_Editorial
Senate's CIA stance
deserving of praise
It’s one of those controversies that never scums to
go away. Sign- and placard-bearing students protesting
against CIA brutality, discrimination and terrorism. It’s
a scene that has been reported on campuses around the
country for the past 25 years
In recent months, arguments against CIA recruiting
.it the University have become more strident. Earlier
this school year, two students were arrested for block
ing the entrance to the room where CIA officials were
holding interviews
Although the CIA hasn't been on campus since No
vember, the furor has refused to die away. Develop
ments literally happen from day to day. and with the
CIA planning another recruiting session on campus in
March, opponents are stoking themselves for another
battle.
Student opposition to the CIA has a large following
on campus, although there are differences on CIA re
cruitment Some favor allowing the organization to re
cruit if it cleaned up its hiring process, denounced sex
ual discrimination and complied with the University's
equal opportunity statues Some just want the CIA to
be banned from campus, period.
bast week, the Student Senate added to the contro
versy by passing a proposal that recruitment agencies
(read CIA) would have to comply with the University’s
hiring policy. If any group continued to discriminate
while hiring, they would not he allowed to recruit on
campus.
The senate's action deserves nothing but praise.
Although it was framed with the CIA in mind, it is a
fair law. It makes the University's policy very simple
and up-front: if you don't obey, you don't come on
campus. Simple.
In the past, the CIA has claimed exemption from
any sort of hiring laws. Although it is a government
agency, albeit a notorious one, it should not get any
special treatment. If the CIA recruiters refuse to sign
the non-discrimination statement, they should not be
allowed to come on campus. That means they can’t
hold interviews. That means they can't advertise for re
cruits. That means they can’t even step on campus.
That's fair
In March, the issue will resolve itself, one way or
the other The Senate’s proposal really amounts to a
ban of the organization. When faced with a non-dis
crimination statement in the past, at schools like
Princeton and the NYU law school, the CIA has re
fused to sign. The CIA was then banned from recruit
ing on those campuses Because it's highly unlikely
the CIA will throw off years of past policy for the sake
of recruiting at the University, the March visit will
probably be the last one.
Anti if that’s what they want, fine
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Hospital's new tenants lack 'character'
There's trouble again in liit“ West I’m
versitv neighborhood. where Sacred Heart
(leneral Hospital's list u! crimes real or
imagined i ontimies to gum
I lie trouble this tune Sacred Heart has
finalized leases with the stores th.it will oi -
cu11\ the retail space ill the hospital's new
parking garage I’hese stores include a hair
( lit salon, a (lower store and a i opy shop
Those new tenants anger three business
es that sit just about ai loss the street from
the garage \o! surprisingly, the three align
businesses .ire a ham ut salon a flower store
and a copy shop West I'niversity neighbor
hood residents are also upset w ith the con
tinuing shopping mall ization ol their
crowded and oik e quaint borough.
1 lie businesses are upset because they
tear Sai red Heart deliberately brought in the
competition to drive them out so the hospi
tal i ouIt! buy their land to further a nefari
ous si heme to turn West I'diversity into one
big parking lot
That kind ot paranoia is unjustified Sa
iled Heart certainly has a need to expand,
but they ve done so on land they already
owned, as is their right Currently, the hos
pital has demonstrated no interest in furthei
development The threatened stores are also
well established and seem likeh tn outlast
<m\ competition, For example. Kugenes
Mower Home lias been around since 1M2J.
and The dopy Shop has held its own against
monolithic kinko's.
To build its garage. Sacred Heart drove
out colorful eateries, such as l’oppis and
I,emu's Nosh Bar. and uniipie businesses
sin li as clothing resale stores or organic gro
t eries We're not saying the hospital did this
deliberately; many ol the businesses i losed
on their own a( < ord. Yet the neighborhood s
character is undeniably different now, and
disappointingly. Sacred Heart did nothing
to encourage former businesses to return, or
to seek other businesses offering servii es
that don't already exist in the area.
Sacred Heart is not an entirely inhuman
organization. After all, it's a hospital, not a
toxii -waste producing arms manufacturer
And when it considered possible tenants loi
its garage retail space, it was deliberate!1,
carelul to not bring a shop competing with
its tenants in its old garage. In the future we
hope the hospital shows that kind of regard
and consideration for the West t'niversits
neighborhood as a whole, and not just those
stores under the hospital 's aegis.
Letters
Lighten up
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mi mam 1111*11 ti*«*l thi‘\ .m> 11ii.iI
lilt'd Id |udgr lnm .i woman
should tir.it llri bod\ I hr anti
abortion barrage In Kevin At
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thr lontmuing m.ilr dominated
sin irt\ ih.it sum i\ rs tml.u
\\ r nrril to realize that Worn
rn an* ver\ i apalilf ot making
dn isions as well as mm And
Mini should have a 1 it I It* more
xensitw it\ than to (all pro
i him r advoi airs "anti lilt' rad
K als How does thr label pro
oppression real tionarv strike
vou?
Abortion is an issue that
needs to lie driidrd between
the i ouple and not the masses
II we begin to limit thr aluliH
for a woman to live her life
w it limit the burden ot a < told
w here w ill we stop in limiting
human rights ' I util someone
proves to me in a rational man
ner that life begins at i oni-rp
lion I for I ibortion should be a
lawful option tor women as
long .is the i hlld is dependent
upon the mother tor ph\ sit .il
suri iv.il
In the most lei flit I I.il pel s
Index ((frrgo/u.m I eh 11 (i‘l
pi-li cut ot the Kepuhlii .ill i oil
gressw oiueii said tIlf \ line
pro i him e rIlf Kepuhlii .ill
parti is generally thought to he
pro I lie In i hou e hut this
again shows the dominance 111
men .mil then beliefs We net'll
to listen to the side .ibortiim .it
lei ts the most women
So i ome on guys, lighten up
Abortion is .1 heart wrenching
enough issue without .1 hunch
ol supet tnor.il men st reaming
that thev know best I.et worn
ell make the lift ision
Kevin Miller
I’olitit al st lent e
Sexually active
Would vou want vour junior
high 01 high si I100I daughter to
he sexually .utile:1 lor most
people the answer would be
mi Will not' I’robablv so she
wouldn't gel pregnant by some
guy that will disavow am
know ledge of the affair
Hilt wait Ill' s a s4n.1t guv
who II iifVfr itu ansthing like
lliat .uni besides there s a!
w us s abortion So w In 1 an t
she just 140 on living a sexually
at tivr 1 arelree lifestvle mu Ii as
tlii' one In lam- Ron as pnr
I raved In Hulls Hunter in tlie
TV tnos if Aloe i s U ai/f '
Sure it would bf ideal il all
women pursued an education,
started a 1 a reel and bei ante
economically and emotionalK
stable before bas ing to support
a 1 liild; espei mils in tile inner
1 its Hut doesn't sin Ii a dream
mean we'd ssanl soi iets to be
like that' ()i is sexual ai In its a
(illsseal and emotional neces
sits in relationship7 Isn't love
something that comes from the
mind and the heart or is it a
feeling that originates below
the s\ .list
I am suiting this because 1
(eel that I have been led along
used then thrown asvas
(iary lloh
K.ugene
At the beginning of lanuaiv. 1
intervlewed tor a job at the new
Albertsons on llilvard Street
At the interview | was prom
ised "as many hours as I i ould
handle and ottered toll time
employment during the sum
met
However, alter three weeks of
employment. 1 have found my
self laid ott hei ause the compa
n\ purposefully hired one third
too many employees to cover
themselves tor their "grand
opening " knowing that they
would i ut them when business
died down ()t course, no one
mentioned this at the inter
view
I he result is that many hard
working and competent people,
many ot whom gave up steady
jobs, were ku ked out through
no fault of their own. These
people, many of whom have a
family to support, were given
just a couple of hours notice
and no severance pay
Albertsons will counter these
charges by saying there is a 30
day probationary period But
what a to day probationary pe
riod means to rational minds is
that it \ihi si reu lip. you re
out ll is not .1 correr I exi um'
for hiring, then laving off large
amounts ol people Why didn t
the\ advertise the positions as
temporary7
Law students Is there am re
i nurse against an employer for
this kind ol dei fitful prai tu t"’
Please tell me about it
Martin Ryder
Architecture
Juxtaposition
Wonderful job on the cover
of the Feb. Ft Emerald' The
headline reads: "Students ex
press mixed emotions to Man
dela s release ” The picture
next to it shows art student Les
lie Ware laughing her head off.
Nice juxtaposition there
This one really deserves to he
sent to the Columbia Journal
(the place that puts out such
wonderful books as “Squad
Helps Dog Bite Victim.”)
lames Drew
Computer Science