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RAYMOND STROTHER September 25, 1984 Terming it a bad reputation, Raymond Strother, a political campaign consultant, opened up the 1984 fall forum with a discus- sion ofthe public's image of cam- paign consultants. Campaign consultants are seen as mold- ers of a political candidate, an interpretation which Strother called 'fnonsensef' Political con- sultants communicate the candi- datels positions or ideas to the public, they do not influence the candidate's views themselves. Raymond Strother has worked on 140 political campaigns in 30 different states, including the campaign of Democratic presi- dential candidate Gary Hart. Hart appealed to what Strother referred to as the Big Chill generation, who are now the so- called 'iestablishmentw of soci- ety. This generation, now lacking a candidate, will probably vote for Ronald Reagan, predicted Strother. Calling voting an Uunnatural act, he pointed out that only 50 percent of the people do vote. Campaign consultants try to reach that percent which does vote. Consultants get an idea of their area voters through the use of polls-a useful, but often overrated device. Candidates do not have to be popular with ev- eryone, only 25 percent plus one of the votes will win the election. Concluded Strother, L'Politics is not a complicated thing. Kelsey Green University Forum UNIVERSITY FORUM 1984 'fl G . Whig ' as if K l 4 ,S Nl ,J l LESTER THUROW October 2, 1984 Declaring the day and age of a prosperous American economy over, Lester Thurow, an econo- mist from the Massachusetts ln- stitute of Technology, looked at America's financial future with little optimism. He predicted that the citizens of the United States will soon face a change in their standard of living. Both Europe and Japan are now ahead of the United States in production, with the United States putting less and less mon- ey into civilian research and de- velopment. Europeans and the Japanese are also ahead of the United States in that their people save and invest more of their money. ln 1983, the average American family saved or invest- ed 5 percent of their income. This is 50 percent less than the Japanese and two-thirds less than the Europeans. The quality of the American work force is also less than that of other industrial nations. Public education is no longer a plus, with national student test scores falling. As the work force be- comes less well educated, indus- try becomes less productive. The main problem that Thurow sees within the economy is the refusal of the American popula- tion to believe that the dollar will crash. Thurow called the 1980s an age of denialf' saying that every American is looking for a painless solution. Kelsey Green LEWIS GRIZZARD October 9, 1984 I don't understand nothing about nothing no more, com- plained award winning journalist Lewis Grizzard. Grizzard spoke to students and the general pub- lic about the problems of the world today as he sees them. A native of Georgia and a colum- nist for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Grizzard's work relates both to the South and the problems around him. Grizzard cited food, music, the women's movement, and public restrooms as examples of per- plexing changes in the world. Grizzard also pointed out the im- portance of taking advantage of opportunity and competition. He compared life to a dogsled team. lf you aren't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. Grizzard said that he did not al- ways want to be a journalist, as a young man, his career ambition was to be a preacher. Now a suc- cessful journalist, his column is syndicated to over a hundred newspapers. Grizzard has also written several best selling books. His latest is Elvis is Dead and l Ain't Feeling So Well My- self. Kelsey Green MARVA COLLINS October 16, 1984 We believe in the set worth of every student who enters our doors, said a teacher who put aside the Dick-and-Jane ap- proach to learning to find that children can become successes if they are taught that they can be nothing less. Marva Collins, founder of West- side Preparatory School in Chi- cago, has children reading by ages three and four, and her grammar school students read great classical works that college students don't always under- stand. Sick of seeing children pushed through a system where little or no learning was taking place, she took 55,000 from her pen- sion fund and founded a two- room school in her own home. The Westside Preparatory School has grown to two build- ings and from 18 to more than 200 students. l don't believe in 'can't,' 'won't,' or 'maybe,' she said. We must be willing to polish our students. There is no greater joy than to see the student look at us with a shine in his eyes that says silently, 'Oh, that's the way it goesl' We must tell our children that all the great places in the world have not been taken, said Col- lins. America needs each of us to relight the candles now flicker- . vs ing. Rhonda Holifield