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i Wednesday, October 24, 1934 Daily Ncbraskan Pago 3 Debates more shadowy than substance... Continued frcn Page 1 One cameraman noted the students' apple-cheeks and designer clothes and mumbled, "When's the lest time you guys went without a meair Diana Feinberg said although she sup ported Mondale, she decided not to take part in a welcome she thought was as "superficial as the rest of the debate process." She and other demonstrators said they preferred to spend their time "more pro ductively" at the Sunday afternoon rally that culminated in a "freedom march" downtown led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson. About 50 Reagan supporters decided to stage an anti-abortion rally rather than join the president's welcoming crowd at the airport. A young woman dressed in red, white and blue sang the national anthem to begin the low-key rally. "The abortion issue is more a matter of civil rights than faith," said Gary Tebbets, a Kansas City salesman. "It's like slavery. It's not right to own, and do what you want with another person's life." Joshua Goodman carried a "Hymnies for Reagan" sign. He said he was at the rally to protest M on dale's positions and -the views of liberals in general "The brunt of liberal magazines, press and broadcasters and their handling of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon stirred up bad sentiment," Goodman said. Goodman recruited anti-abortionists to walk with him a few blocks to the anti interviention rally. He wanted to protest the activity of "anti-Semite" Jesse Jack son and other liberals. Though he said Mondale himself was not a racist, "liberal views promote a racist environment." When Goodman, Tebbets and three others walked through the anti-U.S. in tervention crowd, a few people booed but most quietly let the anti-abortionists pass by. Dave Smith put down his "dove of peace" cardboard cutout to pat his ideal istic opponent Tebbets on the back. "I may not agree with him, but I admire him for coming here," Smith said. "This is democracy in action, not the debates Smith said he and Tebbets both were members of a minority. He said most peo ple are willing to let superficial impres sions be their guides in the electoral pro cess. Smith is a former Roman Catholic monk who left an order in Guatemala to become politically active in the United States. "IVe worked for the last three years on the refugee underground, helping op pressed Latins come north," Smith said. "I get my reports of American violence first hand. But I'm a minority. Most Americans are content to believe the rhetoric politi cians spoon-feed them." Jackson avoided stealing the show. He joined with prominent Midwestern min isters in a cry for change in Central Amer ica and made little mention of the night's debate. "In Central America our govern ment is exporting terrorism," he said. Noah and Jeff said they "got an educa tion" at the rally and the freedom march that they wouldn't soon forget. "First we just came to see Jesse, you know," Noah said. "But then we all started listening to some of the speakers and reading the signs. It's good this shit will get some national press, even if it is just because Jesse's here. The government's been covering up been messing up. We ali got to get together on this, make the killing and the faking stop." Make a Lasting Impression Be a Student Host if c y V : "V 1 A t V i A 1 V Jeff DrowneDaily Nbraskan Brace Weiner pretests S&n&gr osstsM Kansas City's M imicip&l Auditorium before the second Mondalelegan detete. Weiner was pretesting the Rea gan administration's trestraeist of Soviet Jews. Find out what it's really like to be a Student Host. Attend one of the following information sessions. Wednesday, October 24 4:00 p.m. Ne Union Tuesday, October 30 7:00 p.m. Harper Multi-Purpose Room Thursday, November 1 ' 4:00 p.m. Sandoz Lounge Thursday, November 8 7:00 p.m. East Union Wednesday, November 14 7:00 p.m. Nebraska Union New Student Orientation 2Vi(C) Campus Activities and Programs 472-2454 . University of Nebraska-Lincoln An Equal Opportunity Employer w If .:.-vy.v.x - ' , 11 J n ff , V-x J S 1 err e I i I Store Hours: Ti Mon-Fri 1Q-9 Hat.- it r. . r- . J Sun 12-5 A rMtr!m.r?CKtf rrt rfMui- f-rfii 0 ... . r I r I . P r :r ' - Tl I: I n W y ;Xs OUi It ." .J; 3 h ' ' - ' St ' 5 .v f ' ;l I j : i: l " ,. L: Jl- ! fetad m Ma visa' l v- 1 i i .. . J