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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Editorials Commentary Monday, December 11, 1967 Page 2 Weighed Correctly, But . . Homework Neglected Student Senate has reconsidered and repealed a section of the much-publicized military recruitment resolution that would have banned military recruiters from the University campus. This section has been replaced with another that calls for the Board of Re gents to express University students' dis pleasure at the Hershey directive to the President of the United States and local draft boards in Nebraska. Clearly, both sections will express the displeasure of University students. But those who feel the new section will ex press displeasure in a louder voice are certainly not thinking the earlier section takes action; the latter takes action only in the verbal sense. Perhaps this statement would seem to indicate a change of opinion by the Daily Nebraskan on the issue. It does not. One of the most ignored, but most important, statements at Sunday night's special session was made by Sen. Phil Boardman. He noted that the now-repealed section was contrary to the Bill of Rights and that it could be construed to mean that the Faculty Senate would be able to reject campus speakers if there was a "clear and present danger." Obviously the new resolution speaks with a softer voice. But it has maintained the student rights as set down in the Stu dent Bill of Rights. In two special ASUN meetings, marked by parliamentary gymnastics, there are several observations that could be made. Senate has come out of the issue look ing rather ridiculous passing a strong res olution and then watering it down in special sessions. And it all happened because obvious ly some senators were not doing their homework. There would have been no need for the special sessions had some senators considered the original resolution and its meaning. Moreover, it would not have been necessary for several senators to walk out of the Friday meeting a move to keep the Senate from voting for lack of a quorum) had those persons opposed to the original section garnered enough support by Friday as they apparently did by Sunday). The Nebraskan feels that Senate weighed the matter of student rights ver sus a legal and proper protest in the cor rect manner; but only after some senators finally gave the matter their full thought. &2k- ( TuL. UtWr Se.UH) a Cultural Desert Abandoned By KEN PELLOW English Department Instructor Some of us at this University are apt to find ourselves thinking, sometimes, that the day we entered Nebraska was the day we left the world of culture, of sen sitivity, of artistic creativity far behind us. That attitude is hard to maintain, however, when we see the kind of work turned out by students contributng to this month's issue of Scrip, N.U.'s student mag azine. This edition of Scrip, which will make its appearance this week, will be the first in the periodical's new format. No longer strictly a literary magazine, Scrip now combines art-works with its poe try and fiction. I shall, however, confine my remarks here to the literary mater ial in this issue, for at the time of my writing. I have not had the opportunity to view the sculpture and pottery which will represent this month's contributions by art students. As I looked over the manuscripts ac cepted for this edition, the first poem I read dealt with this very matter of sup posed artistic aridity in Nebraska. Writ ten by Frank McClanahan, and dedicated to Ted Kooser, it begins by noting the inability of poetry to survive in this prairie state. "Swell!" 1 thought. "Another Boush wa Poet telling us. in poetry written in Nebraska, why poetry can't exist in Ne braska. Who needs such self-depreca-tion?" But I was wrong: this poem turns out to be an affirmation of "the worth of love." mainly, but also of our faith in ourselves and the "poems that we sing. It's a celebration of poetry as a thing that helps love endure anywhere! My surprise at this poem's conclusion slaved with me through the rest if the material. Time and again. I found my self looking at poems and stories of re markable promise, then checking the au thor's name and finding that of someone I had never heard of. This could of course, be attributed to my ignorance of who's who on campus, but I doubt if that is the case. Rather, I think this is evidence of the wealth of literary talent "lurking" all over the University. The talent takes various forms in Scrip. One of this edition's best works is one of the engaging sonnets that Tom Seymour perhaps our best poet does so well. Entitled "The Last of the Old School." it makes excellent use of mid world enjambements and consonance (that kind of near-rime which matches pairs like "time" "tomb"; "mine" "mean"; "cup" "cop"; etc.). And it is done in decasyllabic lines which are somehow al ways surprising in their rhythms though they remain the same throughout. Anoth er bright spot is the longest work in the issue. Georgia Lowenbergs short story, "Elegy for a Hippie," a portrait of a young man hung up on introspection and a seventh-floor window-ledge! Complementing these, and other, longer works are some fine short lyrics. Indeed, this form seems to prove the most consistently strong vehicle for young poets. Especially good expressive short works in this month's Scrip include those by Jerry Vogt (particularly "When a Lit tle Rain"). Jill Meader. Phyllis Herman, and Andy Kaulins. and the plea in "AA" for someone to establish an organization for anonymous people. The latter poem was submitted by Jane Beedenberg. Naturally, not all the entries in Scrip are "winners". Yet, almost every work displays indications of developing strength, whatever its author's present limitations. V see no reason to presume that the sculptured and pottery sections of this is sue will be in any way inferior to the literary portion. So if you think yourself in a cultural desert if you have found no signs of creative, sensitive life among Ne braska studentry, find a copy of this month's Scrip. A refreshing surprise is practically guaranteed. By DAN DICKMEYER An Open Letter In Reply to My Profiteer ing Father, Victor Lundberg. (To be read to a gradual crescendo of the tune: "The Battle Hymn of the Recording Industry" or "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Coining of the Buck.') You ask my reaction to Ivy league hair cuts and gray flannel suits. I would answer this way pops. If that's the only way you can make it big in the recording irdus.ry; if you think this display of con-forpvs-i will get you by the firs', outer olfice sesreiary and Land you a big re cor."' con jtxI then you have my bless ings. You ask that I not judge you merely as a midale-aged father out to make a buck. You ask that I judge you for what you are and not just as a misunderstanding, au thoritarian old man out to perpetrate his 1930 moral standards on his 1967 son. In essence you're asking me to judge you as something you are not. Forget it pops. You ask me if patriotism is dead. This is a question every individual must answer for h'mself. 1 would say this. Much of yrsr "ctht;;ci tHn::s that patrio'isni is r -j r; . Tu5. as rcu aave v?l .., ie-;-.ne morally, -e ' i" -e. '-r Tiii Ileriey now think they can iesia.e patriotism, is patriotism dead? 1 sometimes think you are trying to w ork it t-j death. But figure it out yourself pops. I would say as long as there are lobs like you making a buck off patrio tism in the recording industry, then our capitalistic society will see that it doesn't die though its form of expression may. You ask my opinion of ""super-patriot" recording artists. If you sincerely think that making money off patriotism is t God given right; if you sincerely believe that jou are not just reaping rewards comen surate with your own actions; and if you are prepared to fight and die to piotect this form of money making then you again have my blessings. But your wife will love you forever. (Though mother has been having scrup ples ktely about her son being patriotical ly drrf led. She loves me too! ) And if my friends continue to swallow your sentimen tal hogwash which you pass off as pa triotism; if my friends are willing to for sake their new found freedom to change a system which they inherited from your generation; if my friends are ready to for sake expressing dissent with an unlisten ing population of fathers by pushing your record up the sales charts then I have no friends. Ai for me if you continue to make a profit off of the serious differences of opin ion which divide the generations and threat en to break the American spirit: and if you con'mue to offer only glorified patrio tism TB' 'w than a rational train of thought as a solution to these differences then pops from this moment on vou might just as well burn my birth certificate. Because from this moment on your "son" is going to let his hair grow long, burn his draft card and burn hit copy of your gold record, I o!b r ,T-m niJ ., K-r- J k. i TTa p "Or P.TTlcTTT i CV ,,!f II. rfO TO CJS.DE.E f $Mglr Our 3Ian Hoppe Tis The Season To Be Wary Jingle Bells, jingle bells ... Ah. Christ mas! As it does each year, my heart over flows with love for my fellow man. And as I do once each year, I vowed to write a column in behalf of the poor, the des titute and the needy. Once a year is not too often, I say. Take UNICEF. Now there's a worthy cause selling gay Christmas cards to help feed hungry little children all over the world. And so, bubbling over with the milk of human kindness, I decided to write a vitriolic column viciously attacking UNI CEF Christmas cards. "Oh, would you?" said Mrs. Andre Roegiers, a very nice representative for UNICEF. "We've had so little adverse pub licity this year a few angry letters to the editors and the usual anonymous letters and phone calls. But nothing that really stimulated sales." 1 said she could count on my devo tion to good works. And what was the standard way to attack this worthy cause? "Well." she said, "most attacks come from right wingers who say that UNICEF .funds help advance Communism. Actual ly, this isn't true. More Communist coun tries give to UNICEF than receive. And after all. there's no such thing as a Com munist child and ..." Tut. tut. I said. Let's not let the truth stand in the way of a worthy cause. And I jotted down, "Communist conspir acy." "And another demanded to know how cculd conceivably call ourselves Christi ans." Oh. fine. There was certainly nothing more un-Christian these days than feeding hungry children of who knows what poli tical and philosophical persuasions. And speaking of that, I supposed some of these children were undoubtedly Black and some undoubtedly were Moslems? ' Undoubtedly," said Mrs. Roegiers. Marvelous. And I made a note: "Fo ments Black Moslem revolution." But let's get down to the nitty gritty, I said. I had here in my hand a Christmas card de picting an angel blowing a trumpet and inside it bore the message (pause for ef fect I : ' Peace on Earth." Mrs. Roegiers gamely admitted it was a genuine UNICEF card. CAMPUS OPINION Dear Editor: I would like to congratu late ASUN for their brillant statement asking for pre vention of military' recruit ment on campus. It is really tremendous when a group of people in one breath ask for the pro tection oi civil rights by the courts and at the same time deny the courts first prior ity in ruling on General Hershey 's directive. It seems to me that ASUN is denying military recruit ers the same protection that they are requesting for students. I think we should let the courts have first priority in protecting stu dents from breaches of the Constitution at the same time they should have first opportunity at protecting the government from stu dent bodies who go off half cocked. Richart? Bodges Mistake Dear Editor: I applaud the courage of our ASUN. If military re cruitment is suspended due to their action, it will rep resent a major achievement in increasing the voice of the student. However, the thought and reasoning behind this move is 180 degrees off. Hershey" order to give protestors a 1-A rating is ridiculous. Mainly, tervico tor the United States is an honor, not a punishment Second ly, the courts must try their "wrongdoers", not the local draft boards, who are, t leart. prejudiced and bi ased and particularly cor rupt, simply because they are human, and humans are all of these things. We all think the draft is wrong. But what of the men in college who want to serve? The men who volun teer? This is in no w ay related to the draft, and by pickets ing recruiters the protes tors do nothing to combat the draft. When I graduate I will receive a cammission in the United States Marines, ".is was my choice. I could also have chosen to be a long haired, SDS member or a hippie, or whatever I wanted. By removing recruiters from campus, a choice is removed. You do not have this right, Senators! If you argue "Hershey has removed the right of protest" you are wrong. You may protest if you don't interfere with the business of the military. Hershey's action, itself, is not only wrong, it's sor ry as all get out I admire protestors. Pro testing takes courage. It also takes a deep-based be lief in your values. Remember for every volunteer, there is one less draftee. Go ahead and raise bell over the directive to re classify protestors. Ill help. But don't deny roe my rights. BIO Carter Are You Kidding Me? Anthropology students understood perfectly Friday when they discovered all classes had been called off be cause the whole department was getting plastered. It's a FAC! A policeman in Ashland and some Denton area resi dents reported seeing UFO's last week. Yeah, we know, the little green men are out to capture human specimens and then they'll take them back to . . . John F. Kennedy College students sent a 8x12 foot Christmas card signed by 500 of the school's 618 students and faculty to the men in Vietnam. Promoters of the send-the-card-drive said it was in tended to show the boys in Vietnam "that not all college students are against the war . that is if all they have to do about it is send Christmas cards.. One of the big questions being debated at the Univer sity Model United Nations Friday and Saturday was wheth er to admit Red China. Everyone seemed in favor of the idea except the Red Chinese delegation which didn't show up for the sessions. The American Automobile Assn. Newsletter reports that with all the insurance, registration and tax charges made on the nation's cars, it costs motorists about a penny a block to drive, anywhere. "Are you kidding Me?" extends apologies to Zambian students who were riled by the Associated Press report that more Zambian girls are expelled from school for pregnancy than any other reason. Grand Sprix by Geor&e Kaufman You missed a good show Friday afternoon while you were at F.A.C It all started about 3:30 when a student senator walked into the ballroom for the ASUN special session singing "M-I-C-K-E-Y . . . M-O-U-S-EEEE." And the senators went on to live up to their opinion of themselves. That ASUN is an impotent and ineffective do-nothing organization has been for too long a fact on this campus. That it must also spread the fertilizer of its incompetence upon the already ripe and fruitful character assassination of NU and university people in general by the local press, and in this case perhaps a wider press, is sublimely pathetic. If I were on the outside looking in, rather than one of the 17.000 "constituents" of this farcical group, I could laugh. It all started when ASUN s characterless president Dick Schulze suddenly issued the call for a special meet ing Friday afternoon. About 3:45 enough senators to form a quorum showed up and the show was on. Gene Pokorny read a statement from Schulze telling why he had used his terrible powers to call the meeting "to reconsider" (meaning to sell out to alums and the press ( Wednesday's anti-Hershey resolution banning mili tary recruiters on campus, etc. lYou can read about the niceties of it all elsewhere in this paper ). After some preliminary bantering among several sena tors, Schulze read (not presented, read) a well-phrased defense of his reason for calling the session and outlin ing his reasons for being against the Wednesday resolu tion, trying to gain some sort of analogy between the idiots who said (Dick Gregory should have been banned from campus and ASUN saying military recruiters can't come on campus until Hershey rescinds his "protestor inquisition." Senator Al Spangler (one of the few articulate mem bers at the meeting) fired back, that Schulze had mis taken a form of civil protest with a form of censorship and Vight to expression. But those for "reconsideration" of the resolution pressed on. undeterred. When a senator asked why a bill passed Wednesday by the overwhelming vote of 25-3 should now be recon sidered two days later, the reply was that the dissenters had "spoken with their constituents" and had found many of the students against the resolution. Bull. Someone then pointed out that it was the responsibility of the senators to decide for themselves on the subject, and that they couldn't go running to their constitutents to poll public opinion before voting on every issue. That was also ignored. I think we have a good example of the effectiveness of that type of government here on campus in the form of Pan-HeL When, it the end of the meeting the dissenters found themselves m the minority, they used the brilliant political move of retting up and walking out leaving the senate Dai j Nebraska!! Dee. s, m m raa. CMM. imn m-im. Ednar CHM ftM atuarflar. tiMa, nante M Mv enrtnt Cm mad mnmm wtam mat mom parMa. kr taaanar af ths Uahvmw at Nearaaka soar na Jarndictwe of tha Faculv SubeammitSM oa Stooeat faaueattaaa. 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I'HKEflt RAFT tulnaiF Maragar Glen Fnendu WOmal .evertbiis( Maaajmr Bocar Mem rreouctiuB Mauuer CaarM Buaer. cnurr Jaaat fcialrrmii, fmHrait-nini mat CtailMta alias Unmet; mttommmtm ataower imm ftean Ctreulatiaa Hner Iva hmwmmtgb aMt Garr Mejrer; teiai Manacwa Dai CMk iOiF Dimtto. Ms tuaMtfai IWm Wum Mam Um fcar they called to session without a quorum to work with. As this is being written, another meeting has been set for Sunday night (in order to steal in under the Regents, who meet Monday morning), but despite the outcome there the Senate has already muddied its image aod blunted fte effect of anything it might say in the future as a body of the Associated Students of the University of Nebraska. It cannot recover. Not this year, m with these children running it. A person calling himself a senator must be prepared to do something more than take his foolball and go home crj-.ng. He must be more f a thinker than to be capable of saying $" one day and "no" the next. But to my sorrow, the senators e have today arc not of a higher caliber than quarreling children, and I must report that Yes. Virginia, ASUN is as Mickey Mouse as you have heard it is. The meeting ended on the same tune it began with, only this time it w as those in the audience fining out of the baI2xoatr, sieging "Mrl-O&EY ... M-O-U-5-EEE." I i 4