The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 07, 1984, Page Page 7, Image 7
Wednesday, November 7, 1984 Daily Nebraskan Page 7 Students need change of pace This letter is in response to an article by Liz Burden concerning whether or not students truly care about their education (Daily Nebraskan, Nov. 2). Excuse me for taking so long to reply, but I was, as you put it, to busy pre paring for the important things." I, like many students on this cam pus, have been tied up with my studies. I'm sure you are surprised to receive a response to your article. Believe it or not, there are a good many minds out here. Not only are there minds, there are minds that can read, write and respond to those persons who see themselves as the last deni zen of an educated society. Grant ed, apathy does exist out here, yet no individual can claim to be the only considerate individual among us. It is ridiculous to assume that students spend all of their time at clubs, bars, and social activities. As you said, they often are crowd ed, but so are the libraries, study halls and classrooms. Students need their social activities as a change of pace from the everyday routine. If they spend no time concerning themselves with fi nances and education (as you claim they do), then the universi ty's system of suspending those who don't make the grade soon will eradicate the entire student body, except for you, of course. By the way, I'm surprised that you, while researching your arti cle, noticed the crowds at the clubs and bars yet didn't seem to notice them at the libraries. Chris Kohtz freshman music TV commercials seduce electorate As a student in the humanities, I watched recent trends in politi fcCal. attitudes with an increasing sense "of revulsion. Such trends were clearly demonstrated in three recent editorials in the Daily Nebraskan: Kevin Warneke's en dorsement of the Reagan admin istration (DN, Nov. 11), DN's en dorsement of Walter Mondale (Nov. 2) and Liz Burden's article on student apathy toward edu cation and its rising costs (Nov. 2). Warneke takes the position that taxing the rich would remove the profit motive and hurt the econ omy. WeVe heard that argument before. In a related vein, Burden points out that students are tend ing to view college more as a social event than an educational experience. It was Warneke who CAREER DISCOVERY DAY THURSDAY, NOV. 9th, 9am4pm CENTENNIAL ROOM NEBRASKA UNION CPAfJ AN students from ail degrees are in vited to attend. $3.00 per student. There will be seminars on the Assertive Job Search, Tips on Resume-Writing and Interviewing other topics of interest. You will also have a chance to meet over 40 employers. For further details contact the Career Planning & Placement Center. 230 Nebraska Union made a plea for a fee increase to support Homecoming. Homecom ing is doing quite nicely with out side funding from the private sector. Does he secretly harbor socialist values? DN's editorial endorsement of Walter Mondale points out, among other things, that Reagan has taken an unfriendly stance toward education and toward all those students whose parents can't af ford the costs of college. On the other hand, Mondale takes a pos itive attitude toward education and acknowledges government's responsibility in this area So why does Warneke endorse the non sequitur president? Why do students ignore rising costs and declining quality in educa tion? And why do so many people choose to ignore the pressing so cial, economic and foreign policy issues which were mentioned in the DN's endorsement of Mon dale? The reasons are too numer ous to fully cover here, so let's consider the most pervasive one: The Power of Television. For the first time in history a majority of the electorate watches an average of four hours of televi sion daily. This includes roughly an hour of slickly-packaged com mercials extolling the joys of materialism and consumption (im mediate self-gratification). Most commercial programming rein forces this same message. It is no coincidence that Reagan recently vetoed a bill to continue federal funding for Public Broadcasting. Could it be that we as a nation have unwittingly bought their product and sold our ideals to the highest bidder? Those who have the guts to seek an answer to this question might start with Tour Arguments for the Elimi nation of Television," by Jerry Mander. It can be found in li braries. Jeff Engelmann graduate student modern languages and literatures 'Ignorant' articles disappoint student I don't know why I picked up your paper this morning, I usu ally don't, out of sheer boredom I guess. I read two articles. I could Dlnl(alci5)ifil(dl(giniS For you if your classes conflict, work schedules intrude, and you can't always be where you'd like to" be. Earn University of Nebraska-Lincoln credit studying at your own pace. For information, visit the UNL Division Independent Study Department, room 269 Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, 33rd and Holdrege. Take the shuttle bus from city campus. Or call 472-1926. UNL doss not discriminate in its academic, admissions or employment programs, and abides by all federal regulations pertaining to same. not believe some of the things you people will print just to fill the spaces left because you did not have enough advertisements to print. I am referring to two articles printed on Nov. 5, 1984. First to Chris Burbach and his editorial on "Baby Fae," I say ignorance will allow some people to put anything down on paper. Chris, I say to you, "don't write another word until you take a few basic life science courses." Your state ments are so ignorant and misin formed that you offend the edu cated ear. You, as well as others, have said there was a human heart for trasnplant. I have to ask you was it compatible so rejec tion would not occur? Chris, do you even know what I am talking about? I will tell you this much: the issue must be a close match, you just can't stick any heart in any body. The chances are one in a mil lion that the heart would have been compatible. The doctors got the best match, it just happened to be from a baboon. If all medical advances had to be screened by people like yourself, we would still be going to the doctor to have leeches suck our blood when we don't feel well. Let's leave life sav ing to those educated for it. Chris, there's still hope for you. You could always become the medical editor for that wonderful medi cal journal, The National Enquirer. I've said enough. Now as for Richard Cohen's article, I don't understand how or why this got into print. If Cohen can't decide where he stands on something, why burden us with his indecision and just plain bad commentary? All I have left to say is that it took Alk years to get me to read your paper and all I got out of it was disappointment. I must ad mit, however, I still will pick up your paper for the Domino's Pizza coupons. I don't ever expect to see this in print because it rubs the wrong way. I hope you surprise me. ; Mark Driscoll dental student Editor's note: Barbach said a hum tin heart was not available for transplant at the time. of Continuing Studies Cssnpus l-s Pre-med student defends transplant Chris Burbach's editorial re garding the morality of trans planting a baboon's heart (Nov. 5, DN) was quite interesting to me. I too have tried to rationalize and evaluate the decisions made by Dr. Bailey and the other physi cians involved. My conclusion is somewhat different, however. As a pre-medical student with extraneous involvement in medi cine, I have learned to respect the ingenuity and judgments of the people in the medical profession. Without a doubt these people make mistakes as does everyone, but that is a somewhat different topic than the one at hand. I truly don't believe that alternatives were not considered. The choice of a baboon's heart was nothing but a logical solution to the problem at hand. Infants do not develop their immunity systems until sometime after birth. Mater nal immunity protects them until the infant's own immunity system "kicks in." The transdanted heart was compatible to the infant be cause the immune system had yet to be developed. Needless to say, "Baby Fae" is not "out of the woods" yet. Rejection is still very possible, but one thing is certain: "Baby Fae" is alive and making progress. I can't call that any thing but positive and reassuring. I guess my point is that ques tioning Dr. Bailey is not a smart thing to do unless you know some thing about heart transplants. As an editor of the DN, I don't feel Burbach can judge the proce dure of Dr. Bailey. Another shortcoming of Bur bach's argument is that the oper ation shows "a disrespect for human life in favor of medical advancement." This is a riducu lous statement. Respect for human life is the foundation for medical advancement. People in the health-related fields have an unquestionable desire to help .I 7 t w 5N Everyone wears their underwear outdoors, don't they? When it's pohpiopykne underwear, they do! It wicks away moisture to keep you warm. It works! Need we say more? At The MOOSE'S TOOTH 17th & HoSdrege 475-4453 a YXfe s mm ink ra OUTDOOR SPORTS not hinder the progress of man. Medicine is a profession that requires constant research and revision. Its progress is the result of experimentation. How could we advance if we didn't1 experiment? Robert Singer junior pre-med 'Twirlers 'question selection process Until now only one side of the "guest twirler" controversy has been publicized; our objective is not to further aggravate the situa tion, but to let readers know many people seethe issue another way. If band members really are concerned about who twirls for them, then why were there only a small handful of them there to see the tryouts? Had they seen the ridiculous unsportsmanlike conduct of the winner, their opposition to share the field with national and international cham pions might have been lessened. It is too bad that the band and the directors could not graciously accept the decision of a higher authority as the two twirlers had to accept the unfairness of the judges' biased decision this spring at tryouts. Furthermore, the un professional show of disagree ment which included prank and threatening phone calls and the mockery displayed by the band's drum majors and directors during the half time show is nothing for students and faculty to be proud of. We feel this type of unfortunate incident could be avoided in the future if a more professional selection process from the be ginning is devised. Lori Balke senior home ec. ed. Judy Fish sophomore advertising Camping Backpacking Mountaineering X-Country Skiing Reck Climbing