Dear Editor,
Last Friday I was driving
near Abel Hall. On the top
story of the residence hall I
noticed letters spelling "Aggies
are Faggies." This statement
exemplifies the lack of
knowledge of the people at the
University of Nebraska
concerning what gayness is all
about.
I would suggest that the
people who helped display this
sign or tolerated its existence
come to the Time-Out
Conference on October 5-8. I
consider this sign an example
of the blatant disregard of
personal freedom.
Hopefully these occurrences
will no longer be tolerated. I
again challenge people to
attend the Time-Out
Conference beginning Tuesday,
October 5 to discover the
absurdity of their beliefs
concerning sexuality.
Sincerely,
Chris Harper
arthur hoppe
Our depraved
young people
What is this younger generation coming to? Now they've taken
up a different style of dancing that can only lead to consequences
unmentionable in a family newspaper.
For years, as you know, dancing has been a healthy, harmless
physical outlet for our young. Separated by a decent three or
four feet, our boys and girls would gyrate endlessly to rock
rhythms, endangering only their sacroiliacs.
But youth is always seeking new thrills. And now. United Press
reports in a scare story from New York, they are beginning to
assume positions on the dance floor that can bring only a lump of
horror to a parent's throat.
First, the boy takes the girl's right hand in his moist and
clammy left. Next, he insidiously encircles her waist with his right
arm, placing his right hand who-knows-where behind her back.
She, in turn, wantonly throws her left arm around his shoulder in
what can only be described as a passion-signifying embrace.
Then, American fathers and mothers, as the lights dim and
slow, lurid music softly plays, they press their bodies together
and sway!
Is this dancing? Is this any way to lose oneself happily in the
rhythms of the music? Obviously not. This is merely sexual
foreplay designed solely to arouse lust and lust alone.
If that were all, moms and dads, we might still be able to
protect our young simply by keeping them off the dance floor.
But worse is yet to come.
A recent campus survey indicates our children are renouncing
marijuana in favor of cheap red wine!
Now we know the immediate effects of marijuana: a gentle,
loving euphoria. And we know the immediate effects of alcohol:
An aggressive fanny-pinching beligerancy, leading to reckless
driving, followed by incapacitating headaches, nausea and nervous
tension.
True, we unfortunately don't know much about the long-range
effects of marijuana . But when it comes to alcohol we
unfortunately do: ruined livers, smashed careers, broken
marriages, hallucinations, permanent brain damage and a lingering
death.
Is this what we want for our children?
If this weren't enough, many young men have started shaving
and trimming their hair. One can only imagine the shock to any
American dad of getting his first good look in years at his
weak -chinned, lop eared son.
Worse yet, fraternities, with their cruel snobbery and sadistic
hazing, are growing in popularity; marriages, with their incredibly
wasteful expense, are becoming stylish; and on several campuses
students have actually been seen wearing shoes-a trend which will
inevitably lead to cashmere sweaters, costly nylon stockings and
(who knows?) perhaps even pointless, throat-throttling. $5
neckties.
Our financial ruin is in sight.
So rise up. fellow parents! We must somehow save our children
from tearing lust filled, dissolute lives of vanity, cruelty and vice
that will drive us to the poor house.
Let us somehow keep them the gentle, hairy, tie-dyed,
vegetable-eating, barefoot, inexpensive pot-smokers we have come
to know and Jove.
For otherwise, American moms and dads, they're going to
grow up to be -we might as well face it- just like us.
(Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1971)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1971
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