Wednesday, September 25, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
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Study area violates students' right
When students sign their contracts
with the Office of University Housing,
they forfeit a number of rights.
For example, residents more than 21
years old exchange their right to have
alcohol in their rooms for the right to
live on state property. Residents more
than 18 years old exchange their right
to have members of the opposite sex on
their floor between certain hours in
exchange for privacy and, in some
cases, a higher degree of safety. Stu-
Guest opinion
dents give the housing staff the power
to make rules and policy to preserve
individual rights and make the opera
tion of the halls more efficient.
Populary elected hall, complex and
Residence Hall Association governments
operate within the remaining unforfe
ited rights on behalf of residents. In
theory, the RHA senate is a council that
represents a population of nearly 5,000
students. In practice, this student gov
erment maintains control of a limited
area of residence hall life. Neverthe
less, this legitimate power comes from
the paying residents and is not a token
power granted by the university.
In 1832, the Harper-Schramm-Smith
Senate approved a building use policy
and revised it last January. This policy
was developed and passed with the
help and approval of the housing staff.
Heart program
faces challenge
GOODMAN from Page 4
new as medicine. But when Haydon lies
for 250 days in a coronary-care unit on
and off a respirator, when Schroeder's
life shrinks to its current status, it is
fair to ask if these are patients or
subjects.
DeVries wrestles with this issue
himself, balancing quality-of-life inter
ests with those of research, trying to be
forthright with the families. But more
than once, he describes the goals of the
recipients in a way that merges all too
conveniently with his own. "Most of
these people," he says, "really do it for
experimental, altruistic motives." That
may be true, but only when a cure beg
ins to look remote.
People are not as eager to be sub
jects as they are to be patients. At
Humana, heart-transplant patients have
come and gone home while artificial
heart recipients remain. These days,
the program gets about one call a week
instead of one call a day. DeVries has
not yet found an appropriate person to
be number five out of the seven allotted
to this project before government re
view. I remain-unconvinced that the
artificial-heart program is doing more
good than harm, unconvinced that it
should continue. But at least there is
truth-in-labeling. This is not a thera
peutic program where failure and suc
cess are being measured strictly by the
well-being of the patient. It is an exper
iment for researchers, if not patients.
Dr. DeVries says realistically, "any
thing you learn is a success."
Goodman Is a Pulitzer prize-winning
columnist for the Boston Globe.
e 1 985, The Boston Glove Newspaper Co.
Washington Post Writers Group
Shorts
The Counseling Center will offer an
oportunity to learn and practice gen
eral assertive skills. This fall's group
will meet on Tuesdays from 1 to 3 p.m.,
Oct. 1 through Nov. 19. For more infor
mation, contact Sue or Meribeth at the
Counseling Center, 472-3461.
The Educational Psychology Clinic
is offering a pre-statistics workshop
beginning Oct. 21. The main topics
include: review of necessary math skills,
calculator uses, introduction to basic
topics and dealing with affective aspects
of fear of statistics. For more informa
tion, contact the Educational Psychol
ogy Clinic, 472-1152.
The use of residence hall space is
within the hall governments' jurisdic
tion. The policy states that the main
lounges may not, among other things, be
reserved "on a regular basis (more than
twice a month)." Also, when lounges
are reserved for any person, the activity
must be "open to all members of the
complex." The women's athletic study
area in Smith hall directly violates I1S3
law.
Contrary to what was stated in the
Daily Nebraskan editorial on Sept. 23,
the UNL athletic department did not go
through the proper channels in approv
ing construction of the women's athletic
study area in Smith Hall. Throughout
the summer, members of RHA worked
closely with housing staff in Seaton
Hall on the upcoming Residence Hall
Week and various other projects. The
fact that RHA representatives were not
available on campus this summer is
simply not true. This indicates com
plete disregard for Smith residents and
student opinion
If student opinion had been sought
available compromise could have been
reached. Since Mabel Lee is the female
athletic building and is next to the
women's Softball field, it would have
been a superior choice to Smith Hall.
Also, it would not have invaded the
home of 500 hall residents.
Residents are wondering why the
construction wasn't stalled until classes
started and the student governments
had been consulted. Apparently, the
hall was used to save the administra
tion from further embarrassment over
unequal athletic facilities. The male
and female study facilities still are
incomparable.
The student governments, HSS, RHA
and ASUN are appalled at the lack of
respect administrators have shown to
residents. Promising to consult them
"next time" Just Is not good enough,
although neccessary. There is more at
stake than a badly missed piano room
and lounge area. What is at stake is the
legitimacy of UNL's student government.
Peter Castellano
RHA vice president
Harper Hall resident
Patty Sokolik
ASUN engineering senator
Smith Hall resident
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