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? Y Y 'V' r V V v -V V- V V V 'w 001010 tfBtfMfifii OiQ . i . 1 a ...... Vm:." Student ignorance nullified gripes "Don't ask me; I only work here." The majority of UNL students probably would have to give that answer, if asked about the workings of this University. Although many students gripe about the ri:!e.c governing their lives on campus, most ho e oo i lea who even helped make those ruLs . . 1 he Daily Nebraskan recently held inter views for persons interested in becoming reporters. To test their awareness of campus -iffaiis, all 12 applicants were asked who the chairman of CSL is. No one knew. When asked what CSL stood for, again no one could answer correctly. Th.j Council on Stucent Life (CSL) can dvcidson any matter that takes place outside o! the classroom. It is the group that decides such questions as whether campus religious groups can solicit in residence halls. It approves plans for coed floors in those same halls. It recommends changes in the UNL Student Code of Conduct. In short, the Council is probably one of the most powerful groups on campus. Yet few students know it exists. When asked other questions about campus leaders, the applicants' responses ranged from silence to the absurd. No one knew who the NU president is. If he had heard them, D.B. Varner probably would wonder if all his work had been for naught. One interviewee thought Ken Bader was a reporter on the Daily Nebraskan staff! All of these persons and groups make front page news in the campus newspaper and regularly appear in both city papers. The applicants seemed to represent a cross section of the UNL student population. They probably were as aware as the average student here. And yet, students won't refrain from criticizing the restrictions placed on them or the "mickey mouse" they are forced to go through to accomplish something. Until they learn whose thumb they are under, students can't hope to ease the pressure. Nor do they deserve the change. Jane Owens Mr. Kissinger 'trips' across world Just when it became fashionable in Washington to attack Mr. Kissinger, he went off on another one of his trips to end the Cold War, stem famine in Asia, stop the ancient blood feud between Greece and Turkey, bring lasting peace to the (would you believe it?) Middle East and win the heart of The Tooth Fairy. Anyone who has ever attempted a trip like this realizes the incredible problems Mr. Kissinger faces day after day the most orthuf hoppe tjnnocent bystander ncredible being his attempt to keep day after day, of where on earth he is. track, "Henry, I don't think you should have said at the banquet tonight, Mndira, dear, I'm glad to see you're losing weight." ' "You mean because of the famine here in India, Nancy? Perhaps you're right." "No, I mean because that wasn't Mrs. Ghandi, Henry. That was General Whatshis name of Pakistan." "No wonder; he asked me if I was still tilting. I explained that I lost the heel of my left shoe climbing the Pyramids. But what was he doing here in New Delhi? The Pakistanis hate the Indians." "We're not in New Delhi, dear. We're in Bangladesh. Either that or Kabul." "It must be Kabul. The Pakistanis hate the Bangladeshians, too. But if it's Tuesday, this must be Ankara." "I think we crossed a dateline, Henry. Therefore, it's either Monday or Wednesday depending on whether you forgot io set your watch ahead or back." "Well, Nancy, at least I firmly told them they would have to withdraw their troops if they expected to achieve a lasting peace." "That's nice, dear. Who?" "Who? The Israelis, of course. Or maybe it was the Turks. But peace is peace. And I was further able to promise the other increased grain shipments because they were obviously peace loving." "The pacifist Indians, dear?" ' "No, I think it must have been the Russians. The Indians have the bomb and we are irritated with them. Where are my clean shirts?" "Don't worry, Henry. I sent them out last Monday and they promised to have them back today." "Back where?" "Back wherever we were last Monday." If Mr. Kissinger makes it home safely from a trip around the world like that, we can be sure it will survive. Not the world. His marriage, Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1974 - - v " Students critical jbf educational quality s 61 neither special Having a weekly opjnion.column the result nor cause of any 'sort Aisrtnm . " W with this 'in mlri'd.T'Bfobtfed myse f and my tvnPXAritor down in the middle.; of the Centennial Education Program's Commons Room and asked the opinion of anvone who passed by. 1 The answers to "What do you th?nk of the quality of education at . the University of Nebraska?" varied.:? . , ,' -I- "You get out of this University jwhat you nut intn it. If vou want to find good nrofessors. vou have to look for them. They don't just happen." relations 'are ori- tf$ademics. "It stinks...,. Public pntPd toward footballt.ai Faculty and administration are too concernea with mundane things, such as money and enforcing the rules;... The Le'gMstaki re doesn't place a high priority on education. They watch every dime and penny and keep appropriations as tight as they can. ...The administration doesn't really show a genuine interest in the student or his welfare. They're bureaucrats; they would rather hassle you than help you." "...Many times test grades ,-will be completely independent of what you learn in Mm class, zero c6rr0latiorrcrjne4chers create an incredibly intffnipating ;atmosphire for students.... They makeithermfeel a$ though they were watching them on TV screens." i-. "The professors aren't paid enough... and it causes a lesser education than could be possible." V, "It's very easy to blame your own inadequacies on , the system. If it; doesn't eem perfectly set up to dp what you want it to do, you can bend it. I ve never had any trouble getting it. to do what I want! What's wrong with the" University? Mainly the people who are here... Pointing yourifinger at athletics and saying it is the problem'with the scnooi is me easy way ouj... vvny am i in Centennial?. It's the,:'only7jlaice I can; think of where I can get six hourscreclit fordoing next to nothing. J "...I've only had five or six professors I would consider worth my $18. The University is a preparation for life. By the time a student manages to graduate, he is familiar with all forms of bureaucracy, administrative crap, jargon, conventional restrictive behaVior and as many ways to circumvent and make use of them." ., ; ! . i . "This is a small, rural state, jand you don't have the tax and citizen' support you would in a larger state, because it is professionals who support education." "UNL is locked at for its athletics rather than academics, so taxpayers jand the legislature don't see academics ? needing money... .It's ridiculous,: Where are your priorities?" it 1 iSi Dear Editor, In her article of Frl. Nov. 7, Amy Struthers demonstrates an obvious misunderstanding cf exhi bitionism and the individuals who seek "visual masturbation" experiences. The exhibitionist derives satisfaction through the shock effect of his actions. He is not inclined to physical assault and simply exposes his body. The same is true of the "masturbator." That individual is "stuck" in his sexual development. He has never been able to move on to a gratifying sexual encounter with women and settles for the excitement of "masturbating from afar." Furthermore, a hostile attitude is damaging. The janitor who masturbated needs to have his problem clarified to himself so he can work it through. His is no more grounds for dismissal particular deviation than homosexuality. Lastly, that the examples in Struthers' column are indicative that "only men can inflict this kind of intimidation upon women" is outrageous. Such an attitude is no more than a blindly furious outcry towards men based on a vague grudgej instead of a clearly differentiated, meaningful anger An individual allowed to accept Wform of sexual expression can grow into a potential fuller sexualitv (obviously rape and sexual esfcaalty presenf certain LSS al0 Lation or oppression in cAi.iuiiiuiiiom, vioucn-niuMurDaiion ' or in ttS ante as a nuriucunagmg acuvny. " accept- l..., PauT Hudson J Wednesday nVembr 13, 1974 pag'e 4 daily nebraskan . . r k ft A . A ,