1984_10 The Daily Collegian October 1984

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October 1,1984
The Daily Collegian
Ferraro: Victim
of self-defense
Geraldine Ferraro has been on the defensive so much during
the past three months that the democratic vice-presidential can¬
didate has not been able to communicate effectively.
One of the first defensive stands Ferraro had to take in this
campaign was when the Republicans questioned her foreign pol¬
icy qualifications and lack of policy-making experience required
for the vice-presidential post. Ferraro's lack of policy-making
experience was an easy one to argue, since Ronald Reagan
entered the governorship of California in 1966 with the limited"
experience as president of the Hollywood Screen Actor's Guild.
As far as the vice-presidency is concerned, the longest-tenured
Republican in that post, Richard Nixon, had no more time in
Congress than Ferraro —six years. And on the subject of foreign
policy experience, how much foreign policy experience did
Ronald Reagan have before 1980?
When those allegations were put to rest, the question of Fer¬
raro's personal and political finances came under public scrut¬
iny. Would the finances of Ferraro's spouse have been as highly
scrutinized if "Gerry" was a man? This is a question that the
public must answer for itself, but while Ferraro could have been
capitalizing and riding high on the political tide of Mondale's
historical appointment, she was scrambling to save face.
The most recent attempt to put Ferraro on the defensive is the
coordinated .effort by abortion foes to disrupt her campaign
speeches. Quoting high scources from the Republican camp,
NBC reported that there have been daily meetings chaired by
top officials in in Reagan's re-election campaign, with the sole
purpose of^planning organized political attacks on Ferraro. The
core of the strategy, said NBC, is to attack her on her finances
and stand on abortion.
It's unfortunate for the American public, and specifically for
women, that Ferraro's campaign has been disrupted by the need
to defend herself. They're missing out on what Ferraro's got to
offer through her life as a working mother and prosecutor of
rape and other crimes against women. They're missing out on
her ability to apply her experience as a woman who stayed home
with her children while they were young. And they're missing
out on Ferraro's ability to initiate reform within the party, as
well as in society.
The qualifications for a suitable vice-presidential candidate
are present in Ferraro, but whether shell manage to communi¬
cate this to the public in six weeks' time remains questionable.
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Lectures applauded
Editor
Congratulations to the Associated
Students and the College Union Program
Committee, and to Lois Trostle, the com-
iuee's chair, for beginning the University
Lecture Series with a presentation, by
Ambassador Robert E. White.
White has spent 25 years in foreign ser¬
vice and is an expert on Central America.
He is an establishment figure who is intel¬
ligent, well-informed and honest — a nat¬
ural enemy of the Reagan administration.
He was fired from his post as ambassador
to El Salvador, in the first few weeks of the
Reagan administration, for refusing lo
fake a cable claiming that a full investiga¬
tion was in progress to discover who was
responsible for the murders of the four
U.S. churchwomen. Instead, White sent a
cable stating what everybody already
knew — that high ranking officers in the
Salvadoran army had ordered the killings.
White made it clear to his audience that
the revolutions in Nicaragua and El Sal¬
vador are home-grown, and that their
roots go back through many years of pov¬
erty, oppression and brutality by the mil¬
itary and the death squads. But. the Rea¬
gan administration insists on clinging to
its fiction that the revolutions in Central
America are the first steps in a Soviet
military takeover of the Western Hemis¬
phere. It is the Reagan administration
that refuses to negotiate a peaceful solu¬
tion to the civil war in El Salvador It
refuses to compromise, it refuses to rec¬
ognize the other side, and it ignores re¬
peated warnings that those who make
nonviolent revolution impossible, make
violent revolution inevitable.
The Reagan administration is following
the recommendations of the Kissinger
Commission — massive increases in mil¬
itary spending and military firepower,
along with massive economic aid. There is
no plan for anything other than a military
victory. The logic of this policy leads
inexorably* to commiting U.S. troops to
combat in Central America, which will
most likely happen early in Reagan's next
term. Perhaps it is in Central America, he
said, that the U.S. will finally learn that it
cannot stop inevitable social change with
military might.
It was a speech worthy of national
attention and politically it was one of
CSUr""» finest hours.
Bob Fischer
Department of Sociology
Pf/ace -.
Editor
America', top goal: peace.
Humanity today stands between the
gravest danger ever faced and the bright¬
est hope for the future. On the one hand
we have an arsenal of weapons so deadly
as to destroy all life from this planet many
times over. On the other hand we have a
progressive civilization constructed of co¬
operation, sharing, justice and peace.
To continue building nuclear weapons
means facing the near certainty that some¬
day, somehow, they will be used. But wt
also have the choice of rejecting that hel¬
lish idea and set about the task of breaking
down barriers of mistrust and hostility,
dismantle the arsenals of our own destruc¬
tion, and start to build a world .worthy of
the human spirit. ?J£
What arc these weapons of destruction
but manifestations of deep and complex
problems of humanity. Can we blame !he
leaders of government or shall we as indi»'
viduals share in the fault for succumbing
to ihe illusion of scparateness for present
world tensions. We only have to look a!
our nation, our societies and neighbor¬
hoods, and even our friends to find the
answer. -Peace begins with individuals,'
Therefore, the real work that must be
done is the building of trust between our¬
selves and extend this trust between na¬
tions, creating a unity between peoples.
How can we dare think of peace with i
consciousness limited by a fearful isoll-
tionism that has nurtured an attitude of
"us and them." For too long we have
found comfort in identifying only with
"our*1 nation, "our" ideals, and "our" flag
In a tc nw.ifisdiffi cult-founders tand how
governments and military strategist, have
allowed themselves to become lost in
defense planning. But we only have to
think for a moment before we realize it is
we ourselves who have allowed it to
happen. We have reached the brink of
nuclear disaster because most of us have
either supported the arms race out of fear
of "the other," or consented tacitly believ¬
ing to be powerless to have any effect.
Some have sought comfort in the belief
that the nuclear powers will not use their
weapons. Perhaps, but the risks are greater
that by accident or misunderstanding, the
order to launch would be reluctantly
As we move into self-destruction, it is
difficult to realizeany hopeforthefuture.
If we look around us we can see intelligent
people working to improve world condi¬
tions. There are group, in every area of
human need, from problems of hundtr,
disease, environmental pollution, and it
more subjective realm* of idea, such as the •
struggle for human rights, political free¬
dom and basic education.       	
Of all the areas of human need today,
none has engaged the human mind at the
•Sac Peace, page 4
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October 1,1984
The Daily Collegian
Drinking age bill pressures states
Contributing Writer
In late June, the senate adopted an
administration-backed amendment by
Sen i :.ink Lautenberg pressuring states
to raise the drinking-age to 21 by 1987.
Backers of the amendment cited that
drunk driving is the leading cause of death
among teenagers.
One of the groups that influenced this
amendment was Mothers Against Drunk
UnMng(MADD). Janet Ames, a MADD
tcpresentative for Fresno, .aid that the
organization pushed for the amendment
"Through the judicial process people
were dying," said Ames. Why let people
die when we can do something to *ave
lives?" Ames said that statistics show that
fata 111 les will go down when the minimum
drinking age goes up, and hoped that
these statistics would "open up the con¬
sciousness of the people."
• If you haven't been touched by a drunk
driving incident, it's harder to realize what
wt are -n i vmgior,"said Ames. Ames said
that she realizes that children under 21 are
going to drink, "but hopefully the new
law. will scare some into not taking a
Republican Senators Gordon Humphrey
(N.H.) and Steve Symm. (Idaho)
Symm», who thinks that the bill infringe*
on .met' rights, produced statistics show-
year, of driving experience, but driving
take, many year, to perfect. Driving is a
ta«k in itself. Drinking and driving is an
even tougher task."
Ame» Mid that .he understood the view
that "if I'm old enough to die for my
country, I'm old enough to drink," but
that .he didnt wantto Me anybody die.
"whether it. in war or in the war on the
Toad."
The Libertarian party opposes the pas¬
sage of the Lautenberg amendment.
"I'm not in favor of drunk driving, in
fact, I am against it," said Marhtall Fritz,
former California state executive for the
Libertarian party.
"I just believe that it isnt the business of
the government to decide at what age a
person should begin drinking," he Mid.
"It should be between the parents and the
child."
Opposition in the senate, which voted
81-16 to adopt the legislation, was led by
ing that teen alcohol-related fatalities
actually increased in state* where the
drinking age .went up. His colleagues,
nevertheless, approved the measure.
• Golf
Continued from page 1
not be identified as an athlete, he. there¬
fore, is not promoting or being used a. a
.tudent athlete to promote the calendar,"
said LengyeL "He felt it was just a summer
job, which, obviously, was an incorrect
assumption."
Lengyel added that if Matesuski or golf
coach Mike Watney had contacted him
first during the summer, then he could
have warned him about the violation.
Lengyel Mid that a clarification of the
rule was published in the NCAA news-
letter August 15, 1984, after the pictures
had been taken and the calendar had'
already been produced. Lengyel Mid if
Matesuski or Watney had knownabou't
the clarification, then the picture, would
never have been taken.
'It is unfortunate because they [the
producer, of the calendar] took 40
picture, of 40 guy. and then had a com¬
mittee of girl* select the final 12," Lengyel
»aid~. "So going in he thought he wouldn't
be selected. But it turned out he was ope of
theli"
Lengyel said that after informing the
PCAA of the violation, he called the
producer of the calendar, Terry Wapner,
and asked him to stop the tale of the
calendars because he was in violation of%
an NCAA rule. Lengyel said Wapner
refused.
Lengyel also said that be and Wapner
had further discussions but did not reveal
what those discussions involved. When
the Daily Collegian tried to reach
Wapner, he said he had no comment on
the situation.
CSUF golf coach Mike Watney said
that part of the blame bad to be placed on
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