EDITOR
Paula Lavigne
OPINION
EDITOR
Jessica Kennedy
EDITORIAL
BOARD
Erin Gibson
Joshua Gillin
Jeff Randall
Julie Sobczyk I
Ryan Soderlin
Quotes
OF THE WEEK
“There's nothing you can do. You
just stand and wait to see if the building
is going to blow up or not”
- John Klein, owner of an apart
ment building in which a bomb was found
“I've had to grit my teeth for a long
time. When I get back on the field,
everyone will sense my hunger.”
- DeAngelo Evans on the
prospect of returning from a string of
injuries
“I talked to thousands of people, and
they were anxious to know what's on my
mind.”
- Lincoln Mayor Mike Johanns
on his gubernatorial campaign s progress
1 he most important part of leader
ship is followership.”
- ROTC cadet Stephanie Artz
“Our native culture is fading. Some
(Cherokees) have never danced or never
sung. We put a lot of effort into teaching
boys and girls native song and dance.”
- Tommy Wildcat, Cherokee
Dancer of Fire, on educating Native
American youth
“I can’t poop like that!!!”
- UNL sophomore Jerry Ridetl in
a letter to the editor about the lack of bath
room stall doors in the Nebraska Union.
“Nebraska has speed at every posi
tion, and they’re physical.”
- Texas Tech soccer coach Felix
Oskam on the Huskers
“It’s always easy and satisfying to
please the public. It’s very difficult, but,
crlicifcl, fb inform them ” ' " *
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“ vMiile speaking to journalism students^
Monday
“Of course the pinnacle for any
female volleyball player in this country
is playing on the U.S. Olympic Team.
The way I understand it, (Weston) may
be their most stable player. I don’t know
that we’ve had anybody who’s done
more for Nebraska volleyball than
Allison.”
- NU volleyball coach Terry Pettit
on the return of ex-Husker Allison Weston
4 \ .
“It’s good to see we’re not cashing in
the chips on this season.”
- NU cross country coach Jay
Dirksen
“Basically, the race for governor
should be a discussion about the values
we share as Nebraskans.”
- Democratic gubernatorial can
didate Bill Hoppner
“If somebody doesn’t want to play
you, there’s not much you can do to
make them play.”
- NU coach Tom Osborne after
Houston dropped scheduled games with
Nebraska
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LETTERS
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Pray hard
I am sorry to see the cartoon that
was published in the Thursday edi
tion of the paper. As an active mem
ber of the Roman Catholic Church I
feel it is my duty to respond to the
content of the editorial cartoon.
As a journalism student, I also
realize that as an opinion, an editori
al cartoon is protected under the
First Amendment, but what about
ethics and morals?
If you have no morals - and this
is pot spying that you don’t-ethics
wduld Clearly reSmct^s cartoon, ft
conception, if you prefer, a inore (del;
icate term. Tfie Catholic Church has
not recently changed any of its
teachings on homosexuality or any
other issue. The church has always
believed in rejecting the sin and not
the sinner. It is my belief and should
be the belief of every Catholic that
misuse of the gift of sexuality is a
grave sin. This includes not only
homosexuality but sex out of mar
riage, the use of birth control, abor
tion and masturbation. Although the
sin itself is evil and wrong, Catholics
believe that every sin can be foreiv
en by God, and it is God alone who
.can judge.
For these same reasons - the
truth behind the misconception - the
moral decision would be not to allow
the printing of malicious and untrue
content. God is the only judge. A
topic such as this one does not
deserve to be discussed in an editor
ial cartoon. If this particular teach
ing of the church, or any teaching for
that matter, is bothering you, my
suggestion to you would be: pray,
pray hard.
Nikki Oligmueller
junior
journalism
Banning everything
It was inevitable that someone
would soon desire to expand the U.S.
government’s war against the tobac
co industry (and those free farmers
that keep voting Republican), by
including the alcohol industry. But if
we really want to pursue this brand
of totalitarianism, let us also ban
automobiles. A lot of kids get
injured, and some killed, in bicycle
accidents - let’s ban those too.
Matter of fact we should ban every
thing except land mines (because
they are smart, now). It just occurred
to me - everybody born ends up
dying, so lets ban childbirth.
Less facetiously, if one looks at
the 1700-year history of enslave
ment, mass murder and genocide of
Chrlsfijms sjhce. the . Roman
Emperor Constantine - well, that is
something that genuinely deserves
to be banned.
S. Duane England
graduate student
biology
What’s perfect?
Why do you (Barb Churchill)
continually"refer to yourself as not
being the “perfect Size What is the
perfefct'sizd? Anti wfiat criteria did
Whatmakes.you thmkjhere ta apex
feet size? . :
I would like to see people accept
that there is no “perfect size.” There
are larger and smaller, neither being
“perfect.” I would also like to point
out that 10-to- 12-year-olds are try
ing hard to find where they fit in and
will try to make fun of anyone who is
not just like them. If they don’t use
weight they will go after language,
clothing, height and hair color. I’m
not saying this is good, but lighten
up. It’s just a bunch of kids who
don’t know any .better.
1 Jo Strinz
graduate studeftt
mechanical engineering
Special face
Wednesday I was saddened to
read that Webster Robbins had died.
I only had him for one class during
my sophomore year, yet he managed
to make a very large impression on
me. His method of talking with stu
dents as human beings is a quality
that many other members of the fac
ulty and staff lack. There should be
more instructors who don’t let their
arrogance cloud the real reason why
they are here - to teach students
what they need to know, and encour
age them to want to learn.
Mr. Robbins was an outstanding
teacher who made us want to learn.
He took the time to know your name
and had a genuine interest in the
well-being of all his students. We
weren’t just numbers to him. As a
result, I had a greater desire to learn.
Maybe others should take a page
from Webster Robbins’ book. He
will be missed.
Josh Salestrom
senior
history
Econ lesson
The column titled “Billionaire
beriefactors could prevent poverty”
attempted to address one of the
World's hn£fei1m'£ issiiefei -'p6$jrty. 1!
The article suggests that by giVihg ,
the wealth of the rich to the poor,
half of all the world problems will be
solved. The article alludes to drug
use, crime, poverty, violence, unem
ployment, teen-age sex, obesity and
other social ills as somehow linked
to the amount of money a certain
group has.
The column is flawed in many
ways. But there are a few things th^t
are particularly troublesome., Thb
first i$4|yp idea, that monf|gn|M|ye I
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basic tte&ds are flof being ntet* Which
of the before^mentioned social ills
are you going to carry out? You
would not have enough money for
drugs, obesity is probably out, and
you may or may not be employed.
Some may argue that you may be
driven to steal or to violence. The
connection may be present, yet theft
and violence is at all economic lev
els in our society.
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of deciding how much money . was
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money from and whd to give it to. He
is a social planner. A power-hungty
bureaucrat who desires nothing
more than to distribute what is not
his to whoever or whatever project
he fancies at the moment. Can you
see how dangerous this is? We have a
choice to purchase Microsoft prod
ucts or buy Geico Insurance. These
actions will enrich the two richest
people in America. Well if I want to
use better software and have lower
insurance rates, I should have that
right. And I am willing to compen
sate those who offer me services so
that they will continue to offer me
services.
The last item is the ludicrous
statement about the economy being a
zero-sum game, i.e. that there is a
specific amount of wealth, and some
will increase their wealth and others
will experience an equal and oppo
site decrease in wealth. If Einstein
Jr. develops a new technology that
can be used effectively to generate
electricity from the sun, Einstein Jr.
has just contributed to the wealth of
the entire world. He or she could not
possibly capture all of the benefits in
the form of money from the sale of
that power. This same idea holds for
a new software package created by
Mr. Gates or a cheaper way of offer
ing car insurance by Mr. Buffet.
Anthony Clarke
graduate student
finance
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