1981_11 The Daily Collegian November 1981

              Opinion
Page 4/November 3,1961 -Dally Collegian
Zionism criticized
To the editor:
This is a response to a letter by
Mr. Scott Hatfield to the Daily Col¬
legian of Oct. 29,1981, on the subject
of Doctor Fawaz Turki 's lecture.
I am surprised by how consistent
Mr Hatfield is in suggesting that the
Middle East problem is between Pal¬
estinian Muslims and the Arabs on
one side and the Jews on the other
side. Jews have lived and prospered
in many Muslim countries up until to¬
day, arid engage in all social and econ¬
omical activities. Although Muslim
tolerance of J udaism deferred at var¬
ious times and places, Jews in the Is¬
lamic realm were generally treated
better than in the Christian countries.
Rare was the attempt to confine J ews
to only one field of activity, as was
done in the Christian West.
The Zionist claim that some 2,000
years ago certain Jews used to live in
Palestine and therefore have the right
to live there now is absolutely illogical.
There is no basis in law or logic that
would vest any group of people rights
to other lands on the ground that some
people of the claimant's race or reli¬
gion had conquered the land and occu-
As to the question of spiritual ties,
Christians have equally strong ties to
the Holy Land as the Jews and the
Muslims. To give the Jews a special
favorable treatment is a violation of
the rights of the Christians and the
Muslims.
Biblically, scholars have pointed out
that Genesis 12:7 'Unto Thy seed will
I give this land' and other Biblical
quotations referring to the children of
Abraham. The fact is that the Arab
Muslims and Christians are descen¬
dants of the children of Abraham,
whereas the majority of the European
Jews are of Slavic or Polish ancestry.
It will be unreasonable, therefore, to
assume that the Bible proposes that
the European Jews have the right to
occupy Palestine against the will of the
Christian and Muslim Palestinians.
One wonders whether Palestine is also
the home of the ancestors of Sammy
Davis Jr.
Mr. Turki never suggested that
Libya, Lebanon or Saudi Arabia were
democratic states. Indeed oppression
occurs in all those states to all of
their people regardless of their reli¬
gion. Ameican politicians, on the other
hand, always give speeches in praise
oi the 'Jewish State of Israel' as a
bastion of democracy. Any state based
on race, such as the Aryan race of
Nazi Cermany, is like the 'Jewish
State of Israel,' undemocratic.
The fight for peace in the Middle
East is not of Arabs against Jews but
rather against the zealous racist Zion¬
ists. There are a number of J ews who
fight alongside Arabs against Zionism
because they know that Palestine is for
all forever.
Salem Al-ismairy
Nuke facts clarified
To(	
Before Robert M. Bruns 'dupes'
students into believing his so-called
facts, I think it is appropriate for me
to set him straight with a few truths.
(I am referring to his letters to the
editor for Sept. 28 and Oct. 26,1981).
Bruns states that conservation can¬
not work in the U.S. Wrong! Conser¬
vation can and does work not only in
the private sector but the industrial
sector as well. Simple recycling of
aluminum, paper, glass and tirris one
major conservation pradice. Efficient
use of process steam in industry (40
percent oi industrial energy consump¬
tion) could save 680,000 barrels of oil
adayf0umas,1976).
Letters
from readers.
More than half the energy used in
the U.S. is wasted. Cogenerationtfull
utilization of by-products) could vir¬
tually eliminate energy waste.
Dr. Carl Blumstein, in a lecture pre¬
sentation given to the CSUF student
body on Nov. 1,1979, stated that,
'Energy conservation is cheaper than
finding new sources.' But conserva¬
tion is not pursued due to the fol¬
lowing barriers: lack of information,
misplaced incentives, regulations,
market structure, large initial costs
and sociologic customs toward energy
use. As Lizabeth Laury stated in her
article, Sept. 23,1981, "A serious, in-
depth conservation effort on a national
scale would negate the need for power
produced by nuclear plants".'
Bruns also states that coal-fired
plants are more radioactive than nu¬
clear plants. But that is only because
the radioactive by-products of nuclear
fission are shipped and dumped miles
away from the nuclear power plant
while coal plants dump their wastes
(airborne effluents, residues, and
mine tailings) in the immediate vicin¬
ity of the plantl
This is not to imply that I think
coal is a good energy source. It is not.
Coal-fired plants are dirty and ineffi¬
cient. We do not have to choose be¬
tween coal or the atom when conser¬
vation will work with little or no sacri¬
fice to lifestyle, and that is being en¬
tirely realistic.
A third 'fact' I would like to clarify
for Mr. Bruns is the so-called safety
of burial of radioactive wastes. C.G.
Eichholz, professor of nuclear engi¬
neering at Georgia Institute of Tech¬
nology, in his book, Environmental
Aspects of Nudear Power (1976),
states that. The safe, ultimate dis¬
posal of the highly radioactive
wastes    represents a major challenge
to the industry." Air tight drums are
no match for the extremely long half-
lives of most oi the 200 radioactive
elements and isotopes produced dur¬
ing the-fission process. (Iodine 129
has a half-life of 15,900,000years!)
The half-life dangers of these ma¬
terials plus the proposed magnitude of
waste burial clearly reflects an arro¬
gance in the pro-nuclear faction that
borders on the edge of insanity and
seriously endangers the well-being of
humanity and life on this planet.
For Mr. Bruns to say that there
were no genetic defects to offspring in
Hiroshima or Nagasaki as the result of
the atomic bomb is absurd! According
to an article written in 1975, after the
first 100,000 people died in the initial
blast at Hiroshima, another 100,000
people died from thermal burns and
radiation sickness. Plus, a significant¬
ly high number of birth defects and
mutations were found in infants born
to mothers that lived through the
bombing. By the way, although Mr.
Bruns' reference was written in De¬
cember of 1973, the study on genetic
defects at Hiroshima and Nagasaki he
cited was done between 1948 and
1953, only 3-8 years after the bomb
Nuclear fission is not, cannot, and
never will be a safe, clean energy
source. Before Mr. Bruns rattles off
supposed facts-, I suggest that he
spend some time in the library study¬
ing both sides of the issue. And if
anyone is interested, I have a list of
references, both pro and con, regard¬
ing nuclear power available in the Ge¬
ology Department.
Crunch Nestle, Quik!
To the editor:
I am continually amazed at the reac¬
tion of students to the Nestle boycott.
Readions vary.from, "There are too
many people in the world anyway," to
'I never eat Nestle crunch bars any-
Nestle is a lot more than Quik and
Crunch bars. Libby's Taster's
Choice, Nescafe, Sunrise Coffees,
Nestea, Hermanos wine, Swiss Knight
cheese, L'Oreal cosmetics, Stouffer
frozen foods, Souptime, and Beech
Nut Baby foods are all owned by
Nestle.
The boycott of Nestle's came about
when Nestle began a Strong and de¬
liberate campaign to sell their pro¬
ducts to Third World countries after
sales in the United States began to
decline.
Obviously, sanitary conditions dif¬
fer in the Third World countries from
the U.S. Poor families have too little
fuel to sterilize baby bottles, often
don't have refrigerators and use con¬
taminated water to mix formula. Since
infant formula in poor countries can
cost up to 60 percent of the family
income, mothers must over dilute it to
make it last longer. The bottle and the
formula then become carriers of di-
America, over 10 million babies suffer
from "Bottle Baby Disease'—diar¬
rhea, malnutrition, brain damage and
even death—every year.
Women were convinced that infant
formula was superior (more modern,
more "Westernized") than breast
feeding. On the contrary, studies show
death rates are two to three times
higher for bottle-fed babies than for
breast fed infants.
Nestle supplies colorful posters and
free medical equipment to hospitals
and gives gifts to doctors to enlist
their favors. Their aggressive promo¬
tion has persuaded millions of women
to stop breastfeeding and use formu¬
las. If a woman is convinced to stop
breastfeeding, within a week her milk
can dry up and she becomes depen¬
dent upon the formula.
Despite years of mounting criticism,
Nestle has made only slight changes in
its promotional methods.
Speak to the Nestle Company in a
language they understand...boycott
their products! "Crunch Nestle,
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DailyCollegian
Wednesday
Cutbacks slash
CSUF employees
variety of positions on campus, includ-
In. theory, the dollar difference from
the 1981-82 federal budget cuts on
governmental spending will be volun¬
tarily absorbed by the private sector.
In pradice, however. President Ron¬
ald Reagan's vision of a 'self help'
society has yet to be realized, while
the consequences of the J35 billion cut¬
backs, which went into effect Od. 1,
have already occurred.
CSUF had to terminate all 38 of its
CETA employees due to the cutbacks
on social program spending, said CSUF
Personnel Director Rick Contreras.
CETA (Comprehensive Employee
Training Ad) is a program implemented
by the. Fresno Employment Training
Commission, an organization that bains
and employs economically disadvan¬
taged individuals who lack educational
and technical skills.
At CSUF, CETA employees held a
pre-professkmal and technical.
But when FETC's budget was slashed
some $20 million this year, the CETA
program had to be eliminated due to a
treras said. *We were able to hire a
few people, but the majority of the
former CETA employees either went to
the uriemployment lines or back to the
REAGAN continued on page 5
CDC performing Saroyan's
'My Heaifs in the Highlands'
V-bailers unite
Robert Oauthler/Dally Collegian
The CSUF Volleyball Club doesn' t care If Its players can knock a ball over a net,
it Just wants Interested people to come out and give it a try every Monday night
at 8:30 p.m. In the Women's Gym. See club feature on page 2.
A mysterious old man who plays
the comet visits the sleepy town of
Fresno in 1914 and changes forever
the life of a little boy named Johnny.
Set in Fresno's San Benito Avenue,
'My Heart's in the Highlands' was
the first play written by the late play¬
wright and author, William Saroyan.
The play will be presented by CSUF's
Child Drama Center as part of the
university's two-week 'Saroyan
Festival," which began Monday and
will run until Nov. 13.
The  'Saroyan  Festival'  is  being'
held during the first two weeks of
November to honor Saroyan for the
international, recognition he brought
to Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley
through his many plays, books, and
other writings.
According to Wendy Duncan, assis¬
tant director for the Child Drama
Center, the campus theatrical group
had decided last year to present the
Saroyan play as part of the center's
1981-82 season. To celebrate the
university's 70th anniversary, the
drama center had dedded that this
season they would feature plays by
California playwrights, induding
SAROYAN continued on page 3
CSUF notorious for illegal 'California rolls'
At 10 a.m. on a Monday morning,
a white CMC van rolls through the
stop sign at the corner of San Ramon
and Jackson streets on campus.
The van is followed by a knapsadced
bicyclist, therf another. A yellow
Chevrolet turns left onto Jackson,
barely pausing. And alj the while
pedestrians dash across the inter¬
section at all angles
The California Rolling Stop and
approximations thereof are so com¬
mon at CSUF that legal stops may
be more the exception than the rule.
'I've got to agree with that 100
percent,' Campus police Lieutenant
Virgil Cope said. "That is an on¬
going problem throughout the
state.... The only way you're going
to beat it is to put a cop on every
And that, Cope said, is not likely
at CSUF. Campus poliee here al¬
ready feel short-handed. There are
too few,' said Cope, 'and they're
too busy."
Campus intersection crimes of
omission may not be so easy in the
near future, however. Cope reported
that a new officer is now being
trained to work the day shift, in-
TRAFFIC continued on page 7
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