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Math,
science
updates
offered
UNL will conduct a summer program in Quantitative Reasoning
and Science Teaching (QRST) for 240 Nebraska elementary school
teachers.
The QRST program is an interdisciplinary effort designed to
update science and mathematics content and teaching materials in
Nebraska elementary schools, according to Walter Mientka,
vice-chairman of the UNL Mathematics Department and project
director. ... -
He said two-week regional workshops in six Nebraska
communities will be conducted by UNL faculty members,
including Professors James Fejfar and Ward Sims of the Elementary
Education Department.
The QRST program is designed to provide information and
materials about modern science and mathematics curricula from
which teachers can choose for their schools. The project will also
assist in implementing selected programs in the teachers' schools,
and will prepare them to return to their schools and train at least
two other teachers, Mientka explained.
Mientka said school visits, conferences and regional workshops
will be conducted during the academic year to assist in these
efforts.
Workshops will be conducted with the assistance c f Fducational
Service Units in the selected regions, Mientka noted. He said the
project will be supported by a $58,000 grant from the National
Science Foundation.
PACE total down this semester
UNL students donated about $4,616.50 to
the Program of Active Commitment to
Education (PACE) this semester, assistant bursar
Gary Fouraker said this week.
The total may vary slightly as the office
receives late payments, he said. Faculty
contributions have not been totaled yet.
PACE solicits student funds on tuition
staiements. Students may contribute $3.50 for
each regular semester and $1.75 for summer
sessions by pledging on their tuition statements.
Participation in the program has decreased
since its inception in 1971. First semester
1974-75 students, faculty and staff members
contributed $6,328. Last year students, faculty
and staff members donated a total of $16,600
Fouraker said.
Last year 36 UNL students received PACE
grants ranging from $200 to $400, according to
Jack Ritchie, director of the Office of
Scholarships and Financial Aids.
Oldest earth rock
on display at UNL
The oldest rock ever found on earth and calculated to be 3.8
billion years old; is on display at the University of Nebraska State
Museum in Morrill Hall.
Allan Griesemer, Museum Coordinator of Educational
Activities, said the granite gneiss rock was found along a Minnesota
river valley by Robert Nelson and William Wayne, faculty members
of the UNL Department of Geology. He said this type of rock has
been used for building purposes for many years, and only recently
was its age discovered.
Radiometric clocks are used to determine the ages of rocks,
which contain different ninerals that, through the years, are
altered into other ones. Kocks are crushed and the radiometric
clock is used to see what elements are present indicating the age.
Griesemer said that although this is the oldest material found to
date, there is evidence that there may be some older rocks in
Greenland. He said that geologists think the earth maybe almost
four and one half billion years old.
"There were no animals on earth at the time this rock was
formed," he said. "The oldest organisms date back 3.2 billion
years, and they are bacteria and blue-green algae." Griesemer said
the earth was made up of rock, valcanoes, and small quantities of
water when the rock was formed.
The rocks found in Minnesota can be used to compare ages of
the moon and earth, Griesemer said. He said geologists have not
found much difference between this and moon rocks, and that this
indicates "some kind of relation between the earth and moon way
back."
Griesemer said the museum plans to display the year old rock,
to show how rocks change through the ages. The rock will be on
display "at least another two months," he said.
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ASUN GENERAL ELECTIONS - ELECTION RULES
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER: Gary Hall
COMMISSION: Dr. Paul Byerly
Dave Howlett
Mike Jaccbson
Maxine Schoenrock
467-1873
472-2777
475-1047
472-2581
464-6891
477-5124
SINCE A STATE OFFICIAL, A UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
BOARD OF REGENTS MEMBERS WILL NOW BE CHOSEN
THROUGH STUDENT ELECTIONS AT UN-L, THE STUDENT
ELECTION PROCESS SHOULD CONFORM WITH STATE LAWS
GOVERNING OFFICIAL STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS, IN SO
FAR AS APPLICABLE AND PRACTICAL.
A. CALENDER (All dates given in this report are those in 1975)
The elections will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday,
March 19, 1975. Candidates who wish their names to appear on
the ballots must file by 4:00 p.m. February 28, with the ASUN
secretary in the ASUN Office at 334 Nebraska Union. Form for
filing may be picked up anytime after February 14, in the ASUN
Office.
Financial forms from all candidates andor parties must be
turned in by 4:00 p.m. March 19th to the ASUN secretary.
Student who wish to organize or run on a party, see "G. Student
Parties".
B. RULE FOR FILING Executive candidates must file completed
form 1. Senate candidates must file completed form B. Advisory
Board candidates must file completed form C. All filing form
shall be notarized.
All candidates must meet the respective eligibility requirements
of the post that they ere seeking. Filing for different positions
must be done separately. There is a spending limit for each
position that must be adhered to. See the filing form.
Any incompletions, or lack of enough valid signatures will cause
the candidate's name to be removed from the ballot, or may
disqualify the candidate from the election. It should be noted;
falsehood expressed or implied on a noatrized document is a
felony under Nebraska Stale Law.
C. POSTER REGULATIONS
1. Poster and signs must not exceed 100 square inches each.
2. Only one poster per candidate per bulletin board is
per mi tied.
3. Poster may not be put out until March 2nd.
Candidates whose poster violate the above regulations may be
disqualified from the election.
D. VOTING REGULATIONS
1. Each student must present his own I.D. card when heshe
votes. The act of giving the I.D. to the poll worker is the
attempt to vote.
2. Each student will sign hisher own name on the college roster
and the poll worker shall verify by signing herher name
beside the student signature.
3. No student shall vote or attempt to vote more than once in
any election, nor shall any student aid such an attempts.
4. Upon conviction In the ASUN Student Court, the penalty for
the infraction of any voting regulation will be:
a. the offenders will not be allowed to hold any position or
elected office of ASUN
b. an assessment not to exceed $100.00 in value may be
imposed.
5. Any assessment levied wil! be paid to the ASUN treasury.
6. All ballots will be validated. For a ballot to be valid it shall be
signed by two (2) poll workers and placed in the ballot box
by the poll workers.
7. The ballot to be used will be an IBM Port-A-Punch Card.
8. Folded or otherwise mutilated ballot will be invalid, voter
may request replacement card.
9. Each voter will be marked with an ultraviolet ink.
E. 1Q. Each I.D. card will be marked..
E. PROPER CAMPAIGNING PRACTICES
1. Candidates must follow poster and sign regulations:
a. posters and signs must not exceed 100 square inches.
b. in order to conform with University regulations, materials
placed on bulletin boards must meet standards established
by the Office of Student Affairs. Please present the design
for each type of poster to the ASUN Office for stamped
approval.
c. in University building, election poster and sign
distribution must be limited to bulletin boards. Posters
end signs can not be permitted on painted walls or other
surfaces not designated as bulletin board in regard to
Universi ty classroom buildings.
2. Each candidate shall be responsible for actions taken in
hisher behalf.
3. Publicity on vehicles must be placed on that vehicle by its
owner.
4. Ail candidate campaign activities must be in accord with
accepted University and Municipal standards of conduct.
5. Parsons engaged in active campaigning or candidate campaign
material must not be located within 200 feet of election
booths.
6. Fastening poster to trees, utility poles or public buildings will
not be permitted. '
7. No signs or posters may be placed on University grounds.
8. Chalking of building or use of classroom blackboards is
prohibited.
F. MISCELLANEOUS
t. By hisher signature in filing, the candidate states that
heshee will follow proper campaigning practices, (see E0
Therefore, proven violations could result in candidate
disqualification, plus possible Student Court actions.
2. To be safe, get more than 35 signatures and I.D. numbers.
3. Candidates are not officially elected until final eligibility
' checks are made.
4. Elected candidates assume office March 19th.
5. If your name andor party does not appear as you want it to
on the sample ballot as published in the Daily Nebraskan,
contact the Electoral Commissioner immediately.
G. STUDENT PARTIES ,
1. Student who desire to run on a party should put down their
party's name and initials on their filing form. Each
perspective party shall be required to secure 500 signatures of
students now enrolled at the University of Nebraska at
Lincoln. These signatures shall be submitted to the Electoral
Commission. In addition to the petitions, the party shall
submit to the Electoral Commission by 4:00 p.m. February
28th typed in alphabetical order of the names who 8re on the
petition. A person who appears on two or more lists of
parties shall be thrown out of both parties. No party will be
printed on the ballot unless this requirement is met.
2. Candidates who are members of a party:
a. Executive candidates are allowed to spend-a maximum of
$50.00 for their own campaign.
b. Senatoral candidates are allowed to spend a maximum of
$35.00 for their own campaign.
c. Advisory Board candidates are allowed to spend a
maximum of $35.00 for their own campaign.
3. Candidates who are not members of a party
a. Executive candidates are allowed to spend a maximum of
$65.00 for their own campaign
b. Senatoral candidates are allowed to spend a maximum of
$50.00 for their own campaign
c. Advisory Board candidates are allowed to spend a
maximum of $50.00 for their own campaign.
H. PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE ELECTORAL
COMMISSION
1. A sample ballot will be printed in the Daily Nebraskan at
least two (2) times before the election. The sample ballot
shall cover at least 13 of a page. This sample shall be clearly
stated SAMPLE ballot so that it can not be submitted as an
official ballot on election day.
2. This sample ballot shall be posted at the polling places on
election day.
3. Printing of ballot shall be done exclusively by the University
Print Shop.
4. All persons working for the 'Electoral Commission as poll
workers shall be certified by the Electoral Commission.
5. Polling places shall be equipped with polling booths.
C. Tha comrr.iiiion shall be svunrn in by one of the Justices of
the Student Court. The oath shall state that they themselves
are not candidates and that they will perform their duties
honestly and fairly.
7. A class roster shall be used as a polling book. The student will
sign the roster by hisher name and the poll worker will sign
next to the student's signature.
8. Electoral Commission shall serve as the eanvasing board.
9. Upon final tally of votes the Electoral Commission shall issue
a certificate of election. Copies of which will be forwarded to
the Secretary of State.
NOTE: There are several additions which should be made to the
existing rules which the Electoral Commission has submitted to the
ASUN Senate. They are as follows:
I . Under F. Miscellaneous No. 4 should read, "Elected candidates
assume office April 2."
2. Under G. Student Parties No. 1 the last line in the paragraph
should be inserted as follows: "Student Parties will be allowed to
pool their monies according to the limit per candidate listed
below under No. 2."
3. Also under F. Miscellaneous insert the following:
6. Absentee Ballots-Students who will not be in Lincoln,
Nebraska, during the time the polls are open because they are
on an officially recognized University trip may by stating the
official function on a form supplied by the ASUN secretary
and having their signature notarized by 4:00 p.m. on the
Friday before the election will be permitted to vote by
absentee ballot,
7. Disabled Ballots-Disabled shall mean unable to attend class
due to confinement to Student Health or hospital. Students
so disabled shall call the ASUN secretary before noon of
election day, A ballot will be brought to the student for
voting before 9:00 p.m. on election day.
Supplement 2: Addition: Section A, Paragraph 3
For a write-in candidate to be eligible for election they shall file a
financial form which shail be turned in by 4:00 p.m. March 21st to
" the ASUN secretory.
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daily nebraskan
