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VIEWPOINTS lOlTORUlS OPINIONS liTT«R$ TO THI IQITOR U.S., Russian weapons pact: handle with care ■ OUR OPINION: The START ll nuclear weapons treaty raises more questions than it answers The Senate made * mov« in the right direction by rati* fving the ".START II" treaty ihat bans the United Stales and Russia from having any land-based nuclear weapons with multiple warheads in their arsenal*. The vote comes three years after an agreement was reached between the Bush adminis tration and Russia. We can't throw a party |ust yet. because Russia's parliament hasn’t signed off on the treaty. Waiting wiih fingers crossed. U.S. loaders are concerned that if the Russ ian legislature doesn't ratify the weapon* Iran I adore Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s term is up in jane, ratification could become a Russian political campaign chip, making passage of the deal more difficult ' As is the case with doomsday entities such as nuclear weaponry, even if Russia does sign (he agree ment. the world won't nec essarily be a safer place to live in. One of the problems with this agreement is that not all of Russia's former satellite states, having res ently sepa rated themselves from Mother Russia’s control, are included in this arm*-reduc tion deal. Regions like the Ukraine probably still have nuclear weapons left over from when the Soviet army was in charge Who i* to keep these desperate countries from using these weapons, or from selling or trading them off to a country that will? It would be next Jo impos sible to have some kind of international team try lo inspect all the potential nuclear weapon hiding plains throughout th« for mer Soviet Union and hiirojH? An effort like that would amount to a frost rat ing and dangerous search for deadly needles in a haystack Kver since the war induced tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States and the rest of the world have been trying to put the nuclear "genie" back in the bottle Globally. just the opposite is happening As the United Stales and Russia work to scale down their nuclear arsenals {even reducing their stockpiles ahead of ihe START II schedule), nations like France continue to conduct nuclear tests while China. India and Iran are now either fully nuclear capable or in the process of becom ing so The increasing interna tional fear (espoc tally in this country) is that some wacko terrorist group will finally get a hold of a nut lear device and blow a huge number of innocent people into the next world — all in the service and name of their cause or god What if Timothy McVeigh and his heartless, bumbling cohort* had detonated a nuclear bomb outside the Oklahoma City f ederal Building? What if Saddam Hussein had launched a nuclear tipped Scud missile at Israel during the Gulf War' These are the kinds of questions the START il treaty begins to address We t an only hope the answers don't arrive loo late * S SC % Mttf v&t frit <ttc *• *:. 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I love beer 1 redly, really do And tequila — Mptctelly tequila They are sooooo tasty They're even better when you're able lo share them with a lew good friend* (or a lew hundred good friend*. *» the case may be) You *it around tipping on * few tasty ones, start feeling good, go do something stupid fa g , have a yodehng contest). tome back, dnnk some more get really fust hnu kmred. talk about any thing and everything, do some of that male, female bonding crap, puke and then pass out ft * great, and then there * the added benefit of having a Hangover. winch i* always a kick in the jwnts The only thing that could be more fun would I* a full blown root umal Of course, there’s the ugly side of it, loo. lust go to Gufdo’a on Mug Night You'll have nightmare* for week* Had beer and drunken grwrk* — you'll think you've died and gone straight to collegiate hell Rut tendmg bar l* my favorite activity. I don't know why. I just get a lick out of it Perhaps it's bw *um ! don't get to do it that often, and so it * kind of a treat Pouring beef and wine, mixing drinks, bantering with the customers it's great f just hate having to cut people off when they have had too much You mm, titer*’* this lift la regulation set down by the Oregon l iquor Control Commission (OLCP that statiss that a vuihly intoxicated per son aiM be served For all the other ways that the OUX may be a moss of bureaucratic red tape (much like this fine educational establish rnent), it got one thing right It denies someone who’s drunk mote alcohol. t.ranted if you're in your home or the home of a friend, ao what' Only your liver cares. But in a public plate where you have to find a way home. I snug bombed out of your mind is more of a fat tor Fortunately, having to cut people off doesn't happen to me that often But when it doe*. It’s almost always the same — whoever gets cut off gets indignant a* hell They demand (rather than ask) to be served another drink They say they are fine, and they could drive home without a problem Maybe But I doubt it I tell them “no" again, and they hit the tool Why do I believe they're intoxicated' What the heii do i know? I'm just soma stupid, college kid 'look at me: Pm per fectly fine " And then they start in with the sobriety tests They lean their heads back and start to do the finger-to-nose thing Their face* are red, and their pupils dilated They're belligerent and argumentative Ifntmm Why. yes. Now that you’ve insulted my intelligence, questioned my lodgment, and have bon?) an overall unpleasant person. I do 1*1 save you are completely sober Here, have another drink Cuervo double shot with a boor chaser fol lowed by a Lon# Island Iced Tea? Certainly, here you go. No wait. Why not take the whole bottle7 You ran obviously han dle ft. What was I thinking' You? drunk? 1 must have been high on crock. The primary reason that peo ple who are cut off act the way they do is because they are embarrassed They've had loo much. and they're no longer in control it) ihmI social situations, no out* wants to admit that he or she has had too much to drink, much loss b«? told it, llems*. they get embarrassed, indignant and argumentative, A word oi ad view If you're in a situation whom you have boon cut off, accept it. The more you a.-guo. the less likely u is that you'll get any thing from the person serving you Just he cool, deal with it Don't make an ass of yourself Cutting pit Mad with the guys/gal* it fun If it weren't *ui h a blast, we wouldn't do it Ye*., Iiotiie is a social lubruant, and when you're swimming in it, you'll tell people things you normally wouldn't Among friends, that isn't such a bad thing. Among a bunch of yahoos you don't know, how ever. it's not the most brilliant of ideas Which bads me to the preachy part Don't drive drunk Heal plain Real simple Call a friend, a Iasi, or the ASUO 'Drunk tank” shuttle at 346-0H21 (clip It out and put It In your wallet) If you drive while intokii^ted. you stand a good chance of either killing your self or someone else or both If you want to kill yourself, do every one a big lavor and go play with a toaster in the bathtub Also, don't lose control around people you don't know You never know what kind of sic k weirdo* might be around Many a rapist has attacked a woman who is too drunk to defend herself. Of course, in a per fect world women wouldn't have to worry about defending themselves, but this world is far from perfect To men: watch out for these women If thin re getting too soused keep .1 wan hfut eye on them Just in case. Enough already with the doom and gloom. Eat, drink and he merry. Very merry Alcohol ran lie great fun. but it's also a drug Don't be an idiot, and don't abuse it /esse / Bohrvr Ctancy. a senior ma/onng m bio chriittiin , 1* a columnist for the Emerald B tnatl ibt lancy&gfaduantf uorvgon edit
