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.
(ommumtic* muti learn
to work together in provide
lh« but education possible
for our children The tnitta
tiva, offering an alternative
It* 5. it a »l«n tn the
nghi direct ion to replan* the
lo*»t money Nu dollar
amount • an la* pl«« .*d on
the itn|MHlani e of educa
tlon, It it the most important
line on the budget, Tins ini
tiative would allow the gov
eminent to begin to ri*|>air
all the damage made by
budget reductions
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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