1984_09 The Daily Collegian September 1984

              Sept. 14,1984
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Presidential secrecy
Reagan's newly enforced campaign  policies
toward journalists reek of the Kremlin's press con¬
trols. Reporters, announced Reagan, will no longer
be allowed close enough to the president to cover
the re-election campaign.
United Press International and Associated Press
reporters were notified that they were no longer con¬
sidered members of the official pool of journalists
allowed within a few dozen feet from the president.
The new, hand-picked pool representing the press      _
now, consists of five people-two photographers, a
camera operator and sound person, plus one person
from the networks whose role is presumably that
more of a television actor than of a reporter. Journal¬
ists assigned to cover the White House must now
depend on controlled press release information and
zoom lens film footage. It is doubtful that the presi¬
dent has even participated in drafting these state¬
ments. The implications of this situation are frighten¬
ing to many, and clouded with secrecy indicative of
Soviet press tactics.
The modiirnplications of this must be examined
as well.  According to Sicela Bok, author of a book
prevails in Oval Office
.   entitled "Secrets,"..."control over secrecy and open¬
ness gives power...power in turn often helps increase
such control...." "The risks," writes Bok, "are greatest
of all when the control of secrecy is in the hands of
government." .   s*
Reporters, then, are forced to speculate. According
to syndicated columnist Richard Reeves, many repor¬
ters believe that the real reason for this "hiding of
the president," is that "he and his people fear that
close up the president may be looking a little too old
and distracted to run the country."
Others may write it off as political strategy, since
the president is known for erring in the public eye.
And fallibility does not jive with the multi-million
dollar, super-patriotic and quick-slick images of a
hardline president in control.
Maybe, speculates Reeves, the president really
won't be running the country after this controlled
campaign ends.
"If Reagan is re-elected," wrote Reeves, "he can
move the press and other outsiders so far away that
no one will ever know if he's really there or not."
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Editor: f*
Well, I have yet to hear the Vets speak
out when it comes to fees here at CSU F, or
maybe I just missed it. But, as the story
goes, I'm one of those left over from a time
everyone would like to forget. 1 was
drafted at the age of 19 while in college,
and am an only son. And that leads to
another story. But Vets suffer also from
all the fee juggling the trustees do also.
Our allotments are fixed and are very
rarely increased.
But as students among many other stu¬
dents, the fee increases and decreases and
all the juggling that's being done is just
being done to keep the students off bal¬
ance. Just off balance enough to hide the
steady increase of fees all along. The trus¬
tees know this, they also know that when
you take away $50 and give back $25, the
loss is a little easier lo take while all along
hiding or undermining the increase of $25
planned all along.
As far as Duke's response goes, he
could care less about students rights,
especially when students don't vote. We
just don't show enough strength at the
ballot box. Students who are 18 and have
the right to vote don't realize the impor¬
tance of that number. There was a time
when you could be drafted under a lottery'
system at 18 if you weren't in school or
had finished high school. We could be
killed, but we couldn't vote to change it.
We yelled loud back then al 18, and I'm
telling you how at 32 if you don't stand up
and be counted for. theyll roll right over
you and your rights.
As far as prices back East go, shit, ever¬
ything is high back East. There are more
unions and higher wages and higher pri¬
ces, but the level is the same.
Don't let the well-to-do tell you we
should pay more, when most people know
we can't. If they want to pay more, then let
them do it on their own. But don't expect
us, the students, who are' still here and
who will be here, to pay higher prices long
after they're gone.
Gerald Kauffman
Bible
Editor,
On my way to class Wednesday morn¬
ing I received The Great News, a paper¬
back copy'of the new testament. It was a
welcome gift; although 1 already have a
bible, the paperback's small size makes il
handier to carry in my briefcase.
The University Christian Fellowship ii
See Letters, Page IS
Sept. 14,1984
Students assist families in need
ByM
Staff Writer
Comprehensive Youth Services is of¬
fering an opportunity for studenu to get
,nvol\ed in helping neglected and abuse-
children and their parents.
"It's a chance for people who are in¬
terested in child abuse orthe social welfare
field to get behind the scenes,"said Teresa
Raines, the volunteer program director
for CYS.
•We see every range of family dynamics
and family violence that there is. WeVe
goi clients who are former prostitutes,
former heroine addicts, and former alco¬
holics." Raines said.
I he service has grown from a 24-hour
emergency shelter home that began in the
early 1970s to an agency with five group
homes and a service program for families.
The  homes  inclis4*^ri_r--Crisis  Res¬
olution Center, where children between eight volunteers are        emlv _
*tT      ' "? 18c»n-*«^°^2hoUr,. 250 families. Families are ^fcrrtd from
child™K5  0mei ,hat C*Cb h°U,e "X Chi'd Pr0,ection ***■- ProbaUonde"
children. Children can stay in one of the artment. memal health, other agencies
'It's ok to say I'm having problems with my kids. I'm losing
control. I need help.'
—Raines
four group homes from a few days to three
or four years - depending on their par¬
ticular situation. Adolescents are placed
in the homes after they have failed in
attempts to live with their parents and
foster homes.
But the part of the program that needs
volunteers is the family service program
Five social workers, one case aide and
According to Raines, the "service
works to reunify the family" by providing
individual and family therapy, parenting
classes, support groups for parents and
adolescents, cooking classes, exercise
classes and a child care program.
Raines attributes the growth of the
agency to an increase in parent. ability to
admit they are having a problem abusing
their children, father than an increase ir.
family violence.
Raines says parents now think "it. OK
to say I'm having problems raising my
kids. I'm losing control. I need help. Up
until the 1970s, the child was considered a
piece of property; what you did with them
was your business."
The agency is looking for volunteers
"who like people and want to help them,"
Raines said. She will uke anyone who can
volunteer two to 10 hours per week.
She especially encourages students
whose major is social work, sociology, or
students who think they may want to
work in those fields. Internships are avail¬
able for those with related majors. Any¬
one who is interested can call Teresa
Raines at 266-0126.
Dorms of horror
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I left my comfortable, cozy home with
omand Dad for this?
•\pparently, the anticipated thrill of
ending a "real* university as opposed to
jnior college was enough to possess me
move into the dormitory. The rumours
non-stop partying and casual groping
iced and stimulated me.
rig so bizarre and surrealistic, I often
ider if I'm dreaming.
pun moving into ourspacious "suite,"
roommates and 1 were treated to the
mi nglycontinous break dancing of our
ghbors above. When a fiourescent
ittng fixture fell from the ceiling early
he morning. 1 decided to take retalia-
i measures with a broom stick. *vj.y
Tie pounding on the ceiling proved to
i futile attempt at best.
)l course, this wouldn't be the only late
hi interruption. A few non-residents,
mg little remorse in their slate of intox-
lion. decided to trip the fire alarmsat 2
i in the morning. Reactions were
ted About half of the dorm residents
lied lately fled in their underwear and
rirobes (or less) to safety outside. The
er half (myself included) decided
o f
moke inhala-
rely those blasted alarn
The horrors of break dancing above
and false fire alarms simply could not
match the greatest terror of all. You see,
some of us had actually been "practical"
enough to take advantage of the "Plus-
plan." For only an additional $30.00, we
could have 20 meals during check-in week.-
This averaged out to about $1.50 per
meal. It's questionable whether we get our
money's worth.
Admittedly, not all the problems in the
dorm were the fault of others.
Realizing that electricity and water-
were free, wc decided to waste it to our
heart's content. One night, not needing it
in the least, we decided to crank down the
air conditioning to 40 degrees. In the
morning, we found ourselves ankle-deep
in water and the preliminary signs of mil¬
dew. During oifr slumber, the pipes had
frozen and burst.
But the most irritating, although no'
the worst, horror came when one of us
finally stepped into the bathroom to per¬
form the most unpleasant of bodily func¬
tions. After the deed was done, that per¬
son discovered to his amazement that
there was no rolled toilet paper, only sev¬
eral pre-cut squares of tissue. I mean. I
appreciate the gesture, but I left plenty of
coarse grade sandpaper at home. (For
some inexplicable reason. Sequoia Hall
was the lone exception to this rule. Those
lucky clods have the distinction of being
the only residents able to unroll huge
quantities of paper at will.)
See Dorms, Page 14
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