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Family Val
GOP abandons cultural coi
returns focus to "jobs, j
What comes first? President Bush or the
Supposedly, this question was decided at the c
mnnth hut it'c a nupction whirh linoprc withii
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cal party. The GOP must decide whether t
through or give up and focus on '96.
After three weeks performance and repeated
ly values," the Bush campaign dropped the
returned to "jobs, jobs, jobs," an issue more pi
of Americans. The family value focus failed
probably offset, a post-convention surge
Republican party is now caught turning its c
real face to the public.
The convention failed to unite the party ui
administration is now scrambling to contain it
to the country.
The Republican party consists of three f;
resolve their differences before the next pre
Among them are the Bush-backers, who are
long on experience and financial backing; tf
tives, lead by the two Pats, Buchanan and Rob
the exclusionary right-wing; and the rising star
Governor Bill Weld who, along with disaffec
Bill Bennett and HUD secretary Jack Kemp, i
intelligent and inclusionary camp of the Repub
With the convention, the American public v
tural conservatism in a form which has mana?
face, with code words such as "cultural purity
picion as to the intent of raising "family vale
vatism got its first-realized breath at the co
quick death at its own hands, and its failure ti
values as a sole vote-getting issue.
The succeeding faction taking over the Rep
a coalition of economic conservatives and ei
who will be in a position to govern by '96.
Jack Kemp is the only politician who has
the problem of the inner cities. Eight years t<
enterprise zones and accessibility of housing c
ties may come to fruition, if he's not bloc
ignored by his own president.
Bill Weld's example of tolerance and suppc
platform seeks to make his party a party for tl
not just for the white and rich elite.
Bill Bennett along with education secretary
left to their own devices, would revamp the
make future American workers more comp
economy. But by the time they work together
administration, it may be too late.
The new faces of the GOP have gotte
Republican convention. It's just too bad we w<
them again until '96.
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point, now we need yours. All you ne
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see the campaign
rlisriissinn of "fami
platform theme, and
revalent in the minds
to add to, and most
in the polls. The
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tequivocally, and the
self and project itself
actions which won't
sidential convention,
short on vision but
te cultural conservaertson,
who represent
s, like Massachusetts
ted cabinet members
epresent the tolerant,
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to rise to the sur/,"
which causes susles."
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and died a
o demonstrate family
mblican party will be
tilightened moderates
thoroughly addressed
do late, his plans for
>wnership for minoriked
by Congress or
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s sophomore Biology freshman
vay with con- "Build more parkin
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irking lots. They students that drive tha
rants from the there are spots. Charg
lent." more for garages so th<
more can be built."
riflce should be ec
n an age in which change is happen
ometric rate. Technology that was a p f tj
;h five years ago, is now obsolete. n
be prepared within seconds, instead ?
formation from around the globe lies Col
jertips. With each new stride, the
f the human condition seems more
mitless. favorite grandfather,
ery street corner in America, the the animosity and d
of a 24-hour convenience store illu- caused by Watergate,
night, beckoning our every whim. When the junk-bc
own accustomed to having whatever and the Iran-Contra
whenever we want it. We have veil of optimism be
soiled nation. still wanted to belie\
le legacy of the 1980's, the bequest Mr. Bush took offia
Generation." cles which occured t
r promise of Reaganomics, the idea to one of the largest
taxes and fewer regulations could and apathy in Americ
ur economy, has become a big lie. In the 1990s, the
insane spending of the Roaring 20's, political wizards ha
purchased items beyond their limits, now we see the afte
iving they could pay for it later. cies.
al government operated on the same America awaited <
y built our arsenal against commu- lift us from our
n, they submerged the U.S. economy announced their b
t as unfathomable as the Marianas America looked at I
[though I give Mr. Bush little credit always looked to wan
leader, I might consider him a bril- steel. And so, toughit.
In 1980, when he called Reagan's Ross Perot entered I
olicy "voodoo economics," perhaps wined and dined 01
our generation would be cursed by with the satisfaction <
which now he advocates. Now, we are lef
sight of Reaganomics, while stocks "Who do we trust?"
junk-bond kings were anointed, the Our elders look up
i lulled into a false sense of security, simism, saying we
America was riding high, what could shouldn't we be? Tl
wrong in the world that we couldn't 1980's, like Donald
semed right. Reagan, everyone's televangelist Jim Ba
ted En rone offers
jars since World War II, there has
i, as demonstrated by such bodies as T \
Nations and NATO, of creating larg- JALr
;er political bodies. The latest has
2mpt to unite Europe. \fiPWT)()
for political consolidation and eco- *
\ on such a continental scale has suf
serious setbacks. In the last year, pie of the U.S., Mex
ing, in what was once Yugoslavia, plete form is not nec
jprisings of neo-Nazi groups in uni- enacted as an evoluti<
ly has thrown the European ideal on As the North Am<
is clear Europe is dt
of Communism and assimilation of no progress since the
intries and the basketcase economies and its progress up i
loesn't help matters much either. able. The whole id
ca fears the unification of Europe Europe's continual di
ition of a 360-million-person trading and, if we're not cai
there's no reason, because it will of ours in the 21st.
. If the U.S. is creating the North Progress, an idea \
fee Trade Zone as a reaction to this European forefather:
t, it shouldn't. Forcing it on the peo- society constant mov<
ts
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tragic figures
fOT MAN have lost faiUl
in ourselves?
We look tov
umnist s<>man
AIDS, drugs, a
economy add f
had washed away much of Underlying <
istrust toward Washington legacy from t
become a selfi;
>nd kings were dethroned, lems, we must
scandal was exposed, the and needs so i
came tattered. But people our society.
?e in their elected officials. Until a probi
i and the subsequent deba- concern to us.
inder his administration led instead of inwa
backlashes of voter disgust The country
:an history. ance. We mus
smoke and mirrors of our stop putting the
ve been taken away, and there will be ni
;rmath of their failed poli- viduals must 1
the world, and
i savior, a white knight, to bottom line wil
malaise. As candidates Despite our
id for the Oval Office, hope for our g
[hem with uncertainty, but ness within us
d the horizon for a flash of on these issues
talking Texas billionare H. to solve them,
the ring. Hope at last! He are the greati
ir hopes, and then left us America has.
if a one-night stand. We must ac
t alone, asking ourselves we are to havi
unite, become
on our generation with pes- hands of a grea
are disillusioned. Why ference. But ui
tie successful icons ot the mercy of our p
A /film Ttrorvn rru_ - * C.
Xiuilip, ijauu, miu J ne IraHl H
kker, have all become the Destination: an
no threat to I
regard for othei
r t\t t\t\t only a myth ar
C DUNN new Europe.
Other culture
ints Fditnr at least some
LfiLZ L^LllLUr society introdu
and China havt
ico and Canada in its com- by means of a :
essary, and should only be It is the eure
mary plan. has considered
jrican continent evolves, it them as tribal,
evolving. Europe has made we see the sta
Great War (World War I), seething in tun
intil this point is question- of turf, enclavi
lea of progress has been within, and c
ownfall in the 20th century women and chi
eful, it could be the cause than chaos. An
see the destruct
ve have inherited from our No, I don't I
s, has stressed in modern the Europeans,
sment, exploitation and dis- to go in and cle
enchJ
3lem?
uss Reeves
hemical Engineering
inior
The university should
take a contract with
usiness. They should
lake awdeal diking cerlin
hours."
eneration
of the 1990s. Even though we
in our leaders, have we lost faith
/ard our future with guarded optiy
things exist which frighten us.
bortion, the environment, and the
el to our fiery concerns.
*11 these problems, though, is our
he "Me Generation." We have
sh generation. To end these problearn
to sacrifice our own wants
ve can better serve the needs of
lem hits home, it is often of little
We must learn to look outward,
ird.
and planet are in a delicate bal>t
face our problems today, and
Jm off until tomorrow. Otherwise,
0 tomorrow. Businesses and indiearn
they can no longer pollute
continue to profit. Otherwise, the
1 be our self-destruction,
elders' pessimism, I have great
eneration. I have seen the goodall.
We have just begun to focus
, and perhaps we have the energy
All we have is ourselves, and we
sst untapped natural resource
cept the idea of self-sacrifice if
e any kind of future. If we can
a galvanized force within the
it leader, then we can make a difntil
that time, we are left at the
2tty selfishness.
3r our future is now boarding,
y where.
J.S. trade
r cultures. The idea of progress is
id is better lost than savored in a
is are not so hung up on the idea,
of them weren't before Western
ced itself. The cultures of India
i done well enough and survived
sort of enlightened stasis,
icentric view of the world which
African cultures and others like
That seems quite ridiculous when
ite of Europe today, a continent
moil: ethnic conflict over slivers
ss of other ethnic groups dotted
ither groups employing their
idren as snipers in no other cause
d it seems the neo-Nazis want to
ion of Germany once again,
iiink we have much to fear from
other than the fact we may have
:an up the mess.