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Cash for ingenuity
Cash prizes will soon be available to students and
faculty of Nebraska colleges who present the best ideas
in a governmental improvement contest
Four cash grants, one of $100 and three of $50, will
be awarded to the entrants making the best proposals.
Entries must give constructive ideas and suggestions for
improving any aspect of state or local government. Winners
may use the grants as they wish.
The prize money is being donated from campaign con
tributions given to the contest's originator. State Senator-elect
David H. Stahmer. The Omaha electrical contracting ex
ecutive said that he paid all expenses of the campaign
from his own pocket in order to be "completely free of
cny obligations."
Stahmer thinks the un-used contributions should be used
to find ideas that would help improve state government.
He may try to use the best ideas in his legislative post,
Stahmer said.
"Ordinarily we reward students for either their I.Q.
or their poverty', he explained, "but I want to reward
them for their ingenuity." The newly-elected senator said
it is a mistake not to encourage constructive ideas.
He said he would be gbd to talk with any student
or group of students interested in working towards better
government.
Contest entries will be judged by a three-member paneL
The judges, who have not been selected, will be individuals
familiar with state government. They will not see the
entrants'" names because, as Stahmer put it, "A freshman
will be on the same level with a Phd."
If this experiment proves successful the senator-elect
may try to set up a state award program along similiar
lines.
Entries should be sent to: David H. Stahmer, 4913
Manderson Street, Omaha, Nebraska 63104. They must b
postmarked no later than December 4.
TOPACE
A movement has been
organized to oppose PACE'S
proposal to provide low-income
scholarships by increasing
student fees.
Students who oppose PACE
(STOPACE) are circulating
petitions opposing "any In
crease in student fees such as
that recently requested by
PACE, regardless- of whether
this increase in student fees
has the approval of a majority
of students or not."
A STOPACE handout being
circulated states, "We are told
it (PACE) is a movement
which will accomplish a great
deal of good. Good? By whose
standard? Obviously, by the
standards of PACE.
"And what of those who do
not support PACE? If ft is
passed, they will have no
choice but to support that
which others deemed good.
Where are the decriers of lack
of freedom now?"
The PACE (Program of
Active Commitment to Educa
tion) proposal calls for in
creasing student fees by $3.50 a
semester and $1.75 per summer
session.
"We don't feel it's the right of
the majority to impose this
proposal on those who dont
want to pay," remarked Tom
Cardwell, a STOPACE
organizer. "However, we aren't
stopping people who want to
give voluntarily."
The STOPACE organizer said
the PACE proposal is an issue
that "should not be voted
on."
Cardwell, a senior from Lin
coin, said his group will present
its petitions to the Board of
Regents "if necessary" to stop
the PACE proposal.
While Cardwell and others
were trying to stop an increase
in student fees, backers of
PACE Monday collected about
2,000 signatures in their petition
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Stopage . . . "We aren't stopping people who want to give voluntarily."
CSL wants to personalize
impersonalized University
by GARY SEACREST
Nebraska Staff Writer
Students have long com
plained of iaie University's im
personalization, symbolized by
the extensive use of social
security numbers and large
classes. Now it appears that an
influential University group
will tackle flie problem this
school year.
One of the top priorities of
the Council of Student Life
(CSL) this year will be an at
tempt to make the academic
experience more personalized
for University students, CSL
chairman John W. Robinson
said.
Studying three recom
mendations of the Spelts Com
mission and continuing its at
tack on campus racial
discrimination were two other
priorities listed by Robinson at
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CSL , . . views the personalization of University students academic experi
ence as a tp priority.
vs. PAC
drive, according to PACE
Chairman Steve Fowler.
Fowler said PACE also has
gotten the support of IS campus
organizations as of Tuesday.
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Tuesday's CSL meeting.
Several CSL members also
mentioned the lack of adequate
parking space should be a ma
jor topic of interest of the
Council this year.
"I have discovered,"
Robinson said, "That one of the
most important things wrong
with this University is the im
personaiization of the academic
experience. Students rarely
have contacts with the faculty
outside the classroom."
President Joseph Soshnik has
asked the Council to study a
recommendation of the Spelts
Commission dealing with the
lack of personalization in the
University. The recommenda
tion urged the University to
"explore the possibility of im
proving channels of com
munication between students
and staff (faculty and ad
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Builders, Mortar Board,
YWCA, the Afro-American
Collegiate Society, Women's
Action Group, Red Cross and
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ministration) by decentralizing
non-disciplinary student affairs
functions."
Soshnik also asked CSL to
study two other recommenda
tions of the Spelts Commission,
which investigated last spring's
disturbances on the Lincoln
campus.
One of the recommendations
urges the University to change
its rules on student conduct,
which the Commission said
were too paternalistic to be ef
fective. The other recom
mendation states the organiza
tion of Student Affairs should be
altered to clearly separate
counseling functions from those
of factual investigation, pro
secution, and ajudication in
situations potentially requiring
disciplinary action.
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