Article, veal, spending lid prompt letters
DN commended
for enlightening
handicap story
I wish to commend you and your
staff for thcenlighteningarticlcabout
the growing number of handicapped
students (DN, Oct. 12).
1 have a real concern for my fellow
students with limited mobility in class
on third floor.
Where are the disaster plans for a
tornado or fire for these students?
Can the university afford even one
disaster? I think not. By the way, for
a change of pace and attitude, use
only handicapped access to your classes
for one day! “Walk a mile” in the
other set of tracks.
Camilla Booc
senior
journalism
Apathetic views
can be overcome
with persistence
1 hmgs am t all bad. Hope, unity,
coalition-building and respect for future
generations were among the main
themes of “Catalyst” — the second
national conference of the Student
Environmental Action Coalition
(SEAC). Twenty-eight members of the
student environmental organization
Ecology Now attended the three-day
gathering Oct. 5-7 at the University
of Illinois. Ecology Now sent dele
gates from among each of its four
chapters — the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln, the University of
Nebraska at Omaha, Kearney State
and Creighton. The conference was
entitled “Catalyst” to reflect its mis
sion, which was (and is) to facilitate
interaction among a diversity of envi
ronmental student organizations
worldwide.
Catalyst was attended by about
7,500 students representing organi
zations from among all 50 states and
11 nations. It was by far the largest
student environmental gathering in
America to date, reflecting a rapid
evolution of environmental conscious
ness among this nation’s young people.
Alarmed by widespread overconsump
tion, the ease with which environ
mental health is sacrificed for short
term gain, and the failure of govern
ment to effectively intercede, students
are banding together in SEAC and arc
developing regional and national plans
of action.
Nationally, SEAC has launched a
“corporate accountability campaign'
and is focusing largely on the cultiva
tion of a national energy policy which
emphasizes increased conservation and
conversion to renewable energy
sources. Regionally, the coalition is
helping local student groups to net
work and to develop plans of action
which can tie into broader regional
and national plans.
Ecology Now is the coordinating
group for SEAC's Midwest Region
— which includes Nebraska, Kansas,
Iowa and Missouri. Ecology Now will
be helping student groups in the four
state region to develop unified strate
gies for combatting irresponsible
corporate and government practices.
Among the strategies will be the
negotiation of campus “accountabil
ity contracts” between students and
school administrators. These contracts
will encourage greater campus en
ergy self-sufficiency and increased
student involvement in school pol
icy-making.
Catalyst delegates attended work
shops on such topics as nonviolent
direct action, composting and “Fight
ing the Corporate Takeover on Cam
pus.” SEAC’ers also participated in
panel discussions on a wide variety of
issues, including the need to draw
more minorities and underprivileged
people into the environmental move
ment. All drew inspiration from such
speakers as Ralph Nader, Jesse Jackson
and Robert Redford.
Nader encouraged the audience to
“lake over the media” by making
greater use of public-access cable and
community service announcements.
Everyone agreed with Jackson when
he acknowledged the evolution of a
“new world order,” in which “a clean
environment is among the most pre
cious and basic of our rights.” Dr.
Helen Caldicotl, president of Physi
cians for Social Responsibility, told
participants, “I’ve always known that
if the planet is to be saved, it would
have to start among America’s young
people. And now it has begun ... I
can’t wait to get home (to Australia)
with the good news.”
That’s how we’re feeling now. We
were there. A greater spirit is moving
among and within us. We know that
apathy is being overcome by a rap
idly growing segment of the popula
tion. We know that through unity,
sensitivity and persistence, this de
mocracy is becoming more alive.
Rick Johnson
senior
civil engineering
Steve Wagoner
sophomore
biology-chemistry
Jeff Knoedler
freshman
Teachers College
Dave Regan
senior
law
J Burger
sophomore
natural resources
Inhumane excuses
about veal farmers
angers vegetarian
In response to Nick Hytrck’s letter
(DN, Oct. 16) concerning the care
veal farmers give their animals, I too
attempted to remain calm w hile read
ing your opinion. I did not succeed.
I respond to your inhumane ration
alizations, not as a “do-gooder’" spout
ing out facts, but as a person who is
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appalled by what we, as a species,
will do to attain our shallow and self
centered desires.
You maintain that calves arc not
taken from their mothers immedi
ately after birth, but arc given the
opportunity to stand and nurse once
or twice before being whisked off to
an isolated crate. What depth of sen
sitivity! How kind! (Of course, this
freedom is permitted only because it
is important to the ultimate pursuit of
SSS).
So dairy farmers put cows in crates
all the time, because it is recom
mended procedure. My question is,
recommended by whom? Other profit
oriented dairy farmers? If you were
able to ask the cows for a consensus,
do you think they would agree with
this recommendation? And how nice
that calves can lie down and even turn
around in these crates. Such immense
freedom of movement and quality of
life should be commended. I’ll bet
you and your father are very proud of
all you do for your animals.
As for cows dying from being kept
in damp, roomy pens while standing
in manure, why don’t you simply
muck out their pens daily and pul
down fresh, dry straw? It would seem
a more humane method of prevention
against disease than confining an
animal to a lonely, unstimulating
existence in a crate. There arc other
causes and forms of misery than the
purely physical, Mr. Hytrek.
I will admit that I don’t know a
great deal about raising calves, but if
a young calf enjoys milk more than
water (which I’m sure it docs, since
most babies do), why not let it nurse
from its mother? There is more to an
animal’s quality of life than good
ventilation in a sanitary box. I have
never regarded farmers as hicks as
you suggest, but I do wonder if they
really care for their children as they
do for their livestock. I sincerely doubt
it, and fervently hope not. Most people
do not raise their children with the
intent from birth to kill and sell them
for a profit to consumers more con
cerned with tasty delicacies for their
palates than with the inherent value
of the lives of other species.
Obviously, I cannot handle the facts
of “modern” agricultural production.
As a result, 1 am a vegetarian. (By the
way, Mr. Hytrck, vegetables don’t
have legs to stretch.) 1 stopped eating
meat several years ago for a variety of
reasons, including the adverse alfcct
of meat on human health, but also
because I have respect for and value
the other life forms on our planet. I
cannot justify to myself the suffering
and slaughter of animals for meat
when I do not need it myself, to live.
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Peace, Mr. Hytrek — we are all
one!
Lorrilyn Rennings
senior
secondary education
Budgeting process
cannot be improved
by 2 percent lid
As a student and a Nebraskan, lam
just realizing the serious impact that
Ed Jaksha’s spending lid would have.
My primary concern is with the lid’s
effect on education. Not only would
tuition increase but all of the univer
sity’s services would be in danger of
being cancelled or greatly reduced.
The lid will certainly affect athletics,
but we can not forget the rest of the
university.
Many people in the state do not
realize the consequences of this is
sue. They can only see that their taxes
could possibly go down. These pro
lid people will sure think it’s a good
idea when they are in need of assis
tance. I think that they will find out
what a bad deal this lid is when theif
house is on fire and the fire depart
ment cannot afford to come and put it
out. Better yet, they are in a serious
car accident and no reseye squad comes
to get them, and when it does, it takes
them to a hospital that has a limited
staff and is closed for the night.
I hope that all students are plan
ning to vote against Initiative 405.
The amendment’s name should have
been changed to “Ed Jaksha’s Lack of
Initiative 405". How can a complex
budgeting process be helped by a
“simple solution’’?
Bill Matzke
senior
engineering
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