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EDITOR Josh Funk OPINION EDITOR Mark Baldridge EDITORIAL BOARD Lindsay Young Jessica Fargen Samuel McKewon Cliff Hicks Kimberly Sweet I Quotes OF THE WEEK Everyone can learn from Native American spirituality. Kevin Hagemoser, Lincoln entrepreneur, at a powwow We go out there and try to kill them, basi cally. Jenny Kropp, NU volleyball middle blocker Pokemon couldn’t be hotter than it is right -now. f > Paul Dergarabedian, Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. president It’s not just the boys. The guts try to push us into sex. Josh Fernandez, 13, at a Christian youth event For the first time in human history, we have a confirmed planet around another star. Geoffery Marcy, UC-Berkeley astronomy professor I always try to prove something. Football is die same anywhere you play it Nebraska I-backDahmm Diedrick I tohl my dad that I get to pontificate, but I don’t get to wear a funny hat Tom Sullivan, UNL art professor, on the perks of his job People have the image of Indians never laughing, and through my stories I hope to fight that stereotype. Matt “SittingBear" Jones, storyteller Our house is the oldest on campus. If it can go by the wayside and not pass the test of time, what does that say about die rest of them? David Lempp, president of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity They’re going to crawl all over the bar and really use the space there. Ariel Bybee, director of the opera “The Face on the Barroom Floor’’ appearing at Crane River Girls, bring your dancing shoes and your halter tops. BigAl Lauro, ofBigAl and the Heavyweights Of course, I always wanted to be Jennifer Love Hewitt Goth-chick Christina Ricci, being sarcastic For so long, I put so much of my identity into my sports so that people would like me. Tonia Tauke, NU volleyball middle blocker I’m planning to go out and get arrested in the protest Jay Vetter, pastor of Lincoln s Christ United Methodist Church, before the verdict in the church trial of the Rev. Jimmy Creech for performing same-sex “marriages” Hie church has said it will use its power — legal power* spiritual power and financial power- to enforce bigotry. Rev. Jimmy Creech, after the verdict defrock ing him as a United Methodist minister l Editorial Policy Unsigned editorials are the opinions of the Ft# 1999 Daily Nebraskan. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, its en^ioyees, 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 pubflsher 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 fies solely m the hands of its student employees. Letter Policy The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor and guest columns, but does not guarantee tneir 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 pubfished. Those who submit tetters must identify themselves by name, year in school, major and/or group affiliation, if anv. Submit material to: Daily Nebraskan, 20 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St Lincoln, NE. 68588-0448. E-mail: letters@unl.edu. Oberme yer’s VIEW IF IT SMoWFP LASTJ^H&HT.. _____—V 3 /mah,they should i-m me stu&*r\ ( DIRECTORIES MADE BY TtfE F&>PLE WHO ] I Po 5EN|oR CHECKS... IT ONLY “!**£$ 7 \ THE|v\ THREE MONTHS'. ^——?y-- ‘V*'" IF IT PlDtfY SNoW LAST NI6-HT... ’ 1 » — 1 /w*TH£Y should me vHsnSeNr\ I Pitetfotfies 8r TH£ People who ) |l Do S£mORCW£<X$...lT ONL>f fAK£5 I 1 TURee ftioKTHs/ DN LETTERS Greek Geeks To all those concerned and Michelle Schrage (Letters, Wednesday), especially: In case you didn’t figure it out, there IS a connection between studying and your grades! Most of us connect these dots early on and don’t have to be required to study. And guess what, table manners . ARE used by non-greeks! These and other life lessons may be learned out side the greek system without paying an arm and a leg. I'm so glad you paid tons of money to “be granted these wonderful experi ences and opportunities solely because of your involvement in the greek sys tem.” And let’s not forget the HARD phil anthropic work, rocking up and down on a teeter-totter. You know, if all greeks used $50 or $100 of their fees to donate to charity, I’m sure it would raise several thousand dollars. Perhaps this would be a better way to raise money, and you could spend your remaining time doing vol unteer work, something that makes you feel even better. And yet, greeks still find a way to steal lumber from a construction site, cut down a pine tree sprayed with fox urine and have about 70 cases of beer confiscated. Brett Otte senior finance God Again For quite some time, people have been writing to express their views on the existence/nonexistence of God v They have claimed to know “the truth” and proceeded to argue why. Jake Glazeski’s letter (DN, Thursday) is a prime example, which asserted that preachers and ministers “far less intelli gent than he” advocate a world view far too simple to be of use. The beautiful variety of world reli gions, including secular religion, (i.e., a world view based on science and ratio nality) provides a wonderful spectrum of viewpoints on different aspects of humanity and its place in the world. Any single viewpoint has its own beauty and substance, but taken togeth er, different viewpoints provide a much richer view. ^ As a mathematician, I understand how tempting it is to claim that reason is the sole means of understand ing “the truth.” In mathematics more than any where else, one can boast of irrefutably proving something true. Though we can prove that the axioms of mathematics are mutually compatible, we can never prove whether they are true or false. When it comes down to it, even mathematics is based upon a profession of faith. But where science is inadequate, world religions have been pondering for thousands of years. There are some truths which are best examined by sci ence, and others for which religion is well-suited. As a human being, I believe I can never fully understand God and his cre ation until the next life. But I know that a wealth of viewpoints, both religious and secular, will always give me furthet clues towards finding that understanding. Paul T. Macklin NSF graduate research fellow mathematics Good God! God Again! I am a 22-year-old graduate student here at the university. Since I started here about three months ago, I have been a daily reader of the Daily Nebraskan. On the whole, I think you run a tight paper that keeps your student body well-informed. There is, however, one particular section of the DN that I have come to dread: the opinion section. When I first started reading the DN, I was encouraged that your publication addressed issues such as religion and the ongoing struggle to find meaning in the world. But as I kept reading, I real ized that your columns (and the subse quent letters to the editor) never really stated anything above or beyond what had already been said the weeks before. The rants and raves of the Christian and non-Christian writers simply echoed hollow after a while. These writers were simply stating the same case over and over again to the obviously “closed-minded” opposition. As a Christian, I believe that these issues are relevant and must be discussed. But there comes a point in time when these columns (from both “sides”) get to be too much. How many times have I read (or lately, started to read) a column only to find the same sensational columns that seem be written only to anger the oppo sition (such as Thursday’s “Towing Rant”)? How many times have I heard the “last strue defender of the faith” reprimand those who do not follow die true God? One too many. My comment is not against a dis cussion of religion, my comment is for an end to the circles these editorials and letters to the editor have been running for about three months now. T*1_*__1._!__* ^1_ id dU 111UW11 U11 111 111^ world - politics, society, and campus related - why do we have to simply focus on religion all the time? 7 Is it because a column on one’s own beliefs doesn’t require any research or in-depth knowledge of the subject? Regardless of the cause, I would simply ask that die horizons of the DN page become broader than a “My thoughts on God” page. My only request is that steps be taken to diversi fy the opinion page before it becomes the only page of the DN I completely skip over. It would be a shame to see a paper so solid develop a glaring hole in the middle. Scott Phillips graduate student English Shawn Drapal/DN