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Lied funds could be
A question comes to mind about the
Lied Center for Performing Arts: Is it
really for the students?
Granted, those who are involved in
the performing arts will benefit, but
how much? Are facilities their greatest
need, or is improved faculty and pro
gram support?
How about the majority of students,
who won't be directly affected by the
center other than through increased
tuition as more personal gift money
and NU Foundation money is used for
buildings rather than university needs
as a whole?
The foundation plans to raise $10
million for construction and mainte
nance. Those in the community cer
Non-mainstream film studies popular, fulfill majority taste
In response to Dana Hirschbach's
letter (DN, Nov. 19): I appreciate her
support of such "unpopular" programs
as womens' studies, minority studies
and film studies, but I disagree with
her contention that these are "tradi
tionally unpopular classes."
In film studies, I teach two large
sections of film history, which seems to
Selection process for U.S. heroes bizarre
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matter less what exactly they had
spoken about. It is possible, for
example, that the same people
admire a candidate for vice presi
dent and the wife of a president as if
they were political peers.
The book list is even more cur
ious. Readers are almost'equally in
terested in a rock legend, a test
pilot and a sports broadcaster. Even
as we speak, a buyer is standing at a
cash register somewhere in the Uni
ted States trying to decide between
the allure of one book that violates
the privacy of Joan Kennedy and
another that exhumes the body of
Marilyn Monroe. Which car-company
executive will get to the cash regis
ter: the one who saved his company
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used better to build
tainly will enjoy the center, but what
about student needs?
Since the Lied trust stipulates
building construction with matching
funds, which is a generous gift to be
sure, what about a recreationfitness
center for students and staff? The Bob
Devaney Sports Center is great, except
students can't use it.
Recreation and fitness seems to be a
low priority in regard to finances and
facilities at UNL. The recreation staff
should be commended for its fine job
using limited resources.
Think of the benefits a recreation
fitness center would provide. Improved
health and fitness of students and staff
members would improve their perfor
mance ability. Look at industry today.
be quite popular with my students, and
a film production course that also
seems much in demand.
Courses in women's literature, minor
ity studies and the history of produc
tion of film might be considered "non
mainstream" by those who haven't
been exposed to them, but they are, in
fact, courses that are central to the
or the one who beat his rap?
Our interminable ranking is really
a perverse sort of leveling. Only
"names" make the lists. The indi
vidual who rises to the top must be
mass-marketed. The "best" is really
the best-known. The "most" is really
the most famous. The "greatest"
goes to those with the greatest
circulation.
The whole process is quite bizarre.
We have been told time and again
that the modernJJnited States in
vented5elebritfv J people who are
known for being known. But if we
combine all the lists together, what
we have is the most disparate col
lection of people who share the one
shining characteristic of the most
bestgreatest superlatives: fame.
The president, his wife, the exercise
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recreation center
Corporations are building facilities
and getting people involved in fitness
and reaping the benefits of higher
productivity.
Such a recreation center could be a
drawing card to help stop declining
enrollment.
What about use? I bet a recreation
fitness center would be used far more
than the Lied Center by most students.
I bet if you polled students, they would
pick a recreation center over the Lied
Center
My question stands: who is the Lied
center for?
Kevin Richardson
Baptist Student Union
associate director
humanities, useful in the job market
and an integral part of the arts and
sciences.
They also are popular with the stu
dent body, and far from being for "the
minority," they are courses that are
very much to the "majority" taste.
Sheeler Dixon
film studies
guru, the car manufacturer, the
broadcaster, the actress are all and
equally stars.
In this leveling process, the basis
for our admiration and the very
definition of heroism are subtly per
verted. We have come to admire
people BECAUSE they are known.
We find people interesting BECAUSE
they are famous. It is not the act but
the actor who has become the model
of great American heroism.
Is it any wonder that the chief
qualification for public office is
name recognition? The miracle is
that an ordinary creature like
"Mom" ever made seventh place.
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Goodman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning
columnist for the Boston Globe.
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Johnny
Alumnus calls for
Since the idea of the Lied Center for
the Performing Arts arose, I have heard
and read many complaints about its
cost. Unfortunately, I have not seen or
heard of any action being taken.
I suggest a petition drive to repeal
the $5 million appropriation from the
Legislature for the Lied Center. The
ASUN Senate could begin this effort,
and, with help from the rest of the
student body, we could stop the agony
to be caused by the Varner Mausoleum.
I would even volunteer to help.
Nannies can expect
I am writing in reponse to the article
about the nannies (Daily Nebraskan,
Nov. 14).
These young women seem to expect
a paid vacation with little work. They
must realize that these families aren't
hiring nannies just to give them clothes
or travel experience.
When one agrees to become a nanny,
one should expect to work; that's why
the family hires a nanny in the first
place.
I have been a nanny for the last two
summers with a family in New York
City. I have enjoyed it very much, but I
understand the disillusionment of the
Huskerette 'shows
Now that the Cornhusker basketball
season is here, I would like to be the
first, and I am sure not the last, to
comment on the time-out "shows."
Sure, I like the acrobatic feats by the
cheerleaders, but I find those sexy (?)
dance numbers by those eight Hus
kerettes to be degrading and sexist
toward women.
Whoever thought thousands of Big
Red fans would enjoy these Playboy
bunnies showing off their legs, rear
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Lied repeal petition
The university needs the $5 million
for education and faculty salaries. I
think the votes (signatures) of Nebras
ka's citizens would convince the gov
ernor and the Legislature to spend the
money on useful programs.
If we really care about graduating
from a quality institution and not a
mausoleum, we need to make our voi
ces heard.
Kent I)e Jong
graduate student
and alumnus
work, not vacation
two women in the DN article about
their duties and their particular family.
As a nanny, the first summer I had
responsibility for an 18-month-old child
and some housework. Last summer,
another nanny and I shared responsi
bilities for two children and the house
work. My family introduced me to many
interesting people whom I would not
have met in Nebraska.
I feel that being a nanny is worth
while. I would recommend it to those
willing to work.
Teresa Brazda
sopliomore
business
' sexist, degrading
ends and whatever else one can
imagine?
Either put on a classier show, gals,
or let's see those cheerleaders do more
of their stuff.
But if I do have to put up with those
degrading time-out acts, at least get off
the court before the referees have to
sjove you off.
Julie Bacon
junior
sociology
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