Shepherd University - Cohongoroota Yearbook (Shepherdstown, WV)

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So many changes Things to remember Another year in time Events that mark our years A look at the year that passed, 1982. I Another school year completed. 1 Herpes reached epidemic proportions in 1982, and has not slowed its pace in 1983. A 24-year-old Florida woman is suing her lover for SSl00,000 in damages having contracted the dis- ease. According to one sur- vey, 22 percent of all un- married Americans be- tween 18 and 37 have al- tered their sexual habits to avoid infection. TIME magazine ran a cover story referring to the disease as Today's Scarlet Letter . . . and the disease of 1983 just might turn out to be the mysterious killer- AIDS . . . ,Cf . As the june 30 ERA ratifica- tion deadline approached, pro-ERA fasters were shed- ding the pounds, suppor- ters were sitting-in, and protesters were protesting. Despite polls showing that two-thirds of U.S men and women approved ERA, it fell short of passage by three of the necessary 38 states. Within two weeks, congressmen and senators reintroduced the amend- ment, and the ratification process started again. GG 201'-0N0f'-OH0' vlll illl 6 oooo 453659 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I IIII llllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIII llllllllllllllllll'Ill... IIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII' IIIIII IIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII' IIIII IIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII' IIIII llll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII' lllll IIII IIIIIIIIIIIIII' illll VIII IIIIIIIIII llll IIII lIlIIIIl!P!,r llll llll IIIIIIII ---. Illl IIII Illlllllll Ill SIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIE? 'II III! IIIIIIIIIII ASSE. YB llll IIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIL U illl IIIII llllllllll :III IIIII llllllllll 'Ill IIIII IIIIIIII I Eiiiliiu' Unemployment figures have climbed throughout the year. They soared be- yond 10 percent for the first time since the Great De- pression. Iob layoffs com- bined with budget and tax cuts to dash expectations of millions. Morton O. Schap- iro and Dennis A. Ahlburg, two labor economists, have calculated that each in- crease of one percent in the unemployment rate pro- duces 318 suicides among American men. As un- employment jumped from 6 to 10 percent, they found male suicides in the U.S. in- creased by 1,272. White I-louse spokesman Larry Speakes attributed the rise in unemployment to an in- crease in the number of people seeking work who did not find it. oolocifk' Jkqggggp Life magazine told the story. From Central Americaj to Southwest Asia, the major story of 1982 was war. If we look beyond our national boundaries, if we dare to open our eyes, we find 18 nations at war in 1982. Wg must shudder while taking a longer look. In El Salvador, an ultrarightist election day prompi ted government soldiers into killing thousands civilians--their attempt to snuff out leftist rebels . Guatemala mirrored the bloody scene. Government security forces have killed some 5,000 Indian civilians since March of '82. j'-. Meanwhile, the Falklands hosted an Argentinian atef tack which was counteracted by a British task force off 27,000 men plunging into the South Atlantic. casualty count left 255 British troopers and 746 Argengfi tines dead in the Falklands, along with 3 civilian resiffg dents of the capital, Port Stanley. Civilians in Lebanon were no more fortunate. Israelij bombs fell from their skies as the civil war raged. raeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordered forcesj into Lebanon. When the Israeli bombers dotted the skies bombarding residential areas inhabited by guerrillas, U.S. envoy Philip Habib stepped Negotiations resulted in Israeli vows to stay out Muslim West Beirut and dispersal of Yasser Arafat'si PLO fighters to other Arab refuges. The Septemberi assassination of Lebanese president-elect Bashir, Gemayel spurred Israeli troops to occupy west Beirut: to prevent violence and uprisings, according to thej Begin cabinet. Within 48 hours, anti-PLO Christiaiii Phalangists slaughtered more than 800 men, womerif and children. Israeli troops remained immobile. A59 If all this wasn't enough for our United Nations, thej intense war raging between Iraq and Iran entered itsil third year. Total casualties have soared above 100,000. 0-novo'-0-fowo-tow ,ij 0' -It 225 P 'J3r vc, .fs JZJ' SJ? r, .1-fc? , -N ... ----.,,N,-. fxfx -- . ... , -, , W 1 5- ,. .., 3 ' ., - 'Gr :,.....- Q, 1 Jbsls, Ji, , , ,,-tr , 3 J -5' .gl his J J-G, -3 '-xg: 53, .1

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Rich getting richer Budget reductions and tax cuts caused economists to question Reaganomics. journalist William Greider in a December article, What Reagan has done to America cited information according to the Congressional Budget Office: A family whose income is under 510,000 lost 5140 in 1982, while a fam- ily making over 580,000 gained 58320. By 1985, if Congress doesn't intervene to change Reaganomics, the family at the bottom will have lost 5450 fwhich doesn't sound like much unless you are poorl, while the family at the top will have picked up a grand total of 564,680. That's real money, even for rich folks. f0N0f'0N0N-0' In the summer of '82, the Unification Church made history when 2,075 identi- cally dressed couples were wed in a two-hour marriage ceremony performed by the Reverend Sun Myung al 1 5 'W .Sri 5 s s X , sl- , N' ' A .1 5 - X rx r .1 . a Moon at Madison Square Garden. They were all near-strangers, several did not even speak the same language, but all were matched by the Reverend Moon. 101'-0H0N0 -0' E ? 096 Q95 Ioan Baez and Bob Dylan played before 85,000 who attended Peace Sunday at the Rose Bowl. 10N0N0 The largest nuclear arms protest ever was held this year at New York's Central Park. An estimated 800,000 people piled in to conclude a week of disarmament ac- tivity. Orson Wells, Bruce Springsteen and Rita Mar- ley were a few of the many performers who took the stage. '00-0 0' David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash united to organize the biggest rock benefit ever held. Nash predicted the unity that was being created by those in attendance would be a very powerful force. 1014017 Meanwhile, back at the White House . . . White House Soviet expert Richard N. Pipes said there was only a forty percent chance of nuclear 30 Z7 , war. U.S. Postal Service officials responded by as- L 79 suring Congress that mail delivery would not be L M N Stray Cats, to name a few. halted in the event of a nuclear war. C 'L C -if US COMMEMoRATuvE fk 1 L The top 10 albums of the year, based on the weekly ROLLING STONE top 100 Album Survey 1 ASIA Asia 2 THE GO-GO's Beauty and the Beat 3 LOVERBOY Get Lucky 41. GEILS BAND Freeze Frame 5 THE POLICE Ghost in the Machine 6 HUMAN LEAGUE Dare 7 VANGELIS Chariots of Fire 8 IOAN IETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS I Looe Rock ri' Roll 9 1oHN coUc3AR American Pool 10 JOURNEY Escape 1983 charts are sure to include new albums by Michael jackson, Prince, Iourney, Men at Work, and