EDITORIAL Obey the court order, return doctor to Mexico WANTED — Juntas Bond-type agent needed for co vert kidnapping of foreign nationals who have done something hud Must have own weapon, transporta tion. references. If interested, contort the White House. Washington. D C. Sound crazy? If Bush & Co. gets its way. such a classified ad could soon be running in finer newspa pers everywhere. In 1985. a li.S. narcotics agent. Enrique Camarena .Salazar, was tortured and murdered in Guadalajara. Mexico. Evidence pointed to a doctor, Humberto Alva rez Machain, who allegedly participated in the crime. Two years ago. the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency po nied up $50,000 for his capture, and several Mexican bounty hunters went for it. lifting Alvarez, as he is known, from his office and delivering him to El Paso. Mexican authorities were irate, demanding Alva rez's return (they want to try him. too) and charging the United States with violat ing the two countries' ex tradition treaty. Utst year, a 11.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles agreed, or dering the Hush adminis tration to hand over the doctor. As can be expected. Hush ft Co. disagree with the ruling. Vehemently. The lawyer who repre The case also sets a dangerous precedent Where do you draw the line on what Is a kidnapping-option offense? sentcd th<* administration in the case called the extradition treaty "a tool — a valuable tool, but only a tool" and went on to say gov ernments had the right to pursue so-called internation al terrorists and such Should Bush & Co. refuse to heed the court’s order, there could be catastrophic results. First, even though Mexico is a strong ally of the United States, not returning Alvarez could wither the relationship Countries don't take kindly to seeing their citizens kidnapped by a foreign nation — no matter what the circumstance. There can Im* no doubt that if the situation was reversed, a IJ.S citizen taken to Mex ico. the administration would spare no option in get ting him or her back — up to and including sending in the Marines The case also sets a dangerous precedent Where do you draw the line on what is a kidnapping-option offense? Torture and murder appear to Ih; on the list, but what about drug smuggling? Traffic violations in front of a U S. embassy? Silly perhaps, but the concern is real The idea the administration has of being able to do whatever it wants in the world communiH is dangerous and inac curate li Hush & Co. truly want peace, as it has claimed, being the block bully is surely not the way. 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I think Brand is a lot of fun as well Please do more sto ries about Brand being a stu dent for a day. so I can read more letters about him by logman Scott Cleland English Go Bush The press has recently re ferrwd to how low (.eorge Bush has fallen in lfie polls I lielieve the real story is just tfie op[«> site how amazingly high Ills ratings haw* remained under the onslaught of the leftist me dla Bush's magnificent and re markable accomplishments in creating the coalition that de touted evil m the Middle bust was the embodiment of every tiling that liberals had ever dreamed of Combine this yvith the unparalleled military victo ry that drew obvious compari sons (the UeriKK rats had a war V letnam, the Kepubl ir ans had a vsar Persian Culf) and the leftists knew they were in trouble In fact, the Entire left ist elitist 'democrat establish ment was on the verge of ex Unction Bush had to go Their envy and need to i over up foolish pre-war congression al and media statements led them to the seditious treachery witnessed over the last nine months They hijacked our press and begun a withering and relentless attack on the president y Pariahs like Fonda, Cartner 1'iso.h and Moyers used every t unning, derelict anti de vtoils tool available to turn an altruistic Ament an accom plishment into something less Noble bet time malicious, mag nanimous liecame maligned To refer lo the propaganda stooges at ( HS. NBC and (INN as news people is .1 perverted mot kery All Americans should fie alarmed and offended Our once free press has fleen siiiitt fietl by a small evil gang with .1 [Kiwerful determination to grab control of our republic Thomas Jefferson forewarned us about siti h malcontents Thev lost in the USSR and Eastern Europe, hut their t on John B Thosteson Roswell, Ga Not constant Don king’s proposed 10 per cent cut in incidental fees is not only a Ifni versify-level Measure 5, but it doesn't work on ,i much more base level In i idental fees are based on en rollment which changes from term to term When enrollment goes down, fees go up, and vice-versa This means that talking afioul changes using percentages doesn't work be t ausc there is no constant num ber 1 t heated on inv high st luxil algebra final, and I still flunked it, but something in tins equa tion just doesn't jive Vote in the election or watch as your student organizations crumble and dissolve, leaving the University a smoldering crater And don't forget our fiv ers are bigger Pol it e re< ords available upon request Chris Pharls Candidate ASUO president Getting his way To Leslie Galliano (ODE. April (i) and all of the others who are "increasingly dis turb'd" and appalled by Bryan Westbv’s attitude" toward rape Just stop Westby is only saying what he is to get a rise out of all of you, and he ls gutting Ins way. II he wants to Icxik like an igno rant buffoon on the issue of rape, then so be it Don't feed Ins laughter by responding to his disrespectful letters And I assure you tfi.it what he's doing is laughing at your frustration Tracy Jardln Student Imposition Since when do we grant con vie ted criminals "the constitu tional right to freedom of asso elation'' and protest their sen temes on the grounds that they would have to be around peo ple and institutions they might otherwise w ish to avoid7 This seems to ix' the Washington Lc g.il foundation's objection to the sentencing of Donald Bohnert, who lias been "con victed of Z 10 c ounts of illegally transporting, storing and dump ing hazardous waste " (OUi.. April 7). Don't get me wrong I don't like the sentence either It is unfair that a successful (proba bl\ while) businessman should be allowed to expose the com munity to such harm with no more substantial sentence than a temporary Sierra Club mem bership At a time when one of our Supremo Court justices thinks it is not cruel and un usual to beat prison inmates as long as tile resulting injuries are not critical, forgive me if the temporary suspension of Bohnert's right to freely associ ate does not outrage me by its inhumanity to Bohnert If anything, it is an Imposi tion on the Sierra Club, yet an other unequal treatment of law breakers on the basis of social status, and it does not do enough to mitigate the harm Why not make him clean up his messes7 As for having to advocate a position isn't that what drug abusers often have to do? Or drunk drivers who have to take traffic classes7 What alxiul their rights to "freely associate?" Shanta Kamath Comparative literature