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. Every once in a while, ia between writing itriss,
taking pictures, doing kycut and writing hesdlisss
and editorials, this job almost makes a person feel
like an editor. Especially writing editorials.
So for that reason, among others, the Summer
Nebraskan is having an editorial page this year.
Something new.
This, the first day of the First Summer Session, is
also our first day of publication. The Summer
Nebraskan, if you aren't familiar with it, is a weekly
publication of the UNL School of Journalism, and
has no connection with a certain other
academic-year publication with a similar-sounding
name. .
There will be a total of eight issues of the Summer
Nebraskzn this year, so we'll be with you for all of
the First Summer Session and also a good part of the
second. Needless to say, our staff of four (count em,
four) will be working to insure that the final product
will be worth reading. Feel free to let us know how
we're doing.
Our First Effort today has several examples of the
types of articles we'll be doing.
Besides Page Four, the opinion page, there will be
a regular section dealing with personality-portraits
of interesting persons on campus. Thb week's
Profile (page 2) is about UNL. faculty member,
V ebster S. Bobbins. If you know of any person who
might be an interesting subject for tMs section,'
please, contact 'us. v: . . ; 1. 7
We also hope to have two or three in-de:
articles each week exploring particular subjects.
And since most of you will be reading the Summer
Nebraskfin just to find out what's happening, ia
Lincoln, each - issue - will have an ' expanded
Entertainment section. Page 8 this week is a
calendar of events, with a suitable calendar-type
photo, for you to refer to when you're wondering
what to do with yourself on almost any given night,
In addition to ell that, the Summer Nebraskan will '
carrv film and record reviews, photo pages and
maybe eva some- fest-brt'SMng news.
' If notMn g else, at least we can help you shorten
those long, long summer afternoon classes. ,
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Washington : a marble facade
Photo by Stsft Eaftr
By Steve Boemer
In innumerable books and movies the name of
Washington, D.C. has almost always been referred to in
breathless tones as the place of power.
Vast panoramic canyons of marble, busy freeways and
hallowed hallways that witness the passing of the great
and mighty are the usual images conjured up when this
name is mentioned.
But the recent movie, All the President's Men, began to
show the seamier side of the nation's capital. Witness the
dark, damp and probably dangerous underground parking
lot where Deep Throat kept his mysterious appointments.
That movie, though, only began to show the seamier
side. I had the recent opportunity to spend., two days in .
Washington, D.C. Although two days is an unfairly short
time in which to judge a city, my first and last fepression
was that this one is almost e& seams.
Oh, the marble's there, all right, and lots cf it. The
Department of Agriculture has several acre's worthy
sprawling over a good half section. And then there's
bureaucracy incarnate, the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, with block tfter block of polished
white bullrings. ...
' But half a mile away the true character of Washington
begins to take shape in the decaying ghetto that sprawls
the rest oiLthe way to the city .limits.
' So for those of you fortunate enough to not have been '
' ripped of! by the souvenir hawkers on the capital's fsraed
' MaU r by Cower-bearing prestlytbsrs b Wssh&stoa
National Airport, hare's a quick and feksed view of the .
'City of the Potomac
To begin with, there's the side cl the Capitol that you
and
tog
never see on television or on postcards. That's because it's
falling down. Gray peels of old paint cover the fractured
stones, and those are shored up by metal beams. But that s
hot what bothered me, really. It's the inside.
The interior of the Capitol Building combines the worst
of tasteless decoration and ornament overkill. Visitors are
in danger of being glittered to death in some of the
hallways. That is, if they can avoid the statues, of which
there are (it seems) hundreds.
In between the "No Smoking" signs that feature a
profile of George Washington to the monument built in his
name, there is a wide range of reverence for The Father of
Our Country. 1 :"; n: v:'
The view from the" Washington Monument is probably
best at night. We waited for about ten munutes in the cold
(49 degrees) wind at 9 p.m. for a tour of this famous
landmark.
. Once we made it to the top the entire city could be seen
below us. The lights cf the White House were turned if,
, ur guide said, to conserve energy, so we couldn't see that.
Eat the streets and memorials locked good, and, across
- the 'river, we couldn't km the Pentagon because those
lights were turned off too. To cesserve energy."
Enough on the monuments. It is while driving back and
forth between then that the real city stares you in the
face. Bow upon row of ascknt Victorian houses are either
- falling to sh&s&les or ei!!y gutted. It is fcsre, someone
told me, that ens wosdars aout the reality behind a -Mberal
democratic government, the ' Mad ' weve long
cklmed'to have. '- . '- . -
Fortunately, for the tourists, the Capitol ia cdy blocks
away.
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- publication. . . .--'....'
Eat them under a tree, over the books',
and oh Tuesdays at noon-eat them in the
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- The subjects of guest epia!en3 are entirely
up to the writer. However, daemons
regarding publication wSl take into account
clearness cf writks. relevance cf iis&teri&l.
and length. The Summer Neb resign
'reserves the right to edit submissions but
wi3 retain the important poista.
V All opinions must be signed. No pen
names wEl be printed.
Deadline fzr all guest opinion wO.be 9
a.m. Tuesday . corning the week" cf
publication. Copy must be typed and
double spaced. Phase try to link opinions
to three or four typed pages.
I . BnOUM :BAft LECTURES
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June 1 4-Prof. Richard Dlenstbier
Terson&'ity and Exercise."
June 21 -Prof. Ned Hodges-'ls there
a Hobbit In the House?
Ta!!dng about Tolkien."
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