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Page 2 Friday, December 4, 1964 lllllltllllllliIItlllUltltllll)IIIIIIIItttlllttIlltif tllllllt)llll11lllitllllMII1IIlIllIltlltIlltllllllltltllllt4..M Living Unit Plan: A Bomb Or A Dud? That explosive topic, Representation, will be dropped before the Constitutional Convention Sunday. In the main, two different types of representation have been presented to the students so far living unit and college. Word has it that the honorable John Klein has a pro posal to present to the group, but it is being shut up in a big black secretive crock until his big moment Sunday. A few rays of light have managed to wiggle their way out however rays that deserve comment. His plan involves representation by living unit, repre sentatives given to the districts on the basis of the num ber of people voting in the last election. This will cause a conflagration of reapportionment every year reappor tionment that could include Gerrymandering, and will definitely include an unintelligible amount of confusion. Confusion within the Council offices when they struggle with the figures, and confusion, on the part of the voter as to which district he will be in each different year. It will also include setting up districts for Lincoln stu dents and for apartment dwellers, figuring out what to do with Lincoln students who are affiliated do they get to vote in both districts? And then there are the commuters. An estimated 100 people commute from Omaha alone, and several from other surrounding towns. Get they no vote? All three of these groups will undoubtedly have few qualified candidates apply for positions on the Council but will nevertheless feel entitled to a voice in the selection of its members. To put several Greek houses together in one district will inevitably result in the election of the representative from the largest house. Every year the same house will have its member on the Council, whether or not he is the most qualified. This jeopardizes the quality of the Council, assuming quality is what is being sought. In order to be effective. Student Council must be com posed of a cross-section of students, students with different view-points. Viewpoints may be divided vertically, hori zontally or diagonally. The Greeks may be pitted against the independents. A split there has long been an uncon fessed entity, but at the same time an existent reality. Greeks and independents, together, have worked to overcome this split. Most realize there is little reason for its existence. True, there have been sour apples in b o t h baskets who have continued the strife. To place repre sentatives on Council on the basis of whether they are Greek or independent, which is, realistically, what this plan does, is to ignite this brush fire struggle into open conflict. A more sane way to look at the view-point question is to categorize by vocational choice. Home ecomomists have different views from lawyers; agriculturists different from the business administrator. In order to accomplish a cross section in this manner, the college representation system should be employed. It is a simple plan, with few complications. It does not exclude anyone or create special problems with any small groups, it also does not exclude persons who may not have voted in the last election. While apathy is not to be condoned, these persons still deserve representation. After all. this is a Student Council, not a Council of the Students Who Voted In the Last Election. SUSAN SMITHBERGER M 0 . m m - - - Not slipping on the ice. Seeing your math teacher slipping on the ice. Having math class dismissed for two weeks. (.Misery is having to pitch in to buy the gent a card. Being in the group with &b per cent fewer fatalities. Living at the sin center of Nebraska. (Misery is trying to explain it to your mother, i A father who will accept a collect call. Mousing. Being the only one who laughs at your teacher's favorite joke. Not having to live at the Y these days. Being successful, beloved, intelligent, influential and rich, not necessarily in that order. A deaf-mute barber, or a barber that doesn't like to talk. H-lM 0 A woman could feel him across a room. VOUriGDlGOO All tht blister-heat of th btit lling JAMES Kim-SOTE PIES1ETTE - ONLV Okti UNTIL BEETHOVEN'S V - era SSL- 33 HAVE TO K REMINDCDOf This Ef?Y VEAft! novel lhat corehtd Iht Jot Sttl PAGE TIT CsT 'I I J I sw I "V f'-X 1 AY- w ' Clubs . a- iCD fit . Ill f jmm - : I 7AhJ By Bob Weaver There are now forty-nine members of the Nebraska Legislature, a good percent age of whom are new. who will take up their duties in January. As in past s e s sions, this one will be con fronted with many issues and proposals which will go a long way toward deter mining the educational, po litical and economic future of Nebraska. Scottsbluff s Senator Car penter has announced an in tention to present a rather comprehensive tax program involving the repeal of per sonal and intangible prop erty taxes to be replaced by a sales-income tax. Oth er provisions for reform of the state's antiquated prop erty tax structure are pres ently being discussed. Senator Marvin Stromer has indicated the possibiltiy of new and far reaching power legislation. His pro posal to unite the state's in stitutions of higher educa tion into a university com plex to include the four Teacher's Colleges, the Uni versity and with the possi bility of including the Uni versity of Omaha and any of the junior colleges, would provide efficient and orderly planning of higher education. Let's hope such a reorganization would in crease rather than reduce quality higher education. The Legislative Council interim study committees have reported, with several proposals to improve state administration through the creation of a new state De partment of Administrative Services. This proposal would give the governor a Misery $ . . . A 7 p.m. class any day. Watching what will happen to the budget. Slipping on the ice. Slipping on the ice while walking in front of your math teacher. Missing class for two weeks. Happiness is th card you get from your math teacher.) A pizza with your girl on Thursday night. (Misery is missing dinner at the house so you have to get a pizza.) f Plan ' I N Bi't23& 111 S . - t THIS COUlt 6ACK.F1R.E." more effective hand in state administration. A new state office building has also been recommended to provide for ever increasing space needs. Last but not least will b e the budget. Certainly, this is the most crucial area for education and the Universi ty of Nebraska. Facility and salary needs have been emphasized in the past. Fu ture development programs hang in the balance. A quali ty education is the ever present issue. Will Nebras ka, through its legislature make the long-looked-f 0 r committment to higher ed ucation or will the Univer sity of Nebraska and t h e teachers colleges continue to be hamstrung? Three years ago a group of University f r e s hman, members of the Junior In terfraternity Council, initi ated what has become known as the Senator's Pro gram. This was an effort to acquaint the state sen ators with the needs of the University and the views of its students through frank and informal means. A group of enterprizing Stu dent Council candidates adopted this idea for their campaigns. Under student Council aegis, this program faired somewhat well at first but has since become a part of that ever grow ing Student Council grave yard bureaucracy. The Regents and the Chancellor comprise what has been the only formal lobbying group on behalf of the University. Those indi viduals which benefit direct ly from a realistic budget and quality education are an ISLAND ! CHRISTMAS PARTY for Family Friends Businesses Porties big ond imall our pleasurt Phon 435-9818 ofter 4 p.m. 1M mil .TN the students. With the help of the Comptroller's Office and the Daily Nebraskan, each student should be able to discuss their views of the budget with their senator. If the Student Council does not reassert its initia tive in this area, University Builders should coordinate an all-organization effort to make the student body's view j known to the Legisla ture and the Budget Com mittee. A sincere and com prehensive correspondence should be undertaken with each state senator by stu dents from his constituancy. Various senators have ex pressed a desire to become acquainted with student views. A speech before the entire Legislature by a stu dent or the testifying before the Budget Committee by several students would serve to dramatize the seri ousness of our purpose and the problem. Informal dis cussions at the Legislature or in student living units could also serve to initiate the long-awaited-for dia logue between the Capitol and the University. In the last analysis, the future generation of Nebras ka leadership have the big gest stake in this year's leg islative session. Those needs and problems which are not dealt with in this biennium will only multiply and re main for future generations. The time to act is now. "Sure I use 'Chao Stick' during 1 y; - son," says the Detroit Red Wing star. "With my lips exposed to that Ice and cold, it's a must! But after the season, 'Chap Stick' doesn't get put A favorite In I DON'T LET DRY, SORE LIPS SPOIL YOUR FUN - WHEREVER YOU What A Time Dear Editor: As I glanced over t h e Nov. 20th edition of the Daily Nebraskan I was brought to laughter at the headline. "Pom Pom Girls Can't Cheer When Fans Swarm Onto the Track." I thought to myself how true this is, but what a time for it to be mentioned in the paper. I will hurriedly agree that this has been a problem throughout the fall but why mention it now when noth ing can be done about it? Here is a problem that should have been solved when it was a problem. I wonder how many students will remember to stay off the track next fall because of this article? As I read the article I was amazed at it's (sic) contents. I looked at t h e headline for a second time and wondered. The headline dealt with only the first ten lines of print, the rest was on the Pom Pom Girls in general. Even with my lim ited high school journalism I thought the headlines were to fit the main idea of the story. Respectfully yours. Kay Morris No Business Of Yours Dear Miss Smithberger: Your article "Within the Law" in the December 2nd Daily Nebraskan sickned (sic) me. Since when is it the duty of any police force to haul a person out of bed at an unreasonable hour for such a minor infraction of the law as a parking ticket. If this trend contin ues wc could be haulled i sic) down to the station for such horrable (sic) crimes, (sic) as spiting (sic) on the sidewalk, and overdue Li brary books. Your whole article reeks of the complaicent (sic), good y-goody atmosphere, (sic) you seem to live in. If you drive and have to park your car around here, you must know how unreas onable (sic) the police, city and campus, are in giving out tickets. And if you don't (sic) drive, then I respect fully submit that it is none l -- KB ft fir-;, I look for the golden arches McDONAlO'S MENU 100 Pure Beef Hamburgers Tempting Cheeseburgers Old Fashioned Shakes Crisp Golden French Fries Thirst-Quenching Colt Delightful Root Beer Coffee As You Like It Full-Flavoied Orange Drink Refreshing Cold Milk 865 N. 27th 5305 "O" When Gordie Howe goes boating... ill - J A 'Chap Stick' goes along! the hockey sea aside. It's just as When I'm on my lips-burns them helps soothe and J M... tl CM iriCC l( ItS. of your business (sic) to critizo (sic) those of us who do. Sincerely, Dennis E. Fayant Editor's Note: First, the editor does drive a car. does park on campus, and has. on occasions, gotten parking tickets. Parking tickets are given for a rea son and the campus and city police are enforcing a law put on the books by the legislators. The case in question con cerned several tickets given over a long time, som them last year es& over ly delinquent. The policy of the police force to tow in cars owned by those with delinquent tickets is a sound one. These holders have had much time to pay their tickets at a convenient hour and have chosen to neglect it. In order to enforce pay ment the officers must tow in the car when it is found, before it has been moved. For those who don't un derstand the three letters that appear so frequently throughout the letter, sic, it is a Latin term denoting a mistake made in the origin al copy submitted by the author which is left uncorrected. Daily Nebraskan RICH HM.BERT. manaeini; edit or: FRANK PARTSTH. mi editor PRISCtU.A Ml'LI-INS. MARILYN HOEGF.MKVKR. senior stall "Tit ers: WAI LIS LirNDFEN. JIM KOR SHOG, PF.XNV 01 .SON. junior staff writer: SVSIE RITTF.R. I .EE MVRSHAU.. VICKI ELLIOTT, ropv editors: RICH EISFR. photoii rapher: PF.GGY SPEF.CE, sports editor: BOR SAMl'El-SON, srwts assistant; BOB I.EDIOYT. BIZZ MADSON. 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