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monday, may 1, 1972
lincoln, nebraska vol, 95, mo. 105
Faculty keeps foreign language requirement
by Michael (O.J.) Nelson
The Arts and Sciences faculty voted Friday to
retain its current group requirements. A proposal to
change the requirements, which was referred back to
the college's curriculum committee on a 78-55 vote,
had been under discussion for three weeks.
The proposal would have eliminated the freshman
English requirement and given students on optional
way to fulfill the college's foreign language
requirement.
Under the defeated proposal, students oould meet
the language requirement either by passing the fourth
college semester of a foreign language or an
equivalency examination.
The original proposal would have abolished the
language requirement, but was amended April 20 to
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"Where are we'-. . . Dean Melvin George (right) asks parliamentarian Joan Wadlow at
Friday's meeting of the College of Arts and Sciences faculty.
retain it.
Another proposal, which never reached the floor
for discussion also would nave altered the language
requirement. Known as the "minority report," it
offered students three ways to fulfill the requirement.
Under that proposal a student could either pass a
proficiency test, complete the fourth semester of a
language or compile a nine-hour bloc of courses in
foreign language or culture, plus a course in applied
linguistics.
If either change had been approved, it wou ld have
been the first major 'revision of the college's group
requirements since the early 1950's.
The motion to refer the change back to the
committee, thereby killing it for this year, was
introduced by Gail Butt, professor of art. The motion
followed an hour and a half of debate.
Butt said the faculty was "trying to do too much
too soon." He compared the attempted revision to
Congress "trying to change the Internal Revenue
Code in only two sessions'
An amendment to limit the foreign language
requirement to three semesters was under discussion
when Butt introduced his motion,
The amendment had been introduced by J. A.
Fagerstrom, professor of geology. He termed it '"a
compromise between those who want to keep the
language requirement and those who don't."
Duane Sneddeker, former chairman of the Arts
and Sciences Advisory Board, said students should
not expect a change in the group requirements soon.
He said the curriculum committee worked on
the proposed changes for two 'years. Sneddeker said
he does not think it "will be too eager to draw up
another proposal right away '
In other business, the faculty voted to establish an
environmental health major. The program will train
students for government work in health fields.
Although the major was approved, it was referred
back to committee for additonal research on funding
and advising.
Task force
will trim
membership
Three faculty members of the environmental
task force will be asked to reconsider their
membership, according to Gary Gablehouse,
task force chairman.
"I am in the process of getting dead weight
off the task force," Gablehouse said. 'There
also will be students on the steering committee
getting notice that they should reconsider being
on the force next year."
Gablehouse said the faculty members being
asked to leave are: Ronald Gierhan, assistant in
student affairs, Peter Reilly, assistant chemical
engineering professor and James Kendrick,
agricultural economics professor.
"Most members have done nothing this
year' Gablehouse said. The reason the task
force had such a hard time getting anything
done is that the "level of commit ment of task
force members was really poor."
Most members didn't have time to be on the
task force, Gablehouse said, but "we did receive
some help on the faculty administrative level.
"I want to make known what went on this
year," Gablehouse said, "so there can be some
fantastic revisions."
Gablehouse said the task force implemented
a pilot project for can recycling this year. Food
services at Burr, Fede and Love residence halls
on East Campus were to use the program, he
added.
"We received no cooperation from the food
services," Gablehouse remarked. It was an
experiment and "we found out that they won't
go out of their way to do anything. There was
little student cooperation too."
The task force also tried to set up a program
for issuing parking sticker permits on priority,
according to Gablehouse. A clean-burning car
would get choicer parking placeunderthis plan,
he said.
However, almost nothing was done on this,
he said adding that this was the reason one
member was being asked to leave.
Gablehouse said that only two task force
members really worked this year. Out of those
two, one is going to Arizona to be a member of
an environmental group and the other is tired
of doing everything ,and doesnt want to have
anything to do with the force anymore, he said.
There will be new committee members for
next year and possibly a new chairman,
Gablehouse said. "I don't know whether I'll
take the position again," he said.
It will be up to the new chairman to do the
interviewing and pick the new members, he
said. Gablehouse said he wanted some of the
old members to leave so that a new chairman
wouldn't have to go through all the hassles he
went through this year.
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Monday, May 1
8 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall-Composers Recital
All Week Nebraska Union-Danny lyon Photographs of
Texas prisons
Tuesday, May 2
8 p.m. Sheldon Art Gallery-Danny Lyon film and
workshops
8 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall-Madrigal Singers and Clarinet
Choir Concert
Wednesday, May 3
5:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall-Senior Recital
7 & 9 p.m. Foreign Film--"The Shameless Old Lady"
Thursday, May 4
8 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall-Collegiate Band Concert
Friday, May 5
12 noon East Campus Mall-Comstock
1:30 p.m. '4JNL diamond-Baseball vs. Oklahoma
2:30 p.m. Sheldon Art Gallery-Art Department Vreeland
Awards
8 p.m. Howell Theatre--"The Tempest"
8 p.m. Sheldon Art Gallery-Student Art Show
Saturday, May 6
10 a.m. Centennial College-Art Auction
1 1 a.m. Mortar Board Initiation and Luncheon
1 :30 p.m. Memorial Stadium-Spring Football Game
1:30 p.m. UNL diamond-Baseball vs.Oklahoma
5:30 p.m. Union-Dinner for new Innocents
8 p.m. Howell Theatre--"The Tempest"
