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Crreeks motivated for success * mier reaamg Brian Svoboda’s editorial entitled “Homecoming reeks of greeks,’ ’ my roommate and I felt that your strongly biased and overall poor attitude elicits some re sponse. You ask why you should pay to crown a king and queen who bear little resemblance to you or your friends. Well, Brian, we arc glad that the royalty candidates did not re semble you or your friends. The NU royalty are student leaders that have a host of accomplishments above and beyond the normal praise and recog nition most students get. This has nothing to do with the fact that they are greek or non-greek. They arc outstanding ... you’re not. The whole basis of the greek sys tem is to rush above-average young people coming out of high school. They may be academically gifted, athletically gifted or possess some other significant quality that sets them above the rest. There is an ac cent applied through the greek sys tem acknowledging the fact that in volvernent throughout college days is key in later life. That key can open many doors. Brian, your views are twisted. The fact that these people stand out or get ahead is not because they are greek, but rather that they are leaders and scholars that are willing to give a little bit more than the rest. I have a suggestion Brian: Instead of sitting around writing articles degrading the greek system, how about you and your friends getting involved as well. The fact that you planned to write Elvis in on your Homecoming ballot only substantiates the fact that you’re not as intelligent as you think you are. We hope that the citizens of this country don’t live by your standards while voting for our president. Other wise, this country is in real trouble. Making the Homecoming election a joke is no solution. You obviously are a person who can ’ t compete, so rather than accept the fact that you can’t make the grade, you criticize the teacher. Your simple, self-centered nature appalls us and any other stu dents who hold scholarship and lead ership in high regard. We would like to challenge you, Mr. S voboda and one or two of the the few friends you have, seeing as how with your attitude you couldn’t have many more than that, to submit a resume with your accomplishments and compare it to any of the outstand ing greeks on our campus. The chal lengers don’t have to be Homecom ing candidates and we’ll even omit the fact that they are greck. ^ We think, Mr. Svoboda, that you’re only a little person in a big ® world. This isn’t because you’re non greek, but because your cynical atti tudes have your life so limited and your accomplishment so meager that you have nothing else to do but frown on the world around you. Kevin Larsen math senior Pat Doering English senior Bush didn t stop abortion, but restricted it in the Nov. 1 issue of the Daily Nebraskan, there were two letters expressing support for Bush’s veto of government funding for abortion in the cases of rape and incest. Both letters completely missed the point of the issue by using the life-begins-at conception belief to rationalize the veto. The fact is, abortion is still legal whether you like it or not. Bush may think he’s sitting pretty right now, but all he has done is cut off low income people from a right that only people with big bucks can afford now. He hasn’t stopped abortion, he has only further restricted the rights of people who have been trampled upon for the past nine years. This is merely the latest in a scries of fundamental human rights guaran teed by our Constitution that the Bush administration has restricted, or at tempted to restrict. It probably won’t be the last. Keith Richter sophomore anthropology Make time, energy count I This is a message to those men and women who try to prevent women from entering abortion clinics and who carry big signs that say, “They kill babies here!” Have you signed up to adopt a child? If not, why? Is it because you don’t want one, can’t afford one, or don’t have the time, patience or de sire to raise a child? What if a woman who was about to enter a family plan ning clinic saw your sign, then de cided not to have an abortion but chose instead to give her baby to you? Would you accept it? What if the mother belonged to a minority group — or was addicted to drugs, or tested positive for AIDS? Why are you spending your time carrying a sign? Why aren't you vol unteering to babysit a child bom to a single mother so she can work? Why haven’t you opened your door to a pregnant teenager whose parents have kicked her out when she took your advice and decided not to have an abortion? Lnd exploitation of poor women When President Bush vetoed the abortion funding for poor women who arc victims of rape and incest, he underestimated women’s capacity for empathy with one another. Angry Americans, and especially angry women, will register their in dignation to the callous way in which the victimization of women is being bartered for political gain when they attend the rallies to Mobilize foi Women’s Lives across the United States, in Washington D.C. and at the Capitol in Lincoln at 2 p.m. on Sun day, Nov. 12. When Congress passed a bill to fund abortions for poor women who ate rape victims, it was just one tiny step in the direction of telling women, “You deserve the right to control your own bodies and your own reproduction.” But President Bush and Nebraska Representatives Bereuter and Smith decided their political debt to the zealous anti-choice activists was more important than the well-being of rape victims. On Nov. 12 we have an opportu nity to protest the exploitation of women who are rape victims as the tools ol politics, as well as speak out for our right to privacy in making reproductive choices. Elna Peirce president. Pro-choice Coalition of Nebraska Omaha As for the taxpayers who resent paying for abortion, who do you think pays for foster care, welfare, social workers and juvenile delinquency? The Lax payers. Let’s talk about something money can’t buy: love. Have you ever visited a home for abused and unwanted children? Have you ever been to ju venile hall and seen the children who have committed crimes because they were born to mothers who didn’t want them? I’m not thrilled about abortion, but I don’t think anyone has the right to tell others not to have one unless he or she has done the things I have men tioned above. So, to those carrying those signs and trying to prevent women from ( entering planning clinics, heed my message: If you must be against abor tion, don’t be a hypocrite - make your time and energy count. Richard Allen senior life studies IIOVOFF'] J Any Pizzaj j NAME_ J I ADDRESS_,_ I L — — ——-. — J DRIVERS WANTED Full & Part-time days and nights must have car with insurance. $4.00/hr. plus mileage tips & bonuses Monday Saloon Specials (4:00 to Close) 99c Margaritas Happy Hour Monday -Friday 4:00 to 7:00 pm 50c Draws 85c Well Drinks 6100 "O11 Street Gateway j The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration announces The 1989 E. J. Faulkner Lecture presented by J. Peter Grace on The Deficit Time Bomb The Problem That Won't Go Away 10:30 a.m.-ll:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, 1989 at the Nebraska Union 14th and R Streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus All are welcome to attend this free public lecture. 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