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[''Beyond War' seeks alternatives to nuclear conflict By MICHAEL BLACK BULL

News Editor · • "The primary reasons for most of

soletc and suicidal, that there arc alternative ways of solvlna conflict, and that personal involvement does make a difference.

"During World War II, 50 million people, 90 percent civilians,

Walner. "Right now, three Soviet submarines are patrolllng off our coast , Two are all that Is needed to wipe out every major city · In the U.S.

. "The use . of nuclear weapons .Is Inevitable If we continue to view war as a .viable alternative/ ' . . Displays · set up · at the meeting outlined the amount of money spent on weapons. . .

Three week's worth of the world's . · military spending would clear up all contaminated water, thus reducing disease In the world by 80 percent.

On the locai level, Beyond Wads organizing Introductory .· evenings

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Wai Is orpnWng a tuk for" to visit Russia with the goal of pro­moting international undcntandina,

· The · organiutlon also present• the Beyond War . Award · to the In­

. ·· dlvldual or group that hu done the us being here are the little children

·· and their right to grow up," stated · Wally Walner, a spokesman for the Beyond War movement; "'We must

· put war behlrid us, like slavery and .. human sacrifice." ..

; Walner,-along with his wife Judy,

. were killed," ~aid Walner. ''Add. up every bullet, every tank · shell, 'grenade, and bomb, Including . the two atoin boiubs, fired during that war I and you have the firepower ·or .· 6,000 World War li's In the nuclear armaments of the U.S. arid Russia

"Likewise, the U.S. has Its sub, · marines patrolling off the coast of the Soviet Union . The combined power o( any two ·would · destroy Russia as a civilization.'' ·

Wa1ncr labeled the belief that the . incredible destructive capabllltics of . ·

. nuclear weapons ·will prevent their USC 8S ail "il!US!On, II ..

• The cost of · developing . one . new · intercontinerital missle could feed SO .

. million starving children, build 6,500 health care ceniers, or build . 34,000 schools. ·

. and orientation meetings. A three week course Is also offered which in­cludes speakers ·and group diS<:us- · . sions. Eight symposiums will also be offered in California. ·

· most to promote pea~ . durin, the past year; In 1983, the award wu given to the American · Catholic Bishops.

u1n the nuclear age It Is ldcallatlc to think we can go to war to resolve conflicts,'; said Pat Cowles, Kern County coordinator for Beyond War . . "It's realistic to say WC muat sec the imperative of changing the

" -:--addres$ed the issue of war In 'the nuclear age before an audience of over 100 gathered in . St. · Philip's M&sr, Logan Hall Monday night, · · Labeling nuclear war as the most

. · . crucial Issue of our time, Walner ex­plained that Beyond WB1 Is an all­vofuntccr organization .dedicated to changing the_ way people view war. ·. Beyond War hopes to achieve this aoal_ by showing people war is ob, ·

· · alone.'' Walner Jllustrllted his point by

dropping one metal ball, · rcpresen: · ting the total destructive power of

.· World War H, Into a bucket; He followed by slowly pouring· 61000

. metal balls Into the bucket ; "There. arc over 50,000 nuclear

. weapons ·. In . the world," stated

"Many weapons, such as dynamite' or machine guns, were

· viewed by their . Inventors · as_ too. destructive to even consider using·,'' ·. said Walner. "Each was seen as the .

. ~ltlinatc defense weapon i°hat ~ould · end war forever . We have .used ev~ry weapon invented."

The nations of the world spend $1.3 . · million . every . minute ,. for ·. military purposes. In .each . of these · same minutes 30 children die from .

. lack of food ·or inexpensive vac­cines. · If the world spent just four per­

. cent of Its annual arms budget per year, hunger on planet Earth would end by the year 2000.

On the national level, . Beyond . War pians a ·. teievision and radio

. campaign in 11 ."tatgeted!' states, .· iilciuding .. · Calif6rnia, Georgia,

Iowa, Vermont, and Wi_sconsin. · · ."These 11 states were chosen because they arc trendsetters, ;; ex­

. plained Judy Walner. "Tile rest of

. the country looks tci these states for · direction ." .

On an international level, Beyond

· way we deal with conflict.'-' · "We're talking · about brinaina

. · the whole human race back from the :brink of nuclear destruction/' . sald

·. Judy Walner. ''What other venture .·.· . · is mote worthy of oor efforts?"

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INSIDE: · Merle . · H1agird · · comes . home to sing ror the'

folks. See.page 3, . ·!-THE-R&NECllDE ·• RIP

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VOLUMEXLV. NUMBER~ BA~ERSFiELD COLLEGE .· ·. MONDAY, ()CTOBERl, 191,c'

:Petitiondrive 'battles' for /access to Kern River · .. - ' . . -.. . . .- . . ' . ·-: :-_ >-;../ __ ·.-~ .:-f0.i ~:,:,:--__ ._;f"····-.... •. ;. ..... ;::- '

. By KIMBERLY WARP. · .. ti~n di-iv~ they arc in the pro¢ess of·. · between 5,000 and 10~000 signatures . tei, a ... tcicai' ,•attorney >. whe> - is .·. ~;..,·.----.. ·,;,.•.·,""',. ""'., -, -------------------. . -Edit~r,in,Chief . . .· . conducting: . . ·. . .· ' . · .. . .. ·.. . . .· . : before the_ bQ!U'd .meetiitg Ori Mon- sp~rheading _ the petition _ drive. ~ > Advocates· of.ihe proposed Kern : • . ' Th·e drive; which began last Tues- . <lay: . . . . . . ·. . .. ''G~orge •Nickel (a Jocal land . · . Ri~er Plan will be going before the .··. ·. day. with, a' j,re!i'S conference at the · • . ''Marty pcopie:have ~ajcj'iha! the . ownirl ~eyiiopfr ·wh9Js .l.eadi~g the tJoard of Supervisors one week · Raricheria Road Bridge' . cast or' community is opposed to , this . oppositipn) has steadf astec!ly-niain,.' from tpday with the results o(a petl- .. Bakersfield; is an attempt .to gijthe·r · ·. plan,'.' ·comments Thomll$ 'Failgat~ ·_ tlliried that . the ~ople dori'f want it ... ·.

. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ·. ·- ... . - . • . ·. (the plan)." ·. . . . . .. ·

· · · · · · · · · · · · · ·· ·. ·. · •·. · ·· '-'Well, we feel tl)at.the¢omrnuni-·

Film .. series ····•Of fers wide vieW .. ·t;~t7.~t"i:~;::~-:::.:ra~~:tr · · ·· · .· . . . - . . .· · of that will voice the ·conceins'ofthe .

. . . • . >public ) l~d cominunitY;'' ; s.ays · ·. . By MI<::HAEL =BLACK.BULL . · . ..Studehts :arc· ttie' ori'es ..vho will ·· ·• nandez. ·~•Tuey .pres~nt i:(:~i)omic · Fallgatter .. '_- < . .. . .

· · · Ncws':Ediior · · - -- · · be .;- drafted/~ ·• says ·: Fernan<iez: .. : onderdevelopment . arid: · political · ' · 1:'he.Kern· Riv~r Plart i{ concerndf: . · The BC :Chican~cJttural ~,-itei'; . / •students w,ill .also pay the 'cost of . · totalitarianism as the real issues;, not _:. \vith .three majonfsp~cts of de~elop- < .

, ,' .. in: ~njunction. witl:i t~·c. C,o~miH~ . .·. any dirccru.s! mjl_it.ary i~'votv~llient ',. Soviet or Cuban aggression.'' .·• •·.· .•... ·. · .. •. · menF a!Qng the. l_(ern .• River. The .· . _.· In.Solidarity With.The.P~P,le .<?f El . :•·in :' Gent~al ·r\'reri~~t~r·()u~~}at~~r: . : •· '. ·< ,··: /, :':-:.>-.. <; ·: :S:. ::. : .• :· i .• ·.· ... th'r~ · ilSpec~s •. accor~in~ to f~lgat~. • ·

. Salvador (CISPES)'ilrid ~ovemi.eh~ •. ~efi~lts 1_n y~s. ahead.'.!: : · · . : ·, : . : :. _F! I.ms ., \Vt!\ .••.be :·.: p~~s.en.~ed . ;,.t.e~ ~e pl.lbhc?~~~ss, pres~f~attQ~P.f :: to Eshidianiial'-· De -- Ghicano De· · . · . . · . .- . · .. . .. · · . -. : . : . t~roughout·the semester: lnter~te.d ·_·_the natur_al hab1~at .. a.nd ope.n s~!lce~ Aztlan (MEChA); is presenting a . . . J~~ series. \\'tll deal "'1.th subjects . ' pers<i.ns may . call the . Chic~no· . ·for rec!eatiortal use . . . ·. : . . .·

. film series on Latin America; . . . . ranging fr<>lll the V-~:-· ~keorer· of : . Cultural Center.; 39$-4532, for more . . • ' 'Colli ge i sttJdents, . ·~s~ecially, ·:. 'Th. . . ··· .· f· ·th ·fi·1 ··. - . . . . . Grenada to the •. con.fl1ct tn< El ·. exact· information on dates . and s·houtd ·h·av·e.·a··:10·t. of ,.n.• t.·er:es· t:.,.n· ·1•h1·s· . • e purpose o e I m sen es 1s S d · · · . · · . · . · M · · ·· · · · · · ·. ·

· · · / ed· · · ·t · th'c cam us and local · aJva or to :NicaraJua to the, ex- · •. times. ·.· plan' '- ·_: he .:comin. ents .. /. •iAfie.r. · 1\1.1, .·:· . . to .· .. uc~ c . · , J> ; . ·. . • · .. ··. · icari Revolution. "These:- films -arc · . · ·· . . . . . .· ,·' · -· . ·

community about soc10:,ec_onom1c . - . · . . d . . ... , . , Th- ·c l ·, L h . . ·.· · · f · · · .. th.ey will be the ones,to'be denied ac- . . . · _. · .• . .- • ··ca1··, :· .· ·. b--1 .... .. ·• r··• • •... •La-. ·t·· · . . · maJor motion picture pro ucuons, • · · . • e o oma entage o .oppres- .. -·c· e··55· . . 1··n· ·. th·e:·.·.fut·ure··1,f 1·h· e·· .p.la·n· doesn·· 't · and polttl pro ems acmg m · • ·. -·· - •. · ·. · -· ·.· ·· . •· w. ·_ori · • ·· · · · · ·· · · ·. · ·· · · · ·· .· ·.·· · .. Am. . •· - •_ ·t· : · •~: .··. a· y· .5,-. Rub· e· n· .· . . sa~s Fernandez, .· "Most .have .. s1on a_nd 91scnnimat19n t:ias a long · · ·. suc·c·e-ed· .•.·.•· . .. ·.... · · · · · · ... ·.·

. encan na ions, . s . . . - • · 1· ·d -., , ·h· · · 1·· ·L · ,., . .:.,,; · · •" ·· F · · . .·. . d. • .d . . · • . .. f·. th. ·c· h' · .. · .• mternattona . a war s. , • ·. 1story. n atm.nu1enca, says er- . · .• P .. c.-.t. ·1;t·i·o·_• n_s·· ... ·ar·e· .. a·v·_ •a·i_la· bl·e· = a--1·1.·. ·0· v.e· r' .. Fernan ez,c ircctoro : e 1cano •__ · · .. · . ··. ,; ·h· . .. • fil ·' · .. h ·: . f · Cultural .Center. ''The importance .·· · . •. nhande!~; ,r es~ 1 ms. afrfe ~ s ()W od. ·. town arid miistb~signed !Uld turned •

· · f , .d . · · . · H · . ".The films .open up ·a different t. e r=i s1tuat1on, SU enng, an . . in airioon,-· '.Oct·.· 8,~in order to be .· .· . o . c u~atmg .· prtmary . . co ·~ge p· ersepective ... on'• the ·.p'rob.lem.s in . · .. · commitment of the• people to ·run ·. .

·_ students IS to· prevent. another VJet-· h . . · . . · 1; ·" .· · · ·. presented before ihe board ai 7 p.m. ·. •, nam in Cent~~ America/' Central America/' /e,xplains ~er~ t CIT own IVCS. . · .. that everiirtg. However; the signed .•

--- · petitfons· ~outd:. stili b~ helpful' if . turried in after the d~adlirie, ·.. .

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.. Still goin' after 5 5 :·years· See PETIUON DRIVE,}age 2 ·. .. ThomllS Fallgatter

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· ·ey MICHAEL BLACK BULL .· News Editor .· .

· Efforts are underway to est.ablisl") a Positive Action Commiuee on the

.BC campus. ·. . . .· . . Tarun Sharma, BCstudent from

Canada, is the motivating ·rotce behind Positive Action. • "I would like to see things change

for the better," SjiYS Sharma. · "Through this committee, students at · BC could become involved in such issues as overpopulation: polu- · tion, poverty, animal cruelty, and the nuclear buiidup."

As part of Positive Action 's plan, Sharma would like to bring pt<>ple who are involved in societal i~ucs onto campus to lecture . "If students · in colleges can sec that there are people actively trying to better humanity's condition, it may motivate them to pursue th~ avenue, ."

"Pe,_:iple r~ognize college as a step :o eduute on~lf and malce a ~:er contr.bution to society," says Sharma . ' 'Since we .re college st~. many or us ,,.,;1) be the leaden of ! omorr o,. ..

" An ad hoc commi::~ from 1~

board of reprc,e,t.at 1ves :l cUTTently iOOClfl& mlO th< ~ aspecH of let­'.JTI& PoiiUvt Actioll IOI Tl&. " \& 'fS

Sandi Munoz. ASB president . ' 'We alllO mUSI dc!C1dt whether P011t1ve

· Action wili be established as a com-mitiee or a club.'; .·•· "I would like to see Positiv~ Ac0

lion brought i.n as a committee,,. says sh·arma. "As a ·committee we

. ·will b¢. talcen more seriously." : :Both ·sharma and MunoL would . . . .

lfkc to see Positive Action spread to · other schools .. "I haven't heard · of this concept on any· other campus," says Munoz. "If other colleges see the program being successful at BC,

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. they might be motivated to adopfit .·themselves." .

· "My _· inspirations come . froht Martin Luther King, Jr:, Ga~dhi

. and Jesus Christ," says Shamja. "Not in a religious sense, but through the basic idea that mankind . . .

should come ' together . in brotherhood to help each other."

"By taking positive action · we . .

become more than · men living together , we become brothers."

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