thursday, fipril 7, 1977
daily nsbrsskan
LC evtorvs In
While many are complaining about an increase
'in student fees, some students hive been doing
something abou it. ASUN's Government liaison
Committee (GLC) has been lobbying in the
Nebraska Legislature to get state funding for
some programs previously financed by student
f c s s.
Tuesday all the committee's work paid off. The
Legislature's Appropriations Committee approved
$133,700 to finance new student orientation,'
environmental health, career counseling and career
planning and placement.
The 25 students on GLC, directed by ASUN
Sens. Scott Cook and Greg Johnson, personally
contacted all the Appropriations Committee
members to gain their support.
Because the appropriation needs the full Leg
islature's approval, GLC will continue to contact
other senators.
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Because of GLC's effective lobbying of state
senators, about $3 of each student s fees can be
subtracted and allocated to other student pro
grams. . 1 '. .
These four programs should be financed out of
the NU budget instead of student fees, the com- ,
mittee correctly reasoned with the senators. The
programs benefit the university and its status, not
just the students.
In the face of a wave of student fees requests
increasing everv vear. it is commendable that
someone looked at the requests and took out the
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Terroristn becomes full-time PR job
"Hello, Fm a reporter for the Daily Planet, Is this the
bullet-ridden apartment where a desperate gunman is
holding five terrified hostages?"
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"Are you the desperate gunman?"
."No, I'm Milton Haberdash of Fobes, Fobes & Haber
dash:' "Are you a terrified hostage of the desperate gunman,
Mr. Haberdash?"
"No, I am his public relations consultant."
"You mean that after this desperate gunman seized five
terrorized hostages and holed up in a bullet-ridden apart-
innocent bustander
ment surrounded by 300 police snipers in flak vests, he
had the gall to hire a press agent?"
"Good heavens, no! He has retained my firm for years.
Indeed, at the risk of sounding immodest, I must confess
that this entire media saturation blitz is our imaginative
public relations concept from beginning to end."
"V&i mean to say, Mr. Haberdash, that this act of
terrorism is a publicity stunt?"
"Aren't they always? Palestinians, Croatians, Black
Muslims. If it's not one cause, it's another. In this case,
we represent the American Whipped Topping Associa
tion." "And you expect this to win your client a good press? "
"Well, it's certainly going to .get more coverage than
our annual Whipped Topping Week with glossy photos of
our Whipped Topping Queen up to her cleavage in
whipped topping."
"Yes, I see your point, Have you drawn up a list of
non-negotiable demands yet?"
"Yes, of course. The desperate gunman, Mr. George C.
Stickley, executive secretary of the American Whipped
Topping Association, demands first of all that he get to
talk three minutes person-to-person to Billy Carter."
"What if Billy Carter cant be reached?"
Then hell take the President. Secondly, he demands
that the movie, Pumping Iron, be withdrawn from the
screen, that all diet books be banned forever, and that a
banana split be featured on the covers or Time and News
week." "I suppose he also wants immunity from prosecution?"
"Naturally, along with a 747 to fly him first class to
Des Moines, Iowa."
"WhyDesMoines?"
"That's where he lives."
"And if his demands aren't met, will he fight to the
death?"
"To the death or the six o'clock news, whichever
comes sooner." .
"One thing, Mr. Haberdash. Wont the public sympa
thize with the hostages as they have in the past?"
"No, these are all professional hostages hired through
Central Casting. This time, the public will identify with,
the poor underdog fighting for a cause."
"My hat's off to you, Mr. Haberdash, for a brilliant
professional job."
"Well, terrorism was too potsnt r. publrc reiat..
weapon to be left in the hands of amateurs."
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exhibition
demonstration
workshops
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Workshops, flpril H -15.
irJSTRUT.NT WAKIfJG: Demonstrated April
12. by Albert Fahlbusch, Hammered-Dulclmer Maker.
Workshops Apr8 1 1 -12, 1 :30-3:30.
C'JILTir.'G: Demonstrated April 12-13, Trinity
Methodist Quitting Crete. Workshops April 12-13,
1-3.
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strated April 12-13. by Mrs. Elizabeth Stabler. Work
shops April 12 13. 1 :33-3 J20.
CLACKC'.'ITMIG: Demonstrations April 13-14,
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Workshops April 13-14; 10-3:30. At Lincoln Steel.
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SADDLE MAXir.'G A'.'D LEATfiER IVOHK:
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ones that could have received alternative fund
ing. - ;
I am sure the senators on the Appropriations
Committee appreciated the students concern
and explanation of the need for state funding of
these four programs. UNL students should ap
preciate the time and effort GLC members have
put forth in the interest of the student body.
The actions of GLC have been the highlight of
this year's ASUN. While the Senate has been
plagued with apathy, GLC has overcome this
apathy to become a productive force for the
students in the Legislature.
letters
Healthy help
Thanks to all the health aides for all the hard work this
semester. Without them I would have forgotten about my
ulcer, lost all of my teeth, picked up VD. (it's for every
body!), and had a nervous breakdown. Not only are their
widely distributed bulletins practical, they are entertain
ing. Keep on treating cuts and blisters!
RonAhrens
Proud of Texas
This is in response to Douglas R. Weil's article on the
Alamo. (April 1 .) In the first place, the river, actually was
a river at one time but due to the demands of irrigation
and shifting banks, the river was cemented. It is also a
private joke to citizens. You are right that the Alamo is
sacred. The Alamo represents the turning force that led
Texan s to secure their independence from Mexico.
The people of Texas are proud; proud of their history,
heritage and country. Texas just happens to be the only
state in the United States that was an independent nation
before joining the United States. Texans are proud Amer
icans just as they are proud Texans. One thing that I have
found in many places I have been, is the lack of apprecia
tion for the state a person lives in, and the history of that
state. This is especially found in Nebraska. There are
many beautiful and historic places in Nebraska which I
believe many natives have not even explored or even care
about!
In Texas, there are many such places and the Alamo is
just one of them.
I feel that the reporter and his friend did commit an
undo conduct of sorts. I also believe that he stretched the
truth of the events into one of Texas Tall Tales. He has
tried the recurrent theme of the Daily Nebraskan lack
of respect for the police.
Men and women do a great job in law enforcement and
111 bet money that the reporter would never take on a
duty that an officer carries out because the reporter
would know he could not handle it. I really am trying to
say that the power the reporter has in using the media
must be used carefully. A reader can interpret an article
and obtain the wrong idea of the land, and people of a
place '- especially when the reporter himself does not
understand.
A transplanted proud and loyal Texan
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