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Academic progranis
deserve support, too
The Campus Quotes survey in Thurs
day's Daily Nebraskan helped confirm
what many of us already suspected
people on this campus think athletics
are given too much attention.
The survey was by no means a scien
tific sampling; only five people were
questioned. But the guess here is that
the 4-to-l majority is fairly represen
tative of campus opinion.
UNL has many positive points, but
the faculty and students afe not so -naive
as to believe that it is one of the
great academic institutions of the
world.
But we hope the students realize
that not all the blame for UNL's over
emphasis on athletics Ess with the
administration and the NU Board of
Regents.
The Nebraska athletic program has
one of the most loyal groups of fans in
the country, but when it comes to sup
port for UNL's academics, the citizens
of the state have been less than enthu
siastic In the eyes of far too many Nebras
kans, if the athletic jsrogram is doing
fine, the university is doing fine.
. When Nebraska football Coach Tom
Osborne considered leaving UNL for a
position at Colorado a few years ago,
there was no trouble in rallying enough
support to keep him hcrea
But when it recently was announced
that the UNL libraries would close on
football Saturdays, you didnt find any
great public campaign to reverse the
decision.
Fortunately, some administrators
and ASUN President ilatt Wallace
have made progress toward keeping
the libraries open. But if the decision is
reversed, you can bet it wont be be;
cause cf any great outpouring cf pub-
1 UNL is fortunate to have successful
teams in many sports, and there's
nothing wrong with having a etrong
athletic program like this. Eat Ncbras
kans need to realize that the university
is first and foremost an institution cf
learning. -
UNL and the other campuses of the
NU system soon will be taking a close
look at their priorities under the uni
versity's reallocation program. We sug-.
gsst that Nebraska citizens abo take a
close look at their support of UNL
listen to the students. Youll find
that, for most of them, going to college
means more than having the nation's
No. 1 football team. It means getting a
quality education.
When the team comes onto the field
Saturday, we hope fans remember that
the players are only a portion cf a
much larger student body that came
" to the university with more in mind
than winning football games. " ":'
'Commies will be evsrywliere'
Out ofcotztext
I would like to correct an impression
some of your readers may have gotten
from John Kopetskys column on the
training table funds (Doily Nebraskan,
Sept. 21). He was totally in error on the
context cf the former University cf
Oklahoma president's remark about .
. a university the football team could
be proud oV That remark was made
by George Lynn Cross, one cf the most
respected presidents in the history of
OU and one of the strongest academic
leaders in higher education in this
nation's history.
The remark was one of sarcasm,
directed at the Oklahoma Legislature,
for failing to support the academic
programs while at the same time
enjoying the entertainment provided
by a winning football program. To back
up lib philosophy of academics first,
Cross also, over strong opposition
from his own Board of Kegents, denied
the University of Oklahoma football
team the opportunity to go to a bowl
game; citing as his reason that
football had become too important cn
thb campus."
The entire subject of academics vs.
athletics is well documented as a case
study by Cross in his book "Presidents
Cant Punt" (University of Oklahoma"
Press). I submit that the book should
be required reading for higher
administrators ar.d regents of mrjsr
athletic powers.
John Janovy, Jr.
-v . . professor
' life sciences.
Oklahoma graduate, ItZO
UpmUiwopsopls
In regard to Janet Ward's attack cn
sexist language (Daily Ncbraskan,
Sept. 21), she's absolutely right!
Language is a powerful means of com
munication and it is the sexist nature
of our language that has kept
wcpeopla from being recognized as
intelligent huperson bebg3.
Perhaps the biggest roadblock to the
da-sexualizing of our language comes
from those who feel that such a change
would be too troublesome. Ah no
greater fallacy exists! Why should we
use such terms as "brotherhood" and ,
"founding fathers" when such
excellent alternative (as in the bar)
expressions are available? We could
just S3 easily say siblinghood and
founding prc::r.:tcr3. V.ny must we
continue to use the sexist terms
mar.iicd and r.-.: --:e when we
could ure the non-c;:criminatory
personbed tv.i :,:;au:e? Trite
and unwieldy you say? not and
. . Only when we decide to. stop
'downgrading vcp?c'!3 with sexist
terms such as lIANcgsraent and
eLIANdpsibn vCl v,'S 1 2 able to wipe
out the Courg3 cf job il Incrimination,
acid rain, baby seals, rape and
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unsigniiy uciuai piaqus wmcn so
sorely afHIcts cur nation.
riZip L Kcitzen
CoI!rg3
freshman
cf Arts and Sciences
Graph flawed
Recently you puiHihed an article
regarding forcr'n ciivlzr.t enrollment
at Uf L (Daily I kbrcc'an, Sept. 15). In
the article, yen listed the number of
foreign students cr,rcL!: J in each of
the colleges and designated how many
in each cclleg? were graduate and
undergraduate students. Usually, a
graph accompany ing such numeric
data !:c!p3 th2 reiier to comprehend
the informat;n prccrr.ted, and you
did include a greh r.'lh ycur article
was so ecriousZy 7cd that it h doubt
ful anyone vr.3 abb to correctly
Graphs are used to visually convey
if you cannot construct graphs
correctly, please leave- them out of
your paper.
, Esb Harding
:it 2 student
geography
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.'.'Policy
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