Volume 5, Issue 28 - April 20, 1983

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" Feature: Being a model Is a lot more work than it looks.

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Volume 5, Issue 28 © Metropress April 20, 1983

Consumer advocate at Aurarla

Plan for the future, Nader warns by Richard Bellizzi

If Ralph Nader had his way, •veryone in the United States would be required to vote, solar power, not nuclear, would be the nation's priority, all citizens would be entitled to free medical __£-care, and consumer activism would be the rule rather than the exception. And where would Nader, famous protector of consumer rights, fit into such a scenario? • He would certainly continue to seek out injustice and crusade for its abolishment. He would cer1 tainly not, he claims, accept a 1 position in government. « "I wouldn't last three· weeks," he said. Nader, in addressing a supportive audience Friday at the Auraria Student Center, took dead aim on what he considers the major ills of American society - corporate power, pollution, the arms race, unemployment, the Electoral College and synthetic fuels, to name but a few. £.' The thrust of Nader's delivery, however, focused on student and

consumer activism. Nader prescribed activism as a way for college students to fulfill "Social change comes from their potential, warning them not citiuns. There's not enough to go through life doing just one citizen mobilization and thing. power in the United States; "If you wa~t to see what the that's where help U, needed." ·future is like; Nader said, "you'll have to plan now." --. Ralph Nader Nader reminded his audience that his concepts - the right of people to change what they don't like - are not new ones, but ones Thomas Jefferson employed while ti leading this country out of the ~ , clutches of colonialism. ~ ·*' He gave his full support to .!g civic-minded groups (including~ '" Public Interest Research Groups, ~ which he founded), claiming they ~=­ make people more powerful and Nader said. "They don't like efficient, and that they give criticism of Reagan." students the idea that they can Nader characterized Colorado' make the difference before they House Bill 1510 _ which, if passgraduate. ed, would prohibit the use of stuThe efforts of such groups echo dent fees for "activities of a as.far as the White House, Nader political nature"_ as an attempt said, ~here they fall on unsym- to sabotage student activism. pathetic ears. "I don't think they're gonna get "The National Republican away with it," Nader said of HB Committee is nettled by the in- 1510, predicting its ultimate creased success of students," defeat in the State Senate. "You

become more appreciative of your rights when they are challenged." Nader called for an increase in consumer activism, calling information "the currency of democracy." · "Social change comes from citizens," he said. "There's not enough citizen mobilization and power in the United States; that's where help is needed." C.OOtinued on page 3

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