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i , - 4) Student Senate session opens a can of worms The two most Important events' ci yesterday's ASUN meeting took place in less than five minutes. In an open letter, the ASUN executive officers condemned alleged inaccuracies in the Spelts Com mission Report on campus unrest last May. While the use of the word "condemn" seems tao harsh, the points of the letter cast some doubt as to the accuracy of the Spelts Report And, if the report Is inaccurate on the points that the officers claim, serious questions rise about the report's validity. The second event, a student senate blunder, took less than one embarrassing minute of silence. Student Senator Brace Wimmer Introduced a motion calling tor an audit of ASUN,. Union and Student Activity funds by an independent firm. The motion died for lack of a second. There Is much to criticize in Wimmer's approach. . Student Senators arrived at the meeting to unexpec tedly find representatives from several newspapers, tions as well as reporters from several newspapers. Wimmer went to the trouble of arranging to have State Senator Clifton Batcheider at the meeting as well as distributing press releases printed on his personalized stationery. Yet, with his penchant for secrecy, he failed t discuss the motion with his fellow senators before the meeting. Even the senator he had persuaded to second his motion left the meeting before the motion reached the floor. Confronted by these eccentric antics, the senators responded with silence. This was unfortunate, for the motion should have been seconded and discussed even though it seemed doomed to defeat. The books of ASUN are open and, because of this, many senators thought there was no need for an audit However, an audit Is probably Inevitable and Senator Batcheider has vowed to do everything in his power to cause one. The damage to come will occur as many people will Infer that because the Student Senators refused to discuss an audit they therefore feared one. So, by failing to call for an audit themselves, the Student Senate has given the likes of Wimmer and Batcheider a foothold to force one. Calendar merits praise As ear university grows in size and population It becomes Increasingly difficult to be aware of all campus events. Many small organizations suffer from Inade quate advertising budgets and the result has been fractionalized and insufficient promotion of many speak ers, films and programs. The calendar on the opposite page Is the brainchild of a Joint meeting between the Union Program Council and the Council on Student Life. Published monthly, the calendar will give a complete view of campus events. Thanks are due to Jim Gordon of the Program Council who worked out the mechanics for this fine idea and to Doug Scott for the layout and artwork on the posters. It is suggested that yon remove the calendar from the "Nebraskan" and keep it for reference dur bg the month. THE NEDflASKAN Talophono! Bdlfort 472-29H, BtMlnaMi C7-2S9I. Nmi! 47MSW. Sacond CIPM poatapa poid at Lincoln, No. Subscription ram art SJ par amatar tr W.JO par yaar. Fubllthad Monday, Wdnadv, Thursday and Friday durlnp ma tchool voar anew durlnp vaca Hona and- anam. parted. Mwnew a tna Irtarcoliaalala Frew, National tvca ttonal Advartltlnp Sarvlca. Tno Nabratkan la itodanf publication, Indopandant at ttw Unlvarilry f Nab rwka't administration, faculty and atvdant tovarnmarwY Addraiai Tha Nabraikan M Nabraaka Union Unlvanlty of Nebraska Lincoln. Nabraaka mot dltvrial staff tdltort Kailav Saltan Manapinp Bditon Connlp Wlnkion Nawa tdltor! Silt Smimarmanj Sport tdltor: Jim John, ton and Potior RlfPt Nobroikan Staff Writer:- Gary Saacrott,. John Dvorak, Mkk Merlarty, Dave brink, Stove Stressor, Swa Senator, Steve Kedet. Pat McTaa, Carol Oootactiluat Pnotopray priori Dan Ledely, Mike Meymenj Entertainment Cdltert Prod tfeenhertt Liferent Editor: Alan Soya Mow Assistant: Marsha Benoertt Copy Bdltorat Laura Portsch, Jim 8ray, Warren Obr, Blythe Erlckton Might KwS fdltort Tom Ln worth; Night Now Assistant Merrill Bandiow. Business Staff Business Meneoert Paf DINateiet Ceerdlnatort Sandra Carton Subscription and Claaaltlad Ad Manegart Jan Boatman; Salesmeni Orag Scott, L J ana PUdwolt J. J. Shlolds. The Old Man and the Sea Our man hoppe Israelites It from the Israelites after it had been destroyed by the Babylonians, who . . ." I told Mordecai to shut up as I was getting a headcahe. "And there," said Dr. Avigad, poin ting 40 feet down into his ex cavation, we reached bed rock and found that wall seven meters thick. At last we'd gotten down to bedrock I And who, I asked ex cCedly, had built this first evidence of having been here first? 1 "The Israelites," said Dr. Avigad," in the Seventh Cen tury B.C." a a Mordeoae was triumphant. Wait, I said cautiously, whom dd the Israelites get the bedrock from? "KING DAVID bought the land from the Canaanites," said Dr. Avigad. But under pressure, he had to admit the deed had somehow been misplaced. Unfortunately, I havenl been able to find any Canaanites to take over their .property. I told Mordecai dispiritedly that all our hard work hasn't proved a thing. "NONSENSE, it proves that Israel he said with an Israeli grin, "belongs to who's got it." Give it I by ARTHUR HOPPE Jerusalem One of the more interesting questions about Israel that may cause World War III is: Who owns it? THE ISRAELIS have got it. But the Arabs claim ks theirs because they were here first. So, to get a little international peace around here, I decided to engage in a title search. Taking along my Israeli friend, Mordecai Shalom, we looked up Dr. Nachman Avigad, the distinguished archeologist from the Hebrew University. We found Dr. Avigad a stocky, cheery gentleman in a straw hat, hap pily digging away in a vacant lot in the old walled city. Who, we put it to him, was here first? a a a WELL, SAID DR. AVIGAD, the top level was "Arab rub ble," left over from the Jorda nian occupation before the '67 wjr. Then they were here first, I said. And I told Mordecai to notify King Hussein of his good fortune. "I think he's busy," said Mordecai. "Anyway, it was the Jewish Quarter under British rule before 1943." THE BRITISH? I said I was ick to the sure they'd be pleased to start up an empire again. "They captured it," said Mordecai, "from the Turks in 1917 . . ." Take a cablegram to Ankara, I said. " . . who took It from the Saracens in the 16th centurv." THE SARACENS? While I was trying to think of how to get in touch with the Saracens, Dr. Avigad was pointing out the ruins of a well preserved wall from the Crusader Period (109M187). ("Notify NATO," I whispered to Mordecai.) While Dr. Avigad had found little from the Moslem Era of the Seventh to Eleventh Cen turies ("Get word to Mecca. Mordecai!"), he'd unearthed a fine Byzantine (335-630) bath with pipes, tubs and fire-heated water. ("Take a letter to Byzantium, Mordecai!") UNDERNEATH that, said the Professor, he'd found part of a wall from the days of Roman rule at the time of Christ ("Imagine, Mordecai, the Italian Hag flying one again over Israel!") "DON't FORGET," said Mordecai, shuddering slightly, "the Romans took it from the Maccabeans, who revolted against the Seleucids, who took PAGE 4 THE NEBRASKAN THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 1970