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Brian Shellito/DN -LETTERS tTh°e EDITOR People should make the rules, rules should not make people People make the rules, people apply the rules, people change the rules — yet something that happened last Sunday at the Lee and Helene Sapp Recreation Facility really pisses us off. It makes us think that Americans loo often arc trapped slaves of rules. We were planning to play squash when one of our student ID numbers was rejected by the computer system. Something wasobviously wrong with the system because this student was registered as a full-time student for the semester. The only possible cause of this electronic breakdown that he could think of was that the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln administration had failed to send relevant informa tion to the computer checking sys tem. However, the rigidly conforming “gatekeeper,” whose only job was to check ID numbers, was unable to solve the problem, thus a so-called “manager” was summoned in the hope of providing a sensible solution. But to our disappointment, talking to the manager generated the same mechani cal result as the computer: no pass. She would just not listen to our rea soning: “Rules arc the rules ... I understand your problem but I can’t let you in unless you pay S3.” Why would we pay an extra fee when we already pay full out-of-staic tuition? As a mailer of fact, the American rigidity and bureaucracy were not new to us even before our arrival at UNL. Subsequent experiences of this kind during our stay in this country are really starting to break our backs. Do people make the rules, or should rules make the people? Ziliang Lin graduate student College of Business Administration Frederic Moreau graduate student agribusiness Limiting Congressional terms foolish, unfit candidates should be voted out A rcccni measure pul before Wash ington voters compels one to look at what is really wrong with the opinion many people have of our political system. A term limit for members of Con gress would, admittedly, make it impossible for senators and represen tatives to become mainstays in their positions. Lengthy terms arc usually associated with corruption, and those members of Congress who are in the incumbent positions arc generally disliked. This is the first part of the foolish ness of a mandatory limit. Most people do not want to hear about members of Congress who do their jobs well; the press is begged to dig up information about the lives of those whom we elect, whether it is pertinent in asso ciation with job performance. Elected officials should be repri manded for their unethical actions and should not be elected if these actions have a direct bearing on their performance in those important posi tions. If the candidates arc not suited for the job that they arc running for, they should not be elected. It is the right that all Americans have, and that same right applies to voting out members of Congress or of the state legislatures who do not execute their duties as they should. The Declaration of Independence states, “Whenever any Form of Gov ernment becomes destructive of these Ends (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness), it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.” This could not be stated more clearly: We have the right to not re elect officials who do not do their jobs well. Why, then, do we need to make into law that which is our fundamental privilege? The founders would cringe if they saw what we were doing to ourselves, we members of a country that was to have limited government. Unfortu nately, it is not limited because “we the people" keep wailing for others to make decisions for us, decisions that we arc supposed to make ourselves in the originally designed limited gov ernment of America. We are the prob lems that are now apparent, but also the solution. As Homer says, “The pledges of the worthless are worth Robert Borzekofski/DN less to be kept as pledges.” We arc far from worthless, but if we cannot use our rights to do our duties, and if we cannot live up to the moral standards we expect from oth ers, what arc wd destined to be? Brian Croft freshman political science Reduce your taxes. Support the _American Heart Association. BE A REP CROSS VOLUNTEER Got an opinion? The Daily Nebraskan is seek ing a broad range of viewpoints in its columnists Tor the spring se mester. Applications are now being accepted. Applicants must be UNL stu dents and must show depend ability and solid knowledge of grammar and writing skills. Stop by room 34 of the Ne braska Union to pick up an appli cation and sign up for an inter view. Positions will be announced Nov. 25. UNLdoes not discriminate in its aca demic, admissions or employment pro grams and abides by all federal regula tions pertaining to same. r. 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