The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, September 27, 1973, Page page 4, Image 4
edibrio J V D ess up An th- St L. Vl'ol ; diff rect -stir! a c! If M,,, wl if ' Mir Sch wit. Pu! ' disr fart w.her .Cdse may soon reach courtroom involving a U j'ld a dress code on. However, this case from ts .. counterparts of years. This time the t not only wants to attend he also v.' nt s to teach it. mo type of out of court o'r.he cannot he reached, Johnson, a UNL student av.s student teaching at d Lefler Junior High , may soon be battling officials from Lincoln Schools over his apparent id of its dress code, if in ie exists. 1 1, vms that Johnson may he fighn a losing battle. If he tah he case to court and loses, he's ot court costs and the time and ressure involved in the legal pro; '-"s. and tim filiiS hi t i takes the case to court ins, lie still loses. By the the proceedings are d, it will be too late for o teach at Millard Lefler this semester. And after bringing the dispute to the eyes and ears of the public, Johnson is not likely to be the most adored person among school officials, no matter what the outcome. However, the issue that Johnson is fighting for is a much more general and basic one than just getting his student teaching job back. Many students can remember friends who have student taught in Lincoln while dressed comfortably and casually. It seems, therefore, that there is a discrepancy here-some can dress the way they wish, others cannot. This, it seems, is why Johnson is putting his head on the block. It is unfortunate that this silly dress code dispute continues to reach the courtroom. Yet, this litigation is necessary either to set definite restrictions on the attire of these "guests" of the inviting school systems, or, much more favorably, to prove that no one, no matter where he happens to be principal, can require a person to dress in a prescribed way. Tim Anderson to 111 cfitor Letters appear in the Daily Nebraskan at the editor's discretion. A letter's appearand.' is judged on its timeliness, o' iqinaiity, coherence and interest. All letteis muit lit! accompanied by the writer's true name, hut may be submitted for publication under a pen name or initials. Use of such letters will be determined by the editor. Brevity is encouraged. All letters are subject to condensation and editing. Send letters to: Editor, Daily Nebraskan. 34 Nebraska Union. Dear editor, Being a resident of Burr Hull, I was thrilled to read all about myself in that Friday editorial. I was inspired to dig out my "Stetson" (a souvenir of North Platte), rev up my Plymouth (which looks and sounds more like a camouf aoed tank than a late model Chevrolet"), and pai k it besidi the East union. "Now," I asked myself, "what else does the editor say about me? Ah, yes! Tonight I have to get out my trusty master key and 'circumcise the Boaid of Regents' dictates'' or was it 'circumvent'?" Anyway. ..the point I want to make is that I was a bit disappoint,-! vvith the "Behind the Bam" editoiial. I'll grant that it was colorful and humorous writing, and it did appear on you editoiial opinion page. But I doubt that your own true opinion would be so natiow as to rcbect the imaginative fantasy which you suggested in "Behind the Barn." I was dismayed by your idea that East Campus dorms abstained from the Sept. 8 boycott because circulating master keys allow us "all the visitation (we) need." After two years in a city campus dorm, I know that the "city slickers" of your editorial can - and do --got in just about all the visitation they need. Indeed, Charlie Rich isn't the only guy who knows what goes on "behind closed doors" with or without R.II.A. hours. (I think I'M send o copy of 'that record to Regent Kocfoot....aieng with a Stetson, a late model Chevt odt, and a Burr Hall master key.) Personally, if I had to use a master key just for a little extra visitation, it wouldn't be worth the bother. I mean really! I've heard of forcible rape', but forcible visitation? bei t L' a ; J - v "j ft COLD ORtJCm . '"'""""" I I II J "' "' IK I Mill " I IT' IT Illl .jiij )!UJJ..HM, m - ' t temmfa. Tjil-aTi h iiiVi i i j Wf !jp i ia Bi a . mi! miirraT m ii r ii n ii ftnrTMi V r i "ti i r Ml a m i nw jji in ij niin umin jtirf-niiiiiiiiir------TTIM,yi,,l1..l..il.-Tliiiil., " The foot is mightier than the electic waiter Last week's Onmlet, an excellent column, by the way, was about poor service in Ametican restauianis. Suiely, however, it was lack of space which accounts for the sparing ol the real enemies of American cuisine. Plastic sandwiches and electric waiters have done more to destroy the Ametican stomach's self-respect than ail the Huty waitresses in Howard Johnson's. The two curses infest tie. best places. They are, unfortunately, especially piovatout in and around the UNL campus. Plastic sandwiches come in assorted shapes at)d names: oval, pyramidal, square; tuna salad, cheese or bologna. They share a few distinctive features-all are wrapped in clingy, biologically indestructible plastic. All are impossible to open in any dignified way. All taste the same. There is no v..y whatever to deal with ihe plastic sandwich. No one has, or will piovide an easy way to open them fj. combination of condiments, no matter how biTaa:e, ..v.!; in,..;;.; them taste good. Avoid them. Electric waiters have been with' us longer than plastic sandwiches and are somewhat more vulnerable, which will be seen in a moment. They will serve anything fiom bubble gum to beer, I hey aie aitogant and self righteous. "lb:.- am ev!. Too many of us, fat too many of us, have had a Coke machine bet. ay us. "Ice cold drinks," it offers. Yet the exchri(( deeply Inn ; penuii". for products, is incomplete. Usually we ate eith ondgren desperate remedies to if But being deeply hurt doesn't help. The Coke ni.iehme stands glaring, defying reason and simple kindness, a model of H aldemanic arr o rja ri r;e , Being hurt and feeling unhappy are cleaily no alien,. aiyi sudden dynamic action. The machine most hi- dealt with; it VUell' a hum. ill it,, Tk,'r-,l, .1 I ... "i'.i. ininr, ui i in.- cieeuie v 1 1 r r as a person. When ii lakes your dime and doesn't give yon a f;,,, f. take human achou. When it takes your dime, throw:, a up U the floor and poms coffee down the drain as you watch helplessly, ptetend it is ,jive, for it may well be. Call its Ixm. If its boss doesn't answer, pretend the person's boss has failed to answer you. Curse the machine, threaten it with physical violence, call it dreadful names. None of this will do any good, of course, but do it anyway, to maintain the image of the machine as a human. vvnen ,jii me i,.,,or Pas passed and the mat bine Mill you, blinking out its boorish "Ice cold diinh, " !-, carefully. Hole m, weaknesses. Does it an around' Aie thae other customers watching? Is :! ciear, in rimer wm 'Is' Then kick the hell out of the damn thing. Bust it in tl. sign with your fist. Curse it some more. Hit it in the co.r, return with your geology Ixjok, Walk .m-iy proudly, knowing one elect..,, waii-a .r, (,-., vanquished, never again to mishandle human '.,, privileges, ncv. r ag.an to assault the free ei,le,,,MV; w..?,.,', thurwfay, September ?, V.)3 at I -M it fte-els p,J'!'.' 4 daily nebrasken