Tuesday, November 19, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
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Commuter center unnecessary; information already available free Budget issue deserves stronger stance
Students are struggling to afford
quality education; it is not necessary to
charge for an "information" center
when the information already is free.
The center would not be self sup
porting. It would always need money to
keep services up to standard.
So far, only a couple people have
shown their support for the $20,000
In regard to the proposed commuter Big Eicht school that does not have a
center (Daily Nebraskan, Nov. 14) that commuter center? For those who are
is to be built in the Nebraska Union, I interested, UNL also is the only Big
must question the need for this facility. Eight school that does not have an all
The services that would be available university yearbook, but that did not
at the center already are available to affect Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
students free of charge. The only ad- Rudy Lewis in his decision not to sup
vantage would be to have all the infor- port the use of student fees for the
mation and services in one location. yearbook project.
Have ASUN President Gerard Keat- The 40 cent per-student. Der-semes- project. How does the rest of the ASUN
ing and ASUN Sen. Todd Duffack looked ter increase for the commuter center Senate feel about the project? I chal-
into this project? I know Duffack visited would be a 6 percent increase in Fund lenge these senators to investigate this
a similar center at Norman, Okla., but A student fees. project further,
have any surveys been done on this I find it hard to support a commuter Marcie E. Langenberg
campus to see if "that silent majority" center after seeing all of ASUN's hard junior
wants this center? No. work to keep the legislative budget psychology
Does it matter that UNL is the only cuts from affecting the university. Cornhusker yearbook coordinator
'Unpopular 'programs should not suffer brunt of budget cuts
I am deeply concerned with the
future of our state university. My inter
ests often lie in unpopular programs
such as women's studies, minority
literature and film studies.
Some prominent people suggest that
the university cut the traditionally
unpopular classes. If this happens, the
rights of the minority, in which I am
included, would be violated. The foun
dation of this country was based on a
deep belief in minority rights.
The liberal arts and teachers' col
leges should receive an ample share of
the university budget. A liberal arts
degree is the ideal education for stu
dents wishing to truly understand and
participate in the world today.
Many students, unfortunately, avoid
liberal arts because their key objec
tives are jobs, money and social pres
tige. They are under the illusion that
financial security will bring personal
happiness.
A broad liberal arts education also
should be emphasized in the Teachers'
College. Our teachers of tommorrow
must not emerge with degrees in narrow
mindedness. In order to produce good teachers,
we need the financial and moral sup
port of university leaders, students and
concerned individuals.
I am afraid for the future of these
colleges, which should be a concern for
anyone who cares about the quality of
higher education in Nebraska.
Dana Hirschbach
senior
EnglishSpanish
In response to the editorial (DN,
Nov. 1 4), my question is, who wrote this
garbage?
The dictionary defines an editorial
as a "newspaper article that gives the
opinion of the editors or the publish
ers." What good is an opinion if it takes
no stand? If ever there was an issue
that required a firm stance this is it.
This issue demands a stand.
The headline "Kerrey should leave
NU cut at 2 percent" and phrases like
"as much as the university could stand
without suffering permanent damage"
project a sense of submission.
The underlying message in the arti
cle seems to be pleading to our legisla
tors to stop removing the excesses in
our budget.
There is no excess. Any loss of money
means permanent damage. The sena
tors did not return $1.6 million, they
took $3.4 million from us. This should
be stated in clear and certain terms.
Another unspoken message is one of
helplessness in the face of our legisla
tors and the NU Board of Regents. This
is not the case.
We, as students, are not feeble
pawns to be tossed about by the politi
cal whims of those who are elected to
represent us. The entire student body
is an integral part of the educational
triad of student, administration and
regent. If it were not for our desire to
buy an education at this university the
political questions would be consi
dered moot.
We as a student body and student
consumer have to assert our rights and
stand forceably; not as submissives,
cowering and begging for the mercy of
those we have elected. The money they
are dealing with is our money, and we
have a voice in how and where it is
spent.
Jerry Roethig
sophomore
psychologypolitical science
DN should have better hall coverage
Thanks to Bill Allen for his truthful Greek affairs reporting
I would like to commend Bill Allen test tradition: panty raids,
for his consistently unbiased reporting Besid e being a great tradition, panty
of the truth, especially when concern- raids provide clothing for extra-curing
Greek affairs. ricular activities enjoyed by all frater-
Who in their right mind would ever nity men. After all, how did the under-
criticize the Greek system or its grea- garments get stretched out and torn?
I'm glad someone at the Daily Nebras
kan tells things as they are.
Dave Poage
senior
life science
I agree wholeheartedly with Bill
Allen's opinion of the Daily Nebras
kan's bias and accuracy (DN, Nov. 14),
particularly the heavy emphasis given
Greek philanthropic activities.
With the exception of "en masse"
functions like Residence Hall Week,
the activities of Residence Halls are
never mentioned in the DN, save for the
Police Report
Case in point: On Sept. 25, Abel Hall
celebrated its 20th anniversary. Al
though the residents worked to public
ize the event, no DN coverage was
given.
Another case: on Oct. 30, members of
the AbelSandoz Residence Hall Asso
ciation had a Halloween Party for Lin
coln area homeless children. No DN
coverage could be obtained because
the party was "not news."
This being Residence Hall Week,
perhaps it also could be the beginning
of adequate coverage of Residence Hall
Activities.
Ivar Tillotson
Abel-Sandoz Residence Association
Senator
sophomore
undeclared
One thing to say: 'Let him go: Let them all go' Letter Policy
COHEN from Page 4
showing up at major events to remind
the world that her husband remains
imprisoned in the Soviet Union for the
crime of being a Jewish dissident. She
was in Paris when Mikhail Gorbachev
came for his official visit; she was in
New York for the 40th anniversary of
the United Nations. Like hope itself,
she is everywhere.
It would be wonderful to concen
trate only on the grand problems of the
East-West conflict arms reduction,
Star Wars as if the differences
between us and the Soviets were only
ideological and, in terms of any real
conflict, exclusively prospective. But
Avital Scharansky always brings you
down to the small, the human and the
immediate to the plight of her hus
band, his 13-year sentence on the prep
osterous charge of being a U.S. spy, his
suffering, his headaches, his worsening
health.
And by extension she reminds you of
the plight of all the others the Soviets
have jailed for what the West calls
"crimes of conscience." They include
Ukrainian nationalists like Vasyl Stus,
who died in a labor camp, Russian
Orthodox Christians like Boris Raz
veyev, Lutherans, Baptists, atheists with
the wrong politics, and Jews who unlike
Scharansky have no politics, not even
dissent, but whose crime is the fierce
determination to teach Hebrew to
children.
Avital Scharansky smiled at my greet
ing and nodded in recollection of our
last meeting and then, not knowing
what to say, I stupidly blurted out,
"Keep up the good work," which of
course she will. So I quickly said good
bye and headed off for my lunch. There
had been so much to write and then,
suddenly, there had been only one
thing to write:
Let him go. Let them all go.
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