Lied, veal, renovations fill letters!
Vegetarians should
get a real cause,
get off veal wagon
I would like to congratulate Mr.
Erickson on his article (letter to the
editor. Daily Nebraskan, Nov. 7). Good
job, ol’ boy.
I, too, have been keeping up with
the rash of articles on veal and the
treatmentof veal calves, and although
Mr. Erickson voiced much of my own
opinion, I felt I should elaborate fur
ther.
First, in response to those vege
tarians out there, I should hope that
none of you own one thing made out
of leather, suede, a feather pillow, or
any kind of fur. Don’t forget that real
vegetarians do not cat any animal by
product — no milk, cheese, eggs, or
anything made or containing these
things. Looks like a lot of tofu dishes
for you. I hope you all are taking a
stand against the sport of football too.
Yes, that’s right, football. Because
they use a ball made from pig's skin.
* nose poor, trusting, pigs. I bet
they do not appreciate being told to
become a vegetarian. That is a choice
that you made and that I and everyone
else can make without your input or
help. How would you feel if someone
forced a fat, juicy steak down your
throat? Oh, by the way, I am a vege
tarian, but I am all for enterprise,
leather jackets and dairy products.
Second, I would like to ask all of
you who wrote in why you are going
to college. Could it be to get an edu
cation so that you can get a job and
make money?
Well, why shouldn’t farmers be
allowed to make money? Killing
animals for meat has been around
since the dawn of man. Farmers and
ranchers have just made a money
making business out of it. I live on an
acreage in a bedroom community north
of Lincoln, and I have had my share
of animals to deal with. I also have
friends that farm. 1 like the animals
we raise but to put them on the same
level as human beings is absurd. Cows,
for one, are dumb and although calves
are cute to begin with, they grow up,
gain weight and are used for their
intended purpose — food. I do know
for a fact that while they are alive
they are in loving, caring hands. We
take good care of our animals and so
does every farmer I know. My friends
even show their livestock in 4-H clubs.
I know that there is always another
side to the story. Mr. Koestcr also
brought up some very good points in
the Nov. 7 Daily Nebraskan. I under
stand that being more intelligent does
not give humans the right to be cruel
to animals. I also understand that rais
ing livpsinrk iicpc a Inf nf orain and
water, but won’t they be drinking and
eating no matter what the final out
come to their lives are? I also under
stand that you can get protein from
plants as well as meat. Mr. Koester,
when talking of eating meat himself
and asking why he should, said “be
cause it tastes good?” Well, Mr.
Koester, have you ever ale candy or
drank a soda? Do you know what that
does to your body? I do, but 1 eat it
“because it tastes good,”
Mr. Koester also pointed out that
we do have carnivorous teeth. Aside
from God giving us those for a rea
son, he also gave us the knowledge to
domesticate animals and to raise them
in vast numbers. It has been happen
ing forever. If the creator of all man
kind gave me the knowledge to cure
cancer, I would. So why not use all of
the knowledge that he has given us?
Besides, aren’t there better things
to be worried about than the veal
industry. How about the commercial
chicken industry. Do all of you know
what happens on chicken farms?
Besides, aren't there better things to
be worried about than the veal indus
try? My brother used to work at a
chicken ranch that supplied a local
chicken restaurant. I used to love his
stories about throwing live chickens
into the shredder. Of course, this
practice was not limited to just chick
ens, any small animal — especially
cats and kittens—that could be found
was subject for execution. How does
that grab the “animal rights activ
ists?” How about fur ranches? Have
any of you actually seen what they do
to the fox or rabbits so that some rich
lady can have a fur coat? What about
killing dolphins and whales? These
animals are not only smarter than
cows but they are much prettier to
watch and to look at. Not only these
animals but sea lions, seals, eagles ..
. the list goes on forever. Gorillas are
another interesting topic. The gorilla
population, as well as the rhino and
elephant populations, has dramati
cally decreased over the last few years.
Why? Because some rich person is
willing and wanting to buy a piece of
ivory or a gorilla hand ash tray. Speak
ing of taking a baby away from its
mother right after birth, ever seen one
of those channel 12documentaiieson
seal poaching? You know, the ones
where a man clubs a baby seal, skins
it alive and leaves it to die while its
mother calls for it. And what about
the murder of our own mother, planet
Earth? Butldon’tsupposeanyofyou
righteous people use plastic or any
thing like that.
I suppose all I have to say to all of
the concerned people out there is,
“Get A Real Cause.”
Dana Spcvak
freshman
architecture
Hall s bad condition
clearly warrants
major renovation
As part of the Department of Art, I
am quite concerned about the condi
tion of Richards Hall. It is in need of
a major renovation and it needs to
occur soon. The Richards condition
causes technical problems and under
mines the attitude of those who learn
and teach in it.
There are problems of some sort
with almost every building in the NU
system, but there are some very fun
damental problems with Richards Hal!.
The most pressing problem that
Richards Hall presents is that it is
inaccessible for the physically handi
capped. If the University intends to
promote itself as being nondiscrimi
natory against minorities, then Richards
needs to be modified to allow all
students to use its facilities. In some
cases in the past, when handicapped
students wanted to take art courses
that met in Richards, the class was
simply moved.
This should not have had to hap
pen — maybe as a temporary solu
tion, but not a final solution. Richards
Hall has more to offer than just art
classes, it also houses the department
gallery, faculty and graduate student
offices, as well as the second floor
auditorium that is used to teach sev
eral history classes. The auditorium
provides some of the best audio-vis
ual classroom facilities on the UNL
City Campus. Access to all these
facilities is denied to the rapidly grow
ing population of handicapped stu
dents attending UNL.
There are 220 art majors attending
UNL. If half (if not more) of these
people are women, Richards Hall
doesn’t provide proper facilities for
them. There is one toilet for women
in Richards Hall. This isclcarly a bias
bom of another era, since Richards
Hall was built in 1908 and initially
housed the College of Mechanical
Engineering. In those less than en
lightened times, perhaps a single toi
let was all that was needed for the
female population of this building,
but this is 1990. This serves to em
phasize the fact that Richards has
never been fully renovated.
Although art students spend six
hours or more a week in their class
rooms, the condition of Richardsonly
serves to make this time unpleasant in
many ways. Richards provides incon
sistent heat in the winter, alternately
frigid in some parts of the building
and sauna-like in others, while the
summer and the lack of air condition -
ing allows students and faculty alike
to broil inside while attempting to
continue the process of education.
Temperature alone is not the only
means by which Richards’ condition
allows the elements to wreak havoc
on its occupants. There has already
been a case this semester in which a
drawing class had its still life ruined
due to the roof leaking.
This doesn’t inspire much confi
dence in students who arc forced by
practicality to leave their art work in
this building. The security in Richards
is a joke, despite the best attempts of
the art department’s faculty. There
are just too many doors and windows
that don’t close properly for it to be
too much of a challenge for anyone to
enter Richards anytime they please. It
is sad that the attempts at securing the
building by imposing building hours
only serves to prevent students from
using their spare lime to work on their
individual projects while doing noth
ing to protect those projects.
In the last 20 years Richards has
only undergone two major improve
ments. The installation of a fire sprin
kler system, mandated by the fire
marshal, and the instillation of a limited
ventilation system, required to meet
standards of environmental safety.
These are just some of the most
pressing problems facing students who
use Richards Hall. There are many
more, such as lack of equipment, lack
of space for classes and graduate stu
dents offices, a need for adequate
lighting. I just couldn’t list all the
problems in a single letter.
Kicnaras Hail currcnuy ranks elev
enth on the NU Board of Regents
construction priority list. This build
ing was slated for demolition on a
1967 masterplan, but the administra
tion decided to keep it about five
years ago. In making this decision
surely they analyzed the availability
of funds for its much needed renova
tion? In this same five year time frame
the construction and renovation of
the Coliseum and Cook Pavilion
occurred, the Lied Center was built,
the Alumni Center was finished, new
buildings were added to Fast Cam
pus. Yet Richards Hall remains un
changed. In this school year I’ve heard
of plans to expand CBA, talk of ex
pansions for Love Library and the
Nebraska Union. Funds have been
available for other construction proj
ects, so why is Richards Hall in this
condition? The Art Department’s
students and faculty deserve better
than this. Richards Hall had better be
placed higher on the Regents Con
struction Priority List, before the
building deteriorates — along with
the enrollment of art majors.
James A. Zank
junior
art/Engiish
president
UNL Art League
Lied Center culture
makes student glad
he attends UNL
I would like, if 1 may, to address
this to Mr. Hanna, who, in his infinite
wisdom, wrote his final assault on the
Lied Center for Performing Arts (Daily
Nebraskan, Nov. 19, 1990). 1 truly
hope that he keeps his promise of
never bringing it up again, because
his whining makes me nauseous. His
desperate attempts to rally the stu
dent body against the Lied Center
infuriates me. I, for one, am very
proud to have such an arena to show -
case such internationally recognized
shows as Cats and The Kirov Ballet as
well as performing artists like Bran
ford Marsalis, Crystal Gayle and Steven
Wright. Coming from western Ne
braska, high culture such as this was
out of my reach. I was starved of
performances such as these. Then I
received a catalog showing me the
many wonderful performances avail
able to me at a discounted price when
I became a student.
I was so thrilled when the informa
tion on how to order tickets arrived. I
will admit the prices do seem high for
a show that I will only see once. But
I would rather pay $54 for a series
containing “Cats” than S49 for a sea
son ticket to the folly that has become
Huskcr football. To me, it makes more
sense to sit in the beautiful Lied Center
watching well-known performers
enrich my life, than to sit out in the
blistering sun watching the Huskers
annihilate some unranked team with
no real existence in college football.
To me, Mr. Hanna, the Lied Center
has more of an educational effect on
students than Memorial Stadium.
Western Nebraska is isolated from
the cultural center that is the univer
sity, and I consider it a blessing to
have the opportunity to attend such
productions. And by the way, since
when is a trap mandatory on stage? I
think you’ve been watching too many
Scooby Doo cartoons.
Russel Geist
freshman
psychology
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