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COUNCIL SHOWS:
Willing And Able
The Student Council yesterday passed a motion intro
duced by Ann Wahl to set up a study committee con
cerning the problem areas of discrimination against uni
versity students on .campus and in Lincoln.
A thorough discussion by Miss Wahl set the ground
work for what promises to be an effective, valuable study
group. It helped the Council define its position with re
gard to discrimination as a problem area.
An important factor, however, was that the Council
made clear in discussion before voting that the motion
does not entail mandatory action on the problem. It does,
however, present the probability of an informed, enlight
ened Student Council that will be able to act with knowl
edge and, as a result, power, when and if the problem
arises and when and if the Council decides to act.
Thus the Council will not be committed on the prob
lem and, as a result of continuing awareness and infor
mation of the problem's extent, probably will not be sus
ceptible to force or quick-push when the problem really
manifests itself here.
In addition, if the committee is utilized, the Council
actually can be better educated than those who come to
it appealing for action, thus able to evaluate the situation
within the Council itself rather than to reply on news
papers and word-of-mouth accounts.
This will in turn heighten the value of whatever the
Council can do within the scope of its responsibilities.
Another most important aspect is that this action will
not rush the problem to the limelight here. And if the
problem is averted in some other way, the Council
showed yesterday that it has the foresight and the insight
not to damage progress. That is, if it is determined that
a discrimination problem exists here and a solving proc
ess has begun on another level, university students may
rest assured that the Student Council will be aware of
what is happening and that it will have the means with
which to act competently if it has to, but that it wll not
spoil any progress with unwise intervening action.
But it all adds up to one thing. Disregarding any dis
crimination problem, the Student Council has shown that
it has the constructive means and the will to be informed
and to truly consider the best interests of all University
students in any situation.
Here is the motion as passed yesterday:
Whereas student welfare is a vital concern of Student
Council;
Whereas democratic, fair and equal treatment of all
students is a part of student welfare, and;
Whereas discrimination does exist in areas of the
, University of Nebraska and Lincoln;
Therefore be it resolved that Student Council estab
lish a committee to investigate areas in which discrim
ination exists on this campus and Lincoln and prepare
a report for study by the Student Council evaluating the
problems and progress in this area.
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View
Campaign speakers have
found no better meat in the
past few weeks than Sena
tor Goldwater's statement
about Castro's shutting off
the water at Guantanamo:
"We ought to send a con
tingent of Marines to turn
it back on." Both his rivals
within the party, and
spokesmen of the Estabish
ment have denounced his
statement as "reckless,"
"from-the-hip," "superfici
al," and "war-mongering."
But they don't elaborate
on this condemnation a
properly sophisticated
brainwashee doesn't need it
explained. Now, let us un
sophisticates consider a
movement.
Goldwater's "Send the
Marines" was a summary
of his past views on Cas
tro's Cuba: that our security
and survival cannot long
tolerate a communist
beachhead in this hemis
phere; and that we must do
what is necessary to rid the
hemisphere of this beachhead,-using
force if neces
sary. We could have ousted
Castro at the Bay of Pigs.
We had another chance in
October, 1962, when the mis
siles were discovered. And
we had another opening for
intervention when the water
was shut off not to men
tion the fact that Cuban
trafned men helped engi
neer the Panama riots.
If Goldwater's policy to
ward Cuba involves risks,
is there a less risky alter
native? It is true that to
day we could no longer
throw out Castro with a few
refugees and air cover, as
we could have in 1961; nor
could we now do it as easily
as we could have in 1962,
during die missile crisis.
Castro now has 100,000
more well-trained soldiers,
with arms and supplies fur
nished by the factories of
both our friends and our
foes. When the beachhead
has expanded and consoli
dated itself throughout Cen
tral and South America,
will action be less risky
and more sure of success?
Ask someone why Khru
shchev's marionette turned
off our water, and you will
probably be told that it was
a test of United States re
sponse. Quite possibly.
And also quite possible is
the chance that the test
could be repeated in a dif
ferent situation. The com
munists control electricity,
water, and gas in West
Berlin. What is there to keep
them from shutting off West
Berlin's utilities? The United
States has shown it will not
act. The Communists have
everything to gain, and
nothing to lose. A dangerous
precedent has been set by
letting Castro push us
around.
But we cannot just wish
Castro away; nor will he
your au,wrrv. how
From The Right
wither of his own accord;
nor will popular hunger and
discontent bring him down,
for communism has learned
the techniques of dealing
with hunger and discontent.
Every day, Castro gets
stronger, and every day,
our risk grows greater. The
question is not: do we dare
act? it is rather: do we
dare not act?
The extreme danger lies,
Firetruck:
Parking Committee
Wasting Its Time?
By Arnie Garson
Last week at Student
Council, Gary Oye, Parking
Committee Chairman pre
sented a list of changes in
the University's parking
regulations. At the same
time council members and
the audience alike snick
ered and muffled their
laughter.
Typical of the changes
was the fact that sudents
can now not only "not park
on red line s," but they
"cannot park on red lines
at any time." If the Park
ing Committee (Oye, J i m
Klimes, Buzz Brashear,
Steve Brammer and Chuck
Harrold) spent the entire
year or even a part of it
clarifying the rules in the
above manner, they don't
deserve to exist as a com
mittee. The Lincoln downtown de
velopment plan which has
been heavily publicized this
week sees the Campus with
out through streets and with'
even a more limited degree
of parking on campus. What
plans Is the Parking Com
mute making to fi( in with
these plans?
And, as Doc Elliott tells
his classes, someday 14 peo
ple walking across 14th
street between the Union
and Teachers College are
going to get killed simul
taneously. There has to be
a traffic and signal sys
tem which will work better
at that intersection. What
is the Parking Committee
doing about it?
And, according to figures
I received from Captain Eu
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arjut a little hy?
not in Goldwater's stated
policy but in the very exis
tence of an outpost of t h e
enemy only ninety miles
from our shore from which
spies and sabotage are ex
ported. Goldwater's realis
tic attitude is not the dan
ger; the danger lies in the
suicidal attitude of those
who refuse to face the facts
while we still have a chance
to win instead of waiting
until it is too late.
gene Masters of the Uni
versity Police, there are
about 4,500 cars registered
to students, employees and
faculty this year. Approxi
mately 36 per cent of the
students have cars. Masters
felt that many students are
not registering their cars
due to the increased park
ing fees. Some I know per
sonally have gotten by with
out stickers and parked on
campus all year. What is
being done to make these
students play the game
fairly?
And, architects agree
that a huge parking lot In
the middle of an aestheti
cally pleasing group of
buildings does nothing to
enhance beauty. Likewise,
I am sure that students
who have visited other
campuses where there are
no such lots will concur.
What is being done to beau
tify our own campus?
And finally, other schools
report that cars are an aca
demic hazard for freshmen
and that adjustment to uni
versity life is easier with
out them around. Certainly
traffic is less congested.
At any rate if there is any
validity in this charge it
might not hurt to consider
it. Does the Parking Com
mittee have any Information
on this?
No one will snicker when
answers to these problems
are suggested. But except
for the single motion which
asked for abandonment of
the graduated fine system
no evidence of thought or
study on the part of the
committee was evident.
IN AT
JEWELRY
BULOVA
Council Has
Dear Editor:
I would like to commend
the Student Council for its
recent stand on the Capital
Hotel Barber Shop inci
dent. Likewise, I would
like to commend all the
students who were "counted
among the saints" when
they stood up for their
friend, Mr. Skeete.
It is hard for me to re
member when the Student
Council has last taken up a
significant problem. For
years I was led to think
that the Student Council was
just another trite organiza
tion . . . just another play
group for racking up points.
It seems that only last week
has the Student Council
stuck its head out of its
happy shell and into the
realities of the outside
world.
While the issue is still
fresh, Student Council, I
believe you should stand up
and look at the opportunity
and challenge that this in
cident of discrimination of
fers you. This barbership
incident is a small thing.
I'll wager that an investiga
tion of fraternities and so
rorities would reveal dis
crimination on a grand
scale. I'll wager that some
apartment houses do n o t
rent to colored people and
foreign students.
Housing is a student prob
lem, Student Council. I
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A ROBE BY ANY OTHER NAME
With the Commencement Day just a couple of short months
nwiiy. tlie question on everyone's lips is: "How did the differ
ent disciplines come to be marked hy academic robes with
IhxxIs of different colore?" Everybody is asking it; I mean
rveryhoilu! I mean I haven't Iwen able to walk ten feet on
hiiv ranipiiK without somebody grubs my elbow and says, "How
did the different disciplines come to Iks marked by academis
rolx with hoixls of different colors, hej?"
This, I must say, is not the usual question askod bv colle
gisns who crab my ellxiw. Ordinarily they say, "Hey, Shorty,
got a Marllioro?" And this is fitting. After all, are they not
collegians and therefore loaded with brains? And does not
intelligence demand the tastiest in tobacco flavor? And does
not Marlboro deliver a flavor that is uniquely delicious? And
am I not short?
But I digress. Back to the colored hoods of academic robes.
A doctor of philosophy wears blue, a doctor of medicine wears
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green, a master of arts wears white, a doctor of humanities
wears crimson, a master of library science wears lemon yellow.
Why? Why, for example, should a master of library scienc
wear lemon yellow?
Well sir, to answer this vexing question, we must go back to
March 14, 1814. On that date the first public library in tho
United Suites was established by Ulrich Sigafoos. All of Mr.
Higaftxis's neighbors were of course wildly grateful all, that
is, except Wrex Todhuntor.
Mr. Todhunter had hated Mr. Sigafoos since 1822 when both
men had wooed the beautiful Melanie Zitt and Melanie had
chosen Mr. Sigafoos because she was mad for dancing and Mr.
bigafoos knew all the latest steps like the Missouri Com.
promise Samba, the Shays' Rebellion Schottische, and th
James K. Polk Polka-while Mr. Todhunter, alas, could not
dance at all, owing to a wound he had received at the Battle
of Now Orleans. (He was struck by a falling praline.)
Consumed with jealousy at the success of Mr. Sigafoos's
library, Mr. Todhunter resolved to open a competing library.
This he did, hut he lured not one single patron away from
Mr. Wgufixw. "What lias Mr. Sigafoos got that I have not?'
Mr. Todhunter kept asking himself, and finally the answer
came to him: Ixxiks.
8o Mr. Todhunter stocked his library with lots of lovely
books, and soon he was doing more business than his hated rival.
But Mr. Sigafoos struck back. To regain his clientele, he began
serving tea at his library every afternoon. Thereupon Mr.
Todhunter, not to be outdone, began serving tea mth tugar.
Thereupon Mr. Sigafoos began serving tea with sugar and
cream. Thereuixm Mr. Todhunter began serving tea with sugar
and cream ana lemon.
This, of course, clinched the victory for Mr. Todhunter
because he had the only lemon tree in town in fact, in the
entire state of Maine and since that day lemon yellow has,
of course, been the color on the robes of masters of library
science.
(Incidentally, the defeated Mr, Sigafoos packed up his li
brary and moved to California where, alas, he failed once more.
There were, to be sure, plenty of lemons to serve with his tea,
but, alas, there was no cream because the cow was not intro
duced to California until 1937 by John Wayne.)
9 mt Max Shulmaa
Today California, happy among their milch klne, art
njoymg Altered Marlboro Cigarette in soft pacfc or Flip
Top Box, an are their fellow American in all fifty state of
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Job To Do
know that you're about 85
per' cent Greek and that it
is hard to examine your
self: but let's see if y o u r
doorstep is clean. It is very
easy to point to someone
else who is discriminating,
isn't it? If you sit back
contented and proud of your
stand on one small incident
and fail to purge yourself
of your own gross dis
crimination, then you are. a
bigoted and hypocritical col
lection of Judases, betray
ers of our foreign guests
and betrayers of our fellow
citizens.
Your work has just be
gun, Student Council. I
would recommend that you
do some investigation be
fore someone does it for
you. Gov. Morrison's Hu
man Rights Commission will
be interested in your pro
gress. If you are genuinely in
terested in significant stu
dent problems, Student
Council, you've got one now. s
Get with it before you lose
touch with reality.
Vic Aufdemberge
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