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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1985)
Wednesday, March 13, 1985 Daily Nebraskan Pago 5 n 1 . . 5 'B ill Indent says Pittsburgh was unjustly slandered pits? The City cf the Pits? Whit's in a name anyway? Actually, I had a choice between Pitts burgh and Omaha, the "Paris of the Pigbelt,,; which incidentally al?o was rated ahead cf Lin coln by a mere 85 ranking, but I opted for the Continued from Pas 4 "We Treasure the Magic of Maybeny," says the paper. I da nothing of the sort. I hated the corny "Andy Griffith" shav and hated it even mere when ray sen insisted cn etching it in re nins. "We Exercise for Health, Not Locks." Wanna bet? Maybe you do, USA Today, but I con t. And I rycr.e Else the Worst." My paper would say, "We Fear Putting Cur Hand Down Carbega Disposal Even Though It's Off," or, after a weekend ef yard work "Our Yards Look Better." Once a month my paper would say, "We Get Haircuts" and, more often, "We Cut Nails." Every once in a while, my paper would n.a uuJ iniseicnse cf Lincoln (DaSly Pennsylvania read trip. However. I tai also net tabrsstea, Larch 7) rcJt&Uy slivered the immuna to the ttirsetmlrd Liu that di. city cf Fitiehsrgh, Pa. editorial exrlrhed thai Land McKays 1883 listing cf America's Ksst UtsM cities ranked Pittsburgh Mc. 1 nd Urcc:aad::tir-tl2i:i ' Olvic ters trat hsve Uca ess rerea fer tl-.a ezter-j f:.? between the t'xo. The edi ted! irriter vas ir.i'gr.ant that Uacela was ra&fd 131 places feifcted a city kr.ei fcr steel "steal faaterl-a, eteel werkers tr.d the Pitta tsr$ Stealers" rs the writer put it. I've never beea to Pittsburg so I can no mere defend it than co your editorial writer, wha has neve? been there can coadcr.it it. The statement that "Pittsburgh la a polluted place, and soma say, quite ugly" shows the author is basing his opin ions cn the stereotype other people have of Pittsburgh. As a proud (except after the '84 Orange Bowl less) Nebraska!, I know I don't like it when people stereotype this state and its residents. When hearing cf Nebraska, no doubt, people living outside the Midwest conjure up an image cf a farmer's daughter bench-pressing a combine between Indian attacks, and people running to the barn to milk the cow for their Captain Crunch cereal. People should withhold their Judgments about someplace until they have been there. I plan to go home with a Mend from school to stay in the numero uno city in the United States over spring break. This mzy net be everyone's idea of the idea! vacation, but I plan to expe rience firsthand the unemployment, civil strife and slums cf t he most livable city in the country. Afterward, I plan to defend (er condemn) Pitts burgh based oa personal experience. Why do I want to visit Pittsburgh when obviously the name implies the worst burgh meaning city and Pitts meaning . . . well, the Immune to the stereotypical bias that was dis played by your edlteriil, so a pis mask and a kr.U'3 had my J!at cf things to pack Just in caee. Eeian Johannes undeclared fceshrsaa bet that if exercise made you healthy but also headline, "We Euy Suit On Sale and Sale made you lock bad, the 'T would look like a Seys It Is Us," and these cf us who ere ths subway car just after Bemhard Geetz got on. parents cf teen-agers would see a headline that There's something wrcr.g with that news- says, "Our Children Are Nuts end We Wc: r paper. Cn drrswbcifsomecna I admire dies, the Why We Had Them In the First Place." paper sap, "we're Curbing Disease, living I get none of this from USAToday no m. Lender." When I'm sick is a dag, the paper says, . cf belonging, no way I can Identify with the r "We Feel Healthy Even with Aches and Pains." cf ih s country. Its ftxzxlal sectlca tells ra? ' No. we dra't. We fed t mi we xnsl msgn you are, "Zcrcteg la Cn SIT.IP3 Tlti Cculd ; tofocwitOe&Auh. Daa'tbclievasthirgpa ' kxkcrs.M I dan'tcrea know what &IS1F3 L. read in that peper. We're tiek ts a dag. 19 If USA Today wcra rea!y my paper, which is 'iivrrft' an nil ta ays editorials conflict ceu'd be wone. I cc-U be a broker. ; The paper tells me all cfyou m ia ezm. X it cretsndi to be, it weild headline, "We class, seeing "Caeablanca" ia celer, buri t Hurt Eat We Came To We:k Anyway." It would phone that dials itself, being intrigued by In; : say, "We're Dieting and Net Losing Weight getting mere choice ia ISA's, watching 4,D; I found Friday's editorials (DN, March 8) interesting because on one band, you could con demn President P.eagn's vtto cf the emergency farm bill, which possibly could have helped pre serve the small family farm, and on the other hand you supported LE-3G2, which would eventu ally eliminate the Class I, K-8 schools, contribut ing further to the demise of the rural way of life. I would ask you to consider the results cf the loss of rural, K-8 schools: 1) Further destruction cf the rural culture. 2) More centralized school districts more state less local control. 3) The less cf variety variety being healthy. To understand why variety is important, one must realize how a rural, K-8 school may have all or some of the grades in one room, under one teacher. I suggest you ask someone who attended such a school what it was like, as I have heard only good concerning such schools. I advise you to remain silent on President Reagan's farm policies unless you are prepared to become consistent within your own rural farm ideas. ' Marty Shrader senior music arts and sciences Which Is The Story cf Cur Uve3." It would say, "We're Worrying About Money and Not Getting FJeh," and, "We Fear Death Eut Think We Can Avoid It," ard, "We Read Sex Surveys To See If We're Normal." My paper would say "We're Wonderful and Unappreciated and We Wish Eve- asty," having mere sex than seme but les3 than others running, dancing, eating booze, drink ing steak and doing it all together. We are exhausted. Cancel our subscription. 1CC5, WftsLtagtoii Post Writers Creep Hip J'Zi mmw m&mwiis-mmAim ware Sin V j.,,,--.' A 7 ;;; sfl ,'-i,,,jVif J I " , ( STREET EM U. & o fn I ! "v t 1 ' ' . f ' it - wmiOi '' v , - r x ' i ! A A i ' ; I ' ' "", 5 " f - f -; 1 t ' 1AJA 1 J 1 c LJ L .! n r- For 113m: Guess Union Bay Code Bleu Basic Elements Girbaud Sahara Club Calvin Klein Polo by Ralph Lauren Gencrra Colours by Alexander Julian Ocean Pacific Fcr Her: Gasoline Esprit Girbaud Emanuclle Gencrra Union Bay Polo by Ralph Lauren left to rigjit: Code Lhm shirt $2S. Girbaud pant $80. Guess sniped shirt $52, Guess pant with leather trim $58. Her Girbaud pant $32, jacket $S4. WESUOADS, C.V.. THE AimWA, (U!h & N) & GATEWAY, LINCOLN
