Opinion Friday, October 13, 1993 Page 4 Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board University of Nebraska-Lincoln J. Christopher Haiti.Editor, 472-1766 Rainbow Rowell..Managing Editor Mark Baldridge.Opinion Page Editor DeDra Janssen.Associate News Editor Doug Kouma..Arts & Entertainment Editor JeJfZeleny.Senior Reporter Matt Woody.Senior Reporter James Mehsling.Cartoonist “As a little boy growing up in the heart of Nebraska, watching the Buskers was not a pastime—it was life.” — Matt Heineman, Husker fan “If you’re used to driving a Ford, it won’t take you long to lea rn to drive a \ londa. ”—Winston Yan, on software training in the College of Architecture % “People said I was suicidal when I took this job.” — Iowa State coach Dan McCamey “When you walk through airports now, you see a lot more kids with red hats on. Maybe that sounds goofy to you, but that’s what we like to see.” — Steve Pederson, heading up the Nebraska recruiting drive “There are people in the legislature who think the university gets too much money. But we have to look at what we and the state get for that money.” — State Sen. Carol Hudkins “An average citizen in the United States of America can move mountains, as well as the little molehills we call members of Congress.” — Sen. Bob Kerrey “I appreciate the ideas expressed by Jamie Karl...” — Gov. Ben Nelson “So if you’ll excuse me, I will be signing off.”—Jamie Karl’s farewell address “We thought he shot at us, and he thought we shot at him.” — Anonymous roommate of Dung Tang “We do not need to replace their set of professional politicians with our set of professional politicians.” — Pat Buchanan “Have you ever imagined a world with no hypotheti cal situations?” — A “Gallagherism” from the Net “We have to remove what appears to be house paint that the university put on it.” — Rick Drapal of Duncan Aviation on attempts to restore the Apollo 009 capsule “There is not liberty and justice for all.” — CoL Margarethe Cammermeyer, 23-year military veteran, dis charged for her homosexuality “Sinatra’s really hard to do, but I don’t know why.” — Denny Dent, two-fisted portrait painter Editorial policy Staff editorials represent die official policy of the Fall 1995 Daily Nebras kan. Policy is set by the Daily Nebras kan Editorial Board. Editorials do not necessarily reflect the views of die university, its employees, the students or the NU Board of Regents. Editorial columns represent the opinion of the author. The regents publish die Daily Nebraskan. They establish the UNL Publications Board to supervise the daily production of die paper. Accord ing to policy set by the regents, respon sibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of its students. Ijffttffr policy The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to die 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 mate rial 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 re turned. Anonymous submissions will not be pub lished. Letters should include the author’s name, year in school, major and group affiliation, if any. Re quests to withhold names will not be granted. Submit material to: Daily Nebraskan, 34 Nebraska Union, 1400 R SL Lincoln, Neb. 685884)448. f ) 11UKT mm ecessmh ? ---V PltblCMb recipw. t_ Walk the walk Wc were unable to attend the Cam pus Safety Walk on Oct. 12, but we would still like to take this opportu nity to bring a few places on campus to light (so to speak) in the hope that they will be improved. In our experiences of walking around campus at night, wc have discovered several places where the moon lights the path better than the so-called lights along the sidewalk or that just otherwise pose a threat to student safety: 1. The sidewalk behind the HSS tennis courts needs brighter lights. 2. The sidewalk between CBA and the Sheldon Art Gallery also needs brighter lights. 3. Some of the bushes in the HSS remote lot (a.k.a. great nooks and crannies for someone to lie in waiting for an unsuspecting victim) need to be eliminated. As they are, they pose potential threats to all who traverse those ar eas, in the form of the unseen person lurking about with the intention of harming another, or in the form of the unseen terrain where one could end up falling over stray debris or the numerous deep cracks populating the sidewalks. Any way you slice it, the above mentioned, and probably many other areas we are not currently aware of, are in dire need of improvement to help increase the level of safety on this campus. Chris Liquori Senior Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Patty Hain Junior Agronomy via e-mail Values I was shocked the other day when I heard that the Christian Coalition and the Republican Party are “join ing.” Isn't there such a thing as sepa ration of church and state? Or am I I missing something here? Being Jewish, the thought of offi cially making the United States a Christian country terrifies me. History has shown us what can happen to minority religions where it is illegal to be a minority. My great grandfather fled Russia for that rea son. Also, you do not need to be Chris tian, or religious at all, to be pro family and have good moral values. I have plenty of friends who are gcxxl people and are either agnostic or athe ists. They know right and wrong with out needing to go to any sort of reli gious service. It can be done. I have been told that the majority of the nation supports the Christian Coalition’s agenda. I am not sure that I believe that and even if it is true, that does not make it right. Keep religion out of our govern ment. We are a diverse country. Right? Let’s keep it that way. Jordan Mechanic Junior Broadcasting via e-mail Say it ain’t so, Jamie! Dear Jamie, I wanted to tell you how very BretGottschall/DN disappointed I am that you are giving up your column. I think you need to know you have a lot of fans out here. Conservative republican readers are now helplessly in the hands of a consistently liberal group of colum nists. Who will be able to pick up where you left off? You always had the ability to put into writing what I have always felt, yet was unable to express. The first time I read your column I became a big fan. You were the voice of one calling from the wilderness to a people so wrapped up in themselves that they have forgotten their responsibilities to their nation for a responsible gov ernment. I believe that you have more sup porters than you think — you even had Gov. Nelson singing your praises just last week. There may be a happy, unintelli gent cashier in the bookstore, but there are thousands of very unhappy conservatives on campus also. Oct. 11,1995, is a sad day for this campus. 1 hope that God graces you with strong winds and following seas. I do not think we have heard the last of the Great Jamie Karl. Roger R. Johansen Senior Pre Dentistry I Send your brief letters to: fhp Daily Nebraskan, 34 ... # ^ 11 Iks Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., - Lincoln, Neb. 68588, or Fax to (402) 472-1761, or email I——,-1—— Letters must be signed and |VT^C? LrO include a phone number for lXCUl iXoJvdJLl verification.