fOUORlAlS OPINIONS IflTtRS !Q TMt tDITOg
Fast food puts student
health in the slow lane
■ OUR OPINION: Students
need a health** choice of
food on campus
Your •tonuK:h rudely
reminded you during clans
that your body need* more
fuel You have one whole
hour before your next class,
so you head for the EMU's
Fishbowl for some lunch
You find bagel* and
doughnuts, some bananas,
pop and candy Others are
in line at the deli. Taco
Time and Uttle Caesar's.
Craving some REAL food,
you head for the EMU Main
Omit Store. Pre made sand
wiches. more candy, soft
drinks, and popcorn are on
the menu.
You start to panic You
want something healthy.
something clow lo (be bank
food group* With your
belly grumbling, you sprint
up lo the Skylight Cafe. but
moit of their food It fried.
You need « wholesome,
tialanced moat
But you won't find it in
the EMU.
With Us! year'* demise of
the Fountain Court (af*
(now home of the EMU
Main Dock Storm), hungry
and health const ious stu
dents no longer have quick
«.mi to something aa basic
a* a good salad bar
The University and EMU
should continue looking
into options that will pro
vide students with better
food choices.
A student's body can't go
very far on junk food alone.
Fat substitute approved
despite its side effects
■ OUR OPINION: Prock**
and Gamble wants lo
make synthetics the lifth
food group
"Good evening Super Mart
shoppers Hi' *ur< to try our
DRW laf-substitute potato
chips, nwiillv approved by
the Food and Drue Adminis
tration. You will mid (host!
'delicious' dolic at te* on
aisle four, bawwtii this l*«m
prin and tin? Popto Bismol."
What Amerii stu won't do
to have it all — pleasure
without pain. pay without
work, health without fit
ness, life without death. and
most important. junk fowl
without fat.
Proctw and Gamble Go
and the FDA are mure than
willing lo oblige.
After 25 years of
research. PAG has launched
Olestra on a nation of waist
Him* watcher*. The fat-sub
stitute is calorie Im and
taste*. f*A(, yyi, like the
old fashioned fat we've
come to love and hate. Of
course, it also strip* vita
min* A, I), K and K from
your system and may cause
tramping ami diarrhea
Charming.
Food industry' analyst*
predict that products made
with the substance will tare*
ate a $1 billion business
This helps to explain why
the FDA may have let the
product slip into the market
despite the unpleasant side
effects. Money is often an
effective lubricant.
If the Qlestra does lake
off. it will illustrate two fun
damental truths about
American life. One. profits
are always more important
than people And two. we'll
give up bowel control before
we'll give up Butterfingers.
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‘Swoosh:’ human rights swept away
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JL JLi*»u»» surrounding this multinational
corporation
The UJS government and i umpanie* tike
Mike, KmIma and Uwti have been supporting a
dictatorial Suharto regime of Indonesia The
military training program (tMffTI we* suspend
«d, and the flow of small arm* wo halted after
the Santa Crua massacre by the Indonesian mili
tary in Has! Timor in 1991 despite fierce opposi
tion* from < orporatum* and the Pentagon In
1995 the Clinton administration returned the
limited IhJET and currently pursue* the tale of
17 F-1» )« fighter* to Indonesia
Human light* violation* in plat e* like E**t
Timor, Irian lata and Ache thould Indicate the
nature of the Suharto regime and working con
ditiont in Indonesia — including Nike factories
indeed, working condtiiunt are vary bad in
indonatia Free trade union* are illegal, and
organising and even protesting can be deadly
The minimum wage it alto fined below the
poverty line Companies like Nike have (wen
lured from South Korea and Taiwan (where
wage* continue to rite), to Indonatia ami Thai
land where it tan exploit th«ap tabor Physical
attack* on worker*, cheating cm wage* and inad
equate training am commonplace Thote who
cnurageoutl) make demand* are beaten men i
l*t»lv hy the local military command and even
suspended without pay.
Nike tayt it adopted a ‘voluntary* code of con
duct in 1992. and ’memorandum* of under
standing ** to ensure that it* supplier* in
Indonesia comply with the adequate working
standard However, mistreatment of worker*
COMMENTARY
still continues in Indonesia labor unreal and
strikes, despite the dangers, have taken place
I>ust> Kidd. Nika'* head of communication*.
*ay». "W* can't dictate to government* how they
run their laws " However. Nike and other corpo
rations actually have an influence in Indonesia
.Shell Oil Co could have used the same kind of
influence to prevent the state murder of Ken
Sam Wtw*. and the tragic exploitation of Ogotu
land and it* people in Nigeria. Like Unocal in
Myanmar (Burma) and Shell in Nigeria. Nike
denies it* responsibility over the plight of work
ars by putting emphasis on necessity for ‘eco
nomic development* in those developing
countries Workers at the Nike plants, however,
think that thorn com panto* have enough influ
ence to improve working conditions — If the
companies wanted to
The important question is. why is Nike in a
country where a military dictatorship (under the
pretense of a democracy) rules? One good rea
son (for businesses like Nike) la that the repres
sive regime can do a dirty gib by suppressing
workers' right* while companies claim to let
innocent bystanders as they concentrate on
exploiting the cheap labor It means companies
are taking advantage of the political environ
ment
Before the deal with Nike, there is something
that we (as responsible consumers and students)
should think about.
Shin Yatui it Sociology major and it on the Stu
dent Committee for World Peat*
LETTERS
I can’t hear you
Why is a major wandal being
reported on ih« Internet and not
in our new* media? A scandal
ihal include*: “rogue"
CtA/NSA computer hacker*
running around the country
with a Cray Supercomputer,
downloading file* and transfer
ring billion* from Swiss bank
account* held by top politi*
cum. and tale* of an “avenging
angel.' who ha* been visiting
holder* of these accounts
(which accounts for the high
rate of congressional retirees )
This, plus tale* of espionage.
murder, treason and link* to the
major scandal* of the last 20
year* art* being Ignored by our
national and local media. Why?
it looks as if our media out
lets are more beholden to their
advertisers and the status quo
than the truth How long does
our local media intend to hide
from their responsibilities?
I have been told it is not
within their “scope " When did
national corruption on a mas
sive scale become something
not of interest to our communi
tv? How long will they allow
thugs to hide behind “national
security”? How long will they
** uttle true discussion?
I read l he paper* end hear the
media talk about nothing of
substance Why is there a huge
eaodus of our elected official*
from the Hou»e and Senate7
Could it bo that some turnout
er hacker* are doing the jo® of
our press? Are these hacker*
•ending plain mantle envelope*
to our representatives with evi
dence of their corruption?
Could that be why the people
are deciding not to run for re
election? What is going on?
Why won't our media talk?
Krt» fiigan
No*