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Eastern Illinois University The Keep The Post Amerikan (1972-2004) The Post Amerikan Project 4-1986 Volume 15, Number 1 Post Amerikan Follow this and additional works at: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/post_amerikan Part of the Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Publishing Commons, and the Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons Remembering Haymarket; Reviewing Galery; Rebuking Dozier Bloomington -Normal 25¢ Vol. 15 No. 1 April-May 1986 .. ........... , , .,,.� ... ·-.... -"' ? � \ c t. �Dl t9 'II •NOJ.9NIK�EI •NOJ.DNIWacn8 89t • ON.J.Iliraad XOO 3:�I.il.i10 .LSOd OIVd aDV.LSOd ·s·n NV){nrawv .r.SOd 3:.LW )f!fiH aa:.r.sanoa� Nor.r.�a�o� ssa�aav Post-Amerikan April-May 1986 2 About US ································· The Post Amerikan is an independent community newspaper providing information and analysis that is screened out of or downplayed by ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• establishment news sources. We are a In this issue • • non-profit, worker-run collective that • • exists as an alternative to the . • • corporate media. Decisions are made Page • collectively by staff members at our •• • regular meetings. 3 Shuttle safety vs. P.R.: P.R. won • • "Safety First" is only a slogan to NASA • We put out nine issues a year. Staff • • members take turns as "coordinator." • 4 Voters say 'No' to Middle School • All writing, typing, editing, • Quality education a concern to all • photography, graphics, pasteup, and distribution are done on a volunteer 5 Parenting prejudices prosecute basis. You are invited to volunteer Death of child not suffering enough your :talents. 8-9 Central America Week activities Most of our material and inspiration Pictures worth, you guessed it, 1000 words for material comes from the community. The Post Amerikan welcomes stories, 10-12 Lawyer explains U.S. violations of inter�ational law graphics, photos, and news tips from Our involvement in Central America illegal our readers. If you've like to join us, call 828-7232 and leave a message 13 What's the meaning of jeans? on our answering machine. We will get ISU turns into sweat pants city back �o you as soon as we can. We like to print your letters. Try 14-15 Remembering Haymarket • What it was and why we shouldn't forget to limit yourself to the equivalent of two double-spaced typewritten pages. If you write a short, abusive letter, Cable comix . 4 The Underground Barfly • 16 it's likely to get in print. Long, abusive letters, however, are not Community News & Letters . 6&7 My Sister, the Punk Rocker • 6 likely to get printed. Long, brilliantly written, non-abusive letters may, if we see fit, be printed as articles. 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Main UPIC 827-4026 City/state/zip White Hen pantry, 207 Broadway (in front) Post-Amerikan April-May 1986 3 • Shuttle safety vs. P.R. • P.R. won Those of us who are following the ponderous unraveling of what went wrong with the space shuttle Chal lenger are being rewarded with a wonderful sort of bureaucratic version of a mystery book. Mystery fans know the slow, tantalizing pace of getting closer and closer to the answer, all the while stopp ing off for frequent digressions concerning the character of the players. In good mysteries, the answer always lies in character. It is not too soon to leap nimbly to at least one conclusion about the tragedy, and that is that it bears the unmistakable stench of public relations. We got a nearly perfect A. B. example of P.R. thinking recently · from George Hardy, deputy director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, when he said, "I believe that to sug night of the 25th," he said, "there on board" will make the 0-rings ge st that flight safety was dis were Congressmen who had come to work right. Or that no one will regarded or not prop erly regarded on Florida to watch the launch. Why, be blamed if they don 't. the night of Jan . 27, in my opinion, the Vice President was going to does a disservice to dedicated and fly in for it . All the media I think Fritz Hollings is right- committed professionals ." people were there, but we paid no the Rogers Commision is performing attention- -we did not launch." limited-scope investigation and, Now that 's one of those remarkable a as a result, will come up with statements we got to know so well That Moore would answer concerning limited answers. Unless Robert during Watergate--it not only begs the wrong date is telling, but Crippen, Sally Ride and the other the question, it starts an emotional Rogers did not follow up on that answer, astronauts insist on pushing it flare that goes off in another direc and Moore never addressed the ques- further, I think the official tion entirely. "We are insulted that tion of whether there had been pres answer to what went wrong with the you have raised the question," be sure on the 27th. comes the answer. shuttle will be cast in engineering terms. They'll say it was the Morton Thiokol engineers have test The failure to launch on the 25th 0-rings or the rocket skin or ice ified that their opposition to was followed by an ep isode on the in the seams. launch was overruled by their com 26 th involving the door to the And 'that will be another tragedy, pany management under pressure from shuttle. With the media looking for then we'll miss the opportunity NASA. Rockwell