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p!Jblic, th:at . si~rilfic'~t -persuade "~ . . .. · . The first of two Presidential .... c}langes occtrr in the·polling ·¢ita. ~ · debat.~s was · h~ld S~nday ~ight at . Wake F~rest U~iversity iii Notth.. , In -an ~alysis of the debate, · ·Carolina. The two candidates for the . . Busb appearedi- to be the wipner by a \._ ·Presidency discussed many issues ..slight ' margin~ The Vice Pi-esident ranging _from . 'social and- domestic . was able to-. pr((sent himself as a issues to foreign and military topics. . pe~sonable . · pub fie~ figl!.re.. 'Virile· ' .. . D~akis· seemed cold, technocratic, and passionless. . . This year's PreSidential · · debates .carry heavy consequences to the two candid~tes, It has. been -said ~~ " · --that .the Ainefi~aR electorate · was . -~ One defih.i te . p-oint that waiting for :the completion·_ of the " · . seemed to emerge during the debate debate series .b efore maki~g up its . was that Dukakis failed to. prove .his· mind on who it wan~~ t<;> he the 'forty . · al;>iliry to provide. this counfry ·with · first_~esident of-the-United States. _ ·four more· years ....of economic productivity and political stability . .Instead, he concentrated on trying to · Both Governor -,M:ic'heal '· improve his · image and ·putting _· .Dllkakis .and Vjce President Bush were / . himself on equal _footing\ :with-- the I. . successful in , ~voiding any S:erious Vice President. blunders-that would hurt them in their ·. camp~gns.- As predicte_d, both sia~ c-am:e prepared with a ·· number of , :· 'fhe.) wo candidates were i~ ttying to ScHpted one'liners to . suc~c¢sst:nL _-i n th.~fining · ~ their thr~w their opwnent off guard. " perSpective beliefs. · Bush established ..... . . the fact. that his beliefs. were more in .:rthe main ·st:ream ·off American political the conclu'sion of ihe thought. , Dukakis's d~nounchition 9f . debate both campaigns sent out scores the Vietnam War ~ntl . his . call ·for of sU:tff people· in an attempt to Socialized· medicine illtisttated that . persuade the m~4ia and; the American . point

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mention .tltat the board of elections,. which is bi-partisan' and ~ot Connie ..Lightner, Vestal.Town. Clerk deeides where the polling plac~s. should be. They · : also neglect tom~ntion the re~oning behind the -move. For one, the New York State election law prohibits the placing of polls in a building that is licenced to · s·ell alcohol. · ~emember the Campus Puq. Wise: law don't .you think? we· coq.ld have' Mickey Mouse a:s President or worse yet Jesse Jackson. The ,}Vest ~and East Gyms can ac~ommodate more voters and ·the lighting is. better: The supeiior ligh~ing in the GyPlS is needed to make the job of the league of women voters easier~ · ' , . . ·.,..-· · · . · ( . ;/ . · Ap.d finally putting, all justifica~ions aside, voJiiig is a privilege. 'Millions of ' . people in the wotld dQn't have this pri~ilege. ' take it, use it and appt~ciat~ it.

Biased.· As .this academic year hegins welcoming new stud~nts and seeing the return · . . of familiar faces,, SUNY-Binghamton is.already embroiled in controversy. 198& : .. after all is· an important .el€Ctibn year. · _We.'l~~be chousing our forty ftrsl Pi-esid~rit . . _this year along with a w.hole host of other irilportant ,office \holders':· ·' '~ ' ., · Some .Of us wilf.Pe :votirigfor the -f irst time -and ·m·o sroftls.will:be voting_for · qur frrS·~ Preside-n t ·\'O~ng as~ we ali le3med :in seho61 i_S·~\ iiilpof~ant pait~·of the .-:= ·... democratic process and -the Americai} way'·but .t9 make·an intelHgerit choice we ·. must be fully informed. Some p.e ople however wm have us heat oill)dbfle ·side ··

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Over the l~st several weeks, the topic" of religion has. been in the . spotlight on this campus\Jamong Jews and Christiaris ·. alike, The exploits"of .'_· th-e orgai)jza~on known as Jews for Jesus and the recent attention the movie. . · "Ttte·Last-Temptation 'of <;::hrist" has received on the pages·of Pipe · l)av!·talled t0 'mind ~e conc.e pt of tplerance; an idea .that has been taken-for " ' gra!)ted,. . . ~· First ·a wOrd~ abOut' the -controverSy that the Martin ScOrsese film ha,s created. Since I have not seen ··the movi~; and because I'm . not a . • ) 'Cinematography expert ~will ·not v~nture to comment on the film. Fmtherm0re, I m;n only vaguely familiar with the New Testament ~d al11 rinclualified to judge the-QlOVIe's subject matter. . However., even though sincerely sympathize with those -who felt offended by the 'film, I believe the movie.should be shown and those who wish to.see it are free to do . ..--, /: .. · The · app~ent .and flagrant anti-Semitism on the part of ~ fundamentaList pr:otestors· who picketed some Los Angelos synagogues and · the home ~of.f..:ew W a$erman, the head of MCA {the company that released -the film) carrying placards, "whose obvious tendency iS nott9 dampen ..al\ti.:._ ·.. ~Semitism but to inflame it"· (Joseph Sopfiam National Review). sho~ked . ine; I am ~ot accus·~ng ~1 th~se who f~lt the mo~ie ' was 'offensive, 'of anti.:· .'. ·r...·: Semitism .• Howev~r, \n~olera1_1~e ~as de~initelr: pres~nt~d;indicate.d_ to me . 'it.. : tha~ Jhe'problem o.f antt-SemiUSmlS by n~ meanr~~solved}n A,menca. . ,. , ~.t.,.v: . I'll be the .first to admit'the United States is a great place .to live, hut, there is a darker side .to the rosy picture that'we · have ·a .tendency to ' paint. .Racism, anti-Semitism and intolerance··in genenil is stil~ looming in tbe shadow of the great- progress that this ·countr)r ·has 'made in tlie last thirtY ' ·· ' · · y'¢ars. :This Is especially:true ·when seen against the.background ofin.creased raci~ attaGk$ ~nd incidents of anti-Semitism which according to Bnai Brith ... have ,g one up in .the last several y.ears. Only few days ago several 'ho.y ·scrolls of th~ Torah, ·the sacred .Jewish Bible, have l)ein savagely btnned and . ·. · the, _synagogU:e that 1toused them 'spr~yed ~ith swastikas and anti-Semitic , . -·· . . ::>_slurs. ,,.., · , · :· .. , . . . Even _on . this campus . intolerance and· antf·SeiriitisnVIouhd .·unlike•y home. · Only l~st.'year several ·of rriy ·frfends :-aild .f }ver¢ c~lid · ': "lq:~esr',_= and _ wer~ repeatedly told -to go back~~fo ·: ~ymietowri. · I .affi · ~ ·.. .·. ... im,mjgrant.from the :Sov>ie(Upion where anti:.semitisrtds state pblic)'" and __ ·. ·': suq>rises rio .one• . B~t ethnic· slurs . and virulent hate' for -sfrang~rs ·was very . · . .shocking to me, here in the Uni~d States, especially at a'Jess~ Jackson ral~Y. .~ ~h~ preaches racial integration, toierance ah·d love. :- These words however, . ring hollowJor ·those who Cbntinue to hate: ·· .· · . · · · ·: · ~ · · ' ' -· · ·. Finally a few. words about those Jews for iesus in America. All . grotl.p s ·-si10uld ·be allowed . to ·voice their ·views and to make··fools of ·· S. them~ttlves. This is just what jews for Jesus did 1ast- week as most students J;;.. ·f;I~· . lal.Ighed at ·the group's visible presence on our campus. · Several Jewi$h ' '~:k· s~uden~s however harassed the pooi representatives of ·the Chrjstian_faith and ·: . .'""'.'' . to so~e this." action.may seem intolenint and rude. "J helieve this' harassment :.n> :"'.. was unnecessary . .· In my"' opinion a much better· way~ to combat the "' · - ' . · proselyt~zing ·activity . of these grOl,;IPS is to . ign~re thern and raise . ~e· ·-::· conscience of. the Jews by raising pride in Jewish culture. and heritage. : 'F urthermore, I believe that the real threat to tire Jews ~in America is.-not _' conversidrrro · Christia~.ity :but rather assimilation and anti-Semftism \fhich · ' · ·must'be 'fought: · 'This is not solely a Jewish question.- Anti-Semitism is · ·--. just orie head of;a ugly· monster. of hate and intolerance that all-Affiericans: ... ".. : .· Jews, Christians, ¥uslims,. and A:theists"must ·combat' irt o_rder to insure · ~ that oqr s_ountry c<;>ntiime to be one <:>f freedom, eq_uc¥ity arid justice. ·

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· (Jlis)Integr~tion~stirrings in Europe ov~r the summer ·_point ~9. important eve.Qts _in the future~ . This ·s ummer saw . a _gteat deal of · specu}atiop. surrounding the .19~~ · economic integration .o f Western . The European .Ec'o nomic" · ~Em:_ope: · they violate . Soviet ·union, < _ COmmunity, .which is cpmpose , of . human rights." Yet, when it comes to -Belgium, · Denmark, · the Fed~ral . -· nationalism is-on th~ rise among mat;ty Burundi or Iraq, there are no m'!ssive· . of the subjugated ethnic minorities~ Republic of Germany, France, .(Jreece., demonsnitions or calls for sanctions. Irel-and~ Ital-y, . Luxembourg; th~ · The BaltiG Republics of Estonia, Latvia, The reason for their lack of conth1q!ty and .1 Lithua_n ia; have.~. \ali' rseen Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, an4 the_ \ : ' u.hi ted Kingdoms, . will elim_·.inat~ ,a_ll . demoqstrations .and .popular -national . . . in their. conderimation . reveals an : :., . . . _ , . . .. . internal barriers to trade and movement ... fronts formed t(!) champiori·the cause of . " ideol0gy WhlC!t is manife~te~ by -tpis --Riots 'in Rangoon ·3pd an election · · beginning 1an~ary 1, \ .992. ·This n-ew ... mitionalism. Calm. has been returned to _. · -· double stmd,ard _anp:·t he ~ru~<ijng z~ ~ ..-. 'in Bangkok ar~- symbolic of the recent · · .discr¢dit pro-Western stat.~s. ~hts . the Caucaslis . . by fore~ of atms. union, of 320 million J)eop1e, ffi,ay well N~tionalist agitation in 'AZerbaij~· by . ideology believes that eeitain nattO!lS ~·- - ·.. developments~- in·' these neighboring spirit . .Qf' pap-E.uropeail kindle . natio n s. s:outhefist :,- Asian . (mainly pro-Western states)_ should -l!e Ann~niails 'demanding the .unification nationalism, s:iiniiar to t:h~_ effect of th~. Demonstrations of one million people lielq to a· . l)ighe~ standard of human Zollverein in : nineteentb century · . of Nagorno-Karaba~h. ~ with the · · • rights, whilp 'others ('!'afuly third World · demanding demoC[<ICy and Htiil~·P'lll?' ' · Germany, Which · helJl'<d t<f prodiote: · . Armenian Soviet .Socialist Republic elections have rocked the foun$nonsof . states} sh0uld .be. tp a lower standard. . · ·n.ati?nalism and eve~tuai'l.ui_~ca,ti~rL .-:; ·: ~ (S.S.R.) was supres_sed in ihe .spring by . Burma's -soci~list· order: · ~ In July~ ... · · As West~m);:urope mo.ves ., m~o ~- , :. Mr Gorbachev's heavy-hand~d use of '. ·, This low,er, standard for third'. :W?rld ,natio~s (has ,obvio~s·· ~aternali~uc - .. Bur.ma'(enigmati~ : dictator Ne · 'Yifi · more unifi~ politipal-~c~pOinic · onfer,_ ·~- force. (What happeped to Glasnost??). elitist ~vertpnes. I~ tmphes,_a. beh~f. on · .stepped dowq ·after 26 years of tyranmcal· . · Baste rn ; E uropfe ·c o·q. t,i n ~ e s t.<r" Armeni~ns .are ·once' again_Qn ·the move. ,rule.' The Spciillist Program P¥ty,' · the par~ of~·theLe~,' ~at.thud world · spasmodically di$integra.te·,_ dpein~g~ ' ·.Mr..Gorbacbev-hasdeclared as~teof : which lias ruled Burma ~irice,._the .1962 ' . nations are mon~lly and /or mtellectually·. . emergency _in~ the.· region~ which is -· part . to MT;: .Gorbachev's· pglic.i~s 9( incapable ~f' guarilnt~ing hum~;righ~ - coup .d'etat, has~ pursued a. po_Iky ; <:>,f ·probably the _p relude to further military · · G1'asnost ' "opeluiess~· ·and· ·-Perestroika . socialist isolationism, which has l~a~. to ··. · and are thet:efore netther responsibfJe hto . . .. .. "recoilstnic~on:•:, · l>Q\€?s; cil.~ay~; h~v!ng, i~tervention. . :the total under.:developmeni of BUrina. their_ own · citizens or .the ·rest o .t e strong 's¢J!se ' of gati6na~..id~qt~ty, . , . ;-. While.it is,clear that Mr. ·Gorbachev ~ Rich in :natural resources, such as rare . . · world co,nmtJqity to d9 ~· has a fairly frrm grasp over events in'~e being gonian Catholic, and · viewing · troPical ""!"'dS, riCe (which f?l)ll.8Jiy ·. themSelveS as defenders .qf Westeqi '" Soviet Union, what occurs in .the ·.. . Mass3C~es and viol~oce carried out made Burma the nee bowl•of Sou~I . .. by any· aatmn shoald .·be condem[led,. ' Civilizati<m, Ore Jlhce again 3ctifig 'in . . . ·Eastern·:Buropemi Satellite nations ·may :·· Asia), rubiils, sapphires, jade, · re&ardleSs of the foilll Of government or 6peti defj3D9e Qf tfi.e coinniuniSt-miliiary ·' lletennilie . wh<ltber· •his'. program of .. perhaps eVen gill! and oil, BunJ!.'! .IS .alignment amOng th~ · nations oUhe perestrQih slli:ceeds or .fails. Too iniich dictatorshipwhich rules thefr natioi\, ranked as the mnth le~st. dev.elop~d - , -Solid~ty, the only _independent. labor .-. liberaiization in Polan~. for example, . - ·woi-Id. The time is_now fQ end the use nation in tlre world_. This of human_rights as 'a tool of political . ·could lead to , an invasion or .. the. union in the whole of the "worker'.s soctabst · . the fault of the machiavellianism and the ·selective . Jaw. Eithe( . · ;; reinstittJtiOQ of , paradise" of the East Bloc,:haS ·. regime, .'Which is nOw .being .popularly, ·. indignation ·P racticed by .thoSe who. . government to i:eeOgnize its auth<1flty as •, : . way, Mr. Gorbac)leir would be expoSC!I · · o~ertlirownby _the ctuzens of BUl'llla., preterid to sUpPort human rights. The · · for what he ¢ally is. . The ,question is : the. true ~ntiltive 'o f the workers. bi'C'n f?ur . July,. Jraq and ·Burundi of i;>olicies &C!lOCidal moves-' Europe estein 'fl while that · 1968 the. of MeniofieS . governmen~. the most recent one be~g · should oondemried now!! . - · · Spri~g', whi~c~L~ave pirth .t9 ~o-~_omic.: .... · tow·i uds. >jntegr:a tion "and. greater: a militaey·coup on September 18, wlllch · · and .~po~~tic~ reforms ~imilar . ~~ th~s~ .:. :: prosperity,' will Easl ~utope be content has ·been respo~sible (or th'e deaths of, ,r.;. outlmed l?,y Gqrbachev,. are not ~sdy . . ;_. to sit· back ~and · watch, or, will they, hundreds of. pro-de~ocracy proteste~. · ·. , \ .· drunk with the id~logy of Glasnost and forgotten. Neither is the fact that it w~S' The chances for democratic change 'l~ . don their . ' • . ~ ·. . .· • the Soviet Union and its lack~ys wh!ch·( ?' . I Burma remain. unclear. :Yet,-what is · "'· aborted the refp'rms~ by mvadmg ·r. . Perestroika, ~tt,empt to aban -· ~ . . . . . · om ' e ' e 0 :~ , ' e c they If And masters? enal p m' I · "et s I is that the 'Burmese people·swant clear, . . • " ' . • . ' . . ON1 Czech.oslovakla and deposmg .Its · iali " · · · · · do will Mr · Gorbachev dtscard hts·· · . · · ·. ··~ · · . · . , Pakistan i-s a nation: of .great . - democracy ·- NOT _spc· sm.. . . th '·ed and • ~ · . . · _ .· Jefotmist leade:t:,. Al~_xander Dubcek~ . .· .. '-.· - .. i~portance to ~ the We~t. The _cloSest The .Czechoslovakia~ - government. · ', (~~ade ~~revert: b~ck.to e ~ ·. . ttue_pol~ctes of 59~et.mte~~ntion ~d . ;friend of the United States in Southern rem~ns in the firm gf.asp Qf·t,>rtho.dQx . ·: ' Asia, it has for vthe p(l$t nine years . ~cupatiOn? 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Th'e ': man~gement . ~nd ,:--bu<J_ge~ .· ·. . prion.ty . -on east:o.g . .the.t;aX ', ' coinpolterits a '.. place a :high . .. ~ his ;·p~lciige , · z ·. .inc:;lud~d ·--. . · burden ·and .moder(\ti·ng·. the nite . iff ··..;~pt~n . tp rt;q'~p- ~o_y .. c~rtai11·:. S.ta~~ · ' __ spending growt:Q.'\ : . · ~ · .. e¥.!ploye~~ · an"- )t .pled,g~ .t~-~ sn<!ti~or . ·_"" ::Thetax com_ pon_·e_.n.ts.·of the-package •·_ 'legislation crCC\ting a~ :r»ii~ate~.:Sector ·. , ~ ~com.hiissiori. ·ori ' Maiiagemeni &eform . 1 ·:· • )nclq~~d ·a· ·pl_e'dge t!J · oppose· ariy '"' similar··"tct'-.......th~ :. ' fe-a·ei-a:r--··araie' ~-: . . , "·. :prop<?~als tQ ~~p~r -,w!th the t1111'ent-· · , - r · . /,; r··· iricoine .~nd "ciorpor:ate tax ·deductions ~ -co~niission.- · .Liboq!> ~ ~\$0 ' sa~d:}hat · . . , that ·_ ar~ .s€hedufed to. be, pliased-in .. -''by ,. improviP.g the fairness · and . , , ~ _,:. tbr9ugh 'l990; .a, p:roposal, to.. a1J91ish -. · · · efficie~~y.. 0 f ·Pl.J1' ~x and bl.Jqget -· .~ ~ by~titho~yHa~rigan"''"'"':'·. ·-~- ···. . . ' Ji~m~:wo~k:~- Millry : sch~ls have to · ,·:.~ ~-··· tb.e.. _S-tate sales. ,ta:X., ,on·· nece~sazy · · process~. ·w.e-·wj.ll -'also,· ill).p:r:ove :tlje _· .·...., ::; ~~, .. W ~~S:W~G';r()N -~.:: .·with the :; -.-cope ·with 'brrge _ri'tupbers of. stu.de~ts · . : :e1.o ..·!lim_ ,g-~ itp.-·ropo·sat. ~to .. ·sh.elter ·retiree's . , ·competitive position' ·'o(:New··¥ orl(', ... ·. · _':_;reOIX(!}ing P. t: sen_·0<>1s- and _- college_'s, . '· . wbo lack a s~ble home life:· Because. , . ' . . -?~tate fo·'4:i(e benefit otall the resid€nts ·... ' ~ . . . ... '·. ·.. ipJ~rest income ,up-;. t<_>:.$40.000- froiP -~ · · ·· · , · . /. ·,ceuntless :.t''AmeFie·an·" farnilie·s- are~\: ~Ame:ri_caii. so~iety·: ..is. in.' turmoil; :. '.: ·:·>:, t'3X~tion·. in ·,the' sanut ·manner ;that:· .) of -B-roome, 'tio·ga anq' Chenang(h··' ...(~'.7hfoc~~ing. ~tentioti .d,~·;ed:Uc~&on.: \.-.: . · 1 . _·::· schoo~farp ·pta~ed' by turmo~:•. they .. . ' : ,• . pensi9Q income-is currently 'sheltered; :Counfie·s~ ·~' ' . , . .. edticatiomU p'r~ess in the : . . 3fe expecte4 tQ .·f>e a substit~te. for the . ~ Tom.Libous is1he Mi , ·nority' Leader u~-~~.te,~-· .But ' II ih:e s'}at.es . ,. . . . ' ~,from:_'~._... )f~dj'tiqn.aJ.'·"'twq-paf.~J,ttfantily. _ ~- ...·.. . - , a·. ~ommi_tment ~to oppose , mcreased ·· .. , \ : ··~J.s.·. iq ·";_a.~. '·.. · ·. , atito, related fees; ··and· a_'proposal ~ Jn. tne~l:1in~~~ton C~~Coun~iland is ' .: ·:satisf~ctory ,· c<:>nd:iti~n-: S~udertts in .· - ·:.~ : Im}uov~ng.-publi~ edq~arl_on ~ J<f . .--.--~- ·.. off~(a'Job-.traimng t:aX credit.'-•. - ... ~. · _:emptoy~d:,as th~ · VIce -~res1d~nt. of . , •.'ptibl~t- -~chqbl's -~ areri't: getting ·the pe·apnontY. for.Americans. · :without' , ··/ . _,, i.t!X}us .notea_, that-·"by' preserving- . M~ketmg at: .tbe J.C., P-u~hshmg . . . _.soulld. irl.su.:ucti,~:>n they : ne#d~_ .l,his i~ , .·. . ·-~befter-·~ho'oliitg,. the .nsfn~: genef~tion -~ ·.. \! .. ~xistitig in'com~:, taX,; c'U:ts,, -p~qtectipg : CoiD:PanY: ,: . ·esp~~~ally ~~ ()f ~ ~e- 'btg ClUes _·Of : ' won't be able tQ' handle more cbmplex~ '-;, . ~enca . . The ~~hool$of N~w York .- . ··. Jobs. in· the final decade of the 20th f.· . CttY,)lfl.d Wash1.~gton, _ fer_ms~~ye, -. cent.ury; . · .. They wilL -become .., .. '- · In~ shambles_. Many t~ner ctty_ . ' ~iln~ployedorunder-employed. : .· " . ._ s~hoolsare-vlagued by-drug.use an9 :. - , American collegt?s ahd'ti!live'rsities . -__;_v~ol.~n~e-~gamst teac~~rs~ J!Iey aren t _, have a different set of_ problems. ,Tire, ,. ·: -·~·: __ooil~~!~cffrQID_P~~-3 , ':!. . , equ~PJ?.l{l~~tudents WI~ ~~wl~g~. of. ·poorer stateihave.more colleges than . _ b ~SlC_ : s ~b~ect~ -: readmg~ ,wntmg, they c~ supper~. . W..esr:Virgil:li'a~ fot : ·· .: ~ , ·Iri ' next door Thailand,-Chatichai ..Singap<)re ·have.,~stablis~ed ~e pattein anthmel!c, geography and hiStory· jnstance, .offer~ ·only $15 ,50Q to - ~ . Y. Choonhava,n · has · succeeded Gen~ral ' now Thai~and, Malaysia, ·and even prospective teacher who has an MBA ·.. Prem-..:T . insulandona as Prime Minister ·Indonesia see~ to be on. the road·~to ~ Ofi,e sigfi· of tht; .trouble .i~ that -degree:: Th.e· -state·S·~must rationalize · ~ of the inost ' dynamiC' 'economy in the economic .prosperity throtlgh free . mapy \ businesses now find it · '. , their ~ystems of high ectuc-ation; ' ·· :Fegian. ·Thailand~ ; which was· once markets and perhaps democracy' leavmg · neces~ary to educate newly;hired ·, . Mpre colleges al~o suffer from . .ttrr~tened by communist guerillas and behind the backwcr<l and inhumane employees. Employers are called on . poH:ticaf influence "wHhitf :·their . ' . Vietnamese imperial dreams, is· now · states of Burma and. the SoCialist to teadl'oasies to students who have . faculties. A move rs Moono remove -" .. pFOsperous and free. If elections-indicate · . ReilUblic of Vietnam and its imperialspent twelve years in public schools. · ·great books from' reading u'sts -and · · <Which path . Thailand is choosing, ; it satellites of Cambodia ,and Laos. The .Now~days, ·if parents · want their :· substitut~·. works ·by . non.:. Western • . ': ~ill soon be~ome'apart of tit~ wpdd·of truth is that the socialist model of children ·to have a, good education, authors, women ·and minorities. -In · · . _the iqdustrlal democracies. lJlailand's ·developm~nt .is a dismal · failure. . It . they ·have to p~y to send them to · ·. other wor'its, political'requirements are . has ~lre~dy adop!ed · , ,fr.e~ market ·breeds ~c~rrti,ption, i!lefficie!ICY an<J:; . privat~ Qf church.::supported schools. imposed in presenting the .literatUre of , ec~momic.s..and -is 'now in the process of . tyrannical govemmentS. Socialism does; ·our civilization. ~ · · .' .: ,;i~s~tutiQnalizing_ the P9l~tic~ of,freedom < · treal most .people. equal; .that is equal ~ . ·Many colleges, induding·famous : ~ ---·:-.. .and dembcracy.· .. . • __ . , .. . . : · misery and suffering fof all excep~ the· -· ' ~It's npt a lack of rtloney. .· 'Citi.es · .iristituti9n~ such as Dartmouth, are· ··, · · Thrularid proviqes good Feasons why ruling P~i elite. . F.ree -IJl.ai:kets may. . · ·. and ,State~ spend fOrtl;lne~ Oll public ' . . bent _1on jmposing, new .liberal-left Affi~nca-·shoUld be.pleased -With_what is not be perfect,\ret' (at~IeaS~) .they offe( education. ~ lJnfo.wnafely, the money . ,·orthodoxy. The radicalized ·sixties ' now _occurring in ·East Asia: ~ South. · . hope ap<J. progress:, soci~i§m offers · · goes . to · bu_ild,' 'up educational _ · · ~ g~ne~ation holds sway in · mapy .\K~rea-, . ~.Taiw:ail, . H,ong. Kong,'<' . and neither!! bureaucracies; Instead o(being used · . ins·titutions, turning higher education · · to hire: more rskill~d teachers,' it's · iqto Uny~pqli.tics.- .: Many, stu$lents are ,_ lavished onlayer'after 1ay.er ~of. school. ·-given· a guilt complex about their __ bureau~ts :\yhO nevet: teach a class. .' country. and civilization. They are .• · · :tilllght that Western civilization is ori ·· the-wt<)ng_side_of his~OrJ;.. Academic' ·· It's yery d1ffi~u1t tQ tu~ a· public freedom· is presented as a license to school thesedays. S~llool trustees . ~e ·.spread -ideas -hostile to the.American ·. · · subject .to . naras~ni·en.~ .b}i: highly~ .· ·w.ay. oC:life~· · • organized corrimunipes group,. They . These and many-other problems . . may @·sue~l. $upe:Qrtten<;l~nts .have-to . · · J~ay~", the · A.nierica!l educational --· · deal·with' -teacher· unions. Principals process in .disarray.. The students- in. . ' . : ....,. . ' . . ·. . ,, .• . .· ·:·· ' . ,find . ~t ·difficult to expel unruly · . our -. pub He s~hools ~nd colleges . students. reachers frequ~ptly ar~ the . . dyserve sometliing better.· .victims of ~saults.. They·have-· been "· deprived of ·the diseiplin~ powers Anthony Harrigan is· a columnist for ·:they have enjoyed :in the past :·. It's lhir USiJIC Writers Syndicate. · · .often . impos~ib!e: ,tq:,:_~--as'sigri ·

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·t · - Changes. h~¥e bee~ subtlely .oc·curlitg'f~r, .. ·- be jllst.-won·der{ril.i_f our co~ntcy was .no~ ·:. im·age :. of- a , ~lltigh.t>: ·~antong ,. tts ·railkS,' but \ not ~muCh (()f/a __; ·. platform·. ~.. Its ' _ )aced with more important concerns> ' · -a while aJ1d~-the~ Qpc.om1ng· presidential · platfprm for i!S _candidaJ;es; Running a·.~ .. · · America w'ith activist Big Government But we:alllqlow__thatis not the; fruth. . . elvct!on }:i'J,S push~d them .out into ·.the as.its maSter, dupes thpse imcommitte<f '. "com,p·eten(fe" campaign; the, ' So, is· anyone addressing reat ·-· _ .open. One thin-g is \pr sure- ihe issu~s ,' ambivalent about either " voters who rie~ocrats· pared down~ their pl~tform . . issues tliis electio_n year? •,Well, if yorr ·. · · ·candid_ates. ~~ --1 he- tiCket )tsell,} s· .. _ ~" we used ·w ·call ~l>~liti~_s" have taken on.. . from 40,000. w~ords iri· 1984-: to ·3.,500. ·.misleading. : SenaJQr Bentsen liaS -voted'. · ·- . ne_w forms: · · Do not be· fooled· into · : can say,notliinfelse for Goorg~ ·Bush, ~t '· · · in 198s~ · Essentially, .its -all things· to .U!inking ·that '"politics". h~ anything· to - least. he ·ca~- be credited with taking· , . down Contra aid ·for the first~ time iii' all people, pandering to· Jus~ abou:t "defmite·stap.d-s on-the.issues he -b elieves ·, . do ~i~ f<?,J:ei~n, ~frurs, the economy,: eve_ry ·s_p~cial .interest . group .in · the "'. . ·.· .. ~is se~atoriat : ~ar~~er ..-;· .rt, ~-~:J}riall . .in, ~d not adjusting' thenijusi because ··U.,~.-Sovief'' relations or defense . WQilijer .that- endorsements ' from . nation. It is, according.to Oeinocratic :: a!lymore. · If' you -~~eve so, . you'll -be ·.· of a perceived :weakness in _his views. - ~sha, G_o tbachev· chairJnan J?~uf.Kirk,· a-"shorl ~tatement · ;' Dictator Ortega o( principle all Democrats can~ run on ',- have bee~ delivered to·the Democr~!S· .~. ·. sadly ~is~en. - P<>~'fl?<>1ber watchi11g' . -. Bush is pro,.. life,. be suppOrts Si>I, the _... : debates:~r spevcb~st9 f1fld out about the , · con,tras_; and ~ Reaganomics: . Whether - · ·' '; It is.·also a shame.:· . ., · i~ Novemoer''. · : ljke _' ~is J>9Sition,s· or not, ,a i . · .. - ..-.-:-:---~"--ro-·---.:-'-·....· ·";":'·....·-~-"""'":"-·~---...., . ymi' · ~ r--'--....----....:..:._.....__;.;...,.._ _..,.._--.o:-.....:~~ . ··. In ·_ an· age where · the L-word.·: . ·, least - he · ha:s · defined 'his -belief~. . "- '- (liberalism) means ~ political suicid~.~~-', - ·Mithael·Dukakis~ .on the othe.i' hand~- is ~ · c • . , Kirk and Co.-made sure that platform, . pro-abortion' sometimes, 'he'll res~cli .. . ~riters fill their ~document with just .. SDI but is not.sure it's good idea; . · enough . euph~misins .·~o attract _the -. Have you hear_d 'tlle ·Duke:·'. ia}k abo.u t : mainstream, · something the platform N!cru;agua?' Probably-not He's not sure . - .· definitely is not: Dukakis'". spub _o f · -what he wants to do yet.' _ But he h~ · lacks on;' I ·non::-:withstand-i-ng_, th,e · · said a lot .a bout the defiCit . . H~ ::will get platforrr{ .is ~n .· se~(mty . p~r ·cent .· ·- rid of it- just doesn't know how · yet.- ~ agree merit,with 1esse J aekson'~ · s~ce · ·. ·. But you don.'t want' to ·hea.t. · . .:. 011 issues; accordin'g to Jackson advjsor -'aboui' this silly stuff. L .et's g~t back_•t o . Robert 'Borosage. ·:TIJ.e ·.Jackson c~p_, . the· '.'real".:. issue{; . The ·democrats and.·-_ :. ~. ·c'h aitered .' ..; got~ what 'it ·-' liberals ..are outiag~ by the :"tiasco" o( · · carripaign j·et; ·a,nd .several -seats filled ·in · _ the- R:eagan · aqminis~a~bn: So they are _ the .Democratic. National~ Committee going ' at Bush - .with aU' pf _tli'e ir ~- and-is in basic agreement with Dukilis i ght? . Wrong. . su~starisive claim~. r_ , on most policy. issues, save :the Middle , . Hey, but did you kno'X that Dart Quayle · · East.' The -only difference is that . . got into law school with a c .average? ' . Dukak:is i& bette~ equipped to Cloak ~s · Did ·you .know he chickened out of ·t he · ,. . __ ' liberalism.,. and Jackson has a inore- . VIetnam War? You see, these ·are_the .: ::::..am bilious liberalisacialist'agenda: . . thing·s Anidica ·war1ts to kn:o:w. These ~ . are the question.s that neeg answering; . _.Don't worry ab9qt Israel, South Africa, ' .." ' and Iran now- that will all ta:ke' care of . . -~, · ,;Endorsements: · from ·. · · . itself. · in emphasis newThis whole Ortega .and Gorbachev _ '! poli~cs" wouldn't be half as revolting . Jl"~Q ; J~.~e-n.:. deHver~.d if there were soine cm1sistertcy to it. _.. :, · the;; Q·emocrats. "c-. < - ~ut ·in actuality you have ·a situati_pn where what is accountable for. 'o ne is not . . · accountable · f0r -atl. - Thus, while; . This-y~'s platform reads. almost e_veryone barks 'about Dan Quayle and' like its Great · S:ociety predecessor his prh~_iledg.ed :life, there's Lloyd · · • ! tweBty~five years-earlier. Mentioning · ·Bentsen sitting pre~tYr. ·Well, here's a · grand illusions such as ':_"economiC . · little newsbrief for you. Duke---didn't "re.:.investment" in people_, , . .-j ustice" exactly pick Bentsen out· of the gutter. ·. -.'the-platform advocates ·raising: taxes to . Have. you ever h6ard of ·t he Texas. oil ·. . · ' pre-Reagan days(and ·.a ·.·pre-R.eagan . It's not~ so · shabby Jln · b~siness? . eConomy)\ nationalized health and child . . eXistence. Do you want to -g et techQical ·> care, a greater Social Security program, on military records,Jet's do It across the . . , . · Affirmative~action goals, ·timetables, · board. Michael Pukakis speilt' the · procurement set~asides, and . . a . less · :· Korean Wadn1college, and· served only ·ambitious defense program. .Calling after . the war had ended. ~Loyd· . ·abortion-· a . right thaf -every ·woman . Bentsen's son -spent from 1968-1974 in · ' e.njoys regardless of finai1<;ial ·ability, it the National Guard. Check out how advocates federal\y funded ·aoortioris. . · many of yom favorite politiciaps -\\fere · ··The pl{ltfop)l ·postures· itself as the · ·, released from .apfmilitary duty. Then , ·l'party·of hope"' although it doesn't say . . -tal~ abo\lt Qua}de, who .did .serve. ,'And · where all the money will ,come to pay -why not~.note ·the ·-exceptional career of ( for all 'these programs. _· · . . George · B us>h · who completed approximately double -the air missions these ' . .. Unlort~nately, :however, if required of a -navy pilot aJ!4 _survjved: proposals are indeed act~ upon, it wili more than-his share of close c.alls (allsurely _ de,cimate the • middle class· ~at, and with meney too.) As long as . derail. the through tax raises, it we~re talking aqout ·double sJandards~ . _ sixty.-seven month recovery the' Reagan Bush's .. ·whil-e we talk · about admiriistr:,~tion ~as ~9hjev~d,-.~d' it will ·~compli·ance': :with drug dealers, ·let's, r~se the already inflatedbudget deficit talk ab"out Dllkakis' prisoner furlough to astronomical heights. program which lets them· out for ~'g<?O<l.' behavior". Here are_a ·couple more for you. _Jesse Jackso11's brother (oops!'-half . brother) was charged with murder last This latter-4a:Y Robin Hood '(you · · ., . ' · week. · Dukakis was treated for kno~. steai from rich, ·give , to pom') depression. -Let's dig up as much ,dlrt as :, doc·u ment wip try_ to redistribu'te ·::.:... possible. _- Make Quayle :release his .:' .. ' wealth, . an.d - in the process make ·-school recbrds: Make Duke release his everyone . miserable . . An eqmr~ly .: medical records: . While we'~e 'aJ .it , dubious foreign policy will_squelch the didn't Bush bail _o ut -of his aircraft a - SDI program, ~md calls S_outh Africa-a .little too early on . one· of his Navy · terrorist state, _demanding that ·an US, . missions? .corporations leave s·outh Africa on ~ So ·let us be consistent 'here . . . · certain date, Duk:alcis the "competent, Let's bring all the petty issues into the · . manageri~l" candidate -has _opposed . , campaign or let~s start cdncentrating on , every ·foreign . policy objective the · _more iiifportant _thipgs. , In · the · Reagan ad-ministration lias .achieved. · m'eantime, who cares where MiChael -: ~ He grudgingly sUPpo~ted .the· Grenada Dukalds and Geprge Bus~ stand on the . invasion because he felt that Americ$ issue~? . J'hey both can bylt out that · lives ~ere in danger. . '· . Pledge of Alliegance can't theyJ . \. l

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Republicans' holding locafoffice· that"·. · . . action .can-be taken unless it receives· ~~¥, myth~~:.'l?~i'~g : perp:~.~~~t,~d ~Y :- l>ipe . · ·_... :-' Republi.can .Chairm~ were pre~ni on: ·.· .., inspired, him, to join :the ·party;,. Toni·.'· , ~ ..my_.approval~of bdtli the ..Dem"''Crilcle · · '... '; J?re.a.~~·. QFF,_ the .XQu_n g Democr~ts. C,aiilpus ·· to · addre:ss thd firsr ·"' · Libous, ,.whd is ··tunp:irig to ·replace :·· . . ·Board· Chainn~ -~d tli¢ Republicruf· <t and"tl:ie·Studynts for:~~ielle Diamond; . org~i~ational meeting Qf the College .. ' . St~te, Senate .Republican Majority; ~'-.. r. \. P~ard _C~a~an. · _Th}lst-:.td -make. tllis, -'! ·thal'j he l!;>cal Re.p~~ltcans do , no.J'.; ~:ep~l?Jic-ans~ · an e.vent t~at >W:as· ·. · . )eader: Warte_ n· Anderson;. ·and: :grri!f:. ·a partls~·n: 1:ssue -I~ an ··attempt /~Y · >. want students .to paf.ll.cipate iii local> ' Ignored ,by_Ripe Dream. Local GOP :'-> ~ielekl, ca~_di~at.e _ , for: Cou'rny"' ·_ · . .-~arious _ ?i'ganizations . ~o ~urt~'.~~e . , ";:: electi_q ns·. · H(;>wevei~i{f any~ of -~es~· Ch8ijman, Paril Van Savage, spok;e to , · Legisla_u~re, · sp(>ke · briefly Q.n .th~ ·. ~--'_ chance~ _of_m,unerous localRepublicilq - organizations too'k:'h the; tim' e ·~ Yo-:.· tl)e group ofov¢r seventy ~students- on__· - , h jmpqrtance·-ofthe,~tude.ntvote~ '· · ·- c3I1di~tes . . '. ~":· obje.q#:Ve1y·· .examin~tthe facts~ .tfiey ··the ·importanc~ o~ student activity' i~ · · " .There are nuq1erous reasons whY, . .. wou~(l·.· realize,· . in~ .~.fact, that '.the ·.. · the:. G~Qtge.Bu~h campaign as wen as . . . . '·, · . . . . . · .the decision was made to move the · .Rep~p!~~a.ns.. ~e e~C.q~a~i?~stu'den,ts- . -· -, the, . campaign: . e.fforis ·of:''locaJ .. ! ·. _ While·~Ilth~ candidates·· bnefl¥ "~· . ~·: :p.oU!pg .PIJ~~~jback..t? f:he:~_s-..·. · -~t , r .· to par:fi~J.pate m Iodit :pphncs. ;;;, -\ . candidites. ,. He .state(f that S(J:N'Y . addressed 'the needs of their specific · · .: , ~~- stated spe~~cally m the New York · .. .· . ·. .· · · · . · -: ..~;: { \ . . Binghamton can ma]s:e the decisive campa_i_gns-, they all -expressed. their ....... · ;S,tate Election cLaw·.. that }laying· a-.. · ·" .. . differen'ce in a mi'mBei .of local exciteinent.ac_the enthusiasm of. polling place in . the · same buildi,-tg~· · ..' Itap{?earsthatth~s~·organizations·'. , , camp~giis;ci~ingther~~~forCounty ~. _Col~egt '~ejmblicans. >, They a\1-. . c-'~h~re ~~ - es~bl~shmen.t ~ has~ ~een_, .·are oric~ ~gain pill-pqseJr.. dismforming·, . ' . . · . , .I~Sued a . hq~or license IS forbidden. · th~ c~pus··coinmrini_ty,.llr an '~ttempt _-~ . ' T~e~efore, itwould~ ~-illegal· t9·...ha_v¢~-. ·to di~credi.t arid . defeat -the · Ioc.a l . , . . . . . polh~g- place set up. m the Umon·do . RepuQiic~urcaridi<Iate.,s}:Foi ~xafl1:plt( t- ·- ~,'\ ~.there ·; is.· ·r· m yttt beii)Q . perp'etrat.ed.: Pip:e ... ,(.~.::-!o . P~O.~i~ity. of ~he··.G~~pu~ PtJb;.-~ · 1 '· lett(ir to . Dre_.am; . 'C?ff._ , ' th'e _Def!lOCrats · 'a nd'. s f ude_. nt_ s ·,·· . . ... coll~_ctive" · · si~t~d, · . ·: ... the · f P~~ E 11 e ·__DJamond -. that . ·RepubliC,ans ttj· to Itmii deinocr~cy~ '~te , _ .:the ., ~.epubli.cans · do --:n-ot · . d.aY· ·· Jtwoulc;l .be·.a.tm~st i.mpossjble ·. by liintting : votei<·turnou"t." ..(2?/ '·i want . stude'nts 'to participat'e ~ i'n ;. lo·c.al.·. elect'i o:ns· ~ •. '' r f~~ thi~: ' nilmb,e~ of ~tudents to~vote'in Septemb~r, 1988}At.a'. debate oflocal .. . · · · -· · · • . _ : T~~n2~n, c~nsi~~~ng the usual ~~~e ,. .. caiidldates in_CIW ~n:,_ se.ptember I5:~ · - · . . · . · ~- ·_A._s st_u_'dents _- i__t is ·ex_tremety· · . ·- 1988,the Young DemocratS ,:aiict: the:. · Students.for Estelle Oiamond· handed LegislatUre betWeen Emil 'Bielecki and ---~stro~gly' emphasized the need 'for importarit".that we e~e~cise_ our right / · out' flyer~ staiing, ·:Republicans don't . .. Estelle Diamo'n.d : as an eX:ceilent'~ : studen-ts t~(take part i~- the elec~oral . -.~to vote . . Wfefsf~~ualld ~- w,ary 9f- any . ,.. wari_t·_·s tu_ d_ents _,to _vo-.t""_e·.·.·. _F'ur ···.th. e·rm ·; p"r:'e', , . ex-a mple. . He ·u · ,.,.."ge.d - studen·t·s t.o·~ ._es_s, . _ w_h.et]l_ . e r it involves.''worki_n. ·g· ·· . · _a~tempts o ICl s· to·- mfringe· proc ·th t · ho H -1 · · -· thqpon · Pipe 'Pream, in its_)o_•wn .e._d it-·or·I·a'·1·. · · th ·· c· · · " · right .by · _...... on · a ng t. owever~ te c· · at It .· . . ·~" . . _, . . _ exercise_ err ons~tuti.enal ca'mpaigns or just registering and .. is .t he ~Republicans fault rum thai. will 1 ·stated, 'The fact that .th·e Town of. · . p~taking _in·· the etectora1 . procc'ss • · voting __o. n elec _ ti·_o_ n _day:,· · · · v,estal_. : is c6ntro11e_,:_d_ by..·. th_:e th · h . - make U$ walk an extra five minutes to R bl th .. roug registering .and ~en v.otiilg the gym on Noyember .8th is, simpl~ ,ep~ 1cans _suggest . 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"card ca,rrying merriber:of the American · · Civil Liberties;Union·." . . . . ··. . . ., ·. ,' Whif~( walking·, aroqnd ,the Suny- . The 1988 PresidOntial . . Bin!ihamtoj(.campus, One ofte!l · has focused .i gr~t dea}. of att~ntion on . . · · .. · . abOut comqiiplism. Its proposed virtues the personafq~alities of the candidates.. . ·, Recently, House Democrats are: extolied ftam .the podium by some · h s J · h B'd crowded the floor :before the C:-.Span · · · .r,We .·'~enator~ ... osep ,~· .eqe ,. ·pr ,ofe.ssors~ j·p'_articularly ·in _tile ". social ·· ·aave seen Har . · d' ... t" .. f th. ·camera. s rec_iiing . the· Pl.edg' e . of 'and · · ~ ~. wed rae . . .det to. sh_ow . th_e·public sci~nces. Tli..~e:r~· are als'o ·a: _n_~- in_'ber .o f "" · f · t .LOree ·d ·t · .·ouh · o_ · h ... ho"-._ · Allegia.n.ce,·· 1n or because o met ens .w tc .· s . ,· . leftist newsp~pers. on calJlpus, :._..~t_-.h.e_i,r:' po,t>r ·p~~s_,oqal_,.~)u. dg;~~~n.J .:~~w_· · . thek .support fpr th~ P1edge: ·. In - .. p·~rl-•e-.u_larly o. FF!·,._.·.a. ·newsp·_apei: wh_ich s_s nlans.· to .star(each "'. - a~.u ·· . ~s. ~e,, .race hJW ..b, ~e?. ~w<.>w~,d t?rJ.U~t · . addition,_. · · C·ongre_ 1· / ¥ • · i§ verY ·diffiC'ul't to take ·. s¢riotJsly 'George Bu8li and Michael :O~S, .y.'e . ·'day 'by'.: &Ci-ting 'the Pledge. .·~This.. . because· it 'claims·· to repres~Iit 'offnave_...an -e_xGe. Uen,._t,-_·,e:_.PPQ.. _rt _p).) 1_,i_ty_.: to'. see· ·. shows: tliat· mainstream .De.mocnits are . · -. , . ... ,, . 1 ~ • "' . ' , c;:e· p arati'ng th .·. e _ m .selves from, t·he . · ca~piJ( · stude~tS~ , : .9,ut , rea,,-~ty . , .. · . - ·-~ . .· . : fr , ..h , . .• · 1_ . th'e ' natur.e .arid c.baraclyr. of C!P~·~" ,·:.-:· · · nl '/ a·· ~m' aU- ,)~ '·huitiber ' of / .. .- "' Another'Dukakis left wirig of the party · · repr~sent_s . y, _.· . ,. , . .-, ·:. .'"· .- ., · asp~ct o . t ~oretlca ~Dukakis.. .. ,';, ~ ..... f :. • ·: . <·. . . ·.· : I.- • • • / warp'e.d fu.irid~ •. ·who thihk'·~~e!1~lnng .. ·communism -is . that ea~h : work~r : f · • · · .• .- : ....... ;_, , ,:.... ~ ~.. America does io ·protect_ freedom · · deserves the "fniits_of his Iabbr''. But The controversy·.over the.,. Dukakis, t.esppnding tO worldwide.· J.s' Unhtw'ful. 'Iri. how does ·one. decide ·how much· each ·-P ledge_of-Mlegiance is ,an issue that_. ... . t:pe charges. by-Bush,, -again ·showed his. . communists ·; atrd. 'their· co:mtades;· l<tborer's ~ork;'is worth? For example, dehls directly with the character R( the - . tota( lack o(' p.Oliticalc · knowledge. soci~sts~ ($ete is very little theoretkal '· ·. is .the laBor of a man ~who. puts lighf - . ·Candidates. Here; we Cal;l-' se~ ..Geo~ge . -: · Btikakis·;. somehow· . . confuse,d an .· ·. difference Q,e tweeh SoCialists alid ., - ..f-ixwres~ in av cat~ w.orth mote than the . . ·,Bush trying to d~~me. his·chara¢~r;~d · ·.-;' .. ~advisory opinio'Irby th.e . ~sachuseus.~ commu11ists) dominate· many stud.ent , labor of the man who welded.-the-'fender:? -shoWing the. · American"_;pedpl~ ·hiS · Sup~me ~ourt with an actual deeision · organizations such as DemocratiC- ;· · A ::coinmunisi might tell you that· theleadership -~bilities now that .he ·rs--.o ut ·": . of the ,Uni~ed States Sup~~rp.e, Court.. -SoCialists of America ·and· the · Latin " state shoUld dedde such qu~stig~. But' . ·ofthe shadow of:President.R~g~e .~t ; ," _·;--He went on~ to.further- say,.that Bush ~f!r~ca,n· So1idari_ty _ Co~~ittee; to -: remember, the state is 1made ·up of . the ·.same .J~_me, .: th_e :libera,h-.Mich~el' . ; ·:· '*mild :viola_t1pg ~the ,.tgnstitution_; pame just a ,few. - To.~eiher, the~ _~ ~individuals, .80 communism adv9Ca~es · : , ; c· · ·. D~kaki~ ·i n, trying1 to ·~ shpw · Am~tica . ···/pad Bush ~igned. ~e bi_IL_ - ~~ce again.' .· profe.ssors, ·.- newspapers - .and.. 7.. solne individuals deciding w~at ;other .. that he Is tt;uly :a :lm.o4erate,;can4i.dat~·. ' Dukakis showed _his -Lidhpuu,an grase~: · organizations, create an academi~· ··i ndividuals . should; earq, ·rather than '... .-,. ·, tlj.~an: gov.~m:.~~ri.Ga:reye:t~J:s- t,<J,us of Ariierican.histoey by 'this 'statement . · atmosphere . wh~re the . Jdeal~ .- - ~f · letting the· 'free market ·establish that. - his we·nature! ' ·· ·- · · Dukakis should know, tlfat the c'iyil capitalism and free enterprise ar~ ~n· as' .. · . ·Moreover in today~s communist states ' Rights. gairis by' blacks i:n "'the . is s_eeii· merely . ·dte.state you where·you work, __ .' / ., · ··,~ . . ; - · - ;':" -~South, ·-were, fought 'imd won by ·as a rung , on a )adder t~ ·wo~ld . · at: what· -w.ag~, arid .- m~ay .very well_. ; · ·, .The roots 'of the controversy go . c· ha' l'l e'ng·I··n·g . e'"-I·s'"t'rn' g' _law ' .S I··n . the . . . . In f: t . sm· doe · ·s . ' & . • •. ... h · ·· · · ~- -, ·· · · - · "" commumsm.... , ac , commum · . . ._. _, i:rrtprison you ~.or · reststmg. t ,ese back t() 1977 ·i n Massachusetts, when a ..'.· southern ,' .. . . not work.in theoryi and in practice has, commands. That is not · freeaorn, of bill, . req):firing ' teach¢rs' Jp .lead.. t_!le ·· ··. -. Mi'chael. D•_;..,,;.:,..·: s _mt'.ght m ' eelcly accept ·. · 1 · f illi' dead td· 'd · · t' · · · ~~!t m • - ~c h0 ~1• · e t m ons , w,or WI e.. co~. ~ b_ut savery. · Pledge ,of.t\llegiance ~Y "the flawedUlUU\il ~edsions of the coJ.Irt , ~ · came aCross lhe desk of Gov. DukakiS. .. w.lthout cb31lenge, but imp!ying that ., : .·: And slailtii:y is the of the · ·The StatefSuJ)reme Court s~pplied him:' ·.... Georg'e· · Bus:h, ~w..o·ul.d ·vi'ola·te the · ·· · th' 1 f h ·s · · · advisory · · opimon, · · ' statmg · ..th...a·t. ; . Consti'tuti'on' by· c·halle~gi. ng" laws,· with an , Commu·n ism . is defined as ·a . .. matter.. . . . e peop e o "td e . ov-tetf · :.til¢ .... ·bill.was · b bl · ·'t ti 1 · "theory advocating elimination. of Union, Cuba_,·d an th · mos_ pro .a Y, unc()nSti u C?!la.. I sh,o_ ws his e defeatist liberalism._ ·E . -.. ·. C.fiina, E · t ·· o· · ·· · ::_using · a~ siniitar 1943 US Suptem~ . private property_; a system in · which . aste~n urope, a~ . o ers , are . . 'Co'urt' decision · as precedent-. .. (The . · ·"' goods. are owned in ~ommon and are : ";\C: esse.n ually, s!a~es. Why el~e :wopl<! . :y9,l3 'detr~iort·~esultilig from ii'la~suit. :'· · Michael Dukakis.' ~iew ~ri the ,available to all as peeded; a totalitarian" · ·· th.ese . countries need such masslve .·:r,y the. Jehova's. Witnes~s •. stated .tt:iat Pledge . of'AUegian~e. gives us· very . system .in which a ·si!lgle authoritarian .. ·::securi_ty forees t~ k~p peop!e from ,. it was unconsti~utional to . reqmre 'good insight into h~s true character. . party controls state-owned means of . ~tescapmg? Commumsm. ~emes· ·that .·.·· :chi-ldren to ·recite . ille ' ~l~dge .~f Dukakis not · ·a mainstream · production with the professed, aim of ,.· . people do, not· want to work "for ..the · ~ ·.Allegiance .in·· sch?ol: Howeyer _t~.e- ~ ;.. · i>~mocrat,. as. he is trying to portr,ay · establishing a· stateless society; ,a fmar" · < good of society:• but rather for personal· , court made no mentiOn of the teachers himself. He . is a true 'liberal in the . state soCiety in Marxist theory in . gains. <?ne al~o must not ~orget ~at . .obligation to le~d . the )~l~dg~~) . vein of McGovem: As alll!berats, he·. . which the state has ·withered· aw.ay /and .commumsm kills. An estimated ~0 . l)nfortunately ~; Oo_v. Dukakis chose to .. · . holds great contempt for . American ' · economic are dis~!m~d equally."· /'' m~ton 4i_ed during the rt:ign_s of Lemn . · follow the coon's a~visory opill:ion-and , m\tionidism ·. · and · patrioti's m. . . But what exactly_does_it mean for goods · " ,_ an~· Stal_m alone·. A ~CJf~. ·recent ~eio the bill.· However, the veto w_as Patriotism unites the ·-American :io becowned("m_bo~mon"?~, . . . . . . ex~pl~ is Cam~dia,, whe:fe 2 millio~ ,·( . overridden by · both houses -of th_e , '"' .p edple; ·thus obscuring -the "socio~ · : _. · _Owqe~~hi~, I~--"~he. ability to do ~- .. people wer~· slaughtered. a~ter -~ the~ · _ Massachuse~!$1egiS~t¢e.•jind became · . ;economjc b~arriers." . which ·liberals anythmg you . desrre . ~Ith your o~n . takeover by the·. Vtetnam~se . . d aw. Since Utis ,4tw wa8·_passeq, ther~ . v_ainly search ,for. · PartiotisJll, that : . property_. "' If goods -~~e owned m . · cbmmunistS. ln .real life communism , ' . ··' ·' . have been no. legal · ~liiillenges to it,_·nor ; strengthens our 'cqmmitments to peace, . . · ~omm~n, ~en tliey can only be ~sed by ;; . 'has meant. mill~ dictators~ip; mur~er . has it been· enfore~.··<>· · "~ freedom and democracy in our foreign and disposed of by the strongest ·and slavery, nothirig resembling Utopia . . .. . policy, affronts the liberals' "blame . indiviqual or group who comes along · Therefor~. while walking arouh~ · , . · · · - · ' · ,. · · -l -~ ·, ·America fi_rst for worl_d problems" :and deman~s them. Th~ same ~~ument .. ·campus, or sitting in--a .lecture hall, I .l George.Bush: has.teceJitly used'this . "-..:..... !, . . c~n be used to, examtn.e the _mherent . , urge students to-question what they are. issue as a me~s~ o(exposing the true , attitude. American society, founded on unfairness of the eliminati~n of private·.. b·e ing told. _· . Profes~ors are not ... nature of MibhaeJ: Dukaid& ' Whili if .. patriotic ideals, does not require property., ,, This.. amounts .t aking · · benevolen.t gOds whO jUst Steppe;<~ off 1s- not proper· for , ·. anybodY., Dukakis·,. ·to · · ·. property, from its.· rightful owner -· Olyinpus'- to tel_Lyou -the 1. Pres ide.nt Bu·s a;· to~ .q u_e.stion -1 ·the'·.' ' .. · outw~rdly show signs . of / thei:r .· · , th · · 'u l 1 be f · putting it in the ·handS of the s~te or e . . would ask you ·parti~ ar y to · w~ o · .pattiotis~ of :Gov.J)Ukak:ls; {}eo:rge" ~ · -paq:iotism, ~· However, by' trying to strongest. group·_o(iridividual ~ho can .. .·· anyone ~~o believes that commumsm · Bush · is . certa.hil.Y. ~. jl!stifie.d. -'.-tri' ,. . :limit the pafi.:iotic expre~sion of others~ 'claim it. . 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is one of .this· area's :most valuable· assets. Yet, for a - variety •of reasons / -we as a comrrf\..:nity.have had only mixed results ·in bridgil'~g ·the~gap between the campus. '- and the community. ' !· .

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~, · 1 .am pleased to acknowledge --: · . . that today; the .university is much more an integral part of our community than it ·wa& in the' mid-70's, ,whttn my wife __ arip I 'Yere on t~e other.side as s~dents at SUNY-B. Today, various events . draw more iocal·people to the campus an~ . students .venture out . into the cohuri unity in increasing ·numbers,: Also .· worthy .of notice is the ' steadlly growing pool of SUNY-B graduates -who have settled ip the .Binghamton ·area '- . and· indentify themselves .with the universi~y. . .

.., I have been fortunate tli~se:pasf · four years ·to represent the interests of the residents of the 123rd" As.sembly ' I district, which · includes . ,SUNY I. received my :B.A. from· Wbiie the local ·business· I want very · much to run a . Binghamton. · ·-. ·Harpur in 1966, and ~i Masters in community has become quite· adept at ' positive, issue-oriented campaign, and if During.. those · four years , I 'Arts aod .Teacfiirtg in ·19:12. M y · · · s~wing the needs. of .the · large 'student elected '.I want (o join with you in have worked hard to erisure th.at $late experi~nce at ·the university gave me market, some · local political figures .bridging the gap between the. c·ampus . governmen t is re:sponsive . arid an ()pportunity tO make ' lasting ·.'h ave rriore ~-omewhat slower ' in' ' and the community. / - responsible. . By. that I mean tbat we connections with faculty and student~. . . ·r~c~gnizing and responding to the · • · What' about my oppone·ntwould provide the needed services to After graduation I taught at Vestal increased student intere.st_ in .local · what r has she done for 3lOU httely? thqse who truly :Reed them ,.wpile. at the . Nigh· School"'(or~ twenty years, _and . polit-ics.. Nevertheless, this ·too is Certainly, sne .has done . nothing .to . same time exercising· .fiscal sipce then I .have. been an adj~~ct.in . chaJ!ging and I hope to, be a ·catalyst in · assist -you in improvin-g yotir ties to the . responsillility. , EX7amples of this fi~cal · the English department. .As a Broome ,. · · . affectiilg th~ change by bec.oming ypm: . ~ommunity. Rather, she takes evey · respon~ibility, would be: spending a few ' County ·Legislator · I start~d ~ri represe~ta~ive :iq the Broome ·County opportunityto.focus on the -negatives ·o f · extra do~lars on nutrition programs for internship 'program between SUNY :Eegislatur~.: the campus/community relationship. · the eldetly and womeii ' with , infant students · ap.d Broome ·.county . '. , Arecentexa mpleofthis .tactic Ghildren, to prevent future GOStly health :g:qvernment'. ' .. Presently I am the . is her. unsubstantiated accusation 'that ~ problems. · •"'S.p ending •mot1ey on metiter to four students. • ·: · ·I SpeCifically, my _c ~unpalgn · the local'-. election officials 'and other · education impo~tbec_ause .~ause ,. highlights: a series 0£ proposals to ~, goY:e~~ment : ._repre~·erit~ti-ves are · it keeps.our: state . competitive .by having .. . ·.improve· campus/community rdations- · · con~pmng to discourag.e stn:d~n,.ts ~ro~ . ·a skilled~ work f9rce. Examples of · I took an acti~e :role <in and assist ·y u in usiRg the resources (_>f' . votmg.·~' .. Fr~m " my .persp~ttve~ ~h~~ 9 . wrong Sp{fnding ·pnoriii~s, proJ;osed. py: - h~lVin.'g the voting 'bootbsi~m0ved to •' . tlie commm)i_ty to achieve your/ most' ' accus.atlOQ \ lS fals.e : -· In ad~ItiO~· .. : ·~- 'the .g0yetnor-and ~tate. Democ,ais, wouJd~ · .· the . Student Union. after · th.e ·1986: . irfiP.ortant obj~tive- ·gaining meaningful . -~welhng on I~ rather.than on' the 1.ssues~ . be the fact that New York·has one'-ofthe. . el~ction U~f6rtunately~ ·beca~se··. employment after graduation~ hopefully .: ··' IS shortchangmg the st~dents. . "~ highest ~p~nding ·tQta•s· . fbr ' social ·of the Town :.of .VestaJ:. wante-d -to · · ·in the lHnghamton. ~ea. · WE NEED · _ ~ · ·. am . 1n ·constant . prograins-in the country,' ·but but se~ves . .discour~ge student participation, ·the : · .YOU! . ··. · - , · · · · -commumc&tion with the .e~ected local less -people than -larger stat.es like .pooths were moy_ed to.th~· East and "" ·. · ·.. officials to ~nsure that this year's voting Calif.orniii:. · ·.. . · · · · · .We~t Gyrus: J pian to continue to ;try · ;, ' My proposals are d~signed to · on ca.rp.pns is· hassle \ free. Whf? · ~ · .~.. We; in New York·nee<ta: Grace. to"remedy tJJ.is inconvenience to the '. .··. increase·studen.tlcmn.munity interaction . . · Because t have· an important stake iD. ·type:. com·nrission - m~·e · · t,l:le · •·f~dera:t students becausi l~Ileve ttiat~college · and to ''foster better relations:: Specific · · · s~ing: that -t hose study~ts- (as -well as goV.emment., inst~tuted .i n···the - early',.years .are an-excellent .t;iffie,for 'young · )nia.tives f0~· considerat~<m include ':the . ' my constituents outside SUNY:·B) who · 1980's oto.:identif.y wasteful".govetnine'nt . . _.•people ~to bec.orhe'"' i~v?lv~d .• in.~. t9·e ' · . foliowing: ' :z · · , ' ·· . · · ~. . ' · suppon·my my.p<)sitive, issue::9rierited · ·spending . . An~ Assembly _Republl.can · democratic p~ess. - _ -· · .: · "" · ;.· ·· · campaign to b~idge the gap between 'task force last year identified ov~r $100 ' .· ' .· · ' ··· ~. ·.I) · Forming 'ari adviSory committee to :campus and community come out , to ' ' million/ i:g 'pot~nt1~1 welfare s~v~ogs . , . .· :· .... _. .. ; _ ',.;.' . _ ; · : ,. the <:;9unty' Legislator compos:ed of , . v9te for me. As a . recent. alumnus of · ·" alone. How: can:· the gpvemor .propose . , -~hay~ ,sp<;>lCei).out and played - · . SUNY:-B students ~lected by yotir own .SUNY:-B, I -am very -much erithiis.e d . substantial cuts.• like he has . in the ·-' a.cii.tj:e,al,:role.in ~¢biey~qg roandated : ,_ ·SA chartered organizations; · i . ·about the opportunity as · a county · SUNY budge( for this,-year and maybe. · . recyclirig.and increasing the amount . · . ; / ·· •· · < l~gislator of onc.e 3:gaiii workiilg closely . ~ next . ~~ar, without . ~gr~eing .:to .''3- ' . of m~:terJ:~ls ·_; Brooni~- ;~ounty is ,2) Specific ·~~unty iniatives .in we stimulative campus ~nvirontneni. com,plete .r¢view·of ati ·' staie.s pending.. - T comm1;tted to " recycle: .. I am. improve the quality: of . off~campu~ · . ·. ~-.'. I ·urge:; you to ·come out. an~ .·programs '; ... '. . ,. ' .. ·; -. . . ... '-: . . c ommitt~d ' ''te,_:. conservhig: ; our housing, a. com.mon .source of student --~· vote locally as a positive statement' of · . Last: . y~hl-· I -w~s ·pleased·;·dmt" . . ehv-iro~ment.: and _: eQ-couragiri.g our . ·· . · frustration. ,:: · -· · · ·· - · · your.· willingness to ·'be a part bf tfii~ ,. . after threp y~ars 6feampaigning.for~and . "citizens. tb understand liheir~personal' . . 'community. ' Let us work togetper tO· ·.· ' mounting .petitiop dri~es, we finally ..cut } -~ ifespQrisieili~y t o ~prot~ct -natural · . . J) · · ~rea:titig an mi going internshi}:i .. ·~ ' ·put ari end ,1:0 .·U.e exploitative tacti'c~{~f . " ·. ·- · taxes in NeW York to ~make us ·more - resources. "' ,.· · program fQr stu4enfs to work iil Broome . . ·a: lo¢al poliiica} figure trying to create'a · , competii:iv~ .with s~ounding siat~s.. · / . , . ~ ... ; ' Courity d.~)V~mment.. . . "r .. . · rift- between the ·campus and the ~ ()ne year later, we ·are facing a budget ·community for personal political g~it{ ;: shortfall becaqse the leadership refus~s . ·· . 4) . Working with locai business:and ' -tQ ':.;edefine its spending priorities. . I'rp. -.. . . ' Estelle Diamond . ·is t he ' - ' cgoverninent group$ tO- improve the ..Emil J. Biel~cki is tanning for the J!)lh . afr~d thatNew ·Y9rk .will'retwn .to its _ · Broome Coum·y'.Legisl(Jturefo; ~tJze .. · recruitment o(SUNY-B -graduates '\)y. legislative district of 1he Broome . I . old tax and spend policie,s that almost' ·. · .19th.Disiricc. She is runiung ~ a gains/: ' ;. ·local firms. · · County Legislature. Re i~ currently a _. l)rought New York to its.lqlees, · _EJ£il Bi~lecki for re-:election~ . . . .. , certiRed financiql planner at Prl!lkntial- . · 5) ·suppOrts bri~ging wiling places . Bache Securities in Binghamton. , >Dick Miller is ' currently . t htf · to .the individu~..college_communiti~. 1 Assemf?lymanfrom the. 123fd ~ssempl/ J District. · ' ,· \'

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, With the : 1988 Pre-sidential - .• election drawing·near, _the battleline~ have drawii betweep .ViCe Presideiif., _· Georg~·· B-ush a_n d/ Massachusetts "" . ' Governor Michael Dukakis, over- o~ · the issue of thY. U.S~ ·ecqnmny. Bush · cites the six·yeaf economic expansion. · . · pnder the R~agan Administration, the · · _l~ilgeSi pea~_etirne expansion • in history, _and . pledges, t<Vkeep that · expansion ·going< Dukakis hails his .so-called "Mass.achusetts Miiaale" to . describe his' ability to iu_n· the , · · .· _econo~y. in .the styk of an executive. · · But. , in reality, his "Miracle" · is no ~ · more -tnan a Mir.lge. · .· :under t:he -Dukakis era in ·"l.. ~~\t.1~t~~U~tl\tR ~QUE\.~t"· '--. "" . M~ssachusett_s, · the: state . has goqe · · from .bust to almost broke. The Duke . claims . that _heJias balanced the state.'s -·· Last year 'Massachusetts citizens 'paid generated. by"the tuition hikes. This budget in· the last ten years. . The· · · ·. total state .iaxes of $1446 pet capita bardly'shows that the Duke is a friend qu~stton is how h(( performed this part · . which tiipjes · neighboring New--of the students. .Is this a _prelu_de to of ·f,he. ~'Miracle" . . For Fiscal Year Hampshire's: total and is eveJl larger what's to conie ·in }lis plan to bring · 1988, the ·state's · $12 ,Billion ·budget ·. · · than New York's ·total. this an back financi~l aid to 1980. levels? . \Yas finally "balanced" only ait¢r it · _ These startling revelations · are indication that high taxes are on their soared some $417 million over the-_. · , way to millions ·of ·Americans that. strikingly similar to what's·going _on . . mark. ;Thjs so:-:called "balanced" betweep ' the SUNY system and · : have ,prospered under Reagan's. tax · / biJ~g~et was - ~chieved . : through, . .. · cutS? · · Governor Cuomo.·- ·

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aggregate jncome has ris~n more than · the rate -of ·i nflation, ,38.5% · as 1. opposed to J 7:7%;- The middle class . · has been squeezed in the upward/ . direction. In real terms, middle dass . . families have earned on the average . $30,853 in 1987 and tliere has-been. -an_increase of).~% over th~_ past two . year~: "Under the Carter;.Administration,

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precipitdusly. ·. ,In late 1982, ,the Reagan recovery led an ~ 1,1 ~8% · · incre~e in reai (amily income. xSigns ·. - ~ · 'o f a·deterioatfug middle class aie ~ot evident with the mmdle three-fifth of t -~ ' the p{>pulalion\ eceiving .51.8% of the-::. ' p.ati0nalrincome in 1987. This t:igwe , has ,been relatively con~tant sj~~e· th~ . Census Bureau began colleeting· suGh ~ta_ in.J947. .-:. . · · ,.

·.With all th'e facts behind the ·myth · of the "Massachusetts Miracle", it is clearly evident that Dukakis is a bad· cap~i~ that has mismanaged the ship .

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:The Duke of "Taxachuhsetts showed that within a·state, his , ··'c .flr'ftftEl· of eeooomios is. noth:ipg burdetrimental to the welfare ·,o f the ·state-of Mas~achusetts. ·;> ·

:. /.. ...~ - . --~iiiiiiiiiiiiii.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~~~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. . . borrowing to pay off the deficit. The Dukakis claims that he will do Dukakis -_plans to institute a· of_ Massachusetts. Not only fs -sta..te issued bonds t:O fmance scheduled wonders for . national education. His .; . · nationwide healthcare system if he is· state facing bankniptcy. ·other state ma~ntenance and took the money to. ' . educational Policies that have enabled elected. If his state record· on functions like the state ·colleges and 1 plug the deficit. ' This is Jhe . ~ the · students in Mas-sachusetts to healthcare'is any indication of what's_ hospit;lls_. are in dismay. He claims . equival¢nt of digging one hole to fill -. . . ;·enjoy more financiai aid than in any__ . to . come .. from ·his .nationwide ' - ~other~ . . _ . . . · · other state h_ave gotten the state's .program'; there will "be more troubl~-'- _ ·' ~/l · - .For ·Fiscal Year 1989, a pqtentia1 pijblic ·colleges into, serious budg~t . · yet to· corri~. · The Duke .cut $17 · ~ that the Reagan Revolution is ' $300 l)lilliOIJ deficit was "closed" by ., :rir.oblems . .. This -~ fall, students aremillion .out of the state's: mental · "voodQO ·economics" ·and his version . · ·_ ,. __ ,the. Duke iil this J~shipn. F'irst he _, b~iJ)g ' tu'rned away by colleges, ·hospitai fund~dn order to ·"balance" " is "can-:doec.onomics". But.when ymi -·:· 'v:~toed $138 milHon. in. spending.·, ;, . teachers· -are . b,eing replaced · by ~e budget for 1988 and 1989instead -~~~qqdly, he held up $59 m'jllionin · .computers, and studentsface a steep - of cutting ,back some of the 10,000 compare the two~ ;there' is no .contest. . aP,.pr,,ripriations ,uritil the·, state . tUition hike of 8.5% -much higher jobs he . has - added to the state's · A~orig . 'With the longest peacetime· legislature approve ;- some . of ' .his than the national average df 4%. . payroll. lt ~- is also ' alarming that . expa: n sion, . _infli\tion·. and re.ve.nue prowsals·such :a s. the "bottle- . . . . ·Eyen though the '..Duke has . Dukakis doos. no~. know. how many unemployment ru:e. brought dmvn. .19 deposit escheat" that.-w111 allow .the - - , increased' financial ·aid arid..initiated . :people he ·-bas .hired for · these .state · l.... ' ., ... stat~: to seize ~ u_nclaill)ed refund $400 mill.iori in massive' construction , jobs . . Although -the Duke plruis to ~ tiotti-es. _Thitdly-, the Duke. of Taxes .. _1 _ and repair-.projects, there is ~ ·growing . 6% overnaul ·the, hospital system that's 5.6% respectively, investment . s.igned ~a bjH that raised $40 milUon sentiment ·among Massachu·setts ranked 41st in the nation in a five \ is ~P 51%, industrial prOduction is up i~t· new cigarette taxes. . Along with :' s~udents and admjriistrators ·that his . .year plan~ ' it is'doubtful -that he will 30% and _mariufacturiilg productivity · __ th~se :moves·, ,his·- ~etoing 'o ( (undinK ' educational policies are biased towards _carry it ~otiC ·... Meanwhile; the ,state .: · is ·· up 26%. There ·I;J.ave been 17 ha~ alienated spedal int~rest groups,-- ..:_ private institutions. · They ~e, stil~ . .hospiJa_ls .are ' not.accredited' artd ·J 6 r ·million -new jobs .created and: teal ' local cities ·and.- towns. His veto. oL. _ , seething. over an 1986 ·remark: 'that patients have flied during. the past , income per capita im;reased 18%. The $91 .million inloqal·aid to; the cities iLlustrates. this ~ bias:. hWe aren't · . summer. in the -heat wave due to the ' recent declirie in · the foreign trade ( · ·_ and t6wns - ·contradicts his .desire Jo~, , · California. We;re not 'fe:Xas and we're . lack of air.. conditioning. It: should be . ' deficit with an increase in exports , "invest-ing - ·. in- -~ our urba'ri ·: not-W~lligan; We .d<? happen t.o have also noted -that the·-ten thousarid new . shows e_!lcouragjrig si&ns that-the debt · · · · ·· · · ., some of the -finest institutions in the state employee; . the·' Duke hired · neighborhoods"' and-. :•revita.lizi.ng . world. - And I' don't think it would ynjoyed the air-conditioned _state .small.towns and rural America". . . .> .' make sense fo.r us·. to d. uplica_te.. th b d . "d 0 ffIc~s tha .· can be brought ·under cont;rol. The , ., MassachusettS state spending tia.S · 1 · e u ·get provi es-., 1 · Duke -of Taxa·chusetts showed that ' . r1~e.n 53.5% -in the iast four -nscal _ 1 , , [ptibiicly"f1im!ed s~te unlversitiesi' ~ _ ~ r . , •·t .-;• within a .s.tate, his.brand of ~onomics . I ye$ifs under Dul@cjs. Tl,lis is more Another sign of theJ)uke's _bias is in· ·: is -nothing .but' detrimental to the . ()ri · Lab9r· Day,, Diikakis daim~ e d· tll~it t\V:lce the· federal' rate arid '50% . •' his . failure to . maintain .a'dequate . _· welfare ·of the suite of Massachusetts:, · that' during·: the Reagan Revblution;.-' , . ~fgher th~Ul th,e oi.l;iei 49 statei. Urider. ,/. . op~~ation budgets for siaie ·COlleges. ' ,,.·. ' "the' ricH nave got~n richer~· th,·e poor . -.,. hi'~ P!edecessoi, _·Edward Kin;g, State · , Duk3kis · slashed $21.3' ·million· from ~peri(iiiJg- fe~(,IA% 1 w)iile 'federal ~- ./'their ·budg~ts.' 'i:hi~. has forced ·the have g_otten poorer and t1;lose in the ·, spending . ,was ·: 16.6% ·. more. and .· . state colleges to·cut _ba:ck on teaching :· middle- .and that means mos:t of us- . " _spending in;the other states wa.S -3.6%. assistants and to freeze faculty staff. liave gotten squeez.ed." He pledged to more·. .Thi~ decrease in spendinfled The University of Massachusett's .a.t end the Republican· era that has only to a tai reduction · (rom. t7~.6% ·io Amherst -. the largest state college in· . be,Iiefited "th~_. ptivil~ged few.": , J.3ut -14J~% ofpersonal ·irlcolne. ' · · Massachusetts; is forced to diaige; s· ·the August 198J..Cens.us-Bureau: data . ·. · But Tax.~chusetts is. back · At~ the . spedal orie time fee of $230 ·10· raise tells ..a dif(erent story. Although the end ·of ·ffie· Duke'·s sec.ond term;~ the · · ·emergency-e--a.Sh. ,. · · share, of th~ total' pre-tax incoine state'~' personal 'tncom·~ tax _ .liurde~n -~ . Along •with the· tuition· hike; . · 1 going-to the poo~est 20% of faniili{{s '·. was $680 per capita, more than twice . students -will face . ~hbsta~tial . . . was less: than in. 19~7 than in 1980 the national avyrage ·.of.$313. pee,· _ · _dormitory fees. · Dukakis also · (from 5~ 1% to 4.6% ), the amount of 1 capil3.and only second to New york's , supports a measure" that will allow . income earned by this group rose . "" $700 per_capita·under Mario Cuomo:.. colleges to keep excess revenue _ . 4'8-..6% over the same period. Their

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