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...feel that there are a lot of important moral issues that don't get any discussion or token discussion on this campus," said Treasurer Brian E. Malone '96. "And yet we feel that there are a lot of students on this campus who feel differently from the dominant liberal viewpoint, students from religious and traditionally moral backgrounds...
...without reservation by all sides. At Camp David, the issues were resolved, the lines were hard, the timetables were clear. There was no papering over--and no need for anything resembling the massive ground forces promised by Clinton to implement a Bosnian agreement. Sinai needed nothing more than a token force of binocular-toting observers. It is this kind of treaty--and this kind only--that we should be aiming for at Dayton...
...such a peace, then we might agree to send a similarly token NATO observer force, easily deployed and easily withdrawn. If the Bosnians want a few Americans with a flag and fatigues to lend symbolic legitimacy to the agreement, as in Sinai today--fine again. But no "implementation force," heavily armed and ready for combat. That is an invitation to disaster...
...itself reeks of Farrakhan's chauvinist attitudes. I have nothing against the all-male nature of the march. I believe there is a real need for a day in which black men can affirm their unique spirit. However, Farrakhan, in what I am certain he considered to be a token gesture to his black sisters, told the women of the black community to join in this "holy day of atonement and reconciliation" by refraining from shopping and instead spending time with their children, teaching them self-esteem and values of the home...
...same token, we check out videos, but we don't provide VCRs," Kautman said. "It's not a great solution, but right now, [computers with CD-ROM drives are] not within the funding...