EDITOR
Paula Lavigne
OPINION
EDITOR
Joshua Gillin
EDITORIAL
BOARD
Brad Davis
Erin Gibson
Shannon Heifelfinger
Chad Lorenz
Jeff Randall
Quotes
OF THE WEEK
“Our leadership in the world is unri
valecLThe state of oar union is strong.”
President Bill Clinton, in his State of
the Union address
“(Clinton) went oat of his way to
reduce elements of partisanship, and
that’s unusual for this president”
U.S. Rep. Doug Bereuter, R-Neb.,
about the State of the Union address.
“What Roe (vs. Wade) said was that
women can be their own moral decision
makers. It was a theological issue about
life.”
Chris Funk, director for Planned
Parenthood of Lincoln
“We hate to point out a negative inci
dent as having positive consequences,
but I think this one has.”
Chancellor James Moeser, one year
after the Sigma Chi cross burning
“I don’t want to have to choose
between a regents meeting and a hockey
game.”
Kim Todd, former director of campus
planning, explaining that she would now
prefer not to have to work long weekends
“In kind of a strange way - John
Elway, I’ve always enjoyed him.l jnst
wish he hadn’t done it against me.”
Green Bay Packers Coach Mike
Holmgren, after Elway and the Denver
Broncos beat the Packers in Super Bowl
XXXII
“The future of the state truly lies in
our young people, and this is an invest
ment in our young people and their
opportunities.”
Gov. Ben Nelson, introducing LB 1176,
the “brain gain ” bill
“I just want to work my hardest, and
I don’t want to have a bad attitude.”
NU I-back DeAngelo Evans, about his
rehabilitation from a pelvis injury
“The University of Nebraska is the
place you want to go if you’re not
already there. It’s a big-name university
- everybody’s heard of the University of
Nebraska.”
Shad Williams, director of Pi Kappa
Alpha Fraternity's expansion
“In no case shall the mother of the
unborn child be prosecuted for any act
contributing to the death of the unborn
child.”
Provision stated in LB981 and LB987,
bills defining “viable" unborn children in
the uterus and actions to be taken when an
unborn child is killed
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LETTERS
The truth hurts
As a former DN columnist, I
know cynicism is required of a col
lege writer. Because of that experi
ence, I will not refuse all the obvious
satire in the Jan. 29 DN editorial
(“Shopping the drain”) bemoaning
the supposed lack of quality life in
Nebraska. Instead, I will paraphrase
the famous line from Stripes,
“Lighten up, Francis,” and apply it
here: “Lighten up, DN.”
If Nebraska has “Nothing that
would make a young person stay
here,” as you put it, why are you still
here? I guess no one on the editorial
board could get into KU.
My “brain gain” proposal isn’t a
panacea for all the state’s ills, but I
do believe it’s a cost-effective way to
keep our best and brightest young
people here. Think about it: If more
of them stay, maybe the editorials in
the DN will be worth reading. My
bill will also encourage companies
to grow here, pay taxes here and
invest money here.
Is this why the DN is called the
“Rag?”
Sen. Jon Bruning
District!
Omaha
Preach on!
In response to Joe Fraas’ Jan. 29
letter (“In defense of the father...”), I
believe you are missing the point of
the editorial entirely. The article is
not disagreeing with the teachings of
the Bible, it is simply saying the
Christian church has always twisted
and distorted whatever message the
Bible may have to its own uses.
I agree with the Jan. 28 editorial
wholeheartedly. The church that is
supposedly founded on a poor man’s
teachings is now the church that sur
rounds itself with riches and luxu
ries. Sounds kind of odd, huh?
Eric Rost
freshman
mechanical engineering
Testify!
Several responses by readers to
Mr.Colman’s article point out that
you cannot judge the worth of
Christianity by the behavior of some
of its adherents.
Many Christians have judged the
worth of Judaism by die behavior of
some of its adherents. They base this
judgment on Jesus’ words in
Matthew 23.
Should we not judge a tree by the
fruit it bears?
Steven Carr
Bradford, England
Beware the keeper of
the house...
A lot of little red flags shot up in
my head when I read Anthony
Colman’s article, “A cross to bear.”
The one that bothers me most is how
he claimed that Christians proclaim
Christianity is die cure for all social
His. Christianity does not claim this.
In fact, God says life will not always
be a bowl of cherries. “I have told
you these things so that in me you
may have peace. In this world you
will have trouble. But take heart! I
have overcome the world (John
16:33).”
Yes, if we were all Christians and
followed Christ’s example die world
would be better. But we don’t.
Christians call themselves
Christians, but are human too and
make mistakes. Just because we say
we are Christians does not mean we
claim to be perfect That’s why Christ
is needed: because we aren't perfect
We try our best, and the rest is taken
care of by him. I’m sorry to disap
point you, Mr. Colman, but society's
ills will never be cured.
What’s most important in life
actually has nothing to do with this
life but what comes after it “So we
fix our eyes not on what is seen, but
what is unseen. For what is seen is
temporary, but what is unseen is eter
nal (2 Corinthians 4:18).”
Go ahead and believe the path of
Christianity leads to suffering and
exclusion. I won't be the one you'll
be answering to.
Rebecca Pohlman
. sophomore
speech pathology
... for ye know not when he
comes
You may be as surprised to dis
cover you have readers in San
Francisco as 1 was, who read
Anthony Colman’s Jan. 28 column
on Christianity in America (A cross
to bear).
As a gay person of faith (Unitari
an universalist), I was disappointed
at his rather negative portrayal of
faith and its role in our society. It is
certainly true many evil things are
done in the name of God. It is also
true many congregations of diverse
faiths are today engaged in fighting
racism, homophobia and other social
maladies, and trying to live up to
what Jesus of Nazareth taught as the
greatest commandment: to love God,
and to love one's neighbor as oneself.
I am an active participant in die
life of my congregation: I am a
teacher in our religious education
program. Our denomination was one
of the first to perform ceremonies of
union fen same-sex couples and has
been vocal in support of equal rights
for all people. In short, my faith has
been my anchor in a world that does
n't always accept me for who I am.
I do not believe Mr. Colman is
incorrect to question thojole of faith
in our society. And die separation of
church and state is and must remain
fundamental to the law of our land.
But to turn a blind eye to the many
ways in which faith can bring heal
ing and understanding to a diverse
society is to forget the core teaching
of Jesus: to love God and to love one
another.
Charles E. Galvin Jr.
San Francisco
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