Editorial
Curt Wagner, Editor, 472-1766
Mike Reilley, Editorial Page Editor
Diana Johnson, Managing Editor
Lee Rood, Associate News Editor
Bob Nelson, Wire Page Editor
Andy Pollock, Columnist
Micki Haller, Entertainment Editor
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Parking spaces often filled, secunty needed
I am really disappointed with the
way things are working this year. I
Bud $40 to be able to park in a lot.
owever, nine times out of 10, there
are no spots in any of the four lots by
Abel Hall. What was the $40 for?
Also, there is so much crime and
damage done to the cars. Why isn’t
there a little bit of security? Plus, I am
a small girl. I am scared to death to
park my car at night and walk by
myself, in fear of getting raoed. My
thoughts, and many others rm sure,
are that if you have so many officers
to hand out tickets (and more tickets
and more tickets), then you should
also invest in some security. After all,
isn’t that what police are for?
Jeanne Gromowsky
sophomore
Student praises university police officer
in tne i \u years rve oeen at me
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the
campus police have mainly been
treated as “the bad guys." People
think all they do is give out parking
tickets. Well, 1 think our image of
them should change to “the good
guys" thanks to Bryan Kratochvil.
Kratoch vil is the university police
officer who rescued the child from
the burning apartment building at
33rd and Starr streets last Thursday.
He wasn’t on duty at the time he was
driving by, but he saw smoke and
immediately stopped to help.
i m thankful to Kratochvii, not
only because of his heroic rescue, but
because he is one of only two officers
who make it a point to check on us at
the interior design studios when
we’re working late on projects.
We should all be thankful for
Kratochvii and officers like him.
They really are the ‘ ‘good guys’ ’ and
it’s about time they got some recog
nition.
Krista Hill
senior
interior design
Racial problems nonexistent
Robert E. bummers letter about
blacks contributing to racism (Daily
Nebraskan, Oct. 5) was in itself a
racist article. Summers needs to real
ize that the blacks on campus arc not
isolating themselves from other
majority or minority groups, instead,
we are socializing with groups of the
same compatible interest who hap
pen 10 be black. ^ _ .
I believe the student body of the
Univcfsity of Nebraska-Lincoki is
aware of racial differences on cam
pus without being told. But if we
keep trying to force changes in the
social' structure, it will seem as
though we do have certain racial
problems when in reality they are
pailly nonexistent.
Anthony Kay
sophomore
undeclared
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‘Quayle-ified’ means incompetent
Bush should promise voters he will survive office, Coffey says
I’m no lexicographer, but it
seems that the 1988 vice-presi
dential race begs for a new term
added to the political vocabulary.
It needs a term to describe a candi
date who isn’t overly intelligent or
has great depth but looks good and is
easily packaged; a candidate who
doesn’t really grasp the issues, but
can spurt out well-written responses
programmed into his IBM-like brain;
a candidate who has achieved his
position in life, not by making oppor
tunities for himself, but having them
handed to him on a silver platter; a
candidate who “proves himself’ in
debate, not by excelling beyond a set
standard, but by not falling below a
sub-standard; a candidate low on
substance, but long on flash.
In short, this new term would
describe a candidate who is not quali
fied, but rather “Quayle-ified.”
Think about it: the couotry seems
to be satisfied with Dan Quayle, pro
vided that he gets elected to the vice
presidency — and stays there. He
looks OK. in the wings, just keep him
out of the spotlight.
It’s as if George Bush should add
to his list of campaign promises a new
one: The promise not to die.
There are two candidates for the
vice presidency. With one, and say
what you will about his philosophi
cal, non-alliance with the man at the
head of the ticket, few would argue
his competence if needed to step into
the top spot. He's qualified.
Then there’s the candidate who is
sufficient as the No. 2 man, because
the No. 2 man doesn ’t do anything but
sit around and wait for something to
happen. In this case the rest of the
nation will be hoping nothing does.
This candidate is “Quayle-ified.”
In last week’s vice-presidential
debate, Dan Quayle did OK because
he didn’t do worse. He summed up
my feelings when asked what he’d do
if he had to—God forbid!—become
president.
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“First, I would say a prayer—for
me and for the nation." Don’t worry
Dan, so would the rest of us.
Of course this idea of “Quayle
ified" can expand beyond the politi
cal spectrum. Take for instance one
of last year’s top movies, “Broadcast
News." Tom Grunick, the character
played by William Hurt, was a very
‘Quayle-ified’’ network news an
chor. He didn’t understand the news
he was talking about, but he looked
good doing it.
So it is with Quayle. He doesn’t
seem to understand the issues that
he’s talking about, but it's too late to
withdraw his nomination, so shield
him from the press and don’t let the
public see him as he really is. Dress
him and prop him up and when you
pull his string ... he talks!
Never mind that it’s the same
programmed message every time.
I’m not in the habit of making up
words—but the political vocabulary
needs words to express an event or
political idea. Watergate, Star Wars,
the Moral Majority are all examples
of such terms.
Now, a new entry for the political
dictionary: ‘“Quaylc-ified
(kWAHL - uh - Tied) — a shallow
politician whose neatly packaged
candidacy allows mediocrity in a
position of importance.”
The term will become synony
mous with accepting sub standard
people who’ve led a Cinderella exis
tence, never working hard for the
social positions they aspire, yet try to
tell the American people that his
grandmother gave him some grandi
ose American Dream story of how
he could become anything he
wanted.
A man whose cosmetics outweigh
his competence.
And next to this definition will be
a picture of the junior senator from
Indiana.
So if on Jan. 20,1989, Dan Quay Je
is being sworn into the country s
second-Highest position, rememoer
this: He’s the most “Quayle-ifiet*
man for the job.
Coflby Is ■ am lor political science major
and a Dafly Nebraskan editorial columnist.
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