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Connecticut Summer Campus Published by the Connecticut Daily Campus Thursday, July 22, 1962 4*s* . i-flfe' WK>o * v: - - ■( V p ■ „ • - ■ : :--' ' - *;;.• *» • j- c t * • *** "i ' , • , , " -«*. _**-- ■ ' '■«" • 4 ■ ' ■ ' r ' * »' ♦ ■ * <* - ■ *5-r. i * • r - •. * •\ ■♦a.- ***'* M/ 5S& i ^dtw. i* *' »&* - ■*-i —;' ,* si I 9m * - Jack Wilson photo Page 2 Connecticut Commentary Summer Campus Amending the Ten Cbmjrandments Published by the Connecticut DmUy Cmnpum Editor In Chief Jeff Denny Editor's note: The following commentary Shortly before Christ died, the Romans Managing Editor Judy Benson was submitted for publication by the head began feeding Christians to the lions. Business Manager Euan Roklen of the UConn chapter o/Students for Peace. Aside from being a great crowd pleaser at Office Manager Lois McLean the Colosseum, it kept Christianity an By Ralph Yourle unpopular concept. Perhaps God really Thursday, July 22, 1982 meant "Thou shalt not kill except for A FEW THOUSAND YEARS AGO A radical philosophers and their followers." Jewish prophet named Moses History tells us that about a thousand climbed to the top of Mount Sinai years after the Romans began killing Is the Ga/emor party to for what was to be a rather historic Christians, religious wars raged through conversation with God. God had decided most of Europe, killing thousands of UConn's budget woes? that since people were naturally somewhat people. This was, in a sense, a battle to barbaric, He had better give them a clear determine the religion of a given region. QUICK—WHAT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN set of rules to live by. He gave. Moses ten Perhaps Moses again got God's intent Governor O'Neill's nomination by the Democratic commandments which were to be the wrong. Perhaps what God really meant was official rules and regulations of God. One Party last weekend and last week's announcement "Thou shalt not kill except for radial by the UConn Board of Trustees that tuition will be of these commandments warned that philosophers and their followers or as a increased by $220 for the 1983/84 academic year? "Thou shalt not kill." Moses went home means of expanding your religious do- Doesn't seem to be any link, for one announcement was afterward and proceeded to tell all his main." Of course this is a pretty long friends about the commandments. They made amidst an atmosphere of resignation and solemnity, statement, so the commandment still read and the other.amidst one of hoopla and free liquor. But the seemed to like the idea; God wasn't really "Thou shalt not kill." reality that Ella Grasso's hand-picked successor, who asking too much. The non-violent ideas Then, in the eighteen century, the quickly caught on. Before long, almost all Democratic Party rival Ernest Abate of Stamford accused colonists of North America decided that of being a "do nothing," could have done something about religions included "Thou shalt not kill" as a they didn't like the way the government ran major part of their theological doctrine. the state legislature's decreasing interest in UConn's the land they occupied. Consequently, they funding over the past two years should give voters who are About a thousand years later, a radical found justification for fighting a war for concerned with this institution's future a puzzle to ponder. philosopher named Socrates was accused of independence which killed thousands of During O'Neill's partial term in office, the state corrupting the youth of Athens with his people. This meant that the commandment legislature decided to give up its responsibility to higher profoundly abstract ideas. He was was once again up for abridgement. "Thou education in Connecticut by giving UConn the freedom to sentenced to death. A few hundred years shalt not kill except for radical philosophers flounder fiscally and act as its own agent to generate later, Jesus Christ was killed for almost the and their followers, to increase your required funding. This means that any future losses of exact same thing as was Socrates. Maybe religious domain, or to gain political Moses overlooked God's intent. Perhaps state aid will have to be recovered by increasing the cost to independence." students. Raising out-of-state tuitions, in-state tuitions, what God really meant was "Thou shalt not Nineteen forty-one saw the entire world university fees and other fiscal balancing acts that may kill except to rid society of radical philosophers." see Commentary, next page require program and service cuts are the university's choices. All jeopardize the quality of or accessability to a college education that anyone can obtain, regardless of monetary class standing—a state university's responsibili- ty, regardless of the state budget situation. ^owflgrj**-- What can the governor do about this? He has the veto power. He has the political power. He can set the tone or suggest the philosophy of the entire state government while he is in office. And if the Reagan Administration continues its "new federalism" plan, the power of the state executive officer will become even more pervasive. It was during O'Neill's tenure that a proposed $2.2 million increase in state funding to cover UConn's rising costs was cut by $1.8 million, leaving UConn holding the empty money bag. which it win attempt to fill by upping out-of-state tuitions to an almost prohibitive level. The S220 in-state tuition increase announced by the Board of Trustees last week was due to the Board's prediction that the state would continue its disregard of the UConn budget woes. Connecticut's "leader" doesn't seem to be concerned with Connecticut's university. Is this the kind of attitude we want to have trickle down the entire state government mind-set? The picture the Democratic Party tried to paint last weekend at the Bushnell was one of optimism. The picture at the Board of Trustees meeting was anything but optimistic. Voters concerned with UConn's future should be aware of the potential disparity between the politicking of a party convention and what's left when the party's over. The Connecticut Daily Campus is mooing this August IQ a house at 11 Dog Lane. Look for the Daily ffl£N WE READ FROM W MLN0CT W um INCENSS AMP Campus in September. DO HAffc KRISHNA CHANTS...IHfNWe,,. Summer shorts by Jeff Denny > can be defined economically. As they have the potential of becom- times get tough, the price of ing an economic staple. Instead of Beware of the mewling cynic everything rises as hs value falls, basing the nation's currency on and whatever was valuable is gold or ideas, why not base the THESE ARE THE DOG where selfishness is called "indiv- quickly devalued by the adding of days of summer, for while dollar on kittens? Playing with idualism." fodder for cynicism is alloys-and thickeners and extend- one's money would not be consid- the temperatures ap- freely available. Just driving to ers. People also drink more, proach the 90's and unemploy- ered a miserly act, but wheee! a work in the morning traffic snarl is which dilutes their view of 'how lot of fun! C'merc.sssst! Here ment percentages reach the high enough to bring out the beast in bad things really are. 9's. people begin to look askance .kitty! Let's go to the bank! even the most ardent idealist. There is help for the cynical. Meeowwrr! Pssst! Yeeow! at the motivation of their fellow A cynic. Oscar Wilde suggested Kittens. Furry cute packets of humans. The Greeks called this A problem, once defined, in his drama "Lady Windermere's enthusiasm and optimism that begets a solution. When tempera- behavior "kynikos," which means Fan." is one who "knows the price enjoy a bit of the rough-and-tum- "like a dog." This descriptive tures and tempers rise, and the of everything and the value of ble. Kittens are a never-ending human race as a whole begins to moniker became the modern nothing." He should have known source of value, and what's more, "cynical." a state of mind that dog one's days, everyone should that idealism has a high price and they're free ("to a good home"). take an iced tea and a kitten. As does not always leave man his own little value, for during a brilliant Someone is always trying to foist best friend. the canine rises, apply the feline. career in letters, he was cast into off ten or twelve of the critters Kittens are the solution to the prison for sexual indescretions, with promises of how they don't problem of cynicism. Modern living is a cynic's after which he died penniless at smell and how they won't jump up paradise. The belief that human The only thing wrong with age 46. on visitors. kittens, though, is that they soon conduct is motivated wholly by The National Cynicism Level Indeed, kittens are so plentiful self-interest is a never-ending grow up to exhibit one of (NCL) is directly proportional to that there is enough for every man mankind's worst qualities. Who source of entertainment for the the rise and fall of the economic woman and child to have their peevish everywhere. In a society ever heard of a cat that wasn't health of a nation, and its terms own. Because of this availability. cynical? Connecticut Summer Campus, Thursday, July 22, 1962 from preceding page Page3 at war. Millions of people were dying. Here, killing was justified because it was a battle between some nations who sought to grow in size and power, and other nations guilty who disagreed.