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Daily Nebraskan
Friday, October 17, 1986
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JefT Korbelik, Editor, 472-1 766
James Rogers, Editorial Page Editor
Gone Gentrup, Managing Editor
Tammy Kaup, Associate Sews Editor
Todd von Kampen, Editorial Page Assistant
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Reagan keeps his strategic cool
The recently concluded Ice
landic summit between Pres
ident Reagan and Soviet
leader Mikhail Gorbachev seems
to have been, overall, a waste of
time. Given the public positions
of both the superpower leaders
regarding the Strategic Defense
Initiative, both probably knew
the inevitable outcome before
they flew to the country.
Nonetheless, President Reagan
was right not to trade SDI for the
"concessions" offered by Gorba
chev. Opponents of the anti
missile system argue that Rea
gan made a mistake because SDI
will destabilize the nuclear
"balance" and that SDI isn't
workable anyway.
Protection of the citizenry is
the primary reason for the exist
ence of the state: It means that
humans are to be protected from
those who seek their harm. The
doctrine of mutual vulnerability
as a basis for "peace" is immoral.
It presumes that the road to
"peace" is paved by making citi
zens more susceptible to harm
the very opposite of what a
government should do.
Instead of more offensive sys
tems which are truly destabil
izing defensive systems seek
only to protect people from harm.
That vision is at the heart of the
justification for SDI. Addition
ally, an SDI system would pro
tect citizens against accidental
launchings and possible future
NU and tine NCAA
Decision needs to be announced soon
The media swarmed Nebraska
football coach Tom Osborne
after practice last Monday.
The day was supposed to be the
day the NCAA was to release the
announcement concerning their
investigation of the Nebraska
athletic department, primarily
the football team. The announce
ment never came.
Why is it taking so long and
what more did they find?
The NCAA already declared
over 60 players ineligible at the
beginning of September because
of improper use of complimen
tary tickets. The NCAA later
reduced the penalty by taking
away the players tickets.
At the end of September
Osborne flew to Maine to meet
with the NCA& concerning he
lease agreement of former I-back
Doug DuBose's car. He said after
the trip that he didn't tell them
anything that they didn't already
know.
Editorial Policy
Unsigned editorials represent
official policy of the fall 1986 Daily
Nebraskan. Policy is set by the Daily
Nebraskan Editorial Board. Its mem
bers are Jeff Korbelik , editor; James
Rogers, editorial page editor; Gene
Gentrup, managing editor, Todd Von
Kampen, editorial page assistant
and Tammy Kaup, associate news
editor.
Editorials do not necessarily re
flect the views of the university, its
non-Soviet ballistic missile at
tacks (from dictators not as
responsible as the Soviets are).
Reagan pledged to share SDI
developments with the Soviets.
This pledge should be kept as
research and deployment advance.
In this fashion, SDI use would
enhance stability.
As to the many American
scientists' charges that SDI is a
technological impossibility, if
their claim is true, it's simply
impossible to understand the
Soviets' concern. Especially since
American opponents are so pub
lic in their insistence on the sys
tem's infeasibility, the Soviets
obviously know of their claims
and have found them wanting.
As a Wall Street JournalNBC
poll indicated that more than 70
percent of the public approves of
the general fashion in which the
president handled himself at the
conference, and 60 percent agree
that Reagan was correct in refus
ing to concede Star Wars in order
to secure a formal agreement.
The arms race undoubtedly
represents a threat to world safety
and is placing an undue strain
on the domestic economy. But
objections to building more mis
siles can hardly be translated
wholesale to opposition to a def
ensive system which will greatly
reduce the injury of any missile
attack. In this case, Reagan is
right.
It might be safe to say since
the announcement has not been
released yet that the penalities
imposed may not affect this year's
team. The Huskers already have
five games under their belt, and
any type of suspension this sea
son will seem fruitless. But with
the NCAA you can never tell.
After the ticket incident, any
thing the NCAA does will not
come as a surprise. The ruling on
the incident was inconsistent.
They started out with a severe
player suspension and changed
it to a ticket suspension.
The results of the late an
nouncement may be taking their
toll on the football program
already. It has to be affecting
their recruiting. How many high
school players would . want to
play for a team that could be
placed under probation?
The NCAA needs to expedite
manners.
employees, the students or the NU
Board of Regents.
The Daily Nebraskan's publish
ers are the regents, who established
the UNL Publications Board to super
vise the daily production of the
paper.
According to policy set by the
regents, responsibility for the edi
torial content of the newspaper lies
solely in the hands of its student
editors.
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Ronnie and Gorby return to childhoodfor a frigid encounter
We learn different lessons from games,
whether the stakes are high or low.
It all starts, innocently enough, with
"Candy Land," a journeying board game
the promotes nothing worse than tooth
decay.
Then we begin to play "The Game of
Life" and learn that everyone gets mar
ried, collects a regular paycheck and
has kids (preferably only two, or there's
not enough seats in the player's cars for
them). We also learn about class div
isions since all finishers either end up
at Millionaire Acres or the Poor Farm.
Later, we get more sophisticated
and play Monopoly, trying to win every
one else's money be owning all the
property and developing it until no one
can afford to pay rent. Finally, we pro
gress to "Risk," learning the value of
military buildups as we manipulate our
armies to kill opposing armies and take
over the world.
All this knowledge pumps into our
little American capitalistic souls. We
accept the virtues of being greedy,
aggressive and rich, and realize that
the winner takes all and the loser gets
laughed at.
Maybe that's why a tie is so hard to
take.
Reagan and Gorbachev got into some
game-playing this weekend. And for all
their high-sounding rhetoric, the whole
Iceland Summit translates almost too
easily into a child's game.
A fairly inane one at that.
I think of it as "Don't Break the Ice
in Iceland."
You remember: the game where the
plastic figure stands on a platform of
Sherlock Royko looks for clues
in case of the accosted anchorman
It was precisely the sort of mystery
that would have intrigued Sherlock
Holmes.
While reading! the morning paper,
'Dr. Watson would have said: "Mmmm.
Strange business here, Holmes. That
TV chap, Dan Rather. Walking home
last night in Manhattan. Pummeled
about the head and face by a couple of
strangers. Kept calling him Kenneth."
Holmes would have snatched the
morning paper from Watson and his
eyes would have gleamed as he read:
'As they struck Rather, the two well
dressed assailants kept repeating: 'What
is the frequency, Kenneth?' "
"Come, Watson," Holmes would have
cried, "the game is afoot."
Unfortunately, we have no Sherlock
Holmes. All we have is the jaded New
York cops, who shrug and say that this
is just routine in the Big Apple
probably a case of mistaken identity.
Mistaken identity? A likely story.
And even if it was mistaken identity,
does that make it any less intriguing a
tine ice in Iceland
plastic blocks and waits to get knocked
down as each opponent hammers away
at the individual cubes. But this time it
wasn't just any plastic man who was
counting on the two kids with the
hammers to be careful it was the
world's population. The third player
you, me, the commies and everybody
else.
Lise
Olsen
If you're familiar with the intricate
rules of "Don't Break the Ice," you
know that the law of gravity dictates
that there has to be a loser. The plastic
guy goes down. But in Iceland, it
seemed that the two world leaders
were going to be able to leave a narrow
strip of ice intact. In fact, for awhile, it
looked like we were all going to be able
to live on that ice patch without ever
having to worry about the hammers
coming down. They said they'd throw
the hammers away.
But then the two kids got tired of
playing with the blocks they already
had and began talking about what the
stores were advertising for the future.
Little Ronnie said Congressclaus had
promised him his very own version of
Laser Tag Star Wars. Little Gorby
was jealous understandably since
Poppa Politburo hadn't promised him
mystery?
"Kenneth," they said as they punched
Rather, "what is the frequency?"
i 1 That question keeps running through
r my mind.
There must be some meaning to it.
So I'm calling upon America's armchair
Mike
Royko
detectives to provide the answer.
Here, amateur sleuths, are the bare
facts, as the news accounts have pres
ented them.
It was about 10:45 p.m. on a Sunday
night.
Rather had been with some friends
at their Park Avenue apartment. He left
their apartment and was walking to his
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anything quite like that.
Ronnie said he would let Gorby
watch his new toy being made. Maybe
he'd even throw in a Star Wars action
figure or two. But Gorby said that
wasn't good enough.
And suddenly, both began to think
that the other was trying to cheat.
Gorby wanted Ronnie to promise to
wait a few years before he played with
his new toy. But Ronnie said he couldn't
wait.
So Gorby and Ronnie picked up their
hammers and bashed the ice bridge to
bits. When they finished, none of the
agreements that had bridged the gap
between the two sides remained.
Player three, the world population,
fell hard. It was stunned and a little
confused. And the world asked, "Why
does somebody always have to win?
Why can't you boys ever get along?"
Ronnie tried to explain.
"Star Wars isn't just any toy it's
our insurance policy and we need it.
Besides, Gorby wants it and if we have
something he wants he'll play nice."
And Ronnie spoke of patriotism and
said "God Bless You," and the world
had heard it all before.
Gorby didn't have much to say. He
just thought Ronnie was dumb to give
up all the goodies he offered for a toy he
didn't even have yet.
The world just sat, imprisoned in ice
and watched as Gorby and Ronnie
stomped back to their countries and
shut their doors.
And the world thought that some
day, they'd have to learn their lesson.
Olsen is a senior news editorial major.
own place on that posh, Manhattan
street.
He was wearing casual, weekend
clothes: jeans, a striped shirt and
aviator-style glasses.
Suddenly, two well-dressed men, who
appeared to be in their 30s, approached
him on the street. One said: "What is
the frequency, Kenneth?"
Rather said something like: "I think
you have the wrong guy."
One of the men punched him to the
ground. Rather scrambled to his feet
and ran to the lobby of a nearby apart
ment building. They chased him inside
and continued the assault.
And as they punched and kicked
him, they repeated: "What is the fre
quency, Kenneth?"
The building's doorman saw the
attack and phoned the building super
intendent, who rushed to the lobby.
Seeing him, the two well-dressed
strangers ran off.
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