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Readers ponder the effects of gun control Education exists I agree with Craig Heckman (Daily Nebraskan, April 6) that there arc many environmental problems not being met with adequate solu tions. But I beg to differ with him on one point. The education of people about the environment and ecology ot organ isms is an important tool in ensuring the future of our natural resources. Something is being done about that right now on our campus. The UNL Wildlife Club is at lively involved in educating Lincoln Elementary Sch(*ol children about the environment and ecology Through the use ol volunteer club members and slide shows on variou topics the wildlite club educates nearly TOOL youngsters i ne w mime v mn na.s neen ooim.’ this lor years, which brings up an other point. Some things are heim clone to prevent environmental prob lems. but no matter how hare) tncu promoters ir\. the\ cannot uei adv quale press coverage It seems to me Mr Heckman, that yourscll or any other loumalist has n<' right u* complain about environ mental problems. Until the media realizes that complaining and the reek ol dirty laundry will not solve environmental problems, then el forts will be wasted I encourage you, as a journalist, io do your part by publicizing the solu tions to environmental degradation instead ol pondering Us problems hrik Wagner natural resources Guns save lives In response to Keith Richter’s let ter (DN April IS)- The only form ol life lower than the criminal that preys upon innocents lives, raping, murder ing and robbing others, is the one that would strip those very citizens of the only realistic protection they have -- firearms. Don’t even open your mouth to tell me that the police can protect everyone all of the time, they openly acknowledge that they can’t. The case in a large city a few years ago is a good example. A woman being attacked in her home was able to contact the police operator on the phone. The 20 minute response time to the woman’s call for help was sufficient time tor her to be raped in her home, crying for help all the while to an operator who was power less to help her I guess she was a simply “S.O.L.” as you so intelli gently pul it. ll guns are outlawed, onl\ crimi nals will have guns, unless vou are stupid enough to envision something cist, lor a country with a sieve lor hoarders in a world awash in weap oils. «Many 01 them lulls automatic Oh. no!) hven n vou are mat stupid criminals will simply resort to clubs Mtive. unequal physical suengtn am: th lorce ol numbers, whereas tin. Iircarn is the only really eflectiy means >i delcnse lor the average cm /IM Keith it von wish to ignore all o' the relevant facts ol the matter, swal low all ot the outright lies and unm iormei) slander trial is me province o the anti-gunners. I can only nope that someday you will he man enough to null your head out oi the santi and ooen your eves to sec the blood and the nam and the suffering that is on your hands when you advocate throwing helpless citizens into a world filled with criminals tiiai don’t give a damn about anyone but them selves David P. Blazck senior computer science NRA member What is a pig? The more I read Scott Dyer s letter in the April 20 edition of the DN. the more I agree with him that the term "pig” is very subjective. For ex ample, when a police officer raids, say, a freshman philosophy party where copious quantities of contra band liquid arc being served to mi nors, he might be called a pig But when said police officer captures a thief who has stolen a student’s phi losophy book, he is called a hero Similarly, if a member of the armed forces is tasked with an unpopular duty, he may be called a pig, but if the cause is popular, this same duly might label him a hero. II carried further then, ifalrcshman philosophy major writes a letter to the editor, he is exercising his right to tree speech and is a champion ol freedom. How ever, when he chooses to pass judg ment upon those he does not know he too may be called a pig So Dver before you begin to indiscriminate! label people perhaps you should examine vour ow n frame ol perspex ll vx harm W erkmcister. I S YK senior political science Stop gay bashing Sexual orientation must be added to section IH ol the l inversus o; Nebraska Charier Gays lesbian, bi sexuals and straights have no protcc lion Irom discrimination m recruit ment, hiring, placement, transfer and promotion (ol faculty, stall or stu dents,) administration ol educational policies, scholarships and loan pro grams. athletics, admissions or anv benefit of such admission Incidents of discrimination on campus include, but are not limited to harassment, restriction of civil liberties by the administration (c.g. IJNL Condom Day, COl.AGF court case and the removal of the Newsweek on Campus Gay Rights issue from the DN in the Student Union in 1985 ordered by Regent Margaret Robinson of Norfolk). Further discrimination is actuated by omission and commission that is often covert, pervasive and unethical. Why do events such as the display of anti-gay banners in front of a frater nity house in 1985, the NOFAG party in 1987, the denial ol fee funding lor lor COI-AGH and ihc mock CO LAGB newsletter have to occur’ Homophobic people need insecure ways ol expressing their own insecu rity about then sexual identity A list ol colleges and universities with non-discrimination policies numbers 121 across the Unites States. The campuses extend Irorn the West to the Hast Coasts. The sexual orientation clause must be added now to change the climate ol tear to one ol acceptance and diversity. Herbie Husker are gas and lesbian people discriminated against’ Most ccrtainiy. one necc only to open their door and ses Rodnes Mien Bell. I' Incorporator l \'[ Gas and Lesbian Alumni Assoc liu Ntuileni and aiumnu Amendment touted Poof Prolcssoi Biaha > ou uilk reai good loo bad the ( onstitutiof am i about talking it\ about under standing And vou don understand I he men wlu wrote the ( onstiiuiion wereh t worried ainiui grammar thev were worried abom future generation' n Americans These men loughi t\ rannical rule Ii>r Ireedom The Constitution was wrii ten to insure this freedom, lor future generations, so that the\ would never know life without u The Second Amendment w as and is, a safeguard No government should have complete and total con trol over its people. It should, in I act be the other way around. The Second Amendment is there to help make it that way I do agree with you on one point, professor. Americans arc vastly un dereduealed. Bui tell me professor, whose fault is that’ Ed Owens construction management president, UNL Rifle Club member. UNL Rifle Team member, N R A Bill denounced The Nebraska Legislature's pas sage of LB705, exempting museums from paying sales tax on purchases ol ‘ fine art ” would he a go<xl subject lor argument if anyone K M W about it, LB7()5 was passed on March 2X in consideration ol Joslyn Museum’s wish to purchase a Ss million “work of art on which they 1)11) NO I WANT TO PAY (he S200,000 ot suite funds Proponents ot the bill maudlim/ed and howled dial “line art' was ol great aesthetic value to the people ol Nebraska, 'o persuade that purchases ol 'ine iri b\ pri vate museums shouid be encouraged bv the '.tmc ‘Knvouraged by ait o; us to the tunc ol S20O,(MV' ’ t- v i museum thai is not owned oy th state em'ctoth (Hintic ' i 'umed ovcr thiN m silent until i read that the mime ecisialur was deny me lniiu- requested n\ oui Morrill Hal I tee i is tunc tor public * awareness o' and . oniinen on the issue To nun v of Nebraska mniie lood i> a Higher priority itian fine art ’ ‘T.S lolks our i cgisla lure, lor some unknown reason has voted a preference for me art. It s just loo bad, also, that somcol u can’t afford or don'; want u> travel it Omaha and pas the lee to see tho paragon that we've subsidized 1 believe that the people who svished to contribute to Josisn Mu seum have already done so Now. w AL.I OF LS. are being FORCED to contribute. I don t like being forced into doing something I don i want to do by the chicancrous or giddily idealistic behavior of the Legislature If I must make contributions to any museum, 1 would prefer that it be to Morrill Hall. Fran Thompson sociology YOU WON'. CLUB MTV AND JULIE BROWN ARE COMING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA APRIL 27TH AT 9:30PM THE CENTENNIAL ROOM C 1989 MTV Networks