Professor blasts Reagan
By Dorothy Pritchard
Senior Reporter
A University of Nebraska-Lin
coln political science professor
Wednesday labeled foreign policy
during President Reagan’s seven
years in office a “consistent record
of failure.”
Professor Bill Avery, speaking
to a group of about 30 people at The
Gathering Place, 15th and E
streets, cited examples of why he
believes Reagan’s policies are fail
ures, including: lack of arms con
trol agreements in the past seven
years despite “abundant” opportu
nities for arms agreements; “a dis
astrous Middle East performance,”
including the deaths of 241 Ma
rines in Lebanon; no progress
toward peace in Central America
and the militarization of that re
gion; a “head in the sand” policy
toward apartheid in South Africa;
an “ill-conceived” Persian Gulf
policy; and “absolutely ridiculous”
arms sales to Iran.
Reagan’s “quick fix" of enlist
ing the U.S. military instead of
using diplomatic tactics has be
come an obsession, Avery said,
pointing out the sending of Ma
rines to Lebanon and Grenada, the
committing of troops to the Persian
Gulf and the militarization of
Central America.
“You cannot opt for a military
solution to every problem,” Avery
said.
Avery blamed Reagan’s leader
ship style for the “disastrous re
sults” of his foreign policy. Reagan
is detached and uninvolved with
the day-to-day routine of govern
ment, Avery said, unless he is per
sonally concerned with an issue —
like U.S. hostages abroad or Con
tras in Central America. He said
Reagan does not have the “knowl
edge or the will” to break the dead
lock between the State Depart
ment, which is sympathetic to arms
control, and the Defense Depart
ment, which doesn’t favor arms
control.
“How can you expect this presi
dent to intervene in'a creative way
in this terrific struggle of bureauc
racy if he lacks the knowledge?”
Avery said.
“Before we have any major
successes in foreign policy we’re
going to have to have major
changes in the structure of foreign
policy making in this administra
tion,” he said.
World Food Day recognized
By Victoria Ayotte
Staff Reporter
World Food Day, a time to exam
ine efforts to end hunger everywhere,
will be recognized locally today and
Friday.
Mayor Bill Harris will honor sev
eral individuals and groups who have
helped end hunger Thursday at Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church, 6001 A St.
On Friday, a national teleconference
called “Poverty, Hunger and Interde
pendence” will be broadcast on the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s
East Campus.
Today’s program will begin at
4:30 p.m. when Harris presents cer
tificates of recognition to principal
food referral agencies in Lincoln.
Friday’s session begins at 10 a.m.
in the Great Plains room of the East
Union with an introduction by Irvin
Omtvedt, interim vice chancellor of
the Institute of Agriculture and Natu
ral Resources. Then Nebraska Rep.
Doug Bereuter will give an address on
world hunger before a national tele
conference.
The national teleconference will
be received by satellite at sites all
over the,world. A panel of Nebras
kans will discuss “Nebraska Perspec
tives on Food Issues” following the
national teleconference.
Today, the agencies will be recog
nized for “identifying families with
emergency needs and referring them
to the proper church or food pantry,”
said Carmelee Tuma, executive as
sistant to Mayor Harris. Fourteen
agencies will receive awards.
Rita Hennig, pantry organizer and
Farm Crisis hotline field worker, will
sing songs from the heartland at 5:30
p.m. Her performance will be fol
lowed by a free dinner. A freewill
offering will be taken.
World Food Day started in 1981
and is celebrated on the anniversary
of the Food and Agriculture Organi
zation of the United Nations.
Glen Vollmar, dean of interna
tional studies at UNL, said World
Food Day is an annual event.
“I don’t think people thought it
would last as long or become more
important,” he said.
Vollmar said he thought there
would be a greater focus this year on
the food problem being an economic
problem and not a production prob
lem.
“We have food stored all over the
world; people just don’t, have the
money to buy food,” he said.
Karen Craig, dean of the College
of Home Economics, said the main
food issue today is distribution. Tons
of food go to waste, Craig said.
Thursday’s dinner will be fol
lowed by the presentation of local
end-hunger awards by Gates Min
nick, City Council chairman.
Recipients of individual achieve
ment awards are: Wcnde Baker, gen
eral manager of the Lincoln Food
Bank; Shirley Cayou, alcohol coun
selor trainee at the Lincoln Indian
Center; and the Cooper Foundation. '
Donald Hanway, professor emeritus
of agronomy, will receive an educa
tor/scientisl award.
Willie Nelson, founder and organ
izer of Farm A id, will get an award for
achievement by a celebrity. For cor
porate achievement, Gooch Foods
will be recognized, and the People’s
City Mission will be honored for
achievement by a private voluntary
organ ization/cooperative. Televi
sion station KOLN-KGIN, channels
10 and 11, will be awarded for media/
communication achievement.
“The work of individuals and
groups who are committed to ending
hunger is seldom recognized, so
through these awards we honor these
‘heroes of the heart’ for their compas
sionate and outstanding contribution
to help others in our community,”
Harris said.
Friday deadline
set for pass/no pass,
drop/add changes
By Trevor McArthur
Staff Reporter
Friday is the last day to change a
grade from pass to no pass or to go
through drop/add.
Students who want to change to or
from pass/no pass should go to Stu
dent Accounts, Administration Build
ing Window 17A. There is no charge
for the change.
Drop/add requests, with a $5 fee,
are also processed at Student Ac
counts. Classes dropped after Friday
will remain on the student’s transcript
as a grade of “W” for withdrawal.
Requests made after Friday for
changes in a course’s grading option
require an appeal to the Faculty Grad
ing Committee of the Faculty Senate.
An appeal must include a letter from
the student slating the reason for the
change and letters of support from the
instructor of the class, the department
chairman and the student’s adviser.
The chairman of the Faculty Sen
ate normally notifies students of the
result of their appeal.
Tony Schkade, assistant director
of the Office of Registration and Rec
ords, said appeals arc granted on the
merit of each student’s case.
Faculty salaries
not only problem
FORUM from Pago 1
president, said* many professors
come lo Lincoln for its intellectual
opportunity, not just far the quality
Nearly all of the professors in
UNL’s math department are from
out of state, he said, and if they are
not provided intellectual opportu
nity here, they may leave.
“The deterioration of the uni
versity means the deterioration of
the mate,” Lewis sakl.
Other Lincotn improvements
identified at the open bearing in
clude: entertainment for youth; a
strong local business community;
help fighting drug and alcohol
abuse; more community involve
ment, such as input on how to spend
Lincoln’s block-gram money;
parking space and more job oppor
tunities for minorities.
Charles Thiessen. RFD 5, said
Lincoln should strengthen Us small
business climate, especially fe
male and minority owned busi
nesses, and not become “a com
pany town.”
Lincoln should also continue
fighting drug and alcohol abuse.
Thiessen said.
“I hate to see kids who haven’t
even reached the age of puberty yet
Retail smoked up,” Thiessen said.
“I’ve apcii them.
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