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T Quotes OF THE WEEK “I pity the next son-of-a-bitch in here.” NU Basketball Coach Danny Nee, on his successor. “According to Chancellor Moeser, all UNL needs to become a great institution is ... get a six-lane road and take out old, dilapidated buildings.” Barb Morley, member of the Malone Neighborhood Association, referring to problems with the Antelope Valley pro ject. “We know the students want a parking garage, but we have to pay for it somehow, and (raising permit costs) seems to be the best way.” Parking Advisory Committee member Nick Burns, on the increased rates proposed for parking permits next year. “The way he’s playing, he’s going to be the best player in the conference next year.” NU senior forward Lawrence Florence, on fellow teammate Cookie Belcher. “I think the status quo is boring right now at this univer sity.” Duffparty first vice presidential candidate Kevin Sypal, at Tuesday s ASUN debate. “Is any (discrimination) potent enough to keep us from achieving the American dream?” Speaker Dinesh D ’Souza, on Tuesday night at a lecture in the Nebraska Union. “Band-Aid programs are not going to help the universi ty.” A-Team presidential candidate Joel Schafer, referring to the Impact party s plan to bring big-name acts to UNL. “How did that child get that gun?” President Bill Clinton, referring to the 6-year-old boy who shot and killed a classmate in Michigan. “We are expanding our base without destroying our foundations.” Presidential hopeful George W. Bush, on Tuesday s primary wins in Washington, North Dakota and Virginia. Bush scored big with Republicans, while opponent John McCain had been trying to reach across party lines for support. “Students who go there know exactly what they’re get ting into.” South Carolina legislator Terry Haskins, speaking of his alma mater and current political newsmaker Bob Jones University. “1 don’t believe we need politics in law enforcement, and in my opinion, the attorney general is the chief of law enforcement.” Ord Sen. Jerry Schmitt, speaking in support of a bill to make the Office of Attorney General non-partisan. The bill was vetoed by Gov. Johanns, and the Legislature failed to override it. “This is exactly what we wanted.” A-Team presidential candidate Joel Schafer, after he learned his party would be in a run-off election with Empower. Editorial Board Josh Funk (editor) • J.J. Harder • Cliff Hicks • Samuel McKewon • Dane Stickney • Kimberly Sweet • Lindsay Young Letter 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 submissions. Submitted material becomes property of the Daily Nebraskan and cannot be returned. Anonymous mate rial 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, 20 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., Lincoln, Neb. 68588-0448 or e-mail to: let ters@unl.edu Editorial Policy Unsigned editorials are the opinions of the spring 2000 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. 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Letters to the EDITOR Missing members As a current ASUN senator, I feel a need to point out a few problems with Mr. Soloman’s and Mr. Reiber’s views (DN, March 1) regarding the Senate seat for the Division of Continuing Studies. They point out that ASUN should be ashamed for trying to remove the seat from the senate, but this seat has been filled only twice in the last 10 years. The last time a student filled the spot was about five years ago. ASUN actively has sought students to fill the seats, but the truth is that there has been no interest. The principal reason given by those asked is that they are too busy with families and jobs to commit themselves fully to ASUN. Even if the amendment had been passed, students still would have been represented through the General Studies senators. No one would be losing their representation. It is not entirely ASUN’s job to get students involved in their particular college. It is their own. Erin Reitz senior theater performance ASUN senator, Fine and Performing Arts Race reporting On Wednesday, a man in Wilkensburg, Pa., committed one of the bloodiest, racially-motivated rampages in recent years. If anything is a “hate crime,” this was one. A black man killed two and criti cally wounded three other white men, and was reported as saying “I’m not gonna hurt any black people, I’m just out to kill white people” and “You’re all white trash, racist pigs.” These statements were reported r on the AP feed that the Daily Nebraskan uses, yet the Daily Nebraskan, like CNN and National Public Radio, decided its readers did n’t need to know about them. I won der why? Gerry Harbison professor of chemistry Race never presented Mr. McFarland (DN, Feb. 29), the Amadou Diallo jury was made up of eight Caucasians and four African Americans. Focus on the fact that the prosecution, headed by Robert Johnson (an African-American), chose not to assign any African Americans to his prosecution team, and race or racial profiling was never presented as an issue to the jury. Several of the jury members have been quoted as saying that if racism had been presented as a problem, there is a good chance the verdict would have been different. I’m sorry I’m the only white American who realizes this, but a pre dominantly white prosecution team’s trying to convince a predominantly white jury of what being discriminat ed against is like is insanely hopeless. It’s like Bill Gates trying to convince a jury of CEOs what it’s like to be poor. John D. Jewell senior finance and management Teacher troubles While Jeff Hemje’s statement (DN, March 1) regarding the univer sity’s rank is incorrect (U.S. News & World Report 2000 rankings), it is probably also somewhat inconse quential. The more tragic narrative included in his letter is that of his friend’s rejection by the Teachers College English professional pro gram. I would start by consoling his friend in saying that you’re not the only one this has ever happened to. I know several good people who were turned down by the Teachers College who are now in law or dental school or have outstanding jobs in the business world. While each of these people are successful in their respective fields, each of them originally wanted to be a teacher, and each of them is not a teacher today because they were turned down by the Teachers College. The Teachers College is turning these students down in the face of a teacher shortage in our state. I imag ine an individual would be hard pressed to find a two-week period over the last year where some news paper in this state didn’t address the problem of the teacher shortage. Now I know that Teachers College officials will argue that English has no shortage, and there fore it is right in turning down stu dents. However, I doubt that Jeff’s friend has been encouraged by her to try a different subject or to stay in the world of education. No one I know who has been turned down by the pro gram ever has. Chances are the people who get turned down want to teach and would probably try a different subject if they were given encouragement. However, the Teachers College strings them out over a course of years so that if they get turned down in their subject area, they really don’t have a lot of choices. Do not make the mistake I did. Don’t stay quiet. Go to the chancellor. Go to the regents. Try to get this pro gram changed. Curtis Ruwe second-year law student P.5. Write Hack Send letters to: Daily Nebraskan, 20 Nebraska Union, 1400 “R” St., Lincoln, NE 68588, or fax to (402) 472-1761, or e-mail letters@unl.edu. 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