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Daily Nebraska Mondsy, April 13, 1937 o to o 3! ( 11 Pegs 4 Tr i r (0 Nil D.iily b University of Nebraska-Lincoln Regents camt decide Nursing saved; everybody suffers The NU Board of Regents again manifested its in ability to make hard deci sions. At last Saturday's regents' meeting, the board failed to go through with the cut of the Lin coln branch of the Nursing Col lege. In doing so, the regents refused to take responsibility for reasonably grappling with the financial constraints facing the university. In this case the NU adminis tration has been victimized by the regents. For months now, dedicated administrators like NU President Ronald Roskens have been engaged in what must have been a heart-rending search for ways to face the budget crunch. Early in the process they rightly recognized that the perennial, cuts were becoming too severe and were too permanent to con tinue the policy of equally dis tributing cuts over every sector of the school. The administra tion was determined to sacrifice selective programs for the health of the institution as a whole. Such a policy is the only reaso nable approach to the present financial demands. In rebuking the administra tion's wise policy approach, the regents have wrongly pulled the rug from under the administra tion's feet. Those regents voting to keep Lincoln's nursing pro IEec center Students submit 'appropriate' ideas As promised, the Daily Ne braskan is running a list of names we solicited from our readers for the indoor prac tice field and student recreation center. And as we guessed, we didn't get any serious considera tions. Imagine that. David Williss, a junior in com puter science offered the name, "The UNL Wreck Center." Jim Meidlinger, a senior in actuarial science wrote: "As is so blatantly ostensible that the paramount reason for the construction of the indoor practice facility is an attempt to rationalize a certain coach's lackluster record against the coach of an annual oppos ing team from warmer climes, the choice for the name of the building should be undebatable: The Barry Switzer Memorial Indoor Practice Facility fand student recreation center). Our last response(s) came from Tim Howard, a graduate political science student, who submitted 37 suggestions: Lied Again The Spartan Gathering Place Iba's Revenge Osborne's Desire Athletic-Student Sanctuary (ASS) Under the Training Table Tab ernacle The Cow Palace The Corn Palace Gillette's Tax Deduction The Wizard of Oz(borne) The Glandular Place Yet Another Building We Don't Need .. JclT Korbelik, dw, 472-1766 James Rogers, Editorial Paw Editor List' Olson, t.s.s(x Vif M'M'.s Editor Mike Ueilley, A7J M.ms Mfor Joan liezac, Co.y Msfc C7V gram evidenced a callous disre gard and disrespect for the pro cess as a whole. Their votes and the attitudes they seemingly sup port are utterly unhelpful in aid ing NU through these difficult times. In contrasting the profession alism of the NU administration in its proposals with the regents' reaction to the recommended course, this aphorism seems quite correct: You get what you pay for. In other news from Saturday's regents meeting, a Burger King franchise was approved for loca tion in the City Union. The major argument for the franchise is the financial offer it was able to make. We hope those sectors of the university supervising the franchise are not solely commit ted to the pursuit of the all powerful buck in the matter. For example, an eye should be kept on staffing policies, and strong pressure should be placed on the franchise to keep many present workers who have served stu dents so well. Yet maximizing profits seems to be the overarch ing goal. After all, what other reason could be there for choos ing a Burger King franchise over the vastly more palatable Runza Inn? names Lied II (too, or two, or to) The New and Improved Coliseum The Fossil Palace (named after NU alumni) Hurricane Shelter (since we lost to Miami because we didn't have one) The "We don't choke, we chill easily" Practice Field The Big Red Chill Cove Sniffle City Frostbite Foundry TheASUN A-Frame Macho Mansion Practice Land World of Footballs The Golden Calf The "If you can't do it right, do it at UNL" Center Atlantis Priority Palace The Football Silo The 75 Percsnt Solution The Bucks Stop Here Devaney's .Dilemma The House that Tom Built Red Square Room with a Few (or Room for a Few) A Symptom Valley Forge Editorial Policy Unsigned editorials represent official policy of the fall 1987 Daily Nebraskan. Policy is set by the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. Its mem bers are Jeff Korbelik , editor, James Rogers, editorial page editor; Lise Olsen, associate news editor, Mike Reilley, night news editor and Joan Rezac, copy desk chief. ACQ RAIN MAY FORCE CHAN&eS IN FISHING TECHNIQUES r -w !Lo V - , - w - XW" I Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies at Chester field's? I wonder if anyone has informed the owner of this cozy, tame establish ment that Suicidal Tendencies is not so much a band as an army. At least two articles, one in Rolling Stone and another in Spin, have been devoted to this band. Neither article had anything to do with music. Suicidal Tendencies has been in volved in numerous club closings, near riots, stabbings and shootings; their name has come up in more than a few murder cases in the Los Angeles area. Suicidal Tendencies has their own gang, the Suicidals, that numbers in the thousands. Suicidal Tendencies likes to beat people up fags, blacks, people with long hair, people with short hair, people with earrings, people without earrings, Grateful Dead fans. Quoted in Spin, Suicidal Tenden cies' manager Ron Peterson called the group "a bunch of over-200-pound, street fighting, badass big boys." Cops from Venice Beach to Manhattan call the band trouble. Absolute carnage in the guise of a punk band. At Chesterfield, Bottomsley& Potts? With all that nice woodwork? This is not the sort of band that usually hangs out in places with salad bars. Imagine if you will, yer Deadheads, roaming the country with their favorite band, wear ing the band's T-shirts, listening only Men active I am tired of feeling like a rude, sex ist idiot simply because I am male. Time and time again, people trying to fight sexism against females turn their efforts, advertently or not, into attacks on males. Guest Opinion The April 9 Daily Nebraskan article concerning Prof. Linda Ray Pratt's workshop on sexist language, though certainly not the most offensive pres entation on female sexism, inspired me to write in defense of repressive, uncar ing Y-chromosomed humans. First, let me say that as a male, I am not responsible for the creation of our male-dominated society or language. I do what I can to fight sexism (against males and females) but I did not create the system. Though I definitely agree with Pratt's premise, I think she fell into the trap she was trying to destroy. I refer specifically to her "tips" on avoid ing sexist language where she suggests "women should not feel intimidated by - 1 . 9 'visit to Lincoln isn to that band, peacefully strung out on acid. Now, imagine these folks cranked up on crack and speed pissed off at the world, utterly intolerant and too stupid to realize that if you kick the pulp out of someone, the police might have something to say about it. Charles Lieurance I'm far from conservative, mind you, and I must admit a little anarchy and madness in the streets sends pleasant little shivers up my back. These aren't even the sort of folks that can spell anarchy, and if Bakunin showed up at one of their shows they'd probably yank off his beard and flush it down the toilet. While the city fathers and mothers are being wide-eyed and indignant over the Beastie Boys basically harmless, schlock-shock, bubble-gum rap, jack als are creeping in the back door to eat their children. It's uncertain just how many "fans" Suicidal Tendencies have in Lincoln, but I'm guessing the angst level among kids here is about as high as the angst level in LA in fight against sexism male grammarians who want to keep them in a lower status." Surely Pratt is not suggesting that only males are responsible for perpetuating sexist language or that females are the only people victimized by it. If so, she instantly invalidated herself and her claims. Additionally, though this may be the DN's fault, the headline suggests that women must fight sexist language. Again, should only women fight sexist language? I imagine we would get bet ter results if we all fought sexism in language and elsewhere. Letter Policy The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor from all readers and interested others. Letters will be selected for publica tion on the basis of chrity, originality, timeliness and space available. The Daily Nebraskan retains, the right to edit all material submitted. ...V- 't worth the trauma Angst knows no geographical bound aries. I'm mainly writing this column so later I can say "told ya so" and stick out my tongue at folks. Normally I don't like being the bearer of bad news (actually I love being the bearer of bad news) but when you read enough sto ries about teen-agers getting shot in the belly, stomped on, stabbed and generally abused in the name of punk rock, you get so you can sense doom coming on. Call me a dark cloud, but this band really worries me. See, Suicidal Tendencies is a very good band. One of the best, as far as hardcore goes. They're also severly right wing and as narrow as sin. Usually I'd give a band I even sort of like the benefit of the doubt, but in this case I think I'd rather just spin the vinyl than go have my face kicked in by some 16-year-old with a real bad attitude. Good God, I'm starting to sound like Tipper Gore. As far as I'm concerned, this gives punk rock a bad name. And my guess is that Chesterfield's will need more than a sneeze guard over the salad bar and a bouncer at the door to avoid utter may hem on the 28th of April. Now I have to go play my Ozzy Osbourne record backwards. Lieurance is a senior English, art and philosophy major and Daily Nebraskan senior reporter. Finally, and for this I fault the DN, the conclusion of the article states: "Of the 60 to 75 people in attendance at the workshop, 11 were men." Someone please tell me what purpose this trivia serves except to further divide the ground between men and women and perpetuate our supposed differences. I agree with Pratt's premise, but I think her lectures and the way the DN reported it did more to hurt the strug gle against sexism than help. James N. Hanna freshman theater Readers also are welcome to submit material as guest opinions. Whether material should run as a letter or guest opinion, or not run, is left to the editor's discretion. Letters and guest opinions sent to the newspaper become property of the Daily Nebraskan and cannot be returned. ! i