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Monday, October 17, 1966 Page 2 The Daily Nebraskan YD, YE! PRESIDENTS SPEAK: Donkey Serenade Left Of Ri&ht V r By Sabra McCall The Sorensen-Tiemann Debate last Thursday pointed out again that Sorensen takes a stand on issues, while his oppon ent criticizes that stand, but does not of fer any constructive alternatives. For example, let's take Amendment 14, Aid to Education, that will be a the ballot November 8th. Sorensen stated that he is for the amendment, but that there were changes he would like to See made. He said that the Amendment should be passed. Granted it is not the best of all possible amendments, but, stated Soren sen, "Government Is one of compromises. You must make a choice among alterna tives. But if you are going to move ahead, there must be a choice of accomplishments that are real. The 20 percent figure that Mr. Tiemann was objecting to in the Amendment is a minimum figure. The reason that it is in there Is because the legislators wanted a specific figure. 'The. Amendment is not perfect, but it is pro gress." What choice does Mr. Tiemann offer? One of the key issues developing in the campaign is State indebtedness. Tie mann proposes that we lift the long-lived indebtedness limit of $100,000 to construct the much needed highways throughout the state. Sorensen is opposed to blindly rush Ing into debt, especially when Interest rates have reached a record high level and the need has not been shown for highway revenue bonds. At present a study is be ing conducted on state roads. The Lt. Gov. says, "Let's wait until we get the study, and then we can under take construction." Phil Sorensen has said that the interest alone on the estimated $150,000,000 needed for the roads, would be almost $30,000,000 a year. Surely a bank er understands interest rates. In closing Tiemann said that in start ing our second century of statehood, Ne braska needs strong positive programs. What are his programs? Sorensen pointed to the last 8 years of progress in Nebraska under Democrat ic leadership: Industrial development, tourism, penal reorganization, recreation areas, spur and access roads. He believes that the Morrison administration and the legislature cooperated to effect these pro grams. Sorensen does not believe in blind par tisanship and junking 8 years of effort just because the opposition accomplished it. Phil Sorensen offers strong positive lead ership for Nebraska. He offers positive programs, not Just platitudes and ideas that ne ver get off the planning board. ' ' , " , ' ' t 'Alt') !" , t i ? 1 h 'f . By Cathie Shattuck A$ is the case with most political de bates, when the one held here on campus last week came to an end few people had really changed their minds as to who they would vote for, but some of them had be gun to re-evaluate their original choices. A brother's connection with a marty ared President Was no longer equated with leadership, especially the type of leader ship that Nebraskans will seek when they g o to the polls tills November. It has been my policy throughout the past few weeks to focus my comments on the positive and dynamic qualities of the Republican candidates so when I was asked to write an analysis of the Tiemann-Sor-ensen debate I decided to review for you Mr. Tiemann's proposals. I assume that ray opposition will not use her entire column for character as filiation and will laud her candidate. The campaign for governor this fall if ana between the philosophies of "let us eontinne" vs. "let ns make progress". N.T. (Nobis) Tiemann, the progressive candi date, presented a clear plan for action by calling for an upgrading of our education al system with the addition of a junior college system, vocational schools and a research center to attract top men to the state and thus lay a foundation for Indus trial research and development. In the area of taxation Mr. Tiemann's ideas are progressive. He wants to develop a fair and equitable system of taxation based on a combination sales-income tax. He realizes it is no easy task to repeal the property tax, but he will not settle for any half measures where the welfare of Nebraskans is concerned. Government may function to a large degree by com promise, but Mr. Tiemann'f integrity will not allow him to compromise the interests of $ie people he wilt represent in any man ner, for any personal or political gain. This is the kind of leadership and in tegrity that we need in the governor's of fice in order to make this state realize its full potential. VOTE FOR N. T. TIE MANN, NEBRASKA'S NEW WAY TO SPELL GOVERNOR! Oft 11 BY KELLEY BAKER Want to play a new kind of statistical game? It's called Interviews and this is the way it works. ' Take any number of stu dents and run them through an interview chances are that a campus politician could predict the outcome of the selection process. A mathematician would tell you that each individual has an equal chance and that the interviewing board would make its choice on the basis of talent and willingness to work. But you and I know that math ematicians can be vary naive. Let's use the recant ASUN Associate interviews to illustrate the game. Seventy-five associates were chosen from among the more than 300 students who applied for the positions. Now, according to tht rules of Interviews tha choices of the selection committee will not reflect a random sampling of tha students who went through, correct? If you answered "yes" you have caught on to Rule One, the essence of the game. Rnle Two requires the following; yen must select one representative for each sorority and fraternity (un less a house can't retali ate.) Seventy-five minus 28 fraternities and IS sorori ties leaves SS positions. Sprinkle five or ten of these among independents to show that the selections are an biased and you are left with 25 to 30 extra plapca. These premium spots are not to be dealt with lightly. In fact there is a formula to follow in apportioning these important positions. The formula calls for ap proximately five associates for each interviewer. Let's look at four examples and see if tha correlation really works out;. The four examples art Alpha Xi Delta (th chair man of the associate com mittee it an Alpha XI;) Sigma Phi Epsilon (the president of the ASUN is a Sig Ep;) Beta Thata Pi (two interviewers;) and Kappa Alpha. Theta (one member of the executive council is a Theta.) According te Rule Three, the Alpha Xi' should have five asseciatef (they do): the SIM Ep's tjseuld kav five (Uiay only have fear, slipped a little ) the Beta's Should have tea (they do;) and the Theta's should have five (they hive six and this makes up for the Sig Bp's.) There if nothing wrong with this because it is en tirely in accordance with Rule Three of the Game of Interviews. Some people complain that these associ ate positions are merely booty distributed among the interviewers' houses but it is just part of the game. We also realize that the fact that one-third (count, 'em, 25 out of 75) of all the associates are members of only four different houses is also good because these stu dents were undoubtedly the most qualified of the inter viewees. Rule Four of Interviews requires that the selection board allot a certain num ber of places to famous names er relatives of Im portant people. This year the board did an admirable job by taking such cele brated names as Almy, Doerr, Hansmire, It kin, Larsen and Rose. The selection board is to be commended for its fine work. Special merit is de served for such close ob servance of the rules of In terviews. It is to be hoped that ether organisations will pay as close attention to the rules in their interviews throughout the year. My only suggestion is that the name of the game be changed from Interviews to Nepotism. Our Man Hoppe- Jay Goes Far For A Friend Arthur Hoppe Howdy there, folks. How y'all? Time for another tee vee vis.t with the rootin' tootin' Jay Family, star ring ol' Elbie Jay a lovable cuss whose only aim is making friends and keeping 'em. In their place. As we join up with ol' Elbie today, he's a packin' his valise. And he's lookin' a mite grim around the dewlaps as his pretty wife, Birdie Bird enters. it it it Birdie Bird (happily): Oh, Elbie, you're going out campaigning! It'll do you a world of good to howdy and press the flesh again. Frankly, you've been just a wee bit testy lately. Elbie: Arrrggghhh! Birdie Bird: But I knew your fellow Democrats would finally persuade you to come out and help win the e 1 e c 1 1 o n. What hap pened? Did you finally hear from California? Elbie (grumpily): Yep. They said I was first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts-. . Birdie Bird: Oh, Elbie, that's wonderful! Elbie ... of 42.6 per cent of my fellow countrymen and maybe I'd like to cam paign in Pennsylvania. Birdie Bird: My, how gen erous of them. And what did Pennsylvania r ay? Elbie: They said my per sonal appeal was desperate ly needed. Most likely in New York or Ohio. Birdie Bird (frowning): How confusing. Elbie: Right. So I called in all the party strategists. And I told them humbly: "Friends, I'm willing to use my immense magnetism and tremendous popularity to help any Democrat in this great land of mine achieve victory. I don't care how far I got to go in this gldrious cause." Birdie Bird: 'That's nice, Elbio. Where are they send ing you? Elbie: Asia. Birdie Bird: Asia? Elbie: Well, they figure it'll help the Democrats at borne If I show folks all the friends I've made for us in Asia. Birdie Bird (brightening): That makes sense. And you've been wanting to see Japan . . . Elbie: I don't seem to be going to Japan. Something about the State Department not wanting to topple their government. Birdie Bird (consolingly): Well, there's lot of other im portant places Indonesia, Burma, India, Pakistan, Cambodia . . . Elbie (scowling): They appear to have been left off this itinerary. But at least I'l get a warm welcome from all my friends over there. (Checking his list.) All six of them. Birdie Bird (cheerily): And I don't recall when anyone's gone so far to campaign for his friends at home. SlllftSSIISSSSISSISlSIIflllllllSIIIltSISISSIIflllllliSIlIlStllltllSlllllliSlSSSISSIISIIStSlISllSlIlSSlIISSSIllStllSSllllIISSISISIfSI ! That's ... I I What It Says) Elbie (gloomily): Maybe so. But one thing's begin ning to fret me. Where am I going to go to campaign in 19 and 68? it it Well, tune in again, folks. And meantime, as you mosey down the winding trail of life, remember what Elbie's ol granddaddy used to say: "When a feller needs a friend in this vale of tears and strife, who needs him?" By Robert Ewegcn The Collegiate Press Service (As presented by Little Boy Johnson, president of the United States and grandson of a former President whom we all know and love. The address was delivered at the dedi cation of the American mil itary cemetery "Gettysburg East," outside of Saigon in the year 2052). Man fellow Americans; Foah score and seven years ago, my grandfather brought forth upon this continent of Asia anew political concept, conceived in expediency and dedicated to the propositon that we are better dead than red. Now we are engaged in a Great Society (oops, I mean a Civil War), and for that matter have been engaged in the Great Civil War for four score and seven years now, testing whether that concept of a permanent American mili tary presence in Asia or any concept so ill-conceived and so ineptly executed, can long endure. Hmmrph. Be that as it may. We have come to ded icate this battlefield as a fitting memorial to the light to moderate losses that our forces have sus tained over the past 87 years so that my grand father and his successors could test the theory that the way to bring Hanoi to the peace table was to es calate further. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this, and anyone who thiDks otherwise is a ner vous nellie and probably a traitor besides and simply helping to prolong the war. The world will long note and long remember what we did here, probably be cause we will still be long doing it, but the world will probably never under stand WHY we did it. And frankly, I'm fed up with that kind of Idiotic questioning emanating from the capitals of the w o r 1 d over the last nine decades! I don't care why we are here! The point is we are here and it's too late to pull out now! We are going to stay here! We are going to es calate! This unpatriot ic practice of deferring grandfathers has to stop so that we can build up our troop commitment to 68, 000,000 men. Only then we will have an adequate strength ration of 84 to one necessary to put down this insurrection. And as long as I am pres ident, mah fellow Ameri cans, I promise you this: we shall not withdraw, I promise .that this nation, under me, shall have a new birth of conformity (boy will we shut up those peaceniks and that govern ment of consensus, by ma nipulation for the sake of saving face shall not perish from the earth, although admittedly the population might. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiNHinni tiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiuiiiii iiiniiii 1 Campus I Opinion I Arndt, Bryan Responsible Dear Editor: Judging from the various newspaper reports of the Abel Hall fire problem it appears that there is much that has not yet been reported and indeed much which may not even be apparent to the casual observer. Trash chute fires have been a recurring problem in the high rise dormitories ever since the Cather-Pound complex was opened on the University campus three years ago this September. This same problem became even more intense when Abel Hall was opened last year. There is however a relatively simple solution available. That solution involves keeping the trash chutes locked at all times and the placement of trash receptacles at con venient locations on each floor. These receptacles are then dumped in the trash chute once or twice each day by the maintenance personnel. This method has been used in Selleck Quadrangle at least since 1960, perhaps longer. In Selleck the trash chutes are in the maid closets and are never open to the student residents. The method creates no inconvenience for the resi dents and involves little additional expense for the Univer sity. The responsibility for failure to effectively deal with this problem and for failure to Institute any acceptable solution must fall squarely on the shoulders of Richard Arndt, di rector of Abel Hall, and M. Edward Bryan, director of housing, since authority to take whatever action is necessary is entirely in their hands. But this is still not the whole story. The fires give every indication of being an overt manifestation of a problem which runs much deeper and is much more difficult of analysis. That problem stems from the fact that the directors of the dormitories and most of the administrative staff are persons who have received degrees in education psychology and thus typically possess very little administrative ability and so often no practical perception of people, students or resi dence halls. They operate on grandiose theories of how people should act rather than how people in reality actually do act. Precious little consolatiion it would be to society if the police were to stand around and wring their hands and mutter that people should not commit crimes instead of dealing with the crimes that certain members of society actually do com mit. As a consequence this maladjustment manifests itself in destruction to facilities, In fires (accidental or deliberate), in lower grades and in a multitude of other ways. This is labeled as a learning experience by the ed-psych-adminis-trators and is permitted to continue. Admittedly students should not destroy dormitory pro perty, start fires in the trash chute or do many of the things that they do. But the fact is that they do these things. Tnjs should elicit a response from administrators based on something besides wishful thinking. During mv six years residence in the dormitories and during the three years which I served on the residence hall staff, I spoke out strongly against this empty philosophy, but all suggestions fell on deaf ears. Dormitory administrators have failed miserably to create a dormitory environment in proper perspective with the world which awaits students upon graduation. They have failed to cope with student problems with understanding and simultaneously in a manner which is realistic and in har mony with the surrounding larger communities. This failure must again fall on Richard Ardnt, direc tor of Abel Hall, M. Edward Bryan, director of housing, and the office of dean of men as these are the people who determine the policies and make the decisions. Unfortunately the administration shortcomings which have been brought to light by this problem are becoming more the rule rather than the exception at the Univer sity of Nebraska. Undoubtedly the state senators will take notice of the type of administration which prevails here. They rightly should. Indeed they may have In the past considering how poorly the budget has fared in other legislatures. Tight fisted Nebraska farmers, of all people, can never be expected to stuff money in rat holes. John W. Klein One Of The Real Gals Dear Editor: I am certainly glad to notice the interest in women's problems expressed in your paper. It's about time. Al though I personally don't know any girls named Bob, Roy or Bruce, I'm sure there are. y Otherwise a niave freshman like me would tend to be extremely suspicious of the radical disapproval of wom- nHim"' U'S 14 ,ee where U wlth nam like Bill and Harry and Russ would hate to sign ballots I'm sure all of these kids choose their AWS represen X?vVe carefu"y bu hard to understand why they take their problems elsewhere. In my dam the reps are taking straw votes for further improving hours and all sorts of things. The student, who write these letters and columns profess to be upperclassmen, but they don't seem to have any more experience in governing themselves than most boys do. If they were boys, it would be easier to understand why they want to take the power away from the women themselves and return all of it to the administration. It seems to be almost an exclusively male trait to include the organization of women, by women, and for women stu dents in a diatribe against violation of students' rights, but, bke I sa.d before, these gals seem a little odd any- Most of the rest ol us would prefer to make changes ?.i? 7ki ? 4pr!Hery! &ur,vo,ce in lelf-government. I my. self object to the idea of living under rules made by ad. ministrators chosen by the Regent, or by senators appor tioned by colleges as opposed to rules made and chanVed by girls I know and can talk to right in my own living unit. However I would like to hear what other and better informed g.rls (that's G-I-R-L-S) have to say on the TSZ One of the Gals Daily Nebraskan Vol. M), No. 20 Oct. 17, lift Sooond-clui XKtM put at Llaooia, Neb. TELEPHONE: 477-8711, E tension! 2588, 2589 and 2590. SubKTlptlaa MUu art M wr wmw. tor or M for tbt oadrmle rv. Pub ttibcd Monday. WndnMdu. 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