Readers: Spoof disgrace, ASUN elitist
Readers say ASUN
has bark but no bite
The day care center is open and the
child politicians are at play. The cur
rent uproar over gag orders, appoint
ments boards, “deep throats” and
various “feel good” resolutions
underscores the common opinion that
the Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska is nothing
more than an obtuse, flaccid and self
righteous exercise in mental over
stimulation by a select few of the
student body kowtowing to certain
special interest groups.
Their over-inflated opinion of the
function, purpose and power of
ASUN boggles the mind of any think
ing individual. Considering that less
than 15 percent of the students even
bothered to vote in the last election,
does anybody really give a tinker’s
damn?
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Certain cliques would have us
believe these “paramount issues” are
of such significance that a failure to
act appropriately would cause the
collapse of the university, a nuclear
holocaust, various crimes against
humanity and dogs and cats living
together.
Despite the relative negativity
displayed above, we feel AS UN’s
efforts to bring order to the chaotic
book situation should be lauded be
cause it is an effort to serve the stu
dents. Perhaps after they have found
the explanation as to why parking
meters expire only during class, sena
tors can turn their considerable talent
and power to solving the unnecessar
ily slow action on transcript requests
that at least one ASUN senator can
vouch for.
There will still be a spring with or
without ASUN.
John A. Anderson James W. Cox
graduate students
history
(two who did vote)
Spoof issue attacked
for embarrassing UNL
Each year I look forward to the
April 1 issue of the Daily Nebraskan.
Not this year. The 1988 Daily Half
asskin was a big disappointment.
Rather than having humorous spoofs
on the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln, the administration, govern
ment, society and university life, it
was an embarrassment to the univer
sity, the DN staff, editors and readers.
I particularly Pike issue with Mike
Reilley, DN editor, who has to take
responsibility for the final result.
Some day that issue will come back to
haunt him in his professional career,
indicating a lack of leadership, credi
bility, maturity and good journalism
sense. The only good I can see in this
issue is that it will be a benchmark for
future editors to avoid printing any
thing as bad as this 1988 issue.
Harland Johnson
Lincoln
Editor’s note: The DN policy
book states that editorial content is
controlled by the student editors,
not the administration.
Joke issue meant for
students, reader says
I’m writing in response to letters
from State Sens. Jerry D. Miller and
Merton L. Dierks (Daily Nebraskan,
April 17,18) who criticized the Daily
Nebraskan’s April 1 joke issue, the
Daily Half-asskin.
First off, the DN/DH is published
at a college, so it’s naturally aimed at
a college audience and age group (I’m
a 22-year-old non-student). Just be
cause the senators didn’t think the
Half-asskin was funny doesn’t mean
we don’t. Did Dierks ask his children,
who are in college, about the paper?
Did they think it was funny? Or did he
just assume it was “like father, like
child?” Mark another point for the
generation gap.
I must say I have a wide sense of
humor. I always have. It’s important
to me to make people laugh. The main
reason I read the DN is for Bloom
County and the Far Side cartoons.
Each year I look forward to the joke
issue. It’s the only time I read the
whole paper, cover to cover.
If the senators can’t laugh at the
dull, backward lifestyle of Nebraska,
I suggest they move to someplace
serious like Washington. Ha! I guess
the Half-asskin made fools out of a
couple of senators.
If the Half-asskin writers want a
newspaper job after graduation, they
could work for National Lampoon.
One thing did surprise me about the
Half-asskin: It didn’t poke fun at
heavy metal music, but I guess that
will come in a regular issue.
Kendall “Yoda” Johnson
day prep cook
Valentino’s North
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