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To Act In Seriousness
THE STUDENT Council is frequently
criticized by observers, the student news
paper, and other branches of the Univer
sity community for a multitude of rea
sons. These attacks are often grounded in
personal prejudices, or the impression
that the representatives are afraid to do
anything but compromise. Many observ
ers express disillusionment that the body
bogs down in parliamentary entangle
ments. If these criticisms are ever to be
valid and fair, a much more fundamental
charge must be leveled and answered by
the Council members.
ANY REPRESENTATIVE, legislative
body is based on the theory that the will
of the people can best be carried out by
elected representatives. If this were not
true, the work of the Council could be
carried out by simply presenting every
issue in the newspaper, and asking the
public to respond.
In addition to the difficulties of
communication, the objections to such a
system are many. The decisions on. most
proposals would have little more value
than a man-on-the-street poll. There would
be a minimum of intelligent study given
to any legislation, and only the most
superficial considerations would be taken
into account
THE MOST serious and basic charge
that can be leveled at the Student Coun
cil is that some of their votes amount to
just this. The current group of repre
sentatives probably represent as quali
fied a body as could be elected. By re
fusing to educate themselves in the laws,
concepts, and true needs of student gov
ernment, the majority remain no more
valuable to the legislative process than
would the man-on-the-street
So far this year, the Council has
fraternity
John Poppy, Look sen
ior editor, probably ap
proached the question re
garding student attitude
with amazing accuracy.
His article, "Win Fra
ternities Survive?" was
written specifically about
fraternities and their
place in a changing edu
cational community. What
he says, however, does
not apply only to Greeks.
It can have a good mes
sage to all students.
Looking directly at the
Greeks, it doesn't seem
that the situation be de
scribes is applicable to
NX'. However, hi same
eases, it is dose.
Specifically, let's con
sider the "leisurely cur
riculum with the 'gentle
men's C ". That condi
dition does exist here!
Where does this fault lie?
Certainly not on any one
person's shoulders. John
Poppy's Greeks are in
volved. Basically, the
Governor and his legislat
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EDiTORIAL
Story Applies to Ml
ure can claim some of
the blame.
The student and his
attitude are at fault be
cause he was weak
enough to get sucked into
taking only the leisurely
way out "Adminny" can
not bow out because they
have not made certain
that proper guidance and
policies have been pro
vided to protect each
student from himself.
Maybe they have been too
lax maybe too stern.
The faculty is to blame
because they have not
stimulated enough of the
students in the positive di
rection. This is where F.
B. M. and our faithful
senators fit in. You
guessed it Money.
Without enough money
to expand the faculty to
meet growing pains, or to
hold onto the better staff
which we have, how can
instructors take time to
stimulate students?
If we replace first-rate
professors with some
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acted in many areas. Many problems
have been attacked in a serious manner.
The most outstanding example is the
Senator's Program which recently was
begun the response to this program,
by both student participants and sena
tors, has been excellent. At last we are
inviting some of the state's most import
ant people to visit our campus. Finally,
some of the senators feel that they have
a purpose in visiting the campus, and,
after spending time with University stu
dents, they feel, we hope, that the future
of Nebraska is in good hands.
THE SENATOR'S Program, will, no
doubt, go on record as one of Council's
most outstanding innovations. And, from
the results so far, it seems that the en
tire Council has worked hard in making
the program a success.
Yet, too often, Council has been re
duced to a forum of humor and even the
ridiculous. This is done when insignificant
resolutions, and sometimes farcical ones,
are introduced. Therefore, we conclude
that it is time for Council members to
re-examine their own responsibilities and,
in light of this responsibility, to act for
the rest of this term in a serious and
sincere manner.
WHEN THE Council representative
heeds the Council Constitution, he begins
to be qualified to sit in the body. When
he analyzes his voting and formulates
governmental philosophy, he is qualified
to stand for re-election on some basis
other than "how many votes he can get,"
or how "nice" a guy he is.
Only with such an approach can the
Council overcome the traditional criti
cism, and take a responsible and con
sistent approach to the problems of the
campus.
by bill ahlschwede
which are not so good,
our teaching faculty soon
comes to a state where
they are unable to stim
ulate a whole lot of stu
dents. Also, they do not have
time to revise the out
dated cirriculum or to re
write or revise the notes
for a given course. What
stimulus is there to sit in
class and copy notes like
mad when the identical
notes were given word for
word, four semesters ago
and every semester
since?
And when all is done,
all that is required is to
memorize the notes the
day before the exam
don't think, Memorize.
There are those who
fear that our school will
start on the road down
hill if the legislature
doesn't come through
pretty soon. With student
attitudes and existing con
ditions, I fear that we
have already fallen a
good way.
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stomach in contrast
to some individuals who
travel on their jail.
ASSASSINATION - The
extreme form of censor
ship. ASTRONOMER - One
who can predict with
absolute accuracy just
where every star in the
heavens will be at half
past eleven tonight. He
can make no such pre
diction about his young
daughter.
AUCTIONEER - The
man who proclaims with
a hammer that he h a s
picked a pocket with his
tongue.
AUTHOR A fool who.
not content with having
bored those who have
lived with him, insists on
boring future generations.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY .
An alibiography.
AUTOMOBILES - A
machine that eliminated
horses but made horse
sense necessary.
AVERAGE MAN A
married man who expects
his wife to be a sweet
heart, valet, audience, and
nurse.
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one you pay to watch
your television set while
your children cry them
selves to sleep." .
BACHELOR A sou
venir of some woman who
found a better one at the
last minute.
BACHELOR OF ARTS
One w:o makes love
to a' lot of women, and
yet has the art to remain
a bachelor.
BAD MANNERS
What it takes to make a
journalist.
BANK An institution
which will lend you mon
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you do not need it
BANKER A feHow
who lends you his umbrel
la when the sun is shin
ing and wants it back the
minute it begins to rain.
BARGAIN Something
you can't use at a price
you can't resist.
BEARD A thing you
need to wear with gift
neckties:
BEAUTY Like
a rainbow full of prom
ise but short-lived.
BEAUTY (RAYING)
A girl who finishes last in
a beauty contest.
BEGINNER'S LUCK
A college freshman with
an idea.
BEING NATURAL
Simply a pose.
BENEFACTOR One
who makes two smiles
grow where one grew
before.
Policy About
Letters to Editor
Several onsigned letters
to the editor and columns
have been delivered to
1 the Daily Nebraska! of-
I fice. Our policy specifies
that each letter or eol-
I uma must carry the writ
I er's signature and ad-
1 dress. Pea names can be
I used for publication, but
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1 included. All letters to the
1 editor are kept on file in
the editor's office in case
1 any questions concerning
the writer's opinion are
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REGENT PETERSON:
As a student at the Uni
versity of Nebraska I
am well aware of your
long period of service to
your country and your
state. Like most students
at the University, I am
pleased and proud that
you are concerned enough
with the future of the Uni
versity of Nebraska to be
one of its Regents.
However, I must state
that I feel that you have
made a serious mistake
in the present liberal-conservative
controversy.
I feel quite strongly
that nothing will be
gained by having a board
of editors determine whe
ther the Nebraskan is ba
sically liberal or conser
vative in its editorial page
tenor. I have several rea
sons for feeling that noth
ing win be gained.
1) The editorial page is
the proper place for the
editor and staff to express
their views. They are en
titled as a matter of the
basic rights necessary to
any paper that it is not
to be a mere house organ
TO THE EDITOR:
The recent denunciation
of the Daily Nebraskan
by Mr. Simmons regard
ing its alleged one-sided
slanting of political-socioeconomic
issues proves an
interesting lesson in the
relativity of concepts like
freedom of speech and
press and fair presenta
tion of issues. It is not
my contention that Mr.
Simmons' accusa t i o n s
were misunderstood, but
that Mr. Simmons was
and is Misunderstood.
Many have a me out to
decry the charges, issu
ing formidable defense
against the conclusions of
the Simmons report. I
must admit my support
for these defenders and my
resentment to the charges
leveled. But, to argue
without stating or under
standing the context with
in which the argument is
being pursued, is arguing
intelligently (perhaps) in
ignorance. What I am try
ing to say is that before
we set out to refute Mr.
Simmons we must consid
er the social environs in
which Mr. Simmons oper
ates as a social partici
pant and in which the
Nebraskan is published.
Nebraska, as a state in
relation to the other states
of this Union, is consid
ered conservative in 1 1 s
political essence. Within
such a political milieu
more issues become 'hot'
topics (Le., more ideas
are deemed radical by a
greater percentage of the
populous) than is the case
in less conservative areas,
this being axiomatic.
There is, therefore,
more sensitivity to such
issues and concomitantly
their presentation. It is this
that must be kept in mind
if one is to properly evalu
ate the assault upon the
Nebraskan by Mr. S i m
mons. If one is to be criti
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to express any views they
please. In n state such as,
Nebraska where one is in
undated with heavily con
servative and frequently
reactionary commentary
on the editorial pages day
after day, it is refreshing
to read an editorial view
point that although far to
the right of most college
papers, in my opinion, is
nevertheless, a little to
the left of Nebraska pa
pers generally, i.e. stands
in a moderate position na
tionally. ....
2) I feel that your po
sition in requesting an in
vestigation is mistaken be
cause even able, impartial
judges have the greatest
of difficulty in determin
ing what liberal and con
servative mean. It is un
likely that any two peo
ple agree.
3) People wiU under
stand the result of t h e
study to be an answer to
the question: Should the
Dailv Nebraskan be muz
zled? 4) A study, if anything,
would show the following
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'Simmons Is Misunderstood7
cal of Mr. Simmons, one
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ly the individual but rath
er the political phenom
enon of which he is a pro
duct a manifest pro
duct. And when I, for one,
consider that this is t h e
context in which Mr. Sim
mons charges must be
viewed, I find myself no
less anxious about the
char g e s, but not the
charges per se, rather the
phenomenon which they
manifest. We address our
indignation to Mr. S i m
mons, but we fail to see we
are defending ourselves
from the tooth and forget
ting the jaw. Actually, it
is hard to determine if
this is really forgetful
ness, blindness, fear or
pragmatism maybe a
little of each.
In light of the above I
would say that we have
missed the mark.
I do not beleive that the
interests and-or ideologi
cal phemomenon (com
posed of people, by the
way merit far more of
our attention that we will
ever accord to Mr. Sim
mons. A second and final point
I would like to make con
cerns, directly, the defense
for the Nebraskan. I be
lieve that, given the politi
cal setting in which this
University publication is
conceived each day, there
is good reason to expect
that it wUl be viewed
somewhat as Mr. Sim
mons appears to view it
as rather liberal in
emphasis. To deny this, I
believe, is to fail to relate
judgment to context. Per
haps in Brooklyn this very
same Daily would hardly
raise an eyebrow, much
less an upper lip. But
this is not Brooklyn and
the view expressed by Mr.
Simmons, extreme as it
no doubt is, holds some
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express himself at any
time in the paper on any
subject from any view
point provided only that
he observe good taste,
pertinency, and length re
quirements. . 5) The only proper po
sition for the Board of Re
gents to take in this con
troversy is the unequivo
cal stand that the Board
is not interested in deter
mining which stand or
philosophy is held by the
members of the staff, but
is only interested in see
ing that the paper is
open to all viewpoints,
honest fair, and unwilling
to carry any editorial
page viewpoint over onto
the other pages.
If the University of Ne
braska student newspaper
is not to have these priv
ileges and these responsi
bilities, then it should not
be called a newspaper but
should be recognized as
a propoganda arm of
whichever group is able
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water in this context.
But, granted that the
Simmons' thesis has some
essence of credulity, his
own point of view (that
all sides of an issue should
receive presentation to the
public) works to his ex
treme disadvantage when
we view the entire situa
tion in accurate perspec
tive. The Nebraskan, and
the University it repre
sents, exists as one of
many institutions with a
vocal chord within a politi
cal universe of limited
scope. The 'universe' I re
fer to is Nebraska, and
its limits are therefore
the arbitrary 77,237 square
miles of its fertile body.
Within this political mil
ieu dwells a conservatism
( in relative terms to the
other 49 states), it appears
an obvious fact that with
in the milieu the conserv
ative institutions with
their conservative vocal
chords stand in the pre
dominant position of pow
er; power to be heard;
power to be respected.
Therefore, if it is fair
representation of all sides
of an issue that is the
goal, then a liberal point
of view is needed and if
the Nebraska can supply,
to some extent, this need
for a minority function (as
it would be in this con
text), then the Nebraskan
is certainly fulfilling a
role which Mr. Simmons
applauds. When the Ne
braskan presents, the lib
eral viewpoint, the fact is
that it is a small voice
with a message not well
heard in these parts.
In conclusion, there
seems little doubt that
both Mr. Simmons and his
opponents have failed to
abide by one of the main
principles of analytic
thought achieve perspec
tive. GERRY STERN
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