Tuesday, March 10, 1937
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Student leaders ask for high voter turnout
Due to the overwhelming concern
from state senators, university officials,
and student leaders in regard to the
continuously low voter turnout during
ASUN elections, we challenge UNL
students to be aware of the importance
of the decisions made through this
election.
Last year only 2,988 out of 19,168
eligible voters turned out for the elec
tion. Now, although this is consisent
with past election statistics, it has
made it extremely difficult for ASUN to
legitimately represent the students
when less than 16 percent of them are
voting.
Not only will you be deciding the
fate of a large number of candidates
running for ASUN positions, you will
also have the opportunity to make
decisions about a variety of issues that
have been placed on the ballot. Your
vote is the foundation on which stu
dent fee allotments are decided, and
when issues such as the recreation
center arise, it is imperative that ASUN
be able to substantiate its views based
on the votes of a majority of the student
body.
Therefore, on behalf of the Resi
dence Hall Association, Panhellenic
Association and the Interfraternity
Council, we would like to encourage
students from our respective living
units, as well as off-campus students,
to vote in the ASUN election on March
11th.
MikeBaacke
RIIA president
Doreen Davis
Panhellenic president
Rick Gestring
Interfraternity Council president
UNL fund-raising tactics immoral and ignorant
The great enemy at any university is
not budget cuts or beer parties or
mono. The enemy is ignorance. We have
before us the sad and ugly case of fla
grant misconduct at SMU, which has
now reached to that institution's Board
of Governors and into the office of the
Governor of Texas. Are we sobered at
UNL by this shameful spectacle? We
are not.
Not content with advertising on milk
cartons, the Athletic Department and
the administration have cheerfully
converted private offers of bribes into a
public system of extortion aimed at
bidders on the new practice field and
alleged rec center. The unchecked
arrogance of Bob Devaney and Tom
Osborne, who speak of top-rated teams
as if they were a vital aim of an educa
tional institution, has been translated
by university officials into strong-arm
fund-raising.
Thus, at a time when the university
has seriously spoken of limiting enrol
lment to make the institution more
prestigious, we are turning ourselves
into a rather poor joke. It will not be
lost on prospective students and faculty,
you may be sure, that we keep our
football players warm while the library
languishes and Morrill Hall specimens
rot. Of course putting the bite on con
tractors is immoral; quite possibly it is
illegal.
But beyond these things, it is sicken
ingly ignorant. It is time that the
faculty and students of UNL admitted
to themselves that their university has
been stolen from them and is being
turned to shabby purposes.
Robert F. Bergstrom
associate professor
English
Student admits apathy, wants help
This is not easy to admit, but the realization has finally
struck me and I must confess, I am a member of the silent
majority. Yes, I have sat safely in my armchair of apathy
while others around me have fought valiantly for a worthy
cause, the saving of the university from further budget cuts.
I realize now that I am unmotivated, uninterested and
apathetic just like all those stories and editorials say, but
what can I do? Remember, I've never done this type of thing,
before, so spell it out for me. Who do I write? Where do I go
and whenf If it's this important, then put it on the front
page in big letters so I don't miss it.
Pleasesave me before I slide back into my saSe armchair
of apathy once more.
Chris Hakenkamp
senior
biological sciences
Brittany's review offends employee
This letter is in response to Charles Lieurance's February
19 article "At Britanny's, with the law."
We who are employed at Brittany's found Lieurance's
article most offensive. To begin with, Brittany's does not
offer popcorn, so none of our guests could be "stuffing" it
into their mouths, and we do not offer mugs of beer.
Next, we found it most offensive to be described as
"frustrated," "wandering around aimlessly" and "(looking)
around desperately." A bartending or waitery position in
any establishment requires the following characteristics of
an individual: personable, friendly, polite, courteous, likea
ble, organized, intelligent, inobtrusive and hardworking.
Lori S. Smith
graduate student
business
Couples tosali political groini
GOODMAN from Page 4
the cult of husband-worship. It was
within her jurisdiction to protect his
physical well-being, but not his politi
cal well-being. That subtle distinction,
that borderline between wife and dragon,
was written in the invisible ink that
usually accompanies the description
for the non-job of first lady.
No, I will not go back over the history
of first ladies and public images. Let us
just say that increasingly we expect
these highly visible, women to do
something, but nothing controversial.
We expect them to be something, but
nothing that overshadows their hus
band. We don't tell them how to bal
ance that.
These messages are beamed out to
first ladies who have, until now, come
out of the housewife tradition. But
what is going to happen when the next
generation of first ladies (and first gen
tlemen) start emerging from ranks that
are more populated by two-worker
couples?
During the week of Nancy-bashing, I
kept thinking about Elizabeth Dole. If
the rap against Nancy is that she was
unelected and unappointed, what will
happen to the Doles of the world if they
get to the White House as wife?
Would a former secretary of trans
portation be limited to beautifying bill
boards? Would we permit a president
to appoint his wife the way we permit
. ted Jack Kennedy to appoint his brother?
Could the first lady kiss her husband
goodbye in the morning and go down
town to work in a private office?
The Doles are the most visible
example, but dozens of other two-career
couples populate the statehouses and
halls of Congress. By and large, the
husbands go on leading their own work
lives, but the expectations are more
mixed for wives. And so are the reviews.
Campaigning is so demanding that it
becomes, willy-nilly, a family opera
tion. In an era when men and women
assume a level of partnership, it is
more common to find a spouse who
doubles as adviser or campaign man
ager. If they make it to the top, will the
spouse get to be an official adviser or
get forced into retirement? Or will the
spouse be allowed only to be seen in
public and heard in private?
We do riot elect first ladies. We don't
elect first friends or first advisers
either. They, too, come with the terri
tory. But the way we accept spouses
may be particularly important. It may
determine how many of the new cou
ples get into the running.
It is ironic that such questions
DN disagrees with recall referendum
EDITORIAL from Page 4
1,100 students for an initiative or
referendum attempt. It takes
more than 7,000 for a recall elec
tion. Under the proposed changes
(assuming student participation
in ASUN elections remains the
same), the respective figures
would be 500 signatures for
initiatives and referenda, and
only 660 for a recall. It's this
latter change that is bad and
justifies voting against the entire
proposal. While recall attempts
shouldn't be so burdensome as
to be impossible, they also
shouldn't be so easy as to allow
any policy dispute to spill over
into a recall attempt. Even rela
tively frequent recall attempts
would destroy ASUN's already
fragile image. We oppose the
change.
Don't forget: Vote.
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emerge from this self-proclaimed tradi
tional wife. Nancy Reagan is a woman
accused of having just acquired a taste
of power. Eight down the road there are
a lot of couples breaking political
ground together as normally as they
break bread. Some of them are wonder
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Are those long walks X y
to class wearing
on your feet?
Dr. Paul Klawitter
Ambulatory
Foot-Ankle Clinic
Says:
THINK OF YOUR FOOT FUNCTIONING VERY
SIMILAR TO THE FRONT END OF YOUR CAR.
When your car's out of alignment
The tires wear out
Uneven stress is pi aced on the frame '
The steering wheel igins to shake
Soon the car functions so badly, you can't drive it
- THE MISALIGNED FOOT DOES THE SAME THING.
Pressures develop and trouble starts immediately
Bones move against bones
Ligaments become stretched
Soon the entire alignment of your entire body is faulty
SYMPTOMS OF FAULTY FOOT FUNCTION
localized foot pain
then bunions, corns, and calluses
before long, pain in the knees
hip pain, leg cramps
back pain
and even neck pain-headaches
fatigue '
YOU JUST HURT ALL OVER I
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Call Dr. Paul Klawitter and Associates at Ambulatory
Foot and Ankle Clinic for free consutation or exam
through the month of March.
We are not listed under podiatrist in the yellow pages
but under physician D.P.M.
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