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2 ^ Wednesday, October 15, 1986
Bombed out
Reagan's stubborness stifled progress
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wwara disarmament wiw soviei union
Hopes for finally alleviating the Earth from its most
threatening worry ? the arms race ? were shot down at
Reykjavik, Iceland, the location of the summit between
President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Reagan refused to delete his Strategic Defense Initiative,
long-term plans for an anti-missile system, in compromising
with fellow superpower Russia on offensive arms cuts.
And Gorbachev would not agree to these cuts unless
Reagan gave up SDI, commonly referred to as the "Star
Wars" nlan.
But Reagan said no. He said he had promised Americans
to keep SDI.
His intention of keeping his promise to United States
citizens is honorable, but when it comes right down to their
welfare, it is questionable that he would not negotiate
when relations with the Russians was at stake.
There were high hopes for this summit. It was to be the
most extensive disarmament pact ever attempted by the
superpowers ? an agreement for the gradual reduction of
nuclear weapons on the road to peace.
But "Star Wars" got in the way.
The Soviets offered to slash their medium-range missiles
in fcurope to zero and reduce their Asian arsenals to 100
warheads in exchange for U.S. agreement to pull all Pershing
2 and cruise missiles out of Europe, reserving a
100-warhead compliment of the medium-range weapons
within the United States.
That proposal seemed to be right in line with eventually
eliminating nuclear arms. Reagan agreed to that.
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testing, but the main point of argument remained the deletion
of SDI in exchange for nuclear disarmament.
Gorbachev remained set against "Star Wars," and
Reagan was determined to preserve his vision of a
worldwide shield to protect against nuclear attack.
Gorbachev insisted on confining all work on the program
to the laboratory, but Reagan said realistic tests
would have to be conducted outside if there was any hope
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Reagan offered to go along with a 10-year pledge not to
withdraw from the old Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty,
which bars deployment of defensive systems, but he still
wanted to preserve testing of potential systems.
Gorbachev refused. He wanted the United States to
aknowledge that the ABM treaty prohibits any research on
defensive weapons outside the laboratory.
Reagan suggested not deploying the defensive system for
10 years during which time both sides would destroy all offensive
ballistic missiles.
The Soviets were all for this, as long as Star Wars was
deleted.
The meeting ended abruptly here, with no final decision
made on the future of nuclear arms.
Reagan should have left with some kind of permanent
agreement instead of leaving the future of ties between the
two superpowers in limbo.
The United States and the Soviet Union should be setting
an example to smaller nations. They need to display
their ability to compromise, give and take.
As Reagan and Gorbachev parted the following vva;
heard:
Gorbachev: "Well, there is still time."
Reagan: "No, there isn't."
He's right. If we don't come to some kind of agreemen
soon, with or without SDI, the future of the world is
literally, a time bomb waiting to go off.
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An allegory: Thi
"It was many years since good King
Richard the Rileyhearted had left to fight the
Crusades in (he Unholy Lands of Furmanharn.
Carroll the Wimpy was king in all
hut name, having barely conquered the forces
of the true heir to the throne, Prince Mike the
Ousted at the battle of Electionham. James
B. the Norman, the only lord left from
Richard's day, was still S her riff of
University ham.
"Only in the woods did men remember the
days when the Rileyhearted had ruled the land
with a just hand. The invading Repubman
made the Saxon-students second-class
citizens. Prince Carroll and his lackeys had
e'en refused to return the right of the students
to drink spirits. 'Only for the privileged few,'
they did say." ? from The Chronicles of
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Carolina.
1 was walking back to Thornwell Abbey.
But time was short. 1 was forced to cross the
dangerous Horseshoe Forest. 1 was halfway
through and 1 began to think I was safe.
"Welcome to Horseshoe," a rogue dressed
in green tights and a feathered cap said, appearing
out of nowhere. "1 am Student
Hood. I desire only the contents of the purse
on yout belt."
"1 am but a country friar, who has just a
small, poor parish of outcast students, and
this money is for them," 1 said.
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asked me.
"And if I am?"
"For all you've done for the poor, you arc
free to walk the woods of Horseshoe. Would
you honor my men and me, and dine with
us?"
' I was hesitant, but I agreed. As a result, I
learned much about the man called Student
, Hood.
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To the editor: such as th<
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cle not racial, stated statistics" society," \
on Oct. 8, 1 submit to the author, is "in our
Grayson Amick, the following whites. Ar
statement: Change your name to tion in the
Jim Crow, please, so that we may may be "e
see the true direction of your Well, lei
comments. today, "
The irate respondents to the ar- Grayson."
tide "Black people score lower separate
on IQ tests" were not naively culture, b
operating on the assumption that telligent t
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pathi/e with their objections or telligent tli
agree unconditionally. However, simply bee
the nerve of this Grayson Amiek about rest
is surprising, amusing, and some loos
disturbing. Never would 1 have fact,
guessed that anyone would In all
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blacks should accept such the origin;
stereotype building comments results of
about blacks and intelligence on descendini
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Stephen Guilfoyle
The ilood lost everything trying to remain
in Universityham, but the tuitions rose too
high. The Sherriff was ordered to capture
him, but the Hood escaped to the woods of
Horseshoe Forest and raised a band of Mcr
rymen to defend the downtrodden students.
They stole from the rich and gave to the
students.
"Carroll says he supports education, but
takes away our full portion of the tithe, forcing
his lackeys, like the Sherriff, to raise and
raise the tuitions. Were Richard here, he
would not allow the Saxon-students to be
treated so," Student Hood said.
"Rumour has it Carroll will be at Castle
McBryde, to meet the brotherhoods of Saxonstudents
who bought their way to Repubman
favor," 1 said.
"Good Friar, 1 believe I've a plan."
The next night.
The bridge across the moat was up, so I
bellowed, "This is Friar Steve! Open the gate;
let down the bridge! 1 would have a word with
your lord! I've been given the power to lay interdict
on all your ale if you fail to respond!
NOW MOVE! ! !"
The gates opened.
As 1 made my way across, the Merrymen
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hat so-called intcllec- mation about cultural f
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WE ARE EQUAL,
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from you and your This is yet anothe
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han whites any more College Press Servi
ilogy major is less in- headlined: "Black pe
lan a psychology major lower on IQ tests than
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;arch and may mistake According to that
icly reported data tor professors hntlmgs
showed that "blacl
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began to swim across the moat. I was soon in
the hall witnessing the drunken debauchery of
the brotherhood. To iny surprise, I not only
saw the evil prince sitting by the lord of
McBryde, but the Sherriff himself, seeming
uncomfortable.
"What do you want, friar?" the prince
asked.
"The bishops and friars of Thornwell Ab- A I"
bey agree you forced these men to serve evil.
The helpless Saxon-students of Universityham
are killed, taxed, tuitioned and
special-feed to to near-extinction, but only
because you've denied Univcrsityham its full !
portion of the tithe. You've shown you are in
Satan's service."
"He is alone, oh sheriff, what can he do?"
asked the swarthy Egyptian maid the Sherriff
had brought back from parts unknown.
"While we talk," I continued, "some of
the Merrymen of Student Hood have seized
the castle, and others have scoured the countryside
looking for Prince Mike, who escaped
your villainy Carroll, and has returned with
good King Richard the Rilcyhearted, who's
soon returning from the wars."
"He has returned," the familiar voice of
Student Hood yelled. Next to him was a man
short of stature, yet true of heart; definitely
the Rilcyhearted.
"Yes," he said, "And I've seen the evil
things you've forced your servants to do in
your name. You've attacked my people, ^
Richard, and I banish you from Carolina." W
"A cheer went up from the Merry men.
With the restoration of the Rileyhearted to
the throne, all seemed right once more in the
shire of Universityham, in the goodly land of
Carolina. The king decreed that Friar Steve be
his very scribe, and he took to the task of
ordering a history of the lands. " ? from The
Chronicles.
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lother arti- as whites in the same jobs." ^
ling infor- I will not dispute the findings
actors and which show that blacks score
have cans lower on IQ tests than whites,
be lower . Generally speaking ? that may
be so. However, to sugget, as the
n Simpson professors did, that blacks need
psychology more schooling than whites ? if
they are to obtain comparable
pamh Pcrf?rmance ? 's unsound.
CCll ull Nowhere in the article was
1 there mention of: demographics,
llTICIG the percentage of IQ tests that
were used, or what "certain kinds
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ce article article and would have made for
oplc score a better understanding of the
whites, ac- research findings.
Samuel Starks
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