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U.S. Supreme Court
makes wise choice
The U.S. Supreme Court recently made a wise
ruling to uphold a 1976 California moratorium on
building new atomic power plants. The
moratorium banned plant construction until the
federal government devises a way to safely dispose
of the radioactive waste produced.
Tvnicallv. the Reaean administration areued
against the ban, fearing it would damage the
growth of nuclear power plants.
Apparently, the administration ? which pushed
New Federalism ? ranks the concerns of
businesses above those of states. Fortunately, the
Court did not accept the administration's logic and
upheld the ban 9-0.
If other states follow California's lead and impose
similar bans, the federal government and
atomic power companies might take seriously the
problems of nuclear waste.
Building nuclear plants without safe waste
storage is foolish. The Supreme Court's ruling may
discourage the growth of nuclear plants.
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show U.S.'s resolve
President Ronald Reagan's comments Saturday
about the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut that
killed 16 Americans were right on the mark.
Reagan called the terrorists responsible for the
attack * 'cowardly, skulking barbarians." Reagan
also described the act as a ''dastardly deed, an act
of unparalleled cowardice" and "an attack on all
of us and the values we hold dear."
The embassy attack was a cowardly and dastardly
act. The United Sltntec hue hppn in I AKanAn trx,
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ing to restore peace after this past summer's Israeli
invasion. The attack is detrimental to the restoration
of order in Beirut.
But the terrorist attack will not lessen the United
State's commitment to peace in Lebanon. After the
bombing, survivors said their desire to stay in
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Reagan said it best when he told the families of
victims, 4'They (the terrorists) mistakenly believe
that if they're cruel enough and violent enough,
they will weaken American resolve and deter us
from our effort to help build a lasting and secure
peace in the Middle East.
"Well, if they think that, they don't know too
much about America.
"The best way for us to show our love and
respect for our fellow countrymen who died in
Beirut this week is to carry on with their task, to
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And that's exactly what we're going to do."
Reagan's comments display America's resolve in
the face of terrorist attacks. The deaths of 16
Americans is sad, but it would be even sadder if the
United States let the terrorists succeed in destrnvino
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our role as peace keepers.
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'Clone' politi
Editor:
When Jim Doyle and I decided to
begin Jim's campaign for Student
Government president Feb. 24, we
chose to take the campaign a little less
than seriously.
People asked us why. Why spend
your time and money on a 'joke'? (It
was a joke, wasn't it. Barrv Grav?^
Well, the answer was pretty simple. It
was difficult to take the selfperpetuating,
self-protecting hierarchy
of Holderman clones and petty politicians
as anything but a joke.
If we weren't sure of that before,
these past two months have erased anv
doubts we might have had. Perhaps a
short recap of the past couple of months
would allow you to share our
humor.
ON SUNDAY evening, Feb. 27 (two
days befor the scheduled March 1 elections),
Jim and I really began the cam
paign. We purposely waited until so
late to give Jim the element of surprise
over the 'shoe-in' candidate.
The surprise was on us. The night
before elections, we happened to run
into Chip Harriford, the SG elections
commissioner, who informed us the
elections had been indefinitely
postponed because of a contested
Senate race. A small, handwritten
poster in the SG office window informed
the rest of the student body.
Review of iu
Editor:
Chris Handal's book review (Api
Stephen King's new novel "Christine" is
than an assumptive literary hopeful's f<
I the expert he is not insofar as the maca
His sage, patronizing and condescend
dent enough to give his review the air of
convey to the gentle reader the exact degi
a book critic.
As is typical of Handal's obvious iw
rife with critical cliches. The most ol
perhaps the saddest, is Handal's childlil
King produces more books, each bo<
previous one.
Making a list of King's earlier works, 1
order for "Christine" to be a success, t
elements of horror surpassing those in F
has clearly never dawned on Handal tha
entity in and of itself, and though com
works is good and to be expected, the
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earlier works.
Another perfectly ludicrous assumpti
that, for the element of horror to achie
feet, every detail of the mysterious aspe<
explained in fuU. I might explain to Han
ihg factors eliciting the initial horror we
wbuld not be a horror story; it would I]
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You all saw it, didn't you?
One week later, the elections were
rescheduled. Fair enough. But oops!
We find that Jim's name was on the
ballot as "Patrick James," even
though he had been assured by two
secretaries his name would appear as
"Jim."
1 won't go over the stories about
mobile polls and other election-day 'irregularities'
again. It suffices to say
that Jim, a presidential candidate, had
to vote for himself by contested ballot.
AMAZINGLY, Barry Gray won.
However, Jim and I, sure of our rights
as students protected by the Student
Code, decided to take the matter to
court.
And who should be the chief justice
of Campus Court but Betsy Holderman.
This world is full of surprises.
Holderman even admitted to having
discussed Jim's case with a friend
before the hearing, a direct violation
of the ethics code for judges, but refused
to step down, insisting she could
keep an open mind.
After hearing four hours of
testimony in which the elections commissioner
himself admitted the elections
were fraught with irregularities,
the Court handed down its decision ?
a four-page masterpiece that
amounted to "it was a terribly run
election, but we're going to validate it
anyway."
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When the laughter subsided, Jim
and I decided to take it to the Supreme
Court After nil wp thmioht tKoro
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guys wear black robes ? surely they
wouldn't show such blatant disregard
for the Student Code.
THE SUPREME Court agreed to
hear Jim's case, allowing that Campus
Court had overstepped its bounds.
After seven more hours of testimony t
and deliberation, the Supreme Court
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densed version of Campus Court's
decision.
Obviously, the Supreme Court felt
itself above the Student Code as well
(perhaps it was the black robes). Oh,
the Supreme Court did see fit to give
Jim a commendation for "hrineine
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these matters to the Court's attention"
and thus doing Student Government a ?
"meaningful service."
The next appeal is the topping on the
cake. This one goes to USC President
James Holderman himself. How fitting.
His clones have upheld his interests
once again, and now he has the
opportunity to put his seal of approval
on the matter.
But I'm being presumptuous. It is
possible Holderman will rule in favor
of upholding the efficacy of the Stu- ?
dent Code. It is also possible tuition
will drop next fall.
Gary Gates, History senior
Campaign Manager for Jim Doyle
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