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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1970
LINCOLN, NEB.
VOL 94, NO. 38
CUE attacks Nebraskan, ASUN
by GARY SEACREST
Nebraskan Staff Writer
In an effort to remove non
University partisan politics
from the University campus,
the NU Committee for Un
disrupted Education (CUE)
will recommend to the Board of
Regents Friday that The
Nebraskan be stripped of its
student fees, student govern
ment be removed from the
partisan political arena and the
use of campus speakers for
purely political matters be
stopped.
CUE will also recommend
the creation of an "ad
ministration committee of
review" with the power to rule
decisively on the use of the
name and finances of the
University, students, and stu
dent organizations.
The recommendations are
part of a special 22-page report
prepared by CUE for the Board
of Regents. CUE was organized
Help someone
Student Activities urgently needs volunteers for the
following projects:
. . . Bell ringers for the Salvation Army, Nov. 27-Dec
24 any time during business hours in downtown area,
Gateway and other burness areas. Call Capt Zarfas, 432
5779. . . . Officer worker with typing skills for the Association
for Retarded Children, one-half day a week, Capitol.
. . . Officer worker with typing skills at ETV, one-half
day a week.
. . . Probation counselors for Juvenile and Lincoln
Municipal Courts.
. . . Tutors for Lincoln Indian Center, sewing teacher
and someone to assist with Arts and Crafts.
Anyone interested can phone Zoya Zeman, Student
Activities, 472-2484.
Phi Gams protest
Intramurals provoke conflict
"Intramural Sports
Program at the Univers
ity of Nebraska affords
the entire student body
an opportunity to enjoy
competition in the truly
American way." Intram
ural Sports Handbook.
by JOHN DVORAK
Nebraskan Stuff Writer
It was only meant to be a
simple intramural flag football
game between the Phi Gamma
Delta and Phi Delta Theta
teams.
But instead, that Oct. 5 foot
ball contest has resulted in a
mass of controversy, charges,
counter charges, incidents,
probation and finally the year
long suspension of the Phi
Gamma Delta house from all
intramural team sports.
last May as an anti-strike stu
dent organization.
The report states that CUE
does not favor repressing
students in any way.
"Rather, CUE Intends to
make all elements of the
University more responsible
and representative," the report
states. "CUE asks only that the
University be removed from
the role of making political
decisions in broad categories
such as foreign policy, and
relate its concerns to the
University itself."
Accusing the campus
newspaper of being "flagrantly
partial" and running
editorialized news stories, CUE
recommends The Nebraskan be
placed under the control of the
School of Journalism and be
stripped of its use of student
fees.
The CUE report claims that
the campus newspaper should
not engage In editorializing "of
And now, in unprecedented
action, the case will be ap
pealed to the Office of Student
Affairs and Dean of Student
Development Russell H.
Brown.
The first incident occurred
near the end of the Oct S in
tramural game at the Vine
Street field when the PGD
team disputed a call made by
referee Rodney Niemann. A
pushing and shoving match
ensued, Niemann ejected one of
the participants from the
game, and then the referee was
slapped by at least one PGD
player.
Whenever such an infraction
occurs in intramural sports, the
six-student Intramural
Advisory Council decides what
punishment should be meted
out
In the PGD case, they voted
to put one of the campus'
any kind" and should be
primarily an information sheet
since it receives student fees
and appears to be a "semi-official"
spokesman for the
students and the University.
"We are not opposing
freedom of the press," stated
the report, "we are opposing
forcing students to support a
press whose freedom from ex
treme political bias is highly
questionable."
Highly critical of ASUN ac
tivities during the voluntary
boycott of classes last May,
CUE recommends that ASUN's
constitution should be altered
to prevent the student govern
ment from entering the
political arena.
CUE contends that student
government should not take
stands on foreign or domestic
policy, but may "legitimately
comment only on University
and academic policies affecting
students." .
The report further recom
mends that the Regents detail
the powers, duties, and obliga
tions of ASUN and that ASUN's
membership in the National
Student Association be
terminated.
Claiming that student fees at
NU have been used to
"saturate the campus with a
single political line," CUE
recommends that the use of
student fees to bring in campus
speakers for purely political
matters be stopped.
"We believe that it is
perfectly proper for the
University to provide facilities
for speakers .invited and paid
by student organizations,"
states the report "But we ob
ject to the use of student money
collectively for the purpose of
bringing to our university
largest fraternities on proba
tion for one year.
At the time Phi Gamma
Delta was leading the in.
tramural program in total
points accumulated. The
fraternity's teams have finish
ed first or second in intramural
competition for the last five
years.
Then In a Nov. 4 football
game with Triangle Fraternity,
another series of calls was
disputed by PGD, a scuffle
resulted and a referee was
struck.
The Intramural Advisory
Council met again and without
granting the Phi Gamma Delta
house a hearing, voted
unanimously for the
suspension.
PGD intramural official Jeff
Freed, however, criticized the
Council for "sloppy" pro
cedures, poor communication
with his fraternity, and viola
speakers of a thoroughly
political nature."
The proposed committee of
review should have broad
policy making powers in the
areas of student governent, the
use of student fees, and politics
on campus according to CUE.
CUE also recommends that
the proposed committee should
retain an accountant and fiscal
analyst to oversee the financial
records of the Student
Activities Office, the Nebraska
Union, student government and
student organizations.
The CUE report also ex
amines the activities during
and following the student strike
last May.
Concerning ASUN strike ac
tivity the report concludes:
Student government
leaders acted inproperly in in
itiating the strike. After in
itiating this action, ASUN often
failed to meet the financial
obligations they assumed.
There were financial ir
regularities of a scope and
seriousness that calls into
question the judgment and
responsibility of ASUN, the NU
administration and Student
Activities Office. There are
also serious questions about the
free use of state property,
University funds and labor to
aid in a clearly partisan
political matter as the Peace
Rally on May 9.
The strike itself set a
dangerous precedent. It allow
ed the use of student power
structures for political ends in
open violation of the status of
the University and its sub
organizations in law. It also
violated the constitutional
rights of students as citizens to
commit themselves as in
dividuals on political matters.
tion of its own constitution.
After Freed's protests, the
Intramural group met again
and unanimously reaffirmed
their suspension decision.
One year's suspension is far
too severe a punishment since
an organization of over 100 men
is being punished for the acts of
only a few of its members,
Freed said. '
"We certainly don't condone
striking referees," Freed
emphasized. "But I don't think
it is necessary to suspend an
entire organization for a year
just to set an example."
Freed said his fraternity was
never notified after the first
incident that it was on proba
tion or that disciplinary action
of any sort had been taken
against his fraternity.
And Freed charged the
Council with rules violations by
allowing one of its six
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Caveat Emptor
Carpus
jhronometcr
thrills
ticking
majority
by BILL GANZEL
Spiro has arrived.
At least four stores in the
Lincoln area have been selling
the original Spiro T. Agnew
watches during the past few
months. All report that sales
have been good.
"It's slowed down some now,
but a while ago we were selling
eight or nine watches a week,"
said Stan Linnertz, manager of
the Campus Book Store. "For a
small store like we are, that's
real good."
Brandeis reports it is selling
Spiro watches "by the dozens."
The watches are the same
ones that caused a mild furor
several months ago when they
hit the. market. Manufactured
by the Dirty Time Corp. of
California, the face shows a
caricature of the Vice Presi
dent holding up a peace symbol
with one hand. Part of the pro
fits from the sale of the
watches goes to charity.
"We've sold to all sorts of
people," said Don Hamann of
Sartor-Hamann Jewelers.
"We've even sold watches to
very prominent Democrats and
Republicans."
Virginia Holoubek, manager
of P.J.'s Corner, said that one
older woman bought two
because she thought they would
become collector's items in a
few years.
Linnertz characterizes the
people who buy the watches
into three types:
"First there are the ones who
think that it's a little chic to
wear a Spiro Agnew watch
the ones who want to be in.
Then there are those who think
it will become a collector's
item, like the original Mickey
Mouse watch. And then there
are the political activists."
But, whatever their reasons,
more and more people In this '
"Land of Nixon" are wearing
Nixon's right hand man oa
their own left hand, watching
Spiro's hands move.
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