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With an exacting
demonstration of the finer
points of parlimentary
procedure, ASUN Senate
extended its Wednesday
meeting past suppertime but
still didn't complete the
planned agenda.
While East Union basketball
players waited patiently for
ASUN to finish business and
surrender the gym floor.
Senators pounded tables and
exchanged shouts over a
proposal to place students on
the Board of Regents.
Finally, even as the athletes
began folding up the chairs
used for the meeting, the
Senate approved Sen. Bill
Arf man's directive to the
Legislative Liaison Committee.
It states ASUN's support of the
idea of placing the student
body president from Lincoln
and his counterpart from UNO
on the Board of Regents for
one-year terms as non-voting
members.
The Committee will present
Arf man's resolution to State
Sen. Terry Carpenter to be
proposed as a statute or as a
constitutional amendment.
In earlier business, ASUN
approved Government Bill 28
which allocates $3,000 to the
Volunteer Council for purchase
of a van to use in student
volunteer work.
Janet White of the
Volunteer Council (an
organization designed to
coordinate and facilitate
volunteer organizations at the
University) told Senators that
$2500-3500 was needed.
ASUN President Steve Tiwald
reported that $3,000 could be
donated and still leave about
$1,000 in the treasury for the
next Senate.
Sen. Roy Baldwin, who had
opposed a Dec. 1 7 allocation of
$100 to the Student Action
Front on the grounds that it
was actually a tax on all
students for a single
organization, cast the only
opposing vote.
The Senate directed its
lobbyists to oppose LB 102,
which would limit University
enrollment to 20,500 on the
Lincoln campus and 13,500 af
UNO. Lynn Webster,
co-chairman of the Legislative
Liaiion Committee, said the
Regents should set enrollment
because they can change
according to needs without
requiring a new statute.
Another bill, LB 808, was
also opposed, but not without
great argument. The bill would
change the committee which
decides who may attend the
University Medical School. An
ASUN lobbyist researched the
bill and sent word to the
Senate that it should be
opposed. Unfortunately, he
didn't include a draft on the
bill or his reasons for not
supporting it.
Several Senators complained
that they couldn't make a
decision without evidence.
Others argued that the
judgment of the Legislative
Liaison Committee should be
trusted, since the bill comes up
for hearing Monday.
After a long and loud
debate, expediency finally won
out and the Senate took a
stand against LB 808.
THURSDAY, MARCH 11. 1971
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL. 94 NO. 79
CSL denies appeal of disciplined students
by CAROL GOETSCHIUS
Staff Writer
After meeting for almost
four hours last evening, the
Council on Student Life
decided not to hear the appeals
of seven students who have
been given official letters of
warning for participating in
sit-ins protesting the firing of
Stephen L. Rozman.
The appeal of Ron
Kuretenbach, who was arrested
outside President Joseph
Soshnik's office Feb. 13, was
rejected by a 9-1 vote.
The appeals of Ed Anson
and Bill Behmer, who were put
on probation for their sit-in in
the Chancellor D. B. Varner's
office the same day, r?re
denied 7-2-1 .
BEHMER did not appear at
the hearing, but Anson made a
lengthy presentation on behalf
of both himself and Behmer.
CSL chairman John W.
Robinson said after the special
meeting he plans to releave a
statement sometime Friday
concerning the appeal
rejections.
Three other students given
letters of official warning-Nola
Kinnaman, Jacki Barret and
Stephanie Thomsen-did not
appear at the hearing, but the
CSL ruling is expected to
affect them also. The appeal of
Gary Schleiger, who was twice
put on probation during the
sporadic demonstrations Febr.
17, remains uncertain.
Kurtenbach told the CSL he
asked for an appeal to get "a
clear statement of University
expectations" from the
Council. The letter of official
warning "indicates that a
student's behavior does not
meet the University
expectations and conveys the
expectation that he behave
more appropriately in the
future," according to the
campus handbook.
"DOES THE University
expect people to obey the law
in all circumstances? Will it not
respect acts of civil
disobedience?" Kurtenbach
asked the Council.
Kurtenbach contended that
an act of civil disobedience
shouldn't necessarily violate
the expectations of the
University.
Describing his sit-in as a
moral act although technically
illegal, Kurtenbach asked, "Is
the University going to equate
legality with morality and
illegality with immorality".
The University doesn't have
to reflect the customs and laws
of the larger community but
should foster dissenting
opinions, he said.
COUNCIL MEMBER R. H.
Hurlbutt, professor of
philosophy, suggested that
Kurtenbach, by the nature of
his action, forced the
Administration "to advertise
your moral policy."
Kurtenbach replied: "One
might construe my action as
being coercive."
Anson presented his case
orally along with a brief
prepared by himself and
Behmer.
The brief states. "We are
appealing not the sanction but
the implication of guilt."
ANSON SAID the Student
Tribunal was "remarkably fair"
but that "the circumstances
under which we were forced to
operate weren't conductive to
get out the facts".
- He took issue with
procedures which didn't allow
Turn to page 3.
Budget hearind
The University of
Nebraska will have the
opportunity to plead its case
for an increased budget
Thursday before the
Legislature's Budget
Committee.
The public hearing will
begin at 2 p.m. in the
Supreme Court hearing room
of the State Capitol.
University Regents,
administrators, faculty and
students will all be seeking to
mitigate the work of Gov. J.
J. Exon's scalpel.
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