Letters to the editor
Hopefully, many oi you will consider
the possibility of aranging an internship
as part of your academic experience
this year. Although it is a little late to
begin the process this fall, there still is
time if you have a supervisor in mind
and will see a faculty sponsor im
mediately. Your approved internship
application form must be in the
piejgistrar’s Office before you can of
ficially register for an internship.
Diuing the fall term, I will post or send
out notices of internship opportunities
for January and the spring term. I will
also be glad to talk with you about
ideas for internships which you have.
An Internship Guide for Students is
available in my office, LA-135.
Special Note: This fall six (6) in
ternships will be available with the
Scotland County Literacy Council
which will involve learning and
teaching the Laubach method of
reading. This internship will be listed
as “The Teaching of Basic Reading
and Writing Skills to Older Non-
Readers.” Last year Sandy Baldwin, a
senior, participated in such an in
ternship. This fall, the internship wm
be expanded to include participation in
two (2) workshops-a Basic Literacy
Workshop and a Writer’s Workshop-in
addition to actual tutoring and
development of Laubach teaching
method.
The Laubach method of teaching is
internationally recognized and used.
Being involved in this program will not
only be an educationally rewarding
experience, but also offer you the
opportunity for community service, the
faculty supervisors of the six in
ternships will be Mr. Anderson, Mr.
Bayes and Dr. Smith-each supervising
two interns. Only six internships are
available int his program-so apply
early. See Mr. Anderson in LA-135
between 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. on
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this
week.
Dean Anderson
Carter, Reagan Running Close,
Anderson’s Strong in New Yorit
POUS
by granville m keys
(Ml No! It may have happened again.
Well this time I’m staying out of it. No
sir I wouldn’t touch this one with a ten
meter stick-No Way. What’s wrong
you ask? Am I having a breakdown or
simply talking in cliche’s? Neither. I
refer to the serving of berr in the cafe
ole’ last Friday.
Last year I found myself Chairman
of the Student Judiciary Board. Not
that I was a clone of Justice Marshall-
I ran unopposed in the election and
nobody else on the board wanted to be
chairman. At any rate, our court got to
hear the infamous case of the “Gran
ville Seven.”
Liquor was served at the HoUoween
Party and the — really hit the fan. All
of a sudden my minor position in the
student government was a major one.
The Judiciary Board managed not to
let the Administration totally over
whelm us but some folks were worried
for a while. (Those of you new to the
campus can ask those of us old to the
campus to explain the whole story. It
was fun. We got to fight for justice and
honor! Wow!)
Perhaps Dewey got the cafe beer
okayed ahead of time so this won’t be
such a big deal. This is all just my
long-winded way of starting a column.
Now we can move to trying to
make a relevant point. There have
been some ominous rumblings from
the powers that be, which hint at the
possibility of everyone having to follow
the rules this year. If so, then the
student courts could be doing a lot of
business this year.
Knowing first hand how poorly an
ignored system will function, the
following pseudo-sage wisdom is of
fered to all members of the college
community: Be the first kid on your
block (or suite) to find out who is on
your dorm council and who is on the
Student Judiciary Board. Armed with
this knowledge we all will know who to
start bitching at when we inevitably
decide that things on this campus are
not going as they should. I, for one,
will be happy to annoy any student of
ficer who doesn’t do a good job. Won’t
you join me?
The point to all this is I want
everyone to keep campus attention at
the court system.
JACK ANDERSON
WEEKLY SPECIAL
By JACK ANDERSON and
JOE SPEAR
WASHINGTON - In any
presidential campaign, the
man in the White House has
an advantage over his chal
lengers. An incumbent presi
dent has the power, the
perks and the purse strings.
He can call a press con
ference for an announce
ment that will make him
look good; or use Air Force
One for a supposedly non
political trip to an impor
tant state; or hand out feder
al grants to critical election
battlefields.
Jimmy Carter demon
strated his skill at presiden
tial gamesmanship in his
successful primary races
against Sen, Ted Kennedy.
Any time Kennedy threat
ened to get the next day’s
headlines or a spot on the
evening news, Carter could
undercut him with a hastily
arranged, camera-grabbing
event. Local governments
also found themselves wal
lowing in federal grants and
suddenly announced aid pro
grams on the eve of the
primaries.
Meanwhile, the latest
polls have Jimmy Carter
and Ronald Reagan in a
dead heat. But Reagan may
be gaining the momentum.
Our sources have seen the
latest public opinion
samplings. The next pub
lished polls will show
Reagan about four percent
age points ahead of the pres
ident,
Reagan is showing
strength in a number of big
states that Carter won in
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1976, Reagan is even under
cutting Carter in the South.
But even worse news for the
Carter campaign is coming
from New York,
It will be difficult for the
president to win re-election
without carrying New York
State. This makes the Liber
al Party’s endorsement
crucial. The endorsement
has gone, not to Carter, but
to independent John Ander
son. This might give Ander
son enough respectability in
New York to win the votes
of disgruntled Kennedy
Democrats.
The Liberal Party has
never failed to endorse a
Democratic candidate for
president. But incredibly,
the party leaders got the
brushoff from the Carter
camp. Carter’s aides treated
the Liberal leaders with an
arrogance that bordered on
contempt. The Liberals
pleaded with Carter to listen
to their complaints. They
sent a 15-page memo to the
White House detailing their
grievances.
Carter’s reply was a rou
tine rehash of his adminis
tration’s accomplishments.
The president also assigned
his domestic policy adviser
Stuart Eizenstat, to smooth
the Liberals’ ruffled feath
ers. But Carter’s inner circle
boasted that they didn’t need
New York to win.
The president’s Georgia
boys were whistling “Dixil ”
which they realized at the
last minute. They tried to
get New York Gov. Hugh
Carey and AFL-CIO Prefi-
dent Lane Kirkland to plead
the president’s case with the
leaders. But
t)y then, it was too late.
WHO’S TO BLAME?
Members of Congress are up
m arms over what they sav
IS a worthless grain embar
go of the Soviet Union that is
costing American agricul
ture millions. Farm income
■ down - but is the grain
embargo really to blame?
According to the Defense
Intelligence Agency, the
Russians will be able to
replace only 8 million tons
of the 17 million tons of
grain they planned to buy
from the United States.
Those replacement ship
ments will cost about a bil
lion dollars more than the
American grain would have
cost
Yet, here in the United
States government statistics
show that U.S. agricultural
exports will set all-time
records this year despite the
reduced sales to Russia. For
instance, exports in 1979
amounted to |32 billion. This
year, farm exports will add
an estimated $39 billion. If
you look closely at the
recent prices of wheat, corn
and soybeans, compared to
prices when the embargo
took effect, they’ve actually
risen.
So the embargo’s effect on
American farmers seems to
be more psychological than
economic.
HEADLINES AND
FOOTNOTES: Secretary of
State Ed Muskie is fuming
behind the closed doors at
the State Department about
the way the Carter White
House has treated him. His
biggest gripe is that he has
been excluded from major
policy changes. Our sources
say Muskie has served
notice on the White House
that he will depart the next
time a policy decision is
made without his input.
Muskie’s close friends say he
is also thinking about leav-
■ng right after the election —
no matter who wins.
• The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission is under orders
from Congress to disclose
the routes taken by ship
ments of nuclear waste
across the country. But the
commission has gotten
around the order by classify
ing the information on such
shipments as proprietary -
in other words, it’s a com
mercial secret. But it’s real
ly an open secret because
anyone, including potential
terrorists, can spot the
waste shipments easily. The
30-ton containers are car
ried in open flatbed trucks
and are clearly labeled
“radioactive” in large yel
low letters.
• Even though the White
House has organized a
multimillion-dollar aid
package for the auto indus
try, the automakers want
more. The industry giants
are taking aim at the federal
rules establishing passive
restraints that will soon be
required on American cars.
General Motors also wants
the government to stop its
series of crash tests compHr-
ing the crash-worthiness of
different cars.
* While the Senate investi
gates Billy Carter’s activi
ties as a foreign agent for
Libya, the House of Repr®'
sentatives has been quietly
seeking ways to prevent
future “Billygates.” One
proposal introduced by a
New York legislator will
prohibit anyone in the
immediate families of the
president, the vice presi
dent, Cabinet members or
congressmen from acting as
agents for foreign govern
ments.
Copyrtght. 1980.
United Feature Syndicate. Inc.