Big brother Batchelder
The Regents' meeting Friday morning took on
the grotesque aspect of an Orwellian novel or
Fellini movie when State Senator Clifton Batch
elder spewed forth ten minutes of invective about
the University.
Charging that the University was not a place
for dissent, Batchelder asked, "How carefully do
we go into the backgrounds of these kids (all
students)?" The lame duck senator also proposed
that faculty members as well as students should be
"screened" and then should be watched to be sure
that they teach "the things the Board of Regents
tells them to teach."
Besides giving the impression that students
and instructors should undergo security checks be
fore coming to the University, Batchelder stated
that the Board should know "the whereabouts and
goings-on of professors and students at all times."
He continued to say that members of the academic
community should have their activities monitored
to determine whether they were "agitating or
working on a paper so they can get another degree
and go elsewhere for more money."
When pressed by Regent Edward Schwartz
kopf on what action he felt should have been taken
in response to last spring's occupation of the ROTC
Building, Batchelder ducked the question by claim
ing that "It's kind of late when they're doing it to
do much about it." However, the chilling effect of
Batchelder's tone and diction gave the impression
that the old tank commander would liked to have
faced the situation with force rather than with the
more intelligent and persuasive approach used by
campus administrators.
Batchelder's harangue brought the words of
California Governor Ronald Reagan to mind when
Reagan said that if the students wanted a blood
bath, he was for having one and getting it over with.
Batchelder gave the impression that he would have
been for having a bloodbath and getting it over
with, even if the students never wanted one.
Throughout Batchelder's remarks, few, if any,
eyes in the room were directed toward the senator
most were averted in disbelief as if he were more
to be endured than challenged. Most of Batchel
der's remarks can be passed off as absurd such as
his comment that the state's taxpayers "don't want
to see" a university with a budget request "ap
proaching $200 million run by students" as if
this were even a remote possibility.
Unfortunately, Batchelder cannot be dismissed
as easily as his remarks for he represents a size
able portion of people who confuse negativism with
conservatism and demagoguery with intelligence.
Perhaps, senator, your dream university does
exist. Bob Jones University is reputed to be com
pletely surrounded by high walls topped by barbed
wire and patrolled by armed guards. Matters of
surveilance, screening and discipline would be far
easier there than at a University where "dissent"
is permitted and considered necessary for the
growth of the mind.
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Obscure Man reveals
CUE to those who listeneth
An Open Letter of an Obscure
Man to the Editor.
To the Hon. Kelley Canker
Esq., e d i tor, sophist,
philosopher and whatsoever
else he listeth
Greetings beyond belief
My Dearest Kelley, v
Friday morning the CUE kids
appeared at the Board of
Regents meeting with their
latest set of revelations crucial
to the future of the University-
It was quite a spectacle. Most
of the Regents were present
along with various and sundry
administrators, student
senators, et. al. requested by
CUE to appear at the Judg-
ment Seat on the Day of
Doom.
As expected the campus
conservatives were all in high
feather for the occasion and
spent much of the meeting
preening to the delight of the
press corps gathered to record
the past sacrileges committed
within our academic temple.
At the proper moment the
CUE kids rode in led by
PACE support
Dear Editor,
The Black Masque Chapter of
Mortar Board unanimously
supports the Program of Active
Commitment to Education
(PACE). We commend the
students who possessed the in
itiative to do something about
the problem of low income
students; and we feel that pro
grams such as this offer the
only effective means of ending
vicious poverty cycles.
Recognising that the
University does not have ade
quate funds for low Income
student scholarships, PACE
will prove doubly effective by
releasing other funds for low
Income students previously
enrolled and by providing a
possible source for matching
federal funds.
We think this a matter
worthy of the consideration of
every student, as well as of the
Board of Regents. And, in
closing, we agree with the
PACE philosophy "Make the
tools of education dependent on
the potential of minds, not on
economic background."
Mortar Board
Parking problems
Dear Editor:
Regarding the long-term
parking lot plans for NU, let
me first express my complete
support for keeping cars off of
tlte campus proper. I think that
this will add significantly to the
presently lacking esthetic value
of the campus.
I am perfectly willing to
sacrifice the convenience el
THE NEBRASKAN
Extra Turre
Fearless Leader Vladolph
Hltsak escorted by CUE
courier Hermes mounted on his
faithful white water buffalo
Batchephalus. For added effect
a flock of Carpies flew
overhead making periodic
dives on the homophiie studies
seminar.
Bringing up the rear was E.
B. 'Butch' Winner, ASUN
Senate gadfly and mad about
town. Butch's merry political
escapades this fall have been
the talk of the Union Crib
clatch to the consternation of
his senatorial colleagues who
want to go on with business as
usual. His weekly
performances are worth sitting
through the otherwise dull and
long Senate meetings.
After recording for posterity
the financial sins committed by
the ASUN Brotherhood in the
last few months CUE proceed
ed to make three general pro
posals. . The first concerned the
Nebraskan. It was recom
mended that the Nebraskan be
placed under the authrotiy of
Letters
having a car nearby in ex
change for the atmosphere that
the new plan will add.
However, I think that these ef
forts to Improve the facilities
should be directed to other
aspects of parking, as well.
Most of the outlying parking
lot surfaces are covered with
lime and in a constant state of
disrepair. This causes
numerous problems with cor
rosion from the lime and
perpetual realignment of the
wheels from the potholes.
It seems to me that the use of
my parking fee should provide
me with a decent place to park,
rather than an alternating dust
bowl-swamp. If necessary,
parking fees should be In
creased, but I should have
some place available to put my
car without subjecting It to this
kind of torture.
Jim Underwood
Droyhill fountain
Dear Editor;
The suggestion made in your
November 19, 1970, editorial,
"Just a Little Speculation,"
that the Broyhill family ex
ercised poor judgment in
selecting a fountain as a
memorial to their daughter,
Lynn, Is unfortunate.
To impute that, by selecting
a memorial fountain rather
than a scholarship fund, the
BroyhiDs are being callous to
the needs of the University is
rather preposterous. The fact is
that Mr. Broyhill responded to
a request from the University
Foundation. The Broyhills
should be commended for
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, .1970
the Dept. of Animal Husban
dry, be financed by Pace, and
assigned to the news staff of
the Informer with Terry Can
non as editor, to provide a true
dialogue of left and right on our
campus.
The second proposal called
for removing student fee
monies from speaker's bureaus
and assigning them instead to a
permanent strike committee so
that students can have a
chance v to do something
destructive rather than just
hear someone else talk about
it.
The third proposal is for a
"watchdog" committee called
the Privy Council headed by a
First Lord of Latrines to watch
over the activities of the ASUN,
safeguarding the cleanliness
and usefulness of that institu
tion. I would like to recommend
columnist Michael Egger for
the post of First Lord and
would appreciate any help you
could give him in this matter.
Your most devoted, albeit
unworthy, servant,
Magister Ortwin Gratius
responding so positively to the
need that was articulated to
them.
It is unfortunate that anyone
should try to minimize the
quality of the contribution
made by the Broyhills to the
development of the Memorial
Plaza north of the Union. The
Broyhill family already have a
student loan fund registered
with the Foundation. Their
right to judge the ap
propriateness of any form of a
donation as a memorial to their
daughter is indisputable.
The real tragedy surrounding
the Proposal for Active Com
mitment to Education (PACE)
is that it is dying from lack of
student support The petition
drive, intended to show both
underprivileged students and
the communityat-large that
Nebraska students are willing
to assume part of the
responsibility of underwriting
the education that others need
as badly as they but which they
cannot afford, is failing.
Andrew F. Cunningham
Editor's note: The editorial
Cunningham refers to praised
the Broyhill fountain and was
not critical of the Broyhill
family. As the editorial stated,
"the line that separates
misspending from constructive
spending is an elusive one," as
apparently was the meaning of
that editorial to some. Indeed,
It pointed up the Broyhill
family's concern for the needs
of the University, contrasted to
the apparent lack of concern el
some members of ths
University community.