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Applause, applause
We applaud Georgian Area housing officials and students for
initiating a program to meet the needs of minority students The
Minority Assistant Program, designed to provide peer counselors
for minority students and to improve interracial relations, is a
step toward improving the University’s record of recruitment and
retention of minority students
The transition from a close, familiar high school environment to
the University — where only 1,437 of 24,694 students are black —
can be especially difficult for black students The Greek system
and other social organizations provide opportunities for com
munity and support among blacks on campus But in residence
halls, where a friendly, home-like environment is essential to a
new student’s adjustment, attention to the needs of minority
students has been unfocused and inadequate.
One reason why many blacks choose to attend other institutions,
such as Atlanta University’s Clark, Morehouse, Spelman and
Morris Brown colleges, is that the University does not adequately
meet the social needs of black students. The University has made
a commitment to attracting and keeping more minority students
— the Department of Education's Office for Civil Bights recently
praised the University for its desegregation efforts. The Minority
Assistant Program will help black students feel more at home
here by providing a better social environment.
We urge the University’s Housing Department to implement the
Minority Assistant Program in all undergraduate residence halls
The program is a fine idea, and a tribute to the Georgian Area
professional staff's commitment to meeting minority needs. All
minority students at the University should have the opportunity to
benefit from the program.
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Opinion
Reagan doesn’t understand values
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Having listened to the presidential and vice-
presidential debates and having learned that the
majority o( the American people still intend to re
elect Ronald Reagan and George Bush, I feel no
compunction to discuss the issues confronting us
This election more than any other has re-enforced my
long-held belief that political action of any stripe is
engendered by emotion and not reason I will readily
admit that some politicians are more reasonable than
others, but we voters most often decide the outcome
of elections based on the feeling in our guts What you
read here is purely emotional
Before I was of voting age, I considered myself an
ardent Republican The great crime of my
adolesence was an intense belief in Richard Nixon
and what he stood for I supported him in 1968 when I
was 12, but some of my most disturbing memories
are of 1972 when I was a junior at Clarke Central High
School Politics had always interested me, but that
year I was compelled to help save America from the
sins of George McGovern After volunteering at
Republican headquarters, I spent several weeks
canvassing Kingswood and Holiday Estates, trying to
make sure that everyone voted for Mr Nixon On the
day before the election, I spent the afternoon and
evening at the headquarters, calling people, trying to
get out the vote
As an acquaintance and I left the headquarters, we
decided to go over to the local McGovern
headquarters and see what was going on We were
not told to go We decided to go ourselves after
overhearing one party regular ask another what she
thought "the McGovern people were up to " The
moment we entered the McGovern headquarters, I
felt sinister The place was empty except lor two men
and one woman huddled in a corner, talking
fatalistically about getting out the vote The woman
eyed us with suspicion as my accomplice and I
walked over to a table with campaign brochures
stacked on top We began to laugh and decided we
should leave As I crossed the threshold, the woman
yelled. “I hope you give a full report to the Nixon
people!"
On election night I was elated with the outcome I
knew we were safe from the internal collapse which
most of us were convinced a McGovern presidency
would deliver As Is usually the case with sinners. I
Richard T. Williams
would not admit that I knew where the true evil lay
The mid-1970s were tough years for those of us who
had willingly aided and abetted criminals Rather
than being contrite, I became disgusted with
America I determined that we were a rotten people
with a rotten government Through my close
relationship with my maternal grandfather,
however, I came to realise that I was wrong
My grandfather was a Rhode Islander, a descen
dant of Roger Williams and Thomas Olney As a child
1 had been proud of my family history, believing that
it somehow made me better, more American, than
other Americans In the mid-'70s I was embarrassed
by it. I saw It as one more reason to feel personally
responsible, guilty even, for what America had
become
My grandfather didn't talk too much about the
ancient family history, but he often spoke of the
things he had seen in his own lifetime His family was
not what one normally assumes the descendants of
colonial heroes to be They were middle of the mid
dle-class Americans My grandfather worked for a
living, and his life was evidence of his traditional
New England conservatism He was a Democrat
During the Nixon years we argued constantly I
thought he was an old man who was tied to ideas that
had outlived their usefulness But it was by really-
listening to and talking with him after America's
disgrace that I realized he cared more for my future
than his own past
He told me what life in America had been like when
he was in his teens and saw the Governor standing
outside of the polls on election day. passing out gold
coins He told me what America had been like when
there was little or no social welfare for the disad
vantaged and he had seen people literally starving in
the streets He told me about an America which no!
only allowed, but actually mandated segregated
waiting areas in Washington. D C s Union Station
within walking distance of the Cap 11 ® 1 - Where lip
service was paid daily to ideas of liberty and justice
for all The America he described does not sound to
me like the bucolic, happytime America which Mr
Reagan insists once existed.
My grandfather died about six years ago The only-
one left with whom I can discuss the way- things really
used to be is his younger sister In September, 1
called her on her 87th birthday. Her mind is clear and
logical, and she is far more cognizant of national and
world affairs than the majority of the freshmen I
have taught in the past few years. She can't un
derstand what has happened to the American peopn
How. she asks, can so many people be satisfied with
only a few more dollars a month, having sold their
sense of equality, having sold their sense of justice
having sold their sense of freedom, in short, having
sold their sense of themselves.
When 1 think about this election, 1 remember Roger
Williams, banished by the Puritans into the cold of
Narraganset. founding not only the first Baptist
Church in America but also the freest of the original
colonies, I remember what my grandfather told me
about the often bleak America he lived in; but most
importantly. I remember the voice of that woman in
the McGovern headquarters in 1972 I've not been
swayed by Mr Reagan's appeal to traditional
American values because I don’t think he knows whai
they really are, the truth about America is not
enlivened for me by images on a television screen I
don't care if 95 percent of the voters cast their ballots
for Mr Reagan, he wont get mine I know what
America he really represents You see, I'm
somew hat like Huck Finn - I've been there before
Richard T Williams is
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Tourney story was unprofessional and insulting
TO TIIE EDITOR:
Please allow me to comment on your
report of the Intramural Badminton
tournament in the Oct 25 issue of The
Red and Black. It’s atrocious The
report of names and nationalities is so
off the mark that it's unprofessional
and almost downright insulting
No Koreans played in the tour
nament Where did they come from’’
The players mentioned were from
either Taiwan, Hong Kong or Malaysia
It’s akin fo calling Americans
Englishmen, or, worse, Czechs
Another comment involves the Asian
name (of Chinese origin, to be more
specific) Your reporter, if he’s really
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keen on becoming a professional
journalist, should perhaps take the
trouble to learn that our surname (your
last name i comes first, followed by our
given name (your first name! We do
not have a middle name; you either call
us by our second and last names
together, or just the last name, if we re
friendly enough
1 apologize for having to spell this out
and appear petty, but considering the
thousand or so foreign students on
campus, while we do not ask for any
special favors, is it too much to ask you
to write our names right?
ONG CHENG LEONG
Graduatr. landscape arrhiterturr
Mr. Kohn’s writing *characteristic of zealots 9
TO THE EDITOR:
Sheldon Kohn's latest celebration of
the lifelessness of his mind "(American
Express (ugh) wants me." Oct 26, i
is as good an example as any of the
selective indignation which is common
ly found on the fringes of the social and
political spectrums
His frothing vituperations resemble
the critical response one would normal
ly expect to accompany the firing of Ar
chibald Cox. or genocide in Cambodia
Instead all we have is a form letter
from American Express One is left
with the eerie feeling that if Mr Kohn
were so empowered, there would be
gulags lor the authors of his form letter,
indeed for most of us
Just w hat does Mr Kohn mean by the
use of his phrase 'intellectual validity "’
Since he counsels those among us seek
ing it, 1 assume he has found it. Is it
adherence to an approved body of
Ideas? Is there room for Thomas
Sowell or George Gilder or Alexis de
Toque vt lie in his world of intellectual
validity" The disposition of the man
who hates conformity suggests that the
answer would be no for anyone not
sharing his undying contempt for
American life
The ‘intellectually valid' Mr Kohn
tells us that ‘plastic money ’ is "one of
the most repulsive inventions of our
society Apparently "intellectually
valid" does not mean "intellectually
exact " That the extension of credit in
economic transactions is a custom long
pre-dating the United States isn't news
to most of us Leaving that aside, is it
really the most repulsive invention of
American society? More so than
racism, sexism and intolerance" We
would of course need to enlighten Mr
Kohn that these evils pre-date
American as well, and are found in
greatest virulence beyond our borders,
but we can at least observe his tenden
cy for the imprecise overstatement
w hich is characteristic of zealots
One gets the feeling that even Mr
Kohn himself senses the emptiness of
his mangled logic when at the end of his
diatribe he hides behind the likes of
Milton, Shakespeare, Donne. Faulkner
and Chaucer I can only smile when I
think of the fun these men would have
had at the expense of Mr Kohn’s wret
ched writings
BILL DILLARD
1st year, law
Ferraro is a new chance for women
TO THE EDITOR:
Ms Mixon's letter complaining about
Geraldine Ferraro’s campaign (Oct
24 i , crtamly left me scratching my
head She disputes the Democrat's
statement "the rich get richer while the
poor get poorer,” yet in the same
breath claims as an upper middle-class
person she is financially "better off
now
But this irony is not with what I wish
to take issue The loose reference to last
years Gallop Poll showing Ms
Ferraro's "left-wing stance" as
"atypical of the average American
woman" needs addressing Although
Ms Mixon accused Ms Ferraro of
ignoring statistics as a "basic logical
tool of learning." she herself neglected
to use the same basic tool in reference
lo the Gallop Poll I would be happy to
supply her with the numbers, but from
a different poll
The National Womens Poll (non
partisan), conducted in the spring of
1984 by the Women's International
League (or Peace and Freedom, sur
veyed 17,000 women cross-cutting age
race or political preference 1700 were
polled here in Athens by the W1LPF
local branch!
Of the 17,000 . 65 percent said they
would not vote for a candidate opposed
to a woman's right to an abortion, 62
percent would not vote for a candidate
opposed to the ERA, 65 percent feel the
United States should decrease military
involvement in Central Amercia and 78
percent feel the United States should
negotiate a bilateral, verifiable nuclear
weapons freeze with the Soviet Union
Ms Mixon may consider Geraldine
Ferraro left-wing and radical, but (or a
lot of women Ms Ferraro represents a
chance for women to be heard and a
chance for a change
ALICE SAMPSON
Poll Chair, Women's International
league For Peace and Freedom
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Defense policy: a modest proposal
Issues of defense, especially those dealing with
nuclear weapons, have occupied a prominent place in
this year's presidential race
However, neither President Reagan nor Walter
Mondale have provided satisfactory answers to these
vital questions
Given their failure, I would like to outline a series
of proposals that I feel would help reduce the size of
the defense budget, promote peace, achieve a greater
nuclear stability and better defend the United States.
More important, all of these steps can be taken
without the cooperation of the Soviet Union.
Honesty requires me to admit that these proposals
are based upon studies done by Earl Ravenal, a
defense analyst at the Cato Institute. Integrity
requires me to admit that Mr Ravenal may not agree
with all of my conclusions.
• First, we must abandon all land-based nuclear
missiles These missiles are simply tempting targets
that invite attack on our homeland The warheads
launched from our aircraft and undetectable sub
marines are more than adequate to defend the United
States
• Second, we must halt production of the B-l
bomber Cruise missiles mounted on existing B-52S
can fulfill the same function at a fraction of the coat
The B-l is simply a method of subsidizing the big
businesses that manufacture it and a way of ap
peasing Air Force generals who whine if they do not
get a new toy every few years.
• Third, we must stop targeting Soviet cities and
missile silos with our warheads The people
inhabiting those cities are not our enemies, and it is
wrong to plan the mass murder of these innocent
people Furthermore, it makes little sense lo waste
Charles Oliver
our warheads on non-military targets Targeting
missile silos is destabilizing at best and futile at
worst
Mr Ravenal has compiled a list of military targets,
away from major population centers, which if
destroyed, would abolish the Soviets' ability to take
advantage of a first strike, and would probably
destroy their ability lo control their own citizens W'e
should target our warheads on these sites instead
• Fourth, we must institute a phased withdrawal
from NATO According to two recent studies by the
Defense Department and the U.S. General Ac
counting Office, almost half of the current defense
budget goes toward the defense of Western Europe It
would help eliminate the federal deficit and balance
the national budget, if we could eliminate the almoat
*140 billion we currently spend to defend Western
Europe. At a time when our economic performance
compares rather unfavorably with that of some
Western European nations, this drain on our
resources is unbearable
According to Ed Clark, the Libertarian Party's 1960
presidential candidate. Western Europe is more
than capable of defending itself against the Soviet
Union. Its population is greater than that of the
Warsaw Pact countries, and it has not only twice
their GN’P, but a much greater technologi
sophistication "
When the proportion of our national income go
to the military is significantly greater than thai
West Europe or Japan, is it any wonder that our
dustnes, starved for capital, have fallen beh
theirs?
u *fji c . a ^* we *** the wisdom in the challengt
Micnel Jobert. former foreign minister of Fran
is the United Slates resolutely ready to convince
allies that they must defend themselves - much
France was able to do after a solitary effort —
stead of encouraging them to brood sadly under
leaky American atomic umbrella""
This is, after all, 1984, not 1945
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our withdrawa! from NATO, we must adopt a nti-fi
smke nuclear policy Currently, we carTnot do t
W i are comm 'Ked to defend West
Europe, and it may be necessary to use nucl
the mtioBs of Western Europe have increased tl
own conventional and nuclear forces, and we h
",“X' a '*, n fr !>m our commitment, we can assur
purely defensive posture and forgo the use of a f
AsMrJUvenal has said. "Our primary business
P ° mcii Tystcm, enjoy
^* coo ?, mic activities, and repair
P^nect our society
^believe these suggestions will help us achieve l
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