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SAY NO TO NSA
We're Not Ready Yet!
Today is the day for de
ciding affiliation of the
University of Nebraska
with the United States Na
tional Student Association
(NSA) or at least round
one. The Student Council
will meet at 3 p.m. to de
bate the question.
Yesterday, Mr. Edward
Garvey, an outstanding in
dividual, addressed a
rather skimpy convocation
in the ballroom. We were
very surprised to see the
poor, typical turnout. So
rority honeys, in particu
lar, have been up in arms
over the issue. But few
turned out to get their
questions cleared up.
They obviously hold the
attitude: My mind's al
ready made up, don't con
fuse me with the facts.
The Dally Nebraskan
wishes to go on record
now as urging the motion
to be defeated by the
Council. We do not feel
that the University should
affiliate with the USNSA.
At least not now.
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The student govern
ment on our campus is
just starting to mature.
It is just now starting to
develop a few thinking in
dividuals. The candidates
for next year's election
are among the best ever
to file. The prospects look
good for the fuiure. And
in the near future, we
SHOULD affiliate with
NSA.
Mr. Garvey pointed, in
his formal remarks, not at
NSA specifically, but to
the actual role of the stu
dent. Few of us actually
fit into his category of a
student. Too many of us
feel that going to class
and a little social life is
sufficient for an educa
tion. lit -it -it
The Daily Nebraskan
receives numerous books
in the mail companies
hope we'll plug them.
There's one that we will
push. It is titled simply:
STUDENT. It was written
by an associate professor
at Berkeley, California. In
a summary of the book,
he states:
"In Turkey, and in Ko
rea, in freedom rides, stu
dents are having a -profound
effect on contempo
rary political affairs.
"After ten years of al
most total silence, the stu
dents at the University of
California, Berkeley, have
received national atten
tion for the stands that
m important number of
students' have taken on
capital punishment, the
house Un-American Activ
ities Committee, compul
sory ROTC and peace.
"The beat student has
been followed by a polit
ically mature, serious stu
dent who is learning how
to be politically effective."
it it it
NSA concerns itself with
international and national
affairs. Some people criti
cize this because they feel
a student organization
should not take this stand.
They feel that NSA, which
can not take a political
stand, should not study
and voice the opinion of
students on these matters.
But does the world of
the student end with a
study of campus parking?
Does the world of the stu
dent end with a quick
reading of the Rag or the
headlines of the morning
paper? Or should the stu
dent extend his scope of
knowledge to the world
around him. To the world
that he will soon be enter
ing. To the world that is
expecting him to assume
its leadership. Should he
be content without know
ing more than enough to
get by?
Should we care if we
are represented with the
other 70 some nations of
the world at the Interna
tional Student Congress?
Here, those student feder
ations or confederations
are concerned about the
happenings in other coun
tries. They are concerned
over which ideology is the
best way of life. Would it
be right that the United
States viewpoint and that
of a free society not be
represented? Or is it im
portant that we work to
promote independence and
freedom in other coun
tries? The student leader
ship in those other coun
tries are often destined to
prominent positions in the
government within a few
short years.
EDITORIAL
A few short years ago,
campus politics and gov
ernment on this campus
was pitiful to witness. In
dependents were against
Greeks, Greeks were
against independents. Few
of them cared about what
happened to the Council.
And nothing worthwhile
did happen. There was
one point in its recent his
tory that it was even dis
solved. But now it is starting to
wake up. Mops are still
there, but their number is
lessening.
The public issues com
mittee has given us this
start. Mr. John Nolon and
members of his commit
tee and the executive com
mittee pushed issues such
as the CCUN and People
to-People. And what lies
ahead? Stands on Nebras
ka's tax structure? Dis
cussions about the Youth
Exodus? Views on the
State's educational prog
ress? Opinion over nation
al issues? HUAC? Civil
Rights? Steel?
According to an Am
herst College Trustees'
report in 1957, "Education
is not something that is
done for a student or to
a student. It is no laying
on of hands, no putting on
of robes, no pouring in
of information.
"Education is what the
student does for himself
in the way of developing
his own powers; Teachers
can help, so can a curric
ulum and an atmosphere
or devotion to the things
of the mind. But ultimate
ly the problem is utterly
the students.
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We are in college to pur
sue knowledge. Apathetic
students, a term that
turns the stomach of most
students, are not getting
a full education. They
may complain about the
activities on campus and
how little they accomp
lish, but they do nothing
to promote them. They
forget that factor about a
complete education. They
feel they don't need to
study political issues,
health, charitable institu
tions, or student govern
ment and the major issues
confronting us. Most hon
oraries are a farce. They
hold only the honor of hav
ing three Greek letters
tacked behind their name
and do not try to develop
thci programming so as
to broaden their educa
tional base.
Organizations on this
campus are too tied up
with planning social
events or programs that
will make them lock good,
or events that will get
good "PR". There actual
ly is no limit as to where
they could go. There is no
fine line between our cam
pus and the world around
us. Our concerns should
be re-evaluated.
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But what about NSA. It
is a good organization in-so-far
as its purpose and
objectives. It is NOT Red.
Or for that matter, even
pink. Groups of old ladies
get together and wave a
flag over statements made
by J. B. Matthews which
call it pinko. But they fail
to ask why former Presi
dent Eisenhower and
President Kennedy ac
claimed the organization
and its work. No one asks
why the Ford foundation
at one time recently gave
NSA $25,000.
The old ladies we speak
of are Panhellenic Na
tional. Mr. Garvey point
ed out that he has request
ed the right to tell their
national convention about
NSA. They refuse to lis
ten. They obviously don't
want the facts, just as the
opposition groups on our
campus didn't want the
facts on Monday.
Miss Kay Wonderlick,
the great-white god of the
opposition to NSA, has
spread Information
through the Gamma Phi
Creasant and other soror
ity publications, through
separate publications and
newsletters. Information
which she can not back
up with facts, the same as
she accused NSA. Or at
least her facts are not In
fallible either. When Miss
Wonderlick was on cam
pus for the Big Eight Stu
dent Government Associa
tion convention over
Christmas vacation, her
appeal was strictly emo
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tional. NSA is a naughty
naughty. Where does it
get its money. But she
failed to point out where
she got hers.
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NSA represents the stu
dent. The world of the stu
dent. One that is natural
ly concerned with every
thing that has an effect
on his present, or future.
NSA does have imperfec
tions. But is the theory of
stay out to make it bet
ter, a justified one?
NSA is fairly liberal in
its policy. But its policy
is set by its representa
tives and officers as much
as those made by our rep
resentatives to Congress
and our executive branch.
They are representative,
or at least we call them
so. And we can look at
some of ours and really
question this. But NSA op
erates in a simiia? man
ner. NSA is basically good. We
feel that it does have a
place in American foreign
policy and in serving the
member schools. But our
argument against NSA is,
- not on its simple organi
zational flaws or the ru
mored criticisms or the
uninformed comment. We
have printed a great deal
of that to stir interest and
bring it out. But Mr. Gar
vey has answered most
of it. What we base our
consideration on is the
fact that the University of
Nebraska is not ready for
NSA. We should study it
next fall, we should con
sider it next year. If we
aren't ready then, talk of
it the following year.
But we will be no good
to NSA or NSA to us un
less we have a good pro
gram and strong leader
ship within our Council.
Unless we have an alerted
student body that is after
a full education. Unless
we can stomp out some of
the apathy, yours and
your roommates. Unless
we can get straight infor
mation and not unin
formed propaganda.
We urge the Council to
defeat NSA. Look to the
..sessions you have held
and see the real interest
and potential value it
could have now. Then look
to the future. Work to sim
plify your present campus
concerns and to broaden
your scope of other af
fairs which affect the stu
dent. NSA someday
should be on this campus.
Today's not that day.
FROM MY
ANGLE
The Student Council set
up an All University Con
vocation for the benefit of
those who might wish to
hear about NSA. The Ad
ministration went along
and said yes. So this ex
cused me from my Mon
day afternoon chemistry
laboratory. I thank the
Student Council for this.
But how many Student
Council members were !
there at the convocation, i
A measly 15 members,
about one-half of the !
Council at best, were all
that showed. And this
pathetic attendance oc-
curred after an almost !
unanimous decision by l
Council to create an All
University Convocation, j
Possibly some voted to I
give themselves an after- I
noon off. Mr. Ed Garvey I
told us that we are grown I
up young adults on this
University campus. Did
We show by our response
that we are? f
Maybe the negative at- I
titude produced by the
RAG and other sources I
got to the souls of our be- I
loved Council members I
AS WELL AS THE REST I
OF OUR CAMPUS. f
So we saw a mass dem- I
onstration ot apathy Mon- I
day afternoon around
2:30. The dorms and 1
houses were full, class-
rooms fairly empty, and I
a few in the Crib. Thank
God for the few lndivldu- 1
allsts that had enough in-
testinal fortitude to fight I
their desire to attend the
All University Conclave
which took place hi all
the houses and dorms in I
direct opposition to the I
All University Convocation.!
E. Eugene Baillie
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1 To the Editor:
Today is the day of de-
cision. Our Student Coun-
cil will decide whether it
favors our University af-
filiating with the National
1 Student Association
(NSA). I urge members to
vote yes.
I Monday, NSA President
Ed Garvey placed it
in historical perspective.
From medieval times to
modern, he said, "stu-
dents hav banded togeth-
er for various causes."
The great cause of to-
day's American and Ne-
braska citizen-student is
freedom's triumph and
communism's defeat. The
end is just; the means
are many.
Garvey made it clear
1 there is a vast difference
between a student move-
ment and a student struc-
ture. Student movements
1 center around ideologies.
NSA is not a student
movement; it is a student
structure, akin to our Stu-
dent Council, only on a
nation-wide scale. NSA is
a forum which represents
I many American students
i of myriad views.
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The question has been
raised as to what NSA
can do for us. It is better
put: What can Nebraska
students do better for
themselves by becoming
NSA members? Put that
way, it reflects individu
alism, not latent paternal
istic yearnings.
Through NSA, Nebraska
U. students can do their
fair share of thinking,
speaking and acting to
keep freedom alive. That
means both majority and
minority views. Garvey
said he'll advocate in
cluding minority reports
in the next NSA codifica
tion of policy.
As for NSA's system of
representation, it is the
most practical. If mem
bership were by individu
al or by group, NSA could
easily be perverted. Mem
bership, however, is by
campus. In that way, del
egates to the National
Student Congress are
sure to be moderates,
middle-of-the-roaders, and
not radicals.
The NSA offers our Uni
versity the means of ef
fectively channeling what
we think, say and do as
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