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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1971
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA VOL.95, NO. 40
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CSL opposes
mass visitation
Franklin Eldridge
by Carol Strasser
In a statement issued
Thursday, the Council on
Student Life said it would not
condone "a mass visitation
effort" by dormitory residents
in violation of University
housing regulations.
Such action would be
counterproductive to efforts of
a committee established by the
Board of Regents to attempt to
liberalize current coed
visitation policy, according to
the statement.
About 40 students were
present when the statement
was issued at a meeting in Abel
Hall. The Council had agreed
several weeks ago to inform
dormitory residents of the
results of its meeting with the
Regents about visitation.
After meeting with CSL last
Friday, the Regents established
the joint committee on
visitation, composed of
Regents, administrators and
students. Members of the
committee have yet to be
named .
CSL chairman Franklin
Eldridge told the students that
he believes "progress will be
rapid from hereon." The
Council's statement said it
believes the Regents are
"committed to determining the
feasibility of modifying the
existing policies."
Gail Johnson, president of
Abel Hall, told CSL that plans
for mass visitation "were
pretty far into the making" at
the time of the Regents'
meeting.
The fact that the Regents
acted quickly in calling for the
committee indicates that they
are aware of the need for
immediate action on the
visitation question, Eldridge
said.
"If favorable action
develops," Eldridge said, "it
would be in order for us to
consider putting some
modifications (of current
visitation policy) into effect
prior to September."
The Council's statement
said that it doesn't anticipate
that a "full visitation program
can be established until
September." Although the
Council avoided making any
commitment, it indicated that
student CSL members
appointed to the Regents'
committee would attempt to
have some modifications put
into effect before the fall.
The Chancellor has
indicated that the committee
members will be named in a
few days, according to Council
member Ely Meyerson, acting
dean of Student Affairs. The
Council stated that "as plans
and progress develop, they will
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be shared with the student
body."
In other action, the Council
decided to request the
University lawyers to write a
code of student discipline
which would identify
University regulations and
punishments for a specific
breach of discipline.
If the University's lawyers
agree to write the code, it will
then be reviewed and acted on
by CSL.
A committee was appointed
by CSL last spring to write a
code of student discipline but
it never completed a report.
In conjunction with the
discipline code, CSL is
reviewing a report on
disciplinary procedures which
outlines the process of
investigating and judging a
complaint against a student.
The proposed procedures
would replace the system
described in the Campus
Turn to page 8.
Hardin leaves Cabinet
for St. Louis position
Newly retired Secretary of
Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin
will accept a position as
vice-chairman of the board of
the Ralston Purina Co. in St.
Louis, one of his press aides
said Thursday afternoon.
Ray Schleeter said in a
telephone interview the Purina
post would rule out any chance
of the ex-NU chancellor
returning to Nebraska.
In a brief news conference
earlier in the day Pres. Richard
M. Nixon announced Hardin's
resignation and named his
successor, Dr. Earl Butts, a
Purdue University professor.
Hardin is regarded by many
observers as the first casualty
of Nixon's 1972 re-election
campaign. Farmers dissatisfied
with the administration's farm
program tend to blame Hardin
for the program's
short comines.
University records show
Hardin is still on a leave of
absence as a professor, a status
which the Board of Regents
has approved annually since
Hardin announced he was
leaving NU in December, 1968.
Chinnock explains cnc,
describes smoking effects
by Linda Larson
Advertising for a five-day plan to stop
smoking is often heard on the radio and
television and seen on posters throughout
Lincoln.
People wanting to stop smoking can join
the program easily and find out how to quit.
But why shouldn't they smoke?
EVERYONE has heard that smoking is
dangerous to the health, but few know the
specifics.
Nicotine, the most important drug
involved, is so toxic in its pure form that one
cigar contains enough nicotine to kill two
men. This toxicity is quite subdued,
however, because little of the available
nicotine is consumed by smoking.
Smoking has changed the status of lung
cancer from a rare disease to a very common
one. Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, various
heart diseases and arteriosclerosis are also
becoming common.
ABNORMAL lung development and
permanently immature lungs are a danger
when people age twenty or younger smoke.
The five-day clinics to stop smoking held
in Lincoln are successful with nine out of 10
people, according to Romay Chinnock.
coordinator.
The worldwide average for success is 85
per cent, he said in an interview Thursday.
"Our program is group therapy where a
number of people endeavor to stop smoking
at the same time,"' Chinnock said. "It is
oriented to both the physiological and
psychological addiction."
THE PEOPLE are paired off so llut they
can call each other for encouragement
during the week. Chinnock said.
The plan usually runs from Sunday
through Thursday nights, he said. A
counselor and a medical doctor arc at each
meeting, he added.
Chinnock said that each night a film is
shown on one phase of smoking. These films
include: lung cancer, oral cancer.
cardio-vascular dangers, pulmonary
diseases, and nutritional and physical
fitness, he said.
"The last is included for many people put
on weight when they stop smoking," he said.
A DOCTOR talks after the film and a
counselor helps the people to understand
their own will power potential. Chinnock
exphined.
"Many stop smoking the first night but
we don't ask them for a promise." he said.
"We use the idea that a person must become
the master of his own destiny and use the
phrase I choose not to smoke "
If a person promises not to smoke and
breaks his promise he may feel defeated and
give up, Chinnock said.
CHINNOCK said he tries to have a clinic
in Lincoln every four months. The next
clinic starts on Sunday in Columbus, he said.
On the average, smoking a, pack of
cigarettes a day or more shortens one's life
expectancy from 10 to 1 2 years.
Smoke condensate-tar-plugs up the lungs.
Irritation and chemical reactions from this
are responsible for the development of
cancer. The danger can be lessened by
proper filtration and by discarding longer
butts.
As nicotine works on the central nervous
system it speeds up blood circulation by
causing a faster heart beat, constricted
arteries and a drop in body temperature. It
causes blood cells to adhere to each other
and thus makes them less efficient.
SMOKING is particularly hazardous
during pregnancy. As few as ten cigarettes a
day can greatly increase the chances of a
miscarriage.
The effects on circulation and
nourishment of the fetus also retard growth.
If the child lives there is a good chance his
physical and menial development will be
temporarily impaired through adolescence.
Lip cancer is a danger to pipe smokers.
By using longer stemmed pipes the danger
can be reduced.
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