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edibno n jLaatJl xi fw w w folly While progress within a university is desirable and necessary, progress hastily made can be a detriment to solving problems. Wnen new schemes are adopted, the effects can be so overwhelming as to kil! any chance of further reform for years. Such might be the ca:e with the newly-formed Student Fees Allocation Board. The board is the brain-child of student-faculty-administration task forces, set-up last year to change the current student fee system. It was spawned in dosed-door meetings and was approved hastily by the Council on Student Life in May. The master plan implied that the student fees system should be changed by the end of this year. Last year was taken up by studies of possible alternatives to the current system, public discussion of the alternative proposed, approval of the proposal and efforts to begin implementation of the new system. This year was to be devoted to studying the financial needs of student activities and recommending amounts of aid to be given. But things haven't worked that way. The first year went smoothly. A plan was devised and approved. But although the infant student fee board now is beginning to take its first steps, it seems it won't be ready to waik this year. The board was to be appointed and begin meeting in September. It wasn't. Appointments were made too late, and scheduling conflicts kept it from getting underway .until November. The group now is meeting, but no permanent leader has been chosen, nor has it formulated bylaws or other necessary plans. It has launched a study of what it needs to begin operation, but if members of the board think it can function as it should, they are fooling themselves. The board already is three months behind schedule. Clearly, this is not the time for it to go into operation. The members of the board are not knowledgeable in the distribution of fees and they don't have the time needed to do the thorough study necessary to make a just distribution. The board needs at least one more year to establish itself, study the fee system and arrive at a fair distribution method. To try to reform the fee system now without the necessary facts or thought could be disasterous. Michael (O.J.) Nelson 'til lik- lill It illmli III! fill !.' at."' M fc- li OL 11 m m Ml II' II I ! I I If 1 I.I I M I "1 r Tl A W 1- ulimV'fAif' ViVl ill i m ! U M ( "tU CWfHAElO WOPl? ABOUT SfiASC OR JUMPlNG- SHlP lMSCStlMr HELM UWTTc WE If IMTO PORT.' 7$ ' ." 5 f i' ' t " Cagey consumer blows horn on gas cache (jOlO I ,"i .jy ' ..;!,,: Tic (.... ! 'IJI'I' ,' , IP UK". I With (Mi full force of the energy cnsis arid gas 'iiort.-rji' i.i'i'i us, many Americans are adopting .ip: it ;..J ' toward insuring a supply of Z1 .- .-I',:, tt-io consumer qioups being for mod to t'i ' '.'iji. o an at (unijlion known as the v, America's G.is", (CAG) society. This u-).i,v) ,j'd i'!'kif.n?ial organisation has 1 .' ci r.'iniui.i of civiqy and gasoline saving cit.ji ,riv I spoke with their president, Mr. H. ' ' ! "M '."i , cuni.cmi iy these programs and the 'II 01 I p itV:lf, "V of the Conserve America's Gas society are ! ni" r,"! to the maint.2n.ince of Life, Liberty, and A--. . igr, W.j v - all of which vitally depend on ;, Tl i Automobile. And it is toward this A :.' -it..! t! t w:? Dedicate our time and energies, long - , i ...' iie v..:.:. If Ti osheo distant Ihunde r Mr. Homblower, vvh3t are some of the programs your riiuuo has recommended?" "i.'AG offers intoi mat ion to the consumer on ways !o !-..' the j.i'-oline shortage. Our test selling p.iiii!M"; 1 1 entitled 'The f amily Gasoline Shelter.' In ' l'1'''11 to the easy step by step instructions for v.o:. unction in the average basement, it includes hel( oil 'nuts on storage and bootlegging, procedures." 'Yim nc in you'ie "ocouraging people to build ti'O v .' 'i n or 'l:ni' storage tanks7" ' C.-r i,'. !l'.. ..very American's duty lo see that his I noi'v i , protected," "tUit isn't his 'protection,' as you call it, simply gs hoarding?" "'"Jot .it oli. It is simply a safeguard against some unU'i s.jt rlisa'.rei that might threaten to turn off the gai fiunips. We "nvision the establishment of local she! hi' i; f've.y cui oinunity vvhich wouki be designed to withstand ,.; loihj tutn-off period. This, coupled w'Ji ;!o indivdual family shelter, would assure An (.(.(... safety, whether attacked by the Arabs or by C .g:cv, " "Hc.v will you be able to maintain these shelters if la'ioning :s institutf.rl?" "Casy. Ai,oi!i(,r publication we put out is the 'H -j.v tu r-'ot liatiijimig HandUiok.' It includes all the infoimation a poison needs to get the most out of rationing Some of its most profitable chapters include: How tu gain ration books with the license's of lecently deceased relatives,' and an up JO'the minute list of 100 'sure fire' sob star ios to lay on gullible station attendants." "Do you really expect people to take advantage of the rationmg systnm like that?" "Why o'rtamly. Tor rationing or any other government program to succeed, all cdims - rich and poor-must .. willing to pitch in and help themselves. After all, that's what America's all afout, isn't it? God helps those who help themselves, I always say. By the way, besides our regular activities we have lOvmied a youth gioup, the "Conserve America's Gas Youin." The CAGYs have undertaken their own project to save gas, which once again proves that tht strength of America lies in the sure, intelligent thinking of her Youth." "fk'ally? What is their project7" "ihe methodical disablement of every Cadillac in the city." You can't mean that! Hov can wrecking the Cadillacs help ease the energy crunch?" "Elementary. Cadillacs get the worst mileage of any car on the road, right? Well, the CAGYs decided to limit this diam on gasoline by eliminating big gas hogs. After all, the dune buggies gotta keep roiling. By the way, what make of car do you drive?" "An Opel. I have time for just one more question. Mr. Homblowcr, what does your organization think of the current world situation which broughl about our present crisis?" "As far as foieign policy is concerned we're behind the Piesident one hundred percent. It's hat d for those who aren't in the know to understand what the President is doing, with the detente and all, but we're not worried. We know it's just another plut to get the Arabs and Huskies to lower theii guards, then whamol We even sent Mr. Nixon a telegram, pledging the use of our reserve fuel supplies for the big push. With interest, of course." nebfoslcQo T ho Daily Nobraikan K publish,, i uv ,o PuMK...1,onS Commit,.,, on Mo,.,y, WrrtnosUay tlrTtlont:'""k,m' "Kn',Jt " ,,("ldav" "'rlnfl CoVri.,hi ,,3. T,. Daily Nobraskan. M.,Tor, th Daily Nebraska,,, .c.p.in,, m.1tl,r:.., eovi",.j Sr-coud tlaw povtj,,,, ,,u,d at Lincoln N,.,r Ari.i,,. the Da.ly lbraskan. Hvbrakn u.,. 40 472 A. StV' , ir" 0n' T,.,p.,or,:; daily nebraskan muriday, dccnnibcr 3, 1973