The Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, October 27, 1966
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, At. Student Senate Wednesday Presi
dent' Pro Tempore Dave Snyder encour
aged the senators to discuss an issue
before voting upon it.
Several seconds later another senator
moved "for the "question" and the senat
ors voted most of them voting "yes."
After the "question" had been called
immediately following the plea for discus
sion and thinking, ASUN President Terry
Schaaf 'slammed his hand on the Senate
table.
Now the Daily Nebraskan can not be
sure what was upsetting Schaaf, but it is
pretty easy to guess and the same thing
js also bothering the Nebraskan.
ASUN this year has a handful of ex
tremely capable senators and executive
leaders who are doing everything possible
to make student government meaningful
and successful, but the large percentage
of the Senate appears to be just plain
lazy, unenthusiastic and content with play
ing the role of a campus leader.
The question being debated by the
Senate when the above scene took place
concerned a plan now being proposed by
admisistration in which the students will
be charged a $10 fine for every registra
tion' deadline that they miss.
On the surface this appears to be a
reasonable proposal for administration to
make since registration deadlises do have
Two Student Seats
Student Senate has sent letters to the
Faculty Senate committee on committees
requesting two student seats on the Fac
ulty Senate convocations committee.
The Daily Nebraskan encourages the
committee on committees to act on these
letters immediately and to admit two stu
dents of the committee.
Students have taken a great interest
in this committee for the first time in
many years and are now trying to do
everything possible to help the faculty
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It's been nearly six weeks
since Steve Abbott gave his
farewell address to the
ASUN, and some of the fur
or has died down.
In the short time that
Steve became actively in
volved with student govern
ment, he made a contribu
tion to the students in gen
eral that few student lead
ers have in all their tenure
at the University he put
the word "student" back in
to student government.
This is much more than
a cliche. It is a great deal
to Steve's credit that by far
the largest turnout in t h e
history of student govern
ment voted last spring,
even though it seems ob
vious in retrospect, present
ASUN president, Terry
Schaaf was never in danger
of being beaten by Abbott,
or by Dave Snyder, the
third presidential candidate.
Inanalysisof why so
many people voted in an
election whose outcome was
never really in doubt, it can
be said, that without ques
Our Man Hoppe-
President Visits Vhtnnng
It was in the 43rd year of our liehtn
ing campaign to wipe the dread Viet
Narian guerrillas out of West Vutnnng.
And finally our President, losing patience,
went out there himself to see what was
wrong.
"I am here to howdy, press the flesh,
bring peace, encourage your firm com
mitment to democracy and settle this here
squabble," the President told the waiting
throng on landing at the capital of Sag
On.
"Hooray!" said the waiting throng.
"And now," said the President, beam
ing, "take me to your leader."
There was an uneasy silence. Finally
General Hoo Dat Don Dar stepped for
ward nervously.
"Perhaps," he said hopefully, "the
President woull like a nice tour of the
lovely new Municipal Water Works where
it if ic
"Dang it," said the President. "I'm
not here to sight see. I'm here to pro
mote unity. Just because we got three
million military advisers advising your
200 troops in the front lines doesn't mean
this isn't Vhtnng's very own war. But we
got to have unity. Now, Where's your
Premier?"
"You ihould have come last week,"
said Heneral Hoo sadly. "We had a fine
Premier last week. Maybe next week we'll
have another. We usually do."
"Well, then, where's the Cabinet?"
"Cabinet?" said General Hoo, frown
ing. "I'm sure we have a Cabinet around
here somewhere. Or pieces of
A 'Rubber Stamp'?
of-
tion, it was because Steve
came along with the desire
to make the campaign one
of issues, rather than of
personalities.
The spirited "debates"
which were held essentially
between Abbott and Schaaf
sparked the minds and im
aginations of students. Terry
should be given credit be
cause of his willingness and
ability to debate issues, but
the fact remains that if
Steve hadn't come along,
Terry may have been left
with little opportunity to de
fine his stands.
The reason I bring all
this up now, outside of
praise and gratitude to
Steve Abbott, is to bring up
something which is of con
cern to the present student
government's executive
branch 4hat of creating and
keeping interest in the minds
of the avearge student.
I'm not one of those alarm
ists who think that lack
of student interest in all
campus affairs is bad. It
know Vhtnnng politics."
"Politics?" said the President, sud
denly rubbing his haids. Come, let us
reason together. You explain Vhtnnng pol
itics and I'll tell you how to get yourself
a consensus."
"Well, to begin with," said General
Hoo, "the Southern West Vhtnnngians,
led by Hoo Hee, don't like the Northern
West Vhtnnngians, led by Wats Opp."
"We got that problem at home," said
the President, nodding.
"Except, of course, for the Buddhists,
led by Trang Trang Trang, whom the
Catholics claim went off his trolley. But
the mountain tribes, led by General Hoo
Dat Opp Dar, (no relation) are fighting
fiercely, mostly among themselves, while
the neutralist faction, loyal to Prince
Sushashnook, remains neutral.
"Please speak more slowly," said the
President.
"The Liberal forces, however, led by
Dhu Ohr Dai, are vigorously opposed to
our practice of selecting Premiers from
The Directory. More formally known as
The Telephone Directory. And therefore,
the Generals loyal to So Wats Nu, are re
volting . . ."
it
The President climbed back aboard
his plane and left without saying good
bye. On his return to Washington, he with
drew our three million military advisers
from Vhtnnng and sent them off on a
campaign to unify the Balkans.
"Politics is the art. of the nncaiWo
he explained.
it. But you aren't,
to be met for both the school's and the
students' benefit.
But the fact of the matter is that most
of the senators simply istcned to Chat
field explain the promised $10 fine and
then were ready to give it the Senate's
"rubber stamp" of approval.
Chatfield even admitted to the senat
ors that their approval or disapproval
concerning the matter really made no dif
ference and yet most of the senators were
eager to vote "yes" without even ques
tioning the mater.
There were a handful of senators, led
by Sen. Liz Aitken, who voted "no" on the
issue not because they were against the
fine necessarily, but because they realized
that ASUN cannot continue to be simply
a "rubber stamp" organization.
It was a courteous and gentlemanly
thing for Mr. Chatfield to ask the Senate
for approval of the new procedure, but
the Daily Nebraskan feels it is unfortunate
that the great majority of the Senate
went ahead and approved the motion even
after Chatfield pointed out that their ap
proval or disapproval really made no dif
ference. The Student Senate cannot continue to
act like a "rubber stamp" group for ad
ministration. Wayne Kreuscher
Needed
bring more and better convocation speak
ers to the campus.
The Nebraskan feels that because of
this great interest, two student members
might possibly be a great advantage and
asset to the committee.
Furthermore, it's possible that the stu
dents might be able to help the commit
tee bring speakers which would be more
interesting and popular with the students
and therefore increase student attendance
at the convocations.
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probably merely shows that
they are reasonably content
with what is going on at the
hands of the people whom
they elected to represent
them.
Although this situation is
not one to cause particular
alarm, it is certainly not
desirable. The Daily Nebras
kan has been making cer
tain contentions about the
ASUN in hopes of garner
ing some interest among
students. It has not been
overly successful.
Perhaps the central 'mes
sage' of this column is that
students at the University
are now in a unique position
of being offered a voice in
almost all phases of Uni
versity activity that affect
them, and in most cases
the positions being offered
are concrete and meaning
ful. Come in to the ASUN
office during the week some
time and ask someone to
tell you what is going on.
It just mav have a direct
affect on YOU.
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Arthur Hoppe
"And those Vhtnnng politics
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It's not fashionable these
days to have heroes not
at all but I must confess I
do have a hero.
In fact I have many
heroes and it is exhilarat
ing. But this is not a col
umn on heroes in general.
It is a column on Charles
Peguy.
Peguy was an honest
man. He was so honest he
scared people. Can you
imagine that? What would
happen to the world if sud
denly advertisers told the
truth, if politicians stopped
lying, if administrators
stopped talking "benevo
lently," if you looked into
your friends' eyes and
called a spade a spade?
Frightening! I m p o s
sible! But Charles Peguy,
poor Fenchman that he
was, poet, saint, did not
know that telling the truth
was impossible.
This is why what he said
is so exciting. That is why
I would like to say: "Don't
read my column this week.
Read Charles Peguy! Ab
bott has nothing to say!"
What is WTong? What is
I AM WHAT
When I sat down to write
this, I was at a complete
loss for a subject. I gave
some serious thought to a
column about how Student
Senate affects Ag Campus,
but after some careful re
search, I found that it
doesn't.
As a last resort, I even
thought about broadening
the topic to how ASUN af
fects the whole University,
but was again disappointed
to find that even in this
category, it's effect borders
on the realm of the super
natural. In spite of these setbacks,
I still refused to give up
and decided to write a ques
tion and answer session
about ASUN which unfor
tunately follows.
Question: What does
. ASUN stand for?
Answer: Amateur States-
men Unified for Nothing.
Question: What does
ASUN do?
Answer: Nothing.
Question: What are the
purpose of ASUN associat
ships? Answer: It gives a lot of
Greek pledges something to
do.
When I came to college,
and decided to live off cam
pus, I realized that it was
"essential" to have a car so
I could drive to class.
I was soon notified that a
small investment of live
dollars would entitle me to
a parking sticker which al
lowed me to leave my car
ft $1
wrong dear reader? My
feet drag over the pave
ment (this isn't the public
image so many people
have of me. The public
image doesn't exist. No,
it's an ordinary weak
person that writes this
column, one whose "palm
is dulled by entertain
ment") I am too old to be a pun
dit and too young to be
wise, so don't read me,
read Peguy or Confucius,
or one of America's heroes
Thoreau. And then when
you have read a page don't
say anthing for a while.
Sit alone, sit by yourself
for a while and think. And
what does Peguy say?
"In the matter of the
chase for wordly success,
we have all picked our
horses: the base souls have
turned to baseness, the
s'rvile souls to servitude.
Idiots have turned to hon
esty. And what is more
wonderful, they have a
taste for it.
"It is sometimes diffi
cult for the 'climber' to
climb to the top because
in the more than adequate
sized parking lots reserved
for off oampus students. It
was then that I realized
walking from behind the
stadium to class was about
the same as walking from
my home to class.
Because protest seems to
be the fashion, I decided to
stage one of my own by
parking in faculty lots.
Needless to say, the Cam
pus Police failed to see the
humor in this and retaliat
ed by giving me free tftk
ets good for one-trip to the
Geography Building,
at which time I was to do
nate one dollar towards
what I hoped would be a
solution to our problems.
Incidently, if you didn't
want another coupon while
you are paying for the first
one, you have to park your
car behind the stadium and
walk to the Geography
Building. Well, after I had
collected several of t h e s e
tickets, I decided that I had
bought and paid for a park
ing stall right on campus.
Rather than carry this
on any further, we can end
by saying that I lost the
battle. The only consolation
I received was the privi
ledge of parking in front of
the Geography Building for
ten minutes while an atten
dant peeled the parking
sticker off my windshield.
My next action will be to
ride my horse to class and
tie him up by Avery Lab.
I'll have the parking stick-
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there is so much competi
tion. But nothing is as easy
as not to climb to the top
if only one takes a little
trouble. For in this case
one crowds no one. Thus
through out the world one
finds a certain number of
young men, not very num
erouswell, wily ones, par
ticularly crafty lads, fel
lows who can't be taken
in; old foxes who have,
chosen the career of non
success, the procession
towards non-arrival. They
will enter the career when
their elders are no longer
there. Nor will they have
to wait that long. For their
elders and they themselves
will find plenty of room
in this same career. Ac
cording to rumor, they
are not at all cramped
there, in fact they move at
ease, quite comfortably,
without hate and without
competition. According to
reports of travellers, it
seems to be a career in
which elbows are not re
quired . . ."
You see, Peguy's point
of view is not often heard.
Agenbite of Inwit.
. By Tom Dearmont
er branded on him and re
fuse to pay any parking
tickets. Then I'll watch a
Campus Cop try to peel the
parking sticker off him.
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The third time will hope
fully be the charm in an at
tempt to revive what could
be one of the more popu
lar NU events. Reor
ganized by the Union Mus
ic committee, "Take Five"
made its third appearance
on campus Tuesday after
noon. "Take Five" is a sort of
musical Hyde Park; offer
ing an opportunity for stu
dents to make impromptu
musical performances. Not
restricted to music majors,
the program is oriented
toward any student with a
semblance of musical tal
ent and an abundance of
nerve.
Armed with ammunition
from the latest "Time"
magazine, it's not always
that difficult to stand up at
Hyde Park and expound on
Viet Nam tactics. But how
about singing "Call Me Ir
responsible" to a group of
stoney-eyed students?
(Students who, on the
whole, aren't disinterested
'but what else is there to
do while someone's sing
ing?) Several years ago, stu
dents organized the first
"Take Five" at Nebraska,
only to discontinue the se
ries due to sporadic par
ticipation and internal
complications. Last spring
Union revived the pro
gram, transplanting it to
the Union terrace.
Although cut short be
cause of a lack of time, the
sessions were somewhat
successful due to the en
thusiasm of Nate Branch.
This capable musician not
only performed, but also
encouraged and cajoled his
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Innocents Compliment Students
Dear Editor:
The members of Innocents Society would like to com
pliment the student body of the University for the con
duct they have shown and will continue to show in the
future to people representing other schools, especially
those following an athletic team.
After seeing the rudeness and lack of taste displayed
by the people of Colorado last weekend, we can be proud
oi our school and the conduct of its students.
.J" -stealing and taunting which prompted the
fights did not avenge any defeat but did a large part to
detract from the honor and integrity of their student body
and the University of Colorao as a whole.
We are confident that this weekend, when the Uni
versity of Missouri sends a large delegation from its
school to watch its football team play Nebraska, they
will not be greeted or treated as many Nebraska stu
dents were at Colorad last weekend. They, instead,
should go home with a respect for Nebraska's student
body and University.
Innocents Society
Checks Finally Come Sometimes
Dear Editor:
I wish that 'the University was as prompt about pay
ag its bills as it insists that we be. If I have to go through
Mhat i have the last two weeks every month, trying to
whv the Xtf i t0 me' 1 WiU begin t0 erstand
why the suicide rate among college students is so high.
en, 1 bt'gan work for Abel-Sandoz Food Service; I
mistakenly understood that we were to receive our first
Ky2lc i'Mfw ptem,cr 30-0n the 29th of that mnth
we were told that pay day would be October 15. I checked
my bank account and was relieved to see that I would
be able to manage very well for the next two weeks.
thpJ . n, v2 Ut r,!y $95 room and board check. But
IS J ! 1 h0ie; a scholarship check should have ar
rived any day and my money worries would be over. The
nlfL 5 r,eTVe.d the lettr sa'ing that I wouldn't re
ceive my scholarship until October 10. On the 11th, not
having received it yet, I inquired at the Administration
Si Sf t? y t0 f,ind that the date had been Postponed to
the 15th. It was later changed to the 20th
On the 15th I went to pick up my pay check. The
secretary very sympathetically told me that, due to some
mix-up some of the freshmen would not receive their
checks for another week, and I, of course, was one of
tnem.
On the 21st I very optimistically tried again coin"
All! ltd h3Ve t,me t0 d i S goverB-
The s Jv hie rCh had P led Up in the last tw .)
mL mfLi L 0t beemade t. but the University
AdS5l r"!T- oged, I walked over to the
hJiTt. 2 U!,ding and was a,most "oored when they
handed me a crips new scholarship check.
into to? offSL t?"011' laden With Phages, I walked
he lonnn thl0! U? P3y CheCk" 1 C0d tell by
lews wlK In J? S face when she sa me that the
t h,? fr, 1 1 ? S,Ure she thouht tnat I was going
aMonday."5' 1 died When she sald-
waSnfft?. !Sth hunuu"y Md the University, I
K hi?!? fflCe tos noon t0 Pick UP my Pay check.
And what do you suppose the secretary said? "You guessed
it. ' Well have it ready for you tomorrow."
ChrLrsdshropP!nraVe
Laura Partsch
ssaaWs3
friends into participation.
Unfortunately, as basket
ball season approaches,
Nate Branch is not avail
able to arouse the neces
sary spontaneity and en
thusiasm this fall.
Personally, I would
deem Tuesday's resump
tion of "Take Five" a fair
ly good success. Schedul
ing winners from the re
cent Talent Mart, the com.
mittee arranged several
acts in advance and en
couraged members of the
audience to perform. Per
formers ranged from fair
to outstanding, with the
Three Day Riders proving
to be tremendous, With a
lack of performers from
the audience, however, (a
situation to be expected on
the first outing) the after
noon fell somewhat short
of its possibilities.
Now, the purpose of this
article is not to moan over
a lack of participation or
make the extremely ridic
ulous charge of apathy.
Hopefully, this information
will attract some of the
fine pianists who play to
a lounge of empty chairs
on Saturday nights, or the
newly formed singing
groups which want public
ity or experience. Tuba
players jug bands who
cares?
Although the exact dates
of "Take Five" have not
been permanently estab
lished, rumor has it t h a t
next week's session will
again be Tuesday after
noon in the Student Union
lounge. Possible perform
ers might sign -up in ad
vance in the Union office
or volunteer at next week's
program.
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