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ENDORSEMENTS
'\fote Bereuter
Congressman's dedication
needed in Washington
Many politicians proinise to be indepen
dent voices in Washington, to work on be
half of their constituents and not be beholden
to party leaders or special interest groups.
Few succeed as Nebraska Rep. Doug
Bereuter has.
In his nine terms in the U.S. House of
Representatives, the 1st District Republican
has carved out his niche as a hard worker
who simply gets the job done.
Bereuter is a strong voice of fiscal re
sponsibility. He voted with the House in fa
vor of the balanced budget amendment, an
issue he says is of particular importance to
students.
He understands the importance of higher
education and has been active in keeping stu
dent loan programs off the budget-cut chop
ping block and seeking increases in indi
vidual loan amounts and federal Pell grants.
Bereuter has also been an advocate of
helping colleges invest more resources in
upgrading technology — something that
“needs to be a priority if we’re to have things
like (UNL’s) Beadle Center,” he said.
A leader in foreign policy decisions,
Bereuter’s place on the House International
Relations Committee and his chairmanship
of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
translates into direct benefits for Nebraska
in the form of agricultural trade agreements.
Nebraskans can be proud to have Doug
Bereuter working for them in Washington.
The Daily Nebraskan endorses him in his bid
fora 10th term.
In 2nd, vote Davis
Rep. Jon Christensen ran for Congress
in 1994 as an outsider who would not be
taken in by Washington.
But when the election took a sharp Re
publican turn, the newly elected Christensen
was quickly inside the beltway.
In two short years, he has nestled him
self securely under the wing of the Republi
can leadership and has become a full-fledged
“insider,” enjoying the benefits from special
interest groups and party leaders.
Omaha voted against that in 1994.
From his seat on the House Ways and
Means Committee, Christensen indeed has
clout But the way he went about obtaining
it leaves a sour taste in our mouths.
The Daily Nebraskan reluctantly en
dorses Democrat James Martin Davis in
Nebraska's 2nd District
In 3rd, vote Barrett
In his three terms in the U.S. House, Rep.
Bill Barrett has been a strong voice for West
ern Nebraska. On the House Committee on
Agriculture, he has worked to reduce fed
eral intervention and allow Nebraska farm
ers greater control overtheir business af&irs,
and his work on the education committee—
should be of importance to students. The
Daily Nebraskan endorses Republican Bill
j Barrett for a fourth term in Congress.
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KENNEDY
The waiting game
Confidential survey is no solution
Some days you just can’t win.
I knew that direct mail lists were
getting good, but this was absolutely
unbelievable.
After all, I haven’t been single all
that long...
But last week, I, along with
thousands of other selected area
residents, received an exclusive
invitation to “meet the kind of people
you want to meet” through a person
alized introduction service.
I almost pitched the Confidential
Personal Survey along with this
week’s supermarket circulars.
Instead, my warped curiosity
compelled me to read on.
And because I’m neurotic, I, uh,
actually filled out the survey.
“Are you in a dead-end relation
ship or in a relationship of conve
nience?” . ..
That depends. Define “relation
ship.”
“Are you tired of trying to figure
out where quality people goto meet
one another?”
Actually, yeah, but Cosmo said
the best place to meet men is
working on a political campaign. But
the election is in a week. Then what?
“Are you tired of having your
intelligence insulted by the games
you have to play to meet someone
special?”
Hell yes!
“Are you frustrated with all the
wrong men approaching you, and
you havingto say ‘no thank you,*
while the man you would like to meet
never approaches?”
Duh... and it’s been that way
since high school. I*m beginning to
suspect it’ll never change.
Those questions were easy.
Deciding what kind of person I
wanted to meet was not.
I mean, how do you cram a
lifetime of likes and dislikes into a
few yes/ho questions?
Do you want to meet someone ,
with children? What minimum -1 •
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Men (and vice versa
for women) can be
fascinating entities
if you just shut
up and enjoy their
company for
what it is.”
educational background do you
prefer? Are you interested in
someone who smokes? What height
range do you prefer?
Or how about: What areas of'
compatibility would you like to share
with someone? Competitive sports,
outdoor pursuits, cultural activities,
dancing, music, or other. ;
The most important question had
2XA very short lines on which to
answer. I could have written a
lengthy essay.
Who can do their standards justice
in that amount of space?
You answer the question, “What
qualities do you look for in a person
you’d like to meet?”—in eight
words or less!
And that’s precisely why I don’t
like these things.
Seriously, how can you quantify
the qualities you need in a partner?
Computer dating services or
introduction services can weed out a
few potential nightmares, but a
computer can’t factor in chemistry,
intuition or gut reaction.
Can the computer measure
intelligence, selflessness, maturity,
playfulness or independence?
Will the computer select for me a
romantic or sensitive guy? Or a man
who likes to discuss politics, social
issues and philosophy?
The flier promises to help me
search for a special individual. But
there’s no guarantee that I won’t be
subjected to a string of nice, yet
incompatible, men.
So I’ll proclaim for all the world
to hear: I’m single and not ashamed
of it.
I am not desperate, either.
Because I don't feel the need to
“hunt” men, I just trust that at the
right time, the right thing will
happen. Sure, that attitude may be , |
naive. But I’ve learned that the mare |
Itry to force things, the less likely it l
is that they will happen. J
In the meantime, I'm having a
great time with guy-friends. Men are
a lot more fun when you're not trying
to decide if they're “Mr.” potential or
not.
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and listen.
Men (and vice versa for women)
can be fascinating entities if you just
shut up and enjoy their company for
what it is.
■, Stop scheming and playing games.
You'll leam more about yourself and
the opposite sex.
I'm tossing out the Confidential
Personal Survey.
The right person could be waiting
for me anytime and anywhere. I am
convinced that I don't need an
introduction service to help me.
Kennedy is a senior advertising
and broadcasting major and a
Daily Nebraskan columnist
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