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Mike Jeffrey, business manager
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Bright Spots
With winter settling in bones and bark and plastic
coated car seats, a walk or ride to class can seem
very bleak especially if one is concentrating on all the
tests and papers due before vacation.
A bright spot in the cold weather season is already
visible on campus. Splotches of scotch plaid, and tatter
sall check are now a part of some men's wardrobe.
We're delighted to see the bright colors in an other
wise gray, leafless, cold-brick-building-look of our Univer
sity campus.
And the cold, brisk, winter air is envigorating. It takes
fewer minutes to walk even to the 501 Building or Ne
braska Hall.
For Fu'i Stadium
The athletic department's decision that no identifica
tion cards will be needed for the Oklahoma game is a
welcome announcement.
THOSE STUDENTS who might have hesitated in turn
ing over their ID card with their ticket for the entire
Thanksgiving vacation will not have to worry. The ticket
can be sold or given away without worry about the possi
bility of losing an ID card.
Emphasis in the official statement was given to the
fact that the "no ID card waiver" is a one-game affair
"because of the unusual circumstances involved with
this game:" many students will go home for the Thanks
giving vacation and will not be in Memorial Stadium.
THE THREAT of a spotted stadium of people on na
tional television was enough to prompt the action.
The announcement endorses officially what probably
would have happened in most cases students will pass
their tickets on to another person.
CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN to collecting all the
students' tickets by the ticket office who were not plan
ning to attend and reselling them to other would-be tick
et purchasers. This procedure would have involved too
much bookwork and confusion. It is much simpler to make
it officially legitimate to pass a student ticket on to another
fan without identification and fear of penalty. The move
was a wise one.
Re-scheduling of vacation because of the Thanksgiv
ing Day game has brought some discussion especially
from out-state and out-of-state students, who must travel
hundreds or even thousands of miles to get to their homes
for the four day vacation.
WE CAN UNDERSTAND these students' complaint.
They would prefer to have vacation begin on Wednesday
so that they can arrive home in time for turkey and all
the trimmings. We can also understand that some of the
students would rather spend the time with their families,
especially when they can watch the Huskers on television
from an easy chair.
But, the majority of the students, we believe, will be
in Memorial Stadium Nov. 25. Or if they are not, some
fan wil The "no identification requirement" guaran
tees tlv he stadium will be filled and that's the way
it should ui.
MARILYN HOEGEMEYER
Democracy Stood Poor Test
Dear Editor:
Some of my good Ameri
can friends have been ask
ing my view on the recent
political development in Rho
desia, and I think this is
the proper medium to con
vey the called-for-point of
view to many who want it.
To many of us the word
democracy is an ideal word;
it stands for a system of
government with people
elected by the people to
rule the country. It is a sys
tem introduced into Africa
by the Europeans who
went there for "destructive
exploitation." Indeed, they
introduced it after sabotag
ing the personality of t h e
continent, calling it the
Dark Continent to prevent
further scrambling for Afri
ca by other countries out
side Europe.
Democratically, the Brit
ish succeeded in Nigeria.
Ghana and in other West
African countries. The
French failed in Guinea and
Algeria. The Belgians left
the Congo undemocratic and
in chaos, the Portuguese
have done nothing to dem
ocratize their territories in
Africa, and the Spanish too
who were the first to be
lieve in wealth in gold and
in decimating their territor
ies in Africa, and the Span
ish too who were the first
Indians to attain their goal
are now on equal economic
footing with the people of
the territories they are rul
ing. The British did a poor job
in South Africa and the pre
sent political crisis in Rho
desia foreshadows another
great failure when the Bri
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tish principles of democracy
and practices are put to
test.
The European colonialism
has done much damage to
Africa. The present political
event in Rhodesia has given
many Africans something lo
think about the great cloak
worn by those who verbal
ize about democracy but fall
short of its practices.
Various sources are blam
ed for the present crisis.
Many people blame the phy
sical geography of Ilhod.v
sia, the open nature of the
country and its mineralizi
tion. which attracted t h e
Europeans, some blame the
Rhodesians for giving t h e
early Englishmen in Rhode
sia land to settle on. Some
blame the Rhodesians them
selves for not demonstrating
to the world that the demo
cratic government is no
longer working.
Some blame England who
allowed "her Sons" to leave
her warm temperate west
coast marine climate to set
tel and exploit Rhodesia.
And some even blame the
UN for the way the Rhode
sian issue is handled since
the political interests .if
some nations in the United
Nations are going to confli-t
with their economic interests
in Rhodesia. Some even
blame democracy and say
communism can work w here
democracy has done its
worst.
The French abstained in
the UN from voting "on the
grounds that the issue was
not international dispute but
primarily British" a sure
indication of the failure of
the British Parliamentary
War':
Bien Hoa The scene of recent battles in Viet Naiii
Is also the location of a make-shift hospital where a group
of nurses attempt to keep pace bandaging the injured men,
and boosting the morale of the soldiers and themselves.
A registered nurse from Nebraska arrived in Bien Hoa
Oct. 31. Her sister, a junior at the University, provided
copies of her letters home letters which give snatches of
her personal experiences in the middle of the battle area.
The first letter describes the boat trip to Viet Nam.
The Editor
Nov. 2
Dear Mom, Dad and Bets: ,
Well Folks, we have arrived ... We have met loads of
interesting people . . .
We have "muster" about 8 a.m., breakfast at 8:15
a.m.. play bridge and then lunch at 12:30 play more
bridge, supper at 5:30 p.m. then play bridge, see a movie
or play bingo. Really very little variety ... A week would
have been real nice but this is a little too long.
The poor, poor EM's (enlisted men) -they live in con
ditions something comparable to the slaves in the fallows.
There are about 1,500 of them we hit a storm the sec
ond day out and ' mean to tell you it. wa" bad. Wr ire
on the top of the ship with lots of windows rnd decks but
the EM's are on the bottom so have no portholes and you
can imagine the cdor with at least half of them sick plus
being very warm with no air at all. I was so mad I just
sat and cried for them . . .
We arrived at 2300 hours on Oct. 31. No one was ex
pecting us they didn't even realize we were here until
they woke up and saw this strange ship ... We found
that two troop ships were to arrive today with Driority
over us so would be unloaded first. At the moment we ex
pect to be unloaded Nov. 4. We are surrounded by about
20 battle, troop and freight ships--looks just like some
thing out of a movie. When the MP's from shore came on
board they brought guards for us. It seems several months
ago a Viet Cong frogman swam under a ship in Saigon,
put dynamite in a porthole and sank it. So these guards
look for hubbies and ;f they see anv they throw grenaies.
Then there are littl" "junks" all around the Viet
Cong have a habit of getting next to the ship and throwing
grenades in the portholes so every now and then we hear
the rat-atat-tat of a machine gun pointed at these "junks"
to make them keep their iistance. Fun. Fun.
The word is now that we disembark on Thursday
. . . fly to Bien Hoa and set up our hospital there it is
about i5 miles from Saigon. I'm glad we're getting out of
here because they expect heavy fighting here in the next
10-15 days. Mercy.
My spirits are still up and I am not scared but 1
am miserable due to extreme heat it's like our hottest
summer day plus twice the humidity . . . Can't think of
much else I'm fine . . . will write often and hope you
do likewise.
Nov. 7
'Rotten and Miserable'
Dear family:
Have been going to write for two days but for once
in my life I am at a real loss for words. I hate to tell
you how completely rotten and miserable but I have
never been able to keep it back before.
Keep one thing in mind I have a very good attitude
and don't really mind. The other kids are all so depressed
and are really' worse off because they are married and I
must keep cheery to help them along.
We got off the Buckner into PT boats and went in to
shore. All had helmets on and machine guns all around
to protect us. You would think we were going to war or
something. No one knew we were coming or where we
were to go so 47 unprotected females in open trucks drive
through Bien Hoa these people are unbelievable to see
and the way they live makes our slums look like resort
areas.
So we went where the first division was . . . wnen
the men realized we were American women, they almost
democracy in Rhodesia.
South Africa and Portugal
voted against a resolution
approved in the General As
sembly last week condemn
ing the declaration of inde
pendence and demanding
that Britain stamp out the
rebellion.
The Rhodesian issue is
quite clear; where do you
stand? On whom do you
cast your blame? The
French said it is not an in
ternational issue but pri
marily British. What do you
.ay as a great believer in
the operation of democratic
government? My view is
that democracy has stood a
poor test in Rhodesia.
Andy Akpan
Nigeria
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Directory
Colorful
Dear Editor:
The new student directory
has a colorful, reasonably
accurate cover. That is the
only part.
Dirty Old Man
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Contrary to popular be
lief, excuse us, knowledge,
it was not especially easy
for the Nebraskan to get the
exact text to the petition
filed by Tassels. It surely
couldn't be that the presi
dent of Student Senate is
not sure of his position of
leader of the "supreme gov
erning body" of the Uni
versity. Anyway, it is as
sumed that when the peti
tion is brought before the
Student Court all proced
ings will be public. Is that
right?
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flipped their wigs . . . finally we ,'ent to our future home.
It's difficult to describe. We drove to this little hill where
one tent sat the rest was rocks, grimy, gritty dirt and
hot sun. This is our home. They didn't expect us for three
jays so didn't have the tents in fac. there are none to
')e had. We borrowed some tents from the Navy we set
these up and it was supper time had c rations no one
ate then it was 6:30 and dark no electricity -then had
to go to the Johnnone you go over the hill and your
buddy holds up a jacket to shield you from a million pry
ing eyes ...
Nov. 8
'Like Miss America'
Dear Family:
Let me restate. No matter how much I gripe I'm
fine and coping better than most just like to let off
steam.
We arrived Thursday the 4th Friday we got to take
showers down the road at some other unit so off we went
in a truck you see this square thing surrounded by can
vas. In you walk and you have an open vr 'heater cov
ered on all four sides but no top 15 or 20 girls strip and
stand around washing hair, clothes and bodies in one happy
group. Really, it's just too much. Only one really big
problem the helicopter pilots know we are here so 20
or 30 buzz around in ? circle taking a real good look.
So what can you do except laugh. On the way back the
dust blows and it's very hot so you get back just as
dirty but at least it's new dirt.
We have eaten twice In four days ... All the units
around are so nice and willing to give us anything they
have ... As you ride down the road in a truck feeling
dirty, ugly and very uncomfortable, all the units along the
side suddenly realize we are women the cheers they give
us make us feel like Miss America they are so blamed
happy to see us it really makes the whole thing worth
it...
Last night was the best we came back at 2000 hours
because we heard mail was here and everyone was de
vouring the letters and all of a sudden the rain was here
Not like we think of rain but a darned flood! We have
no floors and the tent was poorly put up so we all sat
in the dark on our cots with three inches of water all
around and all of our bags floating around in it. Then
the wind blew and almost BLEW DOWN THE TENT-many
holes in the tent we tried unsuccessfully to patch so we
sat and giggled till we cried.
We woke up this AM and all almost threw in the
towel but you can't so you just try to dry things out,
slop around in the mud and continue coping.
Nov. 10
Safe
Dear Family:
I imagine that by this time you have heard about
the activity right out of Bien Hoa Imagine you are out of
your mind with worry well, don't worry yet we are still
alive and OK. It was about 10 miles down the road. There
were about 20 killed and 150 injured eight of the girls
went to third surgery to help out and said it was just
ghastly.
Many came back crying 19 year-old boys without
arms and legs. They couldn't pick lots of them up that
were injured yesterday until this morning and one had a
bad stomach wound with maggots crawling around. Don't
know if I can cope with that. At any rate, for the moment
we are safe but the entire area around is crawling with
Viet Cong and we might as well all accept the fact that
it is real dangerous . . .
Hyde Park
To Continue
Dear Editor:
I am writing in behalf of
the Union Talks and Topics
Committee concerning the
editorial publislied last Fri
day (Nov. 12). To ease any
doubts that you might have
concerning the future of
Hyde Park, may I stress
that this open forum will
continue to be held.
This coming Thursday
(Nov. 18) Hyde Park will be
held in the Main Lounge of
the Union on a trial basis,
to see whether or not the
traffic congestion can be al
leviated. Members of the
Union Talks and Topics
Committee will be "on
duty" to see that interested
passersby step into the
lounge to listen to the speak
ers rather than stand in the
hallway and block traffic.
As for the cancellation of
Hyde Park last Thursday
(Nov. 11), I take complete
responsibility. After the Un
ion Management notified me
that Hyde Park would have
to be moved because of hall
way congestion, I made the
decision on behalf of the
committee to cancel Hyde
Park rather than have it
held in the Small Auditor
ium which was the only
place available. I felt that
the location would stifle the
spontaneity of the forum
and decided to cancel it for
that week rather than have
it be unsuccessful.
Hyde Park will continue
every week, hoefully in the
Lounge, and will hold true
to its pledge to provide a
platform for free speech on
the University of Nebraska
-ampus.
Liz Aitken
Chairman of Union Talks
and Topics Committee
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Dear Editor:
I would like to reply to
recent criticism of the Daily
Nebraskan by saying that,
overall, the Nebraskan is
better this semester than it
has been for at least two
years.
In terms of newswortlu
ness, the Nebraskan has
done a much better job this
semester than in the past in
covering straight news and
in digging up interesting
features. This would indi
cate that the news editor is
doing a good job.
Contrary to the opinions of
some, I believe that the
writing in the Nebraskan
this semester has, as a
whole, been better than that
of the past. There have been
isolated instances of writing
which has not been up to
par, but this will happen on
any newspaper.
The photography has been
much better than in the
past; the make-up has been
comparable to that of the
Nebraskan of the past two
years.
Despite the progress of the
Nebraskan this semester,
however, there is room for
improvement and I am sure
the staff members recognize
that fact.
But I think that most NU
students don't recognize the
good job that the Nebraskan
staff is doing. Therefore, I
would like to congratulate
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