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Lame new
world
Privacy decreases
as technology advances
It used to be as simple as closing a door.
A simple flick of the wrist would cut a
person off from the outside world. People
would set foot in their houses, and they
were free to do as they chose, without peo
ple poking their head in to see if everything
met with their standards. Morality was self
imposed.
It was a time when neighbors knew each
other on a first-name basis and, while peo
ple would talk about what happened behind
the safety of a person’s closed door, they
never knew exactly what was going on back
there.
mat s privacy.
Today, technology is bringing us closer
and closer together while pushing us fur
ther ancl further apart. Most people don’t
know the names of thehrneighbors, but they
know intimate details about people they’ve
never met.
Phones can be tapped and, if the govern
ment has its way, e-mail will be as well.
Satellites can zoom in and read license
plates. Videophones will probably be com
monplace in less than 10 years. The
Internet will be hooked up to houses like
cable. Cellular phones will replace home
phones.
Every minute of every day, people will
be accessible.
We’rejoing to be connected in ways
we’ve never imagined; and yet...., we’re
growing apart.
A certain paranoia is growing inside
America, and people are watching every
one with suspicion. All those people are
being watched by the government, under
the guise of our “safety.”
wur politics were personal, our iammes
were personal, our sex lives were personal.
What happened inside our houses was our
business, and it’s a shame things are mov
ing away from that.
America has seen this paranoia before.
In the 1950s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy
attempted to root out Communism in the
United States wherever it hid, or wherever
he thought it did. In regards to decency,
Sen. McCarthy asked, “How dare you, Sir?”
Well, how dare you?
Privacy has its place in any society, and
it always will. There comes a time to close
the door, lower the shades and keep some
thing to yourself. No one has the right to
know everything, because not everything is
someone’s business.
When the door closes, what happens
beyond is none of your, or our, business. If
that sanctuary we call home falls, what then
will shelter us from our antagonists? What
then will give us the place to regroup and
rethink our arguments?
What will the word “home” mean any
more?
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Another perfect season
Huskers will be champions again
MATTHEW EICKMAN is a
senior finance and econom
ics major and a Daily
Nebraskan columnist
The Nebraska football team will
win this year’s national championship.
A lull weekend of football has left
me with this clear realization.
So, for those of you who don’t like
to read about politics, bums, hoseball, a
union that will never be done or Jerry
Springer, I offer you this sports opinion
column.
Whether you’re a sports nut or just
bored in your marketing class, this col
umn is for you.
If someone asked me to describe
the last two weekends, I’d fall just short
of calling them “heaven.” Three-day
weekend last week, college football all
day Saturday, and the NFL on Sunday.
The last two full Saturdays of foot
ball allowed me to reach the pinnacle
of happiness—too many awesome
football games to watch.
ao, uespue me overioaa, i took
advantage of humankind’s greatest
innovation, the remote control, and I
sucked it all in.
I saw teams suck (i.e. Michigan),
and I saw teams surprise (i.e. Iowa
State). I saw good teams play other
good teams while Nebraska played
UAB (laugh quietly, so your professor
doesn’t hear you) and then California.
Two weeks of football and I already
think NU will win the title? No, I know
the Huskers will win it
I’ve figured out that other teams
will choke, knock each other off or lose
to Nebraska. This leaves one undefeat
ed team: he Nebraska Comhuskers.
To look at these teams, let’s divide
he country into three major groups:
he money-generators (read: Kansas
State’s nonconference schedule), he
pretenders and he contenders.
Money Generators
OK, so we’ve started out with two
of these. The advantage to Nebraska is
hat our doormats will prepare us for
serious opponents down the road. We’ll
know what to do when a quarterback
and receiver go nutty or when a team .
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uses new formations and schemes.
But the others? We headed to
California to face the Bears-make
sure the bands stay off die field, nice
weather you have here, we win, thanks
for the check, goodbye.
How do you describe the Kansas
football team? If it has to force ticket
buyers to buy a ticket to an additional
game just to attend the Nebraska game
they have to fall into the money-gener
ators category.
What about the Oklahoma State
Cowboys? They don’t even want to.
play a home game because they can
make more money in Kansas City, Mo.
Iowa State? Tim Floyd and Michael
Jordan couldn’t even make that team a
winner.
Pretenders
The pretenders include teams in the
top 25 with no real chance of compet
ing with the big dogs.
Michigan followed up a national
championship by getting stomped by
Notre Dame. Apparently ABC and
ESPN can get you a tide and a
Heisman Trophy, but they can’t help
you beat NBC. They followed that rout
with another against Syracuse.
iNotre uame preienaea it was con
tenders until they were stomped by
Michigan State. Next tiling you know,
the Irish assistant coaches will be beat
ing up opposing players.
Sure, Florida State is more mature
behind center than Florida. More
mature by nearly 20 years to be exact
Unfortunately, the emotion of Jimmy Y
allowed the Wolfpack to send Florida
State back to the Tallahassee, Fla.,
Nursing Home.
Penn State won’t have the help of
an extended sideline, and therefore has
no chance of surviving the Big 10,
much less get a chance to lose to
Nebraska.
Colorado made a strong move into
the pretenders group, but has no chance
of further promotion. A lade of spiritual
support from ex-coach Bill McCartney
will leave the Buffaloes ready to fold.
Syracuse? Thanks Tennessee.
North Carolina? Thanks Miami of
Ohio. Arizona State? Thanks
Washington.
Missouri? It won’t take the foot of
Wiggins this year. The only foot the
Tigers will feel will be our defense
kicking them backwards.
Yes, we do play Texas and Texas
A&M from the dangerous (not) Big 12
South. Texas did actually learn not to
lose by 63 but it still gave up 36 points
to New Mexico State in the first game.
Texa$ A&M tytst figure putthat
they could have at least shown up for
the Big 12 Championship Game last
year.
Contenders
To show respect for an unnamed
Daily Nebraskan sports staff writer,
we’ll acknowledge that only a few
teams in the top 10 matter.
The contenders are all good teams
that could win the national champi
onship. Of course, they could win the
championship if Nebraska felt guilty
about its recent near-monopolization
on die championship trophies.
Tennessee showed in the Orange
Bowl that it does not have the strong
horses or speed demons to keep up
with the Huskers.
Washington escaped Arizona State
with a strong win, but will face diffi
culties in Lincoln this year. Maybe
quarterback Brock Huard will decide
not to cry the whole game this year, but
I doubt it The Huskies have too much
inexperience and they will soon slip
back with the pretenders.
Florida will find too many prob
lems with their six-headed quarterback
scheme. A lack of consistency behind
center will lead to a few regular season
losses.
ucla nas no aeiense to support
an outstanding offense. Huskers win
72-71. Enough said.
The currently No. 1-rankedOhio
State Buck ves have a nice team. It will
remain nice until the Michigan band
breaks out in Hail to the Victors” and
John Cooper gets scared
Last, but definitely not least, the
Huskers must face Kansas State.
Because Kansas State has a steady
offense, a strong defense and a great
coach, it has drawn the respect of the
Huskers.
Kansas State may only lose one
gaihe this year, but it will be on
November 14 to a Nebraska team that
is slightly stronger.
So, there you have it A floor plan
to a perfect 14-0 national champi
onship season. Not only will other
teams shoot themselves in the feet, but
the Huskers will beat them with a
multi-faceted offense, a speedy defense
and the most brilliant coaches in the
nation.
If the Huskers slip up along the
way, §o be it I’ll still be a loyal Husker
fan, and we’ll still be champs in my
eyes.
Enjoy the weekend of football, and,
while sitting on your couch watching
the game, hum the fight song each time
the Huskers score.
'V’Now; back to lecture. ' '