Complaints and inconveniences galore...
DN article points out
problem with ASUN
Lee Rood's article (Daily Nebras
kan, Feb. 4) about senate appoint
ments of the Association of Students
of the University of Nebraska brings
up some important questions. ASUN
leaders don’t answer them. There is a
real problem at ASUN right now, not
because of a lack of interest by the
people in the residence halls and off
campus, bui because of the system
and its leaders.
Brad Katz, speaker of the senate,
said he “would swear on a stack of
Bibles" that the senators they chose
were the “best qualified.” But just
what docs “best qualified” mean?
Does it mean that the applicant was
president of his or her pledge class or
served on the Interfraternity Council
or Panhellenic? Emphasizing these
types of activities in the application
process excludes the residence halls
and off-campus students.
In the article, ASUN President
Andy Pollock said Greek domination
in ASUN shouldn’t bother students.
He said all they need to do is “get
involved in the system.” But how can
run allowed in the system? Pollock’s
argument is a cop-out, as many inde
pendent students can tell you.
ASUN, as always, has a real prob
lem on its hands. Its leaders are obvi
ously serious only about choosing
qualified Greeks to fill vacancies. We
as students deserve much.more. Our
voices must be heard.
Lisa Hager
junior
business
An affectionate poem
to the Husker coaches
I’d like to submit this letter to the
coaches of the athletes of the univer
sity in the form of the following
poem:
Today I saw the horses run
With all of their muscular splen
dor
Determination embedded in their
glance for not speed, but victory they
are bred.
The horses respond to their
ow ner’s call
Obedient; yet without feeling —
for that has long since been forgotten
The gun sounds, the gates open,
time to go to work!
The finish line holds the balance
of the future
For life depends on victory; they
may go on the others; some back to
the track, some though simply for
gotten.
For faster young colts are waiting
in the pasture.
Mark T. Landgren
sophomore
public relations
General student body
can use practice field
This is in response to the letter
submitted by Michael Roeber (Daily
Nebraskan, Feb. 5) about the Cook
Pavilion practice field. If Roeber
would have checked with the Office
of Campus Recreation, he would
have found that the general student
body can use the new building.
Cook Pavilion is available for
open running from 7;3()a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday through Friday. This means
that students and faculty can run laps
around the field or run sprints on the
field at this time. All you need is a
current University of Nebraska-Lin
coln ID card and the appropriate
running shoes. The afternoons are
reserved for the football teams, and
during the evenings the facility is
used for club sports, such as the soc
cer and rugby teams.
All ctnHr»nlw ni'p/1 In /in u /'ho/'L
with Campus Recreation and they
will find there are many facilities
open for various activities on both
City and East campuses. All > ou need
is a student ID.
Grant Richards
sophomore
criminal justice
UNL's support staff
needs more pay, too
Since the Nebraska Legislature
wall vote soon upon allocation for
funding to the University of Nc
braska-Lincoln, I want to state that I
am appalled at having seen precious
little concern regarding any signifi
cant increase in pay for the support
staff. I question the convoluted rea
soning that excludes grossly under
paid “C Line” staff from serious
consideration for a meaningful in
creases.
If there arc only “X” dollars to be
distributed among all employees of
the university, consider this (3 per
cent seems to be the usual annual
increase):
— 3 percent of S10,(XX) is S3(X) (a
typical “C Line” employee’s annual
gross income); whereas 3 percent of
S24,(XX) (likely typical of new' in
structors’ pay) is S720.
If both arc supporting a family of
two-plus on their incomes, I ask you:
Who is more in need of the larger
increase? Let us not even approach
the plea for “fair.” Let us, instead,
approach a sense of humane reason.
One of the current proposals, as I
understand it, presents a large in
crease for faculty, spread over a
three-year period — figures such as
12 percent per year or more, a highly
desirable raise. I maintain that simi
lar increases for support staff arc a
definite need. A university can’t
function without faculty and admin
istrators; neither could it function
without faculty and administrators;
neither could it function without the
support staff who perform the day-to
day maintenance that keeps the
wheels running smoothly!
I have great respect for the faculty
and administrators with whom I
work. I have no desire to see them “go
w ithout.” At the same time, I want the
Legislature and the un iversity hierar
chy to understand that many of us
among the support staff arc “sole
wage-earners” for our families. Fur
thermore, those who remain in the
background of the education ma
chine “also serve,” and w e could do it
more gracefully if remuneration
were more in line with our duties. The
humane reason approach would call
for the Legislature to allocate funds
for identical percentage increases for
support staff and faculty and admin
istrators.
Neva Carter
Staff Secretary II
Live your own life;
don't put others down
Who cares if a student is on ath
letic scholarship or not? Go about
your own business and they will at
tend to theirs! I don’t have any argu
ment to settle here, only some in
sight.
To begin, I was once a student
athlete. 1 do not want to dispute any of
the preceding opinions, I just want to
express the benefits of my experi
ence.
• Background: As a product of a
divorced family with five children,
my mother did her best to work over
time and nights in a mental institution
to keep us prov ided for. There w as no
extra to fund a college education.
• Financial aid was a nice idea;
however, last year’s income dis
qualified us for that.
• Student loans were also a means
for college funding, but as wc all
know, they have their limits.
• Answer: I was luck) enough to
be somewhat athletically inclined
and received a half scholarship to a
college. Without the scholarship I
could not have attended. Even as I
attended college, 1 worked various
jobs, sometimes more than 40 hours
per week. So I have enjoyed both
sides of the table that my fellow
students are tangling about here, but
in all due respect, I was glad to be in
college!
While participating in sports, I
really learned how to budget my
time; discipline, which lapsed over
into good stud) habits; and responsi
bility for actions, no matter who I
w as. In addition, our team traveled to
several parts of the country and
learned respect for the different w ays
people live their lives.
So, as you can see, there are many
positive claims that can be made to
participation in college athletics \ia
scholarship or not, and as a graduate
student today, I appreciate the finan
cial help in getting to college in the
first place.
Can’t everyone at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln just go about
their mission w ithout putting others
dow n? Who cares how you achieve
your coals as long as you get there!
I'm sure everybody out there has a
unique situation. Muddle through
and prosper!
Dorolh) Watson
graduate
food science and technology
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