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EDITORIAL Latest rip on Native Americans gets slap Unwilling to negotiate. Arizona officials got what they had coming to them from local Native Americans. The Yavapai Indians of the Fort McDowell reser vation blockaded 25 to 50 FBI agents and U.S. mar shals inside u casino for eight hours last Tuesday in protest of statewide raids on reservation gambling. Bingo is allowed on reservations via the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988; the act also permits ca sino-style gambling in states where similar gambling is allowed on the reservation. Permission for gambling depends on tribes and states, granted by a negotiated contract. Electronic games, including video gambling ma chines. were put in the negotiutory category last week by new federal rules now taking effect. Refusing to ne gotiate. officials asked the federal government to inter vene. And intervene they did. Agents seized about 750 video machines at four other Arizona reservation casi nos without resistance. They met their match, however, at Ft. McDowell, where Indians used every thing from pickups to earth movers to resist the intrusion. The confrontation ended when uli parties agreed to u 10 day cool-off period. Seized machines were left locked in trailers in the casino's parking lot. For one thing, it’s The tangle of federal rules and limits continues to grow, crushing increasing numbers of people who live in this country, both Indian and non-Indian. sickening to sod one more set of rules slapped on Native American people — on their reservations. Originally, these parcels of land, ever whittled down by American legislation, were set aside for Indians to live on according to their rules. These shrinking micro dots on the U.S. map don't even constitute a shadow of what was originally nego tiated between the Indian people and the new kids on the block. Now. through constantly increasing regula tions. what is left continues to be assimilated into the larger infiltrative structure. The tangle of federal rules and limits continues to grow, crushing increasing numbers of people who live in this country, both Indian and non-Indian. The mere fact that Arizona officials refused to negotiate shows and tells too much. It. along with the government at large, cares too little about the very people it's sup posed to serve and honor. Valuable jobs will be lost via the paring down of the casinos — a fate reservations, not to mention the rest of the country, can ill afford But even more is lost with the government's repetitive failure to consult with these people: trust and hope. Oregon Daily Emerald PO BOX 31*». EUGENE OREGON 974C3 Iho Oregon Day t mar ad n pupnsNkl day Monday through ham during the school ra.il and Toovlay and Thursday during the ium« by the Of agon Daily E maraW PuWanmg Co toe anna Urevorwy ol Of agon. Eugana. 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COMMENTARY Clinton best choice for president By Jennifer Oetter and Eli2 aoetn Cage Bill Clinton represents it chance for real change, a chance to replace a presi dent blind to the problems of America with a president who has a vision, who can see a fu ture of racial and mm lal equali ty. ol freedom for all people and of a rev itali/ed is onomv Clinton know* reversing the tide of the Keagun/Bush era wii! take more than just criti cism, it takes a plan of action, ami he has that plan It's time for voters to take a stand, to ole< 1 a president who is pro-ac tive. one who will act to solve problems Indore they reach epi demic proportions not a re active one who only responds when forced. The real test of character for a person is the ability to stand up lime and time again against unfounded accusations with dignity and pride. Clinton has boon the focus of many of these character assassinations, and has responded with thoughtful ness and honesty in each in s t «t nee. We don't need to defend Clinton, anyone who has read anything on the so-called char acter issues knows these stories were u cheap attempt by Re publicans fearful of the swell of support Clinton has received. Clinton's record in Arkansas is exemplary His most dramat ic success has been in the area of education Arkansas schools were once described as the worst in Ihe country. Now. they spend nearly HO percent of the slate's general fund on educa tion and achieved the highest graduation rate in the region. On the environment. Arkan sas is ranked fifth in the nation in per capita spending for envi ronmental programs, according to City and Stain magazine, in January 1988 the Arkansas gov ernment created what were considered the most innovative and progressive clean water standards in the entire nation. and ilit? results wore dramatic: HI percent of the state's waters are swimmahlc, and ‘17 percent are fishablo. The Economic Outlook Cen ter of Arizona State University ranked Arkansas seventh in the n.ition in |ob growth in 1991. In addition, Clinton has handed in 11 balanced budgets in a row. Clinton stands for freedom of all tile people He pledges to support ami sign the Freedom of Choii e Act to make tiie tight to choose a national mandate not subject to the whim of the Supreme Court something George Hush is definitely not fighting for. Clinton has a plan, an idea, a vision to help students gain ac cess to federal financial aid for a ail lege education. He has a plan to help all people receive dependable health (.are. not just a fortunate few with the ability to pay skyrocketing health in surance bills Clinton has a plan for real ac tion on the AIDS epidemic. He has a strategy to reform the gov ernment to eliminate some of the bureaucracy. Clinton has a clear record of improving race relations in Arkansas, and has an agenda to do the same na tionwide It is the same one he's proposed all along, not some half-thought out reactive plan he was forced into enact ing because of public pressure resulting from violence in Los Angeles during an election year Clinton has a plan to increase! tax fairness for all people, not a flat lax that sounds good in the ory but actually forces the poorest 20 percent of taxpayers to pay 26.2 percent of all taxes. All of these agendas have been debated, refined and per Look at the issues this election, not the headlines or the 30-second sound bites that won the election for Bush in 1986. foctod by Clinton and his staff. They are not just whims; they are well-thought out policies he intends to enact upon entering the Oval Office. Specifically, his plan for all students to have access to a col lege education would give fed eral loans to any student inter ested in going to college that could be paid hack either as a small percent of income or as national service in the form of u police officer, a nurse, or a teacher. Since Clinton announced his bid for the presidency of the United States this past summer, he has run a campaign based on focusing on the issues, not bludgeoning tho competition. Clinton knows that if people are willing to go past the me dia's presentation of a candi date and actually look at the is sues, they will find a solid re cord of public service, a sound platform, and a man who Is anything but untrustworthy — a man of conscience and hones ty. Look at the issues this elec tion, not the headlines or the 30-second sound bites that won the election for Dush in 10HH Jennifer (letter and Elizabeth Cage are co-organizers of Stu dents for Clinton. 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