tuesday, October 14, 1980
daily nebraskan
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Anyone who has read a couple of Beth
Headrick's columns knows that one of her
aims this year will be the promotion of
liberal abortion laws. Her column in the
Oct. 8 Daily Nebraskan ("Fundamentalists
threaten women's choices) again recites
pro-abortion doctrine for the third or
fourth time this year.
Basically, it is the "stopping abortion
will establish a state religion" argument,
only now we find that it is fundamental
ism that will be established rather than
Roman Catholicism, as used to be asserted.
The article serves up such a mess of con
fused arguments and half truths that one
hardly knows where to begin to respond to
it. So I will limit this letter to what she
says about R. Benjamin Garrison.
Garrison, she says, favors abortion be
cause he has counselled unhappy mothers
who didn't want any more children. No
one is unaware that the poor have many
problems. The question is about how they
should be remedied.
Suppose, for example, that a woman
came to Garrison who was without a hus
band and who was not pregnant, but who
had children aged five, three and one years.
She tearfully explains that she is nearly
broke, life is stressful, and she feels like she
can't propoerly care for her children. She
says she feels like she could care for two of
them , but not all three.
In such a case, we may hope, Garrison
would not suggest that the one-year-old be
killed and begin calling for the legalization
of a woman's right to kill her children.
He would (a) suggest that one or more
of the children be adopted out or, (b) give
the woman more money or a better job, or
(c) provide her with counseling to help her
cope, or some combination of the three.
Why can't the same be done in place of
abortion?
The debate is not over whether women
and the poor have problems. It is over what
we will do to remedy the problems. Killing
someone, though simple, is seldom if ever
a good remedy.
Terry J. Christlieb
Graduate College
Message not
condemnation
I am growing increasingly distressed by
those who stand in front of the Nebraska
Union antagonizing and condemning stu
dents in the name of Christianity. The
message of Christianity is not one of con
demnation; it is one of love and forgive
ness. Jesus himself said, "For God did not
send the Son into the world to judge the
world; but that the world should be saved
through Him." (John 3: 16)
We should not dwell on the bad news,
but rather the Gospel, which is the good
news. Christ died to save us from con
demnation and- rose again so that we may
live with Him eternally. God offers forgive
ness and abundant life to those who believe
in Christ. This is a message of hope, not
judgment.
Marcia Warkentin
Advertising
Junior
Fire up, Huskers
On Oct. 4, under a brilliant blue sky,
our beloved Huskers went to the turf to
play football. We fans saw them play their
hearts out, never giving up as they tried to
win for 76,000 dizzy fans. We witnessed a
comeback capable only of Nebraska. And
although the score didn't run in our favor,
the Huskers were still winners.
As a student from west of Scottsbluff, I
had my first taste of seeing the Huskers
defeated in person. It hurt terribly, but
then everyone else felt the same way. I was
in the midst of the third largest city in the
state, yelling my lungs out for my beloved
Huskers. I was on my feet like the rest of
the fans.
Sure, high school teams have their
moments, but nothing could compare to an
entire state yelling, "Go Big Red" over and
over, and clapping, screaming and praying
for that one play that would put us in the
end zone.
Nebraska has the most courageous team
in the world. The Huskers always manage
to find deep within themselves that little
extra to keep coming back. Hie fans, too,
stick together, whether on this end of the
state of on the other.
The season is not over vet. We still have
to win the Big Eight, attend the Orange
Bowl, win the Hcisman, and most of all,
beat Oklahoma. Our shot for the national
championship is not gone. Nebraska is a
comeback team and if there's even the
littlest hole, they will break through and
score.
So, let's stay with our team and keep
cheering them on. A 10-1 season won't
even receive a second glance when we
become No. 1 and win the Big Eight. Come
on, Huskers, the season is young and
there's a lot of football to play. GO BIG
RED.
Kimmie Blackburn
Animal Science
Senior
Editorial criticized
In regard to Eric Warp's editorial on
Sept. 30, 1 think his article warrants a few
comments. First of all, I think Warp's com
ments on Jerry Sellentin's qualifications
for legislator were biased. Not only has
Jerry Sellentine worked hard for his pre
sent position, but by holding that position,
he has become a member of the work class.
Can Fowler say the same? What better way
is there to understand and acknowledge the
needs of the work class than to be a
member?
Secondly, Eric Warp asked how Jerry
Selientin can help this university one bit.
Sellentin has been a professor at NU for
the last two years, and has received his
bachelor's, master's and PhD. degrees
from NU. This indicates to me that Jerry
Sellentin will be pulling for NU just as
much, if not more, than Fowler. Who cares
if we have to wait two, three, or even four
years; we've already waited eight with
Fowler.
As far as the Daily Nebraskan . having
slanted coverage, I agree with Bud Cuca.
The way I have interpreted journalism is
that it is fine for a newspaper to endorse a
candidate but it is also good journalistic
practice to give equal coverage to the other
candidates running. I think Sellentin is the
better candidate and I think everyone else
on this campus should have the opportun
ity to decide which candidate is best by
viewing all the facts about both candidates.
Let's not excuse this newspaper for not
printing it "like it really is." I'm sure if the
Daily Nebraskan had factual data so bad
that Sellentin could no longer show his
face, they would have printed it. In fact,
wouldn't it be their responsibility to do so?
Eric Warp asked many questions about
Sellentin. Maybe he could answer these
questions about Fowler. If Fowler is doing
so much for UNL and its student body,
why has UNIX's budget gone down 10.2
percent relative to other campuses? If
Fowler has so much clout, why did only
one out of the nine pieces of legislation
that he introduced pass? More funda
mentally, why would someone that has
been a state legislator for eight years not
have enough pride to run on his past record
and the issues of the election?
Vickie Eigenberg
Business
Senior
Homecoming
I strongly protest the lack of publicity
about the homecoming royalty candidates
in Neihardt and other residence halls. The
organizers of the homecoming festivities
have totally failed to provide any informa
tion on the candidates to the residence hall
community. This amounts to gross negli
gence of the highest order.
While regretting this unfortunate, and
hopefully unintentional incident, I support
the demand by President Corkie Kompost
of the Residence Hall Association to post
pone the homecoming royalty election
until Friday. In the mean time, the home
coming committee should spare no effort
in giving the candidates the publicity they
deserve throughout the entire campus
community.
Gerlad M. Woo, President
Neihardt Resident Center
Postpone election
I would like to express my concern
about the validity of the 1980 home
coming election, since a voting block of
over 5,000 students has been ignored.
The Residence Hall Association and the
respective hall governments have not been
notified about the Homecoming election.
There has been little or no publicity dist
ributed. It would seem to me that since
students living in the residence halls com
prise about 25 percent of the university
population, their vote could be a deciding
factor in determining the outcome of the
election. I believe that some sort of notifi
cation should have been made in order to
allow hall residents time to consider their
choices.
Because most, if not all, residence hall
students have not been informed about the
election, I call for its postponement until
Thursday to give students ample time to
make an informed choice.
Corkie Kumpost
RHA President
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