MONDAY, NOVEMBER. 23, 1970
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL 94, NO. 39
Radicalism remains
by GARY SEACREST
Nebraskan Staff Writer
The University campus has
been peaceful since June. The
talk around campus is not
about civil disobedience, but
about the exploits of the foot
ball team and the upcoming
migration to the Orange Bowl.
News analysis
But campus radicalism, the
dread of conservative
Nebraska, continues to be an
issue half a year after the May
unrest on the Lincoln campus.
Last spring's voluntary
.strike, the occupation of the
ROTC building and the Michael
Davis case were hotly debated
at Friday's Board of Regents
meeting. The conservative
forces lame duck Slate Sen.
Clifton Batchelder and the
Committee for Undisruptcd
Education (CUE) provided
the highlights of the meeting.
Batchelder lashed out against
the University adminis. ration
for weakness in disciplinary
matters concerning the May
unrest.
Student petition asks Regents
to keep Rozman on faculty
A student-sponsored peition
drive is underway on campus
to ask the Board of Regents to
keep Assistant Professor of
Political Science S'even L.
Rozman on the faculty.
The petition condemns the
Regent's statement made at a
meeting Friday as being
"vague and arbitrary."
"The Board directs the ad
ministration to advise
Professor Rozman that he
might not be reappointed for
the 1971-72 academic year,
pending the report from the
University counsel," the
Board's statement read.
Rozman, 30, an unfenured
NU teacher since 1967, has
drawn the wrath of the Regents
for his participation in the May
anti-war protes! at NU. At their
September meeting the
Regents ordered the ad
ministration to refer Rozman to
the appropriate faculty com
mittee for sanction.
Union sponsors Bowl trip
The Nebraska Union is sponsoring a trip to the
Orange Bowl and will have all the Information and prices
by November 30. The cost of the trip will be as much
under (250 as possible. It will include: Jet transportation
between Lincoln and Miami, 4 or S nights lodging in Ft
Lauderdale, tickets to the game, transportation to tba
game and insurance.
All arrangements will be made through the Pro
gram Office, Room 128, Nebraska Union. Interested per
sons should contact the office as soon as possible at
472-2453.
CUE criticized the student
government's financial support
of last May's voluntary student
strike and recommended to the
Regents that non-university
partisan politics be eliminated
from the campus.
The Regents responded by
lavishly commending the ef
forts of CUE and ordering an
independent audit of the Stu
dent Activities financial
records, which includes the
books of ASUN.
ASUN President Steve
Tiwald defended student
government's role in last May's
boycott of classes by pointing
out the constructive nature of
ASUN activity during the
period.
And other ASUN representa
tives unsuccessfully attempted
to quiz the Regents about the
controversial Michael Davis
case. The Regents refused to
answer questions posed by the
ASUN representatives who are
investigating the Regents'
refusal to hire Davis. The
Board told the representatives
that students had no legitimate
authority in personnel selec
That group, the Academic
Privilege and Tenure Com
mittee Friday formally re
quested a statement of charges
and supporting evidence in the
Rozman case.
No charges have ever been
leveled against Rozman, said
Betty Munson, an NU graduate
student and one of the leaders
of the petition drive.
She charged that the Regents
are trying to keep Rozman's
job status "in limbo." Leaders
of the petition drive will pro
bably present the petitions to
the Regents at their December
meeting, she added.
Rozman said Sunday he is
going through "proper
University channels" in an at
tempt to clarify his case. He
would not elaborate on what
those channels were.
"Obviously this is not simply
a matter that affects me and
my department," he said. "It
tions.
But the biggest sparks at
Friday's meeting were provided
by Batchelder, an unsuccessful
candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor last
spring. The senator told the
Regents he became interested
in the use of student funds for
last May's voluntary strike
when students brought to his
attention "considerable
evidence of loose handling of
state funds."
The Omaha senator said it
was evidence of a "weak ad
ministration when we have to
gather to hear students try to
straighten things out."
He also critizied the
University for not taking any
disciplinary action against
Happy
Thanksgiving
This is the last the Nebraskan
will publish before Thanks
giving vacation. We will re
sume publication Wednesday,
Dec. 2.
threatens the entire University
community and the exercise of
basic constitutional rights on
campus. I am pleased to
discover that I am by no means
the only one on campus te
recognize this fact.'
Meanwhile the former head of
the Academic Privilege and
Tenure Committee said that
group could not proceed with
investigation and recom
, mendations until it receives a
statement of charges and sup
porting evidence.
Robert E. Dewey, whose
term on the committee recently
expired, said the group would
proceed with all haste when it
receives the list of charges.
Depending on how com
plicated the case becomes, he
theorized that recommenda
tions could be made about a
month after the list of charges
is received.
Because Dewey was involved
with the Rozman case before
his committee term expired,
there is a slight chance he will
cor.tir.ua to work with, it
although he termed that
possibility "very doubtful."
Vernon F. Snow, professor of
history, is now head of the
committee.
"If Rozman has done
something inappropriate, the
committee will hear the
evidence, let Rozman respond
and make a recommendation,"
Dewey said. "Until the com
mittee gets a list of charges, It
can't proceed."
Regents9 issue
students who occupied the
ROTC building last May. "That
indicates," he said, "that the
administration is not with it."
Asked where discipline is
lacking, Batchelder replied that
students and faculty should be
carefully "screened" before
entering the University. He
also suggested that the Regents
should keep informed at all
times about the actions of
students and faculty.
The state's taxpayers, the
senator said, "don't want to see
the University with a budget
approaching $200 million run by
students."
Although the Regents at
tentively listened to Batchelder
and CUE, the Board refused to
"rehash" the Michael Davis
case with the ASUN represen
tatives. The students tried
unsuccessfully to get the
Regents to further explain their
refusal to hire Davis, a
Huskers finish
unbeaten season
by JIM JOHNSTON
Associate Sports Editor
Sun splashed down on
Nebraska's new AstroTurf at
Memorial Stadium.
And the sun's glisten
reflected off the thin-haired
head of Nebraska coach Bob
Devaney. It was Thursday,
Sept 10, 1970 two days
before Nebraska opened tne
101st year of college football
against Wake Forest Universi
ty. Devaney was beginning h:s
ninth year at Nebraska, a year
people said would be Devaney's
best.
His team was rated ninth in
the nation by the major pre
season polls. Sports Illustrated
tagged the Cornhuskers as the
fifth best team in the land.
"Well, let's hope Sports Il
lustrated is right," smiled
Devaney.
The temperature was in the
80s as the Cornhuskers went
through their final full scale
practice before opening the
season.
Devaney, clipboard in hand,
walked the sidelines and
watched his team go through
their drills. He wore white
shoes, white gym shorts and a
black pull-over Jersey the
brand worn by his famed Black
Shirt defense.
It was 4:43 p.m. Time for
practice to end. Devaney
sounded his whistle, wiped the
. sweat from his brow and called
bis squad together for a brief
meeting.
Nebraska was ready to open
the 1S70 season and Wake
Forest would be the first of ten
graduate student at the
University of Michigan.
"There is no evidence which
warrants a change of our
decision," Regent Edward
Schwartzkopf told David
Ratliff, ASUN spokesman.
"Do you ever have to prove
ycur evidence?' Ratliff asked
the Regents.
Ra'liff referred to a letter
Davis had written in which he
said there were inaccuracies in
the reasons the Regents gave
for rejecting hfs anointment
as a philosophy instructor.
"Our sources may not have
been entirely accurate,"
Regent Richard Hermin sa'd,
"but our judgment was made
and I suspect it will stand
unless someone comes up with
new evidence."
The Regents told the students
to submit in writing any new
information they have con
cerning the case.
foes to fait.
Then it was Nov. 21, 1970, at
5:30 p.m. There was no sun
shining on the worn AstroTurf.
It was getting dark. There were
streams cf toilet paper,
splashed oranges and a sign
reading, "Huskers No. 1"
laying on the turf.
Gray Memorial Stadium was
quiet . . . much in contrast to
the 67,000 plus red dressed fans
who had just left A few dim
lights were still burning in the
press box where sports writers
were sending the word around
the nation that Nebraska had
just won sole possess.'on of the
Big Eight championship and
finished the season un
defeated. A cold breeze was rushing
through the stadium and the
cold weather and snowfall
predicted looked certain.
But in the Husker kcker
room, the only resemblance to
snow were the handfu Is of
confetti thrown by Nebraska
fans. There was shouting, vic
tory cigar smoking, hugging
and a showering of the
Nebraska coaches.
The Cornhuskers had defied
the odds. They went through an
entire season unmolested. And
playing in the Big Eight that is
like dealing with the mafia.
It was the same Bob Devaney
that talked to writers after the
celebrating. He sat in the cor
ner of his red-carpeted dressing
room with a towel around his
neck.
His Huskers had just held off
Oklahoma to earn a 28-21 win.
It was a closer game than ex
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