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OPINION !
Jo Stohlman, editor
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Well, Monday Is the day for the be
ginning of the annual hat-tossing.
And, if all goes as planned by ASUN,
the ring will be larger student senate
elections this year, with the addition of
another office.
The senators voted unanimously
Wednesday to pass 17 ASUN constitu-'
tlonal amendments which would ere
ate another executive office the addi
tion of a second vice president.
Students then, will vote on ratifying
the amendments to add the office. From
all indications, the senators were wise in
creating another executive office for stu
dent government. A quick review of the
load Kent Neumeister and Larry Frolik
have had this year in administering stu
dent government will bear this out.
And, as Senator Bob Samuelson
noted, the number of executive of
fices hasn't increased in proportion
to the growth in number of students.
The real question is not in adding a
vice president to student government. It
lies in who should hold the office a sen
ior (who might work well and give "seni
or" executive direction), or a junior (who
By FRANK PARTSCH
r Thousands of University
" students gather with vary
ing degrees of regularity
(the degrees ranging from
the strongatives to the laxi
1 tives, of course) to watch a
; television show which has
replaced Ratman and the
I Public Storm in popularity.
What has drawn them
J from all walks of life? What
I magic spell calls from their
vineyards to sit tranfixed
before the tube three times
each week?
It's Economics 12, starr
ing Campbell R. Campbell,
brought to you this week by
the tuition crisis, the fiscal
fiasco and the College of
Business Administration.
Several years ago, when
funds began running low, a
group of University plan
ners met behind closed
doors The topic of their
meeting? An easy answer to
meet the enormous demand
for economics forced upon
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Rights Groups'
I Action
A majority of U.S. college students tend to disagree
with a number of the principal actions as well as propos
als advocated by civil rights organizations. This is the find
ing of the Playboy magazine college opinion survey, cov
ering 200 campuses.
While agreeing that federal legislation is necessary to
assure that jury members be selected on a nondiscrimina
tory basis, 63.2 of the students do not consider such leg
islation needed to declare murder or assault of a civil rights
worker a federal crime.
The students take a strong stand against civil disobe
dience to the extent of blocking traffic, with 83.1 dis
agreeing that it is justifiable as a means to an end. Fur
ther, 79 are opposed to the bussing of Negro children to
schools out of their neighborhoods if this is the only way
to obtain school integration; and an overwhelming 94.5
do not agree that qualified Negro job applicants should
be given preference over qualified applicants of other races
as a means of speeding up equality.
Moreover, 66.7 of the students believe that the diver
sity of civil rights organizations is more of a hindrance
than a help to the civil rights movement as a whole; and
54.8 believe that the Negro civil rights leadership has,
by in large, not acted wisely and responsibly in trying
to achieve racial equality.
The Playboy, college opinion survey, which measures
opinions of both students and faculty members, is based
on responses from a representative sample of approximate
ly 1,200 students from all classes, ages and backgrounds,
who serve as a permanent "sounding board" on ques
tions of current interest, and a permanent panel of 200
faculty members one representative from each campus
comprising a wide variety of educational fields
While the faculty polled in the survey proportionately
takes a more positive pro-civil rights stand than the stu
dents, they basically tend to agree with the position taken
by them.
While 75.3 believe that federal legislation is necessary
to eliminate discrimination in the selection of jury mem
bers, only 52.6 see the need for such legislation to de-
clare the murder or assault of a civil rights worker a
federal crime.
Differentiating from the students, 53.9 of the faculty
-do not believe that the diversity of civil rights organiza
tions is more of a hindrance than a help to the civil rights
movement as a whole and 75.4 said they thought that
the Negro civil rights leadership has, by and large, acted
isejy and responsibly in trying to achieve racial equality.
Mike Kirkman,
Hat-Tossing Time
the College of Business Ad
ministration by every ad
visor, counsellor . and typo
graphical error on cam
pus. "Let's tell them they're
taking a shower, and then
turn on the gas and"
"No, it wouldn't be good
for our public image. We
need something like a tele
vision set in every room;
Then one teacher could
serve thousands of stu
dents." "Great! And if they don't
like the programming, we
can still turn on the gas."
(This is where the expres
sion originated: "Taking
gas," which was the cool
thing to say about the time
electric lights were first in
stalled in the Union to cut
down on amorous activi
ties.) So they did it The tele
vision sets were easy to
come by. Our little group
of planners just notified
every dealer that driver
Opposed
business manager
Friday, March 25, 1966
would have a good "training ground" in
executive student government ex
perience.) To a large extent, who some of the
"hat-tossers" are in the next week, fil
ing for student government elections, will
determine what direction this office will
take. But that's the basis for another
editorial.
Right now, the action around stu
dent government circles lies In politi
cal whisperings and quiet sounding
out of who the chief contenders will
be. By next Friday, there will be
nothing undercover the news will be
out.
We expect that the creation of an
other executive office will change the po
litical maneuverings a great deal for the
senators who are considering one of the
executive offices. They will now have to
decide if they should try for second vice
president in lieu of possibly first vice
president or even president.
And, if the choice Is for the new
post, what if the students do not ratify
the amendments creating it?
In the process of decision, some
hats are bound to be trampled.
training was out and TV
training was in and got be
queathed to them a whole
bunch of sets.
Then they drafted Camp
bell R. Campbell (a brilli
ant teacher and economist
who didn't happen to be
present at the meeting) to
make the tapes.
Let us sit in on a session
of : Econ 12. (They're all.
held before sunrise, so
imagine a group of students
asleep.)
First the stirring music.
Something from Beethoven,
I think It sends chills run
ning up and down your
spine, and makes you want
to run out and economize
the whole world.
Exclusive of the Univer
sity, of course.
Enter Campbell R. Camp
bell. "Last time we talked
about how the effects of the
multiplier squeeze down
ward to force average price
above nominal cost and
marginal revenue above the
Gross National Product."
Now everyone is wide
awake and rarin' to go.
Then Campbell R. Campbell
launches into today's les-
son
Hold it, hold it! The stu
dents in the back of the
room are changing their
channel to Captain Kanga
roo who should get a pro
motion any day now
The grad student, who
generally sleeps between
the two television sets in
the front of the room, wakes
up and changes the channel
back to Econ 12.
But the lecture continues
uninterrupted. Campbell R.
Campbell draws graphs,
shows charts, and continues
his remarkably lucid ex
planation of the text, all
from the safety of the pic
ture tube.
Finally, two minutes after
the ringing of the bells, the
lecture is finished, Camp
bell R. Campbell reviews
what he will review the next
day and the stirring music
ushers the thousands out in
to real classrooms with
flresh and blood teachers.
Who tell jokes and keep
order and give quizzes
And can't be turned off.
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Being a compendium of farce, absur
dity and comment, selected arbitrarily by
the Editor . . .
Historical Note of the
Libya; Gryhphons eat up all
Ode to Them
Roses are red,
The ground is clay,
I wonder who
Got black-balled today.
Sounds as if the AWS is busy again
this time not setting precedents as in
the late date night.
To the librarian: I've got this paper
do to ya' see. And I need to do some
research for it. Unfortunately, I can't find
any books. (It's not that there aren't
any books in the library, it's just that I
Another Viewpoint
Herbie
By BILL GROUT
Colorado Daily
"What's that, Herbie? You
want to what? Be a campus
politician! And you're going
to do what? Give the stu
dents a Greater Voice in
Student Government! Herb,
you're a riot. Take it from
me, baby, you're a lulu.
"All right, Herbie, I'm
sorry. Don't cry, baby. Sure,
I'll be your campaign mana
ger. Sure, we'll win. Doesn't
my man always win? They
don't call me 'The Public
Snow Man's for nothing, you
know.
"What was that you said,
'Work hard?' Oh, sweetie,
come on. That's no way to
talk. That's just a line you
feed 'em. You know, you
say, 'If I'm elected, I'll
work for blah blah blah and
I'll do my best to blah blah
blah' that sort of thing.
What do you mean, 'What's
the "blah, blah, blah" for?'
That's your platform, baby,
that's your platform!
"No, no no. That stuff's
no good for a platform.
Listen sugar, just leave all
that to me. First of all.you
don't ever say, I'm going
to give the students a
Greater Voice in Student
Government.' In the first
place you don't even want
todoastupid thing like
that, and second of all, a
phrase like that went out
with Calvin Coolidge, for
God's sake.
Instead, you say you're
going to set up a council or
a board or a committee to
About
Day: In 905,
the unicorns.
From me
in the Running
'Voice Student Opinion
Remember that. That's
right, repeat it once more.
You're catching on, Herb,
you're really catching on.
There's a nice smile.
"What do you mean you
want more platform? That's
all the public needs. Oh, all
right. Here's some more,
then. Write it down, lamb.
That's right. Let me see. . .
the dupes need something to
keep their hopes up. . .how
about: pre-registration and
a modified semester system
and campus parking and a
student body executive cabi
net and a council made up
of various factions on cam
pus and a merit system for
distribution of finances and
something futuristic like a
monorail . . .
"What do you mean,,
'where's the money for all
this coming from?' You
don't worry about money,
baby. You're goingto be a
legislator. The money
comes, it just comes.
"You want more plat
form? Honey, you're taxing
my brain. It's no easy thing
to think up a platform. Now,
now, don't hang your head.
It's all right. Here we go
again: you'll take the stu
dent paper off compulsory
student fees, print up a
course BlueBook, have the
students take over the book
store, put an academic dead
week on the calendar . . .
"What are you crying for?
Nr 'dead week' doesn't
mew nnybody's going w
That!
can't find the ones I need.)
Makes me want to forget the whole
deal and bury myself in a novel if the
library had any.
Overheard in the Crib: "Sometimes I
wish the SDS wouldn't take the month
of March so literally."
The explanation for all those sighs of
relief you've been hearing from assorted
parents across town, we hear, is simply
that the Beatles aren't coming, yo ho, ho
ho.
Confidential to the Campus Under
world: (The Nether-Netherland.) James
Bond has his S.M.E.R.C.H, Casanova his
S.M.O.O.C.H., Napolean Solo his S.P.E.C.
T.R.E, and Hooker well Hooker has his
S.P.O.O.K.
to you: Sorry About That!
kill anybody. Sometimes I
think you're not all there,
Herb. No, that wasn't an
affront to your intelligence.
Good grief!
"Now, what about your
background? I mean, what
have you done before? Noth
ing, but you tried hard.
That's all right, hon. We'll
just fix something up for
you Nothing too fancy, just
five or six committees.
What do you mean,
'That's dishonest?' Herb,
you're in politics, baby. And
the public just loves com
mittees. They get this pic
ture of a group sitting
around a table and every
body's got a water glass,
see, and all kinds of work,
gets done and every so often
somebody takes a drink of
water.
W h a t? ' Because they're
thirsty, how should I know?
They just do. Sowe've got
to say you've been on some
of these committees. Write
It down, love, write it down.
"Next, you've got to have
a slogan. What did you say,
Herbert? Don't you ever say
that again! Do you hear?
Never! Nothing is cheating.
O. K. Now, you're a 'Defend
er and Supporter.'
"0. K. I think we're
ready. Got everything?
Calm down, now, keep it
calm. Just go home and
rest. I'll see you later.
Right. Bye, Herb.
"What a sap that kid is,
Heh, heh. He can't lose."
Why Not Margin for Error?
Dear Editor,
It Is an inescapable fact that the degree of testiness
of an editor's notes is not quite a measure of that editor's
maturity. In other words, Miss Stohlman, to answer my
letter, by wondering, in print, about my "ability to com
prehend" strikes me as rather rude. Be that as it may,
I stick to ny charge that articles like the lengthy one
on Dr. Hoover are indeed whitewashes.
What I mean is this: Dr. Hoover's estimates are in
deed to be praised for their accuracy, less than two per
cent I believe was the figure. Now this is all very well
but if these estimates are so very fine, then why is he
University in a half million dollar crisis?
"Well," says everybody including the Rag, "there are
certain factors it was impossible to take into Account."
This answer strikes me as being a whitewash: of course
there were factors impossible to foresee. There are always
such factors.
The question is, why wasn't a margin allowed for
them? Even with a registrar of the caliber of Dr. Hoover,
for a university the size of this one not to allow for a
reasonable margin of error is ridiculous this time half
a million dollars ridiculous.
To be sure, Monday's editorial mentioned the fact that
his estimates were cut before being sent to the Legisla
ture. The question is, why was this fact the fact that
may cause a tuition hike mentioned only in a sentence
while the rest of the editorial was devoted to a eulogy of
one admittedly good administrator?
Jim Steinman
Editor's Note: After reading your second letter, I can
only compliment you on the interest you take in tho
budgetary problems of the University and the reason why.
To answer your question the editorial mentioned the
fact that Dr. Hoover's estimates were cut before being
sent to the Legislature In only one sentence because we
had previously explained this situation in the editorials
of Thursday, March 10, Friday, March 11, Monday, March
14, and Wednesday, March 16. We felt that this point had
been adequately raised in these four editorials.
As you said there certainly should have been a mar
gin allowed in the "unforeseeable factors." And you are
completely correct that this year's error is "a half a mil
lion dollars ridiculous."
The Daily Nebraskan has not attacked the men in
administration responsible for cutting Dr. Hoover's esti
matesother than naming a couple of names because
we have felt that the main problem was not in crucifying
the men so much as what could be done to prevent stu
dents from suffering from the errors of the men. It has
been shown that an argument attacking the man and not
the problem is not usually effective.
Reply to Swarlz, Wilson
Dear Editor,
Some brief replies to Mssrs. Swartz and Wilson:
Mr. Swartz doesn't read very carefully. I said Mr.
Hungerford ought to resign (not be fired), not because
he didn't agree with me, but because he couldn't think
as clearly as the managing editor of a newspaper should.
Some of my best friends disagree with me, but are still
clear thinkers.
Mr. Swartz is troubled because SDS makes news,
while the majority of students don't. Tough luck, baby.
Why don't you do something newsworthy?
Mr. Swartz says SDS people neglect bathing. I haven't
noticed any unwashed odors from my friends. I bathe reg
ularly. But perhaps my data is incomplete. Have you
been peeking into oii bathrooms lately, Mr. Swartz?
Mr. Swartz makes allusions to my "paymaster." (Ah,
now we see, Davidson is part of some sinister Commie
plot to undermine the morals of our youth.) If you know
who this " paymaster" is, Mr. Swartz, how about clueing
me in? Otherwise, I think you owe me a public apology.
Regarding Mr. Wilson's letter, which is much more
intelligent than Mr. Swartz's, I have these comments. In
criticism of our action against South Africa, he points to
atrocities committed by China and Russia. We do protest
against these, Mr. Wilson.
But you may reply that our protest against apartheid
was more vigorous. That is also true. And for good rea
sons. You see, Mr. Wilson, our government and American
business interests are not supporting China and Russia.
Those countries could continue their policies with or with
out American support. But the same is not true of South
Africa. American interests support economically and help
shape politically the imposition of a Nazi "way of life" on
black South Africans.
You say the government of South Africa is not expan
sionist. Have you not heard about Angola, Rhodesia, Ma
zambique, or South-west Africa? Tell it to the black Afri
cans, Mr. Wilson, and see what they have to say. C
A final question, Mr. Wilson. Is anything justified in
the name of anti-Communism? How about the murder of
six million Jews? Hitler justified the horror in the name
of anti-Communism. In fact, the entire development of the
Third Reich was justified for the German people in the
name of anti-Communism. Does your anti-Communism
have limits, Mr. Wilson? And if so, what are they?
Carl Davidson
Rift in University Campuses
Dear Editor,
Although I have been here for only a short time,
barely two-thirds of a year, I have already begun to no
tice a severe rift between Ag Campus students and the
students of city campus.
It appears to me now that the cowboy boot craze has
hit the University, that when ever a downtown student
wears his boots to class he is real cool, top of the fashion,
but when an Ag Campus student wears his boots to his
city classes, he is pointed out as a clod, Farmer, Cowjock
from Moo U. This tends to make my blood boil. I'm proud
of my farm and ranch background and don't intend to take
any guff off anyone that thinks that he is any better than
campus getting an education instead out on Ag Campus.
Maybe some of the downtown students do not realize
it, but if it was not for agriculture, the University would
not be here. The University is a Land Grant College de
veloped through the idea of Professor Jonathan B. Turner
of Illinois College of Jacksonville, 111. It was introduced
by Justin Smith Morrill and signed into law by President
Lincoln an agricultural man himself. It provided for 30,000
acres of land to be granted to each state for each na
tional representative and senator. These 30,000 acres of
land were to be used to establish and support at least
one college in each state, where, besides the classic stud
les, . agriculture and mechanical arts as well as military
tactics must be taught.
XK3m noitrying t0 say that Ag Campus students aro
any better than city campus students, only that they
should be equal. I can't wait until the downtown "Cow
boys show up at the University Intercollegiate Rodeo next
month.
'Jock Rabbit
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