The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 13, 1971, Image 1
r IT r a m D DSIflSS It THURSDAY, MAY 13. 1971 ASUN The ASUN Senate Wednesday approved a resolution commending the activities of the Human Relations Insight League in its "struggle to the rid the community of institutionalized discriminatory policies." The resolution introduced by Senators Barry Pilger, Ann Pedersen and John Haskins also committed ASUN to a policy of discouraging., campus organizations from using the facilities of the Lincoln Elks and Moose. Lodge. Both -Lodges have been under HRIL attack recently for their discriminatory policies. . Although nearly every Senator seemed to support the HRIL's activities, some questioned the practicality and timing of the action against the two lodges . The Senate also passed a motion by Pilger that the ASUN President appoint a student to the Married Housing Project, which is an effort by. several campus groups to secure a commitment from the University to provide more married student housing. In other business, Sen. Patti Kaminski's motion calling for a Student Health Board to The gargantuan task helping choose a successor to President Joseph Soshnik descended . upon the Presidential Search Committee. This is the second of a three-part series on the search. by CAROL GOETSCHIUS Staff Writer Wallace Rudolph Pr -' r. h ' ' it r,:. i j If.-.. - ,1 -1 LINCOLN. NEBRASKA commends work with the Student Health Services on campus was approved. A similiar resolution bv Kaminski regarding a Student Administrative Board for the Student Counseling Center will be considered at next week's meeting. . ASUN'-s open forum, a half hour during which anyone may address the Senate, brought everything from recommendations to denunciations when it was implemented for the first time at Wednesday's meeting. . - John K. Hansen told the Senate that a ; . peaceful demonstration would be held May 19 to protest what he called a lack of black students, administrators and faculty at the University. He called on ASUN to support the demonstration. The final speaker, Kathy Berkheim, lambasted ASUN for what she felt to be a lack of diversity in its ideas and members. She said student apathy was partly ASUN's fault because it was too closed to new people and ideas. Berkheim was especially critical of Senate's refusal to approve Joe Olson as a co-coordinator for the Education Committee. Before President Joseph Soshnik leaves office late this summer, the Presidential Search Committee hopes to present the Board of Regents with a list of potential replacements. Soliciting names from alumni, faculty and students; the committee has compiled a list of about 150 candidates, according to Wallace M. Rudolph, committee chairman. Not . all these candidates would be available or qualified, but by June the committee hopes to narrow the list to between five and ten names, the law professor said. "OUR JOB IS done when we turn in the list to the Regents," Rudolph said. Then the committee may meet with the people on the list but, "I assume the Regents will do the interviewing." The committee will not have veto power over the Board's choice, he added. The 16-member committee, composed of faculty, administrators and students, formed in March. In April, the committee publicized a list of 13 qualifications for the new president and set a May 10 deadline, for receiving nominations from the University community. Most of the nominations the committee received were made by faculty members, said Rudolph. The list encompasses a wide range of people who usually have had some connection with Nebraska at one time. THE COMMITTEE WILL attempt to get reports from three different sources on each person, mostly through confidential phone calls, the chairman said. Commenting on the 13 general criteria of the list, committee-member Dudley Bailey said, "I don't think it's an impossible list, but it's a tough list." "It's the nature of such a game to have to start with VOL 94 NO. 116 league general criteria," continued the chairman of the English department, "and then you have to decide to what extent the candidate fulfills the criteria." The qualifications call for creativity, innovation, free exchange of ideas and "a philosophical orientation toward the life of the mind ALSO INCLUDED in the criteria are administrative ability, ability to make decisions, ability to deal with difficult situations, and previous academic experience The main job of the president, according to Rudolph, is to divide up the budget and to "explain views of students and faculty to the Board of Regents so they have an appreciation of other groups' values and thinking." The president should have leadership quality so that he's not just a broker but is able to make the University go in some particular direction, continued Rudolph. ONE OF THE criteria calls for a sense of humor. The committee thought this was important, Rudolph explained, because the problem of the president is that he's caught between three constituencies (public, faculty and students) with different value systems He has to see the humor of trying to represent and bring together these groups. Most of the committee members contacted said they wouldn't elaborate on the 13 criteria since these were the official consensus of the committee. However, student committee-member Steve Tiwald said. "The one thing I'm looking for in particular, not to the detriment of the others, is the 13th criteria: Ability to loster an environment where people can grow toward their potentials "THE NEW PRESIDENT has to perceive the University as a place where human beings can grow and develop, Tiwald said. He shouldn't look at the University as a business and think only in terms of the amount of money put in and the products put out." Also important. Tiwald said, Turn to page 3 C J A !( f ; T' i.wmiiuu i - jr 'w . ... rer- Heads will roll ... on motorcycles whether or not LB369 is signed into law by Gov. Exon. Bill requires cyclists to become hardhats Motorcycle riders in Nebraska will soon become hardhats. The Legislature oassed on final reading Monday a bill which makes it a misdemeanor to operate or ride a motorcycle without a helmet. LB 369, an attempt by the Legislature to curb motorcycle fatalities, will take effect when signed by the governor because it carries the emergency clause. Lincoln has had three motorcycle fatalities this year and all three have died of head injuries.. Sgt. William Jerigan of the Lincoln Police Department praised the Legislature for the bill. "I have investigated motorcycle accidents over the years and there's no doubt about it-the greatest reason for fatal accidents on motorcycles is head injuries." Several student cyclists Wednesday afternoon were on their way to buy helmets but all the cyclists interviewed felt that the choice of whether to wear a helmet or not should be up to the individual. Cyclist Ron Gerdes said, "I don't think helmets should be imposed. It should be just like seat belts-you wear them if you want too." Another student, Gay lord Kruce, who wears a helmet now, says he does it out of common sense and safety reasons. I value my brain." he said. This opinion was also voiced by Dick Johnson. "I don't think it should be mandatory. If the individual wants a helmet he can buy it." Johnson says that wearing a helmet makes hearing more difficult. Larry Schulz doesn't see a need for the law. He said motorcycle drivers need to drive defensively because automobile drivers don't watch for them. "In most motorcycle accidents, you get so smashed up anyway that it doesn't matter whether you have a helmet or not," said Gerdes. "you just have to be careful." Several of the cyclists agreed that one problem the bill will cause is the motorcycles passengers will also have to have helmets -and helmets cost $20 to $30. Education bill advances The Legislature gave first round approval Wednesday to a bill creating an advisory commission to coordinate budgetary and educational processes in the state's higher education system. Sen. Wayne Ziebarth's LB866 was advanced from general file by a 28-6 vote after being amended to make the nine-member Nebraska Commission on Higher Education a purely advisory body. Under LB866, the Board of Regents and the State College Board would retain their f: present powers. The attorney general's office had earlier ruled that a legislative law transferring governmental powers of the Board of Regents and the State College Board to the coordinating commission "rests on questionable constitutional grounds." Nebraska voters last November defeated a constitutional amendment that would have created a super board of higher education for Nebraska to replace the Board of Regents and the State College Board. - 0 a i'" WljfMMJStfK