Eastern Nazarene College - Nautilus Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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Jegin. - Matthew 24:8 America's first reusable spacecraft, the space shuttle Columbia, completed its second successful flight in November of 1981. The liftoff was delayed four times by nagging mechanical problems, and the eventual flight had to be shortened, but overall, the mission was considered a great success, culminated by a flawless landing by astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly at Edwards Air Force Base. The uneasy balance in the struggle for peace in the Middle East received a severe blow on October 7, 1981, when a group of Moslem radicals in army uniforms assasinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat while he was reviewing a military parade. The assasins were opposed to Sadat's policy of negotiation with Israel and the United States. The transition to his successor, Vice-president Hosni Mubarah, went smoothly, but Sadat's death meant the loss of a strong leader friendly with the West, and for days, the world mourned the death of this great man of peace. Loss: World Leaders Another event in the shifting situation of the Middle East was the passing of Moshe Dyan, lsrael's most famous soldier and statesman. He died in October at the age of 66 of a heart attack in a Tel Aviv hospital. Dyan had been military chief of staff, and had been a key figure in molding the historic Egyptian-Israeli peace accords with President Sadat of Egypt. His death came ten days after Sadat's assasination. News 17

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1 1 With all these things the birth-pangs of the nevv age With the beginning of the school year, , the Air Traffic Controller strike reached a 1 -t ,ni 7'-2555 -,df xr -Y . tt ,. ..r - precarious resolution. President Reagan continued his hard line, and in early . ' September the union was decertified. In n ' December, Reagan softened his position and re-opened federal job eligibility to strikers. o im, -Wad' 4' 5 Ti? Ti? 1 ,f - On September 21, 1981, Sandra Day O'Conner, a state appeals court judge and former legislator from Arizona, was confirmed unanimously as the first woman justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Her appointment was somewhat controversial due to her voting record on abortion. The appointment fulfilled a pledge from Reagan to appoint a woman to a Supreme Court vacancy. Photos Courtesy of Boston Herald American New Directions The 1981-82 school year saw the end of President Ronald Reagan's first year in office and the beginning of his second. Promising to make America great again, Reagan set in motion some of the most radical reversals in policy since the New Deal. ln 1981 Reagan got tough with un- ions, decided to stand up to the Rus- sians, oppose the Cubans, and to challenge Khaddafy in Libya. He brought us supply side economics with its tax cuts, massive social pro- gram cuts, and a pledge to increase our defense capabilities. His brand of new federalism, with less control over big business, was initially received with anticipation by the American public. His economic program came un- der increased fire, however, as orga- nized labor, minorities, and the poor saw hard-fought gains slip away in the massive budget cutting. The most serious test came when Rea- gan's budget director, David Stoch- man was quoted in a magazine arti- cle as saying supply side econom- ics was a trojan horse designed to dupe the poor and benefit the rich. Reagan faced new problems, his National Security Advisor, Richard Allen was forced to resign, hundreds of thousands marched in the streets of Europe opposing the deployment of nuclear weapons, the NATO alli- ance was threatened by internal dis- sention, and he faced the prospect of the largest budget deficits in U.S. his- tory. l i I i l i t l l

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Political Upheaval The problem of world terrorism was thrust to the forefront of national consciousness when, in December, Bed Brigade members kidnapped Gen. James L. Dozier of the NATO forces in Southern Europe. Dozier was held for 42 days in the Northern Italian city of Padua, before being miraculously rescued by police commandos. The rescue marked a major victory in the fight against world terrorism as, previously, there had been no successful rescues of Red Brigade victims. In December of 1981, the Polish trade union Solidarity, which for over a year had won hard-fought concessions from the Communist Polish government, suffered a severe setback when, without warning, martial law was imposed in that country. Hundreds were arrested as political prisoners, including the union's dynamic leader, Lech Walesa. Poland's worsening economic condition is probably the root cause of the Polish crisis. Production is low, goods are extremely scarce, and in February, a new set of government-imposed price hikes quadrupled the cost of some goods. imposition of martial law was quick, unexpected, and ruthless, crushing all open opposition. is M - Q .. 1 it V 4 W., X ,,., . Aw w vw H Q k , X 1 8,7511 2 Q. .4vx5.', win fu, 1 lx 'Wu w ' 1 was - .Q ., ... v an g H - - S tif ' K A., QF' in W 1 Sports SUPER BOWL XVI. The San Fransisco 49'ers de- feated the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI by a score of 27-21. This was both teams' first trip to the Super Bowl and the win for the 49'ers was the culmi- nation of a Cinderella season. Only two years before, the 49'ers had been 2-14, but through the guidanc of Coach Bill Walsh and third year quarterback Jo Montana, the 49'ers went all the way to the charr pionship.