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·rise, the<_,quality . of educ_ation, contlnues · - · ·. --· ·· -~ . to _· decline. . The :·courseA selection in .· . _ . L ·' .. · . •.

· maRy departm~nis is p3t~etic. ~ rr~er~ ·4ssatdt on Education.~ .... pg 3 .. · are . precious few . Econ.omics , electtves, ·, · · · - · · . , · . . _ ·

--and . · the ·. Histor·y · De-partment . is C ·:· _-:._ · · · · .- · -A . · --- 4 . dominaied· by Women's . HistOry aDd . onservahve . g~nda ...•.. pg . . Labor · History~ - - St-u «;tents · ofte-n -: , . . _· · graduate ' without · knowing , why · the Deutschland . United ...... :. pg · 5 .Western ·· culture which · we all live,- in .·

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· ·and _. share . is s9methi~g t.o b·e v-alued. .T· h R ~ ht s·d· ) . . · · · 6r What is desperately needed is a cOre .. · · e · · lg ~ .· 1 · e ..• u •••••••• pg . _ curriculuQl that . e~phasizes Western .

. ideas but which alsO :presents students Seizing Drug _l\'JODf?Y ••••• ~.pg 8 · Wit~ the great i'dea-s of· other cultures. .· · ;_ But . can a university . so obviously Reagano~ics ...... ~:.-; ..... p 'g 9 /proud of . its leftist_ and Anti-A/merican . ·. - , · . tradition ever . hope to change? ·.- · . · - · -

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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 ·will - p~t of9Jlr student_ activity fee ·wmch fs supposed_t.o ·be_ be yiewed by new freslin).en during orient~tion . . With j "used, for -campus 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 -may .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;st -~eek ~~f qlas~e-~,~ _n~-w ~tu~~~ts· · · ev~~~~ _-ot,her . <;: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.earch _ 9r.oup. _~.\. &epr,esentatiy~s · from NY.PIR-<J . ;· .. · .:- · 'The real , que~tion here . is not to squabble · over .

· interrupt larg"e lecture . ·classes. -tQ -recruit_ ~ctivist_s, · $3~ I tis the principle of the fact 'that students· can not particularly naive .fre_shmen. ,· They talk· .about 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~ · " ... · / -~ . _. . . . . . ~ .

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: WhaJ _NYPIRG doesnt advertise IS tliat ev~r_y freedom to fund It, voluntanly. -::0>- ·. issue the,y work on is -political- -_ and eyery ·pQlitic:ai , · .· .. -~~ , -: ... ·;- · ~- · c · - "" •

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I w~ surprised and offended- -- ' agree with you, why do you r~sort to ~Y your e·ditorial comments, about - -_~a,~e. cal!ing: an~; · accuasti~ns of Nelson .Mandela. I am sure that the . . twisting the tr~th ? Who says the

. in an has examined _ all a~rulable . truth is yours an(l. yours alone?. Do ·

willing tO 'read your propoganda ·as .. well as anyone else's, but this time ' you were so lacking in good taste,

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. \ ,· -. ideologies in his s~arch for anytlring · -~ '" you ·-i~ag.i~e- that- it is? · Or, that · . ·

that might provide re~ief from_ the ·_ - . ~menca Is JX}rfec_t? . Or? ~at you · · . injustices or ' apartheid. . apove us all, pave the divme nght , . Kale Reynolds .

Joseph A: R(Ysf!nthal 'Nationalizing ; industries and ·to interpret, the truth ·and disseminate . .. · · . Richard Carr ~ planning the economy are ideas that · it as. you. see fia ' .. , . -, ·· \ ~ Andrew Hein~. hold ouJ 1:he prom:ise 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. Alexader·Arevalo ·. majority. ·Matidela.:may be:~ong or Let-a Nelson Mafidela ~orne foward.'·

Adam Bromberg . . . right; it's . too so,on': to tell~ but at and make you see that. . And -if you · .... JohD.Maggio -~ IeastJ).e 'istryiN.g.1PerhapS,ifhehad ' h d.,. h. · ' 'll. · ... ··. ·- ~

<. -- Paul Schilie:r: no other ideolqgy to turn to, it .was . refuser to ee 1m, you _ get an -. : . ·scott. Kocher - . · - · " Arafat. · .

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TP,e BR thariks y0u for-. . your complaint and eloquent_ defense of Nelson ' Mandela and ..

. ·"other victi:ms" of · B.R "name · , .. ; Rod:Bbgayer due· to A~erica's ·supp.ort ef tJie · ./. "' B. · ·L. white · regime and · racial ./. · -· nru:t . IS~

,.c discrimination within its own ,_ _ If you ·_.and:· your little ·. · ' calling." Yq1,1r co_mments and -

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~· democracy seem most unattractive to him. How cobld he feel otherwise,

· when all · the democracy:-spouting · . conser\raii.ves· and business investors f~om Ainerica . were _h~ppily r.idi~g "· . the bandwagon of white supremacy -

Bi,nghamton Revi~w , is a.non-profit student and doing everything ·possible lo _ journal of;news, commentary, and ' analysi~ . .

. publishe~ monthly. Sttident:S at Binghamton maintain the unjQ.st status qU:o? .· reeeive the Review free of charge. . · In · case you haven't heard~· '' " . . ·Letters to the editor .are encouraged and communism ' is crumbling· in

- should be senr· to :-Binghamton' Review; Europe. If dem9<=racy is. truly as

deinocnicy.,'l'cha11ertge you to prove U n fortunate 1 y h y·p o c ri s y · . it. by · showing 'some. 4einocratic glimm~rs from your words.-_ Your "" tolerance to-mssenters. You seem te lett¢r · preaqhes "freedom~· and . hav~ · names ,for . eve~yb_ody __ bpt . "democr.atic tqierance" while . · 'yo~rself, don't .you? ,Like .the -folks . simultaneously reqqestin.g an , you · call . "Pipe ,..,. Dreamer's" -and . "apolog-y'' from the , RR ; for · . "LOOJ!Y Liberals." Gee, you sure expressing o-ur -First Amen~rrie}:lt , , ; know an awful lot abouthow,to win: . t:!ghts of free speech a~out s~sh . <' friends,and influence JX10ple! Ot~ is .. "distinguished" · figure~ - ... as . " ,' this a .sample o'f -what, you meant Mandela. . . , . _ , ... when :you ·said that the tr~tb was ~ . . , The B~ d~e~ n9t- ~e!i~"t~ ,_ . ··Jwmy?" . . · .. , . . · the expression ·.o·f , fre~ - s.p~ech ~ ·

Every time .. YOU. see . the . . wa~rants ~n: apology. :. ; , ::. :· s·uNY-Binghamton, P.b. Box 2000, ; great as you· belive _. (sic.) . :, this

'. ', · · :·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

· ~th from vadifferent~gle, or from · . As you accuse the BR .of . '-'-;' >.another perspective,_ it.l@\cs· aJit~e. . ·: 'such-, .. :~netaliti.~s · as~:. "na~~;,:),~-:-,,: diff~rent. Ana, since . everyl)ody "'~ cal}ing'; an9- _, .;s9 : iil~~i~g-~ ip , goo~,-;:~; · · ..

J\1.1 sub~ssio~ t? ,the_.R~yie~. ~ero~e ~e :! · , ·~e,omrriunj&rp.;sr'prpmises· .. wears off, . pro~rty of.tlte ~eVIeW. ·~.TheReviewtes~~ .. , esp'ecially ·bi -' tlie' third :wo:r1d. So, _·_ ,the n~h~ tp ed1t ~d P~: any ~ubm~ss~0J1S ;, Jwhy~do you. feel

1the ~eed td . panic' ·

A:ll oprmo~ express~d ~e -_i:hose qfthe, .. autlwr .. ; · · · .. '·Mr·· M. an'dela· ·s·· 1·d·eolog. 1·cal ' · ··· . ,. ·- ,. . · .. · ,. ,, · over , -. . ~d do not n~cessarily reflect ·the opiirions of ·I 7 ·- • • • d , .di· ·- :1 th - · b / :'

, the Review. · . _, . · · :. . ,~xpen~ents an n cu1e. ~man. y ,

~· : 1mplymg ~ homosexual attractiOn .. b~etween him. and Yas_ser,_Arafat? . Why do you · refer to him· so

· diSrespectfUlly as ".Nel~n':? . :· . ~ ~ -- · -~i ,: ,: . .. ' .

looks from·a· differentangle are YOU tast.e," it is up.forti.mat~ ·that yoa ~- c" -~ · . ·suppcised to say~onl~ yours is be,tter? are .not able to. e~p:r~~sthese ~ews_ -: . \,_·· If ·_you . and·· . y01.rr · h f 1· bl .

. . . w11~ e>Ut e~ mg ·. ~ igated, ,to _,: . Bingha·mton, Review~ ate really ·in request a . retra,ctwn of ·our favor_:o( freedom; then you can s'tart opiniO).lS. You a~cuse . the BR o( by print>i.ng my ' letter, . ~ IN TOTO~ int~lerance, ·when this i~ precisely . (sicJ and '~polo~se .. (sic.) to Mr· · what y9 ll! requ~st ex;¢rnplifies. _,. ,, . Mandela ·:and any other :victim:s of · · ~ .· · .

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-. by Ephni:im R! Bernstein. with the prospect of being :view~d as . ; :· As V:e"-~ometo . the ep.d of beneficiaries of aifi.rm_ativ.e· action ..

· the Spnng semester, we cast our · ! : There i_s also the r~sentment among eyes towards n..ext Fall when the. first . ·some blacks that ·is . caused by · th~ freshman . class of. the new . decade assumption that they. need help in enters SUNY Binghamton. What' order to achieve academic · success~ tpey, and freshman across th~-- · This feeling of resentment ·-is country face in the_nextfour years is certainly undersJ:andable, and is one a · university under siege~ an of the many negative side effects -of educational system firmiy entrertchM . · •: "'; , :affirm~tive .action._. , · · .,~ . . , . in liberal orthod.aKy. · · . ·'" The next topics· that peed to . ., What is needed is an agenda :be challemged in . the · semesters

· to follow that . will result in ·ahead, have il~ss to· do with the -recapturing · our universities, and administration thrui with the students

· restoring · traditional educational themselves, these are; the Student values to the ·schools responsible for Association, and stu.d~nt educating Americas future. · . . . orgamzations. / ·

When looking . at the. S.ta,te · The Student Association is Un1v.e~sitf of ~ New· York' -at yefanotherp~esence on this c.arp.pus

. Bingha~to,n · the > single . tP·Ost ,. who's agerid;,~ _is shaped by the . important pro.b.leuiis the quality of ·political views · ot. it's central the education . .. .very :_ simply the members~ in total ,.disregard of the . . university needs to fonm1iate a core . .. . stud~nt bo4y. · Much of the. pr;oblem . curriculum based on '\Vestemstudies. stel,tls from the student activity fee . . The . mere mention" of this idea -is Th~ . fee amou-nts to over 'fifty.

opposing big busin_ess and · nuclear · : energy'is p.ot the way .to go about it.

· ·. the environmental agenda promoted by groups suck as_NYPIRG are an example of the latest attempt by tile · rrew left to create a movement that . will set - the masses against the establishment.

The Gay Peoples Union is . another · group that' should be cha1letiged in the. next semester. Let -gs not make any mist$e as to what . the. gay movement is, it is simply a group advocating a sexual preference. They are not a sub-culture or "minority" as they ·are listed in .university documents. · Groups .. such as the GPU, ·and Act-'Up .are

·. part of the Gay activist movement . that wish . to ;pu~h ,th~ir li~~style on . . the :rest of ~ociety~ · Ideas sac:4 . as . Gay . and Lesbian· studies, amd . heruth care -for gay "couples~· ·is nonsense: Hon10sexuality is nothing more than one 'persoas desire · £or sexual

this campus that openly support .terrorism 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·ese groups , s.hould go unchallenged, nor should students be'

· f.orced to fund such ·organizations: ~ enough to send the academic left of r-----......;.-:---::------:-----------__;;,--'---,_.,.,~-.--...-----, It is hopeful that in the ··

next d~cade we may look to the _ success "'of 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

Binghal]1ton inro fits of hysteria. For too long . the courses and ·depaitments of. Binghamton have been infected by literary de­constructionalisll)., Marxism,- and ethnic studies. What is needed is a · single core to put forth the wisdom

.. 'FiJr -to,o· lo_ng the<.courses . and depa-rtments .at Bing-hamton have <been

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· . - . ·· infectett ~Y - -literary . · of our civilization. · The authors of . · the classic texts of our. civilization .. such· as Plato, Dante., Aristotle are '11eeded in order to · .. restore . a foundation to . our educatiomi.l system. These men · are . not to be looked upon as . white, male Europeans. These individuals rise . above race, sex, and· history, to pur· forth 'ideas. that express the links of

deconstructionalism, ·· Marxism, · an·d · educational system. The success that' were. made in both otir foreign · and domestic policies· fell short in ·

· ~ ethnic studits. ·

our common humanity. . , . · The.re -is no place in the

university for the impositi.~n of .political views. ClasSiC ' w ·estern writings should not be -pushed aside for inferior texts simply because the authors are; female, or ·minorities. Ideas . such as Women's Studies (\I'e not consCious raising, but rather radical feminists who believe in removing themselves . from th~ test · of humanity. ·

· · · It should not be thought that a traditional curriculum will · exclude the teachi_ngs of all but

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. . dollars,. and each student is required, to ·pay as part of th~ yearly tuition. The ·student Association collects this money and proceeds to allocate_

. the funds as they see fit to the . schools many c]:lartered groups. The_ activity _fee is ll?thing more than a tax · levied up~m students, .. forcing

·them to fund groups wh~ch they are ppposed to or have no interest in. A

·· simple and just solution would be to privatize such gro_ups. Let each ' group privately finance themse,lves J

and abolish the activity fee. - This · WO!!ld also limit the role the Student

. ·Association plays in the ' life .of Binghamton students. No longer would students be,'forced . to fund protests that reflect , the -political ideals of the outspoken left in the student government, nor . would 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. 1 Groups 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,unt 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 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.nd 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

relations with a·member of the same · sex. They sho~ld be afforded no special privil~ges, andgay "couples" should not be viewed as deserving of the same benefits as heterosexual

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' 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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·'· - - Germany. 'fhe name represents a .;.. East Germany. The Odet~Neisse Line, - That · was . the unequivocal ·< proud nation that still s·tands. divided _ ... · · established after World War II, gave messag~ of the lecture given by

'in- the heart -of E~ope... It's' division - Poland about one· third of its current Professor Aigis Oeniusas-of Vilnius · the product of the Cold War between · · terri~ry: This.tertitoryused to belong _ -University. Given during the first

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after the rally he ·encountered a Russian · officer who inquired- about . his stat~s . in · the new nation and

Britain; France, etc.) and the: Soviet there is ~ a chance a .. united GeFihany served as an a propos overture for Union. The two components of the may-want that land back. The Jews Pro_fessor Geniusas's presentation in . ' divided German-y consisting of 'the. ~e watching developmeRtS closely for - which-he: discussed the ever widening.

· ·professor ·· Geniusas told ·tiim that Lithuania's independence mean.t freedom for all . the inhabitants of ~ithuania, nat just the Lithuanians. · Professor Geniusas reiterated this theme ~. of . tolerance·~ maQ y tirries thiotighout his lecture.- ·

· western Federal RepubHc (BRD: they paid-the.pric;e at ·the hands of the and intensifying - economic and ·_ Brindesrepublik Deutschland) and the __ Germans of 6 million people-during , political . d·ises whhin the Soviet

eastern. Geiman Democratic Republic the Holocaust. To quote Israeli Prime Union. · Sponsored by the Graduate (DDR: Deu tsche: · Oemokratische . Minister Yizhak Sh'Vllir; "We carinot ·· Slavic -society, about 4() iiJ..tiepid

. Republik). However; tQ.is situation know where German· enthusiasm. may , ·students arid faculty members were appears closer than ever since the . ?' lead." - ~ > .. . · • • ~- • . rewarded with a fascinating first hand Cold War began~ to changing, with Sbamir and the Jews should not report a~out the challenges, facing /

. talk of Geim~ reunification. . > . get too caught up_ in their worrying . Lithuania .in its ·drive~for independenc¢.' ·, T_his move towards change was = ·because the· n({w Germany wi11 not be

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· and, how ihis.crisis is representative of .-rf!ade :wssible by·the'pe.oplepower of a t~reat to them. Germany. will be . the· larger strUggle within the Sovie{ the Eas.t Germans .and their. recent under the microscopic-surveillance of ' -Jlnion. -- ·-· ·~ .- ·. ·_ ·· · -

• rejection . . of the C.omrriunists. On · NATO. ~the u.S.; the Soviet·Union, , .-.; .:J;>rofesso:( Genius~s. who-_is an ' ;March )8,,)9~0, the ':$a~t' Germans, ;and"the tciit ·of ilie -world. ·Germany) s ~: English .profess~r and,Shakesp.earean

:.. -'Y~? - ' h~rve ,' b~:en -fighti?-g f 0f the ' ··desiinoo·to be;an economic power-not " scholai,:characti.rizect tlie strUggle over .. remo~'H of, the~ C?m~unistJea~ers, ,/ an -i.mperiali~iC .~iHtiu'yJ)o:wer. ~ust ""' ~itbuanian .. _iii~epeilden.ee a~ .. the . a

held the ftrst free elect::J.ons there smce ; · - _recently the - Berlin _ Phi\lhirmonic. ·. · battleground &tween despott..sm ·and ·1932. The party that ended up with ·_ Orchestra (the s&me group that used to' , -democracy." -PrQ-Lithua,nia,n the· highest percentage of votes was play io Adolf ~itler) was 0n teu,r in indep-endence farces · are found _ tl1e.conservativeChristia~D.emocratic ,Israel,~dplayed.to 'delighted, standing thi"oughout the Sovief Union pmon (CDU). This freefy ele¢ted -· room only · crowds. 'I;his proves · tfiat . irrclud~.ng . Lithu~ia's · sister ~alti.c ·parliament elected Lothar de Maiziere· some Jewish people"\·h~ve learnetl -' . repul_>hcs·_of L~tV1a and Est.~ma, the -6f the CDU as .. the Pfirrie .- Minister. . forgiveness an".:lieady --to acq~pt the,~. , ~lav1c r~~ubhcs_ ?f Ukrame_ and The East Ger man CDU 'ma.lntains· in German people again. The french , , Byelo~ssta, the·_ Southern rep~blics of

""-its, p~aiform .that a 'united- -Germany _ (;l~mbters can view Oermal)y as 'lin ~lly ' ~_A p~orgl~, Annenu,.~ and_ Azerb~jan .• all .. : WQUJd w·ould have to be. a member of since it appears .that they will remairl . ' . ?f Whom . have·- seen their O\Vn · .NATO until a new·comlrionEufopean - a ·_ mem·ber of: NATO. The Peles can , _!J?.dependeilce moveptent,viole~tly-put ; alli}lll,Ce cati be 'formed . . The CDU is. breathe easier ~fuce ciianc~ll~r ~ Kohl . dbwn by -Moscow' and: democratic

the same · party that . West /German . · has .Riven in to the~boi:der question 'to ~ussians. Support for ~ndepeQdence . __ · <::hanceijor. Helmut Kohl leads~ and is speed up the reunification process and _ . IS also v_ery S~~ong m the· m?re) ".the p~ty ' jmshing reu.n1ficatioa the giiaranteed that Gerinaiiy will po( seek - ': co.s~opohta~ , -~l,tl~S -~f th~ . emP:tre,

-_· .. -.:-·-,.~_",~i_ ?_~;-.~«-~e: __ ~_:_ -. -.-0~-~y·'.~':·-·m:_,:, ~e.:_.-,n~~t .. _· __ .·" .. n_·_: 'w:_-_·, __ .,ar·.~: ~·vs" __ .:._G· .. :;e. /_:rm:_:~_-. · an _ to rec~airri its old territory. ·~~·,:-· .:.: . ;,.-'Mo~cow,:be~mgrad,_ Kie~, and<Lvtv. . :u-~ w .. . . ~H u .. _ ;: ~ :;:r_ :~-The qtiestion'·of-a -oii.e ·Gel:niany is "" ,.:, · . 'Ph~~ - 'Yitle:sprea:d ::supp~rt.: __ for :· reu~t.ftcaho·n - . is: riot . wJi~~1;1t . its :~.'riot if, ·but taihef wfien •:tt *m be' one • -Ltthuaruanmde~ndence .by:ae~ocrats questiOns. Why sho_u\d Germany be ;'nation. It is now inevittble that ·East · and n ationalist throughout the -Soviet _

; made one again? How' will a reunified · and West G~npanywill come together _· Union . ~s due in lar.ge part }~ the .. Germany fit into th~ world' scene? - again, changing the face of Europe · worsenmg ec~onom1c~ cond1t~o~s. .. Will Germarf natiorialisrh .ever be a - .. · ·· · - Professor Gemusas srud that hvtng

prqbietil again like it. was dUring the .:: once more. The tw~ countries have conditions were beeoming-u~beaFable . yeats of the N~i reign? How will its . aliilost fmatized their ecoriorriic·union · and that .they- continue to decline"

Professor Geniusas descrii>ed the Soviet Union as . L~nin had deseribed

· 'old Ts~uist · Russia~ a · "Prison of nations." ~ithuania has suffered -g!eatly under Soviet · rule~ · Executions, deportations,' and mass arrests resulted in"the death· of one third of the republic's. population . ' following World War II. In tbe' _40 years that since a.tmexation, the · republic . has, be((n . ibe tfli"get of intensiv~ (ussifica~on ' and extensive

. colonization -'pr,ogranis ~ only ·-successfully resisted by the partisan

.. -·movement which ,was only put down in 1954. - ·

' Because of this recent histoiy and ·the ,_ fact that ·the cons-titutional pro:Visions m~e it nearly impossibl~ "'· for Lithuania to ·obtaj.n independence, · _ · ·:J;>rofessor Genius_as -· asserted . ihar . repealing the independence degree ·would be·· tantamount _ to signin-g · -Lithuania's death warrant. < He said

that Lithuanians would .endure the .. , sh0rtages and the blovkade· and, if need · ·oe,

1 'become martyrs for · a free

Lithuania.- In spite of offers of . · ·negdtiations and 'concessions, and the , .

sending oftlelegatioris to· Moscow by -' -, the: Lithuanian-s;: Gorbacbev lieminds -'; i>ntrarts~gent, .- re;f.u-sing -' to··, cWC'ept -~· anyth-ing less than cancellation df the

· : ;. declaration. · , · - · · _ · . . , ,_ Professor ··aeniusas implored' the

· West not to betray the . principles · · ep1bodied by the Statu~ · of Liberty.

esonomicpower affectEurope·ancfthe wiih the West German coricessi0 n to - ~ r.apidly. · Coal miners, oil workers, · >~,o~ld? And what side ~ill the new offer I a one'· :M~:k for one Mark and in.dustrial .~orkers are beginning - ~ '

Germany take, that of NATO or .the .exchange ~f tiirrency up to a ceitiin ' to support the democratic force& with

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criticism of the Bush admmistd1tion's apparent; d~cision to put Gorbacfiev's . desires aQ<>ve those of tlie Lithuania. ' Pmfe.ssor Geniusas ass·erted · that

Soviet Union ·(the Warsaw· Pact ~as a · amount (the West German Mark is _the :R,ussian Republic and these forces treaty organ~ation .is all but dead), or . worth much more- than· its East have been gaining momentum as . possibly evert that of neutnility? . . . German . counterpart, so the East .. Sh()Wn by their . recent m unidpat .

· On this last question the Soviet . Germans witrb,e greatly ben_efittirig election victorie's in Moscow, Union is unlikely to evet have a ," fromthisexchange l},te): · '. · I . Leningrad,Kiev,and Lviv.

· tmited Germany as an ally against the ~ _ . But the final change will only · West, so they-.are pre~ching for a ·- . come with ·the· "two plus four talks."

·"'ile\,ltnilGermany. The West, howev:er, . Thetworepre~ents each Germany; and · woul<f love to _have Germany_ as' a _the fou(r~presents the World War II .·

·. member of·-NATO. This is because allie~: the U.S., Britain,- France, .. and East O~,rrhany ;vas. , o~-ce part o~ · tl!e tne ~ovi~t l_ln~on~ However, Poland _

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The : .. w.orld awaits · the - ~u·n veiling of ·a· new Germany~: some with ~~a-nticipation,

· some :~ With dr~afj, and 'SOme·- ~wzth curi-Qsity. ,

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Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact. 'If East .·Germany fumed to dem~cracy, - miite<}---­wi~h West Germany,_ and ~ecame a member of NATO it would.j'be a great ­loss ·for the So,viets and a victory for

. the West as .the post-Cold War period begins. .

· Although there are many group_s striving · for German reunification ~ · there ar(( also those groups .which':ar~ . I

hesitant for one reason: Fear. This · group includes the French; ~e Poles; and of course. the Jews. It must be

stated · lier~ tha,t not _every person in these groups oppose reunification. The French .. hav:e had the.Geririans roll th{,ou_gn . their . country twice . this centUry and are wary-of a unchecked

:' Germany wi th a militarY. ·

do¢sn't want to be left out because it borcJers Germany, and ironically, the

. British and ·French agree with the · f'oles _ _which is 1939 all over again. -

Gern;t~y is a nation ·that haQ_its problems ' ·with . its original

. ~stablishment as a state and now once ~g~n . it strives . to ·be whole. The

·world--awaits the ~nveiling of a new ·Germany, some· with . anticipation, some with ,dread, . and some with curiosity. ·once reuriif~cation Is final, the pre.ud Germany __ will ·teturn in a ·

, new form and ·tlie Gemian people may ' struggle for a while · with·· their national identity) but they will ' realize what should always -~ .. ~that they,are all Ger,mans who belong in one ·

· Germany.

. Mikhail Gorbachev 's · tec~nt ·assumption of.:the presidency,· in an uncontested electimi in which he won

·~ only' 54% of the vote, hasn't resulted' in the -free market economic reforms . that hy has :promisej:l. : President _ Gorbachev's popularity is so low now Professor Geniusas said that he wouldn't be able to win a "POpular election. . Furthermore~ the -Communist . Party has become·~- so discredited that it has become a curse . word · · ·

Profess·or Geniusas ,· spoke . -- poignantly_ about the horrieiand ·whlch

he_ defended by joining the partisan " movement and was imprisoned for 7 : . years in the· Gulag for his patriotic

d0yalty · and love for Lithminia. Lithuania cannot · renounced its

· .independe-nce, Professor Geniusas said,. because Lithuania ·has never

. · ~ccepted its. illegal in.coipo~ation into . - -the Soviet Union in 1940 due to the -. _ infamous -~tler~Stalin Pact of·,August

23, 1939, wfiich was signecJ only one 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

· Gorbachev~s public support has been · so eroded that few people ·within the

Sov:iet Union have any faith left in ., him and thai the United States ·is stalQ.rig too ·much on the man 'and not ·

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the process. After all, why should !he U.S. support Gorbach~v . if he- is reveriing back to the tried and tru~ methoos of COQtrols? · . -

Lithuania would make a viable , nation; Professor Gen1tisas e"'plai~eti •. because the Lithuanian people still .

· haven't lost the ability to work hard. Socialism's debilita'ting eneouragem~nt ()f sloth ,and laziness hasn't des.troyed the -the industriousness and ingenuity of the , Lithuanian people. Furthermore, he emphasized -the importan~e of the · Lithuanian ,emigre.'-community in the-_·

· West and the vital role it shall play in the reconstruction of Lithuania.

Profes.sor 6eniusas ·finished his . lecture by calling on the ·west .to

support Lithuania not only _because it is the righ~ thing to do but because ­there is no stopping independence: The lecture was informative and · touching. With leaders such as ·Professor Geniusas, Lithuania can

. hopefully expect a. new and brighter · _ futl!f~. - -

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·/,. e .1· ·. C astr'o has his own .. perestroika: .· ' . The . NEA (National Educati~n ' . · .. ",socialism or Death'!~' . Qqestion · -Assqciation) reCently rated

is ... "' -what's the diffe·rence? .education 16th on it's list or ·

~t'C.~~ ~ ~ ecRt«eu ~AA~ .. . ~cR·~

. . . A nd th_f . w-inner is .. ~ Mikhail ' G·orbachev w-ith ·54% . of the ·vote with · 4~% still ·un_decide.d.

The E.a-rtb D~y · particl_P·.~~ts in ­... Centta~t . · Park . . left - 154, ··-~fo~r.s ·. or ·.· ·· garbage, o_nly ··,-.3~ of whic·h. was . re-cyclable.

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Five . thin~:s .· we : would~ like- to _. see:.~· • . • • . • .J . • , -l.A women's ·center for women ·

2.NYPIRG's . budget 3.A Bi~g'hamtori. local who

. actu·ally loo~s happy · 4.A· Te:acher's Assist~nt who ·

. . . spe.aks '. English , . · 5·. What exactly creates that ~ smell .

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·priorities · be·hind _· homo~ex,'!al rights, .· abort~ on, and - legalization . of drugs. ·

The -New York State Budget Deficit is . now at two billforr dollars, up from one billion-. .

· Wanted: · -Budget -Director. Some · experience. Math ' . s_kills . n-ot .

~·~equi·red• : Call Mario ·between 9-5.

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Angtis -Joh-nston: .accused · __ Gary · . ',. Donner . of defacing on.e o.f · his , . posters~ _ · We hate to break , the ~ .

news, but "there is a , long li~ne ~in -front ~of G·a:ry. _ . ~-. , -·

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'~' .T h-·e- Sovjet~ ' < i-ovasfon ··.: :o-f · Afghanistan -" was justified/' .

· - _-. ~ Pefe_r · ·GellerJ ~ _ ·class of· ·t972 ~ ~

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; .. Not milCh· . has- _cb·ange:d ~~ on ·· -this,_ c·~mpus ·ill '- 2:0' years. '

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N ew ·, ·.v o~-k ·- has· ~ the } -3td . · worst , credit -r-ating, 'in ~ - the natio·n ', . only ahead -of Ma-ssachusetts , and L-ouisi.ana. _ lr,. New Y'or·k, Dukakis ·

· is. ~.p.ell~d ·c-U-Q-.M~O. , __ · . ~ . .. -::-- .

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. ·~ Ame;iCari . communiSts ,· complain a·boqt the spi.ritu-al poverty of the .

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,_ masse~·- Th~y - do o_ot .. realize, however • that the lmperiu~m . they pi-ne . fQr _ js a . c·ombination-. of

: . m·aterial . poverty, an.d_ . a ·lack ()f .-- - te-chnology/, pl.u·s . Stalinism." _

· . _ . From The-- Captive :_Mind.· .. _ - : · ~ by Czesla.w M.ilosz . · · - .. · I • • ' • • • ...

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who _are n.ow.r , enj~ying · .· the fruits · or· the ;Reag.an Revolution. - . . I ' . y

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·~LONELY, ISOLATED MARXIST SEEKS UKE-MI~DEb LEFTISTS FOR COMPANIONSHIP AND . . , - SUPPORT •• : • Q~JECT, REVO~UTION .••• '!

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I "w· ·_. e, cannot ~.play -. lnnocenc·e : · - abroa_d '" in · -a wo'rld that is not ·· so . , .·' in'nocent. n ' .

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Gorby's Top -5- Favorite May_ D~y --Slog~ns: ·"' . - · -·l.F·oo(t is not a luxury! . / . . .

_2.D.ow·n _with the -Red .Fasci~t -~,- · Empire! . _; . '{

> ·3.Socj_alism?. No thanks!. _ . 4~G_orbach.ev: ~ H·ands off Lithuania · ' ~.A -Dictator Equals a ~resident · ·

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D)rug · Motley ·-

Senator Thomas Libous - While the State lacks-a centralized . As Cbairman -of the .Senate information source on .the collection

Committee oil Alcoholism arid prug of forfeited. ~ss·ets, ari · info;-mal Abuse, I view ·the strengthening. of · survey conducted by the Division of .. our· asset forfeiture laws as a critical Criminai. Justice Services revealed weapon in the war against drugs. · ... , that local , ·district attorpeys h~ve

- - The premis~ ·of forfeiture is-simple collected less than . $4.5 million ~ut potent. The property and· profit statewide under the state statute ' of drug dealers should. be seized _and since 1986·: channeled to pt;ogrru:ns ·geared · to D'uring the same period, over $14 prevention ,' education ·and faw _ million was collected in the State by enforcement. otir federal_ptosecutors. ' The jmpact of a forfeiture_ is . I have repeatedlY. heard from law

·' eqdally Simple but potent. To a 4rug _ enforcement _ off.icials ' 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 far· more .· It's time for ' all our counties to have threatening ~than the poss.ibilrty _of ·access ·to effective civil forfeiture tirile'behind_ bars. Moreo:ver,_ the loss-."' proceedings. _ . .. of · . weapons, vehicles · and . · I~m prou4-to have co7sporisoredthe communications systems willrrriost . asset forfeiture . legislation which definitely . disrupt; ·if nor end, a . passed the .Senate at the close ·of last dealer's ongoing operations.- . year's Ses'sion~ This· bill will .prov.ide

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 .against drugs, . lacks an aggtbssivy . accumii~ate throug.h the peddling· of · forfeiture ·law. . .; , . . his or her deadly wares. · This law . ' During my tenure ,as Chiliman' of will hit these vermin where it hurts-

the Alcoholism , and Qrug ~ Abuse. · in the pocketbOOk. - · ' . ··· Committee,-- I've ·heard co1:lntl~ss · . Under currentlaw,'property canbe · horror stofie·s . about ~he plight of . seized only when ..- it has' been residents · who ., are v:iJ::tuaUy ·pu~chased with the proceeds_ .o{ a ·

. imprisonep in. tenements,. apartrrients: crime. ·As a result, law eriforcerrl'erit arid other,. ,tl(msing c·omplexes . by ' -, offiCials are' often powerless to ' shut

_, ~ ·dealers .who.j have -. seize<i conyol of down crackhouses, 'shooting ga:Iieries elevators, hallways and stairways for . ' and drug .labs.. ' · · ' · · ': their transactions. · · -: We-desperately need theibilit/ to

Even when dealers are arrested, , ~;eize :real 1·property ·that ·directly

I ~lose proximity to illegal narcotic are the-proceeds of criminal activity.

r By creating such a ·presumption, we'll give lopal authorities the k~ys

· ·they need to . shut . and lock drug dealer's cash registers.

Individuals 'who make a living by destroying the lives of others have · been crafty in using the· legal system to their : advantage. To avoid

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· potential 1 forfeiture, these people · often hide· th'eir assets by putting .them in someone else's name.

:reimbursed for costs incurred in the ' forfeiture process. It also allows

t them the option to apply . to keep and utilize seized equipment they feel will be effective in the war oil dnigs~ Finally, it stipulates that-any gains from forfeiture should be ···used to accentuate local funding_ 'rather than replace it..

The message we must send to these criminals should be 'sobering and · strong. If you deal in drugs, not -only will you go to ' prison, but we will

_ To a . drug . dealer, , the · loss of· a -Pors~he, diamond -studded jewelry or· a .. half-. Jr.zillion -~dollai: luxury . condo is -ofte~ far_ ~ore .. · thte-at~_ning~ th·e·n the · · ·pf!ssibility ~of time-· behind.· '!Jars. ,

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the ·senate bill will strengthen take everything you own. . ·~y pio~cuto~'s subpoena power. -power_ stripping the dealer of his or her ill-that they cari ti'aGe assets- before · · gotten gains, New. York State· can-deaiers . attempt to hide their loot . remove the primacy_ motivating force forever. · . . . . behind this illicit t:Fade ~· - ~

. : ~ More specifically •-it_ would ·allow ·: Forfeiture ~has succeeded when . a subpoena to be issued without ··. implemented. Here in New y 9rk, .. . notice when there is sufficient reason .

' . . r . • . however, this concept has riot been ,- to be~ieve . the property has been . utilized to its Jullest ·'extent~ .. : The ~-. j llegally used or acquired. This will legislation passed ·by the State, S~n;~te .\ ,prevent. dru.g 'dealers from is an innovative and constructiv-e tool tr~s~emng· theJI -~~~petty before the ·for ·cutting $e huge profitS ·generat~d !o!!eltm;~ p~~~~s lS -~p~~!ll:~~Jed.:_. -.- c-c. o.; .·c.· ·: • by the illegal 'drug I trade; - I urge th~ they are often.ouJ on. bail and .back. in .contributes to- the eommission of a

~- .. ~ ~-blJsines&J.rorri the same apartments in crime _in feiony drug cases: , The il . Curr~nt ~tate law IS unneces~an1y l'. Assembly to follow ¢.e Senate~~ .lead complex ~~t~ regl;l!-d to forfeiture. . t and pass effective forfeituie reform·

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various housing complexes. Since Senate · bill · would authofi~Z.e the · polit~· lack:·the .. power :~to seize ·Uiese· ' · fo({eit~t_re· of~' ~all re~. apd. personal apartment~·;· ~¢re • isn~j any :way iQ. :~ . prqperty use4 in any capacity :duriag prevent them from .returning to the .· the' production and distribution. of seen~ of their_criminal activities, illicit drugs. _

Some of these· tragic situations do . · Even the most naive person who have·happy endings when police.and ··walked into a room and discovered distriCt attorneys tum to th_eir tJ ~s. drugs and cash.·together in plain view

· Attorney to enforce tlie federal would presyme that the money had forfeiture law. We can't depend on been derived from illegal drug sales: federal, prosecutors -forever. They New York law does not currently \don't, have the -: map. power ·or the .permit the. sei~ure of money fqupd resources .. to a.ssum,e - primary nextlo a dealer's drug supply unless responsibility f9r New York's drug law enforcement officials can prove enforcement programs. tha_t the money is a by-productof an -

The. case for strengthening New illegal activity. This is often very . York's forfeit~e law is a persua§ive . difficult to- do: . · · . · · · ' one. The Senate bill creates a. rebuttable

presumption. that funds located . in

Afte~ ~ ·:dr~nrtct -attptney secures' a . · · ·tiiis y~. ··· ,., c · · •

conviction m a drug case, he or she ' · · must file a separate suit to initiate · f<?rfeiture. This duplication __ of effort is a needless drain of man powei= and

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the limit. ' · Our bill-facilitates the process by

allowing a forfeiture hearing before · .. th.e same jury that issued the guilty · ve,rdict. It's an effective and fair

· Libous represents the 51st Senatorial District iri the .

· · . coricept that will ease the strain on ., our pro·secutors' offices. . New York does not permit police and district attorneys the option of · recovering ~ costs . of pursuing forfeiture. The Senate bill remedies this situation. It permits . law enforcyment officials .. to ~ be ·

· New ·York State Senate . ../· . He al:so serves as the · Chairman of.the Senate

Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.

T~e _ Binghamto~ <. • Rev·ie·w' ·would like ··to · extend -:_best wishes · to our

'· - g~a·duating seniors: -. Billy ~ Shor, -y"an· Rus.anovsky, .Matt Carr, and Joe Rosenthal.

Billy- and -Y an, as founders, thank . t

y-ou · fo·r, giving Jhe ·Review a strong · begi~ning.

Matt , ~and A Joe, than~ _you .. for your0

·tireless dedication - d11:ring our, first ye_ars.

·We will miss yo.u very :much. ­:Good Luck!

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Rebels-Wit:ttout ·A·· Gause r: ) '

. ·: By Brian Liss . _ Campus· ~ctivities .on . behalf of

- ., the Farabundo Marti _ N atiorial Liberation Front · (FMLN) have

. r~cently become more _vigorous than , Js normally the case. The FMLN is

. a Marxist guerilla organization - fighting the · government ' of El

Salvador. Am9ng · the political circurristanc·es · the . campus · propagapda campaign. ignol'es, two .

· · are quite relevant and reasonably objective~ --~ ~

First, the. FMLN is incapable of . winning . . ~n 1.984, the· FMLN ·had . approximately 10;000 armed rebels. ·the FMLN is presently considered . to be a force of 1,000. Since· 1985, ·:the government's ·~ecfuity forces . ·have more than doubled, · fr.orn

: 25,000 to 56,000. In addition, the' ·. FMLN has lost its principal'avenu~ ...

of rilllitarj provision' now that the ' . government of Nicaitagua haS· been transferred . to Violeta Barrios de Chamorro. · .-

The secnnd reasonably objective politic~l - · ~ircumstance. ~is ·

, immediately _ pertinent to our .. campus. Organizatio~s at war have a '

• r life and death stake in propagan~~ Their · ability to, distort . the large · amount · of information· they convey ~

, is , as imporiant as thrir ability to · . kill. The FMLN- has been an­

. organization at war sine~ ' . its~ inception. Therefore, it-calls the war .

. a "U.S. war~" If · natiol\8 that have provided large 9uantities of '!'eapons

to the combatants should . b~ -included~ we could more accUrately . refer to the · ·~soviet, East German,

·Cuban, Nicaraguan, -salvadorari, U.S. war." My example illustrates

. hut a small part of the 'distortion the · . FMLN and . it~ propagandists

disseminate of' our campus. . .. FMLN propaganda ·techniques

. have· a key !Ole to _play in spreadin.g . ' the ·FMLN viewpoint: During. . ·rallies; . protests, and meetings, t:fie . FMLN and its proxie~ mix a heavy dose of the tragic .facts of Salvadoran . life with a warped political position. ·

In . this way .... FMLN propagandists . . usually · succeed at casting an '

emotional spell over the unwary in . a:ttendan~. A rapid r~itation of the

· ...__ facts.. as the ,,FMLN . sees them is· ·given while most of the listeners are too . :sad or frustrated to· think in a

. heatthy~ crltical way. Consequently, · . a·multiwde accepts the FMLN view -

· of Salvadorail politics for' emotional · reasons. Instead of subjecting El . Sal,vadgt to a rational· political analysis, many}put undeserved faith

. .. in the .FMLN version of reality due

. to how the propaganda m~~e them feeL · ··

I ; challenge those interested in El- Salvador to consider . a few ;, questions. ·TJ:le most importaJl.t goal· of ·the · FMLN and its :~merican mouthpiece CISPES .(Committee. in . Solidarity with the People -of ~1

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.· 'Salvador . . Notice that CISPES and the FMLN do not call for ~ end to · the . flow . of weap·ons from communist . countries to the FMLN guerillas. Included in .the communist flow of weapons are materiats for making self-.detonating mines that can't· distinguish between soldiers and civilians. Yet CISPES and the FMLN characterize their· movymertt as a peace.}movement. Is it not obvious that American paCifists ·have

. been tricked into directly supporting . a military stra~gy and a war effort?

The · FMLN . -complains . constantly about -civilians beirig ·killed by · the ·government. Is it possi15le · th~ · FMLN is guilty of criminal hypocrisy when thejr favorite cam~ufiage .te~h.niqliy 'is to . hide ·their ·weapons and change into civilian clothes? J · am of the· opinion· that in · cases whete the FMLN uses the civilian population

· as · a s·hield, resultin·g rebel' ~ propaganda lamenting Civilian deaths

is morally . bankrupt. Ci viliails are · used by the.FMLN- to shield every

toperat.on conducted··in populated areas, ey.en when the rebels keep on .their uniforms. ·

.Has the intellectual elite in . charge ·of ihe FMLN exploited the ~ople and guerillas 0f El Salvador? Over 70,000 have died and a rebel

· vict9ry i~Jess fikely than it !taS been since the start of the war. Is it possible the . emotional faith_ the · " FMLN ~ntell~tual elite has put-' in

revolution" Marxism, and ·Soviet weapons has been misplaced, and

. worse, not at .,_,all in' the ; interest of . the people of El Salvador?

· One might object that without ·American military aid to the government of El Salvador, fewer Salvadorans -would have died . . This Jassertion may or may not be true, btit . it ignores political reality~ As ·long as the Sa:lv.adoran government is ,threatened U.S. military aid will be available . .In political reality, not

. sociologicai extrapolation, .the just course of action is· to end the war as soon as ·possible, ~ith the. elected govern~ent -still in place.

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: We should be war}r ~ of giving · ,support of any kind· to the FMLN. ·This is not ·only because it has a , huge stake in -distorted information. Support for the guerill~~ could· postpone the day when -the FMLN -realizes · its military ·defeat, puts do~n its . arms, and participates in

. elections, - instead of threatening to kill people who de participate. El

· Salvador is a painfully wounded and politically complex country. While the people ·of that tortured nat~on deserve our. -sympathy, giving political support to the FMLN and CISPES is not the way to help. .

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The polici~s of Rop.ald Reagan have ·been 111aligned ·ever sin,ce'- the trade deficit started to rise . and the. United States became. a debtor nation . . However, many things have happened. to str~ngthen the economy.

· .and the United States continues to .. enjoy the· longest period of

·. peacetime prosperity in its -history. At first;. President Reagan

initiated a series of tax cuts,· which amount to a· 25% cut over a number of years, to stimulat~ growth ·In· the

·economy. ~- The trui. cut was part of an overall ecmioinic program of supply side economics whi<;h

·~ promised. to increase the standaid 0f . living ~and lower _ inflation. This -program -was des~gned to . g~t the United ~Siat~s out of the stagflation of the Carter years which symbOlized by gas · lines ,; and doubJe · digit inflatirin and interest rates·. · The.

. recession of the earty "eighti~s was part of the .medicine th€? nation needed. to . get. over the ills ~of

. inflation and unemployment. . Then prosperity returned with' the second half of the tax cuts coming into effect. : Americans begari to save money, .business . invest~ed in r-esearch · and developmerif, arid '. the recovery of

_ 1983 commenced, continuing to this , very day. · · .

·.Some cynics- will say that . -·Reagan's econorriic' policies have

, , • .c dealt a serious blow :to the"health of " the' United States: Tiley 's,tate that '

the tax cut and the defense::build up of the eariy·.Eighties ·are 'ifie· causes of the budget deficit. · However, according · tQ ·Economist Michael

Meeropol, the huge tax cuts have prevented the re-emergence of double qigit inflation and unemployment. With the debt, these economic maladies would have struck any administration, requiring them to botiow massive amounts of . money

• as the administrations had done in · · the Seventies. ·

There was a fear that President Bush would not follow in his predecessors footsteps, who had lowered inflation as low as 2%, and

. reduced unemployme!}t to the natural ' ·

\ 7 rate of5%'. In 1980, President Bush had r~ferred to President Reagan's~

.r proposed economic policies as_. ' ·

"Voodoo Economics." But eight years of , successful economic policies, he has decided to. maintain and ~xpand Reagan's policies. .

In his .15 months of office, the . Bush Administration has reached or ·is -ln the · pro'ces.s .:of . conducting

. ·sensitive trade.taiks with Japan and · West Gerrliany, two nations which. the United States have large trade defictts with. He has,majntained the same domestic . policies that

. President Reagan instituted. The United States is now in its seventh -year of prosperity and ~conomic expansion, · .

·· The American ~ economy was · traJ!sformed by President R~agan .beginning, 'in 1981. Since then there

. has been · a precipitous Fise in income~_)ess, unemployinent and . J'Qw~r: ~flatiom Ifthese policies are :_ allowed to continue the trade ·deficit .

· is expected to decline. The economy/ · hasn't' been this strong 20 years· an~ · · the credit for this . economic success ' must go to President Reagan.

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by Rod Bugayer· ~ .. , . My father advised··me when 'I . .

' was young to-31w'ays take sides 'iri.'.'a -~ . fight. "If you take the middie road~" . . he said; "instead of;·both sides liking· · ,C'

you, both· sides end tip hating you~ ·; .. President George Bush, through

· ·pis ·moderate 'policies, has repeatedly -~ disappointed :~.me ·d\lririg his short ,

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adminishation :k'fiow wny_ w( are ' s~?-o~nno back_bone in dealing with '. deal{ng with this dangerous ' and· fotet'grr governments. . Hi~ actions hostile nat.lan. _· · · _ · · , ·ha·ve- gr~atly: :disappointed many

Twoyears:Ago I did notexpecr .. Repub.Iicans>· ·· At the same· time :· · . Bush to':' act -so horribly~ He ·has · ho':V~yer/ ·he is stjll 'disliked by tli~ ·-· .

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term· in offk~. .The thought that l _ .. , . c(ndd have done better·. supporting · ... · -, ._. ~i · is~ no. mystery that most , . . the· etl1er candidate has. ,crossed"'my:·: . college 'stt,idents -~~ ~ppreh~nsi~e-

. mind .a-few times. -·J:>r~sident :Bush · ~ about registering fora cours~ taugfit -~ . ·

Democrats. He lias failed· to take a Stahcf Oil' any 'issue ·-~ - a s~n~ way- of :. not being reielected. , May by my' · father i$ correct,) he middle road is nof.the best path to' foliow. r

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seems to have iost his backb.one; 'he ,· by _ a 'tiew~·_rriember ''of' th~ faculty. --has taken a moderate (bordering orr·: - ·Lasrsemester, .. Abisi S:harakiy-~ was

'· liberal) stand onmost issues. · . hired.::as a .Post.:.Doctm:al Fellow in · ·

NAME:-~·· ·. . Abis~ Sharak1ya

:" ~ Bush l;las done -~exaetty -'w:\laf Poiitical S.ciem~e \forj.the .J989~90 Moscow could hav.e hoped for-from· a . ~term. In .the FaH semester<hettaright P[eSide,nL JHs deals with '¥ikhail a. cHlss entitled .ldeas~ :and ~olitics

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. ' Gorbachev has walked all over Bush. · ; . :'die · BingJ.1~mjton Review opterl:,. to . ·. ., ' . in search of the aid he . n~ds: to sa~e ·. . . . Jake. ; . . . . ' .

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communism _in hfs-countrf . (As - . It is unquestionably tbe ·case that .. seeri·rih _the' past year, communism Professor Sharakiya is .:a 'well-has· been · proveJ:l , ~o be, ···by all . orgaai?;ed . professor, who, unlike countries_ espousing it, . a failure.) many other member~' Qfi· ~e fayulty . · T~e g~;eat Qorhachev, who fot yeats· · · .·(particularly .the. Po~it~cal ·" Science hlis -been using one-tliircL of hi~ Department)<displays great.conc ... em 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 .· . ~nd is desperately trying -to sav-e' .tfie ·interesting_ . and '-'cd]:hpreiJensiv! evil institution · of communism in lecture. . . '; ' . '·. ' :· the Sov.iet Union. ·Bush ha.s coi:ne·;;, ·. -~ A,ltho~gh PFofessor ~.hara'l;iya throu.gh to · aid Gotbachev with . . follows a strict~dJogicaHy ordered ~--

.. economic-and mor~ support. . · . ,-/ outli'tie, he woiks arduously toW'wd . · What has -Bush done: with tlJ.e .> · initiatiri;g. ' the i·nv(>l.vem~nt' . of

· Lithuanian declaration > :bf : .· ·, ~tuqents ,in discussions and debates. independence? . Nothing. He will . tJnfertunately such . ·an effective not even reco'gnize the Lithuanians ·. · 'lecture style cannot be attributed to ' for fear of displeasing, his "fri~md~" · mQst ·.members_ of the SUNY-in Moscow._ · : , . . " Binghamton faculty (,once 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 done what we've worked f0r in the autonornism. Profes~or ' S.har.akiya · · 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 of 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, ..

only iri' the West B~ and the Gaza, · but in a· pmtion of · thejr. capital, rais~ng tl}_e prospect of a divided ' Jerusalem. ·· This bombshell, · which Bush p~eterided "to be · no · shift -1.1!_ U.S. policy; hr:ou:ght down the Israeli government. • .·

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The -terrorist Y:~sir ka:fat, . a ' murderer of w'Omen and childien, .has noted the shift: ·in policy •. · "This ~- · administration · iS, ·ilie ·. fifst · adm1itistration.'thafspeaks ofthe·end~ · of Israeli occupapon·!'··he said. after Secretary of State James Baker told Israel · ·"to forget the dre~m· ·<§f a '·~ Greater Israel." · Arafat must love the · ' Bush.administration. .. ·

. . - :Busp·s . policy wi~ Iraq;·) ·s · .. another 'example of his ~eeinirigly _a:pathe(ic .·· attitud~. In ,~arch an'" English journalist was ~hung-by Iraq , for stumblirlg On a poi$on .gS!S plant. · '

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.:· by , the Bush administration for 't:}lis . barbarism. · In addition .•. Bush has . ·

· supported · $3 -l>iUion 'in loans to ' . i /' Baglida4 v,rhicl] .is aow being ,slowly,~ .•

. · prose·c.ut'ed · .- by · the ~: Justic.e " · ·· DepartrneJ.lt. ·. Only Bush ·and his·-·. '

assure the adequate autoriOJillY of every individual. Thus. autono~ism ·· is . a 'fheory of the -mo.rall y · jUstified · ·society,_ a philosophy of }!isiQry ~lpld societal change, a normative theory qf societal . ~eve~opf9ent? ·, a

· philosophy of indiv_idual friorality. !J. theory of normative psycho\ogy;'arrd a critique of human exi.Sterice." · · Th~ is merely a bri~f descriptio~

·of autonomism, ·not an: explicatiori: Professor .Sharakiy.a-wopl(! weicolli~ anyone interested in obtaining a fun

' outline to visit :his I office in the . Political SCience ·Department. (LNG . 100). . ' ,·

.. Finally, it is important to _note/_ · as it is with any member ·of .the · social sciences· prof~s_sion, Professor· · Sharakiya's ideologic(,ll views. In '

· · Ideas and .Politics, he displayed little political ·bias:·.· :He. presented critical

- opiaions ·of both Rig~t and Left­wing theories_, and . re-gimes. This

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, -SUNY :-Binghamton, . where it is :- _natural to -ljas-11 tile ·~Rig'}lt~wing

r.eg;im.es . with o~e '11aad, w~hi~e · laudiilgthe.LeftistS\vith.the other. ·

Eaeh of these qualities we have , , qbserv€d· ~n. Pi'Qfe~sor .S~ya ~mly . ·.· affirm·· tliat he" would . irideea ' ~·. a . " · ~elco~e, pe!1llanent -adtlitio~ 'io .. ~e :"

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the McLaughlin~ Qroup. (c~(>ckwise from left)Jack , -~ermond, Elea:n9r Clift~-J ohn McLaughlin, _Fred .Barnes, 'Morton Kondracke, and Pat Buchanan. ·. . ;. ·- . . ·

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by th~e , National Council to Support the Democratic Move_ments ~in the· U.S.S.R. - - t . • '

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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 .memo: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-currenttendency

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-ght 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. · · · · , · . --.

I · ~ow, because ·of 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, permirourselves 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.

· I 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. . ,_ . · · -- · · . I .

. We·. endorse the declaration of the National Council and we 'utge ._leading Americans to jpin with us in this effort; , -' ' ' - ' - ' ' - -' - ... ,. (

Richard V. Allen - Ellen~ Garwood . . LeslieLenkowsky · Robert'R. Reilly-Jay van Andel Lt. Gen. Daniel 0. Graham (ret.) Hon. Charles M .. Lichenstein ' · Hon. William E. Simon

·John K. Andrews, Jr. ~ r--· _ Anthony Harrigan · ~erbert I. London ~ Ralph Takala . . - , Frank,.R. Barnett _ . Hon.· Henry J. H~de Henry Q. Manne , · . · ; , Hon; Helen Mane Taylor /

_.Morton C. Hlackwell · .. ,Reed Irvine · · ·""-, . "' · 'Hon._ John McClaughry · · · Norman B._ Ture -Thomas A; Bolan :Hon. Lonis'(Woody) Jenkins R.,Bruce McColm - · ·. .. R .. Emmet Tyrrell,Jr. Rotx:rtJ. Chitester - "·' _ Albert'Jolis . . . 1-{ori. J~ Wilham .Midde~dorfii ' Paul Weyrich- :. ~-· , . ~ Martin Colman Michael S,.Joyce · Ed Noble I . Jack Wheeler -H<?n. Holland ·H. Coors .__ Alan·L. Key~s · . _ Grov~r Norquist Hon. Faith Whittlesey Mtdge Deeter - · . Sven F. Kraemer "' Michael NovalC · Hon. Pete: Wilson · · · · Hon. Donald J. Devine · Robert H. Krieble ·Ellen Frankel Paul · . Hoii. Curtin Winsor, Jr.

. EdwinJ. Feuloer, Jr: ·· · Michael Ledeeri · . Norman Podhorett Aibert Wohlstetter ._. ~-¥ilt~n Fried~an ,.,, .,·, , . . Jo~n Lenczpwski .- I)anie.I J. Popeo / ·

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As two ·Social-ist mayors were spewing libetal ·rhetoric 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 corporate America that . the 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 commun1!y: the . ~nv-y for· tlie 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 (monetaril-y) for our . 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. . . · . . _

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? 'Authors 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 ..

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

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 . .

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. Federal la:ws violate · the businessmen's right to privacy by . forcing , them . · to make their

. upon the wealthy, describing them· as s~lfish and greedy. Greed,

Now, if we -..,examine this definit-ion one wili ' see how ridiculous it really is as we compare-. this/ with · oth~r pr0fessions. For _private/inside information public, ·

·. pushing men to their full potential, is good and our society must reali~ this · · so that America remains c_ompetitive a~a prosperous. ' ·

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Some people will nev·~r like us. They are the storm 'troopers for America's liberal movement. They areJiving proof that the good guys don't always win. ·

· · 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 -system 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 ~rusades ·and narrow, anti-business, anti:-national de~ense, _pro-criminal agendas. f

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?

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