I. ! 4 V. ft I' 5, l i .v V 5 mmfwm roken Glass Page 2 EDITORIAL Vote of Confidence Newsgram Revises Policy THE RAM Council has already given RAM President Dave Scholz its vote of confidence for his recent dismissal of the RAM Newsgram editor, but the Daily Nebraskan still wishes to turn in its af firmative vote for Scholz' action. In the February 15 edition of the Daily Nebraskan, we asked the Council w begin an immediate investigation of the Ntwsgram in order to re-evaluate its editorial policy, its news content and its purposes. We based our charge on a re cent editorial printed in the Newsgram which represented irresponsibility and slanted news reporting. IN THE most recent edition of the Newsgram it was evident that the News gram's editorial policy has been re-evaluated and patterned after the principles of objective presentation. The following is the context of the publications' editorial policy as presented by George Peterson, RAM vice-president: Wednesday, February 20, 19631 Ever st0P ,t0 about the glass houses that exist on our great and fa- mous campus? Ever real- ize the ubiqutous stone- throwers that inevitably i live in these houses? "BRIEFLY, THE Newsgram should serve at least four functions: 1) report the news, 2) serve as a sounding board for the opinions of the residents, 3) make public announcements, and 4) to some ex tent, serve as a device for displaying lit erary talents of residents. "All news reporting must be accur ate, impartial, and responsible. Personal opinions, too may be expressed, but only if they are responsible and not libelous. Printing rumors is not responsible even if submitted by an interested reader. In addition, all content should be in good taste and indicative of the high quality men that we have living here." IN THE Nebraskan's opinion, the Newsgram's policy has finally become one of effectiveness for the important group which it serves and represents. You are now on your way to serving the best interests of RAM, the residents of the Quadrangle and the University of Nebraska. . 1 Adult Comments on Student Council's TO THE EDITOR: In the Rag of Thursday, Feb. 7, the lead story de scribed and quoted from Don Burt's address to the opening session of the Student Council. Included in the quoted material was a strong statement to the effect that the Student Council should act firmly to dis solve any student organ ization that did not active ly pursue some worth while purpose. The way I read this, if a dozen or so students should become intrigued enough with the complexities of finger wrestling, cockroach rac ing, or matchbook collect ing to want to formalize their activities, and the Student Council decided their purpose was not a worthy one, their organi zation into a club should not be permitted. And if organization did occur. Student Council should force them to disband. Why? Not being a student, I wonder at so arbitrary a point of view only from a sense of mild curiosity. Arbiter Rights Real discouragement comes from the absence of any student reaction. Since the story appeared, no student letter and no editorial statement h a been printed questioning the appropriateness of Student Council's setting itself up as arbiter of the purposes student organ izations should be permit ted to p r u s u e. Would frivolity be banned? That would be unfortunate. But that the students shouldn't care is kind of tragic. JONATHAN WARREN COUNSELING SERVICE Personally, the old adage, which some of our illus I trous professors, adminis- trators and students seem to have forgotten, "People I in glass houses shouldn't throw stones," seems very 1 appropriate. And it always seems that these glass-house, stone I throwers always break I some glass . . . sometimes in their own houses. And so this column is i dedicated to those crusad I ing souls who have found "Truth, Justice, and the American Way of Life" and have desperately attempted I to make the rest of us con I form. I I was going to use this space for a marvelous lit- tie treatise entitled, "Stu- dents Have A Right Not To Attend Class," but, after someone in administration told me that as far as he knew no statement of stu- dents rights existed, (I 1 guess we don't have any surprised, aren't you?) I decided to forego causing lour administrators any more headaches. Anyway, M. F. wrote that brilliantly-thought-out col li umn that if the pledges didnt like hell week, they could, and even, oh yes, they should, rebel. As the demagogue screamed in print, "Rebel, rebel, rebel oh ye pledges." Rebel to make Hell Week non-existent! Rebel to "make Hell Week work in reverse!" Do any thing throw eggs, not at your pledge brother but at the active, spit your bite of the happy apple (onion) in the actives faces, and on and on and on. Brilliant reasoning! And from the rooftops, deans of fices, and boys dorm come echoes "Good idea, won der if it would work?" So rority presidents and Mor tar Boards yell "Finally, at last a solution at last the perfect idea a pledge revolt!" Sounds great in print especially to those glass house, stone-throwers who have absolutely no contact with the fraternity system. When we consider the prac tical results of such action, the prospects are frighten ing. Presently, the Greek sys t e m is who'.e-heartedly working towards a "Help Week" with no hell. How ever, things do not change overnight, and in general, fraternities are working to wards a Help Week. Then M. F. in a brilliantly-thought out work, tells the pledges to revolt and end hell weeks immediate ly. Wouldn't that be sharp? Cool? Yes, I can just see it now. The pledges are lined up, awaiting the "hell" to begin. This year, however. - m, KrtChCL crKtUiN 'SMS THAT WHEN OUR MWN WAS BORN, THKEWEKE NO p3 i RACHEL CARSON ! RACHEL CARSON ! RACHEL CARSON I something Is different. In stead of being told to "as sume the position" they are given instructions for con structiveyes, M. F con structiveaction. Let's consider where the fraternity "hell weeks" stand as of right now. No one will say that "hell" plays no part in pre-initia-tion activities. But neither can anyone (even you, M.F.) say that no "help" exists either. Fraternities are at a mid point in progress between the old style, paddle and egg hell weeks and a purely constructive Help Week. No one will deny, I re peat, that some hell still exists. But the intensity is diminishing fraternity men are realizing that a t r u e fraternity cannot exist on such things as hell weeks. Practically, however, these things take time. The movement for "help weeks" is young. The old-guarders still exist but in ever de creasing numbers. Now, let's speculate what any active chapter would do in the face of a pledge revolt. Old-guarders would scream "Look, I told you. by jim moor all this crap about new style hasn't worked at all!' Before long, a motion starting, "I move that Chi Chi Chi return to hell weeks instead of these unsuccess ful help weeks ..." would unanimously pass active chapter after active chap ter. All present progress would be lost, all present gains defeated. For, regard less of immature "threats", pledges could make the ac tive chapter world pre-dom-inate. M.F. the idealist would not agree. But those of us who know the fraternity system, those of us who are realists, and those of us who think before they print, would agree. Practically, the results of a pledge revolt would be disastrous. Six months of pledge work details, pledge meetings and pledge tests would evaporate. M.F., in my opinion, has missed an essential point. Hell does still exist I'm not denying that But progress has been made and will continue to be made toward a fully constructive Help Week. I cannot believe M.F. was actually serious . . . XJ1 Reader Feels News Substitutes Needed TO THE EDITOR: It seems to me that news must be getting aw ful scarce. Otherwise, why is the Rag turning into a scan dal sheet? In saying this I am referring to the fued between D. F. and V. C. In the light of GOOD journalism, I think that aseriesof feature ar ticles on each of the de partments and organiza tions on campus would be more newsworthy than some of what was pub lished last week. Most anything else would be an improve ment. Verv Trulv, DISGUSTED EDITOR'S NOTE: First of all, Disgusted, yon should realize that the editorial page of the Daily Nebraskan does not con cern itself with straight news content. The editori al page is reserved for editorial comment, edito r i a 1 columns and col umns. The department features have been and will be used on pages one GAP Vine Column TO THE EDITOR: In an article in the Daily Nebraskan last week, GAP Vine, the writer ended a superb piece of nothing by be seeching our pity with these words, "You (greeks) are no d o u b t forming such descriptive adjectives about me as 'uninformed,' 'prejudiced, and Just plain stupid.' " With a little thought on the subject, both greeks and independents will agree that he is "unin formed, prejudiced, and just plain stupid," at least in regard to the words he uses to back up Ms statements. He seems to go by the adage that "What they will believe is better than anything you can tell them." I will not take issue with the issues with which he took issue, these can be left to those who know more about them than I (a lesson even he could learn). To begin with, a person should be well-versed in his subject before he at tempts to write about it. Not being a greek himself, how can he possibly know the internals of the sys tem. It certainly doesn't suffice to read an article by one who doe6 know, and then consider yourself well enough informed on a subject to judge and criticize it. He mentioned the de feat of a certain motion on the Student Council, but my gosh, how many meetings have we at- and three. Our writers are given the opportunity of free expression within the limits of our editorial policy on libel and sland er. D. F. and V, C. felt that they wanted to have their opinions printed. And, you. Disgusted, in writing this letter, took advantage of the same opportunity. In short, all three of you have exercised the right of free expression. This in itself constitutes a large part of our editorial policy. Is Questioned tended in which every motion was passed? What really irks me though, is his use of the catch-alls "unofficially," and "according to very reliable source." Their use means that one can say absolutely nothing, and have readers give it their serious considera tion, leg. informed sources in the Administra tion building say that Mao Tse - Tung has accepted Chancellor Hardin's in vitation to speak at t h e University's commence ment in June i. See? Unless he is more specif ic in regard to his writing, (sources, informants, etc.), I feel that lean safely predict that any : influence he has w.i 11 : FADE . . . Fade . . . fade, j INTERESTED j tiD'REHJi3M5TlXlNS ABOUT RACHEL CARSON ! 1 I ( bJt 6lLS NIES? '? HEROINES ! J 4 I 1 I i i - $135.00 i I 432-3616 1200 "0" STREET tESISTtlEB JCWCltl tUIC C ICCIETY Request Made For Constitutional Policies TO THE EDITOR: It has come to my at tention that, on the dis cussion of students of fra ternal organizations as op posed to independent stu dents, there has been a large amount of ambiguity as to who is Informed and who is not. I hereby wish to ask a question for the purpose of personal information, con cerning fraternal organi zations. Are there, on this campus, any approved fra ternal organizations that govern the admittance of members as to creed or color through constitution al articles? It is my desire that someone having pertinent information on this sub ject will answer my ques tion through the medium of the student newspaper so that all might be better informed. Sincerely, Lowell J. Eck Daily Nebraskan lfi I Tas tip y3 - fvli - .i - 7m '"Ji' . Ill y L ' I ; LA i I $ ; y:' ill . SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR OF PUBLICATION Telephone 477-8711, ext. 2588, 2589, 2590 Member Associated Collegiate Press, International pff ftenfMPntBt've, Na tional Advertising Service, Incorporated. Published at: Room SI, Student Union, Lincoln 8, Nebraska. 14th & R EnWcd n mmd elm matter. otai mm. t tkr vost tiffffr hi 1'HiAotn, NffhrRka. Tki' IXilv ietrakan 1 publlnlMl Mnd,. WtnMla, Ttmraaay an4 Friday aurtmr tar efeml yar, txtitu durtiw varaltma and exam acrtadii. and mm dartn AuroM, by dttFdent. til the t nlynllv n( Nrkranka ndr Ule flnlhorli. 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