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Vol.~II, NO.3 WORK'ING FOR~ FREE 'WORLD January 1989

·Bicentenniai.:·Inaugyration .. ·

by Kathryn-Dohe-rty

. Friday, January 20, 1989 marked the Bicentennial Inauguration ceremony in United States 'iiistory~

· George-Herbeit W alkeF Bush became the_Iorty-f1rst President of the United

-States. _ · · · , In . a twenty min~te speech

viewed by Jthousand~ at . the capital- · steps, George Bush took an opportunity to thank former President Ronald Reagan, who left the ·office as the most popular President of the

· postwfl! era. But J:li.s tone echoed a change from the· Reagan years ,with his the theme 'of 11the new breeze blowing". President Bush e!flphasized the social problems that the country . faces, including drug·s, homelessness

_ and poverty ~while he· called for unity ' ,among all AmeriCans. At some tinies

·. it almo-st sounded as if Bush was a ' pryacher, s~ying things like, "W·e are not the sum ·of our· possesions." . He also reminded mat democracy requires ;!

· work and service from the citizens and · called · for a new activism in the United States.,

The world .reacfed in most cases with <;ongratulations ·to .the new · President and with fond farewells · to Ronald Reagan. Mich~l Gorbachev , expressed hope that good relations with ,the :soviet Union would~ continue, and an · expressed~-best wishes to the Reagans and thanked

Mr. Reagan for his contributions to . the world. In Panama, Inauguration' Day was ·marked by a five thousand

' person Anti-Reagan 'rally, led by . Manuel Noriega, who burned an · .. ~ffigy of Reagan~

'George Bu~ plans to bit the ground runnin'g as President· of the United States, and plans on building upon the eeonomic sqccesses of the -

, previous·- admi~istration. He plans to take a more publically active role in governing· than djd Reagar:t and hopes that Congres·s will be supportive and cooperative in a. new bipartisanship in foreign policy and domestic matters . . ·

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One of the favorite pl9ys of _ . . , ..,.......;.~-,~. ,-;;.,..; ~, ~. -~~~-----:---;,_;_--~------------"""":""'l'--~':""

some-so-called ·"gay-rights ... activi~ts . f-"' _ .. -_ ~ , -. . .. . _· . . · · . (actually ~·sad wrongs" activists) ' is Whereas~: January Z2~· 1989ISthe 71st anniversary ofthe most important

to -Call those who are Opposed .to : '· date._· · .. in .mOd. em Ukrainian__ , • • - hist_ 0. r. y: _tba. t Of_ tb. e rebirth OfUkr' ~~n~<:~~n .· ''.. ' ~omo- · , , and , bi-sexuals, _ - . . . _ au.IKU.• ,

, .. homophobic". They-are_ so~blinded . liidepend~ce · , · · , .. by i:lieir liberal-preconcep!i'<>JlS Le.;--- . \.·_ .. ,.-,!_·:•--.-·.: . , · · - -:·. '

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·- '1:' ,..._ '.J.. preJudices).' they cannot ' s:ee 'or . . . . -~ . . . ~

' und.erstand ~ -tliat peife'Otiy ·rational ' ' f \.' .. people ' 'ca·n ; be . rightly ' · ~gainst ·The~~:NationnJ:Republicfell ·tlnder: ' Comm~ I '

.. hOJllO/bisexual deviation. ·,· Beeause . • • . . ' . • - . • . . • . • f ' . · .many -moral ti.uths need to ·. be · military ~V~19.~an~ smce.that ~ tJie_hiStory o ~ .

. repea~d occasionally les~ they 'be· .. ·Ukr~e has-'b~n,arecori). 'ofinhumanity, p_er~ution m;td ·. forgotten,· the fo!lowirtg. _ · ·. ·' , g~nocide. Both the Ukr~injan(Catholi~ · andlJifuiliii~nl>~odox

. . .. ':Since'it is unfair 'an<f wr.orig . / . .., __ '· ;- . _.-. ·::- Ch_ ~-.',ches ·w .. eF.e.rutbles8Iy deStro~. ed _andtheir _e.~·.·t~- \ . . _- -. . ·. ,,, . . tQ favor one group of "alternative"-·: ,.. . . . _ . - . - -:J. . . . - .. _

_, · ;people_'(as homo/bisexurusare)"over · -_ -- ·- mem~rs persecuted Despite Russif"mtion .and-continued violations· of . . ~ other, aberrU!ll gro~ps (as ~.ople that - . ~ .hu~,·rigl;lts;UkiJUnl3JIS still strive for basic liberties and . n~tional self.;_ .

• I-' •• have sex with animals), .intelltg6'ni dM-~J-..;.!nn4! "', ' . · 'd : I • . . • .,._' '• • • ' ' • . >' '

pWple h~'ye knOWil for CentUries that _ ~~: UJU:IAU~J,l• an.. ._ ; . . . . · ;' · - · . . • , o . • ,, • • •. ~. • , ·, , ' •

homesexc.al acts are.iinni0ral: and ·"· . 1,~ - .. _ ' • . . - .. '

. . ill~galizab_le precisely bycause ·the~ . -· · are bad l~gal precedentS.' - ,, . . ,· ·

In addition., in ' the absence · · - . . - of - the ~AID.S .. - epjdenii~ , , ·

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... · hor;ilo/bi~exual~ wpuld-probably go . rigl;l(- ]Jack to thei:( sexrial!y .. _exploitive ways-. . There is· a markeq;>"

tendency_ rup<?ng ~ese ~ple to just use others, even perfect strailgers, for"' ·' ' sei. too many o_t these people don't .

. seeJ;Il to b~ ina:ttire enougQ. to -h~die real love:: relatipnshil]S, .. es.pecjall y . · love relationsh-Ips whiCh _involve sigfiificanr eonim.it:plelits~ ''It ts. high

) tiJ1le -tliey: -grew · up; out· of ::this ~ · · · · adoleseent stage~ . .

. . Moreove:t;~' they ought ~o 1 ·

- ~c their o~n "be nonjudgemental" . -advice and ."'not hypocritically judge . ·

nonnhl people, not to tell ·:us we are . wrong anlf homophobic~ It's· a lot ·

.. more justifiable for us tG _accuse them~f heterophobia . tJ.lan it is ;for

· them to accu~e normal, · $ane :people of homophobia; Peof>le. wllo liye in glass hou~e~ _shouldn't drrow"stpnes, · especially if their :&Ias·s is already · .

. -eracked. , ,· ·. , . · · ~ , Sincerely; · -· Way,fle,.J;..ela

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Robert Ng . Richard Carr ·.

'Ho.d Hel.Iman . Louis · Agresta. -

, · ;~ Dennis O'Brien :flowiu-d L. A~tahanis .

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Christma VanCook

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. >•we _ are. a. ·united. ~people ~ . · pledged to m~aintaining a political .

.· syst~m whic,h guarantees iridividuai · _. . liperty to a· gre.at~r - degree ' than any · .

. other." ·. These were ·the: words . of . . . President R·o~ald . Reagan ~during :his~ - :· J ariuary 2Q, 1981 . ln~ugurru Address:· " . .

. · He re'ferred to thy tran.sfer of.authonty :, _ that takes: plaqe iri thh(eountry_every· . · '" four y~ars ·as: ,riothing.:1ess···1i<1an: -a , · .- . mll,-acle. · Pn~siden~ ~e,agall·. '<poin{ed .... ; " i\. ·. ­

-tp.' the -·. contribut}:ons ·' of •' former . ' ' . ':. ;· Presideht Carter and expr,e,ss~d his gratitude to the American , voters for

:placjng th~ir future in his hands . .. - · · · ~ ·Reagan acknowledged' _ th~

' ·; trying problems the· natimi', .w-~s facing ·at the time: a natfo4ai deficit " ... that was, . in· his words, "mortgaging · our children's · future", a ·tong , term ·

. sustenance of . the worst inflation in this- nation's history. 'and a loss in faith in the .future or' America: -

. The Reagan ·sohitiqn was to - . . have the power· of the goverpment ..

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reduce ' the: num bei' ·'of' nuClear ' . weapons . . He· did so. Along with~­

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· Reaganomi~s.'; Former Democratic . Pr~sideniial C~dida,te. Jesse J~c~n:s _. .. _;. opinion .is that "Reagan has lett a · trail of .. sl.eeze, · - cot~fi.ption ; :"· t and . contemp'tibl~ .. acts' ·-.again.st- . the,_~ _American ·people and Congress."

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· Fi~aily, Sam r>orialdson, ABC-Ne-Ws' fo.~rrier , c·hief . White House corresp~orident, stated,"!. do~'t see '

. anything ~<;mg 'in ~aviag. <~ actor as . pres,idept as lo~g as tha(s,,not all. he ·

· is. ' Reagan -~paid no attention to the · '· · .~adfuinistration· of ' his . .office.;,

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. sound, it is tfie gener(;l). cQ.nsensus' that . ..: confidence-. and respect nc>w . (

accompaily the office' of the president

- ·· 'I. On January _ 11, 1989 Presi~ent,-Reagan spoke to the..qation · for the last time ·in an efficial

~ capacity. He was the .first pres.ident · ' since Dwight . D .. Eisenhower ~to deliver,a farewell address after serving < · the ,presidency to its fullest l~ngth of. tim~. ;,;. '-'Jie expressed -. his

( · disappointment at lea.ving such a · gross budget deficit. Yet, he listed

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dictated by. the yeople to · prpvide a. • ~ healthy economy tliat .would afford . e_qual opporJu~ities for all with . no

· changjrig ·~orld into ·_!he presen1 national· policies. There was a need to .• ·

' sus4lin' the new 'ecmfomic growth. ' ·: ;:tchieved iJ} 19~3 arid. 1984 .. · At the

. ~ . 's~e lime, Pr~ident .Reagan needed - · · to m~e substantial cuts in-order to' . decrease the pudget deficit> The

December 1987 he signed a bilateral ­treaty agreeing to the elimination of two . triQmphs: · .· 'the , .growtJt. ih -.. ·. ;,

employ,ment·.- .and the -fact that the .. _. · [. , · barri!!rs. President Reagan aimed: to achieve a·balance ' betWeen_ alll!!vels

· · . the· entire class of intermediate· range · missiles in western Europe. · · United-States has once again gained ·;·.

the respect of :the wo'rld and is _( ·of government. breains, 'ho~s. and · goals were the intentions. of this~ · as ·well as . e~ery other · preceding . -administration. :The extent to whic;h. these intentions· ·are . made · real

. : measures the true succes-s . of a president. <J .

' The Uaited State.s h:as .many foreign a11ies who share-. the -freedom contain~d within it. As a people the . citizens- of this count(y . '·have -a

:'Fommon loy~ty,and allegiance 'which ~ Ahey are reminded of in the pledge .to : . 'J pe flag. . Peace · is the -~greatest . ~.struggle of the American people ~& .

_ .· ., / }.Vhen it is necessary ~to maintain this ··­. . _.:peac;e:--no defense. is ·too ~drastic a ·

''hteasure. . At the ·time of President . :Reagan's election io office. in · t9$0.~ the number of free demoenides tri·thii

· JWO.dd had" quadrupled since tlie. ttun of . ;

· proj~ted'foreign trade ~fici~ for 1988 . : is suspected to be approximately 'lAO _

-- billion· dol.lai-s. · To most this ·is a . symbolo:( a -weatc econom'y and. a

heavy ~eliance, on foreign_ marketS. ' However~ the· over~ll antimal decrease

· from its peak of almost · 170 ·billion dollars .:per year duriRg former· · President · Carter's ierm, shows . a · -rerie'wed commitment to domestic · mfu-kets: . . · · . · ~ ~ ~· .

. · -.' .,. : The year 1985 s-av/ no limits to the" United Stat~( growth . and ,

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President Reagan once s(ioke , ·of the So;viet Union as · the "Evil

Empire." At the close of~is term ori · Januai-y-'20,1989_ he will have DJet

with ,_Saviet ·Secretary Gorbachev- a · record. · five times. The Cold War · bet~eet¥ the . twQ ,great nati0ns · has · ended. .With the recent Soviet policies of Glasnost and Perestroika, there is evideRce of new democratic reform. - Can this be. the same "Evil -~mpire?-"' . Closil'ig bis 1985 lnapg~

'. , "America mp.s~ rl!,IJI~in free4om !s ~taQnchest frien~, . .. -for freedom i~ :our best ally, .and it is.lhe world's. o.;ly

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. : h~pe ~ tQ· ~nquer ·poverty a~~. preser:y~ peac~~·" ; {!!te centuiy.~ Many ·ofth~~ countries .:, .. :l dopted. i_nto,-their _adn;tinistration ?f · ~iovernm~nt several· : democratiC - .,._ · - ' · ~. - -

_ 1-,i •. deoJogies_ similar to tho. se h_eld_ by th~ . · ;, progre~s. T~ rates were decFeased ·speech, Reagan stated, ".America must · ·· - "ihfl~iion Was:·cut drasticaliy, and mor~- ::· remam freedom's staunch~si friend, for

·1-pn~~ed States; Presi~e~~ Reag~n . . _ e·-o 1_ ·. . -'· . 1 -- . '. f d. · · · ""' 11 ' d ·- · -"" ~~l~e~ed_ a great re:sp?nstbthty .ofthl~ "- , ~,:__Pbecopre were emp oyed than ever. ·· ree om tsour -~st a .. y, an tt ts L.ue

_ ~.;;,li_ atton was ·to. c_ ontmue . to nQrtllr ... ~.· · ... _ 1 ' e. In 1989, · wheri President . . world's on~y hope to .conquer·poveri:Y ~~;~ese. dev.~loping pe~ocracies.- 'At lbe ~ '. R~gan ,£in,ished his.second term, this · ami preserve peace ... Evei::y victory for :same time he felt it was ,· nece,ssary -'""'_ count(y will bave .seen the creation .of · human freedom wiU oo·:a victory for -~at ind~viduals who were fighting for · . -: · .1;9 million n~w jobs: _i\(ld ' ai~ough · · -wmrl~ peace." -. . ' · · ·· i heir freedom ·were · ald~d · in .: the - foreig,n1 ~-Jn~e·st~~nt '· is -. highly~,~ ·; ~ '~.

· bl' h ' , of a d·e·m"' ·o.;c. ·r·a· tt·c· .. critic;~ed, ft'is alS<> paitly ! espgnsible ' · .w·· hether-. or· ·n· ·ot A·me-rt'ca t"s · .esta -· -1s ment . 'for: this employment growth. · Reagan , ~""' · ·

.gov~mmen~. . . . . .. . . sune4 'in ' his 1985 lnaugural speech . ) ~- > hetter off than it was eig~t years. agcf .

. · ·. · 'Tile .new·.-Reagan -r~volutioil <'. - ·.1 that,"a growing-economy an(f ·su.PP<>rt . lies i.fHm individual's evaluation and· -prom-pted ·a ,reawa-kenin,g:. of. t~e:~.: . · 'ftom.family; and-community offer our . '-"' personal . opinien._ .: It is ·said ~hat

1 na~on's economic fl.Ctivity, concern· · =Reagan) greatest gift may have been . ·for domest!~ proolems and social · _- - ~est chance for a society · where ,· . to _give Amerie'a . a ·sense o(

considered to be· a leader in · the figJtt . for freectoin. Re declared proudly, "We

. meant to c.hange a nation, a.nd in$tcild -we c~~ged the;. world.·.· '· .. . -..

-His prt;sidency was one ·of. the "'Great ~ Communicator." ·

. According to Reaga~ himself it wasn't .. how he said thing·s~ but what he sai4 . · · an.d the fact that it came from the history: experieJice, and heart- of this countrY. The Amencan Dream has be<fn renewed with a ·s.trong. sense of . hope for the future. ·

... Presid~~t'R~gan~ to~cluded . with ' a farewell warning to teach the . children to love America and carry prid~.,fof tl;leir natiop. ~4}~,.histocy.

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. .. 111e freedom Americans hold , ·.· is preCious arHf it mUst be nurtured;

•· ·_.-, -th~ . f!ame J >f spirit. hy:s to catch in order .. to' spread and take root. No man knows this ·.'Better than President R_eagan:: ·~s George Bu.sh bas ·~ii_~ted out, .Ro~aJd ;Reagan is the II true spirit

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Qu,Otes t . . . . . ' . compas,sion ,is a way of life~'!.. _,··. . . '1' . ...::. • . -· .. we,l~ar~, a ~treQgthenmg~ o~ foretg_n, I . 'i :·' e· A' · . _ · t . t ft . . · . pos·s1b1 Jty .. Tmoug4 the tarnish _that - · poh~¥ . toward ·,both antes and ~.: " > - • . menc~ vo ers _ .o_o~. en . ~ <cov~rs· the country~ as~ weH as today's ·. Win-one for thf?_ Gipper .... adversaries~ · and a new niorali~y. · · · -~lasstf~ ~ the~sel~es as . bemg .. e~t~~r .. · '· wori4~ a n(1v/security,Shines th:J:"oUgh: · 'Th .. 1 · · -· Reagan stated, tha~ no arsbmil is "so J •• ·_Repub!Ic~ns or- Democrats. PrestdeR!' .. :. i iM:_aity V\fOUld lik~.·to believe tluit, this · . ,; .. e evl emprre... . : :~ormidable .as . :th~- will and mOra}..., ::_ ,~R.eagan, Vlewe~ tll~ t~o -~~~ sy~tem . se9:se of sec~rity has b~~n. brought ·W_elL. ~- N ~ncy .·.... . ..

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,~~ourageafrt&(men ·ana women." · _as a· mechamsm t(or umtmg voters. . · aoout by the man .w.ao teft office last .• You·can run, but you:· ;--il'. Many challenges ' gr.eeted . ' :- :, .once t}!e .citizens· were· united ·. h·e , ' . ~ - . week. Tills "high II is more reassuring

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. ?~President Reagan when h.ff"took: h~s . ':- r coui~:look. fonyard tbfacing what is -~ ·. :than ··: any r,!ie.toi'ic or ... Reagan \ .can't ·hid·e .. ~ ,' .,_ :second oath· or office .i:n 1985 . . There· ; - · .; - cons•d~~~d · to be ,~ t he primary ·, k · prppagan.cta <as it h~'.been labeled by Ollie North 'a titie . was an overaii Y9te of cGnfi4eJ1c_~:'': ::::> tespo.,?-Sj~ilHY. .. ;of a.n}' ~ ~nat~onaJ . '· the_ !i~era}s) c~n--.~ak.e an .Arrieric~ - · -A · · · h ' ·· ·

- ;among the Americ~ people orougb~ ~ > ~ .;go~e~~ntc-~e saf~ty ~d ~l;lnty of , f~ltoW:aFd his CO~Jii~. , ,: _ .. _ · ~: · mencan . er0' • • _.-:about -by .the fihaf s.ucc~ss~of h,is•fifsi -li· :: v :·:,tlj7 ·._cmmt;J,"y iS' p~o.~le .. )n l985, . -- ' ,, ";·~' .~ . ... < . ~. >. ·-. ' -~ Good 'fight, and' God I '

four years ·aspresident: In ·1981; the ·~ ·. _ . ~~stqent ~ea~~ apP.mv¥ ~ rese~~h · , 'Along the· ~ay; Reagan. has~ · bl ' h U · ' d S -United States saW . the greatest. ,., }~. P~9¥J'~~-t~,, <le¥elop a see1J!1lY _shteld "" . h·a:a :. liis· c-ritics. Former Ho:use . ~· ., - eSS t ·e rute taleS

~ t:~cession of .. the · ppst-war · ·era~ '.}\ <~.~· !flat w.o_ul~ protCft the l}'n~teq States ·, · .. Speaker ~Tip . O'Neill has commented - :pf America ... ljoweve~. this · was followed by , _,;,;. ,. __ by d~sl!oymg n~~1ear Inissde~ before . that. although the- Reagari legacy will -. ·. tt:wenty-five mdqths of booming :· ~. · .they _re.a~~edc~~~ target. l'lits was a . probably be the INF. treaty, ~·we're ·~ e,conomic growth; .· Of Reagan's:':many4-~- .~step toward ndru~g J!l~. world ' of the 0

, . ~ • losiJ:!g · eco.n'omic leadership in. the -· challe_nges, th~~-' greatest was to, -- -~e!ltof~cl~~es:uctton, ~- .. h . J . 20th cerftury because of ~

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· · > ~- : : . Th~:. follo~ing is_ a list of . . .- _- new,ly Cr.eated_awards,fot vari9US well ., . . _ d~ser-Ving ·recipients, lllany· of whom ·

.. . may n~t willi,:~gly aecept the-gracious ' honor- being. bestowed upon them. ': .: Without fUrther ado: · ,. .

Waite~ E. ~~ndale-.Award ·< fqr -. total . ·abs.ence' of· c_harisma ' and l~ezs~p) , · -~-·· ·. ·. · .· · ,

. ·President Bush would. have been a prime calutidate last ~inter until his . tentarlmble turn around. In-stead ·the ·. easy winner is . Michael<Dllkakis who .. Jtas :proved t>.nce agiD:n, .the ~ey- to .

·· nomination in the Democratic·. Party · i~ to be ·tile _most: boring : and.

passiohless candidate ~!' pos~ible. This was · natunil· and quite easy for Dilkakis since he ·is· th.e same man who purchased a ~affle iron for his .

, wife "·on· ~ne of'thejr past_ we~aing_l. anniversaries. · · - - ·. · - .

Joseph :Goebbels Award · ~for · pro~ganda .and ~~Of!Ilation) · ·

T.here' are co" - winners in,. this . most esteemed category~ ·. First, 'r the · . Reverend _Al Sharpton who le<l .. the · -frapdulent ,T:awana Braw_ley c~e and attempted , to·· 9btain . -convic~ons of individuafs - without . a .· shred of evide~ce again'st th'e~ .. · He also ·.

· . attempted to c9nvey the· idea th~t · _anyone whQ disagrees with. hinf is ·a racist, including Roy Innis,the leader of C.O.R.E. ( Congress of Raciar Equality) . . .

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'•' ·'' · · Sleaze· Bag of.the Year Award

- . :~·. With - all the$le'3ze ~anq corruption

.. :,.· -.·· .- . . occurring -i_n the :Congress-. in ·

Washington , D;C;, it is , (itting ' tfiat -. :~e.mayo,- of the city~~ bestowed this -well deseryed -honor . . Marion Barty.·is · . serving qis ·third . turbulent term· as.

The· co.:.winnei · is Mikhail · ·-Gorbachev who has ~o~viJ}ced tii~y- · · ~- '"' Nonetheless the niedillaedde<i it-was a ·

peopleJ hroughout the world that he iS' . ;> ·-- .. grea~ speeCh even though much of her . ' creating . a "kinder gentler" ' . ._, so called humor was aimed at a . communist Soviet Empire~ . · ' · localized Texas audience and was · . ·

· ·· ,. ' · 'largely incomprehensible to the ·rest 'y · of ihe, count:Jy. ·

' ' -·.·-The Most Overrated S.peech of -.' the Year Award ·· ·,

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. . keynote address at :the 'n e'mociatic . . ·National Convention in Atlanta was

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· · ~ was ~-trans-fort:ped :f-rom "wimp-~ to · .. . "wirlt:ter" by Ute '~nd of the year.

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drpgs including cocaine on numerous ·. otcasions, . insenslti;vity . to . constituentS by :vacationing · during a · devastati·n.g ~ blizzard last winter,

. associating-:,;"with-known ~~ d~ers · · ·.and . us'efs, · halti_ng · poJice ·

investigations at times he may be _. direc~~Y implicated · for ille6al ·

· activities,.and·spending over_lOO days . on vaca~on '·duri~g the course of. the;

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·Greatest Political BlUnder of.the YearAward . .

. ·. . . After . dropping out' 'of the -. Democratic presidential cont~t, after . . pers~stent ch_arges of womanizing·and . infidelity, Gary Hart decided to wage a

grass· roots campaign. and· "let- the people decide: II . After he reentered the race. he' wa~. annihilated in 'the '

-primaries. and all that remains is the ashes ~of his one~ p.romising p~litical c;areer. .

I conclude on that very bright . · note. Ifyou ha:ve ~Y suggestions for

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• BANK R.OBBERY:· Ortega's career in crime began in his teens with a stripg· Q.f l>ank robberies . .In one incid~nt, a :-. ' ' -~ank -guard was killed. . . . ' . . . . . ; . . ;/ . ' . . ,. . . . . ' ' •. : . . ,. .

ELEcriON :fRAUD: Orteg...stale the N~vein;ber 4, t9s4 Preside~~ia~ el~ction. The -opp~sitiQn canoi¢!.t~; Ai turo;· · Cruz;. tjed Nicaragua when he, was physically assatilted_ J;y San_diOista-directed mobs an"d denied access tQ the media.· . -O_r.tega's brother Humberto said it,be.st: "Keep f"ll"lilly· in <you!," minds that these elections are to c(,}nsolhlat~ re'volutionary· po-yver, not to place it, at stake." . -· -

~ER & io~rrpR£: -Orte~i·s jalls ~ontain ~v~r 11,000 politicai pris~n~rs .co~pari:d to 6oQ under ~e dictator . ;S~niloza. Executions are commonplace.lJse of tonurds widespread and systematic. It includes.: placement in hofhoxes, . placement in neck-d~ep sewage pits, attacks ~y trained dogs, multiple rape, eleqr.ical shock to genitalia, and psych~ logical torture. , · · - - · , · · ', · . .. ~ :: .

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mandante~ wJlo "dominate th~ Sandinisfa junta, Da:riiel Ortega, ilumtierto Ortega and Tomas Borge, hive divvied. up ttie · · country's import market through two monopoly companies.'' During a 1985 'trip to New York City, Ortega· and -his-<lommon-

law wife ,spent $3,500~on designer eyewear, plac~g the ~ill oil a D!nersClub caid. , . __ --;.- •";,_, _ . ~-

GENOCIDE: .O~ga'; gove~ent ~ destroye1r..~39 of the 2 56 Miskito Indian c~mmuniti~ existing in 1979, includhtg . 73 churChes. . ~ and arrest of ~isldto Indians is wid~spread and arbitr;lcy. Thousands af Mis'kitos have fled to Honduras more .$andinista forced~labor camps. " ' . .

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. . '·During th~ &pring · semester of 1989, the CoUege Republicans will' be holding forum~ at their bi-weekly rrtee~ings·~ · These discussion sessions wirii cover a vfl6ety of .

· topics on· the local, , . · · .. ' ' · )iational, and international

levels. Thefonuns will · begi~t'in February at the . gtoups. meetmg af8:30pni

. ·in lecture hall thirteen. -Aqyorte who-is interested · in m~g a pre·sentatfori . , · . can con.tact ·Brian Sullivan, Qla~_an of, the College

· J~:egubli¢~s:'at Box 2000., .in 'the Student Association Office.

· The.:ptesentations em. be· on any. topic _of _ iri~exest ;~0 you.,. an4 will

~ give yo:u .an opportunity to· · expr~ss : your .views on the si~I;>Je·ct;: . ~~c~;J~~~~n4tti6#.;.~ will also be advertised on '·

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e . -. . sUNY students onpe again 'showed their II socio-

. political awareness~' by overwhehningly supporiingJoe .

. Syoboda for New Y o.rk State Assembly. 'What these kne~-~ · · jerkD_emocrats fall~d to gr&sp was Svoboda's rather _· . ·· draconian "so~ial agenda''. We didri't real!ze that SUNY students were in favor of mandatory drug testing for all student§) that in¥ans you!) and castration of rapists. ,· · ·

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· Thanks .to We~t .Germany, ·coL Khaddafy now has in-fli.ght refu.eling ca;pabilityfor his aif force· and a brand new .

- factory to mariufacture 'his· own chemica~ weapons~ What's · . next,Pershing lis ? · , ·

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'NcAA Proposition 42: refers to the average IQ of a . ~ allege basketball player. ~ 700 on the SAT · and a 2.0 ·

P.A ... too ·much to ask? · · · ·

. · February"15:. Liberation for Mghanistan. , . . ~ --::;ii~~ Nine Years of Soviet dqmination and terror coines 'to an end.

· · · .Ameri~ans now have .company in their ignorance about .. world history and geograpfly. A survey of the British public ·.

by tP.e Sunday Tiin~sr , determine~. that many Britons could ' .. · v.ot even locate· Britain on a map . . One-quarter did not know

wHat event took place in 1066, on~ respondant in fact . believed that 1066 was the start o(WW I. · It' seems that the·, · knetican public ed1Icatiort system has finally reached Britam.'-> _ ·

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. . The ma;or:ofBethlehem p~po~d a cease :rre -. between the Israe'Iis and the Palestinians:-, ,. ·: ·-· ·. The Ieacdon of' the . "peace lov,ing~ ' Yassir Arafat, who recently renounced terrorism, has threatened to punip ten . . . / bullets intO.aiiyoiie who tries 'to stop ihe year old Intifada in .• the occupied West Bank-and Gaza Strip~ .

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by Kathryn. Doherty · gav.e ilifonlied conse~t .provisions:imd ' 4_s w~ap~oachthe sixt~nth :~ twenty·:fourhour waiting period, on

anniversary of the Supryme .Court -abortiOI)S . . Also void~ was a)~w decision of Roe v. Wade, a decision. -requiring women more than· ·three has been made by 'the court to hear months pregnant to have vtheir

. argumepts as to whether a Missouri abortions jn . a hospital. ' These .

By Hod Hellman '- . Arafat is in the process of selling out Once again, the I~LO has · , to the moder-ates." . A-nd Abu Igad,

·. SCOred a political COUp, -declaring itS: Arafat's ~ confidant, . went SO fat: as . to intentions for. international say ihat the acquisition ·of the. West . nego~iaiion:s fo~ _ . peace, aq.~ _ · ·B'ank and -G~za was a. "short-term _proclaiming art 'independent state of · solution." · Palestine. Chairman Arafat's future' There are those wen..:wishers' la_w~: which provides restriCtion$ . tO. · . .. ... provisions were 'to protect women but

· ~ . aoortions; is ·coQstitutional. .The -~- · they· were defeated anyway.- Fhqlly, - ·-~ ·resulting decision :will have an effect 'in 1986 pro-choicers struck .. d.o.wn ·

·seems secure . ..;the world .. pr:ess an<rthe in the West · who rush to every · Swedl'sh government ·are stire of that- · ambigtious- statemen,t o(l .· pea~,e ~by and it is ''Motning·in Palestine." _ . Arafat- with enthusias·m arid ·

· . · · :aut wJ;lat has· the P:t;Q do11e . optimism-:' But -the A;rafat the West . in Algiers in . the .last' two months?~ - -· r ~. sees is not the same man the Arab .. ¥asir Arafat has accepted' u~ N_. wodd s~s . . ~ speech ·made: by Atafat Resolution 242 · as .a basis for an in Riyadh. on-New Year's .Day S.taU?d, i11temaponal· confere~ce coupled wit:P . . "Whoever . thipks . of stopping ·ihe self-determimition and statehpod.,, Brit - . intjfada before it achieves its goals, I

· th~~_world media arid .world lead~.r;s are; . ;;-.-:~ • will :. give· him · iO ~ b,ullets irt" the . forgetting ' that he has ~ruc;f this fo~ - . ':'S; ch~st.'' .'. ~e. ,~as referring to Mayo~; ~ . nearly a :decade, witll rio··ch~g~ i!l his .. · : _ '~ - . Elhls FneJ• mayor ofBethlehem£-who . · murde~ous-p<)licy of'~enofism,., .. · i . , ·. • · · propos~d _aU. _N; spopsored tru~e--to

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-· In Algiers, Arafat. did not · . · resolVe the. bloody, l3-month eld ·answer whether he recognized Israel's : . intifada' uprisings '.in the West' Bank right to exis-t. And Georg.~ Habash; and Gaza. . . . . the second mo$t powerful Palestiiiian · - These .statements ·. llirectly

. leader, has stated, "I do not regard that ' ( .· . Contradict Mr .. Arafat'sdenunciation of . the PNC has recognized Israel.'! · · . terrorism in 'Geneva_ aqd the basis fo5 · :

· - Contradictions · abound in-... - u.S.-PLG-talks. The 'PNC has deftly Arafat's statements, both ih Algiers played their-hand in diplomacy. :'with· imd in -Gen~e~a. Yes.; ~e finally>sajd.- r,ema.1ikable;·- .Fesults, .S-eyeral . the magic words, ···recognition of govemm~nts J;e.cognized the state· of _

on ,the -historic _ ·1973 c;ase ·which Pennsylvania law requiring doctors tn . effectively made a~rtion legal. ' . ·inform woinen of pOtential risks of

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The .fact is· that abortion is .an industry --and abortion on demand fo-~ women. of any a:ge is not .p:rotecti.on,

· .Just good busin:es~. -. · - Both sides of ihe ::issue -are ~ ·

Using .the reopening-Of this is·.su.e tQ ~­gain . support for -their own s~ces. -

· Though a total rev~r~al .of. ~oe v. -, - , .Wade .is bighl y uplik¢fy, . a· decision .

uphplding, the . Misspuri , law . ~ould ·give individual _states the power to restrict womens access tO abortion. .

. · .The .deba~e has b(en heating up as, recent estimates state ·that 1.5 :IinilJiorrabortiofts are performed in . the

- . Uni~ed States ·every year, . ending . . approxi~{ltely one ·ouLof every four. · "'p:iegilallci,es. It is also estimated tQat _ · ·· forty perc·enJ of abortions are _petfonned on women that. have already. pad ·at le~st on~. .These facts haye caused pro-Jifers to . stage protests around the nation at abortion cli11ics, . ·

\ f~ci11g .arrest. arid iri:lpris@nment for ~their cause. . , /

' ·abortion ana· inform: ihein of ·available -·.; medicat assistance for childbirth: and- . · J;~renl!tal . ·care. · Needless -to . say

~ abo~ion clinics ~ere glad to comply. considering that they wouldn't 'lose ahy business from the-decision . .. All thi~ . was in the name of women's .,

· rights: And as f9r the 'rights · of the . babies •. the same defeated bill would have.required doctors performing third

· trim~ster a:OOrtions to use procedures mqst fikely to··ensure fetal survivaL '

/ The fact is that abortion is ·an industry~~and ·a5Qttion on demand for women of. a,ny age is 'not ·protection;just good b.usiness. ·_-The' real problem i~ not the· ~ssibility of_ back street ·abortions if Roe v . . Wade

- is overturned. The real probieril is. the · ch_al}enge to the women of this nation · to take r,espo11sibility for their bodies

,Israel's right to secure -.borders'\ but . - .Palestine; and public opinion in the other utterances belle this conviction. -U.S. is- swaying towards -~e PLO. , , , He~ has referred .. to the · ·Israeli "Lumifiaries'' such as perenniat· .pu).' .. .

- ']i:h~ argument by those who . reject-the pro-iife stand and support abortion on demand is that this--case

· will force wome!l back'to the days of­back· alley · ~b0ftions and a~tuaUy

·and their sexual lives. The attitude towards. unwanted -pr.egnailcies will have t6 change and wotnep-will have

government as ~at "militarY juata", . apologist Edward· Said and Jewish-and ·as ·the "n~1~ghty baby~' of the . ·. American leaders .Rita Hauser , and West. Even in the .Algiers Men_achem , Rosenshaft · .proclai

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. . communique h,e,,referred .tO Israel as a . Arafa.t's lt<gitimacy.. Jt is . qu~te . '!racist: "colqniaiist, . iffiJlerialist" . ' appa£ent~ how~ver, that manx in the country. Is ~is rec9gnition? ~ ·· . West (andoll.this--campus)"have:fal1en

Just ·what did the PLO have . to false pretenses'for a. settlement. : in', mind ·in "Algiers? · Abu ('Abbas, - . · . . .. · · Let us not fooi ·ourselyes,

· mastermind of the Achille Lauro however. ' The Iritifarui tages on,. with hijacking arid cold-blooded murdere~ of over 3.QO P.aelstinian dead (more-than ._. American Leon Klingho£fer, was 200 . Arabs may 00 .killed it} Lebanon granted a "special place of :bono~ II . in one week-, ,with scant . press Whelil asked by reporters about Mr./ ·. \ coverage) •. ' and Israel Gannot Klingho£fer~ Mr . . Abbas: reportedly ' ipdefinjtelyrule over S€(veral million -applied, "Maybe he tri~ to swim -for --- .Palestinians .. ', . Israel's >quandary is x ··

i it.~ (Mr .. Klinghoffer v:as_ bOund, to :a ,. - . ~th~s-;if it gives up ihe.land, the chance w~eelc~arr.) , · _ 'for war is reduced- but the charice for

, . , In ·additi?n! tfie PNC ,flaunted def~at in. a war inct~s drarp._atically.

. restrict wom~n's rights. ' . .· But, interestingly enoagh, ·.

.the court . decision rupholding R<><! v. · - Wade in the pa8t &ixteen years, hailed

~ by' "pro-choic;ers" ·as protection of . ~ · w<;>~e~'s .rights •. have not b~en so ·

(,beneficial at all~ Many. who 'support . abortion dn demand· Have blindly ·

· supi>orted)egis1ation without seeing · their real . effect · Oil .. women and the ·

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· · · . - For-.ex~~nple, h~re ~e some . . co_urt case~r in ._point. In- 1976 pro­choicers ~ocked down a 'bill-which provided that a -minor's decision to _ have an abort,ion ~mild be vetOed by a . parent. ·In i<j(h1y's society a ·minor is ~

- not considered m_ature.enough· to buy

to be given mQre support for thi'great .. ·~ responsibility _of ·childb'eadng . Sexually active adults will be forced

~ to be. more responsible and understand the· possible 'conseq~ences for . tpeir · actions. · _ · · ·

Arguments Jor the abortion · . .:.. case will be· heard by the· Suprem~ .

· Court s~ing in April. ·' The Court is basically :Split, with Anthony _Kennedy· and Sapdra. Day O'Cortnot · considered the swing . votes on . _the~ . issue. 1Inter~stingly e,nough, thos~ - ·

· ,_the a~pe~ance 0~ ·K.h;~.l~d .:'~bd~1 .,' · . ?)~Keeping,, the : territories: however, . ~asser:.:h~d _Q~,.a ~~n:of\~~t:·~~~~ 19lmv~c:,~ ':_ -::' increases - ~the .chance of war. but asj. E~~p.t;:~- ~.e~~lu~Jo:n; .;w~JS:9 :~a~.. · . · · · . · s~tires i~rael~·~ P<>rders~ De~b;uing a' b_7en 1.~P!1~~~B·p!3· ~~:~~<17~~~~.~~~-·-~ ~- · · , new s~..te . splYes no~ing·. An:<l \lri1l<?~s dwlo~:~~- ,tnir·~¥PLJ.~ -:~<;~q!9r,!t~}0 ·~- - -~- ~·- :h:.Af~at's, worp,s. ate f<)Uowoo b¥ d~-~. o~e d~~~P~~t~f . ~,~ wa~"·~ o~~r?"u_s}~p ... · "·. n~ither~ ~/wilt' ·. G~orge : ~Bush'-s

- alcohol; cigarette$, . pornograpfty . or . . · .> vote . and see a . i;ated R moyie, but y~t . -~ . sbe is mature .enough . 'to . ~hoose· an ~

- . who worked so diligently to knock .down the appointment or' Judge Bork because of the fear _of back alley abortions, do not know. ~emiedy's stance be,c-ause ,he- has; .never_ .said · 'anything 'o~ tlie _s'Qbjec.t~ ·: and nobody confront&thlnf thus, 'we' will.wait a few months u{ hem: the decision on

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. Ukrainians feel .a ·special need . to prese~,ve th'eir ·. . - ·respond and they .braveiy h~ld ' the

_From JanUary 20-22nd local UJciainian-.A.inericans celebrated . the . ?1st anniver~ c)f their homeland's _ declaration of ind~pendence. The . · realities of life for the fifty million ;

. heritage forf~ .that ii riugbt be forcibly eliminated or ...

. enemy "for a few days until overwhelmed: Still other students · defended tbe capitOl city of Kiev \\/hen it was ~ssaulted by ;Bolshevik troops. Despite their valiant attempts,

-~ uktainians who remain. trapped iii the .. Soviet Union ma}ce .the celebration · even more . important for . those ­'enjoying -the freedoms offered by the United States. · At. ,flag rai~ings, :: lectures ~d churclt_ seFVJ~~s.~:, people reqilled the tragedies of the-'past and '; -prayed for a better tOmorrow.

· · On, Friday,. January 20, ; · 1989. people gathered to raise ·the flag • of ._ independent Ukraine .inf 'both ~­Johrtson City and. Binghamton. This . symbolic ad remains important to ' ·

. Ukrainians in this country because even the disphiy,Jef . the blue and

. yell<:>w banner remain.s a crime· in S,oviet , o(!cupied · · Ukraine. Proclamations were issued by . ~he . mayors of both cities recognized the :

· ~ppressoo Jn ~the homeland.·

· suffering and. persecution experienced , by __ the ~irinian people. an~ C~urches ~t the hands of Moscow, calling on the citizens to observe the short-lived­inqependence.-of ,UJcraine. ~ · On .. the. same day, the . Uni~ed, . States ' .inaugurated a freely elected. President; whiie Ukraini,ans colllctonly ,hope that

. tb¢y too-would. one day ·have · Jbe .. and. choirs. ·These serve· to preserve special need to preserve their heritage ~-;-; Oppo:rtunity ·to freely . ChQo,se their tlte Ukrainian culture whiCh continues for -fear . that it ·might be forcibly ,, . (rwii' govellliiterit - r : ; • . . . to be uilder -attack •. from the eliminated' .. or suppressed in the · · · · Saturday night .was_ another . Communist government in.· it's homeland. The role of college and

<:lPportuni~y ..for people to recallthe attemptS to· Russify the 'whple of . .high s.choolstudents iii the strt,iggle tragedies pf t~€? past.· .. Tq~t n~ght, ·soviet lif~. · One of . the ·major . for independence was proclaimed is Prpfessor James · M'\ce, head· of the ·complaints voiced by Estonians and notable.. When independ~nce. was United States Comniissimi oii ·the . other nationality . groups centers on proclaime4 Ukraine had.no army _and Ukrainian faffiine .. of' 1932,, recalled M<:>scow's drive to reiylae;~ ~ local · ma~y believ~d Len'in's promise to

. how· Stu\n or,ch~sirated;.the - artiflcial '>languages ~,nd cultures witli'Russifi. respect the righLto na~ionaJ ·self-

. f~ine tha(S~¢:ihe iiv~~ 9fseven_ ~ Though· the·lBaJtic ·peoples Jiave :had -dete:tmiriation·.- 'The gove111m~nt·wa8

Ukraine finally · fell to · the . commupists. The West · provided

almost no .aid despite ,having r~cognized the young country ·whieh.

· was now divided between-· Poland,­Rumania, Czechoslovakia and ·:the Soviets. Both the courage and the disap;-ointment .. of .this ·time. were recalled on Saturday night • . ·

., Sunday J!toming · witnessed . the celebration of religious serv:icesdn

. co~mmemorat~()n '·. of . { Jkrainian ' ind~J)enden~e,~procla'imed on Jan~ary . 22,-19,18:'. -These _serviees';: held-~ at

~ ;-5acJed Heart.lllcrainian:C,atbolio;and .. Sajnt. John's :,:,Ukniiniart cG>rthodox ;Qhurches_,,aredn, them~lves ~minder.s ,of t~te:-freedom . o(reliiion wMchds denied,J o . -{Jkraine: r, B.o.th ;of· these _ denominations were forcibly liquidated a.nd .remnari.ts forced to jqiti the Soviet

. · int}uencetJRussian Or:th<>4ox Church. To attend religious services at secret Masses offered by seereQy orffi!fn'?d clerics. of these . C~m:ches .ar~ cr~fues

. . punishable· by· fine or imprisonment. Recent requests to· legal~ ~ these fa,lths have been refused by both .ili,e Soy~et government and the Russian Orth<X,J.ox Patriarchate. Apparently . gla~nosts . doesn't carry much weight in Ukriqne. Persecution of, other faith.s, such · as Judaism and the .Mennonites, haS 8Iso marked Moscow's thr~e lrundre9 year rule over Ukraine. While hope for the · future ·an in.terest in, the · depth .. ·of current trends toward reform coritfuue,

·. the,y~e t~.rppered by;~pe,~prles .ofjt.lie "_&sh~l\opes o£tliC:pas£ ~·-: ,_,, -~'~·-

. million . Ukrainians .. and four .million some recent successes .>iri. protesting forced to_ call for . volunteers when . · other minorities .in ~order :iO ~secure the · these policies, similar protestS in · L~nin sent in two ~ Soviet Russian -.....:...-""----. ~--'·,..··~-·.

unchallen.ged nil~ of C~~munist . Ukraine were met with amied militia a:rniies to reclaim· Ukraine for -Mr. J~necek is a grad:u~t~ - stJ.ent . Russia. Spectators also enjoyed th~ and attack dogs. Unlike other ethnic . Moscow. . . Four hundred young . .. working .on his dissertation in Soviet

performances off)arish dance groups gt~ups in America, Ulqaihians feel a studen~ w.ere among the first to ~ history. .. ' ,. . r-,~ .

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by Anthony Jlarrigi/ir :" .;.- ,, . ; . ~ 1nccpende~t- conser¥ativ~ . c.ampus :tewspaper, The Dartmouth Review.

·began to pyblish apd' ~atce· an impact, and alumni : became >aware of the

. ·. · · w ~sffiNGio~~-~~·.~;-stc.ry . . of Dartm_outh College today is a sw~ y ·

>of attempted~ !h¢right.£Ot:Jtrol. · ·A .. •·1d · · the · story won't go away ·in 1989; . j · ·

·· Dartmouth is a famous name

· \ c~liege practices . ~iai~rl?v~tii~~ed' ~~ · that Dartmouth stood for over three y~ar$. The_· college administration's anger a't what. the ~eview ~as

as the. Dartmouth f~culty ~ . Given tHis fact, it was . inevitable that the CBS program wou.ld .be- a· whitewash ·of

.· faculty ·and administration. ·' .. ; ' The situation at Dartrilotith ~

may' be beyond repair. · At a. private college, · improvement is possiple .only when .. trustees -- understand .. a

'· . . , in American -higher education. It long

. stood for ' the best -qualities of ~ education in . the Ivy League. ,lts

graduates serVed with .,.distinction in· hqsiness, the-profess~ons and public

·. ·· life. ' ". · ·

lit recent years,-Dartmouth came ilnder.the t:ontro- of ·· .. :nbeiai ~~eolog~~ _who Sought.to exclude'·maiiistreain. r::~ .. ...... . . ~~ .<' ' '\ • • .. ~ • ~ • ~ •

. · ·. In -recent years, "'f>ar:tmouth came unaer~ the control of liberal

·ideas •. : . ~- · · · , ideologies who sought to exclude · . reporting - cufminated ~ in the • ;mainstream ideas an~ co.mpel studen~ , . . suspension of tl)e paper's editors-. The

to ' adhere to the Hberal-left , · ·senior editor was accused .--of orthgdoxies, incl-uding femini~t "vexa_ti()us oral exchange" because·of

. extremis-m ,. . acceptance . of a tape-recording of a shocking . homosexuality,' and a~JI:riiration - for classroom lecture _by· .one of the Third W odd. radJ.'calism;,,' Dartmouth · professors with a Thud : World slant tolerated ciass~oom Jectutes in which . on ',life. . . . . :: ' . . . a · pr6fes.sor. ~:u$ed ·Jahg_uage n~t · ·':} All this' surfaced in 'a. recent

· ~permitte,cf ~},n a f,~.n1ily, : newspaper~ 60 Minutes p~ogram aiied by the: CBS -called white·· students "honkies" and ~ _ network. ;' Morley · Safei, the. CBS.-

·:, accusedihem· oftaci~.J{l. and generally . staffer, didn't hesitate to .inake: dear . di~regarded..:the . norms of civilized . . that his sympathies were· with liberal .. aca-dem}c,, ·.":_di-~course .. , . . . The .· )eft f'!~ultx, ~nd .administrators> In administr-ation an'd facqlty toferated .· · · · <nu~stio.ning~ ... ~ ·· professor· and · the~

·· . the . ocoupafion .of college . buildings · . . . . coUege president~ . Mr. .Safer · lhr~w and ugly- demonstrations of varlmi's softballs . . He 'didn't press ·down as-he:

. kinds. ,. } : . · . did' in his qaestio_ning: of a· former Dartm.outh's commitment to Review editor. · Of course; this isn't a

. , · authent[c . toleranc~ ended when aJ! ,· surprise. CBS has the same outlook

problem and are prepared to- act ~ upqn · ·it, or when-new trustees can be elected , . ,._ . Only' time - will teli whetl\er Dartmouth alJimni ·will elect trustees with a greater~ sense of responsibility to traditional standards of education.

· One . Dartmouth., .. alumnus, U.s. · D-istrict Circuh Court of Appeals Judge Lawrence Silberman, has:..-condemned the "atmosphere .of intolerance to .unfashionable opinion" ,,, at Dartmouth..today. He has ·deClared ·. that "The Dartmouth administration · and many of the faculty use 'racism' '· and~'sexism' and other 'isms! loosely'' in the manner of the late .Sen. Joseph McCarthy "to label th.eir critics as morally inferior." ·'

- . The radicalization evident -at · Dartmouth is io be· foxrnd at minx . institu.tions across \he .c0untry. · The '

danger to high~r education - fr~!Tl . · liberal-left orthodoxies was· oritfined · last fall at · a meeting in New Yoik -Ci.ty .of · 300 prominent ~ academi€-s~ ·

. Pr~ Herbert-LOndon, Chairman, ef,the National .. ~ssociation ·;of . Scho1ats, .

c ~oted _that revolutionary change has · _ takeE .. p~~C.~ on ~'l.rm>uses ·. since .. ~the ~

l960s. 'He · described "the . in&titutionalizaiion of a radical : agenda." Other speakers . describ~ , how tliey ~ere harasses-~ wheri they _ presen~p mainstream ideas on college campuses. Dr, Jeane Kirkpatrick, former ambassador to the U.N. and· a Georgetown UniversitY pro(essor-, said "All too many tin~versitie~ permitthe outrages of tbe fascist left."· ·Dr. Alan

' C. Kors of the University of Pennsylvania warned of what he called "thought reform" · and "thought police,~· This is what the country,· is witnessing · in ~ action . on . the Dartmouth College campus. · :,

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Anthony Harrigt;m is a· iyndicated . columnist in Washing!qn D.C.

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·. incre·ased depend~ncy as well , as.-~ . ~byRic;hard-Ca" : · ·. totalitarian dictatorships~ · Another There -fs .lrtore pptimism on Ute , _,, 1 . ·· · ·,··· ··"'· • • "" excellent choicefoiSecretary of. State. domestic ·side; ,howe'ter . . The ~amihg : · .· . :(rorii~ally~ · ·iti ~ a:.campaign1n,

which GeQrge Bush def~ated .Michael . Dukakis . and his ·· slogan ·of .

. "conipeterice overid~logy", the new J

president has riorilinated a Cabinet and sel~ted close -~dvisors based ·on esse~tially exP,_erie:pce and resume ·at

. the expense ,·or_ those driven by .. ·"ideological beli¢fs. -:Four of Bush's..;

top level choices -for · the .Cabinet (Baker~ Scow cro-ft, · Darmah, and. Thornburgh) 3!'e ·former members of t~e · uninspiring, . quintess·entially~ _pragmatic and fucessantly dull Ferd

~administration . ,- However there . is · . . some 'lingering: .. hope .. ·of a small . ·minority 'pf· ideologically .progressive . .conservatives; .o:·such-' .as, Kemp · arid

.. Bennett;. to . help · set · the domestic .agenda· for the new adiniflisttatiori.~

The . ritos.t expected of all the,_ Bush's no{Ilinations was th~ choice of .

': James Bal\~r fo(S~retary ofSta~. Besides serving 'in the ,Ford cabinet, ·. B~er was atso · Chief of Staff ana . Treasury ,. Secretary under .. President

·· Reagari. He is an advocate of free . trade which is a major plus at this time of xenophobic, protectionist sentiment in Co-ngress. Howev.er, h~ ·

. ~has also decided he will il<.>t attempt to · . · . . persuade CoQgress to re11ew military . . ~ - . . .

aide · to ~he -freedo~· . fighters . J.n · . Nicaragua. This follo\\ts . ' his

sometime$ ill-f~ted pragmatic approach. By -essentially giving up ·

·on the anti.:.comm!Jnist guerillas in Nicaragua, . 'lie . is per~it.ting · the existence of the 'totalitarian Sahdinista · regime, which -is -not only Qppressing

.. -itS; own people. bat is also supplying military · armaments· t,o ·communi~t · · rebels, who are :attempting to

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would have been fonrter · Assistailt of Johil c S'u~unu. to Chief :Staff. was . Secretary of State Alan Keyes, who · -one of the !'new" f~es Bush spoke of.' has . also demonstrated · his before naming fiis cabinet. Although _' . · commitment to f~eedom and . this choice ~as heen hailed by many

conservatives, it should not ·be ·soon c;lemocr~cy throughcmt' the' world. forgotten that S_ti)1Unu )lSed ai~ y hisd~ . ·Without · . such . individuals- as· politicaJ, power ·as Governor of New -: · Kirkpatrick ,or ~eye$, ·so called · . Hampshire to' deliver Bush ·a victory · ".peace" may be t>btained (the type of, . . : and hence a ~feat to such ideological ' peace .whic~ exiSts _in such Qppressive · . and· so ~ called . ...movement

·. naqons as Cuba and North Korea) . ,. conset'Vatives~·~-such as Kemp and · without the. existence of freedom and · Governor DuPont. ·However, Sununu

· liberty, the two greatest virtues of a - is-still a positive choice, considering ~ee soCiety. r -~ . ' . ',I . .

f , . • Another potentfaiJ.y. dangerous forei~·n . policy ' ~~ice was Brent

· Scowcr~ft.. Ue . will serve a~ the . N at,ion~ Security ·advisor to· Bush,-

· . he is surrounqed by mostly 'pragmatic · colleagues, ·sue~~ O.M.B: Director· ..

· Darman and Treasury Secretary llrady, · and should help the Cabinet atorig in, ~ more fresh and positive way both on·

:The new ~ -B-ush cabine.t is mainly filled with·' ; -- / ..

cQmpet~nt, · · p·r~gmatic· . ~nd_ividuals' ·J wh~ have ac~omplished : ll)U_Cb in the past, but seem to be VOid .

of any viSion. for the-future. - ·, .

succeeding Colli,n Powell. I . Scrowcroft . . has expressed strong '

·doubts of, .the· plausibility of the Strategic Defense Initiative (S.D.I.}

. This selection sends a strong si~nal

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about Presi4ent Bush's app~ent lack of commitinent .to S.D.I. (despite his j · ·

rhet~ric to the contrary) -and clearly . . leaves an unco.mfortab1e feeling~ of the . future national ~urity of the U.S. ·

- domestic issues and . for~ign policy . . .. , ' · q~estions. . · . ~ ·

Perhaps!the !most promising of the new Cabinet officers is · the uew

· · Housing and t.Jrban ·Development Secretary,- (H.U.D.l, Jack Kem:.p .-,

. · There is no question: that Kemp will . be ·a highly visible figure as H.U.D .

_!\poverty. · t".f .

· A filial pro~ising selection is . former . Secretary of Education

. William Bennett to the aewly formed · position· of. "Drug .Czar" to' fight the "war . pn 'drugs.'' · This ··selection demonstrates , Bush . is truly serious

abou~ attempro;g .t.o alleviate the drug -problem by·naming an individual whb will attempt to . set forth more innovative progcirns to deal with this most perplexing dilempta. The "\vai pn drugs" neecJs someone in the mold of William Bennett-if ihe· scourge of drugs -~ ever to be eliminated . . ·

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Thus the new B-ush cabinet i~ ·

The -new · Secretary of Defense, ·' ... Secr~tary~ He will attempt to expand . '· , mainly ·filled w1tli . "competent,"

enterprise zones; which havebad an -:_. pragmatic ' individuals who 'have · overthrow . . the neighbor'fri~. . · John Tower~ maY: be the gr~testhope · demo~raticall~ elected government o{ . , in this 'admfuistration for advocating

instrumental _impact in revitalizing · ' accoinpl(shed· ·much i,n· the past,, but business in dePressed Qiban ce~ters, . - seem to be void of any vision for the.

El Salvador. ; ·Baker has · also . ·· vast research at:td future deployment of . dell)onstrated 'a soft commitment t0 S·.D.L Tower will, 'however; have

the Angolan freeoom figllters, ~ho are. . difficult budge,Up'y constraint~ to .

attemptlng to o.xertllrpw the · battle against.- This ooupled 'Yitll the .. -:' ·

where they have been /implemente4; · Jut~re~ F~r the .Bush pie_sidency tc <, In ~ddition, Kemp will be a strong ..,__ continue .-an~ · expa~l tfie· ,;·Rbagar:_..

·- l~ader . , in .... , advocating greater , , ·Re,volutioil·" ii is :·· param. ount. _fOJ . . ., . privatization of housing,· one of the ·

· f fi , ·tali If . individuals· such as Ke~p 31!d"Bennet . . .

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c~o~munist_ dictatorship of AJ:igola. · · · _: _. political , .·. wiH .. of Con~ress, /· _"',; . ,. - particulatly . the House ·of · .

,., It is unfortunate that.Bush ~did 'not · :R.¢presentatives, to reduce ~u~ds for s.~Ieqt such, ·pe(,ple as: former .• u.N. : · . s .o .1. and · pr.event any testing, will.

virtues 0 . ree4om and capl sm. ' . ' to emerge as major _policy, dedsior" t • ', ..

·, makets,'in the adniinistratiori. or else .•.. · . the · l)_ex,L "fQu.r . years . wilt .'0:( " ·:< -'.::· .. I

Kemp is · able to implement the · programs h~. advocates, he will surely·-

. chara~ter·i~~~ · ., 1,~, .. ,;t<>:~de~gue":~.:.~·:, - ,; A!Ubas.sadotJ~ne, Kiilq>attick, 'who . create· ~ great challenge for Tower to -

. · .. !t[s;\ f-<>t.f?~.fplly ..;- arid_ j· .. eJequently . -. prevent any r~duction o.f·our national · -.~QPRO.r:!ed·freedmn:fighters. ;Jt<?>urid;tfie .. , ~urity~ ·· · · . ,

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. -Recently . Am ~rica · ·) remembered and •honored·thb-life and.-.

· achie¥emen~ of ·Maltin Luther King. · · · We . espeCially honor :King for hiS·.­

• . commitment to !•non--violent:: soCial,-· change. ; Americ~ shbilld be proud of :.

·\e . Martin\ Luther King's dedication to· ' non-violenc·e , arid./ uige politicai

groups around the· world'r-to ·-use· King's commitment, a_s, a model :'for . social change.: .In.-the past' few .years,

.. Americans ·have taken it upon

:themselves to work foF political -and ·social change· for th~blacks in :soutfi · , Africa./ The pursuit of equality an4 democracy ·is a jU$t and ·noble cause , for which America s-trives. to be. a model. . Howev.er, :i n·. pursuing the goal of eqmility and democracy, ·America has involved itself with individuals and organizations in South Africa who apJ>eai.io th~ West as the . bearers.of d~mocracy and freedom, but .

· in reality wish to install a totalitarian ·dictatorship, and are~f4i'nly committed to using violence against: Civilians to achieve iheit goals. The two· greatest

. perpetrators· of .$is ·noax are ·Nelson and Winriie Mandela. ··As .Ailiericans·

· who believe in Maftih Luth~i Ki~g's di:~am, we m1;1st require the· Mandel3$ . · and the· African National :conwess

. (ANC) to follow t!Ie policy of nori: violence, the policy of Martm Luther .

·King. · · - · . · · · · -. . A myth ,has ·oeen· .~reated .-

. around the figure ·of Nelson Mandela that has given .hii'n .ifie· sfittul ·of'a . · benevolent \ demc;crat:k · 'cleader ·

. equivalent to King; and"the statps of a prisoner of conscience. The · media darlings, Nelscui"andWiilnie:Milndela,

· h~w~ duped -~the ,W.·~st into -~l~evi~g . that they are· .. the· true ··¥oic.~, · .. for .. democratic, ~ceful .change· iii' South . Africa. It is time that · this-dangerous .myth be dispelled. .

. One fact about ·, Nelson · -Mandela that is widely known, but ··· ~nfortu_nately ignored, is- his belief in .

_ · violence as a means for social change. .In 196I,.~ter the .failQI'e .of & general

.: strike called for ·by Nelson Mandela · and the ANC, the ANC deeided · to

adQpt viol~nce~ in c)rd~r )o ~c~ieye" their politicaha~riis. A:m~litary wing of the ANC', , called U'm!Gbonto w e ·

- Sizwe, was created with NelsQn , ·Man~ela as .its corltmander-j n-chie{. ·

, -.Mandela traveled threughoui Africa : ~ . 'fo~ging, contacts. with arm'S suppiying .

nations · a:Jid receiVing military traiping.': l;Ie :-was 'arrested upon his · .retJJrn ·~ South Africa ,in August

· .1962. A .few months· later· South AfriGan police '~aided an Umkh;.nto .

, hideout, _discovering plans · for bombing-s and assassinations, and a·:,

<weapons . cache of . 210,000 hand -,grenades, 48,000 anti-personnel land .

. mines, ·1·,500<--time ·detoQ;ators, ·and . tens .of tons of explosives. - Maridela was convicted on foUr counts, . two of which ~ere the ct>nspiracy to 'commit sabotage, fot whiCq whiCh· he received ·

. a sentence, of life. hnpt:isonment. At · his trial Mandela. admitted, ... 1 do not howe,ver deny· .that I plruined sabotage

. ... I · planned .it as a result- ot'-a· calm . . ~and sober. assessment~ of the ·politfcru '. . ..__ sit!Jation." Since his· <imprisonment" - '/ Mandela has: refused to, rep'!ldiate· . violence. Recently :the Seuth•Afncail · government · ,has indicated ·. its , ·

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M~dela should ~~t. and must not be . given the same respect"asKing, and should riqt be regarded as a vo'ice for change inSouth Africa. ·· ·· ·.. - ·

. . •. . ... ':fhe ·other great myth .. of ' . _,N~lsdn and W~nnie is that they are · belie~ers ·.in Western style liberal ' · .

·~, democracy. ·. When Winnie sp~s to .­the Western moom of the wonders of -demo~l'acy, she speaks in, unusually-: vague terms~ _In fa,ct, :.both,:Winnie

.·"rbe. ain1 .... [isl -tQ bu.ild. a clas~Iess . or~ So~ialist. · ·, - I • - • • • , • ·, • ; : <, , ~ '> ~ • 0 ; .. \ ' ',: ~-••• ,;

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. society~ The :v.i.cto.ry o( Sociali~I.D in _ ~he_lJ.,.S.S.~.·, 'in.·~ ~ • ~- .. l"'' t . ) . . . • . • :"' ~: . ..:. ··:. . ..:... : . ·. :- 't ~'· -

the- Peop.le's Repub··i~ . o.f . CJ1in.a, in Bulgaria., ' ., ~- . . ~ .

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Czech~slovakia, H~ngary,_. ·- Poland_, and . R.uinania ... pr9ves that -we too ~an. achieve· tliis · iiDportaDt goal.·;- . , /

'willingness .to , release Mandela, provided that he renounce the use of · violence. However, to this date he has steadfastly refused ~ dp so.· . . ,It is hnpo~nt ·tO' note that

'Nelson ¥and¢la is no.t universally · considered a political prisoner. The .·

human rights organizatiol), Am.ne~ty International, ~.does · .not consider Mande}a a prisoner of conscience. · In the September 9, 1985 . iss1,1~ , of · Human · ·Events, Am-nesty Inteinatiortal.stated that since Mandela-

. had participated in a conspiracy to commit ··sabo~ge and violence, "he could no longer fulfill the criteria for the · classification o(. political:

· prisoners." ·'

. . . . .,A.m_ericans ~must:~eri:lize :that · . · . ..:Mindela'\ is · not a man ()f ~ace. His

.. - method. of .~iol~nce directly contra1lict the proven.,nethods ot Marti~ i..uthel

_ , King. D_uring the Montgomery 1' Ala. boycott Kirig declared: ·

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To m~t hate w~th ·retaliatOry hate would do no~ing but . · --

--in~ensify the exi~tence· of evil in the. universe. _ ·H:ate l,)egets, hate; violence begets violenc.e; toughness begets a gr~ter . . / toughness. ~

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~----and Nelson have written aildspokejt in- favor . of' a: Soviet style ·system.

- Winnie Mandela, in an·inter-view that · -appeared in the F:ebruary _14,1986

issue of Pravda, sta~: , I J .· ~ •. .

The Soviet Union is the torch-. bearer of all of our hopes and

thoughts .:: Iri Soviet Russia, an authentic people's power has been transformed from dream to reality. The Land of the SovietS­is a true friend and ally of all

· oppressed ·peoples ... ·Our struggle · .· . for freedom is indissolubly ·

conneeted with the world-:Wide . , peace mov~men~ for whicp your · . greafcountry is .the standal:d-bearer.

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; Ne,lson Mandela has also shown his - preference for- Leninist politics. In . · How , to -be a Good t:ommunist, · . <.vhich · Nelso'n Mandela admitted to

colufQnist 1ohn Loft~n.; th~t he ~ote · · ·' (Washington Times, ' August 22,19~5) Mande\as~ted: ... ,

. .In our country tile struggles of · ~ the oppressed people are guided · ~ .

by the South,African Communist -Party~ ·and is inspiied by· its _ . policies . . The .aitn ... [is] to build a classless or ~ocialist society.

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. The victory o(.socialfsm in the .l''-. ,.

USSR, ~n ~e People's Republic of China, in ·BUlgaria, ·czech- · o~IOvakia~ Hupgary, PPian~:. ~~l 1 ~-- ····

Rumania ... proves that we too dm· , ach~eve.: thisimpOr:tftnt go al'.'• '.. ~·::, ..

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Mandela further spoke of how the ANC was to be the vaqguard party, · and the "spark" that would _ignite thejr

.- revolution . . : Unfo~tunately, thi$ . information, has been widely ignored, - · ')-intentionally or otherwise;- in . the

'-West. _As Americans we have· a nght \ . _· and a duty. to aid people:striving for . democracy' all around the world.

However, we. must also realize wnen · we. are -being _duped into supporti~g .

·. people ·or organizations who merely claim to support peace and democracy. We must see. the Mandelas for whom · they truly are, not as we wish/ to se~ theJ11. . .••. ·_:·A, ·~:, " , ....

Unfortun~ly, many PeoPl~ · . who hav,e been - fooled by .the .Mandelas are present 01) th~s cainp,us. 'In- the 'Spring ·1986 se~ester, "th.e . Student Assimbly, in their ever<.

/present, seff-righteous arrogance took , it upon themsel_ves to change . th-e ./ .

·· ;:. .. ~e of the University Union 'SocjaJ Room to . the Mandela 'Room, :withqut

the .·co'nsent or"the student body. Th;-· .. .CoJ:!lmeni.oration plaque, just outside . the entrf;nce to the Mandela Room, · <:ontains a quotation by Nelson Mapdela . wh~ch states, · "l have cherished the ideal of':a democratic and r

free society in which all persons live together in ; · ~arinony." ' . s ·uch a'

· statemept is a mockery of the .true,.· mea':ling of democracy. It · i~ ; ~ travesty of. decency and democracy that~ Nelson Mandela; a mari who supportS the use of ·violence, should be so honored. · At this time, when the

:--memories of. Maitin Luther King are $ fresh in our minds~ all students should ,

· be outraged that this university allows · the name of Nelsori Mandela to shame . this· campus... Should this university choose to truly honor a man of peacei .

- the Mandcla Room should be renamed · in honor of Martin Luther King.

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Rttnl\ma:··.· Disaster··:v~ ··~e~Ocrac!. :By Andrew]. He~ntz

. During the ,period . from January througli March 1987 ;_ J was forturiately . abie ~to Visit ·Panama on ·four separate occasions . . Each time, I · transited the:Pariama Canal on board a . commercially . operated . ·co~tairier ·:. v~sseJ · qf U.S. registry. ~ . . . ? . While in Panama, :'1 met .. · wi:tJ.i Officials of Tbe Republica· De: _ Pa-nama, : · The -Panania :cana1 -·

· Commissiol), ani the y.S ~ Mil.(tary. I . also had an 'oppottunity to -~~L'with · ..

: Panama ·canal -pilots. Panamanian · : civiliati~; . an(J _good mendS :Q.f min€ :.' who liv¢ in P~a, City~-~~ · .. · · ·

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' · .. ·. .- ·_ ~,- 'fltis ~x:p'os~~~ -. to Panruinl._ · · heiped to conflfui iri 'ine. my ·belie( . · that most North· Ameriqms are· ignorant of what is happening there. This ignorance holds ·true for most of . the· Central American 'region as well._ · These people are unaware of the fact '

_that Panama is a major international . economic and military co nee~. and· that recent deV'eiopm~nts withiD the country are a serious ~threat to the democracy of not only Panaf!la; but of _ the ·entire Central American region as well. - .

The ·militar'y~ concern )n P?.nama stems from the fact . that ·

. Panama is the center for the entire , U.S. · Southern Commarid. . The

Southern Command is made · up of military components from · each · branch of the u.s. military. The u:s. has several very large military bases -in · Panama. 'Thousands of U.S. servicemen are currently stationed in Panama. It is important .to note that "­dte ·u.s; military has, and to some degree still does; work alongside the

. Panamanian Defense Forces. The two forces have t:r~ned together for _many years, and have within the , last six years held ·the 'largest. joint military opemtion·s in Panama~s history. These·

. forces . are charged ~ with the. respon~ibility of protect,ing Panama and the Panama Canal. ·_ <

TlJ:e }ecouomic concern in · Panama is attributed to the fad that ~

;the Panama · CaQaf fs' a major inteqlatfon~ ·v;aterway, _the stability of which .is' essential for 'intemati<mal ' ~ trad¢. be.!Weetfthe:Atlantie ·an~'Pacific · ' ·

ii~~!i\it4i~ · · · , . _: .. During the .. time l spenLiii · Panama, the situation dlere· was still · very much stabie. How~ver, 'anyone familiar with what was going ori there could s~qse .a . strong political · undercurrent in · the · ·country. This . ·

· Undercurrent existed as a.-result of the inctea~ing corruptiQn and repression on the part of the Noriega regime and . the . m'ou!ltin:g public sentiment · against the general's rule. I sensed a .

of the Torrijod_ -Carter Treaties· On · . corruptlon . mide~:· Noriega~s rule, Th~ .. Pan~a Canal in 1978)~, Colonel · Gener1ll.Noriega's ·military control of' Herrera accus·ed -General Mariuel the country, . and the ongping

· Antonio NQrlega, the CQITent dictator, - 'eoonomic .crisis.~- ..... . of ordering the .murder df or: Hugo ,. · , .. · · ·

0 ~ Thl ~:: _'forrijo~-Carter Spadorfa. I>r. Spadm:fa . was ari .. ~. agreement c~led for the_ .gradual -. otitSpoken' critic of General Noriega . . - . democratizatiqn of.Pan.3ma Although .

·. Herrera · also went on to 'accuse · ·democratization was slow under the·. -Noriega ·of taking part . in the .· , rple ~f Torrijos 'and later General ·

p~rted inurder of General Torrijos, . . Raia. des,\ t was wprking. All hope for rigging' · the , 1984 · elections, benefitting from large sca1e . (lemocratization was-lost howeyer; corruption, ~nd participating in · - ~ when General Noriega seized· t>ower

· narcotics tnifficlciiig~ · · ~ through the electi_oit f!3ud of 1984. ·. :

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econqtnic situa.tion worsens l)y .~ihe ~y. ~spite the worsening·economy. ' . this has prov~ ·tO be ari' unsuccessful means by which-to remove Ndriega

. from office._" · .. ~iiother attempt' to - : remove General :Noriega from· power involved having President Devalle of

· ~anama dismiss the general .<ilt a tel~vised address. The true holder -of authority in. Panama was ·revr.alcd, however. when 'General Nori~ga\tlien

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The entire international ~ommunity should recogn!ze_General Noriega's regiliief!,~r .

whatit is~- at{untle~~cratic, rep~essive, and. oorrupt ·dictatorship which ~frustrateS'lhe . .... . . . . . . . · .. -

Pananlani~ut poople's right-to ·self-deterniinatibn.

· .. ,., Herre~!' was the fi~~t high- . ranking official to breatc the code of -· silence. and to openly admit his role_in

- the fraud ".~and- · corrupiion. The Panamanian population· wa.s outraged,

- and · ~~ upsurge .of popular protest . ~gainst General Noriega's rule bega,i.

The National .Civic Crusade was forlned on June lo'in an effort to · · coordinat~ the ' protest movement. I

Originally the crusade·was' comprised .. of about 100 O(ganizations. Today more than 200 organizations have joined the cause. Five ·democratic

opposition parties have ·also joir;ied · the fight against General Noriega.· The crusaders demand the removal of

. Gene~al Noriega from power, and the· . implementation of democra-tic reform:· Since the upheaval began, hundreds of protesters have been arrested and a number of people have . been killed. _" · •. PUblic opinion~ polls indicate that ' tno-re than 70% of all Panamanhufs believe that Noriega is a criminal, an4. ·

· . tb.at he sbould leave-office:·

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. ·promotin-g himself to commander;.in­chief, General Noriega appeared to ~-

~ · fully ip _charge of the coon try. Noriega con~olidated his power by creating -the · Panamanian . Defense Forces, which · incorporated the,

-. national guard, the air force, the naval . force, the canal defense force, the · police force., the traffic deparunent, -­the depar.tineilt of investigations, and the . immigration . <Jepaitment. ·It is inJportant. to "<note that th·ere is no

, . civilian supervision of these forces. General Noriega.rules with unchecked· authority. ·

__ . General Noriega's rule has bee.n marked by, unprecedented _corruption. One .scandat- involved a 200 million dollar housing program, 50 · million · dollars was lost, and .. nobody went 'to j~l. Many lJ.S. ·and

Panamanian lead~r~ have expres~ ·the need for . dem~ratization in order 'to

transfer · control of th.e ·

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_ , · tP'~rii'aps : on<:< of · the · most discouraging:· _aevelopments in ·· the ·,. disaster has -~n the forging of .the unholy ·alliance -~tween Fidel <;astro, Daniel Ort~ga •. ,~d· Ge~erat._· :No~~ga. · Cuban troops and military advisors

· · h~ve ~n in .Panama for the past two years: Recently, the Cubans were seen assisting the Panamanian Defense · Forces in , the ·construction of a

_military road in· tiie ·vicinity . of the Gatun· Lock area of th~ Panama Canal; '

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-The entire international community should recognize general Noriega's regilT!~ for. what it is, an ·

. undemocratic, repre.ssive ' and corrupt . -dictatorship, which . frustrates the Panama~ian pyople.'~ - ·right_ to self­determination, apd which . violat~s

. fundam~ntal 'hum-an- and,:civil rights. All concern~d .nations should assist

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· .. ~ertain restlyssriess on the pan of the p~ople .. who I met in Panama. The nation's .people seemed intense; about the: .. Noriega issue. · The counti y .

~s~m~as· ff ~itm~hl~~t~~~ c-~~~~~~--~-~~~~-~-~~-~~-~~~-- -- -~~~-:--~-~~~~~-~~~~~~· moment. ·' The uproar and .. confusion canal. The · U.S. Ambassador to

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exploded! The independent·newspa~r La Prensa and other . Pinarnanh\n. media began .to publish· a series · of startlin~g decl~mitions . ·by Colonel . Herrera. Colonel Herrera was a frrst cou-sin -of ~~-Panamanian Dictator.

. Gener~ O_mar Torrijos _ ~Cosignatory i,

which has resulted over the last tWO Panama, A-rthur D~vis, related ·the y~s· dld not bioom overnig~t, as the . future of the canru to democratization res-ult of Colon.el Her rera's · by . saying," "~ully functioning .declarations.-- Th~- · problems democratic institutions in Panama are · _accumulated over a period of at-least ihe best ·&U3!antee to .Americans aitd ten years. The four · major factors Panamanians alike ·for success in the ·which have led to the-current ~nrest -turnover of the canal to Panama". _.

-In an .. attempt t(r t;emove, are: · t}le frustration · of ·. the _ General Noriega froin power, the U.S . democratization prpc'e.ss. the . .. cut ~I economic and ·military aid to emergence qf a renewed version · of · ' Panarri~. The. result . has ·been

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, -FOrced Funding of NYPIR<I Semester Ill_ ReView T•, • .._. • • • • • . • ~ • • )• • . - ::.; . '

By BrianD~ Sullivan , . By virtue· of the· mandatory

activity fee, all undergn}duate students . of:_SUNY Binghamton are members · ofNYPIRG. M~mbers are defmed by ·

.by the -bylaw~ ·as such, "All ac~vity ' fee.:paying -~ undergraduates _are · . members of.,NYPIRG ,' except those · · w~(} indicate they wish not to be

. ·. . · NY.PIRG-'s_ ·· system: ~of funding js 'often related to the negative .. option selling device used by various. , ·book ··of the ··month clubs. • Eaclf

. month the t1ub s·ends out .a .card ' listing the current offeqng to :people ~

~ who sign ~p. _. If those persons ._ do no( return the ~ar<J . th~Yi auto~atically receive the book, .I'ike it or qot;-._ Nadet:. along -with~ other consuinen~ts,· ·

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NYPIR G iS a reiistere~ .charity' yet _do~a~ion~ ~~ this: • ' . -. ~ • - •• • • . ; - I . • -

-orgap-ization· ar~ : no~ · tax,- deductibl~ becaus~ '0~, its

lobbying activity.·· .-.

members." . These students are forced J • to pay · $2.50 a sem~st~r- to this.

organization. if they _-wish . to regis_ter for cla5ses or graduate. ·

. . 'NYPIRG, : whiCh; stands for . the New York Public Interest · Res~arcb Group, claims to be · a · •nonprofit, nonpartisan . research and .· advocacy organization directed by New York State _college . and · imiver~:lty students. PIRG's were• founded across

· the U rtited States 'in 1971· to ·serve as t~e :.student component , of Ralph_

_ N~der's politi<;al activists network ~nd . t6 promote his brand of consumeris-m .. · · NYPJRG is a regj'stered

charity, yet donations to this organization are not tax deductible

·· _because of its lobbying activity. - NYPIRG activeJy takes stands: on and

lobbies for or against legislation on . all-levels of government: .. By its v:ef'j

nature·, NYPIRG "~an ... advocacy ·group'.,; · is highly p.oliticaL . Most' PIRGs deny · being 1 ideologicar'and some even ' deny beil)g polilical dcspi~ the fact they they were founded sp.e~ifically . to· ·advanct( . vafi'ous

- poli tjcal stances. . · Every year NYPIRG collectS

·· dose ,to $50;000 from students here .at SUNY B. .This _money_ goes· to. the state organization and cmly a small -

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amouht is actually alloca~ed back io our campus. The· system of· funding­used is unethical and undemocratic. The idea ihat an stud~nts are forced to

· contribute to. · this organ.ization­wh~ther they .. ·support ~ts ideas and programs or- not ha_s. been proven u11constitutional. in ·numerous states such· as New Jersey. As Thomas Jeffer-son once stated, "To. compel a man_ to furnish funds for tli.e propagatioD. of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.'_' .

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regard this tactic as · .shabby. However, Nader justifies the· ·use of

. this special · funding device for NYPIRG ·because :he beHeves that PIRGs are the "guardians" of the public interest. · - · · ·

. There is JlO such .thing as a ·universal public interest~ · People will . always have different opinions as to

what is right and · wrong. The public interest for one person 'may ,be a · political agenda for another."' It is not defiried by ---a ~ number of special projects th'at a organization is working on. If people believe that the work NYPIRG does . is · so important then they c~ contribute to

· it voluntarily. ·In. a ~ free and op~n society: both side should compete in the free m.ark~t .of ideas. That · competition is stifled when there~ a guaranteed. ~ stable funding of one

. political group over any oth¢r. If a ·group . does not have: to work lor i~s ·financial security, it -is .'liable -to become. complacent anq lose ' c_ontact v.ilth the· stud~nts it is · s~pposed .to serve. \ · ~ . . . .

Every four years students are given the. chance. to vote on -the ry~ . of ·funding that NYPIRG gets . . · Unfortunately there are students who, are forced · to contribute to this-, i ·-~ .

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> organization for three years before . liJcy have a choice. The system of

mandatory fil!Jdi.ng on. which NYPIRG. relies, plays on the apathy ' · and complacency of students.

· .· . · . Students -are consumers-·of higher education and Nader and his · followers are abusing student rights.to

. serve .their ·own ·politic;alcinterest. ,. 'NYPIRG ~pitomiies wfi-~t~ Ralph

Nader has; .always · .attacked, ' big bureaucracy Stepping OQ the' rights Of student consumers. '

-By Joseph Rosenthal . The fall semester at SUNY.:.

Binghanif~m was a tirne . of great ·p6Jitica1 action and, at li:mes-'political . to:rbulence . . C}ver_ those fe~ months

·. ~ens~onswer:e heightened· by many events and acts, including · the fhillip Agee speech, · .. the sit-in. the publica.tion of the Bingh~inton Tim_es, .and the election, particularly tl)~ presidential election; .· · ·

. · :: · ~ E;;trly . jQ. the s~_mester, ·. :J>hillip Agee; an ex~CIA agen't, came ­

. to speak at the University· Union. H~ wa~ · .. met by_ ~ · small group · of-

:protestors who . believed ·he was · indirectly r~s.P9nsihle for the death's of som~ ·CIA agents abrmid. · Agee

- de-nigrated ·. the CIA, our current foreign . policy. and -capitalism . . The

·audience ' response was ,rather · . · favorable, and whether that represents

a sad state for America or for this ~

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These two incidents led to another-important eyen't of the -fall; ,

· ·: the s~t-_in, which saw the JSU, ·me GPU, and the Womeq's Center· taking over :the Admmistiation Building and · issuing. demands. for the JSU, it was

, once . ·more a case. !of strange b.edfellow·s~ With the leader of the . organizatl.on actiqg ·as a mouthpiece. while . ·mapy' -members op~nly

,.. ' expressed concern and· regret 'over h1s 7 ' actions. M~my ofthe demands were,·

worthy, but the member.s of the g{oups used infantile methOds rather than getting their ,ideas paSsed throQgh the proper ~uthorities.

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Another factor in the rise of ' politicat activity ~t our campus was the election. College Republic,ans a'nd College Democrats both-tried io sway student'body-opinion in favor of th,eir .

Apathy must n6t.be r~placed by a uni~ersity where-. . . . ~ . .

-every o~ganizat~on 'takes over buildings to :inake sure - ~ .. . ' ·_ . ·. ". · .

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university, or is· :not a sad faci at all, . is up to one's ' own judgment. It w.as . not a particularly unique or original speech, but ~hat was' unique· was that mie of tfle sponsors of the speech was the JSU. It was a queer spectacle to see a JSU table next to all the

,- traditional leftist en~mies of the Israel ., state: '

Perhaps the most turbulent moment on . campus last semester arose when John Guardiano published · the Binghamton Times. After. writing · an artfcle that questioned the me~hods and results of affirmative action, John was aGcused by rriany, of being · ~ racist. Though the article was

. 'prq_bably not' racist in . intent, it was . ' written less than ·tactfully, so that

various , interp-retation-s were justifiable.-. . Spme anti-racism· .

•' clemons_trations resulted, as well as . ·many deno.uncements ·of tile . Binghamton Times,- including by some campus officials. The lesson to remember through all of this was .that

, .. stopping_ racism is -important; but .so i~ the free exchange of ideas. ·

Cries of racism were also ·· · heard aftef_ the horrifying attack on th~ jSU ·office. This occurrence showed

- that anti-Semitism is ·far from dead at-' .. this university. The .Administratipn's

· reaction to this appalling occurrence · was a .strange one, painting over the . walls ·.quickly wjth little advanc~

notice, presumably to lessen . th~ damage t'o the university's reputation from this attack. One can only hope that the attempt . to discover the identity pf the c~ulprits was , not

'' -hindered in the rocess. · ·

candtdates through . tabling in the . · · Union, while far left organization&,

-with their members grumbling about the candidate of both parties. alst> had tables. Fortun~tely, ~nd _perhaps surprisingly, tfie Union stayed rather · calm througqout the semester. There

.. were some heated arguments, but few threats, and, in fact, much cooperation

. 'and friendly· discussion · betwe·en College Republican's . and College Democrats. "Th~re was even a weU­organized debate -between those two' groups regarding Ctfie presidentiai

. election, and it was hel(\ in a mostly . ~friendly arid' informative atmosphere~ . It was pice to . see .people of all political beli¢fs arguing therr points civilly with a minimum. of threats,

· denouncements, and shoutiQg. Hopefully th'is t'fend will coiitilme.

. Overall, last ·. semester: . - showed that many, if not: most, -studellts · here are anything but

. apath.etic~ and this i$ a .good sign. One hopes>however that apa~y will .b.e replaced. by principled' belief~. not slpga~s or half-baked .ideas. Apathy rrnist not be.r~placetl by a university ' - '

- where every organization takes over buildings_ tQ mi-tke ·sure i~s demands · are met, or a place w-here the free ­exchange · of pnly .some . ideas is .

. · welc9me, It must be a Gam pus which . . is politically active. but at ihe same

time thoughtfpl, civil, .consQious of · his-torical precedents and principled iri · the Amerjcari, tradition.

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