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By George Miller 4 v
Action by Nebraska Wesleyan Univers
ity's Board of Governors legalizing the con
sumption of alcohol Li their dormitories
may spark another attempt to allow liquor
in UNL residence halls.
The Wesleyan board reaffirmed its op
position to liquor in residence halls, but
said its use is up to the "judgment and
social responsibility of students."
Wesleyan spokesman Darrell Seng, direc
tor of publicity, said the Student Affairs
Senate, the Wesleyan student senate,
passed a resolution last April requesting a
change in policy toward alcohol in dormi-
tories. A committee of students, faculty
members and Wesleyan governors was
appointed to suggest changes, Seng said.
The board then approved the commit
tee's suggestion to allow liquor in resi
dence hall rooms and consumption in
rooms by persons of legal age is authorized
now, Seng said. Another committee of stu
dents, faculty members and administrators
are devising implementation plans and
hope , to report to ' the governors in
December.
Action to legalize liquor in UNL resi
dence halls appears likely to originate in
the Housing Policy Committee of the
Council on Student Life (CSL).
Richard Armstrong, director of univers
ity housing, said a task force for differenti
ated housing wiU be appointed by the
Housing Policy Committee. The task force
will study all aspects of UNL residence hall
living and recommend policy changes,
Armstrong said.
. He said a similar task force was appoint
ed in 1973 and recommended extending
visitation hours and legalizing liquor on
campus. The. NU Board of Regents rejected
the alcohol proposal, Armstrong said.
He said he thinks another attempt to
gain regent approval could come "perhaps
by year's end."
Regent Robert Prokop of Omaha said
he would like to wait and see. how Wesley
an 's policy works before approving any
similar action for UNL. He said he would
not like to approve alcohol on campus and
later see Wesleyan revoke its new policy.
Later request
Prokop said he had heard no new efforts
to bring such a proposal before the regents.
"I would seriously doubt that a matter
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Jeffrey Eves, White House conference director
of tlds importance would come before the
regents until after a permanent chancellor
is appointed," Prokop said.
Acting UNL Chancellor Adam Brecken
ridge said he supposes the issue will come
before the regents again but "I don't pro
pose to initiate any proposal to bring
before the regents."
Ken Bader, vice chancellor for student
affairs, said Wesleyan's move would "add
greater impetus" to bring the matter before
the regents.
"We've got to recognize that Wesleyan is
not a state supported institution and that
they have a smaller student body," Bader
said.
UNL is trying to enforce its policy pro
hibiting alcohol on campus, he said, but
"there probably was and is consumption of
alcohol in dorms and fraternities."
Study effects
Bader said the university needs to
examine the effects of permitting the con
nimption and selling alcohol on state
jroperty. . ?
He said he believes CSL's Housing
I olicy Committee's task force is the logical
qroup to present proposals to the regents.
ASUN President Jim Say said that since
two Nebraska universities-Creighton, in
Omaha, and Wesleyan-now allow alcohol
in residence halls, approval of liquor at
UNL may be possible.
"There is almost no hope of getting (ap
proval) through the regents," Say said. He
said ASUN's Legislative Liaison Committee
might attempt to seek approval of a
proposal through the state , Legislature.
Two-pronged attack
He said there is no official joint effort
by campus student organizations to change
the policy, but added there could be a
"two-pronged attack," with ASUN
attempting to get approval through the
Legislature and CSL's task force presenting'
the issue to the regents.
However, he said , when the CSL task
force makes a recommendation, ASUN
probably will approve a resolution support
ing it.
Sue Ihne, Residence Hall Association
(RHA) president, said RHA will consult
other groups on campus "in order to get a
united effort."
RHA and CSL are to meet to discuss the
CSL task force and arrange coordination.
Former UNL student aids
President's public relations
; By Rex Seline
At least one UNL graduate will be more
. . than , routinely, concerned with President
Ford's trip to Omaha today.
Jeffrey Eves, a 1969 graduate, is co
ordinating Ford's 'Town Hall" meetings in
his duties as director for White House con
ferences for the Office of Public Liaison.
Eves said his job involves responsibility
on two fronts.
"It includes liaison between the White
House and local, state and regional organi
zations that represent the public," Eves
said.
The organizations, which represent busi
ness, labor, ethnic groups, evnironmental
ists and similar interest groups, participate
by selecting delegates to voice their con-
cerns at the conferences, Eves said.
Logistical arrangements
Eves said he makes logistical arrange
ments for the President's town hall meet
ings. His work includes meeting with the
. government officials who are to speak.
Eves said government officials scheduled
to appear are largely the choice of the local
conference cosponsors.
"We leave as much option as possible to
them," he said, but choices depend on the
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Omaha's conference has 17 cosponsor
ing organizations, including NU. Joining
Ford on the program are Agriculture Sec
retary Earl Butz; Health, Education and
Welfare Secretary David Mathews; Trans
portation Secretary William Coleman;
Presidential Economic Affairs Assistant L.
William Seldman, Federal Energy Admin
istrator Frank Zarb, Environmental Protec
tion Agency Administrator Russell Train
and Eves' boss, William J. Baroody Jr.,
assistant to the President for public liaison.
Policy change
Town hall meetings and the Office of
Public Liaison were established by the
Ford administration and' represent policy
changes from the Nixon administration,
according to Eves, who. worked in both.
'There's no comparison at all in atti-'
tudes between administrations," he said.
'The Ford attitude is so clearly superior
it's almost incomparable."
According to Eves, Ford's Public Liai
son Office makes his the flint presidency to
consider the public as equal with the press
and the Congress on White House organiza
tional tables.
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WomenSpeak: Men's roles
discussed. p.3
Vote squeak: Lincoln City Council
divides on nuclear power and
police review board ........ p. 12
Also find:
Editorials p.4
Arts and Entertainment p.9
Sports ' p. 11
Crossword . . . ; p.l 2
Short Stuff . .......... p.2
0 ct co ri ojf
e moves into newomce
That search committee almost made a
career of it. That's what NU President D.B.
Varner had to say about the search com
mittee for a new vice chancellor for
Academic Affairs.
After 13 months of deliberation, Adam
BreckenriJge, then the acting vice chancel
lor was chosen. Breckenridgo became vice
chancellor Aug. 1.
Now, two riiths later, Breckenridgo
has become interim chancellor, replacing
Chsncclpr James Zumbergs who resigned
eiicctlve today to become president of
Southern Methodist Urivcrsity. ,
A search committee for chancellor has
been formed, and hopefully will have a list
of nominees by Dec. 1, Varner said, adding
that he hones to havs the replacement on
campus by Feb. 1.
It may be hard for a replacement to
vacate a position in the middle of the year,
Varner said. .
"However, if we find a suitable replace
ment end that person accepts, then he or
she is of limited use in their own position.
They have no long-term potential or
authority," he said.
Brcckcrtiidge has said he will not take
the position of chancellor if nominated. He
accepted a three year appointment as vice
chancellor for Academic Affairs and after
that will return to teach political science,
he said.
Even though Breckenridge would accept
only a three-year term as vice chancellor, a
new search committee was not formed,
Varner said.
ul think Chancellor Zumberge's opinion
was that three years of Breckenridge would
be extremely valuable," ho said.
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Wednesday: Partly sunny and cool.
Highs in the low 60s. Northwest winds
ranging from 10-15 rn.p h.
, Wednesday night: Mostly clear, with
. temperatures in the mid-30s.
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