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Dispatch Demise: Lincoln's socialist
, newspaper folds, R.I.P., 1974-1976. .... p.2
Johnny Can't Teach: Or at least nearly
one-third of the nation's teaching
college graduates don't think they
have been trained properly ........... p.5
They Shoot Horses: A 30-hour dance
marathon for muscular dystrophy
this weekend p.5
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thursday, march 4, 1976 vol. 99 no. 91
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Photo by Tad Kirk
Holder of a Third Degree Black Belt in Shoto
kan Karate-Do, Masakazv Takahashi prepares
to teach a dass Wednesday about technical
aspects of karate training at the Women's
Physical Education Bldg. Takahashi is one of
this week's seven visiting sport and dance
instructors for National Physical Education
Week. For more information see p. 10.
By Kim Shepherd
Defining the purpose of NU's Lincoln and Omaha cam
puses could eliminate some existing confusion, said Waver
ly Sen. Jerome Warner.
"I do think it is necessary as a political matter that we
more clearly define the roles of the University of Nebras
ka at Omaha (UNO) and UNL," Warner said.
Duplication of post-graduate and some undergraduate
programs will cause mediocracy at both institutions, he
said. He added that he did not believe parity meant both
campuses should be equal.
Parity is equal financing for like programs offered at
Lincoln and Omaha.
Not educationally based
Warner said UNO's arguments, for parity are not edu
cationally but financially based.
"Equal money is their goal," Warner said. "That is not
the issue though." Educational quality should be the basis
for any discussion, he said.
"As far as I'm concerned, you cannot compare the
campuses beyond the academic classes offered at both,"
Warner said. 'This needs to be clearly understood."
Utica Sen. Douglas Bereuter said he favors parity for
UNO if parity means equal quality of instruction. This
does not mean, he said, that because UNL has a doctorate
in psychology program, UNO should also, he said.
"I wish I knew what they (UNO supporters) really
meant when they talked about parity," Bereuter said.
In many cases educational quality at UNO is superior,
Bereuter noted. He attributed this to smaller class size at
UNO and to the number of UNL classes taught by
graduate assistants.
UNL quality declining
Bereuter said he thinks the quality of UNL's education
has been declining because additional university funds
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By Nancy Clark
The deadline was March 1 and you still are cruising
around town with your 1975 license plates, carefully
avoiding flashing red Lights.
Relax. The Lincoln Police Dept. (LPD) has given dri
vers a 15-day reprieve.
Inspector Dean Leitner of LPD's Uniform Division
said officers will not ticket cars with expired plates until
about March 15.
The actual date is indefinite, he said, but tickets will
not be issued until the county treasurer has processed the
backlog of mail-order license requests.
After March 15, $5 defect tickets will be issued to
drivers whose cars do not bear 1976 plates, he said.
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Society should eliminate the image of "real men" or
"real women" and introduce "real human beings" Marc
Feigen Fasteau said Wednesday.
Sponsored by the Union Program Council Talks and
Topics Committee, Marc and his noted feminist wifo
Brenda spoke in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. .
The traditional male stereotype of toughness, virility
and athletic ability makes men vulnerable in the long run,
'he said.
"Men find it difficult to know each other because we
are afraid to express doubt, fear or emotion," Marc said.
"Personal relationships are neglected."
He added that this attitude creates an atmosphere that
reduces efficiency. -
Competke nature '
"Studies have shown that all-male groups such as board
of directors and church boards are ficrcly competitive,"
he said. "They suggested only ideas that were completely
worked out, that could be rammed through."
Summarizing her work in the feminist movement,
Brcmda said "we should not be blocked by sex, religion or
race from what we ought to be, or what we can be. Our
goals should not be restricted to an image in our head or
what society thinks we should be."
Hielr marriage is based on respect, she said, with each
"considering the other as an equal." Care of their 15-month-old
daughter Alexis was never an issue, she added.
"Marc and I assume equal responsibility for her care."
..... Law partners
Both are graduates of Harvard Law School and are
license plate deadlines
According to Lancaster County Treasurer Frank Gold
en, lines for purchasing plates were long Tuesday, the day
after the deadline, but had tapered down to about 50
Wednesday morning.
The problem is nothing new, he said, adding that last
year people still were buying plates during the middle of
March.
The staggered licensing system has added to the back
log of mail-order license requests, he said. Although Feb.
9 was the deadline, the office still is processing mail re
quests from late January and early February, Golden said.
With the staggered system people can pay the license
fees in January or February. The tax statement, which
must be paid before plates are issued, includes 12-month
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have gone to the University of Nebraska Medical Center to
keep it from losing accreditation. Now that the medical
center has been saved, UNL should receive high priority,
he said.
Any additional funds to help UNO reach parity will
come indirectly from UNL, Bereuter said.
"Its naive to suggest that resources going to those
campuses aren't coming from UNL, he said.
Wot dollar for dollar however, but in part, some of it
would go to UNL"
Lincoln Sen. Wally Barnett agreed with Bereuter and
said shifting of funds would hurt UNL
"We only have so much money," said Barnett. "If we
have to spend it up there (Omaha) to bring programs up
and enlarge buildings, it must come from UNL"
Barnett said the legislators must decide UNO's pur
pose before any financial decisions can be made.
"First we should decide if we want to come up with
enough money to support two major campuses," Barnett
said. "If we could come up with more money we could
have professors teaching at UNL instead of graduate stu
dents," he added.
Bereuter said if Nebraska citizens realized the decline
of quality education at UNL a "minor revolution" would
occur.
He said the state needs to be awakened to current
financing trends that arc hurting UNL The Lincoln
campus is not a Lincoln institution, but a statewide in
stitution, Bereuter said, and Nebraska citizens must realize
this.
Warner said he thinks that within three years, UNL's
political clout will rank fourth behind the technical
colleges, UNO and private colleges. Because UNL is the
state's only land-grant college, he said this should not be
permitted to happen. Continued on p.7
to mid-March
payment figures for cars licensed in January and 13
month figures for cars licensed in February. Cars are re
licensed every 12 months.
According to Golden, many people were confused by
the two tax figures and mailed in fees for the wrong time
period. Others mailing requests forgot to include the tax
statement or their checks, he said, adding that about
one-third to one-half of the mailed statements were in
complete in some form.
About 110,750 plates were delivered by March 1,
Golden said, adding that he did not know how many per
sons have not purchased their plates yet.
People still needing to purchase plates can go to the
County Motor Vehicle Dept. in the basement of the
County-City Bldg., 555 So. 10th St.
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lawyers in the same firm.
StUl working for states' ratification of the Equal Rights
Amendment (ERA), Brenda said, rescission of approval by
an individual state "cannot afford to happen."
"I realize I'm speaking in one of the two states where
this has happened," she said. "If too many states do this,
Congress may decide it wasn't ever really ratified.
Brenda said she became a feminist when interviewing
for jobs after graduation from law school.
"I got responses like "We've already hired our one
womsa for the year or "Clients don't like" to work with
women, she said.,