1980_10 The Daily Collegian October 1980

              THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Another four years?
To the editor:
It is difficult to rebute Tom Bohigian's
editorial, "Cater deserves another
because most of what he says is his
opinion and he is entitled to his oplr
I feel, though, that I am entitled to my
opinion; that it is not a question as to
whether Carter deserves another term,
but as to whether the United States de¬
serves another four years of President
Carter
Carter does have some good points,
unfortunately they do not outweigh his
liabilities His greatest shortcoming is a
lack of a sense of direction for our
country This leads to management by
crisis. His solutions to these crisis do
not necessarily form a coherent pattern
this lack of vision has caused the appear¬
ance of ineffectual leadership.
Also, Carter's obsession with peace
has resulted in policy of peace at any
price One must not be deceived! The
Russians knew they could move into
Afghanistan with impunity for two rea-
First. Carter Is not prepared for any
direct confrontation with the Russians
and secondly, protestation to the contary
his administration has seen the military
decline to the point where they are prob¬
ably incapable of responding to a con¬
ventional threat without the use of ther¬
mal nuclear devises
Carter's human rights policy has
emphasized over and over again During
the Democratic convention, the phrase
"Economic Justice" was expounded. Is it
economic justice when so much of a citi¬
zen's income is appropriated for income
taxes, inflation (which is another form of
taxation) and social security? No, it is
not    I   call   this   economic   Injustice.
There is no justice in a system which
taxes the productive hard working citi¬
zen to redistribute it to an ever increa¬
sing unproductive segment ol society I
call this involuntary servitude.
During the presidential campaign the
news media has shown partiality in favor
of Carter from the very beginning. An
excellent example of this is Carter's
statement that if Reagan were elected
President he would turn the blacks
against the whites, separate the North
from the South and the Jews would be
pitted against the Christians. What
could be more stupid and ill-advised
than this? The news media did nothing
out gloss over this issue. One can ima¬
gine the reaction on the other hand if
Reagan had said this instead.
We must remember the goal of the
Russians has always been the complete
domination of the world community. Our
country's safety demands and deserves a
strong leader. Nothing in Carter's first
term has shown this ability. The com¬
munist leaders are fully aware of this. I
would not be the least surprised if they
stage the release of our American hos¬
tages before the upcoming election to in¬
sure that Carter, the least threatening
candidate, is re-elected.
Tom Bohigian may feel that Carter
may deserve another term but America
cannot afford it. Victor Yost
'Bomb Iran' lyrics"
vs.
'death to Carter'
To the editor:
In response to recent letters concern¬
ing the "Bomb Iran' song, I offer my two
cents. It's only natural that people from
a country that has banned all popular
music would see censorship as the right
way to respond to another point of view..
It seems hypocritical though for them
to whine about song lyrics when we have
to listen to their people chant "Death to
Carter* on the nightly news. «
Other than that, Iranians on campus
have been extraordinarily quiet this
semester, almost too quiet. Could it be
that getting their butts kicked by the
Iraqis for a month has Uught them a
little humility?
i Could it be they don't care for the
taste of humble pie? Could It be they
realize their wealth of oil Is going up in
smoke and with it any chance of being
more than a two-bit little country with no
future?
Oddly enough, for all their loud
revolutionary talk in the past, I haven't
any great exodus of patriotic Iran¬
ians back to defend their cherished
Islamic republic! It seems as Cagney
used to say, 'They can dish it out, but
they just can' t Uke it. *
Oh enough of this for now—I feel
much better. Excuse my redneck for
showing (literally). I'm only practicing
my rhetoric for when President Raygun
jumps into the saddle.
Cary Sellers
'Sexploitation' of
athletic department
To the editor:
I was amazed, amused and not a little
put out to leam that CSUF Athletics has
tuition scholarships for women as sex
objects (Insight article, Oct. 15), but that
it has so little money for women athletes
that CSUF cannot, for example, field a
women's track team.
Since the name for this extraordinary
group of young women has not yet been
selected, may I suggest 'The Sexpteiu-
JuneCill
Professor of Foreign Languages
All denominations
can be 'born again'
To the editor:
There was a recent article In the Col¬
legian titled ' 'Born Again' and Evolu¬
tion Theories, Debated." Since the term
born again has been bandied about in
the media lately, I decided to look up the
references to this term in the Bible. Does
born again denote some kind of cult
group or is it something consistent with
Christian theology both Catholic and
Protestant? In the gospel of John the 3rd
chapter, Jesus said to a Jewis scholar,
"Truly, truly I say to you, unless one is
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God". Nicodemus, the scholar, then said
to Jesus, "How can a man be bom when
he is old?.He cannot enter a second time
into his mother's womb and be bom, can
he?" Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I say to
you, unless one is born of water and the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom
of Cod That which is born of the flesh is
flesh; and that which is bom of the Spirit
is spirit " In 1st John 4:7 John the apos¬
tle writes, "Beloved let us love one
another, for love is from Cod; and every
one who loves is born of Cod and knows
Cod." to the fifth chapter of the same
epistle John writes, "For whatever is
born of God overcomes the world". Peter
in his first letter sutes, "for you have
been born again not of seed which is per¬
ishable but imperishable, that is,
through the libing and abiding word of
Cod-
Thus 'born again" is not reserved for
any particular denomination, but for
those who have a relationship with the
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Pashayan
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strength concerning ties with NATO,
but also felt we should remain global
and still have the ability to reach out.
He thought perhaps "trade with other
nations was the answer."
His emphasis, however was that the
US have a "leadership that is predict¬
able to our allies."
He said he criticizes Carter concerning
his foreign policy quoting Reagan as
saying Carter's policy is 'vasdltotlng.'
He brought a chuckle from the crowd
when he added, "demonstrating that
Reagan can utter a multi-sylable word
without breaking it into three different
sounds, which is more than Carter can
do.*
- People shifted in their seats as Pas¬
hayan answered a question about the
ERA. He said 'Maybe I'm old fashioned,
but I simply don't feel it's a good Idea to
draft women.' He felt the ERA Issue was
poorly handled at the Republican
National Convention, but admits he is
against the ERA amendment.
•It's not the fctoa I'm against, but put¬
ting these words into the Constitution
will not add anything to the meaning,*
he said, 'If we are equal and free then
we are equal and free, and I think a tot
of people will be sorely disappointed if
the ERA passes.*
It is not that he disapproves of the idea
of the ERA or abortion either. He feels
it is not proper to put those issues in
the Constitution. He is against the notion
of insulting social doctrine into the
Constitution.
He added, 'I don't know, maybe I'm
against amending the Constitution."
He touched briefly on his role in
Congress regarding the Westland's
water district. He said he could lecture
for an hour but smiled saying, "I don't
figure students want to hear another
lecture.*
Pashayan said there is some contro¬
versy regarding the 1902 Interpretation
of a reclamation water bill. A new
tow will smooth out the meaning of the
old and provide some guidelines for
water use primarily in the San Joaquin
Valley, which Pashayan has been
involved with extensively.
And sUying on the topic of the San
Joaquin Valley, he answered questions
Photo by Robert Cauthier
CONGRESSMAN CHIP PASHAYAN
•poke at CSUF yesterday In hie re election bid
Regarding Fresno he said, 'Perhaps
Fresno should consider growing up
rather than out,* to Uke care of the
urban sprawl problem. He mentioned
. Is about as tow and unimpor¬
tant as It has ever been. 'The candidates
seem to be emerging alike and so close
on all the issues,'he said.
He did not fed that being republican
in a democratic state was a disadvantage
He said he has heard tome congress¬
men say that they are unhappy with
Carter and will be voting for Reagan but
no Republicans have returned the favor,
that he knows of.
As if the audience wasn't sure. Pas¬
hayan was serious as he concluded,
saying 'I will be voting for Reagan this
election.*
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problem of preserving enough farm land
to feed millions was serious he said, "We
don't want to begin depending on
foreign food supplies when ours stert
depreciating. We had that disad¬
vantage shown to us clearly enough with
oil."
He proposed a local control on land
use, rather than federal, saying the
federal government should not become a
national planning commission. He said
he believed the abundance of paperwork
would far outweigh the advances the
federal government might make for local
lands.
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