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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Commentary Editorials THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1967 Page 2 The Disease As The Disease creeps into the Daily Nebraskan office and perfumes our bod ies with intoxicating scents of springtime, our minds, and all students' minds, be gin taking little trips. Just here and there, we can't really control them even if we try. Each mind travels to its own dream land; maybe a haven of longed-for de lights or a refuge for private little sor rows. Snap Back It makes us mad to have to snap back. We do have to there is no choice. Back to the anxieties, the tensions, the damn boredom of everyday and everyday rMtine and frustration. Ah. it's so nice to escape to dream land where the soul is free. At least in the spring we have momentary excuses to lapse away, because it's so nice out side and besides, everyone else is sigh ing, too. And after we snap back we wonder Why just in spring can we be a little more spontaneous, a little wild even, and not have people think we're crazy? Why just in the spring can we be happy abouts nothing or cry because we're sick of walking down 16th St? Why just in the spring do people quit criticizing each oth er and start understanding and loving, if only for its own sake? Why just in the spring can it be good to be? ; Feel Ashamed '. Is it just the intellectual community which demands so much rationality? Here for nine months we try and try to know things and we feel compelled to fake it if we don't know some things and some times we admit that we don't know some thing and we feel ashamed. And between cramming sessions in the carrells, we run from one committee meeting to another which is a meeting of committees on committees where we get a great idea about a whole newsup er structure of superior committees. Then as we rush to file for next month's Gen eral Motors job Interviews and check on grade transcripts, we take a sudden breath and try some more not to remember that we feel like robots. No, it's not just the intellectual com munity which makes people forget to live. Our whole society pressures us constant ly to get ahead, to make money and live prestigouslv. Our consciences are care fully conditioned to shame us when we neglect to be ambitious. It's high gear. Prudence, involvement, concern, fulfill ment Silly Idealism Where is the life? It's in those "mind excursions" when that so-called silly ideal ism takes momentary control of the ra tionale. The life is in the impulsive de cision to go to the country for a walk or talk to a friend about last night's dream. It is sometimes when we feel in stead of think and when we empathize Instead of sympathize. living is when we can shed out heady pessimism and feel it is fun and wonder ful to be. Joy needn't be felt just in spring. Susie Phelps On Elections Starting with yesterday's Daily Ne braskan and continuing until the ASUN election next Wednesday, all candidates for Senate positions are being interviewed for short policy and qualification state ments. Monday's Paper Longer and more detailed interviews from the ASUN executive candidates will be presented in Monday's paper. The Nebraskan regret that each Sen ate candidate's interview cannot be long er and represent the individual candidate's feelings more completely, but due to space this is impossible. The main question the Nebraskan is asking an the Senate candidates is "Why they think they would make a good sen ator?" This question is extremely simple, bat it does give the candidates a chance to list their quaLfications and maybe a little -bout their basic philosophy for stu dent government Snail Degree The Nebraskan encourages no one to rate the Senate candidates strictly by these short statements, but we do feel these statements are advantageous in that the voters can evaluate the candidates qualifications and possibly a few of their ideas to at least a small degree. We do encourage the voters them selves to ask the individual candidates many questions and the candidates should make a large effort to inform the people in their colleges about their stands on general and specific issues. Membership on the Senate is ex tremely important and often capable sen ators prove just as important if not some times more important than the executive candidates. We urge ever?7 student to con sider the Senate candidates seriously and to try to choose for himself outstanding senators that will work effectively in stu dent government Endorsement The Daily Nebraskan will note those Senate and executive candidates feels should be seriously considered or who would do an outstanding job on Mon day's editorial page. We also welcome constructive letters to the editor recommending candidates The letters will appear in Monday and Wednesday's papers. As far as possible, we will try to present an equal repre sentation of letters for each executive candidate. Policy regarding Senate rec ommendations will depend on the num ber of letters received and the space available. Our Man Hoppe- The Fairy Kingdom Arthur Hoppe I I Bob Samuelson's JCll cJhe oConeia (PeopL Censorship in a democratic society is a problem which has long bothered in dividuals, local authorities and even the Suprems Court Let me first slat a declaration, and then qualify it I am against any farms or kinds of censorship- Rrcejsitt Dsagert We must, however, recognize the dan gers of Bos-censorship as well as the dangers of censorship. The dangers of censorship are more ifciMj,. and reached triremes !s Nazi Germary. Trey were qui! dramatically depicted in Ray BraSbury's "Fahrenheit 45L" It is common mnxim of things of this type that nee witch-hunting has be gan, it tends to be ceamuitjve and It tend to become Irs discrixaifcaiory and more vindictive. ObJectiwuU' The community may start with bcarest desire to protect its youth, and i the radical right catches moral indignant fire, tie taweineot extends to forms td literature, paintiegs. sculpture, asstkw pictures, periodicals, and any ether farms the critics may wbimsicaily deem -jectjooabJ- TJj witch-hunt has already started 21 liricolfl to S5 form c4 wrath at Bill Steefl'f tttcltt&rM. UgKa&r Mi2 r3 is an eiajspi ci bow absurd tfcil mania cal bsewioa t "protect" b &l7 baea manifested in car art. Count y Attorney Pm1 Da Deputy Attorney lUw ttv sxwJeubtedly bee fcuacte4 by per to Uaceto to -j9 vsstjC about tbt material at Mr. Swtn't stores. Afbs4Pisrfi7 The criticisms far their actions arsicst the hookttam Uxwfld tx be cu red! ajaisrt iir. DaugSas or Mr. Blue but agai&ct a geoaraSy ecormed and tjKSCsemctirt nsinortty U Lancaai ptpulace w& art reoferou on petals ajjuut ptrily. These are tfce mje p5e . trtamed abc&t Terry Stc'Jiern f nuwr oneiy vreopie satiric masterpiece "Candy", got it re moved from the bookstores and then scurried out to fey and devour trash (nardfomdi uco as "The Adventurers" and "Valley of the Dolls" and proclaim their "authors" brilliant. I am cot supporting per te all the ma terial Mr. Steen sells, and as a matter of simply personal opinion. I must state that there is some material at Mr. Stmt's stores in which 1 personally can conceive 09 possible benefit However, this is sim ply not ttoe issue at stake. Supreme Tmoctkm I do sot, as an individual, leel thai I have the right to dictate to any cUar human what it or is not beneficial to him. Some people apparently feel that they are omniscient and have this supreme func tion in life. Copenhagen. Denmark Once upon a time there was a beautiful little (airy kingdom. It had blue lakes and green parks and many icve ly castles. It had a king and a queen, whom everyone laved, and three charming princesses, whom every one cherished. All the young girls were beautiful. All the young men were handsome. And all the older people were kind, gracious and very, very nice. Every Morning Nobody was terribly rich. But nobody was terribly poor. The hotels were com fortable and cheap. The food was every here delici ous. You could always get a taxicab. And anyone who wanted to could sing and dance and drink until 5 o'clock ever- morning. Truly, there could be no more delightful place in the world to visit. But it was, after all, only a tiny little kingdom. And the older people t those over 30) worshipped some thing called "hygge" pro nounced sort of like "hugh ghee." but not quite.) A Feeling Now "hygge" was diffi cult to define. It was a feeling. It was the cozy feeling you had when you sat around a warm fire sip ping tea with relatives you liked on a snowy Sunday af ternoon. And the older peo ple in toe tiny little king dom loved nothing more dearly than that. But the younger people, being youfjg. were different. They like a little "hygge" ence in a while. But not all the time. "There's more to life than 'hygge.'" they would say defiantly. And their elders would smile tolerantly, nod and sip their tea. Being Young The younger people, be in fxmt, atra!!y wanted to change the world. They would march in parades, To qualify my original statement, I recognize the possible need for protection of some of the younger and more im pressionable populace. (Although I doubt if there is much that could shock them.) If material is aold, tome would point out. it win eventually end up in the hands of the youth, no mailer what the safeguards agaifcst age. so the malerial should cot be told at alL It it equally true that tbe material, legally or illegally, has gotten Into the bands of the young before, and win at the future, even if the Heroic Bockttore is closed this minute, never to reopen. Low Attractive Another thing that many overlook is that If the flamour is taken away from these materials, they will Vote much of their aStracii veaett. Just as there are fewer problem wiUi teen-age drunkeness in Europe where dr&king is legal for teen af ers than there are in the United States here tt u not legaL It it a truuni ia the United Stales that restrictive laws simply are not efTec fre. whether they restrict the sale of al cohol or wrlfceu material S-Ty bws such at LES5I male a mockery out ci all law. Stacked Cards Last month I had nothing to do so I stormed Into the library, approached toe desk, and wiled. "I hate this place, and I want to blow up the whole building." The librarian was calm and collected. "You'll have to t out a cai she taid. Question Sadly This experience has caused me to question the san ity not oni of the library, but the entire University. Yesterday 1 went to the c-jrculation desk and filled out a card for the "Holy Bjhle." For the author, I combined humor with exactness and wrote down, "God." The librarian qujckly returned the card with an ap propriate scowl and said, "Whsla think this is. a game? You forget the first name and middle initial' Sometimes, in a moment of weakness. 1 use the Xerox machine 'The "X" stands for excuse me, I'm broken again). One day, after printing three thousand copies of "Eat at the Varsity inn." and two thousand lifts calendars. 1 decided to try my luck once more, t the circiiJation desk. N ot 'Out You will find, if you go to the fcbrary df en enough, that a book you are looking for If not "out." Msre Ren it will be in the bindery, lost, in the reverse room, or just playtr.g it cute. Last week 1 tried to take out a book, and the librar ian gave fne a card that said, "Book Lost, WjH Trade." 1 never knew what that ment. until 1 acdd.-ntalJy stumbled into the bead librarian's office and saw him sihg on Ose floor with ten rolls of tissue paper tracing a book. Yesterday I went to the periodical room. "Have yoa got Time?" 1 asked. Periodicals "Pick me up at seven." responded the librarian. "I don't think you understand," 1 explained. "How about Life?" "O K.." the giggled, "10 be ready at six " Someday when I'm old and gray and my three-year-old ton asks me about my school library. I B show torn a picture of our grand super-structure reaching high into the sky. HH carefully count the number of floors and say, ' Gee, Daddy, your library bad Eve stories." "Yes son," I'D admit, "and a whole bsok of poems." -Dick Wells! Collegiate Press Service HiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilliiiiniiiiiiitiiiiliiiiil iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"'"i' Campus Opinion j Alumna Questions Proposed Policy Dear Editor: As an alumna who still receives the Daily Nebras kan, I am following, with great Interest, the develop ments in the housing situation at the University. I know that this has always been a problem to students, at least since I entered school in the fall of 1961. Specially Approved In recent issues of the "Nebraskan," I have noticed references being made to ". . . specially approved hous ing, which means that the housing must be designed spe cifically for students." (Ad Hoc Committe. Monday, March 20, 1967) I cannot help but disagree with this type of housing theory. It appears that, In essence, a system of private dor mitories will result, with somt reliance on less expen sive cooperatives. The University of Illinois, Chapaign Urbana, does make use of private dormitories, which seem to be a more expensive way of college living than perhaps even regular dormitory living. In order to be appealing, these private dorms must offer "luxury" features which, of course, cost more. What housing (off-campus) In Lincoln Is already de signed "specifically for students"? The rennovation and hiring of housing managers, as also required by the hous ing recommendation, would certainly involve a cost that would have to be borne by the student dwellers for a number of semesters. Rennovation If the recommendation is thinking of less expensive cooperatives, there will still be the problem of rennova tion. I knew several students who lived in Terrace Hall when it was a cooperative. Here was a means by which students could afford to attend the University and live near campus. This cooperative was then leased as a sor ority house, leaving its residents to seek "approved" or dormitory housing. The only other women's cooperative on campus is Love Memorial Hall, and one must be a home economics major in order to qualify for residence there. For a Uni versity this large, this is certainly a limited amount of cooperative housing for students. (There may be some housing of which I am unaware, since my contact with the University lessened last June, when I received a grad uate degree and moved to Illinois.) Although financial consideration seems to be the most pressing issue regarding housing at the present time, I think there is another very important reason why off campus housing should not be "designed specifically for students." Junior Member As a high school student, one is sort of a junior member of a community. He enjoys community life as an adolescent and sees some of its responsibilities via his parents. Then the high school student comes to col lege; he is isolated possibly as long as four years in a community that is composed solely of college students. Hopefully, he learns to be tolerant of viewpoints which may be quite far removed from his own. After four years he is turned loose in a fully-functioning, complete com munity again and is expected to fit In. I fully realize, that after these four years of isolation, he may be in a position to serve his community in a far more beneficial capacity than he would have right after high school. But. how long does it take him to adjust to the aver age citizen?; to the viewpoints of the person who has not been to college? (And we know that even though college enrollments are rapidly increasing, still a vast majority of the people in this country have not attended college and many have attended no type of post-secondary Institutions. These people, because of their different experiences, do not have the same viewpoints as the college graduate.) Adjustment Slow It is possible, you see, to over-protect our college stu dents, just as parents can overprotect. to a point where adjustment in a full society Is slow. As a final point, I feel that an all-student dwelling is less conducive to good studying than is a mixed dwelling. In a dormitory'- for example, one can always find someone else to whom they can complain. Panic before tests is widespread. In a less student dominated dwelling, studying is a part of the student's life just as working is part of the workingman's life, and can be taken in stride. There is no one else who is upset because midterms are next week, except per haps your roommates. Home-Like As a graduate student I lived off-campus and found it much more home-like and conducive to studying. As a future bride, I also learned much about cooking that I had previously lrecws. end that !a itself was a valuable part of my year. There was no dormitory maid to fcrub the bathroom or vacuum the stairs, or carry out the brash; I had to take household responsibilities. We are enjoying receiving the Daily Nebraskan very much and feel it's our best way to keep "in touch" with what's happening at NU. Mrs. Fraa Dexter Reflections On Vietnam Dear Editor: The editors of the CWeland Stae University Caul dron thought that the enclosed poem by Richard I." Briggs was an eloquent statement. I hope that you will share their opinion and consider printing it. Why should you worry or give a damn About what happens in Vietnam? Why is it any of your concern If men and women and children burn? Only a pacifist, saint or fool Believes in stuff Lke the Golden Rule . . . You know the answer you know it well "This is a war and war is hell!" Yes, war is bell for the men that fight. Pawns on a chessboard, brown and white; War is death in a sea of mud To the sound of bullets and stench of blood: War is madness told as the truth, Torturing women and crippling youth . . . But you know the answer you know it well "This is a war and war is hell!" Try to project what your thoughts would b If you left your home as a refugee: Try to ima gine the sense of fear When the napalm scatters and flames appear , . . What kind of feelings would It inspire If you watched a child with its flesh on fire? Could you find words for the pilots above Wb boast about morals tod Christian love? War Is a gamble played with Fate Where the stakes are high and the hour U late: War is the writing seen on the wan Which threatens to come and engulf us all . , . It's time to worry and time to care. It's time to pity time to share: It's time to consider the Human Race And see ourselves in other man's place. Alai Rhodes Department ef Chemistry OevcUBd State University shouting slogans like. "Stop the War in Vietnam:" And their elders would smile tolerantly, nod and sip their tea. For the world didn't much care what the tiny little kingdom thought. The younger people, be ing young, naturally wanted to change their country. They would march in pa r a d e s, shouting slogans like. "Legalize abortion!" Smile Tolerantly And their elders would smile tolerantly, nod and sip their tea. And maybe they'd change the laws (af ter a long and pleasant de bate), and maybe they wouldn't. So it w ent. And the young people would say with frus tration: "This is like living in a doll bouse." Or, instead of saying, ' Let's go out and have !un," they would say, "Let's go out and get drunk." Some of the young people left the beautiful little king dom for the outside world where life was harder and cruekr. And more exciting. Grew Older But most simply grew older. And as they grew older, they slowly wrapped themselves in a soft, cozy blanket of "hygge." They seemed very happy. 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