THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1970
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL 94, NO. 33
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Evaluation reveals students
favor open dormitory lounges
Open dormitory lounges
received the approval of most
people questioned in an
evaluation presented to the
Housing Policy Committee
Wednesday.
"Most people thought the
open lounges should be con
tinued, even those who dad not
participate in the program,"
Allen Bestmann, president of
the Residence Halls Associa
tion (RHA), reported. "Many
suggested that we move from
the lounges to the rooms, in
other words, visitation."
At its first meeting of the
school year, Barry Pilger, the
c o nnnittee's newly-elected
chainnan, appointed an ad
hoc committee to study the
evaluation further.
Most criticisms of the
lounges were personal com
plaints. Bestmann added. He
said that some of those ques
tioned said that generally
there were not enough people
in the lounges to make the
program worthwhile.
Bestmann commented that
another general complaint
was aimed at the physical
facilities. Many students sug
gested that dorms acquire
more comfortable furniture
and TV's for the floor
lounges.
Evaluations were completed
by residence directors, floor
presidents, student assistants,
student sponsors and
residents, particularly those
who did not participate in the
program.
The open lounge program
allows student sponsorship, a
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major advantage over the ex
panded RHA hours which can
now be held virtually every
night, according to
Bestmann.
"RHA hours require that the
student assistants be on the
floor all the time and this is
asking too much' he said.
"Sponsorship is our major
concern in keeping open
lounges."
The open lounge policy is
especially applicable to
Schramm Hall, the coed dorm,
Bestmann noted. He also said
that the policy "would be a
good thing to use when the
University goes to classes in
the dorms."
In other business, the Hous
ing Policy Committee briefly
discussed married student
housing.
"Does the University have
the moral responsibility to In
sure that married students
dont live in substandard
housing," Pilger asked.
Rita Watson, a graduate
student member of the com
mittee, replied that last year
the committee had said "yes,
the University should be a
moral leader." She explained
the committee moved toward
this stand by asking for en
forcement of the landlord's
pledge against discrimination
in renting because of race.
Wendall Gauger, chairman
of the department of botany,
suggested that to solve the
problem, the committee would
"have to get to the people who
own the substandard housing,
no the renters."
Since the committee had not
ill
yet received its charge from
the Council on Student Life, no
formal action was taken
regarding married student
housing.
Police:
.No -'narcs'
Friends and family members
of drug users, not narcotic
agents, provide the major
source of information leading
to drug arrests, a represen
tatfve of the Lincoln Police said
Wednesday.
Speaking to Philosophy 6
students, Leighton Wessel,
police community relations,
played down the use of "narcs"'
in local arrests.
Wessel also told the class of
100 students, "Although a lot of
people are alarmed about drug
abuse, there are far bigger
problems among young peo
ple." "This year we have had 197
complaints related to drugs and
we have made 56 actual ar
rests." Wessel said.
"We have far more arrests
and we're more concerned
about the misuse of alcohol and
the misuse of automobiles
among young people," Wessel
said.
Wessel added that some of
the complaints on drugs come
from suspicious neighbors.
"Some people think every stu
dent with a brown pack on his
back keeps It full of mari
juana," he said.
ASUN to confer with
Board on Davis case
by DAVE BRINK
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Members of an ad hoc ASUN
committee will talk informally
with the Regents about the
Michael Davis case at the
Board's Nov. 20 meeting.
Senator Bill Arfman told
Wednesday's ASUN meeting
that the committee has already
talked with university students
and Davis to get ideas and
suggestions. He said the com
mittee is considering calling for
an open hearing with the
Regents on the matter.
For the second consecutivp
week the senate rejected a re
quest for general fund money.
On a close vote (appropriations
require a two-thirds majority)
they refused to giye the Human
Rights Committee an additional
$100 for a human rights retreat.
The retreat for 40 faculty
members and students in
terested in human rights will
study questions of human
rights and Involve sensitivity
training. Supporters said the
extra money was needed to
in Lincoln
Wessel and Lt. Ronald
Flansburg of the Lincoln Police
spoke to Philosophy 6 class
Wednesday.
Instructor in Philosophy,
Edward Becker, said the
policemen were invited to his
class after students had sug
gested the idea.
"We thought that It would be
good for us to hear the police
point of view and good for them
to get the students' point of
view," Becker said.
"I think the underlying prin
ciple is that if we are to have
education rather than in
doctrination, then we have to
provide a forum for all points
of view on controversial mat
ters. Insofar as It is practical,"
Becker added.
Despite the misunderstanding
about the extent of the drug
problem In Lincoln, Lt.
Flansburg, of the vice squad,
said the problem is serious
enough that he has to work 10
hours a day.
"It's just that the opiate
traffic is not heavy In Lincoln,"
Flansburg said.
Concerning marijuana,
Flansburg said that there
haven't been any studies made
on the drug until recently. He
provide better facilities and
more leaders for the week-end
session.
Becky Ross, coordinator of
the new Center for Educational
Change, reported the Center
was in operation and would
soon be sharing its office with
the Free University.
Pi-ogress on the planned stu
dent day care center, student
gas station, book exchange and
student credit union were
outlined. Marti Liggett of the
Student Economic Develop
ment committee reported that
a survey of students would be
made to determine reactions to
existing ASUN student services
and get suggestion for new
ones.
President Steve Tiwald said
ASUN was involved in many
more projects that than last
year and commended the
senators who were working on
them. He also criticized
senators who were not working
but "just coming to meetings."
Tiwald exhorted them to "do
H'hat you promised to
do work," referring to elec
tion campaign promises.
Next week's meeting will be
in the East Campus Union.
said that there Is currently a
research project in Oklahoma
studying effects of marijuana
under the auspices of the Na
tional Institute of Mental
Health.
But responding to the ques
tion of whether he thought
marijuana was alright,
Flansburg retorted, 'Hell
No."
The vice squad agent said he
has seen grass used as a ladder
to stronger drugs too many
times. "I've seen the bad side
of drags, the bad trips and the
broken homes," Flansburg
said.
Other students were In
terested in finding out how
Lincoln will be affected by the
new (no knock) drug legisla
tion. Wessel replied that the
new law would have no affect,
since Nebraska has had the
same type of law for a long
time.
"It doesn't mean that we can
go around busting down doors,"
Flansburg said. "We still need
a warrant before we can enter
anyone's home. And to get a
warrant we have to be abla to
show probable cause," he add.
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