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Editorial
Brown Break or
Brown Symposium?
How many of us are viewing
Brown Symposium as "Brown
Break?" Admittedly, the sympo-
sium does come at a time when a
breather from the rigor of school
would be welcomed. But what
would be more valuable—in the
long run-getting away for four
days to relax and catch up on
studying, or attending Symposium
’88: "Africa and Afro-America?"
I'm an advocate of breaks.
Breaks enable me to get a grip-to
pause from the intensity of what's
going on at school and life and try
to "objectify" things. Talk with
friends, go see a movie, take it
easy, relax. I love to do that-who
doesn't? But the symposium offers
an experience that will transcend
the simply academic work. It can
take things that we're studying and
"bring them home" by allowing us
to experience them more directly.
Most of us have seen Roots (or
parts of it)-but how many of us
have seen and talked with Alex
Haley? This is the man-the one
who master-minded it all and who
has brought about revolutionary
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changes. He's a leader in our soci-
ety. The same can be said of the
other participants in this year's
symposium. To pass up an
opportunity to inter-act first hand
with todays acknowledged leaders
might be quite foolish.
In five years, will we say,
"Boy, I sure had an awesome time
during Jflrown Break ’88?" No
way. We won't remember it. But
we will remember talking with the
man who produced roots (Haley),
or the man who wrote a book
which revolutionized our theories
of evolution (Johanson), or a
woman who is internationally rec-
ognized for her poetry and journal-
istic writings (Giddings).
Symposium '88 offers oppor-
tunities that all of us should take
advantage of. Think about the
long-term ramifications of what
you do next week, and attend
Africa and Afro-America. It will
be worth your while.
Asleep at the Wheel
By John Cheyney
When you’re too lazy to do
your own housework you hire a
maid. When you’re too lazy to
write your own column you hire a
ghost. This week’s guest colum-
nist is junior English major and
fellow 1 'icrosse midfielder Mike
Lee. See you next week.
I am going to take this op-
portunity to flog a dead horse and
annoy Ben Jackson with just one
more story about John Elway and
Doug Williams. This seems to
"have become a cottage industry
since the Superbowi.
I was sitting in my living
room before the game when both
of these gentlemen visited me by
the magic of television, kind of
like Howdy Doody only in color.
A reporter with a hideous foreign
accent asked Mr. Elway what he
would do if he were in the same
situation he was in at halftime in
his first Superbowl - over his
head and way behind on the
scoreboard. Elway replied,
without a second’s hesitation,
"I’d put some more points on the
board." Apparently he would
accomplish this feat single
handedly. And all the time he
had that silly grin on his face as if
no one ever told him that life
doesn’t work that way, or as if he
had a religious conviction about
covering his teeth. Doug
The Observer
by Jason F. Fischer
With the help of God he beat
the Vice President, or so it seems.
Yes, the man who can turn away
hurricanes also has the God-given
talent of politics. Personally, I'm
amazed that our Vice President,
George Bush, who’s been the
number two man behind Reagan
can't win. Reagan is one of the
most popular presidents of this
century and some of that should
have rubbed off on Bush in Iowa.
Instead, Senator Bob Dole placed
first with 37% of the vote, fol-
lowed by Robertson and then
Bush. The gravestones of Kemp,
DuPoint, and Haig were carved af-
ter their dismal performances.
Robertson was the surprise story
of the day.
"The invisible army" of
Robertson is hard to pin down.
They must be more than a few re-
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born Christians because of the
mass turnout that went to the
polls on Monday on his behalf.
The former television evangelist
said his showing was a victory for
voters "who wanted to restore the
greatness of America through
Wiftiams was asked (not by the
same reporter) what it felt like,
playing in the Superbowl.
Williams answered that he didn’t
have to have a great day, he Had
21 other players on the field.
Carping about Elway now
may seem like twenty-twenty
hind sight, but I’m going to come
out and say it - Elway never did.
impress me all that much. There
is too much hype surrounding this
man, instinct says, people are
trying to make him larger than
life. He puts his pants on the
same way most of us do, in-
cluding the rest of the Denver
Broncos, only he gets TV
Cont. on p. 9
morel strength." Monday was
clearly a day for the preachers.
Jesse Jackson was an eye rais-
ing 4th place on the democratic
Cont. on p. 10
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Dear Editor:
Concerning the tiresomely, overly-
redundant usage of exclamation marks
in the Greek News columns:
"If the salt has lost its savor, with
what shall it be seasoned?"—
Cool Dude!!!!!!!!!
Dear Editor:
Some of the discussion about the
Honor Code involves the possibility of
abandoning the honor system on exams
and replacing it with direict proctoring
by the faculty. Picture if you will this
scenario:
Exam in progress.
Proctor to student: Hand in your
paper now, please. You are cheating.
Student: No, Professor_, I'm
not! (panicky voice)
Proctor: Yes, you are; I saw you.
Please hand in your paper, I'm giving
you a zero.
End of scenario. No honor system.
No recourse. No due process.
Student's word against professor's word.
Do not give up the Honor Code. It
is precious. Make it work.
George Brightwell
Registrar
Dear Editor
"In October 1917, we parted with
the Old Word, rejecting it once and for
all. We are moving toward a new
world, the world of Communism, we
shall never turn off that road."—Mikhail
Gorbachev, 11/2/87
The above passage comes from an
address given at the Kremlin Palace of
Congresses before some six thousand
Soviet Communist Party officials and
visitors from other countries. Among
the foreign visitors were General
Wojciech Jaruzelski and Daniel Ortega.
Mr. Gorbachev's speech included
superficial criticisms of Stalin, praise
economic "reform" program,
"Perestroica". He also mentioned his
impending trip to the U.S. where he
said he would push for a "palpable"
breakthrough on reducing strategic
arms.
But, as the above closing passage
points out, Mikhail Gorbachev is no
less of a megalomaniac than any of his
predecessors. Over the years, some of
the individuals who came to power in
the Soviet Union were arrogant enough
to warn the world not to trust them, to
date, most of the world refuses to
\ listen.
"Promises are like pie crusts, made
to be broken,"said Lenin. "Sincere
diplomacy is no more possible than dry
water on iron wood," is the way Stalin
put it. And Khrushchev added, "If
anyone thinks that oiir smiles mean the
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