Instructors confer on literary politics By Lisa Twiestmeyer Staff Reporter The University of Nebraska-Lin coln English department and the Nebraska Council of Teachers of English will sponsor a conference on the roles of literature instruction and school curriculum in maintaining a democratic culture. The conference, “Literacy, Cul ture and the Shaping of a Democ racy,” is scheduled for Thursday and Friday at the East Union. UNL English professor Robert Haller said the idea for the conference came from the English department’s 1985 conference on the politics of writing instruction. Recent contro versy over school curriculum and the publication of several books about cultural literacy inspired the idea fora conference on the politics of literature instruction, he said. Five speakers scheduled to appear at the conference will address issues such as the function of education in a democratic society, the role of teach ers in maintaining democratic culture and the idea of a core set of texts which should be studied in all schools in a democratic society. On Thursday, Eva Brann, author of “Paradoxes of Education in a Repub-, lie” and classics scholar at St. Johns College, will speak at 9 a.m. At 11 a.m, Henry Giroux of Miami Univer sity in Ohio, an author and education theorist, will appear, followed by June Jordan, a poet, political activist and professor of English at the State Uni versity of New York-Stony Brook. On Friday, William Everett of Emory University’s Candler School of Theology will speak at 9 a.m., followed at 11 a.m. by Flarold Kolb, author and director of the Center for the Liberal Arts at the University of Virginia. In addition to the speakers, June Jordan and Adrienne Torf will per form excerpts from their musical, “Bang Bang Uber Alles,’’ at 8 p.m. Thursday. The conference is open to the public and admission is free. The Thursday evening performance has a suggested donation price of $1. Union Board studies booth policy By Bob Nelson Staff Reporter The Nebraska Union Board ap pointed an ad hoc committee Monday to investigate changing Union booth policy to allow non-student groups to rent booths in Nebraska and East Unions. The present policy states that only AS UN-recognized student organiza tions may rent booth space for promo tional activities. Booth use by non student organizations get with per mission from Union Director Daryl Swanson .Only one non-student group per week may be in the booth area. If Swanson doesn’t grant permis sion, the commercial organizations must be sponsored by a s t or ganization and no represt es of the business may be present in the booth. Businesses have been reluctant about having students selling their product, Swanson said. Swanson said there would be no commitment by student group mem bers if professionals were allowed to sell products for the students. The present policy was adopted to keep the union a sanctuary from commercial enterprises, Swanson said. Because of changing student views it may be time to reconsider the policy, he said. Union Board member Pat Wyatt said he is worried about bringing commercial organizations into the union. “I’d hate to see the union be turned into the yellow pages,” Wyatt said. Wyatt said the first priority of the booths should be for student groups rather than for businesses. Swanson agreed with Wyatt but said that giving student groups prior ity would be difficult. “Commercial groups make reser vations r month in advance,” Swan son said. “Students make them a day in advance.” Swanson questioned the policy because representatives of commer cial groups were selling products in the booths without permission. Swan son also cited a recent incident in which a student representative of AT&T wanted to promote AT&T credit cards in a union booth. Because he was an individual student he could not rent a booth, Swanson said. He has no opportunity to promote the credit cards unless he is sponsored by a student organization, Swanson said. Bruce Lear, Union Board vice president, will lead the investigation committee. Athletic funds may be used REC from page 1 raise $200,000 to fulfill its $3.5 million commitment to the project. “We’re hoping to get t* .s money by dedication, whicl is Nov. 21,” he said. 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