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by AndreY''- .J. Heh:1ti:- · 1 Most Amerf'can:s believe that illegal drugs _represent the· most serious present threat to our · natio~al well-being. The eviden<(e .. reinforces this concern: : _-C{i,nie.' -Drug.ciime and the fear it - instills in many Americ~ns is at an all time high. The drug-related . homicide' rates continue to rise . . · dramatic~ly in citie·~ an across tl;te . United Stites. ·· --'H ealth. The _ number, of drugrelated emergency hospital -visits . has risen 121 perc-e nt between:l985 _ ,and 198~. ·Over lOO,OOb babies born each-year to mothers who u_se · dr,ugs. (Any · -humane individual would .realize . how ~ cruel and' - mmecessary it is to ·make babies . suffer and die shortly after birth .. NOTE:ThiTRAVENOUSDRUG US'E . IS NOW · .THE ~-SINGLE LARGEST · ~sou:RcE · oF · NEW AIDS_VIRUS INFECTIONS. , ·T4e Econoro'y. U.S. Chamber Of Commerce statistics estim~te that annual -g ross, illegal drug sales are up t0 $110 .billion.- This is _more · thari our ·gros~ agricultural. income, _"' ·and more th~ 'double the profitS of · the .- fortune . . 5-00 -companies . combined! ~ · ... Overseas.. Drug inspired violence -and _corruption- has a .•disastrous · impact ·· _on the ·$ocial, political ,'and · -ecqnomic :- str-ucture~ .:-.of .· many .: . ·_ .. foreign nations.: Narcotics traffic- -ing ·is·a dire~r threat to the stability of democratic instituiions ef the :- .:. nations in -question . . '

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In his :recent presidentiafaddress , .. . to ·the- nation: · Pre:sident Bush · · _outlined his plans _- ___ · _ ~ for fighting the war on drugs. The .I:,•j_ president's Na~~nal Diug Control · . .. ' Strategy is ·a .comprehensive plan · which calls . for expending 7.9 ·billion dollars to fight the war on drug-s next year. -This plan includes recommendations for· .· expanding · initiatives iz:t the areas·of education, prevention, tr.eatment, . criminal justice, an.d research. The President _,is especially ,c onc,erned-with cra~lc use, whiCh is in his words; "responsible for vast patches of our urban · hindsFape deteriorating ·beyond the effective ...Q.Ontrol of civil · ·authorities." . . ·state Senator Thom~W. Libous, . Chairman of th~ Senate Standing . -Committee on Alcoholism and . Dtug Abuse, was a member of the delegation that r~~ived an overview ·,· from the President. Senator Libous · has stated, · "A major component of President Bush's ·criminal justice : ·proposal is the principle · of user : accountability. He calls for .dealfng • .more harshly . with casual users who are responsible for not only 'a large _portion of the. def9and fo~ illicit drugs but who also responsible for . . ~xposing the _ m ajority of frrst-time ·users to drugs.": . . · 1 · • · . -

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" .. it · is vital - the SA and all students ·· communic ate openly and honestly with each other so that we can create an environme nt of freedom fo'r all students." -from an open letter to the SUNY Binghamton community, Pipe Dream; September 15, 1989 _ ·

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What hypocrites! I would like the Student Association and all students on this campus to examine the . difference between their words and actions, and the double standards· that exist at SUNY Binghamton. Here are some· examples: I sincerely hope that James Oppenheim is not responsible for the vandalism in the JSU -office last year. To find out that this senseless display was . the resposibility of ·a Jewish student and activist would be _heartbreak ing. · But .- I wonder what kind of defense James Oppenheim would get if he was a "right 'Ying" activist. Say one particularly infamous "right wing" student was suspected, not - even arrested, for the JSU vandalism. Would the SA take out a full page ad urging students to "keep an open mind" about his guilt? Would Angus Johnson get on _the _- news to say- _ "Now don't forget folks-, innocent until proven guilty"? I highly doubt it.

How about the candlelight vigil dealing with racism a couple of weeks ago? True, it was a good idea. There are ple~ty of people worthy of being honored at such an event- including Josef Hawkins . Sut Huey Newton, the_ Black Panther turned drug dealer with a criminal record? I bet that was just supposed to be a joke. · Pipe Dream even called . Newton a "slain civil rights leader"- forgeting to mention that he was "slain" in a drug deal. Martin Luther King was a s-lain civil rights _ leader, Huey Newton was a criminal. This semester we are blessed with the possiple (wait for the highest capitalist bidder) addition of Ali Mazru~ to our faculty staff. The _salary has been narrowed all the way down to anywhere from two hundred to five hundred thou_sand dollars: A small price -, to pay for "diversity", considering that the rest of the history and political science departments here are falling apart and approximat ely 40 part time professors were let go from our university. Mazrui, who blames the exploitive West for Africa's woes-, still finds himself humble enough to accept a mere half million from the capitalist pigs at SUNY. Talk about exploitation ! By the way, our anti-Wester n pal is now on tour for six months,. - Where? Western Europe of course.

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and u~productive state enter}lrises·, reducing tariffs, allowing,. more . foreign investm.ent and establishing freer--interest r:a_tes. In c:tddition, the United Siates and japan hc:t·v e · · ·· rec~ntly reachea an accord dealing · .. with 'the Mexican debt. "

r. . . apparau;s because it is undermin[ng of people the' contr9l to . itS ability . A radicai -new · revoiution : is "Beirut is being wiped off the face .. - , the Soviet Union. - . - going -_ondn Latin America. · It calls .the earth,'' the Christian Voice of.... Glasnost -(openriess),- the orain-" . for the massive decentralization of . y,. LebaRon radio recently proClaimed. . · . child of Mikhail Gorbachev, has l , economies: · .privatization of !n- · 'The announcei- was referring to the . . given a greatt(r ;~ice io the So~iet · , efficient state ·enterpilses,· · and . -brutal Sy'rian , attacks on Beirut's ' citizenry. It is difficult io imagine cutbacks in -the bloated ~ state Christian enclave. ·. Chjle · that now' to a certain• degree, the ' . '. bureaucracies. The · intellectual .Since March .. some 20,000 people of the Soviet . Union are . ·._ All of ·t hese Latin leaders · · ,. :leader-:. of- this · revolutionary Christian troops; Jed by~ General · 'enjoying '"freedom of speech and of · appeared to be looking on with envy · i . movement is Hernando de Soto, a. the press." As far as the Soviet Michel Aopn, have been battling-. a model. economic Chilean · the · at Peruvian economist. · Through his ·powerful force .of -30,000 . Syrian ~uthorities are conce:r:ned, Gorbachev Since its . University of Chkago bb6k, The . Otller Path, de Soto has · i• · ·iroops aqd ~~ir Mus}im allies ·~nside , has unleas4ed , ~ p9litic-~ an~m~l, etlucate-d. ec6nomi$tS begin . to -shown how the , state st;tangt'es with West,_ the to .... to familiar . attempt long Bloody a In Lebanon. of. · institute free market reforms in the initiative and economic growth by a which he must ·new .cope ·with ; . . crush the 'Christian forces,- Syrian .early 1980's, ChHe has experience combination of . rilonopoli~s; nroI Beirut, shelling beeri public ,opinion. This has resulted . has:· artillery . -six -consecuti~e year$ of :~conorriic l tectionism. c and bUreaucratic overforceful often' and . vocal the • ·past the in people almost-800 killing . . group and:v,ery low inflation for the .f : -r e,gtilation. · Throughout Latin eilu1ic by bfiesentffieh:t Beirut's of' expressi6n's ·Most months. six ' ·region. In addition; Chile has. taken · - America, state interventionists .are .. , minorities aimed . at the . 'Soviet population, Christian and Muslim . in the membership its of advantage . ~ing challenged by free marketeers. . dictato~ship. -Nation.ali,st demonstra... alike, have f}.ed the violence, reduciQ.g __ · _ Pacific B~sin _ community · by Argentina · -·_ " ·the G'ity's population from 1.5 million · tions against-nissiflcation have been: encouraging investment from Japan, I ' ' ;fnhiat_e d': in . ·m any . repuplics _ , - ·In · Argentina,·· the ·Peroni sf just 150,000. Ironically, nearly . t<? ~ Australia, and New Zealand. · .rthroughout the coun~; . arid~- they,. Muslims have found Shi'ite 30,000 · :president, Garlos . SaUl Menem has t -· \ pro~ises : This new revolution' refuge in Israel's- security ·zone In · been .-e~peciall}"~tfoubi.e~ome- in the begqn . by · $elling . off state radical changes ta . most the bring to ~ southern Lebanon. ' Baltic republics ofLatvht, Litp.uania, corporat~ons ; -includiQ.g the teleLatili\ America if th¢y are followed ... :the U.N. Security Council has · . phone company and, the railroads, by ' and Estonia. , This is the first time urged an im~ediate - cease-fire, and faithfully: It rejects the -stagnation ·. , since Stali.n seized t.9-e r~publics in cutting subsidies to oth~r ·state -· ' ~:; 1940-_t hat actiYities -suc.b as these Pop~ John Paul II has gone ·so far as · . enterprises,' ._and by appointing and . suffering .· ~aused ·bY c~rtain . have occrirred . on such' a massive to accuse Dam~cus of "genocide." aspects\ of the .-ibero-:-American businessmen. not bureaucrat$ to key . However; Washington has largely · ' scale. · . . historical legacy and the Marxist trap · ministrie~. ·-The irony of this is_th~t turned its back on · the WesternJuan Per6n,.the,· fourider of Menem'·s ·. "~~ In November, of \.987, Estonia of Cub.a and Nicaragua, . Adelina . odtmted Christian · community. r~public party, broqght many . of these .w~nt far as to declare Dalesio de Viola, an Argentine· free Presidepr Biish~s . main 'policy "sovereign;" an· act intolerable to the market supporter put it best. "The . enterprises _under state control in tlw initiative was to recentlf helicopter MeRem is · acting in. dream of any shantytown dweller is a Soviet regime. - The people of the · T940''s. out of\. ·re?la:iniQg its few . Baltic states are remembering the capitalist and liberal dream. They. all · opposition to ,his party's traditional -'7 · .. . . diplomats ,· . . · Amenca's BeiTUt embassy. Aoun has . days of independence before they want' to be property owners. They doctrine,' in order to spbr economic stated that "America's practical policy ~· were forced to "join" · the Soviet .r all ·w ant their own house, their own gains and increase the prosperity _o f _ supports Sytia's pre~ence iri Lebanon. Union and these ~memories continue car." his peop_le. · In politically volatile When Washington says it is moved to stir up intense · nationalistic - Argentina, delivering n1aterial gains by _our tragedies, it is lying.l't . ...feeling.~. and · a -hatr ed .for · th~ -~ " -',.to Jhe .people is one of the best way . Remeinbrance and War 1 · Without American support, the . ~ centraliZed rule imposed on them by ·: 'for M{mem to galvanize his power. ' -For the first time since the end~ ;Christians have been ,forced to get · Moscow.''· · _ Peru · of World War II, Poles have be able theii weapons from radical Iraq; Iraq · trot con · the of sQine; that Now · . In Peru, the coming presidential SovieJ the · to openly commemorate is· eager to get even with.Syria for its ·-. has been lifted by Gorbachev, the contest will offer voters a choice of invasion of Polarid. · Sixteen days support of.Iran during the · Iran-Iraq cures fot the ailing economy, ft~e after the -Nazi invaded, the Soviei Baltic people, along with the war. Iraqis also looking-fof'possible At the markets or ' Marxism. Union stabbed P~land iri the back by media; have been expr-essing Western · Israel. attack to opening$ moment the free-market ·candidate, claiming the western third of Poiand · of ~ptimism about :the deal great a: , . , Perhaps being to engrossed 'in the ,~ . Mario . Vargas Llosa, a · revered·. · in compli.ance ·with the iQfamous secession. · The fact qf possibirlity ' · the s'itu~~on, hostage the 'and intifada rtovelist, is leading his opponent-in . Hitler-Stalin Pact. The commemby both gr_oups ignored often is that · scant relatively paid has . pre~s · , . the .polls·})y:a 2-1 margin.. oration of 'the- invasion, ·included i~ .-tha~ Latvi.a , ' Lithuania, and Eastern Middle other tnis to -attention - · Unfortunately, Vargas, along :.___ . students shouting "Soviet troops ... , Estonia ate located on · th~ Soviet crisis. . .However, by . having · an with his advisor de -Soto~ also face · · , ._. ~. ,oui." · r Union's · stnitegicatly. . iinpof tant· . Bush the policy, 4!2anon ambiguous · · Right, old: the _from opposition,. Unfortunately for Gorbachev and · border with lhe -·w est. · An_. area so ·a openil)g . be could ·administration which consists .of monopolists who -: his Kremlin Cronies, the -next ten · · ·· seQ.sitive to the-l.I.S.S.R.'s s~curity : paQdorJl's bo;x. _I}y'allowing the Iraqis · are perfectly coriten~5With their . years pitHnises to hring a whol~ ahd ·'global pre.~iige and . •.. concer_ns. . ; a:t and Lebanon ih _influence briild to favored positi_on in t~e , state-· c ,.> array of fiftieth ann'iv~rsaries that · influer;tce is liky'\;y to. remain-·'witQ.;, ; : ' ' to ~-yria allowing ti~e " same the '' ov ·-th& .Left, · controlled economy.·, _ ·-· they . wo!lld probably rather forget. the Soviet's spP,ere· of m{hienc~, . .. decimate the Chri.sti?n1military forces, _, the Shining Path gu_~rilia_s threaten · ·Moscow has ·so far tolerated the war major a for the stage could be.set to turn the Peruvian c_ountryside into · Arise Ukraine . , revival in the Baltic cultural ·_ Israel involving Iraq, Syria and,Isra~~another rural Carp.bodiiiby peruslng ': The Ukrainian Catholic Chriith, · long as there . was .no as republics has her own legitimate.security needs tactics frighten1ngly . similar to ·the .. The Seviet are said to be the _hugest barined reHgion · secession. of · talk in Lebanon and is. hatdly pleased by . . ·· · · .· · Khmer Rouge;c· · . organization in the world with over ~- not likely to con~nue to .tolefate · . strengthening ene~ies powerful two . .The Peruvian · economy, with five million· members.; held a Mass inore . protest like the recent mas~ . thejt.positions oncher northern border. inflation~ reaching : 40 'P.er c.e nt a - i~ the westerri tikiainian City df in the Baltics.- Nor demonstrations :a,ush may also 'Pe paving the wayc~ month clearly needs a radic~l chang!}, . Lvov, which attracted up to 100,000 ·. are .they likely . to tolerate the~ . /. ~ invQiving massact_e Syrian a for and hopefully that change _will ,b e in · ~orshipQei:~ This was ~the _largest · anywhere else in the-Soviet U~1on. thousands· of Lebanon's one million a more laissez-fairedirection. demonstration of the church's · . . As . mentioned .earlier, Western strong ' Christia~ con:tmunity. Thi~ .Brazil . : su;ength and perseverance in the face media ~overage has beeq.eitrem~ly fear is not greufldless, as -the ruthless . _.~ The. situation is __.s imilar in, of · ruthles§, · state -· terror and ;_ - S-yrian diG-tator . Hafez , Assad. -optimistic about tP,y recent ·' Brazil~ where pre.sidel)tial' candi<,late , ·oppression, begun by Stalin and devetopments, viewing th,e protests . . his on· perpetrated a b~baric bloodbath Fernando .. Collot de Mello, ·who _ continued by his s~ccessors._ : as - i definitive brea1cthrough for · · . own Syrian. city of Iiama 'in 1982. . 'advocates cutti~g the pi )(foll of. the . -The official ban GOntinues today deinocracy. Mayl]e· so, -but the Upw_ard$ of 10?000. residents were· bureau~racy · and· -se!.l ing ' sta~e evert though Gorbachev - has· · -~ killed in that rampage. _. · Weste~n ·p r.ess ·. - h~s :· often-· · compani:es,JeadS his ~9cialist rival supported grea~er religious-tolerance: · misinterpreted· the impli_yations of . :-Stev~n M.: ·Kaplan by a 3-1 margin. . ~razil!all senator _ Perhaps_he continues the persecution protestldn Eastern nations. 'I'lre. Roberto Campos cites t}le su<;cess of _.. · of the church because of its close West was optimistic in 1956 dliring . the free market administr'!tion of link with Ukrainian ' national th~ protests , i-r,r iiu1;1g~y; .. The :,.Fr~edom· ·_ Ronald Reagan~and Mru:;~et Thatcher · · 'identity. In spite of ·intensive 'Soviets put' ari end to SU<{h optit:J:liS_tn as a·majcir force behind' the push Jor _tiavid.· Lozner~· ~-russification campaign~, .Ukrainians by in:vading witll massive · military --- liberalism"into L_atin Amerj;c~, Even "force, ; which quickly overwhelmed 1 - . remain a separate and unique nation, + . . the left-learri'ng _Mario_ Covas, . the populaF resistance. Again; In the :_ ·yearning , for independence and ·since· coming · to pow·er, the - ~;, . · · another leading presidei:lti~l eill)didate -· .. · treectom. · · · Prague Spfing·of 1968, Soviet tanks' ·· · General ~-ecretaty J]nion's Soviet 1 "' · 'ha8 said thae,Brazilneed "a c~pitalisf with their Warsaw Pact . allies Mikhail Gotbachev has ' created . shoc;k, a shock of free·"'e nterprise . '.' ~ru~lied the West's hopes :fot change:- . nothjpg ·less -tnan a -new U.S.S.R.. ..._ ., subject - to'.. ri.s}ss 1 -~qt 0n~_y the every i~stanc~ ~e:..Soviet rat:n:iy In society: Sovie~ _ ~Every sector of the '"':- ;_. q / .' ~ . ' ds" ·~ ., ' . ' dealt with . resistance quickly and .l "' ~-._',.. ~r~ ~ ·i.o --~ . political, econ()mic, ·an<l social has ' rewar ' . ·~~~Mi~ic~ -·, i "'' : by,- 'Ephra~·· B_e~nst~in ,,~J. ~· ' been transformed by the new regime -. . - ·l effectively. ·· · · · · · ..:-: . attliew Carr .," .: Me~Ci~~n:.-,:presi~e·ni: - ·Carlos ·."'· ~,.-~, M of change .: ~nd unpredictability: · Salinas de Gortari, like~ _Menem~ lias Gorbachev's _reforms· anQ tlieir· -· _ .~,os({ph Rosenth~( ~ ~ ·~ · ~' begun ·his :ovin ··resfi.ucturifig ,of the : o~icolnes are causing devastating . Continued onPg-: JJ, ecoriomy by 'taking on the corrupt difficulties for the par~y·- and r. its · · labor barons, ~elling off •inefficient

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peasan~. ~ putrid, government-run collectives." Food is scarce in these collectiyes ~dpeople ·are,· usually · separated fran\ their im·me.diate family..- A l~ge majority · ·," ' .· of the victims of the Ethiopian famine have perished as a result' of diseases such as cholera, which they · have GOnttacted Within relocation · - centers.· Many others have died as a result of the massive treks made to . . reach tnese centers. ·It is Me!lgistri's .· hope · that such - resettlement programs ··will- help· 'deteriorat~· -· traditional bases . of power which seerp. to threaten him so . . .'' . The policies of/ the. Mengistu · · regime, so generously aided by the · S_ovie t' Union, are tragically reminiscent of the programs ,carried out in the 1930's by Joseph Stalin. ';:,-_. Stalin's policies of deku1akization and collectivization which murdered -millions .who_ were forced 'to Jt~ u flt/n_ surrender (ood and profit to the · --------~---~----1111!111-~----------~--..: ~uviet machine.•. are painfully played . . '.over apd over again in Ethiopi~. always been a policy of the Soviet · · -In April 1988, Eritrean Union_to'insuie .the sectirity/ oith'e . separtist's g~ined . a sign-ificant state and.· of the .regirrie at the · military victory over Mengistu's ~xpense ·of t.hier .c itizens. It is fbrces and .Soviet military advisors. - apparent that along with weapons, This was · followed by a massive Continued from Pg .1 · the Sovl.ets,.have expoited this. way military :r,novement ·carried mit-bv of thinking to Ethiopia · Mengistu. While his countrymen "We must make it clear we_will In the future, the Department of• A majority of the military were.dying of starvation, he asked all help individuals. who need· it. but Education 'wilt require inslitutions equipm·e nt Moscow has sent to · ·Ethiopians to' tum ove~. one month'~ . drug use in any capacity will not be . to d.evelop and make · available -for .Ethi'opi·a ha·s been ..use-'d by ' . to th e ·govem:r,nent Th pay tolerated. Drug users are-the very · e res u1 t .. review detailed descriptions· of drug Mengistu's regime to step up the was an twofold increase of the size source ofthe overall problem, anll · prevention programs aD:d policies. famine situation currently gripping of the Ethiopian Northern Army. ,/ must be dealt with accordingly' These .plans should clearly address ~J.he North. In Eritrea · and Tigre, Peasants who have alr~a(l_x_ b_~(/ln Libous stated. _ the consequences to ~faculty, ·staff, . -'-.~-Soviet military equipment has beeri relocated to .. goverrunent c:otfeclives-- i "I .believe :strongly that through . and _students of · u.smg dru~s on · used i:p scorched eartl:t strategi_ e s, are forced daily to replay ·Stalinist aggressive interdiction, prosecution, · cam:p~s. These_- _plans ~~~ 1. ~e . boml_)iags, and shellings of civilian ·atrocities. · Followed by atmed and forfeiture policies· we _can req_U.1red as a con.diti.orr.o~_ ~hgibllity . targets. In addi~ion, . famine relief soldiers, Ethiopians are forced lo · ·, ·. compliment our efforts in the-area .for any Federal rud- m~ludmg grants . centers· in N orthem Ethiopia _near , . walk several !Jlfles outside the c~ps ~of education, and tum the tiqe in the _ - a~.d - c?ntr~c~s, not JUSt _ Student . · Sudan have beengecimated by _ · to tend the fields. They are then , war against drugs. New York 'o/ill Fm~mcial Assis!ance; · . . . burnings and shellings carried out by · -- ~ forceg to turp -' over all of their · w'ork closely · w'ith · the Federal_ . .The Presidents strategy also,_ , Mengistu's fforces. · . . produce to the state. ~ governme~t. tq, implemerj.t Jhes~ mentiOns .th~t teachers or staff who . The mass famine in Ethiopia has . -, In the 1930's, during the height . policies, " Libous ·stated. · ' sen. or di~tr_Ibute dru~s should· be> -all top yividlf~howii the world how <. of Stalin's self-created 'famine; Uncle ·· The President's agti:.drug strategy · .. subject to. severe SfiD(;tlons: ~chool . a Marxist : regime c'(\n build upon Joe· ordered the construction of an ·c alls for tortgh but · fair school'. systems should adopt and Implenature's cruelties. Western e'fforts to elaborat~.' systei:n ..of s~bways ·in policjes on use, "poss·e ssion, , ai_J.d ment anti-drug programs. which "'aid. Ethiopian victims have' been' · · ·.distribution of drugs. _ include · Federal notifying pare_ms and police ./ · · · · ·/ policY' will do tnore 'ttian.just fund . . _ , . when. stud~nts are. · feund using 9r? . ·:. __~ ~Th _ · ·-·· distr'ibutiriig::' . illegat drugs::..·- t~mp~ .. . school anti-ditig<prdgnims, B#t ·wilt ' -r ... require ·- a .c.ommitm"ent l~y eduQa-' orary suspension for,rlrst.otfenses, can~::~ tionru"institutions .to firm . anti -diug · and expulsio;n for sec.o nd offenses or - . · · - " · · · for distribution ... · - :, . ., pr~gram~. ,Th~-·Federal government · . · ~ build -upon"nqture's ~nie -~ ~ state boards and agencies respori:.. will insist on tough, . firm ; -fair .· ·s ible for professional -licensing ~ policies·, on studenf drug _.use as a · should - adopt policies· whereby . coil_dhi~n ! (or reoei_pt .of ANY . continu_ously hampered by rebel · Moscow. While Ukraine and the indiyiduals wouid .immediately lose FEBERAL FUNDS:·t attacks on relief trucks . tryirig to Northern Cauca·sus were littered with ·. ' · their licenses if convicted for sale or . The Pr((sident's National. Drug . reach _northern villages. Jason Clay, the · bodies of famine-stricken use of illeg.al drUgs. · . . ... · . · _ . Contro( ,Strategy st'afes . that· "The ·an Amencan anthropologist working victims, workers Mos~ow ~er~ , . I personally challenge the State. · thirteell~. miliibn students:- a:t our . · t; protec~ the cu~tures of Ethiopian adding gold lea( and.marble _fixtures . University' , oJ -N ew · YorJc at / . _tribesj.- has explained that, "Food_ in~titytions ' of : higher learni~g to--ornate -subway cars.· still in Binghl:!mton to. adopt a str,inge'nt ~hould-; }(a that society will riot :-existence . convoys today. ·.·'~Keeping · ,Jhe . . mus( come ·a! night, . ·. ari:ti-drug program such as .. the one tolerate :the use bf·drugs .. .But too . · traqition · because _alive, tJJ,ey in 1984, . i_n . the:·: . know the government . the Ptesid~nt will ~ soon require. J11IDIY. colleges and-universities hav~ .· · ·. will attack. '1 middle . of the Ethiopian famine, the_- . This ~would be a: welcome. change to-remained diffident when it-comes to·;_, . Mengistu regime spent $200< million · The U.S. has SQent over $400 · the University's. curieni-lack of any _drugs. Mosfco_lleges ·pay)ip service ·-, million· in emergency famine aid to on an ~x.travagant celebrapon in seriOHS ~ anti-,drug - poiicy! ; The · to the.. "'ar dn ~oJgs,"' ·pn~ __ only\ ~-· honor of the ' lOth an.n'ivef>saiy of . 1 heip st~ve. offthe ·'effects of the Ethiopian tragedy. .Much. to the . ·;-.) communist revolution Ethiopia. _,! ,_ disgust ·of the U.S., Mengistu lias A rogue's gafl~ry of socialistleaders ·· · · bastafqizeu our gov~rnment's irtciuding Fidel Castro, the~S oviet · - ~~ ~· intentions by .using our aid as a Union's Grigory Romanov, and East German-y's Erich Honeeker landed.in ;d. Addis· Ababa .to ~.fe(lst ~hd celebrate with. one ano.ther. In. tbe meantime,:' at the starv_ing and dying were removed - · :<:, " · ,, rfrom streets and gutters to make way · resettlement centers. . Mengistu's notorio.u s y illagi.,. for a Soviet miliuyy -parade. · ·' . ·. . . .· . -- If the West,eould take time ·from : · . zation and resettlement program~ . han:dtul "'liave · instjtuted 'p.olicies·, _ 'absenc~ ot::- any tough aad visible · ·th~ii' gushing o:ver Gorbachev and . were devised and proposed -by Soviet 1 ·. coi:{ipar ahl.i.. to . Anne ._·. Ar-undel . · anti-drug cani~aign on this campus: · _ the "new" Sovie,t Union, perhaps adwsors. Indeed these programs are ~ · Co-qtity's: w - ,(Anne~-~n~~et;Cotifity;· · ·-~ : ',· " lends tacit approval to the . current -' , · they trademarkscan glance over ~to ~th~op.ia. _ of Soviet. Third World · Maryland has· a very ·strict anti-drug ,·i ~lrug abuse at SUNY Binghamton. · What they wiLl find ·i_s . a ho~ocaust poli~y . . Soviet 'all:craft and trUcks· school pOlicy which should .:be ftSe~d . cairied out by .~ Manist.cUGtaJor with ~ have been ins~um,en!aJ in 'cru,rying::: . as a qrodel 'J0r.·dnm pr~v_ention for' ' ·.,r_ ., ~he·. ~u.pp.qrt ~nd blessi'vgs - of the · out these . resettlement programs. . \ · our . :sc:h oof$ .. and . cominunities . · I,. ,. . Tlie · program.. consists of · forcibly ."new" Soviet goverri~n~. - ·· everywhere~) .. .relocating millions of Ethiopians, l

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I don't think ii's::'fair. of the · . Glenn -close, Cybiil Shepherd, feminists to fight for equaljty, Jane Fonda, Donna Mills. These are solidarity, arid civil rights , for . my favorite actresses. I watch their · I . themselves . without fighttng for movies. their . $bows. I rent · equal righ~ for the unborn. We're , · follow their lives and caree~.all members of the same 'human . I consider myself.liberated, just . ' · .family. · like them. We are :feminists in the true sense of the word: delicately '· In · India, unboni- babies·· · ·b.alancing career ~ and . family. · discovered . to be g~ls are being" ;'Working girls" --working out, promptly aborted because sons are a working. har(i, and · worlO.ng for Why aren't ·the bigger asset. equality, Doing it all. · fem)nist{ matching · for the . equ'al · But I can't figure. out: what they rights of these future feminists? I · were doing marching ori Washington wonder how .women can possibly in ,support of abortion a {ew ·months . abortion is the prerequisite · . ~ believe ago. · I <;lon't understand why they~·~e· other rights when it leads to ·all fot so fiercely opposed to the July 3 · such . horrib~e degradat~on of theit "'- U.S. Supreme Court decision·· that sex.:. , Another popular slogan own . grarits the states gr.eater powers in "My· Body, My Baby, My says. . regulating. abortions. - . ,Do my · Those feminists really :-Bqsiness:" · favorite actresses- r~lly believe that · their privacy. It's their want to seem ··abot:,tion is the great liberator for responsibility.. their their clioice, women? Do they really .think it's nobody eJse's. · But ~ . and business, good for women to be able to make . what does that - do to male - ~. . that choice? I'm convinced this isn't, reaJiy a . fight for abortion.. Wpmen confuse ·abortion rig,hts with women's -. -liberation. Consider some of the signs the abortion advocates carry. Here's ..a common one: "Keep Your Laws Off ·.' My Body." I agree with thai. I want . "' the right to make all my health-care .;:.·decisions--whether or IJ.Ot to get a .·-·. f~ce-lift~' to donate my _organs-. to · unde:rgo-cancer~·treatrnents. But when I'm pregnant, there is · .. no longer only my body· to think :«h. about--there , are ·two. Science .is ~~;. pretty clear thdse days·about how ~ai14 ·· when a new human being enters the Life i's ·. a · continuum of > , world. ~.~ growth from conception to death. ' At three weeks' gestation, the ·~ unborn baby's heart is.beating;.at six . '. weeks, brain. waves are measurable. ' .~;, By eight weeks, the circulatory and . ~: muscle systems are complete , and :. -~ body organs are present If it's a ~ box·. the penis is even visible. That · definitely is not my ·b9dy! . ..· The · same legal tradition that .recognizes my right to .COJ!trol my own body . also recognizes th~. wrongfulness . of ~arming · another . responsibility? Why should men person's.hody, no matter·where L'Jat bother to pay child support or . · person resides or how ~mall al)d participate 'in childrearing if thei powerless he or she may 'be. .Why. · ~annot share in the woman's choice? -can't my favorite actresses see·that? women want .men to shate their If Historically. wo·men were once ' · why do they .fight against : bm;dens, unbqm as just no~persons, aS treated laws that would allow fathers some children are treated today~ . Women, say in the abortioQ decision? ~ · like blacks, : wer~ thought to · be For that m?tter_, if wemen can ·pieces of property, possessing .no handlej t all alone, why should the legal rights arid existing totally as government provide for day cate, . subordinates to men. · Maybe those · suppor~t, maternity leaye, and child :thts about -angry · actresses are other priorities of the the . all mistreatment. Maybe they're taking · If the -gevemment agenda? feminist ·out their revenge and exerting their pi,e a for femifiists' the he~ds truly . . arid inQocent the~, pn · · pov.ier gain neyer ·will .~women ·"privacy," defenseless unborn. Maybe it makes . they society; in place rightfl:ll their · · · ·· them feel strong. How sad~ will be left to fend for themselves. · Another co mil) on sign ·I often . . What women ' really want~ it . see at pro-:~bortion _rights ·rallies is . is to rise up the ladder in.this seems, . I · ·choice.J' by "Mother · of Two male-dominated society. · To . be guess they feel that a life is a life aggresive, self-controlled, dominant, . when l he mothe.J -wants it to he·. .Today women «,an do powerful. Otherwise ·it is merely a biological· everything men can do: They can process that can be "terminated." flY: .·to the mosm. manage . a·. Cybill Shepherd sumn:1ed up this .. corporation, serve in · Cong~~ss . 9 April the of . philosophy on the day Abortion allows a woman's body to . march ori \Vashington in support of be' more like a man's/7 free to be · · ·..abortion rights when she said,. "This . . sexually active . without fear of is.the happiest day of my life, except . pregnan-c y (or unwanted ·children) ... - for the day my children were born." · Why do, these women want to b¢ But doesn't all human life have Instead of more like -men? . a as I, Wouldn't value? an intrinsic h-ighlighting women' s"-illiportance, pregnant woman, have a moral this attitude reinforces men's obligation to the e4isting dependent " ·· dominance! life within me? · 0

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forme,r > . proven · fighter of ·-crime and Rudolph Qiulia~i is corruption. · U.S. Attorney who is 'famous=for . · Now let's talk about /the · sending numerous Mafia bosses, : ·implica!ions of a statewide Wall Street wizards~ and corrupt . · Republican ·· Mayor. In statewide Democni'tie · bosses· ·to prison. '. electieins ~uch as · the 1982 Rudolph Giulian-i opened ·his . _ Gubenatorial race· between Mariei -. campaign as a hrige favorite but has . ·Cuomo and Lew Lehrman and deClined recently ·, though he · still 1988 Presidential election between · has an excellent chance of defeating and Dukakis -in New York Bush . - David Dinkins. 'State . .In both r.aces tile Republican David Dinkins in his ·victory · · wqn heavily on ~ong Island, the : speech seemed /to cilk inore about suburbs ai].d upst-ate_areas, but got Nelson .Mandela; . MaJcolm. X, slaughtered in' the city, losing the South Africa, Ireland and Israel whol~ election. If the Republican than about New York City. David party can chip:into the Democratic . Dinkins is a product of the left hold on the city they can gain mere _wing, and . his campaign is ccl:Rtrol statewide. ·' With a practically tuh by the labor unions; Republican'. Mayor in New York He believes homosexuals should have the right to .marry, he is against Ci-ty he can. help wirr more votes for the death penalty, is in favor of Repqblicans and stop the' city from • · spoiling Republican . victories. 'unre&ticted abortion . and he·Jlas called Senator Edward-Kennedy" the Voting patter:ns show · that areas conscience ofthe·u.s. Senate and the · like Staten Island; Bay Ri.dge, Ted Democratic _~ I:> arty.'" . Brooklyn and parts of Queens are : _ (Chappaquiddick) . Kennedy the · starting to vote Republican. If Conscience of the Senate? I don't those areas . and Gth,e rs vote · _. _Republican-especially in a mayor's think that the·people of New York · . , City want ,a_ prisoner of ·the .left · rac..e then more Republicans can be elected to Congr_e ss, state -wing special interest gr~nips as their · Mayor. legislatures, the . city council, · ',When · Giuliani ~tar,ted his · Governors and Senators. campaign .he was seen as an EUiot . My' dream is to see Senator A1 Ness coming to . get .the baq guys. D'Amato ( !--auder's enid backer), But aft,e r .a··few months in ·the Rudy Giuliani,. Ron Lauder and all politicaC . arena /with constant . .. New York . ·c _ity Republican ·politic}ans hold a press couference . .. bashing:· by his. opponents and the press .the campaign has lost some of At ifthey would announce· an ali it's luster. . Most. of the · negativ~ '-... · out . unified effort to elect a campaign_came from Giuliani's chief Republican mayor ·and throw ·the . Republican opponent,' Ron Lauder. .,. · . Democrats .out of office. ·If the - ... Lauder, -the former Ambassador to '. Republicans unit.e and put out an all Austria and heir to the Estee Lauder out effort and· win the election than cosmeti~s empire spent 13 million maybe they can turn things around · dollars to destroy Giuli~ni. in New York City.

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. ~ Last June, th~ Supreme Court · rul'e'd. in favor of. a man who burned the American flag as a· means of . protest at the _1984 Republican Convention. ~ The event- had long been forgotten by most Americans. · However, it is not the event itself that . is impo~tant; ·nor are the ·circumstances· surrounding ii: And ' the man who started it all, became , · nameles~ after~ (ew short weeks. """· The significance and.controversy · lies in ·the principle behind .the decision, and in the meaning' of the . ~ American flag. ·, Those .who. side with the Supreme Court have argued that the Constitution protects the freedom to protest in a norithre~tening manner. Burning the flag is indeed non-threatening. Therefore; in a free hmd such as the United S~tes~ the Supreme.Court is justified, without -question, to rule in favor of ·ariy individual who sets · . . . . fire to the flag. · On th'e other hand, Congress is · · trying every possible means of . amending th~ .Constitution ·to . guarantee that the :(lag is protected under any circumstance. The flag h~ been worn -and·flown and revered ' to excess in th.e past few months. · Every public figur·e_ with any p'0litical sense has stood behind the · flag and has · been screaming patriotism. No one wants to repeat · the mistakes made· b:y Michael ·' Dukakis. . , -: T~e. point, -though, i:s not · whether the Supreme Court was justified in its decision. Nor .is it whether Congress should spend ¢is :next legislative session Jighting for . a Constitutional amendment. Many · hold. "that we, · as Americans, place · far too much · -· ·emphasis ·on the symbolism in those . stars and ·stripes. Perhaps this is , , true. Perhap~ we should not pledge _· allegiance to a piece of cloth. But isn't it ·much more than "just a ·flag?" Isn't every Jreedom yte have -. ... embodied~ Qle "Stars ~d Stripes?" : The American flag is our . heritage . . If is the .one thing that Americans can pass on to their' children knowing it carries the .s~me r 1

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The American flag cannot be ·substituted by anything else. · Yes~ apple pie· and baseball are·. "American." But the flag is· more It embodies each · than that. individual .who· is fortunate enough to call himself a citizen of the United States~ No ~extbook studied c~n hold the history which is contained within that single piece of . · cloth. Six months ago, the College Republicans presented a petition to · the administration requesting an· .American flag_to be flown on the -SUNY-Binghamton campus.' That '. petition was 'signed by more than .. four hundred students: fom hundred ' shidenis who were shocked t~ · di~cover that there ·was not ·(l flag / flying over our State University. The presence of the American flag is . such a part of' our lives as ·unitedStates' citizens that we often take 'it for granted that other Americans honor it in the same way w.e ·do~ · Perhaps that is why we are~ s(> ' shaken when someone demonstrates such blatant disregard for the flag as· . · · that man did.in 1984. Ther~ is a tragic thought in ·th!s· -., . controversy surrounding the:flag. A I . thought so upsetting that ir should _ niake every person's stomach. churn. If is the thought that somewhere, in . ·this country which gives us the inalienable right to express o~rselv.es freely, there are P,ebple who feei the need to desecrate the.one thii)g that . r~presents that freedom they hav~.. been given--the American flag. .

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_ gov~inment next y~ar. In con'trast, Brazil's upcoming elec.tions . in Novell!ber' have-basically become a contest between the · Marxist · cand(gate, Luiz Ignaio de Sllvfl, Y{ho . is· in favor oftlebt.repudiati6n and socialism, ·and leftist ' poliikhin, · Leonel .Bruola. ·. ':Brazil's,_ biggest party, t he Brazilian - Democratic Movement, Is divided· because it·'has beev hurt by· ' its .support of unpopular President Jose Sap1ey .- .. . ... M~xiGo's p~st is· one '_ of econqmic qisorder. Pr~sident Carlos Salinos -is supporting a program: of ·privatization. . H~ . is st;ruggling against a left-wing party w.i th increased support . and poliCies ·Of es_calatirig , Socialism and d_e bt moratorium. · . Salinas quickly ·approved the appointment of Joh,n . Negropont~ 'as the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico despite opposition due i o .his involvement in s~p~rvising, ·the , Hon4~ran-l:?3$ed Contra· army. t_his approval may be related to the fact that -Mexican officials were-; .in ·w ashington at t~at tirrie neg~tiating · debt relief. · · · Each individual scenario has an , infinite i:mmber ·of intricacres.·that .must be cohsidered. - Latin America and other countqes -of this .region have a long tradition of blaming- the "Yariquis" for their .. economic problems. Time is the factor .that needs to be most considered in · determining . the i eactiol) to successes, or failure~ ; in the Brady plan. . Ma-ny countrie~ resent Am.e rican political intervention; Lastly, sqcial p,roblems can only begin to be solved domestically} In .the future, it is hoped that economic -reforms in the .Americas wm :·be beneficial to both the individual · natioq, the region, the United States, .and the world. · r

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with. those made •- by ~ 'q.ther n_ationalities, highlight the legacy __ Stalinist aggression. Even under ~orbachev, the ·prison of natioNs . _,rem_ain~ , intact. . In fact, M~khail _ Gorbacl;lev has becpme increasingly critical of the nationalities' demands for greater sovereignty and even independence. Gorbachev seems to haye forgotten that if was he who allowed these , dissident voices .to . become a to~ent of public outrage. . If nothing else, Glasnost has allowed -. the anguish and su(f~r_ing of ' fifty years. t{ occupation .'and. reprefsion . out in the·open. . There can be no more lies about . , the ·sociafist fraternity· oi the Soviet · Union. Dec9lonization· is beg-inning, it c~m come.peacefully, like in India,' or in a 'bloodbath, .'like -'in Algeria or ,. Indochina. .The West . must take a stand and· the Soviet.. ·Union must make a choke. ;. ; G .....,_. .

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The practi~e~ an"d a House EthicS .investigation IS time whep t~e -House ' was still'. ,_, . has also beel).. ac-cused of squandering . however did ·-not only -continue but pending. If Frank" does .weather the writhing from a lengthy investigation· . time and tax payer money in a recent Gobie _took the libeity of utjlizing the · coming storm and is able to ·avoid l)y the House Ethic's Committee of official 'visit to China .where· he was first floor of Frank's Capitol Hill · harsh censure· from the·.House and is .Jim -Wright'~ potentially numerous . - frequently busy, shopping instead o( apartment for the pijrposes of further-re-elected by his constituents in 1990, financial . illegaiities apd_ Tony . . attending im'pb~tani · g:qvernmental · > ing his prostitution enterprises. By -· ' it would · not be an unprecedented Cuolho's htg-hly . questionable junk . ·briefings. : The · House · Ethics . mid-1Q8],"'after rec.eiving a second event in Massachussetts. CongreSS'- I bond purchase-s . which - led to_ t~'e · ' . Committee is .c.urrently_investigated complaint from his landlord, ·Sixteen . . man Gary ~tu~ds, of a-neighJ:>oring' r~signation cOf,. Wright from .tne these incidents. ' ' . montlisafter Oobie haq been hired, Massachussetts district, was' re-~lected Speakership and CuciJho as Hciuse -~ The_ 1~dividual who filed an ethics · · . Frank fired him. · after~his se~ual escapades with a ·Majonty Whip. complaipt ag~iirst ~avage was a ? Now that the irlcident has become male page were . exposed ~ in the ' Th;e first of the new difficulties . . 'fellow._ D'emocrat .wh_o ' objected to . ', ' public. Frank maintains -that hd 'had - infamous congressional page sex struck-the Republican Party. Earlier · · no ·knowledge of _Gobie's· iliicit . scandal in 1983. , Only in _,. this· year, .·58 · year old -' Ohio - . savage~s;· misbehavior_on -·"official" "'- :_activities in his apartment. Consider . . ·M'assachussetts! · · "B " L k · · .business. This individ11_ · - _· . Congressmart Donald . u~ ;u _ens ·a1-. none .other · · ing the length o_f time thi_s_ activhy_ . . . ·. There is no qiu~stion"- that ·the · was· accused o f engagmg · m · sex ·. ·,wtt_ · I{ a, than ~cong-ressman Barney Frank: of · . had gone ·on, even Frank's vociferous · ~-- credibility ~of t~'e U.S. Congress-is . -· · old . . 0""u May 26• Luken~ was Massachussetts, interes 16 year .tingty m·ay -~ . . supporters.have di(ficulty beli~ving Q.e ·_ ' now no better than that 'o f .a used car . / ·convicted on a misdemeanor cJ:Iarge of ·, ·:-'. sogri' be ~.perm&n-eJ.1tly crippled;- ~or . had no . know ledg'e . of - what was ' saresrrien. j If tlri~ ·. frerid . is ·_to 'be '. - ' -contribu,iing to the delinquency of a , actions in his own pnvat{j life. . ,. , -, . . OGepiring in pis. apru:tment. reversed, members of th'e House of · minor~ H~ was sentenced to 30 . days · ·. -. :· CoBgtvSsman Frarikbas adm~tted " - . Even -if -OA.e is somehow . to . Representatives must sift out · those in jail an(ffined $500. .· .--·, . . . ;· to hitini_ and ~pa,yirig ~~..~r·;:male believe Frank ·on this count; he has congres~m&n who do riot wish ·to . , . Lukens claims that ·the gitl"h~q." •· pr.o stitute·.. select~d :.frpm.: a :•·:gay eady admitted to·hiring &nd paying comply with the laws that we-have 'ht"m that she was of lega'l a·· g·e- to ;'; magaii_·n,"e, 80 Jor-ser.._v_:.ices:F _,_end_er_.ed. . told . '- . . . -~ . a male prostitute, which i~ - a crjine cpo_ sen to ru·n. our community with. · . - engage.in sex, hnd pa{tlru~ iefu~edto"', . - Frarik :,s-aysd hat the ·sexuaJ relation. even. in 'die state of Massachussetts. If the House fails' to achieve this end. ·· · from · Congress · Regardless o·f ·· ship ·laste , d " a_ m. on _ tH .. or. ~wo:'_ ' -~-~The · · · · restgn . · · · · · Perhap.s as .disturbing as the acts-.he . one must hope that at least the whether this is · the· case or not, · · · prostitute, Steye "- Gobie, _-Kas a , . 1 · coristitu·ents ·.of these c'ongressmen Congressman Lukens i-s failing to · -crim:imil r€€ord; including convictions - ' · has committed; is .the .congressman's for ... sodorriy and will ~ebuke these individuals by _· · no_ssession of cocaine. . assertion that GGbie had-fooled him . accept hi~-' responsibility, a'J1d' . is Y"' _and used hjm and therefore he is the voting them out of off.ice in the 1990 additionally causing much embarrassAfter termlnatingdieir sexual liaison, , election. ment to ·the ~·Repl:!blican ~ Natfonal , .c"' Frank·,·~·~ic(;ihat lie wanted to- ~efoffil . ' "victim." . This is classic example of · Committee ·and... Chai-rman· ' Lee ·Gobie·and hired hlin as a personal aide ~omeone· attempting to port(ay themAtwater . as well as· the Ghio ,state a~d 1\ousekeyp~r,'payin'i him $20,000 selves as -the victims. when it was Republican leadership. whicfl has.. · annually out of Franlc's personal, ·not their own :irresponsib.ility that got called for his · resignat~on. public, fin~cial resources.. them into trouble. · · ·

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' income ~ev.el ofPanamani~~s to that Recently. Noriega installed his -, a~ extended conflfct.due. to the .War On September I. c .( 989. . of Haiti earlier in this decade, where '· high, school-chum, Rodriguez, into -. Powers Act · ( 1973). At the same · Guillermo Endara should pave been ··· another strongman, Ba~y Doc, ruled · · the posit ion of · p're.sident. · An time. "tlie ~.S. wou.ld iook like · an · the ~orld's next l~ade:~; of _a cquntry. for years without being checked. oppos[tiQn le_ader, Ricardo Arias r imperialist natipn tryil}g to place its But instead of being· placed in the t:'tie current probleqt, as .. ·· Calderon, call.ed this "a c_ontinuation ·will on another country . .The third elite ' ranks of 150 odd men and' -mentioned earlier, is the inability of of military dictatorship." }hat same option is to gi~e monetary 'aid to wom~n, he was probably h_iding ·out the J>_an,amaniari people to elect their day, as r~ported in th~ September 2 . opposition forces, but members in some small .commmiity, or even n.at~onal - lead~rship . in free and_ edition of The New York Times, the Demo~ratic <;:ontrolled Congress -in a- jungle.' _HO.w could .something 'democratic elections. T,nmigh -the ~esiden(Bush. said the United States would start sereamin{"Nicaragu~;. like.this come abou.t? The answer is title of President is mostly symbolic. . -_. will p reak . of{ all diplomatic . Nicaragua! · , " and· in al-i prob~bility . due to one m·an. ,. . · due to Noriega'~ influence, the . relationS' with PaA.ama. The U.S. wo'tild refuse to give money ar all. His naine ·Is --General Mainiel Panamanian people . ~ere permitted ~ - would tighten .e ven further the · The last 'choice is most likely, artd Noriega . . The ·man iBdieted on drug_ to . hold pr:esid~rrtia1' elections· this· \ · . , etono~iG ~ahctions in effect Up to most likely tO succeed. · _ · .· trafficking charges during the _Reagari past May. .In .the May_ 7 ~lections.. · that point. the· Treasury Department _ · This option is follow ~e · Administration. · The man the~·country's dti,zens ,went out to . allowed ~ exceptions · to private Philippine example. Tire Filipinos. . responsible for the. brutal attack on business. whiohyga_ve Panama more · both civi_lfan .and military- _wer.~ flat · · . vote fot: either _Endara; or, the · · th·e Panamanian .Democratic · than half the money it was y sed to , out disgusted, and in a relatively opposition leaders. " The h~rror of ¥~~~I:~: R~~::~.ked candidate, . receiving before these s~ctions to~k short _period of tiiJle (less than .a " seeing the blood, s.oaked ViCe · .. __ D.e spite an obvious Noriega . ef(ect last year. , . A"'n d, most week), were able to o.ust Ferdinand · Presidential candi.date,· Guillerm.o · significantly, ,the U.S. decided not to Marcos, after being i~ -power foft · attempt to rig ·the. elections~ an · · · Ford, is_ still vivid· in the minds of accept any Panamanian :nominee to over 20 years. ThY. Panamanian those who witnessed ihe attack.. The independently spon~ored exit poll ·serve as administrator of the·Pan-ama people, for the most' part are ~ti.:. .General is· also -responsib-le for the taken immediately after-the election, · Canal. ·According ,to _the ~ 1977 . Noriega, . as . seen in the May 7 , (as stated in .The New York Times) · deposition of Panamanian President . showed that Endara led the· election· Panama _C_anal Treaty, signed by election. The military is another Arthur l)evalle, who.se term was President- Jimmy Carter ,and former ·. story. After a recent coup attempt. b-y _a ratiG of 3il. · Of course~ suppose.d to en_d on. September 1. _ leade _ r. General O.mar TorriJ·os, . a. Noriega placed even more cronies in Noriega couldn't accept·the defeat of . 1989. his candidate! The entire world was . will not be .: occurring, unle~s high levd positions. Thus, the . .This. al} -came about when· . L watchin'g ~ . So,.-' he milli'fied th~ , . . Noriega is gone . . · , : · · · military is ~hilost exclusively ·prot-Jo:d ega taine to lead. the military. - , . ·:·election, and sent the Defense Forces Though this .1s the toughest Noriega. . (now · kno~n . as the Panamanian. ~. stance. the United States_' has tl,\k,en -~ What is needed is · ·a:n. Defense Forces) in -19-83. , - He : "--itga_inst -the opposition and the - '·,_" -~>' international 'sanction-s effort that . of power, when he - .: :· polling _stations across _tlie nation.- , .' , bagainst Panama, it :\vill probably not -~ ;._ -··&allow · cs··' the s·ame .l·t.nes as th·e Bus'h ·solidi_fied his-bas · · · h 1' . Thi_s was the first foreign ~olicy _ · e amount · t9 _ very muc • · . " ~ rigged ·elections the folfowing year. Essentt"ally, .we are', the only c·ou~-try Administration. Options 'include · · •. ·. ctisis ·, of the. · young ·-~s ·u sh ~ · General Nori~ga,has bec,ome ~Ihore _ , adi:n!rt}stration. However, Bush : ·to have ~my sort . of politic~!, or ·, · the recall of other Ambas_sallo~, and repressive and<H~tatorial as the_'years handled ii_well~ )\cc6rdfrig io JJ.S. _econo~ic -i!lterdictiops·· : aga_inst . an ic.t ease iri Jhe .number of . have gon~ by. f{e has had: the PDf.,.,· · Pan_ama •. e_- ven. _with all "that ·h,-as ~ .· · ec6'n.dmic·sanctions against Panama. ~ "suppress " · · · --- He - · ,"· N_e,ws_and w: . orld Report_. ·_ magazine, · -If· there ' ' ts· · ·enoug h suf£. -- " ' .. h. · ctti_zens . of ·Panama: . ·~ ,. > oc . ouiTe<f since .l 983 . Uii£_ortun.._ateiy, enng :on t e · d . · · · bl the Pr_ es"tdent _ rec_ . a lled Ambassador _ h · · ··· ·f· · ·1· · ., b 1 11 · h ' . a~ ~en· lllVO _ve lll a S,!Za e. . . · even guf: :coun . tr_ y is li . mited in . : i_ tS . part 0 ClVl Ians; as We as· t -e . ·L""' f h . --· - . f · d ..-;· '·. Arthur Uavis, redric~dl4e size o(the . ·1· ·· , .. ,. ·, · h' . --· ld portiOn o 't .e dn~an.qty,,o _ · · _ r .. u . gs··' . . . optiorisr.· Obv1·0·._u·sly_,. we. ·C : . _.mi Itary, enbug . -support wou .. -,- b· e . . -.embassy ' ~Jaff; _ conti-nued <_ ~he . . -f,tp- ·.s·1·t"_·· by . flowing -.iQto t he :- United: States·. . . u ".. idly and watch,; but tl)I_'s . polic'y has · · gathered .t_·?_..~mst N<;)riega,- an _: d -place Also, duri_ng- his . i eig'n 'of disaster, ,· -\;_,. . ---~cohomic-sanctions st:a,rteu· in-Aptir .. ._o f i'9-88 b~ President Reagan, and _1·. been .followed (with many countries) . him. in ~ U.S ..jail whe~e :he ;Should.been involved in. . · ~.. 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student to expett some sleep, -he . ' Should be abfe to get it, in the room -he is paying for . . · ' · · . In-· short, Mt. Silber tried · to · ' -, ,. by Joseph ._~oserithal · . - _ pe~_naps auenoed . ·oy . unsavory I restore BU's academic environment. . -. . Over th~ · past rriont~s. · · el~me~ts f~gm the ctty, ~co~ld cause Naturally this. ~as · b~en resisted by m-ahy colleges a:ild universities have· havoc m__the dorm. . . .. . -- . the teft. Th_e BU , protests are the ., reexamined their . non-academic _. fruits · :· of the same vine which _ The heart of -the matter 1s the reg~hitions: particularly rules~ .· des-t royed · general education _· · different ~erc:eptio~s ~f sttidentr~gh~~ . regarding ·overnight guests and requirements ·· ) n. colleges . and held by hbe~~s and ~on.s_er:'~tive~ . . alcohol. This -reexamination is, .in . T~e l~te Abb1e Hoffman· reared ht·s ' uBi>versities mit'iofiwiae in the 60's. · part, an ·outgrowth of the new . uglyhead a~ the BU-protests b~ause This effectively 'replaced.the study of restrictions instituted at · Roston · the protestors held a very ' hberal our glorious W.~stern heritage, with Unive·i sity, and ·the subsequent ·view of . stud1enf . r~gbts. · The' its emphasis · .on individualism; · · . protests which received national P.rotestors felt ~ha~ :stude?t_s hav~ a fr~edom and democracy with course.s attention. The time has come to ~ght to hold btg, d1sturbmg parties in "oppression _ stu.dies" wh-i ch -. reflect o'n :BtJ's regJJlatio~s. why the· · m· the ·dorm whenever they choo~e: denjgrate Western 'c ulture, all the prdt~sts · occurred, · an~ how this · " · ~hey also Jeel that-~ student-has the .wh.ile - taking advantage of the relates·,to SUNY .;.Binghamton i_n nght ~0 ~Ick out h1~ roommate, or ~iquety, Westem concept of.freedom _ · general. , · turn ,huntnto a vQy.eur. The' rules recently instituted at . . . Those of ~s Who SUPP,? rt' BU ~ :SU were as follows; only students : ~estd~nt _Jo~ ~ilber. ha~ a;differ~nt whtl ·are 21 can possess alcohoJ in Vl~W~. --- While r~cog~IZiilg that _ . the dorm, and only in speeified small drinkmg and rnakmg love. are old : quantith~s. arrangements' for lateuniversity traditions, ! 'believe that a : night guests .must be made 24 hours student . who spen_ds- ·.his <or his . in ·.advance, · and . arrangem.ertts for parents' har9-eamed ~ol!ey to attend . same-sex overnight .gu~sts. must .be ' ,:_ college· has. a right t6 learn in -an made fow. or.five ~cJays :it{ .advan'c e.J. · . environment conducive to .learning. Ovemight~guests· the opposite se~ . If on any given night a. student arenot ~llow~~· .. . . - ::, want.s to .study, tie should not be ' . It is difficl;llt to deny that these· dfsturl5ed->b~7 me 'noise of an .' on=-. rules are_ strkt; particuhrrly for a.. campus -be'er''bash . . Nor should ·a . n9n-r~ligiQ'tl.S.. Qiiiv~rsity. "Hoyv.e.ver, ., -student ,e ver be put in the position of . · we must rememl)er that Boston . eitheri be}ilg' _pres~nt·, while" his . Uviversijy is ~n . the- center 6r,~ city ·rool)lmate hM sex .9r finding- other - .

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of speech ·and tolerance. whether the ' regulations ', are academic or non, .._academic, ·the .. Left shfieks· ·· with . indignation at any attempt to retuni the university to itS ideal. ·· R~garding SUNY-Binghamtqn,, ,.<it i's my opinion ~hat we, in a safe : suburban cgmmiinity do riot need:· . regul~tjons as strict as ~BU's. For-example, in a suite arrangement,· occasionaL overnight guests of the · opposite sex could. be allowed, with ·the roommate sleeping in the suite, with his consent. Itis, however, the. 'right and responsibility of . administrators and Residence. Hall Directors to ensure that a ·.student is ·. comfortable in his room and .ca~ peacefully study. there. this is the . true st:udent right. , ·,

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·· and white'racism-in this coun:try, yet ·_ -.many ttilll a blind eye to the equallY:_· iepugriant phenoine~on . of. bl~ck bigotry,.. - Some even· deny, the existence of a thing; otherS _· . unwittingly condone it under the names of black power~ black prideand black solidarity. · _ · · Last month, during'-appearances . ori several -radio shows promoting • >----' my new book, I was ~ked by some ~ngry blac:tc_-c allers why I had - sympathetica:Ily portrayed whites in· · · my autobiography, given their ·responsibility for aparth~id in South · Africa and racism here. . I responded tha~ .npt -all the whites I had m{(t were racist In fact, -. ' seyera:I had :phtyed pivotal roles in . helping ·me overcome the. traumas of · apartheid, in _my quest for a dect1nt _ education, arid-in my escape from the -ghetto.of·Aleximdnf'to freedom an~ success in America. -, _ . _ I e_xplaineq that black ·policemen and' solfliers, along with· d~spot:ic lead~rs of several of South Africa's trilial homelands, routinely cpmmit atrocities against fellow bJacks. , And_ in America, black drug -.: dealers daily poiso~ the minds of · fellow blacks' with crack and oth.erdeadly drugs. These-- experiences, I . pointed ou( have taught me that there are goOd and bad people among . both races-.,.thus the importance · of · judging people according to the · contents of their characte:rs, rather· than 15y the color of their skin. . r .·

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are supposedly genetically 'inferior to that, in the narrie ·of black solidarity, Our accusers failed-- to~ realize that whites. It interesting that the ' · · I had to regard aU whites as enemies. . \ · _ - only through communication could _ same blacks who oppose interracial · "We're in a state of war against these · the iwo racial, groups begin to relationships and marriages in people/'. one caller said. "You have ' understand each other better and America condemned the now repealed to choose which-side you're on;" respect and benefit from cultural Immortality and Prohibition, ·of _ "Any black man who dqes ·not - differences. . Mixed Marriages Acts in Sopth· ·hate .whites is a traitor," . said Another forin of pn6judice is _ · · ·· . _ Afnca. ·another. . _ _ oas¥ on ~hades of skill ·color within This us-agaip.st-them :attitude is · the black .com_mtinity. The. film ·. Black bigo-try undermines the not co'nfined - t~ "'the angry·. black . · maker Spike Lee depieted this well ·struggle against · white racism. -person in the street or to the likes .of in his contro~ersial movie "School · Failure-to acknowledge that there are Al Sharp ton . and those Vv_ ho : . Oaze." . And in Georgia, · a lightgood and bad people among all races, · perpetrated the ._Tawana Brawley · skinned black employee for · the tha,t friendship and love tra:hscend· . hqax. At colleges, I have found the - Internal R((ytmue -Service ·is suing . color ana creed, negates the crUcial . same attit,ude· . amo_ng _otherwise -her darker-skiimed superyisOf' for point blacks are trying to ma1ce: - Judge us according to the· contents of our .characters · and· you wilt·find many of us the· equal of any man or '~ This us~against-the~n-_ a'ttitiule is·not con.fi~~d to the angry woman. ··· - 'Jt is necessary for more blacks· tO · black pers()n in the str_eet or to ~the likes of':Al 8___harpton and make it clear that black bigotry is as'' those who perpetrated the Tawana Bratrley hoax.'-' reprehensible and corroding to the ' 'soul as white. racism aild will not be ~1erate4 under any gUise. _ . tolor discrimination. . ' ·reasonable ·~black ·students who,--in . . _ Finally, there's the prejudice - the~ militant,. -rage against . white that leads .many. blac'ks; to oppose' ·-racism-, advo~~te ;'fighting ,b;ack in ii.:tterraeial .re_lationships and kind;" . -_ . · ..: , _ '<· - marriages. If a black man ·dates or ,These students regartl whites as ·_,weds ·a white : woman, the act. is racist_by nature. Using the toncept constrUed as hatred and disrespect for .of cqll~tive guilt, they blame every ·. . . 1 the black womari, If a black woman ·~ white· person· for 'the' suffe(ing of Mark -Mathabane is . the goes out with or marries a white Africa:n .Americans during · slav6ry · author of _"Kaffir Boy'' . man, she is regarded as having a_nd Jim Crow and for the p'ernicious · and ."Kaffi:r Boy - in - be.trayed black manhoOd by uniting effects of big9try · on· t~e black · ~ with her ".slavemaster." , community. __ America. · · When .I was in college, ·I and a · The ·irony in all this is that black few etlier black students were labeled opposition to -interracial couples Uncle Tbms for sitting .with whites accomplishes precisely what white in the cafeteria, sharing with them segregationists · have long sought: black culture, working with them on no· "miscegenation" because blacks . /

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·· As a senior? I have spent ·the las~ tbree years watching "diversity" -· and "sensitivity" in action. What--it comes .down to is that "diversity" . and . "sensitivity"· exist· on this c._ . campus ~n a state of paradox. Both contradict and conflict 'with the other. By _tbeir very existe_n.c e as policies or' the administration and the SA, they have contributed to .the pervasive sens~ of hosti_lity which _ lingers' over the ~campus. Diversity by its very nature is . . not sensjtive.· ·If true diversity ~xists than the!e will always be at least one. / persop-who is offended by people taking advantage of their right to be diverse. Conversely, sensitivity is inherently ~:nti-diverse becaase it ·.. forbids the manjfestation of ceft:ain · forms of diversity. · · Let's take a. few of e~amples; For instance, for the · sake · of diversity, the SA brings to campus a clearly-.-obnoxious film about- Jesus - Christ, In the name of sensitivity, however, the SA must choose no~to· show this film because it is clearly offensive to some of the· student body. Yet, in the case-of offending the sensibilities 'or' Christians, sensitivity is suspended a:ad diversity' is encouraged. In al!oJher example, a professor brings a couple of bigots to campus · to ·expose students to their ridjcu'lous ide.a s for the sake of diversity. However, i.n this case, the professor ·is p_illoried in turn by self-righteous faculty, . student groups, and bureaucrats all in the name ef sensitivity. Diversity is discouraged · and sensitivity is enforc(fd. Another clear example is that for the sake of . diversity, a .\ c.onservative ~~mpus newspaper publishes a cartoon depicting the ·banality of a gay and lesbian snidies program. Ho\Vever, 'in this case, for . the sake of sensitivity, certain . members of the SA attempted to gag the newspaper by illegally freezing its funding and not providing swift and fair justice. for the a:c.cused. Ctearly, what is_meant .by diversity and sensiti~ity all' depends on when · · its applied ~rid who hs applied to. .

We ·clearly have a problem; There seems to be a lot of confusion · about the.. missioif of a .university. · Id~lly, .a university is a place.where . the · student, liberated from · the · everyday life, (working, . ,tfavails cooking, etc ...) could contemplate . the ·mefining of life and be exposed to·a diversity of opinions and views widely . varying validity and plau.sibility. At SUNY:-Bingh~mton, and many other campuses around the natiori, the m:lssion of the university ' has·betome distorted, even perverte<f; by t}le efforts , of -various special · , interest groups. · Here at Binghamton, we have seen in the last few years, with increasing ferocity, vicious assaults on freedom. Professors may have l5een fired without a· fair heari1tg. Traditions of student communities qave b.e en trap pled upon · J>y · overzealOJ.IS :admiliistratms and law enforcement officials: But, the most i~sidious ~omponent of this trend· has been.. the "sensitivity" camp~ign. "Senshivity", .has beeri _used with / MacblaveU4ui acumen as a fa~ade for censorship. The .cain pus , humor~ . magazine, among others; - lias suffer•<' ' - / fo.r itS I efforts to bring •diversity_'to ,' , this. U:niversity. :under tbe guise of . sensitivity, certairi groups have been - · · · awarded- special rights ·abov~ and _beyond . those . that th_e whole

. community alre_ady share. Cle~rly much of the sensitivity campaign~ supported by cerWn SA member.s, the aqministration and a . motley collection of faculty members, is ( antithetical to the mission of the , . , University. .· Diversity, on the other hand, · has had. too limited a meaning· as tlfe · Clark by interprete_d · administration. Diversity of the 1 st~dent body helps, and the Clark administraVon -has sought to make this a top priority. Enrollment is up . for minority groups .· and the oppurtunities provided · by E.O.P. . and -other Affirmaitive . Action ' . programs offer one of the best routes out of poverty. However, there is · m·ore to . a vibrant - academ<ic ~ommunity. , Diversity . at a ·. universi,ty must mainly ·cdpte in the . form of intellectmll . .freedom and . academic_ cUriosity. In this .role, :the Clark administration had been sadly _ lacking. As certain departments continue . .to ·move into Or~ellian lock step with the currently chic ideology (of · · the Left), dive'r~ity is smothered' by dogma. . Witness the recerit acquisition of · a new Politic a! Science professor for several hQndred !housand dollars. Whaj possible diversity will be gained.by hiring yet ariothe.r anti-Western professor. If students want to sul)ject themselves .. .to sucfi' masochism, they can already choose from the abundan.t cornucopia of such classes offered by the History, Political Science, Sociology, and various other studies departments. · SUNY :-Binghamton likes -to think of itself as a public· ivy; new enough to create traditions of its own. On.e tradition Binghamton ought to avoid is mimicking the ideologically ossified. faculties so common to America's elite ' upiversities_. If President Clark 'is · serious about diversity, ' then h~ should stop hiring .pr'ofessors who hold redundant and irrelevant views. ' new The world · rs· ~oving into epoch, we are leaving the era of social ·-engineering . and . the· . -.,.__ omnJpoterit state behind. The SA should also reconsider : the role it has played in 'the past. Diversity 'is not served by creating a cultur~l commi-ttee, which . denies . .. membership· on the-basis of national · . origin. Neither is it promoted by , the -sA's perichant for. sponsoring hackneyed '·- revolutionaries · -and pseudo-intellectuals. The SA sbould try . some different" points of' view . . Its healthy to "have an open mind." Some professors like to use their classes as rostrums for , indoctrination into their one true faith. Unfortunately for the student; the only way · to deal with these ~ lilliputian m_inds . and gargantuan ·,' egos is either to vomit back their gospel or fail the class. .Until the university starts to hire professors ~who -.represent ·a . <,liversity · of viewpoints, the students here at SUNY-Binghamton will. continue to · . receive less thail they deserve. It is very important that the a stand university community .. for diversity-, both in terms of the, student . body and the . intellectual · ~ spectrum. -"Sensitivity" has becom~ -. · ·· tainted l!)ecause ef its.capricioQs .a nd · ,, ·J1 ypocri tical manipulation · .~s a · we'apon agaipst those who challenge · the views of the campus authorities. Sijch a policy is alien to the creation . of a vibrant academic community~ · ·· · y

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·Do the Right Thing by Matthe~- · Carr

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Last Thursday night, -lecture -ilall nine was fij_led to capacity with student.s and community members who came to hear Bernadette Devlin ' McAlisky speak on the situation in Northern· Ireland. Mrs. McAlisky, who at. the age of 21, became one of the youngest members -of the British House of Commo"ns as a rysult of elections in 1969, is also a leader in thy Jri~h Civil Rights . . . · . 1 Movement -~ Mrs. McAlisky spoke for two . . and..-half hours on the history of Anglo-Irish. rdations and the conditions which have led up to the current disasterous state of affaiis in" Ulster.-. She recitied . a .Iit:111Y of · British crimes and ,_.mistreatrrrL:nt of . the ·Irish, particularly in lhr area of . British non-compliance with r epeated . pFpini~eS Of Iiish independence made in the nineteenth and twentieth ce·n turies. .The bru.talit.y of the British r(fle, which beg'a n about 800 years ago, . continues to be indefensible because it continues· to~ rob the Irish their means of survival .and their dignity~ . _· At the s_tart of this century , Lhe Irish demanded independence from Great Britain with over 87% of the vote going to the Sinn _Feiri party. Yet, the partition.of Ireland, which occurred in the 1920's, happened anyway, denying the republic of it.s indQstrial heartland1n the north anli · imprisoning a sizeable nationalisl minority in ·state which was ho ~ t.ile tO the .aspi.ratiOQS for Irish independence. Northern Ireland's political s_ystem ..was devcl( 'lied to prevent nationalists from ;:: riningpower through geirymandcn.ng and election rigging. The Iri sh Civil Rights Movement was orp.: mizcd to redress political and ,·, onornic discrimination carried ' )ul by the state. As Mrs. McAlisky ·pointed out · repeatedly, the problems which . continue to 'w rack Ireland are extremeLy complicated and their causes are.manifold and far beyond Mrs. · the scope· of this article. McAlisky . explained that the struggle in No~thern Ireland is not ·

"right-wingers." An example of this is h(fr assertion that an · "enterprising right:winger" would like to market plastic bullets for use against American students. For such ·an intellige~ce person, who .claims to understand that problems are complicated, it is demeaning for" her to ·use such labels and stereotypes and it-shows a lacK: of respect for the intelligence of her 'r . . audience. · Another problem with · the whole issue of. Irish nationalism . and Irish-Americans is the deliberate ambiguity of the terms used by · many Irish national tsts. . For, instants, Irish republicanism . is an · ideology derived from the Jacobin republicanism of the French Revolution. This is very different from American notions of liberal _ republicanism. Mr~. McAlisky's anti-capitalism and her support for certain-revolutionary regimes such ~s in Nicaragua.bcly her ideology and : what II:~sh Republicanism means. Perhaps_~he most ironic aspect of her app~arance was that it was co-spon~oreq by· the Broome . .County Chapter of ·the Ancient Order of Hibernians, an · ~ organization r:bt normally know for supporting revolutionary causes. The · audience of · local IrishAmeriCan enthusiasticaily applauded Mrs . McAiisky'$ pronouncementson South Africa; Palestine, and;· Nicaragua, but fell silent when· she concluded by blasting the Catholic Church. They appeared surprised, even shocked, th at a good Irish nationalist would criticize the · Catholic Church. It seems that have little ~ Irish-Amer i cans understanding of the forces· which are -now operating-- in Northern Ireland beyond some romantic . · notions of the old Irish Republican. Army. Though Mrs. McAlisky spoke of .th~ British manipulation 'of words, hers were as manipulative. · 'Most Irish-American g~t caught qp . in ~e fervor of Irish. nationalism Without realizing Lhe the COStS of ide~lizing the impleme.ntation of a : socialist goveirunent in Ireland. Mrs. McAlisky provided a great . history of the oppression that bas . exist~d in Ireland -for over 800 years, -and pointed .out rightly so, · tha.t racism is a great part of lrelands struggle. This is a point often overlooked because of the fact . that all of the Irish are "the same color". The -lecture by' Mrs. McAli~ky provided a much needed forum on the discussion of Ireland's continuing political oppression and warranted . the comment rpade . Mrs. McAlisky that· if a government , cannot govern democratically, than it is not ' entitled to govern at all.

simply a r~ligious strUggle. The struggle .r~sults from a state that was created "where 30% of -the · · population did not believe the ·state came about. by democratic means." She ·a lso stressed the fact that the "fighting Irish'' is not an accurate . potrayal of her -countrymen. -Mrs. McAlisky illustrated the many years the I:dsh- tried, v.ith their "morally supe;r:ior" argument arid - · peaeeful methods, to: obtain ' democracy. However, some of the . statements made· by Mrs. McAlisky, though noble sounding, . · ·· cloaked another meaning. · " For example, ~he repeatedly compared the situation in Ulster, to the situation in the_West Bank and ~ South Africa. Althoqgh there are .some superfichll similarities, like two groups easily stereotyped as ~ oppressed and opp.t;essor, by qnly mentioning Israel and South Africa, · , . Mrs. ·M cAitsky credibility comes "into question because of her ' ideological selectivity. Ethnic _violenc·e ~curs in many other non- · Western~;·natloris. The . Soviet ·I RISH STUD-E NT UNIOJ~i.· . · . Union· is rife · with ethnic· violence Meets 0 -c tobet 4~ 1989 _. b~t t~e;; only -t~ing Mrs. McAiisky . 't 7~ Q·Q· .. -, ,... ·· mentioned about· the Soviet Ui!ion, - - · , ,.. · a : . p.rp.. ' was the fact ·t hat ·Glasnost existed.- , UU East there. ·-tn addition, slie 'made some . '. rather-stereotypical comm~nts fi~ut

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