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letters' to
the editor
The Gateway Bank originally was put in the Union as a
service to students. With their most recent revision policy,
it would seem that the only service they provide is to the
stockholders, rather than their customers.
Previous poor public relations on the part of the bank
lead me to the very brink of removing rny money from
their possession, thumbing my nose at the teller and walk
ing out. I resisted then, but 1 can no longer retain myself.
The earlier experience centered around a well-known
"activity" charge. At that time, it was applied only to
accounts that were overdrawn. A simple math error one
month causes an overdraft in the month and the service
charge causes an overdraft in the next month and the pro
blems compound from there.
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assured that my account would be credited for the over
draft charges which had resulted from the compounding.
However, the account was never credited to my account.
This time the bank started sending checks back plus over
draft charges, plus activity charges.
I can see no just reason for this particular establish
ment to be allowed to remain on state property in a non
profit university.
Cindy Rink
Jim Rinkler
Funds diverted from Love m
This is in reply, to the letter of P. J. Canarske, et. a!.,
printed Jan. 21.
Messrs. Caranrky, et al., seem to be misinformed aboui
the nature of a separate line item in the appropriations
bill. Their letter implies that the separate line item of
$50,000 for the Law Library was an additional appropria
tion which in no way penalized the library budget for the
rest of the university.
But the bill, LB 1054, Sec. 14(2) 1974 Session Laws),
states, "It is the explicit intent of the Legislature that this
amount shall be obtained from within the 1973 to 74 con
tinuation base. . . of the internal administrative budget
document for the UNL Library."
I read this as an instruction to the university to divert
to the Law Library previously appropriated funds in- the
library budget. 1
Messrs. Carnarsky, et al., also argue that the needs of
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'Aw, man, jeez...!'
'Hey, it wasn't me!'
Name this smell. Does it make your nostrils tingle or
your head spin? Here's a hint It was typical of the
unusual fragrance surrounding the Nebraska Union
Thursday. Was it a sewage back up, some freshly
spread organic fertilizer or an odor -of some other
unknown vintage? Your guess is as good as ours
probably better. Only the sniff test will tell.
innocent Q0rn jn fear; quietly dying,
stanoar no. one mourns killer Draft
things. v
The old saw nothing strange in offering a young man
the choice between "the honor of serving his country"
and going to jail.They never thought, forcing a young man
to labor cheaply at tasks he hated was forced labor-or
that making him serve involuntarily in a cause he de
spised was involuntary servitude. They talked of other
things.
Years took toll
They talked of other things wliile the Draft imprisoned
in the armed services close to five million of their off
spring over the years-killing or wounding more than i
third of a million of them in the process.
They talked of other things even when the young at
last rebelled-rallying and rioting, fleeing and going to
jail. "It's the war," said the old. But to the young, the
Draft came before the war. If the old wanted a war, that
was one thing. But to make the young fight and die in
that war. . .
And so the Draft turned the young against their own
country, against their own government, against their own
parents. And the wounds still linger.
In the end, the old allowed the Draft to die, not
because they thought it immoral or dangerous to
democracy, but merely because they no longer needed
it. And they still prefer to talk of other things.
No services are scheduled. No flowers requested. No
mourners invited. Let the dead bury the dead, say the old.
But, if I were young, I should rise at midnight and go
forth to drive a stake through its heart.
(Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1976)
By Arthur Hoppe
The Draft died quietly in its sleep last week after a
lenghty illness. It was 28. . . 1
Selective Service Director Byron Pepitone, who had
been presiding at the bedside, finally pulled the plug by
terminating the Draft's last remaining artificial life
support system-the lottery.
The Draft had been in a seriously weakened condition
since 1972 when it was deprived of its primary source
of energy, young men. Thus, with the termination of the
now-meaningless lottery, it simply ceased to function.
Of surprise and concern to many was that it had died
a natural death.
Admired as a youth
Born in 1948 out of the Cold War by fear, the Draft
was widely admired in its youth as a builder of character. -Known
then as "Universal Military Training," it was view
ed as a benevolent scoutmaster who took poor, weak,
bewildered youth and instilled in them the manly virtues
of strength, order and discipline.
But by the time it reached its prime in the 1960s, no
one had kind word for it. The young had come to
excoriate it as a loathsome beast that threatened their
very lives. To its old defenders it was now, at best, a
necessary evil-an embarrassment like the dog at the other
end of the leash
For it was their creature, this Draft. Afterxall, it was
their role to dream up patriotic wars to fight. And it was
the duty of the young to fight them. The Draft was their
snforcer. But the old, if pressed, would shrug and say that ,
was the way it was and look away and talk of other
law students are "clearly distinguishable" from the needs
of all other UNL library patrons. I find their verbal dis
tinctions to be without any real difference.
Law students may' need access to non-circulating
materials at the Law Library, but undergraduates (and the
graduate students conveniently overlooked by Carnasky,
et. al.) find themselves in a similar position with respect to
the non-circulation material at Love Library. And if you
ever tried checking out ten books at Love to do serious
research, you will discover that even Love has the
attributes of a non-circulation library.
Finally, we need to distinguish those law students
wanting expanded Law Library privileges who make sub
stantial use of non-circulating materials from those who
merely want a convenient study hall where they can
peruse their own books. How much does it cost to hold
the Law Library open those extra hours?
I trust that the above is not "inaccurate and misleading,
addressing the emotional issues rather than the facts."
" Peter A. D. Murphy
vine
irregulars
Student Union 's coffee not
worth its cream and sugar
By Michael Hilligoss
Leonik dropped his empty coffee cup noisily on our
corner table in the Harvest Room at the Nebraska Union.
,rHiiiigoss,' do you reaiize that a second cup of coiiee
here is going to cost me just as much as the first?" he
asked, visibly irritated.
"I agree," 1 said, "It does get a little annoying to have
to pay every time you Want a refill."
"It's not just a matter of inconvience," Leonik pressed,
"The whole Union set-up is indicative of the Union
management's failure to understand and meet the com
mon, every day needs of the majority of students at
Two cups worth
"The matter of free refills for a cup of coffee is minor
but it serves to illustrate my point," he continued. "The
Union management obviously does not realize that any
f;ood intellectual discussion worth its cream and sugar will
ast through at least two cups of coffee! The same is true
for a good novel, essay, or proper preparation for a class
assignment. One cup of coffee just won't do it."
Leonik handed me a brown paper envelope.
"What's this?" I said, opening it carefully.
"Take a look," said Leonik, "It's the VSI's secret re
port on the cost of two cups of coffee. Undercover agents
visited 13 establishments who serve coffee and recorded
the total costs of two cups of coffee, tax included
I have reproduced the basic information below:
THE VSI TWO CUP COFFEE PRICE REPORT
Establishment 1st cup 2nd cup Total Cost
Dippy Domm 21 cents 21 cents 42c.nt
HARVEST ROOM 16 cents 16 cents 32 III !
Hilton Hotel 31 cents free 31 nS
26 cents free 26 cents
16 cents 10 cents 26 cents
26 cents free ' 26 cents
26 cents free 26 cents
21 cents free 21 cents
21 cents free 21 cents
21 cents free 21 cents
21 cents free 21 cents
21 cents free 21 cents
10 cents 10 cents 20 cents
Barrymore's
Hansen's Place
International House
of Pancakes
Scott's Pancake
Shoppe
Burger Chef
Kuhl's Restaurant
Oscar's
Super Sub
Terminal Drug
Mr. "B"Kountry-
Kitchen
You will note," observed Leonik, "That the Harvest
Room of the Nebraska Union was found to be the second
most expensive place to have two cups of coffee. It was
exceeded in cost only by an establishment which (a)
provides 24-hour service, (b) provides waitresses, (c) de
pends on the sale of coffee and donuts for its sole income,
.id) h Pwerl (quite properly) by the profit motive.
But," I interrupted, "The cost of one cup of coffee is
quite a bit lower in the Union. In fact, it's almost the
lowest." .
One cup cisoupfi
. "Exactly," responded Leonik. "One cup of coffee is
just enough for the fifteen minute coffee breaks of the
union s management and staff!"
I looked down at my empty coffee cup.
..m mc buy 1 suggested, "I could use another.
No thanks," said Leonik. "Let's go downtown for
that second cup. Besides, I've just moved my checking
account downtown and I need to go by the bank any-
