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Nebraskan FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily Nebraskan(USPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Ne braska Union 34, 1400 R St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0448, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly during summer sessions. Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The public also has access to the Publications Board. For information, contact Tim Hedegaard, 436-9253,9 a.m. 11p.m. Subscription price is $50 for one year. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R St.,Lincoln, NE 68588-0448. Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1995 DAILY NEBRASKAN k Plug Into the ■ World with FREE " Bigred Classes Now that you have your computer account on BIGRED, you can discover how to tap into the resources available to you on the internet. These classes are free and no reservations are required. Seats are available on a first come, first served basis. Call 472-9050 if you have any questions. Intro to E-Mail Tuesday, November 7 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Bancroft Hall, 239 Attend one of the fottouling information sessions in CBA 138 to learn more about uour study abroad opportunities! Chiba and Tokyo,Japan Monday, Nod. 6 2:30 (Chiba) Tuesday, Nod. 7 2:00 (Tokyo) Moscow), Russia Tuesday, Nod. 7 3:30 I Beijing, China Thursday, Nod. 9 11:00 Istanbul, Turkey Friday, Nod. 10 12:30 W Oxford, England Wednesday, Nod. 8 3:30 Monterrey or Queretaro, Mexico , Monday, Nod. 6 1:30 VWortd Wide Information about all UNL study abroad I programs! Thursday, Nod. 9 3:30 No Language Required. FINANCIAL AID IS AVAILABLE! Hopes for peace process shaken By Angie Schendt Staff Reporter The assassination oflsraeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has left mem bers of Lincoln’s Jewish community feeling shocked and uneasy. Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, said he was surprised and dismayed at first, then afraid that all Rabin’s positive accomplishments would be destroyed. “It was shocking to the roots,” he said. The assassination Saturday night, minutes after Rabin spoke to a rally of people about peace, also raised questions about what will happen to the Middle East peace process. The assassin was a 27 year-old Jewish law student with links to right-wing extremists. “I’m confident that the commit ment to peace will continue,” Rosenbaum said. Alan Steinweis, UNL director of Judaic Studies, said he was sus picious of attempts to predict what the assassination would do to the peace process. “We are not prophets,” he said. Steinweis said he hoped it would calm people’s anger within Israel but added that it might weaken peace talks. “Other Israeli politicians don’t have the same personal authority to pursue negotiations with Arab states,” he said. Raphael Zariski, a political sci ence professor, said havingother poli ticians in power might pose yet an other hindrance to the peace process. “Rabin had a better military back ground to pull it off,” Zariski said. In the coming days and weeks, an orderly transition must be se cured, Rosenbaum said. But the peace commitment is decided by the whole government, he said, not just one person. “There is a sense in Israel that we have to have peace,” he said, “and you have to take risks to have peace.” Rabin took those risks, Rosenbaum said; the prime minis ter believed something must be done for the greater good—and not just the good of the Israeli people. Rosenbaum recalled Rabin say ing that you make peace with your enemies, not with your friends. For Rosenbaum, the assassina tion also brought up the question of whether good prevails over evil. Good ultimately will win, he said, but the struggle may be rocky. And that rocky road to peace often is obstructed with extremism, he said. “Tire biggest danger is ideology taken to extreme.” Though it is important to have values, Rosenbaum said, people also must compromise and listen. Zariski said the peace process could press on because the extreme right groups in Israel have been tem porarily discredited. They have “cov ered themselves in shame,” he said. The assassination also might bring international leaders together, he said. “It will be important to see how many Arab leaders attend the fu neral to dramatize the possibilities for continuing peace,” Zariski said. Steinweis said the world reac tion also was important for the fu ture of peace and for illustrating how far peace in the Middle East has come. “There are many states several years ago that did not recognize Israel’s right to exist,” Steinweis said. “This shows how much progress Israel hasmade in the cause of peace.” Rabin’s assassination was the result of divisions, Steinweis said, but it could lead people back from the brink of extremism. “It is the kind of event that can bring people together,” he said. Rosenbaum is contacting com munity leaders to organize a com munity-wide event to acknowledge and mourn Rabin’s death and to bring people together in peace. Rabin Continued from Page 1 opposed to PLO peacemaking cheered the news of Rabin’s death. The rally Saturday was intended to bolster support for Rabin ’ s peace making efforts. Shortly after the rally broke up, Rabin left the stage and was ap proaching his car. There, the gun man waited, pretending to be a VIP driver. He fired three shots from a 9mm Berretta pistol at close range, striking Rabin in the back and stom ach. The prime minister died an hour later, at 11:11 p.m. on a hospi tal operating table. “Israeli security underestimated the dangers of the Jewish right and instead focused on Palestinian ter ror,” said Ziad Abu Ziad, a Pales tinian peace negotiator. “Jewish fanaticism and terrorism is not less dangerous than Palestinian.” Yasser Arafat, PLO chief and Rabin ’ s most important peace part - ner, said he would not attend today’s funeral, citing the complicated se curity operation Israel would have to mount if he was there. The Shin Bet secret service had appealed to major political parties in recent weeks to curb the rhetoric of incitement and tried to get Rabin to limit public visits. Rabin refused. An official who spoke on condi tion of anonymity said Rabin also refused to wear a bulletproof vest. Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, Rabin’s fiercest critic, said he would not vote against any government Peres presented to Par liament. “In a democracy governments are replaced through elections, not by murder,” Netanyahu said. Elections are scheduled for Oct. 1996, but Peres may move up the vote to broaden public support for negotiating additional agreements with the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon. MATRIXX HAS A POSITION FOR YOU Hi HMlili $6.25/HR + BONUSES Full and Part-time Day Positions Flexible Part-time Night Positions Casual, Smoke Free Environment Paid Training at $6.25/hr Flexible Schedules ^ Advancement Opportunities Benefit Package CALL —466-8293 MATRIXX MARKETING Inc. a Cincinnati Bell company Phillips Continued from Page 1 protesters outside the stadium were a small group of women holding signs near Avery Hall and three men preaching about living in sin. They stand beside their wooden cross at every home NU football game. Many Nebraska fans blamed the media for sensationalizing Phillips’ situation for the past two months. “The press has been persecuting this kid,” said Cindy Wessling of York, Neb. “I don’t think it ’ s right for everyone to pass j udgment on this kid. That’s what he is — a kid.” Wessling, who was holding the first “S” of a “Huskers” sign, said Osborne is a national role model. The criticism of the 23-year-veteran Nebraska coach is unfounded, she said. “I stand behind him all the way,” Wessling said. Phillips was not in the starting lineup, but he took the field early in the first quarter. Fans in the student section shouted his name and cheered I loudly as many others throughout the stadium stood, clapped and welcomed Phillips back. When he was tackled on a third down mid way through the first quarter, the crowd booed — but only because the ball was spotted 1 yard short of a first down. At halftime tailgate parties west of the sta dium, many fans said they were sick of the Phillips controversy. Loyal Nebraska fans should respect Osborne’s decision, they said. “When some of these critics get a doctorate degree and read the Bible an hour a day like Tom Osborne maybe then all of these whiners can start criticizing,” said Henry Chronister of Schulyer, Neb. “Until then, they should be less willing to question Coach Osborne.” When Phillips scored with 3:57 left in the third quarter, the student section and the rest of the stadi urn cheered en thusiastical ly at Phi 11 ips ’ return. “It was a short touchdown,” Phillips said. “I was hoping for a long one, but I was pretty happy just to be back in there playing, and those guys were happy to have me back in there. It was a lot of fun.” Phillips said he would like to get back his starting position, but right now he only had one major goal for the rest of the season: “Stay out of trouble.” Senior Reporter Trevor Parks contributed to this report. Transfer Continued from Page 1 “Thi s agreement will ease a lot of the anxiety people had not knowing whether or not some credits would transfer,” he said. “Now they know that they will work at a four-year school. I It offers a guarantee of transfer.” With the agreement comes a common core of courses that will transfer to other schools. The courses are consistent with existing transfer agreements between the schools. Those core courses include history, English composition, economics, humanities, science and mathematics. Liz Grobsmith, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, said the new agreement would not change the agreement UNL has with the state’s community colleges. “What it does is give us the opportunity to tell people in the state about a common core of general education courses we’re developing at the community colleges,” she said. “And that common core is something we are very happy about. It doesn’t change things, it celebrates it.” Grobsmith said students completingthe core course work would not automatically be ac ceptedinto a four-year college as juniors. “that is not always the case,” she said. “There may be requirements beyond the core that a student must complete, like integrated studies courses.” Gruber said the agreement might encourage more students to enroll at a two-year commu nity college, he said. “A lot of students want to take an English class or economics class, then go on to the four year university,” he said. “Students have been disappointed in the past that some credits didn’t transfer.” Gruber said a lack of confidence in commu nity colleges had been an obstacle in the transfer program. “The larger institutions have finally come to realize the quality of our staff,” he said.
