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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
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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.
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'"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
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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
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