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The Daily' Nebroskon
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1967
Active Support
Tuesday a resolution which should in
terest every University student will be
discussed at a meeting of the Legisla
ture's Education Committee.
This resolution which was presented
to the Legislature Jan. 20 by Senators
Ross Rasmussen and Richard I). Marvel
would if well received possibly assure
all Nebraska students of the chance to
receive a high quality University educa
tion. The resolution suggests a general lim
it on student tuition and would assure stu
dents that tuition would increase only if
the overall expenditure on their educa
tion also increased greatly.
In addition the resolution opposes
those people who hav; suggested that
higher education should be limited as to
the number of students in the state who
might be eligible.
At this time the resolution seems to
be the fairest and finest suggestion for
education in this slate that has been
made so far by ary two"senators in the
1967 Legislature.
The Daily Nebraskan suggests that
students at the University examine the
ideas suggested in this resolution as
completely as possible and consider the
possibility of giving Senators Rasmussen
and Marvel their full active support.
Rational Consideration
Right now as the Daily Nebraskan
sees -it the ASUN-AWS issue amounts to
ASUN simply asking AWS to clarify its
goals, positions and plans.
ASUN President Terry Schaaf has
not announced an immediate attempt to
take over AWS, but has only suggested
that both groups consider how student
legislative initiative can best be accom
plish. .AisUN. represented by Schaaf as it
should be, is concerned with how the stu
dents at Nebraska can have more say
about women's hours and other Univer
sity policies.
If AWS can't show ASUN that its or
ganization after a constitutional conven
tion will definitely act as an effective leg
islative body and not an advisory group,
then ASUN should take action.
This issue should not become a strong
controversy between the two groups but
rather should exhibit rational considera
tion on both sides about how the goal of
giving students more say about their
lives in the University can best be ac
complished. However, the Daily Nebraskan would
warn ASUN not to devote all its efforts
toward this issueespecially if rational
consideration on both sides proves im
possibleuntil the much more important
question of a Bill of Rights reaches some
form of success.
The Bill of Rights is certainly the
first step toward the goal of giving stu
dents more initiative and an adult role
in deciding how they are to live on the
University campus.
Reorganization of AWS will mean
little if the big issue of a Bill of Rights
does not reach some sort of climax first.
This isn't to suggest that the ASUN
AWS issue should be tabled by Senate as
it was Wednesday, but that priorities
must be established in attempting to
achieve a centralized student voice.
The Regents
Two issues the Bill of Rights and
the Free University which developed
last semester and continue to be of vital
concern to students this term probe
the University.
While centering around different as
pects, both the Bill of Rights and the
Free University are asking the question:
what type of education are students at Ne
braska getting?
Certainly this question should be of
primary concern to all University offici
als. However, when the Board of Regents
President J. G. Elliott displays no knowl
edge of the problems which have been
bothering students for some time, stu
dents necessarily question the authentici
ty of the University's concern about stu
dents views of their own education.
Various members of the Board have
displayed ignorance of the Bill of Rights
when questioned by the Daily Nebraskan
in recent months. This lack of knowledge
may be interpreted as simple oversigh
unconcern, or willful skimming of situa
tions which may appear to them to be
potential explosive.
Whatever the ca.se, the Daily Ne
braskan feels that it would be extremely
wise for the governors of the University
to keep in tune with the thoughts and
actions of the students whom they are
governing.
Healthy communication between
those students leading the Bill of Rights
and Free University movements and the
Board of Regents would certainly im
prove understanding on both parts. If the
Regents understood what the students
wanted they undoubtedly could help al
lieviate the conditions which are causing
unrest.
On the other hand, if the students had
confidence that the Regents were well ac
quainted with their problems and had def
inite views on them, then the students
'urely would ba anxious to come through
".ese channels of communication to find
satisfactory solutions.
MIC
word
As I carefully perused page three of
Thursday's Rag I burst into chortles of
pure delight when I came across the
course offerings of the Nebraska Free
University. These Free University
Courses promise to raise and answer
questions formerly found only on Quiz
Bowl, discussed behind the barn or in
scribed on restroom walls.
This panacea for the ills of the edu
cational "system", sort of the Ajax White
Knight of the Great Plains, could well
solve all the problems presently faced by
the: Nebraska "Cost" University. Many
friends have told me in private that the
FAU might transform NU into a Berkley
in very little time, but I have told them
that it will take at least a year or two.
Rumor has it that Clark Kerr has been
selected as Chancellor but authorities in
California state that Kerr plans a 12 year
sabbatical in Togoland.
.For you unfortunate few who may
have missed the course schedule in the
newspaper, I thought I would list the
courses and give some inside informa
tion to you students in your choices. For
those who have not preregistered, late
registration will be held Febr. 6-10 in
the telephone booth by the Dividend
Bonded gas station.
intellectual Commitment In The Uni
versity this course will only meet one
time due to the narrow confines of the
topic.
Theories of Communism held in the
Wesley Foundation. Actually, many peo
ple have suspected this for a long time.
A Survey Of Buddhism St. Mark's on
the campus, Father Ching Loo Peek will
act as instructor.
Survey of the Old Testament this
course will be held in Abel Hall as no
churches have space to hold the class.
Special emphasis will be placed on "hell,
fire and brimstone."
The Art of Practical Politics taught
by Cathie Shattuck, with meetings in the
Nebraska Union, fourth floor.
Toward A General Theory Of Mater
ial Culture classes will be held anytime
at the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity house.
Film Techniques the Nebraska Un
ion Film Committee will lead discussions
of this subject rather like the blind lead
ing the blind.
Group Discussions Circle Room,
Thursday evenings.
Dynamics Of The Underdeveloped
World-2342 Vine Street.
A Radical's Need for Education
taught by an imported radical, Steven
"Peter" Abbott.
Genera Aesthetics the first meet
ing will be held when a model can be
found.
Psychedelic Drugs Monday through
Friday, State Capitol, legislative cham
bers. Edge of Wisdom classes in the Crib,
taught by Wayne Meylan, students who
miss class can catch up on the material
on the TV reruns each afternoon.
The Free University can be excused
in its youth for omitting several courses
which are vital to the concept of total
education. Therefore, I suggest that FU
members expand their curriculum at the
earliest possible date and incorporate the
following courses:
The Fall Of Athens (with special em
phasis on Greeks today) Monday nights
in Abel Hall, Frank McClannahan. Semi
nars are held continuously.
Theories Of Aeronautics Beta Theta
Pi Hangar, 1513 R St.
Analysis Of The Stigma Of Being A
White American Terry Schaaf twho has
been masquerading as Abe Lincoln) will
lead the flag waving.
The Political Career of J.R.R. Tol
kienan illustrated treatise on the life
history of England's greatest philoso
pher, taught by Wayne Moles, 2129 Bur
row St.
Any suggestions for a fight song
should be sent to Serendipity Schultz
Song Directoi for ol' FU.
"Time To Cot Thc tP&oti 'StGjWGs.
Our Man Hoppe-
TEACHER SMEECHER
Arthur Hoppe
Once upon a time there
were twin brothers named
Damon and Pythias Smee
cher, who shared a deep
love of learning. The only
difference between them
was that Damon loved to
acquire learning and Pyth
ias loved to give it away.
Loving learning as they
did, they naturally joined
the faculty of the Univer
sity of Slegapolis, which
was the greatest treasure
trove of learning in the
whole wide world.
Damon decided to be
come a scholar of ancient
Etruscan funeral orations
because he loved dead lan
guages and things like that.
Pythias decided to become
a teacher of Life, because
he loved life and things like
that.
In hardly any time at all,
Damon became the great
est scholar of ancient
Etruscan funeral orations
in the whole wide world. He
wrote papers and books and
was universally recognized
as a leading authority in
his field by both other au
thorities in his field.
The only cross he had to
bear was the university
regulation requiring him to
lecture to students from
1 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. on al
ternate Wednesdays.
With a great effort, he
would tear himself away
from his beloved Etruscan
funeral orations, scurry to
the lecture hall and rpttle
off his lecture without once
looking up from his notes.
Actually, he delivered the
exact same lecture every
alternate Wednesday for 32
years. But as he delivered
it entirely in ancient Etrus
can, which nobody under
stood, there were few com
plaints. So grant? poured in to
Damon from the For d,
Rockefeller and Maiden
form Foundations. He was
made a full professor at 27,
head of his department at
31 and was always de
scribed at faculty ieas as
"a jewel in the diadem of
this great university."
Meanwhile, his brother
Pythias became the great
est teacher of Life in the
whole wide world.
His students loved him.
They would flock to sit at
his feet as he taught them
how the stars wheel in their
courses, why a cowslip
blooms and what goodness
was. He poured out every
thing he knew about every
thing and a generation of
students grew up wiser and
kinder, instilled with a love
of learning and a love of
life.
Of course, this kind of
teaching took a lot of time
and Pythias never did fin
ish his paper entitled "What
Lifo Is All About." But, as
he said to himself, "No
scholarly journal would
publish a paper like that
anyway."
At the age of 62 Pythias
was called into the Dean's
office. "Look here, Smee
cher," said the Dean, "I
noticed your name on the
faculty roster. What do you
do around here anyway?"
"I guess I just teach,
sir," said Pythias apologet
ically. "Good heavens, Smee
cher," cried the Dean, can
celing his contract on the
spot, "how can we go on
being the greatest treasure
trove of learning in the
world, if you keep giving
the stuff away?"
Moral: The modern uni
versity is a perfect place
to get an education. If
you're a member of the
faculty.
Dailv Nebraska..
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It's a little thing, really.
Scarcely anything to get up
set about or to cry over. A
little thing. Normally you
wouldn't expect it to receive
editorial notice in even so
paltry a pulpit as this one.
A little thing. Yet deep down
inside we feel betrayed.
McDonald's hamburger
stand, that infinite, oasis of
quickly served 15-cent ham
burgers, has fallen victim
to the Great Society. Thy
have raised their prices to
18 cents. A little thing, real
ly, but for so long they stood
as a symbol of man's ability
to resist the opportunity to
gouge his neighbor. Then
they too fell beneath Inexor
able economic forces and
raised their prices by 20 per
cent. A little thing, really,
and it began as a little thing
too.
A little thing. Some idiot
in a godforsaken corner of
the world shooting at some
other idiot. A little thing.
Then some idiot in Washing
ton deciding we should send
an advisor to advise one of
the idiots on how better to
kill the other idiot. Still a
little thing.
Then suddenly it wasn't a
little thing and we had half
a million of our own kith
and kin no longer advising
but shooting and dying in
earnest and spending an ex
tra 20 to 25 billion dollars a
year doing it. This sent t h e
economy out of whack, trig
gered an inflationary spiral
and increased the cost of
everything from hamburg
er to housing to non-ferrous
metals. A big thing.
And now evn McDon
ald's hamburgers, the very
symbol of the cheap albeit
not free lunch, has caved in.
No doubt they will claim
rising costs due to general
Inflation and no doubt they'll
be right. And it all began as
such a little thing.
We fear that it is only a
matter of time before even
Griff's burger bar follows
suit and the 15 cent ham
burger will go the way of
the passenger pigeon, the
dodo bird and a rational
American foreign policy.
We've said it before and
we'll say it again. People
used to look at you when
you grumbled about Viet
nam and mockingly retort,
"What's that got to do with
the nrice of beans in Bos
ton?" Well, like we said before,
now you know.
By Bob Ewegen
Collegiate Press Service
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Campus I
I Opinion 1
Women Support ASUN
Dear Editor:
On behalf of a number of concerned women students
at the University, we, the undersigned, wish to support
the ASUN executive in their efforts to clarify the status
of AWS.
As women students we are excited over the newly
emerging possibilities open to all students in the areas
outside our classrooms. Thc Bill of Rights, Free Univer
sity and other projects have shown that students are con
cerned with areas other than the classroom. Thus, we feel
all women students should look closely at an opportunity
to further their interests, whether it be in off-campus liv
ing, required dormitory living, room visitations, or other
concerns.
It would seem as if a unified voice speaking for the
students could do a great deal more than our present de
centralized structure in advancing these programs.
We hope that the evaluations and exchanges that take
place will lead to an overall strengthening of the student
position, and that immediate inconveniences will be sac
rificed for .the future good of the University community
women, as well as men.
Cathie Shattuck Suzie Kunc
Lynn Bcckman Nesha Neumeister
Kathy Miller Susan Phelps
Liz Aitken Karen Westerberg
Kathy Kuester Kris Bitner
Jane Klimes Becky Jones
Cheryl Adams Kathleen Dunn
Mary Wenke Meredith Ballard
Gwen Evans
No God, No Imortality
s
Dear Editor:
I can not understand why religion is such a hotly-debated
subject.
For "God is dead." and if there ever was a God it
was for the purpose of creating the universe and man.
Then he died, just as we create people and die.
For modern man has created the theory of God out
of his fear of the unknown self and his fear of facing the
truly absurd realities of life.
The churches of today do not deserve the power that
they have and people shouldn't be so ignorant not to see
this and put a stop to it.
For myself, "God is dead," man is by himself and
responsible for his own actions unto himself. We come
from nothing and we go to nothing. Only the little grains
of sand shall never die, there is on immortality for we
came and we go and the grains of sand outlive us all.
Let me ask these religious fanatics who believes in a
so-called God who is all-powerful, all-loving and so on:
would He (God) let a little girl be killed by a tombstone
while her parents are putting flowers on a grave? If this
is so, and it is, you fools of ignorance may have Him for
He has deceived you and you have deceived yourselves.
We are a dying generation, look around you and see
how man has created self-destruction.
It is a great boast of religion that they have united
man into societies and built up the houses and the high
walls of cities. I wish they could undo all that they have
done; that we might have our woods and our innocence
again, instead of our empty buildings and our bloodfed
politics. Religion has assembled many thousands of scat
tered people into one body; it is true, they have so done,
they have brought them into hovels to rot and starve, and
into armies to murder one another; they found them hunt
ers and fishers of wild creatures and have made them
hunters and fishers of each other.
Mike Thompson
Education in Trouble
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the University of California, Santa Bar
bara, we ask your help in informing the American pub
lic about the present problems facing higher education
in the state of California.
We especially ask every student sympathetic with our
dilemma to communicate his feelings to the Governor of
California at Sacramento. This will make him cognizant
of the fact that citizens, not only of California but of the
United States, perceive the possible grave ramifications
of political encroachment on the autonomy of the Uni
versity. Such autonomy is a necessity for an academic
community.
If you desire information on the situation here, please
write me. Higher education in California is in a threat
ened position. Help spread the word.
John Mavbury
Editor, EL GAUCHO
Official A.S.U.C.S.B. newspaper
Cornhuskers Praised
Dear Editor:
Speaking as a native and resident of New Orleans,
who has seen nearly every Sugar Bowl Game for the past
25 years, I want to commend the Nebraska Cornhuskers
for the fine competitive spirit they showed, and for the
courage they exhibited right to the very end of the game.
Also, I feel that some word of praise is in order for
the loyal supporters who cheered their team on even
when the final outcome was painfully evident to all.
It is my hope that the Cornhuskers will return to New
Orleans soon. Although they were on the short end of a
long score this time, their spirit and the spirit of their
supporters won the hearts of us all. This spirit makes
the Sugar Bowl the great game that it is.
Robert L. Patton
Just Testing
Dear Editor:
Please give me space in the Daily Nebraskan to apol
ogize to the guy who was inadvertently flushed out of the
Columns area a few nights ago. I had just left a night
lab and was checking my camera prior to taking some
photographs at a faculty member's home so I flashed the
strobe in the darkness.
It flashed brightly and so did a belligerant young man
who bounded out of the columns to ask if I had taken 2
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at night in the middle of winter? "Honest fellow, I w?s
only testing. What were you doing?"
.Photographer