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edibrio a f ' -& mm9 mmm Daily Nebraskan gets Nuclear greeting TOf lUb design transfusion Perhaps we should reintroduce ourselves. We're still the Daily Nebraskan, but we've taken on a new look. A university is constantly changing. Each year the student body takes on new blood in transfusions from high schools. Thoughts and goals, ideas and interests respond to mental tides-high and idealistic one year, low and mundane the next. The business of a university newspaper is to capture those tides in print, to bind a sprawling campus together with bonds of information, to provide a place in its editorial pages for mental jousting in a war of ideas. We hope the new design, still in an experimental stage, will express the individuality of this semester's staff and the uniqueness of this year's students. When fully completed, it should improve readability, provide more flexibility and lend itself to creativity. A semester of smeared ink, blurred pictures and generally poor reproduction has prompted a change in printers. This semester's Daily Nebraskan will be printed by Sun Newspapers of Lincoln, Inc. The change of printers, in turn, prompted the creation of a magazine supplement which will appear Wednesdays beginning Jan. 22. Each week the supplement will explore in depth a subject of interest to this campus. An unexpected growth in the size of the Daily Nebraskan last semester (at least one issue reached 24 pages) forced the purchase of a new typesetting system, which began service with this issue. The old system, purchased last summer when 16-page papers seemed large, quickly proved inadequate. The new system will yield speed and efficiency while leaving room for growth. What hasn't changed is the Daily Nebraskan's dedication to informing and entertaining the students, faculty and administrators of both the City and East Campuses. Ron Wheeler will be handling the art and cartooning again this semester. Sharon Johnson will write a food and nutrition column. Amy Struthers, Bruce Nelson, Joe Dreesen and Rick Johnson will write editorial' columns. Having introduced ourselves, we'd like to know what you think-about our new look and about a semester that starts with students skiing around Broyhill Fountain and with three members of the NU Board of Regents under 30 years of age. Wes Albers Humanity finally has stopped slobbering its idealistic predictions for a Utopian new year and we cynics are only beginning to recover from our gales of laughter. Nevertheless, we have managed, between our tears of mirth, to turn out some gloomy thoughts which hopefully will dampen your spirits more than slobber. Perhaps the best bit of deterioration for which we cynics eagerly await is that 1975 is going to see several more nations scrambling to join the nuclear club. Israel admits it has been producing warheads although they haven't been tested openly. Naturally, this is making the Arab states a mite uncomfortable and they're determined, if necessary, to contribute to the atomic Armageddon. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's recent staiement that the United States is not above using military force if suffering industrial strangulation has not contributed to any ban-the-bomb movements in the Middle East. The statement has contributed, however, to the tarnishing of Kissinger's image as a man of finesse and political aplomb. The United States would probably go to war for a lot less than industrial strangulation, but one usually doesn't word the truth so blatantly. India is sure to retort that she is not above using military force if the West refuses to share its food. New Delhi will spend between two and three billion dollars next year on atomic research, supposedly for peaceful purposes. I guess one is to believe that India's nuclear test last year was the latest development in farm irrigation. India has signed a bilateral accord of nuclear assistance with Argentina, which, I guess, is also having irrigation problems. Actually, it is obvious that whoever straps on the nuclear gunbelt in South America is going to control the town. At least it is obvious to Brazil, who has been dropping international hints that she too would like nuclear assistance. Coupled with this increase in the nuclear club is a move by the Pentagon towards a "limited nuclear strike force." Previously, the strategy of the U.S. was to prevent nuclear war by insuring that if an attack was made, then we would retaliate with everything so that mutual destruction would be guaranteed. The new strategy gives us the freedom, supposedly, to fight only limited nuclear war and thus escape total holocaust. This thinking, however, obviously increases the chances of war in general and, of course, the ensuing radiation from such limited wars. Irregardless, as the "nuclear club" gets bigger, we're going to be exposed to more radiation anyway, as a result of nuclear testing. This has a couple of secondary consequences. First, it makes moot the argument over using nuclear energy for industry. We might as well use it if we're going to be exposed to more radiation anyway from nuclear tests. bruce nelson the cynic's corner Second, there will be an increase in the guessing games as to where your unborn baby's arms are going to be growing. And, the growing nuclear club will upset the present balance of power. World War I was a good example of the consequences of a deteriorating balance of power. Oh, I almost forgot one more promising tidbit. Terrorists will probably get their hands on an atom bomb or two in 1975. So I strongly suggest that if you've been considering purchasing a color television, you get one immediately to watch the world blow up in living color and in prime time. It will be lovely! Pa9ef0Ur " ' ' " 1975
