Opinion
Friday, September 16, 1994 Page 4
Editorial Board
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Je/fZeleny. .Editor, 472-1766
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James Mehsling.... Cartoonist
Good for business
Modern CBA facility will draw students
“Build it and they will come ...”
The College of Business Administration new facility now is
officially open. A modern, technology-filled building awaits
students on the southwest corner of City Campus.
The building, which was realized through a $7.3 million
allocation by the Nebraska Legislature, now is the showpiece that
is sure to attract new students to the University of Nebraska
Lincoln campus.
The new building has classrooms and seminar rooms with
voice video data, a distance learning classroom that connects to
Scottsbluff and Chadron, high speed computers, a writing center
and more.
Dean Gary Schwendiman deserves much of the credit for the
renovation to the existing CBA building and the new addition.
“It's really a gift of the current generation — the taxpayers —
to all the future generations of the state,” he said. “They believed
in investing the education.”
Student improvements come first at CBA, Schwendiman said,
while faculty and graduate assistant offices come second.
That is how it should be.
With more buildings, technology and a student-first attitudes
such as the College of Business Administration's, UNL will
attract more students and gain the respect of other higher educa
tion institutions.
“It was a very tense moment here for everyone
involved.”
— Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casatfy on the Monday night shooting
of UNI. police officer Robert Soflin
“He always wanted to be a cop.”
— lirent Peterson, talking about Gerald Schlondorf, who was
arrested Monday for shooting officer Soflin.
“(They are) certainly people I would not trust with
any kind of weapon — people I wouldn’t let keep
my tropical fish.”
— Casady, on the reality that several people with extensive criminal
and mental health histories legally own firearms.
“Gonorrhea is not prominent here at UNL.”
— Dr Russell la Beau, medical director of the University Health
Center.
“I have nothing but hate and disdain for the name
my adoptive parents gave me.”
— Roger Bjorklund, who was convicted of murder, on why he
should he allotted to change his name to that of gangster character
Tommy William DeSimone.
“I’ve gotten used to people complaining that I did
not give them the classes they wanted.”
— Rick Alio way, a UNL broadcasting instructor, who provided the
voice for the NRoll system.
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No parking
As a student at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, I would like to
express my concern about the
current parking policy.
My first concern is availability of
parking. I currently live on campus
and pay $96 to part in an Area 3 lot.
Yet, if I move my car any time after
11 p.m., it is nearly impossible to
find a place to park in Area 3, and I
end up parking in the remote lot.
Every time this has happened, both
this year and last year, I walk back
to my room past the Area 8 reserved
lot and it is always empty.
During my freshman year, there
was no problem parking in the Area
3 lot, because the Area 8 lot was
significantly smaller. I realize off
campus students need parking, but
as long as freshmen are required to
live on campus, first priority should
go to the on-campus residents. The
solution would be to change the new
Area 8 lots to Area 3 lots.
My second concern is price.
Parking prices have almost doubled
since last year, and a lot of students
feel Parking Services is taking
advantage of its monopoly on
student narking.
As a student, my finances are
very tight, and I have to pay $96 for
a parking spot that I can only park at
if I get there early enough. Last
year, I had an Area 4 permit, but this
year very few people will pay $300
for a parking place. It is almost
cheaper to rent an apartment nearby
just for the parking spot!
My third concern is service. I can
appreciate how difficult a job it is to
find parking for university students,
but many students feel that Parking
Services works against them. I know
of several occasions where students
have parked their cars in front of a
residence hall or greek house with
their hazard lights on, only to return
less than ten minutes later to find a
parking officer writing a ticket.
When these students have offered
to move their cars, the officer
finishes writing the ticket, the
student appeals, and the student
almost always wins the appeal.
Should we have to go through that
when it just wastes our time and
money?
Also, I have found in my dealings
with the Parking Services that it is
very difficult to speak to someone in
authority. I went to the office with
these complaints and they told me
there was no one at the office that
could handle my complaints.
Instead, I had to write a letter, which
makes me doubt I am getting my
$96 worth of service.
Don Harkey
junior
chemical engineering
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James Meshling/DN
‘Professional
whiners’
“It’s a business,” one of the
disgruntled players said when asked
for a reaction to the conclusion of
the season.
Yes, it certainly is. It's a business I
where the players spend more time
whining about the “need'' for more
money and less time actually
performing on the field. There’s a
greater chance in winning the lottery
than finding a professional baseball
player that is just in it for the love pf
the game.
You’ve heard the endless rhetoric
surrounding the avoidable baseball
strike, so let me dispense my
solution to the problem if it bleeds
over into the start of next season. I
hope the owners stand tall, because
the side with unreasonable requests
are the players who are always
wanting a bigger piece of the pie
when they shouldn’t be allowed
much of it in the first place.
First, if the players reftise to play,
so be it. Life will go on. Football
has already begun the rescuing
process, while hockey and basket
ball will be there to help soon. The
owners shouldn’t worry about the
situation. It’s the players this time
who will have to come around. If the
players refuse to play here then I’m
sure there are plenty of welcome
mats over in Japan for them.
Second, the owners should not
hesitate to call up minor leaguers
who want to play the game for the
love of it — players who haven’t
been spoiled by the bright lights and
the glamour of the big leagues.
Heaven knows that something the
big leagues need right now is a little
innocence. It would always be nice
to have the big names in there, but
they haven't always been big. We
can find heroes in minor leaguers
just as easily as we can in those
professional whiners.
So there it is. The owners should
remain tall and remember that there
are a lot of people on their side. A
lot are on their side because of the
greediness of people who should
feel honored to have the jobs that
they do — professional baseball
players.
Keith Malinak
freshman
broadcasting
Population
increase
In response to Kerry Hanigan’s
letter on Population Conference
(DN, Sept. 14, 1994). You are
totally wrong about your ideas on
the conference. You are trying to
change it into a women’s lib subject.
The conference wasn’t about
limiting a woman's right to have
children. It was about the ever
increasing world population and
trying to find a way to stabilize our
population before there are too
many people for the Earth to
support.
It’s not about putting restrictions
on a woman’s right to bear children,
but we must face the fact that if
something isn't done pretty soon
about rapid population growth, we
are all going to run out of space,
food and other natural resources.
I can sympathize with you and
other women who want to have lots
of children, but what kind of future
would your kids have if there were
so many people that they had no
place to live or anything to eat?
Also, did you ever stop to
consider what this will mean to men
who also “want to have a lot of
children?” Many men also dream of
getting married and raising a large
family. Just because the woman
bears the child doesn’t mean she is
the only one who will be affected by
what the population conference
decides. You need to stop just
thinking of how this will affect
women and instead look at how it
will affect the entire human race.
Philip Paider
freshman
civil engineering
