University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Friday, January 22, 1982
Vol. 109 No. 10
Lincoln, Nebraska
Copyright 1982 Daily Nebraskan
Photo by Jane Knapp
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Lerner speaks on U.S. government:
Reagan concludes liberal honeymoon
By Pat Higgins
Ronald Reagan has not shown the kind of flexibility
that a president has to have, columnist and educator Max
Lerner said Wednesday at a Lincoln Chamber of Com
merce banquet. Lerner said the American people have an
enormous stake in the success of the Reagan revolution.
"This is the end of a 50-year liberal honeymoon,"
Lerner said. "At the grassroots people have had enough of
big government and bureaucracy. This is the reverse of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt revolution."
Roosevelt and Reagan were compared by Lerner in
their approach to the problems of society. Lerner said
Roosevelt faced each situation as a reality instead of
merely aiming to fulfill campaign promises.
"President Reagan said the other day that he has ful
filled 104 of his campaign promises, but the more import
ant question is that he has to face the reality principle,"
Lerner said.
The question of ideology between conservatives and
liberals is not as important as the choice between the
tough-minded and the tender-minded, Lerner said.
"The tough-minded face reality as it is. I'd rather have
a tough-minded conservative than a tender-minded
liberal," Lerner said. "I'd really prefer a tough-minded
liberal but they seem to be hard to find these days."
Lerner said the strength of liberalism is its compas
sion for the poor and its weakness is being too tender-
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Max Lerner
minded. The strength of conservatism is its sense of the
past and that society is an organism that should not ex
perience irrational change. The weakness of conservatism
is its lack of compassion, Lerner said.
Flee from rigidity
"President Reagan hasn't convinced the people that he
doesn't have'a hard heart. The President should flee from
rigidity," Lerner said.
Lerner said he was unhappy with the recent contro
versy about granting tax-exempt status to segregated
colleges. He said it was a bad symbolic decision.
"I don't believe that Ronald Reagan is a racist, but it
was a symbolic choice that alienated not just black people
but everyone who has worked for equal rights," Lerner
said.
He said Reagan should emulate Franklin D. Roosevelt
by making symbols that unite the American people rather
than dividing them. He said emphasizing national defense
and the sanctions on Poland are positive steps in that
direction.
"President Reagan has done a better job on foreign
policy than on domestic. I feel very positive about his
proposal to go beyond the SALT talks to genuine arms
reduction," Lerner said.
Lerner said these are extraordinary times that are
similar to the Franklin Roosevelt era. Between inflation,
unemployment and high interest rates, the economy
would be difficult for any president.
"I have about given up on the possibility of fresh
thinking in economics," Lerner said.
The political, business and military elites have been
brought together by President Reagan, but the intellectual
elite is not yet in harmony, Lerner said.
Obligation to help
"My colleagues have an obligation to help," Lerner
said.
Lerner said society faces a pair of revolutions in the
'80s. These are the knowledge revolution and the infor
mation revolution. He said the knowledge change is parti
cularly strong in the field of life sciences and genetics,
while the information transformation entails new media,
home computers and cable television.
"We are going to have to make the best of it, and live
with the change in private life and the effects on values,"
Lerner said.
Lerner said a values revolution has been taking place
for the last 20 years. He said the women's movement has
been a step in the right direction. There has been a re
birth in romantic love and a return to the concept that
there are some values that are sacred, Lerner said.
"I sense that there are some cutting changes in our
society that are going on today. But we have to pick and
choose on what we want to continue to change and what
we want to remain the same " Lemer said.
Student fee proposal
would require increase
in Fund A student fees
By Betsy Miller
It's got a long way to go, but an idea presented by the
Lincoln Transportation System and the ASUN Student
Life Committee could provide a new way for students to
travel cheaply.
The idea, presented before the ASUN Senate Wednes
day night, is that LTS would provide free bus service to
UNL students during non-peak hours (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and after 6 p.m. on weekdays and all day Saturday for
a semester if an extra $10 charge was added to Fund A
student fees.
Students could ride during peak transit times for a 25
cent charge.
"There's a large potential for student service, but we
really can't tell yet," Richard Rohde, general manager of
LTS, said.
' Rohde said the idea is still very much in the planning
stage.
"We're still getting an idea of where the students are
living and where they are going," he said.
Even when the details are resolved, the idea may
suffer from a lack of student support to the raise in Fund
A costs.
"I know some students may be real negative," said
Monica Frank, chairman of the Student Life Commission.
She said the introduction of the project before the
senate. was the first chance the idea has had of receiving
feedback.
She said the idea, it it was approved by students,
would run for one year on a trial basis. The issue could be
put on the March 3 election ballot, she said.
Rohde said he felt the idea would benefit both LTS
and the university . UTS would gain new bus riders and the
university could ease its parking problem if more students
rode the bus to school.
The $10 charge is a bargain for an entire semester, he
said. The cost a daily rider might pay, with a 30-cent
fare, could total $15 in a month, he said.
He said LTS "would probably not make a profit"
from the service.
Students have the option of asking for a refund of their
Fund A money, which currently helps support ASUN,
the Daily Nebraskan and the University Program Council.
Rohde said if 10 percent or more of UNL students
asked for Fund A refunds the busing project would be
scrapped.
In addition to providing regular service near City Cam
pus, the buses could serve as shuttles to East Campus,
Rohde said.
He said LTS could replace the current university
supported shuttle system and that the shuttles would then
be open to everyone, not just students.
The extra charge during peak hours is required be
cause the buses run at full capacity now, and if students
ride them also, additional buses will have to be com
missioned, he said.
Correction
Due to an editorial error, a page 1 article in
Thursday's Daily Nebraskan incorrectly reported
that UNL English professor Jim Roberts does not
mind students' using Cliff's Notes instead of their
required texts. Roberts is a consulting editor for
Cliffs Notes.
Roberts said he does not approve of students
substituting Cliffs Notes for the text but that in
structors should be able to tell when the student
does not read the book.
"I have never and would never allow and have
flunked students who have substituted Cliff s Notes
for the required readings," Roberts said.
The Daily Nebraskan regrets the error.
Inside Friday
Be Fruitful and Multiply: The Daily Nebraskan editorial
examines a proposal to add three governor-appointed
members to the NU Board of Regents Page 4
Calypso Strips - Oh!: Male burlesque dancer Calypso
wows em at Little Bo's Page 8
Storm Warnings: A 6-9 Cyclone team may be just what
the weatherman ordered for Moe Iba's Cornhuskers . . .
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