Jo Stohlman, editor
Mike Kirkman, business manager
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Thursday, March 31, 1966
Opinions and Meaning
If you've been reading the letters to
the editor column lately (we like to go
on the assumption that you have) you
will recall that a good deal of space has
been given to persons who have opinions
on U.S. policy in Viet Nam, U.S. policy
in general, and SDS.
The letters column, we feel, is a
good place for persons such as these
. to express their opinions. Usually
ideas expressed have little tendency
to change opinions, while often they
reinforce opinions already held.
These writers usually face two prob
lemswriting for an audience who doesn't
know a great deal about the facts sur
rounding the situation (such as Viet Nam)
and expressing their opinion by words
which have meaning.
The Daily Nebraskan, in an effort
to determine how much students do
know about one current (when isn't
it) issue, interviewed 250 students
about Viet Nam. The results weren't
surprising. A great many did not know
some of the keynote facts about the
Viet Nam war situation.
Expressing opinions to these people
is bound to have little effect. And we
can't necessarily blame those who don't
know, for not knowing. It is hard to un
derstand, evaluate and keep track of a
war, though undeclared, which is thou
sands of miles away.
The second problem of an opinion
writer is use of words which have mean
ing. Even when writing for an audience
which understands the basic facts con
cerning a situation such as Viet Nam, it
is difficult to speak in terms that carry
the desired meaning to the audience.
It's fairly obvious how terms such
as democracy, communism, socialism,
left, right, liberal, conservative, redi
cal, American policy, etc., have been
bantered around so much that they
mean next to nothing without a defi
nition. Another term fast entering this cate
gory is SDS. Goals may be explained,
reasons for action expressed, but what
it is, is still unclear.
"SDS" by itself, may soon, if it
does not already, mean little.
FdDX'S FACTS
By GALE POKORNY
Sociologists who have
spent years doing research
t-on the subject tell us that
there are numerous ways of
getting children to do what
their elders think best for
them. If, for exampl e,
Junior persists in tracking
mud on the living room car
pet every time it rains, there
are several courses of action
open to us for the cure.
' 1. Rub his face in it.
2. Make him clean the car
pet with a toothbrush 3. Sell
the carpet to the junkman
4. Sell Junior to the junkman
5. Reward Junior when he
doesn't traekin mud.
Now, as any semi-intelligent
five-year-old sociologist
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ADULTS ONLY
can tell you, the last choice
is of course the best one. If
you want children to
to respond to your wishes,
you must provide for some
sort of reward.
This same theory can also
be applied to the adult world
and especially to the college
crowd. Rewards and awards
are the thing of the day. If
father and mother wish to
influence the lives of their
college bound sons and
daughters, what better way
to bargain than over the
keys of a Mustang or two.
One would be somewhat
surprised to see what good
grades, a couple of touch
downs or social recognition
add up to in dollars and
cents.
And so it is then, that
along these same lines, I
have finally decided to make
known a previously unknown
private award designed to
promote more of the same
type of action in its field.
Unknown to many of us,
there exists on this campus
a breed of individuals dedi
cated to making your busi
ness, their business. They
may talk like the rest of us
but there the similarity ends.
Twenty four hours a day,
these people are on the look
out for a chance to butt-in
and offer all sorts of advice
(most of it unwanted).
I've named this award in
honor of my champion
heroine. That fat little wo
man who sticks her nose in
dozens of places a day, Mrs.
Olson. (She barely edged out
Mary Worth who ran a very
close second).
The Mrs. Olson award is
given once a week, however,
I am sure that given the
proper information, the
award could be given daily.
This week the award went
to an extremely deserving
young individual in my
Archery class. I was near
ing completion of a highly
entertaining hour spent
shooting arrows (aimed at
the target) into the floor,
west wall, and ceiling.
I had just finished the
hour iby utilizing to the ful
lest, my clear right eye,
iron nerves, steady arms,
and cold precision ability to
plant six perfectly good
arrows into the wall several
feet above and to the right
of all five targets (thus leav
ing my perfect record in
tact) when this guy in my
class walks up to me, looks
at the arrows quivering in
the brick wall, and at the
bow that I am trying to
break over my knee and
says, "Hey don't cry, you
just have to shoot a little
better."
Last week, during the
wind and rain storm, I was
out walking to class when
the wind c a u g h t my um
brella and turned it inside
out. As I was standing there
e n j 0 y i n g the cold water
soaking me and running
down my neck, fighting the
wind and struggling with the
umbrella, a guy walking
down the sidewalk stops,
looks at my useless umbrel
la, taps it with his finger and
hollers over the noise of the
wind, rain, and my cursing,
"You shouldn't do that, it
stretches the fabric."
Immediately, I awarded
him the Mrs. 0. Award, the
umbrella and a knuckle
sandwich just to even things
out.
By now I think you know
the type of person that I am
talking about and I am sure
you can start making your
own awards, but don't be
too bitter with them. After
all they are doing our coun
try a valuable service.
They make people glad to
join the army just to get
away from here.
MATT HELM SHOOTS THE WORKS!
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Being a compendium of farce, humor and
comment, selected arbitrarily by the Edi
tor .. .
Historical Note of the Day: In 1350,
Atlantic Ocean, Eric the Dampe water
skis from Skool, Norway to Point of No
Return, Nebraska.
Thought for the Day: Only eight
more days till freedom . . . er, vacation.
The cries of the students who pro
test administrative red tape are certain
ly not in the minority. The Daily Nebras
kan staffers have been emitting a few
cries lately ... of an utterly anguished
sort.
Whenever a reporter calls Chancellor
Hardin or Vice Chancellor Joseph Sosh
nik to get information confirmed the re
porter gets either a denial, or worse yet,
gobbledygook of the most proficient sort.
When the reporter gives his other
sources, usually some admission of "that
may be the case" comes, but not until
the reporter can show he already knows
the situation well. Sometimes, even, Har
din is "out of town" while his car is
parked in the faculty lot and he is in his
office.
This sort of run-around does not
speak well for Hardin or Soshnik, or by
virtue of them, University administration
as a whole. It will only make us more deter
mined to get the truth, to get the story.
But possibly they don't know, as they
so often say. After all, they just work
here ...
Chivalry, I've happily found, is not
completely dead. You know how crowded
the Union parking lot gets. Well, the
other day I found my car blocked . . .
by a bus.
A sincere thank-you to the 10 boys
who lifted my car about a yard to get
it out. Now if they'd moved that semi. . .
Remember that controversy last se
mester that Tassels had with ASUN over
Homecoming Queen candidate selections?
Tassels was a bit unhappy at ASUN
usurping their power in the area, even
went so far as to prove ASUN action
was unconstitutional.
Won't be any problems next year,
though. Tassels has requested that ASUN
handle the candidates' selection next
year.
The editor of the South Carolina pap
er, The Gamecock, recently wrote an edi
torial entitled, "Apathy, One More
Time."
He'll learn.
Goody, Goody Gum Drop! Enter two
more queens on the NU scene.
The two latest will be a Miss Uni
versity of Nebraska and a candidate for
Miss NEBRASKAland.
Miss NEBRASKAland should be an
interesting girl. She has to appear "in a
costume representative of the girl's home
vacation attraction."
Wonder how the University's candi
date will find a costume representative
of the Crib.
The girl also will be judged on an
"extemporaneous two to three minute
talk on the state's over-all vacation poten
tial." F
Good thing they limited the time of
the talk.
If University officials cut Dr. Hoov
er's projected enrollment figures again,
they may be Sorry About That!
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OPINION
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Propiety of Meters
Dear Editor,
I question the propriety or justice of the University's
maintaining a metered parking lot in which to be eligible
to park one must sport a University parking sticker.
Why is it that one must pay ever-increasing tuition, books,
and housing, be required to pay five dollars to label his
car for the campus police, and still have to pay the
standard nickel-an-hour meter rates to the City of Lincoln
(or to the university, as the case may be)?
I parked my car in the metered lot in front of Selleck,
and when my time ran out I got a ticket which cost me
five dollars because I didn't have a sticker.
It seems to me that a metered lot should be open to
use by the whole public, or else the meters should be
removed and the lot open only to Area S stickered cars.
To have to feed the meter and still have to have a sticker
seems like double jeopardy of a sort.
Can someone explain, perhaps justify, the pertinent
policies about this?
Jim Behlen
Contradictory Positions?
Dear Editor,
The United States believes that it should feed, clothe,
heal and support the underprivileged people of the world
as a means of fighting Communism. That is the signifi
cance of billions of dollars of foreign aid, of the Peace
Corps, of AID, of Food for Peace, of the Alliance for
Progress, of our support of the World Bank, the various
development funds, and the United Nations' humanitarian
programs.
That is the significance of CARE, of Dr. Tom Dooley's
great sacrifice, of the innumerable efforts that America,
as a government and as a people, has made to improve
mankind's lot. Even more such efforts are badly needed.
But the hard reality, that hunger, want, and oppres
sion are not going to disappear overnight at one wave of
an American magic wand, remains. The job is going to
take hard work and sacrifice and guts and above all time
decades of time.
But the Communist schedule for world domination
doesn't give us that kind of time. It calls on capitalizing
on misery now, before our efforts have an effect. And
Communism is not soft-hearted about using force whenever
it thinks it can get away with it.
That is why America must provide a shield against
Communism, why America must respond while commu
nism uses force. Behind the shield we must continue and
intensify our efforts to end human suffering. But the
shield must be there to give these efforts time to work.
The SDS demands that we remove that shield. It op.
poses our use of force to counter Communist force. But
SDS admits that Communism is evil; and it admits that
Communist use of force would be successful if we did not
oppose it. So how does SDS justify its position? It has
said, "We have no right to force our way of life on oth
ers." But now we find that SDS thinks we should force our
way of life on South Africa. Perhaps we should. But I
say that these two positions are contradictory. If it is
right to try to free the people of South Africa from eco
nomic and political domination, how can we be wrong to
try to defend the world from the much more complete
and ruthless domination of Communism?
A Challenge To Act
Dear Editor,
Ray Wilson
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The continuing quest for truth is the strength of our
society. In our democratic society the search for the
truth is each individuals responsibility. Sadly, I must ad
mit that many of us shirk this responsibility, and what
is worse we ridicule and put to shame those few indi
viduals who do.
Who is responsible for this injustice society, nay, it
is you and I. Because people think, look, or talk different
than we do we tend to shun them. Its almost as if we
said if you don't do everything just as I do I nor any
of my friends will associate with you.
Why does this happen? Is it perhaps because we are
too lazy to check the story, to find out the true facts in
the case? Or is it because we are secretly distrustful of
those who are different from us? Is it because they wear
their hair a little longer, dress a little differently that we
want and watch for something bad about them to believe,
no matter how ridiculous?
I now make a challenge to you, all of you. I dare
you to put aside physical appearances and superficial
appearances and consider the facts. I dare you to get up
at a public meeting and expound your own views. I dare
you to go out and get your own facts. I dare you to break
away from the crowd.
In short I dare you to act for yourself and become
worthy of being a man.
Robert Vuhrmann
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