Editorial
Nebraskan
Mike Reilley, Editor, 472-1766
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‘Lunch with who?’
Governor should he more well-informed
{{^jrTho’s Adolfo Cal
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asked.
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raguan Resistance, only a sup
portcrof the Contras, those "free
dom fighters” who commit hu
man rights atrocities daily.
Calcro had been scheduled for
a luncheon Friday in the base
ment of the governor’s mansion.
Orr was not aware who the man
was or even that a luncheon,
which would serve as a fund
raiser for Nebraska Young
Americans for Freedom and the
Conservative Education Founda
tion. had been scheduled.
The occasion was brought to
Orr’s attention when a reporter
queried her during a press confer
ence. Orr said the rumor was
"interesting,” according to an
Omaha World-Herald article.
Bob Cochrane, Orr’s commu
nications director, said admini
stration off icials did some check
ing and found Calero was the
guest of a group that had received
permission from mansion staff to
use the basement for a luncheon.
The event w as then called off, he
said.
Terrell Cannon, a Lincoln at
torney and sponsor for the event,
argues that the governor, who
canceled the $25-a-platc lunch
eon, “was afraid of controversy.”
| He received a call Friday from
| the governor’s office informing
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him the luncheon had been can- '■
cclcd.
The date was rejected because ;
officials in (he governor's office
feared there would be demonstra- ,
tions, Cannon said. He said he
was “appalled by the timidity." |
“Nobody involved is very
likely to make it in a book. 'Pro
files in Courage, Part II,’" Can- ,
non said. Cannon said he is in- ;
volvcd in a number of “patriotic j
causes."
Cochrane said a “staff snafu"
led to a misunderstanding over
the luncheon. Officials in the ad
ministration did not realize it had
been scheduled until questions
were asked during the press con
ference.
Cochrane also said the man
sion basement is often made
available to non-profit groups for
functions. The governor rarely
attends the events, he said.
“It was not brought up that it
was going to be a fund-raising
event,” Cochrane said. “The staff
at the mansion had not been told
that."
Orr made the right decision.
Calcro docs not belong on the
agenda, nor docs any profit-rais
ing occasion need service in the
governor’s mansion. But it is dis
com foiling that the governor of
the state is not aware who might
be lurking in her basement. To
the discredit of her staff and on
her own behalf, she should have
been more well-informed.
Kudos to Cather residents' condom sense
My compliments to Greg Kcuter,
Susannah England and Gail Had
wiger for the Cather 7 program on
condoms. Whether the intention is to
avoid sexually transmitted disease or
pregnancy, both goals are accom
plished with consistent use of this
much-maligned, but useful inven
tion.
From what I have read in the Daily
Nebraskan (Feb. 8), the organization
of the program seems creative and
thorough with a welcome emphasis
on upbeat participation by anyone
interested. I am particularly happy
with the open discussion format of the
Sunday tioor meeting ... for the
ability to honestly communicate and
genuinely understand may be the
greatest safeguard of all.
Julie Myers
alumnus
Gather residents should discover morality
I would like to comment on the
article on Cather Hall students teach
ing “condom sense” (Daily Nebras
kan, Feb. 8). The article stated,
“Residents of Cather 7 are teaching
themselves and other University of
Nebraska-Lincoln students to use
their condom sense.” Let’s hope this
is not what common sense is — to
publicize using condoms by wearing
shirts with a condom message, as if
it's a game. What exactly are they
1< aching themselves? I think they
n alto be taught a lesson in morality.
\nd don’t tell me that things have
C ;ed that this is the 1980s. I
r !i/c that and know things have
t mged, but there’s a.time when hb
c i m goes a bit too far and makes
tl tomach churn. It’s hard for me to
b vc that Cather 7 funds will be
a cd to be used to buy condoms.
It’s loo had they can’t think ol any
other sort of entertainment to use their
money for. Greg Keutcr, Cather 7
student assistant, said he decided to
start the program the week before
Valentine’s Day because everyone’s
thoughts turn to love. It’s hard to
imagine it being real love. Sex abused
is called “lust.” Sex is sacred. It is not
meant to be abused or Haunted.
One more thing about Gather 7
residents: If you think you’re “ma
cho” with your condom sense ideas,
then you’re far from impressing ev
eryone. You need to realize that sex
controlled makes a man. It’s loo bad
you can’t think of a different way to
make Cather 7 known on campus.
Sandy Panowicz
sophomore
undeclared
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They’re over! They’re over!
Four more years until media machine again descends on Iowa
They’re over! they're
OVER! THE IOWA CAU
CUSES ARE OVER! Now
wc here in the Midwest can relax for
another four years before the Wash
ington-based, totally-oul-of-louch
with-rcaliiy political media machine
descends on Sleepy Town, USA, to
gawk in wonder once more at the
primitive surroundings that are the
real America. The politicians can
once again retreat to their ivory tow -
ers, having paid their quadrennial
dow n-home dues. No more hip boots,
no more county fairs, no more pre
tending not to have an accent.
The people who wear plaid shirts
and drive American-made cars have
spoken Once again a mere quarter
million rural types have set the
course for American presidential
politics, and wc can all relax and
watch what has deteriorated into
little more than a six-month stretch
run. Now if we can only survive the
next two weeks, with the New Hamp
shire primary and the dreaded “Super
Tuesday” Southern regional show
down, wc can really take things easy
until the conventions pre-empt all
our favorite shows late this summer.
Of course, maybe the networks will
decide the parties have nothing new
to sav and won't air the conveniinrK
this year.
Little else has been in the news
these past couple of days except
reports, analyses and wild guesses
about what the Iowa results mean for
the rest of the primary and caucus
season. Well, given that futurologi
cal voyeurism is a pervasive disease
of our time, 1 will notatlempt tobuck
the tide, but offer herein my own
“take it for what it’s worth ’ interpre
tation of theall-but-signil icanl tallies
from our neighbors to the cast.
Of course, the big story is Pat
Robertson, who surprised all but the
aware with his strong showing. It
fries the brains of the bi-coastal, big
city, farmland-immune national
news media that some people actu
ally do think issues of traditional
morality count in a presidential elec
tion. Even after two Reagan land
slides, there are still those who be
lieve that the huge Democratic voter
registration in this country is any
thing but illusory. Robertson iscloser
to the heartsof millions of Americans
than any of the good-olc-person
league want to imagine.
There are many who still believe
that they w ill one day wake up from
this nightmare of Americana to find
out that Franklin Roosevelt is still
alive and has just been named im
mortal king of Vespucci-land, and
we won't have to worry about the
conservative boogeyman any more.
Robertson still does not seem
electable, but — like George Wal
lace in 1%8 — he may potentially be
the most important figure in the en
tire process outside of the one finally
chosen. Republicans are already cal
culating the possible effects on the
platform of a large Robertson delega
tion at the convention. And, given
that the Democrats have a better
chance of putting a candidate on the
moon than in the White House, this
voice crying in the wilderness may be
heard for years tocome in the policies
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idea, bul I refuse to pretend this isn’t
likely to happen.
Of course, the good news about
Robertson’s finishing second is that
George Bush finished third. Dole
expected a big win against Bush, bul
not even his wildest fans expected a
2-to 1 margin. It seems that the
Robertson showing was at Bush’s
expense, rather than at Dole's, as I
would have expected. If this trend
carries over to New Hampshire and
the South, the results for Bush could
be tragic. At the start of this week, he
was the front-runner, for whom a
strong second-place finish m Iowa, a
win in New Hampshire and a fair
percentage of firsts in the South
would have sent all but Dole to the
showers. But less than 150,000 Re
publicans in the Corn Belt changed
all that. Bush must now win big in
New Hampshire, and significant
losses in the South w ill tell against his
tattered aura.
Despite the continued popularity
of Reagan, Hush may lino out the
hard way that you don't get elected
just by saying, “Hey, I was in the
same building when he did all those
things you liked so well!” Bush can
not shake the rumor that he is a w imp
for die same reason that Jesse
Jackson cannot shake the image that
he is a reverend. But the vice presi
dent has learned nothing at all as his
campaign moves into New Hamp
sh ire, where his slogan is, “1 w as horn
and raised in this part of the country
that ought to count for some
thing.”
On the donkey side, Richard
Gephardt finished first, which sur
prised no one, but did not finish well
ahead of the pack, which surprised
some. The near photo finish, with
Gephardt, Paul Simon and Mike
Dukakis all making good showings,
is parabolic of the turmoil that has
become the Democratic Party l
doubt that this situation will resolve
itself in the near future.
With a Dukakis win in New
Hampshire and the return of Jackson
and Albert Gore in die South, we arc
likely to emerge from the crucial I irst
three weeks without a clear front
runner — a situation that could carry
all the way to the convention. Armed
with a iiuiihimt of compromise that
rivals that of historic Protestantism, j
the Democrats probably will run
several ballots, finally nominating a
person around whom the party will
fail to rally, causing huge numbersol
them to sit at home in November and
allowing the Republicans to coast to
their third presidential win in a row
and the fifth in six tries since 1968.
The Democratic front-runners
include a populist, a main-liner and a
technocrat. The Republican Ironi
runners include a conservative, a
conservative and a conservative. The
potential for monolithic support ol a
given candidate is strong in the latter
case, non-existent in the former. I he
Iowa caucuses have told us w hat we
have known all along and tried our
best not to believe. Don i dust on
your New- Deal buttons just yet *'K
Rcagan White House is likely i°
outlive its namesake.
Sen nett is a graduate student in P,,|l"s"
ph> and campus minister with ( **llet>i'< a
revr Christian Fellowship.
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