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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1973)
editorio Longer interim needed U,it Chancel lor James Zumbcrge has given Ins "sweater speech," and if heating oil shortages continue ho might be forced tc deliver an "overcoat address." If he does, one of the vvi-.esi measures he could announce that wo1. -.v:.r:kr. In conserve energy would be the if ;!;; mtPiim by at least two Sue'-. a i-'ove, which reportedly is beinq cos '.sidered, coulc! save the University as many as LuO,000 gallons of fuel. It also would save r,.'y',t'y on electricity, since ionger days at the end uf ti I. '!U'n; lev lengthened school year would it1 ri lights. Gi' iir-i ;,a vinos could be brought about t: r- '.'( ,) !l,s-) consolidation of all Saturday and riMKu cic'.isfes into a few buildings. The longer ;i!terin; should provide more time for ! ) ! . v o rs ty adiTiinistrators and academic ..jviP'TS to do this. Other evergy-saving benefits would come from the lengthened school year. Better weather during more of the year would mean students could bicycle, hitchhike or walk to school, thus saving gasoline. The lengthened interim and subsequent energy savings also would be a gesture of goodwill by the University toward the people of Nebraska, since it would free more heating oil for home use. While this plan has its advantages, it also has its drawbacks. Students wouldn't have an early summer vacation and so would have less time to earn money for the next year. But the merits of such a move outweigh the drawbacks. If the University faces the sort of fuei shortage that has been predicted, lengthening the interim would be one of the wisest measures possible. Michael (O.J.) Nelson 'f Don 1 just sit there; Lincoln in winter offers diversity '"i. (. S'.'fjii.mlier, whon a list of thing'", to 'o 1 1. 'rti, n; ),)'.'.) i.-i this space, a lot of ?f ,!.. iv.'. :;!Hi'i-:j'ifi. Trui- to expectations, '! f W'ainot f.jr (ro".'n increasingly colder, ti- .- :(! sea. ion ho drawn nearly to a : r .c ;..-) ,. bunr'i :i ;.h-;C))Ic l)U"e suggested 1 t 1. ''" Mh the :-r i : I'.biiu.s. Heie, t!"";m. cO'- sum" ( ; in I. iy!:ill T ountain is '. ' am;.' I! del r.stl( rrii.;iy unusual '1. ' !. i-:T:'. -i if; o':td-;vs and bicycling ate '. . .itw.., i.,r "..'; wintar i.iit te an ''.., irv y b.c ..' ; crowd is a " .,; ' .'.( if' '. i'jb, ii .:ythSl iM , 'i',' y !"' v ', ; i.ijy ,v . fn'in"' worth of i '...v" Joren 8t:-to;nc; i! jl.v iys wu. t.hwhile in winter nd L:i;f.i.ilu lias some gie.'n bookstores. The 'u ' .s oti c :i'r.pi. ?rn't bad. Akirlmia, for iMr.M".j .iii :o fasci ting. . ..' ;)0 0 r;t . 1, ); 1 1 knf -(.'-f 'Hii' (.f ti''.' t.'-.'"'r.t I ". I , I i:S 1 1 Df ; t-j i " " 13 ' ' s wol'-ttn.?, ! .. ' '.. , sdi.r. I',;ly K")'-'VO, Jf' 1 ' . 1 ; I .-.ij ..i : i if IP ;l 1 1 ' I . H'. s'..'. ;., .it , t,ii t'w''-', ;)!''' inn !, f.'u! 1. (''' '.t ; ii, 'u1 'i.d on ( ' -i1' I v.."., Su.h i'u .: ,..;.!', r.r.t i.'J ' -'1,1 ot V'.' It t lis'r in! ,(; (jh'-i o ,. r!y tn. fj, "i idt'Olof'ical III '.o ; . ..i) rioi.t ( ' t'l" finu; it ,i ;.-,.i.r.- .1 I v '' fii'C'Ct I IO.!l thr ' '.'Ki.in.' ' l.itiuoi' Clot.' is ' 'ii-, -v ' 1 1 i,!.. i. , l,tjt 'j';i'.vf( ;) bjhv dancers at the Morocco to a six pack to ao are a dozen great places to meat people. The idea 01 hundreds of students, truck drivers, and janitors getting together on one street to learn from each other is tremendously appealing. The Nebraska Union, for all its imperfections, is still worth visiting. The coffee in the little machine on the west side of tl; Crib serving line makes better coffee than the big machine for some reason. It's a hassle having to get a cup from the other side, but at 16 cents no one should have to dunk cotfe'j from a foam container. Lincoln's taxi system is surprisingly efficient and inexpensive. That's worth remembering if it's Saturday night and home is somewhere besides downtown. A cab also is a way of alleviating one of the most ludicrous sights in the city: people who have spent ten minutes getting downtown driving for half an hour to find a parking space. LiticuM has some u the tirost buildings in Nebraska and the great thing about being an architecture fan is that it doesn't cost anything. The Capitol Building is a free lesson in high quality visual art for aryoe. Tall (jlass rectangles are lazy arcl'titO'CUm:-, the County -City Building, Use NU Systems Suilding and the First National Sank are iwst ignored. Go, instead, to Sheldon Art Gallery and see how a museum director and an architect reconciled their differences. Norman Gesky and Philip Johnson have produced a useful building that also is one of the most beautiful in Nebi aska. The Charhe Chaplin films in that building, by the way, are said to be all they should b;;; a careful look at one of America's gieat geniuses If college means anything, it means discovering other people's ideas of tiuth. Chaplin's views afe among the finest and are as masterful today as they were when his films were made. Doing nothing is no longer ; good suggestion. Theio's enough of doing nothing going on a!;eady and it's a bore. Do something, somewhere, and do it well. fin tJir5KSfe- ' lir:i' . ;"' A-?& . ' .f-WsF ) " Ufj Maternal slavery Dear editor, Pat Bouse of Family Services was reported as saying that the rights of the father who may want to adopt his child while the mother desires an abortion, are still in question. I am sure this is true in Nebraska. However, this past summer in Florida a judge ruled that forcing a woman to carry a child was involuntary servitude, which is unconstitutional and comes frighteningly close to slavery. When will people realize that abortion is to be a matter between a woman and her doctor? Jim Baiters Last word Dear editor, I want to call you to task for an editorial sin you committed in the Nov. 2 issue. In it, a letter from Allen Zimmerman accused your editorship of political bias and rldiiting the news, citing specifically a public opinion poll the Daily IMebraskan had conducted and published concerning the demise of the Nixon regime. Your printed response to that letter was similar to the double-talk fmm the White House which you so rightly and skillfully criticise. You didn't respond to the general charges of bias and slanting the news. You are biased. If you discovered information about Nixon that when published would add the very last straw to the back of th presidency, you'd lie awake all night relishing your victory. Zimmei man's specific criticism of your unscientific (therefore possibly biased) polling lechuiaue was intended as an example of slanting the news. He's right: if you were pro-Nixon the poll would have had an entirely different tone. Zimmerman's charges show nothing but his own naivete. Of course an editor is biased. And any human work is shaped from the biases of its maker. Zimmerman's charges stem from a naive belief in objectivity. Behind his charges however, was the tone of complaint that your editorship is steamrolling his views. The complaint of steami oiling could have been nullified by simply printing the lettci and letting it stand. Instead, you choose to squash Mr. Zimmerman with a doubletalking last word on the subject. A complaining letter writer always has the disadvantage. Having the last word is an editor's prerogative and the use of that power displays the editor's basic sense of fairness. In your "Editor's note" you said, "It (the poll) was based on random man-on-the-street interviews." Overlooking the vagueness of the verb "was based," this sentence states in essence, "We were fair." But in the very next sentence you state, "In no way should the survey be considered a scientific sampling." This tone is obnoxious, as if to say: "You idiot (Zimmerman), do you think the Daily Nebraskan can hire George Gallup?" And it contradicts the phrase in the sentence before it: "random man-on-the-street interviews." Was the poll random or not? Scientifically random or "intuitively" random? Your editor's note is double talk. It's supercilious, and it's defensive where no defense is necessary. It exemplifies the kind of steamroller posture Zimmerman was complaining about. I hope that you and editots across the nation will press the attack on Nixon until that scoundrel and his cronies are put out to pasture. mm Willie Morrissey daily nebraskan page 4