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to the court by the administration, ASUN, or an individual
student, and 50 other matters arising under the bylaws,
organic acts or ordinances of ASUN or arising out of the
exercise of the powers of the ASUN executives.
It is not necessary to "sue" someone (naming a person
nr ornnn as defendant to use the court. Rule 25 of the
KJSSSSST of studc"' S Sffi&'Sy'Sffi Stereotyped graduate assistants
Student Court, submits this week's Croup speak, an intro
duction to the court, its structure and powers.
By Doug Voegler
UNL's student government was modeled after the
national government with three coequal branches: legisla
tive, executive and judicial. ASUN senators and executives
often lament students' apathy toward their government
Dear editor, . , ,
Last Wednesday an article appeared in the Daily
Nebraskan concerning faculty absences. In it, Faculty
Senate President Franklin Eldridge indicated it had been his
experience that tenured faculty members met their classes.
He was further quoted as saying, "It's the first-year
assistants or the graduate assistants who haven't learned
what the world of work is like who don't meet with their
classes
Regardless of whether tenured faculty members con
sistently meet their classes, it is inconceivable that such a
blatant generality about graduate assistants could be made!
Recognizing that graduate assistants are not without
blame, there are many of us who are dedicated both to
learning and teaching.
Consequently, we take great offense at such over
simplification and mindless tactics.
N. Steven King
Charles D. Zeier
De Lana Cromer
Carol Raish
felt this apathy most acutely
The ASUN Student Court decided five cases during the
1965-66 term and four in the 1966-67 term. For the next
two years there were no reported cases. In the 1969-70
term three cases came up. Two cases were decided in 1971,
and one in 1972.
At this point the ASUN Court vanished for all practical
purposes. It was completely forgotten and ASUN did not
even appoint court members. In 1974 litigation started
again, with two cases coming up. The 1974-75 term saw
four cases.
There are two possible reasons why the ASUN Student
Court, in comparison with other ASUN branches, is not
greatly used: either the university is a setting of perfect
justice, or else students know very little about the court.
Seven students sit on the court-six associate justices and
the chief justice, who must be a law student. Each associate
justice must be at least a junior with a minimum grade
point average of 2.75.
Now, for the first time in several years, the court sits
group or organization desiring clarification on any matter
judgment. Students can represent themselves, or have other
students act as their attorneys.
The ASUN Court has potential to become the most
powerful organization on campus, more powerful than the
ASUN Senate. In In re A.W.S., I ASUN St. Ct. Rpts. 58
(1966-67) the court held that ASUN is the university's
supreme governing body and that all powers possessed by
ASUN were subject to determination by the court.
In a recent case involving the 1974 Homecoming Elec
tion, which received statewide publicity, Brantz & Onnen v.
Grice & Eiberger, I ASUN St. Ct. Rpts. 102 (1974-75), it
was established that the ASUN Student Court has the
power to order the ASUN chief executive to carry out its
decisions.
The ASUN Constitution assures a student fair treat
ment in the framework of student government and organ
izations. The ASUN Student Court is the only campus
institution which can guarantee student fairness and justice.
Because of the nature of judicial function, the court
Dear editor,
Prof. Franklin Eldridge probably wouldn't like to be
stereotyped as an absentminded drudge who is so pre
occupied with cranky notions and irrelevant research that
he doesn't know who students are, much less care about
teaching them anything useful.
Neither do I like to be stereotyped as a flighty novice
who knows so little about "what the world of work is
like" that I, unlike my worldly wise and thoroughly
responsible superiors, am liable to skip my classes whenever
I have a fancy to.
If Eldridge cannot demonstrate that what has the
earmarks of a derogatory stereotype is in fact an accurate
description of graduate student teachers, then I think he
owes us an apology.
Marvin Katilius-Boydstun
with full membership. Serving this year as associate justices cannot properly solicit litigation. It must patiently wait
are law students George Rhodes and John Vihstadt, and until a student or organization brings a case to exercise
undergraduates James Curtiss, Dennis Onnen, Maxine its powers.
Schoenrock and Don Wesely. The ASUN Student Court has great potential, and if
The ASUN Constitution (Art. VII, Sec. 3 (B)) gives the students use it effectively and frequently, it can become
court jurisdiction over: 1) matters of impeachment, 2) in- the most important campus institution.
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