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Whichever cornpanyptoyided faltering businesses^ there is no reason to adapt to" the ^prp'g^^^^p^Ma'tM^^ltin'6'my by cteafmgffiripre'; ^^^^^toyijofthg intended effect," Economics Professor •• the best goods and services at thevt^^»eeisurvived . •rriarket's changes to proyide>better .product'.°{^^^S while the competition did not. The socialistic overtones ^l^Mc^t^une^rio^eflSdfby^putting more mcfiey4in% Robert Rencrie^^^^S ^^^pvall'Street Jour^Kdicts that most of the dol- of the bill, which signal a sharp departure fromJ^Htateinlfg ;-.New DeaM^^^S^^^Krem^^etlie spending, | larsbeing used jh'the s'tiirtrMfls-vvilLnot seethe light of day are what many find alarming. See STIMULUS on A2: I isintended|^K^fet)id created by the econom^steurS ^^^^^^^^^^pngrn#ias recovered from its weak "What ww5|||URing about is basically the-jsoeia^ ened, state. Many oT the^goyemment funded programs ization of die country," Robert Mateer, a finance pro ' Special research by Mitchell Malcheff It successful, the bill couldprove vital in training; fessor, said. "The government wU-jrnagS^a. effort to Graph & Graphics by Alex Towers Amenc is hjtifej\oiMoici.?WoKlingVl^tH^Nlw'i ^rer^^ean^^^^^^^^^Mclmplei make sure that everybody continues Io hue P|ob' ejCCti* ^^^^^^^gades of service behind his shield, WHATS INSIDE: ^^^^^Mra^r^^^S fp^'pIt^^W^ehief^i>;fiPblice continues serving. ^He'^jj^cedMg^in^unarmed security guard. enforcement," Hinkley said. Drew Menard Staying Involved- Liberty COPY EDITOR After graduating two years later with a degree His experience was acknowledged last year students flood into D.C. for CPAC gUi^TOu'th Ministry, Hinkley continued with when he was promoted to the rank of Major the departmen^^n'tiially earning the rank of and made responsible for the training and su \ Col. Richard Hinkley was named^i^^S »O P I N I 0-1§Nj||i pervision of all the administrative functions of University Police Department (LUPD) s new Join opinion and trip and fall In 1990 he left Liberty to serve with the LUPD, according to the Liberty Journal. : Chief of Police last week, after former Chief down the yellow brick road for Clinton County Sherriff s Office in New York, As the new Chief of Police, Hinkley strives Howard Gregory retired. fanciful view on cloning. Hinkley has experienced almost every as working first as a corrections officer, and then to promote excellence in the department by as a deputy, according to the Liberty Journal. "maintaining a professional police and security pect of LUPD since he first joined the depart »S' P -O R T S Hinkley returned to Liberty in 1996, serv force" that is well prepared for any emergency. ment nearly 30 years ago. Check out a recap of this week's ing with patrol, training, K 9, supervision, ad . "We have a great group of officers that are . "I have seen this department grow and 7 wins and losses. become the professional organization it is to ministration and assuming the role of School dedicated and doing a great job. We will work Resource Officer for Liberty Christian Acad- on the little things to make it even better," Hin- day" Hinkley said. "Doing just about every job »L I F E ! within the department, has given me a great Coffeehouse is getting a make perspective on what is required of officers and " (Working as Resource Officer) was a great over for its spring show. Find out Cohtact Drew Menard how things need to be accomplished." learning experience that gave me the skills to the changes inside. While studying at Liberty'in 1979, Hin- work with people on a level other that strictly at [email protected]. tpbruarv24. POOQ STIMULUS ernment spending, according to Rencher. Ambassador's visit builds relationship CONTINUED FROM A1 Hie Great Depression was not halted by Roosevelt's New Deal, but through the Natalie Lozano Another issue concerning many Ameri start of World War II and the necessity to NEWS EDITOR cans is that very few members of the public* build war materials. Ronald Reagan fought actually know how the bill is going to help the crippling recession during the 1980s by The Moidovan Ambassador to the them and where their tax dollars will be cutfing taxes, not increasing them to fund United States Nicolae Chirtoaca ventured going. To make matters significantly worse, government programs. John F. Kennedy onto Liberty's campus Feb. 17 to address almost none of the members of Congress also cut taxes during his administration to government students and continue an who voted for the bill even had time to help rebuild a faltering economy. international relationship that may lead to read through the 1,100 plus page stimu Japan faced a recession similar to Amer future student trips. lus package, according to Mateer. No one ica's current predicament in the 1990s. Chirtoaca lectured two government person oversaw the ^ x Over a 10- year classes on topics that are familiar to him, complete construc period, their gov literally no one read it all. including the difficulties of achieving peace tion of the bill, and ernment launched in Eurasia and the process of democratizing no one person can It was impossible. eight separate stim a nation. He used his home country as an honestly say that - Robert Mateer ulus packages and example, because of its location between they know where none significantly the Ukraine and Romania and its recent said. "Tliis goes beyond political juncture... students to visit the Moidovan embassy in all the money is improved Japan's move toward democracy. it's multi-partisan." Washington, DC. going. economy. After all the spending and gov The Ambassador's expertise in these Moldova has not yet been directly The purpose of the trip was to "meet "Literally no one read it all. It was impos ernment projects were complete, Japan's areas comes from his service in the Soviet affected by the global economic crisis, and greet (and) just to discuss Moldova," sible," Mateer said. "You could not read it economy remained flat. Union's army, his efforts in Moldova's although some of its citizens who are Liberto said. (all), and you could not understand it." This series of historical happenings has successful pursuit of its independence working abroad in Europe and sending "(His presentation) was just wonderful," Many Republicans believe that this gen left many wondering if it would be a bet trom Russia and his involvement in money home have lost jobs, according to Bowers said.