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The Candidates
The 1971 ASUN campaigns have
not been the most exciting but they
have been the most significant in
recent years.
The debate has been issue oriented.
The party platforms generally make
sense. In short, an abundance of creative
and positive ideas have been presented
to students from all of the candidates
and parties.
Realizing that all of the candidates
have presented an abundance of ideas,
it becomes imperative to look at the
past performances of the candidates
and their experiences relevant to the
job of ASUN president.
Not one of the candidates has
performed as diligently, consciously
and as effectively as present ASUN
Sen. Steve Fowler. Without a doubt
cases can be made for each of the
other four candidates' experiences and
chances for success. Schleiger has
confronted the Regents relentlessly on
issues. Voegler has also confronted the
Regents with some success, but his
platform is weak and predicated on
the assumption that the University is
controlled by a bunch of radical
zealots.' Kincaid has been actively
involved in student government for
several years. Rick Apthorpe has
turned-on millions with his rock and
roll music.
But none of the candidates possess
a better working knowledge of this
University's governing system than
Fowler. Moreover, not only does he
know how to get things done, but he
does get things done. These
characteristics have clearly been
displayed in Fowler's dedication to the
minority scholarship program, PACE,
and to the Nebraska Free University.
There are also two other positive
points about Fowler: His running
mates 1st vp Michele Coyle and 2nd vp
Rod Hernandez. In respect to the
entire executive slate of the University
Coalition (UC), it is by far the
strongest in terms of experience and
commitment. It is also probably the
most representative.
Michele Coyle has worked with
Fowler throughout the past year and
she seems to be one of the strongest
candidates in the election.
Rod Hernandez has also been active
in ASUN this year. In addition to his
ASUN responsibilities, he has also
spent considerable time recruiting
Indians, Chicanos and blacks to the
University. His past efforts are
admirable and easily warrant the
position of 2nd vp.
Finally, Fowler's organization ot
the strongest political party also
speaks for his talent. His is perhaps
one of the strongest political parties
this University has ever seen. If it is
allowed to grow and gain a sizable
student base, it just may be the most
useful bargaining tool that students at
this University will ever possess.
The
Issues
Also on the ballot tomorrow will be
three major referendum issues: 1. the
Dailv Nebraskan question, 2. the
PACE program. 3. the Peace Treaty.
1. On the Daily Nebraskan
question, the paper will continue to
need student fee moneys if students
want a newspaper five days a week, a
paper which belongs to students and
not one that belongs to the
purse-strings of others outside the
University.
2. On the PACE program, the best
alternative seems to be the PACE
Committee Plan, simply because it will
provide more money than the Regents'
plan.
3. The arguments pro and con of
the Peace Treaty appeared in
Monday's Daily Nebraskan. Despite
allegations that the treaty is illegal, IT
IS NOT. Merely, it expresses
sentiment. If you can object to a peace
treaty between peoples (not
governments) then the chances for
peace are remote. This is one of the
few times that your vote may express
your sentiments on the war.
It is important to note that
the Peace Treaty does not call for a
student strike, nor surrender, nor a
bloodbath. It is a sound, well-reasoned
document that may help convey your
concern for peace.
The Daily Nebraskan
Statement by the Council on Student Life
The question of wnether student fee money
should be used to support the Daily Nebraskan will
be on the ASUN ballot next Wednesday, April 7th.
We would like to make generally known some
basic facts so that students will be able to vote
knowledgeably. ...
The DaBy Nebraskan is supported approximately
50 percent by revenue from advertising and 50 per
cent by revenue from student fees. $1.25 per
semester per student from student fee money goes to
the Daily Nebraskan.
The Daily Nebraskan is published by a committee,
The Committee on Student Publications. This
committee consists of four students and three faculty
members. The faculty members are chosen by the
Council on Student Life from recommendations
made by the Faculty Senate Committee on
Committees: two new student members are chosen
each year: one of these is chosen by ASUN Senators,
and one by the Committee on Student Publications
itself plus one ASUN representative. This
arrangement is meant to achieve the following: 1)
students themselves (who pay the fees) actually,
through four representatives, publish the paper, with
the help of three faculty members 2) the four student
representatives are chosen in a way that is meant both
to. avoid a self -perpetuating clique, and to ensure the
independence of the paper. Any student can apply to
be a member of the Committee on Student
Publications.
As the publisher, the committee on Student
Publications hires the editor. The editor is a student.
He serves for one semester. As the publisher, the
Committee censors nothing that goes into the paper
but the editor is responsible to the Committee for
producing a newspaper which meets good standards.
Just as he is hired, so he can be fired by the
Committee, if he doesn't do the job to their
satisfaction.
The above is a basic outline of how the student
newspaper has been operating since 1970. It seems
likely that next year the Committee on Student
Publications will be securing the services of a
professional journalist to advise them about all
aspects of the paper.
Many arguments have been advanced both in favor
of and against the use of student fees for a student
newspaper. The Council on Student Life strongly
endorses the continuation of student fee support for
the Daily Nebraskan.
We hope that the information outlined above will
help students as they make up their minds how to
vote.
John W. Robinson, Chairman
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On Tuesday night, two
physical education professors
will begin the preliminary
selection of next year's
pom-pom girls. Although
certain members of the existing
pom-pom girls and yell squad
will give advice, these two
professors will make the
ultimate decision of which five
of the some 70 girls trying out
for the squad will be selected.
The criteria to be used
include "poise, enthusiasm,
appearance," and the ability to
do the routines taught the girls
over the last few weeks. Some
consideration will also be given
to a short interview.
No matter how honest or
how fair the selection
"committee" tries to be, some
arbitrariness and a lot of
subjectivity is inevitable.
Without questioning the
honesty or fairness of the two
individuals involved in this
year's selection, it is easy to see
how this system leads to such
things as the common practice
of dismissing some girls with
little or no reason given. This is
fine for the turnover rate of
pom-pom girls, and perhaps the
squad should be re-evaluated
each year, but it doesn't do
much for the ousted girl who
was ostensibly given a three
year position.
The pom-pom and yell
squads are sponsored by the
athletic department. Whereas
participation in either group
requires University elibibility
and is generally grouped with
other activities, the process of
selection doesn't seem to
follow the norm of those other
activities. Positions in AUF, for
instance, are filled by students
named by a student
committee. Positions on the
Daily. Nebraskan are
determined by a student
faculty committee. In essence,
the pom-pom selection system,
not the people involved is
inherently unfair, narrow and
subject to an arbitrariness
which might be eliminated if a
greater number of students and
faculty were involved in
selection.
Because the squads are
sponsored by the athletic
department, another point
should be raised. NU athletic
teams are often dominated in
talent, if not numbers, by
black athletes. A point could
certainly be made that this
black representation on
athletic teams should be
reflected on the pom pom
squads. Given that the black
candidates are qualified, there
should certainly be no
restrictions made on the
concious or unconcious basis
that there is already one black
member on the squad.
Consideration of this matter
and a fairer system in general
would go a long way towards
eliminating the attitude among
black students that they must
exercise number intimidation
to achieve fair representation.
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Reviews review
Dear editor,
A word used with increasing
frequency in the music
business these days may, I
believe, be applied with almost
deadly accuracy to Dave
Landis' review of the so-called
rock opera presented recently
by the Kosmet Klub. That
word is "hype." It describes,
basically, the process of taking
a mediocre performance
(single, album, live show) by a
group of musicians, totally
removing it from "any
comparison to any tradition or
other performances which
might demonstrate this
mediocrity. ("The observer is
without valid critical tools
except his emotions.") and
trying thusly to palm it off on
the public as a new, vibrant,
and brilliant expression of the
youth revolution or some such
nonsense.
It seems, to me that a critic
has an obligation to upgrade
the public's awareness of
worthy artistic performances,
rather than to simply sell them
yet another commercial
ptoduct which, if it
accomplished anything, simply
provided the viewers with yet
another (albeit somewhat
longer-haired) evening of light
entertainment-well within the
Kosmet Klub's tradition of
"simple-minded service to the
Kampus." Mr Landis'
statement that he cannot claim
complete qbjectivity strikes me
as an almost hysterically funny
understatement-it seems to me
he had all the objectivity of a
Fuller Brush salesman with his
foot in the door!
Perhaps Music's
performance was an "artistic
and emotional success" in
comparison with Grand Funk
and Frijid Pink and some of the
other pop our 'Boss
Progressive Rock Jocks ' ' insist
upon polluting the airways
with, but I suspect, Townsend
would have left the Coliseum
chuckling to himself aid
shaking his head in wonder
after the performance rather
than "enraged and envious" as
was so ethnocentrically
suggested.
If the midwest is to become
an artisically sophisticated
area that is regarded with
anything other than scorn, or
at least suspicion by the rest of
the nation, we're going to have
to develop a somewhat more
elevated aesthetics sense than
was evident in this review.
Tommy was a fine evening of
good entertainment. ..but great
art? I highly doubt it. And
enthusiastic hype won't, and
doesn't, make it art.
Mark Dalton
Disgruntled Musician
Discusses PACE
Dear editor:
As members of the Student
Advisory Board to the Office
of Scholarships and Financial
Aids, one of our primary
concerns is that a University,
education be made available to
all students regardless of their
socio-economic background.
Statistics from the past year
indicate that 67 per cent of
upper or middle income
Nebraska high school graduates
go on to higher education. By
the same token, only 19 per
cent of high school graduates
from lower income families go
on to further their education.
This is an inequity which we
feel the University as a whole
must take the responsibility to
correct.
We as a committee have
watched with particular
interest, the evolution of the
PACE program. The student
interest is commendable and
we shall be working in the
future to see that it is matched
by funds from other areas. At
this time, we have considered
the following points in
evaluating the ASUN
Refundable plan and the
Regents' Deductable proposal
for referendum vote on April
7:
1. Our primary interest is
that a significant sum of
scholarship money for
Sow-income recruitment is
obtained. Given this, we
initially supported the
mandatory assessment of
student fees introduced by the
PACE committee.
2. Within a period of
approximately one month, it
was significant to note the
progress of the PACE plan
--5,000 students and a
cross-section of 23 campus
organizations (e.g., such
organizations as the Agronomy
Club, University Women's
Action Group, Builders,
Afro-American Collegiate
Society and the Innocents) had
endorsed PACE.
3. Given opposition to the
mandatory nature of the
assessment by some students,
we feel the adjustment by the
PACE committee to a
refundable plan was
commendable. Furthermore,
this refundable plan was in
keeping with the primary goal
of recruiting a significant
amount of money for
low-income students.
4. At the February Regents'
meeting, the ASUN PACE
proposal with the refundable
stipulation was introduced.
Having consulted with few
students and representing no
student organization, Doug
Voegler appeared before the
Regents at this same meeting
and intrdocued a plan which
would allow the individual
student to decide prior to
tuition payments whether he
would want to contribute to
low-income scholarships. With
this proposal, many
students---particularly
freshmen would have no
background knowledge to base
their decision.
5. A Regents Committee
was then appointed to study
the ramifications of both
proposals. Out of this
committee came a third
proposal, referred to as the
Regents' Plan. In fact this
approach is similar in make- up
to the original Voegler Plan;
the only difference being an
administrative technicality.
6. In conclusion the Student
Advisory Board for
Scholarships and Financial
Aids urges all students to vote
on the referendum and
furthermore recommends the
ASUN PACE Plan as the most
viable alternative. In fact, this
refundable model has been
tested and proven successful in
raising low-income scholarship
funds at the University of
Illinois. The Regents' plan has
not been tested and as such is
unproven. .
If we as students are truly
interested in assuring a
University education for
persons of all economic
backgrounds, it is the feeling of
our committee that the ASUN
PACE Plan should win on the
referendum this Wednesday
and be implemented next
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
September. . .
Sincerely,
Patti Kaminski
Jimmi Smith III
Richard Waters
Kay Giles
Keith 'N. Bystrom
UUP philosophy
Dear editor,
I was somewhat
disappointed by the Rag's
coverage of the debate at Hyde
Park last Thursday. Although it
was generally accurate, it was
less than unbiased in its report
of the answers to one very
important question.
When the candidates were
asked about their commitment
to the idea of scholarships for
low-income students, both
Steve Fowler and Gary
Schleiger . reported having
worked on the PACE proposal
and proceeded to compare
their attitudes toward getting
student input into the
decisions. The article
mentioned this but failed in its
comparison of answers on the
question of personal
commitment.
It was pointed out by the
reporter that Fowler had spent
some of his own money on
promotion for PACE. What
was overlooked was that the
United University Party
candidate, Gary Schleiger,
pledged to contribute his entire
$800 salary to a scholarship
fund if he gets the job. Gary
does not want to profit
personally from his work for
students. Although he is not a
rich man, he would rather that
someone with less money than
he go to school.
This is what the United
University Party is about. We
feel that student government is
for the students and not for
the student government alone.
We are developing a program to
provide every student with
easy access tc the channels of
communication which are
traditionally open only to an
elite few. We want student
government to represent all the
students all the time and as
effectively as possible. Only
when this happens can student
government be considered
credible to either the students
or the Regents.
Ed Anson
Candidate for A&S Senate UUP
Endorsement con't.
Dear editor:
In a rather petty but
amusing letter Friday, April
2nd, Roy Baldwin and six
other UC candidates ironically
condemned Tim Kincaid's
"Political gimmick" of
endorsing them after, of
course, getting mileage out of
the endorsements.
If a person cannot be
endorsed for personal qualities
beyond adherence to a party
platform, then UC is presenting
us with an even bleaker choice
this year than I had thought.
But somehow it is
touching to see such a
heart-warming display of
loyalty in these days of
impersonal machine politics.
In any event, as a senatorial
candidate endorsed by three
presidential candidates, 'da
Grease don't put down
(hardly) nobody.
Joe L. Olson
Women's studies
Dear editor,
The distinctive status and
treatment accorded to women,
the frequent injustices and
thwarting of women's potential
contributions to society
resulting from this treatment,
and the current potentialities
for eliminating this situation
are receiving increasing
national attention, recognition,
and examination. As in all
issues involving human
potential, the academic
community of the University
of Nebraska cannot afford to
stand outside the process.
An initial course entitled
"Women in Contemporary
Society" is now being
introduced by the College of
Home Economics and
scheduled to be cross-listed in
the Department of Sociology.
The Student-Faculty
Co-ordinating Committee is
directing this course along
three major areas of concern?
temperment, status, and role of
women. Guest lecturers from
such disciplines as sociology,
anthropology, political science,
history, human development
and the family, economics,
law, psychology, philosophy
and biology will participate in
the course. Eventually,
"Women In Contemporary
Society" will serve as the
introductory course to a
complete area of Female
Studies.
We believe this course to be
of educational innovation as
well as social relevance.
Students will participate in
small discussion groups and
will choose an individual
project area of their own
design. An adviser from that
subject area will serve as a
consultant and resource person
for each student.
We urge students to enroll
in the introductory course to
Women Studies (Home
Economics or Sociology 100,
call number 3257, 10:30-1 1:20
TT, Section 01, City
Campus Hall). In time perhaps
Female Studies, like Black
Studies, may not be necessary.
When the ordinary curriculum
has incorporated objective
scholarship on women, and
when there are sufficient
women as well as blacks in
academia to correct remaining
biases or at least challenge
them, then Female Studies can
be retired. Until then, there is
much to do and much to learn.
Sincerely,
Patti Kaminski
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TUESDAY, APRIL' 6, 1971
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1971