friday, november 30, 1979
daily nebraskan
page 5'
Lamenting the restriction of student
fees in February, 1978. Rockford G. Yapp,
III lays the blame for it on' "a Small, but
well-financed ultra-conservative group, who t
did not like having speakers, come to cam-
pus whose opinions disagreed with their'"
political beliefs." This is a wonderful re
writing of history but is also an outrageous
smear on those people, educators as well as
students, who genuinely believed that the
speakers programs were highly unrepre
sentative of the range of responsible public
opinion.
As a teacher for nearly a dozen years, I
can testify, and did testify before the '
regents, that the programs have been
routinely lop-sided, often deliberately so,,
to compensate for the alleged (but disput
able), conservative domination of other
public arenas. One might have thought this
was a self-evident truth-confirmed, if need
be, by an excursion through the back files
of the Daily Nebraskan-were it not for the
chorus , of self-righteous denials from
bureaucrats, student and otherwise, when
ever the charge is raised.
Recen tly I have noticed more moderate ,
maybe even some conservative, speakers
venturing onto campus, though I don't4
know that I have detected any 'of Mr'
Yapp's sinister but affluent ultra -conservatives.
We; shall see. if this Improved balance
continues with", the restoration of student
fees. Certainly the notion of an annual
review of programs is excellent, and it
should be undertaken by as nearly 2 non
partisan group as can be assembled: i.e. not
by the Regents, ASUN or UPC.
R.D. Stock
Professor of English
'Long live Iran '
The decline of U.S. influence and the
Soviet expansion in the last decade is one ,
of the reasons that make many Americans
very angry about the events taking place in
Iran. This is also a good opportunity for
a not so successful president to show his
missing leadership and toughness ability,
and also get peoples' minds off the more
urgent problem of over 13 percent infla
tion and 6 percent unemployment. The
media have certainly done an excellent iob
which is to promote emotional senseless
action against Iranians and symbolizing
Iran as the irresponsible, dangerous enemy
of the U.S. and also preventing U.S. citi-,
zens from looking deep and careful for
facts with their very loud propaganda
speakers. Iran is not an enemy of the U.S.
The embassy takeover is an angry response
of very frustrated people to. U.S. Despite
all, Iran has no intention to hurt any
foreign individual or groups and neither
would allow any foreign power to do the
same to Iranians in the future.
Manufact
Iran is trying very hard to be independ
ent of any foreign influence and provide a
decent life for all its citizens which hope
fully will be accomplished with or with
out U.S. cooperation. But I hope for a
constructive relationship between the U.S.
and Iran . Any way , long live Iran .
Iranian student
urers . . .
Continued from Page 4
They are not told how to accept them
selves, but how to constantly "improve"
themselves. No part of the anatomy is left
uncriticized: "Dear Beauty Editor: My el
bows are always grimy looking no matter
how much I scrub them. Mow can I get
them to look as clean as the rest of me?"
And when they collapse into self-loathing
because of a pimple, they are offered
Mariel Hemingway for Noxzema.
The editorial content of the magazine is"
not all foolish. The teens are offered arti
cles on the Holocaust, family therapy, bik
ing, . health, national service, and dating
older men (of say, 22). But the sensible
things are overwhelmed by the consum
able things.
Next to an article on a career in medi
cine, for example, is an ad that cautions:
"Every time you scratch your head, you
could be telling someone you have
dandruff."
: I don't know what Freud would say
aboat teen-age anxiety, but you could be
sure it would be more profound than
"Fight Oily Skin."
It is clear that Seventeen was more in
terested in finding out what women want
out of products than out of life. And ad
vertisers are working to make sure that
what our daughters want out . of life IS pro
ducts. (c) 1979,' The Boston Globe Newspaper Co.
Washington Post Writers Group
Editor's note: The name of the above
student is being withheld a't his request. He
says he fears for his safety if his name is
published.
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1 would like to respond to the Nov, 2(5
article concerning the University Health
Center and the health facility at Iowa State -University.
Not all "UNL students are willing to
pay more for the variety of care and
services provided by the University Health
Center," The article seems to imply that
Health Center officials are naive to the fact
.that bucks are tight and that, there are
students that don't want any or part of the
services at the UHC, Each student pays
approximately $29 per semester for , the ,
services at the UHC. It is not voluntary, it
is mandatory, It isn't the most preferred
method of obtaining funds but is necessary
to maintain the quality and quantity of
service. , r
The article should have stated that the
Iowa State student pays a voluntary $7.50
per quarter health fee, rather than a $7.50
per year. For an Iowa State student to be
covered for the same period of time as a
UNL student it would cost the student
$22 SO (three quarters fall between
September and May). Iowa State has about
half the offered service of UNL and only
part-time staff (8 a jn. to 5 p jn .) while the
UHC has a physician on duty 24 hours a
day. Since this voluntary health fee only
covers 25 percent of Iowa State's budget,
the slack is taken up by state funds,
appro ximatlely $67.50 per student, with a
total of around $90 per student, while the
UNL student pays around $58 for twice, as
many services and better facilities.
The Iowa State students are sent to the
ncarby hospital since they do not have' a
hospital facility there. The public hospital
alternative is a good one since their public
."emergency care" rates are low to begin
with and are even lower for university
students because of special arrangements
that were made. That is not the case for
Lincoln. The "emergency care" rates are
relatively much higher here and the initial
response to special rates for University
students from the hospitals was negative.
Some figures that should have been
mentioned. The Legislature recently cut
paying the utility bills for the University
Health Center so approximatley $29,000
extra per year is needed. Also, the Legisla
ture will also be requiring a 10 percent pay
increase, so at least $120,000 will be need
ed to cover that. That means a nine percent
increase is needed in the present budget to
break even. If new money is not made
available, obviously expenditure cuts have
to be made.
I mentioned that Iowa State-does not
have dentistry, dermatology or a full .
allergy clinic. They also lack the mental
health clinic, physical therapy, resident
health aide program and many others that
UNL offers. We, as students, tend to be
Stfre idealistic about being cured and tend
forget that doctors and nurses are
human too. The university "grapevine"
rivals that of the White House and Wall
Street and the human mistakes that occur
, at "death center" are known to all to
discuss over the evening meal. The per
sonnel last year at the University Health
Center had over 51 ,000 visits,
Roy Miller
Health Center Advisory Board
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