Readers comment on columns, ASUN party, letter policy
CAP coordinator
clarifies position
on HORIZN
The purpose of this letter is to
address the article “HORIZN an
nounces candidacy” (DN, March 1). I
wish to clarify dial I am in no way
endorsing the HORIZN party plat
form. I have not worked with Colin
Theis on this proposal for the purpose
of a political campaign.
Also, the first stage of the HOR
IZN party platform is a program that
is cuirently being coordinated through
my office. It is not a new idea for
dealing with issues concerning racial
minority students. Even with the best
of intentions, in order for majority
students to be effective, they need to
work directly with racial minority
students on a long-range basis. This
means not just getting information
from them, but establishing strong
lines of communication, thus allow
ing racial minority students to set the
pace and tone for the programs and
services that are developed to address
their issues and concerns. This is the
needed foundation for activating
change at UNL and overcoming the
challenges of diversity.
Reshell Ray
coordinator
ethnic minority programs,
Campus Activities and Programs
Gholson urges
“rebuilding”
of Washington, D.C.
Walter Gholson and his humane
column (DN, March 7) reminded me
of the city where I lived a few years as
a boy. I lived in an exclusive part of
Washington, D.C. It was white and
privileged and safe. Although I was
young and lacked the world experi
ence then to describe my feelings
about Washington, I now know I felt
fear—fear of Walter’s world, which
was black and poor and violent.
Thirty years later, Washington still
frightens me. Drugs and drug abuse
continue to exact a hideous toll, which
falls most heavily on the city’s black
citizens. Again, President Bush has
brushed the dust off his “war” on
drugs metaphor. Only, in the wake of
the Persian Gulf conflict, many
Americans might wonder whether
Bush is being metaphorical this time.
Although so much time has passed
since I lived in Washington and so
little has changed for the better, for
every frightening metaphor there can
be a clear expression of hope. Walter
Gholson urges the federal govern
ment to help “rebuild” the inner cities
of America with “new schools, more
teachers, more businesses, decent
housing and job-training programs.”
Even if all the drug dealers in
Washington were dead, it would remain
a city in which resources and oppor
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tunities are unequally allotted on the
basis of race. The word “war” should
frighten us. It’s time we said “re
build.”
Thomas McNeil
graduate student
English
Aspengren analogy
of war, abortion
called illogical
Eric Aspengren, your reasoning
process needs a major readjustment,
no, a total overhaul. How can you
equate abortion to killing an enemy in
war (DN, March 8)? An enemy who
raped, tortured and killed innocent
Kuwaiti citizens, an enemy who pil
laged and destroyed a whole society
is what you are comparing to an unborn
baby. How can any sane person see
even a slight similarity? How dare
you imply that the destruction of those
two are equivalent.
Sure, many of the Iraqi soldiers
that were killed did not want to fight,
however each soldier held (at one
time) weapons meant to destroy other
humans, first Kuwaitis and possibly
Saudis and later Americans. What
did that unborn baby hold? What did
it do? Did it kill, rape and torture? I
think not, Eric Aspengren. Was it part
of a war machine waiting to get out of
its “womb” and cause destruction to
others?
No matter which side you stand on
regarding the war, no logical person
could say, “Killing does not change
when its context does.” The next time
you have a virus, (a living organism),
I hope you “consider your beliefs and
decide if they arc consistent” before
you take a dose of penicillin to kill it.
In the four years of being a student
at the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln, I have never seen a column so
flawed, nor have I been appalled by
Anp
Chris Green
senior
math
Reader questions
clarity
of letter policy
I have just read Sue Kelly’s letter
concerning the anonymous letter policy
(DN, March 6).
I don’t know who made the policy,
but I think you are overinterpreting it.
On page four, it says, “Anonymous I
submissions will not be published.” It |
is perfectly reasonable to refuse to |
print unsigned letters. However, I don’t >
believe that the policy as stated re- j
quires that the names of all letter I
writers be published. Surely it allows |
“Name withheld by request” or some |
similar formula to replace the writer’s
name, I think most newspapers in the
free world follow such a policy, en
couraging people to present contro
versial views while protecting their
privacy (sometimes persons and prop
erty), and thereby providing a real
forum for the exchange of ideas.
In the Editor’s Note appended to
Ms. Kelly’s letter, you say .. edito
rial pieces always are signed.” By
that analogy, if “E.F.P.” constitutes a
signature for the editorial entitled “Boat
might sink” on page four, surely “S.K.”
is sufficient for Ms. Kelly’s letter.
That degree of anonymity would sat
isfy many people who prefer not to
see their names in print.
From today’s “Letters” column I
conclude that either (1) the policy is
not correctly stated, (2) Ms. Kelly
misunderstood your position (the
Editor’s Note appended to her letter
notwithstanding), or (3) you (or
whoever makes the policy) actually
do prefer a restrictive policy to edito
rial discretion. I don’t see that “ac
countability” (whatever that is) is
relevant.
Alice Teter
staff
department of chemistry
No justice
in justice
appointments
I am writing to discuss the selec
tion process for the student court.
This is assigned through the ASUN
office and all selections are made by
President Phil Gosch.
These selections were made last
week. The list contained seven names
— one head justice and six associate
justices. Out of seven names, five are
associated with a fraternity or soror
ity on this campus. I am not saying
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that this is bad at all.
But according to figures gathered
through the administration building,
23 percent of all students live in resi
dence halls and 10 percent live in
fraternities, sororities or co-ops. This
leaves 67 percent of students living
off campus. How can students be
properly represented? It is because of
this that I believe there is a bias when
it comes to the selections being made.
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How do people living off campus
have a chance to get involved with
campus activities? They are over
looked because they don’t belong to a
fraternity or sorority house.
I also find it very ironic that the
one person who is in charge of this
selection process is himself a mem
ber of a fraternity. You say that you
have an open mind Phil, bull have yet
to see it.
Brian Heath
junior
criminal justice
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