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daily nebraskan Wednesday, august 20. 1975 edited! 85th year continues tradition of changes m . .... m i Viic cpmtr's naners to he As Daily Nebraskan staffs come and go, so changes the look and content of the paper. Some of the changes have been welcomed, others criticized, by our readers. But all have been made in the spirit of experimentation that college allows us. This fall marks the beginning of our 85th year of publication, and we don't mean to stop changing now. The major alteration in this volume of the Daily Nebraskan is a move from five to six columns of advertisements a move prompted by finances, but one that increases our freedom in available news space. The new ad format also lets us standardize our column widths, which we hope will make many stories easier to read. Another change will be found in the magazine supplement begun last semester. Formerly called Midweek;, this year's four to eight page pull-out section of in-depth articles is titled Third Dimension. New features this semester inciuae ineouuic Bernstein of the New York Times, whose "Bernstein on Words" column will run at least twice weekly. Also courtesy of the Times, we are reviving the daily crossword, an addition we're sure will be welcomed by students taking large lecture classes. For students planning study or travel in Europe this winter or spring, we will publish occasional overseas articles from the Christian Science Monitor news service. expect this semesters papers to De Digger than ever, and our sports and entertainment sections should expand accordingly. We also hope to increase our coverage of off-campus news, and are trying to get a daily news-in-brief column covering national and international events. " And since bigger papers require a bigger staff, we've added a third person to our news desk. Twenty full-time reporters will be supervised by news editors Randy Gordon and Lori Demo, while awnmita nAUfC Hltrtr fnst Hill Will UTArlr ttitU And because this semester we come to the end ts editor Larry Stunkle and a soon-to-be-hired of International Women's Year and the eve of the entertainment editor. Bicentennial, reporters will prepare weekly features (We wsh a parenthetical good luck to Susan on women who played both major and minor roles Edwards entertainment editor for the special in the American Revolution. edition, who has left the Daily Nebraskan to follow We'll continue to run Pulitzer prizewinner Don up job offers from three Colorado papers.) Wright's editorial cartoons, as well as Ralph, staff At the copy desk, managing editor Stan Linhorst artist Ron Wheeler's answer to Mary Worth. and layout editor Michele Schmal will crack the Ragtime will continue to provide a look at the whip over four hard-working copy editors, camous of 1915, -while the San Francisco As we begin regular publication Monday, we'll Under the editorship of Vince Boucher, Third Chronicle's Arthur Hoppe gives us the last word on experiment with the design, graphics and format of Dimension will run on Wednesday, each week foreign and domestic issues. the Daily Neorasxan, it s a versatile medium, so examining a different topic of interest to students. As the size of the special edition indicates, we bear with us a week or so while we try our wings. We may be 85, but we're not too old to learn Michael Hilligoss: new tricks. Rebecca Brite Vine Street Irregulars The Vine Street Irregulars have recently come to my attention through a personal acquaintance known within this underground organization by the code name "Yossarian. Having given him my assurance that his anonymity will he preserved it is now possible for me to report to you on the secret operations of this little-known, loose-knit group of rebels within the University. In this first report I can give only a limited sketch of the objectives and organizational structure of the VSI, but in future columns I will be able to give more details of the charges mad by the Vine Street Irregulars against the university and its lackeys. The VSI, as I have come to understand from Yossarian, is composed of a handful of disillusioned but capable graduate students who are dedicated to freedom of speech and action within graduate life and education at the university. They are opposed to all form of academic repression and administrative ripoff. In future reports I will be able to review for you several case studies of these problems that have been compiled by the investigative arm of the VSI. The group functions through an informal network of interdepartmental contacts. Yossarian tells me that one or two members of the VSI usually can be found in every academic department with a graduate program at UNL. Formal organization apparently is made impossible by the fear (real or imagined) of departmental and university retaliation. It was with this fear of reprisal heavy on his conscience that Yossarian came to me and asked that I help give the allegations of the VSI against the university widespread publication and discussion. . He is convinced that the majority of graduate students will feel considerable sympathy with the aims of the VSI once the issues have been clearly presented. Although I could not assure him that UNL students will be responsive, I have agreed to conclude each forthcoming report with Yossarian's concrete proposals for individual student action in support of the Vine Street Irregulars. Editor's note: Hilligoss is "an old family name" claimed by Michael Hilt a Hi J), student in geography. His reports from the VSI underground will appear every Wednesday. Bruce Nelson; Cynic's Corner many readers at the sight of 'Isn't there enough cynicism and The Daily Nebraskan welcomes letters to the editor and guest opinions. Choices of notarial published wilfbe based on timeliness and originality. Letters must be accompanied by the writers name, but may be published under a pen name if requested. Guest opinions should be typed, triple-spaced, on nonerasable paper. They should be accompanied by the author's name, class standing and major, or occupation. All material submitted to these pages is subject to editing and condensation, and cannot be returned to tha writer. i J 1 I Jpi i r y The first thought of "Cynic's Corner" may be, pessimism already?" Obviously I don't think so. Cynicism should not be an emotional response but an intellectual attitude toward things, good or bad. Cynicism began as a school of thought that prospered from 350 B.C. to 500 A J). Al thought there is debate over who founded the school-Antisthenes of Athens or Diogenes of Sinope-it is agreed that Diogenes was cynicism's most famous apostle. He is reputed to have wandered the streets of Athens by day with a lighted candle, looking for a virtuous man. Other stories record that by watching a mouse he found that property is not a prerequisite for happiness. The cynics believed life should be unfettered by material possessions or conventions. Manners, courtesy, sexual ?estraints and all institutions from marriage to government became objects of their derision. Life was best when lived like a dog's. Indeed the word cynic came from either the Greek word for doglike, kynikos, or from the name of their gymnasium, the Cynosarges. Diogenes, while critizlng the pretensions and institutions of society, put his emphasis on human fallacies. Today we may pride ourselves on being critical but our criticisms, unlike Diogencs'i, miss the mark. Most of the things wrong today, as in Diogenes'i Athens, stem from the fallacies not of institutions or policies, but of people. The cynics believed life's ultimate goal should be virtue, not intellectual or sensual pleasure. At the same time they knew men to be motivated by crass selfishness. This led to the cynic's skepticism of "sincere" motives. We could learn much from thea mn. We consistently find our ideals betrayed because, unlike the cynics, we put too much faith in people. A little more suspiciousness would help. Cynics are thought to be miserable and unhappy persons. But that's not necessarily true. 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