Thursday, September 26, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
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Farm bill at heart of economy, tuition crises
Most students' checkbooks are feel- ofdollars. and mavreconvena in another th ki Fnr NohrasWa 0 tn
ing a little lighter today. After paying special session before January if the improve, the American farmer needs
tuition that is 15 percent higher than
last year, it is the right of every student
to question whether these increases
will continue.
The underlying cause of the higher
tuition at UNL is the current farm cri
sis. Land values in Nebraska have
decreased more than 28 percent. Crop
prices are the lowest in years. The ag
situation intensifies. hicher Drices through reduced Droduc-
The state, caught in this agricultural tion. Less farmers does not necessarily
crunch, no longer can appropriate mean less production. Farmers must be
money for the university at an adequate able to reduce acreage. To achieve this,
level. This was evident last session I believe that Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin's
when the university was given only a 1.2 farm bill is the only workable alterna-
percent increase, not the 1 3 percent it tive.
requested. No one can ignore the importance of
This inadequate appropriation is the the farm bill to the economy of Nebraska,
main reason why UNL students had to to the health of UNL and to our tuition
costs.
Jerry Roemer
junior
ag honors
Safety tips needed for motorists as well as bicyclists
In response to"Bicyclist killed; police A public awareness program alerting that when I am driving a car, if I am not
urge riders to obey safety tips," (Daily motorists to their possible victims (i.e. alert, I could endanger the lives of oth
Nebraskan, Sept. 24), a common mis- bicyclists, motorcyclists and pedestri- ers. I am alive today only because of
ans) should be expanded along with luck'and an extreme amount of alert,
the present program of informing the defensive driving. While riding, I can
possible victims of defensive safety avoid being killed by those vehicles
tips. It appears to me that in the case of ahead of me, but I cannot keep track of
the tragic death of the young woman, those behind me. Therefore, I am plac-
nong uing-iin, wno was sirucK down ing my nie in their hands. Unrortu-
industry accounts for 26 percent of the
state's products; the highest in the pay the tuition surcharge this fall and
nation. why tuition is making up a larger part
Currently the Legislature has a short- of UNL's budget,
fall of revenues in the tens of millions The current farm bill in Congress is
conception that most motor vehicle
operators in Lincoln have is that the
road was made for cars and that bicy
clists have second priority. The Lincoln
law states. that bicyclists are to be
treated as moving vehicles with all traf
fic laws applying to them, including from behind while riding eastbound on uately, some drivers are too irresponsi-
the right to their own lane. This law is
frequently broken by both drivers (i.e.
by crowding the bicyclist while pass
ing) and bicyclists (i.e. bypassing cars
by riding down the curb) and is not
enforced by the Lincoln Police Department.
Vine Street, that the only safety tip that ble to even pay attention to that which
could have saved her life was either to is in front of them. They endanger my
not ride the bicycle or to drive a larger life and the lives of many others,
pickup than her assailant.
Kurt J. Dicke
I am a motorcyclist, bicyclist, pedes- graduate student
trian and an alert car driver. I am aware comDuter science
Accent develops during football playing years
become trendier than others. Every linemen, most of whom seem to be
accent Drings a characterization of
one's self or one's society. Through an
accent, they associate themselves with
groups."
Maybe that explains Namath's accent.
ROYKO from Page 4
all of the other kids."
For an expert's view, I asked Ellen
Schauber, an associate professor of
linguistics at Northwestern University,
either black or white Southerners.
Maybe Namath thought that if he
talked like them, they wouldn't fall on
him as hard.
1985 by the Chicago Tribune
He spent many years playing college Distributed by Tribune Media
if some people develop accents to be and professional football. And part of Services, Inc.
trendy. his job as a quarterback involved being Royko is a Pulitzer Prize-winning
"Absolutely," she said, "some accents chased and fallen upon by gigantic columnist (or the Chicago Tribune.
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