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senate to pass a resolution
resolution said the Studei
to find peaceful ways tc
Salvador and Nicaragua.
The idea was shot dc
senators, who thought th
university matters and
elsewhere take care of the
Jones argument, as he
there are no pressing ur
Senate to address. He did
iiie Senate's time with a (
charged with ? a good
there was any new businc
was none; he then brough
no other business to atten
would not be abandoning
look up outside concerns.
Moreover, Jones argue
forum in which students c,
matters of general public.<
Jones lias a good point,
the Athenian and Clarinsn
tci s column of this ncwspa
lack of solid student foru
That is unfortunate, bee at
on matters of public con
part of the university edu<
the Student Senate could
senate could show that st
more than parties parkin
And student leaders
representatives in partict
endeavors.
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without at least one eauti<
in mind its primary purp<
exists in the first plaee:
students chosen by their f
university matters. Its n
ihis and not go ovcrboa
which should be put into p
no other work to be doni
The slow times tor St
more and more eommor
Jones brought up the Cc
lasted only 15 minutes.
give the Senate license t
matters just to have some
business, perhaps the Sen
ing its schedule. Meeting <
might be a good start.
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students have abandon)s
for narcissistic interests
dvancement and moneyization,
this has a ring of
curate.
eslic Jones, a member of
Lst week lie tried to get the
i on Central America. His
it Senate supports efforts ?
> end the conflicts in F?l
)\vn, however, by other
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let problems festering
mselves.
well pointed out, is that
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n't want to be taking up ^
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:ss and found that there
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Tablets." Much ol'tho publici- IS S'I'OC
Jisioriccl our message, by em- (amount t<
ly ihe word "suicide." l or ex- Hardly. \\ I
a W'w Vork Times headline Most of us
SiiiJems to Vote on Suicide." war with si
moottant that our ideas be to stop if I
ood. be done?
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referendum, which passed by a the prodm
iM\t majority, but is not binding would be
c university, requests that Reagan's
ie tablets be stocked at Brown's from sire
Services, for optional student nothing. If
the event of a nuclear war." nuclear w
not a suicidal or deleatist ap- Soviet Unit
to the threat of nuclear war. Ii Reagan el;
d at disspelling the notion that America t
lid survive such a holocaust. weakness t<
pills negate civil defense. In a
war, there is no defense This is
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, ^?.i >wu int a jicnciiii ui u states lias
ent with access to deep weaker thi
round shelters). Hoping for sur- have been
dangerous, becaue it makes the since the
nuclear war more acceptable strategic s
js increases the chances that it really wan
>ccur. superiority
outer space
y Brown students voted for the do, if succ*
dum to express their fear and crease our:
', in a purely symbolic way. is destabili,
actually want Brown to mention d
lie the pills, because they con- Superiority
le threat of nuclear war a very promotes
ic. Would the idea of suicide possible, ai
o bi/are. if von were dvinu n
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paint'ill death from radiation nuclear \va
.s? It would be more akin to
asia. Would it be dangerous to But am
ile poison 011 a college campus? Even it boi
he chemistry building at Brown nuclear wa
eady chock-full of deadly still be en
ices, including cyanide that ourselves.
->e used by some unbalanced per- Moscow 1
harm himself or others. Suicide more than
mid be secured in a vault and Soviets. It
pose no danger. By stockpiling a re-evahic
ills, we would emphasize that world vis-;
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Editor: As wo c
current success of our USC perspective
111 team is essentially un- mindful ol
ented in USC football history. they are G;
.en the excitement of watching fans have I
run can quite compare with the pus and <
lying atmosphere created by I he oranges an
I play ol this Gamecock squad. very proud
is, we must first and foremost in our can
itulate every member of the should ren
us well as the coaching staff, for must remit
ispiring play and for keeping an that footb
priate perspective about which the
rives. Coach Morrison's attitude measured,
ting an ambiance of near profes- The rece
sm which will, hopefully, in- the airpoi
? the attitude of the fans. South Hem
Letters
han hydro
ir is a real threat. The
e are real.
KPIl.INC; suicide pills tanacceptinil
nuclear war?
10 lo kill i
don't. By equating nuclear
licide, we are urging people
roin happening. What can
nutual, verifiable freeze on
;tion of nuclear weapons
a start. President Ronald
strategy of "negotiation
ngth" has accomplished
w e increase our stockpile of
capons, why would the
mi want to decrease theirs?
litns that he has brought
>ack from a position of
o one of strength.
misleading. The United
never been strategically
in the Soviet Union. We
at parity with one another
'60s when we lost our
uperiority. What Reagan
ts is to restore American
. (This is exactly what an
"defensive" system would
;ssful.) But this will not insecurity.
On the contrary, it
zing and dangerous, not to
raining on our ecomony.
is dangerous, because it
the idea that a victory is
nd, like hoping for post-war
increases the chances that a
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is control is not enough.
Ii sides cut their stockpile of
rheads by half, there would
ough firepower to destroy
Better relations with
ire essential. This means
i simply meeting with the
entails, among other things,
ition of our position in the
n-vis the Soviet Union and
school to t
elebrate, let's not lose our
. At the stadium, let's be
f others, remembering that
miecoek tans also. Partying
been seen littering the camelsewhere
with beer cans,
d the like, t low can we be so
I of the team and lose pride
ipus and surroundings? We
lind ourselves, as we often
. .1
in our oremren to tne north,
all is not the sole rule by
worth of a university is
ption that the Cocks got at
rt, upon returning from
J, is an example of the kind
. z*
gen bombs?
the I'll ire! World. Should we continue
to conluse internal, popular revolutions
with Soviet expansionism? Whv
did the administration smother (I'or si\
months) a government report stating
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Nicaragua? Our dogmatic, inflexible
approach to leftist governments is,
ironically, pushing these countries
towards the Soviet Union and developing
new opportunities for a conflict
that could go nuclear. We must correctly
evaluate when our security is being
threatened and when it is not. And
we must not only stop the anti-Soviet
rhetoric but also communicate to
Moscow our sincere desire to co-exist
in peace. This may seem naive to some,
but i! is less naive than equating
greater numbers of missiles with
greater security.
THKSE IUKAS arc not new, and
they are only some of the ways to
avoid nuclear war. But the Reagan administration
has done nothing in this
direction. The purpose of requesting
suicide pills for use after a nuclear war
is to show the urgency of the problem,
to show that students are afraid, that
they consider nuclear war a distinct
possibility in their future, and that
they consider such a war unendurable.
The government must discard "defensive"
star-wars weapons projects and
dubious civil defense plans. We must
act now, before a war is started, to prevent
nuclear suicide.
Many agree with our message, but
think that there are more positive ways
to approach the problem.
Because of possible misunderstandings.
we have rhanaed our name to
"Students Against Nuclear Suicide."
We are calling on colleges around the
country to rally against nuclear suicide
011 Nov. 2.
James Knebelman
Brown University Class of 1985
:he northwest
of support that the team deserves,
l et's cheer them on, celebrating their
accomplishments and demonstrating
our appreciation.
l et's refrain, however, from becoming
vulgar, porcine maniacs. Let's not
be obnoxious, irritating braggarts, a
trait so characteristic of some of the
fans of an otherwise fine institution ol
higher learning elsewhere in this stale.
The truly great have no need to profess
it, for their greatness is already known,
l et's take Coach Morrison's lead and
show the people of this state how to
win with style.
Thomas Warren
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