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i: Tuesday, December 13, 1955 THE NEBRASKAN Ncbraskan Editorials: vl s. "1 if ' Tlie Fffcfs Of life Politic are in the sir these days -4n UTasbing tcn a the If&rra down at Gettysburg, in and round Chicago, A Kg bovs and fpirls its about tame people around here came to grips Kith what the local political picture really looks like right here in our w community, the campus and the Uni versity Poliart here ar centered in the Vify ball the fnion tram about two in the afternoon til a little before supperme, in the Crib and in few scattered offices. But as in Tnost places, all ever the nstion, the highest single characteristic f our local politic is &e complete, stter and deplorable apathy that surrounds them. Stated more simply, there is no controversy m this campus. There re few individuals -who get ""heated Bp- over any issue, Jobs are quietly passed round and divided op so just about everyone gets satisfied at one time or another. Honors seem to come, almost automatically, if the proper preliminary steps are taken. So since we're big folks, let's discuss the Fact Of Life, To begin with, this is what is called a "Greek controlled campus." There is nothing wrong about this, any more than there is anything wrong in saying that the Democrats, for instance, control the deep South. Curiously -enough, there exist multiple similari ties between the two political areas. Secondly, the independent clement is lazy, more so than the Greek. This being true, the Greeks can not be criti cised for being en tbe in," for, no matter what is said, the Greeks do perform the necessary functions of government and do it downright well. Finally, and this is the deplorable element A Red Barn Burner The cage season "has commenced. And, if early returns mean anything, Nebraska bas a veritable barn-burner in the offing. TTnder the tutelage of Coach Jerry Bush, and sparked by the player caliber of Chuck Smith, Rex EkwaH, -Jim Kubacki, Don Smidt, Norm Coufal and Bob Mercier, the current Huskers are short on height, but long on bustle. In the one win and the two defeats, the Bush snen Impressed onlookers with their bustle and drive, playing wery .game tinder the decided disadvantage of a lack of beight. The tallest squad-member, Jim Thorn, 6-9 center, usually plays second string. 3n their first three games, the Buskers fielded a starting five with its tallest players only 6-4, a stature considered only middling in the tmod ro game's battle of giants. The entire squad, including the reserves, seems jto be fired with nthusiasm and desire that leaves no room for defeat. This "'Corn busker Spirit," once so much a part of the Ne braska athletic scene, bas been lacking in recent years, probably through the lack of extensive winning streaks to "the major sports. Toward A Better University This is the fifth article in the daily editorial series dealing with problems common to our University community. Today's editorial discusses the campus and off campus parking problems which, only too soon, will be -worsened with the advBnt of the proposed building program. The series, which will feature three more articles, was originated In a JJebraskan editorial of Nov. 16 in the hope of acquainting both faculty and students with a common interest in bettering Nebraska University. Sarry, Mo Room Everyone who has inched through hair-narrow campus streets, looking for a parking place among the bristling cars, in a rising panic and wanting to ditch the car before it's positively too late to go to class, feels some pity for the students who will try 'to get rid of their cars in even fewer parking places than there are now. University enrollment is certain to rise each year. By exactly how much, no one knows. One thing is predictable that more of these students will have cars than before. They will have more cars not because the parents will be necessarily more sympathetic with their college-age children's wants, but be cause with the three major automobile manu facturers in a production race, more used cars will 'be available. More student cars will be available, in other words. At ihe same time pauung space is 'constrict ing. "When the Union addition is built, one lot will be gone. The area 'between S and U streets, in front of Selleck Quadrangle, will be filled with buildings within the next few years. In addition, rising enrollment will mean more faculty members, most of whom require parking apace. Hemmed in as the University is between the business district, two irailroad lines and an in dustrial district, cheap space is not readily avail able. Small additions to parking space can be made from time to time. Fortunately, the Uni versity, as a part of the state government, can axeroise the right of eminent domain. Permitting fewer students to bring cars to The Mebraskan TTFTY-TTOE TTJirE TflTt Kntorad w wKOBd ttmm mmtun at the punt -nffun m ' Umnln. Mootmkh. traitm the mat ol mivnmt 4. lBUi. Ilember: Associates Collegiate Tress EDITOKIAL EXATF Intercollegiate Press vmtm .nte vtitinmi prwntffitive: f?atl.mI ASvertisiug Service, mmmw Mttar .nm jonmn fubliiihca at: Ham 20, Student Union ZZZZ:T'y'ZS t iju Mr T? MRT 8hlluly. Lmtirman Hmittm "Night titm Editor Xmlinm ftwltnr University of Nebraska mimt jw wttnr I innnin HIHraika Keixirtont: Kurtmm flhHTi, Ktimn 'RrlMk, Mam Ale- unoom, iNBoruMKH Rn(w n,,, Hntm, .or(r- tloyn. Wn Pltm-k. fM. 'NolmMlnn ta imnillml tTimda, W.rtnt., mm) Hill Olwi KnU Irlitnd, Kill J'ttt. ' urlln, .lullfi f-lilsn rttwtnit tlw mttmat -iwmt, i!it dnrtni; vnKtlnm 'linwmll. Mrv "Pr(ii, AlMrlHnnr Thvitmmi. fllnry m4 m , nd am imm- In puhllxliml durlnic lliinmmi. Hylvtai Kind. Onmalmi WMuht. fB-?v 'HI- ' inU., .,,,,,, j ;lhy dumb, Mary jrr Rimmu, diuiiilsae ltup- tlw ortn!i(rti nf the uhiMnmltt n Htndrat Jlililint- KdltorhH Nmnupy 'Mnirrlrw 'Nmrhnnm tinm HRll fwi from filt.irtl iwnnintilp mi tlw -,.r, rw. ra iwrt f tlw Wittwrnmrnltt-B. t on the trt nf inv iwniwr EISlJ L,55 ElitIT m tt fa-mln of the lmvwltji, m- on thr nan of n UmiiM StunBjrxT . (imtr Mnrini .hw mir.irtf tlw in(wlty. Tlw nwmtwm nf thn A't Itintnea Mana ... .BUI Kwll. Hnriwm .Kink, ..t.nt-scwii nmtt aw iwwmnnllv wmrMllit. fnr wtmt ttwy 4 loam Hont, Wink fff ei, or ou nin to be printed. btmmiy b, )S Clrouhttlon alanagr ..,......,.........lon iMoli in the whole picture, nobody seems the least bit upset about the condition, especially the inde pendents, m ho should be. la a sense, this campus is a reflection of most of Nebraska. People Just dont seem to care. This is the inaction that leads to trouble, and one doesnt have to look, very far to illustrate the truth of this thought. So, we ask, what can be done Should the Greeks be criticised and forced cut jof office? Should the independents be praised and placed in position Just because they are ""independent?'' Should all activities and student politics be tossed out? To all these the answer is no, emphatically, no! What exists here is rare. This is one of the few large campuses which is still controlled by Greek groups. Nothing is inherently wrong with this. It Just happens that nobody has yet arises to test the power of the Greeks, What is needed is a little beat, fire, storm, enthusiasm , , , call it what yoa will, sts Just a little bit of interest and a little bit cf contro versy in the proper areas. What nobody realizes here is that 3a matter of time we have not changed as most other campuses have, at least in a political sense. And where does this leave os. The answer is: Nowhere. That is, nowhere tmtfl the political elements of student life wake up from their current biber nation and begin to wonder about who""$ boss, and why, and where;; far though everything is peaceful here in the campus community, if stu dents expect to fret real training in the five-and-take of politics as they are in the big, wide world, even in peaceful areas such as Nebraska or the South saroe trim's gotta give." Some thing roust change. Someone bas -pot to wake up to the local and political Facts Of life. IX F, Jerry Bush and bis undersized clan seem to bave brought St back. If any reason can be brought forward for the potential success of the 33usker maplemen, it roust be stamped across the broad shoulders of Bush, the coach. Be is the impetus behind the spirit, and the molding force in the fire-brand basketball the Buskers bave displayed. "'They laughed when II sat down to play,"" a man once said. And then be beat the pants off "everybody lse. Nobody is laughing at the Cornhuskers now. If early games indicate anything, no one cer tainly will be laughing at them at the nd of the season. Maybe they wont win the conference. That " really isn't to be expected right away with Kan sas and Colorado rumbling around, , They anight not oven finish in the first division. But, wherever they finish, they will scare the bejabbers out of the rest of the league. They play real basketball, man. They play it real well. T, TT. 3X campus, as 'has been rumored, does not deal with the problem of the 3000 lincoln and off campus students who must 'have transportation to class. Lincoln's 'bus service is orratic -at best. Many routes never come very oloBe to oampus. Set ting up car pools is not practical when every member of the pool may bave a different sched ule. Catching a ride to town with one's parents works only so long most fathers turn gray in campus traffic. But evidently no large-scale plans have been made. One informal suggestion has been to build a tmulti-floored parking building similar to those in downtown lincoln. Such a building could be operated by students and charge bourly rates to pay off the building's coat. Another proposal is to include -as much off street parking as possible in planning new oam pus buildings. Grass and shrubbery are deco rative, df you can afford It. When you need it badly an empfoy parking stall is almost beautiful. When the temporary buildings are removed, if ever, from the Mall, the space remaining oould be used 'for parking. The ideal oampus may be picturesque and all that, with woods, brooks and olean air, but the University, Whether it likes it or mot, is a i streetcar college set between the Steel works and the tracks. IProviding off-street parking just as the grocery stores do, at the 'expense of s landscaping, may 'be the only solution to the parking problem in the next few years. M. S. V 1 Recent campus trends bare forced roe to lear my temporary retirement and come to the for as the champion of those who daot van fc fight. A wr of seriousness bas swept over us, and a nJekge of editor wis and challeng'es have followed to its wake. Eves usually light bearted and frivolous people have been overcome, and we are in dan 4er of drownint in platitudes. I suggest that, w examine this situation, and see if perhaps we bave not beea a ba over-Bealous. Wben 1 silently retired, things seemed to be foinf pretty 1L The exam fracas was over, and I assumed that veryor would set te down to a period of sensible Water, shock n3 &u& Teslstant Cinderella 'watch. Slippet -girt 'wap, $EJS IaukfC - 1 1 i BEte if I a- iUiaal rerntti tfam6i3j, 7 DoW rews ef 2S IttarK FclJ brSSatc cf 7 m aaca aaakt fVit 4 4 J A A 5aia& aparlH f!,af fJ m tafias bay. S9 y KTWY 1 '4. $1M caeal. 14k 3tS T site) Ss-A r-c-3w). 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I erroneously assumed this breaca to be a matural fissure, a yawning pap tnta xrhicb mlate robed reformers were daily kurlinx tkeir flagellated bodies. As it turned out, the breach was merely a lack of oommtmjcatina between the students and the ad ministration, a sataitkm sa Rafural mni iaconseijuenJial that 1 oaa for the life of nte figure out what all the fuss was about, la the first place, we're here to deal wi"h our instructors and to tead a few books, not to chatter wsia the administration; ia the sec ond place, who wants to talk to tbeia a-yway? I certainly 5oaX. trouble. inen, jus s iwwtoiuj trwra this battle, somebody. Lord mows or cares who, bad to and talk to Fete EHiott about crashing the Cornhusters, and traare fight sr started. 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