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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 Doug Kouma.Arts & Entertainment Editor JeffZeleny.Senior Reporter Matt Woody.Senior Reporter James Mehsling.Cartoonist “God said, do not think that those who are dead for God’s peace are dead forever. They are in heaven and living with God. ” — Sam Ismail, reading from the Koran at a gathering in memory of Yitzhak Rabin “I told you they were good. ” —Kansas coach Glen Mason to the press after his team’s loss to Nebraska “His pants, which had a large hole, were still smoking when police arrived.” — from a story of an 18-year-old man who set off a shotgun in his pants “I might as well be reading tea leaves.” — Herb Howe, associate to the chancellor, on the confidential nature of the “short list” “The kids were going crazy and then the whole thing just tumbled.” — Brandon Andrews, after the stands col lapsed at Pius X High School “This will let one person take the place of three people.” — Cather-Pound-Neihardt Maintenance Manager Mike Leupold on security cameras to be installed “Everybody is-curious as tb Wrat will happeri”^-'f*rank - 1 Johannsen, federal worker on the possibility of a partial shut down “I think we’ve got some tough problems to solve.” — House Democratic leader, Dick Gephardt, before the shut down “He wants ehaos. He wants collapse of the govern ment, and now he’s got it.”—Senate Minority Leader Tom Baschle, D-South Dakota, accusing House Speaker Newt Gingrich of provoking the budget crunch “There is nothing we can do. Politics are getting worse. We’ve got to balance the budget.”—Mike Rowan, u.S. Department of Interior “The exact reason for the shutdown has not been ex plained to me. And the reason to have people report to work just to be sent home is still unclear.” — Robert Nickel, federal worker in Lincoln the day of the shutdown “What kind of country is this?” — Ben Nelson, speaking from India, on the reaction of people around the world to the U.S. federal shutdown “I can out-throw him ... That guy is gonna kick my ass.” — Harry Connick Jr., joking about Tommie Frazier “Slideshow ... boring. Losing ... consciousness.” — the Tick. “The realistic side of it is, if you make a record and sell a million copies, you don’t really see any money until maybe a year or two after you’ve paid the record com pany back.” — Rap artist Heather B Editorial policy Staff editorials represent the 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, die students or the NU Board of Regents. Editorial columns represent the opinion of the author. The regents publish the 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 die editorial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of its students. Letter policy The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor from all readers and interested others. Letters will be selected for publication on die 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 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St Lincoln, Neb. 68588-0448. FELLAS, GET I over it. rn I l t>EAF>. v"7/ ' mw mb US TO 60 ON. I MeaW. ) 7— Bad manners The manner in which Attorney General Don Stenberg is handling the case of the 3-year-old boy who was removed from his home (per Stenberg’s overriding order) because his foster mother, Gaylynn ; Brummett, was diagnosed with AIDS is a prime example of how Stenberg is consistently trying to throw his weight around without any regard to humanity. Suppose the tables were turned? If it were the child diagnosed with AIDS, would his foster mother and father be removed from the home? Or perhaps the child would be removed and put in quarantine. Stenberg gave his reason as, “The boy should not have to watch his foster mom die of AIDS.” Is it easier to watch a mom die of cancer? As a nurse, having cared for both diseases, I don’t see much difference. Vicki Claasen Beatrice A cue from Cumberland When I began to read Debra Cumberland’s column (“Nature loved with gun in hand,” Nov. 15)1 felt it would be another misrepresen tation of hunting, but when I reached the seventh paragraph I actually agreed with it. In this paragraph she mentions hunters who have “a sense of ecological balance and a sense of responsibility to themselves, the environment and to fellow hunters.” I agree there are more than just a few of us. She also mentions hunters who shoot at anything that moves and, yes, unfortunately, they do exist. The difference may be expressed best in the words of an elderly lady I know. She gave me permission to bowhunt deer on her land as long as I was a “hunter” and not a “shooter.” She felt I knew the difference. Debra, who — I presume — does not hunt, showed me that she, too , knows the difference between a hunter and a shooter. That is a distinction that many people who do hunt fail to see. Matthew Bruggeman Sophomore Fisheries and Wildlife Alligator tiers Regarding the continuing controversy over the reinstatement of Lawrence Phillips to the Ne braska football team, I offer a word from a displaced Comhusker. For over 30 years I have lived in Central Florida amongst Gators, Seminoles and Hurricanes. Many of the businessmen with whom I have ■Wp BretGottschall/DN contact on a daily basis don’t know exactly where the state of Nebraska is located, but when I tell them I’m from Nebraska they say “The Big Red.” I don’t get respect because I graduated from what U.S. News reports as a “third tier” educational institution with a dismal record of alumni giving, but I do benefit from the respect shown for Dr. Osborne and his program. Maybe that’s not the way it should be, but that’s the way it is. Someone should explain to Mary McGarvey and the University Faculty Women’s Caucus that it’s not real bright to mess around with the State’s only nationally known asset. Tom R. Hunton Orlando, Fla. UNL class of‘55 ,, Send your brief letters to: O the Daily Nebraskan, 34 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., Lincoln, Neb. 68588, or Fax to (402) 472-1761, or email cletters @ unlinfo.unl.edu.> -CUCI 3 must be signed and include a phone number for — ■—-———— verification.