Thursday, December 15, 1833
Daily Nebraskan
Page 17
Silly artists, Treflon men
a year's injustice on parade
All good thing3 must come to an
end. Everything put together falls
apart. Easy come, easy go.
The last column of another semes
ter, another year, i3 traditionally a
chance to reflect, sum up, and make
your thank-yous. Being the devout
tradionalist I am, I think IH just
babble. Like Andy Rooney or maybe
Paul Harvey.
Billy
Shaffer
I don't like a lot of things. (See?
just like Andy Kooney!) I don't like
the way that banality and confor
mity are rewarded and true creativ
ity is frowned upon. It happens in
music when groups like Judas Priest
are ziilionaires and Robert Fripp
gets a van and a couple grand for a
national tour, if that. It happens in
art when someone like Dan Howard
wins another purchase award for
something that has for its main
attributes being "pleasing on the
eyes" or just plain silly, and non
traditional artists continue to scrape
to survive. It happens in dance when
people pay millions for "Flashdance"
and the real dancers are the guys
"breakin' " in the street.
I don't like leaky Bics and weak
Xerox machines. I don't like cover
charges that are called "donations"
and bus drivers that prey on bicy
clists. Not being able to afford cable, I
see a lot of commercials. I hate it
when they run the same one twice in
a row, and during planting season
I've dreamed of putting out a con
tract on the Treflon" man.
I dont like houses that smell like
cats (a pet peeve). And speaking of
houses, I think landlords should
have X's tattooed on their foreheads
and be forced to wear coats made
out of shag carpeting.
I find most bodily functions rather
disgusting. People who slurp their
coffee can either die or move to
Kearney, as far as I'm concerned.
Concerts and movies should never
be made more than two hours, and
most should be considerably less.
I hate it when people laugh too
loud, long, or easily, and if someone
throws something at me it had bet
ter be either lethal or a pack of
matches.
I don't like people who are 100
percent honest or poor liars. And
you can throw people that use words
like "ambiance" and "intelligentsia"
into a hole and fill it up, too.
Just to keep from coming off as a
real Scrooge, there are a few things I
do like I like it when someone else
slips and falls on the ice. I like lop
sided victories. I like to listen to
people who can type really fast.
I like to make my cat beg for her
food. I like to open doors for little
old ladies. I like to ring doorbells
and run. I like old TV shows and new
music.
Enough of the babble. Now for the
thank-yous. I'd like to thank my edi
tor for excusing deadlines and pay
ing me such huge sums for so little
work. Thanks to my staff of secre
taries for their countless romps
around the desk and their good cof
fee. And thanks to you, my faithful
readers, for the hundreds of letters
I've received praising my excellent
journalistic skills.
After a semester of (purportedly)
covering the Lincoln art scene, it
appears that there still is one. Keep
those eyes peeled, all you "art cops,"
and have a merry Christmas. - -
Cards Cz
Letters
IX
Factory slur
Mi Willcox's article in
the Daily Nebraskan
"Another unpleasant sur
prise from NBC," Dec. 1 3)
rankled me. Overall, I
found the article quite
agreeable. But the slur
about factory workers
was uncalled for.
After his put down of
uneducated factory
workers, he went on to
say that he found it lift
ing to hear news about
jogging turkeys and
about Iggy the Pig's her
nia. I think maybe the
real difference between
factory workers and Wil
Icox is that they watch
the news to become in
formed and he watches
the news to be enter
tained. He said as much;
Eddie L Vaughn
Lincoln
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petition, according to
Elaine Richard, program
coordinator.
The Student Film
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to recognize and encour
age outstanding achieve
ment in film production
by college and university
students.
Students from Nebras
ka are eligible to enter an
11-state regional compe
tition. Cash grants and
trophies will be awarded
for outstanding achieve
ment in four categories:
animation, documen
tary, dramatic and ex
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To be eligible, films
must have been com
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in a student-teacher class
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the curriculum of an
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June 10, 1984, ceremony.
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