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Individuals may pouring over bank books
instead of text books next year in what is now the
Nebraska Union main floor study area. Wednesday
night, the. Nebraska -.Union Board snatched that
space away from students and allocated it for use
by a branch bank. The space would be leased to
the bank making the highest bid.
Although the regents have not yet formally
aoproved plans to bring the bank into the Union, it
appears that the necessary bureaucratic machinery
has been greased up. Information provided the
Union Board Wednesday night included an
invitation for bids with a May 3 deadline.
According to bid specifications, the bank would
occupy 961 sq. ft. where the study area and men's
restrnom are in the southeast corner of the Union.
Thy bank would be responsible for remodeling the
area..
Th lease argument would require that the bank
cash checks (including University payroll checks),
offer checking and savings services, have enough
money to serve the campus' daily monetary needs
and sell travelers checks and money orders.
-Th information distributed to the Union Board
tout the proposed bank as a convenience to the
students and staff of UIML. Although unstated, it
would also be a convenience to the Union, which is
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expected to lose about $3,000 on its check cashing
service this year. , , , , ....
The benefit to the bank would be the big bucks
it would make using leased space in a building built
with student dollars. Its location would put otner
Lincoln banks at a gross disadvantage; its utilities
would be provided free by the University.
This is a financially tough time for the Union.
The few thousand dollars savings generated by
opening a bank in the building would bolster its
budget. . .
But letting a commercial, profit making business
have space originally intended for University's use
is contrary to the philosophy of a Union.
In the future, this action could be used to
justify delegating more and more space to
businesses to save the Union's financial skin. All
could be rationalized as conveniences for the
students and faculty.
Students who object to a bank usurping space
that is now theirs should protest to Mike McGahan,
Union Board president, or to the regents.
Letters to McGahan can be mailed to the Union.
Letters to the regents should be sent to the
Systems Office Building.
Randy Beam
Pat serves food stamps as the stomach burns
Good morning, housewives and other shut ins. It's
time for another chapter of "Tooth and Naif'-the
heartwarming story of a poor Whittier lad naci:d
Dick and his lifelong struggle upward from poverty to
at last achieve, through di-termiiiotJon, firit and th
Internal Revenue Seiv're ;xvptty.
As we join Di( touuy, 1 and his loyal wife-, Pdt,
are in the breakfast nook of their, little white hem.
Pat's reading the iapr. Dick looks glum.
i Pat: Listen to this, dear. We made the'Atew York
Times' list.
Dick (bri-jhiening): Ten Bast Dressed? Ten !v)o:t
Admirfid?
Pat: No, dear. The 100 Nr-ediert Families,
j Dick: Oil. Say, I wonder whv Belie hain't (flArid
ririy caifs? I know he' .'I Jnrp. I'll give him rfiarfH
does.) Hello, Debt-, old buddy? IhH is DitV. No,
Dick. D as in Denver. I as in Idaho. C as in . . . Mrlo?
Hello? We've been cut off
Pat: I'm sony, dear. Ycur check Ixjuncod. DuT
somebody named Studs, leiktl called . for an
interview.
Dick: Well, I'm glad we're not fcrflottfjr.. Shhh!
Look dignified. Here they corne. (A urc'Jp cf tourists
file in and out, chattering and snapping pictures.) I'm
charging them $5 a head for the full tour now,
Pat: I noticed that new neon sign over the south
portico. "White House Bowl." How's business?
Dick: Terrible. I wish a head of state would visit
and take us out to dinner. No offense, but that dish
you made lost niht was awful.
Pat: It's haid preparing adequate meals with food
stamps.
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- Dick: So that's what those were. Remind me to
increase the quality of our food stamp program. For
some reason, my heart goes out to the needy these
days.
Pat: You're always thinking of others, dear. But
couldn't you just get us a loan to tide us over?
Dick: I applied at the Friendly Loan Co. But I had
to 'tell them all our property was mortgaged to the
hilt, the IRS garnished my salary, and I didn't have a
permanent address.
Pat: What did they say?
Dick: They said they weren't that friendly. But
don't worry. We'll be on easy street after the garage
sale.
Pat: The garage sale?
Dick (rubbing his hands): Yes, it's 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
on the south lawn. There'll be all that furniture they
wouldn't let me deduct. And those papers they
wouldn't let me write off. And my private tape
collection! , ...
Pat: Oh, dear, not those tapes you love so much!
Dick (nobly): We all have to make sacrifices.
Besides, there aren't many left. And, confidentially,
they're not in very good condition.
Pat (tearfully): To think we should be reduced to
selling your precious tapes. I can't help feeling Wilbur
Mills was right and your financial difficulties will
force you to resign.
Dick (stoutly): Neverl Wilbur Mills was dead
wrong for twe reasons. First, as I have said many
times, the job needs me.
Pat: Oh, I'm so proud of your courage in
adversity. What's the second reason, dear!
Dick (gloomily): Frankly, I need the job.
(Copyright Chronkla Publishing Co.)
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Dear editor,
Last Saturday, a large group of students, concerned with the
mass killing of thousands of unborn children, picketed In front of
Pershing AuditO'ium at the Republican Founders' Day luncheon.
They weren't opposed to Nelson Rockefeller; they opposed his
act of vetoing a bill to repeal New York's abortion law of 1970.
In protesting his appearance, they meant to protest against all
abortionists.
Albert Schweitzer said, "If a man loses reverence for any part
of life, he will lose reverence for all life." Since January 22, 1973,
American society has officially lost reverence for a part of life.
This was a very tiny step to see If we can regain that reverance.
We, the undersigned, would like to thank the news media, on
behalf of those present at the demonstration, for the fair and
im partial coverage they save the picketers.
Marian Krontz
Kay Hiteras
Jennie Herink
Michael Houlihan
Ann Eiberger
Philip Hunt
Richard Nemec
. The President's house.
page 4
daily nebraskan
Dear editor,
I would like to personally thank head Track Coach Frank
Sevigne for cutting my competition season from seven meets to
six meets. It really pleases me to know someone is concerned
with conserving my personal energy and keeping me and the
other weightmen from reaching our competition peak until
sometime this summer.
Wayne Ritchie
april 12, 1974
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