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Underground press
by DAVE BRINK
Nebraskan StaffWriter
What docs a cultural revolu
tionary do when he feels the
establishment press isn't prin
ting all the news? He gets his
friends together and publishes
the Informer.
The Informer is a
mimeographed underground
news sheet that is printed on
both sides of a single paper. It
is published weekly (more or
less) on Friday afternoons and
handed out near the Nebraska
Union, in some classes and at a
few sympathetic businesses.
The Informer staff members,
who prefer to remain
anonymous, have felt a need
for an underground media
since last year they said. Some
of them visited Ann Harbor,
Mich, and Chicago where they
picked up ideas and sugges
tions from Youth International
Party (YIP) members. -
One staff member reported
that "things are much better
organized in .Chicago than
Nebraska". He noted examples
such as free food, free clothes
Lost sailor
hits island
Four hundred and seventy
dght years ago today an
Itinerant Italian named
Christopher Columbus reached
islands off the eastern coast of
the American continents.
About 100 years ago Mark
Twain wrote in Pudd'nhead
Wilson's Calendar, "It was
wonderful to discover America,
but it would have been more
wonderful to miss it."
Although people are still
wondering if this is true, the
continents seem in little dagger
of disappearing.
Happy Columbus Day.
12, 1970
like me
tree.
and underground communica
tions. Back in Lincoln about 20
people joined together and
decided to attempt a similar'
organization. Communications
was considered the most im
portant factor in the "revolu
tion" so the Informer was
born.
They also took steps to form
an official YIP chapter but it
That's glass, not
Glass blowing for fun
by MICK MORIARTY
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Many college students choose
curious hobbies. Some make
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tail.
sprouts
hasn't been approved by the
national party yet.
The Informer's philosophy is
similar to YIP's non-viclent
cutlural revolution. In the
words of one staff member,
'the new culture is, of course,
illegal and unsafe; it is illegal
to have rock festivals, use
drugs and live in communes."
He said the old system is based
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grass
leather crafts, others work with
beads.
Don Adams, a junior major
ing in English, has the curious
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Railroads fetter
alone
by GARY SEACREST
Nebraskan Staff Writer
The possibility of further
University expansion into the
Malone area has been raised by
a recent Lincoln railroad
transportation study.
The study, prepared by St.
Louis and Lincoln consultants,
recommends abandoning
segments of Lincoln railroad
tracks in an effort to solve
some of Lincoln's most press
ing transportation and urban
problems.
The consultants recommend
abandoning segments of the
Rock Island and the Missouri
Pacific railroad tracks in the
center of Lincoln and the City
Campus.
Railroad management in
volved say the relocation sug
gestions are feasible if ade
quate resources are made
available. The consultants
noted that NU expansion pro
blems are related to the
physical constraints imposed
by existing railroad lines and
adjacent rail-related private
business.
Current University expansion
plans call for extending the Ci
ty Campus northward across
Lincoln's major railroad cor
ridor and eastward to the pro
hobby of blowing glass.
He considers his hobby
creative, as well as lucrative.
It is Adams' medium for art.
Glass blowing not only in
terests and fascinates him, but
other students living in Harper
Hall find his hobby curiously
captivating.
"My room is usually open,
and there are always people
around," Adams said. "I spend
about three hours a day work
ing with glass."
Much of Adams' other time Is
Spent being a student assistant
on the fifth floor of Harper Hall
and selling hfcs works from his
room, the Dusiest room on the
floor.
In fact, the demand for his
work is so great that Don
doesn't have to solicit or
advertise. The only outside
Selling that he does is to the
Morrill Hall Museum gift shop.
Presently, Adams is teaching
some of his friends the art of
glass blowing. Ho became at
tracted to glass blowing at
Kimball County high school.
Last year he taught a course
in the Free University and his
plans for the future include
teaching his hobby as a
recreation course in the
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growth
posed Northeast Radial, which
will pass east of the present
campus.
If the railroad tracks are
relocated it could greatly affect
University expansion plans in
the Malone area, located east
of the City Campus.
The University is actively
acquiring land in the Malone
area, which has a large black
population. University ex
pansion in the area has caused
conflict between the Malone
residents and the University.
The proposed railroad
relocations, north of the City
Campus, will increase the
potential conflict for University
traffic movements between the
existing campus and the pro
posed northward expansion.
The consultants thus recom
mend that an attractive
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profit
University of Nebraska. Look
ing ahead a year or so, Don
would like to see his course
credited in the art depart
ment. He isn't thinking of
academics at this time of the
year, though. Don's glass blow
ing emphasis will soon be
centered on Christmas. Last
year he made over $300 during
the jolly season.
"The trouble is that during
Christmas, it is no longer a
hobby. It becomes a real
hassle," he said.
"It's definitely more fun just
playing and creating, rather
than cranking out 30 swans an
hour like I do during the
Christmas season," Don said.
Swans and little ornaments
are nice, but Don modestly ad
mits that he can make just
about anything out of glass,
within reason.
Last year he just made a
limited number of things. This
year he Is trying anything and
everything. With the new
demands of students, Don is
now blowing pipes.
Don has one ultimate amibi
tion in glass blowing. He wants
to make ships, "huge ships
with glass sails." he said.
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