editoro
Is it worth if
Thp Council on ' Student Life's
differentiated bousing sulx;mmittee has
begun a survey of about 1,200 dormitory
students to determine attitudes on visitation
and alcohol. The information collected will be
used in a proposal which will be presented to
the Board of Regents.
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The poll will reflect stu
oniiiO'i on
whether to establish a multi-option 1 :0--:.;
policy. If results show that such a policy is
wanted, CSL might ask the regents to approve
as many as six dormitory options, includ-'iig
everything from strict visitation 'loots to
24-hour guest rights. The group also plans to
ask for abolition of sponsorship and close,)
door rules.
While making an exhaustive study of
student opinion might be necessary for any
proposal going to the regents, studems should
not allow themselves to believe that it will
guarantee passage of such a program.
This is not the first time a survey has been
taken in conjunction with a request ior moie
liberal visitation rights. A 1971 Daily
Nebraskan survey showed 77 per cent of
dormitory residents surveyed wanted a more
liberal visitation policy. A poll taken that
summer showed that parents of UIIL
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more liberal policy by almost a two to one
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A later poll showed less parental support
for liberalized visitation. That one, taken
during the 1971-72 school year, showed 62
per cent of the parents questioned opposed a
more liberal visitation policy. Students,
however, gave it an 82 per cent endorsement
The recent Daily flebaskan Super Poll
showed 75 per cent of those surveyed want
1 2 to 24 hours of visitation daily.
But apparently this consistent show of
student support for expanded visitation rights
has meant little to the Board of Regents.
During the last two years, the board has
defeated three coed visitation proposals.
Considering this, it is a little difficult to
believe that this survey will make much
difference. With the exception of the approval
of a watered-down students' lawyer program
and an inadequate visitation reform, the
regents have not been responsive to student
needa And while this latest survey will
provide more information about students'
opinions of the residence ha!L' i emulations, it
is doubtful i: will mean much to the board.
Those involved in this survey deserve the
thanks of the student body for making an
effort to build a more solid case for one of
the many rights denied students. But one has
to wonder: can all the red tape associated
with this research be worth it when the record
points toward another frustration?
Michael (O.J.) Nelson
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And why not, why not be happy,
Wliiltt 1.1 m snow cewts streets and campus,
While the regents cut the budget,
While the Nixon spies upon them,
While the truth is hidden from them
Tiuth is tricky, sq evasive
Fven Curtis doesn't see it.
He would surely vote against it,
He would name it "democratic!"
Hruika, too, would vote against it,
Though he wouldn't undetstand it.
Still the writer, toiling, typing,
Tries to wiiti; next Thursday's column,
Tries to call 't as he sees it,
Thourjh he wonders if he sees it.
In the Union, at a table,
Rocks will float upon the coffee,
Where the tall electric waiter
Steals from people, takes their money,
Leaves them cursing, crying, sobbing,
Leaves them slewing in thuir coffee.
Still the writer, toiling, typing,
1 ries to write next 1 hursday's column.
In the course of this semester,
Ho has novel mastered typing,
Mi- ha never been a poet:
Alwiys tried to write like Reston.
Now tircause the prose jar's empty
This must sound like Henry Wadswotth.
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thursday, decembor 13, 1973