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flO0M0MC"50OOSO0MOCBfl Mr President v Frank Partsch, editor Mike Jeffrey, business manager Page 2 Wednesday, February 24, 1965 IUIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH 'A A man died stnday, a potentially great but an actually vary petty man. Born Malcolm Little, he made it even less, and became known to the nation and the world as Malcolm X. Newspapers generally referred to him as "Militant Malcolm X" or "Fiery Malcolm X" and gave him the publicity usually reserved for statesmen and lead ers. Malcolm X was neither a statesman or a leader. He was a racist, and the fact that his racism was of a different hue than is normally associated with the term makes it only a little excusable. Born and raised on racial violence, Mal colm made it his way of life it answered him in his brutal death in New York Sunday, just as he had predicted. His sin was in trying to fight fire with fire, rather than with water. He was what he hated, and he advocated what destroyed him. The violence he advocated and which resulted in the bloody mass on the ros trum is the very thing most civil rights workers are trying desperately to avert. His cause was, considering his back ground, understandable, but his meth ods were intolerable. ""WMS fOK COMb. By Susan Smithbcrger Here it is again that old question. It seems to exempt no level of govern ment all the way from na tional to state, to local and surprisingly, It has now popped up on Student Council. Is it mandatory for elected officials to repre sent the district from which they are elected? Are they commanded to represent the unit as a whole? What about their personal con cerns and convictions? Until a year ago, every young coed and gunning student elected to Student Council was assumed to be representing the district from which he was elected, or even more, the demand ing, clammoring persons within that district. And then a bright, rebel lious vice president up set the whole apple cart by stating that Council mem bers should serve the Uni versity first, and the dis trict second. This sent shudders of hor ror down many a spine of councilors who wanted to stick to the old traditional ways. They were terrified at the thought of rising up and risking re-election. Gradually this idea began to be accepted by more and Little Grave' Do YOU HAfftM TO REMEMBER fiiE WAVf more of the members partly because the uphold er of the idea was a dy n a m i c , emphatic lead er, who proved he could act effective with this ideal, and partly because the councilors discovered, or realized, or finally ad mitted, that their constitu ents didn't give two tiddely winks about what they were doing anyway. , Both of these methods of representation are now ex istent, and should be ex istent, on the Council. But another one has cropped up this year or maybe its been there all along, it's just that some persons disguised it a little. This is the idea of representing oneself and one's friends. This column ist is not trying to say that standing up for one's own convictions is wrong, quite the contrary. But this is a difficult and dangerous method. We've seen it used to the good one must point out Larry Frolik's stand on discrimination-, when he walked into the Council meeting on pure intestinal fortitude and walked out with the Council's over whelming support. And we've seen it used to the bad. I cannot disagree more Shakespeare Malcolm was described as militant. We assumed him to be a wild-eyed radi cal of the hell-raising revival variety, and he gave this impression on the rostrum. But we had occasion to attend a small , news conference at which he spoke last July, and the hate for which he has be come characterized was not apparent. He spoke softly and his words were those of an educated man. He expressed sincere concern for his cause, and for the "immorality" among members of the Black Muslims, which he said caused his voluntary departure from the group. It was this meeting that impressed us with the man's born abilities. We mourn the man's death. But we express no concern for the things for which he worked, and we wish they could have died with him. The racial problem will never be solved without a spirit of cooperation and love and person al ethics. Taking a lesson from the life and death of Malcolm X, we commend those, both in Lincoln and across the na tion, who are sacrificing what many consider expediency in favor of a peace ful, lasting answer. For "He that liveth by the sword shall perish by the sword." FRANK PARTSCH violently than I do with some of the stands that have been taken on the grounds of this type of rep resentation. And yet. I must agree with their right to stand up for what they be lieve. My main question now is. do they really believe it? Or are they acting as they do because of some petty concerns or prejudice? Are they using ''convictions" as a shield for acting in a manner that will result in better friends and abso lutely no bitter phone calls or nasty letters CORKers If all the descendants of one pair of houseflies lived from April through August, they would total 191 quintil lions, an entomologist has figured. The average lifespan of a buzzard in captivity is 32 years. A researcher has discov ered that it takes about 4 hours to hardboil an ostrich egg. A female halibut usually weighs 10 times more than her mate. Editor's tute: This is the first in a series of articles by Student Council Presi dent John Lydick, dealing with Student government at the University. By John Lydick The byword most com monly attributed to the stu dent body is apathetic. However, if one spends on ly a few minutes review ing the channels for student interest, he is forced to con clude that this term, apath etic, is an overgeneraliza tion. Our student body inter ests are subdivided into liv ing unit interest, college honoraries and clubs, serv ice projects and organiza tions, political affiliations, etc. Looking into these projects, clubs, movements, and organizations we c a n find very little apathy. Inspection of the student body interests and strata also points to the fact that there is an area of inter est yielding unification to the student society. This is the area of student govern ment. And strangely enough the average student is ap athetic to his own govern ment. Student Government can not demand your attention if we do not carry out our Mish-Mash Dear Editor: After perusing gently through that mish mash you are serving the student body, for the last 2V4 weeks. I have decided upon my own initiative to write to you regarding my feelings on the subject. You know, I kind of like it. PJS Too Closed Dear editor; In your recent editorial "Closed-Mouth Test?" you wrote: "Whatever he (the professor whose political opinion you solicited) said, however, would not have changed our opinion or our vote." As it stands, the impli cation of this sentence is that at some point in time prior to that classroom ex perience you decided that no argument or display of facts exists which would change your mind. This implication is obvi ously inconsistent with the context of your editorial; I doubt that you had or have any such attitude. Yet this is a clear impli cation of that sentence. Perhaps you meant that the fact that the political opinion is expressed by a professor would not intimi date you into an irrational acceptance. But why formulate it in the way you did? I hazard the guess that your intentions was to coun ter the cry of "They are polluting our minds!" The rest of your editorial an swers this by pointing out that an atmosphere of free dom of expression is con ducive to thought and not to thought-control. But this sentence seems to be a paci fier for those who would not accept the above. "Don't worry about the expressed political opinion of profes sors: they don't influence us anyway," is the counter to the objection of freedom of political expression in t h e classroom offered by tnis sentence. The sentence in itself is insignificant, but the thought that political opin ions of students are not in fluenced bv political onind ions of professors is ridicu lous, and any argument for the freedom of political ex pression in the class room based on a ridiculous prem ise is dangerous. Jay Zimmer Kditor's note: As you said, it is insignificant, but we will agree that you art probably right. The sen tence should have read " . . would not necessarily changed our opinion or our vote." SyVa 007 Dear editor, Having read with interest the keenly perceptive an alysis of the men of NU and their aspiration to emu late 007. which appeared in a recent issue of the Nc braskan and, if nothing else, explained the recent popularity of shoulder hol sters in campus fashions, I was immediately con cerned at the lack of a responsibilities to you. This year your forty Student Council representatives have concentrated in areas of direct benefit to you. We have not discussed the "drinking issue", and we have not conducted forums on the Viet Nam crisis; rather, we are attempting to give some direct voice and aid to the students through the mechanisms of Student Government. - In addition to Student Council, twenty two repre sentatives to the Constitu tutional Convention ha spent the entire year de veloping a more progres sive and efficient structure for Student Government. For the remainder of this semester and for the next year, your Student Govern ment -is going to need in terest and valid criticism if we are to accomplish our purpose. The problem of apathy, as discussed, is the biggest hurdle that we face. The purpose of this article and following articles, then, will be to give you a few rea sons to give us additional interest and motivation. Who knows, you might even come to appreciate the fact that your Student Govern ment representatives spent 4,000 man hours working for you last semester. similar idol for the NU coed. But then, lo and be hold, it came to pass on the following weekend that the glowing marquee of the Stuart theater heralded the glad tidings that "Sylvia" was here. What James Bond is to the budding executive or engineer, so Sylvia is (or ought to be) to the fairer intellectuals. Just as the modern hero is no longer required to wear a white hat and let the bad guy draw first, so may the modern heroine arrive at the end of her tenderest y irs somewhat less than unscathed and still find true happiness with a handsome and un derstanding male. Just as Bond is the dirtiest fighter, so Sylvia is the (ah, what shall I say?) well, any way, she's it. As an avid movie watch er, I have noticed this trend developing over the years. I can remember seeing a long time ago a movie wherein the heroine was forced to "live by her wits" while her fiance was away at war. Upon his return her shame was so great that her only honorable alterna tive was to run out into the foggy night and throw her self into the Thames. But such soggy endings are no . longer necessary, for soci ety is slowly beginning to accept the woman who has climbed to the top horizon tally. Indeed. Sylvia not only amasses a small fortune but educates herself at the same time, thereby becom ing a lady of culture and of leisure at an early age with a wealth of past ex periences about which to write poetry. And so fellow students, alert as I am sure you are to the changing patterns of our society. I bid you take special heed of this appar ent approbation of unfair play and unvlrtuous living. The ethical standards of our ' .. tH- I I I" IROUSTT PRICM FROM 126 TO t1600 I v pmk u on s Itay A. Shepard Somewhere, in the wheel ing and dealing of the great society, there is a rusty spoke. We have all heard the country and western voice thundering across the nation stating that we are the strongest nation in the his tory of mankind. The voice rolls on to praise the pow er of the military and the serenity of our economy that we are enjoying. Yet within the interior of this o-root cnrinrv norml nr hp. ing denied the most cher ished of all American dreams their right to vote. One can not help but ask how strong the strongest is, when she fails to protect those who try to exercise their basic civic right. If the federal government is concerned about the peo ple of Russia, if she is will ing to intervene on behalf of the Cuban people, if she defends the people of South Viet Nam then she can do more than observe the op pressions of voting rights and suffering, of her own people within her own coun try. Over a hundred years ago it was necessary for legis lations to say that all peo ple had the right to vote. Again in 1964 it was nec essary to say all people had the right to vote. Yet today the federal government has done little to enforce these legislations. Hundreds of Negroes stand in line for eight or - nine hours a day waiting to register. A Civil rights worker tries to give food to the people waiting in line; he is stopped by a state of ficial. Across the street an FBI agent, representing the strongest nation in the his tory of mankind, observes and refuses to act. s A small group of Negroes walk toward the line. A cracker voice of a state of ficial orders them to d i s perse or be arrested for un lawful assembly. The Ne groes walk one behind the other and join the line. Another group of Negroes approaches the line, a depu- world are in a state of up heaval. Sylvia and 007 are no doubt harbingers of life in the future and the culmina tion of their efforts could easily be the outlawing of marriage and the estab lishment of compulsory es pionage instead of P.E. at our very own university. We boys have already started putting sharp rocks in our snowballs and carry ing nitroglycerin in our at tache cases. Girls, the next move is up to you. f . M. Larson iiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiminih. About Letters fj The DAILY NEBRASKAN Inritoo 5 readers to me It for expressions H H of opinion on current toplci regart- leai of viewpoint. Letters mill be aimed, contain verifiable ad- S dress, and be free of libelous mm- terlal. Pen namea m a h Im. eluded but lessen the ehanta of publication. Lengthi letter! ma? bo j euiwu or onuuea. fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! -WATCH REPAIR campus BOOKSTORE 1 I lSMjl ty sheriff, his mouth full of tobacco, orders them to walk single file. They refuse and are subjected to t h e indiscrimating electrons of N a cattle prod. Inside the registrar's of fice a Negro is being asked: "If no national candidate for Vice President receives a majority of the electroal votes, how is a Vice Presi dent chosen? In such cases how many votes must a per son receive to become Vice President"? The Negro an- SWerS incorrectly, fails the meiiu:; icai, auu van uui vote. And so the registrar slowly moves about per. forming his duties of regis tering a few, if any, Ne groes. Scenes like these are tak ing place today in Marrion and Selma, Ala. It is the responsibility of the federal government to guarantee the rights as stated in the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of the consti tution. Of course the FBI has more responsibility than voter registration, but if their other duties are too consuming, a new agency should be created to over- see the registration pro- cess, and to make sure that literacy tests apply equally to both black and white. The United States has to protect herself against the communist threat in the Americas and in other parts of the world. But she must also protect herself against the tyranny of Alabama and Mississippi. She must liberate her own enslaved people if she is to be a great society. The Daily Nebraskan Phone 477-8711, Extensions 2568. Hffi and 2590. IKK MARSHALL, manaalnc editor! 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