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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1992)
‘Nice guy next door’ might be living as normal neighbor with secret life By Mark Baldridge Diversions Editor It’s always the guy no one sus pects. “He was a quiet fella. Kept to himself,” his neighbors will say of him afterward — when the televi sion reporters show up with cam eras and mikes. "Seemed 1 ike a nice enough guy. ” But all along, the “nice guy" has been selling military secrets, deal ing in heroin, living a separate existence. We all have secret selves, other lives that we keep apart from our daily routines. If you doubt it, think about this: Your father and your mother are lovers, or once were. Most of the time we don’t think about it, but everyone we meet has fantasies, desires. And many of them are actively seeking out means to fulfill those needs. Your loan officer, your English teacher, your wacky neighbor are all on trajectories unknown, and largely un knowable to you. They are looking for some thing, try ing to keep what they have worked so hard toget, trying to keep from going under: And our secret identities must be protected. We feel vulnerable, ex posed, when people get too close to the secret self. None of this is bad. It’s neces sary, otherwise we wouldn’t need bathroom doors. Hut when too much pressure builds up — when the differences between our private inner livesand our outer personae grows too great — bad things can happen. It be comes difficult to reconcile all the various facets of our personalities; we fracture and break. That’s why we need to talk about these things. Why we need to rec ognize that the dark desires of our own hearts, while unique to us individually, are not too terribly far removed from the secret wishes of others. If everyone saw suddenly into the hearts of everyone else, the final result would be recognition. We would each see our own "ter rible secrets” mirrored infinitely in our contemporaries. And there would finally be understanding. There is evil in the world, there is wrong. But most of the things we are afraid of in ourselves are com mon to humanity. SOON FROM University Program Council For more Into, call UPC ut 472-0146 or the UPC Holliuo 472-8150 • T # 14th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair \ Local community vendors will be mm ~ selling various crafts. °°Shtash Nov. 18th, 19th, 10:00 am - 6 pm JOe UNL East Union, Great Plains Room Polto Band - ,K‘l -S STSST" I 7ZZTperf0^ *»’»• this nati0 y * of ctempaan!Venin9 \ Lnm’n ^ !’ 2 local tona 'nf C Knight Slum* and Evening a Fr'day, Nov P13n,n9 ‘ \ the Improv non) see fur five! I UNL°?.!0 1:00 \ 6'S:00pm \ / SturiJ y* Union Lied Center I ,/jj L Students} 10, \ ~~~— -* Nebraska Army National Guard. Your Partner In Education. ^^iinuj^atrs^rrHsnrir'S’ «.„* fINMIce S077-‘7j»7»’» ■ . £L . ‘ ' 5077-«5..M? i “'SfBIcf'gpOW. Omm, f°LU"*'* 2S-00,, 7,«'»Dcioc*Mrs *'*****•174.00, 13^1 j * * wm ^ y.wsii J . • Check Out Nebraska’s Best Kept Secret. ; Paying for college has never been easy. But you can make it a lot easier. Join the Army National Guard and see a work! of benefits. Like 50% tuition credit and up to $5,000 in education assistance. Plus a minimum salary of $11,000 over the course of a six-year enlistment. All for about two days a month — and two weeks a year. You'll discover many other benefits, too. New dimensions of experience and training. PX and commissary privileges. Retirement benefits and low-cost life insurance. Even opportunities to travel on military flights when space permits. And most important: you’ll be there when people in your community need your help most. s < That gives you a good feeling. Along with four years of college assistance. For one weekend a month, and two weeks a year. Check It Out To See If You Qualify, Call Today! SFC Patti Fisher 473-2162 <’>1992 United States Gwernment as represented by the Secretary of Defense. All rights reserved. The Army National Guard is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ~ ■ " *---5-;---P
