Suh should apologize for accident
I agree with the Daily Nebraskan staff that Suh should not be publicly criticized for hitting those three cars on Halloween night, but I do not agree that he should not feel any consequences. One of those cars that Suh hit was my car.
My car was declared totaled today by Tracy’s Body Shop. Suh’s insurance company will only give me compensation for the Blue Book value of my car. I am going to receive half of what I paid for the car, and on top of that, I will not receive enough to buy a decent car. I am from Des Moines and have to get back home for the holidays. This is a huge inconvenience for me, and I am feeling all of the consequences of Suh’s actions.
I have not received any sort of break from the insurance companies or Suh himself. I have not even received an apology. I do not want to publicly bash Suh for totaling my car – it was an accident. But he is regarded as one of America’s all stars and is famous on this campus. At the very least, he could man up and apologize.
From Jessica Elwell a senior theater major
Press unfairly publicizes celebrities’ mistakes
Why is it that no matter what a celebrity does it always has to be on the news? In the Nov. 2 edition, you included the article “Suh cited for negligent driving” by Max Olson. It had to deal with our very own defensive tackle for “drinking” and driving. Well, let me tell you that kids will be kids.
I feel the only reason this story was newsworthy is because everyone knows who Suh is. He is a “celebrity.” I just don’t understand why no matter what the big dogs do, it is always newsworthy. It usually includes the one wrong thing they did just one time.
No, I am not a fan of what he did with going out and drinking. I feel he should not because he has a commitment to the football team. He also has a lot of other great things going for him. Also in the article, it states that they asked Suh if he was going to go out and celebrate Halloween after the game, and he stated that he was not really into that. Now, to me what he did was hypocritical because with his statement, and I quote, “No, I’m not too much into that,” he is telling me that he is going to refrain from the partying.
The article also goes on to talk about how he hit three cars and did a total of $26,000 in damage. They state these facts so that everyone knows, but really people are just like, well, that will be no big deal for them. They have money. People enjoy listening to what their “celebrities” did wrong, but if you think about it, no one would ever know about it if a “normal” person did it.
I feel that if this would have happened to anyone else in the world, it would not have made the news. The press is just waiting for incidents like this to happen, so they can blow them way out of proportion. I feel that they do this to make others think twice about that individual. In a way, they are almost trying to ruin their social status or career or even both, for that matter.
From Whitney Riley, freshman sociology major
‘Get a grip on the football and put down the beer’
In response to Gary Stephens’ Nov. 5 letter to the editor about “ Suh cited for negligent driving” :
I have to agree with Gary Stephens that drinking while participating for the Huskers in sports is wrong. There are a lot of young men out there who would kill, and even stop drinking, just to become a part of this state’s greatest pride, the Husker football team.
Gary said, “You have the rest of your lives to go drinking, but you only play for Nebraska once!” It isn’t like you will be able to go back in time like “17 Again” and be able to relive your past sports experiences. This is it, and this is your time to shine for us, so step up your game and back away from the booze.
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