The Behrend College
Collegian
E ' PA 16563 Vo i X LIII, No. 15
Thursday, February 9,1995
Wilder addresses reform
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L. Douglas Wilder, the first
African-American governor,
addressed an audience in Erie Hall
concerning “Political and Social
Issues in the 90’s.” Wilder’s
speech was a part of Behrend’s
lecture series, “The American
Agenda.”
Wilder feels that involvement
with politics and government is
crucial to the future. In speaking
of government, he does not mean
government as an elective office,
but in simply turning out to
vote.
Wilder said, “It is a decision of
whether or not people always
want other people making
decisions for them.”
He compared being involved to
a slice of pie. “It would be a
good idea not to sit there and wait
for a slice of the pie. It would be
a good idea to have your hand on
the knife that’s gonna cut the
pie.”
“It’s relevant to establish
dialogue as it relates to the
country.”
“It’s a good thing to talk about
what the issues are. I’d like to
see that kind of dialogue
continued between students mid
faculty,” he added.
One current issue that Wilder
stressed was the republican take
over of Congress.
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“The public is restless,” Wilder
said. “And that restlessness was
translated on November Bth. A
lot of people hinted at it, but
didn’t believe it was going to
happen. That is, the complete
take over of congress.”
“It wasn’t as much a pro
republican vote as it was an anti
incumbent vote.”
Wilder continued, “Clinton said
that we (government) got to do a
better job of explaining what
we’re doing. Well, I think that
the public understood what they
were doing and didn’t like it.”
“The public is not partial to
party lines any more. There is a
more independent train of
thought. Younger people are
becoming more cynical. People
want to shy away from
government but we can’t afford
that luxury. It’s a question of
whether or not you want a say as
to how you live, what parks you
go tp, the roads you travel on,
the construction of your houses.”
Wilder talked about healthcare
reform as an issue that, of late,
has been paling by comparison to
other issues.
"The political reality is that the
Prewlent has come to understand
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Health care in this country would
have been the greatest social
reform in the history of this
nation. Do we need to reform it?
(mono) usually likes to hit in the
fall and in the spring when a
person’s imqtane system is
depressed.”
i “They’re more likely to
contract the virus,” she
continued. “So that’s why we’ll
see it hitting at the times of high
allergy seasons.”
McMahon said that mono is
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Governor Wilder addressed an attentive
audience in Erie Hall when he spoke on “Political
and Social Issues in the 90’s."
Yes. All at one time? No.”
Race was also an issue to be
dealt with in the nineties. He
said that if anyone learned
anything at all from February
being “Black History Month,” he
not as contagious as it is usually
perceived to be. “Rarely do
roommates, boyfriends and
girlfriends, or husbands and wives
contract it, even if an infected
person is right there with them.”
If a person is diagnosed with
mono, she suggests that the
individual “should refrain from
anything that could possible put
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would hope that we would learn
that we all are Americans.
“No hyphenating,” he said.
“We all are Americans. And I
hope that the time will come
when there won’t be this month
set aside to leant about a segment
the other person at risk, like
sharing cups or kissing.”
The Erie County Health
Department said that the
symptoms include chronic fatigue
and dehydration. They suggested
that plenty of rest and constant
drinking of fluids is the best way
to beat mono.
McMahon assured that the
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of our history but that history
will be inclusionary and be
structured and we will know more
about it”
Crime was another topic
Wilder spoke on.
“I spoke to a group once of
3000 kids and I asked them,
‘Stand up all of those who
thought they could make
something of themselves.’ I
thought everyone stood up. I
just parenthetically said, ‘Those
who don’t think that they can
make anything of themselves
stand.’ One little boy stood up.
The other kids looked at him and
laughed, snickered and I sair*
‘What’s the problem?’ H<
couldn’t talk because he was way
in the back. He came up and told
me. He said, ‘l’m scared. All
around me, all day when I’m out
of school, all I see is guns and
drugs and people shooting. I’m
scared.” Now we sit here, in the
comfort of this place and think
that we can identify with that kid,
and we can’t.”
Wilder concluded his lecture by
revealing what he considered the
greatest social concern, the waste
of human potential.
“The dread I see in our society
today, the waste of human
potential of those who can make
a difference and we have a
responsibility to see that that
doesn’t take place.”
mono cases on campus are
normal. “There are no more
cases of mono on campus now
than usual. Right now, we are at
the height of our flu and cold
season.”
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