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Off-campus students establish study group After six months of preliminary planning, an organization to more fully integrate off-campus students into University life is underway. , With help from several other interested students, Unicorn University of Nebraska Independent Cornhuskers President Sally McGinty began investigating the problems of off-campus students last fall. The group, with extensive assistance from Coordinator of Student Activites Peter Wirtz studied possible solutions to the problems and ways to implement them. Out of these and other meetings the new Off-campus and Independent Student Advisory Council was formed. A statement of problems and plans was also drafted. The statement outlines the unique problems faced by off-campus University students. Most relate to the social life of independents. "Off-campus students aren't exposed to other students," McGinty said. "They miss activities because they aren't aware of the opportunities on campus." Lincoln residents in particular, McGinty explained, tend .to associate with friends from high school days and stay close to their home neighborhoods. Plans have already been laid to meet part of the problem by arranging. speaking engagements with Lincoln schools so that off-campus people can explain University life to high-schoolers and attempt to help them avoid common problems. The Council invites students to participate in the talks. Another area the Council will work in is providing more facilities for commuters. These could include more office space for organizations, more vending machines and lounges, and solutions to what McGinty termed the "really desperate" problem of parking. The Council also hopes to put out a booklet for off-campus students and possibly provide regular mailings or a newsletter to keep them informed throughout the vear. McGinty has been elected President of the new Council. Other members are Vice-President Bill Hermes, Secretary Kathy Johnson, Treasurer Allan Harkness, Jim Mallatt, Ed Risley, and Jan Williams. Searchers hold session The student members of the presidential search committee will hold an open hearing Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union to hear student ideas about job qualifications for a successor to Joseph Soshnik. In addition, Wallace M. Rudolph, chairman of the search committee, has requested that names for a new president of the Lincoln campuses be submitted in writing to him.coMrs. Maxine Keller, 305 Administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nebraska 68508. Rudolph i, professor of Law, said that nominations concerning persons from other campuses should include sufficient information about he person so that the committee may adequately evaluate the nominee. Due to spring break, the Daily Nebraskan Thursday ceased publication until Wednesday, April 28. In that Wednesday edition, complete and official results oft all races and issues in the ASUN Spring Election will be reported f5 n It's the at UNO April 17th OMAHA CIVIC AUDITORIUM $2.50 8:00 Pick up tickets in advance, April 14, 15 and 16 at the UNO Student Center Ma.:::nSi;:ial:ss,T":fi,in:s:l:.;j ; f2 7s. . If'""" ' : ' Ht w nW ' r, t "A 'imar ijjjiumli i i in run , i 4 .- 1 nl- -- --ll j ALL SEATS RESERVED! tickets $3, $4, $5 soonsored bv Lincoln Javcees 8:00 PM. THURSDAY, APRIL 22 r ' : - FREEDOM AND TRUE IDENTITY There is a connection. Both are God-given. And the clearer you see your true identity, the freer you become. Hear Edward C. Williams, C.S.B., an experienced teacher and practitioner of Christian Science. Free Lecture 4:30 p.m. April 21 Student Union Sponsored by Christian Science Organization I - f r v They tore his body. They buried his pride. Bat they forgot his old uniform, his Sharps rifle, and his Buffalo Co slarrrng SUSAN CLARK E l $5 1 COLOR by Deluxe' (I As wiln BONNIE AND CLYDE, there is an association with evil whereby the milieu itsell condones your inability to be horrified " -utt " a savage dim -a first class work by the mosl exciting and individualistic director lo emerge in a number of years "ottt hhc. rnt Ntion THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 1971 Marco BelSocchio's " ill one ol the most astonishing directorial debuts in the history of the movies " -pu(m ki Tbflfc JDfr4ra$ "E greatest first film by a young director I 1 1 w rUOii, since truffauts wt m blows" Playing Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery April 20 Thru 23 7:30 P.M. Admission at the Door - One Dollar THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 3