EDITORIAL
Neither side wanted
to talk in Geneva
When two determined force# collide the result is
usually disastrous. That is the direction the Persian
Gulf crisis is currently taking.
Secretary of State James Baker and Iraqi Foreign
Minister Tariq Aziz met Wednesday and. while they
patted themselves on the back for being very civil to
ward each other, they accomplished nothing.
Baker held firm to the United States’ demand
that Iraq withdraw from Ku
wait. and Asia did not blink.
Both men came away from the
meeting very pessimistic about
the chances toward peace.
Both sides are equally to
blame for the lack of progress
or compromise reached at the
meetings. President Bush has
said he is discouraged by
Iraq's "total stiff arm." but the
Iraqi's were only responding to
the stiff arm thrown out by
Bush, through his emissary.
Baker.
For Iraq’s part, Aziz would
not even deliver a letter from
Bush to Hussein. He said the
language of the letter was not
polite enough.
Apparently Hussein and Aziz neneve war is a more
polite alternative to a letter. Sadly enough the United
States may be on the verge of crushing the Iraqi mili
tary and Hussein docs not appear to be worriod.
Bush's threats in the game of global chicken are
not working. Although Bush says. "... We ought to
keep trying right down to the wire." the response he
seems to favor most is war.
When Bush turned down Aziz's offer to come to
Washington, then refused to allow Baker to go to Bagh
dad to meet with Hussein he contradicted his previous
claim that he was willing to "...go the extra mile for
peace."
Going the extra mile for peace means you will talk
to anyone at anytime If you believe it will serve that
end. From the beginning of this crisis Bush has leaned
toward the war alternative.
Hussein and Bush need to come to their senses and
realize that many innocent men and women are going
to die unless the two leaders are willing to talk serious
ly about saving lives, and worry less about saving face.
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Good ideas to alleviate paridng hassles
The University's transportation task
force has a proposal to alleviate parking has
sles at the University. The purpose is to re
duce parking demand in the campus area.
But all resolutions should encourage less
driving in single, one-person automobiles.
The best part of the four-part proposal is
the installation of a shuttle system. Even
though all faculty, staff and students have a
free bus pass for the term, there will always
Ih; people who refuse to ride the bus for
whatever reason.
A shuttle system could pinpoint desig
nated parking away from campus to relieve
congestion at the University. Park-and-ride
shuttles could leave every 15 minutes dur
ing peak times of the day.
Monetary incentives are the best way to
go to get folks to do anything. The second
part of the proposal calls for giving parking
permit refunds to faculty and staff so they
can try riding the bus. If even a small per
centage accept the bus as a driving alterna
tive. then it is a successful endeavor.
A third initiative is to create a permit
system for metered parking spaces in the
University area. Details of this proposal ha
ven't been worked out, but the University is
looking at offering permits to park at me
tered spots for less than the cost of deposit
ing coins.
As most meters are good for a maximum
of four or five hours, all-day parking patrons
would not have to worry about running to
their parking spot in the middle of the day
to beat the meter police.
The remaining part of the proposal calls
for the addition of 400 parking spaces on
campus. This should be the last alternative
because it contradicts the intent of reducing
car congestion on campus.
Although students haven’t commented
on the parking proposals yet. the task force
is planning to meet with the ASUO to in
clude students in the arrangement.
If it means less cars on campus, go for it.
LETTERS
Why the move?
VVhat'ii the deal at MacArthur
Court Somebody just decided
to eliminate half of the !x*st stu
dent seating available?
Moving the band was a poor
ly conceived idea with very lit
tle consideration for student
fans. Our tickets aren't free We
subsidize them in our tuition.
But seriously, it's great to
have such important things to
argue about at college.
Dion Walter
Eugene
Enemy mine
On fan. 7, six Iraqi helicopter
pilots reportedly fled to Saudi
Arabia socking asylum.
This event supports the belief
that many in Iraq's army do not
wish to fight and makes it all
the more critical that we do not
go to war in the gulf.
Apparently many of the sol
diers we would In* killing, and
who would be killing us. have
no quarrel with the United
States, or even with Kuwait.
We can't solve anything by
murdering thousands of "en
emy" troops who don't want to
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Im- then; anyway.
I don't support Hussein or
tiis actions 1 believe he
should Im! stopped Hut trying
to get at him by burning
through Iraqi soldiers would tie
a crime against humanity.
We must solve this problem
through economic means, or
diplomatic pressure, or other
alternative methods.
Neal Skorpen
Student
Penny refund
In response to Kussel Har
nett's letter (ODE. )an. 7):
Thank you over so kindly for
granting Students for the Ethi
cal Treatment of Animals the
right to exist on campus.
I am sorry that you feel your
money has been appropriated
to vegetarian terrorists from
hell and personally feel obligat
ed to refund your generous
contribution —- no questions
asked.
SETA was allocated $239 for
1990-91, which amounts to
.01327 cents per student. Al
though this is less than a penny
for your thoughts, quite frank
ly. that is about all they arc
worth.
To collect your refund, stop
by our office in the basement of
the KMU (Suite t) anytime or
simply drop in on one of our
weekly meetings.
I again apologize for the in
convenience.
Todd Hausman
SETA
Packets, please
Please publish my open plea
regarding packets. Until the
KMU Copy Center decides to
remain open for 24 hours a day
during the first week of class I.
for one. would greatly appreci
ate it if instructors would only
place packets at kinko's
Hy being open 24 hours a
day. Kinko's not only gives stu
dents the option of coming in
at a slack time and getting in
stant service but they also have
shorter lines during the busy
periods.
Believe me. we get more than
enough practice standing in
line at this school.
Michael Hoyt
Student
It's up to US
I lately 1 have been hearing a
lot of comment concerning the
situation in the Middle East.
Most of the comments have
been opposing Bush’s decision
to get involved in a conflict be
tween the Arab nations, if the
United States doesn’t stop Hus
sein (who's sane), who will?
No one. The other nations are
like little brothers and sisters
under the United States. And if
we let Hussein stay in Kuwait
he is more likely going to be
able to receive enough money
from Kuwait’s oil fields to fin
ish the construction of his nu
clear weapons
Don't get me wrong. I'm not
favoring war. But 1 feel that
giving Hussein Kuwait’s oil
fields is like giving a sniper
money to buy a gun. It’s an in
direct means of devastation.
I once heard "savagery is
never eradicated." I believe we
must take this at face value.
Brett Johnson
Psychology
I’m so very sorry
An open letter to Alumni and
friends of the University:
At the outset I would like to
apologize to those of the 2,500
fans in the pre-game buffet
event who were not properly
served in the exhibit hall.
It is always our goal to pres
ent the very finest in food ser
vice for our guests. Rarely do
we fall short of that goal: but
this was one of those occasions.
Our planning for and supervi
sion of the event was substan
dard and has prompted this re
sponse.
Unfortunately. I do not have
the ability to correct the past;
however, please be assured that
this organization will learn
from this experience and im
prove its service in the future
Our goal of providing the
best food service in the indus
try remains paramount. 1 hope
we have the opportunity to
serve you again in the future.
Ed Elias
General Manager
ARA Leisure Services. Inc.