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L fills Fees
Allocation Board
By Mark Hoffman
The Council on Student Life (CSL) suspended its
rules Thursday night to appoint two members to.
the Fees Allocation Board to expedite its hearings
on student organizations appeals.
The students nominated by the ASUN Senate,
Richard Oney and Don Wesely, were approved by
ihe council as board members. CSL rules call for
such appointments to be made by its Committee
on Student Organizations,
Because that group is not yet functioning, the
council voted to temporarily use the. committee's
appointive powers because of the urgency of the
matter.
"The concern is that there are so many
demands for rehearings and they are starting to
stack up," said Ron Gierhan, CSL member and
assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs.
To handle the backlog, he told the council that
UNL Vice Chancellor Kenneth Bader said he
would make the appointments necessary for the
board to start operating by Oct. 1. UNL bylaws
state the vice chancellor, after consulting wiih the
ASUN president and CSL chairman, has that
power if those appointments are not acted or. by
Oct. 1.
In a telephone interview, Bader said almost all
faculty and staff members of the 2-mernber board
have been appointed but from four to six students
still need to be selected. This does not take into
account CSL's appointments last night.
In previous meetings, some CSL members have
expressed a concern that some student organiza
tions did not have the time, or an appeals body
was not available last year to rehear allocations for
their groups made by the fees board,
Also, Gierhan noted, $15,000 had been held
over tor the 1974-75 organizations budget to
finance additional funds appropriated by appeal,
by the creation of a new group or any other reason.
The council also acted to make the following
appointments: Kelly Baker, John Windle and Gary
Seacrcst, all student members to the Publications
Board; Garnet Larson and Ted Wright, faculty
members, and Wendy Reitmeier and Don
Thompson, student members, to the Housing
Committee. Both are CSL subcommittees.
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uilding names contain history
By Deb Bettenhausen
Every football Saturday some 76,000
Big Red fans pour into Memorial
Stadium for an action-packed afternoon
of football. But how many people realize
what the stadium actually Is a memorial
to? . .
According to Joseph Svoboda, univer
sity archivist, Memorial Stadium was
dedicated by NU alumni to all Nebras
kans who were heroes of World War I.
The stadium was completed in 1923 and
had seating only on the east and west,
sides. In 1965 bleachers were added on
the south side, north stands were added
in 1968 and the press box in 1970. Today
the stadium seats 76,000.
Pound Hall was built in 1S67- and
named for Louise Pound,, a famous
alumna of NU, Svoboda said. Pound was
graduated in 1892 with' a diploma in
music. She held the Central Western
and Western ; tennis championsips in
1897, was the 1915 golf champion and
held the state golf championship. Pound
was a professor of English, specializing
in linguistics and Nebraska folklore. She
died in 1958. , : ..
Oscar Van Pelt Stout became a
professor of civil engineering at NU in
1892, and eventually became- the dean of
that college. Stout Hall, which was
razed this summer, was erected In 1397,
with an addition to the building
completed in 1953.
According to Svoboda, Charles E.
Bessey was probably one of the most
famous historical figures on the NU
campus. Bessey, an Internationally
known botanist, came to NU In 1886 as a
director of agriculture experimental
stations. He was twice acting NU vice
chancellor. Bessey died in 1915, and the
building named after him was con
structed the following year.
Henzlik Hall has had a complex
history. Frank Ernest Henzlik was the
dean of Teachers College during the
'40s and '50s. In 1954 University High
School was built, now called Henzlik
Hall, serving as a laboritory for future
teachers. The last University High
School class was graduated in 1987 and
University High was officially changed
to Henzlik Hail on June 29, 1971.
. Probably the most rscent dedication
on the NU campus was the naming of
the Broyhill Fountain on the north side
of the Student Union. Lynn Diann
Broyhill was a student at NU when she
was killed in a car accident Sept. 8,
1966. On Nov. 14, 1970, Broyhill's
parents dedicated the fountain to their
late daughter. .
Ford's amnesty plan rejected
President Gerald Ford's offer "of
conditional amnesty for draft evaders
i and deserters has been rejected by
representatives from the Nebraska Civil
Liberties Union (NCLU)and Nebraskans
for Peace.
All five persons who spoke at a
Thursday morning press conference at
the United Ministries in. Higher. Educa
tion called for Immediate, unconditional
amnesty and rejection of Ford's pro
posal. , ;" ". .
Monday, Ford announced amnesty for
those who Violated the Selected Service
Act from Aug. 4, .1964, to March. 28,
1973, if they complete up to 24 months :
of alternate public service. Draft
evaders arid, deserters must present.
themselves to authorities before Jan..
31, 1975, to be eligible for pardon. . ....
Lincoln State. Sen. .Steve .Fowler,
representing Nebraskans for Peace, said
VVhiie House estimates showing 15,000
draft evaders and resisters eligible for
amnesty "was incredibly too low" and. a
"misrepresentation" of the real figure.
Quoting from Amnesty News, Fowler
said 500,000 was a more realistc
estimate of the number of men who fled ''
the U.S. , deserted or went to jail.
Another 450,000 draftees were dis
honorably discharged because they
found the' Vietnam War abhorrent and
chose to resist It while serving, Fowler
said. These men also should be
considered for amnesty, he contended.
"I would not ccommend that they
(deserters and resisters) turn, them
selves in before consulting an attorr
ney," Fowler said;. ; ; '., . :.' ' .. ;
. James COle,. NCLU . board member, :
said the Nebraska chapter unanimously ';
agreed to adopt. the.resoiution calling for
unconditional -amnesty passed by the'
American Civil Liberties Union: ,
Cole emphasized' that unconditional
amnesty ' was- declared 'after: the- Civil
War, WW ! and WWII. The Vietnam
War should not bo an exception, he
said. . v
"The national guilt over the pardon
has put up a roadblock to full
reconciliation," he said. Cole also urged
draft evaders to wait until uncertainties
about reparation procedures are clari
fied before turning themselves in.
Gordon Simmons, pastor of the First
Lutheran Church, said unconditional
amnesty would be hard fdf the 'country'
to accept, but it is needed because
"moral leadership during the Vietnam
War was very ambiguous" and there-
fore the call for complete amnesty is .
justified. . '
Cole said the NCLU has not received
any requests from draft evaders for
legal aid. but all such requests once
received should be considered.
The Associated Press Wednesday
reported that 40 Nebraskans are eligible
for amnesty. However, -none have yet
reported to authorities;-
U.S. District Atty. William Schaph
brst has said that federal agents will not
serve warrants on those entering the
U.S. who agree to report to the district
attorney within 15 days: V
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