Thursday, February 6, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
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Clause ensures equal treatment
Flunking need not be complex;
follow these ay idelines to failure
The UNL chapter of the Nebraska
Civil Liberties Union has amended its
constitution in accordance with the
allegedly non discriminatory dictates
of ASUN, the UNL student body govern
ment. However, we will not accept
ASUN's verbatim amendment without
correcting what we believe to be a glar
ing error.
ASUN erred grievously by refusing to
include sexual orientation in their non
discrimination amendment to all stu
dent organizations' constitutions. In
response, NCLU chooses to include
sexual orientation as a characteristic
deserving protection against discrimi
nation. Although we adopt ASUN's
"official" clause with our own addition,
it has never been the policy of NCLU to
deny any student's constitutional right
to free expression or freedom of associa
tion. We find it repugnant that ASUN,
purportedly speaking for the entire
student body, chooses to exclude UNL's
gay and lesbian community from pro
tection against discrimination. We find
this exclusion even more appalling
when, by conservative estimates, as
much as 10 percent of the UNL com
munity may suffer as a result.
We urge other student organizations
to join us in expressly condemning dis
crimination based on sexual orienta
tion. Since ASUN persists in the short
sighted exclusion, each student or
ganization has a right, indeed, an
obligation, to uphold the rights of every
student. In a matter as personal as
sexual orientation, the best way to
ensure the right to equal treatment is
through an express clause.
John Ryan
Denise Frost
freshmen
law
Oriental throwing stars
become a painful trend
ROYKO from Page 4
"Those nunchakus (two sticks
connected by a chain) were big for a
while," a policeman told me, "but
not so much anymore. The problem
with those was that if you don't
know what you're doing, you can
whack yourself on the head"
I'm not sure if this trend is good
or bad. On the one hand, it is
alarming that the street gangs have
all these throwing stars, knife
knucks, rib-busters and studded
gloves.
As to the question of why it is
legal to sell them in Chicago and
most other cities, that's easy. It's
legal because the lawmakers haven't
made it illegal.
Why haven't they? Maybe they
just don't know, since there is so
much they don't know.
Or maybe they figure that in a
society where any psycho can buy
his own arsenal, why worry about a
few stars as long as you don't get
them in your eyes.
1986 By The Chicago Tribune
Distributed By
Tribune Media Services, Inc.
Royko is a Pulitzer Prize-winning
columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
When I lived in the residence hall,
I became aware of many students
who honestly wanted to flunk
out of college. Unfortunately, they didn't
quite know how to do it.
They tried several tactics like throw
ing fire crackers in the residence hall's
toilet, decorating the room's walls with
shaving cream, putting the student
assistant down the trash chute and
making annoying phone calls to the
more studious residents.
While these antics were creative, the
students didn't quite flunk out. True,
they were eventually expelled, but
being expelled has a worse connotation
than does flunking out.
I felt sorry for my obnoxious school
mates. Much has been written about
building and maintaining good study
habits. Nothing has been written for
those who want to fail all their classes.
So in the spirit of fairness I have
compiled a list of helpful hints for this
misunderstood minority. (I tried to
convince Cliffs Notes, Inc., to publish
the list, but for some reason the
company declined.)
To flunk a course simply stop study
ing. When you quit studying, your
nightmare of getting a passing grade is
over. This way is easy and is the most
popular.
To kill a good grade more slowly
study only after the professor has made
a substantial effort to get you to study.
This is more polite, but could lead to a
passing grade.
Bill
Rush
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Assuming that you know more than
your instructor is another way to totally
blow a class. It can be made to stem
quite naturally from not communicat
ing. A word of warning: "Assume" is
composed of three words assume.
So, it could backfire. Nonetheless, it's
an excellent way to fail.
Don't be interested in what you're
studying. Just show overwhelming ex
citement in your extracurricular activit
ies. Being argumentative with teachers
and ignoring their directions are other
ways to fail courses. I have tried these,
and, believe me, they are fool-proof.
Ask professors questions. But, don't
pay attention to their answers. This is
also a way to alienate professors.
Being obnoxious and repugnant are
also fool-proof ways to avoid unwanted
credit hours. I used these quite often.
They never fail me.
Saying that you don't have enough
time for a course and taking education
for granted also works very nicely.
Not applying yourself as well as not
thinking can deteriorate a passing
grade.
Take learning and knowledge for
granted. Don't let yourself know how
much they mean.
Of course, a good education may
come in handy someday, so why not
make the most of the opportunity to get
it?
Rush is an undeclared UNL graduate
student.
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