Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1983)
V if Friday, December 2, 1C33 4 Pcqo 4 Dally N:brc:ksn Vrr 4 'V-.' 1 o J . (f l!1 .4 4 . j Supporters of the Faith Christian School in Louisville reopened the school Wednesday morning. The Omaha World-Herald reported Wednesday that Cass County Attorney Ron Moravec said he had not decided on a final course of action if the school reopened. Moravec said he didn't want to "fuel them" because that is what the supporters want "It would help their supposed cause to tell the nation that we're jailing them," he said. Moravec shouldn't let this affect his duty. Basically, the question anymore isnt one of reli gious education vs. public education. There is no cause or principle now. Reopening the Faith Chris tian School is breaking the law. The Rev. Everett Sileven should not be totally cas tigated for his first defiance of the law. Our history is full of cases where it took a test case to bring a bad lawto light. This isnt the case here. The courts didnt agree with Sileven. If supporters of the school still believe that the law is wrong, they should work to change the law, not break it - We should hope the law will stand. The law is designed to see that children get a qualified and adequate education. Admittedly, our public educa-, tion system has many problems. It 13 refreshing to see that parents of children who attended the . Christian school are concerned about their child ren's education. ' However, the law doesnt say the Faith Christian School cant open with qualified, certified teachers. Surely some Christians are teachers, and vice versa. ; Questions come to mind. Would supporters of the Faith Christian School want an uncertified brain surgeon to operate "on their children? Would they want untrained firemen protecting their homes? Did the lawyers who pleaded Sileven's case pass the bar exam? V Why, then, would these peopla want untrained ) teachers educating their children? : Law enforcement officers should enforce the law" to its fullest extent, especially in such a blatant case of contempt Eill Allen : Editorial Policy B ' t , '- ' 4 am m "Aye, lassie," says the sing-song Irish Spring voice at the other end of the wire. "Ya doan know me but . : I moan. I fish foi the alarm clock 3 ajx, aargh, not another obscene proposition. Unsigned editorials represent official policy of the fall 1983 Daily Nebraskan. They are written by this semester's editor in chief, Larry Sparks. Editorials do not necessarily reflect the views of the university, its employees or the NU Board of Resents. The Daily Nebraskan's publishers are the regents, who established the UNL Publications Board to supervise the daily production of the newspaper. ; . According to policy set by the regents, the content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of its stu dent editors. . . . ; - Strange history; strange beauty ' "listen fella..." . " Calm down, me lassie, I-doan ave all mornin' ya know. Indeed, me name's Randy ficBean 'n I'n with the Rebuild Ireland Association. 71, me lassie, I've got news for you. - "Go on," I say a little less sleepily, "what kind of scoop cant wait until a decent hour?" "Aye, but it's a golden scoop, lassie!" he chuckled. "A three-ton golden scoop." Thinking that I was on the brink of something really big, I snap on the light and grab my reporter's notebook. "WhysurelyyouVe'eard about Saturday's robbery even in Nebraska.1" says the trans-continental caller. "They 'ave good buys at security warehouses, n me n t'other lads took quite a haul, ya 'know. A good clearance sale, so just thought we'd do a piece of carry Christmas 'shopping. V- I was shaking visibly noT7. What an opportunity! What a breald And to think I 'cDean would call me in Iincoln, Keb. half way around the world. "Hey, wait a minute!" I say, "Why are you telling this to me?" "Aye, lassie, but that's the $13.5 million question," he answers. "The CIA's a charatri.13 1st n thinks UNL pretty deservin'. We'r bloody tired of aristocracy 'n 'ave 'card about your troubles. "Ya, we're pretty aristocratic here I cree, "but maybe you could give me some examples." "Aye but I will lass," he continues. "I know your bloody football players eat steak while knaves eat cake. IVe seen pictures of plush oHlces and crumbling classrooms. IVe 'card it's plussb dan gerous for ye lassies to study late in the ilb'ry 'n walk 'ome afterwards for lack of an auto. Aye, but it's an aristocratic aristocracy! Second only to our prob lems 'ere!" "What are you proposing?" I ask, noting his vehemence. "Onh to share a wee luck o' the Irish!" he replies. "We 'ave much more money than, we can safely -spend and 'ope youll take some off our 'ands, maybe a ton or so." I dropped my pen. Visions of a rr.ci!:! academic dance through.my head.' I see a rcr;:sdded Bessey Hall, a computer for every 10 students, gourmet dorm food, professors gsttir.g by, evening buses for late-night studiers .. . : "Lass, lass, are ya there lzsT 'Ava we st a bad connection?",' 0 ' I WW Joni Jacobs no lorer has charges of mutila tion hanng over her head, but the reasons her case dragged on for ciht months are particularly inter- 1 brae ti 1: C c b h IT, .c: r v: tbg. Jacobs, who ran fer president of the Associa- -en of Students of the University cf Nebraska l: rt exch, was arre.iied far rant-atisn c..cr ;nce?tu'l Anarchy Forty Clzzlzyzd m Aracriean ' dyed lizzie acrcss the frcr.t cf a campaign. :rl.Tov. 10 because the prosecution had felled to ave intent to cast contempt on the flz and had ,id2 several mistakes in Iing charges. The obvious -sstituilcnal ctjections to the status's inMr.ge- Thst a ve:.'.: esse such a d':L'.:-s Izvr i tzlizzi r.3 to as it wsj can le crp!-L-,:J en'ycr.s . . . ... " - . - ( " ' " IU .' . C m . . ... K . J ..-. ,:J clsut the presecutlsn. EvenGle rdsrr:;', the : Crct prosecutor in the esse, said fci ccurt that he had - -The overheated enictiens surrounding the case beccr.2 explieit .in.- scr.sth.ir.g Dug.n said in dls- ' rr.lrsir.g the cr:e: "If I thought ycu were trying to cv:.rtl'.rc;7 tl;a govern:::ent, you night be spending three cr four months i.ijsil" (And vie ther ght peo ple were jailed for causing public hem, net because of their poetical bclicls.) ' f : "I think that I was completely covered by the .Ccnstitutian " Jr.ecbs said cf the First Amendment ' , r.rpeet cf her case. T.T.en they take any eyrr.tsl of f sverr.mer.t and teH yeu that you can cr.Iy zzy good t:;Lg eiout it and nei Liithmgi . . . that's h vlclstion , Tl;i3 13 not to tzy it : i t" ycir.g the flag was a ccher cnt ar.d ps-.vcrful f CMzzl statement, although the black f!eg has been used to stand for anarchy. She said it was "a thoughtless sort of act we needed a banner." A stain' in the thrift-store flag wouldnt come out 'and then the possibility of dying it - Ingertsnt questions' KhgST about the legality ct ' the f rceecuticn. A rctl'm to prcr-ecute Jeecbs for .- J s.i l J ur.tll t.o v, 'r"-i a:eramee and other aspects cf the case with people from the Lancaster County Attorneys cZss. . - ; Since no. decision to-prccecutj wsj cn public, record then, that meeting was use d to ssur.d her out in an illegal way, she asserts. "They wented me to be contrite and a very sorry little ixl and I didnt come across that way."- ' rf... ...... ; Even though the prcsecuticn's 2 c f things was so insubstantial that it didnt even g:t v. he t could be called a serious' dry in court, tr.3 cr::2 rent on because the state of Nebraska wanted to how a college student that the implications cf the lCCOs still have not reached this part cf the 1 21 rest I had net seen the Eeg In question rr.til it was unfolded at court lest mcr.llu It t;sj tn c-ject of strange loveliness the blue peri i'::I :r than . black, the red stripes a !e:.-y p u rple. It 1 z : : i very edd thatshoT.1rg it was r -Izzi th3 ir; tz I :;lraska. It amazed me that er.yer.t? ceuli g. tr " r ; :ut it AH sens cf thmgi ccu'.i hsr.2 t::i r : in its way cf shcT,1r,g e.s.t ye a r tZl cr ::?:' - :! - -..'it csU xoir.mg vrcu:a r" I ' r ' cereal to crdei thit the Ar:-;::r:;L: given the Crg to turn. ' 3 very