Lincoln bus decision
may hit students
Open hearings Monday on
the city's possible take-over of
Lincoln bus lines should
concern a wide spectrum of
University students, according
to Russell H. Brown, dean for
student development.
Termination of bus service
would directly affect many
students, perhaps leaving some
without transportation to
campus, increasing the
near-campus housing squeeze
and aggravating the
University parking problem,
said Brown, the University's
only representative on the
Major's Bus Committee.
He . added that students,
might also be concerned about
increased pollution irom
greater use ot cars and the
problems for the low-income
and the elderlv who depend on
buses for transportation.
The public hearings are
scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Monday in the City Council
Room of the City-County
Building. The public is invited
to ask questins ami bring their
concerns before
representatives oi the city
government and the Mayor's
Bus Committee.
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Englishman raps on Russia;
says Soviet law
Soviet protest movements are converging on the issue of
law as a guarantee of individual liberties, a respected British
authority on the Russian people said in a Nebraska Union
panel discussion Saturday.
"The traditional Soviet view of law sees it all as a trick,"
said Sir John Lawrence, editor of Frontier, an
internationally circulated magazine.
Lawrence told about 30 people attending the Nebraska
Poltical Science Association discussion that underground
movements and oppressed nationalities in the Soviet Union
are teaming with writers and religious leaders to demand
law as a birthright.
He said he was "very pleased" with this growing appeal
for law. "You can have a civilized life without democracy,"
he said, but added that law was indispensible to such a life.
Lawrence will speak further on changes occuring in the
Soviet Union at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Nebraska Union.
A graduate of Eton and Oxford University, he reads
eight languages and speaks six. He has worked as a British
press representative in Moscow and has written "A History
of Russia."
Lawrence founded and edited the "Bntansky Soyuznik
(British Ally), an uncensored weekly which enjoyed a
readership of half a million people throughout Russia
during World War II. , , . .
He is visiting the University in connection with his latest
book, Russians Observed . The book's U.S. edition is
being published by the University of Nebraska Press.
National City Lines Inc., has
announced that they are
unwilling to continue bus
service in Lincoln. The City of
Lincoln has filed an injunction
suit in Lancaster District Court
to prevent the firm from
taking this action. That
hearing is set for 9:30 a.m.
Monday.
Although no statistic are
available on the number of
students who use the present
bus lines. Brown pointed out
that readings from the
Mini-Bus lines show a 50 per
cent drop during University
vacations.
As an interim measure, city
take-over of the Lincoln City
Lines would mean purchasing
the present buses, but the
system would undergo
renovation. Some buses would
be rerouted, some buses would
become express and the
Mini-Line serice might be
mereed. Brown speculated.
It' Lincoln officials decide
to proceed with the bu
takeover, Lincolnites will vo
on a bond issue May 4 hedera
aid would accompany tue
bond issue.
Brown said, it's virtuall
impossible to have adequate
bus service without a subsidy "
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is changing
Diplomat: policy
U. S. foreign policy has
never been more flexible than
at the present time, according
to Harold Hall, diplomat-in
residence at the University of
South Dakota.
Hall was on campus to
discuss world trouble spots
with political science classes.
The senior officer
explained that the State
Department has often been
criticized for being sluggish and
unresponsive but is now
attempting to update its
foreign policy.
He cited Red China, the
Middle East and Chile as good
examples of the U.S. remaining
"flexible in foreign pokey "
The middle east is one area
that Hall feels the State
Department has proven its
value in helping to establish
and maintain peace.
America's commitment to
Israel is first to maintain world
. peace according to Hall, "but
by actively sending our best
officer, the Secretary of State
to negotiate, we hone t:
convince both sides to give a
little."
World powers must nusl?
Israel to accept terms thai are
also acceptahle to the Arabs u
mere is to be any progress
according to Hall.
The diplomat believes that
the Arabs are now ready to
negotiate because "'for the firs'
time the Arabs are willing to
officially recognize the state of
Israel."
the U.S. must also
re-examine its relations with
Red China but not at the
expense of the National
Chinese, because according to
Hail, "that s something the
should work out themselves . .
we shouldn't attempt to
impose our will on another
country."
"The U.S. hasn't recognized
Red China because the
government hasn't indicated its
readiness to enter the
international community and
assume its responsibilities,"
added Hall.
Recognition would come
when China becomes more
cooperative not necessarily
meaning a change in
Soshnik says output must increase
"Welcome and Thank you"
said a sign in Architecture Hall
Friday greeting Joseph Soshnik
when he came to speak.
Students were sitting
casually on the floor, on stools
and others were standing
around. Soshnik sat on a stool
in the front with a cup of
coffee in hand and the
informal discussion began.
He said he had no speech to
make so he opened the floor to
questions and the audience
responded.
At first the questions
concerned the role of the
School of Environmental
Development in the University
but it soon switched to a more
current problem-the budget.
Soshnik' said the big
problem NU faces is that
people don't want to pay more
taxes. This is the heart of the
problem, he emphasized.
"Our educational endeavors
are going to have to be
re-examined in relation to the
outputs," said Soshnik. "The
emphasis has been on the input
and it now has to b.e
concurrently a measure of
output."
According to the outgoing
President, universities will have
to learn how to use the same
volume of resources on the
input side and have more come
out on the output side.
Hall. . .State Department updating foreign policy.
government, the Utah native
said
Questioned about U.S.
relations with the Marxist
government in Chile, Hall said,
"the State Department is
extremely interested in Chile
because the government has
expressed its wish to
nationalize the country's
copper industry and establish
closer relations with Cuba."
Queried by one student as
to how well the University has
anticipated the need for
changes, Soshnik admitted that
administrators haven't done as
well as they should have
because they didn't start early
enough.
Pointing out that the regular
1 S hour lead of three and two
hour credit courses that most
students are taking now is
identical to what he took in
college, Soshnik suggested one
way of cutting expenses in the
future.- students should take
less formalized courses and do
more independent study for
credit.
Soshnik said that he thinks
that the tuition should be kept
at the lowest possible level so as
to allow more people to
attend.
"Because it is not a matter
of highest priority in 1971 to
use public funds for education
of our type I feel that we are
forced with a practical decision
to make as a University,"
Soshnik went on "What do we
do with the tuition rates?"
The first considerations that
the University makes
concerning the budget, Soshnik
told the gathering are first, the
student-faculty ratio, and
second, keeping good faculty
members here and attracting
new ones.
is flexible
The U.S. government is
concerned because the copper
industry was developed by
American businessmen who
now fear they will not receive
adequate compensation when
nationalization takes place.
Demonstrating the new
flexible approach, Hall said the
State Department is taking a
quiet stance, "more of a let's
wait and see outlook."
The legislature has the
ultimate decision as to how
much is spent and when it is
spent said Soshnik. -
"Unless the legislature
makes the appropriations, the
time and dates must be
readjusted," Soshnik added.
'Right now the federal funds
are zero and so are the
Legislature's."
Goodell opens
conference
The fourth annual World in
Revolution conference,
featuring former U. S. Sen.
Charles Goodell, begins in the
Nebraska Union Monday.
Goodell will speak at an
all-university convocation at
10:30 a.m. in the ballroom. He
will also hold a discussion in
the Union Lounge at 1 :30 p.m.
At 2:30 p.m., Donald
Michael, a social psychologist
and expert on cybernation, will
address students in the
ballroom. lie will also hold an
informal discussion in the
Pound-Cather Hall after
supper.
On Tuesday architect Paolo
Soleri, author Max Lerner,
psychologist Albert Ellis and
social power expert George
Peabody will speak.
MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1971
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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