1984_09 The Daily Collegian September 1984

              September 19,1984
The Daily Collegian
The Shattered Morale Sqndrome
wondered how the hostages (as a group, not
the individuals) must have felt during their.
d by their Still, we couldnt admit to ourselves that
Iranian captors, but only afler 444 days of our concern wa the result of our disap-
national shame. Barney Clark succumbs pointment in those we respected. Our love
after several painful weeks of living with the for our fellow man had no place in this
world's first artificial heart. David (whose overly-prideful "concern."
surname has been withheld to protect his America waited on pins and needles as
privacy) perishes only days after being Clark fought for his life with an artificial
released from his germ-free bubble and heart embedded deep within his ehest. But
kissing bis mother for tbe first time in his 12 did all of us wait anxiously in tbe same
years of life. manner that Clark's wife did? Or in the same
Just a few of the tragic occurrences of way that his children did?            *>■
our modern world. T° cla'm lhaI wt* did would be simply
Although the examples provided  here ludicrous. There is no way that we could
descend from a  national  to a  personal know  the  pain  and  suffering that  this
tragedy, they all have one very important particular American family endured. When
element in common. I call this single element Clark's artificial heart beat for the last time,
"The Shattered  Morale Syndrome," fast we felt a  great sense of loss.  In truth,
becoming a serious flaw in human nature. however, the loss for most of us was in the
Weeach interpreted the personal hell that form of a gigantic letdown, and not of¬
the Iranian hostages endured in different genuine grief,
ways. Some of us were enraged because of This pertains lo David, the bubble boy, as
against any form of disease ranging from we all are aware of: It's impossible for mere
pneumonia to the common cold. In other human beings to feel genuine love for
terms, any kind of contact with tbe outside individuals who well never even meet in our'
world would kill  David. This made an lifetime. Again, be advised that I'm referring
enforced isolation in a small, sterile cubicle a to love of individuals, nojfoa nkind itself,
necessity. He remained there for the first 12 We're all capable for the/Utter,
years of his life until a grand experiment was The fact that we're j*t capable'of having
attempted. A bone marrow transplant from love for those with whom we have never had
his father was to have been his life-saving a personal relationship is not the point to be
operation. During this time David was taken here. What we, aa human beings, are
granted brief contact with his family for the truly guilty of is the shameful act of
first time in his life. Tragically, David died pretending to be someone we arent; of
soon afterward due to complications. having something we don't. Claiming to
The extent of the common  person's nave genuine grief for the hostages, Barney
knowledge about  David  is contained Clark or David is not a "tribute."and does
entirely   within   the   preceding not make us better human beings. Indeed,
paragraph How can an entire nation claim making such.claims makes a mockery of
to be sorry for David's family members these tragic events,
when our knowledge of him is so limited? In the future, I will regard such tragedies
denly ihru
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obvious. We cant.
At this point, 1 should mention that I
dont want to make the human race out to be
a' mass of uncaring louts. I believe that there
is love in the hearts of everyone, and that this
illy expressed every day of
born with absolutely no immunity    our lives. I'm only stating a fact of life that
as an unfortunate loss to mankind, and I will
be saddened. But not for the wrong reasons.
Consider this final point.
Right now, an innocent human being
(along with thousands of others) is dying
somewhere in the world.
Is your grief for them genuine?
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Letters
Voting useless?
Editor:
In your editorial "Who Represents the
Poor," 1 agree with your observations,
except for the categorical denouncement
of the/Democratic ticket as having the
same stance toward the poor as the "Rea¬
gan ticket." You really are missing some
very great differences in order to make a
And the real problem is that your point
seems to be the uselessness of voting,
which thereby increases the seeming approp¬
riateness of the dreaded apathy you (hope-
dully) despise. /r
This phenomena is prevalent now and
Music attacked
Editor:
Why did you print that idiotic music
"review" on Monday, Sept. 17? Gimme a
break!
In attacking new records by the groups
Iron Maiden, W.A.S"^. an,d
Queensryche. the writer let us know from
square one that he doesnt even like heavy
metal music;' he said that all metal bands
are alike and compares them with insects.
Of course, he doesnt understand metal,
either.
Well, so much for a music review.
The critic is writing with one intention
(aside from the likely fame and money
trip): to put the music down, defame it,
somehow pronounce it lowly and unfit.
Maybe he wants to elevate himself in this
manner, I dont know. (Maybe he lost a
pretty girl to a lead guitarist once.)
Anyway, the piece was full of bullshit!
What if someone who didnt like, listen
to, or understand disco (or dance music,
or whatever the kids are calling it these
days) wrote a review of an album by an act
like, say, Prince, or Culture Club? He
would have an easy time attacking the.
teased hair, makeup, and purple sequins.
mt most people wouldnt want to read it,
nd some might even be insulted.
Bad journalism.
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News
September 19,1984
The U-ils; Colteaw
Smoking-related deaths escalate
L.H. Schilling, M.D. smoking 600 billion cigarettes each year in
Student Health Services *he u& Each day more than 800 people
prematurely "ate from the effects of
smoking. In 1982,247 smokers died each
In the Canary Islands in 1977, 580 peo-  day from cigarette-related lung cancer,
pie died on the airport runway when two   466smokers died each day from cigarette-
uimbo jets crashed. The public reaction    related heart disease; and, 126 smokers
«as overwhelming, and there were de-   died daily from cigarette-related em-
m.inds that measures be taken to make    physema and chronic bronchitis. That is
1 ung cancer deaths from smoking have tripled in females
since 1950 and soon will replace breast cancer as the
number one cause of death from cancer...
i   Whcla
■  happens  again.   As
n  on  the   American
e and Health (ACSH)
itrd out. this would result in 212,000
-.iths if an accident of that magnitude
opened every day of the year.
■ttcni)   years ago  the   U.S,  Surgeon
u-ncral first  reported  that smoking is
i/jrdous to your health.  Since then.
KM) scientific studies'have confirmed
,-..k ration betweensmokingand cancer.
l'i   smoking  and   cardiovascular
.-.■!• and between smoking and pul-
.i■•.  disease.  Despite the wealth of
■■Mtion about the health ha7ards of
over 300,000 premature deaths each year.
According to Dr. Elizabeth Whelan,
smoking related illness accounts for 8
percent of all direct health care costs. In
1980.20 percent of office visits to doctors
were for chronic repiratory diseases that
result from smoking.
Lung cancer deaths from smoking have
tripled in females since 19S0 and soon will
replace breast cancer as the nubmer one
cause of death from cancer in women.
What other cancers are related to smoking?
About one-third of all cancer deaths in the
U.S. arc' tobacco related. Risks for
developing cancer of the mouth, pharynx.
:   55   million   people    esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas
Coeds admitted
to eastern college
are increased in smokers. ,__,
_-Smokers', however, are far-more.likely
to die prematurely from heart disease than
from cancer. Of the 466 people who
prematurely die each day from heart
disease, all could have reduced that risk by
quitting tobacco. Ten years after.quitting,
the risk of death from heart disease is
nearly that of a lifetime non-smoker.
Well, you say, smokers do it to
themselves. It's their choice. They pay for
it. They do, indeed — sometimes with
their lives. Bul, non-smokers bear the cost
too. Life and health insurance premiums
are frequently no cheaper for non-smokers.
Fire-insurance premiums help to pay for
the $300 million in annual fire damage
smokers cause. About 40 percent of the
5,000 killed or injured each year in cig¬
arette-caused fires are non-smokers.
Smoking stunts your growth if you are a
fetus, and growth retardation is not
healthy for babies. Consumers pay more
for goods because of tobacco as a result of
lowered worker productivity. Smokers
miss significantly more time from work
than non-smokers.
A million cans of Bon Vivant Vichyssoise
were recalled after a single case of botulism*
was associated with the soup. But, Dr.
Alan Blum has pointed out; there has
never been a recall of even a single package
of cigarettes. Cigarette companies, in fact,
spend over $4.1 miiHion dollars each diy
promoting their product. Tobacco and
tobacco products are exempt from all
major national health and safety laws as
well as from all federal consumer product
safety regulations.
According to Cathy Popescu of the
ACSH, 90 percent of the people who
smoke want to quit. Smokers spend a lot
of timeand money while risking their lives
doing something they would really rather
not do. Over the course of a year, a pack-
a-day smoker gets about 73,000 doses of
an addicting, uncontrolled drug — a drug
made available without a prescription. A
nicotine-containing chewing gum, Nic-
orette, used to help interested persons quit
smoking, however, is available only by
perscription.
Fortunately, no matter how long
someone has smoked, quitting now greatly
reduces the health risks. It has been
estimated that each year smokers spend
an additional 5811 per person in medical
costs they have because of tobacco.
What is the best way to quit smoking?
Quitting "cold turkey" is best. Realize that
the pain is brief. Drink plenty of fluids
(non-alcoholic). Temporary use of nictonie
chewing gum may help. And, start today.
i US PS)-As colleges around the coun¬
try open their doors for incoming students,
■-.i school will open its doors wider than
,ei before. Washington and Lee is going
(in luly 14. trustees at the Lexington,
. Lima college voted seventeen to seven to
admit qualified women to the school's
..u'.ergraduate program.
1 aced with a declining number of high
m.i graduates and a steady downward
'rend in SAT scores, the trustees decided
ihai they would have to admit women to
maintain the income and the academic
standards ofthe school.
i >opuc having previously voted against
vi,anon four times, most recently in
•"-  the trustees concluded lhat "women
contribute to and benefit from the
•■■ lUungion and Lee experience."
Ilui some students and alumni aren't so
in   In surveys conducted for the Board
i I rusiees, 59 percent of the alumni and
S? portent of the undergraduates opposed
^education for Washington and Lee.
('ni\ 29 percent ofthe alumni and 42 per-
cent of the students favored coeducation.
On the other hand, 85 percent of the
faculty were in favor of coeducation in
general, and 62 percent ofthe students did
sav (hat coeducation would b. in the col¬
lege's best interests,-.
I he trustees' decision seems t'o have.
sparked considerable controversy on cam-
pus Many alumni feel that the school's
tradition of producing Southern gentle¬
men is something which makes the school
unique Schools such as'^prineeton or
H a r va rd gone coed easily but some alumni
argue schools had a primarily intellectual
tradition while Washington and Lee had
ihe more cultural tradition of education
for gentlemen. Some add that women
would in any case decrease the academic
standards of the school through the dis¬
traction of- their, presence. Standards
might also go down because the number
established women's colleges in the area
draw off the available female talent, leav¬
ing Washington and Lee with the "baton
twirlers."
Washington and Lee college was found^
cd in 1749 as Augusta Academy. George
Washington saved the school from finan¬
cial ruin in 1796, and it was subsequently
named for him in 1798. The school sur¬
vived the Civil War and named Southern General
Robert E. Lee to be its president in 1865.
Lee served until his death in 1870. Al¬
though women have been attending the
Washington and Lee University Law
School since 1972, and some women from
neigh boring schools have taken courses at
Washington and Lee, no women have ever
been formally admitted to the school's
undergraduate program. The first women
will come in September, 1985.
- Although many alumni fear that
Wash ingt o n and Lee was the last top qual-
ity all-male school left in tbe United
States, and that coeducation there would
deprive men of the option to study in a
quiet, tingle-sex environment, Peterson's
G_<fctoComr_titivea>l_^gess_J-lis^san_^^ber
of men's schools. Among'them are
Hampden-Sydney and the Virginia Mil¬
itary Institute in Virgina, Wabash College
and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech¬
nology in Indiana, St. John's Seminary in
Massachusetts, Saint Jon's University in
Minnesota, and Deep Springs College, a
two year school in California.
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