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1 m m II 1 I I 4 ' ii' -I s 1 I ft 4 4 Goinea up? As the new school year begins the University of Nebraska Lincoln seems to be standing at the crossroads of many important decisions and challenges. A mood of uncertainty prevails on campus, as the University begins to adjust to a tight budget, hunts for replacements for top administrators who have resigned, begins the arduous task of revising its governing rules and mends its deep divisions with the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Last year at this time University officials had hopes of making UNL the best school in the region. However, Gov. J. J. Exon and the Legislature have indefinitely postponed that dream with their budget decisions. This year UNL will operate on a budget that only permits it to keep even with the other Big Eight schools. The state has rightfully challenged the University to become more efficient in an effort to curb the skyrocketing costs of higher education. Since the outlook for large increases in state aid is not bright, the school will have to come up with new ways of improving education while keeping costs down. The task will not be an easy one. However, just because there is a taxpayers' revolt does not mean the state can abandon its1 duty to provide quality higher education at the University. State officials seem slow to realize that a number one football team does not make a number one University. But the University does not run or money alone. It can not go far without leadership. UNL is currently looking for a chancellor, an executive dean of Student A 'airs and a Dean for Student Development. Undoubtedly, the men who filll these top positions will have a large impact on the University and students. The student protests of the last two years and the confusion that followed sparked the Board of Regents to create a special intercampus committee to study the governing procedures of all NU campuses. The committee is now drafting preliminary rules for academic, student, and administrative policies. The group has the golden opportunity to clarify the role and rights of the different members of the University community. Besides goverance problems, the University system has the task of healing the deep divisions between UNL and UNO that have existed since their merger in 1968. It is heartening to see that the Regents and NU officials are developing programs which will put the divided campuses in tandem. Increased cooperation will eliminate duplication, benefiting both students and taypayers. This is an important year for UNL. Hopefully the school can start on the path which will lead it to the top of the Big Eight. The Daily Nebraskan begins its 80th year of publication this week. This semester we plan to retain many Daily Nebraskan traditions as well as institute some new changes. After a semester of publishing five days a week the newspaper will go back to publishing four days a week, this semester-Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We felt our emphasis should be on quality instead of quantity. In the past few years The Daily Nebraskan will subscribe to Newsweek Feature Service. The service, designed especially for newspapers, provides indepth articles that cover the full spectrum of news-including politics, international affairs, medicine, religion, entertainment, sports, and science. There will also be many changes on the editorial page. We will run a guest column this semester in which people of different persuasions will be give a chance to state their opinions at some length. In addition, the editorial page will have regular student columnists as well as national commentators. Providing a liberal point of view of national politics for another semester will be Tom Braden. Braden's conservative counterpart this semester will be Jeffrey Hart. Hart, a former advisor to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, is currently a professor at Dartmouth College and a senior editor of the "National Review". The editorial page will also feature Arthur Hoppe, political satirist for the San Francisco Chronicle, and Hugh Haynie, the cartoonist of the Louisville Courier-Journal with a unique style of drawing. Although The Daily Nebraskan will carry various nationally syndicated features, our prime concern will still be to provide news and editorial comment on campus and local issues. Besides editorial changes, our business and advertising operations have been revamped in order to make the newspaper more efficient. Starting this semester The Daily Nebraskan will deliver newspapers to most of the fraternities and sororities. We are also planning to start recycling the newspaper soon. The Daily Nebraskan is a student newspaper :upported by student fees. We are always available and willing to listen to comments, criticisms, and suggestions concerning the Nebraskan. Come see us. Gary Seacrest B if! 13 row d xJMVI UlW II. "1L.1V..,...,... J M t.V..i doug voegler Welcome, boys and Well freshmen, here you are at college, that new phase in your life that everyone always talked about. You've made it thru all those forms and papers and here you are. The Lincoln Campus was not always in the shape you observe it in today. Changes have been coming with increasing frequency over the past three years that I have been here. The physical appearance of the campus has changed considerably. Fourteenth Street, by the Union, was once busy with traffic and a challenge to cross. The pleasant malls, with their grass, trees, and flowers were once ugly piles of dust, brick, and cement. Two years ago, campus was torn up, now things are settling down. Hamilton Hall (which once had a building standing in front of it) and the new Engineering complex have changed the appearance of the campus. There has been a dramatic increase in the cultural offerings on campus. Several years ago, a dedicated patron could see every art display, every cultural exhibit, every play, and every movie that came to campus. Now it is difficult, if not impossible, to keep up with the constant flow of exhibits, plays, musicals, and Union specials. The surrounding area of Lincoln is finally beginning to look more and function like a University town such as Boulder or Manhattan. Numerous shops, catering especially to student tastes, are opening up with such items as clothes, posters and records. Bell-bottom jeans and long hair once identified the "freaks" from everyone else. However, when the Greeks adopted bell-bottom blue jeans, and longer hair as Greek dress, the freaks had to search for more outlandish garb to set them apart, and let the world know that they were "different" (as if the world didn't know THE DAILY NEBRASKAN already). The political activities following the Cambodian invasion showed that Lincoln, although still moderate when compared to other campuses, is no longer two years behind the times politically. The percentage of minority students is steadily increasing from what it was three years ago, though it is still unfortunately low. This year there is a great difference at Lincoln, and on every other campus throughout the nation. With the signing of the 26th Amendment by President Nixon, the University is now a voting community, not just a vocal lobby. College students no longer have the excuse that they must take to the streets to effect political change. The 1972 Presidental campaign is coming up. Nebraska's primary in May is shaping up to be a major test of Midwest sentiment. This means that with the dozen or so candidates coming to Nebraska, the University will take on further importance as each one tries to woo students to his campaign. Groups are already organizing for Bayh, McGovern, Nixon, and Muskie. Once you settle down you are going to have to decide what your college experience will be. Sure, you are here to get an education. But constant studying is not the same as acquiring an education. Part of your education should be learning how to get along with people and learning how to function in society. The University of Nebraska is a diverse place. There should be something for everyone: politics, drama, the arts, religion, and East Campus activities. If you're not interested in any existing campus organization, then organize your own. Your college experience will be what you make it. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1971 arthur hoppe Wilbur Snathe University, August 1, 1984 -This new university, latest jewel in the diadem of American higher education, was dedicated in appropriate ceremonies here today. The 116-acre campus has been described as "the ultimate in functional planning for the modern university." Its features include: 1 - A 250,000-seat stadium suitable for football, baseball, track, field hockey and horse racing. 2 - An 85,000-seat arena for indoor sports ranging from jai-lai tc roller derby. 3 - Housing for the university's student body of 673 athletes and faculty of 347 coaches, trainers, publicists and ticket sellers. 4 - A 107 -acre parking lot. Snathe U. represents the culmination of a tread first apparent in the early 1970s. It was in August of 1971, actually, that Wilbur Snathe himself, then a humble asbestos siding salesman, noticed in the paper that the University of Michigan had made $200,000 renting its stadium to a couple of professional football teams. In that same month, the story said, such august universities as California, Notre Dame, Princeton and Yale Lowenste'm-dumper of Pres. refuse girls by Thomas M. DeFrank and Richard T. Stout Newsweek Feature Service It was at about this time four years ago that an unknown New York Quixote named Allard K. Lowenstein decided to tilt at the most redoubtable political windmill of the day, a well-known Texan named Lyndon Johnson. To the surprise and consternation of many, he managed to crack the foundation so severely that Johnson eventually withdrew from the 1968 race. Now this Quixote is at it again though technically he possesses no real political clout. He did win a Congressional seat from Long Island in 1968 but quickly lost it when his district was redrawn. So he now has no political base and no money. Yet political pros are taking him quite seriously, indeed. Lowenstein's goal is the same as it was four years ago: the dumping of the President. His main issue is the same, too: opposition to the war in Vietnam. But the technique he plans to use to topple the President has been changed to fit the times. Since the passage of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution gave the franchise to 18-to21 -year-olds, Lowenstein has been trying to mobilize this new constituency of 25 million new voters into a unified political force. "We want to make it clear that they (the young) can make a difference within the political system," he said at the beginning of the drive, and "that there's another way to do it and that they represent a great potential of political power." Typically, Lowenstein's early efforts were greeted with hoots of derision by regulars in both parties. The mood on campuses was supposedly one of frustration and apathy; the war was supposedly a dead issue. But typically, too, Lowenstein has managed to confound the experts. At one rally, 4,600 youngsters were registered. At another, where only 500 student leaders were expected, 640 showed up for instruction in how to become registrars, how to influence party caucuses and how to turn old-line political devices around to the insurgents' advantage. While he concedes that he is fighting an uphill battle, Lowenstein seems convinced that, as he said recently, "We can reach a 50 per cent turnout in 1972. The key is issues. If you concentrate on issues the young will vote. If you go the old politics route you'll produce more apathy." Circuses require bread would also hire their stadiums out to the pros. It was then that Snathe had a stroke of genius. He immediately contacted Dean Hiram Si wash of Si wash University, which, like all American colleges, was in serious financial trouble. Snathe laid the newspaper clipping on Dean Siwash's desk. "Lucky Michigan," said the Dean, shaking his head. "But our stadium only holds 48,763. I'm afraid it isn't big enough for professional football." "Aha!" said Snathe, holding aloft a forefinger. "But it's big enough for dog racing!" There was, of course, a modest protest from hidebound old alumni about using Siwash Stadium as a dog track. But, as Snathe pointed out, dog racing was just as legal as professional football, far less violent and, if conducted six nights weekly, productive of far more revenue. Both Snathe and the University prospered. In a year there was enough in the till to expand the stadium's capacity to 1 50,000. "Now, we'll rent it to the pros," said the Dean, rubbing his hands, "Just like the other great universities." "Don't be a sucker," said Snathe. "We'll field our own pro team." Again there was some outcry when it was learned that Siwash was paying its players from $20,000 to $100,000 a year. But, as Snathe noted, virtually all colleges had long paid their players free room, board, tuition and $15 a month for laundry. "The reason college football is not as lucrative as professional football," he said, "is that you get what you pay for. Surely, we shouldn't be condemned for paying our athletes a living wage." The wise investment quickly paid off when Siwash won the Super Bowl, netting half a million from the television rights alone. Snathe and the Dean eventually had a falling out over the University's Library. The Dean knuckled under to traditionalists and vetoed Snathe's plan to tear it down in favor of a massage parlor. It was then that Snathe decided to build his own "dream university." "It is the function of a modern university," he proudly said at today's opening ceremonies, "to give the public what it wants. And that we plan to do." The Snathe U. Gladiators then took on the visiting Lions before a capacity crowd. The final score was Lions skwered, 14; Gladiators eaten, 12. And if Lowenstein succeeds, the main beneficiary to certain to be the Democratic party. In general, the young people who are registering are signing up as Democrats four or five times as often as Republicans. In one California district, 72 per cent of the 18-21 -year-olds registered as Democrats, 18 per cent as Republicans and 10 per cent as independents. The main obstacle to repeat of Lowenstein's 1968 upset is the fact that no Presidential candidate has yet emerged to capture the allegiance of the young. Though Lowenstein himself is 42, he does have an amazing magnetism with the under-30 generation. But he is realistic enough about his lack of fanancing and party support not to entertain any Presidential ambitions. Supporting McCloskey poses party problems: he remains a Republican, and Lowenstein and most of the young are Democrats and thus ineligible to give McCloskey primary help. New York Mayor John Lindsay, who recently became a Democrat, is one possibility. For his part, Lowenstein scoffs at the idea of a new party. It makes "utterly no sense to talk of that," he says, "when we're at a point where we are clearly inheriting the Democratic Party." Editor: Gary Seecrest. Managing Editor: Laura Wilier. News Editor: Stava Strattar. Advertising Manager: Barry Pilger. Publications Committee Chairman: James Homer. Staff writer: Bill Smitherman, Carol Strasser, Martha Kahm, Bart backer, Dennis Snyder, Vicki Pulot, Roxann Rogers, Steve Kadel, H. J. Cummins, Randy Beam, Lucy Lien, Duane Leibhart. Sports editor: Jim Johnston. Photographers: Bill Ganiel, Gail Folda. Entertainment editor: Larry Kubert. Literary editors: Alan Boye, Lucy Kerch berger. East campus writer: Terri Bedient. Artist: Al Chan. Copy editors: Tom Lansworth, Jim Clemons, Sara Tratk, Jim Gray, Night editor: Leo Schleicher. BUSINESS STAFF Coordinator: Jerri Haussler. Ad staff: Greg Scott, Beth Malashock, Jane Kid well, Sue Phillips, Mick Moriarty, Jeff Aden, Steve Yates, Kay Phillips, O. J. Nelson, Suzi Goebel. Secretary: Kathy Cook. Telephones: editor: 472 2588, news: 472 2589, advertising: 472 2590. Second class postage rates paid at Lincoln, Nebraska. Subscription rates are $5 per semester or $9 per year. Published Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during the school year except during vacation and exam periods. Member of the Intercollegiate Press, National Educational Advertising Service. The Daily Nebraskan is a student publication, independent of the University of Nebraska's administration, faculty and student government. Address: The Daily Nebraskan, 34 Nebraska "iiion, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508. for the finest in popcorn. . . 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