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IDUORtms OPINIONS 1UUHS 10 TM< fDHOR Initiative might repair Measure 5’s damages ■ OUR OPtMION Plans to offset ihe effects ol Measure 5 should be considered Aiimnum have heard over and over lhal < htldren ere Ih« future of thi* toun try Presidential hopeful* li*t lofty goal* they nay will help the nduuilion »y*li>m gut W k on H* feet Local polilh tan* develop p«o firnm* to fund extriwumiu ■if <n tivitina, and the media expo**' the m«N|uality In ichooli, With all ihi* attention fix used on educ ation, one would think it w«* our number-one priority. But it inn't Ktve yimr» Ago vntm approved a incanirt! that put * tap on the amount of property U*m mmhmmI This at lion « ol lapsed the foundation of ptiolh educa tion; «i hnuli wore forced to drastically cut budgets and urograms Marty districts no longer offer mink program*, (foliate loams or art i lass.**, and most sport* programs are now pay to play Many report* over the last five yuan show that property assessments have increased to the level that most home owners were pay tog before Measure 5 Regardless, school* are n«»t receiving the same funding they were receiving five year* ago In an attempt to remedy this, a statewide initiative filed last week would allow school districts to raise property lane* above the limit* sot by Measure 5 in t'Htf) The plan, onee approved by voters, would allow a $2 increase per ft .(KM) of asMWMid value or $2tKI |**r year for a Slot) (too home This idea allows commit nitirat to fund education at the Icvab they |}l. Kac h c!t»(ri« I would be able to develop priorities for educss lion through faxes The plan would give some money hoc k Ui education but at I hi* Mini? limn tl would not raise lh«> lax rain to lhi* pre-Mea »um $ level Because the state and fed oral government* have m drastic ally decreased the funding to schools. the dls triots have liwn fan «1 to adjust To make the money work effectively, the com muntlies within the dial rut should identify the pro grams that are me ssssary fur a quality education Extracurricular programs are essential in a quality education Without them, America would tw without symphonies and theater* When students are deprived of aflisttt and athletic opportunities, it Iwcomes more difficult to discover hidden talents Studies leave shown that athletic pro grams in inner city m hoots help keep kids in school Classes such as music; and art. which help develop well-munded students, could he subsidised so that students could still have the opportunity to participate Students who could not afford the fee could receive waivers. 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Right wing movement rears its ugly head Jim! before student* all ran «iMimn* from < amou* and into the waiting ami* of *pnng break »h* Emmifd pftnM a letter by AIrtaudra Berwitk. Mull) t ultU/ai Outer Coordinator HIDE. Max h tg|„ that | Mi high lighted •«ancern I v# had for many year* now Right winger*. and eape* tally fUtpubUctas, are the ran* reuse of everything that is oppre* *tve and «v0 in Amartc*. In ho. Cm aura lhai I can prove it t« Ronald R—pn*« m (Mage Hu*h * taut! that I have *uf Mad from a painful ingrown toe nail lu* all thmw year* Republicans and wbiir mala* need to be stopped at all coat* Remember year* ago when I ho**! w omen were alia* kwd and had their taimtuin turn off by a whole bum h id drunken ( allege b<>\» during cpriitg break in Palm Spring*. ( aid t Krpubltt an* E* esry la*! bikini top ripping an* of them Thu** cam* male t hauvlntat pig* are all run nmg fur Coogxw* Inn you worn hear it in the media Imk.su** »|*» all a huge rover up The prev*. altet all. i* iu*t another arm uf Amenta * vii iuu*. Intltliwtf, ever encrust hmg military inductnai cample* (whatever the hmk that »*} Remember Kwiko the »« kly but Unable killer whale now living in Newport’ Me didn't get *nk tmauae of any di»< twpeiu y in hi* living arrangement* in M*ai« o the UA made keiko *U4 after planting a *uper *en*itive ttwiininat in keiko'i dor*al fin that attempted to monitor and »te«i the flow of all the illegal but highly »killad working clats Mean an migrant* into the US Obviously, Munething went tembly wrong with the tranamttler and Keiko ha* never been the mw* Again, we tan blame ti all on the white, male dominated OA And how out anyone lorget the tragic Gulf War? Saddam Hussein? He* a Republican Thai * right So H was actually a good war. the haul kind of war. th«* mother of all high fivt?» all around war* because oppressive white-domi nated America «*nt a bunch of it* own oppressive white, male Republican soldiers to fight it out with Hussein's oppressive Republi can Guard Mild ter* Republican* were oppress mg ear h other left and right, but more so to the right of court* It wasn't pretty Bac k here at the white, male dominated Uni versity Herw it k mentioned in her letter that the April H man h to "Fight the Right" in San Fran cisco will addiec* the "continued social injus tice shown by the right wing movement in America “ I looked up the "right-wing movement” in the phone book's oppressive White page* and gave them a call Of i ounw, they dettterl showing any aocial injustice to anyone In fact, right-wing movement official* (who wished to remain anonymous for obvious reasons) dented ever Having any social Injustice in their possession, let alone having ever showed it to anyone The march will be just the beginning of a nation wide campaign that will finally track down and eliminate every last trace of Republi canism. Right Wingism. male dominant ism and rabid conservatism left (I mean right) in this country OPINION History i* full of example* of oppressive while malm gone bad Hitler wm a Republic an No. lt‘» true Really Napoleon? A Republican A mama should Mop playing frwrtsle with progressive social ism and make quicker, bolder moves to institutionalim firm munism as its so* iopolitical bane. After ad. Communism ha* always lifted the oppressed working-class manse* (men under the very heels of their Chevrolet driving, mom hug Ring apple pieeating flag waving, white male master* Need proof? |u*t look a! the former Soviet Union. China ami Cuba H*w you seen «ha situ!** on the f«( o$ of Chi nese dissident* crushed by government soldier* during the Tiananmen Square protest of IMS? And ihere's a right wing movement in America that * oppressive* Oppressive is the fact that Tiananmen demonstrators are still lining perse ruled today by a paranoid Chinese government Real Communists will always be scared to death of real freedom While Amimis still struggles with racism and Inappropriate attitudes toward domestic vio lence, there is no “war” being waged against homosexual* or poor women, and there is no white male dominated institution of power keeping the masses of oppressed down and not allowing them their rights." When the "Tight the Right” marchers go to San Knodico. they will not be met by an opposing army because the enemy is all of us. There is no conservative conspiracy There is only a very diverse nation trying des perately to come to grip* with its own diversity America should not be constantly flogged for it* grievous action* of the past Instead, we should all try to wud together, to tontmunuate with each other and tell one another about how any given issue or concern on|vaci* uv mdtv(dually We should at least ago*- to disagree We aren't getting anywhere calling each other names and slapping labels on one another David Bartlett, a junior motoring in journalism. M the editorial editor lor the Kmrrald
