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Writing ain't so good th
No wonder students can't write so
good.
In recent years, neither high schools
nor colleges have placed much impor
tance on teaching composition. Instead,
their English curricula have concen
trated on such subjects as poetry, fiction
and drama.
These areas are vital to a complete
education, of course, but an understand
ing of the English language must
underlie them. Without this basic
understanding, a student never acquires
the ability to interpret and to comment
on literature.
Students must learn to use language
on paper as well as in speech. Not only
is it important to the study of English, it
also extends to other academic areas
and to such future concerns as job
opportunities.
Many professors are appalled at the
poor quality of students' term papers.
What they might not realize is these
students never nave been taught how to
write.
Many high schools now offer students
several' options to fulfill their English
requirements most of which stress
literature at the expense ' of
and composition.
. .UNL freshmen also can con ;
six-hour English, requ'ifeeic1
variety' cf classes, on.'y two ,
specifically deal with comport ti-v
- Wf Sting skills usually ere.r.oi
op osmosis. - They take? ' con,;.-
v. ed y sornet h i ng wtwh i not 1
by inany schools.
English requirements -in In '
scfiools and ccilenae- need
reexamined.
Perhaps students should 0 .' r.
to fake more hours c eomposibu'
ninth through twelfth grades. '"
till; should have to take 0
deficiency exam vvheu U - ;
college. Those foiling the e
Love to enroll in a cc rnposittf-? -correct
the deficiency. Be;
a such a basic skili. perir-;
Hon should be -required c
frashmen.
h shift back to these tooee:-, .
roodo before students can .. .
"pod" and begin wnt.-nc;
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a violators
: Mete: Clay Statmore is a junior at UNL.
- hiving lived on this campus through two
e.if football seasons, and having seen how,
, those seasons, Nebraska's devout fans
on our campus without any apparent
for the laws of the campus (which we, as
".. have to put up with 6V2 days a week) I
.u .-.disgusted. Campus 'Police' and Lincoln
don't even make any attempt to enforce
to; traffic or parking violations which occur.
i.jain, sports fans, there exists a double
;. When Mommy and Daddy come down,
:-, life is a bed of roses. Our law enforcement
r oem to say, "There are no rules you have
v . ibout down here folks."
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ok i onjng to see all of the cars parked on the
oiid sidewalks in front of Henzlik Hall. It is
!o vy.; a VW parked in front of a fire hydrant
0 while two policemen are directing
not more than twenty feet away at 14th and
H disgusting to see the dormitory parking
nnnied full of visitors cars. The double
;fU rcarr, its ugly head again. ,..-(...... '
io ii a, way to combat th,elarrpjesJof ;cas,v I
is no way campus police can catch all
. o Lincoln Police are just as guilty because
A the violations occur between the city line
ret. Enforcement Isn't going, to scare,,
i Jicted football fans and the almighty
,vit!N..fr-s,i)ijqide them to park three or
r; further away in legal parking stalls.
(Oil out the two trucks on football
. Let them tow the cars parked on the
and grass and in front of hydrants.
violators pay for the towing alone will
re violations. Word will get around that
me"s with Campus Police because they
mer.r,. Campus 'security' will not earn
! one. until they do their duty as police.
0ik louder than words. I say enforce all
! the time.
Clay Statmore
Irate Student
"Oh my God!"
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The nation's medical forces and the public
have adopted a new policy in recent yea?. 3.
It's called preventive medicine.
With all the new miracle drugs advertised,
charity fund drives taken up (cancer
research, cystic fibrosis, etc.) and national
politicians getting sick, people suddenly are
aware of how many diseases there are to
worry about. And they are worrying.
For the second year in a row, October was
designated "Immunization Action Month,"
and this year biocK-iong iines of peopie arc
waiting outside doctors' offices for massive
vaccinations.
Swahilian influenza, the common cold,
chronic acute indigestion (from overeating)
and mononucleosis are featured this week,
"You can't be too careful," said one
nervous young man coming out of the office,
"Who knowsI could wake up tomorrow
with phlebitis. Then what would I do? I'd lose
my job. My family would starve..."
"I can breathe so much easier knowing my
children are protected from measles, mumps,
and chicken pox," said one concerned
mother. "Remember how those deadly
diseases used to kill off our youngsters by
the thousands.?"
"Of course, I lived through them oil," she
said. "But I always was abnormally healthy.
In fact, there was probably something wrong
with me."
A 20-year-old Los Angeles woman because
the first person in history Tuesday to Re
injected with a vaccination against smog.
"Did you know there's not one square inch of
fresh air left on the whole planet earth?" ; he
irnpiored as she dashed off r her car,
In urban areas, secretaries and other vhdo
col id r workers are taking hormone injections
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to stimulate one ,od o
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furllier. "And c
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: 1 -e vaccination drives in the '60s indicate the
, ' ventive function was outweighed by the
o (p'ltivo uide effects?"
"Oh, don't Viorry about that," he assured
ee "We're ending immunization month
Oct. 31 (that's Halloween, you know) with a
catch-all" vaccination, designed to immu
nize against any immunization side affects,
d o a combination of all the others plus some
now miracle substances."
"i coed' '
Unavoidably, laboratory research to devel
? so many new vaccinations is costing
one. One source estimates the annual cost
staying healthy is 153 higher than the
r capita expense five years ago of being
Oli, let's see," said one man. "I guess
; leave spent about $10,000 altogether for
coronations, -checkups, preventive drugs,
-'-o, this year."
"isn't that a little expensive?"
Ido became indignant."Don't you know $1
,.o!h of prevention is worth a penny of
f ore? he asked.
' Arid this way I don't have to worry about
popor living habits-getting nutritution,
Wtt,n3 three - well-balanced meals, getting
; :nue,h exercise, sleeping regularly. I can
o .?. emokeand drink all I want, and we don't
: 70 10 Pfjn':i all that money cleaning up the
' H.oronmcnt. Isn't it great what modern
needed con da?
.. 'r;:G'3 feason I took out a
: eid' ;0 inflation insurance policy last week
- ' o spend all the money I want and feel
uf5 about it."
'drdlatioii insurance?"
m"' yo(J know? November is
ifisurance month. ! think they're
:f: " il r' campaign for preventive living..."
thursday, October 10, 1974