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2 The Daily Collegian Editorial An environmental state of the U.S. address Tcnscore and nine years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation. Now we are engaged in a great environmental civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation can long endure. The present global and national trends are characterized by soaring population, increasing poverty, decreasing resources, environmental degradation, regional water shortages, water quality problems, impending greenhouse effects and nuclear weapons proliferation. The current global population has direct and unequivocal linkages to air and water pollution, rampant poverty, resource depletion, ecological deterioration, criminal behavior, interpersonal tension, political instability, and war. History abounds with examples of the relationship between warfare amd real or imagined population pressures. In World War II, both Hitler and Hirohito desired to secure more land for an expanding population. The current carnage in Central America is a direct result of rapidly increasing population and rapidly decreasing forests and arable land. Central America is 90 percent Catholic, has a median age of 17, and has a birth rate over twice that of the United States. Approximately 2,500 square miles of Central America's remaining rain forests are being eradicated every year. Although estimates vary, it is generally recognized that about 15 million people die every year from insufficient food. Fifteen million people is roughly the equivalent of everyone in the state of Alaska, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Nebrask, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Indiana. Another way to personalize the number of people who are starving is to assume it is the equivalent of all our relatives dying in less than one minute. Anyone who contends the world is not currently over-populated is either an ignoramous or a prevaricator. In less polite terms, such people are either stupid or lying. The Reagan Administration's military buildup, which includes 17,000 additional nuclear weapons, will cost $1.6 trillion or about $7,000 for every American man, woman, and child. To prepare for or recover from nuclear war, the Reagan Administration wants to budget about $4.2 billion or $18 for each American for civil defense. The United States is a vigorous arffrhealthy nation. We have increasing family income, industrial might, and an improving economy. We have an energetic workforce, marvelous athletes, and gifted actors. We are the world's largest exporter of farm products. We are on the verge of major scientific breakthroughs in water desalination, aquaculture sewage, solar energy applications, and other technologies. Our life expectancy is increasing. The quality of our air has improved tremendously in the past decade. In terms of amenities and per capita standard of living, it can even be contended that for the last three decades, we have had the best environment in history. From the perspective ofihundreds of millions of people, our United States is a Utopia. Still, monumental environmental predicaments loom on the horizon. by Jeff Avis. Letters Rebuttal Editor: Your editorial which appeared in the Jan. 28, 1985 issue of The Daily Collegian reeks of demagogucry and is indicative of the same tired, hemophiliac- liberal philosophy that is continually reflected at the polls. Your arguments con¬ cerned with Reagan's "cuts" to student aid are shots with little substance to explain your position. For instance, you point out that Presi¬ dent Reagan has asked Congress to deny federally guaranteed loans to all students with family incomes above $32,500, but failed to mention Reagan's support for the Kemp-Roth tax plan which would allow parents with offspring in college to make important deductions from their taxes. Not surprisingly, it is the same pinhead liberals (Tip O'Neill, Ted Kennedy, How¬ ard Mezenbaum, etc.) who scream bloody murder when Reagan makes reductions in government expenditures of dubious value (more on that latter) who feel it is a crime to reduce taxes from the same middle class that you say Reagan is hurting. Sadly, these idiotic liberals defeated this justified piece of legislation. Also mentioned in this banal editorial is the fact that 800,000 students were can¬ celled from the Guaranteed Student Loan program and 150,000 undergraduates lost Pell Grant funding. But did you stop to consider the circumstances which led to these cancellations? For example, the government has $848 billion in loans out¬ standing to third parties; that's money that other people owe to the government: student loans, housing loans, you name it. So why should the government continue to give loans to students who refuse to repay them? At some schools, over 90 per¬ cent of student loans have not even been partially paid back. I think if you were to look closely at this, you would find that the vast majority of those who were can¬ celled from student aid were quilty of vio¬ lation's which the Reagan Administration felt should be enforced. With regards to expenditures of dub¬ ious value: 1 think most mentally compe¬ tent people feel it is rotten that thousands of people who do get financial aid do not even finish college. 1 feel one requirement that should be implemented for financial assistance is completion of college with a degree. All too often, the government invests thousands of dollars to students (many of whom are not chosen for aca¬ demic prowess) who end up dropping out of school. A college education is not a right: it is a privilege. A privilege to be earned by aca¬ demic ability and hard work. If you really want a college education, but are short of funds, you can usually obtain a student loan or Pell Grant. If not, then why can't one work for a few years to accumulate money to finance their education. Is there some rule staling that you have to enter college at age 18? Finally, 1 would like to point out another way one pays for their education: scholar¬ ships. Since 1 have been in college, I have received over $7,000 in scholarships from hometown. .JTiere are scholarships to ;area otimprovement I ""lyersity's ability PWhile the Bull be had, bi would like to raise scholai dog Foundatiol nothing is raise^jk awaltf mentally gifted students. This is educational malpractice and should be jjctifietfflTVho knows? If as they always % to reaiiiethatVr thing as a free sandwich.}'" yourself ton Letters Policy Tb*DaltyCoUaaianwatcomaaaxpra3alonao{anvlawitromr9*dart.Lattaraahouldba k»pt at briar — poaatbh and arc tubfact to condanaaikyn. Tbmy mutt ba typad and Includa iha wrttar'a nama. alanalura, addraaa and talaphona m/mbf. Paaudonyma and Innlala will not ba uaad Sand to: ), CA M710 Lattara may alao ba dallvarad dlractry to tna Dally Collaglan office- News February 1,1985 3 AS postpones plus-minus decision 84 academic year when the committee was Plus-minus grading would be university- A faculty member's use of plus-minus ^okingatallaspectsofthecurrentgrading wide for use by faculty teaching both grading would be optional, according to poUcy and the subcommittee on Academic graduate and undergraduate classes and Smith Standards and Grading decided to according to AP&P information, would Dr. James Rogers, of Ethnic Studies, investigate the topic further. not change the basic G.P.A., scholarship, supported the proposed system for two Action on the proposed plus-minus grading system was postponed until next .— _- . »■ ■ •. ,i j.-.!»uni ^n nr Thursday by members, of the Academic '^.Pnmary purpose of the proposal, honors, disqualification and probation reasons. In institutions that I have taught at offered for credit/no previously, both faculty and students have reported their satisfaction with the e during BLOOM COUNTY Policy and Planning Commi yesterday's meeting. The postponement was decided because several members felt the issue merited more in-depth discussion before a decision on the matter was reached. But, according to AP&P information, this is not the first time the committee has been faced with this situation. In July, 1976, the Board of Trustees of the California State University and Colleges system passed an Amendment to Title 5 authorizing campuses to alter the grading system to include "plus"designations along with letter grades. Then, eight years ago, the Ad Hoc Committee on Standards and Grading recommended to AP&P that a plus-minus system of grading be adopted as a result of a s ma 11 sampling of tests given to classes of committee members the previous fall. No further action was taken. 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Title | 1985_02 The Daily Collegian February 1985 |
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Publication Date | 1985 |
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Title | Feb 1, 1985 Pg. 2-3 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1985 |
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Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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2 The Daily Collegian
Editorial
An environmental state of the U.S. address
Tcnscore and nine years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent a new nation. Now we are engaged in a great
environmental civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation
can long endure.
The present global and national trends are characterized by
soaring population, increasing poverty, decreasing resources,
environmental degradation, regional water shortages, water quality
problems, impending greenhouse effects and nuclear weapons
proliferation.
The current global population has direct and unequivocal
linkages to air and water pollution, rampant poverty, resource
depletion, ecological deterioration, criminal behavior,
interpersonal tension, political instability, and war.
History abounds with examples of the relationship between
warfare amd real or imagined population pressures. In World War
II, both Hitler and Hirohito desired to secure more land for an
expanding population. The current carnage in Central America is
a direct result of rapidly increasing population and rapidly
decreasing forests and arable land. Central America is 90 percent
Catholic, has a median age of 17, and has a birth rate over twice
that of the United States. Approximately 2,500 square miles of
Central America's remaining rain forests are being eradicated every
year.
Although estimates vary, it is generally recognized that about 15
million people die every year from insufficient food. Fifteen
million people is roughly the equivalent of everyone in the state of
Alaska, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Nebrask, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, and Indiana. Another way to personalize the number of
people who are starving is to assume it is the equivalent of all our
relatives dying in less than one minute. Anyone who contends the
world is not currently over-populated is either an ignoramous or a
prevaricator. In less polite terms, such people are either stupid or
lying.
The Reagan Administration's military buildup, which includes
17,000 additional nuclear weapons, will cost $1.6 trillion or about
$7,000 for every American man, woman, and child. To prepare for
or recover from nuclear war, the Reagan Administration wants to
budget about $4.2 billion or $18 for each American for civil
defense.
The United States is a vigorous arffrhealthy nation. We have
increasing family income, industrial might, and an improving
economy. We have an energetic workforce, marvelous athletes,
and gifted actors. We are the world's largest exporter of farm
products. We are on the verge of major scientific breakthroughs in
water desalination, aquaculture sewage, solar energy applications,
and other technologies. Our life expectancy is increasing. The
quality of our air has improved tremendously in the past decade.
In terms of amenities and per capita standard of living, it can even
be contended that for the last three decades, we have had the best
environment in history. From the perspective ofihundreds of
millions of people, our United States is a Utopia. Still,
monumental environmental predicaments loom on the horizon.
by Jeff Avis.
Letters
Rebuttal
Editor:
Your editorial which appeared in the
Jan. 28, 1985 issue of The Daily
Collegian reeks of demagogucry and is
indicative of the same tired, hemophiliac-
liberal philosophy that is continually
reflected at the polls. Your arguments con¬
cerned with Reagan's "cuts" to student aid
are shots with little substance to explain
your position.
For instance, you point out that Presi¬
dent Reagan has asked Congress to deny
federally guaranteed loans to all students
with family incomes above $32,500, but
failed to mention Reagan's support for the
Kemp-Roth tax plan which would allow
parents with offspring in college to make
important deductions from their taxes.
Not surprisingly, it is the same pinhead
liberals (Tip O'Neill, Ted Kennedy, How¬
ard Mezenbaum, etc.) who scream bloody
murder when Reagan makes reductions in
government expenditures of dubious value
(more on that latter) who feel it is a crime
to reduce taxes from the same middle class
that you say Reagan is hurting. Sadly,
these idiotic liberals defeated this justified
piece of legislation.
Also mentioned in this banal editorial is
the fact that 800,000 students were can¬
celled from the Guaranteed Student Loan
program and 150,000 undergraduates lost
Pell Grant funding. But did you stop to
consider the circumstances which led to
these cancellations? For example, the
government has $848 billion in loans out¬
standing to third parties; that's money
that other people owe to the government:
student loans, housing loans, you name it.
So why should the government continue
to give loans to students who refuse to
repay them? At some schools, over 90 per¬
cent of student loans have not even been
partially paid back. I think if you were to
look closely at this, you would find that
the vast majority of those who were can¬
celled from student aid were quilty of vio¬
lation's which the Reagan Administration
felt should be enforced.
With regards to expenditures of dub¬
ious value: 1 think most mentally compe¬
tent people feel it is rotten that thousands
of people who do get financial aid do not
even finish college. 1 feel one requirement
that should be implemented for financial
assistance is completion of college with a
degree. All too often, the government
invests thousands of dollars to students
(many of whom are not chosen for aca¬
demic prowess) who end up dropping out
of school.
A college education is not a right: it is a
privilege. A privilege to be earned by aca¬
demic ability and hard work. If you really
want a college education, but are short of
funds, you can usually obtain a student
loan or Pell Grant. If not, then why can't
one work for a few years to accumulate
money to finance their education. Is there
some rule staling that you have to enter
college at age 18?
Finally, 1 would like to point out another
way one pays for their education: scholar¬
ships. Since 1 have been in college, I have
received over $7,000 in scholarships from
hometown. .JTiere are scholarships to
;area otimprovement I
""lyersity's ability
PWhile the Bull
be had, bi
would like
to raise scholai
dog Foundatiol
nothing is raise^jk awaltf mentally gifted
students. This is educational malpractice
and should be jjctifietfflTVho knows? If
as they always %
to reaiiiethatVr
thing as a free sandwich.}'"
yourself ton
Letters Policy
Tb*DaltyCoUaaianwatcomaaaxpra3alonao{anvlawitromr9*dart.Lattaraahouldba
k»pt at briar — poaatbh and arc tubfact to condanaaikyn. Tbmy mutt ba typad and
Includa iha wrttar'a nama. alanalura, addraaa and talaphona m/mbf. Paaudonyma and
Innlala will not ba uaad Sand to:
), CA M710
Lattara may alao ba dallvarad dlractry to tna Dally Collaglan office-
News
February 1,1985 3
AS postpones plus-minus decision
84 academic year when the committee was Plus-minus grading would be university- A faculty member's use of plus-minus
^okingatallaspectsofthecurrentgrading wide for use by faculty teaching both grading would be optional, according to
poUcy and the subcommittee on Academic graduate and undergraduate classes and Smith
Standards and Grading decided to according to AP&P information, would Dr. James Rogers, of Ethnic Studies,
investigate the topic further. not change the basic G.P.A., scholarship, supported the proposed system for two
Action on the proposed plus-minus
grading system was postponed until next .— _- . »■ ■ •. ,i j.-.!»uni ^n nr
Thursday by members, of the Academic '^.Pnmary purpose of the proposal, honors, disqualification and probation reasons.
In institutions that I have taught at
offered for credit/no previously, both faculty and students have
reported their satisfaction with the
e during
BLOOM COUNTY
Policy and Planning Commi
yesterday's meeting.
The postponement was decided
because several members felt the issue
merited more in-depth discussion before a
decision on the matter was reached.
But, according to AP&P information,
this is not the first time the committee has
been faced with this situation. In July,
1976, the Board of Trustees of the
California State University and Colleges
system passed an Amendment to Title 5
authorizing campuses to alter the grading
system to include "plus"designations along
with letter grades.
Then, eight years ago, the Ad Hoc
Committee on Standards and Grading
recommended to AP&P that a plus-minus
system of grading be adopted as a result of
a s ma 11 sampling of tests given to classes of
committee members the previous fall. No
further action was taken.
The topic arose again during the 1983-
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