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" · . . On Thi1rsday ··o~tobe~~ 2~; t~e Palestine :spHdarity _ : . C9mmittee, w~th ~he ,h~lp_:of a· few other progr~ssive .. ·. · campus-orga11iza.tiops bn;mgpt a ,speaker"to· mir.cafupus:

His nam~is B;enjamin Beit-Hallahmi, and be js the authm~ ·of - Th-e .;1sraeli ·connection: · Who· 1sraez' Arms ·and ·

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. ·Mr. , BeihHaUah·pi.i. ·was supposed· ·to ~pe·ak abmat . Israel'~ invoiv~ment in the third yv>orid. H;owever, fot ~orty

five mrnutes .the only words that lefi his mouth were those · .o{hate and undom:irnented·accuSa:tions . . · ·

· The spe~er began, by ~ceasing theC_oritras of -b~ing a , . m~rtehary army run .by. the C.I:A.. However, the Contra

. army. cons·~sts pf 20,000 yong· men fighting .c~O Ji@erate· rhe'ir country:. Mr. Beit·Hallahmi'also·.chiime<fthaHsrael ·

· arms every · C:ountry that is a "trouble 'spo.t" in. file third . worlc4 :-The speec.lit tnen.ttrrned to Israeli involvemen'l' iri' . . South Africa;hardly a.thiid wm19. nation., ' . . ·, . "· . I

. · c :":Mt. Beit-Halhihrn'i explmiie€1 how Israel sold aims to: Sou-th Afi-ica and then corrected himseltby sayiog that fsrael and §outh AfriGa are actually "busi~es,s partriers." Re . insisted that. South Africat:1 soldiers couldoo-found: carrying ..

. israel~ Uzi ~sab-macl).ine· guns. But when it was pointed but ·'· ·'""' to hill\ th~:t Uzis ~e mari:tlfflctt~ed iQ s~vetal · oth~er Co~ntri~s · ·

l mder- separ~.te patents, and that South {\fn-ct! bU¥S it$ 't,Jzis from ':''He•Igf'tlm, · Mr: 'Beit HaHahm-1 sc·erhed . ~( bi-t tlumnloURdoo. · . · · ·· ·· · -~ · · :· · ·. ~ ·

· .Tiie speaker .a-iscf aireged that Israel· and Soutfi·'Africa are "presently cooperating on the developmcmt of nuclear weapons.·:. Wh.eri j qu~~tioned. ab~ut .his sour:ces he said .

~ ."th~re _was a, resear,ch facility in Israel ami that South Afric;:a . sells uranium to Israel." . The speaker was.l.llso .fl&ked .io give ·figures· orr just how ,:·JiiHich uranium Istael.euys. · · Unfortunate1y •. tl.le onix . numbers he said that · he knew about were (;)f l9.65: - _·. ". . . _-· "" " ,___ ~·, , " ::

Mr. Beit Hallanmi also sriticized XsraeU· studerrts for theii: lac~..,of anti-Apartheid activism. He said that "there are · .

. no: anti Apartheid demonstnitions on Israeli c.amp.u.ses." J-Iowever, . when tWo stu.dents;. on~ .wf:lO, went to alil. ~nti Apartheid meeting at Haifa· Un-iversity and afiother who · .too~· part in im~ anti Apartheid demonstration in_Jerusaiem, toid the forum of ·their activity, Mr. Beit,Hallahmi,:again drew a blame · ·· · · · .... · · · · ~- -rt is a real sham·e that tfie PSC and the- other

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·' American Solidarity Committee, wa~~e the students'/mQiiey · . : by bringing' speakers such a 's Benjamin B·eit 'Hallahm(.to · . < speak'.on' qur campus. For twq hours we_ sat li~tenlng_ to · · this. man ., preach haie. " It _was appalling to he~ Mr·:BeiL '

Ifallahmi claim that Israelis :·nQ longer· rememb~r the - , Holocaust." .This .is _clearly a prepdstCroJIS ·(;<parge when one coilsider:s·ihe obsession with .whiCh Israeli sc{tt:iv i·s

,;,U-~t ~d~tbtcuri6sity,H0~ I~ it w~ N@v~r£~t A ,HomelaOd · · .· .- · : "' t>,O.,r{lig ~U _.The Yeai5 .0u_r·A.-ab ;Br~oth~_rs · - .-· · .~

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.. ' I was abli to look through his thinly veiled at_ia¢k on 'I -' . . /d . ' -, __ . Israe[, and so ~htiultl other students. Mi. Beit Ha:Uahmi -. '. 'A s I' e. '·

_· _ _,- a~ieri-tptetUo do SQI'R6thi~g:th~ PSC wouldlove, s.cm)ething ,' -.~ ~· 1'~·""1 ,· ' c - - • ' • ·' .. •

that I desperately wish would never happen-to intensify the ,·, - " · · • ·:;.~ rift betwee'll the Jewish· ahd B-lack pop_ulation~ on 'thi~- .-· · ' · - · · · ··. · · ·' -· · ~ · '>

. Camp~s anit tlfe CO!IIffiUDity '11, iarg~. Compwed tt>~.the ' 1 .~: ~~e· -·_~'?- ·a· · .. r\1 __ -.,;H .. · ·a·r_t· . ,.S. t,o ·r~/ ~ _.-' invo~vment of Japan, the United -States, West GermaAy . - lt:·,l ~ ] < , - J · __ ,., and other European cduntdes;Isniel'stole in trade relations - . · · · ·. - ·' ·• . ' · G.' k ' ·a· ~ -' ··

,·, wi:th. Sou~h Af~ica are >inin1~~ule.at:~be$~. : ·-!3~ -gFOS~~ .. r Ptofe.ssor Mc6o.uldrlck 0pea s ut ' exaggeratmg tlns role and. makmg lt larger than It a~tuatly · · '· -

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_ embarrassing, s~< tfie topjc.~remajns_dOrf!I'ant:. -Instead, the , 'J-, ' "" tj; A." ·b-... -.: · . ' '. 8 k . PSCand. lhiiT ~steemed; "guest, ·Mr. B¢it 'Bal.1a.nmi, will · · r u·t . / ... .-· .r'). ... u: ··t . 0 r ' . .;

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Editors: ' The ~ther· day, I walk&! ' into Hinman .

din.ing hall ami picked· up a copy -of ---your B~nghamton · Reviel'!.: · What a relief-..:! thought it might be another .

'· stupid Pipe Dream issue! . · / ' . .' . Your ,·coverage of the Bork · controversy cla,rified some of the; dou~tS I had aba:ut_.this man (although I ~ould like t0 see more done on him); I might .

· meinion- this is one · LASU- member . who is not a I~ftist l hope to see more'

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·Let ters:_ to the EditOr c> .

. Your ankles are well res~ched .and The Mandela article puts you on the · · · your commentary ilii·t~nse a:nd articl!iate: side of racism. . .The~ improvements R~sonable and l;ialance<f presentations . you'ye · writter.1 about· ar,e mostly on· . topical _issijes are a \ efreshing · . cosmetic. . if communism succeeds, in . contrast .to other-'campu~_-pil"'blications. _ -South A frica, it will be because th~ -'.fh:e Binghamton Review "is an asset to. . Democratic west has not done ·enough : SuNY-Binghamto~ and;· in fact, to the · t? .. Prod the white minority. Mr. Slior entire Broome Cou:n~y community.: .. - . 'informs ,US that he is Jewish and thus

:· _I know th~ effort which is required-to anti:communisti Well, why . -~ot. publish a paper like the Binghamton '_ anti .. facist? ·If> anything, the conditions Review, "particularly the n:laiderii~ue . ' in South Afdca are·more comparable to ·

-- coverage· of Latin A-merican . affairs in the future anQ hope to see your paper

I wouJd like , to offer my most sincere · those in Nazi.Germany thai\ the Soviet ·. congratulations to ,all involvedJor a job .... [Jnion. · The le.f'tist papers . on ·campus

v€ry well don'e. . " . ,, . - · .wri-te too - sympathetically about Best wishes and cou'tinued success. Communism. You· m.ake the opposite sincerely, ~ . - . but equally bad mi,stake of being too Paul C. - Vansavage; ~Chairman ' sympat6etic to Facist and reactionary

Broome County Republican Committee r viewpoints: · · · · ~ I • r hope you will tone , down your.

· . Editors: . . . publication; }f you don't, fl!en ·you -will Research Library at . Appl'icd be dismissed~by mest of your readers.

Economics Res~arch ·centre intends-to J:he_writing must be improved as wel'L

flourish. · Thanks. - -. P.S .': IfJTiy l~tter is published~ ' please /A, ; , wlthh.ald my · name~ since . I have · . unfortunately had severall:\eated debates .

. on such issues and would like not to be bot:bered"'~gain. - -~ . . .

P.P.S.: Are you published monthly, weeki y?' · '

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subscribe to yo,ur 'Jo.urnal "Review." ·It · , , Your staff is small, and many of them_ I Mr Guardiano responds: . \ . --. is. ._therefore . requested . that YO\J may . could use some wfiting courses, . so I On behalf of all. a:f'the Revi.ew, I ' , -kindly send us ~lates~·eopy of the same . think there wilfbe problems there. I would like to __.thank you for your. '·. for . evaluation ·by. - ' ou( library - . wil1: be· followingyoiifprbgress ·(oris '· support cand (mco.:uragemen·t~ . After Committee, so{that a decision could be .. · tJlat a word y0u object to?) ·. \ be{ng called 'facists/ ' . ~warmOngers," made"' for regular subscription of the , . Jeff Rinde "skkOs," "racists," "homop~obes!' and.· above journaL - 1

;. · ... . P.S . Oliver North Is - really an ·other· hatefuC names-. it is, indeed; Thanking yem, · arrogant bastard. -. , . l . refreshing to know there.' are those. wh~ · yours siriceleiy . . ,\ · . apprecia.te o~r efforts. We wish you the For · APPLIED 'ECONOMICS , Mr. Guardiano responds: - . bf!st and hope. you will not be .sub]e.ct .. · ~ RESEARCH CENTR~ · :Thcmk you, Mr. Rinde, forshari~g ' .to ·a;;ymo:e har-assment by fel'low (Airitul Wadood) ~our thou!(hts on our Reviyw with us. -utsu members. (Note thar if ~ou .wish ·Librarian · to wr:ite .under a pen name, the Review's

. pages-are always. available;) ·

Editors: -' · ( ·. . . . I just. wanted to congratUlate you on

. yo·ur work , on the Binghan-uon R~vzew. Your artiCle. on - Bork ,was ·v:ery ,

" in,form-ative~-facts I was waiting- for _ someone to present! lfs not falling on

. d~ews. · · · Tim Dohonou~

Editors: r have just read, in its entirety; the

premier _ ~ditiqn of the·· Binghamton Review. I had expeded . a dec;~n.t · publication~-- ha\ring ,n)et some .of yo~ . dedicated staff, but the premier issu~ far . .surpassed . my -: most op.tim{stic 'expectatiohs. .·

~ILl i u ~ uam~ton ,.ltt~~ttbr: EXECUTIVE BOARD

Edi~or-m-Chi~f · John: R! Gu~diano; ·Jr. · · . Managing Edi~or San .~usanovs*y -- .

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·Editors: ' \ We appreciat(! your letter, since we like . I( yo~r .intention is to enrich . the to know what p£:(/pl·f! .think of . our

political' 'dialogu¢ 00' campus then i publication. Howeyer, L must take · · e.xc~ption to some o+your ·crit.id~m: .. · welco~e your arrival. Your premiere · 'J

issue -was - extr~m~ly 'disappointing, ~ - ·Nevett and the C'oots . thOilgh. I've been reading campus B 0 y'c 0 t t . . . . - . : publications- on· a semt-'regular Q'asis ._ _ .. We. believe ~ur ~rftici;rri o!..Jon

· Intematignal E~itor Alex .L:3pn:nan ·since 1980 and· yours is" one of foe ·, . Neveu w~s ]usti/ied,Jullyw~rrant~d and

·' ·- silliest I've seen. . . . . appropriat~ly done. · . . pe-spite Mr..' .-. ·It simply does not lqok·good .. at ail io - !Vev~u'-s attempts ·:~o· disc~edit our paper ·

" _have two. ~pro~Coors, ¥tjcles an~ an ; ·.as_ not"~aving i_ts facts straight," the··· ~advertisement( from the~_ -in the same . ·truth is 'that he did eve·rything he issue~ - ~ .. -- I' don't tflink people will ta1ce. J , ·possibly co.ul(J-te ban the s(l/j! of Coors

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Treasurer Se.cretary , _ Photographers .

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Julie Hac~ · ·. Michael Nishi

1 . -Jennifer Y ant9sh, Cartoonists · ·, Stuart Symons

C~ntributors · Joseph Wilensky · Sue Blake · David .Fislikill Ezra . Shapito ·. Brian, Sullivan

. Paul Scole~e

.. you -s_eribusly. Jon N~:veti could by · -. at . fhe-- Campus Pub. And he was ·-·criticized far more skillfully.' ' ) suace~[uD ' [Jefor'e th-~ . Student

·. The attack on ~alph:·Nader was an . Assembly-ever address~d th.e issue,. Paul .. amateur job~ pure..:.arid s.imple ~ .-.. if Lowe, Marriott's re~ident district

something. is itris bad, d0n't publish it. . . manager: at Binghd~ton,.had aqui~~ced to Mr.. Neveu's dema~d to ban the sale of Coors ai th.e ·c~mpu~ Pub.' · ",

Ttfe Bor~ j.rticle __ was one of your

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one is fnnocerLt until proven guilty? I . , ~as at the A~seml)ly meeting tli(! day ii ·

· approved . Mr. Neve.tt's . r~solution . · · conderriming Coors.'- I pressed. Jon to

tell the Assembly just who his sources .were.' He never gave :me or the Assembly an answer. . . _

The truth is thi{t my sources ~ere well documented t1nd substantiated. · Mike Wallace, of6Q Minutes, is hardly

· q. biased, con'servative souice . . Indeed, his credibility and fairness as ·a '

l jo·urnafist are . beyond reproach. Similarly, we ·_ hav,e three [Jinghamtori professors associqted. with the Heritage · [<'oundaiio.n. These three cf.isti~JgU_i§hed scholars, Professors Greene,Polacheck, : .

. and McGouldrick.:-who cq.re a grea,tdeal ~ . for their siudetrts-- would not choose :to associate themselves with-Heritage if it ·were the draGoniil/1 . monster trying to Y.

des.troy,siuderli finaricia_l aid that _Mr. Nevett makes it out to be. . _

· So what did Jon. Neveu, Mr. L@we, · and the Stud.ent -Assembly prove by., · their condelnnatio~ o~Coors and ban of ·-"

---Coors qt the Campus· Pub!! Well, if one cr:ies "studen.i rights," (Neyer.:mind what "s(udent rights" means:- that's

. not important) cazt.s a company "racist' ·

and "discriminatory" (Nevef' mind the , i]aet 'thai the NAACP .recogniz~s' that ·

·. coinpiny ~as a leading Affirmative , · Actiofi. Empioy'er in Colpzradoi.we can . ·, always go Qat;k (o 1950 or I~60- when ~ .

the company was _run by different . people . to dig up dirt-. about that

company) · qnd insists that · a _: c;onservative . research foundati.on supported by that company is going to enact its proposals into law and end all . . finanCial aid (Never mind the fact that ) you don't ·know . anything about_ the -specifics of their proposals,· and never mind .the fact that dnli§· 'the "Cong-ress ' can decide whether or nOt to e,na'ct their proposals _ intQ ·law . . · I/ it's

· ,-;conservative" the.n it'$ automaticlly , bad. And any attempts at reform are · always just a concealed attempt . to

·destroy. or ·eliminateflnancial aid), th{!n · .· liberal and moderate- siude-nts will follo~ yoi:L Even b'!:_sfn~ss executives

· will answq your every-whim and cry, .There . is no need to . be acc.urcite or ,, ' ~vrie~t in your allegations. ·what is . importqnt is that- you me~ely make such allegaii-o.ns. · · i · · · 1

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- Thus,· we students have lost alr . objectivity; we have been dupe4 into ',suppor(ing a srJicer campaign 'conduoted . ·. !

by the mo# liberal and radical~elements:. · of society against. a corporation an~

7 . . • . ~ ' . . res~archjoun,datwnfor the sole reaso!l that they are suceess'ful and· effective conservative organization_s. _ So muc.h /or · fai-rness, . justi·ce and equity. Tyranhy, . intolerance ·and ignorant-

. ~teteotypes nav~ won-while-academic freedom, toleranc_e ahdppen-mindedness have lost. How sad. -

.. - ·what Really _Happened . . ~To NYPI~G at Albany

As for our crfitcism of NYPIRG and . . . Ralph Nader, I suggest-you develop a

. . Binghamtqn . Review .is a non-'profit . student journal ) of news • . commeritary, and

· analysis published- m:onthly. S-ubscriptions_ . ar¢· .$30 ·a ye·ar. All s~bscribers will . have the Review -sent directly to their . homes. ·Students at Binghamton · rec~ive the Review· free ·of _

. better ones, but you could have dropped · ·'.the first couple of paragraphs. -I think · . you're preac.hing to the: conver_ted.' to~

much, t~Jougb. ' All · . t~e ·anti-Pipe ' Drecuri stuff matces thein app~~ i't)ore

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· · . The· GPU is an easy ~target Thvy've . · ·dope a lot ,of rfdiculo':ls things. ·Your

article was riditulo.us, though. You are no more. "accur~te, infoimative, and enjoyable·~ ihari any·-of the , if.,.oo~ng

a~sociaied with SA.SU, · U$:SA~-­NYfiRG, Pipe Dream and other rather Jibiral Orga~izatiO?§!.. dls!( agreed~ l(J ; ,-. support Mr. N'evett s condemf1.ation of -i­Coors. · ·

·. sense of humor. ' Many found t-ha( ' · article amusing~ I'm sorry yo~ did not. . _ ·As a final note, I should mention · ;·hat Ms. Cooley .and NYPiid know well that we have. . our "facts sfi:aight" · · about-what hapjJe_ned to 'NYI!IRG at Albany. The reso{ution at Albany_ said specifically that NfPIRG had to get 60 percent of tlfe vote -if it was to co~tinue io re(:eive mandatory funding from every single Alba~y student. They' did~ not. Thus, .a reds'(/nable interpretation of the vote would be that students at A'lbany. vo;~ed to kick-NYPIRG, along with its tyrqnnical habit of extorting

charge. · · ' . ' . · - . . . . , Letters to tl1e editqr are encouraged and

All ~ubmissions to the . Revie'f become the prop.erty of the Review. · -The Review

· reserves the right to edit and, print any . subml.ss~ns : All opix:lions expressed ai~ those of the author and do ~not necessarily reflect, the opinions ol the Review.

. Left publications. I''ve been pleasantly ' surprised with. many of therri' in the .past' . .: year. Articles fike these will-allow the

left to criticize you \lnmereifully. -Mr. ·Rusai1ovsky has . a lot to learn about toleraiJce .<i'nd .res.pect' ·for other viewnoints.

. lf.hat is most 'distressing abou{ all ; t his, however:. is' not' that students no · ·ron.ger- have the cha~ce to pur,chase

. · :Coors 'at the Campus Pub, but rather thdt both Mr. Lowe and the Student· As~embly caved' int~ Mr. Nevett's demands, which were" . based . on uns~bsta~tiated ~nd undocumented · allegations. Whatever happe~ed to the

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-.by John R~G};tardiaiio'/]r. with the requisite technical capability and presid~nt lacking_ in character, integrity, skill teaching our soldiers. Ho~ever, such and judgement can inflict ort 'our political individuals can often earn far . more· ' syste~. Richara Nixo~'s Watergate fiasco

G~ Hart l€(_!i _}he Binghamton- teachin'g corporate employees thap they can be direct!y attributed to the fact that campus with a big, fat $10-,000 chec~ . . · can working for Uncle Sam. Thus, Hart's Nixori was .a man with neither character Yes, $-10;000! , You can~ be sure old-Gar)r :· . call f~r . a better -educated · military is - ~ nqr integrity. I:le thought he could cheat is happy about tha:t.-'-- With a staggering-'. CQStly one. Qespit¢ all this", Hart insists ··· the American peopl~ ·arrd then lie to them . campaign. debt of mi_llions o'f dollars he lris ·proposals to be "nrefoim-minded"-acts about it. r ,' \..... I .

·sure could use the ~oney. So Hart has.,, that willc1,1Lexpenses and help balance the S'o did , Gary Hart. Se11ator Hart decided' to stop partyingit tip aboard his ·budget. ~ ·, . \ . . . . . . : '. ' thoug~t ~e could cheat O:ri his wife · and

expensive luxury yachts and_ has instead . Hait proposed that the minimum then lie about iL -Moreover, his playboy hit- the lecture circuit. ,No more mo_nkey wage be raised to $5.ari hour. __ That ·would "conquests" ·were incompatible with the

~business for him( . ( . ' · certainly be nice if it ·- weren't so who~esome, ~trad~ton'al, American fami-!y . . . -- And what did Hart have to say? -.- impractical. ·. , While we have · great · man image Hart was advertising in the . · Wh~t-- brilliant words, of . wisdom · did the ·-c~mfid~nc_e in the American sapitaiist media. Hart displayed the same armgance

former Senator of Colorado have t<) share ·· economy, we ate not so arrogant as to ·· about his deceit ·that _Nixon displayed with· us? Well, after hearing Hart speak ,it , believe it ca~n defy fundamental economic .abouf his co~erup of Watergate. ··Both became'clear that brilliands nOt the word principles, mainlylhe laws of supply and believed they were better. than and above . oneusesindescri,binghim·. Tobesuie, -it · demand. (Surely,SenatorHarthasheard the _truth. The Amerjcan people

.. was vintage . H~t: ?e spewed ·out the . of . these ·laws. They're so basic that ·. understandably do .... riot want to have as .

usual ridiculous .things that nati:rrally made S rnghamton econ9mics professors teach·.. their president a · man who engages in him ,the leading· Democratic~ Pr.e~idential them in their introductory economics · deceptive tric~ery -nor a man who lies capd.idate. (that. was before old, pleyboy· cl~sses!) _· As 'stud-ies .done by Walter about his aetio_ris. ._-

; 1 Gary decided to go sow his wild oats.)"' Williams, the distin'guished economist · There. is ,the question of Hart's. · Hart 'would first liave thy United_ from the Uqivefsity of Maryland have jti9gement or lack -thereof. How ca·n-a_

States . abandon ~my and : a'll 'hopes for -. demonstrated, the unemployment rate . man running for President of the United · strategic defense. President Hart would would ~ost definitely increase were the · S-tates be so foolish ,as to cond~ct hiS- . l.eave All?-erica complet~ly vulnerab~e - to minimum wage to be raised to $5 dollars social life 'in · so indiscreet .a -manner? n_yclear -attack. This proposal is all the --~ ~hour. And it W0Uld be the pOOfCSt .of surely, Had knew ~he press was

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that cost. Congressman Jac1c Kemp from Bumilo, Professor walter Williams from , the Uni~ersity of. MMyland,." and Jeane ~_.

·Kirkpatrick. from Georgetown Uni.versity · come ~o .mind. -And why did Jon Nevett, without ever <.>oqsulting the Student Assembly, get away with binding the Student Association to pay Senator Hart -. ten thousand ' dollars to speak .- at Binghamton? · I wonder if Mr. Nev·ett

. would hav~act~d so . quickly to brihg . Congressman Jack Kemp to B!nghamton ..

Some outraged -individuals had 'called for a laws~it to be brought against the entii:e SA· executive board, charging

r the boara with illegally using student :.. . funds. Well, we don't know if we'd go that far. But there is no doubt thin Mr. Nevett and the rest of the executive-board acted . · inespm~sibly in committing the Student Assembly to _financing-a · H~ut's lecture. :N"ow tell us: when can we expec-t C-ongressman Kemp, .·or -the esteemed George Will, or the brilli::~nt William F~ :a uckley, J r?

more ridiculous .;.when one· considers that to - workers· who find themselves uriemployed. ~ SGrutinizing _his every a_ction. It was he . -Hart; tne keys to :mainta-ining a credible- -- Labor cos~s alone account for_nearly 75% afterall, who challengyd 1 the pr~ss to p r'i s 0 n of:· .. the . Week . nuclear deterrent are a "better educated of all business expenses. Wit~ their labor"" . thoroughly -investigate him. That Hart . -by Alex Lanzinan military" and. "strengthened -conventional < costs already far greater than those of their · . exercised extremely poor judgement during force's." . . . . foreig.n competitors, American business the ~eat · arid rigor of a campaign put~

1t i-s ,.impo,rtant to reali~e- thai -les~ prese·mly .has a difficult time competing in grave _doubt' on his-- ability to exercise , I

. - · · - · · The Prison. of the Week award has to !!O than _ 12 perce_· nt of the. military. budget , _ world markets. · A $5 an hout sound judgement as president during an ~

- · · · · - out to that most lioly theocracy on the · 'goe~ fow.ards th_ e deve_lopme.nt and minimum wage .-would only exacerbate internati.6nal crisis. , ·face of this planet -- Irap-. No, l'i-n not . production of ~nuclear weapons. So aqy , this problem ·' and export · yet additional ' . Thus, Gary Hart did not forf~it going · to talk. about _the , efficient , .ty-pe of '"savings" resulting from the ,; Anier·icanjobs overseas. . his campaign 'fdr the presidency because · m:etfiods that the Revolutiollary gu~cl elimin~tion .. of the . development and v- · Hart insists that press' scrutiny · -the "press drove him out." ._Thy media us~s to stifle political opposition at production of ·nuclear' weapons would be .. · · of a candidate's private life-Is unnecess.iu-y merely repor~ed th;1t qary, Hart spenf one -- 'home. Nor \viH I discuss tlic ten·orist very small, ' Jnd~ed~ Similarly, beca.us.e i candidaie:s private life has weekend aboard a luxilry yacht called the tactics _ employed by · the Kho~cini conv.,entionaL forces are vastly more notj:li,ng·to do with his fitness for public~ ._ m.pnkey business with a friend and two governm~nt · when conduct\.n\1 · expensive than nuclear weapons for the . o(fice. It is' true that a candidate's .young female-companions~" The American diplomacy. , No, I want to draw your simple_ reason tha_ tone nuclear mis. sile can . extra-marital a_ffairs do·not effect-how thilt . people watched hpw · Hart handled this attention to the trial of Mehdi Hashemi, ..

· an aide to Ayatollah Monla4eri, · who destro.y ·a whole division of conventional candida_ te will address mosrmaJ·or issues, :'mini-crisis" an_d judged him_ accordingly. .

, . , was thought to ·be the designated-forces. · And at a· time of severe budgetary i.e., rhe bud_get~ taxes, Central America, What ·they. saw _was,a: man so lacking in _ ;-successor to the spiri~ of Allah r~straints and $200 billion defedts, the strategic defeHse, etcet~ra. It is also true eharacter; integrity, and judgement as to be (Ruhallah) himself _._ Khomeini. It last thing our ~conomy needs is · to be that the qual.ificat:i.0ns and capabili~y of a unfit for the Pr~sidency. If Senator Hart · seems tha't the- condemned man was burdened~__; with· additional federal . candidate do not change each and every ; wants ~o blaine · anyone for his failed . convicted in a three day -triaLin August. expenditures above and beyond t:J:lat which . time ·'a candidate "sows his wild oats." . -candidacy he:Sh"9uld-li~ the American But 'whoever · said · that the Iranian is needed tomaintllin the peace. · However, how a candidate chooses to de3I . ·· peopl~'for refusing · to ·sHpPor-t--bim. ,J . judicial ~ystem is ·cruel and arbitrary?

'As for-a-:better educated military,- with press reports of his extra·-maritial would suggest however, that Mr. H~lay-:--.__:fertainl~ th~re wa~ -a crime of which

_ ltiS presently better educated than at any . affairs- re~~als .a great. ·d:eal about . the . . t~e b!ame where it truly ~el~ngs. --W~h .I1a~he!J.1-I~UI-1t-y~of; - :t·h~mQSt--__ . pfe.vious time in our nation's history. · character · mtegnty and JUdgement of that .· htmself. · , - · · . · . . __ · se!10~s cnme _at on~ c~n be charged

, . ' · . ' ~ · . , · , . wtth m Iran .-::- ~·corruption on Earth". Note that~aiaries.and-p: ens.io_ns account for candidate. And these are very Important Finally, why did the Student Pen .. alty de.ath b r· . . d N. ·

.. . . . · ·· ·-- . y mng squa . ow nearly two thirds .Qf our military bud gel. trrut~ to examme '"':hen choosmg the .next · Association waste: ten thousand dollars of. who can ~ possibiy argue with that? . . But to have a -better-educated military it is Prestdent of the Umted States. the · students' . dofl~rs . on a has been ~fter all, considering what a heinous · necessary~ that we ·have .beder,instmctors · . The American People have seen politician. who . ma}ces foolish and absurd ~rim,e Hashemi was guilty of, I thihk he_ ·

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- Modem American '" conservatism' rna~ be ' indi~iqually, it4nu~t be o~ned 'by so~e r- Protestant Yankee, let alone a black, .had . ·approac~ed by-first stating what it is'iwt;:_ c~~lectiv~ institutio~so that it will not be . (. ' . . . It q~s not consist ofautomat!c acceptance qmck_ly ~xhau_sted by· overuse and neglect no-c~ance of a job, . Tr~~ e_nough.· of · - the'_ whole .hei"i~age. -of the p~st, _ _ (economists (?all this the problem of ~the . ,Bqt _.that. was a. violation :'ofr the t regardless ' of itS_ merit._ For e~ample/in _CO!llffiOQS.) Therefore, if nobody' owns Ame~iCal} . system; and n0w- .~Sen''}tOr this· ,country, · this · definition ' Of property·_bythemselves, it must-be owned . Dani¢1 Moynihan noted -in his -pook

· ;conservatism . woirl~tni;,lke ,Angebi Da,vis, _by ·the State· or ~by corporate ·bodies c.o-authored· with ·Na~an Glazer,' Beyond ,or 'other'. Americarl's;· 'Marxist.: Leninist . possessed of State'" like attributes. The "the Me:ting - Pot-~.the -kisg in New York

- radiCals~., , 'But, if t-r~nsport~a > (o : State or such bodies means bureaucracy, - suffered,' rather than benefitted,'f.ro~ such . 1

China-:.where ·, · Chairn).:an' ·o ·eng· is so that effective rights of use-are governed _ ethnic job_ control during-the ,-Tam,niany _. . intrOdt]Cing 'c-apitallstic -<iefotmS:c~eatiilg by bureaucrats~ Since bureaU9fats are . Hall .days._ Freedom is apparently harsh, liriti'te:a;·· b.ut J eal, :property : ·rrghd; in - p~OJ1le, peopl~ o_wn property aftet all. but Qi_sciplines the spirit~whjle· :pr~tected _

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. agric~lt!lfe.:-they~would' be conservatives.: Only, such ownership is hobbled by · encl&-ves. genenne -m.egiocnicy -and ~ba_d : • Or< consider J ve . Warr~n - and 'tiurge.r_. ' collective·decis\o~-making, ~hiCh means' . habits. A care~4,1pha:sepubof affi.fmative . -· Supreme Courts.' ·To the extent that these _ . governm:cnt _by committee · ___ 'until · tpe acti9n, c'ombiv~d \vitl;l· frienq~y .persuasion intr:od~cedradical; d1scontinuous' chaages strong, ~an . emerges, .likc' Joseph s~li~-. "· ~md : p_erhaps: _,, net ·· so ~ .fri:en~Uy · · ~the Ariie:ncan tradition ofconstituti6nal . -whq--tu~d more effective rule over: more . p,dvately-applied· Ii)usc}c, ~.ould b~n~fit" law~ therr heritage should be reversed: ·But p~lac:es for his own, exClusive use than · biac:ks - ; ffi.~.s.t . of :~it, ;Sj~~; · th¢ir

/ . suclr ~reversal' is radicai b{nature l:ktause ' Czar._N$?·c~olas · did.' But enouglfor" s·uch . achie.v.ements . cou-ld . n:o · longer, _-b'y it changes 'the immediate· past, howev~r absurdities ... The . APt eric an system. of 'stigm~tized ·~y.-~o~ernmcnt. r.coerc-iop,,not ·- ,>

prudently apd direfully-- it 'js introdUaecL _ . . . _. _strong property ,_rights has done_ bett~r by ·o. ~y ~~rr own m~IY.IdU.~ myt~rs. _. .· , '.r But~ then, we ' w~re · r~dic~l- ~hen·- w.e prop~.r~y> _ . B9th Pprsonal . . . . economic equality .than the.: soviet and "·.'. - The, aff~ma(J.ye ,ac._uon paraq1gm

. j nvaqed NoFmandy ·iJi i9TJ4 fo ':civ~rihi'o:W> ,-1 property vghts .. at:e essential, - s.ince -()~er authoritarian or ~taliLa,Iian systems < _- defin~s~what. Amencan _eonsetV;a~s~f!s a~l: . . . -~~ -~a~i .reg!~e, _. wh'.iffi w~~, ·n~~l1'-As -· P.~r$?na~ ~I:lg~_ts alone are ineaniQgl~ss _, .. have done"by liberty; anq the. latter-have .. -ab.out:·. Il)ax~.m,um -fr~edom ·u~4y:r):aw: by.: -. ', ~Od;lOUS ~1IlJ1ts .potenthll. :• ' ', :"" - ~ " _)ylt~~~t/t~ep_r~I?:¢ ~p ba_:k ~h~m. lflule . ,'ni"ot aorr~ very :much. for eqmuity:e~i~er. . . means Qf d~fens~ ·on~~ Ameri_c~ P!occss.,-· ' .. . . , ·Qbviotrsly;,.:'Wt:f ha~·e ~a-\>ro~Iehi ~hen~: ·T . · P,rop~,rty !Jgh-~s ~lo~e _ar,e ~qoky_ unles.~ . the '· ~ut , the Amencan system Jnvol¥es .of . gpv~wment: · It, IS ·-a · r~y?lu~~_onafy . -· ·- propose~~ ~o:lve-. 1t- by:Jhis aefinition: · .in-~- -~P~PP~~~ ow~~r can ~~e ,property to 111e~t limits, ·since · one m~ti"s · freedom · syst~nr. s~y.ee-.- freedo~ causes ineessa~i

the-Affiencarr~eonteX"t, -wliich: w-<?--stlo~ld : ~SI!!~It,uar: a~ ~welJ · as his_-materiru fiee<Js _·necessarily involves his rcsp~ct-. for '-the - -~hang¥ i_n m_~t~o~s of.,-pr_9~u~t\op·, .i.R · \- . , not n~e'~sarily recorr,t'me~d ~a pat~m- f; -_-, or ~ve_n save ,hiS life., The German~ Fr}tz .. _:freedorii of·_o.tbers. Anq disregard of such .. produGts, and m !Y~YS of,-pcqpl~ worjpng

,- -_ other 1 ccullures with differen(-liabitS: and · _ ·_,Thyss~n, was ~nenormously wealt~yn.laJ1: . limits· has sedously eroded our freedoms . -!ogeili,er. It, not Leo~ Tro~sky's_ ~u~sja!. - '

{- basic lietfefs, coii~etvafi~ifi :.i}i~;n J,'J:ti~-,-· ~rem a - G~rman. stee~·Il}akiry:g dyp~sty_; ~uring the past fifty to si~ty years.' Fot -~:s : -- ~he. true '~ syste~ ~ Qr. permancn~~ . . preser'Vatioii of a ilrhe-hdri(1rect afid tilh,e , ~yone dembting the wealth ofthe dynasty _ . :example.-, ._there · is ,_ the· freedom of ,revolution._ So we have th~ f1~_al Par~dox: -tes~ striictur~ ior_ ~xp~(ling:~edt9*'~o _ · s?o~l~ .see -~¢ hirge- ~hyssen ·pri'v~te· ar~ · _ asspcia;tion~ . ~~ich . includes. > vcry .. con§erva~ism ;is a _rpeans.for achieving· mass prospeFt~Y· T~~,rstflie~fife,:s_et up-by . , -:~gallery in Lugane, Swi~erland on die six · . specificaUy, . Jhe · :right- ·- to . hire the · revolution; in the American cont~xt But · · ' the A · · . , · ·· · · ( ' . ·. · . d - f •"' . · k h · ·, · 1 h. , . the rev_ olution is-~ne of ~is_-1_: ng s~dat.d_-s of · .. -~ ~ -· _ _ ~~q~a~

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c~n.sp::tupo~ " ~~~~~ . ' . ays :o. u1~ wee w eQ_ It i~ open :to the -1 e~p oyee~ w oryt ~~e ';ants and the right _ btcentennt~ we .are ~ow cele~ratmg} IS) __ p~bhc. . -~ut when ,Fntz, Thyssen to tak~ a J~b with the employer;_of one's J living, which· reco~eiles the·parad6x; sin~e ~ · . ~ne. of ~ 'goV~fJ!ment · w~ere J>OWer _is disp!Oased ~dolf.Hiller one fine day, thO · choice. . ll ut this has btlen eroded ·by ( freedom is enhanced by gioater-meanS io ..

hnu ted, by Its · sepal'~ tio~ · . am:on g. Fuehrer . ~·m pi y ·-tossed Fritz · in to . a, · affirmative acti()R programs tlia! set up ~xercise it. .. So . ·;ri:. · th• efld, . negatl ve comp~tin..g branch~s-~-~ sucia.I. ;order -~oncentrawm ca~p __ with the same ~seas .. racial aild se~ijal quotas;-for hiring. One 'freeqoms (otheJ;S can npt dQ ·t!hls or that to ~harac~n~ by voluri'lary associlltjonS, ; if he !tad ,beep ·a Jew Qr a peasant; . . can , <ippr«;iate tlie .complaints of blacks · Y\>U) also·- .prOmote posi ti"" freedoms : mcludmg · churche~ wJtlioilr 'jlo\ycirs . of : , The opposill' thooretical ocase ,of human and otlters.:· that m the past, , white. <>thn\c . (powers o(qol1"!land 0\%' Aa~ure,)," T'! s\!Y coercion· over theii ~embers ' an{r others, ' ,- ,fights . without PrGJ?erty rights ·can also, ~be ,group-s/have 'occasionally ··J:igged the the-, least, s_ucll a sy&J;_em is ; w~\I wo~th "" ' , ~d. art econo~y where economic J>ower _is dismissed as absurd. Who says ~ must - system of gov~rnmerit in Jheir favor, so defending.

-hm,11~d · by tnarketpl~ce' competition.\in· a · : ... ~ay J;l., .or in ¢~ '·more channing_ .Italian wh-y .- s_hciuldn't blac~s or women do. the f~ame~ork ·of law':i!'granting ··-·m~~irnilm . " versio.I!:, · wh? _ ~ays Am or~; must say same?- For ma~y years, Irish-Americans n~~ts m .one's ;:?w~~ ~,:tsbri. an~ ili one's .}~aElhino?,. If property~~ is /riot -owned ran · ~ity Half' .-in_,, Boston .sq ·thatr a

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Many ... a.t Binghamton had · -Well, it doesn't -matt~r to the DSA. . as , the fact that ~- a · blatantly · tq . r~ceiye mote ;money :from· the .been waiting to see' what we at the·-, A:r;lything '~progressive ·" (i . .e., anti-C_at'holic ·Professor who: _$tudent Association than any other · Review could do but few believe'd we .. liberal, · socialist, :or_ Marxist) · is . ' implores /everyone to say "f~-,. ypu" campus gto1fp. . Fortunately; ' the'

would succeed in an endeavor so ' good and just while . anything to the Pope is still allowed to teach at . . BSU do'esn't speak for 1p_any ·~- many ·others-. ". had fail-ed in_ .. -''r.eactionary" or . "ri-ght-wing"- ,' Binghamton. <· ..:\ppanmtly, ·Father:. Blacks on . this campus who are not

;Binghamton is . a public - school, ·u.e. conservative) is bad and eviL Bob believes ~~t}xe :~}ght of college · nearly as rad.lc~l in their .outlook · . some·_.?f our ,critics tel~. \Is \They do : Never · mind facts to the . contrary; · · .. students : fo,rmip.g· · _their 'ow.Il .on life as the BSU.: have a - talent . for_ stabng · the they're ~onvenien~ly · ignor~d. . . . . autononiou$ organizatiqhs' to be a · . The Fading Dre·am; A

N~b. evwiou_ Y.so.)r;kjfisa. 'tea·:/etde',· aonpeupolfict-sh'ceh.omo.lo ostf· ~ . -n_ e.· -tmV. b\ e. tJJ\m \.~ .\ o ___ o_k_'. i n g \ e.. f E . .I./ • • • · .. • ~. . . Victim ofDiscrimhiation l n ., ,,~' ·, ·'. Pipe Dream' will often "serve - . progressive states ' in the -COUntry: . '. ~ Ci) ' ·. . ;0 · : ~. as 8:_U a.dditional SOunding -:board .

. "~h~re a:re no r i'ch, ·WASPy peopl~ · . "· I. . for . radical' ; dogma ·. that most

.. here, .. -... - they . condesQ_~n-dirigly . J (. "' students could ·care less about. We assert, as if it· were an accepted. . will be fold 'th~t the uni~ersity must } truth- that conservativ:es ha:if 'only ·' fully .enforce its - ~ 'affl.rmativ.e

.. ~ .. from · ·th·e ·_ · Uppity, _.·wealthy, ·~-~ action" · (i ead reverse -. ari.sto.cratic ·. f~milies 'Of · New . discrimin~tiori) - _guideJin'e; ·in a· _

Engl.arid. · Ac;~or'd-'ing·: 'io <th eir concerted' . effort . t'o . in~rease . stereotypical,_ ·,ffi.yfholo·g)'; "· Jew~, . minority · ;nrollme~t: .·H~wever, ·.we

Blacks, · Hisp-anics, CathOlics, hiue· ·will als.o · be told that 'Oriental-collar ··· offspring,. · and · "oth(n: ', st~dents are ·!lot_ a "tr{te minorit~" .. designated ·~victims . of· Atrierican -· in t}le . way " that . Biacks '_ -an.d ~

· . so"ciety'-' .-·c-an:iJ.ot ·be · conservative. · · · Hisp·anics 'are; · Why? . . . . , _r With smug '' $~lf~assuredness . th"e . ' ... Well~ ' you . see, -'as - . a '.

:_ purveyo:rs:!9f taw ;power i-n,·si~t it is · · · _, . !f'.'. c '" - .~ . o. .c j q 1 o g.i;c-aJ ·._ ·, / .. _;g r .. o u,- _p ,·, · .. ob:Vi6us-ly·' .then: the .mo·st fo.o'lish of'~· ~--- 1 · '··· , _,.~ • :.: ·;.q-~"· -'- ~--.--·- Ori_en .. tal-Ame' r:lc~tns :- , _like . folly •t(f i''· think . ~ that.·' a·'_ 'tru~ . The GPU- _ ---:_·grav·e . so'C'iaf irilustic~ _ \vorthy· of- - Je\vish:AmEn•icaris,J;l8,ve· s~cceeded -

c·onservativ:e ';( papep":·. cb'uld\·r~be .. ~ The . millt,ant · ·GP.U cwill .. co~ndemruitio::ri; whill a 'pfofessor ._ af in tpe , a:cade~ic ~ arid.~_bu~i-nes~ ' establ-ished·, at '' Binghamton~ <a "demand"- that anyon_e daring to thlis . ;- unive f:sity · espousing · worlds_' to 'a far greater-ciegre~ than . . ' school where. the progressive-s . have 'make a ·lltimorous remark about ~ predjudic_e·anuhatred _for :i:lhything :p;iost, oth~·r , ethnic. o.r racdafgro.ups.: ' reigned, ·-supreme forever al}d· ever, . th~:m in:_the vein of Eddie Mm:phy or. Catholic· a relatively miiu:ir ysoCial An~[ . the· .. J eigning_._ . .liberal Amen · · · j;· · • J h 1 h s ·d · · · · · · · . :my' th_~ ,ol.o_-.g•y·· · holds . t.hat ··•true_ · · · · ·· .· · ··- . · ·--o n Be· us i ·on ~tur ay Night .inj;tistice.-to ~e ·~~o-re~?<:-- · . ·, , · . · ·

I ·~ --oh, ·but-·. excuse " me. <. They Liv~ be censured and ·,tr.eated as a -. 7 . . > NYPIRG < . . .v ·: · ' . r. . ~inoritfe~~· ~re : oppressed victims · wduld 'fleyer ' ·say -Amen? · a t erm ' vicious _ ·campus criminal. . 1 . w ith R,alph · :Nada~ as ' their of 4ineri can. ~ s_ocie ty," · --~nable

~ associated with the religious chains suppose Liberace is one ofthe high _ . worldly gU:tu, NYPIRG _ . will succeed .in the ·way' that Jewish and -of 'bm;~:rge:oi·si'e . shiv'ery. . Yo\l' se·e, ·priests . of their movement; ·well,. • . attempt to pass itselfoff as a ''public_ Orien~_a.l-Alpe·r~ans. -h.~v~,, because few- .: of: -Binghamtdn '·s , ~adicals we all know what hap'{>ened to him.. interest rese.a f ch group.'.' Of of :a .. "p:r~judf(ed and : . c·orrupt . believe in 'God. (They're too bright . LoolrlngLeft · _ . cou-rrse, . to - )sfr YPIRGites : any_ soc~ ~t:y;.· ~h.~t. ~iH ,.not .af~9rd th~·m· and sophisticated for ··such ap.derit Looking· Left wili publish -a_ "progressive" cause is' in 'the _ ad~quitte ·Q:PP9,rtunities to do s-o. ·nonsense.) .Of ' course,~_they . do have few, _ spor~dic, dull r paper,s .· h'I - -."Prej~'dice" is the sole and .. gods th~tthey·· worship_;~ ATI:d·theire · d ' b · h · "public interest" w I e any · e~ch1~i~e :cause ,, of all minority pr.opaga,n 'izing a ·· out , ·t e "right ~ wing" cause~· (s~ch ·: as. · · -. sure to ·m~tic·ulou'sly ft>llow·· every · ."American-"- state-sp o·nsored . dives'trnent. from companies doin'g ' proble~s. - If you have dificulty

'(_d·ot · and1th )mma '~ of ·:tad-it al do-gma .terrorism of the ·CIA:"· Not eon tent . bU.siness --with~ ~he· Soviet "- Union) is understa:Q,ding this very narrow spewed to them by such deit-ies: -with their · protests that most detrimental to the,''public ·interest" · line of thought, -take. a few soeiology --

Barring · some nfor&een students' igriore, they, ,tog~tlier with So like it ~r not, 'fOi' :NYPf~G will cl~~ses. Ther~ · this -dogma is . . (. _. revolution - in . their thinking ' O:t: .Amy Carter and Abby Hoffman, take your- money from you and use worshipped and glorified as if

dramatic change i'n their m~nner- will then ' attempt . to dictate the . it ' to lobby for such "progressive'" ·spoken by the prophets. of conduct, here's ~h~t you can . ·ca,reer choi·ces of th ese stude'n.ts, causes as the _puclear freeze·. ~You . . - :' cPe~haps the ,worst .part about

'·expect; . • .. ~.sisting- that anyone 'inter ested·in .· s'ay you .don 't want 'your money . all this,is that'th.e()e_ typ'es 'ofissiies . ,. ?11~-~-Sl\SA., . (D.· . · · . working for the CIA not be allowed goi~-g to,. an,_ ·organizatioq that are not discuss~ d lope.nly imu . · ' . ·-· ~,~e · ·P: :·" . em.,ocratic, to fo~low through on. that interest lqbbie·s . _.s t ate'· _and national fairly, if 1ndeed they are ~iscussed Soci~list's: of ~meri.~ar ·wiU harp o:ri w:hil~e at Binghamton. · And through_ . governing bo·die·s to pass . such , ~tall. To disagree with too mariy ,_ ~.nc~~s·antl~ _about. how the: bi~;.had- · iLall the-liberal'left will steadfastly · nonsensical legJ.slation? ·Too ,bad. · people on the left is to be called aU

, mihtary~u~dustna~ . complex, · ·_l~d._ ·. maintain that it is the'y who-'are the If yo~ don'~ ,. give . NYPIRG ___ $13.00·", . ·sor~s o~ ha!ef~l, .s.piteful _. names; by that sick r-eactwnary Ronal~ " true · guardians .· of individual · annually ,-, you-· can't ..... come to - ''racist\ . "facist':, "wa~moQger'', Reaga~,'-' cons·pir~s to £4e~t the ·' liberty, ~personal · autonomy; and· Binghamton;:~ _And as far · as,·: - " .hbm'op~ ob i''c .",- ; -;' 'sicko\ ' etc ... . Awen_s~n , pub_h.c, ·recklessly right _to -privacy; - · NYPIRG ~is ;.concerned th~t's the Well ," maybe the _rest of this year destroy the environment, ap-d ''Father Bob" ~· way it should .be·; because ifstudents will be different. Perhaps the level ''~xploit · the wor kin_g >class~ !~ Fathe~ ::Bob if? a l>right and' _didn't haye their money extprted- -of discourse ~t this u:p.iversity wiU

·. However; Comrade Ortega_ and the '{affable man. Howeyer, it must be · from .. them during registration pe improved: ' .. Maybe · this , year Sandinista s are peace . loving. poif:lte-d. out th:;1f he will write~a .great -NY~IRG.._ .. ·wouldn.l t have any students with an ·sor-ts oL different Dernocr ats,work1ng .t_o build .a ;,new deal iri Pipe Dream about ' the .·~oney. beliefs . can · ·interlig'ently, -Nicaragua.',: You-say· that the only dangers . of "s~n?~hishnes.s" .. ~nd . · The BSU . passionately, and humo'rously · _.t~ing new about Ni_car-agua is its ·elitism allegedly inherent in . ·.·. The BSU · · :will make .disagree while still' maintaining· .a Marxis.t goyernment · and ' the - fraternities and sororities. But the · concert.~d efforts · to -i rivi'te· . ' strong ·sens.e of civility and respect: lJ.nprecedented levels of oppression "good . -Fflther- will remai n anti-semitic ' speakers _to campu,s We at th~ "Review" hope so. · Hqw . perpet~ated by, that government .. conspicuou:siy . silent on any (Will Louis · . FarakEt;hn . be . their · .abmit it? against the Nicaraguan .people? · particularly Catholic c·oncern such next gvest'he~o?) and still continue - · ' ' . ~ < .

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Tempers~; flared - -- o-~ ,_ t:be. ~-" · Resear.ch lnstitate in Bhil~delph~;, ·_While -./ , . Bing-haiptori campl!ls ,With .the arrival of .- r ~. apartheid is cl~arly a .form-of governmen't ,

-_Benj_a~-in Beit Hall~hmi, . a~ pi9fessor- ~t " spcmsored _s-lavery, ~on;ununi~ril. · th~ Haifia ~ University. ,.·· JSU .,members '·. altenrative :' offer~d ''by the.- ANC, i_s fat questioned-tht( truthfullness df Hhllahmi'~ wof~~· Comipunisril:is a lorm of slavery

. chru-ges ~hat Israel arm~ anft supports th6: . far more op,pressive than. any_ oth~r.-fm:m S~H~ih Africa:~ ,military\· wllile . BSU . ·known_ ~o _,·man: .· Tlfis -is _c~early_.

, mem~rs qu~suoned how Isrn~i · could eveo;· ~ de~?n~trated -by~ t~e fas;t that-~any Blacks conteniplate· ey~r sup~rdng the Apartheid an~ -. -~olun.:t~nly '. lp~~-rng _· ~~-e _ regime" Both missed the· point .. '· . · : · Mar~tst-.L~nn~st state of .Z1~ba~_we a?d _ . ·The question is npt-whetlier or not Israel /\emegr~tmg into _South Afnca, deswte - :-· ,

support~ the Botha government.- It-most ."· , ~~ru:theid. _: . _ , _ . certainly does,:' though just Bow: far ~its' . , · - ~--.- :~ SuR~larly, ~h~_re ate now ~more ,· 'supportgoes seerris'to"be a matter of some .- tha~; ;30,000 Jew~ peacefulr · living ··.iri

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the fact that in the real world a nation · . Jews .m commqmst countries has. always must often·m,ake hard and ctifUcul~ choices·. _ · been o~e of p:eisecu-tion a~d toErnent. rr~~~~~~~~~~ ~- ~~~AA~~~~~~ - ~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ government with .-miljtary hardware and~ - overthrow the Botha gov~rnment- you can ·_ M. · · • - L.. · -- . . ',{ . - . .

-traiFling, other nations, _ pktic~larly Chiie, "be .sure thatS.outh_ .Af~ican Je~s,like their . I c f.l·.a e.l . ;. _ .... _ M'. ·a· n' ~. ~ · I e_ ,_- 'l_- ~· Brazil~ and Argentina, ~ost ''d~(initely:;.<_ coll~t~_rpart~ ~n- ~I~aragua; woul4_ g~~~_e · ,_;-_ ._ J, , • • - - _ . , .-~i .

. would. Israelmustthendecidewhetherit the Ia!est victims . of; communist --Old Sqci·a·list :Hors·e . will foctdt P(J>fits tO-Ill> ' made off tim ' . ~li-semitiSII), > .· ' . . . . . . ' 0 . 0 n • the ·T ra if ·. Ag a fn 'Botha , g:Overnment. to -other countries. ,, · . . : Of <;otirse, th't{liklihood 0f su<::h a · · Und~rstandabl-y, Israel ·pas decide-d nouo · .sce!lilriO res~s - upon the- ~xtremely unlikely ' . . by EtriiShapiro _· . ' '- .. J Ofg~~_izatiov ·~~eavH,y' fi~anc~~ - h; ~th; turn away sucll ' prcifiis. ,. This ·does-~notl. '·. a.S~_qm-pt~on that· the Pteot'ia ~egime [s ari: . · Ne~£ month Mi~h~el N. Manl~y is ' . Umted States . . ' When. the Jamaican .

, , mean Isr~iir "sliJ,'JlOTIS Or eVe~ s~nctio~s c J~,!!'bl~ ' <ine, likely io ~ Oy6.tbro'w,;' l!Y comi~g 10, our ~pus.' ~ · Mlydey was · e'bonom ~ , ,began ia .. fall<lr , i~' Hi79,. a~art~e.1d: :. As; :__a. ,. people ~'"ihd have -~~lli_e~r~cao ,Na.von~Congre:$s. _However, Pn~e :M_mt-ster . o.~ Jama~c:a from .1~72 · howe.ver, ~e I~ !efuscd to bail Jamaica -

.his~Orically expenenced 'the cr1:1elest.'.tnd · the ~outh:-A.fncan goyemment is ,a -very throng~ 1 ~.sq. -H~ Is_p_resently_ a~temp~mg · . ou! becau~e it was deliquent .in its i'iitre&t most perVert ed kind of' -persecut~on, the .· stab~e 'one __ t~at .~ lJJ?i:.ted . .S~~tes~ State ·· to r~g~m his pre~I~u.s P9'~t/Th~sJs gr~ted , payments to ~e iMP. This resulted in the

- Israelis kn.o'w fulf ~ell ap'artheid is : an ~artment ofEiei~s ant~Gipate will, remain '/ b~ m~~~d . em_C!,tion m Jamaica for many near ?artkruptey 9~ the Jamaican econoiny inherently evil. and oppressiv~- system. ' 1~ power welL iil:tW th~"- twenty~fidt-, _··di(fere,ntreasons. -- >:. , a~d IIi wid~spr,e~d u_nemeloymerH and Theythetefore· donota:ndcaririot-.coRci~rie · cent~. :-,·' .. _ ·, ~·- _ , · ' Mr. ~ ¥anleyhasbeen leader,ofthe ·, dissontent. · .: . - -' --· apartheid. - . . . · · , . '"· ·:. ::.- . . ,- · · ~-6 J"L!s i'. __ V,pat .. ·did ·campus - socialis,t People's JNa_tional Pa.rt~ · si!lce _Things became ·so b~d t,hat :Manley wa$

_ 'FUFthermore,,: rt~ahiu}(be -d~_~i~d -- "p~o~es~ive" -groups fuope to achieve by , 1967 · . He ,assu~ed. his po~t in 1972, after,·· fo~ced to call for- new " ·electfons · in that the Aftican Natiop_al ,..Cong:ress) s a: ·. bnn~~~ng HaJJa,ttmr to -- Bingh<l:ITl.tonJ) ., - def~aung the Ja~a1~a~" ~~b9r P~ty. The . February; 1980.~ When it s~med 'thatth~ ·

· terrorist drganizatfori run.and dotnmated by · ~erhp~s~ he . w~s ~·bl!qug~h~ in to further. , _ newl~ elected Prtme Mtmster qutckly led Jamaican Labor Party-.(tiicn, aS ~ow, ~~der cornmurii&t guerillas. · -"'- 1 know •most' _· m.tensify th~ de~p divisions now existing )amaica · ~ow.n the des?late ·road of . the able lead~rsbip .of Prime ·Minister students snicker when an: organization is. . between Jews and Blacks on-campus? . Or · soc~alism . by :proce"S?ding to nationalize . Edward . ~ega) -wo~uld . win, ·ri~tihg and called, c.onimunist. However,~this simple_ .. ma~be -~h~ progressi~es tho~ght f:lallahmi many Jamaican ind,~stries.. _ -:- . - sev~re .plag:ues of vioten9e erupted. In trut!l has' been .well qoc'umented by many would-tu~ !ews aga~11st Israel. Wha~e:ver . Co~c~r~ntly,. · Jama,lc~_d_ey~iope~- a f~s~;~ th.e day _before tbe ,ciection, _Sega ~md . leading scholars· inCluding Michael Radu a the .~ase may be they should be ashamed. much . -rn~:n:~ ._:c~rdt~l rela·u_onsfup .. wllh .his· supporters· wete.fired ufjOn.;;~i:;.s ' researck Associate of the FOreigll P;,)i~L - ~· Cuban ai!;viSers ,.;~,~ '""9'{ bfought i nto, . . Siilce SOga;s 61~(19-;~ow~er, !1\any

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'- ·• ' "revolutionary. brother~") ,. -·. · . . · : like _ihis , _a~d . is 'n~w .· attempting' 'a :r '. .- - -In -t~n6, a:fter months of violence --;. comeback He is trying to rid Jamaica of ·

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Jam_aica_n economy with 'socialism. · Laborites, So, would ~ion1eone teil ~e.}ust . · . Similarly~ Jamaica· contin~ed to -extract .. why .the_C~i:bbean Student·Association is ~

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-Who can forget tliesq!?b.ing, full of Even the most -syrhpathefic individual£ /

. self pity Pat Schroeder receiving a peck can riot deny Jackson's -ihvol~ement with.

M8.j. ·John·• Has~K .speaking.· ·on

-on ~ the cheek from hfYr ·supportive Louis Farrakhan and his fratem.al ~eeting

husband as she announced to a crowd of with the ·murderous terrorist, Yassir ~ .

well Wishers that she will n'ot seek the Arafat. :aut bow about 'this delightful

Democratic nomination for, the 19.-&8 ne~s? :- Rude Pravo, a Czechoslovak ·. ·

Presidenthil Race. No, that "touching" party ~ daily (equivalent" of .Pravda) Def9rldin.g,· oernoc,racy . in - Undeclared WarS piCture of a sincere public servant will published ap interview in r 1985- wit.~), an

certainl-y,not be wiped from the min~s of American student by the -name of David

her supporters and those of us who are Goldiner. In the inlcrview David, who

just amused onlookers. But what .some · atte~ds · Colurribi~, • made' · severa( -

of .those .supporters . and . the American- . _ remarkable comments: griping first about

- public~ a:-whole will never know, muGh having to leave school.bec(!use:h'is father,

less remember , is that Pat Schroeder has- ' a doc_tor, could not support -him. David

beeri· a fundraiser "'and ad·visory· .board ' . also said thatit w~s./very difficult to be

_member of · the Nicaragl;lan Network, "'. · a Commti'nist. in . the l;Tnited States.

- which- is a US. - based · Santlinista ·. David stated that -in the last Presidenfi_al

"solidarity _ committee"lh~lt- maintaiFlS _ . election .Jesse Jackson CQuldn't even,

close ti~s to Cuba's intelligence service. admit that he was in:'the ~ommunisl> According to~ repp~t ~·inhe Washi,ngton · party. ~ _ .

: Times • . Schroeder's ' network acti.vites I Acqording·to,out sttuggling_stqdent; who

. were coordiiiated by a: paid aide in her , · can afford to. go to Moscow b~t has a

· Denver office.: One network letter signed · hard time -payi11g his tuition b41, Jacks~n-

, by Schroeder -said, "If yoq can afford .a talked about American-~Imperialism and .

.., gift of -$200 or--more and want a _ tax relationships between classes.' . ·But

deduction~, , please join me as a -sponsor of · - nobody would listen if tl)ey knew that he­

the Nicaraguan Network ...:. : .". :~ ~But · was a ·card carrying mem~er.'· "They'

according to I,_R.S. re'Cprds, the wouldn't like him~" · .

. Nicarguim Network ha~ · n~v·er been To those·-o{you who' may be quick

gran~ed tax · exempt s·tatus. W1tll all the to brand ·- JP.e. a paranoid McCarthyite,

scandals that the Democrats have beeri. . remember that Rude Pravo is the

drowning .in, one can't help but specufate Communist " party daily in

/ how this one would go o·ver if Pal would ___ Czechoslovakia and, .to t!le best of my

have decided to run. . kimwledge, ·David Gold~ner is not a

One Democratic hopeful, and' from fig1llent of the imagination. .

all indications how a front runner in this . scandal ridden mess, is Jesse 1ackson. ·. -

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T/le · Stratigy :· o~ ,~ Soviet Attack

Wed· Nov.· 4, 1987 ~. 8:00. pm· _ · _ · Sus9uehann~ Rm.

. _Amending Th_e· Constituition l

by Brian Sullivan _ · ,

'~ This year, and last month in particular, . Congress_ and ratified by three fourths of ..

··· 'offe-red _ Ame·dc:ans an._ ex~eilent .. : , tbe states or by ·two . third~ of J.he states ·

opportunity. to examine, · .analyze the calling fdr ·a Constih~tional convention, in

· tin1ted State-s /: Constitution . .. · This . . which. thi-e¢· fourths ··'of them inust ~atify opportunity .has brought the uniquenes·s the ch~:nge. The Supreme Courtalte~ed. it _and peerlessness of the Oonstitution to t~_e . to say that the Constitution can be

· forefront of American society .. - In just ame~ded· by a ~ajority of the Justices on

fo·m months of': debate, our Founding the Court. . ,· · , .

. Fathers_ ·were ab-le _to ' fomulat~ .. a · Mr. John Noonan, professor oflaw at

. near-perfect documemt: Since the ·Bill of . ·- the Uniyers,ity_. of Califorqia at Bei~ey:,

Rights was ratified in J7S9, only ·sixteen . wrote in his book, Bribes, that by virtue

amendments were- needed to keep- the -~ of the C~urt's 'amendment 'of Article ·V,

· · document in working order .. · . ·there i~ a . continuing · c·onsiitutional

' The Co~sii.tution·, however; is not :a · convention~ always in sessl~m; and- always ·

- -do~ant doq.1ment It is constantly beiag 1, capabl_e of ;/striking out with qar.jng

intei-pre_ted ,'ariC:l •. ~ein.terpreted · by the . in-J!.ovatiqns- such ~s th<kind the Co~rt · . ·Pre-sident, Cong-f~ss, the Courts, apd ·the . h~ already .pioneered in ihe distribution 'o:f ·.

~ States to ~insure:-that. It remains a vibrant · political power, education, and criminal ·

doc~ment ·stilf' ~pplicable to bur ~v~r · law.. . ; -

changing world. The S~preme Court h~s Prof~ssoi'J',Toonan goes on to state th(!t

ac.tu~lly -amended the Constitution .r-· ti!_lless the sonception ·of the Court's duties . -

numerous times. The Warren Court, for - are !estuciured, there is every reason to

, ~ris.ta:nce, i~ 1962 effectively· ~mended .the. fear ~that · they ·will be ~xercised again.

Constitution to read that prayer shall not These powers are .neculiarly respansive, he ~ ·

b~ . offered ·i~ public sc_hools . . since the states. to ideological influence, which has

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--__ .. _To. E..xerci_se:: Th;e_lt Righ.t To:_ Vote O·n _days of our· Founding Fathers; · school been at the service of the, libenil elite. .

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~ prayer had been a widely accepted aspect of .On Monday, October 5,' the Supreme · "".

American heJitage. . . . . ; . · Court convened its · new term . with a v • .:. ..... - ·- '

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"'Court handed down iis decision of Roe v. already agreed to hear over ninety cases.

. Wade, which amended the Constitution to . These iriclu4e c_ases· involving abortion, ·

_read t_h~t abortion was. the tight of every school prayer, special iegal priviliges for .

, · pregnant woman. Thus, in overturning homosexuals·, executive power, and the .

· fifty separate state Jaws to the contrary, "" freedom of, speech . . This vacancy offers

. the court create(Lj}olicy and·Cqns.titutioil.al the President im {(xcellent opportunity to

prONiSi()nS . ·never- before known . tO tfie appoint a ji.Js~ce" who Will offer s1:tfeguard's

.;Cottrt. · . . . - . . . ·agains·t fu_rther manipulat,ion of the

The ~supreme Court has even alten3d <::;onstitution by the . "liberal elite." . A

_Article . Y -of. the . Con'stitutif?tl~ · This . justi~e who. believes in judicial restraint.

article provides for the basis of amend!ng A justic.e who· believes in·Origirial I~tent. : -

. the document: It states thai amendments · A justice like Judge Robert Borkl · ·

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· · Recent events' in th~ Persian Gulf non-oi-l generated "electricity to meet our · I,t is arso a fact that the U.S. · ha~ unparalleled .by ~ny other American - have once again focur~ed America's growing demand. _ , - ~ enoqgh uranit;im ~ to fuel twice the more - indust.Fy; and ·a rece'nt ·federal .agency

. attention Oil -this highly" V:o1atile ... area ·Of - The· need for · increased electriC-al . than 100 n_uclear power plants. now in rcp.ott. Jrom the National - {\C(id

t4e wodd. While -oil tanker§ try to dbdge· producton ·is clearly · seen. when· one · ~~e:aii?n - ~n this · cou_ntry ~or t_h~i! Precipitation Assessment Program could

Iranian mines, we should not be as - _reviews its,- expanding role in. meeting· our hfet•mes. · Smce energy m uramum IS So . riot find any serious threat from acid ntin concerned . about ' the . outcome .. of this nation's energy. consuinpt~on . . In 1'950, : . conc~ntrated, .nuclear PO}Ver plants .c~n 'to fish .life, forests, crops, or hqman . single >epjsode ' as : we - s'hould ' -the .electric production' accounted for on~- ' . operate-._on 30 tons of uranium per year: healtlf. ' ' - - . . . . .

paramount question of how America will ·. - sixth· of America's energy use. Toqay, , co,mpared .ts} 2.5 mqlion-tons.of coal or 9 J..ik¢ ev~rything . else in life,' ~all meet her future energy peeds. _ . · close to 40% of our : nation-'s energy million/ barrels of oil that_ a _ fossil -. f~el .. . energy sources carry risks .as wel.I as - ·

- ' For' a long_ time,· ;\m,yriea llas consumptlon .is in 'they form of electriCity plantwould use.~ . · . -" · benefits. - We 1-ton't think twice . about

depended ori \foreign, qil'. Over ihe-past apd by the -year tOOO, the u.s. will need · However, :pristable arid·uopredictable . driving down the highway~ eve·n though

few decade·s, however, there has been·~a -nearly fifty percent more electric power government regplat[on along .with publiG fataf'accidents are ·common . .. We don't . , ..

trend in this country to rely, more on · than we curren:llY use. . , misconceptions and fears have hampered hesitate to fly across the country, even

ele~tiicity to 'meet. our energy_ demands~ -Electric demand h~ also·been ·closely ·- :the -development · and use of coal and though 300 passengers _can· be ~illcd in

White o'il can .be blim:ed to· produce linked to . economic growth. ' Over the . nucle~ p~wer, .and .qgve prevented these ·. one mishap. Yet the ctiaJilCe of, a plaire .

· electricity~. 'electricity 'is'- 'more ofiei'l· · . past fifteen year~~ electric usage has risen~ two., energy sources froin re~li.zing tlicir crash -is i 0,000 . times, great.er !l:lan-j hc

gtjiie:rated from other sotirc~s, arid can be by· ffi.·· ore than 25.%, roughly· paralleling. a . _-vast. potentiat ~ - · , · . ,charice ot: a nuplear accident ~ccuring in: used in place of oil for inany commercial We,ll-organized opposition to the , the United States. ·· · and-domestic neeqs._ ·· ·_ . , -~ ~ · · · · ... · ·. Zt% growth. ~n .the Gross Nati_?~3~ - · full-scale ·devel6pment of coal and nuclear While (nany :arc quick to· poi~t out · ·- The 1'973-74-Antb':Oil Embargo: . Pro'duct~ · The -Importance of elecJilclty energy has precipiu,nc·d much of tl}iS the risks of coal and nuc.le~ power,'it is . · provided addCd· inceritiv_eto.decrease our - for compute~s. communiCations, high..:. problem. - .. By erecting· legislative, , crucial that we balance the benefits with . dependence' oliforeign -oil, ,a :dependepce '. ' technology, mass-transit, and. the nation's administrative, ·and legal roadblocks, self- the risks as we db when we decid~ - to .

whic;h ~ari')/:'_,saw · .as ~::foplliardy. ·and . - overalL growth is ,obvious: Our prochiimed~ coqsurrier (ldvocates. have drive'a·car 'or ·iake a plane~ flight. .Those / darig~ro4s. ··~ven,'thqugh/electficity - is_ challenge,. then, is to guarantee enough succeec~d in .delaying ihe ·9penin·g. an~il who coriilcfnn coal and· nuClear power

playing an iricieasiilgly' .bigger role on ,electricity to ·power · Am~rica' 'into, the <..: OP,eration of . many plantS . . Often,. the· ' .. 'plants offer fib real alternatives; The fact .

. our ,·energy ~_6ntr. fi~liqg.,Qll .pric~s andr ·~. Tw~nty,-firs~ Centuryw I-: (. ·.. . . . - - . delays· are procedliraland have lillie to.do remains that even- if all the u.s. power

difficulty in ·~ ~sing ··pUief ~sourccs of .. - F~rtuna~e!Y,• Am~!lca h~spl~n~fql withsafety. Ttlisalwaysxesults_ingreat plants now being-built are.finished,' they

- e1~tric generationil;lave iidnieal'~y Gastoif domesuc s~.pp.l~es}>f com. ~d ~mm to · daily · costs -to. ·.companies. ~nd · - t~eir will meet less th~m ·half 0f the .incresed

·back. into ·a st5UJ'in~ ;.r,PJ~_:·:i, Regu~~~ory . ~ generate ·. a~l ... th~ .. e!~c.tric~ty 'We ne.ed. ratepayers.; · S'\lch · tactic~ -are extremely eleetridty we will-need, b.y the: year 2·000. obstacles and '' sho)'t.:ternr:\ economic · · Un~~rtun;It~lY,:::our. pile~. of coal a~~ effective in.~ rend~rlng ,these ·erieigy .'. Rctirrently talces an average of eight

· considerations.:~~-ei\d<?ut.~glijg~tllities to uramum ._mi~ht as :~~ell ~It ,~n Ku~ai? sources economically unfeaSible. - - _ years tQ build a -newcoal-frred phu:It .aJ!d

r~lr:· ~or~ _oil hil'"Jq;~P~p~~u$~;;-~}ectdcity_~ · tap_~e~s ·~;10~~e A~Frica cE.oo_ses ·to hmlt · -. ·· Public' debate over the safety of coal _ te,n years or moi:e to 'builQJi new miclear This Is not aJ]:t~4~~hy s-~~ti~~on. . . . ·· . _ . therr us~. ·. _" - ,,.; ' · . . . ··. and· nuclear power has been. largely one- power . pl~nt 'iri ih'e· u.s; UJ!Jes~ we

· . $in~e til~· tir1,re~~-~b;~~r: ~mericans ' . :It 1s:~.a-_fact t!t~t the.U.S. has. more · sided. Media coverage would have, ~s · begin to unders.tand the· balance be.tw~en replaCeQ ICeboxeS,;:WJtl:f~'!~fngeratOC~$, . co_al th~n a~y. nauon on earth .. <?~r ~ believe that tWO-headed fish inhabit tQC risks and benefits,· and go forwar(fwith an

· elec~city has ~'l.€:9·!iie ,· '" '··:p.ortant pafl supply lS eS~Imated at over. 2.00 bllhon. • waters surrounding ~uclear -plants while ambitio4s 'electrifiCation· prOgram, :We

of our daily :rftv~s··.- ~ : .13' ;;to~ keep d~c tons~ the. ~~:u~alent of onetnlhlo~ bar~71s acid rain threatens to \¥ipe out alLpl~t :--will certainlyTac'e energy slrmtages)n the -economy . strc,>rig:;~.'--:<iHli _ HndusJ:ry of 011• which IS enough ~0 fue · menca arid wildlife north of the Mason-Dixon · coming decades. Such a predicament

competitive, . and 9ur standar,d of liying past t~e .~00 year ~nmversary .of our ·Line . . IIi · reality, though, , the nuclear would surely put sm~les o'n the faces· of

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'We .don't · want to confront, - which is· 'th'at we are depending to c!J. large part .. o·n .the- lea~t democratic .. ·institution (with ,a smq./1 ·;'d") in

· government to defend what ~t is we no· longer ar~ able · to win out there ··'in - the ·electoratE(:"

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. ·-. --Hqdding Carter, ·· aide to forn:rer President Ji,mmy Carter · I~: is r~efreshing to kn~=o/ rnat . 3ql.Id ·"rogue policG" wo~ld forcibly enter otir interest groups: , . . -~ \- decisions on the nomin~s qualifications,

.all the special · int~rest ~~enils: scare ~lk, homes, search our drawers and steal our . In' anyeve!\t •. the politics of deGeit · not_. opini<;>~ ·p~lls .or threats ,.by:. Ralph · ("women would--be forced into backalley contraceptives. ' and pate~ have d~sttoyed th~ appointment Nader's "PubHc· Citizen :_, Litigation abortions," Y:blaclq; would sitat -segregated · -As for the_ charge t~at.Bork would ·1. 0~ one of the most'brilli~uit legal minds of 'Group." Robe.tt Bork, however; lives at a

·lunch counters,'' "the 'use of contraceptiyes ·. have blacks sitting at s~gregated limcp . our time, the type o( individual we· see tim.~ w_hen rank and file, .anti-intellectual · would be banned," "extra-political speeeh . counters, it must fir~t be said that Judge . only onc·e iri' a generation. Justices ·, .slogans o_ft~n win out over<:b.rilliant,

would not be motected,'i etcetera) there is Bork has consistently-supported Brown V. Holmes and Frankfurter were fortunate - -· schol~rly thoqght. . ,Th~- God for at lea'st one seif-proclaime<lliberal hqne~t Board of Educ()tion. Secondly, those who ·th~y lived · at a . time _·when th~ . _"progress." ('> .

enough to assert the real reason he, fears make suc;h · tec,kless allegation~ , appoint~eni of Supreme Cow:t,nominees , , -. . , . . _ /'· ,,-.··: !,·

~·~rk!,s -~ppqlnt!lienf .to . the · s .~,:Pretn·e . demonstrate their _ignorance 9f .tne · was above politics: _; s~nators b'as~d ·their by· John R .. -G~a(dia.np, Jr. t<:)Urt: ~Fbr Jh~ ;truth ·.:is,' th;e :;)i" lib,enils political m~keup· of · the South today. ·: _,_ · · \ · , · -' · · , · . __

. electorate'~ .are '.:~affjrmativy" action blacks have become a 'powerful political · · -> •. · · are ,no. l0Qger ."able:towipo~tthereinthe Sinec .the Voting Rights Act of 1965, .1· ,., · ,.; . prograrrls·, ~hic·h .. dist;rim.imite ;against force·. Many blacks, . such :as Atlanta i:ndiv.iduals : o~ .the basis o.f c co'lor; ·the Mayor Andiew Young~ hold positions of mandatory buSing~' of sehool~children :· to . high afithorfty. Similar} y, the Black vote

- places far away:from theii homes;·aiict new · is now a cruciaL one i~ · thr s~~~.~ , wh~re spe¢ial rights ·iot dintinals tha( ·an too.. elections· can be. won ~nd lost nn: th_e basi$ . -· '~ft~~ _ ~_erve ~6 p~()~~t cdrt,\inals l~l<l!e-thpn , ?f w~o . bia~~s choose. to · sup~ort: :- So - --~ .the ,vi9Jims,~,, ':(hp~, .• ~~ ~({_ft :har-~~com~·- _.·even If an attemp.~ " atsegrcgauon .. were ~epe~den.t .upqn '!_ liberafactlvi~t s~urt (or / .made, (a .· tr~·ly ridiculo.u.~ ·· assum.-p~ion,:_ ­the e.nactment of its ·political agerida .... an· · since Bork. 'has~niade. it very clear that he -

· · age~da n~tio.~i.'an~ state legi~li;itive b0dles ·.does not believe .the-Constitution allows now refuse. to enact. ' · -: .:_ .;.' _.,: . · -for legal segregation) the politics of the

And what 'is Rob6rtBork's ·sin?. Why " South dictate:tiiat it would never~happen. _has ·he1)(~en depkte(ra:s :this b~g; bad, evil : . . . . ~ . - ~ . . . . - . . .

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· .. . ,. ,._ v. ·•- ·1·1.- .. - . b. k. · h 1·, ... k · · And fmally,- .does a_nyone really _ monster wuo wr ·'· -turn · a:c ,t e .c· oc on · . . . · · . . · · · · · .... ·- . , . , ,. ,_ > ::.il.. •·· h _ ?' ' ·Th . : " · ..... 'b ,_. ·. h believe that the ~~te of New York,"()~ for -. . , .... Civ _ ng ts. .- . e answer IS, ecause . e . . th ~ . . . _ .. · . . . . . · b r ,._ · h · h' · · .-, · 1 · . · · . . h' h at matter, any state, IS gmng to pass a

C 1~\'.~S t _ 1a~ . IS)Jedr~~na __ vi,e:'hs; Wdl~~ . 1aw :censori~g-. a- ,professor's Schol·ariy .. are qmte~ t0 erant-~n Ill tune WJ,_! mo ern · ' ·· · th .. , . . . 1 . "aki th . . .. , Am.· · .-~t · · .. 1 ·. · · . · .· ·, 1· , ·(B k. h . wntmgs, or an au ors nove; m ng . _e

encan cu ture, are rrre evant. or as · 1 .·d. 1. · · · h / --· ·· :II ·d -·h · 18· 7-9-c· ·. ·' ·.· 1 · b ·. . tru Y n 1cu ous as~umpt10n t at such .

. ca e t .e ,.. _ onnecucut aw. al}nmg · , h' , . - . · . · . · .. . -· th ·· c. · · ·~.., .. t. · .. · tt 1 .. 1·1 .. censors 1p IS declare,d constitutiOnally .

e us._e. Ol!: co_-nu·aeep.1ves u er y Sl y, - · · 'bl ? · · ' ... . • · , · -. · . · . . .:·. .. · penm$SI e. . .

called, the . Supreme. c .o.urt deClSiQn . ·Th. . -;' •h' . . h . . .• . . .•. .. ''I . · ~, · · · · . ·· · , · . · . us · w at t e narrow specia

des.egtregatuig schools 'l>.erhaps . the ··' t li-:-b' I ·£ · · · ' ··. . 11· B._ · k- . d

· . . . . . . . - . · merest . eras ear IS not ·r~ y or an gr({atest_ moral achievemement of .our h' · .. . ·. · .. h . .. ; ·

t .t t. 1 -1 . " ·, d ·a· th t IS reactiOn;;u:y, ng t-wmg views, .but, cons I u Iona · , aw, an sar · a - . ·. · . . ·. . everyo~e, "including th~ Supreme Co-urt; · ~ather, ~err elect~d representatives _m-the staits from the political speech core, and . state legislat~e and Congress,: . And what

. that i$. ih~ mo~t ,$.trongly .protected. . _a ·fear . ?~ t~e . people s _ :le<:te~ :morai)' S.peech artdf;. sciirttifi~ .speee·h, joto '· r~~rese~~tl~~S !}~ally ,amo~nt~- tOJs ,a:f~

· , fiction and so· fottth" and is similatly . ·of the peo,ple theJUsel_v~s~ · A_s ~odd1~g p~otected, while "sp~ch or ,pn~t .whi~h is .. ;:uter rna~~ very cle~r, the liberal ~li~e purely for sexual · grat1f1catwn, \ ~ ~ha~ the people willJ!Ot support the~r

,pornography·_or obsc~nity.'! i~: PF9tx¢t~d to , . J>_o~IDcal age~d~· - !.~~s-! t~e~ ~a~e t~rn~d . a lesser degree:) ··T~~· C€}rtstit\jti~n simpl( < · ~ to - Jhe ·= ~u~re:~~- C~urt;.·~- ~the~, lc_a_~t', means what it ·sity:s'and no S.upreme·cow:t ,. __ democr~ti.c · l~~-tlt~tlOn - -: tO ·enac~ -their Justice shb'ulct . i~ad/his owrt '"personal ~-.·· proposals J:nto law. : . . - " .. > views into<ik · · _ .: 5: · ' ,· _.-· · Bqrk ·has b~en vihfied·not because

1. . · Bork~s ·~p'i~il~:sophy -of judi~ial he . is .· an · :~c~tre~-ist" ·or · "~ight-win~· . ··- · · , zealo~," . (he · 1s~ dearly _not either), but· ·

restraint 1's-~ bne .. ofdeference ·to ,those ' be<;_ause be is. a · cotiServ~tive who, as the . bodies witl(tegi~l~uve powe1. According ~all Street jourpai'recently expla·ined ~ ·

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' to Bork, it :is .. the lawmakers ·of Congress, refuses to ;'view . the courts as simply.~ the State '' Leg,isliltures,- arid _local another . politicat playing field . for. . Sandinista State~spo:nso~d

. Anti-~e~itism . assemplies WQO are_ empowered tO make . COmpeting Special ·.intere_StS witll J. udges ,· ' 1 . . ~ Durin g and after" he Sandini~a r~vo l ut i on :

policy chofces-.::notthe Supreme Court. ranke4 't~'e same _way. · they ·.nink .1' · · • ·Mana'gua's synagogue .was nrebombed by

Thus, his philo$,9phy is .one of.entrusting · pbliticians: according· to the riumber·of · - ~~)~-~~~~~~r~~-~~~~ ·~s~~~i~~.~~:';1~~~~~ ~~ .. power io the people.' instead of nine.· old times they deliver results desired by a: '

men deciding whether abortion should be · particular special interest tQ further a legal, Judge Bork would have the people political agenda.''! .. , ~ . the.mselves mak~ that decision. . Indeed: tha t \ s . not the way our

So even "~ assuming Roe. V. Wdde .founding father~ intended the CoUrt to be '' were directly overt.urned- ..:an extremely · . used. They understood that it is far bctt.~r <. unlikely event- even with a Justice for tbe people 19 place their ra:ith and . '· Bork.:-on the basrs ttiar no such "Ijgh~ to trust in their elected representatives, who

< . :abortion" could b~ found in .. the they have Jhe power to .remove. from . 'constitution, abo~tion wo~ld still nor be office, than in nine appuinted jud'ges whd, -il)egal. , Rather, the Congress- and State for all intents and purposes, cannot he Legislatures would once again have the: ·removed,· from office . . · Similarly; the power to legislate~ with regard_ to the founding- fathers -realized that it is . legality of -abortion. And only those . relatively simple ·and · common p rocedure

• Jhe Jewish community\ 70-yea t'Oid pres ident, Abraham Gom. was arr~s tcd. deta ined without Yassir Arafat of the PLO being given a hero's we /come to ·

·_ charge ~nd fo; ced to sWeep the streets ;. ~~c;::~~~r~e~~ 10ndi(list~ leapers 'Thomas 'Berge (1. ) and

· ·• l nd ivid~l members of the;Jewish commu nity-: _ . were sys te,mati cally h~·rrassed . They ,were h'cld at gun-point while their houses we re searched and received repea ted

threats warn ing _them to leave· th.e country or risk thei: li ves ; _ ~ ,

• • ~ew i sh ' property. includi ng the synagogue. was se ized;:

• The synagogue was-tu rned into. a you th center adorned with.Jvhrxist and pro-PLO prOpi!ganda.' . ,

· What prompted sue~ vio lent pers,eeu tion of a sma ll Jewish corrt mun lty ') One reaso n is the cic;se ·and long-stand ing . relationship between ~he Sand!nistas and the P alestine ,Liberation Organization. ·, . · _ _

The PLo.and the Sandinistas • In the '1960s and '70's ."t he PL9' helped trai n Sa~dini ~.t a terrori sts;

' • Some of these Sandi nistas late r r-art icipated in ami-Israe l terroris t :itl acks. After one such terrorist was killed in an attack. he was made a national hero by the Sand inistas : • _ ' ·

• Today. the PLO hel ps t;·a in Sandin ista ses;uri ty forces in Nicaragua, while its pilots ti y miss ions fo r the Sandini stas; '· · · . · . . · . ~ . .

i • .PLO terro ri sts are I~ei-.nitt~d t ~1 t_ravel on ·Nicara.guan passpon s by ~p~ci at'a~migement with the Sandinista g<ivernme nt. "" ·

· Where ~re the Sandinistas Heade d? • In 1 9~ 6. '10:000 Mi.sl> ii() Indians -were f()rce<:! into e'xil ~ wh'en. Sandinista -sold.iers att~cked thr7e Miskito .·

· ignorant of )ihe political makeup 'ofthe: to change a statutory law, l3ut they legislative .bodies nf New -.York, 'New .: correctly understood ajudicial pneccdent to ~-Jersey·· ~. Connecticut, . Massachusetts-, b. e a seldom ove_rtu_.r_·ned, high_ly revered · · -· ..

• :n1c Sand.ini~ tas have destroyed N i carag~a;s democrat ic trade-unio ns . elim,inated ihe free press and stifled. the

· Pennsylv:ania, Maryland; Illinois, etcetera, . fixture. · · : · · · · . . · . .. ""\.. · Catholic Church: · _ • · •· . · .

commu'n i 'ti ~s:

·would think for a minute' that thes~ states : ·_ The left's -attacks on--.. Bork are so · - . Sandinisia prisons hold over 6.500 poliiical· prisoners, and over 300 ,000 Nicaraguans _:_ ten percent of the .

Wou'ld.ban ab' oru'on. absurd and foolish that it is difficult . to population - have fl ed the country as refugees ;. - r ' ' • • ' _ _ :._:_--;- .

. . Today th~ Sandi nistas hiJY~ an army larger than those of all _the .other Central American countries comqined .. This force,

Furthermor_e, :· who for a 'r.riinute un'derstand how they . can be given ' armc_d with bil lions pf J o ll ars-worth of Soviet weapons. ,now poses a threat to the security of the democrac ies of the · . · . . reg l!m - a threat that atms to bri~g mi ll ions more Central Amer_i>ans under the Sand inistas' brutal rule.

believes any st~te is goiil-g to . try to credence. It is particularly disturbing that r' . T hat is why we !llUSt supp<irt thdse Nicaraguans ~ the ." ~o ntras"- _whp are fi ghting to free thei~ country fro m t~ , enforce a ban (assuming SUCh ~ban were. SO· many educated college studen.~S at · oppres~ive a nd expansionisr Sandinisfa re!!ime. . · ,. · ' .

declared Constituti9naUy perin1ssible=~a Bin"ghamton' are. so\nteilc~ctually dishonest . thc~!~c~~~; r;:i.tc to y: \ur. 'u .S . S~nators an; R:r-~se~tat i ~e urgin; their ~upp~rt fo; ·N ic;tra~·ua' s a-~ti~ Sa~ dinis(1a resis tanc:.

far-fetched assumption lfldeed; even wjth.a .-.·: about hOW· the_ exaggerated and diStOrted The Honorabl e ..,..---~-:--~--:~-·. Justice Bon.•k) on the use of contra'cep' tiyes:?·· :_,· ·"understa_ .rrding:· : o.f Judge ' Bork's . u.s. Sena t~ .. . ' -US . House of .Reprc ~entati :ves

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. '. Yet, 'opponents or' nork wou'ld have .uf -:philosophy of ' judicial restraint is . For addit ional lni(Hmation write to:·Naii;>nal Jewish Coal ition, 41 5 Second Street. NE. Washington. DT 20002

believe -that under a Bork-iniluenced court, . -· articulated. by narrow, rank-and-fil~,libera1

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_> - ·,. · ,. , ·. . · . -- r city that he has, _qampaigne~ in) has Amencah response-would be preoccupied -not on-.. sme,trts--which should · be _ . . Ortega S Ga.me · · m~t with complete failur~: · The _· media and academic cimles. One sljould . -pretty clear by · ~ow. Perhaps ·the

- alleged r:nain. reaso_n fo-r this ·poor . note that'.thy America-n response of · most fitting reillafk maqe by, th,e wise p~rformance - :by the . · lead i n·g • ~ ~helling two Iranian. platforms was --an senator -~as _ that' he--Joe· Biden, · the

The award of the Nobel Pri~e for - democratic ·ca'ndidate i.s ' th~ ·fact· tRat ~\pprop~iate :action ,· .however,. · ~ot -intellectuc;l giant of the Senate--had .a Peace to _the Costa Ric~n Pre~ident . he~ ·refuses . to -even c -cons·ider ·· proportional. m re.s.~ect to .th~ Irama~ : nfgher -10. than he (actually)' did.! -Q-sc~r ~ Arias~:· was' . an Q.bvjou:s . co_ndemning Black Muslim lead~r Lc>Uis ~ttac~. _ _ EI~li~~en - ~menc~~ ", crew ; Never . fear, go·od - readers; the political move .. de$igt}'ed-to giv~ liis Fiurakhan, wh~ - ~ef~Hr~d to . ~udais,m .. ~~~d~~ a~~r~s~~fo:.~e-:fs~~:: s;:;:; --, -no-t-~o-mod'est Mr. Biden goth is due -~peace pro_posal for G~ptra'l Artleriea · -·. , 9-sa "gun:r ,r~!!gton.,". ~~d 't~ ' mc:_ke .. u.S: ships ho~eve~. watned the platform -~- - be~aube _·. whe~ :he mad~ . t~~se .­additional ·support, · -c~rtainly a ~~ t~e. rev'1r~_nd~ c,a!TI_Pat~nev~n . more _- personnel~"? evacua.t~J'rior to leveling - rE)marks, . he was caugh.t-.-~,~ , lt~mg ·

_ ~ommend~~le'-mpve· qn ·tl,ie part ·of ~~1ff1~~;1t, · ~n - ~rgam~~~-~o~ calle_d _t~.~ · _ ,the --stru·ctures. -. -Hence, n~o Iranian"' c.olor-.;on video tape. "This was JUSt . · :the: award committee . .. But let · us · Cqa,l.ltlorJ fer ,~ :-Ppsltlve Ame.nca- ts casualties were reported. - - ; . . , - th~ icing on. the. cake;

look at th~· potEmtiaLfor success of pl~~ning ·to-. nin ~ \ newspaper -ad ~~e11 w.e d,iscuss-general P!inciples. · The _ character i.ssue , ~~a!? ~ t?-·e peace. plan in"'both Nicaragua . 'cai'T)paig,n to: re.mi'nd Americans ~b~ut . _of -i~ternation~l copduct ~~qn~. civili2l~d o:riglnated vvh~n}orgetful Mr~ _Bide~n

. d El .s I d. . A . - II d fi . .· Jacksons , public statements . pratstng n~uons, -we sho_uld stress i.hen,_ that read a speec-h in Iowa w_ here he -.11~ · . a va or.. . rias ca ._e . or . . - · -r "__. ti n b the United. States demonstrate · · , . ,. · · ·. . ' ;;:_ · >

·. qi~ect negotiations and a c~ase _fire· _· Farrakhan. .ac _ 0 s Y · · ·..; · - n·eglected to ment1on t~at larg(3 -.. ' with both - rebel m:ovetnents:~ . 'UN)!j~t~~ / ; ~ ·. ·. ~ ' . . ' ( . . .· . "

-President Du3:rte ofEI Salvador ,did - ~·.{\1~ '', . ·- ' < • .. • • . · .• ~ ... Marxist.Famine --n~gotiate . wjth -the Ma:r~'isf . - f"~.n~in-1' L~. . • ( r R'" R. -\ .. . -Ever 'si~c~.~- 'the dec_ olon .. izafion .~6t . gueirillas :-wa·ging· :. batt_le __ iri .his -. . . . , \l:ft:

11ati\lneP1C&t eac~ ·rizes~ - · -. Africa began after World War II, ~he .

co_untry. - How:_9ver, o ·rteg-a has < American governtne'nt has, by ancf ;.;- . - _aJlamantly-. ;efused to, n~got'iate--. - ;- -·,.- ~ · ~ .-.· large, resisted -_· criticizing Black .

') - with the Nicaragu~n , €ontras: 'He ·.. . . . ;. .. c-. Africa_n governments. · Despite blood,y ~ _ ~nstead - insis_ted '; that- Nicaragua - · · . . · civi·! war~ .and · r_eigns .oi terror: by will. only- riegoiate' with the Unite~ .. ·

· -· ., r .. such ·dictators as Jdi Amin qf L!gan~a -: ·' States .. · The -. Nicaragiian dictator - '

4 .- and Emp.eror Bokal?sa of the Central

£urther stated that this pa:i-t of the_: African ·Empire, very !ittle action ~as · ·· ' P .~ace . plan .· .will · ' remain ~ J', . been taken, except for the standard 'non-negotiable, .a clear ship in the · . den~riciation · speeches. .The .be.st~ fa~e of the_: hopeful Ar,ias: ·.As for . - . -· ._ . , -"oe~ocratic' refo·rin". it was. jfi:st as ._ · cwrren( exfunpl~ is . EthiopJa. ~,.:r~e ,

·the Contra leaders han predicted:. ,. "' thirteen · year old Marxi·st junta, ~. the . Sandinista r·egim.e. has · made under . the Jead~rship .: of Colonel some. ~.o$metic chan:ges~ withoUt . ' Me_ngistu ·Haile Marian, is one~ .agair-:< _acting on the mo~timpii>rta~t part·of , -. causi'ng a m:ajor ·famirle _by its"policiE\is the plan.- · ~ Th.is ,development~ · of ·farm · colleG-tivizatio'n and· forced

, howeye·r, sho,uJd n:ot_prove to be a · resettlement · of , Ethiopi~ns · from~ A__,_.__ ' . ..... \ p- _recisel,y how_ a dvilize4 nation should ~- E 't d T' . ' h th . . . -. ' · surprise to any -of ,you .who are ·n rea an . · 1gre, w ere · ~re 1s_: a

· - - be nave.. Nothing· except . the .concern on f . 1 1 - · .v ·

a:cqu-ainted-, with .the .'nature of a - · -- a1r .Y . ar~t~ ~eparatt-st movem~nt. the part ' oLthe U nitcd State7s . for the · . t otalitaria_ n .r_ emme.- · - , d d . According to U.S. N_ews. and . World

bA w· ' ·c' \ d 'd uimecessary shedding of bloo pre vente ' tmp _ an I -ate the l,J.S >ships -fr:ont sending a war. ning-to " Report ,_ fiye to te·n .-n:·:.Hon f2thiopians ~,.,.. ___ ·- will ' die ,of starvatiqn" unless tlil'e :... -: t:tre-ft:Mill:n~personncl~:"_·~ ~-- ·. · <~ -. ~. . ...

· · . ' · - ---.~· - -- . government' takes. immmediate actio~ . , _ ·George Bwsh annoijnced his ~ l To. make matters worse, .: the Marxist Oadd~fi's ,Gang

"" . _ candidacy for · the .Republica.ns'* , - · Bide~ ,a_ ,Thi·ef · . gov,ernment do~sn't " :ev~e)l · Poe~ Muammar Qaddafi. . Things',... presidential , noiT.)ination. ~ . Hi~ resume · · , . , , ac~nowleefge . that. th.ere is a fa.mi'n~. -

have not been gojng well -for the .""-: is- impressive=wor:Jd: war ~ 11 hem, -1-- ·., .,Onc_e upon an el~ction y_ear; the-re . and it hampers the transpo-rtation 0J . ~i~yan ·dictator.:." , >IJ _ seems th~t _ ~cong.ressma.n, ambassador _ to the · . was a fair -and · honest Senator from . ·aid oy· ch~rging an import fee on all

-.~ ·Qaddafi has lost his c.onfidence .. in. his. United -~Nations; CIA ·oiree4et, '=arid _. D~lawar.e, Joesph Bide.n, who decided . aid , brougHt into the ._ nation. . u, i·s ar;nied forc.es. Thi's\ is .because :duri.ng Vice 'Presl?Jant'~-o( the Uniia_d_ States~ . to ,run lor th~ ~emocratic n_omina-tion, "'': 'thol1ghfthat muc-h, of 'th.!l " one ' billion th-fs · summer, his forces - suffered . -·Bush should also be reassurec:f by ,the but had: .to .quit early. · The reason for : dollars in ·aid sent in ·198'5-86- _ has .seveJa( defeats at the hand of . the fact that all-. major~ P.,oiJs:: sh~w 'hi~ - ·~~ ~ . the . honest _ seha,tor"s e~rly . withd rawl _i;)een spent :on Ethiopia,'s 300, ooo· man Jnferior .. ar;my~· /of . Chad, a nation ·th;e front _runner PY .. 'a wide rnargin. In . Wasn't money o:r '~ ~ve·n • popularity; · a·rmy. · _-_ , , located i.n the SabeL . To . remedy this· ~. the . roost - rece·nt . News wee:k :poll, . _" (Though" he, real,ly didn't have ' much There is "ho'pe, ·tnoiJgff> that this

"'· . . :~.ituation, _ · l/.S, · News -.~hd World _, · c.ondu~tecf by the-,'Ga!lup ·br@.anizati:on~ · of -either, ,ariyw_ay.) - - · example· of classical tyranny may . ·· -Report says ~ that, the Liby'an leader is Bu~h ·has -a .heJty ·seventeen percent~· Apparently, ·Mr. ·~Biden made a Jew . - ,fina·lly be :.r::eE!~s-~ed. . A "-- ,tjjl_t

forming an . internatioo.al origade. of lead '0\/er the next carfdid~te, Senate erro,rs- -~n .ni~- res:ume last spri9g- . introduced to -the-'-.. Hous~- ,, of rpercen~ries. the . ·briga9e .is. - to~. Minori-ty leade·r, Robert-Dole. For all ·< while he bragge~,to some of the g.oo~ .. Hepresenratives\~ by Toby Roth; .,,a

' Include a·oo Druze . -militiamen . lhis good. newsr '.howeve-r, ~ush 'still: _ citizens -of :New Hampshire. First, he - -Republican .from· Wisconsin; arid -. (veterans of the J ... eban~s.~· civil ~ar)_' . suffers 'from the perception that he ·is '· , a~cide'ntally clal_med ' to h ,av~ th~ri ' Wiliiarn - Grey~ a - oe,~crat t'ro~m . . ~nd . ~undr~d~· ~f ~~l~st1~1an sold)e~~· a: ·"wimp:" _ Aceordjng ·_ to_ -:a .survey of college deg.ress. Well~ fr-Llth(ully, · he' Pennsylvania, calls for sanc;:tions-: to :c -,-

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1nclud1ng ptl~ots tramed ~Y the Sov1et , Republicans or tho.s.e who --lean· -has ·an·e : {rom ~he · University of b~ · levied on the_ sadi·stic leaders·· of Union, East Ge.rmany, · and . · - . . , ; . - - . · -o~iaw~re · and:,.a La~ -de9ree. tr-ain ~ . Ethiopia, until they' cure hu~ari rights

. Cze~hoslovakia: The pay is said to be 'Hepublica_n-, .- f_ifty-one ·- ,p·ercent ,. V:iew . ·.Syracuse Unive·rsity. (Then how does · deficiencies. It i~ striki~ng :'tha-t ., this ·- b~tween .·.$1oo · and $500 a month-, Bush as "Wimp," .pr.obably because he - _,1+i-=3?.) - Then·, .he claimed tnat -he · bill' is co:sponsored by ~ongres;;m'an .

.. ~ith top- pilot~ ~ rec~iving --:~s- much' a se~ms to '·. have no politic7ctl backbone g-raduated In .the top ,haft ·of his la'N . Gr~y. who is-' an influential . me·rnber of . $1_b;ooo- a mo_r1th plus bonuses. Ttie _- · a•nd ' he 'lac.~s -an · individupl_ 'politicaf ·class. But 1 just don't se-e ·how 74 i·s th·e · Congressional B.lack . Cauc:us-, ,

.-- -biggest :_obstacle to ~ th.is terrorist . identity~-different from tho~e Jile has . half ·of.- 8$;' try somewhere around ·the .which has been especially · .reluctant recruiting drive is n-ot· the pay or the~ .. · s_er~~d. _ . , -. ' _. . - ,, _ ~op ~~4%. -And then, ,tt) make matters to -criticize African nations . . di:l:nger; il is the simple ~ fact.Jhat the · , -HOlJII ooest he V!ce presjdent pl~n.: • .

_ war betwe?n Chad and Libya is being to . remedy hi~ - ~~nfortt.iri.at~ situation.'? 1 . fo'ught right in · the middle of ,the , Well, . he announc·ed .that1 after ne ·;-: · Sahara Desert c: . ., , .:· decared . hi:s --.candidancy,_ he would ' .

. A 'come out l·.ike a -tiger. I So, . I gues:s~ . : : . ~ .· -we'll <-just ·have 'to see. [f ·this tiger is

· · · " . , - - . ...;· a~tualiy a pussyc~t. ·\· · . . ·

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candidate, J~sse Jackson~ :-has b~en ~- · -, tryi.ng his · best_ to : l~ssen · J~wish - -opposi-t+On . against , h!s bid ' far· the . 'the Khomeini_ regime once agai~

- ,nomination. ·According -tb . u.s. News attempt~ tQ intimidate the United States and . World Report , · h~s .quiet: carlipaign . ~ . by striking at an ,American _flagged oil

, , taJil,cer s.tationed in the territorial watefs to Win :the support of .Jewish ieaders of Kuwait. .-.As this action was carried (who he has met, w~-th in every ·major · ·out on Oct: 16, speculatio~ of ~hat the_

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The .Studerzt Assembly (ll 4lbany · ~ v.oted., however;, to- ignore - ihis ·

, 'miti-PIRG vote ·and allocated money to.· l'!YPI.IJG directly through the Student A~so.ciation. Thu.s, J'NYPIRG remains

. 1-~e oriiy paT.tisit:m politicd:l lobbying orga}l.iz.ation. · to r_e·c.eive ··mandat-ory

. ful!lding .orz .the Albany campus. . . . _, G-P:·U: . It:ttoleranc·e · .. and the··. D.e~and fo.r ·special J.l.rivillege·s , . P_erhaps you .did 'not . req.d Mr . . R~sano.vqky's~ommef!tary on the GPU _ . and .homo,p:nbb~a ·With (Ill open'._ mjn_d.

· ·. · As a lel1!_ish emigrant from the Soviet · Union, Mr. Ru&anovsky ··is ·ext-reme.ly .tol.erant of other . viewpo{n:ts.

· ·Unforfunatcly, as he pointed out in .his · commentary, the GPU ·is not. If one

. dares .to dis.agree with them, ·or . cal{ hotno.sexu~l ' relations . unnatura{ and dangerous, or insist that ·they sho.JE(i ·

. -not be afforded speciatlegal pr:ivilleges, one . ·is autorna'r(cally. 1abeled . · "homophobic." We sugg.e.st that the · GPU .stop engaging in the mindless

. - . ./ exercise of " labe{ing ·p~ople .with inappro.prza:te names, . and give more attent~on to thinking · about what-th.ey . · say. ,

Mandela, ·Racism, and The Folly . of Divestment

~ - The Maiujela ·article puts us on _the . 'side of racism? We're too sympathetic withfacist and reactionary viewpoints?-Please! 'we greatly resent your vicioiis allegations ihat w.e .sidli'with racists and .

_· sympathize withfacists .. Nothing ·co.uldc -, be farther from the truth, as. anyone

who read Mr~ · Shor's .commentary . would reajize. Nowher~ in· thee article does he .defend ·apartheid... It cannot, however, be denied that Nelson Mandel a refuses to r:enounc:!_ vioz'ence. : has~trong ties tp !!i.e . PLO--an iiiternational terrorist organizatil(n whose aim is to destroy lsrg.el--and_ embraces the African National Congress, .an organizatl.on controlled and run by communist guerillas.~ · · · · Similarly; . though we are highly

critical of that oppre-s,sive and racist syste.m cplled ~partheid, the truth is that President ~-Re4gan's policy of ~_ constructive engage~ent . was wq~king. The Black South African leader Chief

· Buthelez~ has ass~rted tha( ihe chq_nges, · implemented large'ly tnrough_ the, 'effdr,ts . of American corporations, w~re .real(Jrid

- ~ubstantial, though nowhere .near the . level of change we Ame-ricans .'w.o:u{d

like to s.ee: Tra.ae -Unions. were · legalized., ·social and travel restrictions were lifted, autonomy .. io" severa.l

· homelands was granied, many Blacks . . did gain access to the previously . ' all-white ,stock exchange, and the ·standard ·of liying'for Black Africans · · grew io be amo~g the highest in all of ·' Africa. . · ~ · · ._

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So what dia divestment succeed in, doing? ·Well, it aZ?owed. the Japanese

, economy to _grow more prospero"~-ts. _ helped t}ie · standw;d of living for Japanese workir.s to rise, and it exporied ..

· _: yet .more' American .jobs :overs~as. . Unfortur;ately, ·it failed . dismally }n

what it . was supposed. to d.O..-- (end '. . apartheid) for that oppressivtf . system · will conctinue to ·.enslave South African . ~lacks for manyy~ars. (o come.

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· 1committe·d . to Fre.edom· · · -FirwUy, · ·Mr. Rinde~·. _ the

.. Iran-Contra h~prings .made it very-dear_ . that . Colonel North cleared aU his

. actions with his' superivrs . . we· see­nothing wr.ong with a Marine . colonel . ·dping eve.rythii'J.g ·within his lawful

'· ppwe_r· to assist 20~000 f?ra've youfl-g .. ·. Nicaraguan men in. tfzeir efforts to1tee '

their-countryfrom co:rnmunisi tyranny: 'we ·applaud Co.l~nelNo~th/or riskin·g' his life to iniplemerit the Presiden-t's policy at a t'ilile .whe·n the· Congress. was playing $ames with; -the lives-of

20:000 Nicaraguans and the fredom of their country. If anyone is an "drrogani

. ' . "' . . bastard," it is each of ~he. Ccmgressmen · l-l(ho ;thought . thflt 5:f0 Congri/S.smen • • • . r t . could-conduet Am{f.rican foreign pnNcy.

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· _of our .other iets Qr helicopters. And you could do o~ check out ·om: .Officer Candidate Class graduate pro-it by the time ,you're 23. Bu~it takes as~ coinmit- ~s .. Star. ling~ are froni $1(,000 ~ menton your .. part. We dema;nd . . , . · . . $23,900. ~d you . · . leaders at all levels. we teicfi ·-rt.O. ·· ~~a ..J.. ·J. ,a.-.·~ •• -. cou·n·t.·ofasn gteorin. g. _ . . . . ·

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Since American corporations buckled under to liberal aiuliadical deny1nds for divestment, however_,· all such.pqsjj.ive change has ceased. · · The: Pretoria Gove_rnmera: . resentful .· of 1 ankee . · ' pressure 'tactics, has · refused to acceed'.

' ,to American de_ma(lds for: retorm. _And. , accordi~g to a recent article in The New­

York Times, _the South Afr:{cim encoiwmy_ will coritirui.e toe grow . an(/ . prosper because Japanese Corpofatio'ns . have filled ·the . Sou.th African void leR by American corporations. · This time, however; the push./ or reform, .pursued : with such strength · and vigor .· ·by Ameri~an corporations responding to .

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