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Show Westminster College of Salt Lake City Volume 36 Issue 17 February 21, 1989 World Affairs Do Affect the U.S. According to Specialists By Laura Reeves The 8th Seminar on Global Affairs and U.S. National Security was held in Salt Lake City, Feb. 10, at the Salt Lake Hilton. Authorities in the fields of Latin America, the Strategic Defense Initiative, the Pacific Rim and the Soviet Union presented facts about their fields and how they relate to United States national security in this setting. According to Ned Kulp, moderator and coordinator of the seminar, "This event Is designed for educational purposes. We're event. veiy proud that this is a We dont care if a person is a democrat, communist or republican. Just so that when they leave, they've learned something." Kulp has been involved with these and similar seminars for 21 years. Colonel Lawrence Tracy discussed Latin America - critical challenges ahead. Tracys last assignment in the military was as Senior Defense Advisor in the Office of Public Diplomacy for the Latin Americas at the Department of State. He holds a master's degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University. According to Tracy, the most critical problems in Latin America in relation to U.S. national defense are communist expansion, the debt crisis and drugs. "We have an obligation in this region (Latin America) to do what we can to give these people the same freedoms we enjoy," said Tracy. In Tracys estimation there is a very to have democracy in pragmatic reason Latin America - U.S. security. Tracy said that the Sandinistas are but that many definitely Marxist-Leninis- t, Americans fail to support Contra aid due to cognitive dissodence. In reference to the debt crisis, Tracy feels that this monumental problem could cause Latin American countries to doubt democracy and the United States' ability to "do the job." This, he stated, could result in more absolutist solutions. "If there is one area that can bring us together it has to be (drugs)," said Tracy. The non-partis- an non-partis- Richard Brockmeyer, director of plants and facilities, oversees repairs on the defective power cable. New Cable to Lighten Load By Skip Gregory Most of the power outages on Westminsters campus over the past couple of years have resulted from a 20 year old cable said Richard Brockmeyer, Westminsters director of plant and facilities. Brockmeyer, who has been on staff for the past eight years, said the defective cable caused a major power outage five years ago. He said moisture had seeped into die broken cable causing the school to uncover and replace several hundred feet of it in the plaza area. "Time and expense kept us from replacing the whole section," he added. Brockmeyer said the current problems are caused by the remaining 500 feet of this old cable. Gary Clayton, Utah Power & Light dispatch foreman, said the Feb. 13 power failure was noticed when a station circuit breaker tripped shortly before morning classes began. He said the outage was reminiscent of the one last December which caused clases to be cancelled for a full day, just prior to mid-term- s. Inside Mid-Tow- n Campus Closes..2 Compulsive, But Healthy...3 Graduate Programs? 4 Dispelling Rape Myths 5 Gay Mormon Bishop 6 Jazz Coverage 7 Brockmeyer said that in December the crews tried four times to splice the old and new cables together. On the fifth held. knew the "We breaker then the attempt cable would have to be replaced," he said, adding that it was so cold it was decided to wait until spring to finish the work. "We took a gamble and lost," he said. "We hoped it would hold, but it didn't." Brockmeyer said he was hoping to wait until winter break to replace the cable, but Salt Lake City electrical Inspector, Neal Wright, said he ordered the work completed by Feb. 20 because of safety factors involved with the exposed 12,000 volt power cable. "I believe we can have the project completed by Saturday evening, barring any complications," Brockmeyer said. 'There won't be any power in Malouf, Payne, Carleson, Foster and Shaw, but by rerouting power we can keep Bamberger and the library going, weekend classes can be held in Gore, and the dorms will be alright," he concluded. UP&L , Election Elicits Record Turnout By 8 citizen awareness of the tremendous security problems posed by the Latin American countries. The Strategic Defense Initiative has become one of the most hotly debated items in the defense budget. Lieutenant General Daniel Graham, a West Point graduate and former Deputy to the Director of the C.I.A, noted that the implementation of Phase I of the SDI plan would actually be less expensive than the SkowcroftBrown proposal to modernize the triad. Graham estimated that Initiating Phase 1 of SDI would cost the taxpayers $69 billion, whereas the SkowcroftBrown plan to modernize the triad would cost $200-30- 0 billion. The SkowcroftBrown plan to update the triad (land, sea and air missies and launching mechanisms), Graham stated, docs not protect satellite assets, nor reduce total force vulnerability. Graham said that SDI also provides protection against rogue nation attacks and accidents. According to Graham, SDI also returns more to the civil economy than it depletes. He said that there could be as to the civil much as a $5-2- 0 trillion spin-of- f economy, depending on whose figures one accepts. Norman Bangerter, governor of Utah, spoke during the luncheon break. Bangerter stressed the importance of defense to the Utah economy. He also thanked the Utah Military & Veterans Affairs Committee for their contibutions to the state of Utah. See "World" p. 8 i t & Skip Gregory .. Students in record numbers turned out to vote in the constitutional election, said Chris Tucker of ASWC's Judiciary. He stated that volunteers had logged over 200 votes on the first day and more than 125 on the second. "It's the best turnout we've had in the past five elections." Annette Tribby, also with Judiciary, said that most of the credit for student participation is due to the efforts of ASWC leaders and representatives. She said that in compliance with Interim Chief Justice Michael Conger's battle cry of taking it into the classroom, volunteers had been extremely busy with personal reminders, banners and news articles. "More than 600 students had been contacted by telephone and encouraged to vote," Dina Engeman said on Wednesday, the third day of the election. Engeman is the budget committee's studcnt-at-larg- e Continuations an principle producer of coca and cocaine is Bolivia, according to Tracy. He stated that the Latin Americans call the U.S. "the consuming country" and if there were no consumers in the U.S., the Latin American countries wouldnt be able to sell their products. "Drug barons in Bolivia have far more money at their disposal than the Bolivian government docs," said Tracy in a call for U.S. and representative. Members of ASWC's governing branches manned the ballot box which was placed in Shaw Center during the day and at other locations for evening classes. They distributed handbills, chocolate chip cookies and sodas to coax reluctant students to stop and take the time to mark a ballot. Tucker, who's unbridled enthusiasm has prompted him to take the election into the chilly plaza and the melee of the cafeteria at lunch time to elicit a promise to vote, said he hopes this election will set a record for future classes. To ensure it, one evening, he and Jeff Swanson, another member of Judiciary, canvassed Nightingale Library for those who have not taken the time to cast a ballot. Often they had to spend time explaining the two proposals and importance of a vote for cither one. Meanwhile Stacey Lufkin, Legislative Assembly's sophomore representative, and others waited at the ballot box in Gore's lobby for students from dismissed classes. Frequently they had to follow them out into the icy parking lot, asking them to come back and vote. Conger praised the efforts of all ASWCs branches and members for raising the President Charles Dick votes in political consciousness of the student body. constitution elections. I ss'tfr |