Quayle aide says media bring down governments
j Press secretary
gives insights to law,
journalism students
By l ynda Westcolt
f e .w,i- 1 ( ■■ ' Inti i!-' tt
TIhs i imnirv's pow erfuI me
din evolved from nri lHth cere
lory partisan press inln .1 World
Wiir II "status quo I tip dog im
up', mid have i ulminnlrd In u
profession tli'i! "brings down
governmnnls. Vnr President
Don Quayle's press m i ri'turv
s.iiij on I'ridiis
David Her kwith .1 former
limr mag.i/me While House
correspondent now working for
the vice president. I hired his
fieliind the si eni perspei 11ve
with listeners .ii tin- 1‘tnvefsi
t s I ,i w a n d jo o r n ,i 11 s m
si bools
iteckssllh sold tli.il illhuugh
candidates no longer reipme o
parlv liter-art hv to run fur presi
dent. they must raise enough
nmm v In get th«' attention rt
ijuirtsd for ideetion and. more
significantly lx- able to navi
gale safely through liii- hunt ol
the press
Thu 1h 1.11011th to twovur
press m niton gin -*. tircTi! to a
n< \v ( I,ns of rand idaies so .nil
bilious thi.it they are willing to
go through a non siaentifir; un
fair ami frenzied m running pro
toss where anything is legiti
matu fodder for pollination
Be< kwith referred to current
new-, reporting style as "herd
printing, and said the people
who run puhllr.itnms and re
port for pollinations all read
the sane- newspapers, watch
the same .television programs,
talk to the same people and fre
quently travel together
Itei kwith tllen navigated his
wav through multiple ub 1 and
y lev. s as he re-ponded to a v .1
ru iv of questions from stu
dents
Ti student Alexandra Foote s
cpiestinn about pros and < ons of
t tipping < arnpatgn funds. Bet k
with said pulling a limit on
rlii lion funds inherently favors
Iht' imuml«'fil and plat t-s un
known now < timers ai a dislint I
disadvantage
One sludi-nl speculated that
Bush might want to repeal his
surprise annoum umimi of
I'tHH. when he t hose Qtuiylo as
his running malt , hv announc
ing a new vice presidential
matt! for this nlet lion
"Let me assure vou. Dirt k
with said, "Quayle is no! going
anywhere except on the lit kid
with Bush He has hern and
stili is Bush s choice for vice
president
Bet kwith said there' vs ill in- a
lot ol talented Kepublii ans run
ning for president in the next
presidential rate, hut he ex
1Quayle is not going
anywhere except
on the ticket with
Bush. He has been
and still is Bush’s
choice for vice
president.’
David Beckwith.
Dan Ouayle's press
secretary
jui Is Quayle to fie I his party's
front-runner
Him kwith. i! graduate of tin*
l 'Diversity of Texas Law Si bool
end Columbia University's
School of Journalism, came to
tim University campus as part
of a series presentation tilted
Dissent ofDemocracv
Series coordinator. Ceorge
Bores, said current federal mi
minislrntivt! "movers and shak
ers" rarely speak on college
i nmpuses in the Northwest He
saiil a great deal of the credit
lor getting the vine presidential
press secretary goes to Beck
with's sister-m-law. Jane Uei k
with. president of the Lane
Comity League of Women Vot
ers Beckwith's brother, Jell, is
a physician in Lugene
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messages for 'In |>1 rjj 11• bin k in ih<' stains," Hetman
said. "and flf gave ns the •..imi1 message that i vmimi'
i*tsi‘ gave ns Tli at is ! li.i.'l fi >rj.-. I at mi til ti s now I hit! I be
peace agreements luvr In . n sigm-d Intermiltonal soli
ilarity is what going in Inn 11 tin- government U) itnple*
mi-ill those .i* i unis
Ht inuin, HuffliT and Knot in- .ill rnemlw is uf llu- Sis
irr University l’ru|ei 1 ,i student group formed 11’
In help sup|n rl 11.V vvhn li we- i insert ilnwri by the
government Imm I 'mil Hi
I'lii trip during spring break. organized bv tin- na
I It ii in i group < ommiltee in Solidarity vsllli ihi- I’mplr nf
I I S.ilv.i.hif vs is Isi nil's si*i mid .mil the Iirst fur Hrim.m
and lit 11 fit • r
Students at l'|-;s have long lieen a strong presew t'
and von i- 111 tin- opposition movement. said Knot, a sc
nior Ivngllsh major and llicv have lieen very Instrumen
tal in the popular struggle
I’rimurily, vvtiat vs e n doing is Irving to provide
support and solidarity- as well as raise awareness here,"
she said The history of I TS is just one of intense re
pression We walked around tin- i arnptis and saw how
much it's lieen homlred
It vsas hit by an earthquake during I'iHti. hut also
during the offensive in 1<iHU hy llie government he
said They just bombed the slot out id it
Hetman, an internal tonal studies graduate student,
said the government resists putting any money into
I 'hS, home to 1(1.000 students He said the university is
a shambles
\\ i• saw where the medical building had been
t>oml>cd and we saw where the engineering building
had been si raped from helicopters and just riddled
vviill luilli'I holes. he said The students there who
gave us a tout said I ho building was smoking for
weeks
lleimiin s.nii lh> first thing hr noticed is the graffiti
tfi.it r overs I fir t ‘ 1.S lull Id mgs
I firs am so politic i/ed thrrr. he said There's not
.1 huildmg tfirri* that's not covered vvtlfi graffiti, vvitfi
political slogans
IIm graffiti is in other arras of tfir < 11v also. Root
said and shr (alls it a continuous doctimenialion of
tin history of |hi' struggle
It s oni' of tfir vs a v s people i all speak out 111 thr (licit
of oppression, said Kofflrr, a senior international stud
ies major
Hriiiiiiii Root and Rofflrr said the 1 IKS students fai r
dangers simply hy attending a s< fiool where many sup
port the opposition to the government
Basil ally it's against the law to lie a student there."
Midman said "Unit's what it laiils down to II you're a
student, you lake your hie into your hands
ri'.S students have played a large role in the I Ml.N
and are i onlinu.illy org.ani/ing opposition supporters
People are often captured and tortured. Root said, and
are forced to release other students names
Hetman said the feeling on the l I S campus now is
representative of emotions throughout the i ountrv
"The peace agreement has hern signed and there s a
lot of optimism, lie said 1 lhis is a huge step forward
and people are very psy-i tied about that But at the
same time, they've seen so much that there is a real
sense of realism
And the realism (is Ism mi sc) the government is dem
onstrating a very profound lat k of desire to honor the
agreements," fie saul There's linen stalling and hem
ming and hawing everv step of I he way
Root said thev Witnessed peal e agreement v iolations
when they look part in .1 march denouncing the fact
that the National (iuani anil other security lories had
not vet been disbanded
The I N I’e.n ( keeping Fori e met riot police at the
march and said. It's against peace agreements for vou
to be here
Knot said l 'LS students are also focusing attention on
rebuilding tlie country and helping the citizens
"The students that we met are part ol something
called tiie student projection,' which is like a student
government." Knot said "Thev 'ire talking with stu
dents and telling them to play a significant role in soi 1
ety. not just to take that degree and go off and not con
tribute
'They're encouraging them to get involved in the na
tional civilian police fort e that s ixung lurined out ol
peace accords," she said
The group is organizing programs where people in
the medical school, for example, are encouraged to es
tablish community medical centers
Root said the students want Americans to tome
down and visit and help on the projei is, "but they also
want In know how they can help us
hveryonc in Id Salvador is knowledguhle atxnil the
role international solidarity has played in bringing
about the peace accords, Heimun said, in bringing
about international avs areness of human rights abuses
i be three have organized several presentations on FI
Salvador I tie first, titled "id Salvador The struggle for
peat e and democrat y," v\ ill tie April 10 at 7 p m at the
Wesley ( enter. 12d<> Kincaid St
Others will be April 2d al 1 pm in the University's
lien binder Room and May 7 at f> p m in the Ben bin
der Room
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