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Nebraskan Thursday, August 12,1993 Nebraskan Editorial Board _ University of Nebraska-Lincoln v Jeff Singer. Jeremy Fitzpatrick. JeffZeleny.■%. Sam Kepfield.. DeDra Janssen. . Editor. 472-1766 . Features Editor .Copy Desk Chief .Columnist ... Staff Reporter I DIM >UI \l Good decision Kerrey makes right choice for Nebraska, U.S. For a few hours last Friday, Sen. Bob Kerrey was the most powerful person in the country. The Nebraska Democrat was the lone senator who was undecided in his vote on President Bill Clinton’s budget deficit reduction plan, and a “yea” or “nay” by Kerrey would mean the survival or death of Clinton’s controversial plan. But Kerrey announced laic last Friday prior to the senate’s vote that he would support Clinton’s policy, which led to a 50-50 split in the senate with the tie-breaking vole by Vice President A1 Gore putting the policy into law. So did Kerrey, the man supposedly voting for us as his constit uency, make the right decision? The answer is an overwhelming yes. Although the majority of this conservative stale might not agree with Kerrey’s vote, Nebraskans as well as those around the country need to realize that Kerrey made the best decision. The main issue at hand is not over the specifics at hand of the $496 billion deficit cut over the next five years, but that Clinton needs to be given an opportunity to show his plan can work. Ginton discussed these types of cuts when he campaigned for the presidency last year, and when we as a nation gave him a near-landslide victory, that also implied that we would endorse him in his major political policies. Kerrey was skeptical of some of the facets of Ginton’s plan, but his last-hour decision was based on the fact that he did not want 60 to 90 days more of “nonproductive quibbling” as he put it. And while some criticize Kerrey for his partisan vote, two points should not be forgotten in this: that he was able to put aside his much-publicized differences with Clinton to vote for the plan, and that he left himself vulnerable in next year’s senatorial election if Ginlon’s plan docs not go as well as expected. Both of these points show that Kerrey was thinking more of our slate and the nation as a whole instead of himself, which is something Nebraskans should be proud of, yet the majority of the state has continued to harp on the junior senator for his vote. Kerrey said in a news conference following the senate s vote, “I believe it’s what’s best for Nebraska; I believe it’s what’s best for the country.” Now, it is up to the rest of the state and nation to see that fact as well. I mioxi \i I'm k \ Suff editorials represent the official policy of the Summer 1993 Daily Nebraskan. Policy is set by the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. Editorials do not necessarily reflect the views of the university, its employees, the students or the NU Board of Regents. Editorial columns represent the opinion of the author. The regents publish the Daily Nebraskan. They establish the UNL Publications Board to supervise the daily production of the paper. According to policy set by the regents, responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of its students. I i i i m< I’m i< \ The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor from all readers and interested others. Letters will be selected for publication on the basis of clarity, originality, timeliness and space available. The Daily Nebraskan retains the right to edit or reject all material submitted. Readers also are welcome to submit material as guest opinions. The editor decides whether material should run as a guest opinion. Letters and guest opinions sent to the newspaper become the property of the Daily Nebraskan and cannot be returned. Anonymous submissions will not be published. Letters should included the author’s name, year in school, major and group affiliation, if any. Requests to withhold names will not be granted. Submit material to the Daily Nebraskan, 34 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., Lincoln, Neb. 68388-0448. YOU KJDS GET AWAY FROM THE TV. ttFORZ I BEAT THE HELL OUTTA YA.' LISTEN TO YOUR FATHER KIPS OR I SWEAR III GO UPSIDE YOUR EMPTY HEADS WITH THIS REMOTE CONTROL —~m—vh ITS IMfORTAHT THAT CmLP(?EN AKEHT EXPOSEP TO THE LOW M VALUES SEEM ON TV ■■ I .Il l t Si\<;t k Law career still ultimate goal 4 couple of weeks ago, I forgot - for a while the theme I have 1 based my life on. Whenever 1 have faced adversity in my life, I had always tried to live by the motto “to never look at anything as a problem, but as a challenge/’ But that changed for a while when I recently received my LSAT scores to get into law school. We all have life goals, and mine has been to become a lawyer for sev eral years. And when things had gone wrong in my life in the past, I could still always fall back on going to law school. I have always been able to look past whatever short-term dilem ma I might have had to be assured that my long-term goal of becoming a lawyer was still in tact. When I was cul from Nebraska's wrestling team following an injury, I was able to overcome this initial dis appointment knowing that even though this was a temporary setback, I was still on track for law school. And when things ended between me and my former fiancee a while back, I was able loendure through this difficult lime with the consolation that my life-long dream of ambulance chasing was still on the horizon. So what happens when you have pul all of your eggs in one basket, so to speak, as I did with going to law school, and the basket turns out to actually be a licking bomb? My performance on the LSAT — which for those who don’t know is the main factor in determining if and which law school a prospective stu dent goes to — could be best com pared to a baseball analogy. In baseball, a former professional player from years past named People need to find that person who they can rely on In the good and the bad, In the thick and thin, In Cornhusker wins and losses, etc. Mendoza hit a paltry .200 batting average in his not-so-brilliant career. Tl^rcforc, when a player today bats near or below a .200 average, they are said to be hilling around the Mendoza Line, which is synonymous to a quick end to a baseball career. Thus, I am sure there has now been aSingcr Line established for all LS AT lakers as to what is a fatal score on the lest. To put my LSAT score into per spective, the only law schools 1 am eligible for now following the test are probably either in North Dakota or Puerto Rico. Both of these places I am sure arc attractive places to get an education, but I would hale to go to either of these foreign countries just for law school. So what do you do when you sec what you consider to be the most important aspect in your life being threatened 01 dissolving away into oblivion, or better yet for a potential law school student, being thrown out of court? The first thought that comes to mind, which is also the easiest solu tion, is to simply give up. But since most of us usually have some sense of optimism, then Win ston Churchill's famous quote “nev er, never, never give up” should come into play and discount any thoughts of ever quilling. But as I learned following recep tion of my LS AT scores, this is much easier said than done. So how docs one overcome adver sity that they consider to be an unclimbable mountain? The answer is easy, even though in a lime of despair may not seem that way, as all that one has to do is open their eyes, literally, to those around them. People need to find that person who they can rely on in the good and the bad, in the thick and thin, in Comhuskcr wins and losses, etc. Everyone can find that one person in iheir life who they can turn to when the going gets tough, and if that per son is not so apparent at first glance, then one needs to keep looking, be cause they arc out there. It look me a little while following my LS AT scores to find that person, as initially I didn’t know if they exist ed, to help me realize that a poor test docs not a life make. And for everybody else, as long as you can find that one person to help carry you through the ordeals that we all must inevitably face, that unclimbable Mt. Everest will end up looking like a western Nebraska san dhill. Singer is a senior news-editorial and po litical science major and the editor of the - Summer Daily Nebraskan.