No colonels,
majors or captains?
Clifton Batchelder gave the last Regents'
meeting a rather distinct military flavor when he
accused the University administration and student
body of a lack of discipline and suggested that the
backgrounds of students and faculty members be
"screened" and that a watch be kept on them.
Robert J. Prokop, Regent-elect from Wilber,
added his own tone of militarism to the University
in a letter to governor-elect J. J. Exon. Written last
week, the letter criticized Exon's meeting with
University officials to discuss the University bud
get. "This is similar to the commander-in-chief of
the Army talking to lieutenants rather than the
generals," the letter read. Prokop continued to
state that Exon should confine his policy talks to
the Regents rather than those hired by and re
sponsible to the Regents.
Chancellor Durwood Varner is undoubtedly
not too pleased with his demotion to lieutenant
from the highest appointed rank at the University.
Insults aside, though, Prokop's statement gives a
hint of possible future developments that will bear
close watching. There is some speculation that the
Board, with its four new members, will try to exert
greater control in areas that have formerly been
considered the domain of the administration or the
faculty.
The selling of the budget is a responsibility
that has always been taken by both administrators
and Regents and it is considered by some to be
the main job of the chancellor. Indeed, this Uni
versity has no more persuasive and cogent repre
sentative than Chancellor Varner. Few men, if any,
know more about the budget than the chancellor
not the Regents, for they have commitments out
side the University and can't spend as much time
studying the budget as can University officials
and certainly not the Regents-elect.
So perhaps the commander-in-chief should
talk to the lieutenants, especially if the lieutenants
know more about a subject than the generals, and
particularly if four of the generals won't assume
their commands till January.
Bristles were up
Part of the icy silence during Batchelder's
speech at the Regents' meeting might be explained
by ensuing political developments.
Both Batchelder and Regent Richard Herman
are influential and active members of the Republi
can party and both are candidates for the job of
Nebraska's Republican national committeeman.
If Herman is chosen for the post, he will prob
ably resign his position as a U.S. commissioner on
the International Boundary Commission (a $23,000
per year presidential appointment) and there is
speculation that he would resign his office of Re
gent. If he did stepdown as Regent, Herman's place
on the Board could be filled by an appointee of
Governor Tiemann.
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Letters . . . Letters . . . Letters
Nebraska Milestone
Dear Editor:
Our University community,
progressive in all areas of
reform, seems to have
overlooked its true state of af
fairs. A social milestone and com
memorative first has taken
place recently. This
monumental event Is the elec
tion of a Black Homecoming
Queen, the first In the 101 year
history of the University of
Nebraska.
The Nebraskan, the voice of
the student, completely failed
to give recognition to this oc
currence and the local mass
reference. This event was an
honor to Annette Hudson and
the University.
However, because of the lack
of proper coverage, this honor
has lost some of its glory and
this is an Insult to Annette, her
supporters and the Black
members of the University
community. Overlooking the
accomplishments of Its citizens
of color and other episodes
similar in nature are typical of
the American heritage.
The shameful irony of this
plight is that Annette Hudson
will be viewed on national TV
at the Orange Bowl much to
the surprise of many Nebras
kans and other Americans who
THE NEBRASKAN
will discover that Nebraska's
Homecoming Queen Is Black.
In closing, I must say that
the issue of poor coverage is
reiterated by the press that the
Miss Black Collegiate Pageant
received. Aside from the pic
tures and scanty write up, the
Nebraskan mentioned nothing
about the significance, purpose
or content of this gala oc
casion. John Brown
CUE defended
Dear Editor:
The Nebraskan, not surpris
ingly, missed the whole point of
Senator Batchelder's speech
before the Board of Regents
and one of the main points of
CUE (Committee for Un
disrupted Education): the con
troversy stirred up by CUE
cannot be lightly dismissed as
a mere political fight between
the "ins" and the "outs' on
campus.
One of the central issues is
the improper spending and
handling of students fees, from
the Administration through
AS UN. This transcends mere
political squabbling and should
be the concern of all students,
Chancellor Varner'i question
to CUE: "Why don't you vote
the rascals out?", likewise
clouds and evades the Issue. If
mishandling of funds Is going
on (and we firmly believe that
It was) It must be stopped im
mediately. Another central issue is
whether or not we are going to
rob students for political
purposes. The University does
not have the right to force
students to donate to a
particular political cause. As I
see it, the role of student
government or the University
is to : allow all sides of a
political issue to be heard. It is
not the role of student govern
ment or the university to sup
port or advocate one side of a
political issue.
I have very little optimism
for the future of the University
if It is Incapable of policing
Itself. It must insure that the
rights of all students are
npheld, not just those who hold
beliefs parallel to those of the
"establishment" on campus. It
must be diligent In rooting out
and eliminating corruption and
unfair practices. It must also
be able to clear away the
moke and recognise that cer
tain rights are lnallenuble and
cannot be subjected to the vote
of the majority or the trespass
by the minority.
Ralph E. Larson
CUE Vice-President
Lots of umbrage
Dear Editor,
In responst to Nancy
Ryan's letter to the editor con
cerning our column of
November 16, we submit that
the Senator is conceptually
confused on the point in ques
tion. Nowhere In the editorial
did we indicate that she had
accused the ASUN Senate or
anyone else of racial bigotry.
We are personally offended
that she has interpreted our
editorial as including such an
ad hominem argument.
Best,
Michael Egger
Richard Recker
Correction ,
An article by Mr. John
Dvorak in your November 11th
issue contains an inaccuracy
which should be corrected. The
article stated that the Senate
Liaison Committee "now con
sists of only full professors."
Actually two of our ' nine
members are currently
associate prof essors.
Furthermore, at the time of
their election to the committee
two of the present members
were associate professors and
one was an assistant professor.
Thus the mnke-up of the
Liaison Committee even now
conforms to the recommenda
tion proposed by the ad-hoc
committee to re-structure the
Senate.
R.E. Gilbert,
Chairman
the liaison committee .
Filmmakers mmpuckage a
Being
by GARY HILL
December S is the first of a
four night Film Being.
Eight recent films from in
dependent filmmakers working
in New York, Chicago, San
Francisco and Nebraska, will
be shown at 7 and 9 p.m. at
Sheldon Gallery, $1.
The films are unpackaged.
They haven't been reduced to
softdrink ads or the anonymous
products of this or that package
film distribution series. These
are unpackaged selections
made from films I've seen
from filmmakers I know.
The filmmakers' names are
on the poster and their names
are on their films and that's
very Important Their beings
breathe throughout These are
underground films that wanted
very badly to be made.
The films reflect experimen
tation on many levels. They are
Important as process. They are
important because real
breathing human being people
scraped up enough money,
time, patience to make
them.
The filmmakers haven't tried
to second-guess a potential au
dience. These films start at the
other end at a desire to be,
to make, to be in film. Even a
need. And that alone has to set
them apart not a lot you see
ever needed to be done.
As such, they are entertain
ment of the highest order. They
are religious.
' In addition to Robert Frank's
newest film, we will show
Danny Lyon's tatoo parlor film,
the film interview with a 4-year-old
hippie in the Haight by
Ralph Arlyck, a spontaneous
guitar film by Danny Seymour,
two new works by Chicago
filmmaker Lawrence Janiak, a
self-explanatory film by Jon
Jost, and my own most recent
film, Crime.
Film Being, sponsored by the
Union Program Council, con
tinues December 7, 9 and 10
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
with more films and talk
about films.
During the informal exchanges
in the union small auditorium,
films will be re-shown and
discussed as simple stimuli,
necessary poetics, non-stories,
as metafilm realities. Whatever
wants to happen.
The emphasis will be on the
process of the filmmaker
how he works, how he sees his
own films, what problems he's
out to solve, where his heart is
and why it matters.
On Wednesday Decebmer 9,
at 8 p.m., Robert Frank's Me
and My Brother will be shown.
Be.
Power to. tike Puirple
by Arthur Hoppe
Mr. Agnew wants to know my political
affiliations. He keeps saying we news
commentators should reveal our political
biases and prejudices just the way he
does.
Actually, people have been coming up
to me for years demanding to know,
"are you a conservative, a moderate
or a liberal?"
I have always given this
straightforward question the
straightforward answer ii deserves.
'Yest' I have answered
straightforwardly.
But this is no longer good enough.
If my Vice President wants to know
my political affiliations, it's my duty
as a good American to give them to
him.
I am, Mr. Agnew, a Monarchist
"Power," I cry, "to the Purple!"
The American Monarchist & Bring
Back Whist Party, of which I am a
charter member, royally supports J. A.
Filbert as the only suitable Pretender
to the American throne.
Filbert an unemployed Oklahoma oil
baron, has all the qualities of an Ideal
monarch: He is rich, Idle, dissolute,
under-educated, oversexed and a great
rum pot His beautiful wife, Queenle,
is known from Tulsa to Ada as a
discriminating collector of antique
scrimshaw and door-to-door salesmen.
The coronation of King Filbert and
Queen Queenie would fulfill a growing'
unmet need of the American people
the need to gossip about their leaders.
Now Mr. Nixon is certainly an ade
quate President as Presidents go. But
his private life is an open book! Indeed,
there have been several stories lately
speculating on his marital relationship
with Mrs. Nixon which just shows
how frustrated the news media and the
public have become.
But ah! a lascivious, decadent,
morally rotten King and Queen! Think
of your delight in opening your paper
in the morning to find such headlines
as, "Where Was Queenie When the
Lights Went Out?" or "King Tumbles
for Girl Acrobat" The British have been
relishing such stories for years.
The Royal Family would divide its
time between The White Palace on
Pennsylvania Avenue, The Winter
Palace in Florida and . The Summer
Palace in California. They would, of
course, have fancy-dressed White Palace
Guards, a Royal Jet and Royal Yachts
at their disposal, and all the other
panoplies of power.
No Court is complete without intrigue.
And what a boon to us commentators!
We can write reams on such questions
as: Can his enemies depose Prince
Spiro, the Heir Apparent? Who Is the
real power behind the throne, Duke
Mitchell or Cardinal Kissinger? Will the
Barons of Capitol Hill succeed In their
rebellion against the King?
True, the subjects are pretty much
the same as we write about now. But
our stuff would have a hell of a lot
more class.
Think of how all this would perk up
the interest of Americans in their
government an interest that has been
sadly flagging thanks to the impeccable
dullness of the Administration's morali
ty. It's little wonder that several people
have already flocked to our Monarchist
banner in droves. True, some prospects
have been skeptical.
"How can a drunken King," they ask,
"end the war in Vietnam, lick poverty,
clean up pollution and cure this inflation
recession we're in?"
But we just raise our brows, look
them in the eye and reply: "So?"
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1970
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