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Vol. 02 No. 69
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A forum on the U.S. invasion of
Grenada sparked a lively discussion
Tuesday afternoon in Oldfather HalL
The forum, sponsored by Phi Alpha
Thcta, the history honorary, featured
three panelists from UNL Dane
Kennedy, assistant professor of his
tory David P. Forsyth 8, political scinece
professor, and Capt Ed Menard of the
U.S. Army, an assistant professor of
military science.
Kennedy, whose prime area of inter
est 13 the British Commonwealth, said
the legal justification for the US. inva
sion is in doubt
Kennedy, noting the Reagan admin
istration's claims that Sir Paul Scoon,
the governor general of Grenada, had
asked the United States to invade, said
the governor general's role precluded
the right to ask for such an incursion.
"Under normal circumstances, the
governor general plays a symbolic role
in the government," Kennedy said. "lie
doesnt have any genuine powers. ; ;
Menard said the invasion was moti
vated by concern for the 1 ,100 Ameri
cans on the island and fears that a
situation similar to the Iranian hos
tage crisis might develop. .r '
The election of President Reagan
signaled to the military of thi3 country
that we would never suffer through
another hostage crisis," Menard said.
The Grenadian invasion was the
first employment of the Delta Force,
part of the new Special Operations
Command formed after the Iranian
hostage crisis, Menard said.
"It was the first successful testing of
that concept," Menard said.
Menard said the invasion was suc
cessful because the political and mil
itary objectives were clear.
He contrasted Grenada to the situa
tion in Lebanon where, he said, VS.
objectives aren't clear at all.
Fcrsythe said the situation has in
creased the feeling among people that
Reagan acts rashly and is too quick to
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rely on military action.
He said the action has weakened
support of the United States among its
NATO allies.
"Not a single NATO ally stood with
the U.S. on this question in the U.N.," he
said. "You cant dismiss this by simply
saying that the U.N. always votes
against the U.S. because it just isnt
true."
Forsythe and Menard disagreed
about the role of the 2,800 American
troops still on Grenada.
Menard said the troops essentially
are acting as a civil government pre
serving order and paving the way for
clear elections.
Forsythe disagreed. He said the U.S.
forces determine who will be allowed
to take part in the elections.
"I don't think there's any doubt that
they (the American troops) are having
an influence ," he said. - f -
Inside
UNL Chancellor Martin Mas
sengala is reviewing alternatives
to resolve the Union Bookstore
overcrowding problems ..... .
Psge7
Columnist Billy Shaffer gives
an in-depth look at bad art lust in
time for the giving season .....
Pffigt 10
UNL men's and women's bas
ketball teams face unfamiliar chal
lenges tonight against Missouri
Kansas City and Northwest Mis
souri State P&Qd 12
Index
Arts and Entertainment..... 10
Classified ................. 15
1 Crossword ............. . . . 1 6
Editorial . . ........ ; . .... . ... 4
Off The Wire i..........Y.. 2
Sports ............. . . ... . .12
Dy Krb llallen
. Nebraska 2nd District Rep. Hal Daub
proposed a five-point program to
address America's educational prob
lems at a meeting of the UNL College '
Republicans Tuesday night
Daub credited President Reagan for
attempting to solve the problem of the
public education system. He said edu
cation will be a "hot potato" in the 1 984
election, "as it should be."
v Daub's five point program includes:
development of greater parental res
responsibility in the education process
of their children.
"Parents have a key role to play," he
said. He said parents should assume
more responsibility in terms Of disci
pline, attitude, attendance and
homework.
" increasing salaries to get better
teachers. : '":
"We've got to make that profession
more attractive, financially reward
ing," he said. ;
; improvement of the training of
administrators so they can do a more
professional job of assisting teachers.
establishment of admission stan
dards for admittance to teachers col
lege and requiring teachers to pass, a
general exam to assure better in
structors. For example, Daub said he was re
quired to take an exam to get into law
school. He had to take another exam
after he earned his degree.
"If you have tests and standards, the
people are much more willing to pay
more," he said.
development of an in-profession
financial incentive program for
teachers.
Daub said mediocre performances
may be built into the system because
unequal teachers are paid equally.
An in-profession incentive is not the
same 23 merit pay, he said. But good
teachers need an incentive to be better
and to excel : '
armes vow to return lire;
yria near?
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, Y?r .Tt;2 Hester Newa Eepssl; . .
BEIRUT VS. Marines destroyed a
fortified position east of their posts at
Beirut International. Airport 'Tuesday
after they took sustained machins-guh
fire from it, a Marine spokesman said.
The Marines suffered no casualties,
he said. :- -., . . , ,
' v. The spokesman, MaJ. Dennis Brooks,
, said a U.S. tank was among the wea
pons that- blasted the position. He
explained that the marines cedd net
respond . merely with machine guns
since the hostile post was fortified
a!nst such fire." '
; "This should indicate we are pre
pared to return lire if we take fire," he
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said that Syria, Moscow's major aHy in .
the region, now considered itself "at
war with the United States.
, .- The leftist daily As-Ssfk commented:
"So now it's war perhaps the most'
violent of the wars we have seen."
Syrian' DTense I!inister I'ej. Gen. .
Mustek Has, ccmmentir.3 en tri VS. -Navy's
'first air strike c":v:t I;;icr.
targets on Sunday, said IZzztz-j that,
Damascus was waging a "just war"
a'iinst tr.e United States and IsraeL -
Th3 VS. Navy Sunday sent waves cf
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