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In the courts
The story of the fight for
visi tii i ton rights is a long one. It
more than six years. Most of the ?.
have been basically the same and !
basically the same results: su
putting pressure on the UNL at1;'
and the Board of Regents, have a
inch closer to self-determination.
Now the Residence Hall Assn.
announced it plans to file a suit
distt let court in an attempt to torn
of Regents to change the currcn
policy. This is a praiseworthy m
other tactics have been used, bu!
the potential for complete succe;;
one does. A court victory could n.
to many ridiculous regulations fes
students are forced to obey.
'The ASUN Senate voted Wedn
to join RHA as co-plaintiffs. Tin
sagacious move. The student gove;
some years has been teetering on h
losing the remnants of its cred;
joining in the suit it has shown !h ;
cares about the living conditio;
dormitories, something which d
favor in the eyes of the per.o .
then.1. Considering some of the v.!
actions one could not have helped I
whete that group stood on this iss
All in all, the actions taken by b.
Wednesday night are laudable. Ho.'
is a major danger inherent im
litigation on such an issue,
something of this nature is tah i
man persons immediately begin
other sorts of actions that might i
about a change in policy. They ,ay i
any t r t of action contrary to ;:
regi nations might endanger the suit
ippen in this case.
!A President Carolyn Griee
Visitation Committee stili i ;
possible tactics to help hi r,
in policy. That committee :
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;m-; vvitti your call for evaluate
Mil to Students Office (studi.ni1
m iluiiiu) the summer (Doily N .
'J). However, I object to loth iV
ami .(...- innui of your rationale.
Viiti stale that the evaluation ,i
unH. tt.il'.en in tlie summer so that "...
it mmiI'I m; discontinued. Poss.i.
(li',i,Mi,)iMUdtion could save ASUN uh.
$3,000."
lh'' pioyiam will provide a mm h
seiv!! '' lot U TsJ L students. Given tins
any s ingestion of early discontinu:
toPill niic.illed for. One does not f Jr,'.'
nine! i i ceded program.
1 1.-.- negative tenor of your suj)".f.
disappointing. Anyone can suggest nn
u'.in'i the often nebulous standaid of
as a i '.j'.-jn. LASO is a new program
limit. Minus. But it has an immense p. a
an .ii'l to the university community, b
the p .ssibility of termination at tin , .
pici" . . 1 1 ; i (. as well as detriment..!
pni'.i am.
'." h iy of us tiave Ixjen ciuite a it us
LAf.-O program. Out criticism is base. I ..
sevii' limitations placed up
piO'.o"i"i particularly in regard to i
p o i. v I Rather than lxj a "n
ni'ii n.'i in" (to coin a phrase), I '
tlit.1 I ViC) lawyers be put to woik p'
expansion of their official duties to
ity community in a greater n :;
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way..
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uppoit of this latter viewpoint,
solution authored by myself, I ;
din.t.'d the LASO office to !
feasibility of a nonprofit bail bond ."
5tin i nt'.. (Since the city did away
pi, ii in.; of teleasing students to tin m
tin i iinpus security last spring.)
1 1 ,'i m fully, the Daily Nebraskan ,
i m pi, ii ticular, will Ik; abl'' t"
rn.'i-' i i .-.itive and helpful attitude in re
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back now that the issue is headed for the
courts. The adage says "the wheels of justice
grind slowly." But sometimes they grind too
slowly, and students must not be forced to
wait years for rights which now should be
their's.
While deciding to file the law suit was a
wise decision, students must remember that
the only way they have gained the rights they
have now has been through hard work, mass
action and threat of mass action. Just because
a suit has been filed is no reason to suspend
the fight for rights to which students are
entitled.
Michael (O.J.) Nelson
Explanation
The Daily NebrasKan .. .c.v
numerous inquiries in regard to Wednesday s
editorial, Legal duty. Due to a printer s error
a line was misplaced. The editorial sa.d, m
effect, that the ASUN Senate should rescind a
motion passed last week calling for the
students' lawyer to study a proposed student
bail bond system.
The editorial praised the proposed system
but said the lawyer's duty is to counsel and
advise students, not to make studies. It
suggested a committee draw up the proposal
instead.
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An 'unusual event at Casey's'
is example of American justice
A week ago today the gang at Casey's was
,ui prised by the appearance of a group of policemen
it either door. The curiosity of the crowd grew as one
of the officers conferred with the owner, then turned
down the juke box. He announced over the
loudspeaker that everyone in the place would be
(becked for identification and busted, i.e., arrested, if
their names were on a list of suspected felons. The
search for lawbreakers began.
Twenty minutes later it became clear that, if there
were lawbreakers in Casey's, they weren't on the list.
Disappointed, but certainly not broken-hearted, the
police left.
The event was unusual. It's never happened
Ufore, it hasn't happened anywhere else in Lincoln
(though the same events were repeated several times
down the street the same night), but there is no
reason to believe it will never happen again. It
shouldn't though, for the whole process says things
i!out America which simply are not true.
The bust at Casey's was the end result of a process
we can only guess at. But on the basis of the result,
and on the word of people involved, it can be
i ( constructed with some accuracy.
Someone called an undercover agent, "narc," in
street language, a young black, a long-hair, or a
woman, finds someone who might be a drug dealer.
The narc attempts to win the friendship of the
uspected dealer and to buy drugs from him,
preferably when the narc and the dealer are alone.
The assumption, from the care taken to obtain a
urn: to-one meeting, is that the word of a narc is
useful only in the absence of conflicting testimony.
I he assumption is valid, for narcs are not policemen.
Often they are convicted drug users and dealers
'villmg to bust others for lightening of their own
sentences. They are called undercover agents and, like
Undercover Agent G. Gordon Liddy, they are spies.
daily nebraskan
After the buy is made the dealer is ignored.
Several months later he is busted, long after the buy
has been made. Usually the bust is at a party. Almost
invariably the bust is at night or on a weekend. The
reason for this is simple: the narc may have left town
to avoid the rough justice meted out to spies and
some guarantee is needed that the dealer spend at
least one night in jail before the courts let him go for
lack of evidence. And the reason will be lack of
evidence, not, God forbid, innocence.
keith londg
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Once arraigned the dealer will be required to f . i
bond, adding a fine (the bondsman's fee plus interest)
to the dealer's punishment, even though he is si HI ,i
"suspect."
American justice doesn't always work this way, ,.s
we know. Vice-President Agnew, accused of acxepi M'i
bribes, was allowed to go free by quitting bis j b
pleading "I don't know" to a charge of cheatim,
his income tax, paying his fine and going home. I In ,
is American justice as it can be and as it is, foi
Americans.
thursday, October 18, VY:
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