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The Daily Nebraska
Thursday, October 20, 1966
Use Facts, Not Rumors
IFC President Gary Larsen has re
ported that sub-rosas may still exist on
the University campus.
He has not said that there is a great
sub-rosa problem or that every fraternity
and sorority house is full of sub-rosa mem
"bers. He has not suggested that half of
the campus leaders are members of
sub-rosas.
The Daily Nebraskan encourages ev
ery student to take Larsen's speech at
its educational value and to be aware of
the serious nature of sub-rosas. This
speech could especially be noteworthy for
freshmen and sophomores as a, warning
not 'be' to become involved in something
as disastrous to the Greek System and the
individual as a sub-rosa.
But at the same time the Nebraskan
warns people against using their imagina
tion and letting the rumors confuse their
judgment. Rumors can be disastrous things
and one should not discuss someone else
being in a sub-rosa unless he has facts
and not rumors to back his statements.
If a student's imagination after Lar
sen's speech tells him that he knows ten
sub-rosa members, the chances are that
he might know one person who has thought
about It but has never joined or been
asked.
Ask Why Not?
William Buckley, Dr. Timothy Leary,
Carl Oglesby, Prof. Staughton Lynd, Ma
jor David Keho and Sybil Leeche this is
part of the newly proposed list for speak
ers' at the University this year.
The Daily Nebraskan congratualtes
Larry 'Grossman, chairman of Talks and
Topics," for working on a new and more
meaningful list of speakers and for say
ing .that he will try to bring them to the
campus this year.
Futhermore, the Nebraskan applauds
Air. Grossman for speaking the truth and
saying, '"With the exception of Art Buch
wald, , other currently-slated Talks and
Topics speakers are not worth the mon-
,ey.-
The Nebraskan along with the rest of
the campus will wait eagerly to see if
Mr. Grossman is successful with his new
plans for bringing more and better speak
ers to the campus. If he is not success
ful, then every student should demand to
know why not.
If the University openly or subtly hind
ers students and other people from bring
ing speakers to the campus than this
should be in the open and known as a
fact. If the only reason the school can't
get better and more speakers is its loca
tion and because we have little to offer
speakers, this should be made known.
If Grossman is not successful and if
plans are not made so someone else can
be successful in the future at bringing
speakers worthy of an educational insti
tution to Nebraska, then the facts must
be known so that something can be done
about it.
Another Channel To Open
Eleven students have been appointed
to fiJEstudent vacancies on Faculty Sen
ate Committees.
In the past student positions on these
committees have existed, but they were
mostly ignored. Far too many former stu
dent members of these committees infre
quently attended the meetings or com
municated either the students' wishes or
the facultys' decisions.
The committees, along with the stu
dent advisory boards, are another exam
ple of tow the existing channels between
students, administration and faculty have
been used ineffectively and usually ac
complished little.
Many of the new student members in
dicated little knowledge about the Fac
ulty Senate committees they have been
appointed to in Wednesday's Daily Ne
braskan. This is understandable since the
students have just been appointed and
they have little precedent or backlog as
to what their duties or roles on the com
mittees will be.
The Daily Nebraskan will expect, the
same as ASUN will insist, that these
students learn their Cutias and start do
ing them as soon as possible. The Nebra
kan this year plans to follow the work
done by students on the Faculty Senate
committees and to report regularly as to
what is being accomplished.
All Editorials
By Wayne Kreuscher
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I see in Monday's Daily Nebraskan
that one of the innumerable AUF boards
has once again narrowed the choice down
to ten candidates for BMOC (Big Man on
Campus).
I It never fails to intrigue me how some
" committee somewhere manages to possess
the talent, insight and authority to elim-
inate so many selections and cut the field
down to a group of ten young men among
. whom the committee insists, the ideal
; man out of a male student body of over
! 8000 remains.
Admittedly, it would be almost im-
possible to examine the qualifications of
I every -man in a particular class. This fact
i evidently justifies the present system of
handling such matters.
But I believe that by utilizing a time
honored American tradition, the question
naire, perhaps the committee could inject
a bit more democracy into the whole af
fair in by-passing the faulty nominating
groups etc. and allow that supreme judge
above our heads, the IBM up in Admini
stration, in which all modern college types
have the utmost faith to sort through ev
ery questionnaire and reveal the true iden
tity of our ideal, bashful and unassuming
though he may be.
Right now, yon are probably asking
yourself (or your roommate, Instructor or
mailman) what qualities would the ques
tionnaire seek out in an attempt to sum
mon the necessary information required
to single out that man among men.
Perhaps I could offer a few possible
suggestions. Here are a few virtues that
need to be recognized and when spotted,
minimize the difficulty involved in such a
search.
- Our fiero must have a good clean cut
name with that alma mater ring to it like
.- Roger Savage or Bruce Courage.
lie must be sufficiently acquainted with
his superiors In order that he may greet
them by their first names, "Hiya George,
Bob,. Cliff'. . . " and retain their friend
ship and respect by continually offering
them assistance in the complicated and
difficult tasks necessary in the operation
of an institution of this magnitude, there
by once again fulfilling his expected role
as a conscientious student, ". . . got any
stamps you want licked?"
Because of the sheer size of our stu
dent body here, there tends to exist a com
munications break down between the ad
ministration and the student on the street.
The ideal college man uses his posiuon
then as a link between two groups in
forming the administration of vital issues
of spreading discontent that if left un
checked might raise all sorts of havoc on
the Nebraska campus, ". . . they're wa
tering down the Coke in the Union".
Being a type of spokesman then for
the students at large, our hero can in
form the school officials of some of the
hardships and difficulties encountered by
the individual student. One of these areas
of problem concerns the growing financial
squeeze that we all find ourselves in as
a result of increased book prices, rent,
food, and tuition costs, ". . . hey, how's
about lending me a fin til Thursday?"
But our hero must be careful so as
not to lose contact with his fellows. He
must never become a stranger to new de
velopments on the student level, "Who's
that blonde I saw you with . . .?", no
matter how big or how small these de
velopments may be, ". . . yeah the short
one." His scope of interests on behalf of
his peers should be broad encompassing
all critical campus problems, like that of
housing for Instance, "Where does she
live", and the impersonality of such a
large place and the social problems that
result, "How can I get to meet her?"
Yes our hero, our warrior among the
wingless, our college Idol must possess all
these attributes. He is the personification
of what we are seem to be pursuing.
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All The News Fit To Print
Arthur Hoppe
"What this country needs
is one honest', decent, cour
ageous newspaper," said
the Kindly Old Philosopher,
"that'll keep the President
happy."
I said I took it he was re
ferring to Mr. Johnson's
remark that "newspapers
don't always publish what
I think they should pub
lish." "And he's right, son, it's
a grave problem," said the
Kindly Old Philosopher,
shaking his kindly old head.
"Course, the problem is
he's been reading the
wrong papers. He ought to
read mine."
I said I didn't know the
Kindly Old Philosopher was
a newspaper publisher.
"I just entered the field,
son," he said, "to do my
civic duty and fill the Na
tion's need. My first edi
tion's hot off the presses.
Have a copy."
I said I liked the simple,
pithy name, "Good News."
But I did question the ac
curacy of the headlines:,
"EVERYBODY LOVES
LBJ!"
The Kindly Old Philoso
pher was offended. "It's
honest journalism, son," he
said. "Now you read down
past all those quotes about
folks sleeping better nights
and him having extra
glands and it says plainly
we're referring to every
body in the White House.
Now I ask you, who knows
him best?"
Well, maybe, and the pa
per certainly had an Inter
esting and unusual picture
page.
"Yep," he said proudly,
"all of them different. Now
in this he's looking fearless
and in this one he's folksy
and in this one he's. . ."
But what, I said, about
the issues of the day? Like
Vietnam?
"We don't cut and run
from that. Now here's an
interview with an average,
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typical man on the street in
Vietnam who says what a
great war we got going out
there."
General Westmoreland is
a man on the street?
"We caught him leaving
the Officers' Club. And
here's a warm human inter
est story about a mom in
Dubuque who says how
proud and happy she is to
have her son being shot at
over there. You can always
count on some mom some
where." How about domestic is
sues, like the state of t h e
economy?
"We fearlessly cover
that, too. Herp's a nard-hit-1
ting interview with an ex
perienced authority on un
employment who says tight
money, higher taxes and
credit controls don't worry
him a whit. 'Not,' he says,
'as long as that there wel
fare check keeps comin'
in.' "
But did Good News con
tain nothing but good
news?
"Nosireebob," he said
indignantly. "What kind of
balanced journalism would
that be? Here's a whole
page devoted to bad things
that happened to folks. See,
here's a sad story about
Bobby Kennedy and one on
Teddy and one on de Gaulle
and . . ."
Well, frankly, I said, it
was a terrible newspaper,
it would never sell and I
couldn't see what he hoped
to gain by putting out such
distorted, biased, mislead
ing news.
"Shake hands," said the
Kindly Old Philosopher, ex
tending his kindly old
palm, "with the next White
House press secretary."
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I By Karen Jo Bennett
"Hail to the Team! The
stadium rings, as everyone
sings the scarlet and
creme!"...
About today's opening
chorus . . . Fellow collegi
. ates, focus your mind now
on that spirited song we
clap to, the peppy tune it
bounces with, the brassy
band it's accompanied by,
and the magnificent TEAM
it's addressed to. Can you
conceive of an NU football
game or any football
game without such atmos
pheric boons as pep songs,
marching bands, and loyal
fans' voices raised high as
their hopes???
Consider another more
serious scene in a house
of worship. Can you
imagine any service of fel
lowship and communion
without the aid of an organ
or piano, a choir or soloists,
hymns and chants, or other
musical methods for turn
ing congregational hearts
toward quiet inspirations?
The list is endless: birth
days, weddings, grad
uations, funerals ... the
great turning points of life
and death are all punctuat
ed and surrounded by t h
sound of music.
And dancing one of
life's zestiest recreations
would be a mockery if it
were executed in silence.
Why try to convince you
that music should be a part
of your life??? It already
is!!
The question I'm con
cerned with is not whether,
but how much. In all of the
above examples music is
used only to supplement
and accompany ... to cre
ate atmosphere ... to
serve as a kind of recipe in
gredientvital, but not it
self the final product. Be
cause music touches all
lives and every phase of
life, each human being has
both the right and respon
sibility to enjoy, explore
and develop the personal
potential of music as an
end in itself.
Unfortunately, two l-
braltar-size stumbling
blocks frequently lie in the
general pathway leading to
that noble goal. First, there
is a general American-Society
attitude that music
ranks below the other dis
ciplines (English, math,
science, languages) and
therefore does not merit an
equal place in the public
school system or private
home situation unless an
individual is unusually gift
ed and likely to continue
professionally.
The second and more
personal block is choking
insecurity freezing f e a r
that one will lack either the
kills or understanding (or
both) necessary to enter
into any phase of music
seriously, except for popu
lar regions (jazz, folk, rock
and roll) where listening
and participation are more
easily approached.
The fear element is hard
er to pin down. Most of its
victims aren't even aware
of their problems. (Would
you believe, even some
music majors are afraid
and don't know it?) Some
times people call this
music-panic by the wrong
names: "Nobody in my
family is musical" ... "I
can't sing tone deaf" . . .
"My music teacher told
me to give up when I
flunked rhythm band in
kindergarten".
That rock will take spe
cial psychology to crush.
But it can happen if YOU
want it to. I promise I'll
help next column. But I'll
need cooperation.
Here's how: between now
and then, try hard to erase
from your mind all the neg
ative remarks any rat or
relative has ever made
about your musical
prowess. At the same time,
recall the positive com
ments (like someone admir
ing your tasteful record col
lection) and dwell on them.
Then digest this magnifi
cent modern maxim: It's
Never Too late!!
Need I say more? See
you next NUtesday ...
Campus j
I Opinion I
G.E., Peace Corps Similar?
Dear Editor:
I wish at this time to thank you for your, enlighten
ing General Electric advertisement which appeared on
page five of the Oct. 14 edition of the Daily Nebraskan.
Thanks to the ad's efforts, my mind is now at rest.
I know now both the Peace Corps and General Electrie
want to "change the world" and "make life on earth more
livable."
At first, I wasn't clear about the arguments behind
the ad's conclusions, but now, after giving this question
some serious thought, the reasoning has become appar
ent. Consequently, I've decided to print it here so that
other people can set their minds at rest just as I have.
The General Electric ad speaks of "supplying nuclear
reactors to generate electricity more cheaply than ever
before," This is certainly a high-minded motive with ob
vious benefits for a great portion of humanity. For ex
ample, if G.E. designed a nuclear reactor for South Af.
rica, several large groups would be better off: (1) the
directors, stockholders, and employees of G.E. (2) the
. owners, directors and employees of the power com
panies of South Africa whose homes and factories could
be electrically powered and (3) the native workers whose
living facilities (wooden shacks without heat or light) and
whose wages (50 cents per day), would undoubtedly be
improved thanks to the increased profits of their white
overseers. i
Furthermore, I'm absolutely certain that the South'
African power companies would teach the blacks the re
actor's operating procedures, and thus increase the tech
nological . sophistication of the native population.
The ad also speaks of "better lighting to cut down
crime;" this is certainly an admirable goal. For example,
if the city council of Selma, Ala., would use city tax money
to install street lights in the Negro ghetto of their town,
I'm certain that the Selma crime rate would decrease.
Also, one can't help remembering how G.E., by de
signing powerful jet engines, is bringing peace, freedom
and economic stability to Viet Nam through the bombs
dropped by our planes powered by those engines.
These examples should make it abundantly clear that
a job with G.E. is probably one of the most effective
avenues of action for a young man concerned with social
change.
Besides, G.E. pays more than the Peace Corps.
A Young Man Concerned
With Social Change
Men Need A 4Big Father'
Dear Editor:
We have a serious problem on this campus as of yet
untouched by the Daily Nebraskan.
The fact that the male students of this University are
not treated equally with the female. We, the women of the
University are privileged to have AWS, however, the men
are alone and unloved in this cold decadent world. They
don't have a "Big Mother" to care about them and supply
them with sign-in sheets, hours, home away from homes,;
courts or boards. How do the men know they're loved?
Something must be done about this shocking situation.
My own modest proposal will allow the men to be on
equal footing with the women, give them love and care,
give them the Associated Men Students AMS!
Hobbitt
Help Offered to Phi Psi's a
Dear Editor: ;
Since the Phi Psi's have been unable to decide what,
to do with their Homecoming display, I thought I might;
offer some possible solutions: -
1. Keep it as a jungle gym so the pledges will have
something to play with.
2. Use it as a billboard for four-letter words.
3. Weld it together and sell it as pop art.
4. Just leave it and hope the wind will blow it away.
5. Put it in Area Two to fill some of the empty places. .
6. Start a campus-wide campaign to send it to Viet';
Nam so that the children will have some toys.
7. Tear it down and put it back in the house where
they found it.
I realize that these are not the only possible ideas,
but I hope I have been of some assistance.
John Decker
Tasty Tidbits
By T. R J.
Basic ingredients for campus politics (or what tha
Boards didn't tell you in their activities booklet).
. Preparation
1. Pledge a house with lots of senior gunners.
2. Pledge a house that dates senior gunners (male or
female according to personal preference).
3. Or, don't pledge and get to know the few student'
assistants that made good.
Ingredients For Men
1. Get contact lenses nobody loves a four eyed mon
ster (this is a generalization). i
2. Buy one basic blazer fraternity emblems look nice
even if you are in a hurt house (blue-green tweedy plaids
are out this year somebody might think you're in and
you'll be overlooked when it counts).
3. White is out this year especially In socks.
4. Date impressionable freshmen girls with influential
big brothers or sisters lavaliers are a cheap price to pay
for glory.
Ingredients For Girls
1. Have cool blue eyes tinted contacts can do the
trick.
2. Hose are in again theis yearthe natural look goes
just so far.
3. Never wear grubbies in the Union unless you have
a signed statement from Dean Snyder giving you per
mission. 4. Date men who aren't in the market for pinmates
you don't wan to got tied down right at first, if all else
fails, date a freshman.
Ingredients For Both
1. Get to know at least one Dean by his first name
they re bored and lonely over in admini
2. Know where the ASUN office is located.
... how t0 Pick locka Jn the Union doors-hang
ers help.
4. Take someone on the Daily Nebraskan staff out
for coffee at least once a week-start with the business
office and work up, flattery will pay I
5. Wear sunglasses whenever you are outside-inside
they are to be worn propped on top of the head.
over a 20awm:do WS maintain a 83; men
Digest these basic ingredients and come again next
time for your first culinary attempt: "The Self-Made
Brownie."
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