The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 16, 1980 Page: 2 of 8
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Commentary
The North Texas Daily
Page 2
Tuesday, September 16, 1980
Editorial s
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Discriminatory quotas
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has issued a
report recommending that the government remove
quotas limiting the number of immigrants from one
country and instead admit people on a first-come, first-
served basis. The recommendation is one the govern-
ment and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
need to take under serious consideration.
Every year, the U.S. Code allows the entrance of
290,000 aliens, no more than 77,000 in the first three
quarters of any fiscal year. But the way the laws are set
up discriminates against some immigrants and
violates civil rights.
The Eastern Hemisphere has an annual immigration
ceiling of 170,000, while the Western Hemisphere has a
limit of 120,000. But Cuban immigrants alone have
totaled more than 100,000 in the past few months.
The report from the commission, titled "The Tar-
nished Golden Door, Civil Rights Issues in Im-
migration," says those who suffer from or are suscepti-
ble to the violation of rights include not only im-
migrants and prospective immigrants, but also
American citizens and residents who wish to be united
with their relatives from foreign countries.
If an immigration quota from a particular area of
the world has already been reached, relatives of U.S
residents and citizens may have to wait another year
before immigrating.
The United States operates on a democratic policy,
but immigration quotas favoring one sector of the
world over another are not democratic. Specific quotas
should be lifted and replaced with a blanket quota (a
first-come, first-served basis).
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Presidential debates
It appears as though whenever President Carter
wants to avoid a problem he secludes himself in the
Rose Garden at the White House and waits for the
storm to blow over.
This time the question of a three-way presidential
debate between Carter, Ronald Reagan and John
Anderson has sent Carter into seclusion. Carter refuses
to debate unless he can meet Reagan head-to-head,
without Anderson, before the first televised presiden-
tial debate Sunday.
Carter's attitude is reminiscent of his refusal to
debate Sen. Edward Kennedy during the Democratic
primaries. The president was slipping in the polls until
the Iranian crisis gave him renewed support.
Then, Carter was able to use the Iranian crisis as. an
excuse not to debate Kennedy, and after Kennedy fell
far behind in the polls and delegate count. Carter
emerged from the Rose Garden and announced the
crisis was under control. He took to the campaign trail
and agreed to debate all serious contenders for the
presidency, with the League of Women Voters
deciding who is eligible.
The league set a 15 percent showing in several major
polls as its prerequisite. Anderson has met the league's
requirement for the first debate, having received 15
percent in a Time magazine poll, 13 percent in a Roper
Organization poll, 18 percent in a Los Angeles Times
poll and 17 percent in a Lou Harris-ABC News poll.
The public clearly considers Anderson a viable can-
didate, but Carter called Anderson's candidacy a crea-
tion of the press in his refusal to debate him.
Carter's refusal has created a stalemate between
himself and the league that casts a shadow of doubt on
whether any televised debates will be held this year.
The league has said it will not sponsor any debates
between two candidates, and Carter insists on meeting
Reagan only.
The president's motives are purely selfish in nature.
Robert Strauss, Carter's campaign manager, admits
Anderson will take more votes away from the presi-
dent than he will from Reagan in November, which
would give Reagan an edge. So Carter's solution is
simple: stay at home and avoid the issue.
But in doing so, he is alienating a large segment of
the public, the undecided, which boosts Reagan's and
Anderson's hopes and contributes to voter apathy.
Television is the most potent weapon in modern
politics and the medium that will generate the most in-
terest among voters simply because the voters can be
reached in the privacy of their homes. The president is
purposely avoiding this exposure mechanism.
Presidential debates are a time-tested forum for the
incumbent to stand up and face the nation and his
challengers. It is an opportunity for him to state his
case, based on his record in office, and defend it
against attack.
It also is an opportunity for the challengers to pre-
sent alternatives to the incumbent and let the public
decide via the ballot box who is best suited to fill the
presidency.
Without the participation of all three candidates,
however, any debates would be meaningless.
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The Sept. 11 issue of The North Texas
Daily said that in the Sept. 10 Faculty
Senate meeting I "commended Dr.
(Howard) Smith (acting vice president
for academic affairs) on a job well
done." I did no such thing.
In fact, the discussion pertained to the
manner in which the permanent vice
president for academic affairs should be
chosen, and I was being careful not to
state my opinions on the type of job Dr.
Smith has done.
It seems to me to be rather crude to
put Dr. Smith on the public griddle,
whatever the outcome, although it looks
as if that is what is being done. The
quote attributed to me in the same Daily
article, "This position is far too impor-
tant to let anyone have it by default," is
correct.
Frank F. Connor
Mathematics department
North Texas Daily i have seen thus far.
Every paper has at least three. I don't
believe in forcing my personal beliefs on
anyone, but blatantly advertising what I
believe to be the destruction of human
life is very offensive to me and, I assume,
to others who share my values.
Although I have been told that ads of-
fering an alternative to abortion should
also be appearing, 1 have yet to see one.
Besides encouraging the taking of un-
born life, these ads offer what seems to
be an easy solution to a woman who is
probably experiencing a lot of emotional
stress and not able to look at the varied
consequences of her decision.
If there is any way these ads could be
discontinued, I would enjoy the other
fine features in your paper even more.
Barbara Fuhrmann
1011 Austin St., Apt. 2
Denton
Abortion ads Fouts Field
I'm writing to protest the abortion ads
that have appeared in every issue of The
Coach Jerry Moore's recent sugges-
tion on Radio Station KRLD's Sports
Central to upgrade and expand Fouts
Field so the Mean Green can bring bet-
ter competition to Denton (thus better
crowds) is an idea whose time has come.
Many of us NT exes always believed
that NT (which desires eventual
Southwest Conference membership)
should be serious enough to do
something about Fouts Field. Let's face
it, Texas Stadium is the home of the Dal-
las Cowboys and the SMU Mustangs,
and we have no business calling it our se-
cond home. Our largest base of support
will always be the greater Denton area.
Wiih an expanded Fouts Field comes
more home games against the likes of
Oklahoma State and Mississippi State,
and with Lamar hosting Baylor in Beau-
mont this year, 1 cannot help but think
that NT could schedule some SWC
teams in Denton, the home of the Mean
Green.
Marion Cunningham
115 Avenue (i
Denton
Pollution, overcrowding take toll on native America
Who owns America?
New Braunfels is home to Camp
Warnecke, a park unique in that it has a
series of fast river rapids gliding through
it, About 10 years back, few knew of the
wonderful white waters and the stupen-
dous thrills one could experience gliding
over thejarring rocks and down the river
on a raft or inner tube.
Then, some wise guy came along,
erected dressing rooms, restrooms, pic-
nic tables and other nature-destroying
objects and charged everyone SI each to
enjoy this scenic wonder. He said,
"Someone has to keep this place up,"
disregarding the fact that nature had
done that quite well for centuries before.
He exploited this natural scene for his
own benefit.
This past summer, I revisited the
rapids only to find that the city of New
Braunfels had taken control of the main
spillway, charging an additional $1.50 to
go down it I asked the girl who collects
money how the city could take over this
park and charge money for people to en-
joy it.
"Well, it owns the place so it makes
the rules," she replied.
That reason wasn't good enough for
me. I asked to see the manager, who was
right behind her. He looked at me like I
was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"I want to know how the city can
come in here and charge people money
for something it didn't create. I mean,
how did they get to own this place?"
He looked slightly shaken, "Why do
you want to know this?"
"Because I don't think it's right for
someone to come in and exploit a
beautiful, natural scene just to make
money," I said.
"Well, I can't answer that. You'd
have to talk to the city. Now, either pay
up or leave."
I left. I found a hole in the fence that
some enterprising young sneaks had
made and entered the park my own way.
Even then, it didn't seem the same as it
had been five years earlier. I had to wait
in line for an hour just to ride down the
spillway, and there were so many people
and so much trash in the water that it
just wasn't worth it.
Who does own America? Is it the big
businesses, who think money can buy
anything and set out to prove that
theory? Is it the Mafia, which abides by
the law of the gun to accomplish their
goals? Is it government bureaucrats,
who establish rules and regulations to
make people think they're doing their
jobs when they're only keeping them?
■v.- Kevin
Shay
Is it the farmers, who rape the land
just to make a buck? Is it every lan-
downer, who buys a few acres thinking
he owns a piece of the pie, but never
thinks about how the person he bought
it from came to own it?
The first settlers, who came to the
New World about five centuries ago,
laid their claim to the barren territory by
the first-come, first-served method. They
disregarded the native Indians' ways and
rights. These natives had been living on
the land for centuries before and made
out fine.
They knew how to use the land
without abusing it. They knew how to
keep the waters blue, the soil rich, the air
clean. They weren't concerned with who
owned what piece of land or material
objects. They were a spiritual people
who realized that a being far greater
than them created this world and all its
wonders.
They borrowed the land and natural
resources, but they didn't abuse them.
They left the land about the same way
they found it, and they survived.
Then the white man entered paradise
and brought his view of civilization with
him. He set down ownership plots, not
caring that he didn't make the land.
He fought the American Revolution
in the late 18th Century so he could he
free of the Old World's ties and establish
his own country. The New World man
started a civilization complete with
electricity, plumbing and other modern
conveniences. He put the red man on
small strips of land he called reserva-
tions He told them to stay there because
they were a threat to his New World.
Soon, the white man's world grew to
an enormous size. He invited other
cultures to live by his ways as slaves and
servants. He satisfied his endless needs
by abusing whatever natural resource he
could find, by killing off species of
animals, by doing whatever he wanted
for his own gain.
Today, he looks around and wonders
what went w rong. He's nearly out of gas,
energy, clean water, clean air, food, land
and other resources, and he wonders
why. He kills and mutilates his fellow
man out of frustration. He goes on living
his own, selfish life, forgetting why he
was put here.
And in order to get even more money,
he capitalizes on natural wonders, mak-
ing a bundle abusing something that
isn't his. Nature is owned by no one. The
white man's downfall is in thinking he
owns something he doesn't and trying to
use this for his own, selfish benefit. That
is why he is on the verge of destroying all
natural resources and himself.
The white man could have learned a
great lesson from his native friends.
Instead, he chose to ignore them, send
them away and do things his own, selfish
way. And that is what will destroy him
unless he decides to live more like his
native friends did
I'm not against progress, change and
the American way. per se, but it has to
be done with reason It has to be done
for the good of everyone involved, w hich
is sometimes impossible. Man has to
quit polluting the waters and air. He has
to quit dumping trash and waste-
products anywhere on the land. He has
to quit erecting new buildings and
businesses just for his own sake without
thinking about future generations. He
has to stop killing off helpless animals
just for sport
He can't turn his back on that eternal
question: Who owns America?
The North Texas Daily
64th Year
Denton, Texas
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