EDITOR
Paula Lavigne
OPINION
EDITOR
Matthew Waite
EDITORIAL
BOARD
Erin Gibson
Joshua Gillin
Jeff Randall
Julie Sobczyk
Ryan Soderlin
Quotes *
OF THE WEEK
“He was outstanding, especially in
the large introductory sections of
American government. He somehow
found a way to communicate really well
with UNL students despite that format.”
UNL Political Science Department
Chairman David Forsythe, on the. death of
■» Professor Robert Miewald
“Regardless of wars, economic cata
strophes, natural disasters, or personal
tragedies, the memories remain. In a
world of seething changes, baseball con
tinues to offer comfort and reassurance;
it remains America’s Game.”
Professor Benjamin Rader, in his book
"Baseball: America s Game ”
“I think it’s a big mistake to go back
to the governor and the Legislature and
the taxpayers and ask for money. Let’s
do some belt-tightening here.”
Regent Drew Miller of Papillion, on the
approval of a $1.7 million deficit request
“This is just another example of how
television can rot your mind.”
Columnist Todd Munson, in a much
maligned column on (,The Dukes of
Hazzard”and “CHiPs”
“So it’s really no surprise that UNL
is a “Dukes of Hazzard” school. Most of
the people you meet here are friendly,
easy going and hip to a truly great TV
show, not too different from the Dukes
themselves.”
Sophomore music major Brian Linnell
in a letter to the editor
“Hey Todd, you dumb f****r. There
are those of us out there that live in Burr
fe; wha I guaran-f* * * e that
Dukes are tfif^very f*****g
room is watching the f*****g Dukes.”
An anonymous caller - who forgot
about an invention called caller ID - on
Todd Munson s answering machine
“If we were in a wide-open deal,
where we had the Big 10 and the Pac-10
all in the same spot, I’d just as soon stay
number two.”
Head Football Coach Tom Osborne, on
Nebraska s new No. 1 ranking
“That guy hasn’t missed a field goal
since - well, we’re talking about
Germany - since Hitler was a corporal.”
Texas Tech football Coach Spike Dykes
on Nebraska place kicker Kris Brown
“Nebraska’s fans are brilliant in the
way they can control a game. When
Nebraska’s offense is on the field, the
place is like a mausoleum. But as soon as
the opposing offense goes on the field,
the place is inaudible. It’s incredible.”
Colorado football Coach Rick
Neuheisel on playing in Memorial
Stadium
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“We all have life experiences that
have the possibility of being turned into
performance material.”
Performance artist Tim Herwig
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LETTERS
Who’s the victim here?
As UNL students on East
Campus, we have been appalled by
some of the petty and immature acts
and writings that have appeared in
the Daily Nebraskan the last three
days.
On Monday, Todd Munson chose
to write a column that distorted the
messages portrayed in two of
America’s classical sitcoms:
“CHiPs” and “The Dukes of
Hazzard.” Many^f the assumptions
made by Munson offended “Dukes”
lovers. Accusations made about
incest, criminality, and smuggling
alcohol were falsely stated in this
column. It is obvious to any “Dukes”
(or “CHiPs”) fan that this author did
not sufficiently research the content
of these shows. In contrast, many
viewers extract messages of family
values, respect for the law, and
efforts to be a good friend and neigh
bor from these shows.
Un Wednesday, Matthew Waite
contributed to the fire with his col
umn, “Motor control.” It may seem
juvenile to defend your favorite TV
show or the UNL campus you live
on, but it is not against the law. East
Campus has taken negative heat ever
since we enrolled three years ago. We
seldom see East Campus ridiculing
City Campus, but once again East
Campus has taken another blow from
its city counterpart in Waite’s col
umn.
Like Munson, Waite also makes
false accusations, but this time they
are a little more personal. Waite
explained that the student from East
Campus had called Munson and used
profanity to express his opinions
about Munson’s column^ Waite then
took it upon himself to accuse the
caller of being drunk and unable to
think, and literally challenged East
Campus to defend itself.
So once again, we answer the call
to take the stand.
Because East Campus is such a
small community, most residents are
well aware of the offender in this
case. We are also well aware that the
student was NOT intoxicated when
the call occurred, but extremely infu
riated, as shown in Wednesday’s
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paper. The student is quite aware of
the mistake he made and has taken it
upon himself to apologize for his
actions.
Waite states in his column, “...
and it isn’t even over anything like
race, or gender, or something impor
tant and fiery.” What Waite doesn’t
understand is that Munson’s critique
is very offensive to people from rural
areas and makes false accusations
about “country people.” This is a
form of discrimination. We feel the:
person who called Munson was just
trying to defend East Campus, but
his methods cannot be condoned.
We have always viewed East
Campus as a quiet, friendly commu
nity that seems to keep to itself, but it
is hard to withstand so much negativ
ity for so little action.
So now we could challenge City
Campus to defend itself, but we
won’t. We know there are a tremen
dous amount of good people on City
Campus, just as there are on East. We
refuse to let one rotten apple ruin the
whole barrel.
Melissa Dearmont
junior
family science
Melissa Shafer
senior
agronomy
Wrong number
I am writing -in response to
actions taken by one of your colum
nists over the “Dukes” issue. This
writer took it in his own hands to take
a phone call directed toward him in a
joking manner and blow it out of pro
portion. One problem with his over
reaction was not addressing the call
himself, but allowing Matthew Waite
to comment on the taped message.
In his write-up, “Motor control,”
Waite made it look as if this person
who placed the call was speaking for
the whole East Campus community. I
do not watch “The Dukes of
Hazzard” every time it is on and am
sure there are a large number of stu
dents and professors on East Campus
who do not have the time to do so
also. The person who placed the call
should have been addressed by this
columnist personally someplace else
than the university paper if the
columnist felt offended or threat
ened. East Campus should have not
been brought into this ordeal.
The second problem I have with
Munson is his desire for retaliation.
A miscellaneous For Sale advertise
ment placed in the DN on Wednesday
stated that I had “Mooi*$Jiine so
strong it will make you go blind. Call
436-####, ask for Enos. Get some of
my Papa’s Age Old brew for the
weekend.” This advertisement
gained a number of laughs and a few
people thought it was real cool. Well,
Mr. Munson, it does not take too long
to call the Daily Nebraskan at 472
2588 to find out who placed such an
advertisement.
If Mr. Munson’s advertisement
was used as a way to get back at the
phone call, well, you used the wrong
number in your little advertisement
because there was no such call
placed from my dorm room. I also do
not like you putting myself in a situa
tion that you are in.
Jeff Graham
sophomore
pre-vet
Seek and ye shall find
I agree with Gregg Madsen
(Wednesday’s DN). We need to get
rid of all pornography for the good of
all decent Americans.
But we must be careful to root out
all the sources of pornography, and
cleanse our nation of the filth once
and for all. While we’re cleaning tip
the media, the mail and the Internet,
we must be careful to find and
destroy all the books that deal with
immoral topics such as illicit sex,
gratuitous nudity and incest. Books
like the Bible. There you go, a good
start for our crusade against pornog
raphy would be to bum all the Bibles.
Mark Buhrdorf
% senior
classics
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