The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 04, 1996, Page 4, Image 4

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    EDITOR
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OPINION
EDITOR
Anne Hjeraman
EDITORIAL
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Anthony Nguyen
“We're trying to put responsibility on men
whose fathers, sons, brothers, uncles,
teammates and friends are domestically
violent.”
—Don McPherson, director of Mentors
in Violence Prevention, on public service
announcements that will air on
HuskerVision, calling for an end to relation
ship violence
“You guys need a quarterback. That Frost
guy sucks. The win Saturday is the first
step to our national title.”
— Kansas State University junior Phil
Freeland, on die Wildcats* prospects for a
win against die Huskers
“I’m told that rape was almost predict
able in terms of the behavior taking place
in (the Sigma Nu) house that night.”
— Chancellor James Moeser, on the al
leged rape of a UNL student during a frater
nity party
“Damon may look all hard and tough on
the outside. But inside, he’s the sweetest
person in the whole world.”
— Tanya Franck, junior co-captain on
the NU soccer team, on her boyfriend of 1 !4
years, Damon Benning, senior co-captain on
the Husker football team
“The state is on the move. We’re doing
more than husking corn.”
— Gov. Ben Nelson, encouraging UNL
students to stay in Nebraska after graduat
ing
“She asked if my husband would please
stop going to Omaha and killing those
beautiful babies.”
— Millicent Crabb, on the harassment
she has faced from members of Rescue the
Heartland because her husband, Dr. Winston
Crabb, performs abortions
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M1 think a lot of people were worried that
we forgot how to play football.”
— Husker rush end Grant Wistrom, on
fan reactions to the team’s shutout loss to
Arizona State University
“(Nebraska) is going to be undefeated the
rest of the way, and you can quote me on
that.”
— Texas A&M Soccer Coach G.
Guerrieri, on the quality of Nebraska’s soc
cer team
“No human being should treat another one
the way he (Phillips) allegedly treated her,
and no respectable university should be
condoning this kind of behavior. I mean,
this matter should result in a substantial
, investigation into the University of Ne
braska as to how they—what are they in
the business of doing up there?”
— Chief U.S. District Judge Brook
Bartlett, on the alleged assault of UNL jun
ior Kate McEwen by her ex-boyfriend,
former Nebraska football star Lawrence
Phillips
“It's like going back to your second-grade
reading book and reading about the tree- .
lined streets and friendly people.”
—Charles Bethea, on Lincoln, after be
ing named executive director for the Lied
Center for Performing Arts
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Out of context
In response to the article, “Faculty
talks to Moeser on diversity” (DN
10/2/96), I must comment on one of
the quotes used by Ann Mari May.
She stated that this year, one male
professor complained to students
about “all these bitches taking away
our jobs.”
I happen to remember being in
that professor’s class, and I certainly
remember the context in which it was
said. Our professor had been
speaking on the lack of equality of
-women. As an example, he para
phrased what many of his male
acquaintances have said on the
subject. He continued to add that he
did not share the same feelings, but a
female student—you know who you
are—chose to accuse him of this
sentiment.
The professor apologized for
offending anyone, once again stating
that he did not share the same
feelings as those men he had quoted,
not once but over two class periods.
I personally feel sorry for this
student choosing to take this com
ment way out of context, which is
what many people do today, period.
Everybody is looking for someone to
blame for his or her troubles or even
misinformation.
The fact is that a professor who
was genuinely unbiased is being
accused of saying something that he
didn’t. That is not fair.
I know that many people who read
this will remember that class and will
agree with me, that he and many
other professors are merely sharing
the sentiments of others, not neces
sarily speaking their own minds in
order to offend a particular group in
the audience.
I’m not saying that it does not go
on elsewhere on campus, because I
know it does. But before anyone
accuses another person of saying
something harmful, they must think
about the comment and in which
context it was used. Otherwise, then
argument^*nvalid, as i^is^Tcle^
• Marcia Alonso
senior
anthropology aad sociology
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Natalie Linstrom/DN
Are you kidding?
Dear Nick Wiltgen:
Thanks for the hilariously satirical
column about government support
for PBS and the NEA—I especially
loved the part where you claimed
that you would rather have the TV
dinner than a year of Sesame Street.
Except for the fact that it is
probably not possible to buy a TV
dinner for $1.12 (or 64 cents, or even
$1.76 for that matter) this is the best
dig at the federal government I’ve
read in the DN all year.
Can you believe there are actually
some people who get sore about that
measly $1.76 expenditure to foster
some thoughtful cultural activity that
doesn’t exist solely to sell mass-'
produced product?
Consumer culture is freaky
enough as it is—do you know that
some people actually shell out 30 or
40 bucks for the privilege of adver
tising Tommy HUfiger or Mossimo
on a cheezeball $5.98 T-shirt? Boy,
I’m glad my kids (when I have 'em)
are going to be able to develop some
identity and self-worth that will be
independent of their ability to
purchase consumer
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Lauri Morris
graduate student
art
Race for power
Dear Mr., Harris: I don’t have an
behind your reply to Cliff Hicks; I
just have a problem with some of the
things you say to make your point.
First of all, concerning the
immigrants being told to “give up
their language, folkways, and
everything else”; 1 don’t think this is
an accurate statement. This is not to
say that there wasn’t discrimination
and some persecution even, but they
did not have to give up all their
possessions to become American.
In addition, if I were to move to
another country permanently
wouldn’t I have to leam the language
and customs of the new country and
adapt in order to survive?
I also disagree that racism is about
power and privilege; power and
privilege allow one to discriminate
on the basis of race, but a person can
be racist without having the power to
discriminate.
I would assert that your statement
“...think how much greater it (our
country) would be if not for the
racism, discrimination, and oppres
sion of people that look like you” has
a racist element to it. I assume that
you mean white people in this
statement.
I am sure that you would tell me
that not all African-Americans are
gang members, and car thieves, or
even great ball players even though
they look like you; this is a statement
I would heartily agree with.
If I were to say that I disagreed
with that statement I would be
labeled a racist because I unfairly
grouped people into a category by
what they looked like.
Now, reread the closing statement
of your letter and explain to me how
that is NOT racist. Although I can
never know what it feels like to be in
your shoes, I do know what it’s like
t° be judged on die basis of what I
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graduate student
chemistry
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