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HILTON HIGHBR EDUCA-
11ON, 3l39N. Galey Awnm-
11.01, PoDOll, CA 91761.
Al1lK>ugh I was a pretty px1
ti&h � student, I (k)\ot if my
e:xperie� m� differem
600l rrat�evcn ntay.
Whm I gmcIuatcd fnm high'
JdDll, I wamed to go., oollege. I
t.s midea wbatI W8IJICd., major
in. I Jutt wamcd ., IJ> k> oollege.
'My , a big inft� on
me, had grachated from Norfblk
s.u: (l)Uege. I was fortunate k>
blve m am aeveml othels
roodds.
Bur EVEN thole
rmdta, I didn't kmw \Vbat·ft
ini1iaB; AA, SA, MA, �.,
meant udil I 100 my New Stu
denB Oriemadon Olume.
Today as a college ad
miIiItraIcI', I I1ill � tu
dents (freahperaons through
aetioll) wOO lie JO lUte d. �
'. d. � � 1hat is \lied .,
"JmYC hm 1II'ougb" 1brJr a>l-
1qpaIe Sl\Itics.
AI¥!�8Ieoot�
only ones. Just ask� graduaIe
students about GRE's, Orals,
Quals.
Today, nat colleges set Mide
a period called New Student
Orientation. During tim period,
students and sometimes their
parents are introduced to
programs, administrak>1S, faculty,
f'acilitica mllCMca.
In lOme c.a, inoorniIW stu
dcn&IlI'C ai&nCd a book to read
1tIlt will be diIc\acd with their
adWiorImlotla'stWcnlsinsmall
pq>JCUi9.
IT HAS BEEN my ex
� both a studeol am
prottasional bt many s� ex
color <Soo't particip81e in oriersa
tions.
fbwever, by oot parti�
, �y COI1ICqUCDtly miss an oppor
uuty k> getaladslBIt. MMeam
mare coUcp _ rrJW aL10 (X)I'-,
reedy 0001� as10rB on all
tlnl awauaas.
CB taIIkIl bt thI:ae scssiom '
mwlO� beaue
tisbricaIIy, b mmy UkmI f1
color, their idIodudion to 00119
and the process of "moving
1II'ougb" 1beir collegiate studies
_ bcala � cxperk:nce.
AI¥! WOld c#.1iI mn paIiti\e'
c:xpeIiela iI.,-ed down., each
newda.
This year, we strongly en
CXlUI8F you ., per1idpdC in yow
scOOol's orieadltion. Get involved
am iet kmw mw it wenL Am
pemq. tal year, )OU will par
ticipUC .. an orienIBtion guide or
peercoumcJor. Stay involved am
en::owage o� k> also.
By � way, A.A sIm1s for
Associate of Arts, BA is Bacttlor
ofAr1sandMA � MMter'sf1Art.
HILTON: HIGHER
EDUCA710N if designed to
tIoIogue will coIIqe lIItd wtril
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would ere te po erful
incentive for millio of new vo e
to tum out for the t time.
The mo tout t nding
Afric a-American example of
independent politi . provided by
Afric a-American leader Ron
Daniel of Ohio. In his "Project ew
Tomorro "Daniel h brought
together wide range of Blae and
progr ive form tions, dedicated to
the go I of con tructing "an
independent third force in American
politic utilizing n independent
pre idential camp ign in '92 a
major cataly t."
Daniel is campaigning for
Pr ident on a progressive platform,
to challenge the reactionary politics
of Bush-Qualye and the increasingly
conservative politic of
Clinton-Gore.
By traveling across the nation,
peaking t hundreds of community
ALO GTH
COLOR
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BUT IN 1990, Sander
triumphed over the Republic n .
THE REAL DEAL
center , churche nd chools, .
Daniel remin th t politics n
be energized, bringin tho of
vote into th pr i th
ense of empowerment.
Although I gely ignored in the .
national media, Daniel ' progressive
e ort is important for maintaining
the ocial justice perspective which
w th he rt of Je e J ck on'
pre idential cam paigns of 1 84 nd
1988.
Ron Daniel and oth IS how
that political ction can contribute to .
the truggle for bottom up
democracy. "
Dr. M anning M arable is
Professor of Political Science and
History, University of Colorado,
BouiMr. "Along the Color LiM"
appears in over 250 publicatio1lS,
and is broadcast by more than 50
radio stations internationally.
by Ricky Crudup and Van Hagans
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Other issues hover like Marley's
ghost, like the proverbial Ancient
Mariner'S albatross,' around
Republican necks.
The drug war? No progress. The
deficit? Why haven't the
Republicans done something about it
in 12 years as Reagan promised?
With Perot gone, so- goes- the deficit
agenda. Unemployment? It
continues to worsen with no relief in
sight. The economy? Growth at a
lukewarm 1.5 percent annual rate.
confronted) in favor of helping their Osprey, and Sea Wolf; a flat real
loved ones in times of need, but, estate market; military budget
politically, at odds with their party's pare-downs, conversion, retraining,
outdated, illogical platform on the and retooling; increasing
issue. Marilyn Quayle's comment homelessness; and the environment.
that Corinne would "take the child to They are topics too'involved and
term": a mere anachronistic too loaded for relevant political
addendum to dead ideas on the debate at this late date. Their
SUbject. solutions take money. and aren't we
And what about that jazz experiencing the effects of eight
expression "family values"? Clinton years of Reagan's trickle-down
and Gore display young, suburban, fiasco?
middle-cIa s images of families Which leads back to sleaze.
practicing and struggling with values Even Gens. Colin Powell or H ..
to their best considering the neglect . Norman Schwarzkopf a smart bomb
of �epublicans ,,:,ho brought t�c down Saddam's tu�, promises of
family value sublect up to begin "Read my lips, there'll be a tax cut, "
with. or a swift kick urprise in late
September or early October
economic news will not save Bush's
warriors this time.
Sleaze is their only hope,
The donkeys are making
elephants' butts ofBusb's campaign.
And they're doing it while his own
"family value" people trategically
pI ce the manure carts in front of the
fans. Besides Secret protection,
what Willie and Al need are \
manure-proof vests.
Norman A. Du
Community
control of
the police
The Bush-Quayle ticket faces a
mission impossible these next few
weeks.
A host of domestic and foreign
nonissues stifle the Republican
Party's attempt to get its campaign
force off the tarmac. The GOP
seems bereft of ideas to tum things
around.
About the only thing left is for the
Bush camp to attack Clinton'S libido.
: With aboui two months to go the
: Democrats should be especially
cautions of the GOP launchin� a
last-ditch sleaze-ball, cum-bucket
campaign filled with sound and
telebytes of the cesspool nature.
Willy Horton without his pants on,
you might say. The GOP is running
out of time ..• and getting desperate.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS?
Saddam Hus ein still prospers while
many Americans do not.
And the bi ts and pieces from
Bosnia depict terror and starvation
and dead babies, all eluding a
concerted Bush response. No oil, no .
effort. And, sending 58,000
Haitians into their peril, Bush
violates the 1980 Refug� Act.
The economy? Stag,.1ant. The
cities? They're the pits and till
rotting before our eyes. Bush sends
billions to Russia and Israel but ca�
only scrape together $2.5 billion for
American urbanities. too little, too
late. O!J, well. Tough.
Abortion? The Bushes and the
Quayles how themselves "closet"
pro-choicer, humanely (when
THE OLDER BUSHES are far
from Yuppiedom and Baby
Boomville. And the young Quayles:
Are they really the cultural elites or
the "nabobs of nihilism" as
Buchanan used to have Spiro say?
Also, a close tud y of how
"family values" liave fared these last
12 years reveals what a flimflam the
expression really is.
Both the donkeys and the
elephants avoid the gut ubjects:
depleting college loans; law and
orde,r; tagnant education; a
crumbling infrastructure; health care
blues; unneces arie like SDI,
In Black, Latin, Asian, Arab and
all poor and working cia
communitie .tbe police do not serve .
the people.
They beat apd kill innocent
people, like Rodney King and Jose
Garcia. They e drug busts to
haras people--espccially youth.
But they let biUions of dollm in drug
deals go on every day.
The cops don't PlOtect the people.
They protect the tatus quo. More
than anything, the cops are there to
• POLJCE. A 10
CAlLING AL GORE a liberal
(or for that matter the elu ive
Ointon) just won't wash with voters
thi time. Gore's record transcend
the ugly 1... Label, especially since he
fought in Vietnam, vociferously
supported the Gulf War, and beats
GOPers at their own game in his
beautiful state of Tenne ce.
And, comparing Gore to Quayle
makes the latter the frog calling the
prince ugly.
Note: Gore went to Harvard 0 he
know bow to pell potato. End of
ONLY DIGGING UP bedroom
stories about Slick Willie and Mr.
Cle�n Gore might help. Lee
Atwater, r t his soul. His seamier
side reincarnated into political
director Mary Matalin, who makes
AttilatbeHunloo likcMr.Rodgers,
Lady Macbeth like Mary Poppins or
Barbie.
Indeed the GOP doesn't have
e ... ough money or brainpower to
explain a ay ita own "co mic"
failures before tbc Nov. 3 deadline.