1984_10 The Daily Collegian October 1984

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October 5,1984
The Daily Collegian
Public awaits
dialogue specifics
After more than 30 years of dealing with only his self-
construed image of the Soviet character, last week, for the first
time, Ronald Reagan was pitted face-to-face against a real, live,
flesh and blood "Godless monster." A "monster" of shrewd and
highly professional proportions.
For a man who made his living for many years as an actor,
attempting to convince a public that he was something other
than himself, last Friday it became obvious that Mr. Reagan was
having considerable difficulty convincing even himself of his
own overinflated image.
Judging by the television coverage of his appearance with
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, which was strained
and ill-composed, it appeared that in the realm of image-makers,
in Gromyko, Mr. Reagan had perhaps met his match. It's no
secret, after all, that the Soviets, too, are master manipulators of
the media machine.
With Gromyko's harsh denouncement of the United States at
the U.N., his aimiable meeting with Democratic presidential
candidate Walter Mondale, and the so-called agressive and
forceful meeting with Reagan on Friday, it immediately became
clear that the Soviets had decided to make such a strategically
timed move for more advantageous reasons than merely to
appease a potentially victorious incumbent president.
While President Reagan was busily anticipating a new feather
in his political cap, Mr. Gromyko was patiently observing. What
Reagan saw was one of the most adept and confident foreign
policy negotiators currently operating on the international scene.
What must have been apparent to Gromyko was Reagan's
reliance on well-honed theatrics, which are routinely used to
gloss over\his appreciable inexperience in the realm of world
politics. No doubt this left Gromyko thoroughly unimpressed
and equally pleased.
This was, of course, in direct opposition with the image that
Mr. Reagan's aides had hoped to portray and after the meeting,
breaking with Reagan's normally remote relations with the
press, one of the president's aides actually sought out reporters
to dispell any impressions of a president less expert than
Gromyko.
The media, literally starving for information of this caliber,
played right into Reagan's hands, leaving one to question the
significance attached to this event.
The public has yet to learn about any of the true dialogue
which took place between these two men, and is left to wonder if
it will be presented with yet another packaged product, sealed
with the approval of Reagan's aides.
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Black America
Editor:
I am appalled and disturbed to learn
that an element of this University is con¬
tributing to the perpetuation of the stereo¬
typical buffoonery of Black America
through its attempted showing of the ludi¬
crous and derogatory "Amos and Andy"
propaganda. As the Coordinator of the
Ethnic Studies Program, with the support
of our staff, 1 have dedicated myself,
through academia, to rid our society of
ignorance and racism perpetuated by
man's inhumanity to man.
Perhaps I should call your attention to
the fact that America will never be recog¬
nized as a great nation — a nation of pride
and dignity, the land of the free, the home
of the brave — by alienating and ridicul¬
ing a segment of its society. No, America
can ever claim* this status until all of its
people are afforded the same treatment
—justice and equality. No, America can
never bt free while attempting to hold a
segment of its population in the gutter, for
one must also be in the gutter to hold
another down.
I had hoped that an institution of higher
learning would collectively work toward
eradicating the ills and ignorance of our
society. However, those who are respon¬
sible for the showing of this mockery of
Black America are in desperate need of a
re-education:
Therefore, if you want to tell the cam¬
pus community something about Black
America, tell them that in spite of the
prohibition to educate Black people and
the inequality of education for over 400
years thereafter, we have made great con¬
tributions to this country, and to the
world. If you want to tell them about
Black Americans, tell them about'
Hannibal, the great African King and
military strategist; or tell them about the
signal light and the gas mask invented by
Garrett Morgan. If you want to tell them
something, then tell about the "Black
Edison," Granville T. Wood who invented
the trolley wheel and made possible the
subway system. Or tell them about Dr.
Charles Drew and his research on blood
properties and how he died from the lack
of his own contribution because a racist
white hospital in Atlanta, Ga„ refused
him services and he bled to death.
Better yet, why not encourage our stu¬
dents to enroll in a course(s) in Ethnic
Studies, LaRaza or Women Studies. For
as Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall set you free." Or, as
other writers have written, truth crushed
to the earth shall rise again — no lie can
live forever.
Dr. Robert S. Mikell,
Coordinator, Ethnic Studies Program
Out-dated metric
Editor:    '
I seem to recall someone telling me that
CSU Fresno had an excellent Journalism
department, I seem to remember strolling
down the hallway on the second flooro
the business building and seeing a larp
bank of trophies and awards by the Jour
nalism department.
Now, my question is this: are these
the remnants of past glories, or are
truly talented journalism students
smart enough to avoid the Collegian?
Evidently, Joey Townsel doesn't fil
into this category. His "Technical Djfji.
culties" column, usually medi
was downright insulting to my intelligent*
today (10/3), As if the issue of the difficn,
ties of going metric didn't get enough pub-
licity a few years ago when it looked likti
distinct possibility, but why he has to dn
the same tired cliches out and try id
bludgeon a laugh out of us is beyond in
If the man has nothing worthwhile
say, why do you print him? And worst
all, why do you give him almost half
page 2? Give us something a little mon
entertaining next time, like maybe
David Comfort
Fischer's views
Editor:
We may actually be indebted to Profes¬
sor Bob Fischer. The distinguished pro¬
fessor .of sociology, champion of a
peasement and world class competitor
the "going limp" event, continues jeal¬
ously to protect his record of never bavin
said anything derogatory about the -Soviet
Union orgood about the dreaded Reagaa
Administration.
In his letter of Oct. 1, Bob seems
suffer acute memory warp, referring to t
"fiction" that central American revolu¬
tionaries are operating independently fron
and oblivious to the influence of interna¬
tional Marxism as manipulated by
Soviet puppeteers. He musl temporaa1)
forgotten the nature of the "liberations"^
eastern Europe, southeast Asia, Cuh
Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua, Ol
ada, etc., etc. Indeed, Bob's sense of
tory has atrophied as he now counsels I
to stand idly by and wait for the
lo to drop without lifting so much as
finger to help what is left of the free
to defend itself from the
onslaught.
What if, we should now ask ourselvt
Bob really knows exactly what he
doing? If this is the case, perhaps he¬
art ualty dbing us a big favor by remindi
us that our beliefs in freedom, security a
national sovereignty are not shared u
versally by all Americans. Some, like 1
Professor, would even opt for the alter!
tive — totalitarian world dominated
Soviet clients or the Soviets tbemseh
His seditious ramblings might just she
many of us out of a state of sublime I
potentially lethal complacency. So.
behalf of all those who still bdieveJ
America, thanks, Bob; you do good w<
W. Ward Nek
———Page 3
October 5, 1984
The Daily C0l.e5.an
HPV competition attracts FSU riders
By Tim WW.
Stiff Writer
tiree mechanical engineering students
m CSUF competed with athletes and
, cie makers from two continents at the
trnationl Human Powered Vehicle
:ed Championships held last week in
lanapolis, Ind.
toe Bruhn, the team manager, said
competition included Olympic ath-
s nding HPVs made by professional
icle companies. And competitors from
:i ind. Germany and Canada added a
al spice to the event, he
L-y had some of the best bicycle
ers and best athletes in the world at
..intcst," Bruhn said. "Three world
Bruhn said CSUF was the only college
.^presented there, and it was this team's
first trip to the event. Team members
included Bruhn, Bob Buckert, Marshall
Chandler and faculty advisor Walter
Mizuno. All of them helped construct the
HPV.
The team competed in six events: the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Raceway
Park and the Velodrome.
Bruhn said he didn't have results from
all the races in the four-day event which
ended Sunday. But he does know that Bob
Buckert took tenth place in the two-mile
and 1 Ith place in the half-mile drag.
The CSUF team also recruited a bicy¬
clist from back East. Eric Conrad left the
event when his HPV broke down but
Bruhn and others were impressed with his
riding abilities and talked him into riding
for tbam. While flying CSUF colors,
Cohrad took 20th in the 200-meter race
and "near 12th in the 4,000-meter
pursuit," Bruhn said.
The vehicle, which vaguely resembles a
bicycle, was not the same one that got
them into the contest, however. They used
another model in a regionals contest last
April, taking fifth place in judging.
The present model is the fifth one they
have made, weighing 65 pounds and cap¬
able of 43.5 mph. It is lighter and faster
than the original that Mizuno and others
put together when he began the program
three years ago.
"We finished it [the fifth HPV] two
nights before the race," Bruhn said. "AH
summer I stayed up until midnight with
Marshall [Chandler] working on it."
Several other students also worked on it
for a time, and the Instructional^ Related
Activities fund paid $3,000 for to con¬
struction.
Bruhn said he and others learned a lot
at the race and plan to capitalize on their
new-found knowledge by starting another
improved model for the regional compe¬
tition next spring.
"Well eliminate the frame and just have
an outer shell," Bruhn said. "It will be
lighter and maybe smaller to cut down on
wind resistance."
Bruhn said he appreciates the chance to
design, build and test something, and he
said he has learned much from the
experience. But this will be his last year on
•See HPV, Pa(c ii
Nation's SAT scores rise; local's fall
rSl —. Nationwide Scholastic
nude Test (SAT) scores, which have
P .1 in recent years, show modest
rases, this year, according to the
e k Board that administers the program.
.illy, however, test scores from
. ^hool districts have dipped not
. itorn last year, but below state and
una 1 averages as well.
■iMio. Clovis and Visalia school
nets - the three largest in the valley
i raged a three-point drop in scores
1.1 \erbal portion of the test and a four
ii drop in mathematics,
ome school district officials pointed
that 31 percent more valley students
k i he S AT this year, however, and that
itional test scores would have an effect
uncials also said that an educational
c m ca nnot be adequately evaluated on
lut educators' happiness about the im-
i ed test scores was quickly dampened
by remarks from U.S. Secretary of Ed¬
ucation Terrel Bell, who credited Pres¬
ident Ronald Reagan's education policies
for the good news.
In a news conference called in Wash¬
ington, D.C. at the same time the College
Board was releasing the scores officially in
New York, Bell told reporters "the gain in
SAT scores reflects the concern for excel¬
lence in schools that is sweeping the
nation," adding he was glad the recom¬
mendations made by a presidential com¬
mission on excellence "are being follow¬
ed."
Bell went on to imply that Reagan's call
fdr excellence in the nation's schools and
his support for more stringent disciplinary
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