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Power Placement
In an effort to add to the power of Student Council,
the Constitutional Convention has proposed placing t h e
Union, Panhellenic and InterFraternity Council under
Council jurisdiction.
In order to become an effvive organization, Student
Council must have more powers, or at least use the pow
ers that it now possesses.
In wishing to have jurisdiction over the organizations
of Panhellenic and IFC, the Council is placing these or
ganizations in the same category with all other groups on
campus, which is where they belong.
However, the Convention has not yet determined the
consequences of this move, just what powers it will bestow
upon itself.
If it attempts to become a supreme governing body
with dictatorial powers over all organizations, it may
serve to make itself a more effective body but will not be
working toward the advancement of the campus as a
whole.
If it is going to take these organizations under its
wing, then it should continue its present policy, whereby
it approves constitutions and makes recommendations to
the organizations.
But to try to impose powers whereby they may tell
an organization what to do and what not to do; to be
able to stop an organization doing something of which it
does not approve, is stepping over its bounds.
To try to dictate to these groups how to budget the
Union money, how to run rush week, how to select a good
pledge, is stepping over its bounds.
To tell Kosmet Klub how to run its Spring Show, to
tell AUF what charities it must support, to tell the Corn
husker what pictures it may run, is stepping over its
bounds.
A talk with one of the representatives reveals that
this may be what is in the thoughts of some of these legis
lators. Granted, the present Council, may be perfectly judi
cious about the way it utilizes its new powers, and may
present no threat to the freedom of the other organizations.
But a system of checks and balances is needed in any
legislative body. Absolute power will destroy the powerful
body as well as the other groups.
In its effort to make itself an effective body, the
Council must think about how it is going to affect the oth
er organizations and the University, as well as how it is
going to effect itself.
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By Mike
Whether you know it or
not, the Greek system is
approaching an intersection.
We may turn to the right
or to the left. Take that in
a political connotation, if you
wish. And the direction we
turn, if we even decide to
turn, will have enormous
significance.
The University in conjunc
tion with the interfratem
ity Board of Control, has
offered a design for Frater
nity expansion. The Univer
sity proposes to buy land,
build housing units, and
lease those units to frater
nities. The details as to lo
cation, size, design, and
operation have yet to be
worked out. Those details
may well decide the fate of
that proposal.
As I say, the decision is
one of direction. Do we chart
our own course, or do we
aoDiness Is...
Having no delinquent parking tickets.
Liking cold weather.
Radiators that work.
A winterized car.
No classes till 11 a.m. on a cold morning.
The left-over turkey all gone.
Electrically heated ears on the way to class.
No books so you can put your hands in your pockets.
II-S instead of I-A.
Another Serin cartridge in your pocket.
A cancelled meeting.
An answered phone after only one ring.
Fresh goodies till Christmas.
Having your advisor accept your registration.
Having all your Christmas presents bought.
A Cotton Bowl ticket with a red ribbon on It.
The Daily
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embark with an ally? Eith
er direction imposes difficul
ties. Go alone: Where do we
get the cash? Where do we
get the land? Could we ex
pand in step with the Uni
versity? Go along: Does aid mean
control? How much control?
What about breakage? What
about house parties? What if
we can't fill the house
Where do we move if we.
or they, break the lease?
Would Alumni still give sup
port? We must weigh the alter
natives. A bit of caution is
justified, considering the
regrettable developments In
New York and California,
where Fraternity as we
know it is only past history.
Choose wisely, boys. What
ever you do, the house you
save may be your own.
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A Satire
Dear Editor:
Being unable to discover
the hidden meaning in Nick
Partsch's poem, "Snow." in
the Nov. 18 Daily Nebras
kan, I went to a graduate
English student for an ex
planation. He was a strange
fellow, but friendly, and
his comments on the poem
soon revealed it as a first
class satire on the univer
sity students. His modesty
dictates that he remain
anonymous, but I thought
you might be interested in
his interpretation of t h i s '
highly amusing satiric
poem:
SNOW (1)
Because (2) or our cli
mate, (3) Wre all (4) feel
and know, ( 5 1 We'll soon
16) be covered (7) With
a blanket (8) of snow. We
do not care, i9l It's hap
pened before. The cold
snow will come (10) And
cover earth's floor.
1. Snow stands for the
student. The letters
S.N.O.W. represent S t u
dents Needing Only Wealth
a satire of the student al
ways writing poems for
money.
2. The word "because" is
a satire of upper level phi
losophy classes the an
swer to the question "why"
is "because."
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3. Climate has a double
meaning it is primarily a
slam against Nebraska
weather, but also the solu
tion of how to get up the Pi
Phi fire escape "climb it."
4. "We all" is a slam on
Fraternity pledge class uni
ty, revealing the author as
knowledgeable of Greek
problems.
5. "Feel and know" is
probably representative of
the student, groping along
the path of knowledge. It
may also be a parody of
Dr. Wotton's Comparative
Anatomy lab practicals
identifying a bone inside a
bag.
6. "Soon" probably refers
to the Oklahoma Sooners,
representing the high quali
ty of athletic opponents the
University faces every year.
(It's too bad So. Dak.
couldn't have been worked
into the poem also.)
7. "Covered" apparently
refers to required material
in classes, that which will
be covered during the term,
but is always added to or
deleted from, depending on
whether or not you have
read ahead.
8. "Blanket" refers to the
grand old tradition at NU
woodsies; this image is
further carried out in the
last two lines on the poem.
9. "We do not care" is
the echo of the most feared
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of all student moods; the
overwhelming apathy
which shrouds the campus,
removing even the remot
est trace of spirit and joy
(witness the lack of r e d
worn at football games and
the diminishing number of
beer cans in the Selleck
parking lot.)
10. The sixth and seventh
lines offer the reader hope
of a brighter future through
the retainment of the old
traditions, and cheerfully
predict the new crop of
Freshman girls (cold snow)
who will begin their college
career with their first wood
sey, taken by the upper
classmen to frolic on the
"earth's floor."
I hope other students will
be as pleased as I in dis
covering the true meaning
of "Snow". My friend is
now working on an explana
tion of "A Lake," which he
assures n.e is a parody of
Sex and the Single Girl."
Yours truly,
S.P.W., Jr.
Editor's note: It might be
noted that Nick Partsch is
a student at a commerce
school In Omaha, not well
acquainted with the campus
problems; and that the po
em was written three years
ago when he was a sopho
more in high school. The
poem was published simply
for its beauty.
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By Frank Partsch
Students get excited ev
ery now and again. Just
last year the students at
this University decided they
wanted to beat Oklahoma
badly enough to demon
strate on the streets of Lin
coln. And just last month, the
student body organization
at the University of Tennes
see voted its opposition to
a new activities fee imposed
by the school's board of
trustees, on the grounds that
the students won't have
enough voice in how the
money would be spent.
But get this. The fee is
$15 per quarter. It will be
spent to provide an all
weather Olympic-sized
swimming pool, an addition
to the school's student cen
ter, a new health center, a
lecture and music series
clinic for students, tickets
to all home football games
and one third of the basket
ball games and subscrip
tions to the school's news
paper. Forty-five skins a y e a r
for all this! And they ob
ject. Maybe they have valid
complaints; they say not all
students want football and
basketball tickets, and that
students shouldn't have to
finance construction any
way. At this place we pay $30
per semester, $60 per year.
This is split almost evenly
between Student Health and
the Student Union, for op
erating expenses and re
tirement of building bonds
and $1 per semester goes
to the Daily Nebraskan.
And no complaints. That
is commendable, I think
I'm not sure.
LITTLE MAN
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Town
DIVIDEND BONDED GAS
16th & P Sts.
Downtown Lincoln
We have had periodic sug
gestions concerning a new
ticket financing system, but
any change brings prob
lems, and we have rela
tively good seats without
charging people who don't
want to watch the bull
fights. We have a nice, though
small, Student Union and a
passable health center,
which we have been build
ing all these years. The
Union itself takes care of
the lecture and music
series and the Daily Ne
braskan is hurt for funds.
So, about the only inter
esting conclusion I can draw
from the facts is the Ten
nessee objection to lack of
student voice in how the
money is being spent.
We don't have any voice
in governing the disappear
ance of our $30, and wheth
er we even want and de
serve the right is question
able. As students we would
probably cut the fee in two,
abolish Student Health, and
(hopefully) split the remain
der b e t w e e n the Student
Union and the Daily Ne
braskan. Meaning the fail
ure of health and the Union.
But the constitutional con
vention thinks the Student
government should, at least,
control the Union, which
seems like taking on an tin
necessary pile of paperwork
without enhancing the pow
er of the organization at all.
Perhaps we should think
of the Union as a Universi
ty provided service just as
the classroom and student
health and forget about
gaining power through book-work.
ON CAMPUS
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