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Show October 5, 1984 Forum Page 3 'JttSCO (KllTitU'rffell! J ; Administration Must Make Decision on Basketball When Westminster announced its plan to include intercollegiate sports in the colleges reorganization, students had reason to glow. Especially to the return of basketball, proIn this basketball posed to start in 1985-8crazy state, it is almost blasphemy not to have a basketball program. However, the Forum is concerned that if action is not taken soon to ensure a competitive program, the 1985-8- 6 season will be a bust. The administration must decide now whether to put full support behind the pro1986-8- 7 gram for 1985-8or not at all. To begin with, the head coach would need e at least ten scholarships to start a 6. 6. full-rid- team. You cannot have a successful program without quality athletes and you need scholarships to get them. And if you wish to start in 1985-86- , the school must begin recruiting now, not in April or May. By then, the best players will have committed to other schools. Another problem would be scheduling. Most schools plan their schedules years in advance. Westminster, if it plans to start in 1985-8would have trouble getting games at this late date. Also, would Westminster want to rejoin the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, which we were members of until 1979, or compete as an independent? 6, These are only a few of the problems to be tackled, yet the administration continues to twiddle its thumbs, keeping Athletic Director Tom Steinke in limbo. Should Steinke start recruiting for 1985-8- 6 or wait for 1986-87- ? Or should he recruit at all? Steinke must be frustrated, especially after the fiasco of 79 when intercollegiate sports were abruptly d he seems to be dropped, and the getting now from the front office." They get his and the students hopes up, along with impressing the accreditation committee, then delay and delay like theyre the Space Shut- Steinke recruit with the idea of having a club team next year and a NAIA This would allow more squad in 1986-8than enough time for recruiting, scheduling and budget planning. We realize that the costs are a major problem, but if the administration waits to be in the black to start up basketball, well all be six feet under. Whether or not you agree with this plan, the problem still lies at the administrations feet. They have to get off their butts and make a decision, one way or the other. Is that full-fledge- run-aroun- too much to ask? tle. However, d 7. The the Forum has a plan. Let Forum Staff Economics: Where the Presidential Candidates Stand Recently, U.S. News and World Report ran a series outlining the Presidential Candidates positions on key issues. The Forum will reprint the series in this, and the next two issues to better inform Westminster community before they go to the polls on Nov. 6. three-pa- rt Ronald Reagan Used by permission. Copyright 1984, by U.S. News and World Report, Inc., Vol. 97 No. 12, Sept. 17, 1984. r Walter Mondale Increase taxes only as a last resort to cut the deficit Let indexation of personal income-ta- x brackets begin in 1985 as scheduled to offset inflation. Establish a simpler and fairer tax system. What would you do about taxes? Raise taxes to reduce the deficit mainly by hitting corporations and upper incomes. Delay indexing of tax brackets. Lower tax rates and eliminate many deductions, credits and exemptions. Rely on an expanding economy to increase revenue and reduce spending on unemployment and welfare benefits. Push constitutional amendments requiring a balanced budget and permitting vetoes of individual items in appropriations passed by How would you go about Reduce the deficit by two thirds in four years by cutting the rate of increase in defense spending, trimming the record federal budget deficit? containing government-subsidizeand slashing farm-pric- e hospital costs d supports. Congress. Whats your formula for creating more jobs? Target the chronically unemployed and young How would you work with the Federal Reserve Board? Reach accord with the Fed by reducing the deficit and expect the Fed in turn to compensate with a and monetary policy that allows sustainable economic growth. Seek to appoint the chairman at the start of each president term instead of overlapping terms. Promote free trade but use import limits or voluntary quotas to protect such endangered industries as automobiles, steel, sugar and textiles. Oppose grain embargoes and laws requiring U.S.-maparts. imports to contain some share of What would you do to improve the sagging balance of foreign trade? Provide temporary protection for depressed legislation for industries. Support domestic-conteExport-Impothe of use Boost cars. imported Bank and Commodity Credit Corporation for helping sell U.S. products abroad. Oppose grain embargoes. Use a market-oriente- d approach rather than government subsidies. Offer export-credguarantees for farm goods. Bar aid for crops grown e on marginal land. Oppose benefits for crop retirement for soil conservation. How would you help Use acreage controls to bring production into line with consumption. Expand export credits. Halt farm enclosures and stretch out loan repayments. Broaden the Food for Peace program. Award tax credits to employers who hire disadvantaged youths and the handicapped. Establish a subminimum wage to encourage hiring of teenagers. Create enterprise zones to promote inner-cit- y employment policies Support the Feds current money-growt- h expand the nations money supply at a moderate rate designed both to hold the line against inflation and to maintain economic recovery. de it American farmers? long-rang- M ike Reporters Layout Assistants Momt John Dahinen Sheri I tearing Jw Director of lhotography Circulation Manager Hailing.--. Mike Moser Don Anglesey. Tammy Armantrout. Angie I la block. Chris ISertagnole, Nanei lioyd. Keda Hamm. Chris llogle. Karin Jaffie. Cynthia Jones, Stacy Rutters, Sheri Scott Kaiser. Celeste 1aquette. Mark Iaulos, Jack Sanford. Dianne Stevens, ltrad li. Smith. 1'eter Spagone. Danny Thtros. Christina Thurmond. Joe Warner. Marie Weiss Nanci Itoyd. Sheri Dearing. Karin Jaffie, Cynthia Jones. Scott Kaiser, Mike Moser. Jack Sanford Sheri Dearing. Angie Russell . I lainid Sarshar Jack Sanford Photographers Staff Artist Faculty Adviser Kay Own bey Editorial Policy The Fumm w elcomes letters from students and other readers. Submissions must be signed and include phone number and avoid use of profanity and libel. Lengths may not exceed three, double-spacetyped pages with lines 50 character spaces wide. The Forum will print up to six letters per issue, with student submissions basis. given priority, on a Deliver letters directly to the Forum office in the basement of Shaw Center (under the door if necessary!, by 3 p.in. on F'riday one week before the dale of publication. Opinions expressed in the Fur him are those of the writers and arc not to be construed as the opinions of the Associated Students of Westminster College or of administrators, faculty or staff. first-printe- d nt rt by Stacy Butters oIU-k- Managing Editor and Sport Editor Sales Manager more-balanc- ed Handicapped Students Denied Facilities I'he Forum of VVeslminxUT IoIIvkv of Salt ljkr City Mill U-- iutliiH-- ami hikt'lano arc in so ton during Kail somrMiT. l!Wt. ty im- Stuik'iiU of WokIiiuiinUt I I,sin .South Ml to Eul. Salt I amt-- ny. I I'M Ilk', Editor people for training and employment. Create jobs by rebuilding roads, bridges and other public projects. Expand the investment tax credit to include worker training and education. Although the percentage of handicapped students attending Westminster is extremely small, the difficulties these students face are not diminished by their number. According to Esther Doherty, director of cooperative education and career services, there are approximately five students enrolled at Westminster that face difficulties on campus because of their physical handicaps. One of the most obvious problems that handicapped students face is access to the buildings on campus. As of now, the only buildings that are accessible to handicapped students are Bam-berHall, Malouf Hall, the science building and Payne Gymnasium. Just because these buildings are accessible does not mean that the accessibility is practical. Take, for instance, the ramp in the gymnasium. One handicapped student feels that it is too high to climb. Unfortunately, the buildings that arent accessible are likely to remain unaccessible because there is no funding and because the gr structural changes just arent practical, Doherty said. Phillips said that if Westminster were a state agency, it would have to comply with state regulation dealing with access to the handicapped. Since Westminster is not a state agency, and does not receive state, money, the state regulations do not apply. Phillips also said that she encourages students with special needs, such as classroom scheduling, to contact her office. Handicapped students have concerns other than classroom scheduling. What about the availability of the gameroom? One handicapped student said that he feels he is denied the services that the gameroom offers, such as use of the typewriters and the TV. Both Doherty and Phillips agree that there arent many options that Westminster pro- vides to the handicapped student. They do, however, recognize their needs and they are willing to coordinate their services in order to accommodate students with special needs. |