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. ;
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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
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Critique
Re: Cliff A. Hicks’ review (Nov.
3) of Medicine’s new CD “Her
Highness”.
Medicine fans realize what a joke
your review is.
Brad Laner and Kevin Shields do
not sound the same. Listen to the
music and you’ll see. That’s your
job, right?
If you think Medicine is short on
melody, you don’t know what
“melody” means.
Anyone, I think, who would
appreciate Medicine is open-minded
enough to ignore your review.
I would give reasons for these
claims but Mr. Baldridge would edit
them for length.
Rodney W. Cupp
Graduate
Philosophy
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