thursclay, februsry 17, 1977
daily nebraskan
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letters
Will sacrifice for signs
I am writing in response to the proposal
to spend $35,000 on signs to direct people
to different facilities in the Nebraska
Union. It seems to me that this is a ridicul
ous amount to pay for mere signs. So I, a
concerned student at UNL, through the
kindness of my heart am willing to con
struct and erect the signs for the minimal
fee of $20,000. I realize this is a great
sacrifice, but I am doing it for the good of
the university.
I would also like to say that the signs
are definitely heeded, I don't see how we
have gotten along without them this long.
There is a real problem with people getting
lost in the Union.
There are a lot of things the Union
could do with the $15,000 they save. For
one thing, they could buy more balloons
for the Harvest Room. Those had to bring
in a lot of business. Or the Union could,
God forbid, use the money-to provide a
few more services for the students.
Dave Christensen
Who is Bennett?
Listen up all UNL students "that care
about the university." It is quiz bowl
time. Who is Allen Bennett? A) a rock star
appearing at Pershing Auditorium last
week. B) ASUN president. C) Authoritar
ian director of the Nebraska Union. If you .
answered C you are unambiguously cor
rect. "
Webster defines authoritarian as 1 .
characterized by or favoring the principle
of blind obedience to authority 2:
characterized by or favoring concentration
of political power in an authority not re
sponsible to the people. '
If anyone can explain to me how spend
ing $35,000 on signs in the union, which
tell you where to go, is not using authori
tarian politics, please do.
Mr. Bennett said in the Daily Nebraskan
Feb. 9, "People tell me that the students
didn't know about the signs. My frank and
honest comment is that mat is a jot of bs.
The students that care about the university
know about it (the signs)."
Well Mr. Bennett, you are probably
right. Ihe students who care about UNL
know about the signs. But did you ever
stop to think if those caring students
wanted the signs in a Union that is already
in financial trouble? "
If in fact spending $35,000 on direction
signs is a management decision as Mr.
Bennett said it is, . I am hereby question
ing the validity of such decisions.
I understand the sign project is being
halted, with much thanks to students who
have a little common sense.
But in future projects, Mr. Bennett,
please do not use your position authori
tatively. Just as you do, students "know
where the men's room is."
Scott Whitcomb
Attend alcohol hearing
This is a letter to urge your to defend a
right that is presently yours, but that you
could lose at the end of this semester.
There is now a bill in front of the Legisla
ture, LB369, which would raise the drink
ing age to 21. Needless to say, this would
eliminate thousands of you from drinking
legally in environments you now enjoy.
Sen. Ralph Kelley of Grand Island intro
duced this bill to keep alcohol out of the .
high schools and feels that he can achieve -this
by denying you the right to drink. He
is punishing one group, the 19 and 20-year-olds
who have generally handled drinking
wisely, in order to rectify another group's
problem, that of the high school student.
I have been in the bar business in down
town Lincoln for five years and feel the 19
and 20-year-olds generally drink in a
mature manner. On the other hand, we
have more problems with the alums who
come back for football games to do noth
ing but get smashed. If this bill passes, you
will be back to drinking on the roads,
Helds, and apartments all of the time, and
will not be able to drink in a downtown
tavern where you can walk home.
Further effects of the bill are as follows:
The number of minors being prosecuted
will increase ten-fold. Drunk driving con
victions will drastically rise. Hundreds of
students will lose their jobs who work in
bars and restaurants because they are not
21. Over one-half of the states now allow
18- and 19-yearolds to drink, but Nebra
ska would be taking a step backwards in
the area of young citizen's rights.
Don't allow the Legislature to take
away your privileges in order to keep a
high school kid from drinking. He's going
to find a way with or without you buying
for him. Tell the senators to attack not the
symptom but rather the cause. Educate the
high school student about liquor or severe
ly increase the penalty for possession or
buying for minors, but don't let them deny
you the right to socialize how you choose.
If you agree, there is a hearing this Fri
day, Feb. 18 at 2 psa. at the State Capitol.
It is in room 1019 by the miscellaneous
subjects committee. Come up and let your
concern be known. If you can't come,
write to your senator about the matter.
Robb Cole
The Water Hole
Horsefeathers-Brannigan's
Obscene letter contest
The competition is on to see who can
produce the most "obscene" letter on the
subject of obscenity. In my estimation the
trophy goes to the second round contestants-Tom
Eaton, the nameless "Readers of
the Opinion Page" and the long (impres
sive) list of signatures to Bob Winklers
letter. I advance the following justification
for the award:
1) The aforementioned writers succeed
ed in compressing more self-righteous indi
gnation into less space.
2) The original writer (Mr. Flint)
struggled to express his personal concern to
elicit some intelligent discussion on an
issue with complex social and moral ramifi
cations. However, his detractors appeared
chiefly motivated by an ardent desire to
"nail" him for his presumably hickignor
antreligiousfascistmoraletc. views.
3) Mr. Eaton apparently saw an urgent
need to bore the Daily Nebraskan reader
ship with a colorful but hardly profound
short course on the Moral History of the
World (subtitle: From the Aztecs to
Hitler). Ill take my lectures in the class-
room, thank you.
. 4) The ghostwriters of "Webster Strikes
Back" diatribe obviously failed to apply
their definition of stupidity and their
rhetorical questions to themselves first..
The list could go on, but I have no
desire to engage in the all-too-American
strategies of Escalation and Overkill favor
ed by Mr. Flint's detractors.
Now my response to Mr. Flint:
The First Amendment, as interpreted by
the courts, unquestionably gives the owner
of Cinema X the right to express his poor
taste and to realize a hansome profit there
by. The same essentially applies to the
Daily Nebraskan and its advertising
policies, although if obscenity were as
vacuous a concept as your critics claim, ,
porno ads would feature large and explicit
photographs instead of suggestive graphics. ;
Finally, Mr. Flint, pornography is a
symptom, not a cause of a sick society.
Our efforts at moral persuasion are best re
served for Cinema X's clientele-potential
as well as actual not its proprietor.
Andy Cunningham
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is as follows: . ,
Frank Woosum 30938
P.O.Box81248
Lincoln, Neb. 68501
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