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no
panacea
The faculty met for two and one-half hours
Monday, but they still haven't acted on the Stephen
Rozman case.
What the faculty did instead is circumvent and
obscure the Rozman issue by proposing a panacea to
all of the University's problems.
About the panacea, a constitutional convention,
not much can be said. It was proposed in the form of
a petition to the Board of Regents. The petition asks
the Regents to call for a University constitutional
convention which would meet this summer. The
convention would have the responsibility of designing
a document suited for the specific purpose of
governing this University.
Perhaps this can become a reality, but in the
meantime the faculty has an unfinished job to attend
to.
It must be remembered that the faculty met for
the purpose of "consideration of the Regents' actions
in the Rozman case..." Professor Rozman was given a
chance to speak at the meeting, but in the end, the
faculty proved to be more indecisive than the Board
of Regents.
The Regents had a statement on Rozman's actions
six months after the Spelts report. The faculty still
hasn't spoken.
Judging from the Regents' actions of the past, the
most the faculty should expect from the Regents is a
special committee, (perhaps they will call it Regents'
ad hoc committee no. 99999), to study the feasibility
and desirability of a constitutional convention. If this
happens, that is, if the Regents ignore andor
postpone the faculty petition, then as a result of the
faculty meeting, nothing will have been
accomplished.
As was pointed out at Monday's meeting,
emotions on this campus are high. Indecision and
rhetoric do not meet the needs of the University.
The only alternative for the faculty is to
reconvene its special meeting and act upon the issue
at hand: Stephen Rozman.
Facnity meeting
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Constitutional Convention an
imaginative and exciting
concept "to lift us above the
sterility and frustration that
will continue to plague our
house if we continue to deal
with these matters in the
traditional fashion."
David Levine, chairman of
the department of psychology
and a member of the Liaison
Committee who did not sign
the resolution, objected that
the existing rules "are fine. The
problem has been that we
haven't been playing by the
rules."
"No matter what
procedures are developed," he
said, "if we don't honor the
practices, we are no better
off."
The 3:30 p.m. meeting
began with a statement from
Chancellor D. B. Varner. In a
20 minute address, Varner
suggested that "rarely, if ever,
has this University faced a less
cheerful fortnight."
Varner noted the "awkward
administrative situation" which
resulted from Rozman's
dismissal and the budget cut of
the last two weeks.
1 am equally convinced that
some criticism is deserved for
some of the actions or lack of
actions, which we in the
administration have taken," he
said.
But the Chancellor told the
faculty that he saw little value
in "replaying all the history, all
the situations, all the
judgments which have been
involved" in the Rozman case.
Rather Varner advised that
the University should move
"positively, constructively, and
perhaps even boldly in
developing solutions."
He recommended the
development of procedures,
mechanisms, expectations, and
understandings to minimize the
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likelihood of again
encountering the turmoil
which has beset us during the
past few months."
After Varner's comments,
Rozman addressed the
assembly.
After recounting "a brief
history of the procedures of
the Spelts Commission, he
concluded that they "simply
were not conducive to
screening out false testimony."
Rozman called the Regents
actions against him a threat.
"If untenured professors
are to be denied freedom of
expression, how safe are
tenured professors?" he asked.
"A victory for me would also
be a victory for the University
and the entire University
community."
Three resolutions were
defeated during the meeting.
They called for:
--the Regents, Faculty
Senate and Administration to
adopt "a new comprehensive
code of procedures governing
grievances and dismissals."
' the faculty not to involve
itself in any faculty
disciplinary matters until the
Regents are bound by either
the Statement or Faculty
Responsibilities of other
procedures guaranteeing due
process of law.
-establishing procedures
dealing with a nontenured
faculty member who has been
charged with inappropriate
actions.
Cabaret presents
satire on racism
"Racists and Other
Monsters," a cabaret sponsored
by the Human Relations
Insight League, will be
presented Tuesday in thi'
Nebraska Union Crib at 7:30
p.m.
The program consists of a
series of skits which present a
satirical look at people and
prejudices. Other features uii)
be guitarists Don Marsh. Lyn
McNickle, Anne IMinan and
John Lewis. Bruce I'rolmka
will speak about ecology and
Dr. Truly A. Boringman will
give a demonstration of hi
world shocking creation, "the
perfect man."
N.J. Rosen burg
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1971"