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Longwood College Farmville, Virginia CAMPAIGN ISSUE
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Editor's Note: At 9:35 on Monday. July 16. 1 sat in the Frazer TV lobby watching the Democratic National Convention which was being held in San Francisco that week Depression was beginning to overwhelm me. I had supported San Francisco Mayor Diane Feinstein for the Vice-Presidential nomination with Gary Hart as a close second choice Fritz Mondale. the hen apparent to the Presidential nomination, had chosen Geraldine Ferraro from New York amid a fury of controversy In addition to this. Mondale had thrown himself into further controversy, more or less a frenzy of ruffled feathers, by an nouncing that Burt Lance would be the new Democratic Party Chairman The convention hadn't even begun and there were doubts that Mondale could get out of it with the full support of his party It was a bad scene I sat there that night and watched Jimmy Carter give a speech to the throng of Democrats He looked old His hair was all white —his face was lined and leathery He looked nothing like the Carter Americans had elected in 1976 Yet his speech wasn't old He talked about hope hope for the Party and for America His face brightened up some as he spoke In fact, before Carter left the platform 1 thought 1 caught a glimpse of the fightin' peanut farmer who led Begin and Sadat to the Camp David Accords Still, at 9:35. as Jimmy hugged Rosalyn and Dan Rather droned on in his montone voice. I was depressed It just didn't look good Too many problems, too many worries Mondale. my brain had led me to believe, didn t have much of a chance I had decided that Ronald Reagan, the fascist pig he is would win the November 6 election But in the next forty five minutes, despair flew into a turbulent rage of hope and conviction. 1 was thrown into commitment all over again, and by 10:20. I was sure that Walter Mondale would be the next President of the 'United States of America. The key to my flight from despair was a speech Specifically, the keynote address of New York Governor Mario Cuomo. The man had given me something He had shown me faith Faith that the American people would drag Reagan out of office by his gold cuff links on November 6 Faith that this nation would change the course it was on Faith that four more years' would be only a ghostly spectre driven away in a few short months The editorial board of The Rotunda hardly expects Longwood
....J »_ 4. I -<—.il M__ students to have a_ similar reaction, but we felt Cuomo's address important enough to voters to print it in full in this election issue It says a lot —about Reagan and about America It is printed here for your consideration. As we go into election week, we have much to consider. We must decide which candidate we will choose to influence the next thirty or forty years of our lives by appointing a large number of Supreme Court justices We must choose which candidate we want to handle the situations in El Salvador and Nicaragua We must choose which candidate we want to face questions such as abortion. ERA. and school prayer. It is important only that we choose, yet choose with as much forethought and intelligence as possible So enjoy Cuomo's words: we hope they will help you make your choice, but don't take it lightly — it is very critical indeed.
On behalf of the Empire State and the family of New York. I thank you for the great privilege of being allowed to address this convention. Please allow me to skip the stories and the poetry and the temptation to deal in nice but vague rhetoric. Let me instead use this valuable opportunity to deal with the questions that should determine this election and that are vital to the American people Ten days ago. President Reagan admitted that although some people in this country seemed to be doing well nowadays, others were unhappy, and even worried, about themselves, their families and their futures. The President said he didn't understand that fear He said. "Why. this country is a shining city on a hill." The President is right. In many ways we are "a shining city on a hill." But the hard truth is that not everyone is sharing in this city's splendor and glory. A shining city is perhaps all the President sees from the portico of the White House and the veranda of his ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well But there's another part of the city, the part where some people can't pay their mortgages and most young people can't afford one. where students can't afford the education they need and middle class parents watch the dreams they hold for their children evaporate. In this part of the city there are more poor than ever, more families in trouble More and more people
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who need help but can't find it. Even worse: There are elderly people who tremble in the basements of the houses there There are people who sleep in the city's streets, in the gutter, where the glitter doesn't show. There is Despair, Mr. President* There are ghettos where thousands of young people, without an education or a job. give their lives away to drug dealers every day. There is despair. Mr President, in faces you never see, in the places you never visit in your shining city. In fact. Mr. President, this nation is more a "Tale of Two Cities" than it is a "Shining City on a Hill " Maybe if you visited more places. Mr President, you'd understand. Maybe if you went to Appalachia where some people still live in sheds
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President Reagan told us from the beginning that he believed in a kind of social Darwinism. Survival of the fittest. "Government can't do everything," we were told "So it should settle for taking care of the strong and hope that economic ambition and charity will do the rest. Make the rich richer and what falls from their table will be enough for the middle class and those trying to make it into the middle class." The Republicans called it trickledown when Hoover tried it. Now they call it supply side. It is the same shining city for those relative few who are lucky enough to live in its good neighborhoods But for the people who are excluded—locked out—all they can do is to stare from a distance at that city's glimmering towers It's an old story As old as our history.
'Courage and Confidence'
New York Governor Mario Cuomo and to Lackawanna where thousands of unemployed steel workers wonder why we subsidized foreign steel while we surrender their dignity to unemployment and to welfare checks, maybe if you stepped into a shelter in Chicago and talked with some of the homeless there; maybe. Mr President, if you asked a woman who'd been denied the help she needs to feed her children because you say we need the money to give a tax break to a millionaire or to build a missile we can't even afford to use —maybe then you'd un derstand Mavbt'. Mr President But I'm afraid not. Because, the truth is. this is how we were warned it would be
The difference between Democrats and Republicans has always been measured in courage and confidence. The Republicans believe the wagon train will not make it to the frontier unless some of our old. some of our young and some of our weak are left behind by the side of the trail. The strong will inherit the land! We Democrats believe that we can make it all the way with the whole family intact We have More than once. Ever since Franklin Roosevelt lifted himself from his wheelchair to lift this natiorvfrom its knees Wagon train after wagon train To new frontiers of education, housing, peace The whole family aboard. Constantly reaching out to extend and enlarge that family Lifting them up into the wagon on the way. Blacks and Hispanics. people of every ethnic group, and Native Americans—all those struggling to build their families claim some small share of America For nearly 50 years we carried them to new levels of comfort, security, dignity, even affluence Some of us are in this room today only because this nation had that confidence. It would be wrong to forget that 'To Save the Nation' So. we are at this convention to remind ourselves where we come from and to claim the future for ourselves and for our children Today, our great Democratic Party, which has saved this nation from depression, from fascism, from racism, from corruption, is called upon to do it again —this time to save the nation from confusion and division, from the threat of eventual fiscal disaster and mist o\ .ill from a
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fear of a nuclear holocaust. In order to succeed, we must answer our opponent's polished and appealing rhetoric with a more telling reasonableness and rationality. We must win this case on the merits. We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship—to reality, to the hard substance of things And we will do that not so much with speeches that sound good as with speeches that are good and sound Not so much with speeches that bring people to their feet as with speeches that bring people to their senses We must make the American people hear our "tale of two cities." We must convince them that we don't have to settle for two cities, that we can have one city, indivisble. shining for all its people. We will have no chance to do that if what comes out of this convention, what is heard throughout the campaign, is a babel of arguing voices To succeed we will have to surrender small parts of our individual interests, to build a platform we can all stand on. at once, comfortably, proudly singing out the truth for the nation to hear, in chorus, its logic so clear and commanding that no slick commercial, no amount of geniality, no martial music will be able to muffle it. 'The Lucky and the Left Out' We Democrats must unite so that the entire nation can. Surely the Republicans won't bring the convention together Their policies divide the nation: into the lucky and the left-out, the royalty and the
rabble The Republicans are willing to treat that division as victory They would cut this nation in half, into those temporarily better off and those worse off than before, and call it recovery We should not be embarrassed or dismayed if the process of unifying is difficult, even at times wrenching Unlike any other party, we embrace men and women of every color, every creed, every orientation, every economic class In our family are gathered everyone from the abject poor of Essex County in New York, to the enlightened affluent of the gold coasts of both ends of our nation And in between is the heart of our constituency The middle class, the people not rich enough to be worry free but not poor enough to be on welfare, those who work for a living because they Continued on page 3
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Reagan has not brought the country to a position of strength. He has propped it up with Media hype, deficit spending, and a dangerous foreign policy. The U.S. is as a fragile scarecrow in the wind with Reagan at the helm, but we are only able to see the giant smile on the scarecrow's potatosack head. It is senseless for student voters to help re-elect a president who forced massive cuts in student loans, supports a lowering of the minimum wage, supports a Constitutional Amendment banning abortion, and is the candidate most likely to lead this nation to war. The fact that we may make a few more dollars a week with Reagan in office hardly justifies his re-election.
Longwood College Editor-in-Chief Jeff Abernathy Managing Editor Johnel Brown Special Sections Editor Eric Houseknecht Copy Editor Alicia Ashton Production Design Editor Barrett Baker Fine Arts Editor Jerry Dagenhart Feature Editor Lori Foster Campaign Editor Frank Raio Photography Editor Tracy Coleman Sports Editor Pablo Duke Business Manager Mike Harris Advertising Manager Tony Crute Ad Assistant Joan Dolinger Staff Vince Decker Eddie Hollander David Mattes Steve Tilley Curt Walker Published weekly during the College year with the exception of Holidays and examination periods by the students of Longwood College, Farmville. Virginia Opinions expressed are those of the weekly Editorial Board and its columnists, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the student body or the administration. Letters to the Editor are welcomed They must be typed, signed and submitted to the Editor by the Friday preceding publication date All letters are subject to editing. Send letters to: THE ROTUNDA Box 1133
Mondale Endorsed Over the past two months I've made a conscious effort not to be insuiting or negative to the President of the United States of America. Over and over again I've told myself "Don't be nasty. Be pleasant, convincing, and ... ultimately boring." This final realization has led to hopeless failure in my endeavors. No one is convinced by straight statistics on the President. His record is beyond reproach, or it should be; in the eyes of students, blacks, women, laborers, educators, and even the President's own minority group, the elderly, Reagan should be nothing more at this stage in the game than a very bad joke told by the voters of 1980. Yet Reagan's bandwagon rolls on—and even those who've been rolled over are anxious to hop on. There's absolutely no way to convince people what the man truly stands for, except by calling a rose a rose. In this case, by calling a thorn a thorn. Ronald Reagan has driven this country to believe that it is proud, strong, and free "once again," and he has hyped himself up to be some mystical guru who brought all of this to us. absolutely free-of-charge. Now, in 1984, all the people have to do is dial 1-800-VOTE-RON. Operators will be standing by on November 6. That's 1-800-VOTE-RON, that's 1-800-vote-ron. that's 1-800-vote-ron, that's And the President deserves his first Oscar for the acting he's doing. Unfortunately Reagan stands for an America which most of us believe to be long gone. In an October 30. editorial, the Village Voice said of the President: "Reagan is heir to an ugly legacy concealed behind his smiling face and upbeat rhetoric. His political forebears opposed ... the rights of blacks, Hispanics, and women to full citizenship. They opposed Social Security. Medicare, food stamps, Head Start, [and] student loans... Their reactionary testament was conceived long before Reagan became its executor, but he has remained faithful to it."
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And why vote for Mondale? Because Walter Mondale will push for arms control and a nuclear freeze. Because Walter Mondale will hold defense spending to sane levels. He will stop the retreat of civil rights which Reagan began, and he will strive to see the Equal Rights Amendment become a reality. Mondale will stop the attack on the environment begun in 1980. And Walter Mondale will stop the ludicrous practice of "trickle-down economics" which may trickle to the depths of the middle class but no further. Mondale is not the perfect candidate for the Presidency, but he will be far more perfect than Ronald Reagan has been in office. Mondale represents American workers; he represents the common man. Further he represents policies which are sorely needed in the United States after four years with the Gipper. On November 6. American voters may see through the facade which Ronald Reagan's presidency truly is. If they do. we will be able to get on with building a nation united; or we may continue to build a nation of segmentation and despair. We need only look closely to make the choice. On November 6, we decide which path we shall take. --MJA
SGA Proposes Changes The Student Government Association has proposed three changes to its Constitution These changes concern composition of the Student Union Board and Honor Board as well as a new section which will require that all proposed amend ments or constitutional changes be published in The Rotunda a week before the student body votes on them Students may vote on these changes on Tuesday. November 6 in the New Smoker during lunch and dinner Included on each section of the ballot will be the option to vote for yet another change in the particular amendment The proposed changes are as follows: Article III. Section 7. Student Union Board As it stands. B Membership The Student Union Board shall consist of four elected officers Chair. Vice Chair. Secretary, and Treasurer All other membership is open to all students of Longwood College Proposed Change B Membership The Student Union Board shall consist of four officers Chair and Vice Chair elected campuswide. and Secretary and Treasurer elected from within All other membership is open to all students of Longwood Coltga Proposed Article IX. Section 3 Before -my student body votes on a proposed amendment or constitution,il i lunge -.ml change must be submitted t<> The Rotunda for publication one week prior io the vote Article III. Section , Honor Board As it stands B Membership The members of the Honor Board shall consist of the Chair. Vice Chair. Secretary, and a representative from each of the academic departments in eluding Art. Business and Economic I duration and Psychology, English. Philosophy, and Foreign Languages. Health. Physical Education and Computer Science. Music. Science. Social Work. Sociology, and An thropoloyy. and Speech and Dramatic Arts |A tearing will proceed with nine members ) Proposed Change B Membership The members of the Honor Board shall consist of .i (,'li.nr. Vic e Chair. Secretary Mid nine representatives Irom the student body of I ongwood College (A hearing will proceed with seven members )
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We have also i hanged Ihe f.lections ConsrMuNon Ni read thai fhe Honor Board officers will be elected in llie spring along With the other members The question then is if the current officers HrVC until spring elections or do we I ' elect officers ]iist for the spring seme-tei We leave tins entirely up to Ihe student body to dec ide
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Text Of Keynote Address At Democratic Convention have to. White collar and blue collar. Young professionals. Men and women in small business desperate for the capital and contracts they need to prove their worth. We speak for the minorities who have not yet entered the main stream For ethnics who want to add their culture to the mosaic that is America. For women indignant that we refuse to etch into our governmental commandments the simple rule "thou shalt not sin against equality," a commandment so obvious it can be spelled in three letters:e r.a! For young people demanding an education and a future For senior citizens terrorized by the idea that their only security, their Social Security, is being threatened. For millions of reasoning people fighting to preserve our environment from greed and stupidity. And fighting to preserve our every existence from a macho intransigence that refuses to make intelligent attempts to discuss the possibility of nuclear holocaust with our enemy Refusing because they believe we can pile missiles so high that they will pierce the clouds and the sight of them will frighten our enemies into submission, 'Proud of Diversity* We're proud of this diversity Grateful we don't have to manufacture its appearance the way the Republicans will next month in Dallas, by propping up mannequin delegates on the convention floor But we pay a price for it The different people we represent have many points of view. Sometimes they compete and then we have debates, even arguments. That's what our primaries were about But now the primaries are over, and it is time to lock arms and move into this campaign together. If we need any inspiration to make the effort to put aside our small differences, all we need to do is to reflect on the Republican policy of divide and cajole and how it has injured our land since 1980. The President has asked us to judge him on whether or not he's fulfilled the promises he made four years ago. I accept that. Just consider what he said and what he's done Inflation Is down since 1980 But not because of the supply-side miracle promised by the President Inflation was reduced the oldfashioned way, with a recession, the worst since 1932. More than 55.000 bankruptcies. Two years of massive unemployment. Two-hundredthousand farmers and ranchers forced off the land More homeless than at any time since the Great Depression More hungry, more poor-mostly women —and a nearly $200 billion deficit threatening our future. The President's deficit is a direct and dramatic repudiation of his promise to balance our budget by 1983 That deficit is the largest in the history of this universe; more than three times larger than the deficit in
President Carter's last year. It is a deficit that, according to the President's own fiscal adviser, could grow as high as $300 billion a year, stretching "'as far as the eye can see." It is a debt so large that as much as one half of our revenue from the income tax goes to pay the interest on it each year. 'Mortgage on Children's Future' It is a mortgage on our children's futures that can only be paid in pain and that could eventually bring this nation to its knees. Don't take my word for it—I'm a Democrat. Ask the Republican investment bankers on Wall Street what they think the chances are this recovery will be permanent If they're not too embarrassed to tell you the truth, they'll say they are appalled and frightened by the President's deficit Ask them what they think of our economy, now that it has been driven by the distorted value of the dollar back to its colonial condition, exporting agricultural products and importing manufactured ones Ask those Republican investment bankers what they expect the interest rate to be a year from now. And ask them what they predict for the inflation rate then. How important is this question of the deficit? Think about it: What chance would the Republican candidate have had in 1980 if he had told the American people that he intended to pay for his so-called economic recovery with bankruptcies, unemployment and the largest Government debt known to humankind? Would American voters have signed the loan certificate for him on Election Day? Of course not! It was an election won with smoke and mirrors, with illusions It is a recovery made of the same stuff. And what about foreign policy? They said they would make us and the whole world safer. They say they have. By creating the largest defense budget in history, one even they now admit is excessive By escalating to a frenzy the nuclear arms race. By incendiary rhetoric. By refusing to discuss peace with our enemies. By the loss of 279 young Americans in Lebanon in pursuit of a plan and a policy no one can find or describe. We give monies to Latin American governments that murder nuns, and then lie about it. We have been less than zealous in our support of the only real friend we have in the Middle East, the one democracy there, our flesh and blood ally, the state of Israel Our policy drifts with no real direction, other than an hysterical commitment to an arms race that leads nowhere, if we're lucky. If we're not —could lead us to bankruptcy or war. Of course we must have a strong defense! Of course Democrats believe that there are times when we must stand and fight And we have Thousands of us have paid for freedom with our lives But always, when we've been
at our best, our purposes were clear 'Our Allies Are Confused' Now they're not. Now our allies are as confused as our enemies. Now we have no real commitment to our friends or our ideals to human rights, to the refusenicks, to Sakharov, to Bishop Tutu and the others struggling for freedom in South Africa. We have spent more than we can afford. We have pounded our chests and made bold speeches. But we lost 279 young Americans in Lebanon and we are forced to live behind sand bags in Washington. How can anyone believe that we are stronger, safer or better? That's the Republican record. That its disastrous quality is not more fully understood by the American people is attributable, I think, to the President's amiability and the failure by some to separate the salesman from the product. 'Make the Case to America' It's now up to us to make the case to America. And to remind Americans that if they are not happy with all the President has done so far. they should consider how much worse it will be if he is left to his radical proclivities for another four years unrestrained by the need once again to come before the American people. If July brings back Anne Gorsuch Burford. - what can we expect of December? Where would another four years take us? How much larger will the deficit be? How much deeper the cuts in programs for the struggling middle class and the poor to limit that deficit? How high the interest rates? How much more acid rain killing our forests and fouling our lakes? What kind of Supreme Court7 What kind of court and country will be fashioned by the man who believes in having government mandate people's religion and morality? The man who believes that trees pollute the environment, that the laws against discrimination go too far. The man who threatens Social Security and Medicaid and help for the disabled. How high will we pile the missiles? How much deeper will be the gulf between us and our enemies? Will we make meaner the spirit of our people? This election will measure the record of the past four years. But more than that, it will answer the question of what kind of people we want to be We Democrats still have a dream We still believe in this nation's future. A 'Credo' for the Democrats And this is our answer—our credo: We believe in only the government we need, but we insist on all the government we need We believe in a government characterized by fairness and reasonableness, a reasonableness that goes beyond labels, that doesn't distort or promise to do what it
knows it can't do. A government strong enough to use the words "love" and "compassion" and' smart enough to convert our noblest aspirations into practical realities We believe in encouraging the talented, but we believe that while survival of the fittest may be a good working description of the process of evolution, a government of humans should elevate itself to a higher order, one which fills the gaps left by chance or a wisdom we don't understand We would rather have laws written by the patron of this great city, the man called the "world's most sincere Democrat." St. Francis of Assisi, than laws written by Darwin. We believe, as Democrats, that a society as blessed as ours, the most affluent democracy in the world's history, that can spend trillions on instruments of destruction, ought to be able to help the middle class in its struggle, ought to be able to find work for all who can do it. room at the table, shelter for the homeless, care for the elderly and infirm, hope for the destitute. 'Peace Is Better Than War' We proclaim as loudly as we can the utter insanity of nuclear proliferation and the need for a nuclear freeze, if only to affirm the simple truth that peace is better than war because life is better than death. We believe in firm but fair law and order, in the union movement, in privacy for people, openness by government, civil rights, and human rights We believe in a single fundamental idea that describes better than most textbooks and any speech what a proper government should be. The idea of family Mutuality The sharing of benefits and burdens for the good of all. Feeling one another's pain. Sharing one another's blessings Reasonably, honestly, fairly, without respect to race, or sex. or geography or political affiliation. We believe we must be the family of America, recognizing that at the heart of the matter we are bound one to another, that the problems of a retired school teacher in Duluth are our problems That the future of the child in Buffalo is our future. The struggle of a disabled man in Boston to survive, to live decently is our struggle The hunger of a woman in Little Rock, our hunger The failure anywhere to provide what reasonably we might, to avoid pain, is our failure. For 50 years we Democrats created a better future for our children. using traditional democratic principles as a fixed beacon, giving us direction and purpose, but constantly innovating, adapting to new realities Roosevelt's alphabet programs: Truman's NATO and the Gl Bill of Rights: Kennedy's intelligent tax incentives and the Alliance For Progress; Johnson's civil rights: Carter's human rights and the nearly miraculous Camp David peace accord Democrats did it. —and Democrats can do it again We can build a future that deals
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Remember, 50 years of progress never cost us what the last four years of stagnation have. We can deal with that deficit intelligently, by shared sacrifice, with all parts of the nation's family contributing, building partnerships with the private sector, providing a sound defense without depriving ourselves of what we need to feed our children and care for our people. We can have a future that provides for all the young of the present by marrying common sense and compassion We know we can. because we did it for nearly 50 years before 1980 'We Can Do It Again' We can do it again. If we do not forget. Forget that this entire nation has profited by these progressive principles. That they helped lift up generations to the middle class and higher: gave us a chance to work, to go to college, to raise a family, to own a house, to be secure in our old age and. before that, to reach heights that our own parents would not have dared dream of. That struggle to live with dignity is the real story of the shining city It's a story I didn't read in a book, or learn in a classroom I saw it. and lived it. Like many of you. I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example I learned about our kind of democracy from my father 1 learned about our obligation to each other from him and from my mother They asked only for a chance to work and to make the world better for their children and to be protected in those moments when they would not be able to protect themselves This nation and its government did that for them And that they were able to build a family and live in dignity and see one of their children go from behind their little grocery store on the other side of the tracks in south Jamaica where he was born, to occupy the highest seat in the greatest state of the greatest nation in the only world we know, is an ineffably beautiful tribute to the democratic process And on Jan. 20. 1985. it will happen again Only on a much grander scale We will have a new President of the United States, a Democrat born not to the blood of kings but to the blood of immigrants and pioneers We will have America's first woman Vice President, the child of immigrants, a New Yorker, opening with one magnificent stroke a whole new frontier for the United States It will happen, if we make it happen I ask you. ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters. —for the good of all of us. for the love of this great nation, for the family of America, for the love of God Please make this nation remember how futures are built
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Reagan Is Better Candidate By Frank Raio One week from today, barring any sudden earthshaking event and assuming that America has not been lying to its pollsters. Ronald Reagan will be re-elected to the highest office in the land By all accounts. Reagan is very popular for a man who has served as President of the United States Very few of our more recent Chief Executives have enjoyed this kind of confidence and support What is it about Reagan that makes the people of America so satisfied? Firstly, let us establish this
level of satisfaction of the people with President Reagan. The most recent Lou Harris poll gives the incumbent a fourteen percentage point lead over the Democratic challenger Walter Mondale An ABC News Washington Post survey gives Reagan a 54% share while Mondale can only count on 42% of the voting public. Peter D. Hart, Mondale's own pollster, reports that his findings are similar to the latter poll and comments about Reagan's "remarkable consistency [in the Continued on page 5
The so-called Star Wars defense system represents the first "radical change" in U.S. national security policy since World War II. a defense expert told a Longwood College audience recently. "I don't know whether it would work, and I don't know whether it's needed." Charles Corddry said of the proposed system "But I do know the Russians are worried. And I do know that you'll hear about this for a long, long time " Corddry, defense correspondent for The Baltimore Sun. lectured at Longwood Oct. 24. He and his wife Marion, a public relations consultant and freelance writer, spent the week of Oct. 21-26 on the Longwood campus as Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows. The controversial system—dubbed 'Star Wars" because it would be space-based—has become an issue in the presidential campaign. President Reagan favors research into the proposal, believing it might prevent a nuclear holocaust. Challenger Walter Mondale opposes the idea; during the recent debate he asked that we "draw a line to keep the heavens free of war." Although the idea "seems rather fantastic," said Corddry. "it can't be dismissed out of hand." Even if Mondale wins the election, research into the Star Wars concept will continue, though at a slower pace than under a Reagan administration. The Soviets will try to match us, but currently they lag far behind in this technology, he said. Corddry, who attended the Kansas City debate, said that President Reagan "scored a debating point" when asked whether he would share the technology with the Soviets. Reagan's response was "Why not?" Corddry quoted columnist William Safire. who wrote that Kansas City "will be remembered...as the place where a pregnant question was asked that could start to make the world a safer place."
Research Project A research project involving local business leaders is being planned and implemented by faculty and students of Longwood College's department of business and economics. Dr. Larry Minks and Dr Wayne McWee are directing the project which is co-sponsored by the Farmville Town Council, the Farmville Area Development Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, and the department of business and economics. A questionnaire has been developed to gather information that can be used as a basis for community planning and industrial development, according to Mike Lafoon. Town Councilman. "This is an important step in our community certification program." he said. "It's going to take a little time to complete the questionnaire.' Lafoon said, "but this is a very worthwhile effort I would urge all business leaders who are contacted to cooperate Dr Minks said that a research rep< >r t c i >ntaining a summary of
findings from the questionnaire will be prepared Copies of tin' r.-port will be made available '■> all participants in the study
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Since World War II, our foreign policy has been marked by "a consistency and continuity. In nuclear terms, the policy has been retaliation to prevent war, deterrence by prospect of retaliation... Our policy is to deter by being prepared to retaliate if attacked." The policy was developed by President Harry Truman and Secretary of State George C. Marshall shortly after World War II. The "critical day" occurred in March 1947 with the announcement of the Truman Doctrine, which vowed to support free peoples who were resisting armed aggression inside their country or from an outside group. The policy continued to develop with the Marshall Plan, the Brussels Pact, and the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Thus far, Corddry said in an interview, this policy has borne fruit. "I don't think nuclear war is the least bit imminent. I don't think it's the least bit likely The post-World War II policy of deterrence has worked so far This is a very long period without a major conflict. Nuclear weapons are a frightening thing, yet they deter war." He described the nuclear freeze position as "a slogan rather than a policy," and said that "Mondale's not clear how he'd go about it. Reagan's policy on nuclear weapons, for the most part, is the same as President Carter's policy," he said. Corddry argued that the US military is stronger in 1984 than it was in 1980. "I don't see how you could argue otherwise. We have better troops; they're better educated, better paid, better trained. And we have better equipment than we did four years ago." "It may be that we've never been more secure and felt less so." This feeling stems from uncertainty surrounding the intentions and sentiments of Soviet leaders, said Corddry.
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Reagan Is Better Candidate Continued from page 4 polls) over the past five months." This lack of variation in the polls during the campaign solidifies my confidence in a decisive mandate for President Reagan next week. I am not alone in this belief. The White House feels secure enough with its lead to dispatch George Bush around the country to aid Republican House members who are facing particularly heavy competition in their races. President Reagan will carry the bulk of the national campaign duties for the next
world and honor the boys who act as our agents abroad. Could the attacks on our Marines have been prevented? No amount of security could provide protection against such suicide attacks. Hindsight is wonderful, but any President dnring this time would have been faced with the same options: send troops as we were asked to or turn our backs to the Middle East One cannot reasonably blame the President for the deaths in Lebanon and most Americans do not. What next? Should I explain
The U. S. is the leader of the free world. As long as we maintain this role and as long as conflict-ridden areas require such support the U. S. will be morally obligated to lend a hand and, yes, sometimes even their lives to these troubled spots.
seven days. I thought that I would give my candidate a little help on the Longwood front (as if our poll indicates the need for such boost) The President's foreign policy stance has been widely debated by the public. Americans will never agree upon how to insure security and peace among nations Did we have an obligation to send troops to Lebanon as part of the allied peacekeeping force? Of course we did. The U.S. is the leader of the free world As long as we maintain this role and as long as conflict-ridden areas require such support, the U.S. will be morally obligated to lend a hand and, yes, sometimes even their lives to these troubled spots. Most Americans accept these facts, take pride in our position in the why it is imperative for the
United States to counter strong Communist influence in the unstable South American region with economic and military aid, negotiation assistance and military advisers? Shall I explain the difficulties of negotiating with the three Soviet leaders who have spent more time on bed pans and saline solutions than they have at desks near the red phone during Reagan's term? I could go round and round with these foreign policies. What it boils down to for most Americans is that Ronald Reagan, the man, was decisive and strong during these crises. This is the kind of leadership that America needs today. A New York Times -CBS News poll last week showed mixed feelings about our policies in South America, Lebanon and toward progress in arms control, but the
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Longwood Polled Republican President scored extremely well on leadership abilities. With the world as complex and unpredictable as it is, voters must look at the leadership abilities of the candidates and pick the best person they can. I think this is what confuses the analysts and the Democrats. Americans are looking at the overall picture and are choosing Ronald Reagan for his decisiveness and confidence. We do not know what problems are ahead internationally, but we do know who we want to serve as our guide On domestic policy, Reagan's position is easy, perhaps even unnecessary, to push. All economic indicators are Reagan's allies. The economy of the United States is in the best shape it has been in the memory of many voting Americans. Employment is up, inflation and interest rates are down. Most Americans agree that they are indeed better off than they were four years ago. We more moderate Americans can rest easy about our concerns with Reagan's conservative views on social issues. Our system of checks and balances, giving the legislative branch a definite edge domestically, eliminates my only real doubt about Reagan as Chief Executive. The Congress, particularly the House, effectively neutralize Reagan's unpopular anti-abortion, and pro-prayer in school views. Also it seems that President Reagan doesn't push this type of legislation as hard as he does other, more widely accepted issues. Believing this. Americans can dismiss moral-legislation as irrelevant in the campaign
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Your Turn: Rotunda Editorial Opposed To the Editors This letter serves two purposes; it is an attempt to offer The Rotunda readers an opposing view to the articles that have proliferated The Rotunda In recent weeks and it is my attempt to see if The Rotunda is the kind of paper that prints opposing viewpoints. This letter is in response to the onslaught of liberal Democratic articles which have appeared in The Rotunda in recent weeks. I have read articles which rave about Mr Mondale and strongly satirize and degrade President Reagan. I have read articles written by passivists who are preaching pessimism and the policy of concession to the Russians I have sat back and said to myself that each person is entitled to their opinion and that 1 should not let these liberal articles upset me However, things changed abruptly last week when I read Jeff Abernathy's article entitled "Standing TaH in a Milk Pail. I read this article, which is plainly political and anti Reagan, and decided that I could no longer ignore this barrage of Democratic passivistic articles. It is time that the students and the staff here at Longwood heard from someone who sits on the other end of the political spectrum. It is time that the staff of Longwood College became aware that there are students here who are proud to be American, people who realize the extent of the Russian threat and who are willing to defend our country against any enemy who dares to challenge our freedom It is time that the students heard from someone who supports President Reagan and his policies. I am one of those people I have served my country for three years in the United States Marine Corps and am presently enrolled in the Army R.O.T.C. program here at Longwood I plan to dedicate my life to defending this great country against the Communist scourge that now threatens us. I am a right wing Republican and proud of it. I am in total disagreement with
Abernathy on almost every serious aspect of his article except for the part where he points out that President Reagan's policies are alarming and hostile to our enemies. That is how it should be. The Russian Government is our enemy and should be treated as such. Abernathy says that "Ronald Reagan has done more to arouse the hostilities of countless nations than any U S. President in decades . " I say "Good for him", it proves that President Reagan is the first President in decades who had the stomach to face the Russians and tell them, in so many words, that their days of expansion were over. I want to express my disgust at the parallels drawn between Vietnam and Central America. Vietnam was roughly 10,000 miles away while Nicaragua is closer to Texas and Florida than Washington is to them. The parallel to Vietnam and Central America is totally false and unfounded. While it is true that we may lose many fine soldiers down there it is important to point out four major facts that MJA and those who agree with him conveniently overlooked. First, the distance to Nicaragua is so small that it would enable us to keep our supply and logistic infrastructure within the confines of the United States, where as in Vietnam we had to transfer it halfway around the world. Secondly, replacement of troops would be far easier because we would have the entire continental forces to throw at them and transportation to and from Nicaragua would take hours instead of days. Thirdly, the Russians would have to cross the ocean and come into our 'backyard' to supply their troops, a precarious situation to say the least, whereas in Vietnam we had to do the ocean crossing. Finally, we now possess a VOLUNTEER Army made up of people who WANT to serve their country, people who are WILLING to die for their country if need be, where as in Vietnam we had the draft. The parallel between Vietnam and Central America is non-existent and
those who express it are wrong to do so. I was amused at Abernathy's surprise that we have 1,900 whole troops in Central America (obviously he didn't count those in Panama). Did he bother to find out how many "advisors" the Russians and the Cubans have there? Probably not. but even if he did he did not think it important enough to mention. Finally I want to say that Abernathy hit the nail right on the head, even though he sought to be sarcastic, when he said that there is no sense in fooling around in Nicaragua like we did in Vietnam 20 years ago. Let's inform them that their alliance with the Russians will not to be tolerated. Let's give them the chance to get rid of the Russians themselves. If they cannot do it let's send in the troops to help them. We have the power and the right to do so. Hopefully the liberal Congress, that is temporarily controlled by the Democrats, will allow the generals to do their jobs and run the war so that we can win. Liberal Congress messed Vietnam up for us and that in itself is reason enough to re-elect Ronald Reagan We need a Commander-in-Chief who acts like a Commander-in-Chief. We need a man who will run the war like it should be run and not allow the politicians to mess it up with their rhetoric. We NEED Ronald Reagan and I am sure that we will have him for FOUR MORE YEARS I, for one, am willing to defend my country and even to die for it if need be. J. Andrew O'Connor Editor's Note: I am overjoyed to find that killing, as well as dying, will be easier in a conflict in Central America. However, it still looks to me like Vietnam II, COMING soon to a draft board near you.
Strokers - Review By Spencer Ferguson The Strokers, who played at Longwood Friday night, were very professional in their performance; but, they need either to learn more cover songs and drop most of their originals or to spend more time on their original material. Their original songs, with the exception of about four tunes, could easily be dropped from their play list and not be missed by anyone except maybe the band members themselves. The original songs "Don't Tempt Me" and "Beyond the Blue" brought a smile to my face and continuous movement to my body. These two songs sounded so good compared to the other originals that they had to have been written by the same band member, and they must be the only two songs he wrote. Other of the band's songs lacked originality and drive. I realize that with all the music that is out today it is really hard to come up with something new, but there are bands that continue to do so. Why can't The Strokers? The Strokers began their show with a great version of the Stones' classic "Paint it Black." Other Stones' songs were performed later, including "Sympathy for the Devil," "Dancing with Mr. D.," and "Honky Tonk Women." 1 have seen the Stones three times and
even they never had the tightness that The Strokers had with these tunes. Other covers that were performed during the night were also done with finesse and even a large degree of originality. There is nothing worse than seeing a band that plays covers exactly as the original performers on the record. The Strokers. however, added their own energy to all of these songs which brought a new sound to each of them. Any band that can do such a waste song as "Dance Hall Days" and make it sound good definitely has a future in the music business. The highlight of The Strokers' show was the fantastic version of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" from the 1972 album of the same name. (Yes Longwood, David Bowie was around in 1972.) This song brought chills to my entire body. It was great. To further show my age I must mention the cover of "Closer to Home," the Grand Funk Railroad song from 1970. Grand Funk may be gone today but in their time they were hot, and The Strokers did justice to this song in every respect. The overall show, with the exception of a few slow moments, was a success; but would I pay to see them again9 Probably not.
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Colleges Take AIM During Alcohol Awareness Week Focusing on the theme "Alcohol in Moderation," (AIM), campus activities throughout the state will urge responsible decision making regarding the use and non-use of alcoholic beverages in the second annual Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week The week highlights ongoing efforts by public and private colleges, government agencies involved in alcohol related issues, and the state's malt beverage industry to inform
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party. "Take AIM" buttons will be distributed to the students, and Residence Education Coordinators are planning special programs in their residence halls. Barbara Gorski, interim director of student activities, is coordinating plans for the week. She said that more than 300 posters dealing with the responsible use of alcohol have been ordered from several different agencies. The posters will be displayed in classrooms and residence halls
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Lancer Sports IAA Update The Intramural Athletic Association continues this week with flag football, indoor soccer, volleyball and pool. Women's flag finishes up this week with four teams still competing for the title. Teams in the winner's bracket are the Crazy 8's and Fighters while L'espirit and the Dambanas are in the loser's bracket Finals of the A and B bracket are Monday (Oct. 29) and championship game will be Tuesday (Oct. 30) Four teams are also remaining in the men's indoor soccer competition The Wanted and Team III are in the winner's bracket while Rowdees and Intoxicated Inc. are in the losers bracket Women's volleyball entered competition Monday (Oct. 29) with 20 teams entering the chase for the championship. Entry blanks for men's volleyball are due Nov. 1 with a meeting at 8:30 p.m. in the JAA room in Lankford. A weekend basketball tournament for men and women will be held on the weekend of Nov. 3. Entry blanks are due Wednesday (Oct. 31) with a meeting in the JAA room in Lankford.
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LC Hockey Ends Season Longwood's field hockey team closed out the 1984 season on a winning note last Tuesday with a 1-0 victory over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Sharon Bruce tallied the decisive goal and sophomore Sharon Smith notched a shutout in her first start at goalkeeper. Longwood totaled 25 shots to 11 for Virginia Tech and got seven saves from Smith. "Sharon played well for her first start in goal," said Coach Bette Harris of Smith, who had just begun playing goalkeeper toward the end of the season. Bruce ended up with seven goals and one assist to finish second behind junior Sue Groff in the Lady Lancer scoring race. Groff finished the season with 11 goals and three assists. She now
has 28 career goals to rank fourth among Longwood's alltime scoring leaders. Just ahead of her is Julie Dayton ('81) with 34 goals. Freshman Traci Strickland was Longwood's third leading scorer with five goals while Pam Esworthy collected two goals and three assists. A pair of freshmen goalkeepers played well for Longwood during the season. Becky Hardin played in nine games before being sidelined with a broken finger. She notched two shutouts and had a goals against average of 1.44. Rookie Haidee Shiflet had four shutouts in eight games with a goals against average of 1.38. Longwood should return as many as eight of 11 starters for next season.
Longwood's men's soccer team will wind up its 1984 regular season over the next week against a pair of archrivals. The Lancers visit Hampden-Sydney Wednesday for a 2:30 p.m. contest and host Randolph-Macon next Monday (Nov. 5) at 2 p.m. The Lancers, 10-5-2, suffered two losses last week and picked up a forfeit win. Radford handed Longwood a 3-2 setback Wednesday on the road and Saturday in the Gobbler Classic host Virginia Tech captured a 20 triumph. Coach Rich Posipanko's team picked up a forfeit win when Western Carolina did not show up for the tournament Since 1978 Longwood has won five of eight meetings with Hampden-Sydney. The last time the Tigers came out on top was 1979 when Longwood fell by a 1-0 margin. The Lancers won four straight until H-SC pulled
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WUTA: Off Cue By Barrett Baker With Spanish teacher. Maria Sylvara. as its advisor, and a possible space allocation in the Lankford Building, the WUTA radio station will hopefully be
getting under construction by late November, according to WUTA President Kevin Sneed. "It probably won*t be in actual operation until next semester,'* said Sneed. "Right now we're waiting to see where they are
THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT Today a law is made Next year it may be repealed A Constitutional Amendment provides a guarantee. . . THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Section 3 This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification. This year as never before the EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT is one of several important campaign issues In a country where the majority of those in poverty are women and children, the ERA assumes significance not only in terms of fairness and |ustice but also in terms of economics. Listed below are the candidates and their position on the Equal Rights Amendment CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT. U.S.A. Ronald Reagan against (Mr Reagan is the first president to oppose the ERA The Republican Party had been a strong support of the ERA until 1980 when it was removed from the party platform when Reagan was running for president I Walter Mondale for the ERA CANDIDATES FOR VICE PRESIDENT George Bush against Geraldine Ferraro - for CANDIDATES FOR U S SENATE IN VIRGINIA Edythe Harrison - for the ERA John Warner against the ERA The Virginia ERA Ratification Council does not endorse candidates since it is a bipartisan organization composed of statewide groups who each have ratification of the ERA as a top priority It does, however, provide information on the positions of candidates regarding the ERA The Council urges each citizen to become informed and to vote on November 6. Equality of rights under the law shall not ba denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex
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