Wednesday, September 4, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
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ASUN defies representation
It is said one cannot intellectualize
bigotry or racism, but I must hand it to
ASUN Sen. Dan Hofmeister, who made
one heck of an attempt to do so at last
week's ASUN senate meeting.
What is truly sad is not that such an
attempt was made, but that a majority
of the senators were brought into this
attempt and failed to override Heat
ing's veto of a non-discrimination bill
that would prevent ASUN and recog
nized student groups from discriminat
ing on the basis of race, creed, color,
age, gender, place of residence or sex
ual orientation.
While I classify Hofmeister's address
to the senate as an attempt to intellec
tualize bigotry, it cannot be said that
he appealed to his senate peers and
constituents on an intellectual level.
On the contrary, an appeal was made
on an emotional level perhaps an
indication of faith in the argument and
knowledge that the best tactics needed
to sway a conservative senate would be
an appeal to small hometown values,
parental disapproval and those un
knowns invented as the "silent
majority."
I regret that I cannot put to paper
the dramatic pursuasiveness of the
rhetoric used last week it was clas
sic. Hofmeister did his homeowrk and
seemed to know his stuff, but with
comments that questioned what par
ents would think when students start
UNO should
not receive
all class cuts
As an alumnus of UNO, I take offense
from a statement in an editorial on
university program cuts (Daily Nebras
kan, Aug. 26). The editorial said that if
programs are offered at UNL and UNO,
the UNO segments should be eliminated.
I view this as false assumption that
the segments of programs at UNO are of
lesser caliber and importance.
I agree that the university must
drastically lower its budget and elimi
nate duplicated costs. I do not agree
that this should be accomplished by
automatically eliminating the Omaha
segments of duplicated programs.
Rather, I propose that both seg
ments of the program should be exam
ined by an impartial committee using
criteria such as:
O The national, regional and local
recognition of quality of a particular
segment. "
The recognition and respectabil
ity by peers in the field of a segment's
faculty and staff.
The acceptance of students into
their field before and after graduation.
The ability of the segment to
generate income.
It is my hope that this letter has
ended the assumption that UNL pro
grams are not necessarily superior to
UNO programs.
P. A. Dugaw
graduate
human nutrition and food
service management
Bookstore
is excessive
As I wandered through our wonder
ous new University Bookstore,.! was
accosted by several sales personnel
asking if they could be of assistance.
Unfortunately, none of them could
quell the rising tide of nausea that I
felt. I find our new designer University
Bookstore disgusting.
When I go to a bookstore, I want to
buy books. I don't want to buy candy.
To the University Bookstore and the
Nebraska Bookstore, I give this advice:
Students would rather buy their books
from a hole in the ground and pay $10
less than shop in a bookstore that
doesn't look like a basement and pay
the current price.
Doug Weems
junior
history
giving rights to gays and if parents
would want to send their sons and
daughters to the University of Nebraska,
one wonders what literature Hofmeis
ter used in preparing his homework
perhaps a volume of the Prepared
Arguments Opposing the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. It is interesting that 20
years ago Hofmeister could have used
the word "blacks" and would have
received the same response.
My disappointment is not only with
one senator, but with the entire senate,
which failed to analyze the arguments
it heard last week. A few senators had
the courage to stand up for what they
believed in despite emotional rhetoric.
I commend them, but their actions are
not enough to redeem the actions of a
racist, homophobic ASUN.
These senators purportedly were
elected to represent the students. It is
interesting that out of 50 in the gallery,
only one voiced support of Keating's
veto. One senator who polled students
in her classes found only one of 100
supported the veto, and senators still
voted 19-8 in support of Keating's veto.
What kind of representation is this? .
Tonight ASUN will debate an
amended version of the bill that was
presented last week. This time the
phrase "sexual orientation" will be
omitted, but the phrase "race, creed,
color, age, gender and place of resid
nece" will be retained. The mere fact
that this bill will be debated legiti
mates the possibility that an ASUN
senator may have on the agenda to nar
row the scope, and attempt to intellec
tualize racism tonight.
Lisa Ramirez
junior
political sciencebroadcasting
in the Sept. 5 & 6 Daily Nebraskan
UNL Division of Continuing Studies
1985 Summer Reading Program
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