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J. Christopher Hain.Editor, 472-1766
Rainbow Rowell.Managing Editor
Mark Baldridge.Opinion Page Editor
DeDra Janssen.Associate News Editor
Doug Kouma.Arts & Entertainment Editor
Jeff Zeleny.Senior Reporter
Matt Woody. Senior Reporter
James Mehsling.Cartoonist
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Common ground
Greenspace a fun forum
Greenspace.
The very word cried controversy just a short two years ago.
Replacing the parking lot north of Broyhill Fountain with lawn
and curvy sidewalks seemed like lunacy to some people then.
It represented, they thought, a step backwards in the parking
problem.
But free city bus tickets and lots of green later, the idea seems
like a dam good one — why didn’t we think of this sooner?
It eliminates an eyesore and makes hanging out at the fountain
— for those of us eager to do that while we still can this fall —
just that much nicer.
Visitors to our campus are greeted with a view that fails to
contradict the beauty of other, more decorous parts of what is
really, after all, a very pretty campus.
And greenspace offers a perfect forum for a frisbee fling or, as
ASUN proved just this Friday, a wonderful place for a carnival.
And it should be used more, and for more exotic purposes.
The Campus Socialists and Jews for Jesus should find, in the
greenspace, a natural home.
Cheer squads and Tai Chi practitioners should practice side
uy siue.
This is a university, after all, and for once we have a place
near the union for a lot of things to happen all at once.
Come spring, let us see barefoot guitarists and mad prophets
of Jehova in equal numbers.
Let there be lemonade and lawn chairs trotted over from stuffy
dorm rooms.
May there be bagpipes.
And novice jugglers.
This is our park, we are students — the two go together like
hippies and sandals.
Greenspace should be a place to speak, to play, to collapse in
the middle of a hot day and rest in the sun.
Let it be a theater, a forum and a place to lie down — all three
and a half months of the school year we can actually stand to be
outside.
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Bible minute
Krista Schwarting,
Ifyou feel like you will be damned
every time you enter a church or do
something, (“Religion detached from
reality,” Oct. 20) I suggest you exam
ine your relationship to our savior. I
assume from your column that you
believe in Jesus Christ. He died once
and for all, to cover all our sins. 1 hope
you realize how much He loves you
and everyone.
I think you have made the choice to
believe, have you made the choice to
follow?
Kevin Reid
UNL Alumnus
Bible second
In reading Krista Schwarting’s col
umn I saw some of my own experi
ences and opinions regarding Catholi
cism expressed really well.
I also had wondered why the Church
should have reason to be so threatened
by Chiburis’ photos, and I wish they
would put their energy into more
worthwhile causes.
Claire Larson
Junior
Geology
Smells like...
In response to Jessica Kennedy’s
column, (“Smells Like...,” Oct. 19)
I’d like to share my own story involv
ing cologne.
One day I was walkingaround cam
pus with my girlfriend and one of our
friends. A guy walked by and my
girlfriend commented, “He smelled
good! Why don’t you ever wear that
cologne I bought you for graduation?”
I guess I’ve learned my lesson. For
every guy out there, if you want to
meet a girl, wear cologne. It works!
Neil Watson
Freshman
Pre-Architecture
Spanish lesson
Muy estimado Sr. Aaron McKain:
I believe that what you meant to say
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Jasori Gildow/DN
when you advised us not to make
excuses, was: “Have the cojones to
say...”
IUs not the “drawers” (cajones)
we’re interested in, but rather what’s
in them!
Colleen R. Baade
Spanish Lecturer
Animal lover
I am thoroughly upset about Con
gress wanting to cut back The Endan
gered Species Act. All creatures from
fish, to birds, to mammals, to even
plants have just as much of a right to
live here on Earth as do people.
The Endangered Species Act was
set up to protect all animals in this
respect. To want to cut back on it is
just plain ignorant. There are two main
cutbacks that 1 have concern over:
First of all, Congress wants to cut
out the protection of habitat of these
animals. By doing so, Congress is
basically saying to animals that either
you live where there isrno money, or
you die. I must ask why. Is it so that
another mil 1 ionaire can buy himsel f or
herself another Mercedes? This just
seems wrong to me. Would you 1 ike it
if someone told you that you could no
longer live in your warm house and
had to fend for yourself in the wild? I
think not.
Seeondly, Congress wants to
change the Act so that an animal does
not have to be fully unendangered to
be taken off the list. Am I the only one
who sees the fault in logic here? The
animal was obviously put on the list
because it was in danger of being lost
forever, but now i f someone feels like
it, the animal can be taken off the list
at any time regardless as to whether or
not it is back in full.
James Rabiola
Freshman
Veterinary Science
Gay right
The media, reporting that the Su
preme Court is hearing arguments
about the constitutionality of
Colorado’s anti-gay Amendment 2,
has repeatedly used the term “gay
rights.”
This has the effect of playing up the
false notion that gays and lesbians are
asking for “special rights.” In reality,
anyordinance which outlaws discrimi
nation on the basis of sexual orienta
tion provides protection for hetero
sexuals and homosexuals equally.
I understand why the media uses
such a short-cut phrase as “gay rights,”
because the question of equal stand
ing for gay people is the crux of the
political dispute.
There is rarely a need to assure the
sexual orientation rights of hetero
sexuals. However, there have been
such cases. Not long ago I read about
a man who wanted to turn the bar he
owned into a gay bar, so he fired the
heterosexual employees to replace
them with gay ones, and promptly ran
afoul of an ordinance prohibiting dis
crimination on the basis of sexual ori
entation.
Equal opportunity is not a special
right — it is a fundamental right.
William C. Stosine
Iowa City, Iowa
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