Brown and White Vol. 101 no. 5

              by jen lev news writer wednesday at the beginning of the 20th century there were 6 million jews in russia today there are less than 1 million and this number will decline more by the end of this century friedgut said despite the rules against jews in the former soviet union their community in russia was vibrant and active part of soci ety it was the cradle of the world's jewish population in thought and culture the former soviet union under went many changes throughout the 20th century and eventually fell dur ing this decade one of the biggest changes has been decline in the num ber of russian jews said ted friedgut professor of russian stud ies at hebrew university in jerusa lem and a visiting professor at the berman center for jewish studies please see russia page 6 friedgut said there are three main reasons for the decline of russian jews and as time goes on they be come stronger forces biological attrition when more people are dying than being reborn is the first process friedgut said that in 1989 the jewish population was considered an aged community whose average age was 50 israel in comparison has an average age of baw photo by david baker ted friedgut visiting russian studies professor clinton lends students a hand by robert dellinger news writer president clinton signed the national and community service trust act into law tuesday in his first attempt to directly aid the mtv generation which so enthusiastically elected him the bill passed congress on sept 8 will make the biggest changes in federal loans to college students since 1 965 under former president lyndon johnson's great society program the plan being loosely labeled please see clinton page 6 as a peace corps for america con 10,000 will be earned toward the sists of a repayment of student loans repayment of student loans over a two year period duringwhich time students will work for minimum ntc'yx/'q j j^_j yy wwwvwwvwwvv f f i m a statement released by the president noted the need for decentralization thereby empowering local initiatives that devise local solutions to problems fac wage tutor ing poor children immunizing ba bies running soup kitchens helping police officers or participating in a number of other community service jobs along with the minimum wage salary over a two-year period ing america's communi ties it will be bold and it will be entrepreneurial in its quest for cxcel all the lehigh news first the brown and white i_/cf*lgf l>mriitfh m u ,, u friday september 24 1993 vol 101 no 5 by brad berk news writer the government is inefficient in its economic policies and politicians are not conveying their constituents ' needs effectively said a member of the conservative heritage founda tion during a speech at rauch busi ness center tuesday stuart butler said the generation of u.s economic policy is not a pretty sight according to butler people are not getting the value of the dollar that they are putting in most people be lieve that the government should be more streamlined butler blames this ineffective ness on the institution of govern ment itself and not on the politicians he feels that politicians are not able to articulate the needs and wants of their constituents this is not to say that they are by any means stupid it is just that it is difficult to make an effective case to the government and the congress about making government more ef economic policy-making flawed conservative speaker says economic policy development hurt by lobbying and inefficiencies ficient he said it doesn't matter who we send there it is the ineffec tiveness of the institution of govern ment which leads to large deficits and gross inefficiency butler pinpointed three main rea sons for this the first is that in the decision making process those who want to expand government have the upper hand over those who wish to contract government this happens because the cost of the programs is spread out widely if many pay little for something such as one cent for every taxpayer there is an imbalance of power between those who receive the benefit and those who pay for it butler feels these programs them selves are part of this problem even if the program is outdated and use less there is a strong interest in the continuation of it this lobbying pressure is based on the premise that to keep a group or committee in business it only re quires a tiny percentage of tax rev enues.butlerstatedthat,forexample the rural electrification adminis tration is outdated and it is still being funded they have completed their task of bringing electricity to the farmers of the midwest so why keep them butler said it is because they advertise their cause as patriotic and for the future of children and if it is only a few pennies per taxpayer it is never cut off butler's second reason of why the government is inefficient con cerns the way policies are devel oped he said policies are created in committees that benefit everyone involved there is a disproportion ate say in what happens and what is spent and those who help the com mittee want to be helped back this connection between groups creates a barrier that prevents the elimination of inefficiency in the form of job cuts and cut backs butler points out that vice presi dent gore will have to tackle the committees to get anywhere in his please see government page 3 russian jews on the decline russian studies professor discusses the shrinking of russian jew population marie c bultz university libraries linderman library n0 030 up up and away lehigh's student activities council launches its 1993-94 theme 280 days around the world the sac goal is to provide entertainment representative of all the continents this month's continent is asia baw photo hy david baker news 1-6 i^^m world news briefs 2 middle east analysis 3 |^ women's choices lecture 5 tae kwon do 7 hpl4l events guide 14 m sports 18-20 r^o men's soccer 20 hjmmbh women's tennis feature 20 football preview lehigh to meet brown at home see story page 18