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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1975)
editorial ptaten OONT TEIL ME TUE RB&lSViKWii moan? hau am cur mzm i HOW DO X KMU) WHAT ZWAtiT to TAkt a half ym fmKw? m if i r ntwrn mi, l LOit Mi MlOltlTY. mike m i gowotddig up Move m a ttfiosir? tO DOtfT TELL m THE Meters mvt comb en joonf THE pAtkBTs mvt nor coms. our, YBT, I t HVt1 THAT, Dear editor; I really feel that people who support the abolition of the student fee allocation system should, at the very least, rethink their position within the so-called academic community. Somewhere these people are missing a big point: the influx of a wide variety of ideas and data available to the student body is the least we should expect as part of the offerings of a half-way decent university. Having talked to a number of folks who are adamantly against the present fee situation, I -find they tend to consider themselves conservatives, are more accurately described as reactionaries and sound like book burners. The major hassles they usually allude to are not really that fees are spent, but who and what they are spent on. I feel that the fees which bring speakers and ideas to campus in any sort of public forum are a valid way to spend student money-no matter what the ideas. Especially when one considers the lack of intellectual diversity in our quaint little prairie outpost-the unique village of Lincoln. ("Unique" coming from two Latin root words: "unus" meaning one and "equus" meaning horse). The fees are, admittedly, a form of taxation. And getting used to this probably is part of getting ready for life in the real world for some folks. Consider, for a minute, if taxation for schools, public health programs, libraries, etc. was simply optional for each taxpayer, Especially in times of tight money. Scary, isn't it? , I'm a working student and, much to my dismay, this makes attending a lot of things impossible. But I can't begrudge the portion of my fees which supports them. On the contrary, I would vote for an increase if it would assure a steady flow of reasonably well-attended speakers and imported personalities. Even intellectual lightweights like Josh (with his repugnant "if I can't find evidence to disprove" a proposition, then it must be real and true" psuedo-logic) would be valid. I wouldn't step across the street to be insulted by the man but this is my value. Personally, I am hard-pressed to understand whv someone would come to any public university for an education and then form or" participate in a group which dedicates itself to working to limit the data, ideas and experiences of the intellectual community as a whole. Possibly they should consider transferring to a small, religious college where the men of God screen out "bad think". Or perhaps they could redirect their negativism toward such things as spending taxpayers' money to pamper the regents, flying them first class to sporting events, etc. Don Sutton Builder's Red Coat Committee is interviewing for an assistant chairman. Applications are available in Union rm. 345. Interviews: 3:30 Friday March 14 JUL M. Coma to the clpper styliof shop for a haircut that's yoa. We've moved just across tb street to an afi-naw modern shep. Ie can restyb yecr whola look from regular haircuts and bir styiig to hair coloring ad facials. Coma visit us fa cur nsw location. 1 friday, march 14, 1975 The Gfipper 124 IL 12th Oet There oA (v&me&e) ' -jl",!lk. B WW y H"lli uiim u in urn 1 MM p!IK!Ulwj Wk f ""1 JLm. J Lx., gmaJ I I I rvi tJ tef m 'mm m rtmw f&MTKM of frUM Of IZCr WUEM WtPIMy ANP AT P&rlHMN6r Of WAVE CPZW rtfWMH? M0TIOH. Mfr? A-lUWr LEO PLEX WUEM amp rraxcY' flPGT WAVE 4E&U MUCH. himejf 'innervation mnoeo durinq the l&?f Zoo uerl - Hur cod I him into a mtUmlj etfcrW&z? movement uour7 nouu before the dewwd axtrum the dipplbj. a4 b-Mjl&?4 colors mJ J?iiUXJk:mJ St J iJ " " vf 1 I I I. .,'4 daily nebraskan page 5 i
