VIEWS/OPINIONS ,. doul wiD 1iI." 1liI mt be irmptetld ., nan ICIdemic ml career pauiII smwd mt be de8ncdmldmdnnrhearl1erin IN FACf, many of my pe­ vbuI aWmas fbaa on � fact t "higher education begins carty." JfIll)'CD.uct1ike .,� alpita�aspedal twopartai\IDD thatlWlOIe �eadyeduca­ tioo. pIeMe give B a call orwrite: 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 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 tmdtn. EG�uOff8Oinlllltd certtJinly 11« limiI«110 cItmroom � I4stdk. (lU)I1J9-()65(). 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 LI 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 . . . • • .. TUE JURORS IN T.,.c K.NG T"'fttL. WCMI 9Jr1!R THE CouJn'�M. Q o - I READERS WRITE Man • Ion • • quote. 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.