Opinion
Friday, September 23,1994
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Best value
National attention to have long-term effects
The University ofNebraska-Lincoln will receive national kudos
Monday for being an efficient and quality institution.
According to a study by U.S. News & World Report, UNL
provides the 15th best value in higher education in the United
States. The Lincoln campus also is ranked No. 9 in efficiency.
“It’s the academic equivalent to being ranked No. I in football,”
said UNL Chancellor Graham Spanier.
This rating could be the best news the University ofNebraska
Lincoln has heard in a long while. A positive article in a respected
national news magazine carries much potential for UNL, includ
ing:
• Bringing more top students from across the country who are
looking for a good education without an Ivy League price tag.
• Recruiting top-notch faculty and administrators to the
university that are committed to diversity and the quality of
instruction.
But, the efficiency rating should not be interpreted as a sign that
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is financially untroubled.
Additional funding is desperately needed for building improve
ments. Funding also is consistently needed for supporting small,
but crucial academic core programs and support services.
The national attention gained by this report can bring long-term
improvement to UNL. With the recruitment of more top students
and faculty, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln hopefully can be
recognized as much more than a bargain.
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“You can do all the talking you want. If you are
good, then that sells itself. There is no substitute
for quality.”
— University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Gladys Styles
Johnston, who u>as installed last u>eek.
“There’s a lot of work to be done down there. We
should Just be happy that it’s going to be done
economically rather than militarily.’’
— John Hihhiny, UNL political science professor, on Haiti interven
tion agreement.
“Those big guys weigh 300 pounds, and they come
around that corner good. Our offensive line is
comforting to have.”
— NU coach Tom Osborne on the Cornhusker line.
“It was a pitiless crime, an unnecessarily tortuous
crime. Candice Harms was completely and abso
lutely at the mercy of her abductors and tormen
tors.”
— Lancaster County District Judye Donald Endacott, who sen
tenced Royer Bjorklund to death in the electric chair Tuesday.
“I love to watch the sunrise in the morning. I love
the landscape. I love the way the air feels. I like the
extremes.”
— Choreographer Janet Lily on "Wickedness," a re-creation of the
blizzard of IHHH.
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Whining
While going through the DN
Sept. 21,1 happened to read
Michelle Paulman’s column, ‘Stop
Whining ...’ After reading the
article, I know that Ms. Paulman
has no clue about the things that
are going on.
She is probably one of those
people who do not want to do
anything and wait for the govern
ment to do things for them. Since
the Republican party stands for
individualism and people doing
things for themselves, people like
Ms. Paulman do not like it, and
they always blame Republicans for
messing things up.
Ms. Paulman, please get your
facts straight before blaming the
Republicans. You say that Republi
cans were for the crime bill when
George Bush was in office and they
forgot it when Democrats took over.
For your information, Ms.
Paulman, if it weren't for Republi
cans, the crime bill would never
have passed. The Democrats
opposed the bill.
You people shout about gridlock,
but very interestingly there is no
gridlock any more. Democrats are
running the show, and still Presi
dent Bill Clinton is facing all these
problems. Doesn’t it say something
to you, or are you just too blind to
realize things.
I still remember the Gulf War
(for you, Ms. Paulman, it was in
1991). I remember how Democrats
criticized Bush for that and said
they would pull funds for the war.
Wow! What an encouragement for
the troops. Before the Haiti inva
sion (which never happened), Bush
said he was against the invasion,
but if it happened he would support
the army. Tell me any Democrat
who said that before the Gulf War.
You Democrats out there love to
criticize Rush Limbaugh. Have you
ever listened to him or seen his TV
show? He is not making stuff up.
He shows you the videos of what
people say. it is up to you to believe
that. Like you can not judge a book
by its cover, you can not possibly
know about a person by listening to
other people but him.
Seems to me Ms. Paulman, that
you are the one who is doing the
whining. Why don’t you act on
what you say and stop whining
yourself? Or are you one of those
Democrats who just say things and
never act on them and criticize
Republicans for every bad thing
Amy Schmidt/DN
that ever happened to America, like
the current president.
Shekhar Gupta
senior
electrical engineering
Abortion
In the ever-confusing debate
over abortion, I’m so glad we have
people like Shane Tucker who have
the answers sorted out for us. Yes,
pro-choice people, not only are we
murdering innocent unborn babies,
but now our convictions are being
equated with those who advocated
slavery.
Conservative columnist Cal
Thomas used this slavery assimila
tion, too. He even went so far as to
equate the actions of abolitionist
John Brown, who raided a federal
arsenal to give weapons to slaves
and was considered a radical in his
time, to Paul Hill, the anti-abortion
crusader who is accused of murder
ing an abortionist and his escort in
Florida.
Thomas stated that we may look
to Hill as a hero one day as we look
to Brown now. Although I don’t see
that level of lunacy in Tucker’s
column, the same message is there:
“I say abortion is wrong, so it is. To
hell with anyone who says other
wise.”
Nobody likes to see unborn
babies “murdered.” In the minds of
some, however, it is worse to bring
a child into the world where they
knowingly cannot support it. The
pro-life factions probably disagree
and dislike this view, but they must
respect it. As of late, all I’ve seen
out of some pro-lifers is propaganda
and whining.
They should take some advice
from the “Life, What a Beautiful
Choice" commercials, which
instead of condemning abortion,
applaud abortion alternatives. This
certainly has nothing to do with
slavery.
If Tucker wants to show his
opposition to abortion, 1 suggest he
keep his will to himself by abstain
ing from such action if he is ever
confronted with such a dilemma. I
certainly have no business telling a
woman seeking an abortion that her
decision is wrong, nor does he or
the government.
Scott Carpenter
senior
English
Oh no, Beau!
When I came across the sea from
Scotland to the United States, I was
full of anticipation about your great
sporting heroes. I had heard so
much about the gravity defying
“Airman," Michael Jordan. I
wanted to see the man who was
Knighted by the public at large,
instead of by our queen, “Sir”
Charles Barkley. But to be honest,
the man I really wanted to meet was
Bo.
I had my shirts: Bo knows this,
Bo knows that. I had my Nike
shoes. To think that a man existed
who could do so much and know so
much about so many different
sports. This is the kind of man we
could all really respect.
Well, do I have news for you. Bo
is a pretender. The real Bo is Beau,
Beau Finley, the sports columnist
for the Daily Nebraskan.
This man must be a master of all
sports. As he cuts down the feeble
efforts of our varsity teams, he does
so from the massive foundations of
respect that he earned from all
those victories and honors gathered
at the highest sporting level.
Please, could you print this
chap’s address so we can extend
invitations to him to work out with
all the teams at Nebraska, so we
can possibly get a glimpse of his
obvious brilliance?
Oh, to think Beau is at the same
university that I attend. I can’t wait
to tell my friends back home.
Imagine the irony: Arm-chair
athlete kicks field goal to win
national championship for Ne
braska. I don’t think so.
Jonathan Keri
All-American student athleti