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OPINION
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EDITORIAL
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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