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Can “Star Wars” Be Shared?
by Kim Ormand
Both the Americans and the Russians are ap
proaching the Geneva Conference in one of the most
distrustful and hostile moods ever displayed by both
superpowers. The air is thick with proposals, propagan
da, accusation, and visions of failure. It is quite obvious
that some concise decisions and actions must be taken
by President Reagan to clear the air that seriously
threatens to choke the summit meetings.
The Russians have shown that they are anxious about
the “Star Wars”- Strategic Defense Initiative- research.
They’ve indicated that unless something is done to halt
this research, the summit meetings will be a complete
waste of time. They do not believe Mr. Reagan’s claims
that Star Wars is a defense system and will not be used
to attack them. Thus, unless this research is stopped
they will be forced to start their own program - which
would push the arms race into an irreversible realm of
destruction.
This need not happen. All President Reagan has to do
is suggest that the Russians join us now in the develope-
ment of the “Star Wars” system. We really have
nothing to lose. Mr. Reagan has already said that if the
system works, he will give the research to the Russians
to allow them to develop their own system. So why
wait? If both shared the cost and work, then both could
benefit - especialy in terms of protection from an attack
of a third world power - an issue of concern for both
sides.
Granted many people may find this notion ridiculous -
share our secrets with the Russians? Yet realistically
speaking, the Russians are not fools - they know what
they are doing. In time they would create their own
system, as they’ve done in the past, without our help.
It would take much planning, plenty of detailed
legalities and much willingness as well as trust. Yet this
is not impossible- twenty years ago both the U.S. and the
U.S.S.R. agreed to stop all above ground nuclear testing
and both sides have complied to this agreement, a
positive sign.
I am against the “Star Wars” program for I am
against all nuclear weapons and this, of course, includes
any defense system. If the research must be done,
however, I think it should be done jointly and carefully
to be appreciated by all invloved. Some peaceful
measures must be taken and the sharing of “Star Wars”
seems as good a place as any to start.
The Clarion
Wednesday, October 23,1985
Jamaican Trip Planned
Have you made any plans for
Spring break yet? If not, let me
suggest that you consider accom
panying me and a small group of
students on a trip to north shore
of Jamacia. The Biology depart
ment will be offering a field
course in Tropical Marine
Biology-Ecology (Biology 289)
during spring semester 1986.
This course is open to students
with or without previous college
biology experience. This will be
our third annual Spring Break
migration to Hofstra University’s
Marine Lab in St. Ann’s Bay,
Jamacia.
The class will be staying seven
to eight days in a small hotel run
by Jamacians, in conjunction
with Hofstra’s Marine Lab. The
main daily activities will be
I snorkeling the offshore coral
I reefs and learning about coral
reefs and the organisms that
populate them. Other activities
may include trips to local tourist
attractions such as Dunn’s River
Falls (a series of beautiful water
falls the class will easily climb).
Green Grott (private caves), and
Shaw Park (a beautiful tropical
garden), and field trips to
mangrove swamp areas, bat
caves, a coconut plantation, and
perhaps even a tropical rain
forest up in the Blue Mountains.
This Marine Biology class will
be offered as a seminar-type
course, for one semester hour
credit. Students may elect to
come on the trip and then decide
(while in Jamacia) to audit the
course. This option will be
available to everyone coming on
the trip, up to the last day of our
stay. Snorkeling experience is
not necessary; I will be giving
snorkeling lessons in the BC pool
prior to our trip.
~ The approximate trip cost is
$800, which covers transporta
tion, room and board, and almost
everything except individual
spending money. A deposit will
be due right after Thanksgiving
break, with the remainder of the
money due before Christmas
break. The enrollment in the
course is extremely limited so
see me immediately so that I can
save you a place in the class.
Please feel free to contact me for
further details, or to answer any
Should Rock Music
Be Censored?
Editor Kim Ormand
Assistant Editor B^nie Davis
News Editor Thompson
Advisor.... Chamlee
Staff Members
Michele Martin, Heather Kivett,
Elizabeth Oliver, Anne-Marie
Pressler, Kirsten Reed, Buck
Rowlee, Lora Sobotka, Chris
Crowder, Ramona Carpio, David
Mays, Wendy Polomis.and Nance
Wilson.
The opinions expressed in this newspaper are those of the
editorial staff and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the col
lege. The Clarionwelcomes letters to the editor from the Brevard
College community. Please address them to the Editoi'Box 426.
by
Is rock music getting too ris-
I que? Some senators’ wives think
so. In fact. Tipper Gore, wife of
Senator Albert Gore Jr.,D-Tenn.,
is so appalled, she and other con
cerned parents have founded the
Parents’ Music Resource Center.
The PMRC want to make ex-
cesssively violent and sexually
explicit lyrics known to the public
j before they purchase them. Mrs.
Gore and the PMRC want record
I companies to furnish song lyrics
with the records and tapes and to
set up a panel to establish a set of
uniform criteria.
Some of the musicians targeted
by the PMRC include Sheena
Easton, Judas Priest, W.A.S.P.,
Sheila E., AC/DC, Twisted Sister,
Prince, Motley Crue, and even
Micheal Jackson. According to
Time Magazine,Frank Zappa an
nounced to the Senate Commerce
Committee that “the complete
list of PMRC demands read like
an instruction manual for some
sinster kind of toilet-training pro
gram to housebreak all com
posers and performers.” Some
students here at Brevard feel the
same way. Jaime Barrman said:
I “I think it’s quite ridiculous that
i they’re (the PMRC) trying to
I censor what we want to listen to.
I They are taking away the
I freedom of speech of rock
: singers.”
I Some musicians are in favor of
I PMRC’s guidelines. The Pointer
! Sisters were quoted on RKO radio
1 as saying “There is a big dif-
Lora Sobtka
ference between ‘romance rock’
and ‘sex rock’. Rating records
could avoid subjecting kids to
‘sex rock’.” Some students here
at BC agree. Sophomore Melanie
Wilson said “I think it’s a good
idea. I don’t know how it’s going
to keep people from listening to
it. It’s like alcohol. They may
have an age limit but young kids
are going to get it anyway. I
don’t know how practical it is.”
If the PMRC gets their way.
Congress may pass legislature
forcing record companies to at
least warn consumers of lyrical
content.
questions you may have. I also
have slides to show anyone in-
terestd in the trip.
Well, what do you think? Are
you the type of person that would |
like to visit a foreign country,
snorkel coral reefs, see beautiful
tropical fish, climb a 400 foot |
waterfall (it’s really fun!), ex
plore old pirate caves, and in I
general just have a darn good
time during Spring Break? If so, |
come to Jamacia!!
Interested students should see |
me immediately, and sign up for
the course during pre
registration for spring semester.
Dr. Bill Brower
Office 4, 2nd floor Moore Science
Building
telephone: 883-8292 ext. 275
Dear Editor,
While writing my article ‘Is
Rock Getting Too Risque?’, I had
a very difficult time being un
biased. To think of my 8 and 9
year old nieces and nephews
hearing songs like “Darling
Nikki” and “My House”, makes
me ill. I remember when I was
that age and now when I look
back, I wish I didn’t know as
much as I did. Let the innocence
of youth remain innocent. Life
itself gives enough worries and
problems to people, and to cor
rupt the minds of the adults of
tomorrow is ensuring a corrupt
future.
Thank you,
Lora Rae Sobotka
Letters To
The Editor
Dear editor.
Priorities is a word that keeps
popping into my head continously
as I see a lack of them every day,
everywhere I turn. This absence
of priorities shows up in school
work, school related activities,
friendships, and relationships.
All I ask is why? and I know
that question can’t possibly be
answered. Where has the integri
ty of mankind gone? Giving one S'
woru on sometnmg, no matter
how trivial or important, doesn’t
seem to be worth the effort used
to speak it.
People say, “I’ll be there,” and
they never show up. They say,
“I’ll do it,” and it never gets
done. It’s bad enough that this
type of behavior shows up in the |
everyday working world, but how
‘ can it be dealt with in a personal
relationship? When someone’s
personal priorities are not in
order and others are hurt by this,
what is left to say about our
fellow man?
Honesty, truthfulness, and in
tegrity all help lay the founda
tions for priorities. Without one
of these elements, priorities are
lost and distorted. I’d like to be
able to look at the person stan
ding next to me and know he was
a person of priorities - someone l»)
be counted on. However, I know
that this is a little much to ask of
fellow human beings. I’ll have to
be content with keeping my own
priorities in order and not letting
the lack of other’s interfere with
me.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Davis