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Cuts in military
long-awaited move
Don't look now. but the Pentagon did something
right
More than 140,(MM) Nation,.; < .uard and n-sorve-po
sitions art- pegged for elimination nationwide over this
yn;ir and next And the good news doesn't stop then-,
total cuts will equal 2.'!4,(MI0 over the next five years,
meaning a savings of 520 billion
The monetars savings is a long time in (dining No
one needs to be told this i ountrs spends a very prettv
penny on its militarv — [>rett\ pennies that every
American isn't happy spending.
America is in worsening finam oil shape with a
deficit almost as big as Hill (.union s fiead It s about
tunc sonic ream lions
were marie somewhere in
our martial monster, and
our ov erblovv n mi I itarv is
a good [ilar e to star!
It's also obvious the
time of Inn;*' inter;,a! mil,.!
inilit.irv ton es .s o\ e;. to:
those wild disagree con
sider the alternative
Ameru .i rails it self tile
worid's police, its beacon
of 111;f11 It's ridn uimis to
set ourselves uj> on a jierl
estal s iii such labels, but
No one needs to
be told tMs
country spends a
very pretty penny
on its military —
pretty pennies
that every
American isn’t
happy spending.
for those who likr Sin h Ilro’hts whv no* < •' <w,;:n
pie Ij\ being the first to < ut our roiutarv .1 sign of
peace
1'he miiit.n \ nmv ev en benefit from the i tits He
serve fort es must take a lesser priority when si art e
dollars .ire needed for ammo supplies and spare
parts." said l S Rep Duncan Hunter. K I : < bijou, who
sits on the House Armed Services (lorn m it toe
That's right, tighten up the flabhv areas In shaving
off the esi ess Money and resources wd he used more
effii iently. onlv the best people will he retained Slim
tiling tight down into a mean, gtu. ' tig!;! . h:ei
Some mav argue the move harts A merit a s mjlitarv
forces, figuring everv cut means a lessening of our per
i eived might l.et those people he i on so led h\ the fat t
that America's full-time active duty f»»rt es wo. still he
present to throw the r ou nt rv s obese weight arouiul
Overall, the cuts are a great move the onlv down
fall being the loss of income to those depending on the
eliminated jobs In the long run, however, it will make
even those people's lives pist a little better.
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NOT STAND SO (USE WITV W NASTY %NO ’
Cult of ethnicity destined to fail
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In ,t though! pr- m. mg artu i.
H.trfrr's \t.n:.,.>nr t ■. i i <. ■:
■ v. •
in Amerii .in '
In lus quest !■ >i the i h iirii tor
tr.nts w1 hold ;i unrr. n, La
plum tin.is lii. !! .’Hi.' ■ ! mi-ta
mnrphosts permeating tlio
whole i hfoiiii • d A inn ii .m
biography lie Nilvn. !( Amwlm
in u1m.u1 nothing <•!n«■, it in about
thi; in', i iitUo ! ill.' Ni l1 It.
iiini w. h .t' lilt!»• uni' lor his
t|5|V, Hill lx-1 HUSO M I' Il'illNI' till'
t OlllfortN of .1 NIK lot \ I’Nt.ll)
liNhi'd on the blueprint ol class
wi! flliii |fni'!Vi*N sot
... trill .0 birth r un i'\i-.Ii nb.il
. ! : . ■ i :' 11: g ’ i. 1t!:: 11 g i ■ N i i • p t
itn- iitihg.it ion in I miNtrui t <i
plausible Nolf
1' I III th>' pi'lNprs liV i o! MIS
un ,i i-\.- 1 i ipmi- n i in ,i nun
white Nineteen. ! find myself
.itfimung Laphutn s pert option
lh.it tin promise of America in
uixiCl t sei t-fl'Ill'W ill 'Hill In'KIIll
mg it in nni about posturing
I'H't .it'll!' 1 ii.in( opportunities
A < onternporar\ i use in
.: ' .■ ! Mat M.ibrv
■. *1 j : . ‘ lull. h‘ - .in n pi nil ir
d Si.inlorti studying
literature niui i n torn .it to mil re
hi!mi n Tills information up
pi-.i:' H .ii' 'o' w dh u Nni.ill pho
tograph ol Mabrv ,i lil.uk
Nmerit .in on tin* pugo in
\i'ii iiu'. l n I .i/ii/’un ifi,it fou
turod 111n t|iii*n( i-ss.iv ontitloii
1.iv mg m i w 11 U orids
In that i ommenlery Mabry
i untr.iNlod tlio povortv of Iiin
hionif community in \uw for
nia with tlio academic milieu ut
Stanford He also disclosed his
strung (omniltment to educa
tion
Today lie in a staff reporter
and as sin mte i si dor with News
ueeA maga/ine
fhese introductory observa
lions are relevant from at least
two points ol reference f irst,
they serve to remind us that the
continuing struggle for inclu
s:on and at i ess m American
NIK ii'tv tl.iN been waged on two
fronts, one political and the
other personal
Seiond. for those who (like
Mart us M.ibrv) choose the per
sonal ai hievement pathway, it
iv 'to !; limiting r,u r t entered
.■ .-. h 1 ip
, x!. :,! ! ■• : till Sii.il k expe
r io m r culturally if hr s hr
!.,:prs l< ,ii hlrvr MIC U'« in
mainstream American journal
Perhaps i! should hr ,n
>. ■ i vs : rii g<- ,1 I h,i 1 1 rr m a m
strongly i i.mmittrd lo tfir iiir.il
of integration and lo an oppor
i;iM;i\ strm lurr lfiat rvcntually
is,i, mature no spin lal rest™
lions nr favors basis) on nn r,
ethnicity or gender just thr
I ghi ' ! ■: 'all on one's lll
dtvitfuul merit
III.' as i look ,nit ovrr Amort
i .i s I-.:.., ation.i i tor rain today. I
; :. ! r v trial of a disturbing
irntil irk toward a divisivr
to: Hi t 'nrotribiihstn' t harm
trn/ril by distinct ethnic on
o. rs in this urrrnt drvrlop
n : fat In an asking rue tai and
t 'firm groups to extend them
srhrs lH-vund thru particular
rstr.ii soi lali/ation patterns,
l’ir\ arr somehow encouraged
to prrsrrvr tfiosr various oricn
title 111is from vrstrrvear ill,t! al
legedly produce a rich and s,i
c,,:\ di\ersitv on c ampus
And as all of this is m eur•
ring thrrr arc costly "trade;
oils having to do with insulTi
h■ nt personal empowerment in
terms of c urrrnt mainstream
i umpetem itfs'
While Marcus Matin re
mains conscious of ids racial
heritage. his sense o f
personhiKxi clearlv extends tie
vond that one dimension of his
being Accordingly, in his pres
mil journalistic work with
Arivsiverk, he has achieved
creditable empowerment based
upon a marketable professional
i ompetenue that transcends
rac e
The noted historian Arthur
M Schlosinger has captured
well the core idea that under
girds ibis essay. In his 19U1
book. The disuniting of Ameri
< .( R e f I e i I i o n s ii n a
\t Jin uliunil Sn< irh Si hlesin
: lirsi ritu s America as "ii
transforming nation, banishing
I' m 11 a I memories and develop
ing ,i uniqui' national character
: isi'd on common political ide
i;v arid shared experiences The
pm lit o! America w as not to
[deserve old c.ultures. lint to
!t eg.- a new Amerce an culture
It seems to im . incidentally,
that tills view is v er y consistent
w itii tlie one aixnil "becoming”
that was c ited at the beginning
of tins commentary Moreover,
Sc hlesinger reminds us that tin'
Afric am/ation of iliac k Ameri
c ails has not got very far" and
asserts that "most Americ an
horn members of minority
groups, white or non while,
wbile they may i iiertsii purtic u
iar heritages, still see them
selves primarily as Americans
in tlie end, I tielieve tile c ult
of ethnicity is destined to fail
in America 1 also contend that
genuine self-esteem stems from
personal achievement In the
larger, present-day culture in
vvhic h we must all eventually
find a niche of sec urity. Again,
tlie example of Mart us Malay
comes to mind His rat ini fieri
tage is but one component of
lus sense of wtio lie is Clearly,
Ins national citizenship and Ills
professional Identity are other
affirming facets of t h e
"multidimensional mosaic
that symbolizes his const inus
lless of self
I shall continue to hope that
non white American minority
students on campus will man
age to acknowledge their ethnic
heritage and to acquire the
kinds of marketable competen
cies that are currently valued in
our society. Not to operate from
that kind of balanced perspec -
tive would l>e to allow the se
ductive rhetoric of diversity to
militate against the achieve
ment of real personal empower
ment — and a genuine sense of
human affirmation
Ron Rousseve is a professor of
counseling psychology ul the
University.
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