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Altho'jh perhaps too much news space has
been elicited to this subject already, a little more
probably wont hurt. The idea of building another
football stadium is ridiculous,.
. It hss taken awhile before we realized this
idea was to be taken seriously, Duilding a stadium
between Lincoln and Omaha seemed ludicrous
enough. Even building a stadium at the old
Lincoln Air Base, as NU Board of Regents
member Kermit Wagner suggests, should not be
considered.
Will the Comhuskers still belong to the Univer
sity of Nebraska? How many other college teams
have their stadiums located so far away from
their campuses? This seems to say something
about where students lie on the regents' priority
list.
UNL Chancellor Roy Young has said that "we
believe that location of the football stadium at a
site away from the campus would be detrimental
to the university," As appointed leader of UNL,
his opinion should be seriously considered by the
regents.
But are the regents thinking of the university
or are they thinking of their constituents? We've
seen the regents squabbling at their meetings over
football tickets for their constituents. Perhaps
this is the only way they can get those extra
tickets they want.
In light of the well-constructed, conveniently
located Memorial Stadium, which will have a new
scoreboard and new AstroTurf next year, this
new stadium proposal does not merit consideration.
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letters
Herbs a profession
The article, "Herbs can be Natural Cure," (April 22)
exemplifies the negligence on the part of that reporter to
consider his subject matter seriously.
To some of us, herbs are a profession. As members of
the Herb Trade Association, we respect the different
properties herbs have and the effects they can cause on
our lives. The great value of the juices of plants or of
herbs has been recognized arid appreciated by many
people since time began. Lady Lavender's Herb Store
tries (as do other health food stores, food cooperatives,
or back to earth stores) to help other people realize the
benefits in using natural products in their daily lives.
The assumptions the article makes concerning wood
rose are unjustified, Woodrose is available at Lady
Lavender's Herb Store as in other stores for planting
purposes. We do not condone taking them internally, nor
are the seeds sold for internal use.
An herb store such as Lady Lavender's represents a
great amount of energy and the accumulated experiences
. of many people, I apologize to those peope who may have
been adversely affected by the misinterpretation of
information presented in the April 22 article by a reporter
who obviously missed the point,
Becky Hasty
CcnnratuJon$, women
I would like to add my congratulations to those
already accorded the UNL women's tennis team on their
championship performance this past weekend. I find their
accomplishment even more remarkable when I consider
the obstacles they have had to overcome in the process.
Disregarding the little or no press given them, ignoring an
Athletic Dept. that is decidedly male- and major-sport,
oriented, Coach Sig Garnett and the women on the team
have succeeded in proving their winning ability, I think it
would be wise, when the time arrives to pass out praise,
promotions, and athletic monies, to consider just where
athletic achievement has come at UNL, You might first
look at the minor sports, and then give a glance, more
specifically, toward women's sports (which are obviously
all considered minor.)
Greg Morris
tlows znd gossp
n reference to the article written about the missing
freshman woman (April 20), there is, ostensibly, a
distinction to be drawn between "news" and "gossip." '
The contention that I raise is that the article was not
written as a plea for information on her whereabouts, but
rather as a juicy piece of character study.
Since the article contained no pleas for her
whereabouts, why mention her name? Since the article
was not written as such a plea, why write it? My concern
is, assuming she is well and that she is found, and decides
to return to school, the comments on her rapport with the
floor, and on her personal life, are damaging and
peripheral.
Joan Kilty
Editor's note: The following is an explanation of the
parking permit increase as written by Robert OfCeefe,
chairman of the Chancellor's Parking Advisory Board.
This report was submitted to UNL Vice Chancellor for.
Business and Finance Miles Tommeraasen.
The Parking Advisory Board met in regular session on 1
April 5, 1977. At this meeting the board.considered and
approved the installation of the new parking meters and
the increased meter fee. The proposed changes in the
parking mles and regulations for 1977-78 with the except
ion of parking fees were also approved. Information with
regard to income and costs for parking were presented to
the board by John Duve, parking coordinator.
guest opinion
Projected costs and incomes annually through 1980-81
assuming a 15 per cent annual inflationary increase to
provide minimum maintenance and improvement of park
ing services were also presented. The data indicate that the
1976-77 costs will total $350,276 ($167281 for salaries
and benefits, $42,295 for office and operating expenses
including vehicles, $40,000 for supplies and $100,000 for
maintenance of parking areas. Costs for the development
of new areas were also presented. The data indicated that
an increase in parking fees is essential if increased costs for
services are to be met even excluding the development of
new areas. . -,
The -1976-77 income included $250,000 from fees
(10,000 permits at $25), $60,000 from violations revenue
and $20,000 from meters for a total of $350,000. A total
budget of $403,000 will be required to provide minimal
services and improvement of facilities in 1977-78. A park
ing fee of $40 to $45 would be required to provide the in
come to support the projected budget assuming a 15 per
cent inflationary cost and a 5 to 10 per cent decrease in
permit sales due to the increase in fees.
Special session called
For this reason the board was called into special session
on April 21, 1977 to consider the 1977-78 budget and
parking fees. On the basis of a story in the Daily Nebra
skan newspaper, several visitors appeared before the board
to react to the published alleged increase in fees. Mike
Gibson, president of the Residence Hall Association, Mark
Pfeffer and Craig Moya (Gather Hall), and Ken Marienau
. (Selleck Hall) presented a proposal for minimal increase in
fees based on budgetary data supplied to them by Mr.
Duve and assuming an average inflationary increase of
,5.58 per cent. t
Pfeffer and Moya presented a copy of a letter that was
submitted to Chancellor Roy Young along with a petition
signed by 3,756 students, staff and faculty. The petition
requested a maximum increase of $10 in fees, improved
parking services and additional areas. The resolutions
referred to the problem of residential off-campus parking
in the East Campus area. Jackie Zimmer (student) indica
ted that many students cannot afford the present fee and
are forced to use metered parking.
Following the presentations by visitors, the board met
in formal session to consider the 1977-78 budget and
parking fees. The considerations and discussion included
the information provided by the visitors, the data and re
quests presented by Duve and the energy crisis and
apparent development of related policies by the federal
government. The board met in closed session because 1 )
of the advisory rather than legislative nature of the board,
2) the meeting was a special rather than regular session
and 3) the entire UNL community had not been informed
of the session and given an opportunity to attend.
$35 fee
On the basis of the information provided to it snd the
discussions, the Parking Advisory Board recommends the
parking fee be set at $35 for the 1977-78 fiscal year. The
board agrees that this is a minimum figure to maintain
parking services without significant improvement. Realiz
ing the major impact of inflation in operating costs, the
board deems it essential that annual reviews and altera
tions of the parking fees be made to meet the needs of the
UNL campuses. This recommendation (with idated state
ments) was passed on a vote of 6 for, 1 opposed and 1
abstention. One student representative was not present at
the meeting. - . v
The funds generated by the increase in fees will not
permit the improvement and development of parking
areas on both the City and East Campuses. Approximately
$100,000 to $250,000 of additional funds will be needed
depending upon the kind and type of facility
improvement and development provided. These improve
ments and developments are greatly needed particularly
on the East Campus due to the loss of parking areas for
building construction and the increase in students and
staff on that campus.
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The task of the special committee named by President
Carter to find a new director for the FBI may have been
slightly simplified.
Presumably, none of the 300 agents who appeared in
New York at the bureau's first demonstration will be con
sidered as a successor to Clarence M. Kelley.
If the FBI handled the demonstration in its usual way,
the gethering was infiltrated by agents and the partici
pants were photographed. And the committee, which is
making heavy weather of its choice, will have the
proscribed list to guide it-unless, of course, the members
agree with the implicit message of the Foley Square pro
testers, which seemed to be that FEI agents should not be
subject to the law. :-
The agsnts were all achingly respectable. It was the
best-barbered demonstration ever assembled. And despite
a long and rigorous exposure to the art form, the agents
weren't very good at it. No signs. And no comments.
It was their exertions against this type of assembly,
some of them may have mused, that had brought the
bureau to its current low estate. Did try of Cxm zr.'lti
ps.ie cenfrcntaiioa with the police? Did they hzvt bail
money with them? .,
It's the sort cf thing that had river crossed their
minds. Nor, plainly, had any of them thought that one of
their own would ever be indicated. John J. Kearney, a re
tired New York supervisor, was in court to plead not
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the fight against the enemies of our nation, namely,
anarchy and terrorism."
Kelley - the director who will resign at his own
pleasure, at a time that assures his full pension echoed
the agents' sentiments in Washington.
I know Mr. Kearney to have been an outstanding
special agent who was motivated in all his endeavors by
the best of intentions."
Kelley has no plans to picket the Justice Dept. But he
does intend to reflect the bureau's sense of outrage about
the indictment to Atty. Gen. Griffin B. Bell.
He has Bell's permission to do so.
Washington winds
There is a rule in the Justice Dept. against commenting
on pending cases, but Kelley does net feel himself bound
by it. -
Bell was shown a copy cf Kelley's preposterous state
ment, and approved of its release.
The attorney general, obviously hell-bent on appease
ment, stumbled over himeelf in his defense of the First
Amendment rights of both the director and his Si&OTdin-
ates. It wes okay for the j-cnts to rally, bzzz'jzz cf their
ii frills "hsZcJ for his '"moral kzdcvdu? . . . in Rat Amendment rits-Oa. the .-ether -hand, "he Ci net
wish to have people at the top of the bureau sounding off.
3ut he let Kelley make his statement.
The prosecution of Kearney - the first, it is said, of
several to come out of a year-long Justice Department
investigation headed by J. Stanely Pottinger of the Civil
Rights Division - has "seriously affected". moTale in the
FBI, Kelley complained.
It probably hasJ It was certainly intended to. Prosecu
tion is supposed to discourage people from breaking the
law.
Kelley whines that the CIA broke the law and got away
with it. He is right about that. Atty. Gen. Edward M. Levi
decided not to prosecute the people from Langley, who
opened other people's mail for years as -they searched for
'evidence of subversion that would have justified their
doing it.
Kelley was himself deeply embarrassed when he
promised Senate committees that there had been no
black-bag jobs in the past five years, and was immediately
proved wrong. He seems now to be standing up for "no-f--lt
break-ins," a concept once unsuccessfully advanced
by Richard Nixon.
KeHey's outspokenness may be that of a man whose
days on the job are numbered. Or meybe he hopes to be
come a hero to the bureau which still mixes J. tdpt
Hoover. He has just given the search comrrision
demonstration of the kind of director it must not come
up with if the FBI is to recover its lost honor.