daily nebraskan
monday, november 20, 1978 lincoln, nebraska vol. 102 no. 49
Student Court places YAF, president on probation
By Lucy Bighia
Student Court announced its decision
Sunday against the UNL chapter of the
Young Americans for Freedom and its
president, Jeff Chizek.
The decision follows an Oct. 29-31 hear
ing, stemming from charges brought by the
Association of Students of the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, and ASUN President
Ken Marienau.
The court decided that:
" Chizek authorized a letter to
various Nebraskans concerning activities
and organizations at the University which
contained various false or misleading state
ments, and which misrepresented what
organization would receive funds solicited
by the letter."
(The above letter was circulated follow
ing Jane Fonda's campus appearance last
October.)
The UNL chapter of YAF ratified
or approved the letter by failing to act,
once it learned that the letter was sent
under the signature of the chairman of the
UNL YAF.
The court formally recommended that
Chizek be placed on University Probation.
If Chizek, while on probation, is found to
have violated the Code of Conduct, he shall
be subject to suspension from the univer
sity. The court ordered the UNL YAF be
placed on organizational probation for two
years, subject to the following terms:
1)UNL YAF must file, during the
academic year, a monthly report with the
Clerk of the Student Court.
The reports must include the names and
addresses of the group's officers and mem
bers, specific activities undertaken by the
group, and copies of all letters or printed
materials distributed by UNL YAF, or con
taining any identifying marks enabling the
reader to associate the materials with the
UNL YAF.
2) Neither UNL YAF or any of its
officers or members can undertake any
activities without clearly indicating how
UNL YAF is associated with the activity.
3) After six months, UNL YAF may
petition the court for termination of pro
bationary status.
4) ASUN, Marineau, or the court may,
at any time, petition for revocation of pro
bation for failure to comply with the above
terms.
Randall Jauken, counsel for the defense,
said, "Of course, we think it's wrong. We
definitely plan to appeal, we don't know
for sure who to, though. There's gotta be
an appeal somewhere."
Jauken said that nobody was injured by
YAF's letter. The plaintiffs "failed to show
any" detrimental reliance, because all of
the people that relied on the letter sent the
money to the right party (Nebraska
YAF)," he said.
Marienau said the court's decision was
"about the degree of relief we were seek
ing. Although we had asked for suspension,
we can live with probation.
"We're happy with the decision," he
said, "but I think it's an empty victory,
considering we don't have a speaker's program."
Thursday's turkey
dressed and ready
long before feasts
By Mary Fastenau
Most Thanksgiving dinners will be courtesy of someone
who was not invited-the turkey.
Even though they do not receive an invitation, turkeys
usually are dressed and ready long before Thanksgiving
day, according to a turkey farmer.
Lloyd Bevans, of Waverly, said there is no pre-Thanks-giving
flurry of activity because most of the birds have
been slaughtered and packaged by that time.
He has been selling turkeys for market since May, he
said. And although he is still selling turkeys, they will not
decorate the Thanksgiving table.
Not multi-colored
The turkey you eat will not be the multi-colored beast
that appears in grade school rooms or on Thanksgiving
cards. Rather it will have once been a large white
feathered hybrid bird that never learned to fly.
Bevans said commercially-grown turkeys get heavy so
quickly that they cannot support their weight to fly.
The white turkeys are taken to a packing plant instead
of being hunted and shot from a tree, and are also "de
toed and de-beaked," he said.
He said there usually are 5,000 turkeys in a feeding
building at one time. Turkeys are usually totally confined
except when being moved from building to building.
The buildings are one sign of the increased technol
ogy required in turkey farming, Bevans said.
The feeding system is another evidence of increased
socialization.
Feed varieties
Five feed varieties are fed to hens and six or seven are
fed to toms, he said. The feeds vary in protein content.
Turkeys are marketed in terms of how long they have
been on feed, not in terms of weight, Bevans said. For
example, they try to sell the hens after 17 weeks when
they are 14 to 15 pounds, which will make the finished
product weight 10 or 12 pounds.
Bevans said he specializes in hens because there is a de
mand for the smaller size.
He also is trying to create a demand for his turkeys by
developing his own brand name, Nebraska Grown
Cornhusker Crown turkeys.
Nash-Finch bought 20,000 of his turkeys this year
and is marketing them through local grocery stores, he
said. Bevans said he hopes to increase the number of
turkeys marketed next year.
He said he developed his own label to encourage
Nebraska grown products.
Bevans said turkey has changed from a "specialty
meat" associated with Thanksgiving and Christmas to a
meat included in a normal diet.
Continued on Page 6
inside monday
Defeat is blue: Columnist Mike Gibson reflects
on students day page 4
Who said that? Magic combines suspense with ven
triloquism page 8
Oranges away: The Huskers can begin to prepare
for another tough game with Oklahoma . page 1 0
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Are we not turkeys?
Enforcement of some university rules
to be investigated by ASUN committee
The power to enforce several university regulations, in
cluding liquor purchasing by student groups, may change
hands.
ASUN's Constitution Committee has begun investiga
ting the source of several regulations to see whether
ASUN should be the enforcing agent, according to Presi
dent Ken Marienau.
Depending on the results, ASUN may recommend that
the UNL administration be in charge of enforcing the
laws, Marienau added. Currently, ASUN may enforce the
rules by revoking an organization's charter.
One of the policies in question is the purchase of
liquor by student groups. Organizational funds may not
be used to buy alcohol for parties under the current laws.
Student groups are also required to bank through UNL,
eliminating an outside account to use for that purpose.
However, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Richard
Armstrong noted that groups can hold parties in licensed
drinking establishments. The responsibility for keeping
minors from drinking then is up to the dealer, he added.
"If the party is held off campus in n licensed place, the
university no longer bears the responsibility for enforcing
drinking guidelines," Armstrong said.
Marienau said an organization cannot use its funds or
collect money to buy liquor in the group's name.
"However, if a person wanted to throw a party and in
tended to take the liability for minors, he could provide
the alcohol," he added.
The All-University Toga party held Friday night was
within the guidelines. Since it was at the Royal Grove,
Union Program Manager Sara Boatman said. The Royal
Grove was responsible for minors and the liquor was do
nated so no money was spent, she added.
Marienau said he did not think any regulations would
change due to the investigation.
"The regulations would still exist. It simply wouldn't
be up to ASUN to enforce them," he said.