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Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, January 16, 1986
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Nebraskan
University ol Nebraska-Lincoln
CofT)mifiTi6nf
NU talent moves east
In April 1982, gubernatorial can
didate Bob Kerrey told UNL stu
dents and faculty thai,, If elected,
he would "go ti tlsi people and say,
lIf you want excellence at the uni
versity, this is what it would cost.' "
Kerrey seems to have forgotten
the search for excellence. But some
NU administrators have not. They
are pursuing excellence in Penn
sylvania. 0 David DeCoster, former UNL
dean of students, resigned Oct. 4 to
become an administrator at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania.
Suzanne Brown, former assis
tant to the vice chancellor of stu
dent affairs, resigned in December
The state pays a
In the last special session, Neb
raska senators passed a bill
eliminating all state funding
about $1.2 million from drivers'
education programs in public
schools.
This session, some officials hope
a bill will be introduced to repeal
that decision. The repeal should be
introduced and approved.
About 16,000 Nebraska teenagers
take drivers' education every year
that's about 90 percent of all
teens, said Rudy Stoehr, a drivers'
education instructor at Lincoln East
High. State funding used to pay $80
per student a major part of every
school's drivers' education budget.
Since state laws say Nebraska
public school districts can't charge
fees for regular semester classes,
the districts will have to absorb
those cuts. This might result in
smaller districts eliminating their
programs because they no longer
can afford them.
Larger school districts might have
to pare down their programs. Some
larger schools would have to elimi
late class sessions and decrease
driving time for students.
Even in summer courses where
fees can be charged students will
have to pay $150 for the course
rather than $50. The price is too
steep.
$4.9
Drivers edly(sat0sT!
BHiliiOEl
Faculty salary increases overdue
T U administrators took a step
forward Tuesday when they
decided to seek an additional
$4.9 million for faculty salary in
creases. If the proposal is approved by the
Legislature, NU faculty would re
ceive 4.6 percent increases that are
long overdue.
Although NU instructors received
a 3 percent salary increase last year,
as did all state workers, NU salaries
are still about 12 percent behind
those at peer institutions.
NU needs the extra money. The
proposed 1986-87 budget increase is
only 2.3 percent not enough for
pay increases.
After years of failing to improve
Editorial policy
Unsigned editorials represent
official policy of te spring 1985
Daily Nebraskan.
Editorials do not necessarily re-
fleet the views of the university, its
employees, the students or the NU
Vicki Ruhga, Editor, 472,1766
Thorn Gabrukiewicz, Managing Editor
Ad Hudler, Editorial Page Editor
James Rogers, Editorial Associate
Chris Welsch, Copy Desk Chief
to become Assistant Vice Chancel
lor for Academic Affairs with the
Pennsylvania System for . Higher
Education.
Lowell Satterlee, director of
the UNL Food Processing Center,
quit in early December to assume a
similar position at Pennsylvania State
University. Satterlee cited the NU
budget cut as a reason for leaving
and said Pennsylvania's food science
programs would be "high priority."
None of the UNL vacancies have
been filled.
Maybe Pennsylvania has some
thing Nebraska doesn't a com
mitment to education.
painful price
Drivers' education classes are
worthwhile. They not only teach
students the mechanics and rules of
driving, but also teach the respon
sibilities that accompany it.
Many programs include films that
show actual car accidents, com
plete with mangled bodies. It shows
students how dangerous a car can
be.
Reasons for supporting a drivers'
education program are many:
O Drivers' education classes
stress defensive driving techniques,
which make Nebraska's highways a
little safer.
O Many students don't have
access to a family car and don't have
the opportunity to practice or learn
how to drive.
O Students don't have to take a
drivers' education course. It is an
option for those who want to learn
how to drive. And since state fund
ing is allocated according to the
number of students who take the
course, monetary waste is minimal.
Anyone can drive. But learning to
drive safely and defensively takes
practice, even training. A drivers''
education course provides that
training.
If legislators fail to restore money
for the program, Nebraskans and
their children will pay the price
in money and lives.
pay, state legislators now owe it to
NU faculty members and Nebras
kans to try to find the money.
If legislators fail to allot the $4.9
million, at least NU administrators
would prove that they are trying
at least in spirit to help instruc
tors. If money for the pay raise is
denied, administrators should call
on the NU Foundation and NU Stu
dent Foundation to help raise money.
It's time for the foundation to
send flyers asking for donations to
improve faculty pay, rather than for
the Lied Center for the Performing
Arts or for two huge clocks for the
campus.
Board of Regents.
The Daily Nebraskan's publish
ers are the regents, who established
the UNL Publications Board to super-
vise the daily production of the
paper.
WftS M 1 u y
u Cue 5 mis and yts off
Conform! It's
Improbably hasn't been long since
S-you appealed to that age-old
rationale. We seem to be in a period
where such defense carries much more
weight than it once did. Ours is an
incredibly imitative age.
James
Sennett
The rule of the day appears to be
"primate see; primate do." So, in the
interest of those who may be new to our
campus this semester, orfor those of us
who are constantly desirous to know
what everyone else is up to, I begin this
semester with a list of some of the most
important "in" things. If you want to be
"one of the crowd," if you want to
"keep up with the Joneses," if you want
to obey a thousand other pedantic
(cliches, here is what you must do:
1. Run for governor. If there ever
was an activity to which "Everybody's
doing it!" applies, this is it. Ever since
the boy governor announced his non
intentions last fall, people we never
even heard of are suddenly appearing
on the scene, telling us how much they
have accomplished for the state.
I never knew Nebraska had so many
dedicated patrons It makes you wonder
how the state could possibly have any
problems at all. If you have ever voted,
paid tax, picked up a piece of litter
from the sidewalk or defended the
When the
the overzealous are remembered
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mike Royko is
on vacation. We are reprinting some of
his best columns from the past 22
years. This first appeared on Sept. 20,
1966, and appears in his collection,
"Like I Was Sayin' ...")
Mike
Royko
My favorite modern folk hero is
the fan who runs on the field
during the big game. He is even
more wonderful than the dog that runs
on the field during the big game.
Sometimes he just lopes around the
bases, sliding into home plate. Some
times he tries to hug Mickey Mantle.
Sometimes he tries to punch a referee.
The cops always drag him away, and
the TV announcer makes some smart
crack, like: "Well, that's the end of his
ffv
! '"' ' I
easy, fun and
Cornhuskers against an irate Oklahoma
fan, then you have all the makings of a
serious gubernatorial candidate. Give
the statehouse a call today!
2. Criticize McCathorn Clay
ton. Really, those irate Okies don't
need to criticize the Cornhuskers
we're doing enough of that ourselves.
And it all centers on our dear sopho
more quarterback we had not even
heard of a year ago. Remember one
thing no matter what happens this
season, it's Mac's fault. Forget the fact
that the team was 9-2 in games that he
started. Forget all the cheers we were
raising earlier in the season. And, for
goodness sake, forget that we ever
compared him to the immortal Turner
Gill. (One wonders with fear just how
long that inevitable comparison is going
to be around) Big Mac served us well
when we needed a hero. Now that we
need a scapegoat, it seems he fits the
bill, too. Thank God for loyal fans.
3. Form an opinion on the Lied
Center. It doesn't matter what opin
ion, but must be vehemently on one
side or the other.
This campus will not tolerate a
"maybe yes; maybe no" wishy-washiness
on this one. You can be middle of the
road about abortion, homosexuality,
university budget cuts, or any of those
other peripherals, but there are only
two camps in the battle of the building.
Choose your weapon and prepare for
war.
4. Apply for the College of
Business Administration. I under
stand that the only thing longer than
their student roster over there is their
waiting list. Everybody's wanting to do
the corporate ladder shuffle when they
biq game is
game, ha, ha"
But nobody ever asks these wonder
ful free spirits who they are or why they
must do it.
Last Friday, a skinny youth ran onto
the field during the tense final minutes
of the Bears-Rams game in Los Angeles.
While more than 50,000 fans cheered
and 8 million people watched on TV,
the youth sped down the field, his head
held high, the wind in his face.
Then Mike Ditka (now the Bears'
head coach) stepped from the huddle
and slammed him. The fans booed
Ditka, but that was wrong. Ditka has
been trained since high school to
knock down everything that moves. The
young man flew into the air. He was
limp when he lanaed and shaky when
the police led him away.
More people saw that kid knocked
down than saw all of Joe Louis' fights.
When the game is forgotten, that kid
will be remembered.
This is a nation of people who are
always asking each other questions.
saves time
get out of school, and the MBA is the
only dance card available. So lay aside
those childhood dreams of aesthetic
and humanitarian fulfillment, and go
for the gold. After all, no one ever
formed a "Starving Accountants"
league.
5. Cross 16th Street wherever
you like. If this is to be done properly,
you must never, never, look for traffic.
Remember this: There is nothing more
uncool than crossing at corners or wait
ing for oncoming cars. The word is out
on the streets college students have
no common courtesy and even less
common sense. Whatever we do, we
must not damage that reputation for
which we have worked so hard.
Of course there are many more cate
gories of total conformity of which the
addicted mime must constantly be
aware.
For instance, the back pack goes
over only one shoulder. Only bike rid
ers and total nerds wear it over both.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Compliance immersion is a full-time
profession and knowledge in the field
is increasing at an alarming rate.
But it must be mastered. The only
alternative is the formulation of genuine
and well-thought-out opinions in the
context of self-confidence. But such
paths are terribly lonely, and a lot of
hard work to boot.
For most of us, the only alternative
appears to be the chameleon syndrome.
So brush up, and keep your eyes open.
You never know when you'll encounter
yet another bandwagon to jump on.
Sennett is a UNL graduate student in
philosophy and campus minister of the
College-Career Christian Fellowship.
foraotten
Where were you till 3 am.? Why did you
go through a red light? How will you
vote in November? Did you like your
mother when you were three? What's
up?
But nobody bothered to ask the
young man who he was or why he did
this daring thing: They just kicked him
out of the stadium.
Well, let it be known that Felix Car
bajal, 19, of Lomita, Calif., is of Mexi
can ancestry, and he is a laborer in a
chemical factory.
He was sleeping when I called, hay
ing worked the Sunday night shift. His
father, who has a broad accent, said he
didn't know about what his son had
'I didn't even know he Dlaved foot
ball," Felix Sr. said.
Felix's mother said: "I know about
it. I guess it was something he felt he
had to do. Wait, I'll wake him up."
"Hello?"
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