Campus Opinion
Wednesday,
PARADOX:
Fun To Flunk
Today is another election day at the University, and
elections are usually miserable failures at least as far
as the fraternities and independents are concerned.
Sorority members generally turn out "en masse" and
if they don't they receive the well-known weekend campus.
The University should be proud of its students. They
have devised a monster which contributes directly to the
flunk-out rate. Good way to rid itself of students who take
op space where, at present, there is none to be had.
Most freshmen, including the weather beaten Sigma
Alpha Mu Pledges, have spent many hard hours slaving
on displays which often burn to the ground (EXAMPLE:
Sigma Nu's display last year.) and if they don't burn down,
they are rained on, or at least scoffed at.
The human symbol of all this work and sweat Is the
homecoming queen. She reigns supreme.
The problem: Who votes?
My plea: Vote for homecoming queen. First, as a tri
bute to a usually beautiful corn-fed Nebraska girl, and
second as a tribute to those freshmen (and upper classmen)
who make homecoming fun, but in the process terminate
their college careers.
GARY LACEY
TEST BAN:
Barry's Gap
In a recent speech, Senator Goldwater, the leading can
didate for the Republican nomination, warned against a
"fatal gap" in American defense resulting from the nuclear
test ban. Going still further, the Senator offered the view
that the mere prospect of the test ban has already caused
the President to abandon "defense projects which offer
real not paper protection to the people." The projects the
Senator had in mind are those leading to the development
I of the anti-missile.
The President, however, merely expressed the doubt
of the experts who work on the problem that any absolute
successs will be attained. The Secretary of Defense has tes
tified that the work goes forward under a $450 million
budget. This is a far cry from Senator Goldwater's view
that the President "seemingly" has sentenced to death a
vital portion of the defense of this Nation. The Senator's
qualification of "seemingly" only served to expose his syn
tactical juggling for what it is, a word game designed to
make something out of nothing.
Along with the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs
of Staff and the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commis
sion have indorsed the test ban. There were reservations
from the military, but they were in general agreement
that the ban will serve the best interests of the United
States.
The reservations of the Chiefs and indeed the factual
base of Senator Goldwater's own objections are essentially
of a piece with the reserved optimism of the President's
original announcement. It is perfectly clear that no one in
the administration approaches the treaty with Utopian ex
pectations. As everyone in support has said, it is but a
"first step." Still without a first step no journey is ever
made.
The only "fatal gap" we see at the moment is the one
between Senator Goldwater's facts and his conclusions. If
this is a fair sample of his concept of intelligent opposi
tion, a fatal gap may soon appear between the Senator
and the Republican nomination.
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Oct. 23, 1963
Dear Editor:
We would like to take this
opportunity to thank Miss
Jane Tenhulzen for her ob
jective, unemotional retort
to our column of a few days
ago.
We are very sorry that
our remarks seemed stupid
and elusive to her, especial
ly since her comments
formed a journalistic mas
terpiece. In fact, if it were
not for several emotional
The Right Way
Can
Today, more and more,
people are asking, "Can
John F. Kennedy win in
1964?"
"If he keeps on doing what
he is doing, he'll probably
beat himself," says Senator
Barry Goldwater. If the na
tion's weekly news maga
zines are accurate, Goldwa
ter's prophesy is correct.
The voters' growing discon
tent with Kennedy's continu
ing irresponsible and reac
tionary "leadership," is be
coming evident in the fol
lowing public attitudes. .
In Ohio a controversial
Democrat state Goldwater
is favored over Kennedy be
cause of an eccentric, weak,
and divided Democrat
Party. By the way, It ap
pears that the NU Young
Democrats closely resemble
their Big Brothers in Ohio.
According to Georgia's
Democratic Senator Rich
ard Russell, Goldwater
could carry Georgia against
Kennedy. This is significant
in that Georgia has never
gone for a Republican
Presidential candidate in
her entire history.
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statements concerning top
ics about which we made
no statements and a hasty
generalization of an incor
rect conclusion, we might
recommend it for an award.
It was stirring.
It is only too bad that no
one wrote an article to
which this retort could per
tain. We did not say that "we
Kennedy Win ?
Illinois, a revolt against
Chicago's corrupt Democrat
machine, and the solid Re
publican downstate vote will
spell defeat for Kennedy.
However, in the Far West,
the populous state of Neva
da will probably, as in the
past, cast its critical three
electoral votes for JFK. The
thirteen electoral votes of
Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii
with these three of Nevada,
give Kennedy a grand total
of sixteen out of the possible
eighty-eight electoral votes
In the Far West.
Our boy JFK's fortunes
look no brighter in the Mid
dle West than in the Far
West, as the electoral votes
of Minnesota and Michigan
give him thirty one votes
out of a possible 137.
In the Eastern and Border
States, Kennedy has 150
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should not worry about
problems confronting other
areas," Miss Tenhulzen,
and we sincerely wonder
how you could seriously ar
rive at this conclusion. Is
this the way you interpret
our question: "Is there no
other way for the civil
rights problem to work it
self out than the Alabama
way?"
As a matter of fact, the
main point of our column
By Steve Stastny
electoral votes to Goldwa
ter's twenty-eight.
The South will be solid
again, but this time casting
its 128 electoral votes for
Goldwater. In the past, the
Democratic Party needed
only about 1-3 of the elec
toral votes outside the South
in order to win the Presi
dency. Today it appears that
Kennedy has lost this Dem
ocratic stronghold to the
Republicans.
With the help of massive
vote -buying projects (Na
tional Youth Service Corps,
etc.) and "nonpolitical"
tours, our "hero" controls
197 electoral votes out of
270 needed to win. In com
parison, Goldwater has only
mi electoral votes. Can Ken
nedy win?
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was merely to ask the Ne
braskan why it was neces
s a r y -to highlight racial
problems of other cam
puses, using as a primary
example the lead story in
Thursday's paper which was
found beneath a seven col
umn headline.
We were not asking the
Nebraskan to refrain from
covering racial matter, as
you imply, but rather ask
ing that any particular sub
ject not be allowed to fill
quite as much space in any
single issue.
Analyzing our own work,
we may well have been too
critical of Prathia Hall, and
should our - column have
caused her abuse, we are
sorry.
However, Miss Tenhulzen
did not concern herself with
this aspect of our column,
possibly because it might
have been worthwhile criticism.
More Sing News!
Dear Neighbor Kappas:
The handling of the re
cent "student-rebelling-ser-enading
- ruckus," would
seem to indicate that Cath
er Hall residents are high
ly concerned with preserv
ing some kind of "image"
and tradition set out by
' fraternities, together with
preserving campus peace
and preventing future inci
dents. The fact remains that
most of those who actively
participated in the Kappa
Cather ruckus have probab
ly escaped punishment. It
was, of course, difficult to
ascertain just who was re
sponsible for this action and
was even more difficult to
determine with any degree
of exactness which of the
floors were responsible for
what.
The fraternity system
has, in recent years, been
greatly concerned with the
maintenance of a proper
"image," partly because of
the stories of hazing which
left such a bad taste in the
mouth of the American pub
lic, and partly because the
American press has exhibit
ed such a pronounced ten
dency to blame fraternities
for everything from segre
gation, to bad grades, to
bad weather.
Hence, we must continue
to ignore the serenading be
cause this is a fraternal
tradition and we must chan
nel our past actions in a dif
SIGMA CHI (
Wishes to express its gratitude for
the fine Fraternity cooperation
which lead to a jj
successful 1963 f
Derby Day
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At any rate, some of your
remarks were well taken.
Your hazy comparison of
the situation in Alabama
before the race riots began
and the situation anywhere
else in the country at the
present time may certainly
be termed intelligent un
less you know what the sit
uation was in the deep south
at that time.
You seem more certain
that racial discrimination
exists at the University rf
Nebraska than do a few Ne
groes with whom we have
talked.
Yes, we have problems
here in Nebraska, but they
are most certainly not the
same type of "problems"
confronting other areas. It
might well be better to in
vestigate some solutions to
our own problems than it
would be to investigate oth
ers. Lynn Corcoran,
Steve Sydow
NU Undergraduates
ferent course if protests
continue within the resident
hall. It. is now understood
on each house level that we
could not possibly destroy
this tradition by creating
similar disturbances from
the floor windows.
However, to the unpub
lished fraternity name and
house consisting of eleven
alley cats, one Brahma bull,
and a few "hurt" Greeks
that sang "Here's-To-The-Dormies"
songs, we respect
this group not as Greeks,
nor as mature University
men; they were just
"boys." These "boys" were
individuals as were the Ca
ther "boys" that partici
pated in this disturbance
and they possibly only pro
voked this situation.
There are many aspects of
the University and campus
life which deserve and
should be praised, but it is
only by recognizing and cor
recting deficiencies that we
can have an even greater
campus relationship as
neighbors.
Thanks, Kappas, for your
understanding and patience
to our once-troubled situa
tion of a newly organized
resident hall. May we come
over and serenade you, too,
as a group of 468?
Pleasantness? Is this the
sole criteria upon which
merit is judged?
G. L. "Chip" Statler
President, Governors House
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