C. Peter Magrath, dean of
faculties, said he appointed the
committee of two students and
six faculty members at the re
quest of the University
Teaching Council.
"THOUGH the committee
may use the current ASUN
faculty evaluation as
background in its study, It will
not evaluate that evaluation,"
he said. "Instead it will study
the subject of faculty evalua
tion on a whole."
The first job of the com
mittee will be to decide
whether a University system of
faculty evaluation is practical
and desirable, Magrath said. If
the answer to that question is
yes, the committee will explore
methods of implementing the
evaluation, he added.
THE COMMITTEE also will
make recommendations on the
subject of evaluating teaching
effectiveness, he said.
Magrath added that the
faculty Senate last fall ap
proved a resolution supporting
the concept of faculty evalua
tion for the purpose of improv
ing teaching effectiveness.
He predicted thai evaluation
could not really be effective
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until there was cooperation
between faculty, students and
administration on the subject.
" PARTICIPATION would
probably be better in an all
University evaluation than in
one sponsored only by ASUN,"
Magrath said. "I hope the
Teaching Council will be active
in establishing and promoting
the evaluation program if one
is recommended."
"If the committee decides
evaluation is not desirable, or
is desirable but not practical,
then we will be back to where
we are now," he said.
Magrath said the com
mittee's work would not
hamper any ASUN evaluation
effort. But he hopes personally
that ASUN will not do anything
more on evaluation until the
committee presents its results.
"IT WILL take time for the
Committee to reach its con
clusions," Magrath said. "They
may be in a position to make a
report and recommendations
next fall."
The two student members of
the committee are Pat Tlsdale
and ASUN faculty evaluation
chairman Ken Wald.
Faculty members of the
Committee Include Campbell
R. McConnell, professor of
economics, chairman of the
group; Vernon Williams,
counseling psychologist in the
University counseling service;
and Henry E. Baumgarten,
professor of chemistry.
Also on the committee are
Frank J. Dudek, professor of
psychology, F. Gregory
Hayden, assistant professor of
economics and Frank G.
Ullman, professor of electrical
engineering.
petition. ASUN President Bill
Chaloupka, National Student
Association Coordinator Steve
Tiwald and Stephen H. Voss,
assistant professor of
philosophy are among the
signers.
"It isn't often that a major
policy change is con.
templated," said Larry Zink,
one of the petition sponsors.
"What happens now will affect
our lives for years to come."
The petition states that those
signing will refuse if ordered
for induction as long as the
Vietnam war continues. Zink
said the aim of the document is
to show Congress the strength
of nationwide opposition to the
draft.
Names collected in the
nation-wide drive will also be
published nationally in con
junction with national anti
draft week, March 16-19.
Zink emphasized that signing
the petition is in no way illegal.
Only the act of refusing induc
tion is illegal, he said.
The petition drive will con
tinue until March 10, Zink added.
Hyde Park: draft faulted
Thursday's Hyde Park consisted of two students denouncing
the draft system and the United States government.
"Our government has usurped the people and the Constitu
tion," said a young man who identified himself as S. Mcintosh,
a former student.
"The best thing to do is to burn your draft card, because
then you fuck up the government," he said. "I'll die for
my country but not for the United States government.
Student Ed Anson spent thirty minutes reading answers
he gave to questions on an application for conscientious objector
status.
Anson said he used to support the "war patriotism." Senator
Eugene McCarthy's campaign and some bathroom grafittl
changed his mind. The graffitti read, "Kill a commie for
Christ."
"I would be a hypocrite to believe the draft could t
moral," he said. .
