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In a front na?f fpatnr intprvipw. Yes
terday, Dr. Stuart Hall, chairman of the
economics department, ripped into Ne
braska's tax structure a little.
Dr. Hall, as a matter of fact, called it
"a bundle of absurdities." He then recom
mended a personal income tax as "ideal"
for the state.
Dr. Hall has a pretty good point. As he
says, income taxes are the-only rational
way of taxing. In Nebraska, the climate
being what it is, it is pretty easy for a
man to own a lot of property and never
make a cent off it for several years. Still,
under the property tax system, he has to
pay taxes on it
Moreover, he has to pay more taxes
than the fellow with an executive job, a
bungalow in the suburbs, and an assured
income of !15.000per annum.
The old argument that the property tax
is eventually passed on doesn't work in a
situation like this. Many a Cornhusker
property owner knew what it meant to be
land poor during the 30's.
The only trouble with replacing the prop
erty tax with a state income tax is, how
ever, that you couldn't replace local prop
erty tax levys at the same time.
Armrdin? to a recent survey, taken by
the Omaha World Herald, local property
taxes in Des Moines, Iowa, were generally
higher than Omaha assessments. This is
significant because Iowa has no state prop
erty tax.
The trouble with broadening the tax
base, then, is that in actuality you may
be raising taxes. And you may cot be
more fair to property owners; you may be
less fair in the long run. You may make
them pav both an undiminished property
tax and a new tax the state tax that was
intended to replace the property tax.
Maybe this wouldn't happen if Nebraska
broadened her tax base by passing a state
income tax. But it has happened in other
states as the World Herald survey shows.
There Is an old saying that you can t
change human nature. By the same token,
vou can't change local city, school dis
trict and county governments. They see
the state property tax removed, and they
will figure it is just about time to push up
their levy a bit "seeins how the folks can
afford it now."
Spender aren't limited to the national
government. They are in all the forms of
government right down the line.
Illini. Hits Apathy B ug
This mlitAiHal is rrorinted from the
"Daily mini", student newspaper of Illi
nois University. It had the headline of
Yho gives a damn?", and is, we think,
quite applicable to this campus.
A more popular disease than mono or
Asian flu with students this year has been
student apathy.
It has been estimated that as much as 99
per cent of the student body has been af
licted with this old but still prevalent ill
ness. And all predictions seem to indicate
that there will not be much relief from it
during 1353.
The symptoms are many and very easy
to spot First signs of affliction can be
seen when a student is asked to do some
thing and he replies, "I don't think so, get
somebody else do it"
After this despondency sets in and the"
student looks tired, run down. The general
"I-don't-give-a-damn" stage has set in.
Some people afflicted with this disease
make attempts to get rid of it by becom
ing "joiners" or "hangersoners." These
people are inclined to say, "Of course, I'm -not
sick, I belong to three major activi
ties, 10 minor ones, drink coffee in . . .
every morning at 10 o'clock and belong to
several social organizations. In fact, my
picture appeared in the ... 15 times last
year"
Yet despite their multitudiness efforts,
these students rarely overcome the dis
ease mostly because they are just too
busy joining group and keeping track of
bow many times their picture appeared
in the yearbook.
nihor neoDle trv beating the disease by
sleeping. They sleep 10 hours every night,
sleep in classes, sleep during the Ed Sulli
van show and even sleep on dates. These
people generally do not stay on campus
too long.
There are students who take the ex
treme opposite approach to getting rid of
the disease than the sleeping patient. They
don't sleep at all. Instead they stay up
night after night playing cards, drinking
beer and talking to whomever will listen.
Oftentimes, these students are only on
campus one or two semesters at the most
As the disease advances, the symptoms
get worse. Generally a persecution com
plex sets in and the patient attempts to
undermine any of his friends (or enemies)
who are making honest attempts to think
for themselves and to get something done.
Such a student when asked if be would
hke to go to a lecture on the state of the
United Nations by Sir Leslie Munroe, cur
rent president of the U.N. General Assem
bly, replied. "Nab, I've got better things
to do got to clean my beer mug for to
morrow night's blast."
The apathetic epidemic seemed to be
letting up the few weeks before Christmas
when student interest was unusually high
on the Student Senate discrimnation bill.
However this was only temporary relief
since everyone has arrived back from
Christmas vacation "exhausted."
In fact. Interest in studies and activiies
of a constructive nature seems to be at an
all time low.
But then, this shouldn't astound anyone.
After all. who cares?
Conservative Estimate
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Hoerner
It's so easy.
It's so easy to criticize, upbraid, under
mine, and tear apart any new idea. The
ttaidest thing to do is to carefully evalu
ate it on its merits alone And then form an
opinion, unbiased by u
perjudicei of associates.
Many students feel that
because there hasn't been
a minor revolution pro
testing the new registra
tion system that this is
positive proof of apathy.
Disagreement in de
fense of the student body
is in order. It's not that
we don't dare, dear pessi
mists, we happen to Lie
the idea.
At least if this isn't the case, the agita
tors of the opposition haven't been very
active
la the beat (?) of the half hearted con
troversy that managed to develop one
bright light shone!
A letterip by one Raymond L. Balfour
States and I quote "When we vote for
members of the Council, we expect those
1w are elected to act for ns. We delegate
to them oar authority to act, and expect
them t9 use this authority wisely.
Chuck Wilson has been haranging the
SttideM Council all year concerning this
point. When some Council members
haven't caught on yet, it" almost too much
to believe that a remote student observer
should make such an observation.
Leadership
It seems that in the days of the public
pinion poll the survey and the majority
view that examples of that old fashioned
quality called leadership are fast waning.
Should the library stay open late said
the Council? Take a poll. So a poll was
taken Around "00 questionnaires were
turned in and 43 wanted the library open
late so ... the library is going to be
open late.
Now I ask you to carefully compute the
statistical accuracy of 43 of 700 re
stricted samples in relation to the some
f.,000 students here at the University.
Flipping a coin or a quick cut for high
card would have been at least as ac
curate. But the important point to ob
serve is. STUDENT OPINION HAS BEEN
SAMPLED.
The same fate is absJL to befall the final
exam question if the pollists get their way.
If this keeps up one active for ger with a
year's supply of ink could just about dic
tate campus policy. I know one individual
who turned La a ballot on the library poll
every morning for two weeks . I
In short, congratulations to the Student
Council for doing your job as it ought to be
done in solving the registration problem.
Apology
I write- this in apology dear itzizr for
you see my first reaction to lh? proposed
system was. "Il might be OK but you'd
(the Student Council better a3n a week
and see how the students take it"
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Debate
-Atomic Testiiig
QueStiOIl Reviewed
Bv Renny Ashleman
and '
Nancy Copeland
(Editor's note with the
annual invasion of debaters
to the NU campus this week
end, the Daily Nebraskan
offers a two story series on
this year's debate question.)
Miss Copeland and Ashle
man are both well qualified
to write this series. Both
are former winners of the
Long Cup. trophy for the
outstanding freshman de
bater. Miss Copeland. a
senior, has compiled a fan
tastic winning record of
close to 85 per cent in four
years. Ashleman. a sopho
more has nabbed 67 per cent
of the debate he has par
ticipated in.)
The debate world appears
to be a mysterious one in
habited by" queer rules and
even stranger people. For
the benefit of those Univer-
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Copeland Ashleman
sity students who may
stumble into this world dur
ing the weekend, a word of
explanation is in order.
We hope after our ex
planation, no University stu
dents will.be in the position
of the innocent, little female
timekeeper who crept in to
time a debate last year.
A tense atmosphere pre
vailed as the negative sat
worryiEg about what the af
firmative would say and the
affirmative sat worrying
about bow they would say
it. Just as the first affirma
tive speaker was preparing
to sprint to the podium, the
timekeeper, not realizing
this was prearranged, tim
idly whispered. "Who would
like to be first?-
To acquaint you with de
bate, this article and one
Friday will give a short
portion of a debate on this
year's national debate topic,
it is not intended to be a
polished or "expert" debate
but merely one to include
most of the arguments and
principles involved in out
line form.
An actual debate has a
total of eight speeches the
affirmative begins by set
ting up certain reasons for
adopting a resolution to
change some present policy.
The negative-attempts to re
fute these arguments and
(sometimes uphold the
status quo. Each side, nega
tive and affirmative, has
two speeches called con
structives to do this. These
speeches are followed by
rebuttal speeches started by
the negative and four in
number. Constructive
speeches are ten minutes
long, rebuttals five.
In rebuttal, the purpose is
to attack your opponent's
arguments and answer at
tacks upon your own. To
dav we are preparing a
first affirmative speech.
Friday, a portion of a nega
tive refutation will be given.
In the portion of a debate
presented below, one vital
thing is missing proof of
the issues. These were left
out in consideration of
space. Physicists and other
disputants are invited to at
tend a debate this weekend
if they wish to hear them.
Information on debates and
schedules of events are
available at the debate of
fice in the Temple Building.
The debate question this
vear is not just a question
for the scientist in his lab
oratory, the military expert
in Washington or the deba
tor on the platform. The
question is one for all, since
within the range of this
question fall issues of nu
clear war. threats to human
health and perhaps a new
hope for the old goal
peace. For these reasons we are
very . concerned with the
question we are debating:
Resolved: that the further
development of nuclear
weapons should be pro
h i b i t e d by international
agreement.
Before discussing this
proposition we must define
terms so we may proceed
with general agreement on
the meaning of the question.
.Further development shall
mean alteration of an old
principle or discovery of a
new principle which makes
possible a materially modi
fied or new nuclear weapon.
This includes testing and
production of such weapons.
The term nuclear weapons
means an instrument de
pendent upon fusion or lis-
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Excavations
lV Kandish Salkunam
Confucius said, 'To un
stand all is to pardon all."
But. most of us do not un
derstand and do not want
to understand each other.
P erhaps.
this lack of
un d e r
standing :s
one of t h e
causes for
all the chaos
and prob
lems of the
w o r I d to
day. How then
Satknnam do we go
about to understand one
another? To understand
somebody we must first of
all get to know him. Peo
ple in this modern world are
so busy attending to t b e i r
own personal affairs.
much that they cannot af
ford to spare some time to
get acquainted with one
another. The same is the
case with the students of
university.
bear that there are
about TfJi foresgn students
imm almost 54 different
countries in the University.
Frankly. I do not know all
of them, although I have
been acquainted with one
or two of them from the
various countries.
Amongst the foreign stu
dents that I am acquainted
wih. some of them are
(dsrmslic. critical, and not
fowafly at alL Bsarm La
mtsd that mv acquaintance
are just a small fra?m?it
io3' the torsion students Li
the campus, would I be jus
tified n any generaliza
tion? On the contrary. I have
known many wonderful
foreign students who are
friendly, understanding, and
broad in their concepts.
WelL I have faced the
same problem La getting to
understand the American
students on the campus.
"Bob might be very con
servative and not willing to
associate with foreign stu-
this
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dents for some unknown
reasons. But. should not ig
nore '"Robin" and "Roy"
who are very understand
ing, co-operative, and are
always working hard t o
make the foreign students
"at home. Most American
students are very willing to
get to know as many foreign
students as possible, if they
ever have such opportuni
ties. Foreign students in the
campus have many oppor
tunities to get acquainted
with -American students.
Several student organiza
tions such as the Ne
braska University Council
on World Affairs, the Inter
Varsity Christian Fellow
ship, the Red Cross etc. are
anxiously waiting for the
foreign students to partici
pate. How many foreign stu
dents have made some kind
of an attempt to participate
in any of the student or
ganizations in the campus?
In addition to the campus
organizations, there are var
ices church organizations
and American families wh
are anxious to invite the
foreign students as t h e i :
guests, and they have be?a
tending invitations to
most of the foreign students..
As most of us da make
mistakes, I do realize that
some of the new foreign
students would not have re
ceived any invitations at all.
This mi man !fcut
they fcuve been completely
ignored.
Wei!, my dear Interna;
tijnal Collesgiies. Li my re
cent excavations I have div
covered many Ameri
cat friends who are inter
ested in understanding the
foreign students belter. Why
don't yoil call me and take
advantage of sme of my
discoveries? I am quite pos
itive that your acquaint
ance with these American
friends would create a bet
ter understanding betweea
you. me, and the Americans,
This is for you George,
sub-heads, a whole column
of subheads.
Beatnick
Yea. vea. yea. I'm a beat
nik. What Home Ec 191 did
for me. it can do for you.
Just four months ago 1 en
tered that classroom adjust
ed to my perverted emo
tional instability. Now I
am properly maladjusted. I
have new fears, new pho
bias. I now suffer from a
pronounced nervous tick
which accounts for most of
my class cuts. This is be
cause my nervous tick
is an unconscious desire to
scratch under my left in
step, and what with bending
over to untie my shoe all
the time, my teacher misses
me on his seating chart. All
this because of good
ol Home Ec 191 which
taught me to hate my
self. This is probably w hy
nobody can find a real beat
nik. A real beatnik is some
one w ho took Home Ec 191
i or maybe Psych 70 i and
has learned to hate himself.
That makes all of us beat
niks. For further reference
try the bookstore for a
thing called Howl, and
Other Poems by Allen Gins
berg. That will really make
you sick.
Popcorn
What makes me sick is
how you fellows can eat
five pounds of Kora Popper
pop corn and spill ten
pounds on my living room
floor. I almost wish I had
a leader to tell me what to
do. but the leaders of this
dappled world have all left
town. Pound left town. El
vis left town, and John
Foster is sick in bed. That
leaves only Henry Luce,
Katherine Murray, and Ike
(not Ike of the White House.
Ike of the Tau house, and
bow are you guys anyway?).
well, at least l can still
laugh. I know
but that was
tore in the Rag
guvs on a scaffold with the
caption. '"Workers try to re
pair etc." 1 didn't know
"Bum" could throw that
high.
Ninth Candidate
I also didn't know there is
actually a ninth candidate
for Miss E-week. That's
right, only eight were shown
in the p h o t o Monday, but
she was originally in t h e
picture. The four girls in
the back row are standing
on her. This was done ia
order to keep the caption.
Engineer's Choice could
be Difficult" from being
ridiculous. It also killed two
burrows with one stone be
cause the photographer
couldn't find a bench for
the eight runner-ups to Ma;iJ
on.
Ambiguity
I recently found out whit
ambiguity means. I had it
explained to me in terms of
simple college life so I could
understand. Vou take Soci
ology 53 and divide the lec
ture class into several sec
tions, all being taught Soc
53. naturally. Then you av
erage the class grades in the
different sections just be
fore grades come out. Now
take my p inmate's grade af
63 which is above-averag
for her section, and put that
alongside my brother 's
grade of 45 which is av
erage for his section. Next
wait four weeks for grades
to come out. and take my
brother's 5 and my p i n
mate's 1 and you've got the
definition. To make it in
teresting, the remaining
section should have eight
girls and five boys. If the
eight girls average 35 per
cent on the final and receive
Ts. and the five boys all get
deuces no matter what their
class average, then you got
a bell-shaped curve Char
be. Bitter? Nab.!
t I can still o
Rag of those (J
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