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EDITORIAL
Wednesday, February 28, 1962
JNewspaper,
NEW LOW
Worst Sportsmanship?!
The wild antics at the Nebraska basket
ball game Saturday night were hailed by
some observers as "the worst display of
sportsmanship ever" by Nebraska fans.
The booing and air invasion of the
playing floor with paper cups etc. by the
4,500 cage rooters took place in the game
and stopped play for eight minutes. The
display occurred after Referee W. L. Os
burn had called a questionable foul on
Nebraska's Chuck Sladovnik. He later
booted Lincoln Star Sports Editor Don
Bryant from the. game for no "appar
ent" reason.
This corner won't argue with fact that
many of the fans sounded off with, un
necessary catcalls and endangered the
players by throwing things on the floor.
We certainly don't condone such exhibi
tions, bnt neither do we blame it totally
a 'iinsportsmanlike conduct."
Osburn's ejection of Bryant from the
fame (Bryant had told the ref, "Get the
game started before they riot") was cer
, tainly uncalled for and may create a sen
sation as a new "first" in Big Eight
basketball circles. The police escort furn
ished Bryant only caused the fans to
add more boos, snouts and hurled ob
jects towards Osburn.
Husker Coach Jerry Bush took
the mike and was. greeted with mixed
enthusiasm. He was successful in finally
quieting the crowd so the game could
continue.
The boos and catcalls can be blamed
partially on Osburn's actions his call
and ejection of Bryant from the game
; the raggedness of the fool-infested
game; and the general tense rivalry and
dog-fight type of games featured in the
Missouri-Nebraska series in the last few
years.
But, in addition to these factors, an
other underlying emotion was involved
in the fans' reactions, in our opinion. It
was a spontaneous reaction to a com
bination of many things (listed above),
topped off by the fact that the Nebraska
fans were watching the windup of a
disastrous home week for the NU cagers.
Many of these same
inspired by Nebraska's
fans had been
fine comeback
against Kansas Wednesday night, only to
watch the Huskers lose the game in the
final minutes. The fans had litle to cheer
about Wednesday night with the excep
tion of Tom Russell's record-breaking 38
points.
Saturday night was even worse. After
battling on even terms most of the first
half, the Huskers looked helpless the sec
ond half. Nebraska was cold from the
field and made numerous, errors, while
the Tiger crew pumped in basket after
basket, bitting at a .600 shooting clip the
second half.
The fans had had little to yell about
and when Osburn made his fateful foul
call on Sladovnik (surrounded by three
Missouri players at the time), the fans
really cut loose. They were not only mad
at the refs, but mighty unhappy with
the Huskers' play.
Nebraska didn't seem in a hurry to
get the ball even though trailing by 15
points until the final fleeting minutes of
the game, when it was too late. The
Huskers didn't employ a full court press
until less than two minutes were left
The week seemed like a nightmare to
the fans, as Nebraska, supposedly one
of the toughest home clubs in the league,
lost two games to the tail-end teams of
the Big Eight, and they simply let loose.
Whenever a team loses, criticism is
immediately fired at the coach. Bush
has already been under some pressure
and the game may have marked the
beginning of the end for the popular
that, but simply say that Saturday's -Husker
cage" mentor. We'll not dwell on
display brought down the curtain in loud
style to one of NU's worst basketball
weeks.
The Huskers have three games left
and are still scrapping for a first divi
sion finish in the conference. NU meets
Oklahoma State in a head-on clash for
fourth place at Stillwater Saturday night
then journeys to Norman Monday before
returning home for the finale with pow
erful Kansas State next Wednesday.
Don't sell the Huskers short yet
ineres still tune to surprise somebody,
but not with the type of games the
Huskers turned in last week.
bullet
The Michigan Dally
reported that the D a i 1 y
Pennsylvanian, student
newspaper at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, has
been suspended by Ihe
school's Dean of Men.
Melvin Goldstein, edi-
i tor-in-chief of the paper,
1 was called into the office
f of Dean of Men Robert
I F. Longley last Saturday,
s He was handed a note
stating that "Until further
notice, publication and
i distribution of the Daily
fi Pennsylvanian is s u s-
3 pended."
i "I asked Mr. Longley to
3 put in writing his author-
ity for doing this and he
i refused. When I asked
1 him to put in writing his
reason for doing so he di-
rectly refused. Orally his
only comment was 'I am
the Dean of Men'," Gold-
i stein explained.
I Earlier in the afternoon
when he learned that the
action was being contem-
plated, Goldstein went to
Longley's office. "I em-
phasized that I thought
I this action was illegal and
I . I doubted his authority to
I do this. Secondly I re-
quested the opportunity to
present a brief either to
him or the Vice-President
I for Student Affairs, but
he refused. "-
i Goldstein also asked the
dean to indicate in writing
that the editors of the
Daily Pennsylvanian had
had no opportunity to
I present their views; but
I this too was turned down.
Early Saturday evening
I Longley indicated that a
recommendation by t h e
j Student Government ask-
I ing the suspension of the
paper was the reason for
his action.
I The Council recommen-
dation was passed at a
secret meeting called in
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JAOUAJt
What are the goals and purposes of
PanheHenk?
Does PanbeDenlc have the right to
speak for the Greek women on campus?
If Panhellenic has this right, then why
don't the houses elect delegates who will
truly represent their houses?
Why cot dare to speak op in Panhel
leak meeting la spite of possible (and
probable) intimittatioa?
Why don't the individual houses take
the initiative in suggesting legislation to
Panhellenic? 1
WLy mot start bow to work on a Pan
tteDeaSe Weekend for next year?
Why not have "the powers that be"
reveal the actual results of a vote, or
take a roll-call vote in Panhellenic meet
ing? Why not establish committees to do
efficiently the work of Panhellenic? Why
not choose the members of these com
mittees on the basis of interest and
ability through interviews?
Why not call a meeting to be open
to all interested, to be led by students,
which will discuss the advantages or dis
advantages of room rush?
Why not attend the Panhellenic-spon-sored
discussions of XSA?
Why not attend the meeting, but still
be free to accept or reject the Panhel
lenic dictates on the subject?
Why not discuss AWS in the next col
umn? Why not?
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Dear Peopte,
An occasional study of
your reactions to various
matters can prove inter
esting. Notably, this year
more than ever, certain
of yon have reacted neg
atively to the actions of
the campus group known
as Panhellenic. .This or
ganization does not en
. joy a good reputation on
our campBJ.
Why? I would suggest
f&ree reasons for the ra
ther Bostons air associat
ed irftit the Nebraska
Pashell: (1) Structural
ly, the grosp is inherent
ly prone to weak leader
ship. Z) The structural
defects fosfce it relatively
easy ftr the Panhellenic
t-'Cce to dominate the
group (2) la it P1"
teued eoaeer with
''preservatioa of the
Creek cftUm," the group
has often overlooked the
task purposes of the or
gaaizatioa as they are ex
pressed fa the Panhellenic
Creed.
Article IV of the Pan
heUeEic Constitution pro
vides, aa does the Nation
al Panhellenic ruling, that
clCiceri of this organiza
tloa shall be named in ro
' tati according to tlie
date of the chapter found
ing on tMs campus. This
provision thus insures,'
too, that the leadership
of the group will not nec
essarily be composed of
those most qualified.
The argument in favor
of tlAi type.of officer se
lection is that, this way,
tfce orfan&alioff kePt
non-political. Tie impli
catioa is that election of
rom
the most capable people
would not be "fair" to
all the members. If either
of these arguments have
merit, I believe that their
weakness can be demon
strated by comparing the
relative status and
achievements of the IFC
under elected officers
with the meger respect
and influence of Panhel
lenic. Weak officers are easi
ly dominated. In the case
of PanheDenie, they have,
in the past, been fre
quently dominated by the
Panhellenic office. There
are stroag attitudes,
even prejudices, which
are associated with the
inner Panhellenic office.
In the past, these atti
tudes have been the guide
to action by the group.
The group has not been
able to handle, problems
in a pragmatic fashion,
rather, they have been
subjected to somewhat of
a dictatorship.
According to the Pan
hellenic Creed, one of the
things for which the fra
ternity members stand is
"for whole-hearted coop
eation with our univer
sity's ideals for student
life."
Certainly, one of the
ideals of the university is
not having definite fac
tions of .students, in our
case Greeks and inde
pendents. Increasingly Panhellen
ic has been concerned be
cause a non-Creek has
been elected Homecom
ing Queen. It has beea
suggested, and, luckily
defeated as a proposal,
that Panhell sponsor a fly-
(H
er with pictures and
names of all Greek can
diates. This and similar pro
posals are ridiculous! An
independent girl is more
popular and can get more
votes than a Greek candi
date. So what! If Greek
candidates cannot appeal
to all types of voters,
then it is tough for the
individuals involved, but
the election of an inde
pendent gkl should" def
initely not be taken as an
affront to the Greek sys
tem. Homecoming Queen
is an honor for an indi
vidual, not for a system.
The Nebraska Panhel
lenic can assume a posi
tion of leadership. Our
group could initiate an
amendment to the nation
al Panhellenic Constitu
tion, an amendment to
abolish the rotation sys
tem of officers. Sororities
could further assure an
effective group by elect
ing Panhell delegates who
will think, who are unbi
ased, and who wiQ not
be dominated by the views
of the Panhellenic office.
Finally, Panhellenic could
set goals beyond the
"preservation of the
Greek system." Yes, if
this group can assimilate
constructive criticism and
re-evaluate its purposes,
the Nebraska Panhellenic
Association could well be
come an asset to the cam
pus, a forum for more
universal attitudes, and a
center for the promotion
of campus-wide unity, not
just the unity of a partic
ular system. Let's go,
girls! This is a challenge
to act!
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