monday, January 30, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 5
Future, career concerns top freshman priority list
Let's go back-way back to 1972.
the year of Nixon, McGovern, protests
and the ecology movement. Now compare
1972 with 1978, where energy, Anwar
Sadat and "Charlie's Angels" take top bill
ing. Times change and in six years so do the
goals and ideals of college freshmen.
"Five years ago was when 18-year-olds
first got the right to vote and we voted,"
said Mary Dickson, 23. "For one thing,
a lot of people were really concerned about
the war, the elections, and by voting we
felt at long last we could have a say and get
something done.
"But now since there's no threat of war,
kids just aren't as aware. It's different
when friends are being shipped off to
fight-more real. Kids don't care about
national interests anymore, they're more
concerned with coino to concerts nnri ImH
tng a good life," added Dickson, a UNL
senior.
Rick Horton, 23, also a UNL senior
recalls that, one of the issues facing UNL
in 1972 was Jack Mason, candidate for
ASUN president, who autographed-bananas
as a campaign tactic. "The student
government is as ineffectual now as it
was then," Horton said. In 1972 Horton
canvassed door to door for George McGov
em, Democratic candidate for president.
He said that Nixon was mistakenly per
ceived to be the peace candidate.
Horton added that today "I'm more
persona and practical about what I want.
I suppose I am less concerned about na
tional issues, IVe gotten more cynical
about the whole thing. I'm more decided
Torrijos fears amendment
now about what I want to do.
Babe Harre, 19, freshman, said one of
the things she worries about is "the diver
sity of classes and the size of classes I'm
taking"
Harre is not sure what major she is head
ed for, but she decided to try college after
high school graduation "to feel the real
world." , -
Instead of worrying about peace in the
. world, she says the national issue that
most concerns her is abortion, which she
supports. She added 1 suppose MY an
Issue that hits closer to home than what's
, happening across the sea.w :
Steve Barta, 19, freshmaii, said he is
most concerned with "finding a date that
meets my standards' in college.
He continued by saying he was in college-
to "become something professional"
Barta is not interested in poHtics and. said
that although he will vote in presidential
elections, he probably won t bother with
state and local elections;
AH freshmen interviewed said they iare
in college to become a professional and
make money. , , r
The older students all agreed that al-'
though they started college with big hopes
and plans, they Jiave become more , realis
tic and practical concerning - the . job
market- ' '? .A L
Even the bars that students go to have
changed. Back in 1972 it was Der Losf
, Und Stein and St. George and the Dragon.
Now it's "Sweep Left", "Uncle SamV
and The Brass Rail", Der Loaf and .St.
George only are memories
Students in 1978 are more concerned
about their careers and seem to accept
changes more quietly than the student of
the early 7Q's.
Harre described the students' attitude
today as, I play things by ear and hope
tViAit all fan intA rira . :
Panama City, Panama -Panamanian
Gen. Omar Torrijos has told a U.S. Senate
delegation that he is concerned that he
might be forced to submit the Panama
Canal treaty to a second vote by the Pana
manian people if the Senate amends the
document.
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Torrijos is concerned by a proposed
amendment to the treaty, already ratified
by the Panamanian people on a 2-1 margin,
thai would strengthen U.S. security rights
to the waterway after it is turned over to
Panama in the year 2000.
According to Sen. Alan Cranston,
D-Cal.. Torrijos fears a wording change by
the Senate mav cause Panamanian onno-
ncnts to the tteaty ttfthiaictfgw crime in the nation today
Torrijos does not want to hold a second
pleibiscite, Cranston said.
Husbands battered
Washington -It's not always the wife
who emerges with the bloodied nose and
emotional scars in the arena of house
hold fights, according to a pair of re
searchers who studied domestic violence.
The researchers contend that legions
of husbands are battered by their wives
but don't report it to euthorities for fear
of humiliation.
Working independently, Roger Langley,
co-author of "Wife Beating: the Silent
Crisis," and Dr. Suzanne K. Steinmetz of
the University of Delaware, conclude that
husband-beating possibly is as great a social
. problem as wife-battering in America.
Langley estimates that 12 million men
are physically abused by their wives at
some point during their marriage. Approxi
mately 1 million of them are severely
beaten, he says.
He calls husband-beating the most
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