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Pago 6 Monday, February 23, 1987 Daily Nebraskan remembers Vietnam 111, i I 1 I H v - U . 1 V in) U U rat Mi 1 t-. ' t 3 i -;nj Installed I J PER AXLE MOST CARS Our Brake Job Includes: New Guaranteed Brake rads or Shoes (Semi-metallic pads extra.) Recondition Drums or Rotors Inspect Calipers Inspect Wheel Cylinders Inspect Brake Hardware Road Test Famous Midas quality 1 year guarantee Fits most cars ' (Pipes, clamps and hangers extra.) ' 4 It is likely additional parts and services will be needed which are not included in this price. See guarantee terms at your local Midas dealer. FREE BRAKE INSPECTION LINCOLN 2118 "N" Street 477-7724 7030 "O" Street 464-2252 KERREY from Page 1 and Johnson and things that they did, but they were human beings that had to make a decision. Do you think of the Vietnam war as a loss? I tell my students I really don't want to debate "Was the war right or wrong, did we win or lose it?" I say it was wrong. We lost it. But big deal, that doesn't tell me anything. The question is, do I feel my responsibility as an Ameri can citizen? Did we go over there and say these people were our friends for a period of time, roughly from 1950 to 1975, and all of a sudden we're going to ignore them? That weVe got no responsibilities at all? I mean, I think that we have; to take very great care that ,we ; don't apply the sort of cultural arrogance that got us into the problem. So to me it's hot terribly important to de bate "Was it right or wrong?" It doesn't really open the door for exploring and achieving greater understanding. Is it hard to talk about it? Sometimes painful, sometimes awkward, always difficult. The task is to engage other people and have them learn on their own. Not to dump and fill a vessel up with empirical knowledge and that's difficult about this subject it's hard. Do you think "Platoon" was real? Oh gosh . . . no. I supposed, I mean I suppose it's real. I don't know why or how you do a movie about war that's real in an hour and twenty minutes. Everybody's war is a bit different. I don't mean to sound too critical about it, the $m 20 ymQ, W pOOpEO lHQVQ IP IP! ft it K I ( 0 And ufl tf 40 would do it cpin. Peace Corps offers you the opportunity to complete ly immerse yourself in a totally different culture while help ing to make an important difference in other people's lives. And . . . educational institutions, international firms and government agencies value Peace Corps experience. Placement Office Interviews: Thurs. Ci Fit, March 5 6 230 Nebraska Union Sign up now for interview. Film Seminar: Thurs., March 5 7:00 pm, City Campus Union Peace Corps. Still the toughest job you'll ever love. tension and drama footage was excellent. I am particularly objec tive of the brutilization of the Vietnamese and the tendency to -make it almost like they didnt exist. They almost weren't even characters in the movie. And there still is a bit too much of the blood and guts of war and not quite as much of the sacrifice and the daring. There are some remark able things that go on m war. There's a pacifist by the name of William James, a philosopher who once said that what we needed in society was the moral equivalency of war during peace time, he hated war but thought that the things that went on in war, the people that demonstrat ed their capacity for sharing and' sacrifice that's amazing that wasn't shown in the 'movie. I'll' be real careful as I say this, because I like very much' that it was realistic. . ' ' . . Do ' you think the general public, has the wrong idea of Vietnam? Well, I think you can say that about any of our wars, first of all, I think that we can conclude that because other than the Civil War, we haven't had one inside of our country. And we tend to forget them real quick. We haven't got the visible memories around. We think about it in the geopolitic or euphemistic ways and don't think about the pain and suffering. Are you excited about going on to teach state government at Omaha Central? I am. I still don't know if my schedule's going to let me do it but I am excited about it, I like teaching and I started this thing by responding to a Nebraskan who's teaching in California and now I'd like to respond to the Nebraskan who's teaching there. Do you think you're going to keep teaching? I like it, I would be surprised if I don't. It may not be in a formal setting but as I learn I would expect that I'd continue teaching, even if it's just teaching a small group of people in an informal way. What are the other things that you'd like to do, now that you're not governor? Oh I'm gonna do some bus iness the restaurants are there and we'd like to grow them, this company. A New Jersey based financial company is going to do a lot of investment in the state of Nebraska. I've got some other partnership interests that I'll do and I'll stay involved in politics. . ' How did you feel the first day that you didn't have the state as a responsibility? , ! ." Well, . I : have the state as a responsibility still, not as a gover nor but as a citizen. I like it, I'm having fun shining my own shoes, and getting my own things. Driving myself around, having a little privacy. Is your life a lot different now that the press isn't always bother ing you? It is enormously. I like it. The other way was different you under stand. It was just a different kind of life. They don't call it 'sacrifice and service' for nothing. There is sacrifice and when you serve you have to give yourself, and that's part of it. And that, by the way, in my opinion is one way that people become free and 1 surely felt great freedom as governor in addition to feeling great freedom now. Do you think you're going to keep up with politics? Oh I think 1 will I don't have any plans in the immediate future to fire up another cam paign except that certainly as a citizen business person, I'll stay involved. w e're passing the hat to our many different departments and passing the savings on to you! This week the hat stops in Supplies! All Art, Engineering and Office L Supplies. LP' Excludes already sale priced merchandise. Mere tkm ever, rrjre than a Bookstore. Open Monday-Friday 8-5:30 Saturday 9-5:30 - c Offer enda Sat. Feb. 28 1300 Q Strsst (422) 47WJ111-