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by DAVE BRINK
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GARY SEACREST
Staff Writers
If there is such a thing as the average undergraduate student
on the Lincoln campuses, he drinks alcoholic beverages at least
two or three times a month, attends church at least
occasionally, does not identify with either major political
party and has never smoked marijuana.
These are some of the results of a Daily Nebraskan mail poll
sent to 261 undergraduate students earlier this month. More
than 85 per cent, or 222 of the students selected randomly
from the official University registration ,list, returned the
questionnaire.
In response to the question; "Have you ever smoked
marijuana?", 63 per cent of the respondents replied in the
negative. An overwhelming 86 per cent of the students who
had never smoked marijuana also replied that they did not plan
to try it in the future.
Of the 37 per cent who said they had used marijuana, over.
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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1971
Legislature swats
Vietnam resolution
by STEVE STRASSER
Staff Writer
The ""Legislature narrowly
defeated the Vietnam peace
resolution Monday morning
after 35 minutes of spirited
debate sparked mainly by
Omaha Sen. Ernest Chambers.
The final vote on Neligh
Sen. John DeCamp's LR 76
was 23 for, 12 against, 11
present but not voting, and
three absent. Resolutions need
25 favorable votes in' the
Unicameral.
"AMERICA IS considered a
war-monger nation by the rest
of the world." Chambers said,
speaking for the resolution,
which encouraged "the
President and Congress of this
United States to set a date as
soon as reasonably possible for
total and complete
withdrawal" from Vietnam.
The resolution asked that the
date for withdrawal be set
"within one year after the
enactment of this resolution."
Calling the United States
"the bully of the world,"
Chambers said "it's time for
this Legislature to go on record
as a sensitive, moral body" in
opposition to the Vietnam
War. It was the second time
this session that the
Unicameral rejected the peace
resolution.
Two times after a Chambers
speech the gallery of about 100
spectators burst into applause.
The mostly young people were
threatened with dismissal by
the presiding officer, Lt. Gov.
Frank Marsh. The second time,
a successful motion to clear the
galleries "if it happens again"
was made by Scottsbluff Sen.
Terry Carpenter.
Omaha Sen. Sam Klaver said
he was "surprised, ashamed,
and disgusted -that
(Chambers) feels the way he
does about the American
government and the American
President."
Klaver "apologized" to the
President and government, and
urged Chambers' remarks be
removed from the record. "I've
been in the Legislature for 27
years," Klaver said, "and I've
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never heard statements
like
that made before."
CARPENTER and DeCamp
were both anxious to end
debate on the resolution and to
call for a vote, but they did not
succeed. Carpenter wanted a
vote without any debate, and
DeCamp called the question
after emphasizing the word
"encourage" in the resolution.
"We're not ordering or
demanding or anything else,"
he said.
A Carpenter amendment
saying "this resolution rejects
in whole or in part that we are
a war-mongering nation" was
accepted by the Legislature, as
was a DeCamp amendment
saying "this Legislature
specifically commends the
President of the United States
for his efforts to end the war."
DeCAMP'S amendment
praising Nixon came after
Omaha Sen. Richard Proud
said "what this resolution
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100 spectators burst into applause.
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half claimed they would continue to smoke.
Despite the widespread student refusal to use marijuana,
only 36 per cent were definitely opposed to its legalization.
Another 37 per cent favored removal of the ban on marijuana
while the rest were undecided.
Hard drugs had only been used by 16 per cent of the
respondents, who listed speed, mescaline and LSD as their
most commonly used drugs.
Breweries and distilleries will be happy to learn that 94 per
cent claimed they have drunk alcoholic refreshments. In
response to the question: "On the average how often do you
drink?", 78 per cent of the drinker : said they imbibed the
spirits at least two or three times a month with the remainder
saying they drink less than once a month.
A further breakdown of the drinkers shows that 3 1 per cent 1
said they drink two or more times a week.
Male students reported more drinking than their female
counterparts although the two were almost even in the
percentages of marijana use. Thirty-eight per cent of the
women said they drank once a week or more while 54 per cent
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The tenants' rights
movement and its opposition
clash in a special four-page
section of Wednesday's
Daily Nebraskan.
Afro
American Society
rips
Admin.
The Afro-American
Collegiate Society Monday
charged President Joseph
Soshnik and Director of
Scholarships and Financial
Aids Edward Lundak with
"refusal to cooperate fully and
honestly in understanding the
problems of minority
students."
Jerome Drakeford of the
A-ACS said at a new
conference in the Nebraska
Union that Soshnik and Lundak
have displayed a lack of
commitment to concerns '
brought out by the A-ACS in
April, 1969, and July, 1970.
Drakeford said in April,
1969, the A-ACS asked the
University to increase minority
enrollment by 200 for the
1969 fall semester, but he said
the enrollment of only 130
minority students this semester
shows the request has not been
fulfilled.
HE CHARGED that
Soshnik, in April, 1969, made
a commitment to recruit black
teachers, but that this has not
be realized.
"We were promised the
highest priority from the
budget," Drakeford said, "and
we got the lowest priority. We
learned last Monday the only
commitment given was that we
would get leftovers from the
rest of the programs."
Clint Newton, also an
A-ACS member, questioned a
statement attributed to
Lundak in a newspaper article,
that a "major portion" of the
$3.5 million available for
financial assistance to students
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