Over The Edge Page 4 Letters to the Editor September 24, 2001

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..from internet to full broad-
cast on public radio would
have taken some adjust-
ments, with a few complaints
being made until things set-
tled down?

| have many questions
which don’t seem to matter to
me personally anymore. |
pulled my application for work
study in the radio station. Ya,
if 'd gotten that job then I'd
have been making money,
but my good grades are more
important to me than some
extra cash in my pocket. If I'd
stayed | would have had to
deal with so much that would
have detracted from my uni-

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versity experience. | have
some pretty strong feelings

about that, and some | will

share now.

First, | would have had to
deal with a director who
seemed to think he owns the
station. Unfortunately,
although he is the founder, he
is not the owner. There is a
manager, but all this seems
to be ‘titles’ and not actually
positions that are respectfully
regarded. Although there
were all types of directors
and managers; | was left
noticing that there was really
only one person who thought
they should be in charge.

Secondly, | have since

seen the type of promotion
the radio station has done for
itself, and quite personally it
could be done in a much bet-
ter manner. | must state here
that | was willing to help out
with that, but after seeing
what | would have to deal
with | opted to stay away from
the whole conflict. My stud-
ies are the most important,
and again | reiterate that
dealing with EARS would
have detracted from my qual-
ity of education. ©

As a prior public relations
person for a provincial: com-
pany, | know what it takes to
make a successful face in the
public perception.

Unfortunately | don’t see this
happening with EARS. There
is too much muddied water,
and too much of a bad repu-
tation being built around the
politics of EARS. | have tried
to refrain from naming
names, if only to get the point
across to someone can help
change things for this very
good idea of a radio station.
What EARS needs is good
representation by law abid-
ing, hard working, and dedi-
cated directors.
Unfortunately, the director-
ship of EARS is at an all time
low, and some good people
were lost because of hot
heads and big egos. Evena

director witha healthy ego
was ousted for whatever rea-
son, | do not know, and nei-
ther does that ex-director if |
think of it correctly.

As a member of EARS
who has decided to stay out
of the heat until it all boils

over, | can say that | hope this |

club and the radio station
stick around, but with
changes, and with better
direction and leadership.

Thank you,

EARS member

Niki Hebb

Less bombs, more concrete solutions needed

At 5:30 am, | switched on my
radio to CBC to listen to the
weather and news. | listened
in horror as news reporters

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fumbled their narratives try-
ing to describe how an air-
plane could run into a New
York landmark. When the

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was a grand design to the
whole works.

In my mind the attacks effect
was to demonstrate that the
world’s only super power
could be targeted and hurt.
The horror of listening to
6000 people die at once has
still not sunk in.

And the horror continues in
the response.

Instead of looking to the
sources of terrorism,
President George W. Bush
has pledged revenge with
bombs, covert operations
and economic sanctions.
What is lost on George W.
Bush is that fighting fire with
fire only results in a larger
fire. He did not propose any
solution or any program that
might get a the roots of ter-
rorism and the conditions that
provoke terrorism.

The roots of terrorism, in my
mind, are poverty, lawless-
ness and oppression. These
are three things the United
States could have a profound
effect on without having to kill
anyone. The United States
could lessen the debt load on
the third world by eliminating
Inter Monetary Fund (IMF)
loans. Parents who have the
privilege of watching their
children starve to death
because of IMF debt have a
good incentive to seek
revenge.
~ By paying their dues, the
United States could fund the
United Nations to police law-
less regions... UN Peace
Keepers have successfully

defused tensions in Cyprus,

Eirtira and East Timor. From
health to agriculture, the UN
provides education, financial
resources and know-how that
improves the lives of millions.
And finally, the United States
could stop funding third world
terror groups, termed free-
dom fighters by the west, and
help emerging governments
make the most of their war
torn country. America could
even help the Taliban in
Afghanistan after funding
their war against the USSR. A
war that turned agriculture
lands into mine fields,
destroyed public infrastruc-
ture and killed an estimated
20,000 Afghans ‘freedom
fighters’ in a quest to limit
Russian expansion. The
Afghans have a broken coun-
try to mend and a cold shoul-
der from the Americans after
millions of dollars of military
support.

Instead, demands and
threats of violence streamed
from the leader who could
make a_ difference but
appears to have missed the
point. | hope that Mr. Bush*’s
rhetoric is simply a show for
the hard liners and the real
process of reducing terrorism
can begin. If not, the people
of earth will be treated to
more violence... more
revenge and retribution as
each side reacts to the other.
God save the Queen.

Aaron Mahoney

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