1993_11 The Daily Collegian November 1993

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Monday, Nov. 1,1993
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174^ power
to choose?
By David Mlrtiadi
News Editor
Tomorrow, you will have the
chance to go to the polls and vote to
change history as we know it. The
very educational framework in
which you were brought up in may
change with just one punch of a
card.
"""You have the power to deter¬
mine the educational future for an
entire state.
That power is Proposition 174,
the most danger- ;	
ous piece of leg¬
islation to come
into the hands of
the California
voting electorate
since governor
Pete Wilson's
welfare initiative
in 1992. (
Proposition
174 is commonly
Jtnown to most as
the voucher ini¬
tiative, apian that
would give a
family up to ^m~~~~~~~~m
$2,600 to send their child to a pri-
vate school. This would give them
tlie option to send their children out
of the public school system, rob¬
bing them of valuable education
that so many of us take for granted.
If it passes (it currently trails in
most polls), it could cripple our
state's teachers. It's no wonder
that the California Faculty Asso¬
ciation, the group that teachers on
this campus belong to, are against
it. What it effectively says is that
you, the parents ofthe millions of
children that go to school in this
state, jan spit in the eyes of those
who give your children education.
I wonder where
the morals of the
individuals are
when they ask
for such a pre¬
posterous thing
as "school
choice."
The proponents of Proposition 174
say that the educational system in
California has gotten so bad that it
is time to take the matter into "our
own hands,"
Toacertain extent, they are right.
California has slipped in educa¬
tional quality recently. My good
friend Bruce Herschensohn touts
on radio ads that our system has
fallen below Mississippi's in terms
of educational quality. Did you
know that Mr. Herschensohn barely
graduated from high school? This
is the same man who made propa-
  ganda films dur¬
ing the Nixon ad
ministration. And
fools actually be¬
lieve-this stuff?!
Mississippi hap- .
pens to be the
poorest state in
terms of money
per capita spent on
children and those
students consis¬
tently score on the
lower end of the
scale on SATs.
California, the
mmmmmmmm'mmmmm home of the most
prestigious university system in the
United States, compares with Mis¬
sissippi? Get real!
If this measure should pass,
people would have the opportunity
to set up their own "schools" with
little problems. All one would need
is 25 victims, er, students and a
competent, breathing human being
with a degree. There would be no
standardized tests to pass, ho accu¬
rate measure of a person's intelli¬
gence. These teachers wouldbasi-
cal ly be legally gambling-gambling
with a person's education.   This
Please see 174, page 8
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Journalists have to be objective
DearEditor,
In Friday's Collegian, staff writer
Douglas Stolhand stated in both ar¬
ticles that Reality members were un¬
available foroomment, and wentsofar
as to say that we have taken a "vow of
silence regarding the press". This is
just not true. I was not asked by Mr.
Stolhand for any infonnation, which I
would have happily given if ap¬
proached. I think it is important Mr.
Stolhand that you leave your personal
feelings toward senate membets be¬
hind when doing articles on the ASI. I
am sure you know members of the
SCARED party personally, but aren't
you supposed to be a journal ist ? Real -
sty is more than happy to talk to report¬
ers and if you would have asked this
mcmbetslwouldnothave'decfinedto
comment*. You see,-I have nothing to
hide or fear. I stand my decisions and
believe they are in the best Interest of
all the students here at FSU, not just
SCARED'sspecial pet interest groups.
I know this would be too much to ask,
but could you please report the facts!
You seel want evety student toget the
most out of their 32 dollars, hot a
minority ofthe students getting all of
the ASI funds. Please Mr. Stolhand, if
you can't report the news objectively,
then please find someone else who can
so that students will really see what is
going on. Of course, this would be
defeating your purpose wouldn't it?
It would be nice i f you reported tlie
circumstances of the reason the ASI
agenda was voted down as well. Your
illustrious President tried to pass an
exraitrreorder which wouldputsoine-
one on the senate who did not go
through the proper channels. In es-
sence, in the sty le of aC«rim dictator
she tried to make her decision final
without any checks and balances. Our
systepi is democratic, not a authoritar¬
ian dictatorship. Please, let us report all
the news, notjustyourfeftist slant on it.
You will be doing a service to all the
students and I am sure they would all
appreciate it. It would alsd-help your
credibility. | .
Sihcerely,
Gregory A. Chambers
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