ASUNpresident's visit
to Israel enlightening
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Touring the U.S. Embassy,
Russell heard presentations from
U.S. government officials regarding
the process of third-party peace
negotiations.
While on tour, Russell said there
were many times in the building
when she didn’t think security mea
sures were strict enough, especially
considering the devastating bomb
ings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and
Tanzania on Aug. 7. “The metal
detector would go off, and no one
would care,” Russell said. “They just
thought because we were a tour
group, everything was fine.”
Visiting Hebrew University, in
Jerusalem, Russell discussed with
other students the strong apathy on
that campus over political issues
regarding the Israeli-Palestinian con
flict.
“There are two rights clashing
creating one wrong: war,” she said.
“They say they need to go to war, but
I don’t think war is ever an answer.”
Russell, who was ASUN Human
Rights Committee chairwoman last
year, said she still has a strong belief
in other alternatives to war and in
equality for all people.
Russell said her excursion to
another country made her aware of
possible issues at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln and reinforced her
support for resolutions on current
issues.
Russell said the American Jewish
Committee’s goal of eliminating big
otry and promoting tolerance in the
United States taught her how to build
tolerance among students.
“Yes we have problems upon
problems here at UNL, but if people
could sit down and discuss matters,
things can be solved,” she said.
“Everyone can and needs to learn to
tolerate others.”
Other issues Russell discussed
with Israeli students included trying
to keep tuition low, student represen
tation in student government and
lack of student parking on campus.
“It’s nice to see parking is not just
an American problem,” Russell said.
“It’s universal and not just UNL.”
Russell said she is planning to
convey to the ASUN Senate a sense
of how lucky students are to be living
in the United States.
Subtle cultural differences made
all the difference in Israel, she said.
“I was fascinated, but very ner
vous of the machine guns on the
streets,” she said. “You learn fast to
respect and tolerate others and their
beliefs.”
Russell said students need to
realize there are always compromises
when conflicts arise.
“We do have a lot of problems in
the U.S.,” Russell said. “But we are
really quite amazing if you just sit
and think about it”
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