EDITOR Josh Funk OPINION EDITOR Mark Baldridge EDITORIAL BOARD Lindsay Young Jessica Fargen Samuel McKewon Cliff Hicks Quotes OF THE WEEK There have been gays in the military as long as there’s been a military. They’ve only had to hide. Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley If I didn’t know better, I’d say we were having church today. Rev. Al Meredith during his Fort Worth con gregation ’s first service since a shooting rampage left eight dead and seven wounded I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I’ve already taken the position. Bill Clinton to Chris Tucker on his honorary status as the nation s "first black president ” I like the video most. It shows our per sonalities, not just our looks. Kerri George, one-half of the “Sisters2000 ’’swimwear calendar It’s really very simple. We turned it over to them. You can’t do that against good football teams. Mississippi Head Coach Jeff Bower after his team s 20-13 loss to Nebraska The whole thing’s based on goofiness. Lori Vidlak, president of the Nebraska Independent Film Projects, on "Son of Mad Movie Night” There’s a learning curve. As we get towards the end of the year (parking problems) will decline. Don Arp, Lincoln police sergeant, on game day parking problems It’s not a tipsy taxi. Molly Stohs, program coordinator for Project Care, which offers a “safe ride home ” Once he gets over the hump confidence . wise, it will steamroll, and everybody bet ter watch out NU starting comerback Ralph Brown on fellow comerback Keyuo Craver There’s absolutely no doubt about it. (Lincoln police) will do their thing, and we’ll do ours. County Chief Deputy William E. Jarrett, after confiscating 60-70 cases of beer from a Delta Tau Delta Fraternity party Eric knows what’s going on. He knows he really quit DeAngelo Evans, former NU l-back, on Eric Crouch, who says he never left the team Weightlessness is really fun. Sally Ride, astronaut He’s our little anti-depressant dog, and he’s very good at it Judith Andre, on her Welsh Corgi, Prozac AND IN THIS ISSUE You might see someone who looks really dykey or flamey, but they aren’t gay. Bea Carrasco, graduate assistant in the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Resource Center Editorial Policy Unsigned editorials are the opinions of the Fall 1999 Daily Nebraskan. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, its employees, its student body or the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. A column is solely the opinion of its author. , The Board of Regents serves as publisher of the Daily Nebraskan; policy is set by the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. The UNL Publications Board, established by the regents, supervises the production of the paper. According to policy set by the regents, responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies solely to the bands of its student employees. Letter Policy The Daily Nebraskan welcomes brief letters to the editor and guest columns, but does not guarantee their publication. The Daily Nebraskan retains the right to edit or reject any material submitted. Submitted material becomes property of the Daily Nebraskan and cannot be returned. Anonymous submissions will not be published. Those who submit letters must identify themselves by name, year in school, major and/or group affiliation, if any. Submit material to: Daily Nebraskan, 20 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. Lincoln, NE 68568-0448. E-mail: letters@uri)info:unl.edu. : / V Obermeyer’s VIEW /XeH H6H...WH/tr^\ / ARE YOU rD5RlAi- CARTOONIST?/ X- X . DN LETTERS EDITOR’S NOTE: On Monday, the Daily Nebraskan printed, in the “Letters” section, a note from Harold Williams, a junior engineering major, which generat ed a good deal of counter-mail. Rather than run all these letters, we here reprint paragraphs from the original and counter-graphs from the responses. WILLIAMS To all lesbians: What the hell are you thinking? Has the thought ever crossed your mind that if it were not for heterosex uals (read: normal people) that you would not be alive? Now don’t give me this crap about how your condition comes from genetics.... How is this going to happen? Did your two lesbian moth ers pass this gene on to you? It should be evident to everyone that homosex uality is completely ludicrous. Likewise, to do any in depth study of the sub ject is a waste of time. This is why I would urge all members of the women’s studies program to consider a real major. I’d hate to see you end up saying “would you like fries with that?’’ f©r the rest of your fife* RESPONSE To all engineering students: On behalf of les bians, philosophers, biologists and the general read er, I was hoping that one of you could tell us what the hell Mr. Williams is thinking. Surely it is painfully embarrassing to have a member of yopr fold make such public display of his ignorance. My sympathies go out to you. He offends us both with his bad biology and poor moral reasoning. Perhaps we should refer Mr. Williams to a high school biology text so as to pro vide him with a clear explanation of the mechanics of genetics at a level he can understand. - Clayton Littlejohn, graduate student, philoso phy Based on his asinine letter, it hasn’t occurred to Harold Williams that not everyone has to be hetero sexual for reproduction to occur. His rant about genetics is easily disproved by two right-handed par ents raising a left-handed child. - Gary Rimar, Wayne State As a gay man with a lesbian sister and aunt, I do feel that there are genetic factors that cause homo sexuality. In fact, I don’t know a single gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered person who doesn’t have another of one or more of the aforementioned alive in his or her family. - Tom Fredericksen, freshman, psychology To call being a homosexual “ludicrous” is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. - Kevin Francis, sophomore, actuarial science No one in the women’s studies program needs to switch to a “real major” because they will have no trouble finding a job. There is obviously a lot of work to be done educating the ignorant in our society. - Tom Fredericksen '• -V j ■ ;