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r edifofiQ 1 50s symbol It appears that concern has been only a fad at UNL. If that isn't true, then we must be closer to a return to the 50s than originally imagined. A few years ago, campus I iving units decided that it was more worthwhile to spend their time helping others rather than in building homecoming displays. They urged Greek houses and residence halls to contribute to charity the money which would have gone into these temporary monumemts to our football team. And now the displays are going up again. Yes, there is something nostalgic in seeing the return of these crepe paper, wire and paper mache monstrosities and it show., sense of spirit. But one can't help but wonder if the 200 or more man hours spent in building them will produce the same results as 200 or more man hours helping others. It should be hoped that these memorials to one Saturday and one football game are not a camp symbol of the victory of apathy over concern. Fire hazards It has been more than a year since the Daily Nebraskan revealed that UNL classroom and office buildings are riddled with fire hazards. Many of those hazards still have not been corrected. While some are of a minor nature, others pose a great danger to University students, faculty and staff. The University adminstration apparently is making an effort to correct some of them. About one-fifth of the buildings originally placed on the danger list have been cleared. This is a good sign, but the University is not moving fast enough. And the reason it is not seems to bo money. The University budget has been inadequate for years. Now we are seeing the results of that inadequacy. University officials have estimated it will cost about $1 million to correct the hazards. In the proposed capital construction budget, $250,000 is alloted to clearing up mote of them. That money, plus $216,500 from the placement fund, ought to be able to pay for much of the needed renovation. The rest of the needed financing will be sought from the Unicameral during the next two to three years. This effort to rid the University of these dangers is admirable, but it is not enough. University officials must turn to the Legislature as soon as possible for the rest of the money. The dangers to students, faculty and staff are too great to be ignores Michael (O.J. .elson '. ' ' . Y',"i " " " ' '"" j Hl 1 1-lh.L r 1L7 -Vk' mm udv y0m 4 . .is STL' m mi 11 1 1 1 r, J 1 : Mi' At ... ' It L iT 1 . ..1 J i'.m w;.-. '. to (he Dear editor, I str6ngty protest the massive shipment of arms uo Israel for the support of her expansionist dreams. There have been many reasons given for this policy; all of them seem somewhat tenuous, if not outright lies. The im jqit of poor helpless Israel surrounded by a sf.a of Arabs is a complete myth. For years Israel has been by far the strongest military 'power in the area, and American policy -of. so-called balance in the Near East has in fart been a policy of maintaining Israel's vast militarf superiority. Charges that the Arabs are the aggressors are notrrtng short of ridiculous. To land Egyptian, troops on Egyptian soil is not aggression. Nor can sending Syrian troops into Syrian territory be called such. This ti not a war for Israel's existence. The Araljf, want only to liberate lands taken from them lay force in 1967. The press of the free world, United States government expert-; ml other countries confirm that this is the Arab goal. It is in no way in the American interest to aid I srtolt expansionism. Not only are Arab states odd toward the United States and rightfully, mistrustful toward this country, but Anu statp'., traditionally on the best of terms vu America, have no choice but to reconsider their friendship. Even such non-Arab countries as Pakistan, Iran, India or most of the black Aft ictini 'states are being antagonized by Americn'r indefensible stand. This stand will surely destroy all of the progress made in relations with the Soviet Union. Isra i it fighting this war for one reason. She itislotr. that she has the right to take by force whatever she wants and hold on to it with American support. The United States never iia$ supported such a policy, (so American history books tell me) and it is impossible to see why it does now. Mark Speece ' Kf. ' ,V Job-hunting Spiro inspires tax evaders "Good morning, sir. Welcome to the Extremis Employment Agency. Now, your name?" "Agnew. Spiro T. The T stands for Ted." "Fine, Ted. Now, what was the last position you held?" "Vice president. I was vice president for the past five years." "Oh, a former White House official? Well, Ted, we get a lot of them through here these days. But don't worry, I'm sure we can find something for you anyway. Now then reasons for leaving?" "I resigned. As I told the President, I resigned 'in the best interest of the nation.'" "You say you quit your last job for the good of your employers? That's a new one, Ted. But with loyalty like that, perhaps we can land you a good government job. Now, the Internal Revenue Service is looking for..." "Maybe I just ought to mention that I happen to be on three years probation for income tax evasion." "Yes, I'm glad you mentioned that, Ted. Nothing to be ashamed of. The newspapers are filled with stories of people who don't pay taxes Gov. Reagan, the President. . ." "That reminds me. I've got a letter of recommendation here from the President. See? It says, 'Dear Ted.' Then down here he writes, 'Your strong patriotism and your profound dedication to the welfare of the nation have been an inspiration to all who have served with you as well as to millions of others throughout the country.'" "Millions of others, too! I never realized there were that many tax evaders to inspire, Ted. But let's get down to your qualifications. What were your duties in that last job you held?" "Well, every couple of months or so I presided over the Senate." "That's too bad, Ted. We just filled a job as a zoo keeper this morning." wan ii i.wpi rri.v i' .i" J I 1 , it KAIL TO. -m. . c. 600 PA AVEdE address WASH1M610M,DC cxry POOR SPIRO ELATT3 WW E.VHR -XS T055GED AT HIM.' VW HIM? rtAM 11E COUPON FOR II FREE. 4FORATIOM T imm wm msk mm esa tsm m m STATE.. .ZIP.. 23, 31-.' .; -! wmrm Bmm WWJ ImMM ImmM PI "And I carried messagos from the President to heads of state all over the world. 'Congratulations on your anniversary.' That sort of thing." Qfthur hoooe snnocei "We could try Western Union, Ted. Cnn you sing 'Huppy iii tltd iy'?" "I was thinking of a more responsible position. After all, when the President got mad at the press, I took them on. Wlvn the President got sore .it the demonstrators, I laid into them. When the President (jot into iroulili?, I took the blame. He got the err iiiv.j I -at the lumps." ' -1 i , Ted. I 'w got it! Do you rid" !..;! Lvel Kuievel's planning to ji."-. .u t (i.uiir) C.'inyon and he's looi; ''Jl l'i : : ... rU;'OM;yclc, it'TlM it! '5,,;'. f ' ii t! mi ivivji I tliink my five year o; : ; . : i ' ticjiK -' 'oalty deserve t.)'.' I iet . Ev."i 'h ':i !;.. .! i Dept. closed in ou me ' , ilii;!; si!. .in I i,K,''.r oi ' ' 1 1' t i i sif'-ii' (; iii'llS:! or V, :.! : . V ' 1 1 .)k! i.', I !. Just let me m..tf'e ;i ; ii i'' II I! i, t ihik;' What do yo i h . h.i. n.i, tioni the' mob? Say, I uudtf .' j . i ' i . lookiii'i for a hit man. Sure h-'' o - ( iii Would I send you an :r ' lr. Loyal;1 Listen, Louie, this dude is that if you nioke him the fall (juy, v i:vi rat on yoi.,. Thanks, Louie, and M ;. In dv- L .i r nil y. Connral ulat ions, Tut, ; ; s,i,', von wis marie lor the job!" ' ,i , ri :hr"ni I ' e.a.li'.iiin i r. ( r m: .i If. ' - vu svjy 4'" i . XVT- i a ' 3 1 t js ifJn X X -w. D.B. Vomer is the University of Nebioska. jrosi'lent uf ti, By D.B. Varner A little more than a year ago a cjtoup of citizens from Scottsbluff requested the Boaul of Regents to consider establishing an educational program in Scottsbluf I utilizing the former Hiram Scott College facilities They said they were convinced the facilities, including 225 acres of land, could be made available without cost. Because of the nature of their pioposal, the regents directed the administrative office's to study alternative program designs and opntt back to them at the earliest possible dale. In giving this directive the regents provided the following guidelines: 1. Any program proposed must bege.:io;d to meeting an existing and genuine need of western Nebraska. 2. Programs ptoposed must dr.iw on die unique resources of the University of N lr,.ska. 3. Any such piogiam pioposed should not. be directly competitive with existing institutions, including Nehiaska IVest! e n College' in Scottsbluff, Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School in Sidney and Chadi on State College. 4. Programs proposed should not tah aw ay funds from existing university programs. During the months following this duc ove, the administrative staff considered alternative programs. Shoi tly before the first of the ya, I recommended to the Board of Regents th.it tin; University accept the Scottsbluf I cilieus committee proposal and piesented a program which the staff believed would be benefit i.i! io western Nebraska. It was developed in consultation with community leader, and i met regent guidelines. Legislation was inttoduced in cunneclinn with Ihis program, hut the bill w.is vetoed by the governor. In view of the discussion which followed these actions, the regents icquested the governor to appoint a citiens committer.1 to Varner explains views on Hiram Scott acquisition study the ScottslAift situation and to submit its findings to the Governor. Since then, NU has revised its earlier iiians.' The followiivi is, a summary of our lecommendations On agriculture Five specific pr.'xj'vims are proposed for the Scottsbluff faei,:y . These are irrigation technology, high plains area production crop and horticul'ua technology, agricultural chemical I eehnuiogy, pest management technology and 'a";h management technology. In addition to these programs, we recommend .id"i wn of a limited program offering college cio'lit agricultural courses to be developed in cooperation with other educational institutions in the state, a new continuing eduratein and extension program in agriculture to ui.)ndc western agricultural technology and an agriculture vocational ttaining program. On rural health A majoi Male uroblem is adequate rural health care, evidence suggest that our present heal ill care progi fns draw large numbers of rural students, but fow seem willing to practice in rural America. bt ing we Out program proposes that, rather than i program wiui, idinur uiji these student'" iro the city for training ..,,.o... tr.imino nrnnram mnrn rlncnlv, ,1 Mplir,i'.k;i uuith iho hnnu that a It.lUlUlJ ' I ll.ll.il , ...in vi tv. ...Mil. higher percentage Kttid stay there. A piogiam of tiiiii'ing general technologists to mee the nee'd' of rural hospitals and rural doctors' offices is planned. A similar contribution could be made in nurses training. Cooperative arrangements could be made with neighboring states to form a regional program. Private foundations could have considerable interest in this development and could help with costs. On continuing education A continuing education program is visualized that would permit NU to bring to western Nebraska some of the highly professional resources on the Lincoln, Omaha and medical center campuses to offer conferences and workshops in such areas as engineering, agriculture, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and social work Because of the geographical location of Scottsbluff, we could expect participation from One of SUN's key components is to pi oval!1 regional learning resource centers so that students may conveniently visit the.e i i 1 1 1 1 , for library rnateiials, for eonviU .-ta n with itinerant faculty, to review victo and audio tapes and to meet with fellow stud. ait,. A Scottsbluff center under the expander! SUN program could serve eastern Wyoming and probably parts of Colorado ami Kansas, well as western Nebraska On costs First, the physical plant is being made available without cost. We1 also have j'.siiiance that the Library Science Bldg. w.i! W. mad'' available without costs. The land will l tinned over debt free. The projected five-year budget i a!L lor $980,800 the first year, S1 ,3 17, WO tlr second year and modest annual iniMM.es I suin g to a projected total operating budget ot S "!,('-! I, VJ0 in the fifth year. The bulk of this ' imimij would come from legislative apptopi i dinns, although we project income bom tui o n rd fees ranging from S-1!,000 in the liist r.ai to $310,450 in the filth year Obviously, I conciiio'd v ith the i n ..ennuii' decision made by the Board of Regents n Dei: as far east as North Platte, as well as from parts of Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota and Kansas. On the SUN program For more that) two years, NU has teen involved in the development of a nontraditional, educational program called the State University of Nebraska (SUN). 9, 1972, recommending that tin.- University accept the proposal of the Scottsbluff committee. I believe the piogiam d"soiih''d above satisfies the regent guidelines. More importantly, I am louvimed that ,i program of this kind made available to western Nebraska would seive tin; well being of t he entire Stale and especially tin.' (;ilirir, and communities of the western hall fir V rki .. V. ,11 vf' V !.!: "17 'A i , fwi - ' 1 1 i vif -H.t m. m W ' - iv " - t3i;,-r ,wJ . ... 'M 't5Tt ' ' -iyrr it, , I '.1 f ifeV it ijti -,-1 I :.. . ::: : Uli'- ii v 11 'it ' :( !in-,lilni I Sr:n. fer r y Cirpsnt' r spons'HiHl .i liiil in ttie Unicameral h." session whirl would Ik.vo authorized I in i,e Hiratti Scott ColW'!: v amp- . IT,': hill, which passed b : inn' e.ai:,i wt; vf?toed by Gov. i. ! NU President D.B. Varnt" page 4 (J.rily tK-'briiskun friday, "cJni.rr 19, 1973 friday, October 19, 1973 daily nebraskan
