Show r lit Oi' aU OWat ?rjI (continued from page 6) Another possible motivation for our willingness for war quite possibly be found on the domestic front With the end of the cold war the reunification of Germany and the sweeping changes in the Soviet Union the current administration was faced with an ugly problem what to do with the troops that would be coming home from Europe These returning troops combined with laying o(T thousands of defense workers promised to swell the ranks of the unemployed When one considers that on top of this economists are forecasting recession it would appear that failing to make a major showing in the gulf would spell political disaster The voters would not remember the reasons behind the high unemployment rate or the sluggish economy only that it had happened This certainly hurts ones prospects While stopping Hussein before he becomes to powerful is the major motivating factor behind US involvement in the gulf I fed the political and economic factors I have mentioned (day a large part in determining US policy as well Would we be so involved under different economic circumstances? The United Nations cannot back down or they will become an ineffective entity League of Nations They would follow in the footsteps of the Saddam Hussein cannot back down Should he fail he will lose what little support he has in the gulf He surely does not want to follow in the footsteps of the Shah or Worse yet end up chatting with Mohammed in person So is war the only solution to the problem? Saddam cannot back down The United Nations cannot back down For them war is seemingly unavoidable The United States has nothing to lose by pulling bade to the roll of tactical supporter We can still maintain our big brother to the world image without sacrificing American lives unnecessarily Besides we probably should consider sending troops to Lithuania after all is the freedom of these people any less important than the people of Kuwait? Certainly not I say! J5JWV y Ci1) ill-fat- : asM IJr Vl V'1v The Eagle - Page 7 21 ed Rachael Chadwick makaa a strong mova to tha baakat while a taammata gata poeltlon for tha rabound (photo by Gordon Jansen) Lady Eagles win 4 of last 6 games by Tommy Honghton sports writer "We had several chances to win the Dixie game" Paur added Jackson led the scoring for the Eagles with 23 followed by Rachael Chadwick and Steffen! Carpenter with 11 Brooke Haines and Vannesa Jubitz scored 10 while Pam Dupin crashed the boards and dumped in 8 The Lady Eagles returned from a sue- cessful trip to Rillcrton Calif earlier this month where they won two of four games before returning lo Utah where they also won a pair beating Hill Air Force and Snow Lady Eagles rebound to beat Snow The first night wasn't an enjoyable one Saturday night saw the Lady Eagles for the Eagles Tfiey faced the number one beat a tough Snow team easily 69-5- 7 California community college team Golden Jackson stole the spotlight again by 100-46 West where they were hammered pouring in 28 points four boards and five After the beating hod coach Dave Paur steals Dupin and Jubitz each put in seven with Dupin grabbing two rctxxinds Haines decided to slow down the Eagle offense in the second game and received better results had another impressive game by dropping in The Eagles next opponent was Long six points and stealing the ball three times Beach City a team Paur called the fastest The Badgers who were averaging over team the Eagles have faced Tbe quickness 80 points a game were held to 37 M We was not a factor as the Eagles defeated Long played agressive defense in the Snow game” Beach 7 Paur The next victim of the Eagles was El it: “ If we can begin shooting over 40 per- Camino who were shot down 52-5- 0 wrt In the final match CEU held it's own cent from the field we would start winning1' ‘if Paur commented As a team CEU shot 44 through the entire game only to lose a heartbreaker to Ml San Antonio 59-5- 7 percent from the field against Dixie and 43 CEU returned home to face Hill Air percent in the Snow game 59-37 Force beating them handily winning The Eagles upped their record to 6-- 1 the third of their last four games with the win over the Badgers Paurcom- -' Paur was enthusiastic about the Eagles mented on the Eagles shooting saying it had play saying their reduction of turnovers ove turned around over the last seven games and the last few games from about 35 to 20 per the team is playing better He also added that My' $i the Eagles were playing together well and game has made a big difference and the r i1improvement of putting points on the board they will continue to improve and be more rr -S successful largely due to Allison Jackson 61-5- I s - - r 1 ’Ar Vj-- : AM V- ‘1 - : V 1 CEU drops close game to Dixie s It took double overtime for the Rebels 's " at to narrowly defeat CEU Friday night in the BDAC The game was a back and forth battle all night First one team would get a good lead then the other would come right back to snatch it away But at the final buzzer Dixie had the lead 9 91-8- a 4 The cheer yell and song squad entertain audiences at every home basketball game with their creative routines Yell leaders Randy Vleeer and Richard Nielsen throw up liberties with partners Nicole Anderson and Carrie Crocco 25-mem- ber (photo by Harlan Moore) |