The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 45, Ed. 1, Friday, March 1, 1985 Page: 2 of 10
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Here is an editorial opinion from
Associated Press member The Dallas
Times Herald.
Although the recent abduction of a
federal narcotics agent and the kidnap
threats against higher-level drug en-
forcement officials must be considered
menacing they also may have an en-
couraging side. The drug underworld
may be resorting to these Un-
precedented attacks against narcotics
agents and top-level officials because it
never before has felt so threatened by
the government's efforts to curb the
flow of drugs into this country...
Besides going after the smugglers
themselves federal authorities need to
crack down on nations that do little or
nothing to reduce narcotics crops. A
new law gives the president the power
to curtail financial aid to any country
that is lackadaisical in that regard and
he should have no qualms about using
such leverage.. The federal govern-
ment has to be tough if it is to prevail.
The drug smugglers already have
shown that they will do whatever they
think is necessary.
Letters
Policy
Letters to the editor of not more than
300 words will be given preference. For
verification purposes the writer must
include his or her name address and
phone number. Occasionally the
publication of letters will be delayed
because of space limitations.
The Optimist reserves the right to re-
ject letters and to limiit publication of
letters from frequent witters. Also
some letters will be edited for the sake
of length clarity grammar of the
possibility of libel privacy invasion
obscenity or personal attack.
All letters should be mailed to Box
8203 ACU Station or be hand-
delivered to the Optimist office no later
than noon Wednesday for the Friday
issue or 5 p.m. Sunday for the Tuesday
issue.
Free mail defense
To the editor:
I am glad we have in our ACU Post
Office a staff of dedicated employees
who are willing to work so hard for this
school and for the students of ACU.
The editorial of Tuesday's paper ad-
dressed the potential problems that
these postal workers might face if the
Students' Association-backed proposal
for "free personal mail" is adopted into
school policy.
The problems cited included: (1) In-
creased amounts of mail being sent
which would increase the workload and
add to the strain put on the currently
insufficient staff; (2) Added conflicts
with mailing priorities (such as
paychecks etc.); (3) Raised tuition
becoming necessary if more workers
were added to the current Post Office
staff; and (4) Shortage of space in the
current Post Office to process the extra
mail this proposal would produce.
Because of these problems it was sug-
gested in the editorial that students
could deliver their personal mail to
other students at Chapel at lunch and
at other places around campus.
But I must support the proposal to
have personal mail delivered free of
charge here on campus. Students enjoy
and appreciate' personal mail it gives
them a nice break from their busy
routine. The postal stamp right now
only "stamps" out involvement in com-
munication. It is no fun getting a letter
.from a friend in Chapel or anywhere
else when you could find it in your
jbox right there beside your telephone
bill.
; And the problem of conflicting mail-
ing priorities is not related to the pro-
posed free mail idea. Very important
mail (paychecks etc. again) should be
assigned to one worker to handle. The
problem of an increased workload could
be eliminated if more workers were
hired. This would also provide one or
two more Jobs for students on campus.
Yes the Post Office needs more space
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but that can only be handled as the
university allocates this now-cramped
department more space on our growing
campus. And the argument of tuition
having to be raised is unfounded
because one or two more workers could
only cost each of us a penny or two
well wo'.th the cost of free personal
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The U.S. government receives all the
money that students spend for personal
mail on campus. This 22-cent charge is
infringed upon us because the ACU
Post Office could not handle the extra
workload that would result if personal
mail was free and more letters were
mailed.
So let's hire two more workers solve
all the Post Office's workload pro-
blems raise tuition two cents and have
personal mail on campus.
Neal Coates
Sophomore accounting major ? ' .
Abilene
Post Office cartoon
To the editor;
I was disturbed by the cartoon con-
cerning the ACU Post Office that ap-
peared in the Feb. 26 issue of the Op-
timist I feel that it misrepresented Mr.
McDaniel's concern over the proposal
to allow students to send mail on cam-
pus without postage.
I also think it presented him as being
unreasonable as well as being un-
concerned about the students of ACU
which is definitely not true. Mr.
McDanicl has run the Post Office effi-
ciently and with the greatest of care for
many years and his concern for the
students is evident in his work and in
his support of the school. I think it is in
poor taste to portray such a conscien-
tious member of the ACU staff in a
derogatory manner.
I don't feel it is necessary for me to
argue either side of the issue in this let-
ter. However I do feel that when the
Optimist runs an editorial that explains
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and agreeds with the reasoning behind
the Post Office's stand on an issue jt
should not turn around and make fun
of the Post Office for its stand.
I realize the cartoonist was merely
trying to make light of the situation
but the result showed an insensitivity to
Mr. McDaniel and an incomplete
knowledge of the issue. I think the
editor should be responsible for keep-
ing such inappropriate cartoons out of
the newspaper. These can be damaging
to relations within the school and do
not promote unity.
Karen Morris
Freshman.
Post Office student worker
Abilene
Easterner's view
To the editor:
In the aftermath of Lectureship '85
I'd like to bring the perspective of an
Easterner to light.
I grew up in the East where boots
were for construction and "sandstorm"
was interpreted as a typo for "sand-
stone." The first time I heard a tornado
siren out here I was taken back to my
elementary school days and air-raids
and began looking for a nearby desk to
crawl under. Abilene Texas is a dif-
ferent world.
And that is never more apparent than
when thousands of people travel for
thousands of miles to come to
ABILENE: the land where any car-
bonated beverage is a "Coke" and peo-
ple "fix" to go places. And trees are
anything with a semblance of leaves...
Abilene would hardly seem a sporting
place to spend half a day much less
half a week.
But people do in droves. And to
my Eastern self where a "large crowd"
at church implies some ONE is a
visitor pr no one is sick at home or we
can sign a song with all four pans Leo
turesbip is a phenomenon And Abilene
being the place it is someone once
called it "grody" the wonder of it is
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all the more magnified.
So congratulations to all those con-
nected with Lectureship. It really is
heartening to see the friendly faces and
hear the squeals of "How're YEW?"
for a few days to remind us that the
friendships formed at ACU never really
end. I'm looking forward to leaving
ACU someday just so I can come back.
Bitsy Roberts
Admissions Counselor
(formerly) Princeton N.J.
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Host praise
To the editor
In response to Tami Robertson's let-
ter about the "un-Christian ideals" she
said were portrayed by the Sing Song
hosts and hostesses I want to say that
this year's Sing Song was excellent.
The coordinator co-chairmen and
hosts and hostesses pulled off another
awesome show.
This year's theme "Sing Song Ex-
citement" was perfect. The hosts and
hostesses looked as if they were on top
of the world. Miss Robertsonj seemed
to think their costumes were un-
Christian. She thought their
"choreography" gave a bad impression
of Sing Song!
Well my family and friends came to
Sing Song and they went to both the
Saturday performances. And they left
saying "It's amazing what young
Christian people can do. There is
nothing quite like good Christian fun."
To the people who thought this
year's Sing Song was offensive
specifically for some of its costumes
and choreography I suggest to them
they may need to work out some per-
sonal problems they may have. To the
people like JcfT Nelson and. many
others Sing Song '85 was excellent.
Keep up the good work.
Tim Glover
Junior
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General s
case shows
little fruit
General William Westmoreland ran;
into the legal realities of the modern
press last week m he agreed to drop hit
libel suit against the CBS television net-
work. CBS and the general then traded:
public statements with each hH
which though they sounded con
dilatory were distinctly non-
apologetic. Rumors which Westmoreland has;
neither confirmed nor denied say that;
his lawyers counseled him to negotiate."
for an out-of-court settlement because
his prospects for a favorable decision in
the prolonged case were dwindling.
After several months of legal manuevcr-
ing and public lobbying the case was
almost closed and was to be decided:
within the next week or so; that's ptA
bably why the press supporters levele
the cry of "Chickenl" at WetOBorcknd;
when he withdrew hk catc.
But perhaps hk withdrawal was to be
expected because it seems the harsh;
facts of journalism today provide few
chances of success for soracoae who
dares challenge the press in court. CBS
was roundly (and publicly) critkbed'
for the insufficient reporting and biased:
editing it used in Wettmoreknd's case
yet in the courtroom the jurors were;
still indecisive as to whether the naja
work had actually broken any laws. W
So CBS suffered little more than;
some lost time some legal costs and a
few scratches on its implacably polish-
ed exterior. ...
Westmoreland s announced rationale
for bowing out of the final rounds of
the bout was "to let the public judge"'
the case. Press defenders no doubt smil-
ed at the notion which probably ap-;
peared to them as no more than a weak.
exit line. But because the courts are
among the most inefficient decision-
making bodies available to our soddA
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unabashed sympathy the judgment of
the public may well afford
Westmoreland aad hk fellow libel vie-'
time their only glimmer of viadkatkm.
The anti-CBS publicity that suaak
rounded the trial was the only real baflP
to Westmoreland's allegedly daraafed
reputation and despite hk llth-hour
withdrawal many of the revealed
facts and opinions dealt more than gUn-
dng blows to the giant network.
Negative-publidty hits the real media
that is the media still capable of em-
barrassment where it hurts. And we
hope CBS is still part of the real media.
Westmoreland's victory was certainly
not the rout that he would have prefer'
red but he did succeed in slapping
network's journalistic ego in the fad
Which is about as much as he coul
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have hoped for.
Corrections
m We regret these errors that appeared
m the Feb. 26 issue of the Optimise.
On page A-5 beneath a photograph
of Berkeley Hackett a Mission
Outreach speaker who is on leave frogu
Kenya East Africa we misspelled H
first name Berkley
Also on page A-5 the name of Karen
Morris was omitted from the Dean'si
List.
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