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EDITOR Erin Gibson OPINION EDITOR Cliff Hicks EDITORIAL BOARD Nancy Christensen Brad Davis Sam McKewon Jeff Randall Bret Schulte r Our VIEW Football folly Migration should have been to KSU game When ASUN selected the Nebraska Oklahoma State game as the UNL’s migra tion game for this season, it seemed like a fair decision. After all, the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska told the students it had secured 1,000 seats for the game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., rather than the customary 500 tickets. It also told students that they were good seats - the kind that some students lack at Nebraska home games. But in selecting the OSU game, ASUN made a glaring oversight: It didn’t select the Kansas State game. That game, to be played Nov. 14, would have been a better choice for a migration game for three major reasons. First, both teams likely will be undefeat ed going into the K-State game. The game could have national title implications. Next, ASUN blew a chance to help stu dents gain access to a popular and expensive game, choosing instead to help students get tickets to a game where an abundance of affordable tickets already existed. Approaching Arrowhead Stadium, hordes of scalpers held up tickets for sale along the interstate. Within close proximity to the stadium, there were even more tickets for sale - at least a thousand. The scalpers’ prices weren’t high either. All seats were being sold for face value or ^just above face value. And almost all of those seats tvere better than the ones ASUN received forNU students. Finally, this game didn’t feel like a migration game. There was no pocket of red amidst a sea of the opponent’s colors. It was a home-away-ffom-home-game; the maj ority of fans were for Nebraska. It did not have the feel nor the excitement of being on the road. To be fair, choosing K-State would have presented two drawbacks. The NU Athletic Department would have gotten 500 tickets for the student lottery instead of the 1,000 allotted to students in Arrowhead Stadium. Also, the seats wouldn’t have been as good as those guaranteed for the OSU game, if you consider the end zone “good.” Despite its unfortunate designation as the migration game, the NU-OSU game was a great one to witness. Nebraska and Oklahoma State battled for four quarters and through a dramatic finish. But students didn’t need ASUN’s help in seeing the game. Many might have had bet ter seats without it. All ASUN did with its decision to make OSU the migration game was decide against helping UNL students witness a greater game at Kansas State. Now few students will see that great bat tle unless they can afford to shell out a hun dred dollars or more per ticket. Let this be a lesson to ASUN: More is not always better. Editorial Psllcy Unsigned editorials are the opinions of the Spring 1998 Daily Nebraskan. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, its employees, its student body or the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. A column is solely the opinion of its author. The Board of Regents serves as publisher of the Daily Nebraskan; policy is set by the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. The UNL Publications Board, established by the regents, supervises the production of the paper. According to policy set by the regents, responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of its student employees. latter Policy The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor and guest columns, but does not guarantee their publication. The Daily Nebraskan retains the right to edit or reject any material submitted. Submitted material becomes property of the Daily Nebraskan and cannot be returned. Anonymous submissions will not be published. Those who submit letters must identify themselves by name, year in school, major and/or group affiliation, if any. Submit material to: Daily Nebraskan, 34 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. Lincoln, NE. 68588-0448. E-mail: letters@unlinfo.unl.edu. Mook’s VIEW / irijosTiw>« k m BUET... f Scraping by How to survive college on one dollar a day A.L. FORKNER is a junior news-editorial major and a Daily Nebraskan columnist. Today’s lecture in the college sur vival series is how to get by on a dollar or less a day. It’s really very easy. You can’t. But thanks to Uncle Sam (and Momma Sam and Daddy Sam) tuition, board and books are already paid for. Theoretically, that’s all the expens es you should have. Theoretically. As we all know, certain little “extra expenses” come up during the semes ter. That’s what we are going to deal with today. You know the little extras like beer, citations and tattoo removal. Those require money. Usually up front. I’m not going to go over all of the ways to make said money. That’s a dif ferent lecture all together. To make things easy, we’ll just assume that your income will come from the three main sources: Plasma, pawn shops and knocking over 7 Elevens. None of those really brings in a lot of money. Of course, they don’t require much work either. Anyway, careful budgeting of your limited, marginally legal income is necessary. Let’s begin, shall we? Food Eating cheap is actually easy. Just pick up a copy of the DN (Please read the opinion page first) and turn to the classifieds. Toward the end of the classified pages you’ll find a section marked “Meetings.” Read these announce ments carefully. Several offer free food. Plus, you get more involved in campus activities, which is always good. That means more food-filled meetings. Cost to you: No money. It’s free you twit. . However, there is a mental cost. But in the long run, a Valentino’s pizza is worth listening to an hour of envi ronmentally friendly, fat-free, republi can-bashing haiku. Shopping If you really need it, your folks will give you the money. Of course, convincing them that you are in dire need of 12 gallons of “South Park”-scented Vaseline might prove difficult. (But, then again, don’t we all have that need?) Which brings us to the money sav ing tips for shopping. r Don’t go. There really is no need for new clothes. On any given day there will be numerous cell phone, credit card and campus groups giving away free T shirts. Fill out an application, get a shirt. Free trade at it’s purest. A little hint from your friendly neighborhood column man: Give ’em your parents’ name and address. That way, after the lists are sold to telemarketers, your parents can enjoy the limitless opportunities provided by telephone sales. Cost to you: Nothing but the time required to fill out countless forms. Heck, we do that all the time for the university free of charge. Entertainment This one is tricky. Movies cost money, dinner costs money, and con certs cost a lot of money. The University Program Council does put on free shows for students. Unfortunately the movies usually are bad David Schwimmer films. (Isn’t saying “bad David Schwimmer film” redundant?) However, I hear “Spice World” might be coming soon. No, for my money nothing pro vides cheap entertainment like child ish, juvenile pranks. I’m not talking about hiding under wear in the freezer (although, once we hid an entire load of whites in the bot tom of an ice machine). I’m talking inane little pranks. Why do you think it’s called “sopho moric behavior”? Start out simple, say “South Park” Vaseline on all the doorknobs. Another friendly hint: Do your own door, too, otherwise you give yourself away. Then you’re ready to move into the more complex and dangerous pranks. Start by sending a letter to your favorite sorority from the Center For Disease Control. Tell ’em that one of the campus fraternities may be conta gious. Feel free to make up your own dis ease. Be creative. Give it a long name and just barely plausible symptoms. Remember, the more scabs the bet ter. Next, randomly pick a name out of the campus phone book. Call the per son and confess the torrid affair you’ve been having with his or her significant other. True, there is a 50/50 chance they’ll be single. In that case, apolo gize and hang up. I’m not a total jerk. (DISCLAIMER: Doing any of the latter may lead to fines, expulsions and ass-ldckings. Mr. Forkner takes no responsibility for anyone stupid enough to do any of those things. Screwdja, Oveur and ButtGud attor neys at law.) Cost to you: Negligible. You have a phone, and you can always steal your roommate s 12 gallons of Vaseline. Which brings us to our final expense. Beer If you saved like you should have, you’ll have $7. That works out to 14 50-cent beers at Iguanas on Thursdays. Of course, if you have a more refined taste (like me) then you have enough for seven beers on dollar domestic night at Old Chicago. Or you can take the easy way out - date a rich dude/chick. I’d like to thank all of you for attending today’s lecture. Don’t forget to tip your waitress and have a good day. PS. Write Backl letters to: DaW Nebraskan, 34 Nebraska Union, 1400 "R" St., Lincoln, |5§§fbr fax to (402) 472-1761, or e-mail <letters@unlinfo.unl.edu. tters must be signed and include a phone number for verification
