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A Better Paper
The Student Council poll concerning the Daily Ne
braskan was taken and the results are in. They are a
little puzzling in their inconsistency.
It was unfortunate that all but 700 ballots were lost.
In fact. It is unbelievable that anyone would put them in
a wastebasket for safe-keeping, but never-the-less, it
was done. The question is, is this an accurate poll? Were
the forms that were kept 'the opinions of a few students
that were voting all at one time?
It would be interesting to know from where the 700 that
were kept came.
The majority of the pollers called for more news cov
erage. This, indeed Is a valid request.
This campus consists of 13,000 students that are ac
tive seven days a week. Certainly there are many more
activities to cover than are being covered by the Daily
Nebraskan. The Daily Nebraskan is limited by finances,
space, and size of staff.
But then forty-six per cent of those wanting more
news coverage turned around and said the solution to get
ting more news coverage was to cut the paper back to a
weekly.
This would give one-fourth less news space than we
now have. It would be next to impossible to cover all the
news in that small space.
This campus is large enough to support a five-day
paper. With eight columns nf nrint insfpari nf fho cmon
now used by the Daily Nebraskan.
Students invariably visit the editor's office and point
out articles which they consider not to be news-worthy
and to be a was'e of space. Other students invariably
come in and say these very stories are the ones that
they are interested in.
A student newspaper, any newspaper, must print var
ied enough articles to appeal to all of its readers. It can
not concentrate on one facet of student life. If it did that,
it would leave a great number of people completely out
of the picture.
It may be that a triweekly paper will be the only
Solution that can be arrived at.
On the other hand, forty-one per cent of those in favor
of more news coverage voted to up their own tuition by
fifty cents per semester in order to obtain a copy of the
paper themselves and to have it contain the news in
which they are interested.
This appears to the Daily Nebraskan to be the best
method of obtaining a good student newspaper.
However, just because some students are willing to
pay this sum does not mean that the Daily Nebraskan will
automatically be given the money.
The Board of Regents must be aware of the situation.
They have steadfastly maintained that the tuition should
not be any higher than it is at the present moment. .
If students really want a better newspaper, if they
are really willing to pay the extra fifty cents to obtain
it, the Regents must know.
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NEBRASKA UNION ANNOUNCES:
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By P. A. Drake
Now that the flurry of
Homecoming and four-week
exams are over, I have been
reminded by some Andrew's
hall half-backs that I have
been neglecting the dimen
sions of courage by refusing
to pour forth, spout, neme
size and generally haran
gue the official and unoffi
cial hard core leadership of
the University. I stand
prodded.
On the first day of classes,
when everyone blinks rath
er bewilderingly, I was
looking up an ex-advisor for
some belated advice. I ful
ly expected him not to be
in his office but I didn't ex
pect his office hours to be
posted as thus: 9 to 10 yes
terday, 10 to 11 tomorrow.
Yesterday was a Sunday. I
went back the next morn
ing and the next morning
and the next morning . . .
Diligence of the Week
award goes to some hard
pressed City policeman. He
was obviously so damned
furious about (snicker)
those sneaky students who
sneakingly wipe the chalk
marks off of their back
tires, that he spent the en
tire morning chalking a 1 1
four tires in a two block
area. Results: 15 parking
violations. I know; I count
ed them.
The Award of Excellency
goes to Acacia fraternity
for choosing to spend their
AvCCUSTOME TO
Homecoming time and mon
ey for a worthwhile pur
pose. More awards will be grat
uitously bestowed as the
occasions permit. That
means that there will be no
call for snide remarks like:
"Whatever happened to Ba
by Jane, Billy Sol Estes,
Bobby Baker, Walter Jenk
ins, Wilhelm Reich" and P.
A. Drake?"
As I said, I will try to
bounce about the Fine Arts
from time to time and at
the same time keep my
tongue in cheek or check
about that ominous crea
turePolitics. In fact, (this
is bound to raise a few eye
brows or eyebrow pencils) I
don't intend to vote this
year. I'm old enough (and
then some). I have convic
tions (I think). I've never
been imprisoned.
In fact, lam compelled,
obligated, nrivileeed. re
quested, permitted, desired,
fancied, and free to vote,
but I don't want either can
didate or political party to
influence my life, although
they undoubtedly will.
The lesser of the two evils
is unimportant. That
choose not to vote is as im
portant to me as your
choice to vote. It's like the
freedom of -religion and
from religion. You may
very well disagree. This is
your privilege.
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Homecoming Politics?
Dear Editor,
I wish to protest the man
ner in which the Gamma
Phi Beta-Delta Upsilon
homecoming display was
disqualified.
We were disqualified on
Saturday after the judging
had taken place, selecting
our display a winner. The
decision was based, as far
as we know, on pure con
jecture. We have never
been informed of the specif
ic charges against us or
given an opportunity until
too late to defend ourselves.
One has the right to be
informed of the charges
against him, and should
have the opportunity to de
fend himself. If the Inno
cents had doubts about the
cost of our display, they
should have come to us and
at least given us the oppor
tunity to answer questions
and explain ourselves.
The combined facts make
one wonder if there wasn't
some kind of the famous
campus politics involved.
If significant changes are
not made in the Innocent's
policy governing this con
test, perhaps special consid
eration should be given the
proposal coming up soon in
Student Council to abolish
homecoming displays.
Why go to all the trouble
and expense of building a
display and entering the
contest when we cannot be
assured of an open, demo
cratic decision.
Barbara Clifford
Homecoming chairman
1200
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Where's State?
To the Editor:
In this election year, it
seems to me that the great
bulk of the Daily Nebras
kan's political news items
and editorials have been
concerned with the forth
coming national election.
As an interested University
student, and, of even more
importance, as an inter
ested Nebraskan, I would
like to see more attention
given to our state and local
candidates and issues.
I would also like to see a
study done of state senator's
voting records on issues
that concern the growth
and development of our Uni
versity. Perhaps a percent
age scale could be set up
in an attempt to rate sen
ator's voting records which
were, or are, favorable to
the University. Our faculty
and student body could play
an important role as an in
terest or pressure group in
state politics, but first we
must be informed.
An interested and well
informed university com
munity could field a pretty
large team of voters and
campaign workers in t h e
coming November elections.
Instead of wasting news
paper space debating the
merits of the presidential
candidates, both of whom
are burdened with question
able credentials, I think we
ought to make some effort
to oust the few state sena
tors and executive admin
istrators who think this uni
versity can operate on a
prayer and an occassional
pat on the back.
Frank Landis, Jr.
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