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It's been great...
I wonder what it means when you come in on
the morning of your' last day as editor and have to
clear the ads off the editorial page so you have
some space to write?
Traditionally, the last editorial of the semester
has been taken as a chance for the editor to in
dulge herself (himself) in end-of-the-semester
ramblings. This is no exception, I come out from .
behind the editorial "we" today because today '
I am writing for myself, not as spokeswoman for
the Dally 'Nebraskan. . ,. -
I don't have to say here that I think we have
the most hardworking, funloving 50 plus people
you'll ever hope to meet and that together they
have produced a semester's worth of papers all
of us are proud of. If they don't know that by
now, it wouldn't do any good to say it here.
You may not realize it, and sometimes we for
get, too, but this is your paper. What would we
be without our readers? So please use your right
of reply via the letters column. We welcome
and need your suggestions, criticisms, anything
to let us know how we're doing.
A big, sincere thanks to all of you who have
helped us out this semester, individually or collec
tively, with moral support. You know who you
are, so I don't have to incriminate you by men
tioning your names MT.ABW, J Skool, MM,
CDK, GH, RG and RG.
but I've got to go
; If this semester could be summed in one word,
it would have to be "change." We have a new
chancellor, a new student affairs head, a new
editor, a new U.S. President, and new NU presi-
dent (and another on the way), a new . . .
" The numerous changes brought worried frowns
in some quarters. But, really, you wouldn't want
it any other way . '
This summer, a woman who wrote for the
Daily Nebraskan in 1960 stopped into the office.
The semi-famous writer from New York was visit
ing her home state. She looked around the Daily
Nebraskan office, shuffled uncomfortably and
asked me how old I was. She said the Daily Neb
raskan and its home had changed so much she felt
as if she didn't belong here. She didn't. She
belongs in New York being a semi-famous writer.
Which brings me to the point I'm trying to make.
Maybe the past is a nice place to visit -and to
reminisce about, but you don't want to be in it
20 years from now. No matter how far we've -come,
or how attached we are to the present,
there are better things ahead. You can't have
progress without change. With that, 111 step down
in the name of progress.
letters
Explain charges . ;
- Irt the . Dec. 10th edition of the Daily Nebraskan
there was a story about the Women's Resource Center's
prohibition of the distribution of the Lincoln Gazette
at the center. Two major charges were made against the
Gazette in that article. Sandy Garner of the Women's
Resource Center supported banning the Gazette distri
bution m the center largely because it did not "specifi
cally relate to women's issues". Ms. Garner was not spe
cific. Neither has she been precise in her private con
versation with me concerning this issue. I call on Ms.
Garner to specifically justify her charges by detailing how
the Gazette does not deal with women's issues. If we at
the Gazette are . to defend ourselves we need ot know
exactly why we have been found wanting.
; For the sake of making this conflict worth your pre
cious time dear reader, I suggest a couple of examples of
what are "specifically women's 'issusS.T-suggest that .the.;;-,
exploitation of factory workers at Russell Stovers is a
women's issue-ah issue that has been extensively explor
ed by the rette. It is a women's issue even if women are
not employed at the plant. Ms. Garner seems to have
forgotten the obvious fact that women are mothers, wives,
aunts, and grandmothers as well as sisters. Women are part
of the human species. The rape of women is a women's
issue as well as an issue that should concern men. The rape
of the free spirits of men by their bosses.be those bosses
male or female is a men's and women's issue. These are
specifically men's and women's issues. We human beings
have obligations to promote liberty and equality among
the species. Am I mistaken Ms. Garner? Why isn't there
room for such a discussion in the Women's Resource
Center? ;
The second accusation came from Teri Eyster of
Growing Season, Women's Pages, and the Women's re
source Center. Ms. Eyster is paraphrased as having said .
that "the- reason the center no longer distributes the
Gazette is because 'it conflicts with our statement of not
distributing anything that contains sexist, racist or oppres
sive material' ". - t ij - -;" ;
On Friday afternoon, Dec. 10th after reading the Daily '.
Nebraskan article a black student questioned a Gazette
staff member as to whether the Gazette was a racist
publication. Of course, the Gazette reporter said the paper
was not racist. It does worry me that the lack of clarity
in this matter may be a cause of misunderstanding and
harm.
During telephone conversation over the weekend !
asked Ms. Eyster about her charges. She told me that
the Daily Nebraska story was inaccurate. She went on
to say that to call people opposed to abortion on demand
sexist was "narrow-minded''. She told me that her posi
tion on this issue was not reversed, but was growing.
I strongly encouraged her to write a letter to the
Nebraskan which would precisely communicate her posi
tion. Since Ms." Eyster has not done that, I feel com
pelled to challenge her publicly to defend or retract
her reported criticism of the Gazette, or at least to make
herself clearly understood.
The pages of the Gazette are available to Ms. Eyster
and Ms. Garner for the publication of their cician.
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They are more than welcome, as you are welcome, to have
letters published in the paper. Hopefully this controversy
could become more than another confused, circular epi
sode of "As The World Turns". It could become a signi
ficant discussion concerning what women's issues are and
what freedom of expression is. I hope that the right of
free expression is a women V issue. If not, the way the
Women's Resource Center is run will become an issue in
itself. . , -
: Sincerely,
Ron Kurtenbach
' an editor of th Lincoln Gazette
Lot thchr- earn their way - -
I would like to comment on the letter in the Dec. 15
DsUy Nebraskan from former band member Chuck Can
ton. In his letter he said he felt that the Cornhusker
Marching Band "contributes as much entertainment,
enthusiasm, and enjoyment of the game of football as do
the players."
Seventy six thousand Nebraska fans fd the coliseum
on Saturdays to watch the football players perform, not
the band members. If the band is as entertaining as the
football players, then why, at halftime when the band is
performingdo the stands become partially empty? To
put it bluntly, the average Nebraska fan is interested in
the game and not the band.
As for the band being financed by the . Big 8 to
Houston, let them earn their way, as the football players
did through their playing abilities. If the band is as enjoy
able and entertaining as the football players, why not
have a concert in the stadium. Surely the band could get
76,000 people to pay $725 each, as the football players
did all year;
Sincerely,;
Paul Pennington 1
Upgrcdo both programs
Regarding the recent anti-athletic diatribe by histoi
professor Nels W. Forde. Professor Forde seems to feel
there is a basic dichotomy between athletic and academic
excellence. I would like to submit that athletic excellence
is just as valid a pursuit as academic excellence and, in
fact, the two can and should be complementary en
deavors. I would go so far as to say that a person who has
not achieved, or at least attempted to achieve, a certain
degree of competence in t. ;h areas is a one-dimensional
person. Instead of taking the negative approach and app
lauding the recent fall to. mediocrity by the Nebraska
football team, as Professor Forde has done, we should be
supporting efforts to upgrade both our academic and ath
letic programs.
Dave Johnson
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Why does the Daily Nebraskan (DN) abbreviate every
thing with a bunch of letters in parentheses (AEWBLIP)?
I (I) once attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha
(UNO), and their student newspaper (SN) didn't
AEWBLIP. Sometimes when I read the DN, I think I'm
gazing at a bowl of alphabet soup, not a SN. If you don't
quit AEWBLIP, I may petition the FAB or ASUN to cut
off fees for the DN. And if that fails, I may transfer
back to UNO, where the SN isnl so confusing.
I just hope you guys never decide to do an article
on French And Russian Tutors or Student Housing
In Tennessee.
JRH
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