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EDITORIAL President presents Bush (league) plan I)r Hush hits spoken At a get together in San Diego this weekend Hush sat bar k in .'us ro< sinK i hair crin kind his eyes, thumheri his suspenders and issued forth the following proclamation Drink less, eat right, exercise don't do dr .gs or sex Thanks, (ieorge. but anything else' Let's change the behavior that costs society tens of billions m lost earnings and productivity, treatment related programs, uci ident.s and i ertainly crime Wli.it/ Translation The president said onlv ' ou can pre vent skvroi keting health care costs Meaning Rear! his liiis, don't get sir k Some of Hush's ndvic e should hr taken t’crt.iin Is. trying to improve one's general welbbeillg is a good wav to avoid some health problems down the road. Curing a disease he lore d starts is obviously cheaper and more effei tive than trying to eradi i ate it once it lots. (So, maytie the president should put assay his pork, rinds and t hump down some bro< coli ) Hu! Hush s idea ot pre ventative medii ine dis torts the meaning of the Preventing disease is just a step in establishing good health — it is not an end all. Bush seems to forget that there have been some godlike, healthy people who have fallen off ladders. words Ihesentmg disease is just u step in establishing good health - it is nut an end all Hush sirms to forget that tIntro have boon some godlike. healths people who have talleii Otl bidders. Auidents .aid otiier unhe.dths th ngs hap pen. And a' tlu Hush medicine m the world doesn't change that I he piesideut s desue to shift tut,. \ to w,11 (i preventative medicine complete!\ nosses the real prohlem What of the people who get si k through no fault ot their own 1 Well there's w as s wifi h it odors Behind Hasi s obvious lark (g moilne expertise Ires a mors trisidums statement lie h and t o xvouhi have soil believe olds tile poor get mi k that drug users and poop i engaging in so called high risk sex are t tie reasons beh .. ,! 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I** gain -...p port !nr *li!t i t bn.iiu l.il aid I* *r Itelwifn Hubin .irtii mvsi'll. to : tilth S ilt M il.it* tls stfvi'ii r*■ pr* st iii.iliti's nr .non hers 111 tilt'll st.llls, ptiis several » . D( JO . .is i\ -, . t it. tin' ;k)i> *■ \ * iusiiiti.iry policy. n i* fminri tbiit liiitst j** **pI*' listened * iiri t* ; y .uni '.\* had sntrt** mu . although is* (in) rmt u*n i l nti ever vnm- Three 1 S K. ;.:••%* ti t.i 111 is in* i ml i ng . 1 ; s. it . '. tmih nt Oregon agreed .is a di r* * t result u! nut lomi'rsitliini with thou to sign Himst' Kesn luliun ..’71. vvhu h strung!} tails tor a change in 1)01) piHli \ \ fourth ri pri'soit.ittsf is s. nmtsly considering .idding ins name to the list 1 S Reps IV tt*r i >ei ,i/ ,u ami l.rs ,\ul mn. aisti both ut Oregon. am alrt-.iiiv i n spurisufs of this ri'sulutiun i'lii' ri'.isnn tins is important is '■‘iss -.; Oi, i siatn * n toil in lb*' Houm' to t filing*' the pofli \ Them is a similar Sen a!*' resolution I’rohabiv our most important : ' i ting was at lb. pentagon with t iiristophctr li'hn. assistant somtary of delenso tor man : !'• t if"* ■ .s' : s **;: this issue ii, hud vigorous hour-long • ii'b it* w Ith hun am! his i hie! ■ V ■ oVinci . . il that the dis! illguish I. ,i‘ iiri ul ihr American d .; ■ . uir 111.i! is rooted . : : tie ( i i l, i i. ill I lil.ll III li ; :: i/i !i s iiftm In (>.ir! ii ular, the military olltci-r corps in ides many j • • • j• • vv ith .1 Ith era! ini tit ..ition i he alternative vvmiId he .in !r ef 1 ofjis ihiit was entirely it .it \ ir.niu'd, either through the various mllitarv academies or (Mliier (.'.mdidntc School, Wltll the result that these ofli .s .in : Is the he aliening exponent es that .1 universitv 1 ■ 1:: provides (Ket:a11 I .i.s.l the I VI liiMoitarv ;!<):> jiidii v sin •.:.! in* rescind - • ! did not go to the Pentagon t. in tins 1 ountry should to t-.ils, shut itie,s n its military I Utu i-.ked vs hat 1 onstrui ' . ■ t -j is 1 would rei omtnend to begin ,1 change in the policy. ! t e ji; ied that ev erv person s-i ..tie assessi 1! lor Ills or !. : • ■ ss iii si rve on an inti 1 • \--i . . : - is. indt-p. fidently ot sexual 01 lentation S une peoph whether homo • i i, er heterosexual, are not suited to military service, hut le.isuns to ii--n\ access to Its mitstary have no more to do with exii.il irieot.iuon than they have to do with tin' color ■ x .:. . :.es g, nder iui th.-ii part, the IK)l! offi 1 ci U aigued tli.lt the 1 on fined h \ 1 ig i oodit a a is esper tally in inilsat situations provided .1 re.is eating homosexuals di!term;ty ! pomti d out, in re ply th.it the military already has mil's ahi at sexual harass ment and they are sulficienl to deal u ith any untoward situa tions . ■ st■, ie gays and bisexuals who desire to M-rve in the mili : -ry t a 1 be expected to observe appropriate social norms, just ■' ■ ' ■ : 'iXii.ih ite 1 x pei led .n . .bit V I- d-gi tlder situations My sens., of tin •: liter alter arguments were made and countered, is the decision S ' 1 :e :!-s slant li-a O.S.- perhaps, there is an internal attit utf mu I problem .inning military personnel in gaining ,k < rpi.jni i- ior .1 polu y i hatige. and not fiei atise ol any philosophical tiMMiu ior con tinuing lilts poll! V Ui ■.e> .! in - hang trig tin' .is-.:st.1 nt secretary s min.' tint I do bi'iii'vr ivt' had an imp h i in tin weeks heiore wi' visited with him, iif also mil! with a group oi higher edu cation presidents Iruiii tile Hig Ten and a group from tin- \u tional Association ot Stale l do ver-.,; , s and hand Cunt Col leges, im hiding Penn State and V! , This (.onstanl remiorcement Is having a salutary ellec I L)( )D is bn lining less strident on tins issue for example, not long ago thc\ would not even en gage in disi ussion of changing the policy •\t tills point many people myself included believe there will not he an overt puiii V change Indore the presidential election, then, sometime alter it, there will he a movement to change the policy in stages Continued discussion and de hate with members oi Congress and DOD ts the best approach to bring about change Tile second Issue vve dis cussed with members of Con gress was student financial aid Tile Higher education Act is due for reauthorization tins spring, and one central issue is tile amount of federal funding for student aid and the means of allocating it Presently, and oversimplify mg somewhat, students apply for federal grants and loans through their colleges and uni versities The colleges and uni versities lerhfv need and ma tm ulation and then students go lo a bank to obtain the loans The hanks take an imitation fee lor the loan and then sell the loan for a profit to a nation al organization The loans are federally guaranteed, so the bans' I an- Ho risks. it Is good BRAND Page 3
