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page Nebraskan 4 I_J ls4L JL L %J JL A CL A Monday, May 2,1988 Nebraskan University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mike Reilley, Editor, 472-1766 Diana Johnson, Editorial Page Editor Jen Deselms, Managing Editor Curt Wagner, Associate News Editor Chris Anderson, Associate News Editor Joel Carlson, Columnist The end is here Hell-Raisin’ Tour ends on winning note It’s all over. The 1987-88 Daily Nebraskan Hell-Raisin’ Tour has come to aclose. But unlike the Nebraska football team’s Hell-Raisin’ Tour, the DN ends the year on a winning note. The paper collected several awards at the state, regional and national levels this year. Photo Chief Mark Davis and Senior Reporter Amy Edwards placed first at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for their three-page spread on Muslim students. Diana Johnson’s stories on Guatemala earned several awards as well as provoking a few tears. But more important than the awards was how the DN serviced its readers. Through the misquotes, misspelled names, confusing cutlines and fuzzy photos the DN raised a few serious issues — as well as some eyebrows — this year. Letters poured into the DN office on a variety of topics, forcing the editorial staff to expand the editorial page and run more letters. Readers debated abortion, attacked and defended gay rights, discussed treatment of athletes on campus and cheered and jeered the DN joke issue. I want to thank all of you who took the time to write in, especially State Sens. Jerry Miller, M.L. Dierks and Roger Wehrbein, who lambasted our joke issue. You sure made the last lew weeks interesting guys. DN Managing Editor Jen Deselms also made our readers’ lives interesting. Deselms ruled the news desk with an iron fist along with associate news editors Curt Wagner and Chris Anderson. Under Deselms’ leadership, the news desk increased its coverage of minority issues by adding a beat reporter to cover the Afrikan Peoples’ Union. The news reporters also dug up facts on the financial aid fiasco last fall and competed (and beat) the Omaha and Lincoln papers on campus news. Senior news reporters Edwards, Lee Rood, Vicki Ayotte and Anne Mohri withstood my constant criticism and blossomed into some pretty dam good reporters. Thanks for sticking with us to the end kids. i-NCwcumciN jerry nueiuncr, van uvvineii, itiikc iviuck, i revur McArthur, Kirstin Swanson, Deanne Nelson, William Lauer, Bran don Loomis, Dave IJczen, Nick Hodge and Ryan Steeves jumped on the wagon with some outstanding work this year. Wire editor Bob Nelson, when he wasn’t wandering over to the advertising office for some unknown reason, kept readers abreast of national and international news. And to the hundreds of callers about the Pakistan headline: Yes, Bob knows the difference between India and Pakistan and has passed several geography courses. DN graphics editors Tom Lauder and Jody Beem produced several attractive frontpages this year. Lauder’s computer skills made thcDN’s transition from typewriters to word processors a smooth one. Best of luck to you in the working world, Tommy. Andy Manhart and art director John Bruce, Lauder’s partners in crime, cranked out several impressive covers and illustrations and editorial cartoonists Jeff Anderson and Brian Shellito spiced up the editorial page with their professional work. The photography staff ended a rollercoaster year on a high note. Photographer and part-time boxer Doug Carroll was named Nebraska College Photographer of the Year in April, capping a sensational season for him. A special thanks goes out to my “sisters” on the copy desk for catching all of my idiotic blunders this year. Gee, Jane Hirt, you sure mix a mean tequila slammer. Night newsers Kip Fry and Joeth Zucco kept the pages as clean as possible. Fry had double-duty as editor of The Sower, the DN depth ma 5. McMurtry and Micki Haller came off the bench during midseason to lead the Arts and Entertainment staff to the promised land. M ick Dyer expanded the A&E pages with his insights on poetry and bar reviews. ine spons ucsk, ruiea oy me intrepid jeii /vpei. conunuea sona coverage of NU athletics. The DN devoted more column inches to sports this year and covered every football game as well as the Big Eight and NCAA volleyball tournaments. The NU women’s basketball team won its first Big Ei^ht regular-season title and kept senior reporters Mark Derowitsch, Tim Hartmann and Steve “DU-DU” Sipple on their toes. This editorial wouldn’t be complete without mentioning senior reporter, copy editor and First Down Editor Chuck Green. Green-o recovered from a career-ending knee injury in the DN flag football game in fine fashion. Green, along with Apel.kept the NU athletic department big shots on their toes with their pointed columns. Green enjoyed telling students what he thinks of the Comhuskers, and Athletic Director Bob Devaney enjoyed telling Green what he thought of him. ‘Nuff said. An extra-special thanks goes out to DN Adviser Don Walton, who always encouraged me to do my own thing, even if he didn’t agree with my decision. The DN professional staff — Business Manager Barb Farber, General Manager Dan Shattil and Production Manager Kitty Policky — kept up its great work and put up with us “damn kids.” The DN secretaries and advertising staff also made life interesting. The DN Publications Board, when members bothered to show up, made some important and sensible decisions concerning the future of the student paper. Last, and certainly least, I want to thank the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (a.k.a. The Country Club) for giving us a few laughs and some serious legislation to write about. I only hope that Uie new ASUN administration is as cooperative and understanding as Andy Pollock’s gang was. In closing, I hope that Nelson, the DN summer editor, and Wagner, fall editor, will enjoy their reign of terror as much as I did mine. I’m free —- at last. Mike Reilley Editor-no-more 1 --— -■ ----- C HlSTOKy 50S F'NW- EXAK §1 PK6E 3 P© Vi bo was A.He ?\r^ ftesu^rvt \o wear a <^'rd\e and wh*\_ the brand nai*\e ? |0. K)a*>e the “tavern tKat the 1** Corrltnervtal Concytss reconvened in. C*5 Coffey lists top-10 questions DN columnist claims to indulge in the ‘lowest form of humor’ He ana sne uvea in separate cages. Not really a cage, but more an encased shield, transparent, totally scaled. This sealed shield mostly resembled a cube; a cube with a person living in the m iddle. It was colorful because its transparency created a natural prism. If the person would stand behind the prism in the bright sunlight it would cast a distortion so colorful it almost made the person look normal. Most people inside the cubes usually found ways to enhance this look of normality. They’d put different paintson their facesorclothes on their bodies. Depending on how and where the person stood, the prism could make them look quite appealing to the eyes of another. I he people couldn i talk with each other, or touch but their cubes could, and they could signal to one another from inside their homes using their hands. Everyone spoke the same lan guage but with an individual dialect that made true communication some what difficult. These cubes were very hard to move. Oh sure, people could roll them, if they rammed into the wall with such a forward motion that would make the cube tumble. But this took so much energy that most people just sat in their cubes waiting for some outside force to move them. Usually it was the weather, a big storm that stirred the wind up, scattering the cubes about. This is how he and she met. A big windstorm one night tossed their cubes together and he woke up with his cube next to hers. Usually when two people, fasci nated with each other meet, they’ll position themselves next to each other until their cubes are nearly loucning. men, me persons insiac run at each other, crashing into their walls, almost as if they’re trying to break out of their own cubes and into the others’. They ram and ram, doing this for a great many minutes until they arc tired and satisfied. Then they stop, smiling at each other as if to acknowledge that this feat was done for their partner, when in reality they were doing it for themselves. When they first met, he and she liked this — a lot. They did it often. Afterwards they would smile, gazing blissfully at how beautiful the other looked bask ing in the sunlight. ^ I g 1 _ I One time after the two performed their act, she made a bold move. Wiping clean her painted face, shed ding her clothes, she stood warmly, bathed in the light of the sun and fixed her eyes on her mate. With a tender, wanting look on her face, she stepped out of the sunshine. He looked at her dark, naked body. Drawing a horrified look, he quickiy grabbed a towel, frantically wiping the surface of his cube. “Surely the glass before me has become dirty,” he thought. “I cannot see clearly. She doesn’t look beautiful to me. She looks so, so... ugly!” He forgot that her appearance was not unlike a face he had seen in his own mirror. He and she realized their cubes weren’t meant to be with each other. He wanted to leave, roil away ana never return. But he did not have the energy; nor did she. So they both just sat next to each other... and prayed for wind. It has been said that puns arc the lowest form of humor until top-10 lists came about. What the heck, this is my last column. Here’s my exercise of the lowest form of humor. Top 10 Questions University of Nc braska-Lincoln students ask: 10. If newspapers strive for accu racy, why is this paper titled the “Daily Nebraskan” and not the “Five Days A Week Nebraskan?” 9. Was Socrates’ drinking hem lock really a punishment or was it just Greek hazing? cl. Can I gel a luition break lor money I paid in parking tickets? 7. Is there any chance that a Mike Dukakis-Gcorgc Bush debate won't cure my insomnia? 6. What should we expect of stu dents who learn the ABCs of business in CBA? 5. If Ronald Reagan had a C-plus college average and became presi dent, why am I killing myself for a 4.0? 4. When taking into account the gender of the top UNL administra tors, is there little wonder that the building is called “Ad-Men?” Shouldn’t they try to“Add-Women ’” 3. Why won’t the bank cash my “senior check?” 2. If commencement means begin ning, why is it celebrated at the end of a college career? 1. A condom? What’s that? Coffey is a senior political science major and a Daily Nebraskan arts and entertain ment reporter. Unsigned editorials represent of ficial policy cf the spring 1988 Daily Nebraskan. Policy is set by the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. Its mem bers are Mike Reilley, editor; Diana Johnson, editorial page editor; Joan Rezac, copy desk editor; Jen Dc selms, managing editor; Curt Wag ncr, associate news editor; Chris Anderson, associate night news edi tor and Joel Carlson, columnist. Editorials do not necessarily re flect the views of the university, its employees, the students or the NU Board of Regents. The Daily Nebraskan’s publishers arc the regents, who established the UNLPublications Board tosupervisc the daily production of the paper. According to policy set by the regents, responsibility for the edito rial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of its student edi tors. The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor from all readers and interested others. Readers also are welcome to sub mit material as guest opinions. Whether material should run as a let ter or guest opinion, or not run, is left to the editor’s discretion. Letters and guest opinions sent to the newspaper become properly of the Daily Nebraskan and cannot be returned. Anonymous submissions will not be considered for publication. Letter should include the author’s name, year in school, major and group af filiation, if any. Requests to withhold names will not be granted. Submit material to the Daily Ne braskan, 34 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St.. Lincoln. Neb. 68588-0448.