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The DaiTv Ne6ras
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Two-Headed Gluttons
Of course ws weren't going to ignore
them. Uliat with those two heads making
themselves so ridiculously obvious and
all that, bow could we? In the beginning,
however, let it be said that parking meters
have been controversial since their first
use.
Their stated purpose on campus, as in
downtown Lincoln, is to discourage all
day and long-time parking. In other words,
the function of a meter is to expedite
movement of cars. Anyone who recalls
the snowcovered cars parked In the same
spots for week at a time during previous
winters will acknowledge that this is a
good idea.
Furthermore, what is now the Union lot
was lost to student parking long ago. The
days of the old Union lot which 'occupied
the spot now dominated largely by the
addition are so lost in antiquity that they
scarcely bear mentioning. Hence gaining
a lot, blacktopped and all, is not some
.thing to-be snorted at.
The new Union lot Is obviously the best
lot on campus (if you exclude the section
reserved for upper, upper echelon-types
housed in the Administration building).
Lots like the Union lot cost money it
doesn't take EC 11 to teach you that. And,
parking meters being the most efficient
method of getting revenue from parking
while still maintaining a quick turn-over,
they seem like a sane Idea, anyway. '
Before anyone gets any ideas about in
stalling them all over the campus, though,
let's consider the other side of the ques
tion. With one such lot we won't argue.
Its a good idea to have a place where you
can be fairly sure of finding a spot to park
your car while you run inside for a few
minutes or for one hour. But . . .
To the casual observer it would appear
that the new breed of mechanical meter
ing monster sported by the Union lot is
more interested in money than in the
metering. The first clue to this possible,
conclusion is that there Is no "time re
maining" scale.
This means that a person pulling into a
stall has no way of knowing if there is
one minute or three hours left. The more
timid sort undoubtedly will feed one of the
two heads rather than risk a ticket.
So, while the reactionary regret we will
concede that meters, like progress, may
be inevitable. However, it is difficult to
find a particularly valid reason for in
stalling a meter which fairly challenges
you to let it expire, since you can't tell
how much time is left on it.
If the meters perform their function,
which as we have said, is to keep traffic
circulating in the lot, this means that
drivers will be moving their cars before
expiration times.
When even parking meters became glut
tons, it's enough to make you want to get
your bongo drums and join the California
crew.
The Leaders Gather
An illustrious group convenes Thursday
afternoon.
It Is a group that frequently either does
not recognize or perhaps utilize Its power.
It is a meeting to which "anyone who
Is anyone" in campus political circles has
been invited.
In other words, the Student Council Is
holding its annual orientation session for
the enlightenment of campus leaders, i.e.,
presidents & treasurers of organized
houses and organizations, etc. Members
of the faculty and administration report
edly will be on hand to dispense pearls of
wisdom and offer suggestions and help to
organizations. Strangely enough, most of
this will be quite sincere.
It has been our observation in the past
that much of the lack of communication
between students and the powers that be
has been the fault of weak leadership on
our side rather than lack of cooperation
from the other.
Take the Student Council itself. This Is
a group which seems Ignorant of the power
it could wield.
As the body of elected representatives
of our colleges and organizations, it oc
cupies a splendid position to rally for
causes and to speak with a voice of con
viction for the student body. Why it fre
quently fails to do so is wrapped up in
numerous reasons among them a case of
deafness on the part of the administra
tion at times.
The point Is that the Council, liH other
student groups, can perform and accom
plish only what it is willing to vigorous
ly and consistently attempt. We'd like to
suggest at this point a big dose of the
gung-ho spirit to the members of the
Council. f
At times the Daily Nebraskan finds it
self in the position of being the only' vocal
expression of student opinion. There is no
reason why the Council couldn't make as
much noise.
In other words, what we are advocating
is that at this point, with the school year
stretched ahead, that the Council take a
long look at itself, that it realize both its
potential power and its function. Then we'd
like to see an enthusiastic Council back
ing fully and not backing down after one
or two or three rebuffs the plans it wishes
to undertake or the projects it would like
to see begun.
Only then do we feel that the campus
would be getting its fair return for the
prestige it hands the members of the
group.
What holds for the Council holds as well
for campus leaders of other organizations.
At the risk of being a bit trite, the Nebras
kan would like to see at this gathering
Thursday the beginning of a real surge of
enthusiastic, energetic student leadership.
Mr E. Speaking
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To the uninformed or to the disinter
ested interested, the name of this column,
"M. E. Speaking," comes from the title
bestowed upon me last spring by Pub
Board.
The M. . stands for
managing editor, who sits
in a little room and talks
to old Rag staffers, drinks
coffee with visiting digni
taries and thinks of wit
ticisms, virtue and pub
lic relations.
The m.e. sort of runs
the outside news part of
the Rag, and makes out
pages, assigns headlines
and curses at inefficiency.
The news editor, who happens to be
Sa(o)ndra Whalen, also has the right to
yell and scream at reporters and such,
bufe,as yt this particular news gatherer
hasn't crucified anyone.
Under the m.e. 'are three wholesome
young copy editors. They write headlines,
blue-pencil copy and put in the interest
ing little subheads (the black type cen
tered In the middle of a story) and black
face paragraphs in stories.
The reporters, who all are intrepid, can
be found aU over our lovely campus. They
follow orders from the news editor and
other commanders in the office about
what to write, how to write it and what
angle to take.
And somehow, in all the confusion, they
come up with stories, they're funneled to
the copy desk, from the copy desk to the
Lincoln Journal-Star composing room
where they're set in type, put together
in the semblance of a page, and finally
distributed to our eager subscribers (any
one who pays tuition, or, as a matter of
fact, anyone who's around Burnett or Bes
sey when the circulation manager get&
around to delivering the newest little inky
edition).
As far as the business side of this paper
goes (and if it goes too much further,
there'll be no room for news), the jobs
they do are un-understood and misunder
stood by the news side.
But as I understand it, they approach
businessmen with a Sellentin-ish type
sales talk and a good one, too there are
potentially more than 10,000 readers of
this daily.
But, anyway, to anyone who wants
further explanation of how a newspaper
operates, I'd advise them to take a jour
nalism course, get a job with the Colum
bus Telegram, or just ask me and I'll
tell them where to go.
Members of the panty raid years around
1931, 1952 and 1953 may be interested to
know the whereabouts of Don Pieper, form
er Rag editor, Innocent and Sigma Chi,
who married a former Nebraska news
editor, in one of the famous staff ro
mances. Don is a staff member of the United
Press International at Omaha, where I
also spent my summer working hours.
Don and I were the only N. U. represent
atives in the midst of four Creighton Uni
versity grads.
But they had to be nice to us. The Uni
versity's School of Journalism is a UPI
teletypesetter news client.
And besides, they've got to keep those
free football passes.
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looking for a staff photog
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paid on a per picture basis.
Interested persons should
contact Diana Maxwell or
Carroll Kraus In the Dally
Nebraskan office.
Reporters are also need
ed. Students interested in
reporting on Monday, Tues
day, Thursday or Friday
afternoons should come to
the office in the Student
Union basement at any of
those times.
No previous journalistic
experience is necessary.
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By Sam Hall
Editor' not: Sam will latrodac himielf.
Disorganized as usual, I have no specific purpose to
accomplish by writing this column, and in most instances
will mention what first strikes my cranial matter.
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Let's see now...
I could write about the new Nebraska Union, particu
larly the new Crib, and tell how it isn't like the old Student
" Union. But everyone is aware of that fact. I might add,
however, that the new, spacious Crib could more appro
priately be called the Barn.
I could congratulate the IFC for a very successful rush
week. But all of the Greeks know that the' written bid card
for formal and final pledging proved most effective. But I
wonder if the campus flyboys timed their alumni "rush"
pamphlet to arrive during rush week, or if it all happened
to be a big accident.
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Let's see now...
I could tell about my summer experiences. But no one
wants to hear about them. I did, if I may make mere men
tion, have a very interesting and humorous experiencfi with
a Las Vegas stripper in the lounge of the Sahara Hotel.
I could become sentimental and reminisce over all the
old faces we may never see again. But no one cares about
old-timers. Most of us were glad to see them leave.
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Let's see now.,.
I could complain about the parking meters to the rear
of the Nebraska Union. But everyone knows they will prove
worthwhile in the long run, as did two-hour parking.
I could tell everyone about the cute crop of freshmen
and transfer girls seen running about campus. But every
one has eyes of their own. And I'm sure they won't disagree
when I say that the Nebraska pig market has maybe shifted
elsewhere.
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Let's see now...
I still don't like the three date rule imposed by the
campus dollies. But that's something unique about our cam
pus society. This really leaves nothing to look forward to,
because no one dates the same girl three times anyway.'
We all know that school has started again the royal
humdrum campus rat race call it what you may! As they
said in ROTC summer camp "You will attend classes, and
you will enjoy them." The same holds true here, so there's
nothing we can do but study. It's a good idea, by the way.
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Let's see now...
I could lecture about fighting at the rally this coming
Friday night. But that won't do any good, because each
pledge class will be out to show the others that they are
the campus he-men. Might as well let them fight, and get
it over with. Understand someone's going to be after a bell
that night.
Oh, well, the LPD can rest again they finally caught
Harlan Noble.
From Somewhere
Out in Left Field
By Adam Stalb
and Jon Moyer
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,hei walklaf araaad timtui, thtie
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eolomnuu iland iwnewhere batwtea
llw ntremet f the "activity Jack"
'the ailriek. Nat a.ul ready ta
Kaere all actlfltlee. they aerertheleM
sometime Tiew with ionie amaiemeat
the buty. Inuy flurry of flimpai poll
lieee. Hear tha title. True ta their
iteted pmlllea aa the 'arerafe (art at
Indent" the teem at Merer and Stalb
te mifflln a member la the flret eel
emn. Merer It etlll trying ta atralrmea
enl kti rerlitratioa scramble, itelb.
however, earrlei aa.
As the smoke and hot air
of rush week finally drifted
from the campus scene, we
realized that it. had taken
only one short week to re
indoctrinate ourselves Into
campus confusion. After
spending the summer
months rubbing shoulders
with the witty intellectuals
of a construction crew, I
was a bit relieved and al
most excited about getting
back to college.
The hardest part of con
struction work was bearing
the heavy-handed attempts
at humor originated by a
group of semi-literate labor
ers. They immediately
branded me a "wise college
guy" and put me on the re
ceiving end of their attempts
at humor. At any rate I'm
glad to be back, in spite of
the book stores which seem
to be causing most of our
inflation.
Big Games
Obviously, the campus
will not be hurting for ac
tivity and competition this
year. Alredy I have noticed
heavy activity in all sorts
of little games. In one of the
major sports numerous in
dividuals are desperately
trying to make a few fast
hits. Their goal is the big
"run" next spring.
I'm waiting to see what
happens when some of the
leading scorers come sliding
into home plate only to find
that thirteen Greek umpires
have changed the rules of
this political baseball game
once again.
Each year at this time
when everyone is planning
their little orbits in the so
cial galaxies of their choice,
a feeling of Indifference be
comes prevalent.
I've noticed that many
students immediately dis
qualify the opinions of oth
ers by labeling them "left
field" or "off the wall."
This attitude illustrates the
social dilemma caused by
small, exclusive organiza
tions. In other words there is a
great tendency to become
too involved in the "little
worlds" on campus. Thus in
this column we plan to ap
proach campus activity
from the outside rather than
the inside.
Pioneer House
Average Omitted
The Tuesday edition of the
Daily Nebraskan erroneously
omitted the grade average of
Pioneer House from the male
house averages.
Pioneer scored a 5.9751 the
same score as Theta Xi frater
nity, which was reported as
the fraternity possessing the
top men's mark, breaking 16
semesters of top grades by
FarmHouse fraternity.
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OSMOSIS
Editor's aote: Oeerf Haeeker breaks
Irt lb editorial pats af the Daily
Nebraska far the first time this year.
Ualtko seme af the ether eolomatits.
whs have beea sppearinf In this posl.
tlaa periods af time sa leaf at la make
reckoning hassrdous, his lace and
Ihearhts ar as yet a mystery to tha
eamnas. However, tlnoe he made bis
debat h the Eef sanctom In fetes
and bermudas topped with a Hawalin
sports shirt, we liked him.
I was, of course, delight
ed to return from my sum
mer wanderings two weeks
sooner than was intellectu
ally necessary. Rush week
beckoned though, and I
was just close enough to
hear it's plea. I must ad
mit, however, there were
certain biological influences
in my untimely return. But
alas, she's gone!
Upon arriving at our
beautified campus I was
reassured to see a few hon
est and happily placed
faces. These belonged to
those individuals who joy
ously consider rush week a
necessary evil. This con
sideration makes evident
their blissful belief in the
permanent value of our so
cial fraternities.
Heart-Warming
What a heart warming
sight it is to see the pleth
ora of rushees skipping
briskily to and fro in quest
of social status, and a few
other things. On every step
to meet them is a regiment
of bright-eyed actives lean
ing eagerly forward
with out-stretched hands. A
moment of sincere, person
al handshaking follows.
This sometimes appears
to be merely a matter of
form or social custom, but
don't be fooled for you could
be tired at the moment and
easily deceived. After the
shakee is sincerely shook
he is made to bring forth
"his card of visitation. This
is comparable to a pass
port or visa. And searching
merrily through his various
compartments he produces
said card and is relieved to
see it officially stamped.
Next follows a period of
By George Haeeker
thought-provoking discus
sions fostered by such
searching questions as;
"And what did you do this
summer?", "What did you
say your major was?", and
so forth.
If the rushee has any
conception at all he will
benefit himself during this
period by filling his pock
ets with cigarettes and po
litely refusing all the wa
tery punch which is direct
ed his way. After being
thoroughly enlightened, the
rushee is stamped out,
shakes hands once more,
and staggers on his way,
fully convinced that he has
seen Ui worst of hell week.
I notice an interesting so
cial behavior that takes
place during rush week. At
the beginning the vast ma
jority of individuals are in
a disgruntled frame of
mind. They have returned
early from many pleasures
and are not yet preoccupied
with the present problems.
Infection Follows
But as the days pass a
sort of infection of spirit
(phony or not) takes place
and by the end of the week
I observed some fantastic
changes in the general at
titude of many people. By
being constantly exposed to
the same attitudes even the
most stalwart individuals
are molded into a stereo
typed pattern of thought
and purpose. Let's be
thankful this infection is not
permanent.
Somewhat unrelated to
this is the general nervous
condition of the University.
The Conservative Estimate
and I were going to have a
rather stupid discussion of
such reflective items as
beards, sun glasses, toads,
buckles, and burrowing
marsupials (common
ly known as wombats). Our
meeting time was never
settled however, and these
grave problems still plague
us.
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