University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Henry Fonda: A Legend Remembered Most of us will remember the late actor Henry Fonda as the crusty but soft-hearted old man who came to terms with the autumn of life in On Golden Pond, bringing to us through his performance a deeper appreciation of living. Mr. Fonda showed us many views of life through his portrayal of characters such as Tom load in the 1940ls Grapes of Wrath and the thoughtful juror in Twelve Angry Men. He brought to life roles of victim in The Wrong Man, coward in Welcome to Hard Times, stiff neck in Fort Apache, blackguard in Once Upon a Time in the West, sly egotist in My Name is Nobody and raw presiden- tial timber in Young Mr. Lincoln. In his death, we have lost a great actor, but in his living we have gained an understanding of what it really means to live life to its fullest, making oneis work a fulfilling part of that life and the lives of others. Henry Fonda died in August of $lgz 1982 at age 77 of heart disease. Academ y award-winner Henry Fonda and Be Debhakam Katherine Hepburn in On Golden Pond. Heir To The Throne nouncing the birth of their first born - the future king. Prince Charles, 33, shared in the birth as Princess Diana, 20, delivered a 7 lb., 1V2 oz. boy. On- statement and a common one, but when it was made on June 21, 1982 the western world took notice. The heir to the I tts a Boy, a joyous throne of Britain was born. Why does the population of a country like the United States take notice of such a birth? After all, the founders of our nation did go to the trouble of writing a con- stitution that excluded royalty with all the traditions, pomp and cir- cumstance that accompany it. Perhaps the American fascination with royalty is because nowhere in American society is there an equivalent. So just as we rolled out of bed at four in the morning less than a year before to watch the royal wedding of Charles and Diana, we once again got up to read the front page headlines an- mexeqqag ag ly a select number of individuals are remembered in the pages of history for their deeds during life. The new Prince had only to be born to make a page. The Prince was christened William Arthur Philip Louis. T0 the British public he is affec- tionately known as ttSweet William the Prince of Wales? His birth gave Britains a reason to smile in a summer filled with problems. The bitter and costly Falklandis war and the highest unemplyment in history were all but forgotten as crowds gathered outside the hospital to cheer the birth.

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Studenfs Views of Middle East Conflicts Robyn L. Wolf itWho are they tlsraell to have more of a right in that land than the Palestinians who were born there? is the opinion of another DU student who has strong feelings about the conflict in Lebanon. iiAs a person who is neither Arab nor Jew, my opi- nion is not necessarily determined by national origin? said this Greek stus dent who asked to remain anonymous. The Greeks had a similar problem in Cyprus when Turkey invaded and took 4096 of the island forcing more than 200,000 Cypriots of Greek de- scent to migrate south in 1974. Yet his mind is on Israel today. tilt you look at the situation objectively without any prejudice, you would think that the Palestinians are entitled to their own homeland, to have their own state.w Palestinian land was taken by Israel in 1948, with a war in 56 and another in 67 taking the West Bank and Gaza Strip. They refused to let Palestinians return to their own homeland. Palestinians have been forced to disperse throughout many world countries. UAll the Palestinians are asking is that they be allowed to return to their homes iwhich is a basic human righti, to live in a secular state and determine their own affairs.n iiPalestinians are victims of Israeli expansion. He feels Israel is primari- ly following an expansionist policy not necessarily in the interest of the Israeli people, because the moral character of the war is wrong, and there is controversy between Palesti- nian Jews over whether war was even necessary. This student sees that eventually Palestinians will definitely get their land back because Israel is facing many problems: it is a military state-- everyone constantly serves in the ar- my, it has severe economic problems with one of the highest inflationary rates in the world, and pro-PLO ac- tivity in the West Bank and in the land of Israel is increasing. The student feels that Reagan is following an imperialist policy in try- ing to convince certain conservative Arab nations such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia to unite with Israel, and is essentially ignoring the main issue- tthe Palestinians. Yet, it is hard for Reagan to change his stand, icause itls built into the American govern- ment foreign policy that their fun- damental interest is in Israel and con- servative oil-producing Arab regimes. iiYou canit blame American students for their views, because they are victims of certain types of social education that builds certain pre- judices against people such as minorities and foreigners, and they are ignorant of the Israeli conflict. iiMy friendships with Israeli iJewsi could cause problems because of my views, yet because Iim not an Arab, I'm not faced with such prejudice. This student sees several negative consequences of this summeris inva- sion of Lebanon. iiWhen over 1,000 Palestinians were murdered in a massacre of Palestinian camps, it was Israelis fault because as the occupy- ing power it was their responsibility for the actions of the Lebanese Chris- tians. Israel is trying to force the Lebanese government to sign a trea- ty recognizing Israel as a legitimate state, which might threaten their rela- tionship with other Arab nations. This student ultimately feels there will be a fair solution; the Palestinians will be given back their land because they are determined and organized, in the PLO which is recognized by more countries than is Israel.

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Solidarity: A Stand for Freedom system based on courage, as Charles Peguy would have us believe, then the founda- tion of freedom has been laid in Poland. Armed with little more than per- sonal courage and deep piety, the Polish people have a continuing legacy of bravery and tough resistence that is second to none. This agonized nation has gone from under the thumb of one tyrant--Nazi Germany, to another-- the Soviet Union. A forty-three year history of occupation and un- popular rule would be sufficient to break the spirit of any lesser group. The Poles, however, have survived and are continuing their struggle for better rule and greater freedom. Solidarity and Lech Walesa may be purged and eventually destroyed, but Polandis spirit will remain. A man can be killed or a union outlawed, but a national ethic can never be completely destroyed. Somewhere a spark will remain that will always re-kindle the spirit of the Polish people. General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the leader of the junta currently in power, can physically bring the Polish people under his control, but they will never succumb in spirit. He may rule through force, but he will never command the hearts and minds of the Polish people. He has awesome military strength, but that is all he has. He is only a man and he can and will be swept away. In mourning for the people of Poland, one should mourn only for a friend in the agony of strug- gle, not for one who is dead. The spirit of Walesa and Solidarity will live on and the fight for greater freedom will continue. I f, indeed, ufreedom is a -comment by Linda Petersen puelnaN ueg Over-the-Counter Killer n September 29, 1982, the Chest selling apirin substitute became a killer. It was to kill six more times before it would be checked. Capsules of Extra- Strength Tylenol were found laced with cyanide, a poison so deadly that it kills within minutes, in what has become the biggest consumer alert in history. The victims, all Chicago-area residents, died within days of each other. Tylenolls manufacturer, Johnson and Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Products Co., recalled two batches of the medication--264,4OO bottles nationwide--and the federal food and drug administration warned Americans not to take any Extra- Strength Tylenol capsules until the mystery was solved. While drugstores and supermarkets from coast to coast pulled Tylenol pro- ducts off their shelves, Colorado health officials had no such plan. The reason for Colorado,s seem- ing lack of concern over a very serious matter was that state health officials found no bottles from the suspected batches during a spot check of local stores. Despite state health officials assurance that all of. the drug in the state was safe, several major pharmacy and grocery chains, Safeway, King Soopers, Albertsonls and Osco Drugs, ordered the medication off their shelves as a precautionary measure. The question now was how did the cyanide get into the capsules of Tylenol. An accident at the plant seemed unlikely as the fatal cap- sules came from two different plants. The contamination had to be recent because the cyanide com- pound was a corrosive and would break down the capsulesi gelatin shell. Most telling is the undeniable evidence of tampering. According to Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fahner, ttln each case, the bottle had several capsules with cyanide in them and several without. You can see that the cap- sules have been pulled apart very inartfully, then the cyanide was put in, and the capsules were shov- ed back together. With the discovery of individual tampering, the poisonings reached the height of hysteria. The thought of an over-the-counter killer, someone that was tampering with products that millions of Americans buy every day, was at the very least unsettling. The threat of copycats became very real as Lavoris, Extra-Strength Excedrin and some types of Anacin were found to contain various forms of poison. McNeil Consumer Products Co., in an effort to regain support for their product, began to run newspaper and television ads tell- ing consumers how to exchange their capsules for tablets tonly the capsules were found to have been poisonedt, or get a full refund. the are doing everything we can to keep your trust? said the ad. uWe want all Tylenol capsule users to now use Tylenol tablets until the new tamper-resistant capsule packaging is available. If individual medications need protective seals, they are con- ceivable for a wide range of other products. Even then, there is really no guarantee of safety; if someone wanted to harm consumers he would surely find some way to do it. tl The magnitude of the possibilities is what frightens me? said Illinois Department of Public Health Toxicologist John J. Spikes. ltWe know what we are dealing with. We just donlt know when and how. Or, most disturb- ing of all, why--and whether similar horrors can be prevented in the future.