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J. Christopher Haiti
Doug Kouma.
Doug Peters.
Sarah Scalet.
Matt Waite.
Michelle Garner...
Jennifer Mapes....
Netaraskan
Editorial Board
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
.Editor, 472-1766
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Aaron Steckelberg/DN
Warm welcome
Chancellor should put students first
UNL welcomes a new leader today.
James Moeser, the 18th chancellor of the University of Nebraska
Lincoln, takes over his official duties this morning.
And he deserves a warm welcome from students, faculty and
staff and the entire university community.
If Moeser’s record at other institutions is indicative of what’s in
store for UNL, the university will become stronger under his lead
ersmp.
Moeser has served as a college dean at both the University of
Kansas and Pennsylvania State University, and he leaves a position
as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University
of South Carolina in Columbia.
In choosing Moeser, NU President Dennis Smith praised his keen
understanding of undergraduate teaching and his clarity of judg
ment.
Both are needed and valued commodities on this campus.
Moeser has said he will push for the creation of a separate hon
ors college at UNL, targeting top students both in and outside of
Nebraska.
UNL’s need of strong academic standards and top-notch students
is not in question.
But neither should be the mission of this university.
As a land-grant institution, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
must remain committed to the people who support it—the citizens
of the state.
Moeser should work to raise the academic standards of the uni
versity, but keep open admission standards that allow all students at
least a chance to succeed.
He should recognize UNL’s status as the flagship campus in the
NU system and fight to maintain it.
He should stand tall in the wake of budget-cutting bureaucrats
and lawmakers who would ax student aid, research grants and uni
vciMiy lunumg.
He should value diversity at UNL and take on a role as the sorely
needed catalyst in sparking communication among all groups on
campus.
And most importantly, he should not forget that there would be
no University of Nebraska-Lincoln without the 24,000 students who
claim this campus as a second home.
He should listen to and take seriously their concerns and invite
them to take an active part in the running of this university.
A lot to ask of one man? Maybe. But if he can accomplish what
he has set out to do, Moeser may well be the best thing out of Co
lumbia, S.C., since Hootie and the Blowfish.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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I am as big a fan of the St. Olaf
Choir as any choral musician.
Historically, they are America’s pre
eminent collegiate a cappella choir,
and many of my highly regarded
colleagues in the choral world are
St. Olaf graduates.
But I must ask why, when UNL
boasts five very fine choral en
sembles, open to students from
throughout the university, does the
uauy rNeurasK.an largely overioox us
when on-campus concerts are
presented? UNL choral groups have
been invited to sing (usually as the
result of taped competitive audi
tions) at state, regional, national and
international events. The Oratorio
Chorus requires no audition whatso
ever and sings masterworks with the
University Orchestra and the
Lincoln Orchestra Association. The
University Singers have achieved
particular acclaim and will be
performing Bach’s St. John Passion
at the conclusion of a regional
choral conductors’ convention at the
Lied Center in March. The Univer
sity Chorale for women and the
men’s Varsity Glee Club fill a
particular niche for dedicated
singers and, of course, the Scarlet
and Cream Singers boast a large and
potent musical outreach. Next year,
a mixed-voice Concert Choir will be
added to this list of ensembles.
Try as we might, however, it is
rare when we get an article, let alone
a picture, describing our upcoming
concerts. And on those occasions
when something has appeared, it’s
usually been the result of a last
minute, frenzied call from a reporter
with little knowledge of music who
seems to be desperate to fill space
for the next day’s edition and gets it
all wrong. While I applaud the DN’s
attention to this important off
campus choral concert by a truly
esteemed visiting choir, what are the
rest of us singers right here in your
own backyard—chopped choral
liver?
James F. Hejduk
associate professor of music
director of choral activities
Self-help healthy
I just had the pleasure of reading
Steve Willey’s article on masturba
tion. I was out of to\yn when it was
printedJait ^Friday’s paper there
was a letter from a man who seemed
terrified of the act of masturbation!
So I would just like to say to
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Steve that I think it’s an incredibly
healthy thing to do, and I’m a little
confused about how it causes
premature ejaculation in your future
endeavors with women! It’s been
my experience that I couldn’t even
HOPE to be able to move as fast as
a guy’s hand ... so I would think that
in an experience with a woman it’s
going to last that much LONGER...
because she just can’t do it as well
as you can! I guess I could be
wrong, but it’s not likely. Just as
there are homophobics, there are
apparently (what do you call
them?!?) Mastrophobics?!
That seems absurd, because
ultimately, that would suggest a fear
of one’s own body... isn’t that
classified as some sort of schizo
phrenia? Someone out there needs
help... and I don’t think it’s you,
Steve!
Christie Linn Craighead
junior
English
Self control
Richard O’Hearn, exactly how
many men have complained that
the restroom for a solo “quickie”? I
don’t know anyone with so little
self-control.
Davis Beekman
junior
economics/history
11th commandment?
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This is in response to Richard
O’Heam’s letter “Tube Socks?!” I
don’t remember reading a passage
in the Bible that said, “Thou shalt
not stroke thyself.” Last time I
counted there were only 10 Com
mandments, so please stop making
up new ones every time you find
something morally different than
your own beliefs.
And what about non-Christians
or Christians with a slightly differ
ent set of values? Masturbation is,
by definition, an unobtrusive act. No
rejection or frustration. No unwill
ing partners. No confusion on what
feels good or what feels bad.
Masturbators (both women and
men) don’t even have to scream out
“Oh my God!” to let their partners
know that they are doing a good job.
Masturbation is a self-contained
sexual act, and nobody is affected
by it but the one partaking in it. So
if they have a moral problem with
masturbation, they don’t have to do
it.
Here’s an idea. You keep your
religious beliefs to yourself and
we’ll keep our hands, ah I mean, our
beliefs to ourselves. The way it
should be.
Eric Martin
senior
broadcasting
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