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Opinion 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 JeffZeleny...Senior Reporter Matt Woody.Senior Reporter James Mehsling.Cartoonist Jason Gildow/DN Time to heal Crisis in Israel an aftermath of murder Yitzhak Rabin lies dead today, and the country he tried to lead through fire is tom and bleeding. We in America know what it is to lose a leader—the loss of one Kennedy can mark a generation. And we know this one act will reverberate for a long time to come — nothing comes from such violence but devastation and destruction: A gunman who would plunge his country into such turmoil does not love Israel. Its 50 years have shaped that country, made it stronger and taught it a ruthlessness in dealing with its enemies. That absolutism served it well, gave it a fighting chance in a part of the world where it was definitely not welcome. But there is a time for everything; there is a time to kill and a time to heal. Israel has a chance to heal — to put down the sword, exchange it for a plow. But it won’t be easy. In the wake of this cowardly crime the burden of continuing the peace process will lie heavily on the shoulders of Shimon Peres, and whoever succeeds him in next year’s elections. The future lies like an unseen, but broken and difficult terrain. But the road for Israel lies toward peace. The process must continue. Perhaps many who have stood against conciliation with the PLO will be repulsed by this act and turn toward peace. Maybe there are some who have remained ambivalent — grate ful for the end of the intifada but wary of conceding to the “terror ists.” Some of them will take this as an omen of the future of the Right in Israel — and turn to peace. Not peace at any price — and that’s never what Rabin offered. But an honorable peace. A moral peace. A peace Israel can live with. Literally. ; Editorial policy Staff editorials represent die official policy of die Fall 1995 Daily Nebras kan. Policy is set by the Daily Nebras kan Editorial Board. Editorials do not necessarily reflect the views of the university, its employees, the students or die NU Board of Regents. Editorial columns represent the opinion of die author. The regents publish die Daily Nebraskan. They establish the UNL Publications Board to supervise the daily production of the paper. Accord ing to policy set by the regents, respon sibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hsmdsofits students. Letter policy The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor frtxn 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 die newspaper become die 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 St Lincoln, Neb. 685884)448. I--N FIRE OP m m& poviER &WRKTOR'S. ^ T— -«-— US.S. GOU&RESS 100% selfsufficient Your editorial on the UNAD (Nov. 2) has drawn quite the reaction from us in the athletic department, and I wish to share with you some of my thoughts. As a student athlete, I disagree with your statement that the UNAD is a campus to be counted with the University. To the contrary, we are a separate entity, that only uses the name of the school, and a few of its students. The athletic department is 100% self-sufficient, and donates annually to the university. I also disagree with your state ments of needing committees to overview the UNAD. I wish for those who agree with the DN, to consider the following. First, don’t bite the hand that feeds you, and talk dirty about a department which supplies you with fine facilities. Secondly, we as athletes do more for this university, than a student who just comes here and goes to class, and should be respected for it. We are also under watchful eyes of many ridiculous NCAA rules, and do not need more microscopes to examine us. I refuse to listen to you single us out as troublesome, and let you keep a watchful eye on us. We feel that we should be judged just as normal students are. Lastly, your use of the phrase “our teams” is totally out of line. I compete for this school only to belter and enrich my life, and not foi anyone else. Any choices I make in my life, I will deal with and accept, and the same for you. If every athlete in the athletic department wants to be the next Dennis Rodman, then that is their choice, and you have no say in it. It is my hope that you will support their decisions, but if you feel you can’t, I offer these three words, GO TO HELL! Jim Vance Sophomore Math Ed Phillips Didn’t you guys report on the student review that Phillips under took? You want the athletes to be under more university judicial structure than regular students? This made no sense. Greg Mays Hastings via e-mail Thing that make you go... I would like to say something in response to not only Aaron McKain’s last column, but to all of them. It is simply, “Huh?” Jared Solomon Freshman Undeclared via e-mail Toon In the Nov. 3 edition of the DN there is an editorial cartoon that has as its subject the FBI proposal to be able to tap fiber optic phone lines by having phone companies build in the ability to tap into the phone system. I have no problem with the editorial cartoon. What I do have a problem with is that there was no story in the DN explaining what the whole thing was about. The only reason I know about this issue is that I listen to Public Radio and they had a detailed story about the subject. Please do a story on this news item because it is an important issue. Troy C. Johnson UNL College of Law via e-mail Cream of the crop Congratulations! Your home page has been rated among the top 5% of all sites on the Internet by Point Survey. Point is a free service which rates and reviews only the best sites on the World Wide Web. 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