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Draw your own conclusions.
In the end, that is all one can ask of partici
pants in any system that bears the name of
democracy.
And those conclusions are what students will
hopefully take with them today when they
journey to the polls.
The Daily Nebraskan has devoted much space
to exploring the ramifications, realms and motives
of the supporters of the Greek slate in the ASUN
elections.
That coverage has not been inappropriate.
. It has served to help the students realize that
they could not be coerced into one line of action,
be they Greek or independent.
No one can quarrel with an organized effort to
stimulate voting, if it is done in an open and
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JUL
Gripes petty, ethics dubious
in ASUN election campaign
By Del Gustafson .
The biggest single issue in the ASUN election cam
paign appears to be the "famous Council on Student life
(CSL) controversy." In case you have forgotten, that was
the Herculean battle which erupted when the impotent
ASUN Senate attempted to assert its legal superiority over
the impotent CSL.
After the last spark had smoldered and died, CSL had
won a smashingly inconclusive victory, and ASUN was pe
titioning Interim Chancellor Adam Brecfcenridge to please
rid the campus of that nasty, semi-independent body, CSL
Most candidates are advocating the forging of new
"lines of communication" between ASUN and other cam
pus organizations. Devising new lines of communication
surely would be exciting (two tin cans and a connecting
string can work wonders); but does the student really
need to concern himself with ASUN this year? Historical
ly, a legislature with no control over the purse has 9 clout
roughly equal in force to Jean Pierre Coopman's right.
ASUN is, at best, a forum for the expression of student
views on issues of real student importance such as student
fees, and at worse, a place where petty minds can engage
in petty discussions about the control of CSL.
Annually, $35,000 is a large price to pay for a debating
forum. But I am not aware of any party or candidates
promising, if elected, to turn down the share of the
student fee spoil allocated .to ASUN by Big Brother
Bader. I guess IH obey the apathetic imperative, and
refuse to vote for ASUN Senate.
letters to
The latest farce in the ASUN elections is the big stir
over the slating of the Greek candidates. People are
running around like chickens with their heads cut off.
What's the big deal? The Greeks are acting like big-time
politicians when they haven't the slightest idea about real
political life.
What is all this garbage about factions? Am I supposed
to be impressed by this arrogant and ridiculous tradition
of a stale and powerless past? ASUN Senate is ridiculous,
the Greeks are ridiculous and the murky faction is
ridiculous.. .
Games, games, games.
Sorry Charlie!
Amazing, amazing, amazing. What does a UNL sopho
more know about being a Regent. Charlie Krig doesn't
stand a chance of being elected and even if he was elected,
how would he know what to do?
I know many students may disagree with me, but I
prefer to have business professionals as my NU Board of
Regents members. I don't know many students who could
do a decent job as a Regent. Let's let our elders take
control where they know 'what they're doing. Sony
Charlie! -
' , Pamela Perkins
Love it or loavo it .
I agree with the guest opinion of Neidfelt and Gei
senhagsn (Daily Nebraskan). If people do not
like a school, they leave. If a person does not like a
neighborhood, they leave. If one does not like a city or
state, they are free to leave.
So, if someone does not like America, love it or leave
it. We don't need a bunch of militant minority groups in
the melting pot that is America. We could also do without
the peaceniks and the shiftless.
No one can force another to forever live in the United
States, so if you don't appreciate what our forefathers
died for and what our presidents stand for, then please get
lost, pretty please.
v A Student for Patriotism
Minority services a front?
I am strongly at odds with the editorial opinion of last
Friday dealing with the possible cutback of minority
services.
Last Monday, the leaders of the Daily Nebraskan, in an
editorial on the ASUN elections, showed themselves.to be
all-seeing defenders of the public morality. They con
demned the "Watergate-like" activities of the .Greek
slate: an alleged non-partisan list of Greeks running for
ASUN Senate seats. While no one physically will be com
pelled to vote Greek in the election, and while no money
was wrung from anyone to support the wicked slate, the
editorial charged the Greekhouse leadership with unethi
cal coercion.
Later in the same column, the Daily Nebraskan
announced its support for the NSC slate of candidates.
The Daily Nebraskan currently is financed in part by
money forcibly exacted from 20,000 students; some of
whom are Greeks, some of whom are people opposed to
NSC, and some of whom are people sickened by the smell
of Daily Nebraskan hypocrisy.
The ethical standards of the Daily Nebraskan are cer
tainly skewed. It always has been acceptable in a free so
ciety for groups to circulate, either secretly or publicly,
slates of candidates they support. It is, however, ethically
questionable for a public organization to publicly support
candidates for public office.
- With ethical Brahmans, like the leaders of the Daily
Nebraskan, venting their spleen upon groups so sinful as
Greeks, it becomes obvious why election slates are circu
lated in secret. Perhaps the next hypocritical Daily
Nebraskan editorial also will be circulated in secret.
honest manner.
No one can dispute the importance of getting a
bigger student election turnout, thereby
increasing the credibility of student leaders'
requests. -
No one can criticize an endorsement of
candidates as a symbol of support.
Yet everyone should question the Greek slate
on all of those points.
Under closer examination, such fine goals may
seem maligned by the supporters of the Greek
slate. .
If interest is to be stimulated, then why not in
volve people from the beginning? Why shroud a
movement in secrecy that only invites
speculation about motives and purpose?
If a larger, more intelligent student vote is the
point, why insult student voters by refusing to
tell them, in an intelligent fashion, just what is
going on? Isn't it more than a game?
If endorsement of candidates is the purpose,
why not let everyone know, in ample time, who is
being endorsed? ,
And more importantly, why are they being en
dorsed? What qualities and ideas do they have
-that set them apart from the pack, be it Greek or
non-Greek.
If those kinds of questions seem unimportant,
then fine.
But everyone has to draw their own
conclusions.
To which another point is related. The Daily
Nebraskan has been criticized for endorsing
candidates in Monday's editorial.
The Daily Nebraskan, like college papers
nationwide, has always endorsed election
candidates. We do so not to dictate who one -should
vote for, but to promote discussion. We
have no qualms about printing the opposite point
of view, as evidenced by Mr. Gustafson's column
on this same page.
We realize that as the sole print media outlet
on campus, we must provide a forum for all
opinions. Yet we would be cheating students if
we did not provide an impetus for starting
discussion, through the editorial page.
The opinions do not stem from an exaggerated
view of a newspaper's own importance, but
rather from purposeful observation of campus
"events-whichispart of bur job.
- - v- - Vince Boucher
I feel that the Minority Affairs people should be ac
countable for the distribution of their monies and I think
their finances should be monitored and perhaps
investigated.
I do not think that eight people are needed in that de
partment. I'm afraid it is another social service front that
is bilking the public trough. I may be wrong, let's have
some cost-accounting and find out!
Perry Harrison
Ignore Title IX
I am perplexed as to why the Corncobs and Tassles are
following Title DC of the federal law. If the members do
not particularly want to have a single organization, then
they should disobey Title DC. No one is going to enforce
Title DC at UNL, so why not just ignore it.
Laws are made to be reinterpreted and reapplied (and
broken), so why not set a precedent by refusing to obey
dumb laws like Title DC that do not apply here at UNL.
Not all laws make sense.
Steve Pershing
Helping the handicapped
I noticed the fine photo-story on the problems of
UNL's handicapped. However, I do not think that it is
worth the cost of the renovation to improve the facilities
for these people.
There are not that many handicapped students at the
university. I do 'not believe that so much construction
money should go toward the benefit of so few people.
Others should be willing to help them manually maneuver
around campus. The buck stops here !
Mark Weber
Expensive women's sham
I am curious about the University Women's Action
Group's Health Program for Women. Nobody is going to
learn anything about health if it is just going to be a
ch by roa vhaeler ;
bunch of amateurs sitting around discussing each other's
"problems."
Such a program will be an expensive sham unless con
crete advice is given by health care professionals. Pam
phlets and "rap sessions" do not illuminate one's mind
on practical female physical and sexual difficulties. If ex
pertise is not available or appreciated; then don't wander
in the dangerous darkness.
AH or nothing
Red-hot b!ues
I can sympathize with certain Black leaders on this
campus who refuse to celebrate the Bicentennial. Two
hundred years of oppression is nothing to stand up and
cheer about.
Although I am not Black, I too belong to an oppressed
minority. My hair is red.
Redheads are always the first to get sunburned and thes.
last to get dates. Being called "Red" by strangers on the
street is almost as hard to take as being labeled T)oy."
When my Irish ancestors came over a century or so ago,
they were immediately given the worst of jobs. Picking
cotton can be pure hell, but twelve hours a day in a sweat
shop is no picnic either.
Redheads constantly are stereotyped by society. Every
one knows Irishmen have quick tempers, drink a lot of
beer, and are not exactly bright.
Despite all our setbacks, nobody comes to our rescue.
And what can a redhead do? Te can't tapdance, play s
football or basketball particularly well, sing or be
comedians.
. ' Instead, we must resort to drastic measures, such as a
redhead friend of mine, who recently decided to try to get
intd law school. His LSAT score was pretty good, but
instead of admitting him, the school decided to accept a
rich Black kid who scored quite a bit lower than my
friend did. Is that anything to celebrate?
. Red Hot
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