The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, January 31, 1980, Page page 14, Image 14
14 thursday, January 31, 1280 daily nebraskan T) V.; . toV, " 4 H M - ""0 V j c 1 XN; Survey says stmdleBts pretest differently today Students at a campus protest back in the (good?) old days illustrate their dissent to the Vietnam War by tossing war medals into a casket- Daily Nebraskan Photo By Rose Fitzpatrick Student issues in the news in the late 1960s and early 1970s included the war in Vietnam, civil rights, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 or 19, and having co educational living units. Methods of confronting issues ranged from a march protesting the campus visit of former vice president Spiro Agnew to a "live-in" lecture with a speaker from the Black Panthers. Student organizations in those days in cluded the Draft Resistors Union, which was founded by a former UNL professor then living in Canada and the Veterans for Peace. Many of the student concerns have changed and some of the organizations have disappeared. ASUN President Bud Cuca said the senators spend time researching their arguments and are conscious of the politi cal climate in which they present them. For. example, he said, cutting off the funds for speakers in 1978 was a touchy issue and senators had to be careful how they approached people. Funding for political speakers was cut by the NU Board of Regents after the Young Americans for Freedom objected to the appearance of Jane Fonda at UNL. A controversy concerning censorship ensued. The regents decided to finance speakers, again last December at a meeting in which students presented several demands. Cuca said that ASUN has been research ing the university budget since last April and will testify at the legislative Appropri ations Committee public hearing the first week in February. Cuca said national student issues, such as truth in testing, are handled by the National Student Association, which has conferences, passes out literature and lobbies in Congress. The Committee for Fees Allocation re views the budgets of student fee users and makes recommendations to the student senate, which in turn makes recommenda tions to Richard Armstrong, vice chancel lor for student affairs. CFA is two years old. Before 1978 there was the Fees Allocation Board, which was made up of members appointed by the administration. Former chairman Jim May, who resign ed Tuesday, said it is too early to tell how effective CFA is. However, he said it is more effective than FAB because elected representatives of the students are making the decisions. CFA does not seek additional funding but works within the given budget. To raise additional funds for speakers and other University Program Council acti-. vities, the Student Foundation Committee is being revived. John Parsons, a member of CFA, said the Student Foundation began with a $10,000 donation front Valentino's Pizza after speaker funding was cut by the regents. Parsons said there is an additional $9,000 through the All-University Fund, which pledged one-half of what would be raised through a fund raising effort that netted $18,000. The Residence Hall Association is a stu dent organization that represents students living in dormitories. ' Jay Curtiss, RHA president, said some of the issues concerning students in the dorms are housing rates, the quality of ser vices and alcohol policy. Curtiss said RHA either does surveys or relies on its stuflent representatives to find out what students want, . Some issues are brought up by univer sity officials, Curtiss said. The student broadcasting policy was an issue RHA worked on last semester vith David DeCoster, dean of students, RHA helped set up guidelines for students making broadcasts so that students would retain the privilege of broadcasting, Curtiss said. Activism gives way to persuasion Dual 1228 turntable in ex cellent cond. Must be sold very soon. Reasonable price. 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We offer vacation and holiday pay plus other bene fits and the opportunity to advance within or outside the company. Contact Mr. Genrich for appointment, 473-7361 . JOURNAL STAR PRINTING COMPANY By Suzanne Sayed Student protests, violent activism and angry demonstrations seem to have diminshed since the 1960s, according to several UNL professors; "There is a clear turnabout in the way that students function today compared to 10 or 15 years ago," economics professor Campbell McConnell said . Today's student activism, he explained, is much more sophisticated and realistic, and much less visible than it was a decade ago when student protests were front page news, "Students are probably more successful in today's .society," he said, adding that, "persuasive tactics are always more appealing than threatening tactics." "When students push for change, their manner is organized and rational," he said, "The idealism of the 60s has changed, as students realize that they can't always win every battle. "But they are heard," McConnell said, "and they are respected." Loren Bonneau, associate professor of history and philosophy of education, agreed with McConnell, Work with establishment When students want something done, he said, they work within the establishment, rather than on the out side. He did. add, however, that students have been more passive in recent years-much more concerned with their personal future rather than 'the country's political and economic future, This attitude, that fostered the "me" generation of the 1970s is quite unlike that of the 1960s, where, Bonneau said , "people were looking for a cause." Throughout much of the 1960s, there was violence for the sake of violence, said Bonneau. "People were mad even if they didn't know what they were mad about."' Although students of the 1960s and 1970s seemed to be at opposite extremes, Bonneau said that neither group seemed too ettective. William Avery, an associate professor of political science, also recognized the personal-growth concern of the '70s. "Students are still more concerned about careers and jobs," he said, "and are far less intense about political issues than the students of the i960s." Students less uptight lie called the atmosphere of the '60s "highly charged," and commented that it is much easier to teach now, witn students less uptight about political issues. Avery did note, however, that protest often becomes necessary when the appropriate channels for meaningful participation are closed down. "Protest," he explained, "is often the last resort when there are no channels to hear a legitimate complaint." "Students don't have nearly the voting power or representation that they should have as students, even on this campus," Avery said, They should have in ,the regent's vote, and should have much stronger control over student fees' James Cole, psychology professor, said that although any protest that leads to violence is bad, protest some times leads to change. - "Often change is a consequence of rational upheaval even though we prefer the, rational and cool approach to situations, it does not always work," Cole said. Today's student seems quieter and therefore student intervention is less public and less of a group phenomenum, he added, Quiet dedication Cole said, however, that today's students seem much more mature and responsible. "They are dedicated in a quiet sort of way," he added, t . Lynn . White, assistant professor of sociology and re searcher, took an opposing point of view. White, a student of the 1960s, commented that the nature of attack never changed, but the nature of the problems did "Students dealt with larger scale issues then, she said. 'They promoted efforts that went be yond campus-wide situations." Asked if she thought students would react the same way if the same issues came up again, White said, Students would be no different in their approach to the situation." NU Regent Edward Schwartzkopf agreed that the causes are somewhat different than before, and that there has not been that great a change to problem solving. Schwartkopf noted, however, that students today seem to have a more responsible manner. "They are more system"6 CMnccnle on woiking through the it "Nnthing speaks louder than correct facts," he said, and demonstrations without fads have little impact."