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Tuesday, October 24, 1995 Page 4
Nelpraskan
Editorial Board
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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
JeJfZeleny.Senior Reporter
Matt Woody.Senior Reporter
James Mehsling.Cartoonist
Changing times
U.N. goals need revision
Today in Manhattan the largest gathering of world leaders in his
tory will complete three days of speeches, marking the 50-year an
niversary of the charter of the United Nations.
Fostering peace and economic progress throughout the world was
the mission of the original charter. Those ideals still ring true, but
the United Nations faces a
much different world than it did
in 1945.
Lacking direction in the
post-Cold War era, the United
Nations needs a reappraisal —
it has become inefficient and
ineffective.
The $ 1.3 billion U.N. bud
get is nearly bankrupt. Tales of
the excesses of the U.N. bu
reaucracy abound, including
excessive spending and dupli
cate roles of agencies.
Monday, President
Clinton urged the U.N. to con
solidate U.N. agencies, reduce
travel and cut back on staff.
But many of the other world leaders have criticized the United
States for its debts to the United Nations. Three billion dollars are
owed the United Nations, and 40 percent of that is due from the
United States.
But Congress is reluctant to pay it in the midst of other U.N.
problems.
Failures in Somalia and Bosnia have brought the United Nations
a bad reputation.
And questions abound about what the role of the United Nations
should be heading into the next century.
Peacekeeping is still a priority. President Clinton called interna
tional crime, terrorism, drug trafficking and the spread of weapons
of mass destruction the major threats to world peace.
But the United States would like to see a smaller United Nations,
while much of the world would like to see an expanded world body.
Many of the 185 member nations are pushing to reform the five
member Security Council. The council, currently made up by the
United States, Russia, France, Britain and China, has veto power of
any U.N. resolution.
Adding nations such as Germany and Japan to the Security Coun
cil is seen as one solution.
The next 50 years are likely to present as much of a challenge to
the United Nations as the mission of keeping peace during the Cold
War.
But restructuring, redirecting and refunding the United Nations
will be the world body’s biggest challenge.
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I turned on the car radio to KLIN
for just an instant, but it was enough
to get to the truth of Rush
Limbaugh.
This is what I caught that would
be self-perceptive man saying:
“Does it seem like all sanity has
been lost?”
I am sure he was talking about
the world outside of himself, but
only an utterly insane man thinks he
lives in a wholly insane world.
(I throw down the gauntlet.)
Todd Burger
Senior
English via e-mail
Editorializing
This letter is directed to the
author of the editorial (“Quality
checked”) of Oct. 16.
Many of the points made about
the qualifications for a new chancel
lor are trite but true. The one line
which 1 question reads, “let those
who cannot do top-notch work
attend community colleges or
colleges of hair design.”
The person who wrote this
obviously knows nothing about the
requirements for community
colleges and hair design schools.
One of the most intelligent
women I know is my hair dresser.
She owns her own business, is aware
of current events and I depend on
her often for analysis of tax ideas as
well as legislation on business.
Think twice before writing a line
about students who opt to seek other
education.
Think about your opinion the
next time you get a haircut.
Senator LaVon Crosby
District 29
Victim’s writes
I am writing in regard to the
Lawrence Phillips issue and the
treatment that the Daily Nebraskan
has given the victim of the incident.
Every article that the DN has
written on'Phillips provides a recap
of the incident with the inclusion of
the victim’s name. Don’t you think
Nebraskan
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by now that any halfway normal
person knows what happened?
Do you ever think of the victim
when writing these articles with her
name in them?
Every time she sits in a class and
the professor calls out her name,
everyone turns and looks. How do
you think that makes her feel?
People would probably stop
looking by now, but how can they?
They see her name almost every day
in the great provider of tabloid
news, the DN.
It is time to let the victim get on
with her life. She will deal with this
every day of her life, whether her
name is in the paper or not.
DN, it is time to show some
respect.
Kate Galligan
Senior
Business Administration
Union homeless
In response to Scotty Knutson’s
letter (Oct. 19) about the homeless
people in the union:
There aren’t that many homeless
people who hang around the union,
and the few there don’t bother
anyone.
James Mehsling/DN
I’ve been on campus for almost
six years and I’ve never been
panhandled.
There are many people who
frequent the union who are not
college students. There are many
high school kids who hang out at the
arcade, but you don’t complain
about them.
So why complain about a few
homeless people who want nothing
more than a place to sit and relax
and get some shelter once in a
while.
Theresa Rakes
Senior
Psychology
T.P.
In response to Mr. Vacek’s letter
supporting his T.P. habits (Oct. 19).
It’s true, throwing toilet paper in
trees is a relatively harmless act.
Even I have had fun decorating trees
at one time.
Since I received my sixth grade
diploma, however, I’ve found other,
more productive, ways of showing
my affection for the opposite sex.
Jow Tidball
Freshman
International Affairs
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