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Tuesday, December 5, 1995 Page 4
Daily
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.T_Arts & Entertainment Editor
JeffZeleny..Senior Reporter
Matt Woody..... .Senior Reporter
James Mehsling...Cartoonist
All good
Moeser must put quality talents to work
Sorry, Tom George, looks like we jinxed you.
When we endorsed a candidate for the job of chancellor, you
were uur nrsi cnoice, put cer
tainly not the only choice.
As we bid a fond farewell
to George we have to admit
that any tears we might shed
turn to smiles as we contem
plate the prospect of having,
for our new chancellor, James
Moeser.
Really, it was a win-win
win situation for UNL, for
which we can thank all those
involved in hunting down
three excellent candidates.
Moeser (pronounced Mee
zer) brings with him an im
pressive array of talents and
ideas. We’re sure to get along.
Our university is unique in
- - • its extremely accomplished
athletic department, and the
correspondingly heightened attention with which it is followed.
» Moeser has recommended that the chancellor have regular meet
ings with the athletic director and direct control over hiring coaches.
. “The president and chancellor control of intercollegiate athletics
is critical,” he has said — and we could not agree more.
But our institution is more than its athletic department. So allow
us to enumerate some of the things this chancellor should accom
plish:
• We’d like to have a Chancellor who doesn’t get rid of faculty
simply because they disagree.
- The new chancellor needs to fight to maintain UNL as the flag
ship of the university system.
Our ideal chancellor would keep the open standards of admis
sion but raise the standards of achievement a student must meet to
remain a student.
He would value diversity and recognize the strides UNL needs
to make.
A chancellor should commit to lowering student costs.
A good chancellor will know how to raise money and be able to
Sell the Legislature on the fundamental truth that the university is
an investment in Nebraska’s future—economically, politically and
tn terms of its reputation as a good place to live and work.
And he should listen to students.
Not just say the words “listen to students” in campaign speech
tones, but really listen.
He should be accessible to students and think of himself as an
advocate for them. '
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Dear 48 Hours,
Thank you for your efforts on
behalf of all the citizens of Ne
braska, even if most of them don’t
appreciate what you have done for
them,, .. r k
If one less girl gets raped, one
less man loses an eye, one more
criminal gets convicted, it will be
worth it.
The lunacy of this Big Redneck
football cult has got to stop.
Even your affiliate, KMTV in
Omaha, tried to distance itself from
you.
The best they could do was to get
Johnny Rodgers, another infamous
Heisman Trophy winner, to pan
your story.
He, of all people, said the
athletes did not get preferential
treatment in the so-called “justice”
system.
48 Hours
I have no particular ax to grind,
and have graduated from Western
Michigan University many years
ago, a school not noted for its
athletic excellence (and probably
better for that fact).
But just from the hip, it SEEMS
to me that the nasty underbelly of
athletic victory is the frequent
diminution of personal values.
Something is obviously very
wrong with your athletic
department’s values. Exactly what is
not clear, except that any organiza
tion will gradually, inexorably, take
on the characteristics of its leader.
That is an absolute fact of human
nature, and you can quite literally
take it to the bank.
It is the reason why Daryl Gates
is truly responsible for the LAPD
mess, and is also the reason why
Osborne should probably be
prosecuted for various civil and
criminal behaviors.
He’s running what most objective
legal observers would call an
ongoing criminal enterprise.
R. McKim Deegan
Grand Rapids, Mich.
via e-mail
happen to the “best” and that it
needs to be dealt with instead of
denied.
I’m very disappointed in Coach
Osborne for letting any player who
has admitted to or been convicted of
wrongdoing remain an active
member of the football team.
It may be advantageous and
maybe even profitable, but it isn’t
right.
R. Wurm Clark
Alumnus, class of ‘82
Lincoln
* via e-mail
Devaney got him off armed
robbery charges when he played for
UNL. KM TV will never be accused
of journalism.
They, like the rest of the football
cult cheerleaders, will never dare
question the witness tampering and
obstruction of justice their cult’s
high priest, Tom Osborne, has so
heavily laid his “healing” hands on.
Ron Osborn
Omaha
Which Muckers play
How much does winning mean to
you and Tom Osborne? Apparently
everything. My fear is that other
schools do business as you do.
What kind of values are you
teaching athletes when you put them
“above the law?” Shame on you.
The coverage on the network
newsmagazine is enough to turn me
off of football, Nebraska-style,
forever. Shape up quick.
Georgeanne Redinger
Stone Mountain, Ga.
via e-mail
Everyday
I’m sure I’ll be in the minority
for saying I’m glad CBS profiled
violent and allegedly violent
Comhusker football players on “48
Hours”.
I’m appalled to have Nebraska
represented by a No. 1 team that
includes bullies and an athletic
department that supports them.
Would these young ‘men’ be
getting the same breaks if they were
not part of the Big Red Machine? I
think more than trying to castigate
Nebraska football, the program was
trying to point out a real social/
behavioral problem and that it can
Burma Shave
I used to live in Lincoln before
moving to Iowa in 1969. Bob
Devaney’s daughter was in fact a
student teacher when I was in fourth
grade and our entire class attended
her wedding where we got to meet
our idol... Coach Devaney.
The University of Nebraska and
its football tradition means the
world to me, but recently I have
been ashamed to admit that as well
as tell people I used to live in
Lincoln.
I watched “48 Hours” this
evening and seeing what Coach
Osborne has done makes me ill.
How can the young people in
Lincoln or for that matter any
athlete in the Midwest have respect
for rules or even the law, when
coaches and assistant coaches
circumvent the very legal system
that supposedly protects us.
The victims in the show cry out
for justice, yet the University of
Nebraska and in particular Coach
Osborne live by a different set of
rules.
Coach Osborne needs to know
that he must live by the same rules
we all do. Unfortunately he doesn’t
have a clue.
Patrick Keenan
Overland Park, Kan.
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