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i cbiu friday, november 1 6, 1 973 lincoln, nebraska vol. 97 no. 47 State senators: bolster faculty, citizen contact By Vince Boucher Two Nebraska state senators agreed Thursday that contact between faculty members and citizens of Nebraska must increase if schools are to fare well financially. Sen. David Stahmer and Jerome Warner addressed the Nebraska State Chapter of the American Assoc. of University Professors (AAUP). Stahmer, a member of the unicameral Appropriations Committee, said, "People with intelligence are not doing enough to offset the ignorance in the state." Ho added, "It's time for students and professors to get together and do something. Your silence is contributing to the acquiescence of the situation." Stahmer said he not only approves of faculty members participating in political activity, but that he would encourage it. Warner, chairman of the Education Committee, said contact between university staff and the public was necessary to offset a negative image that often surrounds educational institutions. "People see the Lincoln senators as favorable to the university (UNL)," he said. The main reason for this feeling was that most Lincolnites know at least one person on the university staff, he said. Warner said that because of this, Lincolnites "know the problems and know they are real." He explained that elected officials can only do things that the public is willing to accept and support." Warner criticized past controversial activities on the UNL campus, asking if students and faculty participated in them only to prove they have the freedom to do so. Concerning the future, Warner said he expects "a lot of competition between vocational and academic courses of study. There is no question that the need exists for both, but we have to keep a balance," he said. He said the reduction of the Nebraska state income tax rate Thursday eventually may mean a decrease in state funds to education. One remedy may be the institution of a coordinated system with the universities and state colleges in Nebraska under the administration of one "superboard," Werner said. Stahmer also called for coordination of state educational institutions. He termed the present situation "primitive compared to what it could be." Projected high school enrollments for the year 2020 indicate an enrollment decrease of up to 40 per cent, he said. "What will this do to the state colleges?" he asked. "I am very pessimistic about the future," he said. "I think there is a real crunch coming; the money just isn't there." Students to survey language classes By Chas Wieser A survey that will study UNL foreign language departments was outlined Thursday to members of the College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board. I he survey is to research different methods used when teaching foreign languages and how UNL foreign language classes now are being conducted, according to Dave Ware, one of two UNL students coordinating the survey Sherry Cole, a French major and the other coordinator of the survey, said the project is being partially funded by the Centennial Education Program. "We'd like to see the language department help fund the othor half (of the survey)," ifo: said. "People living in this region are hung up or. application. They believe if you can't use it (a foreign language), then why learn it," she said. Ware said language requirements are "fading" across the nation. He said Temple University's language department's enrollment took a nosedive shortly after abolishing its language requirement. Cole said there are about 3,000 UNL students now enrolled in language classes. Of the 1,156 taking Spanish courses, only 17 are Spanish majors. Cole said she didn't have figures on how many of the 1,156 were Spanish minors. . Included in the survey. Cole said, will be a question dealing with student reaction to language requirements. "Some people don't do well when taking a foreign language-not because they don't study, but Ixicause they're not capable," she said. She explained that some people have difficulty in learning a new language. "It's like somebody who has a hard time learning basic reading skills. (They) need additional help in learning the basics," she- said. To. alleviate this problem, Cole said the UNL language departments should give students the Modem Language Aptitude Test (MLAT). She '.-.aid the MLAT tests a person's knowledge of tin- basics which aie needed for persons go ig into a language course. "Some people are straight A students, but they Hunk their language courses," she said. Cole said the language lonuiiement: should waived for those students who have iffic.nl iv in calGhinci on to new languages. She said credit hours are declining in UNL colleges and departments, which will result in less money being allocated to the depai tments. I he College of Arts and Science is losing tin; niO'.t c.iedit hours, accoidmg to Cole. "The language department is the first place they're looking do cut funds)," she said. State Sen. Jerome Warner Term paper clinic offered Help in researching term papers can be obtained from the staff at five UNL libraries in a special clinic to be held Saturday and Sunday, according to head librarian Leslie Manning. C.Y. Thompson Library on East Campus, and the undergraduate, law, architecture tnd Love libraries on the city campus will be staffed with aides to help students research paper topics from 10:00 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. Saturday, and from 1:30 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday. The clinic is designed to help students get an ear ly start on term papers, and to give them the special attention they may not. be able to receive as the deadline nears, said Miss Manning. Three to five times the usual number of staff members will be on duty during the clinic, she said. K. m .U VfltV is, Lit; .:itv- i i-if rz 6 Hj;( Ye ' f U - tuu's - in - iiiiiinrii "- ' I I ' W" Charlie Chaplin as Adenoid Hynkel in The Great Dictator (1940). This is Chaplin's first dialog film and it is an hilarious yet meaningful satire: of Hitler md Nai militarism. The film will be shown tonight at 7 and 9 p.m. and Saturday at 3, 7 and 9 p.m. at Sheldon. Thone to meet with students jnng tfn :1b ?:30 The Union Talks and Topics Committee is spun'. "M,.r. Vnur Pr,iiiirpnian" Tuesdav at 1 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Small Auditorium. Hep. Charles Thone (R-Neb) is lo meei ifiili;i'lu;,lly v."th students and answer questions at the session, a,:Mdmg i. an aide. C;tnrlintc intornctiul ill ll;iul(l(l lunch Willi IllOUe al VS .'S'-) p.m. in the Harvest Room should cont.iet ih Office, Union 115. Union !'i (.(ir...in CSL hears housing clarification request By Mark Hoffman A student icqucsl for housing policy clarification and committee reports dominated discussion at the Council on Student Lite (CSL) meeting Thin sday. At is.vie was whether dormitory floor lounges, hallways and Udiiv .ell-; were public areas. John Wiltse, student assistant at llaipei Hail, ieiiesrpd the clarification. Wilts..- n-!.vntaincd that a discrepancy existed between Housing Office policy and the Student Discipline Code as to whether students ol the opposite sex violate rules if found in areas off limits alter Residence Hall Assoc. hours. He asked that a clarification he given, hopefully in favor of making floor lounges, hallways and stairwells public areas with 2 hunt visitation. CSL ineinhei f ly Mcyerson repotted that Ken Bader, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, was writing a report on the open lounge polic y Wiltse discussed. I hat icport is supposed to t; completed by the next CSL meeting on Nov. ?'J, fie said. In other business, I im Evenson, student member of the Housing Policy Committee, reported on pi ogress of the differentiated housing task force he chaiis. The task force is to make recommendations to CSL about changing current UNL housing policy, Everson said, and will send ou t surveys to UNL. students to guago student opinion on those recommendations. I hi lask I or co recommendations include holding classes in duinMt.nies and providing different living arrangements in , I, .milium s such as one dorm containing only coed Hoots, with i...i and women housed on the same floor. Another dorm n ight follow tlx- traditional same sex format with only limited vi tali1 )' i