1985_11 The Daily Collegian November 1985

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EDITORIAL
Nov. 1,1985
U.S. takes stand
against terrorism
Terrorism in any shape or form is an abominable act and
should be responded to as such.
But reacting in a" pertinent manner occasionally results in
unexpected and unwanted results.
Such was the case when the U nited States took action against the
Achille Lauro hijackers.
The fall of the Bettino Craxi government in Italy, which has
supported American interests, was not figured into the plan when
the Reagan administration captured the hijackers.
An event such as this cannot be anticipated or planned for. How
could anyone know that a terrorist incident could have reper¬
cussions of such magnitude as to cause the fall of a government.
But even with the bad results, the positive aspects of forcing
down the Egyptian airliner carrying the hijackers were obvious
almost immediately.
One of these was a wave of nationalism that has been created by
the feeling that something definite and solid has been done to stop
terrorist action. The United States has been walking on eggshells
for too long. It was beginning to seem as if we were helpless to do
anything to defend ourselves in the expanding arena of inter¬
national terrorism.
The capture of the hijackers who shot Leon Klinghoffer and
threw his body off the ship during a Mediterranean cruise indicated
a new firmness in American policy toward terrorists.
It also was indicative of a higher level of technology we have
achieved that has greatly improved this country's ability to combat
It appeared that there were close bonds between the United
States and Italy. This has been shattered though by the fall of
Craxi's government and a rumor of serious difficulties between
American and Italian troops over who would get custody of the
hijackers after their plane was forced to land on the island of Sicily.
But while Italian and U.S. relations might be on shakey ground,
it seems that the United States and Israel may have grown stronger
since Israeli leaders believe their rejection ofthe Palestine Liber¬
ation Organization as a terrorist group has been proven.
One setback resulting from the capture of the hijackers was the
falj of the strongest Italian government since World War II,
another has been the growing friction between two old allies, the
United States and Egypt. The seriousness ofthe situation could be
upgraded dramatically if the rift is not mended quickly or if the
leadership of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is undermined
by his rejection by Moslem extremists.
The efforts of the United States to find a peace agreement in the
Middle East could result in total failure, but then again, its original
position that any peace would have to involve the PLO and its
leader Yassar Arafat may no longer be valid anyway. Even though
he may not have been directly involved in the planning of the
hijacking, there is evidence he knew ahead of time what was going
to happen.
Mohammed Abbas, who is reputed to be the ringleader bf the
cruise ship hijacking, was released by the Craxi government and
fled to Yugoslavia causing the worst problems between the United
States and Craxi government.
A round of applause for United States intelligence which was
good enough to pinpoint the hijackers as they tried to escape across
the Mediterranean. But if this can be done, perhaps Abbas will be
able to be captured and brought to justice.
Everything has its price, and the United States had to pay dearly
for its succes in capturing the Achille Lauro hijackers.
But so far the result has had many more positive aspects than
negative. The word is out to terrorists in the world that we will not
always turn the other cheek while our overseas properties are being
destroyed and its citizens kidnapped, maimed and murdered.
Americans make tradition of Nobel Prizes
The United States has been criticized for many things, some
warranted, some not. But Americans can take pride in this
country's showing in an area which is neither militarily or
politically oriented: the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize awards.
Two American geneticists, Michael S. Brown and Joseph L.
Goldstein were awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in medicine by the
Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. In their work at the University
of Texas, the two scientists discovered that cells ofthe human body
have receptors on their surfaces that trap and absorb bloodstream
particles that contain cholesterol. The discovery revealed the
underlying genetic defect in people who suffer from inherited
high-cholesterol difficulties.
Franco Modigliani of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech¬
nology, was awarded the 1985 Ecoomics Prize by the Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences for his theories of persoal finance,
including how people save for old age. Modigliani was born
outside the United States, like many other Americans who have
won the prize, but completed his education in this country after
leaving Italy. He was the 13th American to win or share the prize in
17 years.
There was also the controversial award given to the Inter¬
national Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War by the
Norwegian Nobel Committee. The group, based in Boston, was
founded jointly by American and Soviet doctors with the intent of
spreading word about the ramifications of nuclear war. The
controversy arose because the group's message only reaches the
media in the Western World and doesn't penetrate the Iron Curtain
despite the fact that both Americans and Soviets arc involved. It
has been accused of playing into the hands of Soviet prop¬
agandists.
Still, the 1985 Nobclawards make it obvious that the conditions
in this country that encourage research — our traditions of free
inquiry and financial backing for talented scholars — are being
rewarded by the sort of achievements that attract the notice ofthe
Nobel committees.
Nov. 1, 1985
OPINION^
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'Simple Minds'
solves identity crisis
By J oaf Davit     /
Staff Writr-
Following the enormous success of last
spring's Don V You (Forget About Me), a
catchy single lhat garnered Simple Minds
endless FM airplayand legions of teenage
religious — thinking at a shield against
personal crisis and world strife. With the
exception of the disposable and juvenile
Oh Jungleland, the record fulfills its
purpose.
With their latest release, Once Upon a
Time, Simple Minds cleverly solved any
identity crisis with a very listcnable album
that has hit potential — yet for the most
°i^t^ll'lt? Michael Macneil'shauntingchurchorgan
powerfully weave their way through Jim
Kerr's pleading vocal: "YouVe got a gun
in your hand/ You're making self plans/
Suy with me through the night," "Open
your Heart/Sanctify Yourself."
Ghost Dancing, a
ong re
it of
l wallop that
the Rain's colle.
arguably the album's best cut.
list Ken-urges young people to
oniy \jj. can nvai. waltz their way through world problems
Before recording their eighth album, by "Ghost Dancing".
the Scotland-based band enlisted the help "You talk about South Africa/You ulk
of producer Jimmy lovine, whose longlist about thc Irish children/You say one
of credits includes U2and Tom Petly. The more Polish Knight could blow away the
icsult is-the tightest Simple Minds album doors lo freedom/ And if Mother Ethiopia
io date. Though Once Upon a Time couid D]ow away the tears we see run: O
doesn't propel listeners to the threshold of B]ow ,hem away>- waii, Kerr, to a back-
intensity the way thc recklessly brilliant drop of Charles Burchill'snumbingguitar
Sparkle in the Rain (the last Minds album)
did, there is nevertheless a more assured
feel to the new disc, thanks to lovine's
guidance, and more importantly, Simple
Minds' maturation as a band.
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work.
The infectious /
album's first singlet
the charts, sounds
*M and Kicking, the
l's currently climbing
Once Upon a Time contains c
extured rockers, more or less
:o promote the idea of positi'
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rocking album Sim- ger, it's ttill a strong effort. It's
predecessor. Alive and    pie Minds have produced. But thanks to .lbum lhat wiM make you tnink _
lyrical depth.   But  it  is    lovine's crystalline production, some ..
ill pay the bills.                   much-needed female vocals from Robin        y'
Time is certainly not the    Clark, and Kerr's coming of age as a sin- and dance mindlessly.
it the temptatio
Letter questioned
This is a response to the Oct. 17 article
by Anne  Dudley and  the subsequent
Christina Diaz, pertaining to the "Indian
Protest" in Dr. Kendalls'History 11 class.
1 am a student in the class and feel that
Miss Diaz' depiction of herself as thc
"poor, oppressed student" is untrue.
The incident sUrted with a quote that
was included in Dr. Kendalls'lecture. It
was a reference to. the .Indians' use of
"howling" as a fighting Uctic during the
Pre-Revolutionary War period. In this
way they frightened their enemy and
obtained a psychological advanUge. Dur¬
ing the same lecture Dr. Kendall men¬
tioned the Scottish soldiers use of a
smiliar battle' technique, replacing the
Indian "howl" wilh thc playing of bag¬
pipes. This was done by the Scots to
produce the same psychological advan¬
tage thc Indians were trying to achieve.
Dr. Kendall was relating war tactics not
placing judgement.
Dr. Kendall is a university professor,
quoting from documented sources. It is
not his job to paraphrase these sources to
appease his students. Miss Diaz has
picked a few ideas out of the lectures to
take offense to. ignoring other points.
made in class. She uses selective listening
to support her criticism of him. During
one lecture he spoke of the "inslavement
of Africans and the systematic anni¬
hilation of American Indians." Perhaps
Miss DDUr was not in attendance that
CM. Huffman
Board wanted
Editor
This letter is in response to the article
dated 10/25 in reference to the bad re-
cruitinf Uctjcs employed by the Untied
Statet Army ROTC program on the
CSUF campus.
The esublishment of a board to review
the complaints and recruiting practices of
the Army would only serve to put an
outside authority in control of significant
miliury processes which could adversely
affect the cadet in question. In my
opinion, the president of the university
should consider forming such a board.
Additionally, some consideration should
be given to implementing this board in all
major California sute institutions where
the military has a presence on campus.
Kay Monroe
CSUF
Indian history
I thought ignorance on the subject of
American Indians could no longer sur-
rise me. But the gross factual errors
regarding Indian history in Brian Dunn's
letter.of Oct. 18 are not only surprising,
but shocking. Such errors are even more
outrageous when made by a graduate
student in history.
First, Indians did develop written lan¬
guages. When Europeans invaded Mexico
they burned thousands of volumes on
history, mathematics, astronomy and
biology as works ofthe devil. In addition,
the symbols woven into shell bead cere¬
monial belts by the peoples of the eastern
United States and the Watam Oliim ofthe
Lenni Lenape are the rudimenUry be¬
ginnings of written languages, and the
script carved on Kickapoo prayer sticks is
believed by many scientists to be a true
alphabet.
Secondly, Indians did develop the
wheel. That the wheel was not utilized
beyond children's toys is due to the
absence in the Americas of horses, oxen,
or any other species suiuble for domes¬
tication as draft animals.
, As Mr. Dunn advocates that failure to
develop written language and tbe wheel
justifies condemning a people as savage, I
think it important to emphasize that both
of Mr. Dunn's cultural measuring rods
were developed by Indians independent of
outside influe nee. Such cannot be said for
Europeans, who borrowed tbe concept of
an alphabet and the wheel from non-
European peoples of the Middle East.
Therefore, using Mr. Dunns own criteria,
it is nol Ibe Indian, but the European who
The numerous and important Indian
contributions to modern society compare
favorably with any other people'i on earth
and can be confirmed by a few hours of
research in the campus library.
Thirdly. Mr. Dunn is correct when he
states it is "not often easy to learn of one's
an "ethnic group's conception of its past,
no matter how fanciful." However, it is
not Indians, but the descendants of the
European invaders who cannot face their
past, which includes the largest genocide
in history, and who cater to every fanciful
conception which helps them avoid ihe
Finally, Mr. Dunn is certainly free to
hold dear whatever false and racist opin¬
ions of Indians he chooses. But no longer
is he or his ilk free to spread such opinions
with impunity.
Michael Black Bull
Prejudice generated
The disgusting cartoon in the Daily
Collegian dated 10/14/85 titled, "Palesti-
nia Insecta," was not only in poor taste
and judgement, but tends to further gen¬
erate prejudice against a particular group
of people. We should not support terrorist
tactics to make political or religious state¬
ments, but on the same hand, condoning
written propaganda which is highly dis��
criminating toward a group of already
abused persons surely does not promote
any form of remedy.
My first suggestion to you is to find a
cartoonist with some wholistic imagina¬
tion. Secondly, in the future, instead of
encouraging further hate and your obvious
ignorance, perhaps you could use a little
Racism claimed
Editor
1 would hope that you would use better
discretion in allowing Jeff Goertzen's car¬
toon "Palestinia Insects." lo appear in.
the Daily Collegian's October 14 issue.
I was appalled and disgusted by his gen¬
eral and ignorant lUlemcnt of how he
"views all Palestinians."
Not all Palestinian people are terrorists
and by hit views, be is only creating more
prejudice which will help in destroying
any possible peace between peoples of dif-
I am also intolerant of te
shame that we (the U.S.) deny Israeli ter¬
rorist actions, but continually remind the
American public any time a Palestinian is
involved in a terrorist action.
I hope in the future that you will use
more uct in allowing a racist cartoon in
such an unbiased (?) paper as the Daily
Collegian.
Lisa Spcake
Issues reported
Editor.
Two important issues were covered at
the Oct. 22 Associated Student Senate
meeting that I would like to report lo the
student body this week. Those are com¬
mencement ceremonies being in the mid¬
dle of finals and establishing an Educa¬
tional  Research  Program for students.
The Associated Students went down on
record as being strongly opposed to hold¬
ing graduation commencement during the
middle of finals. We also sent this item to
the Public Affairs Committee to come up
wilh some specific solutions. Graduation
is a time for studenu to feel content with
reaching their goal of receivinga degree. It
is a time for them to be celebrating their
new beginning with family and friends. It
it not a lime tojbe concerned about their
finals next week. Perhaps some students
will either be skipping out on the ceremo¬
nies, or bringing their textbooks with
them to study for Monday"5 exams. And
what about after graduation? What about
the celebrations? Are students going to
have to say, "Sorry Mom, can't visit with
you 1 have to study." I call upon Dr.
Haak, the President of Ihis University, to
make a move. Dont let this campus pres¬
ent itself to the community as one lhat
rates in studenu significantly less than
priority No. I. The students and Califor¬
nia's uxpayers pay good money for a
quality service. Please help us out on this
An important step was uken by the
senate last Tuesday. We've agreed to tet
aside 16,000 lo fund ttudent research pro-