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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, february 8, 1970
UNO, UNL governments differ on officer eligibility
ASUN and the UNO Student Senate will
voice differing opinions on the NU Board
of Regents proposed student office eligi
bility requirements at the Feb. 18 regents
meeting, while agreeing on the issue of
mandatory student fees.
Representatives of the two student gov
ernments met in the Nebraska Union Tues
day afternoon to share their views on the
two issues.
Members of the two groups disagreed
sharply on how to treat the regents pro
posed minimum standards for student
office eligiblity.
Controversy centered on a point in the
regents academic affairs subcommittee pro
posal which would require student govern
ment presidents and 'vice presidents be
elected by a majority rather than plurality.
ASUN already has gone on record as op
posing the majority rule proposal because
of the time and cost of a run-off.
Ken Christoffersen, ASUN second vice
president, also cited low voter turnout as
a problem in a run-off election .
"It's so hard to get them out to vote
once," said Christoffersen. "How much
harder is it going to be to gel them out
twice?"
The UNO Student Senate supported
the majority rule.
UNO Student Senate President Paul
Hoffman said a former officer had been
elected by a plurality consisting of 28-33
percent, and he (Hoffman) was confident
that had a run-off been held the officer
would not have been elected. The officer
was eventually impeached.
"We would have avoided destroying our
student government," Hoffman said.
Members of both governments agreed
that problems could be created by a write
in candidate who could conceivably win a
run-off election.
On other eligibility proposals, student
senate member Gary Disilvestro said that
because more people on the UNO campus
are part-time students many would be
ineligible by recommendations requiring an
officer take six hours and have already
completed 24 hours.
ASUN President Greg Johnson agreed
that the student composition of the two
campuses differs and maybe they should
"recommend the regents study and
examine if they want a uniform policy (for
both campuses)."
Hoffman said he did not think the
regents would be receptive to such "dif
ferences between the campuses."
Both governments intend to be well t
represented at the Feb. 18 meeting.
On the issue of mandatory student fees
the two bodies were more cohesive, tend
ing to support the task force on student
fees recommendation. f ; '
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funds for student government, campus
newspaper and campus programming
bodies.
Both bodies favored maintaining fees
money for campus speakers, and admitted
that funding for many special interest
groups would be eliminated by the recom
mendation. Some "should have been wiped out a
long time ago," said Hoffman.
Johnson said many Interest groups "line
up for a little gold in the pot," but do not
"benefit a majority of the students." The
proposal would eliminate past abuses" he
said.
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Dance enrollments hustle
Photo by Bob Pearson
Associate professor of physical education and recreation Marie Sanwick emphasizes
a fine point to members of a social dance class.
American discotheques have multiplied
from about 3,000 toabout 15,000 in the
past two years. The mbvie "Saturday Night
Fever," Paramount's release about
weekend disco dancing has become a box
office smash.
Lincoln's jammed weekend dance floors
reflect a national discomania "trend.
UNL falls into step with a social dance
class covering 'footwork from square
dancing to the foxtrot to the hustle. In
creased class enrollment has forced regis
tration limitations, said instructor Marie
Sanwick.
'There's been an unprecedented interest
in all our dance classes, from ballet and
modern dance to this social dance class,"
She said.
The social dance class has enrolled an
equal number of men and women.
Why the sudden interest irr dancing?
E. Edwards, the Arthur Murray Dance
Studio manager, said "touch dancing is
once again becoming popular, and a real
feel for ballroom dancing is the big thing
in dance now."
In touch dancing the man has' to learn
to lead, because there is not much improvi
sation, and partners dance together rather
than independently, Edwards said.
At Lincoln's new disco, Personalities,
826 P St., a dancer commented during a
Saturday night break that MI love to dance,
it's a kind of release and it's fun especially
when you've got a partner."
Another said, "It's a great form of re
laxation for me. I could dance all night.
It's a group thing yet still an individual
effort."
NET V to air student fee discussion
Two Nebraska Union representatives will discuss stu
dent fee funding of campus speakers Thursday on Channel
12's, Dateline Nebraska 9:30 to 10 pjn., according to
Dave Roehr, former Union Board president.
Roehr and Bruce Whitacre, of the Union Program
Council will be questioned by three reporters from the
Lincoln Star, Lincoln Journal and Omaha World-Herald.
Mandatory student fee funding of speakers became an
issue when the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF)
wrote letters to Nebraska conservatives protesting the use
of student fees for speakers. The NU Board of Regents
'. wfll consider the issue at the Feb. 18 meeting.
: Roehr said UPC and the Union Board have sent letters
to Nebraska daily newspapers encouraging people to listen
to the program.
According to Roehr, the two representatives will begin
the program by explaining the history of student fee fund
ing of campus speakers, and the recent YAF controversy.
YAF members were opposed to the October visit by
Jane Fonda.
"Campus speakers contribute to the educational
process," Roehr said. "Well explain the selection process
and how it is open to any student."
UPC's Talks and Topics Committee selects the campus
speakers.
Roehr said if campus speakers ate not funded by stu-
dent fees, the selection of speakers will be reduced.
"The overall education of the university would suffer,"
Roehr said. "Regents have publicly stated that students
should select speakers and they should be financed."
Roehr said he felt the YAF letter was a biased view and
It did not represent the majority's viewpoint.
Roehr said he and Whitacre objectively wfll present
the issue that speakers should not be banned because they
are controversial. '
A 10-member university-wide task force on student
fees submitted a report at the January regents meeting
that does not change the status of the speaker program.
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