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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
Party poll, Beerman explanation
begin drive for new GOP votes
by H. J. Cummins
An explanation of voter
registration regulations
Monday night by Nebraska
Secretary of State Allen
Beerman was the first step in
the Republican voter
registration drive, according to
Tom Snitsnogle, State
chairman of the young
Republican Voter Registration
Committee.
Mary Cannon, campus
chairwoman of the same drive,
said the second step is a poll
being conducted this week in
University dormitories
attempting to determine how
many Republicans there would
be to register on this campus.
"And if the dorms are 99
per cent Democrat, we're going
to give up," joked another
Young Republican, John
Vihstadt.
Spitsnogle said a publicity
campaign soon will "encourage
everyone to go home over
Christmas and register." Many
students are now confused or
undecided, Spitsnogle said, so
the Young Republicans (YR's)
are encouraging them to go
home and sort things out.
"Our first aim is to get a lot
of registered Republicans," he
said, although obviously, the
group cannot control how
people register, he added.
Vihstadt said this kind of
drive is "based more on
individual initiative than mass
coercion." He was referring to
the recent League of Young
Voters registration drive.
"Very few people in the
Republican party supported
it," said Spitsnogle, and one of
the reasons the YR's on
campus did not endorse the
League's drive was a directive
from the State Young
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not to do so.
Mary Cannon said another
reason they didn't help was
"there weren't very many
Republicans" on campus at
that time to work in a drive
and "we wanted not to just
register people but to register
Republicans."
Spitsnogle said he doubted
the League's "credibility."
"We feel it's most important
to perpetuate the two-party
system," he said. "If they had
been so concerned, they would
have become actively involved
in drives of their respective
parties."
Spitsnogle also charged the
League's registrars discouraged
people from registering as
Independents (not in either of
the major parties.)
One of the organizers of the
League's drive, Michael (O.J.)
Nelson, said registrars
"encouraged people to register
according to their consciences."
He said every person "who
was preparing to register
Independent was asked if they
realized they could vote only
on a nonpartisan ballot."
State Chairman of the
Republican Party Milan Bish
"endorsed our organization in
principle," Nelson said, "And I
am a past member of the
College Republican National
Committee."
"Our state governing board
is composed of nine
Democrats, nine Republicans
and three Independents," he
said. "We sought the aid and
support of both parties-we
received the aid and support of
the Democratic party and of
individuals within the
Republican party."
Beerman said he knows at
least some Republicans were
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Beginning today copies of The Daily
Nebraskan can be recycled.
The Daily Nebraskan , along with the help of
the University, has obtained 12 barrels specially
designed to accomodate newsprint for
recycling.
Barrels have been placed in the following
locations on the City Campus: the Nebraska
Union, Love Library, Andrews Hall, Burnett
Hall, Cather-Pound, Selleck Quadrangle,
Abel-Sandoz and Harper-Smith-Schramra
On East Campus, barrels have been placed in
the following locations: the East Campus
Union, C.Y. Thompson Library and Burr Hall.
The crucial thing to remember is that The
Daily Nebraskan recycling barrels are for Daily
Nebraskans and other newprint. No other paper
is acceptable. Trash barrels are for trash, the
recycling barrels are for newsprint.
Gary Seacrest, Daily Nebraskan editor,
encourages students and UNL staff to make
wide use of the recycling barrels for Daily
Nebraskans as well as other newspapers.
"We've talked a great deal about the
environment," Seacrest said. "Now is the time
to do something about it. We need your help in
saving trees. Daily Nebraskan recycling barrels
are available on both campuses; please use
them."
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active in the League's
registration drives in Kearney
and Omaha.
He said that as of Sunday,
only 15,000 of the state's
100,000 newly-enfranchised
voters had registered.
"Your vote's very
important. You only have one
vote, but I don't know anyone
who's got two," he told an
audience of less than a dozen.
Beerman said the state
legislature may, in its next
session, lower the age of
majority to 18, the age at
which, since the 26th
Amendment, anyone is eligible
to run for all offices except
U.S. President, Senator or
Representative, and a few state
offices.
Such a move would be
good, Beerman said, since as
the law now stands, an
18-year-old may be elected
mayor of a city but cannot
legally enter into contracts on
behalf of the city and probably
couldn't even take the oath of
office (since a bonding
company wouldn't sponsor
him or her.)
The Republican secretary
of state said he is pleased young
people were given the vote
because he believes they are
old enough and well enough
informed to be responsible
voters.
Also, he said, 18 - to
21 -year-olds "pay taxes at the
same rate as any other citizen,"
and should have some control
over political decisions that
affect them.
Beerman said in states
which have allowed young
people to vote, "voter turn-out
was just as miserable as the
'adult' turn-out."
"We've got a lot of work to
do," he said.
by Carol Strasser
ASUN President Steve
Fowler said Tuesday he "was
encouraged that CSL made a
statement of support for
ASUN" in the controversy over
distribution of the Birth
Control Handbook.
About 20 people attended a
special meeting of the Council
on Student Life Monday where
the Council affirmed the right
of ASUN to disseminate birth
control information.
The University Board of
Regents is investigating a
complaint that the handbook
was forced upon students and
has asked that a report on the
issue be presented by student
affairs at their meeting
Saturday.
The resolution , passed by a
5-3-3 vote, states that "CSL
feels that dissemination of
birth control information is
both valid and necessary to
students on campus. ASUN
may legitimately express its
concern for this need and strive
to disseminate birth control
information."
Franklin Eldridge, CSL
chairman, said he will notify
the chancellor in writing of the
Council's decision, and it will
be the chancellor's decision
whether to inform the Regents.
Fowler confirmed that no
ASUN representatives were
asked to appear at the Regents'
meeting Saturday. Paul O'Hara,
executive director of the
Nebraska Catholic Council,
who brought the complaint to
the Regents,, was asked to be
present at the Regents'
meeting, according to Ely
Meyerson, interim dean of
student affairs.
Meyerson told the Council
that the Regents asked Student
Affairs to research how the
books were selected, funded
and distributed.
At the Council meeting,
Fowler read a report from
former ASUN president Steve
Tiwald which said that McGill
University in Montreal sent a
different edition of the birth
control pamphlet than ASUN
had ordered last year.
The edition received by
ASUN contained more pictures,
a section on sexual intercourse
and an editorial which weren't
included in the pamphlet the
senate had reveiwed, Tiwald
said.
ASUN ordered 10,000
copies of the book for $526.
McGill University said the
books couldn't be returned but
ASUN felt the added material
made the handbooks too
controversial for ASUN to
distribute Tiwald said.
The Association for Birth
Control (ABC), was formed for
the purpose of distributing the
handbooks. It was decided that
ABC should collect donations
to pay ASUN for the
handbooks.
The problem with the
handbook is the first two
pages, Fowler said. "Weighing
overall, I would distribute the
book. The important thing is
the birth control information."
The best technique for
distribution would have been
to give them to the student
assistants in the dorms, Fowler
added.
Elaine Waggoner, president
of ABC, said it was decided to
give the handbooks to the
student assistants and residence
directors, rather than putting
them in the mailboxes.
Last spring some of the
pamphlets were distributed
with a disclaimer stating that
ABC doesn't support the
political philosophy in the
book. The organization didn't
have time to put in the
disclaimer when they began
distributing the books in bulk
quantity to the dorms,
according to Waggoner.
Before the mailbox
controversy, she added, the
organization distributed about
6,000 books with no
complaints from students.
In Cather Hall and Women's
Residence Hall the handbooks
were requested by the hall
' government and, in
cooperation with the residence
hall staff, it was decided to put
them in the mailboxes, said
Wayne Kuncl, coordinator of
residence halls.
This was in accord with
University policy on
distribution of material in
mailboxes, Kuncl said. The
policy allows materials
"deemed important to the
student by residence hall
governments" to be placed in
mailboxes, he said.
Paul Ochsner, president of
Cather Hall, said it was a
mistake to put the material in
the mailboxes, although he
didn't anticipate the issue
would be raised.
In a survey conducted in
Cather, Ochsner said, of 167
questionnaires returned, 126
said the handbook filled a need
in the halL Four students
found the material highly
objectionable and 11
objectionable in part.
The 437 hall residents who
didn't reply to the questionnaire
were felt to be indifferent to
the issue, he said.
Cather Hall government
voted to contribute $25 to
ABC for the books, Ochsner
said. However, because of the
controversy it was suggested to
the hall treasurer that he
withhold payment, he said.
Only five per cent of the
hall registered any objection,
Ochsner concluded. Only one
person objected to student fees
being spent for the book but
this person's objection was to
student fees in general, he said.
Some CSL members said it
wasn't the function of ASUN
to distribute birth control
information since it is available
at the Student Health Center.
Students at the meeting
objected that, unless the
information is readily available,
students will not seek birth
control information until a
pregnancy occurs.
Harry Canon, interim
assistant dean for student
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Orange Bowl ticket lottery will
receive tickets.
Those students with lottery
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will receive tickets. Students
with those numbers must .
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for the tickets before Friday, -at
4 p.m. The tickets, which
cost eight dollars, must also be
paid for at the time they are
received.
Any tickets not picked up
by 4 p.m. Friday will be
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According to Nebraska
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3,600 students registered for
the ticket lottery and 2,000"
received tickets.
Pittinger has now received
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