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Our
VIEW
Security
stupor
Unruly fans should
face action, not apathy
This is the scene played out in east stadi
um during Saturday’s game: A large group of
men, many wearing letters, and a few women
partook in a bottle of Captain Morgan’s, a
bottle of Jack Daniels, two flasks and a con
tainer disguised as binoculars.
As the spirits were passed around, more
and more people came to join in the festivi
ties. So many, in fact, that most of that area
was two deep, with people standing on the
bleachers and in the footwells.
For the nondrinking and rightful ticket
holding neighbors, this was a tiresome situ
ation.
inose wno naa lmoioea pourea out or
their seats, fell upon those below and were
quarrelsome when asked to move.
, So, as a last-ditch effort, the neighbors
#sked the security detail for assistance. On
two separate occasions throughout the game,
the neon-Tang-clad cadets were asked to
deal with the alcohol and rowdy crowds. On
two separate occasions, they did nothing.
The cadets seem proficient in removing
the injured and ill from the stadium, but very
little else.
If the students working security want to
earn respect, they need to show that they can
follow through with requests. Five security
workers shouldn’t have to confront a man
wearing an oversized Styrofoam cowboy hat
only to be run away by his stubbornness, as
occurred Saturday.
They should be given the authority to
physically remove people from the stadium
and ought to be encouraged to do so if people
are endangering, or even inconveniencing,
other fans.
This is not to advocate an all-out crack
down on the fans. Security is not being asked
to comb the bleachers looking for trouble
makers and booze. Some students aren’t
bothered by people’s drinking, even though
it’s not allowed. But they are bothered when
the drinking turns ugly and obnoxious, and
the Polish dogs and liquor ends up in some
one’s hair, or a drunken fan lands in some
one’s lap.
When other students point out the actions
of unruly fans - or ask security to help - the
security worker should respond with some
thing other than shrugged shoulders and say
ing he or she can’t do anything.
Security should already know the ins and
outs of crowd control, and the most effective
ways to make people listen and accept their
orders. But when the students see that securi
ty’s orders are worthless, next time they
won’t even listen. What is going to happen to
them if they don’t?
Nothing.
Granted, there probably are several secu
rity workers who do their jobs and do them
well. But they’re part of a team, and when
one of them doesn’t do the job, then the job
isn’t being done.
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Haney’s
VIEW
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CLIFF HICKS is a junior
news-editorial and
English major and a Daily
Nebraskan columnist.
Those of you who got uncomfort
able in sex ed class might as well
move on to the sports section - this
won’t be easy for you. This column is
going to be discomforting and dis
quieting. You’ll probably wish you
hadn’t read it, so I’m telling you not
to read right now.
This week, I’m going to talk
about sexual deviancy.
I can tell you’re squirming
already.
What brought this on, you ask?
Two words: Marv Albert. In hearing
about the case, I was surprised how
many people were talking about the
“other” behavior besides what they
were prosecuting him for. Assault
should have been the topic of discus
sion, not whether or not Albert dress
es in women’s clothing.
The things I’m about to address
are all based on secondhand informa
tion, not personal experience. I have
never done any of the following
things, so don’t assume I have - I
have enough trouble getting a date as
it is.
Let me just say it now - my opin
ion is that whatever you do in your
bedroom, or on your living room
floor, or wherever you want to do it as
long as it’s in the privacy of your own
home, is your business.
Prudish Americans talk about
doing it “the old-fashioned way,” but
there never really has been an old
fashioned way, now, has there? Sure,
people like to say that there is a right
and a wrong way to go about sex, but
it’s really all personal preference.
The word deviancy is actually a
misnomer, because the only “tradi
tional” norm occurs when two people
(one man and one woman), with the
intent of procreation, have sexual
intercourse.
But is procreation honestly the
point of most sex these days? We’re
all hedonists at heart, aren’t we?
Satisfaction is our sole goal. The rest
of the world exists as a sideline to
occupy our minds when we aren’t
enjoying ourselves in one way or the
Deviancy decency
Kinky practices nobody’s business
other.
Trying to research how far the
various forms of sexual “deviancy”
date back is a hard thing to do, main
ly because of the amount of contro
versy surrounding any research on
the topic.
No matter how you look at it, sex
ual concepts that don’t fit into the
perceived “standard” have been
around a very, very, very long time.
Homosexuality can be traced back at
least to Roman times, if not much
earlier. Cross-dressing has been
around a while, though I couldn’t put
a date on it. Bondage goes back at
least as far as the Marquis De Sade,
as does sadism/masochism.
Dominance/submission has been
around since we came down from the
trees.
Take a long, hard look at this next
sentence: I think there is nothing
wrong with any of this.
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people have the right to do what they
want to in their house with almost no
exceptions. I will, however, say that
pedophilia and necrophilia are illegal
and deserve to be that way because
the recipients are without choice.
Children don’t know any better,
and the dead can’t say anything. With
everyone else, you choose the way
you live. If pain’s your thing, as long
as you don’t go overboard, that’s your
business. I’m not going to hold any
thing against you. The same goes for
submission, or cross-dressing.
After a great deal of negotiation, I
convinced a submissive, who asked
not to be identified, to be inter
viewed. He was one of the most
polite people I’ve ever spoken with.
We talked on the phone because he
lives on the East Coast. He always
referred to me as “sir” and he never
spoke out of turn, always waiting for
me to finish before he answered.
It took a while for me to under
stand why he does what he does. He
lives a normal life most of the time,
but in his recreational time, he serves
a mistress, whom he never spoke
about with anything other than
respect. He was dedicated to keeping
her happy, no matter how humiliating
her request.
^“During the day, I’m a business
executive and I give a lot of people
orders. Sometimes you just have to
relinquish control to someone,” he
told me. “You can never be a good
master until you have been a good
servant. There are too many people
giving orders in my world who have
never taken them, sir.”
I had trouble finding anyone who
wanted to talk about their sado
masochistic tendencies, but after a
great deal of searching, I convinced
one person to talk to me. She also
declined to be named and is also from
out-of-state. She told me that she (
enjoys rough physical contact - the
rougher the better.
“I like feeling pain. It’s like plea
sure, but not so calm. I’ve never got
ten hurt and you know from the out
set that you have to be careful. That’s
part of why it’s so exciting - there’s
always that possibility that you might
get hurt,” she told me.
I asked both the submissive and
masochist if either of them had any
home problems growing up and both
of them assured me that they lived
perfectly normal childhoods. The
submissive was a divorcee (both of
them had been unfaithful, he told me)
and the masochist baa been married
to her husband for more than nine
years. She told me he had no problem
playing along with her desires.
Despite repeated attempts to find
a cross-dresser to interview, I found
myself unable to get in touch with
anyone. I got an e-mail saying “I
don’t think any of us will want to talk
to the press about it - there’s always
that fear that you might use it as
blackmail.” It was from an anony
mous sender.
See, the fear only goes to prove
what I’m saying. The point really
becomes, I suppose, that it’s nobody’s
business but your own what you
choose to do in your private life as
long as no one gets seriously hurt.
People’s private life is just that - pri
vate. It shouldn’t matter if you’re the
world’s biggest star or the couple next
door -1 didn’t ask and I don’t care.
I realize the people prosecuting
Albert were nonconsenting adults,
but the point is that this kind of thing
has happened before and continues to
happen every day. The media and the
rest of the world need to mind their
own business.
It’s your thing - do what you
wanna do.
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