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Write now
We can’t emphasize enough the importance of :■
contacting legislators, urging them to appropriate
funds for a new College science complex.
Associated Student Government is promoting a •:
letter writing campaign, is planning a visible show of :■
support at legislative hearings, and will be submit* it
ting a statement outlining the necessity of a science :•
building at the College. But actions of a few student ;
officers won’t be enough to turn the tables in our $
direction.
We have to prepare accurate information showing i
the necessity of the science facility. We have little
time before our case goes to the stand. And when dur
turn does come, we have to speak loud and clear and j
show a united front in Salem.
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We must act quickly and efficiently before the ap
propriations for the science complex reach the Ways :
and Means committee. They will evaluate its impor- :
tance and make a final decision. Without that com
mittee’s approval, the money won’t be there to build
our science facility. It’s that simple.
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We again stress the need for letter writing and per
sonal contact to legislators. Call any of the following •
legislators at the State Capitol Building in Salem at ;
1-800-452-7813, or look up their home phone num
bers in the directories. Tell them how important the :
appropriation for a new science complex is to you.
Rep. Ed Linquist, ext. 8823; Sen. Richard :
Groener, ext. 8814; Rep. Glen Wahlon, ext. 8798; ■
Rep. T.C. Achilles, Jr., ext. 8814; or Sen. Walter/
Brown, ext. 8845.
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Other legislators to contact through the toll-free ■
number are: Rep. Howard Cherry; Sen. Ed Fadeley; :
Sen. Tony Meeker; Sen. Jack Ripper; Sen. Fred :
Heard; and Sen. Keith Burbidge.
If you would rather write a letter, write to any of :
these legislators at: State Capitol Building, Salem, J
OR 97310., If you are unsure what to say, or how to <
say it, contact Happie Thacker or other ASG mem* ■
bers at ext. 245.
guest shot
By Joe Woods
For The Print
The staggering velocity of
world events in the last few
weeks has left most Americans
with a feeling of awe and
helplessness. Every day we are
being confronted with a new
headline which could spell out
the collapse of that very
tenuous state of affairs called
world peace.
/‘Viet Nam invades Cam
bodia.” “The Shah of Iran falls
to the forces of Islam,” “China
hurls troops into Vietnam.”
Over and over we are seeing
the status quo being turned
head over heels while we are
reduced to viewing these even
ts from the outside looking in.
While 85,000 Chinese
troops poise for attack, while
hundreds of thousands of
Russians mobilize on the
Chinese border, while an ob
scure religious leader kindles a
massive revolt, we sit silently in
front of our television sets and
ask the question: should we
just be sitting here doing
nothing?
Before we answer that
question, let us take a look
behind the headlines, back in
time. For only in light of past
events can present events be
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judged, and only in light of
present events, can the
significance of past events be
judged.
Ten years ago today, our
country was enmeshed in the
most tragic and undermining
war of our modern history. Our
citizenry and our congress were
divided. This was a war whose
wounds have not yet been fully
healed, whose legacy lives on
in the motto, “no more Viet
nams.” The Vietnam legacy is
that of finding non-military
solutions to world problems, a
legacy of non-involvement in
the internal affairs of other
countries, legacy which effic-
tively binds our arms behind
our backs and makes us appear
to be the Pontius Pilots of the
nuclear age, washing our han
ds of the whole international
mess.
Massive demonstrations,
evoking the will of the
American people,turned our
military industrial complex up
side down. Our politicians no
longer found it to be expedient
to carry that big stick to foreign
shores. America was weary,
tired of being the policeman of
the world. We retreated behind
a barricade of face-saving non
actions.
As America hung out its dirty
laundry at Watergate, other
eyes were watching us. As the
tides of multi-national com
demnation swept over the
pride that was once America,
other eyes were watching us.
Now the people behind
those eyes have decided to act.
As we sat feeling sorry for our
selves, licking our wounds, the
halls of conspiracy echoed with
pronouncements of “take what
you can now, while the United
States in helpless to intervene.”
Our failure to lodge anything
more substantial than a formal
denunciation against Cuban
excursions in Africa signalled a
green light to those who wished
to embark on similar adven
tures—which are culminating
at this moment in Indo
China.
It is easy for us to ridicule
President Carter’s restraint and
indecisiveness in matters of
foreign affairs and policy, yet if
Carter would have acted dif
ferently and had let slip the
dogs of war, would we not be
condemning him for acting too
hastily and failing to exhaust
the avenues of negotiation?
I am afraid Carter has been
reduced to playing the role of
one who throws a deck of cards
in the air and stands back,
hoping the aces will fall on his
side of the line. Knowing the
American people would not
stand for another military ad
venture, Carter chose, wisely.
to alig n himself with the I
aligned people of the wt
While supporting the Shai
Iran, he also preached!
determination. While ai
various despotic regimes
proselitized the values
human rights. He has pl]
China against Russia!
Vietnam, while reiterating
mandate for non-invoivem
There are signs that his
back and watch” brans
foreign1 ¿policy is act]
working.
'The
Ayatc
Khomeini is already maki
friendly gestures toward tl
U.S., thanking the |
ministration for not becol
involved in the internal affa
of Iran. The third world cot
tries are now viewing Amer
as an impartial mediator’®
cares about human right
(thanks to our break with Sot
Africa), and the Soviets'a
being condemned world«]
for their imperialistic designs.
Yes, America has fina
put away its big stick. Throu
the pain and disillusion«
which accompanied our e
perience in Vietnam, we ha1
learned a good lesson.
And when the dust sera
overseas, we can all be than
ful we didn’t get involw
again, because were kind]
like the older brother who b
“been there before."
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