EDITOR
Erin Gibson
OPINION
EDITOR
Cliff Hicks
EDITORIAL
BOARD
Nancy Christensen
Brad Davis
Sam McKewon
Jeff Randall
Bret Schulte
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Quotes
OF THE WEEK
-“When people know exactly what’s
going on, they’ve been extremely receptive.
The only problem we’ve really had is when
people show up and see what they think is a
cover band and not realize these are genetic
duplicates.”
Coco, bassist for Man or Astro-Man?, on
Man or Astro-Man? Clone Project Gamma,
which played at Knickerbockers on Thursday
night
“I know God has her watching over me
as an angel.”
Nebraska I-back Correll Buckhalter, on
his late mother, Ruth, who died when Correll
was 19 months old
“I don’t think anybody should be treat
ing anybody else’s ancestors with disre
spect, but, at the same time, academic free
dom involves being able to go out and
research the past.”
Gerald Harbison, UNL chemistry profes
sor, about the conflict over returning unaffili
ated American-Indian remains
“If we have any doubts, we don’t let
them in.”
Duffy s Tavern manager, Andy Fairbaim,
on how his staff will use the police-compiled
“hot sheets ” of alcohol-related offenders
“You peel, core and grind (the apples),
add sugar and spices and cook the h-e-1-1
out of ’em.”
Ferd Lintel, vender at Nebraska City’s
Applejack Festival, on making apple butter
“I think the fact that we are getting a
break is really good. Beggars can’t be
choosers.”
Sherri Neall, senior news-editorial major,
on the fall break scheduling conflict
“Without the party system, student gov
ernment would be more inclusive. People
besides the greek system would be
involved.”
Christina Anhalt, sophomore environmen
tal sociology major, on the possibility of dis
banding the party system forASUN elections
“Anything that gets me out of
Washington, D.C., right now, I will consid
er.”
U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey, joking about his
decision to join the opposition of Initiative
413
“If every student gave just one dollar, we
could finish the house.”
Chris Stone, Habitat for Humanity spokes
woman, on the cardboard shanty created to
raise money for real houses for homeless
“It just kills me not being out there
every day. I can’t wait for the day I can step
back on the field.”
NU soccer player Jenny Benson, on the
injury that will keep her from playing for the
rest of this season
“The sooner it gets into the courts, the
better.”
Councilman Curt Donaldson, on the
Council ’s decision to override the mayor ’s
veto of the ordinance restricting anti-abortion
protesters
.
“Five miles. Five beers. What the hell
was I thinking?”
DN writer Todd Munson, on his participa
tion in the 20th Annual Beer Run
“I’ve had people in my face, threatening
me, calling me names.”
Saad Alavi Nebraska Union night manag
er, on homeless people in the union
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Mook’s
VIEW
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DN
LETTERS
For the lid
I think it is about time someone
revealed the truths behind the pro
posed spending lid. Here is what the
lid actually does and why it was pro
posed.
Spending on state-operated pro
grams increases an average of 8 per
cent a year. The University of
Nebraska system increases spending
12 percent every year. These numbers
surpass the actual economic growth
and inflation in the state of Nebraska,
which is actually about 5 or 6 percent.
All this spending lid does is slow the
increase in spending down to that 5 or
6 percent a year.
No money is being cut from any
thing!
I haven’t seen any of this even
come near the DN. Chancellor
Moeser knows all of this, but he just
wants to spend more and more money
every year on programs that go
nowhere.
This spending lid doesn’t just ben
efit “big business,” it benefits anyone
who pays taxes. I think most of your
parents pay taxes and this would be a
great relief to them. It is insane to
think that tuition will actually go up
22 percent. The NU Board of Regents
wouldn’t do anything like that. An
increase that large would push stu
dents elsewhere and the University of
Nebraska would have to start making
cuts for real.
I, for one, am going to wear red to
all of our football games. Anyone else
with an ounce of common sense will
do the same.
T. J. Paulsen
sophomore
mechanical engineering
Snake-oil salesmen
About nine months ago, my hus
band and I moved here from
Columbus, Ohio, after he got a job
with the USDA on East Campus.
Every once in a while, he brings home
a Daily Nebraskan. Recently^ he
brought a real humdinger.
I read about a group of religious
zealots preaching on campus. The
• group was described as a man who
called women “sluts” and children
who said we were all “destined for
hell ” These phrases sounded so
familiar to me ... it took me back to,
say, 1993 or 1994 when I was a stu
dent at Ohio State University.
A man we all called “Brother Jed”
(whether that was his name or not, I
cannot say), came every week to
scream at us in The Oval (large grassy
place where students congregate for
various social or political reasons).
He did this every week, every fall,
every year.
My advice to people who take all
the commotion as an insult to their
religion, an insult to God and so forth:
Don’t take this guy so seriously. He’s
just your regular, run-of-the-mill
crackpot preacher who might as well
be selling snake oil. Have a little fun
with him. Buy him a Penthouse. But
don’t let his antics get to you. You can
have as much fun as he does.
Martha Stockinger
Lincoln resident
Negative affirmations
Ward Connerly is a conservative
black man who dares to dissent from
the opinions of most black leaders on
the issue of racial preferences and
affirmative action. In fact, Connerly
played a critical role in terminating
affirmative action policies in
California.
As a result, bullets have riddled
his office windows. He has been
called an “Uncle Tom,” a “turncoat”
and a “sellout to his people” by those
who disagree with his politics.
College Republicans want you to
hear his story and ideas. Connerly
will be speaking in the Nebraska
Union on Tuesday, Sept, 29th at 8 p.m.
But what does that matter to you,
and why should you really care?
These are fair questions. Allow me to
offer a few answers.
If all you really know about affir
mative action and racial preferences
is what you have been taught by pro
fessors on this campus or what you
have read in this paper, chances are
you’ve only heard one side of the
argument — the side that seems to
place emotion before reason.
If you care to hear a side of the
story that the Reverend Jesse Jackson,
as well as most of the chancellors of
most universities across the nation,
don’t want you to hear, come see
Connerly.
Moreover, if you have any interest
whatsoever in politics, law, race rela
tions, the empowerment of the black
community or exercising independent
thought, you should come see
Connerly.
Connerly rose to national promi
nence in his campaign to end policies
of racial preferences in the state uni
versity system at the University of
California, where he was a regent He
Jdid this after examining the university
system’s admission policies, conclud
ing “without a doubt that race was the
only factor” for admitting some stu
dents. Indeed, students were being
judged and admitted by the color of
their skin, not by the content of then
character. ;
After some prodding by the gover
nor, Connerly took over as chairman
of the California Civil Rights
Initiative and sponsored Proposition
209, a statewide ballot measure that
amended the California constitution
to prohibit racial and gender discrim
ination and preferences by govern
ment agencies in public contracting,
employment and university admis
sions.
Why would he do this? Why
would a black man want to end a poli
cy that is supposedly so beneficial to
members of his race? After all, to
eliminate affirmative action, both
Jesse Jackson and President Clinton
have warned, is to invite the “resegre
gation of American life.”
This is simply not so, claims
Connerly and other prominent con
servatives. If one does a little
research, it is not hard to discover that
the benefits affirmative action has
created for blacks are few and far
between.
system oi racial preierences
leads to the neglect of a problem in the
black community: education. Instead
of dealing with the real problem of
getting black children a solid educa
tion, affirmative action lowers stan
dards and does not prepare inner-city {
black students sufficiently for col- '
lege.
I’ve mentioned here just a few
basic arguments concerning the inef
fectiveness of affirmative action. If
you make the trip to see Connerly, you
will be sure to hear more eloquent and
in-depth arguments.
But maybe the most important
reason to come see Connerly is sim
ply to educate yourself on this contro
versial issue. Don’t allow yourself to
be spoon-fed tired rhetoric by your
liberal professors without checking
the facts.
You’ve heard their side of the
story. Now, come see Connerly and
hear the right side.
Josh Moenning
junior
advertising and political science
UNL College Republicans
secretary
CORRECTION
It was stated in Thursday’s DN
that condoms are free at the
University Health Center. They are
actually 10 cents.