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Quotes of the
WEEK
“Ydu can’t be'too careful with this Columbine thing
and all.”
A Lincoln High School teacher to two Daily Nebraskan
reporters, after they had walked around the school for
nearly ten minutes without being detected.
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“Once on stage, something inside of us clicks, and
we become these crazed, rock-’n’-roll, screaming peo
ple. It’s pain and joy all rolled into one.”
Rose Marshack, bassist and backup vocalist for the
Poster Children.
“It’s clear that I had a realistic chance of winning
the nomination, and I’ve no doubt I could defeat (likely
Democratic nominee) Ben Nelson in the fall.”
Former Republican candidate for Senate Elliott
Rustad.
“I loved my job at Nebraska. I wish that I still had
it.”
Former NU Wrestling Coach Tim Neumann after his
resignation.
“We can’t vote on how the world works, so therefore
we should teach how it does work with science.”
Eugene C. Scott, executive director of the National
Center for Science Education, speaking on the merits of
evolution at the Nebraska Union on Monday night.
“If you’re worried about oral sex and hand jobs,
pass an ordinance banning oral sex and hand jobs.”
John Ways, operations manager of Mataya’s Babydolls,
to the Lincoln City Council.
“We have campuses ending the greek community
and building alternative housing. Why? Because we’re
not living up to what we promised.”
Don Dipaolo, an instructor at the University of
Michigan, speaking to hundreds of greek system members
at the Lied Center on Monday night.
“Different strokes for different folks, but we don’t
have to change the definition of marriage.”
Senate candidate John DeCamp on the possibility of
granting same-sex^ unions.
“These little middle-schoolers know more than I do
about this stuff. How embarrassing.”
Junior pre-nursing major Kathleen Anthofer at Science
Day 2000, a day for high school and middle school stu
dents to attend classes at UNL.
“We haven’t set any limits on ourselves this year. We
know what everyone wants, and it isn’t a Big 12
Championship; it’s a national championship.”
NU center Dominic Raiola, after the annual Red- White
Spring Game.
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Change of seasons
Agricultural interests must be protected
A solid foundation should be
able to support any structure and
never crumble away. This same solid
foundation is something that never
is seen, and only the builder knows
its depth and strength. When a storm
comes, it provides security and a
place for protection. It remains as
the only evidence of a once tall
standing structure blown away by a
storm.
I knew things were going to
change going into my third year at
UNL. I was starting a new major
and letting go of a big part of my
life. It was apparent that the struc
ture above my foundation was going
to face a storm.
***
In 1917, the gun fired and my
family began to run a race. Looking
back, I am positive that this race was
a relay. Each generation handed the
baton to the next. My great-grandpa
handed it to my granddad, my
granddad handed it to my dad, and
as I was reaching back to grab it
from my dad, suddenly the race
ended. The baton was not passed on.
We could not jump the hurdles any
more, and it hurt too much to keep
on knocking them down.
The baton in this race is our fam
ily farm; the race includes the
efforts to make the operation a suc
cess.
When the race ended, an auc
tioneer and more than 200 bidders
quietly dismantled the structure of
our 83-year-old family farm. The
buyers gathered the pieces of our
farm to help hold their farms togeth
er.
Today, many batons are getting
too heavy and being dropped. This
race in agriculture is full of limita
tions and obstacles; fewer and fewer
runners are grabbing the baton
Jeremy Steele is a junior agricultural education major and
a Daily Nebraskan guest columnist.
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trained and ready to run.
Foundations are cracking and crum
bling as these storms move through
the land across this nation.
If agriculture produces the hard
est-working people in the world,
then why is this nation, why is this
state and why is this university tak
ing that away?
We are covering up and prevent
ing what makes any structure stand,
its foundation.
Once a foundation is covered, it
takes forever to dig it up so that it
can be used again. This is what we
are doing today.
This nation was first successful
because of its solid foundation and
convictions of our founding fathers,
which created another foundation of
economic success through agricul
ture. Nebraska is a great place to
live, just as our early nation was,
because of its same common foun
dation.
Agriculture will continue to pro
duce the great leaders. People of
agriculture understand their founda
tion and are confident that it will
hold many structures throughout
life.
Agricultural Education and
Future Farmers of America are
being used to help students recog
nize the skills that they have and
strive to develop the skills they
need. These students will later help
the nation as leaders in whatever
they do.
Right now this nation is not
helping agriculture, so down the
road agriculture is not going to help
this nation.
But it is time to change; it is time
to make some noise. It does not mat
ter if you are on City or East cam
pus, greek or not, on or off campus.
Why do we allow divisions to devel
op within this university when we
are all on the same team?
The top position at this universi
ty is open right now. We need a
chancellor and other leaders who
will not cover up agriculture, who
will not divide this university. We
need a team that recognizes diversi
ty but does not overlook the benefits
that agriculture provides for careers
and leadership development for this
state and this nation.
UNL has made some good
moves this year. It seems to be on ->
the right path in hiring people who t
represent the integrity and commit- ;I
ment to values that this state wants. ;1
People are watching their next big \
moves and waiting to cheer or boo.
What is it that agriculture has to j
offer the university? True leader- -j
ship. The greatest leaders of our j
nation were simple farmers. And ;i
one of the greatest leaders in the
Bible was David. He left his flock of
sheep to kill a giant and become a :j
great king. Nobody thought that he
could do it. David recognized the \
skills he had and killed a giant with
one stone. r
To change a tire, you have to
change the center bolt. When time is„
running out, a change in the play at s,
the line of scrimmage is shouted out
from the center of the line, from the >
leader of the team. 4
Nebraska is located in the center
of this nation. To change anything,
its source or center must be changed
first.
It is time to change, time to
make some noise, but the right
change and the right amount of
noise must come at the right time be
successful in whatever we do. The
time is now: We can make decisions
that will focus the future, the vision
of this university.