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Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, October 30, 1986
Jeff Koriiclik, Editor, 4721766
James Rogers, Editorial Page Editor
Genp Ceittrup, Managing Editor
Tammy Kaup, Associate News Editor
Todd von Knmprn, Editorial Page Assistant
Nebraskan
Unlvtrslty of Nebraska-Lincoln
Experience gives her edge
Democratic gubernatorial
candidate Helen Buosalis
should be the people's
choice as their next governor of
the state of Nebraska.
Based on her experience in
city and state politics, she over
shadows her Republican oppo
nent Kay Orr.
For the record, she was a
member of Lincoln's city coun
cil, served two terms (11)75-83)
as the mayor of Lincoln and was
an advocate for the state's elderly
as director of the state Depart
ment of Aging.
As Lincoln s
mayor, the num
ber of business
es expanded at
a rate twice the
national aver
age. She created
98 new or ex
panded business
es and added
over 12,000 new
jobs, and the
... city had one of
the lowest unem
ployment rates
1
I
Doosalis
in the country.
If one looks downtown, the
; development and completion of
the Centrum and Atrium, the
Cornhuskerv. HotelConvention
- Center and the trees lining the
In a paragraph ...
More U.S. firms leave South Africa
More and more major Amer- pie getting out of hand increases,
ican firms are leaving OSyndicated columnist Wil
troubled South Africa, liam F. Buckley Jr. and "Firing
Ford Motor Co. set the prece- Line" host teaches at the Buck
dent. Coca Cola soon followed, ley School for Public Speaking,
then General Electric, and now Anyone who has ever heard
General Motors and IBM have Buckley speak may want to think
also pulled out. The departure of twice before enroling in his
these firms should signal to the school. Buckley has a peculiar
other 280-some American com
panies still in South Africa that
they should leave, too.
OAttorney General Edwin
Meese clarified something that
probably needed clarification:
Supreme Court decisions are not
the law of the land; the Constitu
tion is law. In a speech at Tulane
University last week he critic
ized a ruling that contained lan
guage suggesting that the Su
preme Court seemed to equate
its decisions with the Constitu
tion. I lJi ruling, .tJooperpjorv :f
the land." Meese was just setting
the record straight.
Friday is Halloween and the
Daily Nebraskan would like to
urge the campus community to
use extreme caution , and act
responsibly in its Halloween fes-
tivities. Since the holiday falls
on a weekend, the risks for peo-
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
reteMed to tfte jandmHCnOWrfUTOSWOUM get the union
desfgrigationcasi fouM"irffir w. : HI
catflm as "the supr&ffHatrw' the editbrin Tuesday's
downtown streets are a result of
Boosalis' leadership.
In terms of education, the
candidates are even. Both favor
cuts in the university budget.
Boosalis emphasizes undergrad
uate education, Orr research.
Both aspects are important at a
continuously growing stae insti
tution. Boosalis realizes the agricul
t ural problems facing t he farmers
of this state. If elected, she has
devised a plan that would alle
viate those problems. Among her
ideas are the formation of a
regional organization for agricul
ture, the restructuring of the
agricultural debt and the estab
lishing of a family-farm technol
ogy center at the university to
push research for alternative
crops and lower production costs.
Our only qualm with Boosalis
is that she says she won't raise
taxes. As mayor the sales tax
remained the same and property
tax levy decreased. But the state
level is different, and with the
number of programs she pro
poses, she will find it difficult
, keep that promise. ,
Despite that, on the basis of
experience' and initiative, the
Daily Nebraskan recommends
voting for Boosalis Tuesday.
"Yale" accent and a large vocab
ulary.
OAIso on conservative lines
... TV star Tom Selleck (Mag
num) can be seen on TV in an
advertisement for National Re
view magazine. This might nar
row the gender gap down con
siderably. Students may be able to hear
the sounds of KRNU filtering
through the speakers in the Ne
braska Union. The union is con
sidering airing the student sta
tion. It would be a boost to the
nagegsung people at KKNU if
aud-
DN. she
mentioned "beerflies." DN did
some research to discover the
word's definition. We believe a
beerfly is when several people
slide an individual on a floor
doused in beer. If this is not the
proper definition, we would
appreciate a letter or a call for
an explanation.
Kampen, editorial page assistant
and Tammy Kaup, associate news
editor.
Editorials do nA necessarily re
flect the views of the university, its
employees, the students or the NU
Board of Regents.
Special to the Daily Nebraskan
The above graphic was submitted by Wendell Leubbe, arts and sciences, junior, and Curt
Eberspacher, ag economics, junior, protesting the accounting class taught from videotape.
Posture., pFpeidily9 pmffesy
Orr knows states 'limitations a responsible approach if elected
In "The Prince," Machiavelli wrote
that to become the ruler of a consti
tutional principality, "one needs;
neither prowess alone nor fortune, but.
rather a lucky astuteness." In modern;
democracies, decidingjhom;.yojf
for fsjS Snal ly optimization pfM
Hnele?WoaJseteVholds.der
standing these goals is the astuteness
Machiavelli mentioned. ' . . ? t
Private goals writ large are termed
the commonweal, and it is-Nebraska'&
)mmonwe,aJ-.hat? Kay-Opr-ajdyance.'l
"better iim h'e'j?itfe.nt. .V
This year's campaign has.Taised at
number of issues and too many hon
issues masquerading as real issues.
Obviously, not all the issues can be
addressed in one newspaper column.
Nonetheless, a fairly compelling case
for an Orr vote can be constructed
under the heads of this alliteration:
posture, prosperity and puffery.
Posture. There is wisdom and real
ism in Mrs. Orr's conservative posture.
Socrates counted himself wise be
cause he at least knew what he did not
know. He counted others unwise be
cause they were not aware of their lim
itations. In the realm of the political, as in
the realm of the philosophical, knowl
edge of limitations is a virtue. And
knowledge of the limitations of the
state is perhaps the highest virtue to
which a politician can aspire in the era
of the modern government.
Throughout the campaign, while
Boosalis (in keeping with the requi
sites of her "new vision") proliferated
promises, Orr's pledges always were
tempered by her affirmation of the
state's limitations. Such temperance is
the basis for a responsible approach to
governance.
Prosperity. Orr's tempered ap
proach to governance has led her to a
omic
development. Her ideas fen econ
economic
Poor deprived Southerners miss
spark of the jumper-cable season
While giving a friend a lift to the
airport, I pointed out the fall colors and
asked if he had ever thought about how
fortunate we are to live in a climate
where we have four distinct seasons.
"Ah, yes," he said. "I was thinking
about that just the other day while
playing golf. The foliage on the first
hole was spectacular."
Did you play well?
"I played the first hole OK. But a
heavy cold rain suddenly blew in and I
was soaked to the skin before I could
wade through the puddles back to the
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renewal form a cogent whole with her
other proposals.
At the core of Orr's proposal is an
appreciation of the need for expanding
the technological knowledge base in
Nebraska. Her ideas for economic
renewal and her emphasis on facilitat-
lnff. 'research at the post-secondary
rerefyaHriot meaningfully separated.
The two strands of thought taken
together form the foundation to bring
'I.'l? 0i'i!iM
J" ;::; .
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Rogers
what I term the "M.I.T. effect" to
Nebraska. This claim merits brief
explanation.
Five years ago the New England
states formed the eastern edge of what
was (disparagingly) called the "rust
belt." Today, however, the New Eng
land area is in the midst of an eco
nomic renewal. Economic commenta
tors consistently point out that the
heart of this renewal are the high qual
ity research universities of the area
especially in the Boston area
hence the phrase, "M.I.T. effect."
The combination of "on-the-cutting-edge"
research activity and the attrac
tions of the area (qualities which are
shared by Lincoln) has sparked the
economic rebirth of the entire geogra
phic area.
rvii ciuunadia Ull Icaral Lit ul Uliu Call
realistically lay the groundwork for a
I&ad to is that .Nebraska -will send
clubhouse. Thought I'd catch pneumo
nia for sure."
Mike
Royko
And I'll bet the first thing you did
was order a hearty drink to ward off the
( 171 .
better-trained minds to receive graduate
education at schools like M.I.T. Orr's
proposals at least hold the possibility
of reversing Nebraska's widely noted
brain drain. ' "
Puffery. Puffery' is endemic to
laundry detergent ads and political
camDaiens. Yet even in 'this snherp
(where the extraordinary claim is ordi
nary) Boosalis s elaims about emo ov-
meht in Lincoln tread the tattered
:;;L' ' ' ''Jill' . ti'u . "iVAJl'li
edge of excess. , ; i .
' s recently: as bet! 22 Boosalis was
repeating the' figure that 3,100 manu:
facturing jobs were created during her
tenure as Lincoln mayor. But a Lincoln
Journal reporter, .after checking "the
source cited in Boosalis campaign
literature," concluded in an un-bylined
Oct. 23 story that Boosalis's claim
"cannot be established from the infor
mation it contains."
Additionally, the reporter noted that
even given several modest assumptions,
"there was a net decline of 2,255 manu
facturing jobs in Lincoln" during Boo
salis's tenure. Also, Department of
Labor statistics indicate "a net decline
of 1,188 manufacturingjobs in Lincoln."
The Boosalis campaign's response
was that they never claimed to be using
net figures. Now that's rather lame.
"Hey, Boss," the eager employee
intones, "the good news is that we
grossed over $100 million last year. Of
course, the bad news is that we lost
$200 million."
Is the boss going to dance for joy at
this information, or weep in his wine?
What would have happended to the
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-editorial page editor
chill.
"Exactly. A warm rum toddy."
That's what I mean about the four
seasons.
"I suppose so. They'd just keep play
ing the entire round, with nothing more
to look forward to than a cold beer or a
gin-and-tonic."
Right. So they don't know what they
miss. Not just golfers, but all of those
sunbirds. They don't know what it's
like to stick your head out the door at
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