Republicans grilled by audience
By Demian Mcl ean
Emora d Contributor
Two Kepubli( .in candidates hoping to un
sf.it Rep Peter Defazio tins November squared
off Tuesday nv a deflate sponsored fiy tfie Rubi
con Society
However, neithercandidate laid a glove on
the other instead spending tfieir time defend
ing their positions to an aggressively inquis
itive audience
About 15 people showed up at liel-'risc.o's
dale to grilf (amgressional hopeluls Kit hard
Si hul/ atid John New kirk 'about their- slani.es
on abortion, environmentalism and mimigr.i
titm
On tin .issue-" id- abortion New kirk side
stej pe I aiidii'iu ■ members questions about
w ..men's rights
: m a batholu that s my■-personal religion
lie said, but in the same breath voiced support
lor'tise t onstjtutiohal right' to . iuxise abor
tion- :
Pressed further on the issue, he answered. "I
have to live under a toial Repuldu an plat
form.' which includes opposition to abort ion
Asked again about lus personal views on abor
tion, Newkirk conceded that people have a
right to choose to keep the government out ol
then lives
Si hul/. was innie.liiri i about his position
I leel \menia has created its own liolo
ia• ' ,!111 ;! |;.e, to stop," he said of abortion
i in- on A exception to a ban on aixirtions. he
said, should he d a pregnancv endangered a
woman's lile
On tin' subject of immigration, the candi
dates disagreed Newkirk proposed u (omplete
end in foreign immigration until the country'?,
unemployment rate reaches fi percent
When vve t.ike foreign people in, we give,
them free hospitals. free money. free every
thing And we re putting our own people'on
the streets, he sold
Schultz simply proposed stepping up nil
rent efforts on can King illegal immigrants
The i undid.lies s.iw eye to eye on the etivi
ronment.ilism issue
The h'ndangered Spot ies Act should tie re
pealed. Schulz said We need johs and tun
her now It s obvious that compromise is mi
possible
The hndungered Spe< ies Act is one ol our
biggest problems Newkirk said ll robs us ol
jobs
Until legislation emu tuning the Act is en
acted Newkirk suggesleti the Umber industry
more i are lolly clean up after harvest and keep
debris out of the rivers
On tin issue o! t rime. Si hull/ said We
need tougher sentencing, including the death
penalty w'lirrc.w arranted
As for measures in »rune prevention Si hul/
suggested putting religion bar k in the. i lass
room When asked by an audieni e ..member
Which'god tin von want to put bai k in lie
classroom ' tie answered A Uhristtan god
Absolutely
Hut S< htdz quit k!y amended fns answer to
include a Jewish god. as well
'We re a JudeoUhrlstian countrv bai k to
our fieginnings, that's where it is. he said
Speaker emphasizes
plants’ healing powers
By Koa am Roberts
\ ; ■ i .1. it ! ii i- t s and
K !;:• I -, : adltumul
ii, ,, isi 1m- i>r> served tor
their | > 1111 ■: i I lal In solve manv
),•: ; , i;! ,iI problems, said
;i- \nlhnm Andoh in tho
■ k , |■ mng address !■ ri
day rnghl
\11 ethnohotanist, Andoh
studies how different cultures
LJSC 111 .if I Is III! til'll, 11 led l! ini*,
spiritual i-nlt.i ncement and
And : - a ■< i.h w Ith
in African ritual in which he
. ..nn . 1 earth spirits anti
ask a the sitiaII audionc e In
; • ti .s a whole lut in the
! ill tin V\ as! espi
ed! IV in the l S| people have
. i-.t ill-, power ol living The
sj -nl.i ii aspet I of hie is gone
Ah alls believe disease ema
::.,m !he spirit, which is
ttie mu;.I Ue must heal our
'■ites (r. an within ihun we
1 all I legal lu ileal the plants, the
animals, the entire ecosystem,'
Andoh said
Andoh. 4H, was horn in the
West African rain forests ol
(ihana fie was 1 1 years old
w hen Ins father, one of (ihana's
leading botanists, died Andoh
said his father's spirit dwells
within him and drives him to
protect tile jungle, the people
and the medicine of Africa
"Africa is the home of all life
forms." he said "I assure you
without Africa, no one would
survive
\ndoh 11Vi--, m Stitt l-'ranctsi o
and :s the 1 S representative to
tht- International Organization
n| I't ail it uni .11 a n il Medic .11
Practitioners and Kesearc hers a
group that seeks tn i 11111111ni•
traditional African herbal mrn
with modern nu-d i< a I treat
III i ‘liiii. ('.Inina i e : I M ■. \ m
Washington, IX \:■ : :
Andoh v.ed ,t simitar system
must lx- imjilt merited tn Attiet
na bet iiusr all people rant
.i; {.ess the medic a! system so
we must tombitie all available
alternatives The si lenttst I' not
tin- only one with tie know ;
edge
Ando said Mrn arts want to
share what they know with lie
rest o! the w orld, hut the devel
oped countries must help them
survive lo avoid losing valuable
cures
There’s a lot of wealth in
the world to go around
Andoh said
He said Africa's ram forests
contain art amazing number of
curative plants unknown to
w estern s< ientisls
Childhood leukemia, drug
abuse and perhaps even the vi
ruses associated with AIDS
have cures in African plants,
Andoh said
"These are justifications to
save the ruin forests of Africa,"
fie said
Andoh is < realing u botanical
garden in Chana to protet 1 and
preserve the endangered plants
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