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Editorial I Nebraskan University of Nebraska-Lincoln Curt Wagner, Editor, 472-1766 Amy Hdwards, Editorial Page Editor Jane Hirt, Managing Editor Lee Rood, Associate News Editor Diana Johnson, Wire Page Editor Chuck Green, Copy Desk Chief Lisa Donovan, Columnist RHA denounced Memberi med to put fhench jries aside She Residence Hall A sSOdailon !$• beginning to Sound ' like a comedy club with naming better to do on plpi Thursday niglus;thah;panplain db«d trivialities. |||| k Stop wasting everyone’s time. . * $ — Last Thursday night, R#MkJfcsmb#$ met until II |Vq|jp when the Nebraska Union dosed The majority of their debate included important and insightful discussion. . tike spending $13.05 at Burger King-1 |? T ' &1 The Review and Recommendation Committee of RHA went to Burger King last Tuesday for one of their meet ings, and Chairman Matt Wickless decided to spend the money as a last gesture as chaifpait*/:>v* ^ \^y ' \ RHA President Larry Koubsky said Wickless had asked him if he could bring the committee to Burger King and that Koubsfcy had approved of 3F - The committee receives $50 from RHA each semester. According to RHA rules, the committee can spend the money spit sees fit-%> \ fj * ' JlllBut Maif-Shkolnkk, RHA vice Resident, said he was • ^Jlrim^ when he heard about the incident' * =; • ' : f's''wioieaUy cares? p| || Iff flU-IA i$ #pposed to be a form of student government, . I. representing the stu Llents of the Uhiversity of Nebraska j j Lincoln who live in residence halls. How many of the llllludents represented by RHA really care if $13.05 is spent pat B||ger King? ^v. f \ ' Ip . RHA should keep inside politics to a minimum. The i ^afce stands on important issues iiiand:.teak6:::s&lsad0^liiiig of itself. |l|j8|||||::': • • : instead, tt often follows thsJead of the Association of 5 ' Students of die iTniversity^N^braska, o* rehashes bid - issues that are brought up e very year bo something innovative — like find § out what their constituents really care about? 18: fi Why don’t they take a stand on tire rising cost of living in a dormitory, or problems faced by handicapped stu dents on campus? U^' Some RHA members think that they don’t have any | puli in the system 4 that whatever legislation they make ^ won’t have any impact v.: ^ ^ ,.4^ Welt, no wonder. !; U Discussions like the one Thursday night don’t have a lot of meaning for anyone, they just waste people’s time. RHA members should resolve petty issues like who ate what at Burger King quickly, and do something important || at their weeld| liie-dngs. There are a lot of issues that can ||pe addressed. fe^ifRHA would start acting like a student government body, students would start treating it like one. ^, xV'i5jv^15's p■ y'})% 'i ■ * •f--- Amy Edwards V'Vf •* ' ' „ ^ j " for (h* Daily Nebraskan Opinion_ Student: HERO’S humor failed “OK,” I thought. “We have PRIDE and IMPACT, the serious parties. Why not have BEER for a touch of human and heck, let’s throw in SLUMBR too - all in good fun.” HERO (Heterosexual Education Resource Organization), however, crossed the boundary between parties who are kidding and who don’t touch the serious issues, and parties who are ridiculing an important campus issue, without a real purpose for doing so. HERO’s attempt at humor has definitely failed! If Hawkins, Mel lion and Hall think they are promot ing anything other than ignorance they are fooling themselves. And, why bring Dr. Ruth Westheimer into this? She is an established profes sional who, from what I know, is not inflicted with a serious case of homo phobia as they must be. I personally . think heterosexuals are very preva lent in student organizations. Com pare how many groups are composed of heterosexuals to how many groups are composed of homosexuals. There is astutely, do need tor a party,, whose whole purpose is to mock COLAGE and their serious attempts at educating UNL’s population. Mellion says “sexuals preference should not allow a group to get stu dent funding.” Should it allow them to get elected to student government and decide who does get funding? Rather nice double standard, Rob. I only hope someday all this ri diculous prejudice toward homo sexuals (and all bigotry) is abolished and that members of both sexual pref erences can work together to get things done on campus for the benefit of all. I do commend Hawkins and Hall, however, for having the guts to have their picture printed in the DN. Too bad Mellion couldn’t make it. Gina Dikeman freshman undeclared Kristi Truex freshman ...journalism _D*ly MeVii-»r OMAHA GETS THE HEAT . „-f Pledging monetary allegiance Display of Ollie’s humiliation catches columnist’s eye, repulsion L Lg \ Hie and Betsy North I I Need Your Help Now! ’’ Oh really? Excuse me, what is this? But there it was, THE NORTH DEFENSE TRUST. On the right hand side of page 4 of the Wall Street Journal in black and white ... a 2 column x 10 1/2 inch deep advertise ment with a photo of Ollie dressed in a suit and tie, his lovely wife looking protectively over his shoulder. A wave of nausea overtook me. I thought I was going to puke. But the dynamic display of one man’s humiliation in front of an en tire nation forced me to read further into the ad. “• After 20 years as a Marine - a highly decorated hero. • After 5 1/2 years at the National Security Council where he worked so hard to rescue hostages, combat ter rorism and Fight communism. • Ollie North was thanked for his service by an indictment brought by an Independent Counsel in the Dis trict of Columbia. • Official Washington stands idly by to watch North fight this out alone. •His adversary - an Independent Counsel with unlimited funds, 30 attorneys and 50 investigators. • It’s a battle that North will win, but he needs your help now to defray legal costs and to assure that his family is properly guarded and that no harm comes to them. • Help even the odds. Mail your contribution today or call the toll-free number below to make your pledge. ’ ’ “Visa and MasterCard ac cepted.” A cut-out coupon was printed at the bottom of the ad for my conven ience. • Yes, Ollie and Betsy, I am mak ing a contribution of $_ (fill in the desired amount, preferably with a lot of zeros). • I have enclosed a check or money order. • Please charge my contribution to my Visa or MasterCard. In small print at the bottom is printed, “This is the only fund au thorized by Oliver North to request contributions. Gifts are non-tax de ductible.” I Still struck with incredulousness, I called the toll-free number (Here it is . . , 1-800-521-0200. Some of you may want to donate). It was a clearing house. The pleas ant-sounding woman at the other end of the line confirmed that the North Defense Trust was a true-blue, bonafide, legitimate organization. But she could only take my money .. . not my questions. So I called information, which gave me the number to the North Defense Trust in Washington, D.C. The woman who answered the phone was also pleasant. Yes, indeed, the trust s purpose was to help pay Ollie’s legal and security expenses. He has seven bodyguards*, don’t you know. “Because Mr. North has had to fight this alone,’’ the woman said. ‘ * He hasn ’ t had any help... it was just destroying him.’’ The fund was organized by a group of cadets who had been under our hero’s command, she said. They just wanted to help. And she was one of a small staff who worked for the trust The fund has been well-received, she said. Most callers arc kind. They only want to help poor Ollie, she said. I told her I was a journalism stu dent from Nebraska. Her husband graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, she said. My, isn’t it a small world. She said she, too, only wanted to help. I’m sure that was Ollie’s intention too ... he just wanted to help. But best intentions don’t necessar ily gel the best results. A few things are still sacred, or at the least they should be... such as not being above the law in the nation in which you live. But, I realize, Ollie just wanted to help. So this is your opportunity folks. You too can help defend the expenses of a man who had a vision to save hostages who are still hostages with the alleged illegal sale of arms. You, too, can help. Johnson is a senior news-editorial major and Daily Nebraskan wire editor, and is an editorial columnist. The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor from all readers. Letters will be selected for publication on the basis of clarity, originality, timeli ness and space available. The Daily Ne braskan retains the right to edit all mate rial submitted. Readers also arc welcome to submit material as guest opinions. Whether ma terial should run as a letter or guest opin ion, or not to run, is left to the editor’s discretion. Letters and guest opinions sent to the newspaper become the property of the Daily Nebraskan and cannot be relumed. Anonymous submissions will not be considered for publication. Letters should include the author’s name, year in school, major and group affiliation, if any. Re quests to withhold names will not be granted. Submit material to the Daily Nebras kan, 34 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., Lincoln, Neb. 68588-0448. Campus Notes by Brian Shellito OMOH.TH4S kSTV* WM.L VJITH 1MAT rAAH«*£ SHOKfB. i*u just Htoe j| WCRtTlVL m <l->—>|\ neictclxss^^I
