The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 8, Ed. 1, Friday, September 23, 1983 Page: 2 of 12
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Congress ended its five-week summer recess
Sept. 5 to resume the main event the question
that has dominated the Washington scene for
many months now: should the staggering federal
deficit be tackled by tax increases or by
domestic spending cuts?
When Congress adjourned the first week of
August It appeared to be in a dead standoff with
the Reagan administration over ever-looming
$200 billion-plus annual federal deficits.
At last word the administration was saying
that House Democrats must make the next move
to break the legislative deadlock over efforts to
cut government spending.
The Democratic congressional leaders Tip
O'Neill of Massachusetts and Fort Worth's
majority leader Jim Wright want to increase
taxes and cut defense spending to balance
government spending and income.
President Reagan on the other hand basically
opposes tax increases and seeks additional
domestic spending cuts with increased defense
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The federal budget went about $180 billion in
the red the first 10 months of the fiscal year
ending Oct. 1. The Congressional Budget Office
says the year will end with a red ink total of
nearly $210 billion.
They say that deficits will remain in the $200
billion range for several years unless Congress
and the president can resolve their differences
on how to address the subject.
A real danger exists these deficits are being
accepted by too many governmental leaders
including many in the Reagan administration. So
many of the so-called "experts" are coming
forward to say that these deficits are really not
all that bad. The trouble with this theory is that it
is being expounded mostly by experts who are
connected with the government.
R is foolish to contend that $200 billion annual
federal deficits will have np serious impact on
the national economy. These deficits are the
major factor keeping interest rates artificially
'The Reagan administration cannot afford to
wait for Congress to come forward with a plan to
rescue the economy from the deficit dilemma.
The record of the past 40 years shows that the
only way Congress tries to solve deficit problems
is to toss billions of dollars at them.
Gutenberg's Bible
is piece of history
on public display
Johann Gensfleisch was an artist who had an
ingenious idea.
Gensfleisch who lived in Mainz Germany 530
years ago and is commonly known as Johann
Gutenberg invented a process of printing by
reusing movable type a revolutionary process
allowing for numerous copies to be more quickly
reproduced each matched exactly to the
original.
The Gutenberg Bible on display through Oct. .2
at the Abilene Fine Arts Museum is one of the 48
surviving copies of Gutenberg's first mass
production ui course to uutenoerg mass
production meant 180 copies of the Bible in two
years but even that slow process vastly speeded
up me nand-iettenng oi scribes before Guten-
!berg.
Under protective glass and 24-hour guard the
Gutenberg Bible represents one of the giant
steps in the history of mankind.
I The printing press represented a significant
step for the followers of Jesus Christ. Before
Gutenberg the public did not have access to the
Bible. Only the rich and powerful could afford
the cost of a hand-written copy.
I Gutenberg really did not invent .anything new.
The Chinese and Koreans were casting symbols
iirom xeaa oetore uutenoerg was Dorn. jf aper ana
jink had been invented long before that.
However Gutenberg invented a workable
svstem of casting letters into metal and reusine
those letters an adaptation of early inventions
that speeded up the printing process. Praters no
longer needed to carve out a new mold for each
page.
Gutenberg's Bible represents the inauguration
of mass communication the process of tran-
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idaily and often take for granted.
Gutenberg's press was a step forward for the
common man who now had excess to not only the
Bible but the writings of philosophers and
political dissidents. The press rapidly became a
tool for political and social revolution in many...
countries. In the United States the rigfet to freely
publkh one's own viewpetats was cettstdered so
essential to freedom that it was guaranteed by
law in the First Amendment of the U.S. Con
st! tutien.
The historic Gutenberg Bible helps to remind
When a student decides on a university for a
college education lie not only agrees to attend
the classes and be involved in the social life of
university he agrees to respect its rules.
At ACU it appeara several students have
adopted a strong disregard for the university
regulations regarding individual activities.
Students should realize this rebellion can
damage the relationship of the university and the
student and can have sour effects on the
reputation of ACU in the community.
"In an environment such as we have the
university being as old as it is there are not
many people in the community that aren't aware
of the rules of the university" President William
J. Teague said. "Reputation and character are
very important both to the university and to the
student."
When students choose to disobey the
regulations of the university it does not go un-
noticed. Some people in the community wait like
vultures to attack ACU's reputation as a
Christian school because of the hypocrisy of
some students.
Every student is required to sign an
agreement stating he is aware of ACU's
regulations and will abide by them.
Teague said the agreement is not a police
action but an effort by the university to be honest
with students in relaying information so no one is
surprised.
Nevertheless each year the student services
offices are forced to deal with situations that
would be extinct if every student obeyed vthe
agreement he accepted.
"Rebellion comes when people realize there
are others telling them what they are expected
and not expected to do" said Norman Archibald
associate dean of students. "When freedom
comes with it comes the desire to do everything
your own way."
Rebellious behavior is confusing in the at-
mosphere of a Christian university. r
"I suspect there are some students who beUqve
the university should treat them as a lax parent
would" Gerald Johnson ACU attorney said.
ACU is not a parent; it is not a babysitter; it is
an institution designed to educate students 'in
practical fields of study combined with
development of Christian ideals.
"If we're just talking about getting an
education you can get that anywhere" Johnson
said. "Many parents send their children here '
strictly because they hope the student will get
more than an education.'7
ACU is a school of considerable reputation. Its
colleges of study are well regarded in both the '
state and the nation. Iri the pre-medteal field '
alone the university has an extraordinary record
of acceptance of its graduates to medical
Therefore it is important that students'
maintain the character that sets ACU apart from .
other colleges. ACU was founded on the prin-
ciples of Christianity and any student wlw wishes
to disobey those principles should consider:
changing schools.
"We would like for every student to agree with .
the rules but whether you agree or not respect
them" Teague said. "Work to change Um enesl
you differ with but not as a rebel."
Abitone Christian is set apart by its rules and
refutations. Its ideate are its heart.
To break the rules is an attack at the integral
workings of the college. To conform to these
standards is not a demonstration ef weak-
mlndedness but a response of support for the
ideas of this university. ;
Democrats are running from image
To me cool weather means its time for football
cuddling and politics.
Each fall millions of young and old men tromp
out to their favorite field and throw the old
pigskin around. For others Saturday and Sunday
afternoons are spent in front of the TV set
watching other young and old men tromp out to
their favorite field and throw the pigskin around.
Football has become America's sport. If you
don't know about cuddling already that's your
fault. I want to write aboqt my second favorite
fall event; politics.ori- " v ' fj?
' Sometime in the late 1700s someone scheduled; '
1963 to be an off-election year. National elections
were scheduled for even-numbered years and
political fanatics like me were left out in the cold.
Fortunately however presidental politics has
become a perpetual event.
It's no longer a question of whether Reagan
will run again. I'm positive he will and I'm
positive that he can win. The big question for
political prognostics tors is who will face Reagan
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The seven men contending for the Democratic
nomination think they can beat Reagan if they
can avoid splitting the party. Actually the
Democrats look pretty good. The old conservative-liberal
split in the party seems to be
healed and special interest opposition to
Reaganism is stronger than its ever been.
However the Democrats don't have any
charisma. Not one of them is a tough swash-
buckling shoot-from-the-hip television
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debate. And special interests have been toewa to
sit out an election if their favorite candidate isn't
in the running. So the only thing Democrats have
got going for them is a touch ef party unity but
that's not much to laugh at They are the
majority party.
The biggest problem the Democrats are going '
to have is running from the perctntlea that they
rare the party of labor homosexuals pacifists ;
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Having tlwir;' convention in Saau rranckea
probaUy won't help much. I can see the rsnetien
of Alabama Democrats when gay rights grups
march in support of the party nominee. i
However the 1MI ejection should be one ef the
most exciting and close elections since Kennedy i
and Nixon squared off in 1M9. I'm waiting and .
watching anxiously much like a high school kid
before a Friday night game or a tooa-afor
calling for his first date with the school beauty
queen. '
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In the story headlined "Air Supply ticket sales '
approach 258 mark" Mark Pickle Student'
Association treasurer was quoted u saying
approximately 2350 tickets had boon soW. Ac-
tually the figure was closer to 1560 tickets at that
time.
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