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The Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska has long
been the target of negative remarks
on this campus. To many UNL stu
dents, ASUN is nothing more than a
waste of student fees.
During the last two academicyears,
there were valid reasons for those
remarks. Campus-related concerns
were seemingly forgotten by ASUN
presidents and senators while they,
Rebated things they had no influ-;
cnce oh, such as aid to El Salvador
and the nuclear weapons freeze.
Meanwhile, ASUN almost disap
peared from sight. After the spring
elections, the only thing students
usually heard from their leaders
was the information the Daily Ne
braska reported from ASUNs week
ly senate meetings.
But things seem to be changing.
Under the leadership of President
Matt Wallace, ASUN has become a
more visable force for the UNL stu
dent body. More importantly, ASUN
has shown a renewed interest in the
, concerns of the campus community.
When it was announced last month
that all UIL libraries would be closed
on the six home football Saturdays
this fall, Wallace and ASUN went to
work. ney were successful in get
ting the decision partially reversed.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Af
fairs John Strong announced last
week that Love Library on City Cam
pus and C.Y. Thompson Library on
East Campus will remain open the '
three remaining football Saturdays.
In September, ASUN announced
a program to reduce litter at UNL.
At the time, Wallace said the goal of
the program was to increase cam
pus awareness about the problem,
reduce the amount of litter and re
cycle trash collected on campus;
It is encouraging to see ASUN
working on these kinds of campus
problems bestead cf ones thousands
of miles away that it cannot control
Perhaps the key to ASUNs in
creased effectiveness this year is
that it has come to realize it is not a
student government, but merely a
student advocacy body. Wallace has
worked hard at emphasizing that
point since he was elected last March.
He is correct in stating that ASUN
has no formal power. Control of
UNL is entirely in the hands cf the
NU Board of Regents and its appoin
ted administrators. ASUNs only
power is through its lines cf com
munications to the regents, the admi
nistration and various student lea
ders. Considering the 'major decisions
... made cn this campus,, it is impor
tant for these lines to is kept open.
. We're encouraged by the fact that
, we finally have student leadership
that works hard to make sure' stu
dent voices are heard. . .
' The Daily Nebraskan. commends '
Wallace for his efforts to make ASUN
an effective leader for the UNL cam
pus. '...,
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Tiiou shalt not kill for any reason
nsuans - msjxe
Thou shalt not kilL
So reads the Sixth Commandment as given to
Moses by God. t
It's not Thou shalt not IdH anyone but Commies,"
or "Thou shalt not kill except in the national inter-
LONDON If there's one frpecics cf
humsn tcir.g we San Francbcsr.s vic v
with unreserved disdain, it's the
touri.t.
All yc.ir lon, I 3 to reat lengths to
avoid being mistaken for ens cf this
misbegotten breed. I scrupulously
refrain from !ancir.3 at th; lev if
they are about; I bury my ncca in the
nev.Tpe.pcr while rilir.g a c:Me ccr,
and I would prefer beL-.g belled in e ll to
A
HOT3
fj w
man's Wliarf with a camera slung from
my shoulder.
Of course, all this past year, I could
hardly wait to travel thousands of
miles and spend thousands of dollars
to become a tourist
This explains why we patriotic
Americans on visiting England do our
upmost to renounce our heritage and
be mistaken for Englishmen. And I
must say my dear wife, Glynda, and I
have done it up brown this time. Not
only have we become Englishmen (and
women), but we have become dyed-in-the-blue-wool
Sloane Rangers.
First of all, we rented a Cat for two
weeks just off Sloane Square, which is
to the Sloane Ranger what Beacon Ilill
is to the proper Bostonian. Next, we
purchased and studied assiduously a
copy of The Official Sloane Ranger
Handbook.
From this we learned that Sloane
Rangers are comparable, on a far
higher plane, to th American preppy.
We believe in old clothes, old money,
old family and old ideas. Needless to
say, we run the British Empire, or what
we have left of it.
I -suggested we ..start with the eld
clothes and worry about the other old
items later. When it came to acquiring
a new wardrobe, Glynda, as always,
was a jolly good sport '
Her initial step was a Princess Pi
' haircut, Princess Di being the "ICCOs
Super-Sloane," according to our
handbook. " . r - -
YIe were certainly hicly. Glynda's
grand runt Cora died laetyear, as pearl
tud earring and a pearl necklace are
"crucial," the guidebook said. The
white Laura Ashley 'tbuse with 'a
ruffled collar, the Laura Ashley
'spriggy" cotton-skirt,. 'ths pals Dior
ti.ts and the L.-I j lay-heeled patent
pumps cidnx cc
bliaer with
buttons"' or we
wouldn't have teen rl!e to cfTard the
tr!?.
As far me, I let rr.y Iie.:r grow into
Hub v,ir.:i over mycr.rs. lly purchase
included a white shirt with wovea-ln
tlaa Eendl stripes, a Llus tie v.ithjuet
the riht number cf red diagonal,
, stripes, a crew neck s-vc::rr to hide all
but the tir.lcct tips cf both cf the above,
a pair cf narrow, necdlacord troupers
and black Gucci raccadrs with brass
Scmcthir.3 cf a crl lj rjrese when it
turned cut my blue t!aicr, which I
would be required to wear everavhere ,
but in the shower, h d only three but
tons on each cull (Thank God it had
two vents.) Four buttons are, of
course, dj rijeur. But CIT.da man
c:d to find two more that matched.
The one mistake I made was buying
a tightly furled, umbrella no thicker
than a bread stick. I suppose it mi'ht
keep me dry if I opened it, but it would
obviously require a lifetime of training
to furl it up properly aain. I fear IVe
caught a beastly cold.
The glorious day arrived. "Shall we
zoom off for some spa bc?" I asked
Glynda, that bcir the way I always
refer to pasta at lsast since I arrived
here. As we left the fiat, if I do say so
myself, we miht have stepped right
out of the handbook's pass.
At the first intersection a ruddy
cheeked, middle-aod lady in a blue
blazer riding a bicycle, obviously a fel
low Sloane Ranker, smiliny motioned
for us to pass. I touched a Lr.srtip to
my forehead, bowed slightly and
murmured, "Cue," that" being our
Sloane method cf expressing grati
tude. . " ''
"Not at all," she said cheerily. "Must
be nice to visitors." ;
Visiters! "Well," said Glynda philoso
phically, "at lsast she didnt call us
tourists." .
1:-3t Ct.rrr.:!3 F:.-3 Co.
. -Edlu;rial
..Policy
cial policy cf the fall 1CC3 Daily
Nebraskan. Thsy are written by this,
semester's editor in chief, Larry
are the recants, who c:tsills!;cd tha
JiL Publications Bsard to supenise
- the daily production cf the newspaper.
According to policy sat by the rer.ts,
the content of the newspaper lies
schly in the hands of its student
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iJiiiliiilgiMO
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est," or even "Thou shalt not kill except in self
defense."
Thou shalt not IdIL Period. '
Jesus told a rich man desirous cf heaven to cbsy
the Ten Commandments, ss2 everjtMr. he had and
give it to the poor. lis further instructed hi.; fc l'r.v
ers to love their cnemias, clothe the naked and feed -the
hungry. He taught them to turn the ether check
atcd Peter for using vis! cnce. Finally, he used serse . .
cf his last breaths to forgive these who had mur-
-; . Odd, i:.;it it, that so many-people who call than-
turn a deaf ear to the Sixth Cominsiid
izztX and ignore the ieashia.! and cctis'r3 of the
man they pretend to fallow. . . .- ' .
sa-ll'-s C-r.3 to nsverr.rr.rats who slaughter their
rs.
If Gad b at ?r i!:es3 United States, if he is watchkig
per.dL;g a UZlen "dollars cn war machines while .
raill;er:3 cf j"eel2, many cf then cur neighbors, live '
in alject poverty? How docs a Christian people jus
. ta.y tre.. ag ether pccps to kLl cash ether?
- V.T.en cur anccstcrs arrived in this land, theyjus-
tLe 2 mure eriag th e p scple who Lved here by claam-
vas our ancestors' rirht as Christians to kH the
pagans and take their land. . .
Then came IlaraTest Destiny. It was God's plan
that His Chosen People should expand to the"
Pacific, and what matter a f.r.v I!exican and Ir.dian
lives in the face of dhir. d:a:gn? . ,.'
Cod then, in Ills inftnltewlsdem, sanctioned
dcracersey and cs;-'.ta::;:n. It was ti xvlili
this divine sponsorship ' that the United Hates
dropped two nuclear leasts cn Japan, lallrj thou
sands and condemning to misery csncratians to
ccrss..
: 2 row our Ilarines in Lebanon, cur advie ers m El
Salvador and our stents in Iiearegua era IrZlLag
aad teaching ethers to kill in order' to cl:::ek ths
We caimct call cars elves Christians whll 2 c s r tax
dollars murder fellow humar.3. To c'i S3 b ur.deri
atle hypscrisy. If dismantling cur military ceislex
ccet3 U3 cur frcedam crcven cur lives, r 0 1 3 It. A tra 2
Christian would rather die- than rl::i tLs M:s J cf
an ether human. e: 2 who rerassto t al:2 th r t : '
an..! yet persist in csllrgthe: ilvsCl.-f-t: t c1"!
in c:::n::l:. .
