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EDITORIAL
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To Be An American
WHEN MEN still die for ireedom and
bread, it should fee with gratitude and
not with false pride that We say "Thank
God that I am an American."
When students in other lands starve
and die, it is with humility that we should
ask for forgiveness for our belief that we
have a natural right to education.
WHEN MEN fall in the paths of So
viet tanks as they attempt to stand for
truth, it is with an appreciative praise
that we should exalt the system of de
mocracy in which we live.
When men envy our nation and its
greatness and look to us for leadership,
it is then that we should stand and be
great.
WHEN OTHER youth of our age are
carrying rifles instead of textbooks, it is
One may ponder what
really was on Ray Sim
mons' mind when he
started throwing charges
of indoctrination"
Around concerning the
Daily Nebraskan.
Although I havent, as
yet, read the report, it is
interesting to n o t e that
Dr. Hall, chairman of the
School of Jouran
lism, states that the re
port is based on half
truths and selected edito
rials and articles taken
out of context. After writ
ing the report on this kind
of foundation, he certain
ly did kick up a fuss.
Why? Could it be that he
is just trying to get his
name in the paper? Sure
does smell of fish, doesn't
it?
I have a few remarks
to make about the parts
of the report which cited
articles which were print
ed in other newspapers.
In the first place, what
else do you expect to find
in a Republican state but
a student newspaper of
similar leanings in its
state university?
There's nothing wrong
with this as long as the
positions on the Rag are
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open to Democratic appli
cants, and Democratic
supporters may use the
Rag for responsible, par
tisan expression. At pres
ent, both conditions exist.
Another question, Mr.
Simmons. What's wrong
with a liberal college
newspaper as long as edi
torials are responsible, in
good taste, and a fair op
portunity of expression is
given to a dissenting point
of view. This is the case,
and I say there is no dan
ger of indoctrination
here! The only danger is
when editorials mast be
along specified lines!
In my mind, there are
three reasons why the
Daily Nebraskan is not a
tool of indoctrination for
any cause.
1) 1 e is no reason
why. ell-qualified ap
plicant .Jt editor with a
sound political philoso
phy, either conservative,
1 i b e r a 1, or in-between,
could not be selected. As
far as I know, there are
no restrictions.
2) Letters to the Edi
tor, which include valid
and timely expressions of
opinion of all verities, are
regnarly printed on the
editorial page.
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Wednesday, March 6, 1963
then that we should become strong and
it is then that we should believe.
We should believe in the right of man
to choose his government. We should be
lieve in the right of man to feed his
children.
WE SHOULD believe in the right of
man to maintain dignity. We should be
lieve in the right of man to worship his
Maker.
Our nation is strong. We can be
pushed so far, then, if we must, we shall
fight for what we believe.
IN THIS Lenten Season, let us be
thankful for our material possessions of
which we have so many, but let us also
be grateful-and let us be humble that
we are not fighting the Third and the
last World War.
III
by mike mocfecrni
3) Columns, such as
this one, are also run on
the editorial page. I am
sure that after an unprej
udiced perusal of these
columns over a length of
time, one will find many
points of view expressed.
1 have written columns
for four different editors,
and, in each case, each of
them was not concerned
with whether a certain
column agreed or disa
greed with theirs or the
Publication Board's opin
ions, but rather with the
article's timeliness, inter
est and validity.
Now really, Mr. Sim
mons, does this add up to
'Indoctrination?'' Hardly.
Mr. Simmons, 1 would
ask two questions of you.
The next time you criti
cize the Daily Nebraskan,
please make it a valid,
constructive criticism so
that the quality of the pa
per may be improved.
And, the next time you
want to get your name in
the paper, please dont
use the Rag, for it is
busy trying to accomplish
its function serving as a
vehicle of free expression
for the students of the
University of Nebraska.
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TO THE EDITOR:
Guessing another man's
motives is an impossible
task, so I won't venture
to guess those of Ray
Simmons in his recent at
tack on the Daily Nebras
kan. I feel, however, that hisr
criticism does discredit
both to a very fine stu
dent newspaper and a
very fine university.
Mrs. Simmons mist
realize that fall agree
ment with his ideas will
never be the primary con
sideration in selecting
staff members for the
University of Nebraska
student newspaper. Per
haps he also is Intelligent
e a n g h to understand
that staff positions are
filled by consideration of
an individual's journalis
tic ability and not accord
ing to his political phil
osophies. As a past editor of the
Daily Nebraskan, 1 can
testify that both conserva
tive and liberal views are
provided opportunity for
expression in the Nebras
kan. The editorial col
umns, of course, are ex
pressly those of the editor
and carry his views. Uni
versity of Nebraska stu
dents are intelligent
enough to make this
analysis.
It certainly is not un
common to s e e a com
plete reversal in editorial
policy from one semester
to the next under the
somewhat tradition
al change of editors each
semester. Witness that I,
a Democrat, was fol
lowed by George Moyer,
a Republican. He re
ceived the editorship be
cause of a successful ap
prenticeship on the Ne
braskan which prepared
him for the editorship, not
because he was a Re
publican. I had sought
Expression of Student Opinion
TO THE EDITOR:
One can only respect
and admire the restraint
and tolerance shown in
the Daily Nebraskan's
editorials of Monday. The
objective treatment given
to Simmons' vindictive at
tack reflects well on the
maturity of the Daily Ne
braskan's staff.
The surprising thing
about Simmons' bi-annual
attack on the University
was the selection of the
Rag as the target of his
abuse. On the Nebraska
campus a less offensive
target could be found.
The readers of last
semester's issues of the
Rag would have been
Last Saturday nite 1 got
this call from Aunt Maude
and she sounded so upset
that I thought I'd better
run out and see her. Kiiida
hate to miss the "Defend
ers" but she was really
on her horse. When she
didnt try to feed me the
minute 1 hit the door, I
got a little scared about
her condition.
"Now I want you to tell
me the truth, Richard,
and dont spare any de
tails. Just what kind of a
mess are you getting into
down at College? I didn't
say a word when you
brought Herbie out here
and talked about that pro
fessor who kept known
Communists la his back
yard; but, it's high time
we had a talk."
She was blustering
around like a mother hen
with a fox at the door and
1 was pretty sure that
there were going to be
wing feathers In my hair
before 1 got out of this
one.
"I promised your moth
er I'd keep tabs on you
and tell her If you were
ever in any sort of mis
chief. I'm just about be
side myself after reading
about aU thin Communist
business that's going on
down there. Fine kettle of
fish you've fallen into and
Editor Comments
and received his appoint
ment to a second-in-command
spot while I was
editor, not because he
was a Republican, but be
cause he was qualified as
a "journalist" for that
spot not from training
in the School of Journa
lism, b u t on the Nebras
kan staff.
The danger in Mr. Sim
mons' numerous attacks
on the Nebraskan is that
the right of college stu
dents to say and write
what they believe may
some day be muzzled.
When that day comes, our
state will be in a bad
state of affairs.
Mr. Simmons certainly
has the right to object to
individual columns and
articles. I am sure that
the s t u d e n t newspaper
would welcome his views
for publication in the Let
ters to the Editor column.
Mr. Simmons, however,
is helping no one when he
prepares a slanted report
inaneffortto frighten
the University of Nebras
ka into siloncing any stu
dent editor whose ideas
were not shaped in the
Simmons' mold.
The University of Ne
braska is to be commend
ed for allowing student
journalists to experience
the freedom of press In
their student newspaper.
I doubt that any student
editor has made it
through a full semester
without writing something
with which he himself
will later disagree or re
gret. Student editors do not,
and should not, escape
criticism, but neither
should the criticism be
prepared in a misleading
fashion which makes it
appear that the editors
and University faculty
are joined in a conspiracy
aimed at undermining the
basic tenets of the Con
stitution, God, mother
hood, Boy Scouts and the
flag.
Sincerelv,
ERNEST E. HI YES
hard put to find the Rag
is engaged in anything
more controversial than
the stair issue in Burnett.
Even the controversy
over the University's
budget has proved noth
ing but mild.
Let's not offend any
body's editorials. Admit
tedly, provocative and
forthright editorials will
not secure us any more
funds from the lawmak
ersbut, what will?
The day that student
opinion cannot be ex
pressed in the student
newspaper is the day that
we shall cease calling
this place a university.
RICHARD PECKER
but wiser
by dick masters
right here in a state like
Nebraska. My Stars 1
just never '!"
I wanted to laugh out
loud but I could kinda
understand her being wor
ried. You read charges
like that and with Aunt
Maud's background there's
bound to be smoke on tht
horizon. Guy like that who
equates liberal theory with
anti-Communism and con
servatism with anti-Communism
tcould really put
people like Auntie in a
tither. What a way to
wave the old campaign
banners . .
After six years in this
nest of conspiracy and
bullying professors who
cram wild-eyed liberalism
down the unwilling gullets
of the crop of Nebraska
innocents, its a wonder
that I have seen no as
sassinations or outright re
bellion. Only thing I've
ever had pushed at me
was this: Be a clear think
ing, responsible citizen.
Be wary of demogogues.
Be careful of fallacious
argument.
So how do you tell your
Aunt Maud that this is
the way it is? How you
going to tell her that her
miserable property tax is
being spent to hire and
keep competant profes
sors? And how are you
going to put across the ne
cessity of intellectual and
academic freedom?
Where Do We Go
Considering the fact
that this page has been
somewhat overrun with
bits about, for, or against
Greeks, I hesitate to write
more. But since the
"about" has had less em
phasis than the "for or
against", I'll venture in
to the "about."
Organizations need
causes, and developing
the framework of a new
group is one of the most
absorbing causes there is.
Any of the Greeks who
have recently worked
with, or installed, one of
the new n a t i o na 1 s at
Kearney or anywhere
else would recopize the
crusader look in the eyes
of the new pledges or in
itiates. Even though many
of their locals have been
around as long as we at
the University have, this
is a new challenge to
them and they love it
This points up, I think,
one of the Greek prob
lems here: With a couple
of exceptions, most of us
have been around for a
long time. Changes can
still be made in organiza
tion, but the framework
is either comfortable or
satisfactory.
So, we look for other
"crusades" because an
organization has to be go
ing somewhere. And this
is where the gaps in loy-
The BRay of
the laughing jackass
by bob ray
Two weeks ago, the
Laughing Jackass prom
ised to analyze the baby-
sitting problem in the
married students' housing
on Ag Campus.
Well, itseems that
there is no problem, so
there goes my crusade.
And vst think of all the
built-in babysitters from
R r r - Fedde and Love,
who could warm bottles
and c h a a g e diapers at
4300 Boldredge if they'd
been asked.
The 32-unit married stu
dent complex on the
southern edge of Ag cam
pus has so few drawbacks
and is so desirable that
its biggest problem is a
waiting list that's a year
long.
A one - bedroom fur
nished apartment is $75
a month, and for $85 you
can get two bedrooms.
Utilities are included. All
this, and fresh paint, too.
No wonder the place has
a waiting list.
Art Frietag, our main
laintiice man, is very
competent,' says Raal
Munoz, PhD candidate in
Arts and Sciences. Td
like to see more units
built, they're sure need
ed." Raul and Gloria Munoz
were married six years
ago while attending the
University of Puerto Rico.
Then they lived in Ala
bama where he got his
MA at the University in
Sayreton, near Birming
ham. "We lived in two other
fpartments in Lincoln,'
said Munoz, "this is the
best we've ever been in.
My wife is more particu
lar than I am, and she's
satisfied."
Joanne and Charles
Heuer have a son, Ste
phen, ZVt, and a daughter,
Sally, Vk months.
"We've been here three
years," said Joanne, "and
we don't think it's- incon
venient. Although the
girls talk about how nice
it would be to have a
shopping center with
in walking distance."
What a parade! Twenty-two
mothers with strol
lers and little Ted wag
gons. Gateway or bust!
Charles Heuer does
most of the shopping on
his way home from City
campus where he's work
ing on his FhD in Math.
"He just gets what's on
the list," says Joanne,
"never anything extra."
That's not so bad. My
roomates wont even let
me go with them, let
alone go by myself with
a list because I always
bring back Inedible ex
tras like shrimp c r e a 1 e
and Gouda cheese.)
The biggest complaint
about married student
housing is that there is
no fenced-in area, and no
sandbox. The Child Devel
opment Lab has t h e s e
iaciliiies, but it's half a
mile away.
That's quite a distance
if you're a toddler and
your legs are only 12
inches long.
From Here?
by vickv cuUen
alty and openings for crit
icism occur when the
organization looks like it
has nowhere to go.
The Greeks don't hav
a patent on the problem,
of course. Other organiza
tions find themselves in
the same sort of rut.
When a group is crlti
cized for not doing any-.
thing worthwhile, it may
be because many of its
1 1 m e-consuming projects
have ceased to be
"news."
Case in point: Student
Council's representative
function on the Faculty
Senate subcommittee con
cerned with probation and
campus social life and its
handling of elections;
Union's high school bas
ketball tournament
dances and weekend mov
ies; IFC's expansion pro
gram and the FMA; fra
ternity and sorority phil
anthropic and serv
ice projects.
This isnt meant to be
either a criticism or a
solution to anything just
a comment on the fact
that before we engage in
wholesale criticism,
it might be worthwhile to
take a fresh look at what
an organization has been
doing on the whole rather
than at what new and
wonderful thing it didnt
do last week.
Only half of the wies
take classes or work, so
there's not much need for
extra cars. 'Besides."
said one young mother,
"yos cant just damp
veur kids oa someone wh
already has tw and take
off someplace."
Some wives sit home all
night as well as all day
especially when their
husbands go back to cam
pus for night research.
"Sometimes it seems we
just cant get out," said
one.
I met a guy from the
University of Alaska who
got cabin fever, too. The
last I heard of him he
was running over a hilL
bleating at a flock of
mountain sheep.
But most of. the girls
whr) live in married stu
dents" housing are pretty
stable individuals. I dont
think they're likely ,to go
stir-crazy. And if they do,
they'll get over it just
as did the in i a i g en
gineer from dear old
Alaska I .
Red-headed Jackie Stry
ker made a nice adjust
m e n t when she t r a n s
f erred from Omaha U n i
versity two years ago. "I
thought it would be ter
rible, living in that coed
dorm with all those farm
ers. Now Tm married ta
one."
So much for this week's
hee-haw. Next time, TH
try to have something bo
dashus to say about ru
mors, skutUebutt, and the
jungle telegraph.
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