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Anne Hjersman
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DN Quotes
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“If the public understands what's hap
pening, they'll be up in arms.”
— North Platte Police Chief Martin
Gutschrenritter, on LB465, which would le
galize concealed firearms
“It’s good to be home.”
—UNL professor Harish Gupta, return
ing from being trapped in war-tom Albania
for three days after most Americans had left
“The ideal family consists of one man,
one woman and children.”
—Sen. Jim Jensen of Omaha, on LB280,
a bill that would outlaw same-sex marriages
in Nebraska
“The best thing we could do to curtail
the spread of AIDS is to encourage mo
nogamy.”
—Sen. Chris Beutler of Lincoln, stating
a reason for opposing LB280
“This is kind of how we felt last year.”
— Tyronn LuC, NU point guard, speak
ing before Nebraska beat Nevada 78-68 to
advance to the quarterfinal round of the NIT
“The people who are challenging this
law are ignoring the previous legislation
preventing minors from getting to pornog
raphy.”
— Former Sen. James Exon, who wrote
the Communications Decency Act now being
reviewed by the Supreme Court
“At the end of the day, nobody does
anybody any good if you get somebody in
a home they can’t heat.”
—Robert Zoellick, executive vice-presi
dent of Fannie Mae, the company that recently
formed a $2 billion partnership with the state
of Nebraska to build 25,000 homes for
middle- and low-income Nebraskans
“I hate to say it, but we were starting
to lose faith that this day would come.”
— Richard Ligenza, father of Tamara
Ligenza, on the arraignment date set for his
daughter’s accused killer, Clifford Davlin
“We have to take it one game at a time
and we have to extend it through this
week.”
— Todd Sears, NU first baseman, two
days before the UNL baseball team won six
straight games
“Deity is a personal concept. Some
people use the Greek gods, some the Na
tive American gods; it’s a very personal
thing.”
—Rev. Linda Harris, of Lincoln’s Chal
ice Circle, a group studying Wicca and other
religions
“It hurt my heart.”
—Shelly Bartlett, senior UNL gymnast,
on her final home meet, where she broke the
Nebraska all-around record with a 39.5
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LETTERS
Ignoring Gender
I am writing in response to Anne
Hjersman’s column “Mothering a
mission” (DN, Friday) regarding the
university’s failure to “support the
Women’s Studies program finan
cially or otherwise.”
As a woman, I am shocked every
day to hear women discussing how
“oppressed” or “overlooked” they
are. I do not feel oppressed, over
looked or degraded by men or
society.
I was completely unaware that
we, as women, need to “reverse the
mentality that has belittled or
altogether ignored women’s contri
butions.” I would like someone to
show me this mentality, because
frankly, I have no experience with it.
I am honestly thankful the
university does not contribute more
to Women’s Studies. I do not want
any of my tuition money going to
support a program built on imagi
nary “injustices.”
There are so many departments
and programs on campus that need
money for faculty, scholarships and
equipment for student education. I
would like to commend the “powers
that be” for ignoring Women’s
Studies, and encourage UNL
students to do the same.
Women, get your degree, face the
real world and quit blaming every
one else for how “ignored” and
“belittled” you feel. Society does not
look down on you because you are a
woman; they will only lode down on
you if you are not assertive and self
respecting. You need to work on
gaining respect as a human being
and not worry as much about
gender!
Erin Logan
sophomore
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Purged Patriots?
Kudos to John Fulwider on his
column “Uncle Sam wants you?”
(DN, Wednesday) for covering a
very sensitive topic: teens and
lesbian/gay issues!
Especially for covering the topic
of transgendered persons, lesbians,
bisexuals and gay men in the
military. Hopefully, it won’t take
John McCall long to convince
Lincoln Public Schools that it needs
a specific policy to prevent discrimi
nation against gay, bisexual,
transgendered and lesbians students.
I’d like to point out, however,
that the University of Nebraska
Lincoln does have a specific policy
against discriminating against
bisexual, lesbian, gay and
transgendered students, staff and
faculty. Yet the university has also
chosen to ignore the fact that the
military not only recruits on campus
but that it also funds the education
of many of UNL’s students.
Openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgendered students do not have
access to this “resource,” and
obviously many closeted individuals
also do not without the fear of a
witch hunt-like investigation of their
private lives.
A few years ago, the Academic
Senate had the moral fortitude to
stand up against the Armed Forces
on this policy, but decided to take a
“wait-and-see” approach when
President Clinton unveiled his
compromise “don’t ask, don’t tell,
don’t pursue” policy.
As Mr. Fulwider cites in his
column, there has been a 42-percent
increase in the number of homo
sexuals discharged (a number that
the Pentagon has not disputed but
has said they don’t see as signifi
cant).
This indicates that the situation
has gotten worse, not better, for
homosexuals in the U.S. military; I
can’t imagine that 42 percent more
people are “telling” but it would be
consistent that perhaps 42 percent
more people are being “asked” or,
worse, “pursued.” It’s time for UNL
to re-evaluate its policy towards
ROTC programs, in specific, and its
relationship with the military in
general.
On a final note, I’d like to
commend Mr. Fulwider for not only
approaching a sensitive topic, but
for using sensitive language when
doing so.
Robert W. Anderson
graduate student
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