editorial
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Housing program
.Continued from p.4
The regents' claim that they represent the wishes
of their constituents may be open to question, too.
Few students that I know or have talked to have
parents who believe they have raised socially
irresponsible sons or daughters. The regent's data on
this subject is a three-year-old poll that was poorly
planned and executed.
With these thoughts in mind, it would not seem
unreasonable to expect that a differentiated housing
1 4 1 t t
program encompassing au living options wouia nave
been adopted long ago. Evidence supporting such a
program indicates such a program is long overdue.
If reasonableness is indeed on the side of the
students, I don't know why a one-year moratorium
should be so passively accepted. Holding out hope
that great benefits will be reaped next year by sitting
back on one's heels this year is a nice hope, but it
may be slightly naive.
Of course, implacable hostility will gain nothing,
but continuous, firm pressure is certainly needed. If
the regents are indeed reasonable men then the
evidence speaks for itself.
If on the other hand, the regents are being
unreasonable, it is time to show them as such. I
would hope that future students and student leaders
would not let the regents slip off the hook by saying
that thlir constituencies will not condone a totally
differentiated housing program. It is time for a
professional poll on constituent views-the university
has many social scientists highly competent in survey
techniques, why not use them? This would seem to
be a valid project for ASUN and the regents to work,
on.
For their' part, students have more than
demonstrated their reasonableness in presenting
proposals which' can be validly supported. I hope next
year will be one of firm positive action to justify this
year's inaction.
The frill is gone, but normality will soon return
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"Damn those no frill flights!"
The instant success of "no-frill flying" spelled the end of
America's frill-crazed generation.
The move by the hard-pressed air lines to cut prices by
eliminating frills clearly made sense. Flying in the rear of an
aircraft while munching on a cold mashed-potato sandwich became
the status-conscious thing to do. And those few passengers who
still insisted on paying double to ride first class were looked down
upon as addle-pated wastrels.
Overnight, frills were out. No-frills were in.
Economically, cutting prices by eliminating frills seemed the
obvious solution to the rising cost of living. And manufacturers
vied with each other to keep up with the new trend.
Who will ever foreet the 1976 Model U Ford? By eliminating
such frills as streamlining, chromium, cigaret lighters, dashboards,
automatic windshield wipers, windshields, roofs and self-starters,
Ford was able to cut prices more than $1000. Everyone wanted
one of these new status symbols.
Across the land, men discarded, such frills as wearing jackets in
hot weather or neckties at any time. High -fashion designers
brought out "the burlap bag look," employing authentic burlap
bags.
The advent of Glunk was a boon. A tasteless paste composed of
soy beans, alfalfa sprouts and assorted chemicals, cold Glunk and
water provided all that was needed to keep a body alive. And it did
away with the frills of shopping and cooking.
Young men seeking "a meaningful no-frill relationship" would
simply approach young ladies with the question, "Will you or
won't you?" And no one ever asked, "How are you?" unless they
really wanted to know.
"At last," people said, as they cast the accumulated cultural
bric-a-brac out of their lives, "we are returning to real values!"
Unfortunately, it appeared as though America was also headed
toward becoming an incredibly dull society, with everyone wearing
unadorned uniforms, living in unadorned barracks, forswearing
such frills as music, art and the theater and eating nothing but
Glunk.
What saved the nation was the spirit of competition.
National Airlines added "a cold snack" on its no-frill flights.
Ford offered a self-starter "for those tired of cranking" as an
optional accessory on its 1977 Model U. An embroidered violet
appeared on burlap bag dresses that fall. Chocolate-flavored Glunk
proved a hit. And young swains began telling young maidens,
"When I look into your eyes, I get a real frill."
Competition being what it is, in no time the air lines were
providing free Napoleon brandy and topless symphony orchestras
on their no-frill flights.
And the country was back to normal.
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