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Editorial Ignoring the students CT CT T^Tebravkanv arc exuled about President (ieoriic Bush v mmi L Mol incoln tomorrow. hat iv what (5o\ Kav ()rr tias ( i av me I would have to politelv vaercc I m not excited. As a vtu dent at the i niversits ol Nebraska ..incoln. I teel that im campus lias been uveil ava Bush pit stop. A place ior Cieoree to luel hiv politaallv sate . lean air as t proposals w hile bolster nm hiv ima.ee as the education presi dent. \\ hv via ti an unerat. ious attitude ’ Bush chose this campus it' make hiv innouraement reeardme alternative tads rather than .mother campus. ..i.l k. .1 ... I ill.. i.ii.i.,.r- , .1 I ill , nol plain '.Inn sits ten miles outside ot i meoin % ihe > intents on this .ampus ha far from a tan shot at nkeisit in p*. < . <i at :lw Moh I V\a ae\ SporP ( enter f—---1 _ j I _I Our own university spokesperson, Tom Krepel, admitted that tickets were not specifically set aside for Mudcnts-at-largc. I think it is inex cusable that 3,0(K) tickets were allo cated to this university without a lar^e amount bein*i set aside specifi cally lor students. Instead, tickets Wi'iv m'I itvulp fnr viih-nnitv ihi* university to “give an opportunity to the residents of Nebraska.” Excuse me? Aren't university stu dents residents of this state? Are the Nebraska residents associated with the Central Administration. Univer sity Foundations or the Alumni Asso ciation more important than the resi dents on this campus? To add insult to injury, informa tion on Bush's pending speech, re leased by The Associated Press, says that the president will address stu dents and other Nebraskans on Tues day. A more accurate statement would be that he will address a few students, those who happen to be associated with one of the sub-units, have parents so connected or are friends w ith Bryan Hill, ASUN presi dent. Hill said he didn't know if there was much student interest in these tickets. Summer or not, there are stu dents on this campus and Hill should have poked his head out of the ASUN office long enough to ask. He got his requests for tickets into the Chancel lor's office the day Bush's visit was announced What better place to dis tribute student-allocated tickets than I mm the student eov eminent head quarters ’ Kill the tickets woicn 1 allocated and no one ever asked. Students who were interested prohahb didn i know how to get the In. kets Interested sin dents would have to have read the Lincoln Journal I hursday evening or the I incoln Star I ridav morning io find out that some lu kets were *i\aiI able at the SporM 'enter Inlornialion was not available to the general pub lie before then, the Chancellor's oll'tce didn t give the students an opportunity to pul their name on a list as was giv en to others \nd how manv l M prolessors .vetoannoim*. ing ticket availability in me pre «o Ml Ml c UISMIHMII ! he I lame lor ilns; j- io he pl.ae<! on ihe administration as they alio cated ihe uimersi|\ mke|s Somehow the uimersih manages lo fund out a limned numher ol loot hall mkels each \ear lo .1 student hod> where demand is highei than suppl). I fie admmisiration could have figured oul a wav to gel lie kels lo ihe students. Why gel ever)one worked up about ticket distribution today, when it is too late to do anything about it anyway? Because for us. this campus is more than a two-hour pit-stop It is a four-year parking garage, lor those ol us who stick it out -- and we. the students, are the economic and intel lectual fuel. Economical!) we are important, not onl) to this campus, hut to thee it) and slate as well. We contribute as taxpayers, children ol taxpavers, iMir/ lruikr. i ro/iil hmirt K/u\L c clothes, concert tickets - a university anti its sludents are a big economic btxmi for any town. Our minds are a com nit Klity, as are our naive optimism and overabun dance of youthful energy, and we have chosen to bring these commodi lies here to those who can channel these energies, to point us in a direc tion that will prove at least mtxler ately satisfying. These people most often arc professors and this opportu nity, to enter into a mutually satisfy ing relationship, also is made pos sible by those who run the sub-units. We re equals in this partnership, and as equals we share the fruits of our efforts. Students played a part in George Bush's decision to come to this university, and we should have been included in the perks that came w ith that. We shouldn't let ourselves be used for anyone's public appearance, even the president of the United Suites. Chris Carroll is a junior news-editorial major and the Summer Daily Nebraskan Kditor. Viter—I The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor from all readers and interested others. Letters will be selected for publi cation on the basis of clarity, original ity, timeliness and space available. I he Daily Nebraskan retains the right to edit all material submitted. Readers also arc welcome to sub mit material as guest opinions. Whether material should run as a let ter or guest opinion, or not to run, is left to the editor's discretion. New graduate student sums up Lincoli The University of Nebraska! in coln, home of the first Apollo space module -* one small step for man, but one giant leap for an alumnus of a small, western Wisconsin college awed by the opportunity to begin a graduate program at an illustrious “Big light" schixil. Lincoln, it turned out, was a nine-hour, minimal stop drive from my River Falls, W is consin alma mater. One of my “minimal slops" oc curred the early evening before the Friday summer session registration, just twenty minutes away from my “Big Red destination. It was hot and sticky, and a thunderstorm threatened. I took refuge at a way side and wailed as a brief, but spirited, ram squall swept across the inter state, lightening bolts a-crackling. I he tempest abating, I continued my journey, passing by many motionless automobiles still pulled over from the fury of the storm and seeming to anticipate further reprisals from Na ture. I looked to the north. I looked again! Yes! It w as a tornado, its reluc tant tail churning up mud and debris and hardly moving from an open licld stage, as if concerned w ith en tertaining an already captive audi ence. The sun once again asserted itscTl as I arrived in Lincoln, and my lirst impression of the campus was a fa vorable one -- the trees anu open lawns having turned lush green with the welcome, showery weather. In my carefree wonder, l carelessly turned south off 17th Street, w hich I now know is impossible unless you are cra/y. A do/en cars of one-way traffic scurried to either side ol me. the scene somew hat reminding me ol Moses parting the red sea ... “F aith to confused Wisconsinite ... one fellow honked, I suppose just in case' I needed the sound ol his horn to be enlightened to the situation. 1 man aged to slink into a nearby lot, w here I found myself beaching once more llie following day while registering lor classes and locating my dorm. Over the ensuing w eekend, I had a chance to compare the Cornhusker campus with that ol my previous River f alls experience. Understanda bly, I concentrated on the differ ences. UNI. sprawls a bn more and rabbits, rather than squirrels, appear to be the predominant rodent. The fountains here are larger, more nu merous, and shoot water considera bly higher than those I am used to. Many of the students I observed were either jogging, biking, playing ten nis, or engaged in some alternative form of exercise. I suppose they need to stay m shape to survive on campus here, since the “WALK" signs at many of the street corners only stay lit long enougn to neip leisures mans safely negotiate two ihmB) any given crosswalk. f Over the weekend. I did sH shopping, visited a Ilea markelB checked out the local television® lions. On Sunday morning. walH back Irom a local church serviB noticed a policeman staring at n couldn't Iigure out w hy I wouldC any particular attention Irom I Then I read my Sunday paper, artic le captioned “Police on the of phony $50 bills eventu caught my eye. According to the umn. counterfeit $50 dollar lulls been spread throughout I mcoln previous night. I noted the desi lion given ol the suspec l w lute in 10s, about 5 7 ", slender, short dish-brown hair, blue green e Then I looked in a mirror Oh b< had even shopped at one ol the sti mentioned and paid part ol m> tin in fifties. But I w as reassured about my session slay at UNI. when a bus IB ol foreign students pulled up ml hall, causing no small amount* contusion as they attempted loch* into the dorm, mistaking it lor a hi* I his was going to be normal coll® life alter all. I Allan 1.. (fl graduate stui* Girl leads ‘Save Bloom County’ campaigl .vi) iiuiiit i> juMi- i oung, i am nine years old and head of “Save Bloom County” Campaign. I have been reading “Bloom County" lor two years and love Opus, Bill the (’at and the rest ol the characters. I heard recently that Mr Breathed plans to quit creating new "Bloom County' strips on Aug. 7, I^K1). I want to do what I can to ny and change Mr Breathed's mind. Would you please prim my address so mat others who want to see “Bloom County” con tinue will write to me? I will forward all petitions to Mr Breathed. To gether maybe we can make a diller ence! Josie L. Young “Save Bloom County” Campaign 5720 Abbey Court Lincoln. NL 6X505 » 4 * 4
