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Page 4A - The Daily Iowan -Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, November 7, 1986<br />

•<br />

Volume 119, No. 91<br />

c 1986 Student Publications, Inc.<br />

Problematic program<br />

Last month, members of the UI women's field hockey<br />

team were tested for drugs. This month NCAA-bound<br />

members of the UI women'S cross country team will<br />

undergo testing in preparation for upcoming competition.<br />

Eventually, the football team and other teams will<br />

also be tested. The testing of these sports teams serves<br />

as one reminder that drug tests are becoming as<br />

American as baseball and apple pie.<br />

Everyone is not in favor of testing, however. Last May,<br />

following the NCAA'a hearty approval of a national<br />

drug-testing program, UI Athletic Board of Controls<br />

reluctantly passed a policy for all UI athletes.<br />

"We were dragged kicking and screaming into this,"<br />

said Dorsey Ellis, UI Vice President for Finance and<br />

controls board member. Ellis, along with other members<br />

of the board, expressed skepticism about the<br />

legality of such testing, citing a possible violation of the<br />

Fourth Amendment concerning unreasonable search<br />

and seizures. Discrimination against athletes and the<br />

practicality of testing was also questioned.<br />

VI officials have not been alone in their hesitation at<br />

implementing tests. Many scientists, lawyers and substance<br />

abuse counselors have raised questions about<br />

the credibility, legality and purpose of testing. Still, the<br />

specimen bottle has quickly become the nation's latest<br />

symbol.<br />

While it is admirable that the NCAA is attempting to<br />

decrease the number of college-level athletes who<br />

abuse drugs, the tests pose several problems.<br />

Firstly, many of the drugs currently banned by the<br />

NCAA are prescribed by doctors. Allerest - a drug<br />

used to treat patients who suffer from hay fever - has<br />

been deemed illegal by the NCAA along with nearly<br />

3,000 other over-the-counter drugs. According to the<br />

national policy, athletes who test positive for one of<br />

these banned prescription drugs have two options -<br />

they may switch treatments or face immediate disqualification<br />

when they reach NCAA competition.<br />

"This is restricting the right of a physician to practice<br />

medicine," said John Albright, director of the UI sports<br />

medicine department. Albright, who is in charge of<br />

testing athletes locally, added, "They are assuming that<br />

physicians are not responsible people."<br />

The NCAA is physically harming athletes by forcing<br />

them to switch to less effective drugs. The NCAA has<br />

also overstepped its boundaries by interfering in a<br />

physician's job to prescribe proper medication for<br />

patients.<br />

Another problem is the legality of such testing, which is<br />

already being questioned by several athletes and<br />

universities across the nation. Officials from Georgetown<br />

University have said they will probably take the<br />

mandatory drug-testing issue to court because it violates<br />

an individual's rights to privacy.<br />

And finally, testing has fast become the nation's simple<br />

answer to the drug war. Education and counseling have<br />

taken a back seat to testing, causing many to wonder<br />

what purpose the program actually serves - are people<br />

being categorized and then helped, or are they just<br />

being harmfully labeled?<br />

For example, the. NCAA's drug program passed earlier<br />

this year, budgets a mere $400,000 for education and<br />

rehabilitation in the next year while $2 million will be<br />

used to finance tests. True, those athletes who have<br />

problems need to be singled out so they can be helped,<br />

but how can a person begin recovery when most money<br />

is being used to point fingers instead of fight problems?<br />

By objecting to the ridiculous list of prescription drugs<br />

currently banned by the NCAA, and including an<br />

education component in the UI's new program, board<br />

members have taken a firm stance against the tests. The<br />

VI should co'ntinue to show the NCAA and the rest of<br />

the nation how the drug war may most effectively be<br />

fought - education and rehabilitation are the solutions,<br />

not specimen bottles.<br />

Suzanne McBride<br />

Editorial Writer<br />

Good deed<br />

On Tuesday, the Iowa City Council received an insurance<br />

refund check amounting to $20,000 dollars. Pennies<br />

from heaven, indeed! Council members readily<br />

agreed the extra money could be put to good use.<br />

Already, there are citizens and groups lined up to<br />

receive it. An approximate amount for funds requested<br />

is well over $100,000.<br />

While groups lobby and the council debates as everything<br />

gets caught up in the bureaucracy of the moment,<br />

it seems there is an obvious use for the council's<br />

windfall.<br />

As the Christmas season draws near, it seems natural<br />

the council should embrace the spirit of Christmas<br />

giving. A food drive should be started for citizens who<br />

are not as fortunate as others. Toys and a variety of<br />

Christmas paraphernalia could be stockpiled.<br />

Then with all the splendor of "White Christmases,"<br />

reindeer on the roof and chestnuts roasting on an open<br />

fire, Iowa City could play the part of Old Saint Nick.<br />

What a thrill that would be!<br />

How about it [owa City? Is it worth it, or is this just a<br />

dream?<br />

Why not use it for the good of all instead of putting it to<br />

use elsewhere - good use true enough, but one that<br />

speaks to individual interest groups. .<br />

It's a cliche, but it is better to give than to receive.<br />

Jeffrey Sedam<br />

Graphics Editor<br />

Letters<br />

Face up<br />

To the Editor:<br />

How noble of VI Athletic<br />

Director Bump Elliott to take<br />

the responsibility for the misinterpretation<br />

of NCAA regulations<br />

regarding the use of<br />

complimentary game passes<br />

by the fiancees and other associates<br />

of Iowa athletes, resulting<br />

in the loss of the athletes'<br />

ticket privileges for the folloWing<br />

year.<br />

This act is simply an attempt<br />

by Elliot to save face after a<br />

colossal blunder on his part.<br />

It's very easy for him to do this<br />

in light of the fact that it will<br />

have no effect on his job situation<br />

or salary. It is unfair to<br />

punish the athletes for the<br />

mistake of an administrator.<br />

If Elliot has any doubts whatsoever<br />

about just who can and<br />

can't use these passes, it is up<br />

to him to talk to the proper<br />

individuals to get the specifiCS<br />

and inform the athletes of the<br />

proper use of these tickets so<br />

as not to violate NCAA rules.<br />

Perhaps every time an incident<br />

such as this occurs, the<br />

responsible administrator<br />

should give up his or her<br />

complimentary game tickets<br />

for the season. Then we'll see<br />

how quick the administration<br />

is to try and use the athletes as<br />

scapegoats in an attempt to<br />

pass off their own errors.<br />

Charles Protzman<br />

Unwelcome addition<br />

To the Editor:<br />

In a story I wrote called<br />

"Study abroad encourages<br />

understanding," (The Daily<br />

Iowan Oct. 27), Africa was<br />

referred to as the Dark Continent,<br />

words not used by me in<br />

the original article. The words<br />

Dark Continent were added<br />

during editing without my<br />

knowledge. While I realize the<br />

editing decision was innocent<br />

and no racial slur was<br />

intended, the fact remains, the<br />

Opinions expressed on the Viewpoints page of The Dally lowln lit<br />

those of the signed author. The DaHy Iowan, as a non-prllfil<br />

corporation, does not express opinions on these matters. '-•••••• __ ~<br />

The Dailv Iowan/Joseph Sharpnac:lt<br />

words Dark Continent seem<br />

negative to many people,<br />

including me.<br />

Consequently, I was surprised<br />

and disappointed when DI<br />

editors refused to print a<br />

statement in the corrections<br />

column, clarifying the fact that<br />

the words were not used by me<br />

in the original article.<br />

In a digressions column called<br />

"Criticism is always welcome<br />

as long as it has a signature,"<br />

(OJ Oct. 30), Managing Editor<br />

Kathy Hinson Breed said the<br />

OJ always welcomes criticism<br />

from readers willing to sign<br />

their critiques, but feels no<br />

need to pay attention to<br />

anonymous notes. I agree. Consequently,<br />

my name appears at<br />

the bottom of this letter.<br />

Unfortunately, it also appeal's<br />

on a DI article containing the<br />

words Dark Continent.<br />

John RobInson<br />

Whodunnit<br />

To the EdItor:<br />

In an editorial criticizing<br />

those who send in unsigned<br />

critiques or annotated corrections<br />

of spelling andlor grammar<br />

(The Daily Iowan Oct. 30),<br />

Managing Editor Kathy Hinson<br />

Breed commits a much more<br />

serious error than one of<br />

spelling or grammar,<br />

In her article "Criticism is<br />

always welcome as long as it<br />

has a signature," she slates "I<br />

suspect this person is a UI<br />

Paradoxes follow elections<br />

By Michael Humes<br />

governorships were impressive,<br />

especially if you're easily Democrats and Republicans from this year's campaign is<br />

advertising, but since the suring thing that emerged<br />

impressed. They may have lost both slung slime at each other that we can be surer than ever<br />

.----.,.--=---, Up until the Senate (probably making with equal verve and gusto, I before that there aren't many<br />

quite recently,<br />

I thought I chairman of the Judiciary the "charges" one candidate Many congressional elections<br />

Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., doubt it And, oddly, many of heroin addicts in Congress.<br />

would never Committee, which will cause made against the other were prominently featured candi·<br />

read a newspaper<br />

article sort of semi-literate troglo­<br />

were false.<br />

in a firm and confident grasp,<br />

that body to begin sending the true at the same time they dates taking specimen bottles<br />

more improbable<br />

than one nominating scurrying back incumbent Republican Sen. into a convenient lavatory and<br />

dytes who Reagan has been In North Dakota, for instance, striding with stern purpose<br />

which<br />

home to brush up on their Mark Andrews accused his later emerging, flushed with<br />

jumbled an cave painting), but they feel opponent Kent Conrad of success, proudly brandishing<br />

account of they've more than made up for "having collected tax revenues their specimens before wait·<br />

The Uoors' Jim Morrison it by seizing the governor's for six years." Hideous though ing television cameras, with<br />

expOsing himself on stage and chair in New Mexico.<br />

that crime may be, Conrad has the whole ceremony appearing<br />

a recipe for pineapple Star Wars, aid to the Contras something of an excuse in that on the 6 o'clock news. (Yeah,<br />

upside-down cake. In the past and judicial nominees may all he was the elected state tax<br />

week, though, that story sunk be in trouble, but th~ Republicans<br />

will hold the reins of years, and it was his job to<br />

. commissioner for those six to see at dinnertime.)<br />

to second place in my heirarchy<br />

of unbelievability when power from Tucumcari to collect taxes. If Conrad had sional fauna will be interest.<br />

President Ronald Reagan said Albuquerque for the next four offered that defense himself, ing to watch. For years, Con.<br />

he thought the Republican years. That's something to Andrews would probably have gress has been full of snakes<br />

Party did fairly well on election<br />

night. ,<br />

claims he was only following going to be a Gopher.<br />

crow about, all right.<br />

countered with "Kent Conrad<br />

The reason for his satisfaction IT WOULD BE heartening to orders '" just like Hermann<br />

must lie in the fact that while think the change in the Senate Goering did at Nuremburg."<br />

his pal'ty lost control of the was the result of the voters<br />

V.S. Senate, the GOP's gains in rejecting negative campaign PERHAPS THE ONE reas-<br />

Viewpoints page every Friday.<br />

professor or instructor: He or<br />

she has a penchant for marking<br />

up the paper with a red<br />

pen as though it were a class<br />

assignment."<br />

She may be right but she may<br />

be totally wrong. Her statement<br />

is pure and idle speculation<br />

which betrays her personal<br />

bias that professors or<br />

instructors apparently take<br />

pleasure in correcting spelling<br />

and grammar errors and that<br />

professors or instructors have<br />

exclusive proprietorship of<br />

red pens. I find that many of<br />

my students find considerably<br />

more pleasure in catching me<br />

in a grammatical or spelling<br />

error than I ever find in correcting<br />

their mistakes. Many of<br />

our students also own red<br />

pens.<br />

Hinson Breed's supposition is<br />

prejudicial and inappropriate,<br />

especially in a paper that so<br />

frequently belabors the perils<br />

of prejudice ....<br />

Keene Swett<br />

UI Geology Professor<br />

Friendly hawkeyes<br />

To the Editor:<br />

I am an Ohio State UniverSity<br />

football fan. I have not missed<br />

a home game for 22 years and I<br />

have attended away games at<br />

all of the Big Ten schools<br />

except Minnesota. This past<br />

Saturday I was in Iowa City<br />

cheering for the Buckeyes. I<br />

was pleased with the OSU win,<br />

of course, but the thing that<br />

impressed me most was the<br />

allowee<br />

ALLOWEEN<br />

over in Wa<br />

S.D. As child<br />

elsewhere<br />

their costumes,<br />

sts and goblins cli<br />

k into their tombs,<br />

Idren around this fa<br />

'ng community prepare<br />

horrors to come.<br />

is a nightmare<br />

ncertainty and<br />

d of farm foreclosu<br />

bankruptcies.<br />

They hear talk about<br />

What will it be<br />

for South<br />

Dakota's<br />

farmers? Trick<br />

or treat?<br />

prices and no profits.<br />

athers return home<br />

empty trucks and thin<br />

lets after selling or stor<br />

rain at the elevator<br />

town. They play quietly<br />

the kitchen and they I<br />

.s they hear, "What's a<br />

o do to take care' of<br />

family?" And then t<br />

neak out to the barn<br />

SO 12 CHI1:DREN<br />

econd and third grade<br />

JlIade Halloween card~<br />

that's one thing I really want I sent them to Pres I<br />

onald R~agan. They w<br />

And the change in congres· ~ess~ges In the cards<br />

109 him they need help<br />

"in a hurry," wrote H<br />

Wall, an 8-year-old<br />

weasels and rats. Now, there'; farmer's d~ughter . "Th<br />

re not gOing very good<br />

ljiouth Dakota," wrote Ja<br />

Michael Humes is an Iowa City wriler. Richter, a 7-yea:,-0Id son<br />

His column appears on Ihe gram .farmer. T~ey n<br />

I more pTlces for their<br />

At dusk, the Dakota<br />

rops to the horizon, Ii<br />

giant pumpkin, and, as<br />

isappears, night fa<br />

uickly. In the fading Ii<br />

vacant farmhouses<br />

first-class quality of the Iowa orn shutters and<br />

fans.<br />

windows seem hau<br />

Around 50 people from Iowa White lace curtains<br />

congratulated me and my 9/lrough the windows:<br />

friends on the victory, wished ners of surrender.<br />

us good luck during the restor 1 deserted farmyards,<br />

the season and expressed ind blows through<br />

their hope that we would have cylindrical grain bins.<br />

a safe trIP back to ~olumbus .I makes a grievous sou<br />

have never experienced thiS like a phantom pi<br />

kind of courtesy before at a funeral hymn on<br />

road game and I hope Buckeye slightly off key.<br />

fans demonstrate this same<br />

kind of hospitality to our<br />

guests.<br />

Jim Mue.1ig I<br />

Columbus, OhiO<br />

Review reservations<br />

To the Editor: (<br />

I have more reservations I<br />

about the review of Momix<br />

(The Dally Iowan Nov. 3) than<br />

this space can contain. In fac~<br />

. the term "review" may be I<br />

misnomer for an article so<br />

lacking in artistic analysis and<br />

constructive criticism. presence is ominous, ec<br />

Considering the unrelenting . ing the ghosts of autu<br />

condescension extended, I past, the autumns<br />

suspect the reviewer prefeTl 1930 and 1940 when, i<br />

the insipid courtliness and ingle decade, nearly<br />

mishandled choreography South Dakotans m<br />

which characterized the prevl· away. More people<br />

ous week's performance ~isted in South Da<br />

(despite heroic efforts by some 1930 census than are<br />

of the North Carolina I 'n the 1980 censusdancers).<br />

Tastes do vary, bull compared to 690,178.<br />

the reviewer should have ack· projected figures for<br />

nowledged his/her lack of uggest that people<br />

objectivity.<br />

eturn. But can this be<br />

The reviewer should alsohavt more and more farms fa<br />

acknowledged reporting on I the wayside?<br />

program which had no een Mea 'Ilile, Heidi, J<br />

viewed in its entirety. ,Ie I Lanc .'remy, John,<br />

was absolutely no mem ... of Calvi, Nicole and<br />

the three major works pre- others wait for a letter<br />

sented ailer the intermission. the president. They wa<br />

an omission which is incom' answer. What will it be<br />

prehensiblc unless the South Dakota's farme<br />

reviewer abandoned the audio Trick or treat?<br />

lorium at the midway poinL AI<br />

one who remained until tbe ols Hatton is a graduate<br />

end, I can testify that the, in South Dakota State IlnllIAr~1l<br />

second half contained some or department 01 journa<br />

the most stunning perro!' mass communications.<br />

mance I've witne sed any' 1986 New York Times.<br />

where.

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