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The students' lawyer has been one of the most
misunderstood, contested, revised and touted
programs presented by an ASUN administration in
several years Now all that is missing is the lawyers.
ASUN hs proposed two men for the position.
According '. student government proposal, the
men will split rn-- t - duties of the job.
The nominee. Bruce Hamilton and Doug German,
are v. el I qualified for th. positions and should be
approved Ly me Board of Regents. The men would
bring with them to the positions the respect and
experience v i lined Wime th ?v work tor Legal Aid.
They would bring more important assets, though:
youth and an understanding of the problems students
face.
The board should approve the selections so the
Legal Aid to Students Office can get underway.
The endorsement of these two men, however,
should not i 1 considered a wholesale endorsement of
the students' lawyer program. Many objections can be
raised about it.
First, it a vc.y expensive. The cost will be more
than $9,000 .., year, making it the most expensive
single program in ASUN history.
Second, the lawyers cannot litigate circs. Because
they cannot, it raises set ions questions about how
truly wortln.! ilo :!,? s-.-i . u;o vvill be.
Third, no real research was done to determine if
the students' attorney will be put to the use necessary
to justify su' h large financial investment.
But then.; seems to be only one way to find out if
it is going to' work: try it. A good place to start would
be to ,irp5 n the men nominated by ASUN.
Michael (O.J.) Nelson
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Just another bureaucrat
Dear editor:
I've tried to contain myself, hut Ann Henry has
fjoiie too far. "'b hard to siy how we fit in to the
system. " If "we" is ASUN, it doesn't generally. And
from the Henry interview (Daily Mebraskan, Nov. 7)
it isn't hard to see why. Of course, she doesn't know
what student concerns are, she lives off campus and
doesn't ask anyone.
Henry, you were elected as a student
representative, so statt acting like one. You're
responsible ;n ie students, not to making life cosy
for the regent,. In fact, one just might ask what
difference then; is between an Ann Henry, ASUN
president, and a good low level university bureaucrat.
Henry's election, to the extent it was not
dependent on her sorority's backing, was because she
promised to effect changes in dormitory life. But on
Wednesday, she Wasn't sure dormitoiy students
wanted charge'.. Did they want it then? Yes, the
election said v,. Do they want it now? Y.;,, ',,ys their
law suit. Yes, says the football day boycott. "Gee, I
don't know," says Hnry.
"Oh, things are pretty stagnate right now hut
tilings will pi'1' "p once some things net started."
Gosh, Henry -"vir term's more than half over. If
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Fine print
Dear editoi ,
In the Daily Nebraskan (Oil. .''", )'M'S) . Si t -i ial
"All's Fair in Wd ," ymi ieli;i t(, -i:ypt'-, "ii.,(Viril!'.-"
di'mand that Isiael witlidoi'. Iiom tb- l.unls
conouered doi log :1m 1 fiH7 nj . o , ; y r i( (. ,. .f.r!
of Israeli wittuli.iwal, yon vmi-i. t, (.gyn1 v-.fifd ii-en
be willing to attend a pe;ice r . i i ! 1 1 . n' o-.
Are you acquainted with tin' rvents pi"( edi'-nj the
Six-Day War of 1!)GP f or mvm. I v Syr:! h.n
been using the 'lolan Heigh;s (oi taigei pi.-r-i.tc at
Israeli's settlements in Galilee,
Shortly before the outbreak of v.ur, ffgypt
declared a blockade of the hraef s ;att ( E 1,-tt. .
commanded U.N. forces in the Sinai to witbdrav., so
that Egypt could proceed with its loudly advertised
mission of destroying Israel. Ie short, the 17
boundaries were used as staging areas for agen." .'.ion.
Moreover, the l!J07 bound, ii les w-tc , '! but
indefensible against a I'eail llaiboi type :,eea!: an .
Had the recent Egyptian and .', ii;m a'.sanlt ; . m
launched from he 1fG7 boutMlaties, fiiypi-. i . i I
Syrian troops v jht have oi cnpi-.d IVI Aviv i.d
Jerusalem by no.v, and a final ..i!-iti..,n m i!k J..,- :-,
problem in the Middle Fast would be well uikI- i w i..
Yet, you blithely suggest ibat Isiae'
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Egypt's "reasonable', demand', foi a iMum V.
inrlefensible, chronically virdated lioundane',.
You point out, Egypt would attend a i
conference in exchange for Israeli withdrawal;
the resulting permanent peace Mdeieees v.- ml f ,
more in Israel's interest th.m retention of the pre a
buffer ?one.
Under ivim,,! c-jruim-.t . I .( pIMi y,,,i
point COievineilii:, t t I !, he , pi ,i .
you apparently haven't, t gVI i' , eon-: 1 i ! .,
lasting eace is the "'citlene.i! ()f I
ptoblem." Wlia' this en(;l)e'- . . ,-(,; 1
innocuos phrase- entails is the la i.:.,,ti-,n ,,( Isi .
whose entire territory and . j ., .!,-. i ; ,n a' a n I,.,
turned over to the Palestinian gin." ilLn. In i!, , i
words, the Isra 'lis can have ; . 1 ., :, : ,
commit national, collective1 suicide. What oooM l
mote "reasonable" than that?
ha ad's withdrawal to the 1'!G iorr ,
the fitst act in a planned : v. which y
as its denouncement the cradiction of ., - i .
what you mean by a just and ,- on 'v: Middle
np.'ice? Or is the peace- you ; i itM. c . j
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anything is to get started it react . linougb t- o jh,
auvocacy mettioiis. vve ve ,r.:. ;t n,- rencnts lor
ccjnsidei'ation Iciig enough, lei : :d lea'
maybe this isn't pussiliie t.i-ni !,:! . ,uy
adiiiiiiistnition. i vl . , i ,t pi . t ,' . ;-. .'
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Ford-a better idea
By Keith Lanclgreii
"Let's turn out attention to the business of
Ameiica," Ciesident Richaid NixiMi said. "Lot's quit
widowing in Watergate," he said,
Yes, let's, l et's conlirm Getald Ford, impeach
Ni) on, and get busy.
Amazing how one of the biggest landslides in
American electoral hi lory hp-Hit America here. But
it was the 19'! ehction, u.d that was the
Sec retti Mitchell Hnldetnau Llulicbiii inn election, so
mabe it's not so strange after all.
Hut no matter how we came to be hen;, Ameiica
is hete, and America may as well deal with the
situation the way it is. We have a ptesident who won't
govern. Maybe he can't govern, but it's all the same:
the nation is leaderless.
The American electointo is thoroughly
disillusioned with politics in general and with the
Ptesident, particularly.
America has no vice president, no attorney general
? n i no cabinet officers of any distinction.
The Nixon guard, blamed for the Watergate mess,
has been replaced by a Laird I laig Wright-Garment-Bu?hardt
clique every bit as offensive as its
predecessor.
"Your commander in chief has given you an
older," be said, and from this Ameiica learned that
real generals are at least as unpleasant as lawyers who
think they are generals.
America has, in fairness, a reasonably
distinguished foreign policy. But does anyone really
believe Nixon is the brains behind foreign affairs?
Kissinger's the one, and always has been, and will bo
undo'' the f ord administration.
U.S. domestic policy is Ixtst explained by a literal
'n'tislation of the Latin verb veto: I fmbid. And he
d"cs, and he does, and he does. Cinb the wainiaking
newer of the executive-' I forbid. Cut military
extravagance? I lot bid Itaise the minimum wage? I
fo'hid.
Unless the business of Ameiica is opposing things,
wi are not engaged in the business of Ameiica.
Ameiica is not doing much of anything.
So, after a pause as George McGovern supporters
snxker into their fists, let's learn from our mistakes.
And let's learn lots from our big mistakes. Let's
correct the 197? election. It was a lousy, dishonest,
urusual selection ud America should forget it.
Ground-- for impeachment are easy to come by.
The sectet bombing of Cambodia will do for page
erne. Page two could be anything on Waleigate.
Iheie's probably something on one of those two
ei.xis Nixon says don't exist. Hie things existed when
Aichibald Cox wanted tlvan, and they probably still
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With l ord jo 'he While llM, ;u) j.jXf, j,, ,:(njri(
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!,f ,",,' m' " in l'"l,f, s ,.,) the i'l'elr, ii,,n well
I hind us, e'3 teally g.g ,,n w ( f 1 1 ih