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Thursday, March 14, 1935 Pago 4 Daily Nebraskan M fl u "-rg&s"" ! lHr. r ft r cU, another rtvcifcgASUN election i3 ever. No mere signs, buttons, suckers or glint banners to contend v,1th. No mcra ccttv dbnutes cr cr.rilm violations, cither. , w w r - - - - a Vf. r - - Although ASUN s pc.ver is kr.iied, It en, and ccci:lcr.ai:y cccs serve the students cf this cirrous well. Mitt Wallace pteyed a key role in keeping the libraries open ca football Saturdays. Mark Scudder sutcsfu'iy requested delay In the construction cf the new bookstore to tllsw ttvdent Input. Us tlso organised a meeting with ed.?.lsi5trators tad regents for any Interested students. These ktauj cf tcccisplfchmcnis aren't csxth -shattering, but they help make life it UNL somewhat mora comfortable. Wo hope the r.tw AEUN administration will be successful In attilr.ir.g Its pzt and In representing th Interests cf the students of this university to administrators and to the regents. needed t siamve Cuts in the federal budget necessitate the funding of seme programs by the state and local governments of this country. President Reagan's philosophy is that local governments should have more responsibility. State legislators have an opportunity to provide needed money for students in state colleges and universities money that will become increasingly needed if planned cuts in federal loan programs become reality. LB133 would create a state work-study program. The program would provide work for state college and university students at local non-profit and state organizations. The students would earn up to $1,800 syesr. Employers would pay SO percent cf a salary, the state the rest This prcgrsai is a fairly inexpensive wey to provide funding, and experience, for Nebraska students. Deb Chapelie, executive director of the Nebraska State Student Association, wrote the bill. It was introduced by state Sea. Tom Vickers of Fernsm. The bill was introduced last session and it failed. This year, it's more important than ever. Federal student aid has decreased by 20 percent since 1081. Student loans are harder to get now &s well. Don Aripoli, director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid at UNL, said LB123 would do more than just create financial aid for students. He said work-study gives students a chance to "test out" career areas. LB133 would bring more funding to the university through tuition. Aripoli also said research has shown that students who work perform better academically. There is some debate about whether regular, profit-oriented businesses should be allowed to participate in the program. Detractors say the cheap labor would be just like state subsidies to private industry. Allowing the private sector to participate also might displace some full-time employees in favor of cheap student labor. It would be best to leave the private sector out of the program, if it is- passed. LB1S3 would do much to help students many of whom would not be able to go to school without a work-study program. We urge the Legislature to pass LB133. w j n Daily n EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER PRODUCTION MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER CIRCULATION MANAGER NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR WiRE EDITOR COPY DESK CHIEF EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR NSGHT NEWS EDITORS GRAPHICS EDITOR ASSISTANT GRAPHICS EDITOR PHOTO CHIEF ASSISTANT PHOTO CHIEF PUBLICATIONS BOARD CHAIRPERSON PROFESSIONAL ADVISER Chris Wilsch, 472-1 7U DsnM Sfcatlil Tom Eyrns Keg feasi ' l,"ehte!a thuman ; ,. .... Leurl Heppl " ' VSckl Ruhgi Wwd W. Tri?!it III !as! Thorns Ju"t Joriia Hendricks M VJl'sr Csh Y. Huy sys Hl Teny Schsppaugh Jesl Sartor . Msrfe Cr;:s Chris Cfcosto 472-S723 Don Vg!tea, 473-7231 Ths Daily Nebraskan (USPS 1 44-020) is published by the UNL Publications Board Monday through Friday in tha fa!i end spring ssmestars and Tuesdays and Fridays in tha summer sessions, exespt during vacations. Readers are encouraged to submit story idess and com ments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a.m. end 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tho public also has eccsss to the Publications Board. For information, call Chris Cheats 472-37S3. Postmaster. S0nd address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, 34 Nebraska Union. 1400 R St.. Lincoln, Ne&. 63283-0443, Second cisss postsca paid st Lincoln, NE 5510. ' . ALL HATFUL COPYRIGHT 1SS3 DAILY KSSRASXAN I V bA' 2" I l 5 ' , -4. V ? 1 -J- J 7T-- rr- X " 7 S a lt..i Tl Ml .A 1 M ( J Tl Unimportant worries help people forget problems A one-two-three-foiir, What a dancedo they do, Lordy how I'm teliia' you; they don't need no band, they get high by clappin' their hands. Happy as a cow, chewin' on a cud, when the people beat their feet on the Mississippi mud. j tupid isn't it? You wouldn't believe the whole song, it goes on forever. I kJ sing it when I'm happy. And, hey, good news, you too can bounce around town and sing corny gongs just like this one. I wouldn't lie to you. I'm your Mend, trust me. James A. Fiissdll You want to be happy? Do what I do. Follow the advice of brother Jack Smith (No, I don't know who he is either, but he was quoted recently in the funny pages of the Lincoln Journal, what more do you want?) Pay attention, here's the advice. "A per son must try to worry about, things that aren't important so that he won't v.xrrj too much about things thct are." Call it Ssrdih's Rule. , It makes a certain amount of off-the-wall sense. Worry about the unimportant stuff only." Look at me, I'm disgustingly happy and I worry about -lots cf Unimportant stuff every d.:y. Stuff like whether the toilet paper is rolling over cr under the roll. And Grape Nuts. I worry about Grape Nuts. I mesn, gosh demit, it's such a cute little name for a cereal even if it does look and taste like little brown rocks and crack your molars wide open when you eat it, you would think at least it would have cute commercials. Smith says worry about unimportant stuff? This is about as unimportant as it gets. And I'd worried. I'm worried about their business sense there at Grape Nuts Central. Instead of cute, they throw some scruffy outdoors man at us who impugns our soft city lifes tyle and says in a haughty snit, "There's no question Grape Nuts is right for you. Ques tion is: Are you right for Grape Nuts?" Now there's the $100 dollar question, am I right for Grape Nuts. I always end up talking to my TV and saying, "Nope, gues3 not." It just bugs me because I know those Grape Nuts folks can do a lot better. Now, heaven knows, I'm no advertising expert, but, I mean, if you don't have a whole lot to work with in the first place with regard to your product, why shoot yourself in the foot with an arrogant advertising cam paign? I'm worried. I think I'll send them a letter. Something short and tactful.-like "Dear Grape Nuts, your commercial is stinking up the airwaves. Have a nice day. Your friend Jim." Naaaa. I'll work on it. See what I mean? It's fun to worry about stupid things. It'3 creative worrying instead of destructive worrying, and a little of it is good for the sanity. Hey, I can't worry about Nicaragua, I'm too busy trying to straighten out cereal companies. r And contact lens wearers. I could strrJghten a few of the::', out, and how.. Have you seen the guy on campus who loses a contact on a dusty floor some where, finds it, spits in the lens, then puts it back in his eye? Yecccchhhh. This man must be stopped and flogged within an inch cf his life. Again, Smith's Rule. Worry about unim portant stuff. My wife, Susan, does. Heck, she even worried about what I was writing about this week. "Oh that's gross," she said about the man who spits in his contacts, "you're not going to put that in your column are you?" She was play worrying ycu understand. It occupied her time and sr.ada her happy. So she did it some more. See, she was worrying about some unimportant stuff and loving it. I wrote down what she said on a yellow legal pad. She saw me and worried some more. "You're not going to use that are you," she demanded. "Now I have to worry about everything I say?" "No, just the unimportant stuff," I said. "Remember Smith's EuI-3." "You can fix your own spaghetti to night," she snorted, net amused. So now I've got to worry about what I'm going to have for dinner tonight. I guess I should have something light and unimpor tant. Msybe I'll go ever to Bill Allen's place. Sounds like he's been esting a lot of unimportant stuff ktely on his diet.. And I know he's wcrrir.g about it. Now it's your turn. You gonna worry about tha big stuf cr the little stuff? It'8 up to you my M sr.ds, it's up to yea. Erother Smith will be wsicMug and so will I. 'Bill won threaten iers one-room & LE6S2, the school merger bill, deserves the attention cf all Nebraskans, including students at UNL : - However, I must disagree with the March 12 Daily Nebraskan column by Jim Bogers, "Schcd. consolidates threatens rural one-room schocIl:ouces.n Eavicg attended tsra difTcrest one-room schools in Dodge County, I would be the first to stand up md defend the school's cdquems and eTTsctiTenesa. l!y teachers in these schools were well-trained and car ing. It was a complete education. LE382 doe3 not do away with these schools. The bill, as amended, allows Class I school district residents to sue the dis trict they merge with if the one-room school is not properly maintained. This amend ment by Anselmo Sen. Howard Lairb would prevent the school beards froia let ting buildings become dilapidated so they might have to be close! A committee amendment would protect Qass I elementary schools from bb closed unless a nority cf the voters LV ing within the origins! district choose to close a school One-room sekscls will not be closed under U.ZZ1 It b a tax equity issue. Those Class I residents who already have ties with Qzm VI school) dis tricts should not be pensiliod for taang the initiative to prr iJs !.::h school edu ction fcr their stv.d:r.t3. Ailgr.bg Class I's with est - :i-h : d C i:s 1 a K-12 sys tems is in ihe I ::t lnt:r::t cf the students cf Nebraska. Mast of all, it's fair. Jerry Koemer sophomore t-riedtuni honors