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(Daily
Nebraskan
Editorial Board
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Amy Edwards, Editor, 472-1766
Bob Nelson, Editorial Page Editor
Ryan Sleeves, Managing Editor
Enc Pfanner, Associate News Editor
Lisa Donovan, Associate News Editor
Brandon Loomis, Wire Editor
Jana Pedersen, Night News Editor
Students want voice
Amendment would ensure student-regent vote
A legislative resolution to be introduced this week to
provide an official student regent vote on the NU
Board of Regents soon could give UNL students a voice
I in how they are governed.
The problem is whether the forum for this student vote
will still exist once the vote is obtained.
Sen. Scott Moore of Seward will introduce legislation
that would give an official vote on the board of regents to
one of the three student representatives from the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at
Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The governor would pick which of the three could place
official votes.
The main thrust of the bill, Moore said, was to ensure
that students have voting power. He said that under the
present system, the regents can “pat the student regents
on the head and try to shut them out.”
Moore said the proposal will be assigned to the educa
tion or government committee in February and then will
be voted on by the Legislature. If the Legislature approves
; the bill and Gov. Kay Orr signs it, Moore said, it will be
included on the November ballot to be voted on by the
public.
But also going to the Education Committee are a bill
and resolution calling for a citizen vote on an amendment
to restructure higher education, an amendment that, if
passed, would eliminate the governmental body on which
students would gain an official vote under Moore's
resolution.
LB 1141 and LR239CA would abolish the current NU
Board of Regents and the Nebraska State College Board
of Trustees on July 1, 1991. At that time, a new Board of
! Regents for Nebraska Higher Education and board of trus
tees for each university and state college would be cre
ated.
The new board of regents would have control over all
post-secondary education in Nebraska. The proposed bill
and resolution include no student regent on the new
board.
II he seven new boards ot trustees each would have one
nonvoting student.
Moore’s proposal for a student regent vote is certainly a
welcome and much-needed boost for students. However,
his resolution stands a good chance of becoming worth
less the very day it becomes law.
.To ensure a student voice, an amendment much like
Moore’s proposal must be included in LB 1141 and
LR239CA. This bill and resolution must allow for the
student member of each board of trustees to be a voting
member. With Moore’s resolution and amended versions
of LB1141 and LR239CA, UNL students would be
ensured of a voice in whatever form of government the
people of Nebraska choose.
Moore was right on target when he said, “If you don’t
have a vote, you don’t seem to count.’’ Students at the
University of Nebraska have never seemed to count in
how the school is governed. It’s time that the Legislature
allowed Nebraskans to cure this problem.
*• Bob Nelson
for the Daily N-'vaskan
‘Campus Notes’ makes unworthy successor
unce again me uany iNCDraskan
has become a source of prejudice and
inequality. No, this isn’t about ra
cism, but it is about the prejudice that
has taken control of the comics page.
I’m among the minority who liked
“Jim’s Journal.” There seemed to be
no happy medium for this strip. Ei
ther pdiple really loved it or they
thought it was just plain stupid.
I and many of my friends found
Scott Dikkers’ absurd sort of humor
refreshing against the dreck that can
be found in such capitalist commer
cialized strips such as “Garfield,”
which has brought Jim Davis more
wealth than anyone truly deserves for
writing about the pseudo-human fe
line who now sells Alpo. I don’t see
where every strip has to be based on
obvious, boring sight gags and/or
humor that is directed at the lowest
common denominator, wmcn seems
to be the level of Brian Shellito. His
strip, “Campus Notes,” hardly seems
a worthy successor for a space that
was once occupied by “Bloom
County.” “Jim’s Journal” was ca
pable of filling that void, but the little
beef-fed masses of this university,
seemingly couldn’t or wouldn’t see
that Dikkcrs’ strip was the best thing
to come to the pages of the DN since
Mike Royko.
As long as we are going to destroy
the great potential of the comics page,
why don’t werep lace “The FarSidc”
with “Nancy?” We wouldn’t want
the majority to have to TH!NK about
their comics.
James A. Zank
junior
Arts and Sciences
IT'S ER\CH HONECKER,
HE VJWTS TO KNOW
VJHAT EXACTLY TUE
EVENTS VJERE
that lead up TO
CEAUSESCUS
DEATH SENTENCE.
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V^j W<Wan
Kudos presented to UNL groups
KRNU, Rec Center applauded for (mostly) outstanding achievement
Iwas the regents reporter for
the Daily Nebraskan in the
days before the Great Admini
stration Schism. I’d go to the regents’
monthly Saturday morning meetings
and act concerned and interested while
1 drew pictures of human facial fea
tures with legs and feet playing roller
derby with flower pots.
Strange maybe, but the meetings
started early and ended late -- and
after three hours of parliamentary
procedure, I can guarantee you'd draw
noses with skates too. My boredom
ended only when the chairman an
nounced that it was time for Ronald
Roskcns to give out the “kudos.”
Kudos, if you don’t know, arc little
awards given by the regents to uni
versity employees who have done
something really neat. It was the high
point of the regents meeting because
Roskcns (as you well know) speaks a
wildly passionate and dramatic form
of English that nobody understands.
Listening to Ron is therapeutic, much
like listening to whales.
Also, the apparent majesty of the
event made a young reporter feel as
though he was witnessing an event
that his grandchildren would later
admire him for having seen.
“You really saw Mabel Kravil/
gel kudos for outstanding cleanliness?
Oh please, Gramps, tell us more.”
Now that you know the historical
significance of kudos, I would like to
present my own kudos for outstand
ing achievements at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
The first award goes to KRNU
radio and all the lovely people in
volved with the station’s new pro
gramming format.
Before this year, KRNU was a
festering sore on the sweaty butt of
Lincoln radio. KRNU played Top-40
music, a market already saturated by
the sweaty butt of radio, KFRX.
At the beginning of this school
year, KRNU changed to an “alterna
tive” format and .within days, had
enticed a substantial listening audi
* ence. KRNU has become the jewel of
the airwaves, a precious haven from
the onslaught of “oldies” and “your
favorites.” Students playing music
students want to hear. It brings tears
to my eyes.
One tiny scratch on my kudos.
Along with great music, KRNL plays
some public service announcements
that could be considered a little pa
tronizing.
In one public service spot, an
announcer-type guy (who we’ll just
call Mr. Ellcrby) asks Stevie Wonder
the painfully obvious question,
“Stevie, what were you trying to say
in your song ‘Don’t Drive Drunk.”’
It goes something likft this:
Mr. Ellcrby: “Stevie, what did
you mean when you said ‘Don’t Drive
Drunk?’”
Stevie: “I meant, don’t drive
drunk.”
Mr. Ellcrby: “So you’re saying ..
. OH MY GOD!! NOW I GET IT!”
They need something like this:
Mr. Ellcrby: “Stevie, what were
you trying to say in your song ‘Don’t
Drive Drunk?”’
Stevie: “Well, Lindan, that’s a
good question. You sec, I was trying
to show my support for Carlos Saul
Mcnem’s bold new anti-inflationary
policies in Argentina.”
Or, how about this one?
Mr. Ellcrby: “Why don’t you dnvc
drunk, Stevie?”
Stevie: “Well, Lindan, that’s a
very good question. I guess it’s be
cause 1 can’t see the road.”
But KRNU doesn’t make these
commercials. Nice people with noth
ing better to do make these commer
cials. It’s not KRNU’s fault.
My only other beef with KRNU is
that thoy don’t keep Ted Nugent’s
classic album “Scream Dream” on
file. I called the station in Nugent
withdrawal yesterday asking for
“Wango Tango.’’The pci son I talked
to laughed at me. I question the integ
rity of a man who laughs at Ted
Nugent.
My second kudos goes to every
one involved with building and run
ning the new student recreation cen
ter. The rec center has inspired hun
dreds of whcc/ing wimps like myself
to discover health and fitness. The rec
center has allowed me to build a body
similar to the one of sex genius and
international rock icon Ted Nugent.
Also, I’ve learned to play racquctball
and some spoil with a whil lie ball and
paddle.
One misconception you might have
if you’re a wheezing w imp is that the
rec center’s wcightroom is lull ol
humorless, belligerent 3(X)-pound
sociopathic steroid victims with
hooves. This is not true. Nobody who
lifts weights at the rec center has
hooves.
Ha, ha. Just joking, big guys. I
know everyone has a sense ol humor.
I’ve laughed at many jokes you’ve
coerced me to laugh at.
Lies, lies, lies. Nobody laughs at
anybody. Wheezing wimps are en
couraged by all to improve them
selves.
So come, wimps of the world, join
our brotherhood and sisterhood ol
health. We greet you with open and
bulging arms. Let us make a Nebras
kan master race of firm and shapely
students.
Men, come to the wcightroom
between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. or between
4 p.m. and 10 p.m. A radio tuned to
KRNU will be there to inspire you to
health.
Ladies, come to the wcightroom
between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. A caring
columnist w ith the body of Ted Nugent
will be there to inspire you to health.
Oh, and for God’s sake, don’t lor
get to keep hot foods hot and cold
foods cold.
Nelson is a senior news-editorial major,
an editorial page columnist and the Daily Ne
braskan editorial page editor.
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