UPC approves
Davis visit
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1970 LINCOLN, NEB. VOL 94, NO. 21
Michael Davis will speak at
the University at a "special
vent sponsored by the Union
Ta'lfcs and Topics Committee."
The Union Program Council
(UPC) Tuesday night voted 6-2
to accept the Committee's
recommendation that the
Michigan graduate student
whose appointment to the NU
philosophy department was
rejected by the Board of
Regents come to campus to
speak on "student power."
Davis' appearance will be
scheduled after he has released
both the Regents report to him
on their reasons for refusing
his appointment to the faculty
and his reaction to the report,
according to the motion.
The motion also stated that
since student fees allocated to
Union programming will bring
Davis, the Council will "retain
sole responsibility for ttv?
scheduling of all of Davis' talks
at the University."
A second motion concerning
the Davis talk clarifies that the
Council is not judging the ac
tion of the Board of Regents iu
denying Davis a position on the
NU faculty.
This motion by Council
member Jim Gordon aros
from concern that some groups
might view the Council'
decision as a political state
ment. Andy Cunningham, another
student Program Council
member, noted that "the mood
of YAF. the Legislature and
some other groups" was an
issue.
"These groups can have a
direct influence on the next
program budget," he said.
"They pose a potential threat
to cut off the fees of the
future."
Kerry Winterer also ;i
Council member said he
believed the Regents' letter to
Davis explaining their reasons
for refusing to approve his ap
pointment removed them from
the conflict.
Discussion also centered
around the use of $200 of stu
dent fees to transport Davis to
Lincoln.
Dun Ladely voiced his op
position to inviting Davis to
speak in a letter. "The
.Program Council should not
become involved in campus
politics that do not involve both
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Linda in autumn
Enrollment
Varner
University Chancellor
Durward B. Varner says he
favors freezing the University's
enrollment at its present level.
Speaking at an informal
question and answer session in
Womens Residence Halls Mon
day night, Varner said that an
enrollment of 20,000 gives the
University all the advantages
that size can give it.
"When we get beyond that I
think the curve goes up rapidly
in terms of impersonality,
communication problems and
the possibility of disruptive
action where communication is
ineffective."
Varner said he favors an an
nounced maximum of 25,000
students for the Lincoln cam
pus. "Then the problem is
that the University must move
into a selective admissions
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favors freeze
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Bike bag sets off
Abel bomb scare
A small black bicycle bag
resting on the loading dock of
Abel Hall North touched off d
minor bomb scare early Tues
day aflerneon.
A maintenance man, Ted
Towle, noticed the bag about
12:45 and became suspicious,
according to Abel North
Residence Director CJ 1 e n
Schumann.
Schumann and other RD's
were in a staff meeting on Ea.it
Campus at the time. Unsure of
what to do, the maintenance
man notified his supervisor,
who called Campus Security
officials, who in turn culled
Lincoln police and firemen.
About 200 students eating in
the nearby Abel Cafeteria were
evacuated. No one else in the
giant dorm complex was
evacuated.
The bag was eventually taken
to a bomb disposal area at the
old Lincoln Air Force Base In a
fire engine with police escort. A
Slate Patrol rifleman was
dispatched to the scene to shoot
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at the bag and detonate any
explosives inside, but before he
arrived the bag was found to bo
empty.
Schumann applauded Towle
for being apprehensive and
suspicious. The dock is used for
unloading food and supplies for
the dormitory and it is ex
tremely unusuul to find a suit
case or small bag there.
Towlo said he knows "what's
happened on some other cam
puses." Governor, J. J.
debate tonight
The Governor and J. J.
arc coming to campus.
Gov. Norbert T. Tle
mann, republican, and his
democratic opponent in
the 1970 governor's race,
J. J. Exon, will debate at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday in
the Nebraska Union.
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