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W4 sKsi&mkmi4 Frank Partsch, Editor MJca Jeffrey, business manager Page 2 Wednesday, May 12, 1965 tfmtiitnniimmifnmflHwmiHmiiiitiiiiiniiniHimtitiiiniuiiHttimimiiiiRmmiiutiiiiutiiiiiitiiiHiii University Policy It is the policy of the Board of Regents that class at tendance is mandatory at this University. Most students, contrary to popular opinion around this state, hold to this rule, and many professors, contrary to the opinion of many class-cutters, take attendance into consideration when the time comes for the final red marks. The great ma jority of this University's regular three-hour courses meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Taking this into consideration, we are disappointed in the disillusionment expressed by Governor Morrison when only 60 students showed up Monday at 10:30 a.m. to hear him discuss the value of politics as a profession with Kan sas Gov. William Avery. We did not attend; we had a class in which a cut might mean the loss of a theme assignment, a quiz or valuable lecture information. It would appear that the governor could take a lesson from this "display of apathy." Apathy is here we cannot deny just as it is everywhere across the nation. Apathy was only a small part of the reason that only 60 students showed up for the governors' forum Monday, however. Or, stated more accurately, political apathy was only a small part of the reason. Apathy must be subverted, not attacked. x The governor should be pleased to see students go ing to class. While a few comments from the governor of Nebraska and the governor of Kansas might be a contribu ting factor to forming the well-rounded student, a few comments from a professor might mean the difference be tween passing and failing a course. And many of the older students were completely alien ated from all political speakers last year when a much heralded panel between Sen. Paul Douglas and three news men turned out to be little more than a little affectionate banter among old friends. Apology To Avery We are sorry, however, that Gov. Avery did not re ceive a better reception. Judging by newspaper accounts of his comments, he really had something to say, and it is unfortunate that Gov. Morrison's tirade comprised the greater part of the news stories. We would welcome the opportunity to hear Gov. Avery's political philosophy again some time, and hope that other students feel the same. The blame for this fiasco must go to the Nebraska Union talks and topics committee and its nightmarishly unrealistic scheduling and rather mediocre publicity. True, the Daily Nebraskan lost in the hectic week of student elections failed to mention the event until Monday, but we do not consider it our duty to encourage students to leave their classrooms. Nevertheless we are partially re sponsible, because maybe some of the few without Mon day morning classes would have gone had we run a story Friday. We apologize to the students who relied on us, and will assume about 5 per cent of the blame. We planned to attend the convocation this morning, because someone had the forethought to call off classes for the honors convocation. Were classes held, we would attend them, and completely support any student that chose to do so. FRANK PARTSCH CORKers by Lynn Corcoran Ah, it's the time of the year when birds sing, trees wave in the gentle warm breeze, and water baloons traverse the air between the houses of the Xi's and the Phi's. The entire episode is a carefully calculated plan of the Xi's to water the arid Mesabi they call their lawn. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS jj ! niLUHC THfc SHAPES' A&A1N." ft L:i.;.-W,Jt'-.'''.W. 3 7 ve .V yr wv.vv u ' .p i r ii i ...... '-.iV to M V ' 7 sS WHATEVER IT IS, IT ISM'T PAPER. Dear editor, As a typical overworked graduate student, I m u s t spend most of my waking hours on campus. After ail these years of being a stu dent at Nebraska. I am get ting used to being trampled by the herd entering Bur nett every hour, and the Union coffee no longer sears every inch of me that it slithers through. . . . But. I will never adjust to the righteous simple minded clanging of that damn bell tower every hour on the hour! I thought "School Days" Circus Music was a song for children un til the Carillon informed me otherwise. And isn't "The Man On the Flying Trap eze" circus music? A few days ago a professor of mine began a lecture with a discussion of the scape goats the Germans made of the Jews in World War n. the Carillon brashly broke in with "I Love You Tru ly." There were mutters about sending a demolition crew over to the Tower! Why must we be bom barded with such simple minded tunes? A university is supposed to be a digni fied, relatively tranquil in stitution of higher learning. If we must be subjected to music to move us harmon iously (I have heard that lately cows are being ex posed to the virtues of mus ic too), why can't we hear something befitting the at m o s p h e re, as selections from Mussorgsky's "Pic tures at an Exhibition," and the like. I warn you, Carillon-teer, learn some better music, or we'll lock you up in your Tower, and cut off your bell-power! Ringing Ears Should Student Government Study World? (ACP) - Should student governments have the right to pass resolutions on off campus issues, such as Uni ted States action in V i e t Nam? Philosophically, the an swer must be an emphatic yes, says UCLA's Daily Bruin. The University is suppos edly a community of scholars, a training ground for leadership and a critic of society. To deny students the right to speak out as a body on the issues of the day is to deny the validity of the University. The inane and puerile ar guments put forth in oppo sition to a student voice, including the oft-repeated one that "student govern ments are financed by com pulsory fees and therefore should remain non-partisan," don't hold water. By the same reasoning, one could deny the right of the U.S. Senate to exrpess po litical positions. Taxes cer tainly aren't voluntary. Indeed, the only argu ment of any merit and for the present sufficient to win the point is that student governments don't repre sent student opinion. Though Berkeley might be an ex ception, for the most part student body officers are elected on promises to im prove hamburgers in the Coop, not on promises to keep the United States out of war. However, campaigns on such substantive issues are only a matter of adopting the proper outlook, an out look we endorse and hearti ly recommend. 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