Monday, April 25, 1983
Daily Nebraskan
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Nothssng veoy peo'sooiaB aboot peirsoinials
Some students conic early to class in the
morning just to get a copy of the Daily Ne
braska!!. They get cranky if they've all
been taken. Then, although they have been
given sharp hints or even direct scoldings
by professors for reading the "rag" in class,
they crawl over seats to get one left on
the floor. What's worse, when they do
finally find one, the first section they turn
to is the personals.
I vowed to myself never to fall into this
obsession. 1 have done well all year until re
cently. On the day of an election, I found
myself scanning the columns for my name.
I noticed names of many others who were
running. After double checking, I became
angry and upset when 1 realized there
wasn't a personal for me.
After I got over the initial pain, I started
to wonder why 1 was so upset about a two
or three line article to boost my confi
dence. Should the fact that 1 didn't get a
personal ruin my day? When the day is
over, most of the Daily Nebraskans are
stuffed into garbage cans. What did it
matter if I got a personal or not?
To ease my mind, I looked up "person
al" in the dictionary. The definition it gave
was "a brief newspaper advertisement con
cerning a personal matter." Who would
want a "personal matter" read by peers?
Then I realized the answers to this question
lie between the lines.
Occasionally, you will find a cute rhyme
or a sentimental message, but often the
personals are advertisements for parties or
dates. Party advertisements not only
appear too often thus becoming quite
expensive, but they get old, tacky and
boring. Often their main idea is to brag tha
that their party is the best and to make
readers feel bad if they are not invited. As
for dates, who would want to be asked out
through a newspaper article?
Some people think personals are a good
gift for birthdays, good luck wishes, con
gratulations messages, or thank yous. When
compared to candy and a card, an ice
cream date, or even a single red rose, a per
sonal doesn't quite match up. First of all,
for us money-conscious students, all three
of the former cost the same or less.
Furthermore, when one personal says "to
the best big brother ever" and another
further down the column says the same
thing, It loses its effect and the receiver
doesn't feel so special.
Another strike against personals is the
fact that nearly all of them are either for or
from Greeks. A non-Greek may not feel
Without 72,000 fans, rowing team does best it can
This letter is in response to the comp
laint (Daily Nebraskan, April 22) concern
ing the placement of advertisements for the
UNL Row-A-Thon on utility poles in the
city.
I have been involved in the sport of
collegiate rowing for four years as a
member of the UNL crew team and it
upset me to read of discontent with this
organization. The UNL rowing team is a
club sport - a self-supporting athletic pro
gram on campus. A university where the
main sport is football, it is difficult to
make people understand that there are
those of us who have to earn money the
best way we can to keep our programs
from constantly being in the red. We don't
get 72,000 screaming fans paying money to
see us race throughout our rowing season.
Without a budget allowance, fund-raisers
and clean-ups generate our largest income,
not to mention that team members must
pay out of their own pockets, all for a few
glorious moments on the water.
I read the newspapers daily, but I must
have overlooked the police chiefs state
ment of the illegality of ads on utility
poles. It was not the intention of the crew
team to break city laws, but at the same
time, 1 think that there are too many
things happening in Lincoln that are of
much greater importance than this
particular issue. If it upsets people that
much, we will remove the signs.
As for the expulsion of people involved,
I think such drastic action is 'a little silly.
It is a punishment not fitting the crime.
By the way, how about a donation?
John Dundon
former UNL oarsman
Foreign students need friendly understanding
1 felt sorry for her as I realized she'd
been placed in an unfamiliar world, no
family, few friends. Why? She probably
doesn't know. I don't know either. I
wonder if anyone does, or if there really
is a reason.
She'd reached the front of the magazine
(she'd been paging back to front).
She had traveled half way round the
world in only a few seconds . . . from
China to . . . Nebraska . . . Lincoln, Neb.,
the other big red.
Oft times we are incapable of realizing
how difficult it might be for us as well. . .
cast into a country without family, friends
or even a working knowledge of the
language.
Stop, look, listen, observe. Appreciate.
John P. Grabouski
senior, chemistry
Plow Through Finals
with 10 Coffee and Tea
SUNDAY, MAY 1 THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 6
(with Student I.D.)
AT THE CITY AND EAST UNIONS.
Extended hours during finals week:
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Tuesday, Wednesday
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Thursday
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right putting a residence hall name or an
address in parentheses next to their name.
This implies discrimination because it
leaves out almost 80 percent of the
students.
I lie next time you teel an urge to send a
personal, consider another gift or means of
advertising. You would be doing yourself,
the receiver, and your pocketbook a favor.
And, the next time you turn directly to the
personals, or get upset because you didn't
receive one, ask yourself just what is so
great about the personals? Who knows,
maybe you will start reading the more
beneficial information on the preceding
Pes. Jill Salbei
freshman. Lni'lish
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