Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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The lines never seemed to end at registration. Bill DeMars and Mark Hampton worked out their schedules at one of their tables in the gymnasium during registration. Registration mixes confusion, order Registration was the start of a busy year for these girls and their fellow Creighton students. 22

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State Senator Richard Marvel was the only guber- natorial candidate at a Meet the Candidates forum. 21

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Consumer advocate Ralph Nader was the first speaker of the ' 73- ' 74 lecture and concert series. ' Education for What? ' topic of Nader ' s talk Time calls him the United States ' toughest cus- tomer. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader spoke to a capacity audience in Brandeis Student Center to end this year ' s Welcome Week activities. Nader proved himself an articulate and witty speaker as he addressed the audience on the subject Education for What? The speech also included pointed attacks on old adversaries such as Generous Motors and Nebraska Senators Roman Hruska and Carl Curtis. The function of our system should be to promote citizen effectiveness, Nader said. America ' s educational system is a perfect example of the failure of how the system as a whole has failed to do this. One of the organizations working to change this, according to Nader, is the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). PIRGs were operating at several uni-. versities across the country and have worked in the consumer advocacy field since 1970 when the first group was started in Oregon. Students need this type of experience to lower the town-gown barrier, Nader said. This will help to eliminate buck-passing as a characteristic of our society. Nader ' s latest study centered on Congress. Each of the 535 members received a questionnaire and was asked to return it to the Nader organization. The results were compiled and are now available in book form. The study revealed an interesting fact about Nebra- ska ' s representatives, Nader said. Curtis and Hruska have proven that they are the most anti-consumer representatives in Congress, Nader said. They have stayed in office because of strong media support in this area. After his speech, Nader entertained questions from the floor. An inevitable question centered on the con- sumer advocate ' s opinion of the energy crisis. Nader emphasized that debate over these issues must be promoted. Are we Americans first or Christians first? he asked. Religion must be relevant to daily life. It cannot afford to pay lip service to progress. The question period was cut short since Nader had to catch a plane. A standing ovation was his farewell present from an appreciative audience. 23