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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1974)
irmtmmvwMwmi r "J ditorio cMfiictn- 14 1 un-bouniv ail ;:r,c,i( representing r,k i College of Law, id on LB 131. m f d hy State Sen. :;! Indian Bounty ;pt.( ts LB 131. d in Section 23 362 d in 1957. Its a s not niiilicious-it c on i i The Student Bar Assoc. students of the University ot. N is to be commended for toKirvj : The bill, introduced in the L Duke Snyder, would rep';:;! th Act. The law student- re:.o!utd: The Indian Bounty Am. ou of the statutes ot radons' o .. bad law, although its intent nrovides financial assignee to large Indian population lor p.e. t rnot cement purposes. Accordingly, the state gives o count y a bl:pend of 60 per cent or more if peems couvaood coder ;;tete criminal laws are Indians. The law is unsatisfactory h.o..c,e it swales out an ethnic minority -Indians end implies that, most ate indigent and many bro.k tie- Lo d ;::;o provides license for law enforcement officers of .dven county to arrest and jail Indians cd will cr d: oorpcae e! jneeting a quota. As the Student B;e roo . n trycic, "this lew is a strong incentive to epp'e me comma, Nebraska more .-ver'-iy '; imposing unequ a I ppiicjtson of ethnic minority. There is no to It mi v.rom, voo state should give firnU.) co-em enforce Nebraska law. But it m are indigent, whatever heir c .Mo should not sinyie out a portion law did not sme'e out I odea o, be abused as much as reports -no Act has. Whatever the oci; d : d should be pcss"i.j u fl-.e 1 Assoc. Council's .n,ti;Ti rhoue. ro, 6.. , . 11 v- ,.- ( (.y ji- ti. . i 4' K-s with a Zflftt. Isi ' .-.v.J'-ll.j'.5...' - " ' .. I'vl.B'.v..'. .i5, fes-' HO U i Ine'ioos," tieeeby e-'in.v: i ovs eueinst an , r.riiK;:ple that the to counties to iielp i f.'esons in a county d:.o-o ;und. the law dr otoedatiore If the :.. iKciy that, it could ; e t Wv . .... dan Bounty d it by all means !h,. ::edo;t Har ,-n :-::oiij!e for ..,....sll..!;i. - r a ! f,i,!J. MkUSUMa. 1 ucS;sss T5 -.fir- other groups on os toee fv'lai y Voboril Open door Pity Murie H;jhs'i.. Ll - Cor i-Harper-Schr,irrm-Sf:.ih !HS') 'd e . o a decidedly sticky C'insr.iroo" Pity (Lii)ci H.ti; F"! e :'"0 ' residents .ind 'toff tuiv; P' " ' enteitaininij a u'.jost of tlu- ; ;" "' room must keep tMf '!.?: (.; ; ', , and unoljstru(.t'd v.-.v et !) occupants". For ;e I :.-t foei yo.fs. H .-u like those in nc-iilv evcty o't..-t ttrdl e.--doors lx?caus! itn1 1 !!' Mmoly ''"o : Leaving dooi so; x-n meu'is m ..t -n a resident'', quc-'s ;-.,! wi.:t (!'"V ' common know'-'fji; of ti-.- o ;i impossible fiifoo ' pr' tOn s. ' ' now, student avro :;, 'K".) i -iv o. ;i floors that they hod no d ta.c.n cf ! the rule. After all, how c ;:: v ''- ! doors? That was nollnoij Put a o i everyone knew it. Nc .v M i: i 1 . . t ; about it. First she t riled v ' ,; o ' together and announcfd she .. . Open-door policy -iv! .''ions. !! '.. just as they have mh-,,.! o'o,!.o ti 1 A week later, last Monday, H o p ...... since nothing had changed, Ui.-: .,;!. deprive Harper of visitatiots twb'.s '; Furthermore, she v.'arned Snutr : similar sanctions, should they n. t !. - : violation, silly sanction. Pity ttio recjent. I .nj ii.i , 1 , over the iivitui ,-i!.rnospl-;ri- -! " with the po! itic.ai c "'o n ':(.(. I ' is made to ctujrqe the v;vt:t on p'- 1 s must qo out the window p(j n th ' sOMO lis tO'.iU.'Mt !.! M !'.-( -i! ., J ( l.'.U : .,; d if. ": n-.,:d'.'rOLj, doa tneir .. MM', f' ,1 ,u I', .ay I ocean.: d llf.l'.OvOi t""ji V''"r' C Hsm their :v dioo; ei'ni rO r is -;.t . ...!; I dr.- '.: '.-1 rpi-Ol .! n o'i ia a.a i d, : 'o.od fh.it as ! is v lo t -v.:'i days. e;:,,.;un cf ;.: nij. f.iiiy of tpibanc like,. tt;o vC'-e ,; iu)vWl.N,j flooded with abusi: t;oui. ice '.J--ehr e, ; r COlIpqe students, O"1 ee! trcmi - tad" 0::v vvlaat they l.o m t'.-nn i j.a K '!( Yet l't him ap;!",a .:mrv; . "..i .'.i- ,. f;y arKjry lr.n iT'i !i y n";ao o .m-O i"i -a v a. ' tp:ari:i.'lves !ho ; opoi; v.-i , d iO' V ' (stud'-nt self di-e n '.; a. vi .!:a.i .V-l e'.aid tiliime die rcqent !;; Oi' i- 'Pi i'e, l.-oa.i ti SO" nioudtii k vapii I ea.i r :.!.: ! ;'o', ' v " a i. thiuuqh pr op'.'i (.1' M(.-!-i".' mod.! connon j if. . d W Mi W's i? e:"d5d ';-:; i iji.... up rh dt nao T! i i.. I. p.riia! in mo, a1'! it d loo ie ! 'a;i I , tor !', .a1 a ,iop,i!. 0 y th .. up. F or that, I h'ano IV. n i-. I-! mre fanfau1, c..na r t , , , , i .. pi" . i m p J i! i ("adia.l s hi 1 1 to ti.'-tr ai on ,r; a n ' , wi'i: that it would toa i jnao d. f1iiv' lievfi L'Vi'ii heart! of it. th" In id laa suapoatai and tr:i. i it v. '. .'ryl s.iid, 'dliat t!n; !.(' is n n i .!! ol' A'holri W'l'k, ',fi:.' ''."! t . t I.' .t. 'i V- he in ip'.jai'il a" o P. 1 '. I- 'a -1 l n!". j. a-, ai O.o, i .a ; I a . I on no a ii V, ' i' 7 '. I; i' ! MO' i a ' 7 ' 'ii .'VP iK', , O'i d'. !: e f" " J! 7 -s Hi 3 rii """'v u--"' 1 1 ..... : f Sfe.a ft ! r J- ? as; f, J f 1 ' Jv Jk ' V'i d t ' ,' ' ' (it. M dv. ! -4' Hansen and the three residence directors, without so much as a word from residents, acted as judge, jury, prosecutor and even Legislature. The whole hall will now be penalized because of individual actions, yet she refuses to follow the publicized policy and act hpiinst individual violators. She hasn't even said what could be done to prevent another penalty being imposed. The University lately has gone to great lengths to :,h: that certain standards of due process are observed in all its actions. Hansen has violated these standards. This she defends on the grounds that visitation is a privilege -like cookies given to a child -and therefore pan be rescinded at the drop of a hat. Although I sympathize with the ambiguous position not enforcing the open door policy leaves Per in. her way out of the dilemma is no help at all. f or tout years, students have been working to change a policy recognised by nearly everyone involved as impossible. The open door business stands r, its most objectionable, least defensible part. Its moral significance is nil. We more usefully could have a ban on single rooms. Because in real life, the open door rule mast be ignored. It contributes to general disregard for dormitory regulations, even the impoi tant ones. The rule has got to go. Gio n the kind of consensus that exists about the open ojor policy, why is it still in effect? Given the ' k;i that residents and staff have employed every available channel, only to be shot down by the r qenis, why does it stand? the answer is politics, and misguided politics at Oct No officeholder 1 1 keu to buck the kind of hysieni ihat appeals with the ve;ry mention of a ia ...."d pout . Students, on the other hand, can't muster tiuit land uf hysteria. As one woman prut it at the Smith Hall government meeting Monday night, I'm a studeni, living here for one year. Being a 'indent is a foil time job. I simply haven't got die time 01 the energy to turn into a crusader for this diaiq." Sh" was iinht. The regents and the administration ao- te sponsible for the creation of a liveable -iiniospheie in the halls. Students have a part, but r ,ey will not be oiound five years hence. The regents wVlll. It wa the regents who accepted responsibility for visitation whan they could have left it out of the political arena as an administrative matter. Cventu&lly, they must make some kind of real decision. The problem will continue to mar campus life, and worse, to pose a dangerous political problem Pr the regents. f vi'iy time it recurs, it will have the same kind of e mtjerous quality, until it is finally solved. It seems :o.a ihe reqetts had just as well gut it over with. thursday, january 24, 1974 '! iiiy rifi-re'd' a page 4