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GUEST EDITORIAL:
Freedom To What?
The celebration of National Newspaper Week inspires
two questions which should have but were not debated
in the press last week:
How free is the American press? And more important
ly how well does it use its freedom?
The answer to the first question is probably: as free
as It wants to be. And the answer to the second, we will
argue, is: not very well.
When Valdimir Vashedchenko, the director of Russia's
Tass news agency bureau in Washington, spent an hour
last week discussing theories f the press with The Daily
mini staff, we found ourselves in consistent disagree
ment with Km. American press freedoms, and our civil
liberties in general, have been based legally on the
"freedom from" The Constitution guarantees that Con
gress will pass no law restricting freedom of the press
but what the newspapers then decide to publish is their
own business ....
A monopoly press is. usually, a lazy press. It has no
rival to keep it on its toes, no spur to investigate local
conditions, no need to fight for advertising and circula
tion ....
American citizens have the freedom ta read a wide
range of opinions. But, in overwhelming numbers, they do
not have the ability to do so. Their monopoly press simply
doesn't care, American newspapers have iron-bound
guarantees of their own freedoms. But, in a tragic number
of 'cases, newspapers are not vigilant in protecting the
treeooms and the well-being of others.
In defending freedom of the press, the Founding Fath
ers argued that,in an "open market place of ideas," the
truth would triumph. We wonder what they would say
about today's "open marketplace" which, in town after
town, is nothing more than a company store.
Daily Illini
Dear Editor:
Let me say that never
over the last five years have
I ever read of a committee
decision to equal that of the
University Rally Commit
tee's decision to bar the
guest band from Colorado
from playing their school
song in the Homecoming
pre-game parade.
It has been said that a
camel is a horse put to
gether through committee
effort, but this time the Ral
ly Committee has put to
gether a crippled jack.
How could any enlight
ened group of college stu
dents come tip with such an
absurd ruling? What logi
cal reasons could have
prompted this gesture of
genuine Nebraska "hospi
tality?" Was the committee afraid
th Colorado music would
cite NU students to insur
rection, or were they afraid
Nebraska's band and song
Teday
PLACEMENT office lunch
eon in 241 Student Union at
noon.
TWCA meeting in 232 Stu
dent Union at 4 p.m.
SUITE BEAT in Crib at 4
p.m.
INNOCENTS display judges
meeting in 241 Student Union
at p.m.
JUDO meeting in 322-334
Student Union at 6:30 p.m.
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE so
cial hour In North Party Room
Student Union at 8 p.m.
PALLADIN society meeting
in 345 Student Union at 8 p.m.
MOVIE "A Place in The
Sun" in the Student Union
Auditorium at 7 and 9 p.m.
BOARD OP REGENTS will
meet at 2 p.m. in the Admin
istration Building to consider
staff changes and other busi
mu. '
Sunday
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE ex
ecutive meeting in Student
Union at 2 p.m.
CHESS LESSONS in North
Party Room Student Union
at 2:15 p.m.
DELTA SIGMA PI it hold
ing first alumni reunion after
the fame at the Knollei Coun
try Club,
GQ3EBJ5 QEnaj.
. .
Student Opinion On
couldnt take competition
from another slate?
Not knowing names
of students on the Rally
Committee, I can only
make a suggestion to those
who do. I suggest you have
the members list at least
one rational reason, and
when this fails, ask for
three irrational ones.
George PetersoB
Selleck Quad
Dear Editor,
It seems to me that some
of our students take a very
narrow-minded view of
school spirit and school ac
tivities which take place on
this campus. I refer to the
Rally committee's decision to
ban the Colorado band from
playing any of their school
songs in Saturday's Home
coming parade. I wonder if
this committee realizes that
this band has spent many
hours in rehearsal, many
dollars in expenses, and
traveled 500 miles to add
color and spirit to OUR
Homecoming game only to
be told that they cannot
play any of their ' school
songs in the parade.
Congratulations to this
committee for promot
ing good intercollegiate re
lationships with our fellow
Big Eight Schools.
Duane Stehlik
1225 South 13th
Dear Editor:
The University Rally
Committee, headed by Eet
se Nore and Bob Weaver,
committed a very rude act
of inhospitaliiy at their last
meeting.
The University of Colorado
marching band is appearing
at Nebraska this weekend.
The band is traveling five
hundred miles to partici
pate in Saturday's football
activities. It has been de
nied by our Rally committee
the right to play the Color
ado school song in the pre
game parade. This is ridicu
lous. It is also a slap in the
face of the University of
WUL NEWMAN BEE AID WE
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This is a story about
Grizelda Smothers. "Griz
zle," as her friends call her,
is a typical NU coed; she
likes loud music and cof
fee. Grizzle is not entirely
typical; she has never been
in the crib. She is young and
inexperienced. .
Anyway, this particular
Friday afternoon, she trips
gaily over to the Union hop
ing to participate fully in
its loud music and coffee
session.
Since she arrives early
(3:00 p.m.) and the session
will not start until 4:00
p.m., she finds that all the
places in the crib have
been overcrowded. Grizzle
is not easily discouraged
(she is an NU coed). She
sits down and reads her
Daily Nebraskan.
After two hours of pure
unadulterated enjoyment,
her left leg begins to twitch
. . . then her right leg . . .
then both. She sighs and
knows that the music has
begun.
She runs to the Crib door
and, alas, there is such a
mass of humanity there,
that she cannot gain admit
tance. NU coeds never give
up. She backs off, raises
her arms before her like
the prow of a ship, and
charges. She gains admit
tance. She gallops gracefully
through the door and into
the crib's churning sea. Ten
feet from ber admittance,
she is overcome by carbon
dioxide and faints at the
feet of one of XlTt knights
in shining armor. Not real
ly understanding the reason
Rally
Colorado, their band, and
their director.
I am unable to fathom the
depths of the minds of the
Cobs and Tassels who
arrived at this decision.
but I can ask three probing
questions:
1: Is it going to hurt Ne
braska homecoming spirit
to allow the University of
Colorado marching band to
play their school song in a
parade?
2: Would it have been
completely out of order for
the Cobs to consult Jack
Snider and the Music De
partment, who might have
a little knowledge of band
etiquette, before coming to
this decision?
3. Is this really the im
pression of University
of Nebraska hospitality our
student body wants the Col
orado people to take home
with them?
Fred Wallemade
5117 Selleck
No Reply
Dear Editor:
We would lit? to thank
Mr. Don Norman very much
for hie personality analyses,
but his blurb does not rate
a reply.
Lynn Corcoran,
Steve Sjdow
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behind her faint, the boy's
opinion of himself is im
mediately swollen. He chiv
alrously bends down to pick
her up.
This act of gallantry is a
mistake. Immediately, sev
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THE BELL
SALUTE:
ben a new micro v transmission system u twwded
to connect Detroit, Flint, and Larking, Bob Buck (B.S-E.E,
I960) designed sL
Bob ha estaLli&bed quite an engineering reputation in
Michigan Bell" Microwave Group during his two year
there. And to see that hie talent was further developed, the
company selected Bob to attend the Bell System Regional
Communkalions School in Chicago.
eral nearby dancers decide
that Grizzle and her part
ner are doing some new
kind of dance and they all
begin to crawl around on
the floor.
One excited crawler
forgot that he had a cup of
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coffee in his hand. He
spilled it on Grizzle. She
was up and screaming in a
flash. This was a mistake.
Everyone else was up and
imitating her.
The whole train of events
completely unnerved Griz
zle. And she saw down in
the nearest lap she could
find. She numbly watched
as people alternately
danced and then went home
to get out of their sweat
clothes.
Grizzle was hypnotized by
the rhythmic swaying of the
bodies. She sat and sat and
wondered if the Crib wasn't
named for some of the corn
balls who inhabit it.
GRIZELDA'S CORNBALL
MENAGERIE:
HORN - RIMMED OOG-
LER This bird perches at
the Crib's door and gazes
out over the flock in search
of a familiar beak. Purple
feathered pop slopper an
obnoxious fellow who tries
to catch some dove's atten
tion (but who usually
catches something else) by
accidentally slopping pop
on her or one of her com
panions. TWINKLE-TOED TABLE
TRADE It an unsatisfied
bird. He goes from table to
table, talking with everyone
he knows, thinks he knows,
or wants to know.
BLEARY-EYED OWL-is
only seen before 8:30 in the
morning. He is gulping cof
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Bob Buck, like many young engineers, if impatient to
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fee and has been up all
night.
GLASS HAWK is never
satisfied with his present
companion. His eyes are
glued on the windows for a
familiar flapper.
DEEP-THROATED HOL.
LER What the Glass hawk
becomes when he sees the
right flap.
RED-TIPPED STUFFER
doesnt stay long. He
comes, leaves crepe paper
dye on the table, and then
goes back to complete his
twenty hours on a homecom
ing display.
PENCIL-WINGED ACTIVI
ITY BIRD-he thinks he
runs the campus under the
administration's beak.
CRIB RAT this is not a
bird. It is a hermit.
GOOEY-FEATHERED RA
VEN this bird tries to get
more than a full dixie cup
from the self -serve. He
sucks his feathers.
STRONG-BILLED ICE
CRUNCHER if you're near
one. you'll know it.
JR. BIRDMAN the Air
Force donation to those who
are guarding our Universi
ty's might. Like my broth
er. TWITCHY - THROATED
COUGHER two types, a
yearling trying to play the
role with a nicotine, or the
sophisticate, playing the role
with a cancer.
XU STUDENT anvone
who stays OUT of the Union
during State Basketball
Tournaments.
1 walked Grizelda home
. . . but, she'll be back.
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