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Doug Kouma
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Jessica Kennedy
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DN Quotes
OF THE WEEK
“It’s all hype."
— Beverly Whipple, an associate pro
fessor of nursing at Rutgers-Newark, on the
nonexistence of a pill that would induce or
gasms in women
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“Sen. Warner gave everything to the
people of Nebraska.”
—Gov. Ben Nelson, regarding state Sen.
Jerome Warner of Waverly, who passed away
Sunday after a long bout with prostate can
cer
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“It was just cool.”
— NU Coach Dan Kendig on the
women’s gymnastics team earning a spot in
the NCAA Super Six for the first time in
school history
“It is not our job to shortchange
people. A meter should give you at least
60 minutes for a quarter.”
— Larry Brage, city traffic engineer, on
the defective meters along R Street of City
Campus
“We have hardly any trash if every
one recycles.”
—Dan Ulrich, recycling coordinator for
Ecology Now
“Why on this issue is the Bible being
used to club us over the head?”
—Karl Skinner, an Indianola, Iowa, resi
dent and a panelist at a forum sponsored by
the Someone You Know organization on
same-gender marriages
“They (films) helped teen-agers to be
come better citizens, better consumers,
better gender-based role models. They're
hilarious to watch.”
,1 — Paul Eisloeffel, curator of manu
scripts and audio-visual collections at the
Nebraska State Historical society, about
ephemeral films of the 1950s and ’60s
“By no means do 1 think my leaving
means the demise of women's basketball
at Nebraska.”
—Nebraska Women’s Basketball Coach
Angela Beck, accepting the head coaching
and assistant general manager position of the
American Basketball League’s San Jose La
sers
“I want to come out and play big-time
ball. I don't expect to be drafted in the
first round and not play.”
— Former Husker comerback Michael
Booker, the 11th overall selection in the NFL
Draft
“I don't have any question that this
will make us a better university.”
—James Griesen, UNL vice chancellor
for student affairs, on the new admissions
standards
“If she waited until we sucked, then
she wouldn't get offers like that.”
—NU sophomore Cori McDill on Beck
leaving for the ABL
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LETTERS
Academics first!
The Daily Nebraskan is supposed
to be a news publication covering the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Yet day after day, the DN fails to
cover important events of one
, particular kind. Academic excel
"ience.
Upon reading Monday’s DN, I
noticed that five pages were dedi
cated to sports and athletes — no big
surprise, yet not a single word is
mentioned regarding the Science
Olympiad competition.
Did you even know about the
event? It was the 10th Science'
Olympiad and the university was
swarmed on Saturday with bright
young minds. Imagine a campus full
of students with intense desire to
learn science.
Do you even care? Believe it or
not, this university is full of people
who love learning. You can easily
find them by picking up a copy of the
program for the Honors Convocation
—which was held about two weeks
ago.
Did the DN even cover the
convocation?
You spend pages dedicated to
student-athletes, about how fast and
strong they are. How many pages...
no, words have you dedicated to the
students who excel at their studies?
What is this university for? Is it
here to crank out more football
players for the NFL draft? Or is it
here as a center of education?
I am not saying student-athletes
do not belong at UNL. However, it
seems that for your publication, they
are the most important people on
campus. They are not. The educators
who win award after award and the
students who do their best to educate
themselves so that they may be our
future leaders are.
Imagine if the DN had a section
dedicated to academic excellence.
Imagine articles about a student who
works in a research laboratory,
volunteers at a hospital, carries
leadership positions in student
organizations and can graduate with
a 4.0 GPA. Inspiring?
Of course it is. Is it fiction? No. It
is amazing, no matter how many
awards these students win, their
names are never mentioned by the
DN. You would rather cover a story
on a new freshman recruit who is
supposed to be the next sports
superstar. So I say to you, the next
time you have a general meeting ask
Matt Haney/DN
yourselves these questions. What is
the purpose of this university? Is the
DN covering what is truly important
to the students? Is education more
important than sports?
Alexander J. Kim
graduate student
chemistry
Tag Team...
Mr. J.J. Harder is blatantly
ridiculous. Being the die-hard World
Championship Wrestling fans that we
are (and trust us, we know what
WCW stands for, unlike Mr. Harder
who apparently has problems with
his acronyms) were disappointed to,
see that J.J., in his “Soap opera
suplex” (DN, Wednesday) apparently
was misinformed that NWO stands
for National Wrestling Organization.
We believe due to a lack of
research or true interest in the sport
(yes, it is a sport) that Mr. Harder
had no business writing this article
and we are disappointed in the
editors for not catching this totally
obvious skewing of the facts.
For the love of God, NWO stands
for New World Order. J J. is a young
man in serious need of help, and we
are here for him. We were bom into
Hulk-a-mania.
From day one we have been
taking our vitamins, saying our
prayers and living the American
dream to one day get on the mat
ourselves. It is our goal to lead all of
the misinformed back to the righ
teous ways of World Championship
Wrestling.
With our country in the fragile
state it’s in, we find WCW one of the
few places where we can kick back,
relax and sequester ourselves from
the “real” world. We will not rest
until our mission has been accom
plished — WCW Monday Nitro in
Lincoln. J.J., we hope you snap into
the WCW.
P.S. We request more coverage for
the men’s golf team.
Ken Kropp
sophomore
computer science
Scott Gutschewski
sophomore
undecided
(M In the Ring
We would first of all like to
commend Mr. J.J. Harder for having
the courage to write a column about
pro wrestling.
It may be somewhat of a stretch to
say that it is essentially a “man’s soap
opera,” but it does in fact bring joy
and entertainment to so many.
We do, however, have two
complaints about your column
(“Soap opera suplex,” DN, Wednes
davV First, the NWO does not stand
for National Wrestling Organization.
It stands for the New World Order. If
you are to be taken as a serious
journalist covering the world of
professional wrestling, you really
need to do your research and get
your facts straight.
Second, why do you only discuss
the WCW (if you know what that
stands for)? The WWF has a much
longer and finer tradition in the sport.
As they say, they are “the leader in
sports entertainment for over 50
years.”
In fact, we would like to invite
you to the upcoming WWF house
show, RAW IS WAR at the Omaha
Civic Auditorium on Monday. You
can then see firsthand just what has
electrified audiences for years.
We hope to see you there. NWO 4
Life!
Jason Cerny
senior
mechanical engineering
Michael Schleicher
senior
elementary education
Brock Thornburg
senior
sociology