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In the discussion that surrounds the possible
demise of Centennial College, the original purpose
of the project has been overlooked.
Centennial College, or more formally the
Centennial Education Program (CEP), was "
chartered in 1 969, the centennial year of the
'University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The origin! students for the program were
hand-picked, but in succeeding yean, entry has
been based on random selection. Although the
intellectual energy and enthusiasm of some
students has been high, Centennial has never
been an elitist entity.
The unique opportunity for independent
study, either in groups or on a one-to-one basis,
with respected university faculty members has
exhilarated some students; while scarcely moving
others.
The freedom of choice in project topics has
seen students involved in political science studies,
social work, American Indian culture and
language study, as well as more traditional
science, humanities and social science disciplines.
In its earlier, more activist days when issues
and not fads held the attention of the campus
the Centennial community was a more visible
force in university circles of debate and action.
The political reticence of recent years has had
its effect on all students, and those at Centennial
are no different. Yet the program has continued
to provide a hassle-free outlet for self-directed
study and an interesting living environment.
Recruiting measures recently have been tried.
The Centennial program, begun during the days
of campus activism, has been taking steps to bring
itself into a different campus era.
Despite the challenges of the past few years,
and the problems Centennial faces internally, it
has continued to meet its original three academic
objectives as far as many of its students are con
cerned. Those objectives, articulated by former senior
Fellow Ted Beck in the March 8, 1 972 issue of
the Daily Nebraskan, are to help students think
critically, for students to communicate effectively
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(of more importance now than in 1972, no
doubt) and that students should develop a full
range of intellectual and cultural interests.
There are students who make less than
adequate use of the possibilities offered at
Centennial. Yet the effectiveness of the program
can not be judged by those students; one does
not judge any other program in the university
solely on the students who choose to ignore it.
It would seem then that Centennial has proved
its worth to the students and to the university
community. Perhaps the voice of support from
the university is called for, rather than vague re
assurances that leave the Centennial community
unassured and wary.
" Centennial deserves a round of encouragement,
not to be swept away as a victim of "financial
necessity."
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By Del Gustafson
Hubert Humphrey, Minnesota's walking monologue,
recently decided that it was high time he informed the
American voters of the true meaning of the antf
Washington issue in the 1976 presidential campaign.
Quoth the Hump: "Anyone who attacks Washington is
using the code word for Black and the poor and those
who live in cities. . .The only institution which can help
these people is the federal government, and an attack on
the programs emanating from Washington food stamps,
for example-is an attack upon the people who benefit
from food stamps.
Now if Mr. Humphrey's contention is that those attack
ing Washington are in fact attacking Hacks, then the
Hacks of America are surely a most masochistic lot.
Analysis of voting returns in the primaries indicate that
Hack support is going largely to Jimmy Carter. Carter
prides himself on his anti-VVashingtonism (as well as his
Ultrabright smile and self-proclaimed honesty.)
So why has the anti-Washington theme become so
prominent in the campaign? Watergate explains part of
the popular disenchantment with Washington, buy only
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Students ' doubt in ASUN
boosted Greek's campaign'
By Dennis Rlartin
I was amazed at what occurred Wednesday, March 17,
the ASUN election day, and what has happened since that
unforgettable day.
It all began when I noticed a definite increase of voters
from Greek houses. Proudly displaying their Greek letter
jackets and trying to be inconspicuous about the pieces of
paper in their hands, they marched to the Nebraska Union
poll. . ;. ' v . : V :
Then I received a telephone call at 3 a jii. Thursday,
March 18, notifying me of my victory and that of the
Greek slate. Having drunk a considerable amount of
tequila, I was in a very angry condition when a Dairy
Nebraskan staffer asked me for my reaction. All I could
muster was "no comment".
I made it home and got little sleep, thanks to around
. 1 6-odd phone caih I received before 10:30 ajn.
Friends and associates continue to congratulate me on'
my victory. I usually comment that it wasn't a victory. I
hardly know Bill Mueller, and I have neither seen nor met
Paula Haeder.
Now we three are supposed to develop an executive
relationship and make ASUN Senate a working organiza
tion next year. Neither BIS nor Faula have any experience
in the ASUN Senate, which is not that bad (in fact, it may
be beneficial), but both have little experience in the uni
versity system or operations. I am not sure I appreciate
being placed in a position to be asked by the other
executives everything from what the Associated Student
Services is to how the Council on Student Life operates.
And what is the reaction of the rest of the students?
One upset off-campus student ripped my Greek Week T
shixt to pieces while I was wearing it. At McDonald's I
was recognized by a student as a candidate who ran in the
ASUN elections. My friends congratulate me and at the
same time condemn me for being on the Greek slate.
People I do not know ask me who Bill Mueller is and why
I ran with him. The truth is I did not run with Mueller. I
supported my fellow candidates on the New Student
Coalition ticket.
: Special thanks for my success and demise go to:
1) At Eveland and another Greek (who later claimed
no allegiance to the Greek slate, according to one of my
opponents for second vice-president) for telling me the
truth. When they asked if they could endorse me, they
indicated the slate would be submitted only to Greek
house presidents. I was not aware that the presidents
would be encouraged to give the slate to all members and
then particularly require everyone to vote.
2) A fraternity president who declared his support of
the New Student Coalition and then pushed members of
his house to the polls to vote for the Greek slate.
3) The Daily Nebraskan, which gave the Greek slate
tremendous election day coverage and probably helped
influence noncommitted Greeks to vote for the slate.
4) The age-old organization rumored to have made the
Greek slate possible. Thanks again, TNE.
But my greatest disappointment is that many students
did not think it worthwhile to vote because the ASUN
Senate "never does anything. That was the greatest asset
a Greek slate could ever hope to have.
We can all be assured the world (or even the university)
will not end because of what happened. And don't worry,
it is rumored that a Greek slate already is being planned
lor next year s election.
Dennis Rlcrtia b a second year law student from St.
Ed-srd, Neiraska. lis is an alumnus of Farmhouse
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part, liven more fundamental is the growing realization
that federal social welfare programs, deseed to help
the needy by such weQ-meariing men as Mr. Humphrey,
do not perform their intended function.
They succeed admirably, however, in increasing taxes,
inflating the currency, and creating a powerful class of
bureaucrats whose average annual income outdistances the
income of the average private worker by $4,000.
Fanatics do not forsake the faith easily, and Mr.
Humphrey still trumpets the joys of federal economic
planning. In pursuit of the totalitarian vision, Mr.
Humphrey has proposed a bill creating a federal planning
agency to save the American economy. Such socialist
schemes of salvation have done a great deal to make
Britain the eqiialitarian paradise it is today the rich are
poor, the middle class is poor, and the workers are on
strike.
Mr. Humphrey's absurd charge that anti-Washington is
anti-Black is the cant of a desperate man, who is watching
the public repudiation of all he has represented over the
past years. like the vanishing buffalo, he deserves one's
pity.
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