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Co yra tell tka tffcrcnss?
Bring American; men
in Lebanon home
America's peacekeeping force may
have been placed in Lebanon with
good intentions, but it's time this coun
try realizes the mistake it made and
bring the troops home.
And it's time the United States learns
a foreign policy lesson: dont go where
you dont belong.
" . The United States' installed the
1,200-man force in an attempt to keep
peace within war-torn Lebanon, but
the result has been four Americans
killed and more than 20 injured. Mean
while, the bloody civil war rages on.
And now, because there is no sign of
an immediate resolution to the con
flict, the United States finds itself in a
difficult dilemma
It has the option of a total withdra
wal, which runs the risk of the Gemayel
government being defeated, or it can
strengthen its presence in the area,
which would face heavy opposition in
this country and possibly draw us
deeper into the war.
Despite all this, President Reagan
has declined to officially acknowledge
that VS. troops are involved in hostili
ties. By doing so, he would be placed
under the 1 973 War Powers Act, an act
which would require Congressional ap-
Happiness
proval for US troops to remain in the
area for more than CO to CO day3.
But it's time the president make Gui
de! what eroy American aJreey lr.ov,:s--the
US. is involved in conflict in the
Middle East. - . , ; -. - , - -
; At least one congressman, Clarence
Long, chairman of the House Appro
priations Subcommittee, has prcmi::i
to pressure Reagan ir.to formally acknov
- ledging US. involvement in the hostili
ties.; "
According to the current edition of
Newsweek, Long win lead an attempt
to cut off funding for the US. forces in
Lebanon unless Reagan invokes the War
PowersAct "
Long's actions are commendable,
but better yet, let's bring a halt to US.
involvement in the region.
If there were any evidence that Amer
ican troops were helping to lessen con
flict in the region, it would be wise to
maintain a presence there.
But most of the evidence seems to
indicate the opposite. UJS. involvement
offers no solutions to the war and only
promises to keep this country involved
in a conflict it never should have got'
ten into.
It's time for our troops to come
. home. -
t tl . nation's schools. This decaying
LtlUVaVll WnOTltV condition can only get worse with the
Once again the leaders of the
University of Nebraska have shown
where their true priorities lie. While
claims of striving for academic
excellence are constantly made, the
academic environment has again been
diluted in the name of budget cuts.
The Sept. 8 issue of the Daily
Nebraskan reported that all UNL
libraries will be closed on the six
Saturdays on which home football
games are played. Libraries are the
. centerpost of any educational
institution and should be the last area
to be subjected to budget cuts. The
libraries are used on football
Saturdays and many students and
faculty have neither the time or
inclination to spend those six
Saturdays in Memorial Stadium. The
few dollars that will be saved by closing
the libraries will certainly not save the
university from collapse. Hopefully,
administrators will reconsider and
keep the libraries open on football
Saturdays. This is an educational
institution, not just an excuse to have
a football team.
DougBuhler
GaryTuxhorn
- Carla Ault
Closing 'drastic 1
- I am outraged at the announcement
made Friday that Love library, plus all
other campus libraries, will be closed
on football Saturdays. I do not blame
the library staff, but. the citizens cf
Nebraska, including our businessmen,
our state representatives, and our
governor, who value football over
quality education. Last year, the NU
Board of Regents increased tuition
and fees plus added a 10 percent
surcharge to compensate for a
reduction in state funding for the
university. Yet this money has net been
used to decrease class size, increase
the number of professors or increase
the services offered by the university.
Nebraskans are not allocating
enough funds to higher education.
They are more concerned about the
ranking of the Cornhuskers and the
teams "vital statistics" than about
education. The closing of the campus
libraries on six football Saturdays i3 a
wry blatant decision. What will be
next? The closing of the campus
libraries on all weekday evenings?
In recent months, the nation has
been exposed to the unbelievable
statistics of the fatal state of our
Saturdavs during the first semester. In
the long run, the state will be affected
by this drastic, unfair and irres
ponsible decision. It proves cr.ee again
to many Nebraskans that certain
individuals will do anything to satisfy
and preserve their interests in the 'Big
Red Machine."
MlkeGanser
junior
business administration
Paranoia aired
A recent phenomenon on City
Campus has me concerned. It is an
event that should be brought to the
attention of the student body, for it h
something that affects us alL Of
course, I'm talking about the "punks,"
"hoodlums," and "drunken morons"
who write letters1 to the Daily
Nebraskan.
The other day while reading one of
these exaggerated and sensationalis
tic letters, I found myself being "cursed
and driven to the gutter" by
who had obviously been traumatized
in childhood by a psychopathic
tricycle.
I suggest that a separate student
publication be created for the specific
purposes cf paranoid pedestrians who
feel called upon to vent their spleen
about two-wheeled vehicles.
At any rate, something should be
done to prevent the Dzzlj Kelraekan
from becoming the battle nrcund' in
the pedestrain-pedal war. A war that
will never be won by either side, and
that will only succeed in driving the
rest of us crazy.
" Llariy T ells
New low?
I am aghast by what I found on the
front cover cf the Sept. 9 issue cf the
Daily Nebraskan. Do you actually have -to
sink to such depths of degradation
as to put a cute photo of someone -shearing
sheep on the front psge? If I :
wanted that, I'd read the Lincoln
Journal and Star. I believed the DM
photoediting staff had better taste
than that Whsts next little kids
with dogs? ; . '
- , ' Erik Andsrsasn
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The movies "Sophie's Choice" and "Gandhi" deal
with one cf the most important questions cf the
human condition, Le. "How should one react to
injustice?" Sophie and Gandhi answered this
question in different ways. Their responses and the
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ensuing consequences are instructive in helping us
to answer it for ourselves.
Gandhi reacted to injustice by becoming'
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merely acts in crdcr to qiict his ccr.rcirr.re. Hither,
G rjidhi saw in the exirter.ee cf irj urtice the nzzd to
char.gs cneself jurt . as much 3 cr.e drclrcs to
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In the long run, the attainment of there two foals,
was part cf one process. The overcoming cf scIS:h
desires led to a quiet strength which enabled him to
make the sacrifices that were necessary to pursue "'
his larger societal goals. . --
Gandhi expressly said that to achieve anything, ,
one had to be willing to-malse any sacriHre '.
-.including the supreme sacrifice. He believed that.;
abstinence and fasting were inpcrtar.t in creating
the mental fortitude necessary to achieve this level
cf consciousness! '
Gandhfs meat famous words are probably "nc-n-coeperatien
with evil is a sacred duty." To bin,
reitance to oppression meant net crJy a sirrpb
dcllvciar.ee for cr.crrlf but zlzo a ccmplrte tz'SzzI
: Iil;e ' Gandhi, Csphie clzo fourd h?rr:!X in a
country occupied by an epprcercr. Ur.I.'.!:o ttn
than Chtirg it.
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choosing to become the murderer cf her chili. IThen
she was presented with the choices dictated ty ths
German camp ccrrjnarider. she had tlizzdj tzzczo
a part cf the extern cf the Nas.lx It X7z ctlIj becsurs
she thought LI:e them thct she vras sile to choose '
which cf her children to die.'. .
The memory cf this murder is what cve::tue2!y
. lead Sophie to deetrcy hereell Far frcn her
life, the cendonirg cf the ldlllr:g cfJer.3 vr.es critl;2
first step tcvard destroying it
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