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OPINION
Jo Stohlman, editor
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Today, at 4:30 p.m. in the Nebraska
Union, a Senate meeting of very special
interest will be presented.
- The discussion will hinge on the "spe
cial charge" proposed for students next
year of an additional $18 to $20 per se
mester. The special charge has been pro
posed by Administration as an answer to
lack of adequate funds to provide the
additional instructors that projected stu
dent enrollments will necessitate,
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The participants will be Chancel
lor Clifford M. Hardin and Vice Chan
cellor Joseph Soshnik, who will pre
sent statements from the Administra
tion regarding the proposed charge.
A report on the background issues
surrounding the lack of adequate mon
ies for the University will be given
by ASUN Senator Bob Samuelson,
who has researched the problem to
a great extent for students.
The fact that students are unwilling
to pay the additional charge, although it
has been explained as "being for one
year only," is pointed up by an ASUN
poll of 135 students contacted at ran
dom. Of the 135 students, 96.3 favored a
special session of the Legislature to ap
propriate additional monies. Three per
cent of those polled had come to no con
clusion, and the remaining .7 were in
favor of students' paying the special fee.
Many of the students polled expressed
the opinion that University students
should not bear the financial load of
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1 Movie Review .
The Longest Pie Fight
By LARRY ECKHOLT
"The Great Race" and
"Those Magnificent Men in
Their Flying Machines" are
two movies that are so
similar in plot and in pro
duction that if one sees
them in the same week it
would be hard to distinguish
one from the other.
Both take place at t h e
turn of the century; both
deal with races to Paris;
both are good but each is
qualified by the adjective in
its title. "Race" is great
and "Men" is magnificent.
To say that each is color
ful would be understate
ment. Both movies dazzle
the eye by recreating one
of the most flamboyant pe
riods of yesteryear. Each is
an art director's holiday.
And both movies are
FflDSTS FACTS
By GALE POKORNY
As I sit here mourning
the loss of the chance for a
pre-season sun tan, due to
cancellation of the U n i o n
Daytona Beach Surfing trip,
I am thinking of what a
shame it is that out of 15,
000 students, there are n o t
enough who would appreci
ate the cultural benefits
and intellectual advantages
that such a surfing trip
could provide.
One would think zoology
majors would flock to Fori
da en mass on such a field
trip, given the excellant op
portunity to s t u d y the so
cial, diet (and other) char
acteristics of the rare
Southern Beach Bunny, not
to mention all the serious
research industrial arts ma
jors could do on all t h o s e
stupid boards floating
around.
Then there are always
those adventurous types
among us who would actual
ly try the sport thus guar
antying plenty of raw ma
terial for any med student
who cared to go along. Ac
tually the fun is unlimited
if you stop to think about it.
My g r i e f is surpassed
only by my disappointment
at hearing that the faculty
evaluation book (which had
just previously been turned
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equally funny. So why aren't
they both great or both
magnificent?
Blake Edwards, who di
rected "The Pink Panther,"
has again resorted to hard
nose slapstick to keep
"Race" in the running.
Sometimes things get a lit
tle out of hand: the Great"
Pie Fight may be the big-"
gest pie fight in movie his
tory but it's also the long
est. And there is too much
plot for one movie which
makes it run nearly three
hours.
"Magnificent Men," on
the other hand, keeps to the
story at hand, mainly the
first airplane race across
the English Channel. The
love triangle is handled in
such a way that it doesn't
interfere with the main
story. "Men" has been
into a booklet) was now
scrapped altogether due to
the fact that roughly 32,000
questionnaires failed to re
turn with the proper in
criminating words as it was
hoped they would.
This further amazes me
as I would think that with a
faculty as large and as
varied as the one we have
here, somewhere along
the line a professor or two
would flunk enough stu
dents, pop a sufficient num
ber of hideous surprise
quizzes or require the prop
er number of impossible
term papers to incur the
right amount of student
wrath necessary to have
himself "evaluated" in a
student based "Who's who
and Who's through" book.
Perhaps a little more in
terest will suddenly appear
after this week's round of
hour exams and the names
of a few unqualified instruc
tors will come to light.
But then this lack of Inter
est in girls and poison pen
letters can be overlooked
when one .realizes and ap
preciates the amount of
support given the current
athletic ball team. Last
week, when the group faced
a decisive game, 15,000 stu
dents showed the usual tre
mendous backing by send
ing delegates to the pep ral
ly at the Coleslum.
Counting the coaches,
team members, sleeping
janitors and students who
wandered in to escape the
weather for awhile, there
were about seventy people
there. That figures out to
approximately one repre
sentative for every 215 stu
dents, an outstanding turn
out for such an early hour.
The obvious question that
begins to appear here is, if
the Cornhusker is not inter
ested In the opposite sex,
business manager
Thursday, March 10, 1966
"someone else's blunders," according to
Roger Doerr, whose ASUN committee
conducted the poll.
The special Senate meeting should
result in some answers as to
"WHAT" and "HOW" from now on
if not to "WHY". Some of the facts
are clear the Administration's pro
posed budget to the Legislature last
year undercut the registrar's project
ed enrollment figures by over 500
although the registrar's figures have
been consistently correct within two
or three percent.
The answers are not clear as to what
should be done to meet the additional
funds necessary for quality instruction at
the University. It is the hope that infor
mation on which to base these answers
will be presented today.
Student senators are required to at
tend this meeting. We wish that it could
be required for all students, for the dis
cussion will concern students closely.
If you are not particularly interested
with maintaining quality instruction at
the University, or the fact that you may
not be able to get into a required course
next year because there is no instructor
for it, we believe that you will still be
interested in attending this meeting. Your
wallet, no doubt, is close to you.
We encourage you to attend this
meeting. Your interest in your future
as a student at the University should
prompt you to do so.
trimmed to two hours-twenty
minutes running time and
seldom does it bog down.
"Race" relies on the per
formance of Jack Lemmon
to carry the load. Lemmon
plays Professor Fate, the
dastardly dirty villian,
whose oniy objective in life
is to foil The Great Leslie
(Tony Curtis). Curtis is
okay period. Natalie Wood
seems to be along for the
ride, but is a delightful addi
tion on any journey.
"Men," once again, has
better casting. Some of the
screen'j most capable
actors give terrific per
formances: Robert Morley,
Terry-Thomas, Gert Forbe
(Goldfinger), Sarah Miles,
Stuart Whitman, and many
more.
sports, or school, what is he
doing with all his time? (be
sides yawning)
Well the majority of the
men are spending every
spare waking moment try
ing to figure out how they
can keep from being draft
ed. They spend endless
hours practicing their limps
and coughes, watching Bat
man so as to ruin their
vision and reading Cliff's
notes so they can appear
confused when they take
their mental examinations.
At long last, something
has finally appeared to or
ganize the campus men into
one similiar thinking group,
the army.
But then let us not forget
the girls for they too have
found something to rally
around (or against). The fe
male faction of the student
body is likewise devoted to
a common goal. They're
spending their time writ
ting letters of protest con
cerning the recent appear
ance of Allan Ginsberg and
company, to be sent to the
campus newspaper.
A quick glance through
the editorial pages of recent
issues will verify this. Ap
parently Mr. Ginsberg and
family upset quite a few
people.
But Mr. Ginsberg has
supplied the solution to end
student apathy (ever heard
that word before) here at
Nebraska.
The answer Is simple. We
all sit down and write let
ters to petition our local
selective service boards to
appoint Mr. Ginsberg to the
position of an army recruit
er and presto, no more iso
lated or segregated activity.
Instead the boys and the
girls couid get together and
protest as one.
Sorry About That!
Being a compendium of farce, absurdity etc . . . (excuse me if I missed a cou
and comment, selected arbitrarily by the pie.)
Editor . . . And now . . . well now, we will have
Historical Note of the Day: In 1863,
in Plood, Prussia, Friedrich the Wise
switches deodorants, (apparently be
cause he'd rather switch than blight.)
People are constantly criticizing uni
versities for not "educating" the stu
dent more than intellectually that is, by
adding to his mental storeroom of facts
and figures.
One' anonymous donor sent a maga
zine to the Daily Nebraskan entitled "The
Plain Truth, a magazine of understand
ing." The magazine contained an article
with phrases conscientiously underlined.
It seems (according to "The Plain
Truth") that some of the "world's fa
mous universities" (including the "Uni
versity of Nebraska" underlined in ink)
are failing to educate "the character."
I disagree. I've seen plenty of char
acters at the University.
I had promised myself that I would
write nary a word this semester on cam
pus queens. But I just can't resist.
It's not that we don't have enough
queens . . .'there's Homecoming Queen,
Miss Derby Day, Ideal Nebraska Coed,
May Queen, Nebraska Sweetheart, N-Club
Sweetheart, Dairy Princess, Activities
Queen, Junior IFC Queen, plus all the
fraternities' dream girls, sweethearts,
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I Another Viewpoint
Fraternity Hazing 1
(Editor's Note: "View
points" are not the opinion
of the Daily Nebraskan, un
less otherwise noted. They
are printed for the sole
purpose of opening discus
sion and other views to
many-sided topics. The fol
lowing Viewpoint was writ
ten by Don Blanch! and
printed in the Downtowner,
paper of St. John's Univer
sity in Brooklyn.)
It's about that time of
year again, the time when
boy scouts, supermen and
bald-headed Indian chiefs
emerge from the male seg
ment of our student body.
You guessed it. It's frater
nity hazing week.
For all you disenchanted
onlookers who are not so re
ceptive to this annual af
fair, I will attempt to ex
plain some of the reasons
behind fraternity hazing.
First of all, fraternities
are fundamentally social or
ganizations. The one essen
tial quality that distin
guishes one from another
consists in the individuals
themselves. The frat pin,
the frat jacket and even the
frat activities are only sup
erficial differences. As in
any group, the organization
is nothing in more than the
people who comprise its
membership.
It follows from this that
such membership, especial
ly to a social organization,
will be highly prized and
cherished. Therefore, In or
i
a "Princess
by Zeus.
der to Insure quality mem
bership and maintain a dis
tinction between brothers
and "independents," the
fraternity presents a barri
er to all those who seek to
enter Its ranks. This barrier
takes the form of a rigor
ous initiation period, com
monly referred to as haz
ing. Is hazing the only means
by which a fraternal organ!
zation can maintain its uni
queness? Perhaps not. But
up to the present time, it
seems the only practical
means of creating a close
fraternal bond.
Those hundreds of phys
cal exercises, believe it or
not, do serve a real purpose.
This purpose is to humble
an individual to such an ex
tent, both physically and
psychologically, in order to
make the final goal (induc
tion or membership) that
much greater a reward. The
true fraternity does not seek
to find out "how much you
can take," but rather the
spirit and attitude in which
you can take it.
However, one must not
overlook the fact that there
Is a tremendous responsibili
ty attached to a good and
effective hazing program.
It Is through the immature
and Irresponsible actions of
some fraternities that per
sonal injury and destruc
tions of property result.
Responsible leaders and
Athena" for Greek Week.
Thoughts of the future of the Daily
Nebraskan plague me at times. Already,
I fear that the paper will have to be
printed in all lower case next year, due
to inadequate funds.
From the People I Secretly Envy De
partment: Then there was the student
who saw his regular instructor was ab
sent from class . . . and smiled at the
substitute as he walked out the door.
Or the student who sleeps placidly
. . . in the front row.
- Judging from the lines for the AWS
elections yesterday, you weren't apathet
ic if you voted. Another addition to the
lines which University life imposes, I im
agine. (As if registration, fees, advisor,
tickets, check-cashing, lunch lines weren't
enough.)
I fought tihe voting line, though. Sneak
ily, I .dropped my books right at the
head of the line. Slowly, I picked them
up, at the same time getting my I.D.
card ready for action. Slyly, I slipped
into the line. Shyly, I avoided looking at
the girl who was behind me. (I could
hear her grumbling.)
For my crafty behavior, I'm Sorry
About That!
heads of fraternal organiza
tions must be aware of such
evils and provide for a con
stant and careful control
over hazing procedures.
The value of a fraternity
in an academic community
is a question brought up an
nually on every college cam
pus. I will not attempt to
discuss it now, but I must
say, speaking from personal
experiences, that the fra
ternity has positively af
fected my own personal
growth and development, in
tellectually as well as so
cially. But, why then Is the fra
ternity a dying Institution on
almost every college cam
pus? The reason is that the
student has become in re
cent years more Intel
lectually inclined. The great
demanded by society and in
dustry for academic excell
ence has forced the emerg
ence of the "mark-conscious"
student.
This frame of mind, how
ever, has had an adverse
effect upon education for
it precludes a most signifi
cant part of education, the
capacity of people to com
municate with each other.
If education is anything,
it is a preparation for young
men who must eventually
enter the ranks of society.
This being true, then the
fraternity can do nothing
more than complement the
educational process.
No Ethical Grounds for Attack
Dear Editor,
I was a bit surprised by the letters from Mrs. Hibbs
and Miss Hoegemeyer in Wednesday's Daily Nebraskan.
Anyone who closely read Monday's editorial could see
that the letter from Mrs. Hibbs was unbiased and further
used only as an introduction to the importance of the
election. .
As to Miss Hoegemeyer, I am somewhat surprised
to learn that she believes in equal lineage for each candi
date, regardless of news value. If one candidate had noth
ing to say, while the other presented four pages of good
ideas, would you still owe them equal space?
I think not.
Your timing in endorsing Miss Hedgecock which Mrs.
Hibbs criticizes is your own prerogative. As a supporter
of one candidate, you have the right to support her at
the most advantageous time.
Let me add that I'm not sure you utilized these op.
portunities in the most effective manner, but I really
don't believe that your critics have any ethical grounds
for attack. .
Frank Partsch
Editor, Daily Nebraskan, l5
Bureaucracy and Skeletons
Dear Editor,
The Daily Nebraskan is to be commended for its in
elusion of an occasional "Closet Case." Columnist Frank
Partsch's ability to look at the facts of campus life with
a critical eye will be sorely missed when he leaves this
institution. Perhaps certain persons in the teachers college-administration
complex, though, are wishing he had
already been granted his degree and was looking for skele
tons in other people's closets, after his latest revelations
last week.
Few people are blessed with such a critical set as is
Mr. Partsch. I say that as a compliment. Others of us
who fall in this critical category are blanketly labeled
"apathetic" because of our own refusal to play silly
games for which we are now too old. Mr. Partsch must
either be a child prodigy, or, more likely, in his second
childhood, as he apparently still plays the dormitory's and
Innocent's games, but, thankfully for the betterment of
this institution, not by their rules.
Let's hear more from Mr. Partsch. He seems close
enough to know or find out the causes of the problems
that bother students and faculty every time they hear
of a new case of administrative "bumbling."
Is the "ever-increasing bureaucracy" of administrat
ors really in the best interest of the University of Ne
braska Mr. Partsch? Or, as I suspect, is our Administra
tion just another department or agency succumbing to that
tendency to make itself and its individual members more
important by increasing the number of functionaries on the
payroll? Granted, the modern university's demands for
administrative services require more money and people as
student enrollment grows and more demands need to be
met.
But are all these services demanded by the students
and faculty? The only demands heard, in these quarters,
are for higher faculty salaries, better classroom and lab
oratory facilities, and a closer cooperation between stu
dents and faculty in the pursuit of learning. Instead of
meeting these demands, our administrators are telling us
we want another addition to the football stadium, Univer
. sity subsidized fraternity houses, and luxury dormitories,
with sunken gardens and swimming pools.
Although admittedly I have long been removed from
the sentiments of dormitory dwelling students, I have
heard no demands for new luxury dormitories from these
people. To the contrary, once it was expressed to me
that most students living in the dormitories would much
rather help fund classroom and laboratory buildings than
sustain an inevitable increase in their room and board.
Before you graduate, Mr. Partsch, you owe a debt to
this University and State to tell us, from your close-in
viewpoint, who is making our decisions and why.
Peter Renssaiacr
'Democratic' Election
Dear Editor,
Last Wednesday, March 2, an election was held to de
termine who the candidates would be for May Queen. All
junior and senior women were eligible to vote. It seems
that this election would be of general interest to a large
number of students on our campus. However, the tabu
lation of the ballots in this election took place behind closed
aoors.
Perhaps this is the "in" way of counting ballots now.
I always thought the democratic way of tabulating election
returns was to open the area where they were counted to
the general public. Perhaps this is the "traditional" wav
of doing things. Next time, let's try a more "democratic"
way.
Brian W. Keefe
Small Pica 'I'm Interested'
Dear Editor,
May my small plea be thus inscribed upon the pound
of flesh, (the proposed $18 "fee"), required to satisfy the
University's starving belly.
"I'm interested! I'm interested!"
I'm interested in the "$40,000 offered to University of
ficials, who are "not interested".
I doubt if Nebraska will, overnight, become the "Beat
le Bowl of the nation and therefore embarrass us, oops,
them, oops, us???
May I list some fancy comebacks for destitute, well
at least verbally, administrative officials:
1. Five young hoodlums, oops again, foreigners, stomp
ing out there on "Our team's playing field, may ruin the
riss.
2. Beatle fans have been known to ransack the area and
what would the University do without the columns? May
be relieve a little tension for AWS members, I mean the
Board, sorry about that.
i 3- J,1 would be Just t0 cra 'r the University to
play like a money-making organization.
4. The University is much too busv in August, with
vacations and all.
5. Teeners may become interested in the University
and may even enroll. That's the last straw. The last
thing we need around here is increased enrollment. (The
way we are trying to make ends meet around the Knolls.)
6. ine University may get a "bat deal" out of this.
e.im S0I7y' readers- if my definition of University
3 ? S ippery' but U is 80 har t determine "our"
wiLi 1 ,placLe us Just a wue to the left of the
knothead, oops, knothole.
!Sn l6 BeatIe fans' wh0 belleve I'm gross for
cashing in on those great guys-Sorry about that . . .
Portia
Teepee Publicity Stunt?
Dear Editor,
r5ifi ?ti0ed the neat teePee set UP north of Teacn
? SVWe(Tvno Indians' however). Assuming this
L S!u!?t by the Nebraska Centennial Commit-
unionS, 'iW not 10 excited by this
unique display of State Spirit.
,n u C.L.A.M.S.
(Culturally Limited, Apathy Minded Students)
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