Monday, November 17, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
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UNL used position to benefit NU professor criticizes prank;
itself, says NSSA representative students damage Manter pool
As a member of the Hoard of Directors for the Nebraska
State Student Association, 1 would like to express my
disappointment In the Legislative Assembly In Peru on Nov.
7 and 8. Peru State College was very hospitable and did
everything In their power to make the delegates from UNO,
I'M, and Chadron State and Wayne State colleges feel at
home.
For an organization to succeed In Its main goals,
cooperation and compromises must be granted. A policy
platform should be a list of objectives that benefit the
entire organization.
UNL's chapter voted for the benefit of its campus but
failed to consider the other 22,000 or so members of the four
other campuses that belong' to the Nebraska State Student
Association. I would urge the delegates of that chapter to
re evaluate their decisions and perhaps consider changing
some of their decisions to benefit the organization instead
of just themselves.
I do not feel a state organization should be run under the
direction of one campus, but of the five members unified as
one group, to better higher education in Nebraska. Keep in
mind the motto of the Nebraska State Student Association:
"We are all in this together."
Mike Soltys
Nebraska State Student Association
Board of Directors, Treasurer
Wayne State College Representative
Three weeks ago there was what probably the people
responsible regard as a light-hearted prank. Soap was
dumped into the pool and fountain in Manter Hall.
Perhaps people are not aware that we In biological
sciences have tried very hard to create a beautiful restful
area with the living organisms we study. The fountain and
pool shelter crayfish, goldfish, frogs and undoubtedly
numerous other organisms along with growing, developing
ferns. It is not a balanced system as in nature, but we strive
to keep It beautiful for the animals and plants living in the
area
The soap killed a number of animals and undoubtedly
damaged the developing tiny gametophytes of the ferns.
Perhaps people do not know that soap dumped into a
fountain Isn't just a harmless trick but produces significant
damage not only to living organisms, as in our fountain, but
also to the pumps and creates considerable expense in
clearing the fountain and replacing the water, as in Broyhill
Fountain. Knowing that, they perhaps would not be so ready
to carry out such a childish trick.
Of course, our own students are not the only people who
perpetuate pranks on campus. It could have been anyone,
perhaps people who never see the D?ily Nebraskan.
If university students see such acts being done, some
times a word at the right time could prevent damage.
Earl E. Barnawell
associate professor
biological sciences
Misquotations in DN article anger professor
This letter is in response to an
article on the subject of UNL faculty
morale, which appeared in the Oct. 27
issue of the Daily Nebraskan.
I was interviewed by telephone a few
days earlier to get my views on a
number of matters concerning faculty
salaries and morale. Most of what
appeared in the article was misre
presentations of what I said during
that interview; thus I am taking this
opportunity to set the record straight. I
was quoted as saying, "Competition is
extremely keen for promotions, unless
you want to take on an administrative
load, and I don't, so I feel trapped."
What I actually said was that the
competition for advanced academic
positions outside this university was
extremely keen. Faculty openings at
other major universities at the full
professor level are rare and cater to
those of unique qualifications. Thus
professors are not very mobile and
therefore trapped unless they are willing
to take on an administrative load, or to
go into a non-academic position such
as an industrial one.
That wasn't too bad, but I was
stunned to find out that I was quoted
as saying that I "feel I do not earn
enough, which forced his wife to work."
This misinformation must have been
taken out of context from the replies to
two questions. The first was whether, I
felt my salary was appropriate for my
position and experience and the second
was whether or not I made enough on
Sciicioi voniclheirs create problems
v In Your Nov. 7 editorial, " 'Scopes'
fallout," you rightly point out the
difficulties involved with the recent
court decision about school textbooks
in Tennessee. -
The editorial favors, a voucher plan,
for schools as a way out of the difficujt
- ies. As I "will: show below, this will In
fact introduct many worse difficulties. :
Guest Opinion
A plan to give parents a public-funds
voucher to be used in any private
school would be open-ended growing
more and more over the years. Motiva
tions of those who favor the plan are in
many cases religious, in some cases
radical. Occasionally, as in your edk
torial, there is motive for civil-rights
reasons, and sometimes for educational
reasons.
One argument is that parents who
send their children to non-public
schools shouldn't have to pay for the
public schools, since their children
don't represent a cost to the public
schools. There are several responses to
that: What about people who don't have
children? Should they be excused from
school taxes or perhaps get a refund in
the form of a voucher to be used to
purchase anything they please? It has
long been recognized in this country
that it is to everyone's advantage for all
children tote educated, and the public
schools are provided by government for
those who need and want them.
It is sometimes argued that having a
voucher plan would encourage "com
petition" among private and public
schools, which would result in improve
ment for both. Baloney! There can be
competition only to the extent that the
competitors have the same rules.
Public schools must accept anyone,
while private and parochial schools
can accept and eject students as they
please. They need not, and often don't,
take or keep students with mental and
physical handicaps, severe behavior
problems, or parents who don't care.
Such students would, of course, be in
the public schools because they would
have no choice, vouchers notwithstand
ing, making it all the more desirable for
other students to leave. In rural areas
the public schools would be ruined
simply by lack of numbers.
Actually, there already is a lot of
public financial help for parochial
schools, in that they do not pay property
taxes, and yet get municipal services
such as police and fire protection and
maintenance of local roads past their
buildings. And people who donate to
parochial schools are given part of
their money back through our state and
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The question is not whether private
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Your editorial states an excellent
point: "But then, nobody ever said
protecting constitutional rights would
be easy."
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There appears to be plenty of room
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