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Editorial I Nebraskan University ot Me b?s*ks-Lincoln 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 Quibbles & bits Osborne's words wander back home • Nebraska football fans aren’t the only ones who are tired of Iowa State coach Jim Walden’s whining. The Iowa State Daily, die university’s student paper, blasted Walden and Cyclone players for accusing Nebraska of “running up die score” in the first half of a 51 -16 Corn husker win two weeks ago in Ames, Iowa. “... as the Huskers were getting ready to score, Iowa State fans booed; after the game, Cyclone players and coaches fumed. Why? Because Nebraska was trying to score too many points. Sounds like sour grapes to us.” Sounds that way to the Daily Nebraskan, too. I* Ana spe,axing or neorasxa iooioau, a retcm quote uy Coach Tom Osborne trickled back east this week. Osborne was quoted in The Chicago Sun-Times’ “quote of the day” last Friday as sa ing: “There isn’t too much excitement in our stadium anymore unless we’re an underdog, and that doesn’t happen very often. We’d be favored against the Chicago Bears.” Mike Ditka might just take you up on that one, Tom. • On a more serious note, a New York City woman allegedly pushed animal rights activism to an extreme recently, Fran Stephanie Trutt, 33, is accused of planting a powerful, radio-controlled bomb in bushes near a Nor walk, Conn., company that uses dogs in medical experi ments. The bomb was wrapped with roofing nails, which would have acted as projectiles. Her father said this weekend that she “meant no harm.” —Mike Rritlcjr for the Daily Nebraskan ppiaSffi Presidential coverage not good While I will deeply treasure my K)ster-sizc newsprint souvenir (Daily ebr&skan, Nov. 9) of Bob “Kennedy of the Plains” Kerrey for months to come, I had hoped (however fool ishly) for a more visible, if not exten sive, article on the presidential out come. While Crow (or more appropri ately Quayle) is admittedly irritating to the palate, a semester of DN edito rializing and Bush-whacking cer tainly justifies journalistic emphasis commensurate with the contest for the most powerful position in the world, rather than a diminutive politi cal follow-up the size of a Pizza Shuttle ad. Relegation of the Bush electoral victory to journalistic obscurity may seem the most agreeable way to pla cate the spiteful DN “Dan Rather wanna-be’s,” yet even the omniscient CBS anchor swallowed each GOP electoral vole with an admirable fa cade of journalistic deference. But then again, 1 concede that even Pizza Shuttle is far more digestible than fowl. Dave Buckley student-at-large Reader analyzes ‘Temptation,’ says movie not based on Gospel Gary Longsine’s column (DN, Nov. 11) suggests that ‘The Last Temptation of Christ” may be more accurate than we would like to admit. This raises the question, is the movie a reliable source of information about Jesus? I think that answer to this question is, yes and no. More specifi cally, my contention is that the movie may be reliable as a dependent source of information only if it is unreliable as an independent source of informa tion about Jesus. It might be that the movie is reli able about certain basic facts, such as Jesus existed, he was a Jew and people followed Jesus around. But clearly, if the movie is reliable on these basic facts, it is only by being dependent on other reliable sources for this infor mation — namely, the Gospels. So, if “The Last Temptation of Christ” is reliable about basic facts, this is be cause it is reliable as a dependent, source of information. But is it possible that the movie is reliable as an independent source of information about Jesus? I seriously doubt it. Longsine reports that the movie portrays Jesus as pleading with Judas to betray him. The movie is on its own here because the Gospels provide no support for the occurrence of such an event— indeed, they sup port its non-occurrence. Therefore, is there any reason to think the movie is accurate here? No. Instead, there are two power ful reasons for thinking it’s inaccu rate: • There is a powerful temporal gap of more than 1,9(X) years separating the movie from the actual events. • Other reliable sources (the Gos pels) support the non-occurrence of this event. Thus, we arc left in the following situation. The movie may be reliable as a dependent source of information, but only at the expense of its being an unreliable source of independent in formation about Jesus. Dave Reiter graduate student philosophy *Bteu-rro -- m HEREBY claw ^ \TH\S GROUND AS Iterrytory of the _l PL.O. ! > ' ■ —> ORNERY UTTLE \OUY AIN'T HE V--1 Chicago blows away stereotypes Students impress, amaze windy city’s social, journalism scene It was a cold, rainy weekend in Chicago, but despite the lack of sunshine, there were still a few warm spots that will last well into the harsh Nebraska winter. At least for me. I attended a convention for college investigative reporters and editors last weekend with 10 other Daily Nebraskan reporters, photographers and editors, ft was my first trip to Chicago, and I immediately fell in love with the city. During theeight-hour drive Thurs day night, I wondered what people there would be like. I’ve been to most “major metropolitan” cities in the United States, and I can’t say that I have overly enjoyed my experiences in many of them. I, and several other Nebraskans I have vacationed with or talked to, have often been greeted by stere otypical expectations of the cities’ natives, such as questions pertaining to the location of my overalls and straw hat, and condescending looks and grins accompanied with rolling eyes. That’s just the way this country runs, I guess. But not Chicago. Actu ally, it was just the opposite. At the convention, which attracted more than 800 collegiate journalists from all over the United States, I met several students from other colleges and universities. Instead of the stere otyping, they were impressed — some were dow might amazed—with our group’s attitudes, appearance and social behavior. One of the first students I ran into was Scott, a journalist from North western, which is located in Evan ston, 111.,, just outside Chicago. He talked to me for about 45 minutes before asking where I was from. He wore a look of disbelief when I an swered. “Yeah, but where arc you from originally?” he said. “Arc you from Chicago?” “Nope. Born and raised in Lin coln.” “Hmmm ... “ he replied, looking into the distance as if contemplating one of the world’s great unexplained enigmas. He then proceeded to tell me that he had never met anyone from Ne braska and had passed through the state only once, on his wayto' nia. Scott’s entire experience of Nebraska had come from Interstate 80 scenery. You get the picture. The same thing happened with three women I met from Louisiana State University. Then, it was a woman from Michigan State, and another from Brigham Young. The same scene played over and over again Saturday afternoon and into the night. For other members of the DN pack, it occurred the night before, at various Rush Street bars. Four female DN staff members that made the trip met some New York businessmen at Mother’s bar Friday night. We were there with them, but they dumped us for the New Yorkers. Anyway, when the inevitable question of hometown origin came up, the three men were stunned. They assumed that because the women were wearing black dresses and black pantyhose, they were from New York, “or at least Chicago,” as one of , them put it. After some sarcastic ribbing, the businessmen were impressed by the women’s “sophistication.” I don’t know why ... (wink-wink, nudge-nudge). If the trip taught me anything about human behavior, it was that people will think of you only what you allow them to. It’s something I've always known, but it helps to see it in operation. It’s safe to assume that Nebraskans — and even some other other Mid westerners — are somewhat paranoid when travelling to bigger, supposedly “mbre chic” places like Chicago, New York:, Los Angeles or just aboul anywhere else, for that matter. It’s easy to worry about and wonder whal perception so-called “worldly” people have of you and your home state. But it’salso safe toassume that this attitude perpetuates a kind of self fulfilling prophecy. If you think they think you're a hick, well... It’s like the adage about a dog sensing fear in a human. True or not, experience will verify it in many minds. Even in my mind—at least until a couple of days ago. Green la a news-editorial and criminal Justice major, arid Is the Dell) Nebraskan’s copy desk chief and First Down Magazine editor. Signed staff editorials represent the official policy of the fall 1988 Daily Ne braskan. Policy is set by the Daily Ne braskan Editorial Board. Its members are Curt Wagner, editor; Mike Reilley, edito rial page editor, Diana Johnson, manag ing editor; Lee Rood, associate news editor; Andy Pollock, columnist; Bob Nelson, wire page editor; and Micki Haller, entertainment editor. 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