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editorio fS Vtaf.J J Great Scott NU President D.B. Varner has been called one of the state's most formidable politicians. Gov. J.J. Exon, riding an unprecedented first term popularity wave, must be one of the others. Now it appears that the two, buttressed by their political allies, are moving toward a confrontation. The battle concerns the defunct Hiram Scott College campus in Scottsbluff. Exon vetoed a legislative proposal last spring that would have allowed the University to acquire the campus, When the bill first was presented, the Board of Regents proposed that the campus, if acquired, be used for rural health, agriculture and continuing education programs. Now Varner is on the campaign trail, calling for acceptance of the gift campus. Varner has said the University needs to place more emphasis on agriculture and on solving rural health problems and he seems to think Hiram Scott is the place to do it. His recommendations differ from those of a special legislative study committee. In a report issued Sept. 28, the committee said the acquisition of the property is not warranted by the scope and significance of the programs currently proposed or the campus. It also said the programs planned for the defunct liberal arts college could be undertaken at existing institutions of higher learning. One member of that committee, Board of Regents Chairman Robert Koefoot, has urged the University to follow the recommendations. Koefoot has said he favors the proposed h,,t ih.nks it best the University not act contrary to the study committee s dictates Varne' s motives in pushing for the acquisition of the college are laudable. It seems he is trying to better the image of the University in the eyes of Panhandle residents, something which is sorely needed. But the result of acquiring the campus would be like tying a millstone around the University's neck. As Exon noted in his veto message, the campus would be a rjift to the University but would cost millions of dollars to siaff and opiate. One cannot help but wonder hovs dispos-i the Legislature would be to financing another campus at a time when enrollment at UNL ccd other educational institutions is drc; vii. The Board of Regents are empowered to accept the campus withoufleutslative approval. But while the board voted unanimously last spring to accept the gift, it should reconsider doing so. The legislative study committee has said "no," the nnvnrnnr hns oivcr. the project a "thumbs down and Western Nebraska residents of towns who have private or community idea, fearing a iiov c students from their sch To accept the ;:", , would cirv-He n.iri i inadequate Univi : v I : could become r, short-sightedness. H)oseu me potential mi: ;take. It :'i;pc. strum an already injoVi unci in the future c x rw. c ; iy- shrine to Nebon Ron's rhythm route pregnant with risks Candice Kisse, a 23-year-old unwed mother-to-be, is planning to file a paternity suit against California Gov. Ronald Reagan. She's charging him with misguided paternalism. The wrath of Miss Kisse, a curvaceous blonde, stems from Reagan's unique method of birth control which he prescribes for all young people prior to marriage. The best method of birth control, Reagan says, is just "shaking your head." "Wow!" says Miss Kisse in the affadavit she s preparing. "When I heard of The Ronald Reagan Birth Control Method, I really dug it. . "So when Freddie-that's the boyfriend, Fred J. Crumm-comes to pick me up, right away I start shaking my head. Up, down, up, down. '"What are you doing that for?' says Freddie. 'I haven't asked you anything yet.' "I'm just taking precautions," says I, "in case you do. "Well, for some reason, that gets Freddie all excited and the next thing I know we're up at his place. a.- , ....itTrinr tTTi ".mW ' 'rwmymiWFft orthur hoppe innocent lUMIHI'm I "I il Jlli. J.L.mul III I I LI 7"!" f 1 ... i , : l i ' 0 11 M B m I 1 I I ESJ . JL I. j m .? " P f. mms IP 1 2& SPb. h " . . fflfc 4 r a 'iii mm ill at rat mm n u.rt. mi iui . (i fur r sm, a m urn i 5Hf B h A '"Are you sure you've taken all the proper precautions?' says Freddie, who is not only a perfed jentleman but wishes to remain a bachelor. "I don't know," I say. "The Governor's instructions weren't too clear." So to be doubly positive I begin shaking my head sideways. Back and forth, back and forth. '"Now you change your mind?' says Freddie, getting mad. "No," I say, "but a girl can't be too safe." '"Could you hold your head still a minute?" he says. "Not on your life," says I. 'Well, Freddie never xa lis me again. And four weeks later there I am, in the doctor's office. 'Doc,' says I nervously, 'am I a And he shakes his head. Up, down, up, down. "I can't be," says I, "I did that, just like the Governor said." '"Better you should learn karate,' says the Doc. 'Ladies have been shaking their heads for a million years with, at best, only mixed results.' "So I'm suing. What gripes me is I hear the Governor, when he was a bachelor in Hollywood, never even tried shaking his head once. "And there he is, going around prescribing a historically unsound, clinically unproven, personally untested method of birth control. It just shows you that politicians should stick to what they know -politics. "If they start talking morality instead, take precautions. Shake your head. Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. . ." Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1973 page 4 . M''V-? V hakc?, our vl :f? ' MliX ; I. - i b-ma W?M nrA von 'z i mykj troublozi i9-,,,., L , ''wr lr v-if-vSK. t r . ' , r ' 'V'MI..-- fc vv, ( I?. T I 'ii.. daily nebraskan ! r 1 , "M')cr b, I'J.