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Readers question Kerrey, minority letters
Sennett should pick
better American hero
ll was no surprise lhai James
"Campus Crusade lor Christ” Sen
net!'S editorial column (Daily Ne
braskan, Sept 28) coincided with the
release of the L niversily of Nebraska
Lincoln Good News, a conservative
Christian newsletter. The DN and the
Good News continue to resemble
each other in both policy and produc
tion standards.
What is surprising is Sennett’s
choice of George Washington as his
hero. Yv ashington was a dope smok
ing, libertine friend of those Bohe
mian darlings of the Enlightenment,
Benjamin Franklin and TTiomas Jef
ferson. He was not, as the American
Nazi Party has characterized him, the
first fascist. Next time, James, find a
founding father closer to your own
ideology. Someone like, say, Colton
Mather.
Brian Mary
art
Letter mixed Kerrey s
words with his record
It’s clear that Tim Bourke con
fused rhetoric with reality in his letter
(DN, Sept. 29), and confused Bob
Kerrey’s words with his record. First,
Kerrey cut stale aid to education each
year for a total of S! 1 million (luring
his term in office. Thus, he caused
increased property taxes at the local
level. Kerrey proposed and passed an
Omnibus Education Bill LB994 and
the Nebraska Legislature appropri
ated the requested S1.9 million.
Kerrey subsequently line-item
vetoed SI.5 million, hence gulling his
own bill. It never was financed alter
his action. Kerrey didn’t support rural
schools and instead he signed a iaw
that increased sales taxes without
property-tax relief, forcing school
consolidation. The rural voters of
Nebraska undid his uncaring works in
a referendum vote by an overwhelm
ing majority.
Finally, why did Bourke tell us that
Bob Kerrey balanced the budget?
How did he do it? By raising sales lax
in 1983? In his last year in office,
there was an even greater amount of
red ink, so he cut the University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln budget and the
Legislature raised the sales tax again,
leaving us w ith a balanced budget and
depleted university funding.
Bourke should realize Kerrey’s
“Good Life” rests only in the minds ol
those in fantasyland.
Phil Gosch
sophomore
political science
Greeks, New Alliance
party ideas pondered
Here’s a lew questions as we prog
ress into the new semester: the current
war about the grcck system is cer
tainly amusing, but I have to wonder,
why DO they call themselves
“greeks,” anyway? I know it must
have something to do with those
pretty letters on their houses, but
could it run deeper (no pun intended)
than that?
Geraldo Rivera. I got to wondering
about some of the topics this guy
comes up with, and thought... what’s
lcfl?Then ithitme.l like women a lot.
I mean a LOT! Could it be ... is it
possible? My God, I wonder if I’m a
lesbian trapped in a man’s body!
Finally, regarding the New Alli
ance party’s platform. Let’s sec now
... basically, the members say they’re
for people, not profits (they’re poor?),
slashing the military budget (they’re
whimps?),noanti-gay (they’re gay?),
etc. AIDS bill of rights (they have
AIDS?), Indian rights (Indians?), free
abortions (women?), environmental
protection (tree-bark eaters?)and fair
farm policy (farmers?). Does that
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mean lhal they’re poor whimpy gay
female Indian tree-bark eating farm
ers with AIDS?
I’ve got to close for now, as I’m
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any time and my public awaits!
Don Hess
sludcnt-al-largc
Minorities need fair
share, special efforts
In response to Roy Larson’s letter
(DN.Sept. 30), it’s obvious tome that
you don’t understand what the bill is
trying to do, so let me explain it in
terms that you can understand.
Supposition: The Nebraska foot
ball team loses a game because the
defense played poorly. Cornhusker
coach Tom Osborne has fhrcc op
tions:
• Pul emphasis on offense and
hope it can run up the score;
• Act like the poor game was
caused by some unexplained phe
nomenon and do nothing;
• Pul emphasis on defense to have
an equal distribution of power.
You correctly staled that “if the
vice chancellor really wishes to
eliminate racism at the University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln, he should work to
abolish all university programs that
arc designed to promote people of one
race at the expense of people of an
other.” Is UNL equal to all?
I am black and in my fifth year at
UNL. This semester, I can count all
the black people in my classes on one
hand. This is typical of each past
semester at UNL for me. I have never
had a black professor and I do not
remember having a minority profes
sor. II you take a look around the
campus, the students here are pre
dominately while. Granted, Nebraska
may not be one of the states w ith the
biggest population of minorities, but
we arc here.
_____ ibhmh
Please slop ignoring us Ixxause all
the minorities want is a fair share.
And to make minorities equal per
capita to the majority may require
special efforts and funds.
Kaul Henderson
senior
music
Greek insult letters
ignorant, student says
I’ve just about had it. Quite
frankly. I’m really tired of reading
about people slamming the greek
system. This time, the excuse for the
insults comes not from an incident
that happened at University of Ne
braska-Lincoln, but one that hap
pened at Rutgers University in New
Jersey.
They say that “one bad apple spoils
the bunch,” but is it really fair for
Harlan Milder (DN letters, Sept. 30)
to judge a nationwide system by the
aclionsof one fraternity atone univer
sity?
Take a look at houses like UNL’s
Delta Tau Delta and FarmHousc fra
ternities (to name just two) that are
officially dry houses. And they were
voted to be that way by their mem
bers. They were not forced to be that
way. That, to me, says a lot about their
members. I question your contention
that .. alcohol and alcohol-related
activities have become a major attrac
tion for new pledges.”
I have to wonder if perhaps Milder
had a bad experience wiih ihe greek
system while in college. You seem to
think lhai being a part of the greek
system is nothing but “bands, bars and
brew.” (With a couple of “babes"
throw n in for good measure.)
That is not true. If you had ever
been a part of the system, you would
know that it wasn’t true. Being greek
can mean anything from editing the
greek yearbook for journalism expe
rience to organizing a fundraiser to
raise money lor a worthwhile cause, it
can mean organizing a special pro
gram to educate people about the
dangers of alcohol abuse (Do It Sober,
sponsored by Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity) to grabbing a few new
pledges and ordering pizza.
Greeks take road trips to football
gamesand form “buddy-studies” fora
difficult exam. Boy, that sure sounds
like a bunch of people that drink to the
exclusion of everything else.
Open your eyes. Milder. “Fraterni
ties maintain a low profile by hiding
behind their charitable contributions
to the unknowing community?” you
ask. Come on, Harlan. Aren’t we
exaggcialing just a little bit about a
subject we obviously know nothing
about?
1 have lived in both me residence
halls and a greek house, and the worst
by far (in my observation) was ihc
residence hall. I saw more alcohol in
my first two months at school last year
(living in a residence hall) than I have
ever seen in my own house and in the
houses that I have been in.
To close, I would like to ask why it
has become fashionable to pul down
the greek system. You can bet if
someone wrote in insulting residence
hall students (no, I won’t call them
dormies) there would be public out
rage. But when someone writes in
slamming the greek system, it’s
funny. Isn’t that strange, Milder?
Perhaps for your next attempt,
Milder, you can take a residence hall
incident from — let’s say, the Univer
sity of Wyoming — and twist it
around to somehow apply to UNL.
I'm sure that we would all find it
somewhat interesting and amusing,
and you’d get another chance to do
what you obviously enjoy — insult
something you don’t know’ much
about.
Julie A. Naughion
sophomore
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