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THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1971 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA VOL 94 NO. 89
ASUN nixes NSA vote
Wimmer . . . attempt fails
Sen. Bruce Wimmer's motion to place the
issue of continued ASUN participation in
the National Student Association on the
spring ballot was rejected by the Student
Senate Wednesday.
Senators exchanged arguments over the
merits and liabilities of NSA membership
and whether or not it should be voted on by
the student body.
NSA supporters praised its resources and
programs for helping individual campuses
while detractors rasied questions of the
organization's involvement in last spring's
strike, and the "People's Peace Treaty", and
demonstrations planned for this spring.
Speaker Pro-Tern Tim Kincaid argued
that since students voted to join NSA in
1968 they should decide whether or not to
continue membership. Sen. Jim Gordon
said the Senators couldn't expect students to
be informed about NSA when the Senate's
undemanding of it was so limited.
The motion failed 24-7.
The Senate decided to extend the search
for students to serve on the committee
which will find a new campus president.
Sen. Bruce Price and others objected to
making a final decision bn the committee
Wednesday.
"How come we're in such a hurry?" Price
asked, adding that more time in selection
might result in a better committee, more
representative of the campus.
Final selections will now be made at the
March 3 1 meeting.
Tiwald announced that if the PACE
refundable plan is approved by students in
the April 7 election it will have to include a
mail refund plan. The mail refund would be
in addition to the option of receiving the
refund in person.
Sen. Nancy Ryan revealed that an
Executive Dean of Students would probably
be appointed by July and Sen. Joyce Tansey
recommended changes in the University's
test-out program. The program allows a
student to take a test for course credit if his
training or experience causes him to feel
qualified. Tansey's recommendation would
make the program more accessible.
In other business the Senate approved the
appointments of Kevin Peters and Gary
Kuklin to the Parking Appeals Board. It also
gave approval to constitutions from the
Association for Birth Control and The
Pakistan Students Association.
Senate
puts
Nebraskan
fee
on ballot
The ASUN Senate
Wednesday voted to place the
issue of student fee support for
the Daily Nebraskan on the
ballot of the April 7 ASUN
elections
In introducing Government
Bill 30, President Steve Tiwald
said the bill was an
opportunity for student
government to take the
initative in assessing student
opinion. (The Regents have
called for a poll to determine
campus opinion of the Daily
Nebraskan).
Tiwald added that being on
the ballot would make the
paper "more responsible, not
that it's not responsible now."
Sen. Roy Baldwin, who is
on the Publication Board,
noted that a "temporary
peace" had been worked out
between the Legislature and
the "Rag" so there was no
longer any push to abolish
student fees for the paper.
(Tuesday the Legislature's
Appropriations Committee
amended LB 70 to provide
onlv for a paid professional
adviser for the paper.)
Baldwin and Sen. Rod
Hernandez both said a poll
would be better than an
election since only a small
portion of the student body
usually votes.
The ballot results will not
force the Regents to stop or
continue the use of student
fees for the newspaper.
The ballot will note that the.
Daily Nebraskan is funded by a
$1.25 per full-time student per
semester in addition to
advertising revenue.
IMP
See Pages 4-5
Graham: 4We need to be conscious that we're one'
The projector's hum and the
tape's sound from the third
module presented by David
Graham had long died away
when the philosopher-economist
commented that the
silence in the Nebraska Union
Ballroom "has been quite
overwhelming."
He referred to the "good
vibrations" that mingled with
the silence as about 25 people
sat in hushed attention. With
Graham, they attempted to
discover the problems and
possibilities inherent in the
emerging new world.
Following the module on
slides and tape recordings on
synergy, the attempt to make
the individual's and society's
interests coincide, Graham led
a discussion on the meaning of
a group.
"By group I mean a
community which means
people who share common
feelings for each other,"
Graham said; "A nation is not
a group; a state is not a group;
very few towns are a group; a
city is certainly not a group."
"I don't know where the
groups are today," he
lamented.
Graham said that the
country can't get together
through politics or through
education, but suggested that
society begin to harmonize by
forming small groups of
"people who are in similar
things."
"We need to be conscious
that we're one. That's
something hardly any of us
have developed yet," he said.
Graham received his BA in
philosophy, religion and
literature at the University of
Redlands, California and his
BD in Old Testament and
cybernetics at Union
Technological Seminary, New
York City.
As part of the World in
Revolution, Graham presented
slides and tape recordings in
three modules developed by a
group at the Arizona State
University School of
Architecture.
Two modules, The
Industrial Age and Authority
Models, prompted discussion at
morning session, uranam
called the modules views of
ideas, "mirrors to refer
yourself to where you are in
time."
Graham said he is at the
point of finding people who
are trying to make their own
world.
"You can move into the
world if you want, but you'll
be alienated," he warned.
For awhile I was .mad and
angry at the world and that's
okay. But it doesn't get you
verv far."
Forming a world does not
mean escapism, according to
Graham. Rather, he said, "let
people go where they need to
go and do what they need to
do, "though society often
teaches the opposite.
Yet Graham did not blame
society if an individual felt that
the world was overpowering.
"Ideas are how you order
your world," he said. "On
almost any day you chose how
you want to see the world."
Graham also disagreed that
oppression must exist.
"No one can control you
unless you let them. There is
no such thing as oppression,"
he asserted.
But Graham recognizes
unrest in the American people
today.
Commenting on recent riots
and demonstrations, he said,
"It's a tea party. The pain, the
torment and the frustration
below the surface is great. It's
got to get out."
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