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Faculty by JOHN DVORAK Nebraskan Staff Writer One of the main reasons for the special Faculty Senate meeting Thursday afternoon Is the 1 4 - p a g e , single-spaced "Report of the Ad Hoc Com mittee to Recommend Changes in the Structure and Operation of the Faculty Senate." At first glance, the document doesn't seem to present any News analysis headline-grabbing Ideas such as a combined stadent-facuHy senate or a senate where representatives w o a 1 d be elected by college. But after one wades through the title, the sections, the resolutions and the comments, he becomes aware that the Interviewing the Interviewer is an important step in select ing your career. And because we're one of the world's largest insurers, a State Farm interview is a good way to STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES An Equal Opportunity Employer ftaabnat Offkwa: W. lalayaMo. kid. llnookv Hab. Nawark. Ohio Salna. Or. Wkttar Rmn FU. hckaonrllW fW M a - - - it. Paul. Minn. Warn. N J Scarborough, Ont Graalay. Cola Btrmlnqhai. Ala. Sum toaa. Cfeki SnU Ana m - Sa JfcSS. ST a CoJuu.Ua. Mo. a SYlnaM. Fans. MurWbora. Tana, a DalUa, Ta. CharluttaniU VeTa "TUl- ' Him i flifl nil)? Tl jl fm Senate report contains provisions significant to University students, instructors arid young faculty members. The faculty will gather in Love Library Auditorium Thursday to consider the report perhaps section by section. It is possible that a few parts of it could be adopted and im plemented almost immediately, while others would require ad ministration and Board of Regents approval. Little controversy will pro bably exist on the proposals to up student representation on eight of the 14 Faculty Senate committees that presently have student representatives. In no lustance, according to the ad hoc committee's pro posals, would students have a majority oa any of those 14 committees. Bat every com Interviewing Isn't just a chance to display your talents. It's a chance to get information about employers. 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Right now we have op portunities in accounting, actuarial science, claims, electronic data processing, in vestments, law, management discusses Ad Hoc report mittee that could affect students directly would have at least two student members. Considerably more fuss is liable to be stirred on the ad hoc committee's proposal that instructors who teach more than a fourth 'of freshman and sophomore level classes be voting members of the Faculty Senate. "The Committee feels that the possible conflicts of interest are minimal in comparison with the advantages of in cluding In the Senate a large group of faculty who have a major commitment and responsibility within the University community and who are at present denied a voice in its governance." The report does not deny the arguments against admitting instructors to the Senate. U and underwritino. Our cruiter will be on your campus November 18. 1970. Arr&ng an Interview through your Placement Office. Then bring your questions. "Enfranchising inch a number of instructors (about 225 would be eligible) would cause conflicts of interest that might negatively affect the quality of graduate education, tip the balance of power in the Senate toward the junior staff who presumably are less capable and more radical than their seniors, and give too much power to the English Department in the College of Arts and Sciences," the report says. The report continues that the ad hoc committee's six faculty members and four students voted unanimously on the In structor issue. It is unclear just what the reception will be to proposals in the report that younger faculty members be given a voice io the Faculty Senate. STATS PAIM 1 "At present, nearly 70 per cent of the members of Senate committees are full professors; most of the remainder are associate professors," the report states. "This inadvertent oligarchy tends to be self perpetuating." The ad hoc grasp's report also suggests that at least three faculty members below the rank of full professor be in cluded in the elected mem bership of the Liaison Com mittee. That nine-member body, generally considered the most powerful and Influential committee of the Faculty Senate, now consists of only full professors. The Ad Hoc group made a number of other proposals. Some, like the one that would remove the Director of the Library from the Committee on Libraries, keeping him as an advisory member only, could spark considerable comment among the teachers who attend the Thursday meeting. Others, like the one that would provide for an elected president of the Senate, instead of the present arrangement under which President Joseph Soshnik presides, are meant to increase the efficiency and ex pediency of ti e Faculty Senate. Never expect less than the best Always choose Keepsake Choose Wisely Choose Keepsake Guaranteed, registered and protected against toss. 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