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"All animals are equal, but some
animals are more equal than
others."
George Orwell used this maxim in
Animal Farm to justify government
control by the pigs. He might as
well have been describing the UNL
library lending system.
Revised this year, the UNL Library
Lending Code ostensibly Is designed
"to allow every authorized patron,
no matter, what his classification,
equal privilege and access to the
material."
True, undergraduate and graduate
students are fined equally for
overdue books and other materials.
Faculty members, however, are not
fined for overdue materials, except
for those on reserve used "for
courses in which they are enrolled."
Faculty members having overdue
materials or "called in" reserved
books face such formidable sanc
tions as notices, letters and
telephone calls from the library
staff. If these do not result in the
book's return, the staff sends the
faculty member and his. department
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acuity
chairman another letter.
Instead of sending a similar letter
to the delinquent student patron and
his mother, the library staff spanks
him only monetarily.
Students must pay fines on books
and periodicals of $1 the first day
and 10 cents each following day. On
reserve materials, the student is
fined 50 cents the first hour and 10
cents each following hour. If the
student has checked out a reserve
book and it is called in to the library
because another patron needs it, he
also can be penalized. If the book is
not returned after two requests, the
student is billed for the book and is
assessed a $5 billing fee when it is
returned.
In addition, students must bring
books to the library branch where
they are shelved in order to renew
them. Faculty members can renew
books by mail.
For a system touted as being
"equal" and "uniform," the Library
Lending Code contains some
curious provisions.
Jane Owens
To the Students of UNL: . .
We would like to stress the importance of each
UNL student taking the time to consider what his or
her $3.50 contribution to PACE can do.
The strength of the PACE program is drawn from
Individuals who are conscientious about the needs or
others and who want to see their own small
contribution merge with others to achieve significant
reThose who choose not to contribute to PACE are
likely to observe in retrospect that their $3.50
"saving" was spent frivolously.
A Saturday night trek to "P" Street Is indicative of
the investment priorities of many UNL students.
Voting "no" on PACE is a refusal to participate in
a united, humanistic effort which seeks to increase
educational opportunities for low-income students.
An increase in PACE revenue also will benefit
middle income students by allowing money that was
formerly used to meet critical needs to alleviate
lesser, but still genuine, needs. n rn n ,
Think about the last time you spent $3.50. Back
PACE
The Innocents Society
Angel lays down punishment to 'Great Man'
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The;j, Great Man sat on the desolate
bea4fcarbiSMSwo!!cn leg propped up toward
the sullen sky. The Recording Angel
appeared before him, bathed in golden
light, pen and scroll in hand.
The Great Man looked up and sighed.
"You have come at last to judge me?"
The Angel shook his head, "( have merely
come to record your punishment. You have
already been judged by your fellow man."
The Great Man brightened. "Yes, a full
and complete pardon," he said. "I have it
here somewhere..."
"You have been pardoned by just one of
your fellow men," said the Angel. "I fear
the rest either hate or pity you.
The Great Man's head seemed to retreat
into his shoulders. He glanced sideways at
the Angel. "They always hated me. All my
life they hated me. There was no one I
could trust."
"You were too suspicious," the Angel
said.
"But I never cared," the Great Man said,
the perspiration breaking out on his upper
lip. "I didn't want their love. I wanted their
respect. And I earned it."
'! suppose you did," the Angel said.
"No one overcame more adversities in his
struggle to the top than I," the Great Man
said. His fist clenched. "Everyone was
against me. But I showed them. And when
I reached the top, I opened new avenues of
peace after a generation , of , distrust. I
single-handedly pulled mankind back from
the brink of self-destruction."
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"But I wanted the respect not only of my
fellow man," the Great Man said, "but of
history, of gernerations yet unborn." His
eyes grew dreamy. "I was the greatest man
on earth, you know."
"Yes, you soared to the stars and
plummeted like a meteor," the Angel said.
"You have all the qualities of a tragic hero."
The Great Man sat straighter. "Yes, yes,
a tragic hero. Will they tell stories, write
plays and sing of me in years to come?"
"It depends on the ending," the Angel
said. "A tragic hero requires a gloriously
tragic ending."
"I could, like Marc Anthony, throw
myself on my sword," the Great Man said
, thoughtfully. .,, ,,
"Today, you would only be thought a
psychopath.
"Perhaps someone will murder me, like
Caesar," said the Great Man hopefully.
"You are too isolated, too heavily
guarded."
"It's too bad they don't behead people or
burn them at the stake anymore," the Great
Man said. "The least they can do is chain
me in a dungeon to suffer the privations..."
"You have been pardoned," the Angel
said. "Perhaps that was the cruellest act of
all "
"What will they do with me then?" the
Great Man said.
"Nothing," said the Angel. "They will try
to forget you. They will hope you will
vanish. They will wait for the ending."
"But what is the ending?" the Great Man
cried desperately.
The Anael again shook his head. "There
Is no possible ending," he said.
"No ending? But then what is my
punishment?"
"That," said the Angel, making an entry
on his scroll, "is your punishment."
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daily ncbraskan
Wednesday, September 25, 1974
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