Leading history
Black History Month person of the day
Wilma Rudolph, bom June 23, 1940, in St.
Bethlehem, Tenn., was the 20th of 22 children. As
a young child, Rudolph was frequently ill, suffer
ing through pneumonia, scarlet fever and polio,
among other ailments. Rudolph was tutored at
home until she was 7 years old, when she was en
rolled in school. It wasn’t until she was 11, after
years of exercise, that she was able to walk with
out the aid of a metal leg brace.
In high school, after joining the basketball team,
Rudolph was recruited by the track coach at Ten
nessee State University to join a summer sports
camp. When she graduated from high school,
Rudolph received a full scholarship to Tennessee
State and began to set her sights on the Olympics.
She participated in her first Olympic competition
in 1956 and won the bronze in the 4x4 relay. In
Rome in 1960, she became the first American
woman to win three Olympic gold medals — in the
100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash and as the an
chor on the 400-meter relay team —- after breaking
world records in all of them, which won her notori
ety as the “World’s Fastest Woman.”
Ruldolph died at her home in Nashville, Tenn., in
1994 after a battle with brain cancer. She was 54.
—Jessica Rickelderfer
Groups debate issues
The College Republicans and
College Democrats address
affirmative action and Bush’s
economic stimulus plan
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
The College Republicans and Col
lege Democrats disproved claims that
students are politically apathetic at
their debate Tuesday night, when
more than 100 people packed the EMU
Fir Room to hear their arguments.
Organizers said it was one of the
most successful joint debates the two
groups had ever had. Jeff Oliver, the
moderator for Tuesday night’s de
bate, said only 10 people attended
the college groups’ last debate.
Each group had a six-person panel,
two to argue each of the three topics
— affirmative action, President
Bush’s economic stimulus plan and
the impending war in Iraq.
Eathan Firpo and Samantha Bou
ton spoke on behalf of the College De
mocrats on the topic of affirmative
action. Firpo said opponents’ claims
that affirmative action is no longer
necessary in today’s society is un
true. Bouton argued that discrimina
tion is deeply ingrained in American
institutions, and affirmative action is
the only way to level the playing field.
However, College Republicans C.J.
Sage and Anthony Warren argued that
affirmative action was not a fair or effec
tive method for helping disadvantaged
people. Sage objected to affirmative ac
tion because he claimed it increases dis
crimination against minorities by saying
they are incapable of helping themselves
without the federal government’s aid.
Warren added that the Republican Party
proposed a shift in focus from race to in
come status for determining which pop
ulations require assistance.
“When students are graded on
their ethnic background, not their
merits, that is wrong,” Warren said.
“There is no longer the nationwide
ignorance and hatred there once
was. Affirmative action does not
solve the problems of discrimination
when it’s based on race.”
Scott Austin and Greg McNeill de
fended President George W. Bush’s eco
nomic stimulus plan for the College Re
publicans. Their core arguments were
that the proposed tax cuts would bene
fit everyone, not just the wealthy, and
returning taxpayers’ money will help
the ailing economy in the long run.
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Danielle Hickey Emerald
Young Republican C.J. Sage spoke about affrimative action as Young Democrats
Samantha Bouton, Eathan Firpo and Mike Linman look on in the EMU Fir Room on
Tuesday night for a Republican and Democrat debate.
In the College Democrats comer,
co-Chairman Mike Linman and Ben
Mckee said Bush’s economic stimu
lus plan was not the answer because
it failed to address the key to pump
ing life back into the economy — in
creasing consumer spending.
Kevin Curtin and Paul Griffes de
nounced going to war with Iraq. Nei
ther College Democrat disputed
claims that Iraqi dictator Saddam
Hussein is “evil,” but they still argued
the United States should not engage
in a military attack against Iraq.
Curtin said there are many brutal
dictators around the world, yet Bush
is obsessed with a war in Iraq. He
added that al-Qaida is America’s
biggest threat right now, and the
Bush administration has failed to
provide sufficient proof that Hussein
is connected with al-Qaida.
College Republicans Vince Mar
torano and Matthew Lawrence said
the Republican Party firmly supports
going to war against Iraq. Martorano
said U.S. Secretary of State Colin
Powell provided sufficient evidence
of the threat Hussein poses to Ameri
ca and the world at the United Na
tions Security Council meeting.
A member of the audience cranked
the tension level up a notch when he
asked if the University should take a
stance regarding the war.
Lawrence said that if the University
condemned the war in Iraq, it would
alienate students with opposing beliefs.
“A resolution would push them
away, and it would scare the hell out
of them,” he said.
Griffes’ demeanor was mellow
throughout the evening, but that
changed when he gave his own opin
ion on the matter.
“The idea that the University should
not be taking on political issues is fuck
ing ludicrous,” Griffes said, after stat
ing that it was his personal belief, and
not all of the members of the College
Democrats agreed with him.
Mary Van Noy, a sophomore at the
University and political science ma
jor, said she enjoyed the debate.
“They hit a bunch of different points,
and I thought there was some really in
telligent thought in there,” Van Noy said.
Matt McConaghy, a sophomore busi
ness major, said he thought the two
groups had picked important, relevant
topics for discussion, and he planned on
attending their next debate. However,
he said debaters on both sides of the is
sues had room for improvement.
“At times, it was kind of like they
were bantering to the crowd,” Mc
Conaghy said.
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