thursday, november 8, 1979
daily nebrasken
UNL Iranian students agree with embassy takeover
By Wayde Wrich
Iran's wish to have the Shah returned to Iran for crimes
against the state has the backing of three hSswdeM,
at UNL.
The three students who wish to remain anonymous
said the claim of the Shah's illness doesn't have anything
to do with the crimes that he committed while in Iran.
A group of Iranian students has taken over the U.S.
Embassy in Tehran and are holding about 60 U.S. citizens
as hostages demanding the return of the Shah.
The Shah is at a New York hospital undergoing cancer
treatment,.
Iran has requested that one or their own doctors
examine the Shah, but the State department has denied
that request. ' "
The three students say the illness claim is false. "If he
is really sick, why are there no details on the illness and
why not let an Iranian doctor check him out," one of
them said.
ened to kill them if the U.S. government attempts to
rescue them.
In a broadcast message the demonstrators said, "Any
military or non -military attempt by the U.S. or its agents
in Iran to free the American spies held as hostages in their
embassy will cause their immediate execution."
When asked about this, one of the UNL Iranian
students said the take over of the embassy was just an
attempt to get the Shah back. 1f it comes down to it. I
don t think they will kill the hostages," he said .
The student said the take over was just part of the
game. It was just propaganda. In ji week or so they will
release the hostages and it will all be forgotten," he said.
The students said the recent resignation of Prime
Minister Mehdi Bazargan was because of the inner turmoil
of the Iranian leadership.
The Iranian Council is made up of many different
classes of people and the Prime Minister is from a,higher
class, so he had trouble agreeing with the council," they
said.
The students holding the 60 Americans hostages threat- Hassan Tabatabai, an official of the premier's office in
Tehran said Bazargan resigned because of Khomeini's
escalating anti-American campaign.
Tehran Radio said Wednesday that Khomeini will not
receive two special envoys sent by President Carter to seek
the release or the 60 hostages.
The UNL Iranian students said that the government of
Iran is in serious trouble because of its emphasis on
gion. "Religion and government should be separate," said
one of the students.
The students added that the government is also in
trouble because it is not unified and there is nothing the
present government can do about it. "I think the only
way Iran will overcome its economic and political troubles
is to become democratic," he said.
One of the students said that the whole world, is a
brotherhood, but that, 44our governments are keeping us
apart."
I dont hate Americans, w he said, "It's just that
information given on both sides is biased and the only
way to get to the truth is to figure out what the truth is
and take out the lies."
Students: buses needed
later and on weekends
Many students find .it hard to do
their homework when they can't get a
ride between the two UNL campuses.
"Any reasonably prudent person
would think that if a university had
two campuses, they would supply trans
portation between those campuses,
However, at UNL there are no buses on
the weekends or after 6:30 on the
weekdays," law student Patti Enoch
said.
In an interview Tuesday night, three
law students and one Human Develop
ment student voiced their discontent
with the lack of transportation .
They said there are several people
living on the City Campus and East
Campus that have the same problem.
"It's imperative to spend hours in the
law library during the first two years of
law school," Elizabeth Fredricey-said.
"Freshman law classes let out at 4:30
pjn. and it is impossible to do the
necessary research in two hours,"
Enoch said she has contacted several
campus agencies about the problem, but
it seems that no one cares.
She said she has been offered housing
in the undergraduate dormitories on
East Campus. But she doesn't think that
will solve the problem because she isn't
the only one with a transportation prob
lem. "I feel something should be done. I
wish I could take the time to remedy
the situation. But I'm here to go to law
school and it doesn't leave me the time
to take care of a problem that I feel the
university should have taken care of a
long time ago," Fredricey said .
The, law students that did their
undergraduate work out of state said
they thought it was unusual that there
isn't late night bus service, N -;
"While I was at the University of
Delaware, the buses ran until midnight,
Monday through Thursday and until,
1:00 ajn. on the weekends," another
law student said.
UNL Human Development student
Joy Sprecher said that next semester she
has a required class that only meets in
the evening. She has been able to find a
ride, but said she would rather not
depend on someone else all the time.
However, next semester she will be
required to take other classes that meet
in the evening and hasn't yet found a
way to get to East Campus from her
residence in Sellece.
Alicia Law of the University Auto
Pool said, 'There has not been the
response to make it worth running the
buses later, If there were enough
students that required the transporta
tion, then we would offer the service.
But that has not been the case."
Joe Pospichal, director of sport
services, arranged for the buses that run
between the campuses during the day.
Pospichal said he didn't know there
was a problem.
"If they call me, I could look into
the situation and try to remedy it."
Humanities endowment offers
Youthgrants to young people
The National Endowment for the
Humanities will offer more than 100
awards this fall to students and other
young people throughout the nation. to
pursue independent humanities projects.
The awards are available through an
expanded Youthgrants program.
The application deadline has been
extended to Dec. 1 , and is the only dead
line during the 1979-80 academic year.
Application forms should be on file in col
lege offices which deal with federal grants.
The federal grants offer up to $2,500
to individuals and up to $10,000 to groups.
They are intended primarily for people
between the ages of IS and 25 who have
not completed academic or professional
training.
While the program cannot provide
scholarship support or financial aid for
thesis work, undergraduate work which
will probably be published can be helped.
The humanities include such subject" areas
as history, ethnic studies, folklore, anthro
pology, linguistics, and the history of art.
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