Jo Stohlman, editor
Mike Kirkman,
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Supercalifragilistic expialidosios
Right now you're probably going to, or
have just returned from a class that is
totally boring and of little value to you.
Besides, you probably have had the same
material presented to you in the same dry
manner in some other class.
So why bother going to class?
Three reasons that immediately
come to mind lead the list of far more
numerous and plausible reasons. 1)
It's a required course and the depart
ment allows a maximum number of
cuts; 2) the imminent threat of a test;
3) a genuine interest in learning, no
matter how little or in what form.
There is nothing to said about the first
except that it is a stupid policy. To suc
cessfully complete a course, the only re
quirement that should be placed on a stu
dent is whether that student satisfactorily
completes the required work and or
passes the exams. If the student choses
to use test files and class notes compiled
by friends, he hurts no one but himself.
As for the second reason, no professor
should have to impose the threat of an un
announced test to get students to come to
come to his class. There is something in
herently wrong in the subject matter and
or the way it's presented if professors
resort to this motivated gimmick.
A genuine interest in learning on the
part of the student is perhaps the ideal
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Do Students Have a Fair
Chance in Organizations? j
By JON KERKHOFF
Sight News Editor
Student activities are for
all the students, but do all
the students have a fair
chance to participate?
The answer to this ques
tion is NO. for several rea
sons. First, far too often the stu
', dent who has an 'in' is the
one who is appointed to a
position of authority. There
are two types of 'in'. Ncp
', otism is blamed by many
' dissatisfied contenders for
cifice, but while it does take
place, hopefully it is infre
quent. Most of those who
have worked in any organi
zation realize that it is im
portant to select the best
people possible and will re
frain from using friendship
(or brotherhood) as a decid
ing factor.
More often it is the same
people who receive most of
t .e top offices on campus.
This in itself wouldn't be so
bad if there were no one
else who could handle the
positions. However students
v. no are not so prominent
should be given a fair
ciiance to prove their cap
abilities and not rely on
those already proven people
all the time.
Second, some student or
ganizations are products of
By BILL OLTMAN
The- s' iin of pot retting bored?
I was sitting In one of these auditorium-type classes
yesterday, and 1 was noticin' the 'cools' some guys have
in class.
This guy next to me was writing something down and
checking it with a list. So I asked him (curiously) what he
was writing down and checking with a list. He explained
that this was the third day in a row the instructor had
worn the same tie. He had compiled a list of the pro
fessor's wardrobe.
Now this guy had style. He was really working at mak
ing class interesting. He usualiy got done with the ward
robe in the first ten minutes, and spent the rest of bis
time counting the numbers of 'ahs' used In the lecture.
I asked the guy on my other side (impetuously) what
HE did during class. He had worked out a system that was
out of sight, for his involved no work whatsoever. Of his
favorites were such things as seeing how long he could
hold his breath.
Smoking was a good standby, but as an added attrac
tion he would see how far the smoke could go in the first
initial gust. Or he'd cross his leg, wait for his foot to go to
sleep, then stick it with a pin.
The girl in front of me, I understand gets her kick out
of rattling the instructor. She'll yawn whenever he looks
her way in order to get him yawning during his own
lecture. I asked her (obnoxiously) if that was all she did.
She admitted it wasn't.
Her real thrill was asking the professor after an In
volved lecture If he had made it all up. Then she keeps
after him with that by bringing it up one way or the
other. Like, "Oh, come on, It's a joke Isn't It? Who made
up all those big words? Them plants don't really go through
all that just to make baby plants do they? I'll bet It'i
something you instructors got goin' on between you huh?"
" Her girl friend, she claims (with halitosis) stares at
'her Instructors through the whole class, then when they
'start looking at her regularly she winks at 'em. She
; flunked Econ. 11.
I Some of the guys just set there weird, trying to scare
;the teacher. You know, they'll slap their own face, Jrk
t heir shoulders around, hit their head against the desk,
ind take notes on an encore.
the past and show little real
interest in new ideas and
changes. Though not the
commonly spoken idea, this
turns out to be the truth
when the time comes for
action. Partly due to apathy
of some parts of the stu
dent body, inaction is more
often a result of the organi
zations fear of new ideas
and actively working mem
bers. The organizations which
try to promote the "new"
are immediately thought of
as grasping for power. . .
"the ultimate horror," (such
as Student Senate in its
round with Tassels).
Admittedly new projects
take a lot of time and work
and it is possible to make
mistakes and antagonize
people, but the results can
be amazing. One would find
it hard to believe that college-age
people should ex
pect to get something for
nothing (i.e. without work
ing for it).
The fact remains that the
organizations which have ad
vocated and attempted the
most are the ones which
have brought about major
changes on campus.
They have attempted to
make changes in their own
organization (like Student
Senate) or in the campus at
large (like SDS). Many peo
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that all professors hope for in their stu
dents. At the same time it is also the
mark of a "student" in the real sense of
the word.
But it would appear to be cheating
the student if the professor hides be
hind this universal ideal and regur
gitates information that the student can
get from the textbook.
Conversely, one of the jobs of the
teacher should be to motivate the student,
or so it would seem. This could be con
sidered the mark of the "teacher" in the
real sense of the word.
Many professors will no doubt be in
dignant over the words written here. Many
will take exception, as surely as there is
room for such.
However, any teacher, or student for
that matter, worth his salt will push back
the self-imposed boundaries of learning
and seek new methods and ideas, ad
ditional non-mickey mouse courses, acade
mic intermingling, etc.
Hopefully, they do not exist who
cannot innovate or stimulate and who
themselves remain stagnant and are
no longer capable of learning. For of
them Oscar Wilde has said, "Every
body who is incapable of learning has
taken to teaching."
(Colorado State University Collegian.)
ple have criticized them, but
they have added something
of value to the campus in
the last semester.
Third, most of the organi
zations do not have a defin
ite sphere of activity. Each
area should be precisely de
fined so no mistakes can be
made in authority and so
that no organization can use
its loose, broadly inter
preted powers to take over
any area it wishes.
In all, the interlocking di
rectories in student organi
zations should be dis
couraged and the organiza
tions themselves should re
main extra-curricular in
nature, as they were in
tended to be.
The one group on campus
which can effectively han
dle this problem is Student
Senate. With their powers
over student organizations,
they should set up rules
to encourage more students
to participate as leaders
rather than as vassals.
They should also require
each organization to care
fully define its area of oper
ations. The organizations
themselves must encourage
new ideas as it is for their
own benefit.
Pass
Fail?
Editor's Note: The pass
fail system is currently be
ing discussed at the Uni
versity. Here is one col
lege's experience.)
Northfield, Minn.-tl.P.)-A
newly-instituted system of
pass-fail grading in a lim
ited number of courses at
Carleton College seems to
be fairly popular, accord
ing to Dean Willis D. Wca
thcrford Jr.
Students participating in
the program now represent
almost half the upper two
classes, the only ones eli
gible. Under the new system,
a student may declare one
pass-fail course per term
provided that he has pre
viously accumulated 15
credits. The system is de
signed so that successful
completion of a pass-fail
course gives one credit but
in no way affects the stu
dent's grade point average.
Instructors may request
that certain courses be
taught on a pass-fail basis.
There are now four such
courses being conducted.
, The system is popular
with students because it
enables them to enjoy a
course, usually out of their
major, without having to
worry about a grade. On
the other hand, many
students are foregoing the
privilege because they need
to improve their average
in preparation for gradu
ate school.
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you'd think tuat ir they really wean it. . .
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Being a compendium of absurdity, farce
and comment, selected arbitrarily bv the
Editor ...
Quote of the Day (received from a read
er commenting on an article in the Daily
Nebraskan about him): "Anywav, thanks
. . . sort of."
Daily Iowan editor Jon Van reports
that two pubs in England have closed
their doors to students at a nearby wom
en's college for foul language.
Yes, you read it right.
Janet Bond, a senior at Mt. Holyoke Col
lege, has been elected coroner of Mercer
County, N.J., her home county. In a rough-and-tumble
contest, which saw Miss Bond
sweep past all opponents, the youthful candi
date pledged to get the cemeteries of Mer
cer "moving again."
Miss Bond steps into the office at a
crucial moment. The position brings no du
ties, no responsibilities, and no pay.
She's starting from the bottom up, as it
were.
(Moderator magazine.)
One faculty friend of ours has an idea
regarding publication of the faculty evalu
ation book proposed by students.
"Why not have the instructors write
their own evaluations, and save students
all the work and trouble?" he suggested.
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Another Viewpoint
A
(Editor's Note: The fol
lowing article was written
by Bob A u I e r and was
printed in the Daily Illini l
On Sundays you can't buy
a beer.
But you can get a Sun
day paper and a cup of
coffee.
You can sit in a well
known beer hall and read
the first, while you drink the
second. You won't be alone,
either; you'll see a large
assortment of people return
ing from church, or mere
ly recovering from Satur
day night.
But is this the aim of our
Vietnamese involvement?
Has the American public too
readily accepted the glib
forecasts of defeat which
have been promenaded
through the press in the last
year or so? Who is the
enemy, Ho Chi Minn or
Superman?
We have come to accept
without question prounce
ments about the impossibil
ity of warning the war. We
have become hypnotized by
the drive to the conference
table.
Step back for a moment
and look at our military
posture as reflected by the
kind of raids and the' kind
of hardware we use. The
policy Is simply one of con
tainment; it Is the ver
sion of what we hoped to do
to Hitler 30 yean ago.
Mn fa?
About
Long Pass
You will hear governmen
tal officials deny that ap
peasement is planned. But
look past their words to
their actions.
Why else would we send
ambassadors to every part
of the world, to speak with
every shade of Leftist? Only
two interpretations are pos
sible: First, it is possible that
these missions are merely
window dressing designed
to glaze over an increasing
ly aggressive policy.
Second, it is possible that
the resumption of bombing
really is the window dress
ing for a sustained effort
to end the nasty little war
at any price.
Are we playing for a win
or for a tie or what?
If you look at the resump
tion of bombing of North
Viet Nam, how can you help
but find a restrained, almost
polite, attempt to remove
the most blatant military in
sallations without causing
the country any real incon
venience? It used to be that the ob
vious goal of an American
war was to defeat the en
emy. That goal continued
until the enemy sued for
peace.
Can you comprehend leav
ing Hamburg, Berlin, Tokyo
and even Hiroshima un
to uched? Would it have
seemed proper to spare
Thatl
We can see it now . . .
"My course lectures rate as very stim
ulating. I give fair tests, although I flunked
half my class last semester, the no
minds . . ."
One University male was overheard to
lament the fact that he was enrolled in an
other-wise all-female English class.
"Well, I guess I can understand why,"
he said. "It's a course in romantic poetry."
Most of the changes to improve the
parking situation on campus have been
turned down, at least for the present, ac
cording to ASUN parking committee chair
man Dave Snyder.
Naturally administrators and the cam
pus police have a good reason not to im
plement any change until next year.
It's about this booklet of parking reg
ulations, you see. Seems all of this year's
regulations are in it, and a change would
mean a little work in publicizing the
change, and since there's already a hand
book to follow, they just can't see why
students have to demand any changes for
the better at this time, but maybe next
fall
I got up early this morning. (6 a.m.)
And I diligently went into the sleeping dorm
to wake up the sisters I told I would. Un-.
fortunately, I hadn't put in my contacts.
To the 12 girls I got up by mistake,
Sorry About That!
Germany's source of oil or
electric power? Who would
have counseled restraint in
bombing the seaports from
which the Axis powers were
supplied?
Comes the easy reply,
"We have to be careful not
to annoy China."
Bunk. If China thought it
could do any good, it would
be in Viet Nam right now.
Perhaps t h e Americans
should borrow a page from
Mao, and recognize that
China may well be the real
paper tiger.
But let's take off the
psychological wraps. Let's
stop giving the other side
assurances that we won't
use our heavy stuff (even
if we have no intention of
using it). If they are win
nlng the guerrilla war. then
let's at least make It an
expensive victory.
As long as American sol
diers are dying in Saigon
restaurants, then let res
taurants in Hanoi suffer a
comparable fate. As long as
friendly village chiefs are
assassinated, then let the
same thing happenin the
North. As long as our allies
trade with the enemy, then
let them run blockades to
do so.
It's the fourth quarter,
and we're behind. A long
pass is in order.
Fan Club
Dear Editor,
The Ames Iowa Chapter
of the Jerry Closter Fan
Club is happy to report that
Jerry Closter, Iowa State s
favorite basketball player
ond a former Nebraskan,
has returned safely to the
I.S.U. campus. His return
was greeted, as usual, by
10,000 screaming coeds, the
Iowa National Guard, and
by the special appearance
of Yodert Kritch, president
of the Oslo, Norway chapter
of the J.C.F.C.
The Ames chapter would
like to express its apprecia
tion to the Lincoln Police
Department for providing
their special security force
for Jerry's protection and
to the Lincoln chapter of
the J.C.F.C. for hospitably
providing accommodations
in the presidential suite of
the bunk section of Selleck
Quadrangle.
Jerry Closter and his fan
club will always remember
the hospitality and courtesy
shown by all Nebraska fans
with the possible exception
of a few heckling fans seated
in the south end of the east
bleachers during the game.
The Executive Board of
the Jerry Closter Fan Club
Jim Rierson
John Bauer
Larry Nudd
'Fine Coverage'
Dear Editor,
As chairman of the ASUN
Public Relations Committee,
I am writing this letter in
appreciation of the fine
coverage you have afforded
the ASUN so far this year.
Your coverage has included
excellent reporting of a 1 1
Senate meetings, an up-to-
date account of all Senate
committees, and a penetrat-
ing evaluation ot tne senate
last semester.
.This year's Student Sen
ate represented a new con
cept in student government
here at the University. A
3f 3 fa King . . .
By WAYNE KREUSCHER
News Editor
No important motion was
passed in Student Senate
Wednesday and it's likely
that the headlines didn't
raise too much interest or
controversy on campus.
But if one had attended
the meeting and watched
people's faces or listened to
few of their remarks care
fully, one would see that the
meeting suggested many fu
ture controversies and had
some important implica
cations. First of all at least one
leading Senate orator stated
that in the future Senate will
do more than just check or
organizations' constitutions
for clarity and writing pro
cedure. He and others indicated
Student Senate will not only
check constitutions for clari
ty but for purpose.
In other words, it looks
like and rightfully so (al
though many will no doubt
protest) that Student Sen
ate will not approve consti
tutions which it does not feel
are democratic, representa
tive of the students, which
competes with Senate, or
which it feels would not
benefit the school.
The possibility is great
that in the future constitu
tions will present very in
teresting issues on campus.
An observant spectator in
Senate would also have
watched carefully who was
lobbying whom at Wednes
day's seemingly boring dis
eucsio:; e jetTjtitutirms.
It is interesting to note
that AWS is thinking twice
about its presents slating
system.
Many students on campus
would agree that AWS's
constitution, which is now
being carefully studied by a
few smart AWS people, is
not very democratic.
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GI Bill students are gen
erally capable, and conscien
tious about their studies.
Will the campus ever be
the same again if the new bill
is signed . . . ?
new constitution, a revamn.
ing of the structure of the
Senate, and an uncertainty
toward our actual position
and control faced the Senate
at the beginning of the year.
The Daily Nebraskan con
stantly followed the Senate
through its struggles, prob
lems, and conflicts and stiy
continues to do
It is extrem- aslant
that all f&ienii Decome
cognizant of the activities
of the Senate and your staff
has continually assisted in
this tremendous task. Be
sides, much of the interest
and concern for the ASUN
has been provoked through
your provocative discussions
on many of our undertak
ings. We truly appreciate your
assistance in reporting ac
curate up-to-date projects
and activities initiated by
the ASUN.
Jay Lefko
Warped Humor
Dear Editor,
On Valentine's Day, my
girl friend received through
the campus mail an anony
mous valentine from an un
known group of boys that
had previously called her
anonymously and at
tempted to make a date.
While this may clasify as
good clean college fun, the
vulgarities written on the
back of it certainly don't.
They were enough to turn
one's stomach.
It is a pity to think that
there are people with such
a warped sense of humor on
our campus. If this is an ex
ample of their conduct, it
is easy to see why they must
resort to anonymous phone
calls to get dates.
John H. Wragge
InterCSl
Thank you Mr. Atwood for
a beautiful display of your
intellect.
Doyle Niemann
Friday Allen Ginsberg
will be speaking on campus.
If Nebraska has any type
of speaker censorship it
doesn't seem evident right
now. Maybe money is the
only problem in bringing
good speakers here.
This column can't applaud
IFC's new officers enough,
especially after Wednesday
night's elections.
As for the inter-dorm
council, it looks more and
more like IFC with soon a
president and secretary be
ing elected independent of
the other delegates.
Although it is true that
there is a big difference
and that is as one gentle
man who should know re
cently said the Independ
ents on this campus will
soon resemble Red China
with innumberable people.
He also carried the com
parison further as far as or
purpose go.
He continually cautions
the Independent leaders to
be constructive and vote on
merit, not affiliation or non
affiliation. He pointed out that when
"Red China" over flows its
borders if done construc
tively everyone will bene
fit. The Greeks won't get
lazy and the Independents
will be represented.
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