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_ While this isJhe last issu~ /of the Bingbam_ton . · Ne~ York -City decide . . Thes·elo~byisis are,paid with Review for this yeat~ .it is also the first jssue that ·w ill - p~t of9Jlr student_activity fee ·w mch fs supposed_t.o ·be_ be yiewed by new freslin).en during orient~tion . . With j "used, for -c ampus orga_n_izatio·n~-~ s·~t the ·:$3 ·,tb..at-_this in· wind, ·w.e wis.h to provide the fre_shmen with · NYPIRG ta~es off -the top of our . tuition · every some ._insight diat -m ay .not have been included in their . s~1pester Ewhich equ,als close to $)0 t~ousand a year) SUNY-:Binghal)lto~brochure. · is not returneg -to the students ~ho . unknowingly O.rie ()f the ·first things they will notic€ is the contribute to it. . · ~ . 1 • .. - _ • . • _ • · . -· abundance 'Of ·studentorgan1zatioris on;campus. ·: In . The fac~Lof the matter is that tbe amount ·of - most . 9ases,<' the}e ·· groups _ do · not :m.fsre~r~se~~ . _men~y N.XP~RG a~t~3Jl~ spends on thestupents ~ho · themselves.~ The group's title and the Information 1n · a~e. forced to support It, IS unkpown. NYPIRG does . the organizational dire.ctoJ;y. is ·correct anq complete . . · not have to provide account for their allocated funds-. However; this is n9t alway$.the ·case. · · -_· · ,._, . , ·~ ... _They: are ex(fmpt ~om t~e, budgeting process in(which ,_ . · ~uring !he--fir;s t -~eek ~~f qlas~e-~,~ _n~-w ~tu~~~ts· · · ev~~~~ _-ot,h er . <;:amp us·- :q~ganiz~ti:on is- 're(Juir~d: to will ·be bop1bat=aed .w~~}l prQpaganda~Jrom a .group p_art~c-~:pate~~#.:They ge~ their _$50tpot1sand _ every .y~ar-~·. ~ Galle~ NYPIRG- the .- N·ew York . Pu~IiG, }nteres~·-.· hoqu¢s:ti.onsasked. ·"·· · ·... · _ ·.· ·_.··>·_, ~-,·· ·. · Res.e arch _9r.oup. _~.\. &epr,esentatiy~s · from NY.PIR-<J .;· . · .:- · 'The real ,que~tion here .is not squabble ·over . · interrupt larg"e lecture. ·c lasses.-tQ -recruit_~ctivist_s, · $3~ I tis the principle of the fact 'that students·can not particularly naive .fre_shmen. ,· They talk· .a bout cleaning: : ._· cn_o.ose ~ whether or ·not to contribute to this ?ur ait a11d· wat~r,. SAT . reform, ·a!ld ot~er "pu~~ic ~- ?rganjzatio,n.: · ~f. NY"PIRQ is truly representing the . ll).tere~t"' c9nce~s~ · " ... · / -~ . _. . . . . . ~ . i.: · · ~ lhte~e~to( ~he _pu~lic· then' it~?uld alldw that Ruolic the · : WhaJ _N YPIRG doesnt advertise IS tliat ev~r_y freedom to fund It, voluntanly. -::0>- ·. issue the,y work on is -political- -_ and eyery ·pQlitic:a i , · .· ..-~~ , -:. . . ·;- · ~- · issu~ ·has two sides; The reality is. that the '~publi<;; ·· .· K ·D · interest'. ' is whatever_the salari~d NYPIRG lobbyists in • • -

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Richard Carr ~ planning the economy are ideas that · it as. you. see fia ' . ,. -, · \ ~ Andrew Hein~. hold ouJ 1:he prom:i se of better.-living , · . ~erica ·~¥s .a lot to answer , · Steve Kaplan . conditions from South Afric.a's· black for, ,·espec-ially:- in the third: world. . Let-a Nelson Mafidela ~orne foward .'· Alexader·Arevalo ·. majority. ·Matidela.:may be:~ong or Adam Bromberg . . . right; it's .too so,on':to tell~ but at and make you see that. . And -if you · .... TP,e BR thariks y0u for-. . JohD.Maggio -~ IeastJ).e 'istryiN.g. 1 PerhapS,ifhehad ' h d.,. h. · ' 'll. · ... ··. ·- ~ your complaint and eloquent_ Paul Schilie:r: no other ideolqgy to turn to, it .was . refuser to ee 1m, you _get an defense of Nelson ' Mandela and .. -. : . ·scott.Kocher - .· - · " Arafat. · . . ·"other victi:ms" of · B.R "name · due· to A~erica's ·supp.o rt ef tJie , .. ; Rod:Bbgayer ,_ _ If you ·_.and:· your little ·. · ' calling." Yq1,1r co_m ments and ·./../. · -· "' B . nru:t · ·L. white · regime and · racial . IS~ . observations ' ar.e appreciated. ' 'newspaper really do believe in ' discrimination within its own 1 deinocnicy.,'l'cha11ertge you to prove U n fortunate 1y h y·p o c ri s y · . borders~ ·· actions which · would . it. by · showing 's ome. 4einocratic glimm~rs from your words.-_ Your "" certqiniy' ··make; J\m~dcarl style tolerance to-mssenters. You seem te lett¢r · preaqhes "freedom~· and . Graduate Advisor ~· democracy seem most unattractive to hav~ · names ,for . eve~yb_ody __ bpt . "democr.atic tqierance" while . · Honorary A~v~or him. How cobld he feel otherwise, 'yo~rself, don't .you? , Like .the -folks . simultaneously reqqestin.g an , · when all · the democracy:-spouting · you · call . "Pipe ,..,. Dreamer's" -and . "apology '' from the , RR ; for · . . conser\raii.ves· and business investors "LOOJ!Y Liberals." Gee, you sure expressing o-ur -First Amen~rrie}:lt , , ; f~om Ainerica .were _h~ppily r.idi~g "· know an awful lot abouthow,to win: . t:!ghts of free speech a~out s~sh . .the bandwagon of white supremacy and doing everything ·possible lo _ Bi,nghamton Revi~w , is a.non-profit student friends,and influence JX10ple! Ot~ is . "distinguished" · figure~ - ... as . " ,' . . journal of;news, commentary, and ' analysi~ .sample o' f -what, you meant Mandela. . ., . _ , ... this . publishe~ monthly. Sttident:S at Binghamton maintain the unjQ.st status qU:o? .· ~ . .,The B~ d~e~ n9t- ~e!i~"t~ ,_ . reeeive the Review free of charge. . · In · case you haven't heard~· ' " . when :you ·said that the tr~tb was · Jwmy?" . . · .. , . . · the expression ·.o·f , fre~ - s.p~ech ~ · communism ' is crumbling· in . ·Letters to the editor .are encouraged and Every time .YOU. see . the . . wa~rants ~n: apology. :. ; , ::. :· - should be senr· to :-Binghamton' Review; Europe. If dem9<=racy is. truly as · ~th from vadifferent~gle, or from · . As you accuse the BR .of . '-'-;' s·uNY-Binghamton, P.b. Box 2000, ; great as you· belive _. (sic.) . :, this >.another perspective,_it.l@\cs· aJit~e. . ·: 'such-, . :~netaliti.~s · as~:. "na~~;,:),~-:-,,: '. ', · · :·Bmghainioxi,''RY: 1;3901 or brought to ·the · :. :· -<S-ho~ld be ncisurprlse: ADd, it':rriay · ' BinghamtOn ~eview office at-UU 164. ' --talce a while before the ·glamour of diff~rent. Ana, since . everyl)ody "'~ cal}ing'; an9- _, .;s9 : iil~~i~g-~ ip , goo~,-;:~; · · .. looks from ·a·differentangle are YOU tast.e," it is up.forti.mat~ ·that yoa ~- c" -~ · J\1.1 sub~ssio~ t? ,the_. R~yie~. ~ero~e ~e :! · , ·~e,omrriunj&rp.; sr'prpmises·..wears off, . . ·suppcised say~onl~ yours is be,tter? are .not able to.e~p:r~~sthese ~ews_ pro~rty of.tlte ~eVIeW. ·~.TheReviewtes~~.. , esp'e cially ·bi-' tlie' third :wo:r1d. So, _·_ . and·· . y01.rr · h f 1· bl . ,the n~h~ tp ed1t ~d P~: any ~ubm~ss~0 J1S ;, Jwhy~do you. feel 1the ~eed td .panic' · : . \,_· If ·_y ou . . . w 1~ e>Ut e~ mg ·. ~ igated , ,to _,: . 1 A:ll oprmo~ express~d ~e _ i :hose qfthe, . autlwr .. ; · · · . ' · Mr·· an 'dela · ·s·· ·d· e olog . ·cal ' Bingha· m ton, Review~ ate really ·in request a . retra,ctwn of ·our · ··· . ,. ·- ,. . · . · ,. ,, · over , -. . 1 1 ~d do not n~cessarily reflect ·the opiirions of ·I d , .di· ·- :1 th · b / :' favor_:o( freedom; then you can opiniO).lS. You a~cuse . the BR o( , the Review. · . _, . · · :. . ,~xpen~ents an n cu1e. ~man. y , by print>i.n g my 'letter, .~ IN TOTO~ int~lerance, ·when this i~ precisely . 1mplymg ~ homosexual attractiOn . ~· : (sicJ and '~polo~se . (sic.) to Mr· · what y9 ll! requ~st ex;¢rnplifies. _,. ,, . b~etween him. and Yas_ser,_Arafat? . Mandela ·:and any other :victim:s of · · ~ .· · . Why do you · refer to him· so ~a1iing. 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opposing big busin_ess and ·nuclear · with the prospect of being :view~d as : energy'is p.ot the way .to go about it. beneficiaries of aifi.rm_ativ.e· action .. · the Spnng semester, we cast our · ! : There i_s also the r~sentment among ··. the environmental agenda promoted eyes towards n..ext Fall when the. first . by groups suck as_NYPIRG are an ·some blacks that ·is. caused by ·th~ freshman .class of.the new .decade example of the latest attempt by tile · assumption that they. need help in enters SUNY Binghamton. What' order to achieve academic ·success~ rrew left to create a movement that . tpey, and freshman across th~-- · This feeling of resentment ·-is will set - the masses against the country face in the_nextfour years is certainly undersJ:andable, and is one establishment. a · university under siege~ an of the many negative side effects -of The Gay Peoples Union is educational system firmiy entrertchM .· •: "'; , :affirm~tive .action._. , ··.,~ . ., . . another · group that' should be in liberal orthod.aKy. ·· . ·'" The next topics·that peed to cha1letiged in the.next semester. Let . ., What is needed is an agenda :be challemged in .the · semesters -gs not make any mist$e as to what . · to follow that . will result in ·ahead, have il~ss to·do with the the.gay movement is, it is simply a recapturing · our universities, and administration thrui with the students group advocating a sexual preference. · restoring · traditional educational themselves, these are; the Student They are not a sub-culture or values to the ·schools responsible for Association, and stu.d~nt "minority" as they ·are listed in educating Americas future. · . . . orgamzations. / · .university documents. · Groups.. When looking .at the. S.ta,te · The Student Association is such as the GPU, ·and Act-'Up .are Un1v.e~sitf of ~ New· York' -at yefanotherp~esence on this c.arp.pus ·. part of the Gay activist movement . Bingha~to,n · the > single . tP·Ost ,. who's agerid;,~ _is shaped by the . . that wish .to ;pu~h ,th~ir li~~style on . important pro.b.leuiis the quality of ·political views · ot. it's central . the :rest of ~ociety~ · Ideas sac:4 .as . the education . .. .very :_ simply members~ in total ,.disregard of the . . Gay .and Lesbian·studies, amd .heruth university needs to fonm1iate a core .. . stud~nt bo4y. · Much of the.pr;oblem care -for gay "couples~· ·is nonsense: .curriculum based on '\Vestemstudies. stel,tls from the student activity fee . . Hon10sexuality is nothing more than The . mere mention" of this idea -is one 'persoas desire · £or sexual Th~ . fee amou-nts to over 'fifty. enough to send the academic left of r-----......;.-:---::------:-----------__;;,--'---,_.,.,~-.--...-----, Binghal]1ton inro fits of hysteria. For too long .the courses and ·depaitments of. Binghamton have been infected by literary de. - . . . constructionalisll)., Marxism,- and ~Y ethnic studies. What is needed is a · single core to put forth the wisdom of our civilization. · The authors of . · the classic texts of our.civilization .. ~\ . . such· as Plato, Dante., Aristotle are '11eeded in order to ·.. restore . a . relations with a·member of the same dollars,. and each student is required, foundation to . our educatiomi.l · sex. They sho~ld be afforded no to ·pay as part of th~ yearly tuition. system. These men · are .not to be special privil~ges, andgay "couples" The ·student Association collects looked upon as . white, male should not be viewed as deserving of this money and proceeds to allocate _ Europeans. These individuals rise . the same benefits as heterosexual . the funds as they see fit to the . above race, sex, and· history, to pur· -couples. schools many c]:lartered groups. The_ forth 'ideas. that express the links of -Lastly, ther~ ar~ groups on activity _fee is ll?thing more than a our common humanity. tax · levied up~m students,. forcing . , . · The.r e -is no place in the ·them to fund groups wh~ch they are university for the impositi.~n of '. ppposed to or have no interest in. A .political views. ClasSiC ' w ·estern ··simple and just solution would be to writings should not be -pushed aside privatize such gro_ups. Let each ' for inferior texts simply because the group privately finance themse,lves J ,,authors are; female, or ·minorities. and abolish the activity fee. - This · Ideas .such as Women's Studies (\I'e WO!!ld also limit the role the Student not consCious raising, but rather .·Association plays in the ' life .o f radical feminists who believe in Binghamton students. No longer removing themselves .from th~ test · would students be,'forced . to fund of humanity. · protests that reflect ,the -political · ·· It should not be thought ideals of the outspoken left in the that a traditional curriculum will · student government, nor . would exclude the teachi_ngs of all but events be_canceled due to pressure \ .~ European descended m_ales. ·Western from special interest groups. ' arts and sciences have traditionally · · The'last iss1,1e on the. agenda ... . drawn froin non Western· societies, · for 1990 is tbe targeting of specific · taken in .these. lessons ~ and have · stedent organizations. 1Groups like· · . further added·to peoples ~around · the . . NYPIRG, the Gay_ Peoples Union, · world. The study of a variety of -· Latin ~ Ameri~an. ~olidarity · ethnic cultures and a . variety of Committee, . and the Palistinian · nations is of vast importance, but Solidarity Commit~ee, must · be multi-cultural education should not exp·osed for the .agendStS they take the place of those· disciplines. promote. . _ ' . who's truths transcend . cul-tural . . . NYPIRG is perhaps the . .differences such as math,: science, most notorious in :taking enormous . and history~ . · · J!_mount~ of student money in order · Affirmative action is· · to fuiid a nidical' P9liticru agenda. -another aspect of the _university that NYPIRG's ·budget amounts to close. is in need of change in the coming . to _fifty thousand dollars . a year. decade. · Binghamton like other This money is taken fro~. the ·universities acros.s the nation take student activity · fee. . The exact part, in_this practice much- to the · .amo,u nt of ·NYPIRG~s budget is detrim~nt of those· who th¢ 'System · " . · : lJnknown due to their exe~ptio!i was setup to help. f~om having to . produce one. Statistically, oil the E.epeatedrequests~fromNYPIRG for .t average, black.. stugents perform. a. copy .of their budget is -met with lower ·than white- students .. There is. . ·.. ferocious denial of possessing orie,. . nothing ' racist ·- about 'this, it ·is as well .as hysteria over even being simply an unfortunate truth. The ·._ . asked. The fact' of the matter is that. . system of affiimative action · do~s . a majority ofNYPIRG's budg~t goes absolutely··nothfng to reverse this · · directly to ·NYPIRG's c:rentral. office· · -fact, a.n d instead creates an which is a lobbying ·group that is ··· atmosphere of resentment and doubt. part of the latest'radical movemen4 . . Black .students -who are admitted to Environ~entaliSm; Nat;Wally ~e ·an · the_university due to their academic · want ·a cieaner environment, · (it is achievemeQts, are uncomfortable very conservative to ~onserve), y~t .

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this campus that openly support .t errorism and · oppressIve dictatorships aroJ,lnd the globe. . The Latin. Arri~rican . Solidarity c·ommittee·-- who .support the F.M.L.N. , terrorists in El Salvadoi, as well as Fidel Castro's totalitarian regime s.hould be . challenged by , students. , This challenge should extend to the Palestin:an Solidarity · Committee, a campus motlth piece -.. for · the P.Lo. Students should press these groups. and the faculty that suppQrt them, for explanattons . as to their blatant support ·of terrorism and Marxist totalitarianism. . It is essential that all groups be allowed -to exist on . campus, indeed this is what makes otrr democfatlc society -unique In the.· 'world. · Yet this does· not meari that · th·e se groups , s.hould go unchallenged, nor should students be' · f.orced to fund such ·organizations: ~ It is hopeful that in the ·· next d~cade we may look to the _ success "'o f the nineties. We as cons,ervatiyes, must ' take the responsibility of reversing the trends .that spawned with the new left in the . late .. 1960's and resulted in ·the deterioration ~f the traditional · educational system. The success that' were. made in both otir foreign · and domestic policies· fell short in · ' our own universities. We must work to defend Western ideals and her institutions. Those who cherish . higher education must help to rid the university of-the pervas.ive threat the . left poses to academic freedom, arid .restore the traditional values and wisdom of our civilization..

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after the rally he ·e ncountered a Russian ·officer who inquired- about . . . · western or . er; which they share with· · · · · --. · · · .· . - . his stat~s . in · the new nation and ·'· - - Germany. 'fhe name represents a .;. East Germany. The Odet~Neisse Line, That · was . the unequivocal · ·professor ·· Geniusas told ·tiim that ·< proud nation that still s·tands. divided _.. .· · established after World War II, gave messag~ of the lecture given by Lithuania's independence mean.t 'in- the heart E~ope. .. It's' division Poland about one· third of its current Professor Aigis Oeniusas-of Vilnius · freedom for all . the inhabitants of the product of the Cold War between · · terri~ry: This.tertitoryused to belong _ -University. Given during the first ~ithuania, nat just the Lithuanians. · - to Germany. The Poles beli,eve that heat -wave of the year, the weather · the· Western ·powers (i.e .. the U.S., Professor Geniusas reiterated this Britain; France, etc.) and the: Soviet there is ~ a chance a .united GeFihany served as an a propos overture for may- want that land back. The Jews Pro_fessor Geniusas's presentation in . ' theme ~. of . tolerance·~ maQ y tirries Union. The two components of the thiotighout his lecture.· divided German-y consisting of 'the. ~e watching developmeRtS closely for - which -he:discussed the ever widening. Professor Geniusas descrii>ed the · western Federal RepubHc (BRD: they paid -the.pric;e at ·the hands of the and intensifying - economic and Soviet Union as .L~nin had deseribed ·_ Brindesrepublik Deutschland) and the __ Germans of 6 million people-during , political .d·ises whhin the Soviet 'old Ts~uist · Russia~ a · "Prison of · eastern. Geiman Democratic Republic the Holocaust. To quote Israeli Prime Union. · Sponsored by the Graduate nations." ~ithuania has suffered (DDR: Deu tsche: · Oemokratische . Minister Yizhak Sh'Vllir; "We carinot ·· Slavic -society, about 4() iiJ..tiepid g!eatly under Soviet · rule~ · . Republik). However; tQ.is situation know where German· enthusiasm. may , ·students arid faculty members were Executions, deportations,' and mass appears closer than ever since the . ?' lead." -~ ~rewarded with a fascinating first hand arrests resulted in"the death· of one Sbamir and the Jews should not report a~out the challenges, facing / Cold War began~ to changing, with . talk of Geim~ reunification. . > . get too caught up_in their worrying . Lithuania .in its·drive~for independenc¢ .' third of the republic's. population . ' following World War II. In tbe' _40 ·, T_h is move towards change was = ·because the· n({w Germany wi11 not be · and, how ihis.crisis is representative of years that since a.tmexation, the · .-rf!ade :wssible by·the'pe.oplepower of a t~reat to them. Germany. will be . the· larger strUggle within the Sovie{ republic . has, be((n . ibe tfli"get of under the microscopic-surveillance of ' -Jlnion. -- ·-· ·~ .- ·. ·_ ·· · the Eas.t Germans .and their. recent · NATO. ~the u.S.; the Soviet·Union, , .-.; .:J;>rofesso:( Genius~s. who-_is an • rejection . .of the C.omrriunists. On intensiv~ (ussifica~on ' and extensive ;and"the tciit ·of ilie -world. ·Germany) s ~: English .profess~r and,Shakesp.earean ' ;March )8,,) 9~0, the ':$a~t' Germans, . colonization -'pr,ogranis ~ only :.. -'Y~? - 'h~rve,' b~:en -fighti?-g f 0f the ' ··desiinoo·to be;an economic power-not " scholai,:characti.rizect tlie strUggle over ·-successfully resisted by the partisan .. remo~'H of, the~ C?m~unistJea~ers, ,/ an -i.mperiali~iC .~iHtiu'yJ)o:wer. ~ust ""' ~itbuanian.. _iii~epeilden.ee a~ .. the . a .. -·movement which ,was only put down held the ftrst free elect::J.ons there smce ; · - _recently the - Berlin _Phi\lhirmonic. ·. · battleground &tween despott..sm ·and in 1954. · · 1932. The party that ended up with ·_ Orchestra (the s&me group that used to' , -democracy." -PrQ-Lithua,nia,n ' Because of this recent histoiy and the· highest percentage of votes was play io Adolf ~itler) was 0 n teu,r in indep-endence farces · are found _ ·the ,_ fact that ·the cons-titutional tl1e.conservativeChristia~D.emocratic ,Israel,~dplayed.to 'delighted, standing thi"oughout the Sovief Union pro:Visions m~e it nearly impossibl~ "'· pmon (CDU). This freefy ele¢ted -· room only ·crowds. 'I;his proves ·tfiat . irrclud~.ng . Lithu~ia's · sister ~alti.c for Lithuania to ·obtaj.n independence, · _· ·parliament elected Lothar de Maiziere· some Jewish people"\·h~ve learnetl -' . repul_>hcs·_of L~tV1a and Est.~ma, the ·:J;>rofessor Genius_a s -· asserted . ihar -6f the CDU as . the Pfirrie .-Minister. . forgiveness an".:lieady --to acq~pt the,~. , ~lav1c r~~ubhcs_ ?f Ukrame_ and .repealing the independence degree The East Ger man CDU 'ma.lntains· in German people again. The french , , Byelo~ssta, the·_Southern rep~blics of ·would be·· tantamount _ to signin-g ""-its, p~aiform .that a 'united- -Germany _ (;l~mbters can view Oermal)y as 'lin ~lly ' ~_A p~orgl~, Annenu,.~ and_ Azerb~jan.• all · -Lithuania's death warrant. < He said .. : WQUJd w·o uld have to be.a member of since it appears .that they will remairl . ' . ?f Whom .have·- seen their O\Vn that Lithuanians would .e ndure the · .NATO until a new·comlrionEufopean - a·_ mem·b er of: NATO. The Peles can , _!J?.dependeilce moveptent,viole~tly-put . , sh0rtages and the blovkade· and, if need · ; alli}lll,Ce cati be 'formed . .The CDU is. breathe easier ~fuce ciianc~ll~r~ Kohl . dbwn by -Moscow' and: democratic ·oe, 1 'b ecome martyrs for · a free has .Riven in to the~boi:der question 't o ~ussians. Support for ~ndepeQdence the same · party that . West /German . · Lithuania.- In spite of offers of . _ ·<::hanceijor. Helmut Kohl leads~ and is speed up the reunification process and _. 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do¢sn't want to be left out because it Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact. 'If East borcJers Germany, and ironically, the .· Germany fumed to dem~cracy, - miite<}--- . British and ·French agree with the · wi~h West Germany,_and ~ecame a f'oles __which is 1939 all over again. member of NATO it would.j'b e a great Gern;t~y is a nation ·that haQ_its loss ·for the So,viets and a victory for problems ' ·w ith . its original . the West as .the post-Cold War period . ~stablishment as a state and now once begins. . ~g~n .it strives . to ·be whole. The · Although there are many group_s ·world--awaits the ~nveiling of a new striving · for German reunification ~ · ·G ermany, some· with . anticipation, there ar(( also those groups . which':ar~ . some with ,dread, . and some with hesitant for one reason: Fear. This · curiosity. ·once reuriif~cation Is final, group includes the French; ~e Poles; the pre.ud Germany __will ·teturn in a· and of course. the Jews. It must be , new form and ·tlie Gemian people may stated · lier~ tha,t not _e very person in ' struggle for a while · with·· their these groups oppose reunification. national identity) but they will' realize The French. hav:e had the.Geririans roll what should always -~..~that they,are th{,o u_gn . their . country twice . this all Ger,mans who belong in one · centUry and are wary-of a unchecked · Germany. :' Germany wi th amilitarY. · I

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'-, the: Lithuanian-s;: Gorbacbev lieminds - '; i>ntrarts ~gent, .- re;f.u-sing -'to··, cWC'ept • -Ltthuaruanmde~ndence .by:ae~ocrats -~· anyth-ing less than cancellation df the · and n ationalist throughout the -Soviet _ · : ;. declaration. · , · - · ·_ · . . , ,_ _· Union . ~s due in lar.g e part }~ the Professor ··a eniusas implored' the · worsenmg ec~onom1c~ cond1t~o~s. · West not to betray the .principles - Professor Gemusas srud that hvtng · · ep1bodied by the Statu~· of Liberty. conditions were beeoming-u~beaFable -He was extremely diplomatic in his 1 · and that .they- continue to decline" criticism of the Bush admmistd1tion's ~ r.apidly. · Coal miners, oil workers, apparent; d~cision to put Gorbacfiev's . and in.dustrial .~orkers are beginning - ~ ' desires aQ<>ve those of tlie Lithuania. ' to support the democratic force& with Pmfe.s sor Geniusas ass·e rted · that _the :R,ussian Republic and these forces · Gorbachev~s public support has been have been gaining momentum as · so eroded that few people ·within the .. Sh()Wn by their .recent m unidpat . Sov:iet Union have any faith left in election victorie's in Moscow, ., him and thai the United States ·is Leningrad,Kiev,and Lviv. stalQ.rig too ·much on the man 'and not · the process. After all, why should !he . Mikhail Gorbachev 's · tec~nt U.S. support Gorbach~v . if he- is ·assumption of.:the presidency,· in an reveriing back to the tried and tru~ uncontested electimi in which he won methoos of COQtrols? · . ·~ only' 54% of the vote, hasn't resulted' Lithuania would make a viable in the -free market economic reforms . , nation; Professor Gen1tisas e"'plai~eti•. that hy has :promisej:l. : President _ because the Lithuanian people still . Gorbachev's popularity is so low now · haven't lost the ability to work hard. Professor Geniusas said that he Socialism's debilita'ting wouldn't be able to win a "POpular eneouragem~nt ()f sloth ,and laziness election. . Furthermore~ the hasn't des.troyed the -the -Communist . Party has become ·~- so industriousness and ingenuity of the , discredited that it has become a curse . Lithuanian people. Furthermore, he word · · · emphasized -the importan~e of the · Profess·or Geniusas ,· spoke Lithuanian ,emigre.'-community in the-_· . -- poignantly_about the horrieiand ·whlch · West and the vital role it shall play in he_defended by joining the partisan the reconstruction of Lithuania. " movement and was imprisoned for 7 Profes.sor 6eniusas ·finished his : . years in the· Gulag for his patriotic . lecture by calling on the ·west .to d0yalty · and love for Lithminia. support Lithuania not only _because it Lithuania cannot · renounced its is the righ~ thing to do but because · .independe-nce, Professor Geniusas there is no stopping independence: said,. because Lithuania ·has never The lecture was informative and · . · ~ccepted its. illegal in.coipo~ation into . touching. With leaders such as - -the Soviet Union in 1940 due to the ·Professor Geniusas, Lithuania can . _ infamous -~tler~Stalin Pact of·,August . hopefully expect a. new and brighter 23, 1939, wfiich was signecJ only one · _ futl!f~. week before- the Nazi invasion of ·"' --Poland. · . ·'. - Pro{essoi Geniusas spoke abOut '·the eJ.ation the Lithuanian people felt _ .·when tliey restored their independence ·on March 1.1, 1990. 'He related to the audience ·Stories: about the rally for independence where he saw Americans with . signs :saying "Texas . for Lithuanian Independence." And how 1

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:reimbursed for costs incurred in the ' While the State lacks-a centralized . ~lose proximity to illegal narcotic forfeiture process. It also allows As Cbairman -of the .Senate information source on .the collection are the-proceeds of criminal activity. them the option to apply .to keep and Committee oil Alcoholism arid prug of forfeited. ~ss·ets, ari · info;-mal r By creating such a ·presumption, utilize seized equipment they feel Abuse, I view ·the strengthening. of · survey conducted by the Division of .. we'll give lopal authorities the k~ys will be effective in the war oil dnigs~ · ·they need to . shut . and lock drug our· asset forfeiture laws as a critical Criminai. Justice Services revealed Finally, it stipulates that-any gains dealer's cash registers. weapon in the war against drugs. · ... , that local , ·district attorpeys h~ve from forfeiture should be · ·used to - - The premis~ ·of forfeiture is-simple Individuals 'who make a living by collected less than . $4.5 million accentuate local funding_ 'rather than destroying the lives of others have · ~ut potent. The property and· profit statewide under the state statute ' replace it.. of drug dealers should.be seized _and been crafty in using the· legal system since 1986·: The message we must send to these channeled to pt;ogrru:ns ·geared · to to their : advantage. To avoid D'uring the same period, over $14 ~ criminals should be 'sobering and · prevention ,' education ·and faw _million was collected in the State by · potential 1 forfeiture, these people strong. If you deal in drugs, not -only · often hide· th'e ir assets by putting enforcement. otir federal _ptosecutors. will you go to ' prison, but we will ' The jmpact of a forfeiture_is . I have repeatedlY. heard from law .them in someone else's name. ·' eqdally Simple but potent. To a 4rug _ enforcement _ off.i cials ' located dealer, the los_s of a Porsche, diamond tQ.rougpout _New York that our studded jewelry or a · haif-tn.illion current law is difficult to enforce. · · .dollar luxury corido .is often more .· It's time for ' all our counties to have threatening ~than the poss.ibilrty _of ·access ·to effective civil forfeiture Pors~he, tirile'behind_bars. Moreo:ver, _the loss-."' proceedings. _ . .. of · . weapons, vehicles · and . · I~m prou4-to have co7 sporisoredthe -~dollai: communications systems willrrriost . asset forfeiture . legislation which definitely . disrupt; ·if nor end, a . passed the .Senate at the close ·of last ofte~ ~ore thte-at~_ning~ dealer's ongoing operations.. year's Ses'sion~ This· bill will .prov.ide ~ of UnforHm.ately; New .York State, · our law enforcement officials · with :, which ' is one :of . the.,· pivotal the 'authority to seize everything a battlegrounds in this nation's war (:lrug dealer has been able to c • .against drugs, . lacks an aggtbssivy . accumii~ate throug.h the peddling· of · the ·senate bill will strengthen take everything you own. . ·~y forfeiture ·law. . .; , .. his or her deadly wares. · This law pio~cuto~'s subpoena power.-power _ stripping the dealer of his or her ill. ' During my tenure ,as Chiliman' of will hit these vermin where it hurtsthat they cari ti'aGe assets- before · · gotten gains, New. York State· canthe Alcoholism , and Qrug ~ Abuse. · in the pocketbOOk. · ' . ··· deaiers . attempt to hide their loot . remove the primacy_motivating force Committee,-- I've ·heard co1:lntl~ss · . Under currentlaw,'property canbe · forever. · . . . . behind this illicit t:Fade ~· - ~ horror stofie·s . about ~he plight of . seized only when . - it has' been . : ~ More specifically •-it_ would ·allow ·: Forfeiture ~has succeeded when residents · who ., are v:iJ::tuaUy · pu~chased with the proceeds_.o{ a · subpoena to be issued without ··. implemented. Here in New y 9rk, . . imprisonep in. tenements,. apartrrients: crime. ·As a result, law eriforcerrl'erit . ' notice. when there is sufficient reason . . r . • . however, this concept has riot been arid other,. ,tl(msing c·o mplexes .by ' -, offiCials are' often powerless to ' shut ,to be~ieve . the property has been . utilized to its Jullest · ' extent~ . : The ~_, ~ ·dealers .who.j have -. seize<i conyol of down crackhouses, 'shooting ga:Iieries . j llegally used or acquired. This will legislation passed · b y the State, S~n; ~ te .\ elevators, hallways and stairways for . ' and drug .labs.. ' ·· ' ·· ': ,prevent. dru.g 'dealers from is an innovative and constructiv-e tool their transactions. · · -: We -desperately need theibilit/ to tr~s~emng· theJI -~~~petty before the ·for ·cutting $e huge profitS ·generat~d Even when dealers are arrested, , ~;eize :real 1 ·property ·that ·directly !o!!eltm;~ p~~~~s lS -~p~~!ll:~~Jed.:_.-.- c-c. o.; .·c.· ·: • by the illegal 'drug trade; - I urge th~ they are often.ouJ on.bail and .back. in .contributes to- the eommission of a . Curr~nt ~tate law IS unneces~an1y l'. Assembly to follow ¢.e Senate~~ .lead ~- .. ~ ~-blJsines&J.rorri the same apartments in crime _in feiony drug cases: , The il complex ~~t~ regl;l!-d to forfeiture. . t and pass effective forfeituie reform· various housing complexes. Since Senate · bill · would authofi~Z.e the Afte~ ~ ·:dr~nrtct -attptney secures' a .· · ·tiiis y~. ··· ,., c · · • ·polit~· lack:·the.. power :~to seize ·Uiese· ' · fo({eit~t_re· of~'~all re~. apd. personal conviction m a drug case, he or she ' · · i·· apartment~·; · ~¢re •isn~j any :way iQ. :~ . prqperty use4 in any capacity :duriag must file a separate suit to initiate · prevent them from .returning to the .· the' production and distribution . of i. f<?rfeiture. This duplication _ of effort seen~ of their_criminal activities, illicit drugs. _ is a needless drain of man powei= and Some of these· tragic situations do . · Even the most naive person who " funds which/are already stretched to' Senator Thomas W.'-"·· have·happy endings when police.and ··walked into a room and discovered the limit. ' · · Libous represents the 51st distriCt attorneys tum to th_e ir tJ~s. drugs and cash.·together in plain view Our bill-facilitates the process by Senatorial District iri the . · Attorney to enforce tlie federal would presyme that the money had allowing a forfeiture hearing before · forfeiture law. We can't depend on · New ·York State Senate . ../· been derived from illegal drug sales: .. th.e same jury that issued the guilty federal, prosecutors -forever. They New York law does not currently . He al:so serves as the · · ve,rdict. It's an effective and fair I \don't, have the -: map. power ·or the .p ermit the. sei~ure of money fqupd ·· . coricept that will ease the strain on ., Chairman of.the Senate resources .. to a.s sum,e - primary nextlo a dealer's drug supply unless our pro·secutors' offices. Committee on Alcoholism responsibility f9r New York's drug law enforcement officials can prove . New York does not permit police and Drug Abuse. enforcement programs. tha_t the money is a by-productof an and district attorneys the option of · The. case for strengthening New illegal activity. This is often very . recovering ~ costs . of pursuing York's forfeit~e law is a persua§ive . difficult to- do: . · · . · ·· ' forfeiture. The Senate bill remedies one. The Senate bill creates a.rebuttable this situation. It permits . law presumption. that funds located .in enforcyment officials . to ~ be ·

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revolution" Marxism, and ·Soviet .· 'Salvador. .Notice that CISPES and to the combat ants should . b~ · to end ~ weapons has been misplaced, and for call not do FMLN the - included~ we could more accUrately . _ Campus· ~ctivities .on .behalf of from s worse, not at .,_a, ll in' the ;interest of . weap·on of . flow . the , German refer to the · ·~soviet, East - ., the Farabun do Marti _ N atiorial FMLN the to s . the people of El Salvador? communist .countrie ·Cuban, Nicarag uan, -salvad orari, Liberat ion Front · (FMLN ) have ist commun he t . in Included . guerillas U.S. war." My example illustrates . r~cently become more _vigorous than flow of weapons are materiats for the n 'distortio the of part small a hut . is FMLN , Js normally the case. The making self-.detonating mines that · One might object that without ndists · . FMLN and . it~ propaga . a Marxist guerilla organiz ation soldiers between ish distingu can't· an military aid to the ·Americ . campus. disseminate of' our - fighting the · governm ent ' of El the and CISPES Yet . civilians and government of El Salvador, fewer .. FMLN propaganda ·techniques Salvado r. Am9ng · the politica l rtt movyme their· rize characte FMLN Salvadorans -would have died. .This . have· a key !Ole to _play in spreadin.g circurri stanc·e s · the . campu s · not it Is t. ovemen peace.}m a as . assertion may or may not be true, J During int: . 'the ·FMLN viewpo propagapda campaign. ignol'es, two . that American paCifists ·have obvious t:fie s, meeting btit .it ignores political reality~ and , protests . ·rallies; . · · are quite relevant and reasonably . been tricked intodirectly supporting heavy a as the Sa:lv.adoran government mix ·long proxie~ its and FMLN . ~ --~ objective~ effort? war and stra~gy military a . . is ,threatened U.S. military aid will dose of the tragic .facts of Salvadoran First, the. FMLN is incapable of ins . compla . FMLN · The · . position available . .In political reality, not be political life with a warped . winning . . ~n 1.984, the· FMLN ·had tly about -civilian s beirig constan . icai extrapolation, .the just ndists sociolog . propaga FMLN .... way In .this . approximately 10;000 armed rebels. ·killed by · the ·govern ment. Is it action is·to end the war as ' of an course casting at succeed · usually . ed ·the FMLN is presently consider of guilty is FMLN · th~ · possi15le . in soon as ·possible, ~ith the. elected emotional spell over the unwary .to be a force of 1,000. Since· 1985, sy when thejr hypocri l crimina the of n govern~ent -still in place. a:ttendan~. A rapid r~itatio ·:the governm ent's ·~ecfuity forces . .. ;.. cam~ufiage .te~h.niqliy 'is to . favorite is· them sees . ,,FMLN the · ...__ facts.. as ·have more than doubled , ·fr.orn hide ·their ·weapons and change into ·given while most of the listeners are : 25,000 to 56,000. In addition, the' civilian clothes? J · am of the· : We should be war}r ~ of giving · too .:sad or frustrated to· think in a ·. FMLN has lost its principal'avenu~ ... · cases whete the in that · opinion of any kind· to the FMLN. ,support ently, of rilllitarj provision' now that the ' . . heatthy~ crltical way. Consequ uses the civilian population FMLN not ·only because it has a is ·This view FMLN the accepts · . a·multiwde government of Nicaitagua haS·been ·g rebel' resultin ield, h s· a · as · in -distorted information. stake , huge · of Salvadorail politics for' emotional transferred .to Violeta Barrios de deaths Civilian g lamentin nda propaga ~ the guerill~~ could· for Support · reasons. Instead of subjecting El .Chamorro. · morally . bankrupt. Ci viliails are · is when -the FMLN day the e postpon l politica · .Sal,vadgt to a rational The secnnd reasonably objective used by the .FMLN- to shield every ·d efeat, puts military its · -realizes faith ed undeserv t · many}pu ~is analysis, politic~l - · ~ircumstance. ed populat ed··in conduct on toperat. ates in particip and arms, . its do~n . .. in the .FMLN version of reality due , immedi ately _ pertine nt to our when the rebels keep on ey.en areas, ing to threaten of instead s, election . .. campus. Organizatio~s at war have a ' . to how the propaganda m~~e them · .their uniforms. El ate. particip de who people ·· kill · feeL life and death stake in propagan~~ in elite tual intellec the .Has and d wounde y · Salvador is a painfull I ;challenge those interested in Their · ability to, distort . the large · .charge ·o f ihe FMLN exploited the politically complex country. While ;, few a . r ~ conside to convey r they Salvado tion· Elinforma amount·of 0f El Salvador? guerillas and ~ople the people ·of that tortured nat~on questions. ·TJ:le most importaJl.t goal· , is ,as imporiant as thrir ability to have died and a rebel 70,000 Over our. -sympa thy, giving deserve an :~meric its of ·the ·FMLN and · . kill. The FMLN- has been anbeen !taS it than fikely i~Jess vict9ry · political support to the FMLN and mouthpiece CISPES .(Committee. in . .organiz ation at war sine~ ' .its~ war. Is it the of start the since CISPES is not the way to help. . Solidarity with the People -of ~1 inception. Therefore, it-calls the war . the . emotion al faith_ the · " possible n r) is: the cutoff of America . a "U.S. war~" If · natiol\8 that have 1 Salvado FMLN ~ntell~tual elite has put-' in ~ military aid_to .the g~vernment of El _ provided large 9uantities of '!'eapons

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Bush to':' act -so horribly~ ·has · ho':V~yer/·he stjll'disliked by tli~ ·-· . nof.the ·: ~ ";' ··: Y- . -~ '' President George Bush, through · ·pis ·moderate 'policies, has repeatedly -~ disappointed :~.me ·d\lririg his short , term· in offk~. .The thought that l _ .., . c(ndd have done better·. supporting · . . · -, ._. ~i · is~ no. mystery that most , . .the· etl1er candidate has.,crossed"'m y:·: . college 'stt,idents -~~ ~ppreh~nsi~e. mind .a-few times. -·J:>r~sident :Bush · ~ about registering fora cours~ taugfit -~ . · seems to have iost his backb.one; 'he ,· by _ 'tiew~·_rriember ''of' th~ faculty. -NAME:-~·· ·. . Abis~ Sharak1ya has taken a moderate (bordering orr·: - ·Lasrsemester, ..Abisi S:harakiy-~ was '· liberal) stand onmost issues. · . hired.::as a .Post.:.Doctm:al Fellow in · · :" ~ Bush l;las done -~exaetty -'w:\laf Poiitical S.ciem~e \forj.the .J989~90 ·_ D~PARt~~NT: _Political Science : Moscow could hav.e hoped for-from· a . ~ term. In .the FaH semester<hettaright cHlss entitled .ldeas~ :and ~olitics P[eSide,nL JHs deals with '¥ikhail .Gorbachev have been~ deplorable. . . (PLSC 1 ~5) which three members of . ' Gorbachev has walked all over Bush.· ; .:'die · BingJ.1~mjton Review opterl:,. to .·. ..INT-E RESTS: : ·.~_ Political Theory, Rub11c -Law, ·' · _Comparative Politics · · · · ·_ ~ ., ' . in search of the aid he .n~ds: to sa~e ·. .. . Jake. ;. . . . ' . '. . ' . '' ' ' ',. . :. ' . ' " ; .' ' ' . . . '·, ·: . ~/ . ~ communism _in hfs-countrf . (As - . It is unquestionably tbe ·case that .. seeri·rih _the' past year, communism Professor Sharakiya is .:a 'wellEDUCATION:· - ~:-The' l!riiyeisity _ofOxf~rd', England ~- : has· been · proveJ:l , ~o be, ···by all . orgaai?;ed . professor, who, unlike :0~ Ph~l. m Pohtl:cs·-(1989) and M.Phil. countries_ espousing it, . a failure.) many other member~' Qfi· ~e fayulty . · in ·P olitics · . \ , _. , . T~e g~;eat Qorhachev, who fot yeats· · · .·(particularly .the. Po~it~cal ·" Science .. \ ~ (198-f). ' " . ' ' . ' . '~1' hlis -been using one-tliircL of hi~ Department)<displays great.conc... : : . ·--~:ni~ersit),' Mic~igan atAnll Ar99r country's. GNP for the military, -nas . {or his studentS -and exerts. much seen all ·his·. sateUttes fall t~is y~ar . "ea~rgy .· and ti~{· in /~reparing_ ~n .· . -: ·_.,-....·.·~ _MA m ~olittca~_'Sctence. (197}} .: _ ~nd is desperately trying -to sav-e' .tfie ·interesting_ . and '-'cd]:hpreiJensiv! · · -~e City College,' 9fthe. City -·; · evil institution · of communism in lecture. . . '; ' . '·. ' :· -_ .~Jnt~etstt~ of New ·Y ork "· the Sov.i et Union. ·Bush ha.s coi:ne·;;, ·. -~ A,ltho~gh PFofessor ~.hara'l;iya ·. ·BA m .Phllos<?phy (1974) throu.gh to · aid Gotbachev with . . follows a strict~dJogicaHy ordered ~-.. economic-and mor~ support. . · . ,-/ outli'tie, he woiks arduously toW'wd . ·Post.:.Doct~ral · Fellow · initiatiri;g. ' the i·nv(>l.vem~nt' . of · What has -Bush done: with tlJ.e .> · Lithuanian declaration :bf : .· ·, ~tuqents ,in discussions and debates. in PolitiGal Science tJnfertunately such . ·an effective independence? . Nothing. He will . $UN)"..B·i ngharhton (1989-90) · 'lecture style cannot be attributed to ' not even reco'gnize the Lithuanians ·. · mQst ·.members _ of the SUNYfor fear of displeasing, his "fri~md~" · in Moscow._ · : , . . " Binghamton faculty (,o nce again, . ::"" ·. Lithuania, a cou·ritry capt\ll'ed ' particularly' in ·the Poiltical Science · ' . . during ,WWII through a .deal between . D~Rart:qlent). . Bitler and s 'talin:;has been.·ignorecJ: .. ·Another int~resting attribute of by the·free.'world. It has ree¢ived n0 ,- Prete·s~or $har.akiya is his 'tilnique support frdin 'the U.S; though it has . political t~t(ory, which he terms autonornism. Profes~or ' S.har.akiya · · done what we've worked f0r in the past forty-five ~years.'··rto~ can this·:: . develop~d ·this th~ory as his Oxfon:l inac.t.ion by Bush · pe explained? · ;, ·_ thesis. '_ . . ·. ' , · · _Cowardicet No guts tq ·stand up to·a · . "Autonomi~m· is a:phitqsophy .governm~nt ' that .., ne~ds ' ~ us . ' tha~ has a' brmid and _coriiprehepsive . .desperately. ·" . · c outlook on · how · ~to liberate the·. ' Bush's·policy in the ~ddle ·East humah· condition:. · Its basic tenet'is· lras also been ' very disappointing: that the ·Iiberati<)n bu~ariity .. He has eeen ~ess 'sympatheti.c to· requires an anderstanding of Mit I~rael's concerns than any other U.S. _ bringing about the moral, historical,. presidentin. history. Bush has calle~.. poli~ical, ecmiomic,-: 'soCial, and · -. . fqr a cease of IsraeF ' ~ettlement :not~ .psychological requirern:en~ needed to, .. " assure the adequate autoriOJillY of every individual. Thus.autono~ism · only iri' the West B~ and the Gaza, is .a 'fheory of the -mo.rall y·jUstified · · but in a· pmtion of · thejr. capital, ·society,_ a philosophy of }!isiQry ~lpld rais~ng tl}_e prospect of a divided ' societal change, a normative theory Jerusalem. ·· This bombshell, ·which qf societal . ~eve~opf9ent? ·, a Bush p~eterided "to be · no · shift -1.1!_ · philosophy of indiv_idual friorality. !J. U.S. policy; hr:ou:ght down the theory of normative psycho\ogy;'arrd Israeli government. •.· a critique of human exi.Sterice." ., .. · · Th~ is merely a bri~f descriptio~ The -terrorist Y:~sir ka:fat, . ·of autonomism, ·not an: explicatiori: murderer of w'Omen and childien, .has Professor .Sharakiy.a-wopl(! weicolli~ noted the shift: ·in policy •.· "This ~- · anyone interested in obtaining a fun administration · iS, ·ilie ·. fifst · ' outline to visit :his office in the adm1itistration.'thafspeaks ofthe· end~ · . Political SCience ·Department. (LNG of Israeli occupapon·! '··he said. after ,· . 100). . ' Secretary of State James Baker told .. Finally, it is important to _note/_ · Israel ··"to forget the dre~m· ·<§f a '·~ as it is with any member ·o f .the · Greater Israel." · Arafat must love the · ' social sciences· prof~s_sion, Professor· . · Bush.administration. ·Sharakiya's ideologic(,ll views. In ' _·, :Tht;y're _Cdhtr.n.tious· a.n~ contagious. 'They're · · Ideas and .Politics, he displayed little the McLaughlin~ Qroup. (c~(>ckwise from left)Jack , political ·bias:·.· :He.presented critical ~ermond, Elea:n9r Clift~-J ohn McLaughlin, _ F red . B arnes, - opiaions ·of both Rig~t and Left. .- :Busp·s . policy wi~ Iraq;·) ·s · . wing theories_, and . re-gimes. This 'M orton Kondracke, and Pat Buchanan. ·. . ;. ·- . . · another 'e xample of his ~eeinirigly · · was· a refreshing change fronf tltej·,, ' ·.. : . Mad~,possible by a grant fro~- GE. ·. _a:pathe(ic .· attitud~. In ,~arch an'" ~ . ~ customary social science class at English journalist was ~hung-by Iraq , , -SUNY :-Binghamton, .where it is for stumblirlg On a poi$on .gS!S plant. · ' ."' There wasn't· even a condemnation t · :- _natural to -ljas-11 tile ·~Rig'}lt~wing r.eg;im.es . with o~e '11aad, w~hi~e .:· by ,the Bush administration for 't:}lis . . .· laudiilgthe.LeftistS\vith.the other. · barbarism. · In addition.•. Bush has . · Eaeh of these qualities we have · supported · $3 -l>iUion 'in loans to ' . i /' Baglida4 v,rhicl] .is aow being ,slowly,~ .• , , qbserv€d·~n. Pi'Qfe~sor .S~ya ~mly . . ·: . .; .-. · prose·c.u t'ed · .- by · the ~: Justic.e " · . ·.· affirm·· tliat he"would . irideea ' ~·. a . / · DepartrneJ.lt. ·. Only Bush ·and his·-·. ' " · ~elco~e, pe!1llanent -adtlitio~ 'io.. ~e :" ' :-, · Political'Scienc~ Department. ··

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The tim~ has come for a seri~us ~ew clarification of A-rilencan policy vis-a-'vis the Soviets.·. -V:~e are enco~r~ged by the ·possibility that we may y_5t witness the collapse of tpe Soviet system~ and with it, . -- the liberati9n of the millions upon millions of oppressed inhabitants of the empire on which ·that system was so bru· ·· · · · . . . · . . , tally imposed. .· However, we are deeply troubled by the .m emo:ry·of how much our naivete ·and self-dec~ption, especially in . places named Yalta ·and Geneva, Potsdam and Paris, contributed to both the expansion_and solidification of t~ai _ . . · :.--' .- .· . · · )-, _· s~stem. _Such naivete _ha~ costc?untle_s~ lives in the_pasc · · More than beirig concerned by the lessons·of history, we are most of all troubled by the-currenttend ency among inany,of our COUlltry's leaders, both·in government and out, t~ see tbe pOssible breakup of the Soviet 'system - . · ·as-a Jhreat rather than the hoped-fa~ end-ofAm.erica's p9licy.' They caution us that for the sake ~-f "stability', and~ "'peaee', ·the United States should lend its aid to insuring the permanence of the oppressor, rather_tl)ap. th~ liberation · · . . . . . ·. . . . · , "ofthe·oppressed. Formore than forty years-'Am.eri.cans have spent.blood_and .treasure in the belief that containing Soviet ·· . power mi-g ht one day bring about the c.ollap,se of communism. ' They-were not ,playing international balance-of- - I power games-or 111aicing grand sett1emerits but, _rather, hoping their ·sacrifi<;e wo_uld ri~ the world of totalitarianism --. · . , · ·· · and beyond that, 'help.in the _spread -of demo~racy. ~ow, because ·o f the courage and ·wisdom ofth~ pro-democracy leaders, representing a variety of peoples · and nations held(captive by Moscow, both within the Soviet Union, itself and in Eastern Europe; this hope of the (American-people stands a chance of being realized. The massiye · peacefut-demonstr~tipns, 1 the strikes, Jhe claims.of ..local party independep.ce - ·all speak to us of a new moral and political necessity in the elaboration of American .· ,,. . _. . _ . , . . _· · . . . _ . _· .. -.·. policy.· We must not, at this crucial-moment, permirourselve s to be lured by the promises of one man, who asks us to helR him refonri_ com~punism in -order to save it. -bemocracy cannot be imposed Jro~ above; it cah only, spring from the people~ ·For if democracy is to be secured - as A~erlcans sho~ld understanq better than most - ~ts true . . salyation lies .wit11 those prepared to go to prison, to fight, -to di~ if need be·, out or' the beli~f in its principle_s. In the final analysis, it is Soviet peiformance not Gorba~hev. 's promjses· whi~h should determine U.S. ' policy. ' We must not lend either our wealth or our pqlitical supportto the strengthening and rescue of the Sovief_ system. True reform is coming through pressur~ from the people, not by dictates from ab9ve. , We believe that the proper--place to.stand for allrn!edoin lqvers in the We~t, and preeminently in our own country, is with :th~se flghting for real refoqns in the Sov!et Union. _...,We, therefore, pledge ~our solidarity with and · · · -. · . ,_ ·_support for the de~mocracy ~ovements ~irr -the U.S.S~R. .

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As two ·Social-ist mayors were spewing libetal ·r hetoric to a .group · of captivated. left wingers, intelleCtl).a,ls congregated to· hear Richard Salsman's speech concerning the politics of envy mi April 24, at SUNY -Binghamton. Mr. Sllismaii, the Vice President of C.itibank and the President of the Association of ·Objectivist Businessr'nen, spuke · about a growing fear among that . the corporate America government is .waging a· wa:-·"ga1nst capitalism and businessmen.. '_ Although Americans f.J.nbrace those who ar~ able to · succeed · i~- · obtaining the "American Dream·,:: most wouldn't allow business men the same privilege. Mr. Satsmari ' explained, what he called, the. three basic premises driving the attack on . Wall · Street and the business the . ~nv-y for· tlie commun1!y: unequal .ability to make money, · egalitarianism, and the feeling that the financial sector is parasitical and _unproductive. Also, by exposing the motives behind the attack on Wall ~treet; Mr. Salsman. defended · insider trading, a con~ept which is ~m biguous and, when · examined . closely, is simply an arbitrary witch- . · hunt against the~wealthy. . In Am~rica, envy is substituted for justice. Jealously leads to anger . among people, who want the "haves" . to pay dearly for having. . Because of this our government has used the ·SEC (S.ecurities and Exchange Commission) in a crusade to eliminate those making "more money than they .should." But is making money truly bad? Is gree_d · wrong? What is the motive to further our · education if nor to su·cceed financially? (unless ·you. want · to become · a Sociology professor . at SUNY and criticize those '\yho do succeed- noble goal) As. Salsman said - "to defend a we~lthy man's right ,to earn millions is to defend any man's right to make any amount of money." This is - tnily what laissez-faire capitalism is · · · all about. . Theri there is · the . argument cofiling.from· the American Left - the drive for egalitarianism~ . These indiviauals believe that society should_consis.t ,of monetary .equality, . with- no one richer, or poorer than -· . anyon~ else - (kind of a socialist fantasy land). But we are rewarded our . for (monetaril-y) accomplishments, · therefore, in egalitarianism, everyone must earn equally and contribute equally. The .only flaw (well no~ only) is that we are assuming tha~ everyone is .truly equal; in mental capacity, athletic , ability, innate . skills (just like · Harrison_ Bergeron, by Kurt -; Vonnegut). . · . ' Obviously .this is not the case . . If we tried to-cr~ate an egalitarian society in essence w.e would l~Jilit ~ our capabilities and live in· humble · ' "mediocracy." In ·out . . society, everyone is given the chance to aspire to their dreams, . those who . wodc hard and do well should not be 1 punished~ but shpuld be admj:red for ~ their success. · · · In actuality,· the common belief in America today is that the business· · sector d;oes nothing go'od for . the community~ · But nothing could ·be farther-from the truth. Corpqrations · help America expand ·and grow

providing millions .of ·Americans with . jobs. They are _the . true back~one of our society, helping· to · finance and produce products from the smallest child's toy to the largest government weapon. Many attack traders on Wall Street thinking that they are unproductive, when in fact ,. they are the·ones tesponsible for our flourishing economy. . . · . ._ These thr~e premises lead ~s to the, fmal pomt, that' in~ider trading is a just practice, and- sho1,1ld be ·legalized to he1p the United States prosp{!r. . What actually is insiqet trading? As Mr. Salsman pointed. out, .there is ne exact definition, at _least a~cording- tg the law. It is defined by many, though, as clandestine knowledge about .a business transaction and then us-ing · this private \ nformation to make 1 money . . Now, if we -..,examine this definit-ion one wili ' see how ridiculous it really is as we compare -. this/ with · oth~r pr0fessions. For

thus limiting t.Qeir personal gain. ' It _ seems the government is trying to ·· give business men a clear message : making money is bad, personal gain is evil, and _no one man: should be allowed to make too much money. In essence, the federal government has made it a crime for businessmen. to profit from private knowledge. · Many who call insider trading a crime wW .argue that the amount of money someone rriakes is not the issue, but how they make it is. However, it does ,seems q!lite a odd that no peFson has ever been prosecuted for insider trading. when·· they have lost money iri the stock· market. · Money is definitely the issue, and the government wants to' punish those ·who -are- making too much. · Our society looks down . upon the wealthy, describing them · as s~lfish and greedy. Greed, ·. pushing men to their full potential, is good and our society must reali~ this · · so that America remains · c_ompetitive a~a prosperous. '

exampl~, a doctor 'possesses more knowledge ·than a bricklayer ·and " he/she will ·use this · k~ow ledge to ,make money .- is this · wrong? . Newspapers and their writers secretly obtain inf<?rmation which they then· use to their advantage to sell mote papers then their-competitors - ~ iS . · this ill~gal? 'A uthors write about · other people and then expose this information for profit - should this practice Qe Ol!tlawed? Jt appears that in all other professions, individuals use their 'private knowledge to succeed.. Laws "Protect the public from fraud and theft, and these activities should be considered criminal; but insider · trad-ing is riot stealing information, it · is just having information; because of your position, ~nd then .using this information in the stock market. violate · the la:ws Federal businessmen's right to privacy by . forcing , them . · to make their _private/inside information public, · .

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· · Far decades, these ewell-funded orgaiizations- and others tha't the media and many judges are so fend af....:..have used our courts. as an ideological playground. All too often, these ragical actjvists achieve thro.ugh our judicial -s ystem what they couldn'-t possibly ~ttain at the ballot ·box. It's government' by lawsuit, orchestrated through a well-staffed · legal)nstjtution fdr- every liberal .political cause that exists. Unfortunately, they ·and many other _so-called .·" pyblic interest" groups are exper~s at turning courtrooms into recycling plants for liberal politiCal and social causes already dumped by the American voters. '

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We all know some of their h~ndiwork ....... critical building projects- stalled or stopped, . ., convicted murderer~ escaping the death penalty, drug dealers getting off on technical~ties, vital energy and defense projects blocked, ·dangerous illegal aliens set free, judges .appointing themselv~s superintendents -bf entire school systems and ordering ·communities to build l9w-income housing, and on and ori and. on arid on:

We're t~e Washingt~n Legal FoundaJion (WLF), A~eri<,::a' s ·tead~ng pro-free enterprise " · , ~ · . public interest law organization. · . WLF serves as the legal spokesman for mainstream Americ9-ns. We represent the civil liberties and economic rights of ho-nest Americans~srriall businessmen, c-rime· victims, property owners, civic groups,' and hardworking taxpayers in cou'rtrooms, ·government .- ;· agenci~s, _media, · and academic forums ac,ross the United States. w_e have also proudly offered a much needed litigation capacity to over 250 l)ni-~ecl States Senators and . . ~ _'Congressmen jn a variety o~ landmark cases in state and~ feqeral courts: WLF's overriding_goal ·iS to continue serving as an effective' cou~terweight to _the hundreds ·of special interest legal organizations· that excel at p:romohng their dangerous f ~rusades ·and narrow, anti-business, anti:-national de~ense, _pro-criminal agendas. At ·WLF, we believe AmeriCa's future is worth fighting for. ' Can you imagine America surviving if these legal gr_oups nave their~ way? Don't let 'th~m run the courts! There is no reason why the judicial ptocess has to be driv~n by their poJitical_agenda (. · Won't you join us in this · noble effott? After all, if we ,-don't fight these special interest legal groups; who willr

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