opinions ’.it ri ;1 ; ini n . The games superpowers play Why not make it an Olympic sport? Both countries insist their actions were The United States and Soviet Union enjoy necessary to make the other side realize playing “Boot the Diplomat” so much, it that the expulsion of diplomats is inexcusa wouldn’t be surprising if the contest was ble and will not go unpunished, incorporated into the 1988 Summer Games, Not only are these actions unbelievably to be held right after the final heavyweight infantile, they are outright hypocritical and boxing match. achieve absolutely nothing except to give Certainly, the ‘two superpowers would paranoid officials the impression their find participating in the event hailed by country has gained the upper hand on the some officials as an exciting spectator sport other. —to their advantage. Both have had enough But j n an attempt to ease the strains of the practice to assure a two-way race for the expulsions, American officials have con gold medal. ceded that the United States and the Soviet The two countries have held a vigorous union have now achieved “parity” in the exhibition match against one another in situation, recent weeks. The Soviets have expelled 10 insanity is more like it. American diplomats and withdrawn 260 Using diplomats as pawns in a game of Soviet cooks, maids, drivers and other superpower tit-for-tat is nothing more than domestic workers employed at the U.S. a ridiculous attempt by both sides to intim embassy and the U.S. consulate in Lenin- 'jdate each other Ssasriissssss- Wastgfon? NewloTand laTFrancisoo concerned wUh easing.tenaions ancUrying American 5 j'lS%fchotas DanlU, which was sparked at the Iceland summit which was a reprisal for the arrest of With the stalemate at the summit still Gennadiy Zakharov, a Soviet employee of fresh in everyone’s mind, it is dismaying to the U.N. Secretariat. see American and Soviet leaders already at Moscow and Washington have taken so each other’s throats. These latest devel many turn-around retaliations, neither side opments clearly exemplify the need for a is sure which direction it’s facing anymore, better understanding. The whole situation has left the American But for the two superpowers, it’s obvious public in a dizzy headspin, wondering if. ly more fun to abuse diplomats than to put perhaps Olga the Dancing Bear or the' aside minor differences and tackle the real vacationing Herb and Edna Johnson will be challenge of reaching a new level of the next ones expelled. agreement. ■ final responsibility. Opinions ex- written, double-spaced and no longer daily Colleqian p re , ssed ° n se . ' 1 n °t necessarily those-of The Daily mester standing, major and campus of Collegian, Collegian Inc. or The wr n er . Letters from alumni should Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1986 Pennsylvania State University. include the major and year of graduation ©1986 Collegian Inc. Collegian Inc., publishers of The 0 f the writer. All writers should provide Daily Collegian and related publica- their address and phone number for Anita C. Huslin tions, is a separate corporate insti- verification of the letter. Letters should Editor tution from Penn State. be signed by no more than tw^^ __ ___ Names may be withheld on request. William G. Landis Jr. The Collegian reserves the right to edit Business Manager Letters Policy: The Daily Collegian en- letters for length and to reject letters if courages comments on news coverage, they are libelous or do not conform to . editorial policy and University affairs. standards of good taste. Because of the The Daily Collegian’s editorial opin- Letters must be typewritten, double- number of letters received, the Collegian ion is determined by its Board of spaced and no longer than one and one- cannot guarantee publication of all the Opinion with the editor holding half pages. Forums must also be type- letters it receives. reader opinion Eco-Action Those of us at Eco-Action would like to thank everyone who brought glass bottles and aluminum cans to the recycling center in Parking Lot 83. We must close the center on Nov. 1 since water collects in the cans and freezes Please do not leave any trash at the center over the winter months. The center will re-open in the Spring. We would like to remind anyone bringing bottles out to the center on or before Nov. 1 to please separate the bottles by color (clear, brown and green) and to remove any neck rings. Christopher Niemitz trcasurer-Eco-Action Human rights I was very unhappy with the quality of coverage of Human Rights Day by reporter Susan Kearney. After careful investigation of the facts, I decided to write to you this letter clarifying the alleged contro versy of the event. In The Daily Collegian article on Thursday, Oct. 23, a great effort has been provided to show controversy of the event while there was no mention of who participated, what was dealt with, or what were the achievements of the event. The reporter, in a thrust of excite ment for gossip, missed the whole point of the day. Thus, no mention was made re garding the wonderful efforts of Os kana Lassowski who staged a very informative display on the plight of the Ukrainian people. Not a word was said about the one hour and half slide show presented by Don Rallis about South Africa. CONSULAR WARS In short, the readers have no clue that on Oct. 22, participants in the event effectively presented the viola tion of human rights in nine areas of the world, grouping more than 200 million people. Such omissions made most partici pants in the event very unhappy and, in my judgment, disqualify the arti cle as meeting minimal quality re quirements for reporting. However, in terms of responsibility for blame, this is where the innocence of the reporter stops and where the machiavelic contribution of Yachad starts. Two days before the event, Yachad with the collaboration of the Under graduate Student Government Mi nority Affairs co-director Jennifer Bolden decided to wave a strong political effort to discredit the pur pose and scope of Human Rights Day. Thus, Yachad and Bolden claim that I did not extend an invitation to new paricipants on a minority panel meeting two weeks ago. However, the fact is that the Paki stan Forum organization has ac cepted the invitation to participate in Human Rights Day in that meeting. Also, Bolden and Yachad made public statements affirming that the program was biased (as opposed to narrow) and that mainly South Africa and the Palestine were presented. It is sad that Yachad carried out such a subversive effort because it found out two days prior to the event that the Palestinian human rights concerns would be covered. It is sad that Yachad assumes the public should not have the right to learn about any human rights abuse in the world. In the strong academic context where we live, everyone has a duty to The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1986 be tolerant so that we could all learn and grow This is why, if Yachad and Bolden are ready to present due apology to the committee and the participants in Human Rights Day, I would certainly extend my willingness to genuinely cooperate in the future. Chaquir Achabar chairman Human Rights Day committee Issues? Just when I think The Daily Colle gian Board of Opinion is maturing and beginning to write about ISSUES,* they are insulted by something that seems to have completely passed them by. Apparently, a political advertise ment insulted their intelligence. I heard the author of the advertise ment explain the reason for the for mat. He said he tried to choose an amus ing way to draw attention to the funding disparity between the Uni versity of Pittsburgh and Penn State. This candidate also set forth a solid plan to try to achieve parity in the form of a Penn State Coalition. Does the Board of Opinion realize this is an ISSUE in this campaign? Has the board spent any of its ink of thought on evaluating this ISSUE? It is a sad state of affairs when a candidate trying to bring some hu mor into a campaign is accused of mudslinging. Please in the future try to see the ISSUES in advertising rather than just standing on your soapbox and spouting off Jean McGinley sophomore-business opinions Senate 1986: The Class of 1980 is up for re-election and running for their political lives and "bitter 6 campaigns the^istory 0 *of hmm thfre^cr^defidt 0 rcc ° rds ’ Star what would a Democratic Senate mean? Well, it would politics. as it stands now, the Democrats should me an Reagan may face the roughest two years of his In 1980, the Democrats controlled the U.S. « pick up Republican-controlled seats in n rp n Barbara Mikulski has a comfortable lead as the chairman of the Senate Foreign over former Civil Rights Commission chief . Relations Committee, the Democrats were v/ Linda Chavez. nor’s stand on the farm issue (the senator Gorton once held a commanding lead in lookina in earnest to holding the chamber But the Democrats are not totally out of supports farmers selling their prices below the polls, but Adams has come on strong thev had held since 1954 the woods either. In fact, Democratic candi- the market price). Meanwhile, Abdnor, 63, and has been buoyed by Gortons admit- But disaster struck the party of Roose- dates in Colorado, Louisiana and Missouri has painted Dashle as a liberal who is out of tance that he traded his vote on a key velt Truman and Kennedy. , „ , ,i n i a v Ol . n niminfHiP j• reP“'“ ™“ hat they presidency away from Jimmy Carter, the contrast to the current chairman, crusty Democrats pick up their four seats? North Dakota. mU jj Hofirit tinaddition to country was singing and dancing to the conservative Strom Thurmond. A close examination shows the 1980 races In Idaho, a state best known for ds pota- woul R d . Thev must also hammer Republican tune. Reagan’s foreign policy, given the blank will be decided in four of the most unnoticed toes, John Evans loads Sen m Now the Class of 1980 is up lor reflection, check in his first sin yearn, will be scroti- and unlikely slates: South Dakota, North oto tic bdwomlwo ol the states most ?„ South Dakota, and in an ironic twist of fate, they find nized, checked and slashed by the Senate Dakota, Idaho and Washington. In those popular politicians. themselves running for their political life. Foreign Relations Committee, most likely states, Republicans must beware of the old The issuei hereis econo y, Jf nQI ihe Democrals may be forced into a For the Republicans, this is no cakewalk, to be chaired by Sen. Claiborne Pell, the Satchel Paige addage: “Don t look back, which is decisively below the nat <- must-win situation in 1988. They now hold a 53-47 advantage in the Democratic dove from Rhode Island. Something may be gaining on you.” ,,, „ . th hiUpr race in Wash- Cpnoip hut with less than a week remaining So in a camoaisn that has been more In South Dakota, Sen. James Abdnor, who Finally, in thP PTmnaien manv ReDublican incum- negative less and more per- beat George McGovern in 1980, is in a tight ington between Sen. 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