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OFTOEWREK
“We used to say, when we were
up in the air, ‘I’m free.’”
- Lt. Col. Paul Adams, a black
fighter pilot for the Tuskegee airmen
during World War II
“Let whites be in slavery for 100
years, then come tell me about
reverse discrimination.”
-Adams, defending affirmative
action
“Sex is overblown. If it was that
good you would not have to get
drunk to do it.”
- Poet Nikki Giovanni, at the 21st
annual Big 12 Conference on Black
Student Government
“Man, I like to do duck walks
and walk on my toes. I wish I could
do a flip, because when I get into
the music, I get really excited.”
- Lil* Ed Williams, frontman for
LiV Ed and the Blues Imperials,
about live performances
“This is the most lame-brained,
crack-brained piece of nonsense I
have ever encountered in my life.”
- Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers,
testifying against LB 1214, a bill that
would create a two-tiered marriage
system placing strict requirements
for counseling and procedures for
couples
“If I ever quit being nervous I’m
done fighting bulls. That’s when I’ll
be hurt bad, bad, bad.”
- Bullfighter Colby Gines, on what
would make him quit his job
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“I am confident that when we do
go to court, that I will be vindicat
ed.”
- English Professor David Hibler,
following his suspension amid allega
tions of sexually harassing a student
“We have a great schedule and
the best product in the country. We
feel the product is worth the
$107.50 the students are paying.”
- NU Ticket Office Manager John
Anderson, justifying the increase in
student ticket prices
“We just want to keep doing
what we do and hopefully not get
overtaken by the Puff Daddy and
the Family tour.”
- Primus guitarist Larry La
Londe, about his band’s current tour
“If you tried to tell an athlete he
could become faster at the mile run
by not working hard and exercising
and training, they’d laugh at you.
But yet many students think those
same kinds of dedicated efforts
aren’t required in pursuing of an
academic goal - and they are.”
- UNL Vice Chancellor for Student
Affairs James Griesen, about raising
academic standards
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DN
LETTERS
Score one for us
I’ve read some silly letters to the
DN complaining about how they
report and what they write about,
including defending cows against
Todd Munson’s wrath and John
Anderson trying to convince the stu
dents that prices hadn’t risen in the
last three years, but “Other papers do
it” (DN letters, Wednesday) took the
cake.
Now I realize that the DN doesn’t
need anyone to defend them, but
being the editor of a small paper
myself, I feel that being put in the
paper, back page or not, does not con
stitute disrespect or discrimination.
The problem is that some people
look too hard for little things to call
discrimination. I have no problem
with Black History Month, but peo
ple need to be grateful for the cover
age that they do get. I’ll be satisfied if
my name is in the DN more than this
once.
People need to stop complaining
about what is in the paper and start
fixing problems themselves. If the
problem is that you don’t like the DN
or what’s in it, then don’t read it. If
you think you know best, write for it.
Do something to solve your con
cerns; I’m tired of reading about
them.
Joe Scharfbillig
freshman
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Score TWO for 118
Mark Bauermeister’s Comments
about the Daily Nebraskan and diver
sity issue coverage by the paper are
- way off mark (“Other papers do it
(why can’t we?,” Wednesday). The
DN and its staff have done an excel
lent job recently in recognizing Black
History Month as well as the Big XII
conference on diversity.
The entire front page of the paper
dealt specifically with these issues on
several occasions last week. I would
challenge Mr. Bauermeister to find
any paper willing to devote so many
column inches to these issues.
I have been reading this paper for
five years and have commonly found
music and entertainment articles near
the back page. The DN devoted the
entire back page to black artists.
There is a lot going on in the world
around us, and the DN is doing its
best to cover many important issues.
Perhaps Mr. Bauermeister should
get a subscription to a different publi
cation (that) deals specifically with
race relations.
Dan Massara
senior
broadcasting
Remember Reagan?
Next time, before you allow an
editorial writer to crack on perhaps
the all-around best president of this
century (“The great pretenderj”
Thursday), ask him to do a little more
homework and not just rip off his
information from the liberal guests
on the political pundits talk-show cir
cuit.
It must be distressing to liberals,
now that war has been avoided in
Iraq, that the only way they can dis
tract from their president's pathetic
behavior is to try to defame Ronald
Reagan, a man of honor and trust
whose presidency will always be
leagues ahead of Slick Willyk.
Ninety percent or more of every
thing Colmaa says is liberal conjec
ture, which sadly will be taken as
gospel by the horde of collegians who
witness similar crap in your daily
with a greater frequency than even
new Clinton scandals.
Colman is out to make* hero look
bad because the hero doesn’t fit his
personal political schemata, and he
tries to come off as an intellectual,
using big words he thinks no one else
understands. Tell (Colman) to put
down the thesaurus and pick up a tnte
account of Reagan’s presidency and
stop trying to degrade a man with
100-fold the honor, respect and com
mitment to this country than the guy
in the Oval Office today, who has
embarrassed... the office of the pres
ident so badly it may never recover.
Jason Fredregill
Lincoln
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