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READER I—
Students angry about Pizza, recall election
Reader disagrees
with Pizza review
Trite? Stereotyped? Formulated?
Soggy? The movie “Mystic Pizza” is
anything but that. I disagree with
Kelly Anders’ movie review (Daily
Nebraskan, Nov. 28) and so do many
critics. We see “Mystic Pizza” as a
crispy, tantalizing slicc-of-lifc movie
with the works.
Yeah, the works: Comedy, uncer
tainty, desire, expectation, moving on
and ... well, moving on and growing
up. Everything except exploding
buildings. A good ensemble-acting
piece makes you sec life from many
points of view. You can see yourself
in all the main characters. Well,
Mystic Pizza” succeeds there.
I fail to see how the characters arc
stereotyped. Case in point: Anders
says the “infamous girl-mects-par
ents” scene ends with Daisy feeling
terrible and leaving. But, why did
Daisy leave? A stereotypical Daisy
would have left because Charley’s
parents pissed her off. Instead, in the
movie, she secs through Charley’s
plan to use her to get back at his
parents. Very nonstcreolypical for a
character Anders calls “dumb, risque
and wild.”
Anders finally complains “. . . so
many questions arise . . .” Hmmin.
Sounds like life to me. And perhaps
real lilc isas trite, stereotyped, formu
lated and soggy as one makes it.
Craig Ricckc
graduate student
computer scicncc/English
CFA issues invitation
for student input
This is an open invitation to the
students of the University of Nc
hraska-Lincoln to attend one (or both)
of the “Student Input Nights” spon
sored by the Committee for Fees
Allocation.
Before I gel into the details of
“Student Input Night,” I would like to
remind the student body that CFA is
their student-fee advisory board, es
tablished to oversee the budgeting of
their student Ices. These fees, more
than S5 million, arc allocated to the
Daily Nebraskan, the Association of
Students of the University of Ne
braska, the University Program
Council, the University Health Cen
ter, the Nebraska Unions and the
Office of Campus Recreation.
On Thursday night at 6:30, CFA
will have its annual “Student Input
Night” in the Nebraska Union, and
another on Dec. 6 at 6 p.in. at the East
Union. The East Campus input night
also is intended as an effort to reach
out to our often-neglected East Cam
pus students.
1 ain told that for the last five years
not one student has attended the
“Student Input Night.”
We may only hope that this won’t
be the situation this year. Some con
troversial matters that arc expected to
pop up include funding for the Gay/
Lesbian Programming Council and
Phase III of the Student Recreation
Center.
We need the help of our constitu
ents in order to arrive at sound deci
sions that meet the approval of the
student body. You must remember
that we arc here to serve you. But in
order for us to do so, you must voice
your opinions and concerns to us. It is
for this reason, two separate evenings
have been reserved for you.
Keith A. Malo
vice chairman
Committee for Fees Allocation
Beavers says
Petersen works hard
It is great to see students who are
interested in the welfare of the student
body. If Peter Barufkin thinks he is
going about looking out lor the stu
dents at the University of Ncbraska
Lincoln the right way, then he hasn’t
done his homework.
If Barufkin had taken the time to
look at what ASU N has dond thikyear*
he would realize lhal he is writing up
a petition to recall the best thing aboui
the Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska — Jeff Pe
tersen. It is sad lhal Jeff works harder
than anyone I’ve ever seen for ASUN
in the three years I’ve been insolved
and that he takes all the heat for the
two-thirds of of ASUN that don’t do
anything. But once again, isn’t this
w hat always happens ...
It is the people that do the work that
are in the spotlight and that lake the
heal whether it be good or bad. Jeff
has taken the time to develop numer
ous programs to help the students. For
example, cutting $14,(X)0 out of our
budget to efficiently use the student
fees that ASUN receives. Also, he has
proposed over 19 programs for the
senate to work on and is currently
working on over five of those him
self. And, this is the person we want to
recall?
Barufkin, take another look. And
to the students signing the petition, if
you’re so upsetabout w hat ASUN has
been doing w here have you been the
last five months?
Kim Beavers
Junior
Advertising
2nd vice-president, ASUN
Rditor’s note: This letter was sub
mitted before the petition drive was
canceled.
ASUN recall election
‘bogus, undemocratic’
I am writing in response to the
petition being circulated to recall
Association of Students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska president Jeff
Petersen and Senate Speaker Matt
Gotschall. The accusations by Stu
dents’ Eye on the ASUN Senate (DN,
Nov. 21) arc completely bogus.
Peter Barufkin has said his pri
mary reason for the petition drive is to
get students involved with the student
body. Apparently the only way he
thought he could do this was by recall
ing the president and senate speaker
of ASUN. I think one way to get
students involved would be to have
better election turnouts.
Barufkin and fellow-petitioner
James Finley also staled that they
want to recall Gotschall and Petersen
because they are not following the
principles of democratic govern
ment. Yet Barufkin apparently self
appointed himself president of
SEASUNS, because no one has heard
of any elections. You claim that this
group is the “students’ eye,” but Pm a
student and never voted in a
SEASUNS election.
Finley staled that the senators
should have consulted students be
fore apologizing to Gov. Kay Orr and
UNL Chancellor Martin Masscngale
for students booing them at halftime
of the Homecoming game. Gotschall
questioned 17 agriculture students,
14 of who were in favor ol the letter.
Apparently Finley must have wanted
all the students at UNL to be con
tacted. Finley, for your information,
ASUN senators arc elected by the
students because they represent the
students’ views. In essence, we give
the senators the power to voice our
opinions.
The other reason SEASUNS came
up with for the petition was because
Gotschall and Petersen were the most
influential members of ASUN. That
is about the most ludicrous reason for
recalling an ASUN member that I
have ever heard.
Pm glad that Gotschall and Pe
tersen are such “influential” people. It
shows that they have the initiative to
get a job done.
I think SEASUNS is going to hear
the phrase “shit out of luck” quite
often from students when it tries to get
them to sign its petition.
Since Pm a concerned student, I
would like to know how to go about
recalling the president of SEASUNS.
1 was wondering if Barufkin and Fin
Icy could give me some pointers.
Steve R. Wccdcr
ag economics
Editor's note: This letter was sub
mitted before the petition drive was
canceled.
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