In the eye of the beholder, I guess

Our real good friend, the red-baiting professor Gerard Harbison, wrote a letter to the Journal Star which was published today.

Funds for political cause

I was disturbed to read that the University of Nebraska Foundation is contributing $25,000 in an effort to defeat the Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative.

The alumni and donors who contributed these dollars to the university foundation doubtless thought their donations would be used to help academics, libraries, education or scholarship; they had no idea the money would instead be used to bankroll a political cause they may well disagree with.

How ironic, indeed, if their contributions have the effect of keeping their own children or grandchildren out of certain programs at UNL!

Gerard S. Harbison, Hallam

He says he's "disgusted" by the fact that the Foundation would donate to an effort defending a University policy, but I seem to recall a time when Harbison was explicitly defending the funding of the NCRI from what many would consider a much more odious source.

Vulture funds, disgusting.