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EDITOR DougKouma OPINION EDITOR Anne Hjersman EDITORIAL BOARD Doug Peters Matt Waite Paula Lavigne Mitch Sherman Anthony Nguyen “Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel and paper by the ton. They always get the last word.” — Andy Abboud, executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party, on the me dia “We are spilling the blood of the people we love, and that blood is staining the very fabric of our society.” —Billy Aplin, “Men Speak Out Against Violence” member, on domestic violence “In memory of one who lived and died in pain.” — Message on a balloon in memory of Kathy Change, who set herself on fire on the University of Pennsylvania campus “If there was a problem, we’d know it in a second. It wouldn’t be something the boys would shove under the carpet.” — Tice Miller, chairman of the Depart ment of Theatre Arts and Dance, on sexual harassment allegations against Professor William Grange “We’re creating a lower tier in our soci ety: a tier of poor, unhealthy people... that believes ... they are somehow unequal to us.” — Renee Saucedo, a California labor lawyer, on the treatment of immigrants in the United States “You shouldn’t upset the apple cart all at once.” — James Griesen, vice chancellor for student affairs, in opposition to ballot initia tives 411 and 412 “Most teachers on East Campus are a bit more understanding than those on City Campus.” — Scott Kloke, a senior animal science and ag business major, on UNL students skip ping classes to help with harvest “Anytime you step in a ring with a heavy weight, you have to be ready to take some knocks.” — Texas Tech Football Coach Spike Dykes, on playing the Comhuskers “If you wake up and see these people try ing to take your temperature, you can as sume that’s bad.” — Col. Gerald Jaax, virus expert, on re searching Ebola “I’ll never say never again.” — Kiss drummer Peter Criss, on the band’s reunion tour “Civil libertarians defend the rights of blue-bellied nincompoops to spew what ever nonsense they want to.” —Political commentator Molly Ivins, on Civil Libertarians “We shot ourselves in the foot so many times we didn’t feel like we had any toes left” — NU quarterback Scott Frost on the Huskers’ clumsy win over Texas Tech Editorial Policy Unsigned editorials are the opinions of die Fall 1996Daily Nebraskan. They do not nec essarily reflect the views of the University 1 of Nebraska-Lincoln, its employees, its stu dent body or the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. A column is soley die opinion of its author. The Board of Regents serves as publisher of the Daily Nebraskan; policy is set by die Daily Nebraskan Edito rial Board. The UNL Publications Board, es tablished by the regents, supervises die pro duction of the newspaper. According to poficy set by the regents, responsibility for the 'editorial content of die newspaper lies solely in the hands of its student employees. \ Letter Policy The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief let ters to the editor and guest columns, but does not guarantee their publication. The Daily Nebraskan retains the right to edit or reject any material submitted. Submit ted material becomes the property of the Daily Nebraskan and cannot be returned. Anonymous submissions will not be published. Those who submit letters must identify themselves by name, year in school, major and/or group affilia tion, if any. Submit material to: Daily Ne braskan, 34 Nebraska Union, 1400 K. St Lincoln, Neb. 68588-0448. E-mail:. letters@unlinfo.unl.edu. wmujwK 1 I'Ci Ml TO V01£ \ 1/1// fww-yooz.. fi _ \ ^ tv /^L WMTC CM N. : Choice talk This last Thursday (Oct. 24), I was leaving the union when I spotted a booth sponsored by “Students for Choice.” Having nothing better to do, I decided to have a little chat with the two ladies at the booth. They were very receptive and friendly—that is, until they found out that I didn’t share their beliefs. I was accused of being closed minded, even after I offered to hear anything they had to say. I was accused of arguing, even though I didn’t once raise my voice. I was accused of forcing my beliefs on them, in spite of the fact that they were the ones running the booth for all to see. What purpose would their organization have if not to propagate their beliefs? The whole time, both of them found it hard to even look me in the eye. I made it clear that I was merely interested in discussing the issue with them. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank these two ladies for reassuring me that those who support abortion are too insecure in their beliefs to openly talk about them. Darren Furasek junior fisheries & wildlife Harassment r ; ' . , t I’m not one to defend sexual harassment, but I’m disturbed by the lack of due process that is occurring id the case of theater Professor William Grange. First, the theater department should be ashamed that this issue leaked to students before the issue could be ad dressed properly. YES, students do have the right to know about these pre vious charges, but allowing a leak of information only fuels the fire of • . Si "*• people’s discomfort in discussing the issues. Also, such an issue can be very distracting from the business of attend ing classes. Secondly, NO ACCUSATIONS have occurred locally. No UNL students have accused this man of 4%/^cxs ^ 11 Jim Mehsling/DN harassment. This man left a job to come here, potentially to make a new start. Little chance of that occurring seeing how the whole campus now has heard about this from the Daily Nebraskan. Does the term “libel” mean anything to the editorial board? Vice Chancellor Alvah Kilgore may have hit the nail on the head when he questioned whether Grange was “guilty until proven innocent?” In die courts of public, opinion , here being the DN, evidently the answer is “Yes.” James Zank senior Arts & Sciences Alma mater Kasey Kerber had a lot of nerve to criticize the new alma mater in his column on Oct. 22. What Kerber failed to mention, is that the alma mater was written and presented to UNL as a gift, by nationally renowned musician and composer Chip Davis, who started the Omaha group Mannheim | Steamroller. Unless Kerber has had several albums climb the national music charts to the number one spot (as Davis has), made back-to-back appearances on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno and “The Today Show” (as Davis has), or busted his butt trying to compose a song to please an entire state, those of us in the music department who took time out of our Saturday to premiere the song at the Baylor game, even when we only go to be in the stadium during halftime because we didn’t have tickets, would appreciate it if Kerber kept his crude and ungrateful opinions to himself. L r Students didn ’t get a say in the alma mater because no student (including Kerber) took time out of his or her busy schedule to compose one and organized a campuswide election to be absolutely sure that it was completely and totally fair. A printed apology from Kerber would be very much appreciated by the College of Fine and Performing Arts, the UNL alumni and Mr. Davis. I would also like to take this opportunity to tell Kerber that I appreciate the parking police very much when they slap tickets on cars that are illegally parked in the spaces that I’m paying extra to park in— I’m just sorry that one of those cars hasn’t been Kerber’s. « Stephanie Schardt Fine and Performing Arts