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4 4' : , jt .i Jo Stohlman, editor Mike Kirkman, business manager Page 2 Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1966 Something's Got To Give University administrators are faced with a problem that is not unique to uni versities. The problem how to pay for the instructors that burgeoning student enrollments demand. Vice Chancellor Joseph Soshnik says there are two alternatives open to the University to - pay for the expected enrollment increase asking the Legislature for more funds should it meet in special session, or adding a special charge for admission next year of about $18 to $20. The additional charge is the only real choice for the administration, due to the fact that the Legislature will probably not be called into special session. We endorse this additional levy if it is only for one year, as planned. Without additional funds, students will again be faced with closed courses and sections and worse, jammed classrooms. The quali ty of instruction will undoubtedly suffer, too. The additional charge should not prove prohibitive to most students if the charge is not applied the year following, and the year after that, ad infinitum. The answer to the problem posed by increased student enrollments may be met next year by the additional charge. But the real answer to lack of funds for the University cannot be answered by stu dents in the future. Something's got to give and that's the Nebraska Legislature. Administra tors must first allow for a greater stu dent enrollment in their budget esti mates sent to the Unicameral. And then the Unicameral must if the quality of this institution is to survive and grow appropriate adequate monies to the University. We urge students not to gripe too loud ly if the additional charge is applied for enrollment next year. We think students will wish to pay a little more, and be able to get in that class required for gradua tion. But if students are asked again to pay more, we urge them to protest and pro test loudly. They should protest to ad ministrators, if they underestimate en rollment and necessary budget increases. And they should protest to the Legislature, "from whence cometh our strength." i 'V i Wfty Do w GREEKS Bifl, 7HC CAMPUS!? bMN THW... lot 60T it!! tttl CALL OURSUVtS IND5PWKN13!!!! JOIN wi'uHAVt PototRiTHtN... !iiiiiiiiiiiJiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiiifiHiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiriiiiifiiiiiitiiiittiiiiiitiiitiiuiiitiiitaiiiuiiiJiHiiiiiiiiiiiiJiifiiiitiiiaiiiiitiifitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiitifiiiiiis J I J . I Another Viewpoint The 4C Professor (Editor's Note: The fol lowing editorial is reprinted from The Decree, student newspaper of North Caro lina Wesleyan College. We hope this "V i e w p o i n t" causes a few instructors at the University to think be fore they hand cut that next"C."J At one time the "Gentle men's "C" was considered the desired mark for the college student. However, with the increased competi tion in college and with fu ture employers asking for students with good averages, the student must now aim for'A's andB's.. . ' Unfortunately, there still exist on the campus facul ty members who dish out "Gentlemen's C's" to every one. C students make C's" B students make C's, A stu dents make B's, D students make C's, and F students make D's. Everything is curved toward a C. These men can seemingly find no student who does either outstanding ly good or outstandingly poor work. In their opinion, "Everybody's average." One may spot the "C" profs by several traits. First, the student never gets a numerical grade on a quiz or paper. The rating is al ways a letter grade. Sec ond, usualy the quizzes are multiple choice, true-false, or listing. This type of testing quite effectively eliminates any' chance for individual initia tive and forces the student often to guess at "trick" questions. Finally, these teachers' lectures are characterized by Quibs Who says AWS doesn't get into some heated discus sions? There was a real live debate at the AWS meeting yesterday. Seems the Board couldn't decide the most effective way to announce the Ideal Nebras ka Coed at Coed Follies next Friday. But Dean Helen Snyder came to the rescue. . . "Now, girl s," she in serted. "I think we can work out some compromise." The hot issue will be settled by a committee. Lost Cool By LIZ AITKEN So you thought he was a pretty good poet? You think he was a noisy queer? Don't tell me that you think he's got some good points! You say you thought he was nothing hut a big phony? Well, I don't really care what you thought of Allen Ginsburg, but I am ecstatic that you took the trouble to THINK. For thiB one reason I thought Ginsburg was an unqualified boon to the campus. He did more for getting the students of the University of Nebraska up off their mental duffs than any one speaker or personality that has been on campus for years. Admittedly in many cases students came to see the poet for no better reason than they thought he was a freak. Now I'm not going to attempt to defend Mr. Ginsburg's ideas, language social relationships or poetry, but I will defend his right to speak on campus and the necessity of his coming to Nebraska. His right to speak was not challenged by either faculty or administration and I think this is a credit to their opinion of students' maturity. There was a move on the part of the administration to explicity point out that Ginsburg was not brought to campus by any organized group connected with the Ad ministration and if they choose to take such a stand that's fine with me the entire credit of Ginsburg's visit must then be placed with Steve Abbott. And when I say credit I mean just that, not sarcastical ly but with true appreciation for Mr. Abbott's initative and courage. 1 can imagine it's not easy to take the resjKjnsibility (unoffocial though it may be) of bringing to campus a man with as much possibility for controversy as Mr. Ginsburg and retinue. But this action taken by Mr. Abbott was in my opinion an invaluable and necessary move for the University. Our campus is so Midwestern that it is stifling. The isolation of Nebraska makes its students oblivious to a completely different way of life and whether you approve of it or not, this life exists and should be a part of every intelligent person's awareness. " Ginsburg provided a far-reaching and dramatic edu cation as to a section of this "other way of life." His name was on the lips of practically every student Monday, rang ing from groups of Pharmacy students to liberal art stu dents to P.E. majors. Any one who can be such a one-man weapon against student apathy and uncommitiveness deserves to be thanked if for no other reason. Thanks Mr. Ginsburg. vague statements and per sonal monologues. The s t u dent is forced to weed out the teacher's own experi ences from the course con tent. Not until quiz time does the p e r s o n discover what he should have known. Sorry About That! Now some students may rejoice at this type or prof. After all, it is pretty nice to know you are going to pass the course with a bare minimum of work. The trag edy occurs when the stu dent, after drifting through courses, graduates. By doing little work and by getting little informaton . . . .......... . Being a compendium of farce, absurdity and comment, selected arbitrarily by the Editor. -. Historical Note of Yesterday: George Washington's birthday. In later years, it was discovered that George had an axe to grind. " from the " Teachers," ihe in-'.' dividual finds himself com pletely unprepared to make a living for himself. Moreover, this trend in teaching provides the stu dent with little motivation in the classroom. A grade should serve as an accurate judgment of the work a stu dent has done. Admittedly, in any course, it is impos sible to always give the stu dent the correct grade. Yet. every effort should be made to have as accurate a gauge as possible. The "C" prof refuses to make any effort at all. Con sequently, the student makes no effort to do good work. "Why bother," he asks, "You're going to get the same grade anyway." And this is a question that everyone must indeed ask about such poor quality in struction. Until all profes sors can determine grades by a realistic criterion rath er than by always curving toward a "C" one must ask, "Why bother?". House rules for the Union are terribly interesting.. .Say uav rule: "Conduct ap propriate to public areas is expected. Boisterous, amorous or destructive activi ty, abusive or obscene language will not be tolerated and will be cause for censure and dismissal from the premises." From the rumbles we've heard, it seems many think there was an infraction of this regulation last Friday. Kent Neumeister says that when he turned 15 he graduated from Batman com ics to Comic Classics. BOW-WOW (From the Colorado Daily) What with computers that confuse schedules and the renewed bombing in Viet Nam it seems that the hard-core news is often overlooked. Here's one that we can't pass by. It seems that the White House occu pants have a new dog. And the President named it Ho Chi Him. Only a learned political columnist could do justice to implications of this. . . just think of the diplomatic overtones of this move. Washington correspondents will move even closer to the dog house than they are now, and will watch breathlessly. Will Johnson pick Him up by the ears or will he throw him an occasional bone? , . Will he feed him atomic waste or stock piled wheat? Will he be kept in the dog house or will he be allowed to contaminate his fellow canines? And think what a trend this could start. Maj'be in 1968, as a result of this clever move, the Democrats will name their par ty symbol LBJ. . . With a hot branding iron on the de-rierre. Dudley Bailey, chairman of the Eng lish department, says he looks upon the up-coming season of political speech-making with a certain sadness of heart. "I always thought speech-making was due to the fact you have something to say" he explained. Another observation of Dr. Bailey's: "A teacher's job is very difficult. You can't tell when you're slighting someone." Another DaUy heard from Colorado, that is: "The administration has been allowed to pull its tri-annual stupidity again this week registration has been run with its usual degree of incompetence. . Today I offer my occasional message to the skies a thank-you that 1 will not be sitting in the Registrar's chair come regis tration time again. To celebrate George Washington's birthday, (and to prepare for my impend ing AWS campus this weekend), I skipped classes yesterday. To my profs, Sorry About That! jiinii mi i iiiiiimiMiiiiitf mi if ill itiiiittriiiitiiiiJiffiiiiiiiiiiffiiiiiuiititiitifiiiiJiiiiiiiJfiiijiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiittiiiitiifiiiiJ t iiiiiiiift iiiiiiiiiiiif itiii itiiiiiitiiMiiriitiif f tit iiriiiiiiitii tiriiit till ttitiiiittitit tr uitiiiif tttiiiiiiiiiiiif mi ttL- More Campus Opinion Poet Ginsberg Praised, Criticized Mere Nuls? Dear Editor, I had the opportunity of meeting Ginsberg and Pet er Orlovsky, his associate, several times while they were here, and, in my opin ion, anyone who would write off these men as mere "nuts" is either so unin formed that he has no business making a judg ment of this type, or bo stu pid that 1 question his or Daily Nebraskan Member AgHuelHted Collegiate P r e i, National AdvertiHlng Service, lneonmrated. Pulilixhed at Ronxn 51, NnliraHka Union, Lincoln. NohrHHka. TELEPHONE: 477-8711, E tennions 2588. 258ft and 2590. BUbacrtntlnn rate are H wnr aeiuae- tr or M 1st Um academic rear. Entered a anond elaaa mailer at thr Mat offloe In Lincoln, Nebraska, undor the. ant or Annual 4. 1B1K. Til IJHllv NabmiuMn la publulbad IHonriuy, WndiiiMduy. Thuradnr and Friday during the efthool year, eximvt during, vacations and exam perlode, by etudanla of the llntvaraltv .of Ne brnnka under Ibe Jurtadlctton of the Faitultr KtihoommlUee on Hludent Pub lication, fubllimllona (hall be tree from eeiMorablp by thr Huhenmmlttee or any pnraon oittaldr Hi IJnlvarsltv. Mem. eer of tile Nabruakun are reanoiialble tor wluU Uier cuiuhi a be arluwd. her competence to make a judgment on anything. Also, cheers to Mr. Kal nins for not even knowing the poet's name and stifl having the absolute gall to offer an opinion on him. A lot of ignorant Amer icans said and did the same thing as regards a Ger man politicans about 30 years ago. It's frightening to see bo many people in this world in which think ing is not necessarily a part of communicating. Mark Dalton Curiosity Dear Editor, Curiosity drove me to the Union ballroom last Friday. Disgust drove me away. After hearing a man con demn God, the government, and most everything held sacred by most people, and after hearing a capacity crowd ajrplaud his deprav ity, I became ill. To think a man could stand on a stage (with his wife???) and spew his filthy pUosophy and call "a r t" is more than I can under stand. This man I can only pity. And a special congratula tions to his new "follower" from the English depart ment. I hope you two will be very happy together. Bill Norman Courage Dear Editor, I commend the Daily Nebraskan for its coverage of Allen Ginsberg's visit. Mr. Ginsberg said tine re porting was more accurate and complete than he us ually receives. 1 am also encouraged by the enthusiastic response most students gave this vis itor, particularly in m a 1 1 group discussions. But what happens when the students intellectual enthusiasium so far outrtrips that of the adminiitratiyn and faculty? If the administrators dont have enough courage to acknowledge the cultural s challenges of our genera tion, what sort of courage will they demonstrate in represenitng our needs to the Legislature? We have seen adminis trators scorn students' re quests for conference rooms (a request supported by petition as well as ASUN). We have seen the adminis tration try to undercut the Faculty Evaluation Book. Fellow students, we will not always be blessed with enough administrative in decision to allow a really stimulating education al community to develop. Either the bureaucratic power structure will even tually fa BureptitiousJy of course) crack down on our new-4'ound energies, or else like dead wood the adminis tration must topple from the top of our newly erupting volcano. Stephen Abbott Script Magazine P.S. Students wanting a copy of Mr. Ginsberg's Kansas-Nebraska poem may obtain one in the next issue of Scrip. tHiiiiiimimitiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiHi iiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiniiniHiiiiinliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiinrj I CAMPUS I OPINION I - s 1 3 NU Counseling Service Dear Editor, Thank you for Friday's vignette of the Counseling Service. We hope it was read - for the general theme, If not for the particulars - by many people m the university community. But one quote in your article has us in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't sort of situation. It reads, " we are concerned with the student's morals and attitudes." The word we used originally was "morale," not "morals." But can't you see our position if we now publicly disclaim interest in student morals ! Let this note suggest, then, that although unconscious, ly some people might like to have us custodians of stu deits morals, we just cannot assume that role. Frank ly we're just not wise enough to know, nor powerful enough to enforce, a rigid set of morals for university stu dents. We're forced to reject the role of keeper of campus morals although, of course, we're keenly aware that some students seriously want to examine then- own value sys tems. This is as if should be. Maybe we can put it this way: We are vitally con cerned about student morale and about aspects of cam pus life associated with various levels of morale. Cer.. tain aspects vt morale may be related to moral con cepts. So if either your morals or your own personal mor ale or the morale or morals of your group may be of concern to you, drop in the Counseling Service offiee. We can talk about either, or both, in confidence. Clay Gerken Pop Bottle Collection Dear Editor, We, the "tightwads of Cather Hall" mentioned in the Monday Daily Nebraskan article entitled "No deposit, no return" would like to enlighten some of your readers of the very deplorable, despicable, and downright dirty methods being used by these female con-artists in collecting their pop bottles. A particular case will serve as an example one of the residents of Carson House was contacted by one of these young women (ladies they are not) who identified herself as the president of Raymond Hall and requested us to col lect pop bottles to help a charitable cause la Lincoln namely an orphanage. In trying to help this worthy cause over $15 worth of pop bottles were collected on our floor alone (not to mention the amounts collected on other floors). Many of these bot tles were given to these girls under the pretext that we were helping a worthy cause. However, your article prevented us from completing the delivery of our bottles. At a house meeting Monday night we voted to sell these bottles ourselves and give them to a legitimate cause. We sincerely hope that these girls whoever they might be) have enough human decency and half respect to not only quit using this very spurious lie in order to further their own private ends, but also contribute w'hat money they have collected in this way to a charitable organiza tionin reality. Mike L. Messmer Dan Dickmeyer Jim Hamby Bill Westbrook Jim Frederick Bob Range Jim Chapia Charles Chapin .. Fred Uehling . Steve Sobus Allen Janovec The 'Talk' New Dance Dear Editor; Having just returned from visiting friends who at tend several Eastern schools, I thought my fellow Ne braskans would be interested in knowing what the latest fad is. All the really "in" people out East are now "talk ing." The "talk" is the new dance which has swept out of Harlem onto all the Ivy League campuses with such force that the "frag,"' "watusi," etc., are now passe. Being a new dance there are several interpretations of the "talk" vying for most popular. Basically though the dance consists of the couple standing and conversing. -All movements, if any, are connected with the topic of conversation. The topics can by suggested by the lyrics of the song, or the couples can xpress themselves as they are in spired. Several "talking" records are now available. Sung by boy-girl groups, they introduce topics, singing ques tions and responces which can be taken tip and elaborated upon by the dancers. Variations of the dance include hands clasped behind the back, on the head, thrust in sock, etc. Additionally, partners may be found crouching, couching, rexiining, de clining, sitting, or sprawling. Ideally, and in so far as this is possible, one's total posture should convey the ten or of the topic. This of course leads to imaginative and variant conjecture on the part of onlookers. I think this dance is really great and everyone in the Eastern schools seems to agree with me. I'm Just won dering how many years it will be before Nebraska stu-' dents start "talking." I hope they aren't as slow to pick up this idea as they are all the other fads. I've just been and wish I was again, Back East Steps Are Hazardous Dear Editor , The University can spend thousands of dollan wf new stadium and build a new dorm that cant even bt filled. It points with pride to the large number of im provements that have been made on the canrpus in tht past few years. Then why, WHY can't they afford a few hundred dollars to repair the steps on the east side of Teacher's College? I would say that, on the average, at least one" person a day falls up or trips down these uteps. Often times nothing more than pride is Injured. How ever, if this situation isn't improved, someone could eas ily break an arm, ankle or even a leg in a falL So please, someone, do something about this! After all, couldn't a personal injury suit be more expensive than a libel suit? The same goes for the steps at Andrews. EkinnedKn KmT," If' ,:r-. .,