monday, September 15, 1980 daily nebraskan Letter opening 0 0 0 nrm Continued from Page 1 Regent Robert Prokop of Wilber said the regents' action was "no effort to muzzle the freedom of the press or any member of the Daily Nebraskan." pssex's opening of the letter can be supported, Regent Ed Schwartzkopf of Lincoln said, but what he did after that was "irresponsible. Essex, in an interview Sunday, said he neither opened the letter nor made it public, nor had knowledge of either act. Essex said the letter was opened by a receptionist or the assistant business manager. "The credibility of the Daily Nebraskan and my ability to do my job has been hurt because I gave the letter to a Publications Board member, one of my bosses," Essex said. Coe wrote many letters to the Daily Nebraskan, Essex said, that were used as press releases or letters ito the editor. The letter in question was addressed in the same way as these other letters were, Essex said. "Maybe Coe's intention in writing this letter was different than the other letters," Essex said. "I did not think so." Action critizized The action of the Publications Board also was criticized by the regents. Schwartzkopf said there are "holes in the Publication Board's evidence" and that there "needs to be action taken that fits the wrong-doing of the act." The Publications Board has not solved the problem, Regent Robert Koefoot said. Prokop said the action taken by the Publications Board in this case and in the instance where Strunk was fired for plag arism are inconsistent. Regent Kermit Wagner of Schuyler said the Publications Board "did not act in good faith." "If there is no immediate action by the Publications Board, we should demand resignations," Wagner said. But Simmons said the Publication Board's action should be supported. Authority delegated "Authority has been delegated to the Publications Board and that authority should not be taken away just because the board has a different finding than ours," Simmons said. But the regents are acting with maturity by passing the resolution, Regent Kermit Hansen of Omaha said. "We are expressing a concern," Hansen said. "This is a sensible, serious resolution." For the regents to condone the action in this case "would be a disservice to the stu dents" Schwartzkopf said. The regents' threatened action against the Publications Board constitutes a threat to the First Amendment rights of the Daily Nebraskan, Brown said Sunday. Brown said the Publications Board investigation was thorough and that a new investigation will not reveal anything addi tional. The regents are using the Coe matter as an excuse to try to re-establish control of the Daily Nebraskan, Brown said. "It's a totalitarian move in the first degree," Brown said, "and everyone, in cluding the regents, are going to suffer for it." The regents' action was "entirely inappropriate," Essex said. "The regents have delegated to the Publications Board responsibility for Daily Nebraskan matters and it has acted in good faith in fulfilling the regents' requests," he said. Publications Board Chairman Mark Bowen said Sunday that the regents' resolution "sounds like it is calling for us to take more action." The Publications Board had considered the matter closed, Bowen said. But he said the board will have a meeting Tuesday to consider the regents' request. VorrU Ts551jL"T jTo forfi lit TTHiiLiL! T ffl" IPTTiT?' i jf ;," I " I 'U HliX4" 1 III Tfi'TiTiMF 7rfoo't i Z f '. i lTT w ft" wTTT . ct oU'14?jt f iLiffi; iii Croon Iff A n r Lincoln! Newest Contemporary Music Store ) We Buy-Sell-Trade GRAND OPENING SEPT. 13-20 Guitar Strings Price! Lincoln's alternative muiic store, run by musicians for musicians. Hours: 10-8 M-Th. 10-5 F-S PARAGON MUSIC 3119 St. 474-2234 Regents ask that radial be built outside campus The NU Board of Re gents Friday unanimously reaffirmed its opinion that the proposed Northeast Radial be built outside the UNL campus boundaries. The Northeast Radial is a proposed four-lane diagonal road designed to run from the downtown business dis trict to 27th Street. The Lincoln City Council is considering several options concerning the radial. Those options include not building the radial, building it on a 19th Street corridor or building it on a 22nd Street corridor. Regent Ed Schwartzkopf said the 19th Street corridor would take away valuable recreation land from the UNL campus. He added that 22nd Street would form a nice boundary for the cam pus. Schwartzkopf and' Regent Robert Prokop said the regents have stated their support of the 22nd Street corridor many times. "I get tired of reading someone's opinion on where the univeristy would like the radial to be, when that opinion isn't what the regents support," Prokop said. "If university employees can't support the regents' position on the radial, they should keep silent or seek employment elsewhere," Schwartzkopf said. Florence Bridges, a resi dent of the Clinton neigh borhood, told the board she is against the building of the radial at 22nd Street. She said it would ruin the Malone and Clinton neigh borhoods. "No one here has men tioned the human and ecological impact of the road," she said, adding that she favors a Holdrege Street bypass. The regents' resolution also said the university favors limiting traffic on 16th and 17th streets. One dollar off! Any pizza on Monday and Tuesday only. One coupon per pizza. 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