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Thursday, November 16,1995 Page 4 Daily Nebraskan 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 DougKouma. .Arts & Entertainment Editor JeffZeleny. Senior Reporter Matt Woody. Senior Reporter James Mehsling. .Cartoonist Race is on Chancellor selection should interest all Graham Spanier’s office will come one step closer to being filled today. Although Spanier has been more than a 1,000 miles away from Lincoln since August, his presence is still alive. For all practical purposes, Spanier’s administration is still running the University of VZy/,A/>* *1 Nebraska-Lincoln. Today, the first of three finalists for Spanier’s replace ment will come to campus. John Kozak, provost of Iowa State University, will shake hands and smile as he tries to sell himself to UNL faculty, staff and stu dents. The university community’s impression of Kozak and the other two candi dates is crucial. NU President Dennis Smith should take that into account when he recom mends the next man to lead the largest campus of the Univer sity ofNebraska system into the 21st century. ^ j In the next week, we will Bret Gottschall/DN see a lot of Kozak, James Moeser of the University of South Carolina and Thomas George of Washing ton State University. As the candidates sell themselves, we need to look beyond the glimmer of their eyes. It is the responsibility of every member of the faculty and staff to take an interest in the candidate’s visit. Students should also take an interest. This is one issue where apathy has no place. The three men who will visit campus in the next week need to hear concerns of students. The chancellor’s influence touches everything from tuition to parking to academic standards. The 18th chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln faces many challenges. As the face of higher education continues to change, so must the chancellor. He must be more than student friendly. He must be student receptive, student oriented and student driven. The candidates — an organist and two chemists by discipline — should not forget their academic roots. We need a chancellor who is not afraid to take a stand toward groups who have authority over the Lincoln campus. We need a chancellor who will stand up to the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education. And we need a chancellor who will march to the State Capitol surrounded by students to fight for legislative funding. We need a chancellor who is like Graham Spanier in many respects. But Kozak, George and Moeser should not be compared to Spanier. It is crucial that we move on. The cushy leather chair in Room 201 of the Canfield Administra tion Building has been empty long enough. r ill! n Jal iftHftir caironai policy Staff editorials represent die official policy of the Fall 1995 Daily Nebras kan. Policy is set by die Daily Nebras kan Editorial Board. Editorials do not necessarily reflect the views of die university, its employees, die students or the NU Board of Regents. Editorial N columns represent die opinion of the author. The regents publish the (Daily Nebraskan. They establish the UNL Publications Board to supervise die daily production of the paper. Accord ing to policy set by the regents, respon sibility for the editorial content of die newspaper lies solely in the hands of its students. The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to die editor from 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 the newspaper become the 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 Nebrada Union, 1400 R St. Lincoln, Neb. 6858^0448. ( WRESaNEyNKT \mmi£. mwm. 'to TAtKltiTO ME? W ? v\0F WUF , DO Sot) ?UL LUfltf POHK?mjF..H(JF. ^0 iFWE NMnK> 10 SHtWINE WRC^tou I Jk&l-7 Weakly I just wanted to point out the obvious brilliance and creativity of your cartoonist. Oh wait, I’m sorry, he stole his joke from this week’s “Entertain ment Weekly." C’mon, be yourself, not Jim Mullen. Wondering why Whoopi is twice as fat as Robin and BiLly ... Mike Wagner Sophomore Broadcasting via e-mail One two punch 1. Why is the Notre Dame fight song on the Mueller tower? It was playing at 10:30 in the morning, and that was wrong! 2. Mike Kluck doesn’t know how to add (or at least calculate percentages). Ohio State’s opposition’s winning percentage is reported at .518. However, the opposition record is reported at 43-27-3, which is .610. A minor discrepancy I realize. Nebraska’s opposition has a record of 49-38-1, which calculates to a .563 winning percentage, not .556 as reported. Florida’s opposition has a record of 40-35-2, which is a .532 winning percentage, not .519. So, I guess Ohio State’s record would appear to be better, eh? Mike Krueger Grad Student Communication Studies via e-mail TFGO Thanks for going online! Being an alum (Teacher’s College ’88), it’s nice to be able to stay in touch with UNL. I’m at Boston University (Ed.M. ’95) now, but still consider UNL home. You might consider placing your e-mail address in each online issue. I didn’t see it in today’s paper, so I resorted to yesterday’s to comment. Again, thanks for a great paper and for providing a way for those of us outside Lincoln to come home. Jeff Laass Walpole, Mass, via e-mail Er, Errata? I noted a couple of problems with ; Paula Lavigne’s article (“Lincoln Jews vow to keep peace alive,” Nov. 13). The sanctuary of that synagogue has 200 chairs. All were full. There were another 30 or so chairs along the back of the room. Five people were left standing. Lavigne reported only “more than 100 people.” The difference matters. There were also eight speakers. ‘ Lavigne mentions only four. Among those unnamed was Lt. Gov. Kim Robak, a high ranking public official. Lavigne wrote “(Sam) Ismail offered a passage of hope from the Koran in Hebrew.” In Hebrew? Unlikely. Mr. Ismail is an Arab-American and the Koran is the holy book of the Muslims. He spoke in Arabic, Bret Gottschall/DN Ms. Lavigne, Arabic. A reporter should be more careful. Robert J. Tobin Grad Student Geology Peace out I would like to especially thank Debra Cumberland for her very well-written, intelligent and thought provoking column “Language can heal or destroy” (Nov. 8). * It is a very relevant piece of writing which deserves to be saved and reread. The language we use does indeed matter. Not only what we say but how we say it as well. Words have a tremendous power to bring ideas to life, but they also have a power for destruction. Increasingly violent and warlike political rhetoric is destroying our political process and tearing apart our society. We must learn to communicate in such a way as to motivate each other to seek real solutions to our prob lems. Jim Anderson Nebraskans for Peace Send your brief letters to: Daily Nebraskan, 34 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., 1' _ Lincoln, Neb. 68588, or Fax to (402) 472-1761, or email cletters @ unlinfo.unl.edu.> ^-=- Letters must be signed and Nebraskan Sicattonhonenumberfor