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Show DAILY UTAH vv jjk v UNIVERSITY OF UTAH! THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1986 a i i VOL. 95 NO. 69 Reagan inmost act mow to avoid nuclear holocaust U. professor suggests arsenal reduction, test ban side disarm the other's tried to major the would side retain Each said. he strengths they systems, now have with such a reduction. Firmage suggests the second step is a complete test ban in order to stop the qualitative arms race. A nation would simply not deploy a system it could not successfully test and verify. radar and seismic readings Satellites, can all be used to verify compliance with a test ban, said inspections would Firmage. A certain number of on-si- te also be necessary in any arms control agreement. And both sides would get information from spies, he said. In the qualitative arms race, each side fears the other will make a quantum leap in technology, making existing past when each by Dee Naquin Staff writer The current era may be remembered as the last time humankind had a realistic opportunity to avoid nuclear devastation, says a University of Utah professor. Edwin Firmage, a professor in the College of Law, said President Reagan can take two important steps to assure that civilization will not end. "The time is now, by 2010 it will be too late." He said Reagan can dramatically reduce the quantitative arms race by accomplishing a 50 percent reduction in the number of nuclear warheads in the superpowers' arsenals. Both sides have generally agreed to this step, Firmage said, but each still asks the other to do more than they are willing to do themselves. Following such a reduction, he suggests an annual 10 percent cut in remaining nuclear arsenals. The mix of weapon systems used to accomplish this might consist of 10 percent reductions in both strategic (intercontinental) and tactical (short-rangnuclear weapons systems, over-thc-horiz- on systems obsolete, Firmage said. When fear based on failure to keep pace exists, the likelihood of one side making a first strike increases. After the two nuclear superpowers begin to make real progress in limiting the arms race, then pressures on states to "go nuclear" may lessen, he said. As long as we and the Russians are the "town drunks," he non-nucle- Firmage said. abstinence." continued on page four This method could avoid the stalemate caused in the I Jironnk photo by freedom. There is no struggle for freedom." Freedom is a state of being, not of doing, Guillory said. It's a given. And there's no struggle for freedom unless it's within one's own consciousness. "Freedom is available to anyone at any time. Freedom has nothing to do with opinions, ideas, theories or laws. Malt writer The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. didn't lead black Americans on a struggle for freedom during the 1960s. He couldn't. They were already free. Many of them, though, weren't aware of it. That was the message spread Wednesday by William Guillory, a professor of chemistry at the University of Utah. Wednesday would have been King's 57th birthday. What King was really fighting for, Guillory said, was parity, or equality, for black Americans. "Having parity is not being free, at least not to me," he said, speaking before an audience at the U. Health Freedom is state of being each of us has total responsibility for. It's not to be given or taken, nor can it " be. Freedom must be abdicated." Thus, Guillory said, when the Civil Rights Movement began in the late 1950s, the issue wasn't freedom which every human being already enjoyed but equality of jobs, housing, opportunity and status. In a way, though, King did fight for freedom, Guillory said. "Parity and equality did change with the Civil Rights Movement, but there was also a complete revolution in Sciences Center. "We can achieve parity, but we aren't assured of DoubleinniDimt a Reagan must take several steps to assure civilization will not end. today, he said. It's all too easy to point the finger and place the blame on someone else for how our lives have turned out. It's all too easy to play the role of the victim, Guillory said. "A better role is that of responsibility," he told the audience, "even if it's not reasonable because life is not reasonable." gum doesn't have anything oveir U Staff writer itlBlilpsil, . There are the twin cities in Minnesota, a Twin Falls, Idaho and the stately twin towers in New York. And by no means is the University of Utah to be left out of this doubling distinction, as it boasts quite a few twins of its own. Jim and John Liston grew up in Utah and graduated from Judge Memorial High School in 1983. They came to the U. because it was the "norm," as Jim says, and because of family tradition. They are identical in looks and in many of their likes. Although Jim is a physical therapy major and John is studying graphic design and architeclives are much ture, their j 4 non-academ- ilililiiiifcilii : ... :) is-- tvi IS'' ic the same. "In a sense we're always together," Jim said. It could be coincidental, but John says. there may be some sort of extrasensory perception between them. "Sometimes Jim will say something and I'll be thinking the same thing." "Supposedly, we're genetically the same," Jim said. "Because we were Chronicle photo by Steve Griffin U. twins, says people's consciousness with the movement. Both things happened." And with that change in people's consciousness, he said, came the realization they were free. One of the qualities that made King such a great man sense of personal responsibility, was his deeply-fe- lt notion of taking responsibility for one's said. The Guillory is own life, the greatest challenge facing human beings by Amy Page v todJ IjwUnJ U. law professor Edwin Firmage says President King fought for parity not freedom, U. professor by Donn Walker ) ar said, we can't effectively "preach the virtues of e) i WVr starting from the bottom and going counterclockwise, are; Jim and John Liston, Keith Rose, Heather and Stacey Coleman, Dave and Diane Souvall, and Michelle and Brooks Amiot. raised the same and treated the same, we are psychologically alike." It's kind of different, says John, to have friends who don't know he's a twin. Jim and John are frequently mistaken for each other and people think them rude for not responding. But, Jim said, "sometimes it's easier to go along." Another set of brothers, Carl and Keith Rose, may seem to be even more alike than the Liston twins. At the U., they share a major in business and about the same grade point average, although, Carl says, "I'm probably smarter." At Cyprus High School, Carl and Keith were student body officers together. Also, they were both on the wrestling team, which was fun, Keith said , until they had to wrestle each other. "Everyone in the crowd was cheering for Rose," he said. There was no way to disappoint the crowd, but, "I've never forgiven him," Carl said of his brother's victory. In addition to sharing a room at home, the brothers also have the same job with the same company. Both are part-tim- e accountants for A- -l Quality Glass. They even served LDS missions at the same time in England. "We're the best of friends," Keith said. Carl added to that by saying, "Our philosophy is that we've got this unique asset, so why not take advantage of it." A set of twins who maybe aren't the "best of friends" is Brooks and Michelle Amiot. Being a brother and sister, the Amiots have to remind themselves sometimes that they are twins. "We're not the same at all," said Michelle. "He's more academic and I'm more athletic." Brooks, 11 minutes older than his twin, is an English and political science major. He is involved with the U. debate continued on page four Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |