The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 26, 1970, Image 1
Register for the primary (BO IP 3S THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1970 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA VOL. 93, NO. 77 Kegents candidate by MICK MORIARTY Ncbraskan SUM Wrllor One candidate for the Board of Regents is campaigning by talking informally with students and telling them they should have more power. 'Student leaders should have joint meetings with the Regents," said candidate, Dr. Robert J. Prokop a faculty Ross to discuss Greek system Executive Dean of Student Affairs G. Robert Ross will discuss the Greek system at the University with sorority and fraternity officials Thursday nicht at 9 o.rn. on the "KRNU Forum" program. The campus radio station suspends broadcasting activi ties at sign-off Thursday night for spring vacation. It will re turn to the air at 4 p.m. April 6. Calvin Rife is climbing L rim - ib i aim v- I ; ft..t:TSy5 P''''' T'TT ''fill III' iiU'iT" "fir r '1 LfcMiwiiMi'W''ii mmmm;toM.mmmiikawutmt Regents member at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine. Prokop said Tuesday he is trying to get involved with the students by speaking with them between now and the May 12 primary when he will face Regent B. N. Greenburg from the fourth district. The doctor also believes that candidates for Regent should speak with students in their campaigning before the primary election. The 36-year-old candidate is critical of students for not pushing to get their voices heard. "Students have the power, if only they would use it," Prokop told a group of students at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. "I am open to listen to anybody. I want to know the views of all the students," he said. He alleged that in the past, the Regents have made a drastic mistake of not main racial barriers. He's the only should listen taining continuity with the students. "I am violently opposed to the closed sessions held by the Regents," he said. Prokop believes the closed sessions prevent meaningful discussion. "I question there never being any dissent on the decisions reached by the Regents," Prokop said. Prokop said if he were elected, he would grant in Co-op gets building plan After three years of paperwork, planning and waiting, Cornhusker Cooperative, Inc. has received a $290,000 loan for a new house to be built at 22nd and U Sts. "We had to submit a new application every year and fill out many detailed governmen tal forms before the U.S. black in an all-white kindergarten. See story, page 3. terviews with any students on any issues. v "An open door policy is the only way to keep in touch with the views of the students," he said. Prokop said if students want coed visitation, their view should be of primary concern when a decision is being made. Prokop said that he personally favors the quarter system with the finals being Department of Housing and Urban Development finalized the loan," said Gene Hillman, president. Construction on the three story building is tentatively scheduled to begin between May 1 and June 1, Hillman said. Hillman said the co-op's before Christmas break. "If the students want to change their curriculum, then they should be allowed to," Prokop said. Prokop is from Wilbur and is still registered in that district although he now resides in Omaha. The 1966 graduate of the University medical school said we can no longer look at the position Regent as one of "just prestige." residents have received some criticism from the University community for deciding to build in the Malone area, "but we never had any real reservations about it since there isn't any other available building space near campus." The concrete structure which will house 84 men should be completed "just before the beginning of next year's spring semester," Hillman noted. "The new building won't be a Southern mansion," Hillman remarked, but he said it would be a vast improvement over the present building which "is in desperate need of repair." The land for the building was procured from Beta Sigma Psi fraternity which had planncu to build on the site. Hillman explained that all Cornhusker co-op financial matters are "completely run by students. Residents of the new co-op building will pay $75 rather than the monthly rental fee of $70 which they now pay at the 1319 R. St. building. "This is about $30-35 less than what dorm residents nay," Hillman said. The co-op's lower monthly fee Is possible because the members wash their own dishes and share household duties, he said. The co-op selects members on a "first-come first-serve" basis, Hillman noted. Pickering raps at Hyde Park The Rev. Alan Pickering, former coordinator of the United Ministry in Higher Education, will be the guest speaker at Hyde Park Thurs day afternoon in the Union lounge. Pickering left UMHE March , 1 and will soon leave Lincoln to take a job on the East Coast,