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Action All The
Impatient, articulate, suspicious of the
System and its leaders, hostile to compro
mise, determined to tell the whole story
and often monumentally tactless this de
scription has been called the "Student
Editor Type."
The editor of the Daily Nebraskan
hopes this year that he can fit just this
description and continue to make the Ne
braskan an active not passive newspaper.
Paul Goodman in his book "The Com
munity of Scholars" describes the typi
cal college newspaper. He says:
"Mostly, of course, their aim is to
make like newspapers, with due sensa
tionalism, lofty editorials, etc.; this is to
be expected, student papers are play. But
it has become customary, also to print
some national or world news, to avoid
covering just Home news, which is 'trivial.'
The editors could not be more in error.
Real home news cannot be trivial. The
paper can be the voice of its community
and document the abuses that exist; if
they would smoke out the professors and
make them commit themselves or be
quoted as refusing to commit themselves;
if they would editorialize in order to have
an effect, then the papers would be lively,
and the editors would find themselves ex
pelled." The editor of the Daily Nebraskan this
semester does not plan on being expelled,
but he does plan on taking the rest of Mr.
Goodman's advice.
The University campus as all cam
And so the University starts another
semester with the announcement that
Steve Abbott and Carl Davidson will neith
er be students or graduate assistants here
this year.
The Daily Nebraskan has often dis
agreed with both of them and does not
consider itself in the liberal or radical
class of either one, but we see their de
parture with disappointment.
Abbott, who has stimulated people on
this campus to think about their roles as
students and to consider objectively the
Quality of their present education and the
rules that govern them, will give his last
speech to Student Senate Wednesday.
This speech promises to be one of the
fieriest and courageous speeches ever
given by a student on this campus and the
Nebraskan urges every student to attend
the meeting and witness Abbott's last act.
He has strongly felt that student gov
ernment at Nebraska should really govern
or otherwise be called an advisory council
and not a government. He ran for presi
dent of ASUN last year on a platform call
ing for a Student Bill of Rights and this
year no matter If he is here or not he will
be working for it from behind the scenes.
Abbott, who incidentally will continue
to visit the campus occasionally on week
Freshmen It's Your
Liberalism, Student Bill of Rights,
CFDP, student government, administra
tive politics, SDS, faculty evaluation
book, ASUN and a million other terms
a new freshmen could easily be confused
in reading the first issue of the Daily Ne
braskan. No the upperclass students at Ne
braska are not planning a march on ad
ministration tomorrow (as far as the
Daily Nebraskan knows.) And no admin
istration is not necessarily bad and yet
there are a great many fine people over
there.
It's only that Nebraska is becoming a
high quality enough school that students
here are beginning "to think" the same
as students are thinking all over the
' United States.
It's only that students here care
enough about the University for the first
time in many years to start worrying
about the kind of education they are hav
ing and to start thinking about some Uni
versity rules that may be outdated in this
new age of serious education.
No the Daily Nebraskan has not be
come a radical paper and no its staff does
not belong to SDS, but we realize that the
questioni being asked at Nebraska are
being asked ail over the country and we
want the chance to consider these ques
tions too.
Policy On
The Daily Nebraskan as always looks
forward this semester to hearing from its
readers by way of letters to the Editor.
To have letters printed in the paper,
the readers will be required to follow sev
eral rules made by the Student Publica
tions Subcommittee of the Committee on
Student Affairs.
The rules include the following:
The editor will keep on file letters,
plus names of all persons writing letters
together with any pen names used.
Any student, faculty member or
member of the University administration
may obtain the name of a person writ
ing inder a pen name if he submits a re
quest in writing to the Editor.
In other words to be printed, a letter
must be signed with the writer's full
name. A pen name, or initials, will be
used upon request. Letters should be typed
and doublespaced.
Thank You Steve,
ends and write a column in the Nebras
kan, leaves many people behind him who
believe in the same things he does.
One can hope that other members of
Abbott's Campus Freedom Democratic
Party (CFDP) and senators who agree
with him will have his courage and
, ability to work for some of the things that
Abbott has started.
Davidson gave the University its first
chance at tasting an atmosphere of in
tellectual thought mixed with radical ac
tion. He brought the school its first teach
in and gave many people a first hand look
at just what is happening on university
campuses all over the country.
Students for a Democratic Society
(SDS), brought here by Davidson, has
been a great stimulus for the whole Uni
versity. If nothing else, it has given the
students and the faculty a chance to think
about contemporary issues and take a
side.
The Daily Nebraskan sincerely hopes
that SDS will continue to play an
important part on this campus without
Davidsons constant surveilance and that
he as the new vice president of SDS will
visit the campus frequently enough to
keep Nebraskans thinking.
Wayne Kreuscher
Freshmen in the last year Nebraska
has experienced many influences both
good and bad. For some people in outstate
Nebraska who are used to watching TV
and drinking beer n weekends some of the
concepts brought by these influences may
seem weird and wrong.
But Nebraska is experiencing them.
The things you have read in national
magazines about students protesting the
war in Viet Nam and student governments
asking for more liberal rules from the ad
ministration have been and will continue
to happen here.
Not all these influences are good and
many of the things they suggest are ridic
ulous, extremely radical and impractical,
but others are needed or show sound
thinking in conservative Nebraska.
The only advice the Daily Nebraskan
can give you is take an interest in the
things happening on this campus, attend
the student government meetings and ex
press your opinions to the senators, join
YR's and YD's, find out what SDS is all
about and see if these people with long
hair and sandals really think or if they are
just fakes.
This campus is alive and a great deal
can be learned here both in the class
room and outside. Find out and have an
opinion!!
Wayne Kreuscher
Letters To The Editor
Way
puses around the country has never been
in a more important period of change,
chaos and bewilderment. The Nebraskan
will do all in its power to describe, in
terpret and understand these "trivial"
events.
The Nebraskan will continue to learn
to ask along with the rest of the students
"why" the University is the way it is,
"why" education in the classrooms often
seems less vital than the education out
side, and "why" the only real thinking and
spirit shown by students on this campus
in many years have been done by a revo
lutionist from Pennsylvania named Carl
Davidson and a former candidate for the
monastery named Steve Abbott.
University administrators have re
cently said they were unhappy with last
semester's editor of the Nebraskan. They
have described her as tactless, impulsive
and irresponsible.
But the truth of the matter is that the
only thing she did wrong was put out a
good paper the best in many semesters
and represent the students well against
the hodgepodge of secrecy, confusion and
politics in many of the administrators' of
fices. If the University administrators say
the same things about this semester's
paper when it is through, the staff and
especially the editor will feel they did a
good job and the administrators will know
it if they are truthful.
Wayne Kreuscher
Carl
Campus
The Editor reserves the right to edit
all letters submitted for publication. They
may be sent through campus mails or fed
eral mails, addressed to the Daily Nebras
kan Editor, 51 Nebraska Union. Or they
may be brought directly to the Daily Ne
braskan Office.
Every year the paper receives numer
ous unsigned letters. Often, these letters
merit publication. Sometimes they do not.
It is the Nebraskan'g feeling that if a
person feels strongly enough about some
thing to write a letter, he should feel
strongly enough about it to sign his name.
Exactly why unsigned letters are sent
to the Daily Nebraskan remains mostly a
mystery. Possibly the writer wishes to
vent a few frustrations without taking any
criticism that might be forthcoming for
his position.
The Nebraskan looks forward to hear
ing from its readers the readers' opinions
criticisms and ideas.
Our Man Hoppe
Uncle Sam Needs You, Baby
Arthur Hoppe
Herewith is another un
published chapter from that
invaluable reference work,
"A History of the World
1950 to 1999." This chap
ter is entitled, "Meeting the
Unmet Needs."
In the United States, the
presidential election of 1976
shaped up as another tra
ditional battle between the
Democrats and Repub
licans. The Democrats as usual
pointed with pride to such
programs as Me dicare,
Denticare. Judicare, Menti
care, Pedicare and Opti-Auri-Nasicare
and said
they had "met the needs of
the people."
The Republicans as usual
retorted angrily that they,
too, were for these pro
grams, were for meeting
. the needs of the people and
were also for economy in
government.
Many voters saw little to
choose and pollsters, with a
yawn, rated the election a
toss up.
It was at this point that
Mr. Rock Hunter, a middle
aged motion picture star,
announced his candidacy
and unveiled a new pro
gram that was to arouse
America as nothing ever
had before.
"It is true," said Mr.
Hunter at a dramatic press
conference, "that the wel
fare state assures that each
of us gets enough medicine,
enough dentistry, enough
legal aid, enough mental
health and enough arch
support. But what of those
of us who, through no fault
of our own, haven't been
getting enough lately?"
"Enough what?" asked a
puzzled reporter.
Mr. Hunter smiled h i s
famous warm and friendly
smile. "Love," he said,
simply. And with that was
launched the greatest wel
fare program of them all
Sexicare!
"Do you realize," thun
dered Mr. Hunter in speech
es from coast to coast,
"that two-thirds of our na
tion goes to bed each night
ill content, under-loved and
alone? Surely, a govern
ment as prosperous as ours
can take care of those who
are. romantically disadvan
taged, emotionally deprived
and sexually underprivi
leged." Sexicare immediat
ely struck a chord Jn Amer
ica's heart. With every citi
zen inculcated from infan
cy by sexy movie, sexy
books and sexy commer
cials, it fulfilled the great
est unmet need of all.
True, there was scattered
opposition. The concept of
more sex was opposed by
a coalition of Southern Bap
tists and Playgirl Bunnies,
though perhaps for differ
ent reasons. And the anarchist-oriented
Sexual Free
dom League split down the
middle, some being for sex
and some for freedom.
But Mr. Hunter was
elected in a landslide. At
his inauguration he swore
to "set a glorious example
for every American." Un
fortunately, he died three
weeks after taking office
his last words being
"enough is enough."
He was replaced by the
Vice President, a dour New
England parson of 83 who
had been selected to
balance the ticket. He
promptly abolished Sexi
care, along with mini-skirts,
mascara and drive-in mov
ies. Sex once again became
illicit.
That's
The mailman brings the
Daily Nebraskan the most
unusual and interesting in
formation some days and
unfortunately often no one
sees this material but the
editor.
Either because the infor
mation delivered enn't be
printed as news in any
part of the paper or be
cause it usually isn't ap
propriate for the editorial
page much of this mater
ial ends up in the office
waste basket after the edi
tor has either laughed at it
or digested it for later ref
erence. In this column at differ
ent times the paper will
print some of this mail eith
er in its entire form or
parts of it no matter if it
is advertising, propagandiz
ing or just giving an opin
ion. EDITOR'S NOTE: The
following is part of an open
letter written by Richard
Tregaskis, author of "Viet
nam Diary," to the Presi
dent of the United States
before the bombings of Hai
phong. Dear Mr. President:
Following the dictates of
my own experience in Viet
Nam, as recorded in my
newspaper and magazine
dispatches and my book
"Vietnam Diary," I am
writing to urge a course of
action which could end the
war and bring the benefits
of peace immediately to
our fighting men in Viet
Nam, to the long suffering
population of Viet Nam and
to our own people.
As happens so often in
modern history, the small,
militant and utterly ruth
less minority of Vietnamese
which controls North Viet
Nam, with weapons supoli
by other Communist nation
have sought to overthrow
the government of South
Viet Nam and install a
Communist dictatorship.
As usual, the objective is
not to set up a representa
tive government of the peo
ple, but a dictatorship of a
small band of police-state
zealots as In North Viet
Nam, or the uncalled Peo
ple's Republic of China;
about as representative of
the will of the people as a
police state run let us say
by the Vegetarian Party of
the U.S.
The destruction of Hai
phong ,thc source of Viet
Cong arms and the small
amount of war supplies
made locally, would effec
tively cut off the strength nf
Ncrtii Viet Nam. But It h
in the autUttiJ ng thi:i
Oddly enough there was
little protest. As a Young
Socialist League recruiter
confessed after being
caught chasing three Vass
ar girls through Central
Park: "The welfare state
may fill man's needs, but
individual initiative is sure
lots more fun."
What
that extreme care, consid
eration and good planning
are needed.
There are also the over
riding humanitarian consid
erations. The power-stroke
should establish not only
that we have irrestible pow
er, but that our way of us
ing it shows the ethcai su
periority of our form of
government over the Com
munist dictatorship and po
lice state.
We know that Haiphong is
the root of all the evil that
finds its way to the VC.
Hanoi is the administrative
seat which plots the distri
bution of this evil; weapons,
supplies, munitions.
But we can wipe out the
root, the muscle, the mech
anism of this supply sys
tem if we take out Hai
phong. Hanoi doesn't have
to be touched. Without Hai
phong, Hanoi would be as
useless as a brain without
a body.
The problem is to do the
job in a humanitarian way
a way which will win the
o
James Joyce "Ulysses"
page 17 that's a quote
buddy, and it means "re
morse of conscience." To
be exact:
And putting on his stiff
collar and rebellious tie, he
spoke to them, chiding
them . . . and rummaged
in his trunk while he called
for a clean handkerchief.
Agenbite of inwit. God,
we'll simply have to dress
the character. I want puce
gloves and green boots.
Contradiction. Do I contra
dict myself? Very well then,
,1 contradict myself.
In this age of Mod clothes
and colorless minds I stand
up rebellious tie and all
and say you've- got a long
way to go this year stu
dents. The System rules. It
sends out cards that say
"Do not bend, fold or muti
late." That's the privileged
status the cards have. But
what about us? Yes I mean
YOU even if you are only
one person out of 18,000.
"Fold into place," says the
System, "bend to meet the
demands of society." Who
is this System I ask?
Thus moves the System:
IQ tests that measure con
formity rather than crea
tivity (and what else can
tests measure huh?); a rat
race for grades; the rat fink
Student Code (Yes, I do not
like it. Do you?); the rat
race for Innocents; a rat
race for beer; the complac
ent church rat race; the
Support - Your-Govt. - No-Matter-What
rat race (be
cause authorities are al
ways Right). Thus the Sys-
It Says
support of the people of Viet
Nam and Asia as well as
demonstrating our irresis
tible power.
There is a problem of
demonstrating the reality
of our power to all of Asia.
Among the vast illiterate
masses, many of them liv
ing under thought-control
governments like China's,
the assumption is that our
present effort in Viet Nam
represents our maximum
power effort. These people
don't know that we are ex
ercising not our maximum
power but a poor fraction
of it under maximum re
straint. Now we must show that
power incontrovertibly. If
we do, we will lead to the
end of the war in Viet Nam
and establish a respect in
Asia which we have not
yet gained a respect which
will make our Asian rela
tions easier for 20 years to
come. The question is: how
to implement this power cor
rectly, with maximum effect.
One of the things that really fascinated me when I
was a freshman is that if I could think of something, any
thing, to buy at the book store, boy I had to have it and
right now.
Everyone to his own but flashcards were always my
favorite with course outlines, the plastic variety being the
real bonus, a close second.
As if indulging in these so called "study-aids" wasn't
enough I showered myself with textbooks of courses I
wasn't even taking! You talk about guys losing their cool
in a hurry I was right in there with the best of them that
year.
Of passing interest is the fact that I was never hurt
financially either when I pulled off my weekly wanderlust
through the bookshelves for goodness knows, what else
could I blow my money on in this town? No, really
Don't get me wrong here, this is nothing against the
boys down at the book stores or anything like that, the last
thing in the world I'd want right now is to have somebody
down on me right off the bat. As a matter of fact I think
the book stores are certainly one of Lincoln's bigger draw
ing cards.
Its just that no matter how hard they try to cover it up
there's no mistaking a freshman, especially this year.
I mean who needs beanies?
For instance a week ago tost Saturday, a stream of
fellers was walking up "R" street covered with those ob
noxious yellow bags (UU4 te the brim and you know and
I know there was no chance of these guys being seniors In
Bug. Ad.
What I'm all leading up to is that I just whistled
through my third Rush Week and six hundred and some
odd guys here at N.U., home of the Big 8 Bowling Cham
pions or whatever we've got going for us right bow, and I
guess I really never noticed it as much as this year but
this campus, brothers, took a little gas starting last Mon
day. Of course, then again, the Betas sure loved them to
death.
A couple of takes during Rush and I shudder to think
what would happen if Nebraska did keep everybody they
educate or rehabilitate or whatever.
Seriously though freshman, and I know you're reading
this along with every other inch of the Rag today so you
can keep on top of all the hot poop, seriously, I think I
did sec a few of you who might be contenders for Kernal
and Corn cob slots this fall.
If that doesn't work out for you, go down and buy a
.100 level Chemistry book and plop that old boy down on
your desk and see If that doesn't snow the guy next to
you In Freshman English.
It'll work hc a dream baby and you're in.
tern saturates the United
States with an unholy love
of Status Quo covered
sweetly with goody-goody
.smiles. Thus we are moral
ly infected. I repent Agen
bite of inwit tbrafar I
write.
I don't expect you to like
this column because I do
not intend to soothe stupid,
slothful people. If you can't
understand my vocabulary
or literary references
tough! Wise up or luck out.
We're not running a Dick.
And-Jane-See - The-Bob-De-vanney
- Ball - Style show.
This is a university.
So you think I'll run into
a few brick walls this way?
Hear James Joyce again
(ibid., p. 133): "-We were
always loyal to lost causes
the professor said. Success
for us is the death of the
intellect and of the imagi
nation. We were never loy
al to the successful."
So that's my stand. Agen
bite of inwit. Morality must
always be a revolutionary
thing. The minute it be
comes complacent it is
something else, nor moral
ity. Last year I brought Al
len Ginsberg. This year . . .
wait and see what someone
else does.
Being radical means
going to the roots of your
awareness. It means seeing
the world in a completely
new way YOUR way. Only
from this point can you step
out honestly to other men,
or for that matter even to
God.
Daily Nebraskan
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