Jose Antonio Primo De Rivera

1. Who’s who world politics(S, N)
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3. Why the Cocks fight(H,N) Michele Wucker(1999)
4. Our own backyard
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60. His majesties regulations(military manual)
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100. Titan(John D. Rockefeller)
101. The house of Morgan
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103. Longitude
104. The anchor atlas of world history vol II
105. Diplomacy Henry Kissinger
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115. Inferno Dante
116. Mr. Wilson’s cabinet of wonder
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119. Rainbow Six Tom Clancy
120. From the Shadows
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122. Geronimo
123. The education of Henry Adams Vol I
124. The education of Henry Adams Vol II
125. Naturalist: E.O Wilson E.O Wilson
126. Passage east
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128. The new international atlas(rand mcnally)
129. The wild west
130. A history of world societies
131. American history Volume 1 to 1877
132. Running wild
133. Football journal 1997
134. Atlas of world history
135. Warriors
136. Men ships and the sea
137. The columbia encyclopedia(1957)
138. MHQ Vol 6#1
139. MHQ Vol 6#3
140. MHQ Vol 6#3
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142. MHQ Vol 2#2
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154. MHQ Vol 11#1
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156. MHQ Vol 3#2
157. MHQ Vol 3#4
158. MHQ Vol 10#2
159. MHQ Vol 10#3
160. MHQ Vol 10#3
161. MHQ Vol 10#4
162. The Harper encyclopedia of military history
163. North American Indian wars
164. Good’s world atlas
165. 500 nations
166. Something under the bed is drooling
167. Lets pave the stupid rainforests and give school teachers stun guns
168. Lazy Sunday book
169. Physiology
170. Theres treasure everywhere
171. The days are just packed
172. Authoritative calvin and hobbes
173. Indespensible calvin and hobbes
174. Calvin and hobbes
175. The essential Calvin and hobbes
176. Fire in the ashes
177. Youth up in arms
178. The forighn affairs fudge factory
179. The soviet assualt on americas southern flank
180. Political order in changing societies
181. The hollow years: France in the 1930s
182. The battle for the Falklands
183. East of the sun
184. Battle for the bundu
185. American diplomacy
186. Empire by default
187. The fourth estate Jeffrey Archer
188. Twelve Red herrings Jeffery Archer
189. Cold Mountain
190. Hammerheads
191. 1898
192. Drawing the line
193. Legends of the American desert
194. A turning wheel
195. A country made by war
196. Politics among nations Hans J. Morganthau
197. Bay of Pigs
198. Warriors at Suez
199. The Scramble for Africa
200. Forighn affairs
201. Forighn affairs
202. Global affairs
203. Guide to investing
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205. 70 common cacti of the southwest
206. guide to insects
207. The scents of Eden
208. The code breakers
209. Crazy horse
210. Libya’s Qaddafi
211. Let the sea make a noise
212. The race to fashoda
213. Pacific destiny
214. A century of spies
215. Soldiers of peace
216. The weight of the Yen
217. The Prize
218. Byzantium
219. Vietnam Stanley karnov
220. Looking at the sun
221. Machiavelli
222. The twighlight of capitalism
223. The slave trade
224. Arafat: from defender to dictator
225. Arafat: Terrorist or peacemaker? Alan Hart
226. The perfect storm(tape)
227. Things fall apart Chinua Achebe
228. Why things bite back
229. Space dreadnoughts
230. No exit and three other plays john Paul Sartre
231. Silent sons
232. Notes from underground Fyodor Dostoevsky
233. Leonard Mattlins 1997 Movie and video Guide
234. Familiar Dinosarus
235. On the beach Nevil Shute
236. James Madison
237. Alexander Graham Bell
238. Royal Blood
239. The Frigates
240. The dreadnoughts
241. The Venetians
242. The ancient mariners
243. Great political wit Bob Dole
244. Napoleon III and his carnival empire
245. James Monroe
246. News of a kidnapping
247. The West
248. Warfare:The middle ages 768-1487
249. Warfare: renassiance to revolution 1492-1792
250. Huey Long
251. Dreaming with his eyes open:Diego Rivera
252. Franco
253. Richard Nixon
254. Pancho Villa
255. Khrushchev: A political life
256. Khrushchev: A Career
257. The politics of Diplomacy James A. Baker III
258. The new state of war and peace:1991
259. The politics of Rage
260. Lindberg
261. George III
262. The power broker
263. Wall street: a history
264. Beneath the United states
265. The Lance and the shield:Sitting Bull Robert M. Utley
266. Asad
267. The Kissinger Transcripts
268. Eisenhower Stephen E. Ambrose
269. Paul Revere’s ride
270. This new ocean
271. Acheson
272. Where white men fear to tread: Russel Means Russel Means
273. Crazy Horse Mary Sandoz
274. The New York Times Almanac:1999
275. The awakening
276. U.S Diplomacy since 1900
277. Arab and jew:wounded spirits in a promised land
278. Palastine and the Arab-Isreali conflict Smith
279. The middle east and the peace process
280. The devil we knew:cold war
281. Russia a concise history
282. Alice in wonderland
283. Hearts of darkness
284. Portable 20th century russian reader
285. Portable 19th century russian reader
286. Documents in British history
287. The long goodbye
288. The joy cookbook
289. Crepes and waffles(S,O)
290. The soldiers tale(H,N)
291. My great grandfather diary of WWI Howard Hart
292. Coolidge:an american enigma Robert Sobel
293. George:Political lists
294. First in His Class David Maraniss
295. George Bush:The life of a lone star Yankee Herbert S. Parmet
296. Hitler: Hubris(H,N) Ian Keershaw(1999,600)
297. The conservative Revolution(H,N) Lee Edwards(1999,350)
298. Nixon:the rise of an American politician(H,O) Roger Morris( 1990,850)
299. Raj:the making and un-making of British India(H,N)Lawrence James(1999,650)
300. Orphans of the Cold War(H,N) John K. Knaus)1999, 400)
301. J.P Morgan:American Financier(H,N) Jeane Straus(1999,700)
302. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party(H,N)Michael F. Holt(1999, 1000)
303. Andrew Carnegie(S,N) Joseph F. Wall(1970,1000)
304. Trotsky books one and two in Russian(H,N) Dmitri Volkogonov(99’,400)
305. Stalin books one and two in Russian(H,N) Dmitri Volkogonov(99’,400)
306. War and Peace in Russian(H,N) Tolstoy(1999,1000)
307. Crime and Punishment in Russian(H,N) Dostoevsky(1999,1000)
308. The Contender(H,N) Irwin F. Gellman(1999, 400)
309. Jay Gould(S,N) Maury Klien(1997, 500)
310. A continent of Islands(S,N) Mark Kurlansky(1992, 300)
311. Gladstone(H,N) (1998, 600)
312. A History of Israel(S,O) Howard Sacher(1976,1000)
313. Politics in the middle east(S,O) James A Bill(1994,383)
314. One Land Two peoples(S,O) Deborah J. Gerner(1991,200)
315. Atlas of Russian History(S,O) John Channon(1995,100)
316. A Republic not an Empire(H, N) Pat Buchanon(1999, 400)
317. Duel(H,N) Thomas Fleming(1999, 400)
318. Prohibition(S,N) Edward Behr(1996, 250)
319. Into Thin Air(S, N) Jon Krakauer(1997, 350)
320. Harp song for a Radical-Eugene v. Debs(H, N) Marguerite Young(1999,500)
321. King Hussein:a life on the edge(H, N) Roland Dalls(1998, 300)
322. The day the bubble burst(H, O)
323. When La Guardia was mayor (H, O)
324. American Thunder: The Garth Brooks story(H, N)
325. Faith of my fathers(signed)(H,N) John Mcain(1999, 300)
326. Forbes(Signed)(H,N) Steve Forbes(1999, 300)
327. Dutch: A memoir of Ronald Reagan(cassette) Edmund Morris(1999)
328. Mangas Coloradas(H, N) Edwin Sweeney(1998, 450)
329. American Rev. in Indian Country(H, N) Colin Galloway(1995, 250)
330. George Washington: A Life(H,N) Willard Randall(1997, 501)
331. Fredrick the Great(H,N) Robert Asprey(1986, 600)
332. Flames across the border:1813-1814(H,O) Pierre Burton(1981, 425)
333. Democratic Revolutions in the West Indies(H, O) ed. Wendell Bell(1967, 225)
334. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire(H, N) Brian Corzier(1999, 600)
335. Joseph McCarthy(H, N) Arthur Herman(1999, 300)
336. List of the U.S Congress(S, N) (1997, 200)
337. Comparative Peace Process in Latin America(S, N)
338. The Pan American dream(S, N) Harrison
339. Fernando Henrique Cardoso(S, N) Cardoso
340. Lords of the Horizons(H, N) Jason Goodwin(1999, 300)
341. Millard Filmore(H, N) Robert J. Rayback(1998,400)
342. The Century(H, N Bernard Bruce(1999,1000)
343. The Bear book(H, N) John Rothchild(1998, 270)
344. Saddam Hussien: The Politics of Revenge(H, N) Said K Aburish(2000, 370)
345. The Cyprus Conspiracy(H, N) Brendan Malley(1999, 235)
346. The Confessions(S, O) St. Augustine(?, 300)
347. Abelard and Heloise(S, O) Abelard(?, 300)
348. Autobiography(S, O) Benvenuto Cellini(?, 300)
349. African Politics and Society(H, N) Peter J. Schraeder(2000, 350)
350. The Crucible of War(H, N) Fred Anderson(2000, 500)
351. Il Duce: Musssulini as diplomat(H, N) Richard Lamb
352. Everest(H, N) Walter Unesold
353. Murdoch(S, N) Will. Shawcross(1997, 400)
354. Ataturk(H, N) Andrew Mango(2000, 550)
355. Empires of the Sand(H, N) Karsh's(1999, 350)
356. The Great Game(S, N) Peter Hopkirk
357. Like Hidden Fire(S, N) Peter Hopkirk
358. Setting the East Ablaze(S, N) Peter Hopkirk
359. Dreadnought(S, N) Robert K. Massie
360. Nixon's Vietnam War(H, N) Jeffrey Kimball
361. Shakespeare(S, N) Harold Bloom
362. Timeline(H, N) Micheal Crichton
363. Skeptics and True Beleivers(H,N)
364. Nasser(H, O) Robert Stephens(1971, 570)
365. The Black Handbook(S, O) Bute and Hammer(1997, 375)
366. Peron(H, O) Joseph Page(1983,500)
367. Khrushchev Rememmbers:glasnost tapes(H, O) Strobe Talbot-ed.(1990, 200)
368. Years of Upheavel(H, O) Henry Kissinger(1982, 1200)
369. Goldwater(H, O) Lee Edwards(1995, 450)
370. Maxwell(H, O) Tom Bower(1992, 500)
371. Turmoil and Triumph(H, O) George Schultz(1993, 1000)
372. Ulysses S. Grant(H, N) Brooks Simpson(2000,500)
373. Citizen Coors(H, N) Dan Baum(2000, 350)
374. Me Against my Brother(H, N) Scott Petersen(2000, 300)
375. American Dreamer: Henry Wallace(H, N) John C. Culiver(2000, 500)
376. The House of Rothschild(H, N) Niall Ferguson(2000, 500)
377. The Basque History of the World(H, N) Mark Kurlansky(2000, 300)
378. Crimea: The great Crimean war(H, N) Trevor Royle(2000, 500)
379. A Brief History of the Caribbean(H, N) Jan Rogozinski(1999, 400)
380. Churchill: The Unruly Giant(H, N) Norman Rose(1994, 400)
381. Path to Power(H, N) Maggy Thatcher(1995, 500)
382. Balkans: 1804-1999(H, N) Misha Glenny(2000, 500)
383. The Emperor: Haille Sallaise(S, N) Ryszard Kapuscinski(1983)
384. Red Dragon Rising(H, N) Edward Timerlake(1999)
385. Turkey Unveiled(H, N) Nicole/Hugh Pope(1997)
386. My Life(H, O) Golda Meir(1975, 450)
387. The Downing Street Years(H, O) Margaret Thatcher(1993)
388. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Pakistan(H, N) Rafi Raza(1997, 350)
389. Bitter Fruit(S, N) Stephen Schlesinger(1982)
390. Brother Number One(H, N) David P. Chandler(1992)
391. Winds of Change(H, N) Trevor Royle(1996, 300)
392. Disarmament and Colonial Freedom(H, N) Nakita Khruchchev(1961)
393. On Every Front(S, O) Thomas G. Paterson(1992)
394. Americas Longest War(S, O) George C. Herring(1996)
395. A Vietcong Memoir(S, O) Truong Nhu Tang(1985)
396. Hist 332 Manuscript
397. The Thaw Generation(S, O) Alexeyeva and Goldberg
398. The Vargas Regime-1934-38(H, N) Robert Levin(1970)
399. The Sandino Affair(S, N) Neill Macaulay(1967)
400. Fujimori: The President who dared to dream(S,N) Rei Kimura(1998)
401. Our Man in Panama(H,O) John Dinges(1990, 317)
402. Haiti: The Duvaliers(H, O) Elizebeth Abbot(1988)
403. In the Eye of the Storm:Swartzkopf(H, O) Roger Choen(1991)
404. Chili under Pinochet: A nation of Enemies(H,O) Pamela Constable(1991)
405. An Honest President: Grover Cleveland(H, N) H. Paul Jeffers(200)
406. Empire: Howard Hughes(S, N) David L. Bartlett(1979)
407. Sukarno(H, N) C.L.M Penders(1974)
408. Chainsaw(H, N) John A. Byrne(1999)
409. Trujillo: Death of the dictator(S, N) Bernard Diederich(1978)
410. African Political Leadership(S, N) A. B. Assensoh(1998)
411. Salazar's Dictatorship and European Fascism(S, N) Antonio Costa Pinto(1995)
412. The Holy Bible
413. The Book of Mormon
414. It Doesn't take a hero(Cassette, N) Norman Swartzkopf
415. An American Life(Cassette, N) Ronald Reagan
416. Taking Charge: LBJ(Cassette, N)
417. RMN: Late a president…(H, N)
418. The Day Elvis met Nixon(S, N) Egil and Bud Krogh
419. Political Shorts(H, N) Glenn Liebman
420. Khomeini(H, N) Baqar Moin(2000, 300)
421. Devil Take the Hindmost: speculation(S, N) Edward Chancellor(1999)
422. Murdoch(S, N) William Shawcross(1999)
423. Thinking Out Loud(H, N) Joel Trachtenburg(2000)
424. A Random Walk Down Wall street(S, N) Burton Malkiel(2000)
425. The Moviegoer(S, N) Walker Percy
426. The Rise, corruption, coming fall House Saud(S, N) Said K. Aburish(1996)
427. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(H, N) David E. Long(1997)
428. American Indians(S, O) William T. Hagan(1993)
429. Saudi Arabia: Ceaseless Quest for Security(S, N) Nadav Safran(1991)
430. Arafat: In the Eyes of the Beholder(H, N) Janet and John Wallach(97)
431. Oil, God and Gold(H, N) Anthony Cave Brown(1999)
432. The Memoirs of Richard Nixon(H, O) Richard Nixon(1978)
433. A History of the Indians(S, 0) Angie Debo(1970)
434. High Crimes + Misdemeanors:Evan Mecham(H, O) Ronald J. Witkins(1990)
435. Our Country(S,O) Michael Barone(1990)
436. Inevitable Revolutions(S,O) Walter LaFeber(1984)
437. The United Nations and the Superpowers(S,O) John G. Stoessinger(1970)
438. The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy(H, O) Thomas C. Reeves(1982)
439. The Great Anglo-Boer War(H, O) Byron Farwell(1976)
440. White House Years: Mandate for Change(H,O) Dwight D. Eisenhower(1963)
441. Fatherland(S,O) Robert Harris(1992)
442. Foreign Policies of the Taft Administration(H, O) Walter V. Scholes(1970)
443. Cromwell: Lord Protector(H, O) Antonia Fraser(1973)
444. The Rising American Empire(S, O) Richard Van Alstyne(1960)
445. Mr. Republican: Robert Taft(H, O) James T. Petterson(1972)
446. Khrushchev Remmembers(H, O) Nakita Khrushchev(1970)
447. Khrushchev Remmembers:The Last testament(H, O)Nakita Khrushchev(1974)
448. Killing Pablo(H, N) Mark Bowden(2001)
449. BHAGAVAD GITA
450. The Burden of Memory
451. Colonial Citizens(S, O)
452. The Whiz Kids(H, O)
453. Against all Odds(H, O)
454. Leaders(H, O) Richard Nixon
455. Ordeal in Africa(H, O)
456. Iacocca(H, O) Lee Iacocca
457. Barbarians at the gate
458. One up on Wall street Michael Lynch
459. How to beat the Dow with bonds
460. Fredrick the Great Fraser
461. Getting started with futures
462. Options
463. The Millionare next door
464. Options, Futures and other dirivitives Hull
465. Dilemmas: What would you do?
466. Money masters of our time
467. The Money Wars
468. Buffet: The Making of an American capitalist
469. The only investment guide you’ll ever need
470. Options: The investors complete toolkit
471. The beast god forgot to invent
472. When genius failed
473. Irrational Exuberance
474. The Rhinquist appointment CD
475. Straight from the Gut CD
476. Blackhawk down CD
477. Executive orders CD
478. A Beautiful Mind CD
479. How to be a Gentleman H/N
480. Guiliani: Emperor of the City Andrew Kirtzman S/N
481. The Millionare Mind CD/N
482. Trial By Jury CD/N
483. Italian CD
484. Band of Brothers CD/N
485. Empire H/N
486. Garibaldi Jasper Ridley H/N
487. Among the Believers V.S Naipal S/N
488. The Last Empire Gore Vidal S/N
489. A Thief in the Night John Cornwell S/N
490. Storia Della Mafia Guiseppe Marino
491. Lets Go Israel Travel Book S/N
492. Lonely Planet: Cuba Travel Book S/N
493. Sex Slaves Louise Brown S/N
494. The Savage Wars for Peace Max Boot H/N
495. The Brigade Howard Blum H/N
496. Warrior Ariel Sharon S/N
497. The Great Betrayal Ian D. Smith H/O
498. Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdman S/N
499. Jesse Livermore
500. Contrarian Investing
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502. The Bulldog
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504. The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Michael Newton(S, N)
505. Security Analysis Benjamin Graham(H, N)
506. The Language of Real Estate
507. Vorster: The Man Olieviera(H, O)
508. Victoria’s Little Wars (S, N)
509. The Last Trek: A New Beginning F.W. DeKlerk(S, N)
510. Big men, Little People Alec Russel(H, N0
511. The fall of Apartheid: The inside story Robert Harvey
512. Lord Palmerston Jasper Ridley(H, O)
513. Israel: The first 40 years
514. Sharon: Israels Warrior Politician Miller and Zetouni
515. By Blood and Fire Thurston Clarke
516. Becoming a Jew
517. Jewish Book of Why
518. The Koran
519. From Time Immemorial
520. The Sword and the Olive
521. Rescue: the story of the Ethiopian Jews
522. Zhirinovsky
523. From Fighters to Soldiers: Hashomar and Bar giora
524. 90 minutes at Entebbe
525. Manachem Begin: The man and the Legend
526. Battleground: fact and fantasy in palistine Samuel Katz
527. Terror out of Zion Bell
528. The Revolt Manachem Begin
529. Manachem Begin Eitan
530. The Palistine Triangle 1935-48
531. Yitzhak Shamir: summing up Yitzauk Shamir
532. Yuri Andropov
533. The Seventh Million Segev
534. The first Isreals Segev
535. The atlas of Jewish History
536. The Torah(Hebrew-English)
537. The Torah(English only)
538. To be a Jew
539. To Pray as a Jew
540. O Jerusalem
541. The Righteous Martin Gilbert
542. Khrushchev: The man and his Era William Taubman
543. Hitlers Pope
544. Oppenhiemer: Shatterer of Worlds
545. Last Days
546. Looking Toward Ararat
547. A history of the Armenian Genocide
548. The Oligarchs
549. We wish to inform you that Tommorow We will be Killed with our families
550. Indira
551. The Wiesenthal File
552. The Oxford new revised standard Apochrypha
553. Hutchinson Political Encyclopedia
554. On Eagles Wings
555. The wars of Eduad Shevrednadze
556. The false prophet: Rabbi Meir Kahane
557. Harvest of Sorrow Conquest
558. From Third World to First: Singapore Lee Kuan Yew
559. Autopsy of an Empire: The seven leaders of Soviet Volkogonov
560. Clash of civilizations Huntington
561. Closing of the American mind Allan Bloom
562. MHQ spring 2003
563. United Nations: The first 50 years
564. Ravelstein Saul Bellow
565. Freedom at Midnight Dominique la Pierre
566. Back to the Sources: Reading the classic Jewish Texts
567. Trust Francis Fukuyama
568. End of Racism Dinesh D’ Souza
569. Page One New York Times World War Two
570. The Sikhs
571. Capital Karl Marx
572. Orrin Porter Rockwell
573. Trust Fukuyama
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575. The Biggest Game in Town A. Alvarez
576. The Long Short War Hitchens
577. Cochise
578. Positively Fifth Street James Mcmanus
579. Hold Em Poker for Advanced players Sklansky
580. The Theory of Poker Sklansky
581. Championship No Limit and Pot Limit Poker Cloutier
582. Super/System Bronson, Doyle
583. In the Path of God:Islam and Political power Daniel Pipes
584. Alone: Churchil 1932-1940 Manchester
585. Afghanistan: A military History
586. Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 Ian Burma
587. The Great Ceviche Book Douglas Rodriguez
588. The Emperor and the Wolf: Kurosawa Stuart Galbraith
589. The Rage and the Pride Oriana Fallaci
590. Americas Splendid little Wars
591. Treason Ann Coulter(CD)
592. Fighting Terrorism Ben Netanyahu(CD)
593. From Beirut to Jerusalem Thomas Friedman
594. From Beirut to Jerusalem Book on Tape
595. Fire in Beirut Dan Bavly
596. Israel’s Lebanon War Ze’ev Schiff
597. Pity the Nation Robert Fisk
598. Roy Cohn Roy Cohn/Sidney Zion
599. Israels Best Defense
600. Guerilla Prince Geyer
601. The War of Atonement Chaim Herzog
602. Six Days of War Michael Oren
603. Stalin Breaker of nations Conquest
604. Harvest of Sorrow Conquest
605. The Great Terror Conquest
606. The Road to Terror
607. Stalins Generals
608. Ben Gurion: The Burning Ground
609. The Two O’ Clock War
610. No Victor No Vanquished Yom Kippur War
611. Eve of Destruction Yom Kippur War Blum
612. The Burning ground
613. Silent Warriors Clancy
614. Carnage and Culture Victor David Hanson
615. Nine Parts of Desire
616. Carnage and Culture
617. To The Promised Land
618. Elusive Victory Dupuy
619. Castles of Steel Massie
620. Paris 1919 Macmillan
621. Barrows Boys Fergus Fleming
622. Sea of Glory Nathaniel Philbrick
623. Arctic Grail Berton
624. Iceblink Cookman
625. Gaudi Hensbergen
626. Over the Edge of the World
627. Krakatoa Winchester(CD)
628. The Meaning of Everything Winchester(CD)
629. Big Bend and West Texas
630. Fromers Texas
631. Horizontal Everest Kobalenko
632. The Bible with Sources Revealed Friedman
633. The U.S Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941 Gabel
634. Hitler’s Generals
635. The Afrikaners
636. Old School Tobias Wolfe
637. Midnight in Sicily
638. What the Koran really says Ibn Warraq
639. Scattered among the peoples
640. Monster of God
641. 90 degrees north
642. Yom Kippur War: epic encounter Abraham Rabinovich
643. Storm on the Horizon Morris
644. Liberating the Gospels
645. Ishi’s Brain Starn
646. Fire in the Night: Wingate of Zion
647. Tucson Hiking Guide
648. Struggle For Europe
649. Hiking Arizona’s Cactus Country
650. Tanakh Stone edition
651. Biblical Hebrew
652. Struggle for Europe
653. Mishnah Neusner
654. The Great Influenza
655. Josephus the complete works Whiston and Maier
656. Rise of the Vulcans Mann
657. Jeffersons War Wheelan
658. Nasser the Last Arab Said K. Aburish
659. The Grand Mufti
660. Israels Border Wars 1949-1956 Dr. Benny Morris
661. Preachers of Hate European Right
662. Desert Saints
663. Comrades
664. The Holy Land
665. The Iraq War
666. Mussulini
667. Farrell
668. Gideons Spies
669. Moshe Dayan Martin Van Creveld
670. Empire Niall Ferguson
671. 501 Hebrew Verbs
672. Gulag Anne Applebaum
673. Fredrick III
674. Tanack Artscroll
675. Siddur Artscroll
676. Tehillim Artscroll
677. Conflicting Missions: Havana, Africa
678. Congo Disaster
679. Regions and Powers
680. Collapse of the third republic Shirer
681. Story of South Africa
682. Soldier without borders
683. Collusion across the Jordan
684. Sheridan
685. The Spanish Civil War
686. They Must Go
687. Stalin Court of the Red Tsar(paperback)
688. Story of South Africa
689. Millenium
690. The First World War John Keegan
691. Raid on the Sun (CD)
692. 1968 Kurlansky(CD)
693. Charlie Wilson’s War (CD)
694. Conflicting Missions
695. Lone Star Justice Utley
696. 1812 war that forged a nation
697. The Bible King James version
698. Israel geography
699. Who stands accused Chaim Hertzog
700. The Battle for Jerusalem june 5-7 Abraham Rabinovich
701. Dreamland European Jews aftermath graet war Sachar
702. Defending Israel Martin Van Creveld
703. India after Independence
704. India a History John Keay
705. Stalin court of the red tsar
706. Peacemakers
707. Collusion across the Jordan Avi Shail
708. Genises 1948
709. George Washington’s war
710. The anti Chomsky reader
711. Churchill speeches
712. The murderers among us
713. Every man a tiger Tom Clancy
714. The Russians
715. Who stands accused Herzog
716. Living History
717. Bobby Fischer goes to war
718. The Spanish Civil war
719. The Prince Machievelli
720. South Africa
721. The Congress of Vienna
722. Dark Star Safari Paul Theroux
723. 1812
724. Lone Star Justice
725. The Holy Land Robert Subrin
726. The Battle of Jerusalem Rabinovich
727. Holy Bible King James edition
728. The Lost Tribes of Israel
729. Regions and Powers
730. Guards without Frontiers
731. Geography of Israel
732. After the Ice
733. India and Nepal Lets go
734. Africa on a shoestring
735. History of the Sikhs
736. Geography of Israel
737. America the Book
738. Our man in demascus eli cohen
739. Fall of the third republic
740. Churchill man of the century his legend since 1945
741. The Middle Passage V.S Naipaul
742. The writer and his world V.S Naipaul
743. No End to War
744. Comrades
745. The Violent Peace
746. New States New Politics
747. The Song of the Dodo
748. Collapse
749. Veiled Empire
750. A State of Nations
751. The Spanish Civil War Hugh Thomas
752. Tin Tin(Hebrew)
753. Tin Tin(Hebrew)
754. Tin Tin(Hebrew)
755. Tin Tin(Hebrew)

Mayoral candidates apathetic to university
By Seth Frantzman
Arizona Daily Wildcat,
September 2, 1999
To the editor,
I recently attended a mayoral debate on campus. This debate was between the four democratic mayoral candidates. I was shocked to learn and hear that it is the students fault that we are not involved in local politics. Having been to the Pima Democrats’ headquarters on Broadway, I have noticed their bumper-stickers that say, “If you don’t vote, you don’t count.”
Well, it appears that this is how our mayoral candidates feel about us.We don’t vote in mayoral elections by and large, and therefore we don’t count.
These candidates felt that we complained about politicians not listening to our views but that it was our duty to voice those views more loudly. Most of them also felt that we students weren’t studying the right things and that’s perhaps why we couldn’t find jobs in Tucson after we graduated.
My friend had a good way of looking at this situation. He said that by not voting we are in fact making a vote. We’re voting against the candidate. I think it’s a good point. Where are the politicians that are willing to say what needs to be said: “The UA is a huge employer, and you need to be incorporated into our city." The UA is not just an employer, it's a huge mass of voters and citizens. We students give a lot of money to this town. Just think how much beer and alcohol you bought last weekend to party. All of that going to local business. Well, if we're not an important part of this town, I don't know what is.
There is an election coming up on Nov. 2nd. I think we should take our 35,000 votes and give them to someone who does care, someone who wants to integrate this university into the city. Someone who cares about our concerns when it comes to crime, busing and parking. We should give votes to someone other than the four people I saw this Tuesday. Let's show this town we do count.
Seth Frantzman
History/political science sophomore
Get Out of Kosovo
By Seth Frantzman
Arizona Daily Wildcat
March 26, 1999
To the editor,
I'm the last one to want American foreign policy to be dominated by a fear of Vietnam but this time Mr. Clinton has gone too far. He has ruined our foreign policy. He has sent us to Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Iraq. In only one case - Haiti - have we succeeded in accomplishing something. Kosovo has now embroiled our nation in yet another area of the world that we neither understand or should be involved in.
Just like Vietnam was a civil war between the Vietnamese, so the war in Kosovo is a civil war in Yugoslavia. There are a thousand years of history in the province, in which both the Serbs and Kosovars have a strong and delicate history. If we are to argue that the Vietnam war was a mistake, then we should argue against getting involved in Yugoslavia.
The fact is that by killing Yugoslavians we are making a gargantuan mistake: We have no realistic goals. If Mr. Milosevic does not back down, then there is nothing we can do. All indications are that Mr. Milosevic and his supporters will not buckle, but will fight to the end. We are alienating the Russians who have, since World War I, been the so-called defenders of the Slavs. We could in fact cause a meltdown in the Balkans that could lead to a widened war, something that has already happened three times this century.
Even if you don't agree with the above statements let me give you one more example. Texas used to be a sovereign nation just as Kosovo claims it once was. If the Texans wanted to leave, would we let them? If Texas was trying to leave, would we let a Chinese peacekeeping force roam around our country to protect them? No.
Neither of those two things would be allowed by the American people. We already fought one civil war, just as Milosevic is fighting, to keep our nation together so we would fight to keep Texas. We would never allow a foreign power to send its troops (like NATO wants to do) to allow a state of ours to leave. Or would we allow our own NATO the OAS (Organization of American states) to send Mexicans in to defend Texas? No.
The Texas comparison is a good one. Think of your houses being bombed by a former power that was trying to help one of our states leave and then ask yourselves whether you agree with our mission in Yugoslavia.
Seth Frantzman
History and political science freshman

Arizona Daily Wildcat,
March 28, 2000
Kolbe should support military
To the editor,
In the March 27th Wildcat there was a commentary condemning both Congressman Kolbe and his support for the military. The article alleged a series of falsehoods. First it argued that it was mean-spirited Republicans who formulated the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy followed by the Military. This is simply incorrect.
This policy is one of compromise between the President and the GOP. In fact the President has claimed on many occasions that "his" policy regarding gays in the military has been a success, when in fact the policy has been a total failure.
Secondly, the article lambasted the military for its "discriminatory" policy. Frankly the military is not a social testing ground for American society. The military serves one purpose: To defend our nation from those that would do us harm. Many military policies have been called into question in the 1990s. The only policy that should matter is whether the military is capable of defending our nation. I reiterate that the military should not be a playground for policy makers and the president. Instead they should start investigating why our soldiers are on food stamps, not asking what our soldiers do with their private time.
Lastly, the article attacks our Congressman Jim Kolbe and accuses him of being hypocritical in his support for the military while he is gay. The two have nothing to do with one another. Asking Kolbe to support new gay legislation vis-a-vis the military because he is gay is like assuming a person born to poverty should support land redistribution regardless of their personal views. Kolbe has put aside his private conduct and lifestyle in order to do what is best for the country, which is encouraging young men and woman to be proud to join the armed forces. Keep up the good work, Congressman.
Seth Frantzman
President College Republicans
History/political science junior

Tuesday February 20, 2001

U.S. should keep hands off Iraq
What's the deal with politics and Iraq? When Clinton was president, we bombed Iraq twice, both times when Clinton was in trouble for personal matters at home.
Now Bush is in office and we are bombing the Iraqi people again. For what cause do innocents die by our hand? Is it simply to help our president at home? I'm no fan of Saddam Hussein, but it does seem like our nation bombs this poor country every time the president needs to feel good or deflect interest elsewhere.
I was against it when Clinton did it, and I'm against it now. Hands off Iraq!
Seth Frantzman
History and political science senior

Thursday March 8, 2001

Winsky column unfairly heaps praise on ASUA candidate
On Monday the Wildcat ran a commentary by Laura Winsky in which, among other things, she lavished praise on Senate candidate Josh Maxwell.
There is no problem with the Wildcat's commentators writing opinions about ASUA and our potential representatives. Unfortunately, Laura Winsky created a conflict of interest in doing so because she is also the campaign manager for Josh Maxwell. Although Maxwell refers to her now as only a "campaign adviser" he placed her name as one of two official contacts for his campaign. This is a fact and can be checked with the elections commission.
I am writing in protest of this conflict of interest and in the hopes of informing the public of the truth behind the article. Laura Winsky knowingly mislead both the student body and the Wildcat in writing this opinion of candidate Maxwell. At no time should those who write opinions for the only medium that reaches our student body also be extensively involved with candidates hoping to represent that same student body. Otherwise how can they claim the least bit of objectivity?
I hope in the future the Wildcat will make sure to disassociate its reporters and opinion writers from being officially linked with any ASUA campaigns.
Please do not confuse my investigation of this matter with an attack on Candidate Maxwell. As a senator, I support all candidates equally and am only bringing the facts of the issue to light so that you may judge for yourselves the importance of them.
Seth Frantzman
ASUA Senator
history and political science senior


Friday September 14, 2001
America must take an eye for an eye
In the last few tragic days, thousands of Americans have perished. Yet you wouldn't know it to read the Daily Wildcat or listening to President Likins' speeches and editorials. Every Wildcat editorial and most of these articles have spent the time telling us how sorry we should feel for the Islamic community of Tucson and how we should all have tolerance in our hearts.
Well, maybe it's time that those in the UA media and those in the UA leadership condemn what has happened and condemn those responsible, and talk about how proud they are to be American. It's almost like the victims of this terrorism were those of Middle Eastern descent rather then 10,000 or more innocent Americans.
Maybe it's time we stop being afraid of our feelings and admit that we want some vengeance. That America is not going to sit around like a sleeping giant but that instead we are going to come back at these terrorists and their supporters with the same ruthlessness that they have shown to us.
Seth Frantzman
history/political science senior

Wednesday September 19, 2001
Pacifist opinions hurt us all
I was upset to read all the pacifist opinions in the Daily Wildcat in the last few days. For some reason, writers like Laura Winsky think we need to just sit back and do nothing to those that murdered innocent Americans. Innocent people whose only crime was that they went to work and that they lived in America. It shouldn't matter that many Americans can't find Afghanistan on the map, because our bombs will be able to find bin Laden and his sympathizers.
Why have so many UA professors suddenly decided that it is America's fault that 5,000 innocent people had to die? And that therefore we should sit back and do nothing. No! We should get our guns, our planes and our bombs and go get these murderous monsters who did this to our beautiful nation. It's time for the pacifism and the appeasement to end and for the retaliation to begin!
Seth Frantzman
history senior


Thursday November 15, 2001
Marriage should be out of love not logic
In Mariam Durrani's commentary (yesterday), she claims that the Western way of marrying for love isn't working and that an arranged marriage could be more beneficial. Americans may have a high divorce rate, but 90 percent of American adults are not divorced.
I guess I'd rather be divorced than have to be stuck in an arranged marriage that my parents felt was good for "the family."
Marriage is not a business decision; its not like Hewlett-Packard saying, "Hey, let's merge with Compaq because we can combine our assets." Marriage is a special union of two people to create children and should be about love, not about the fact that some middleman thinks your families would make a good union. The fact is that in countries like Pakistan and India (where arranged marriages are normal) there are plenty of people that want divorces, but don't get one because their culture frowns upon it.
While arranged marriages may be logical, they are not emotional and marriage should be about love, not logic.
Seth Frantzman
history senior



Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday Jan. 18, 2002
Administration should take cuts too
The UA students should thank Gov. Jane Dee Hull for requiring that President Peter Likins not request another tuition hike. Every year I've attended this university, there has been a tuition hike. The fact is that Likins needs to stop forcing the students to pay for university largesse and start cutting fat from the administration bureaucracy. Recently, Likins has proposed cuts to advising, of all things, and cuts to Residence Life. Why is it that cuts in the budget always end up coming from student programs, such as university facilities that directly effect student life and the ability to get an education, rather then coming from the areas where waste is most prevalent like in the administration?
Students should stop being punished for the waste at the top. Rather, Likins and his staff should take pay cuts in their astronomical salaries to help pay for these budget shortfalls. And Likins should stop his construction spending spree that is primarily responsible for the budget shortfalls. Or maybe he should just fire the budget director and financial controllers of the UA who have gotten us into this mess by not planning for the possibility of state cuts.
Seth Frantzman
history senior


Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday Jan. 31, 2002
ASUA is a disgrace
I think the students don't realize quite how much of a disgrace ASUA made of itself by allowing this concert to be cancelled and doing such a shabby job selling tickets. ASUA just threw away $35,000 of student money! Your money! ASUA had to cancel the concert because they were arrogant and wanted to profit off a concert that should have been close to free. The money ASUA has is taken from student tuition and from the bookstore and it should not be used to make a profit. It should be given back to the students in the form of events like concerts.
Ray Quintero, our eminent student body president, should be impeached for being incompetent enough to allow this to happen. Luckily, student government elections are coming up and the campus has a chance to choose the kind of leaders who won't wantonly waste the student money.
Seth Frantzman
Former ASUA Senator
history senior

Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday April 29, 2003
Ad opponents wish to see UA press show ‘anti-Semitic’ voices
In yesterday’s Wildcat we saw a barrage of letters from Arab and Muslim students claiming they were offended by the relatively benign ad by “campustruth.org.” These letters were full of lies and hatred. For example; Shaban Barzanjy writes “when Islam was ruling and had a lot of power over the regions that it had under its control, Christians, Jews and Muslims were all living in peace.” Under Islamic power Jews and Christians were suppressed and not allowed to hold government posts and had to wear distinctive clothes (reminiscent of the Nazis) and live in ghettos. This is what Islam means by peace; when everything that is not Islamic is persecuted. Under this peace, Jews and Christians were ritually cleansed from Saudi Arabia and other parts that they had been indigenous to. Travel to the Middle East and you will no longer find Christian or Jewish communities because they have been massacred and forced to flee.
Typical of these offended voices is a calling for the Wildcat to not print these types of ads. These students would rather the Wildcat only allow Muslim voices, only allow anti-Semitic voices. What these students want is a press at UA akin to the kind you would find in Egypt or Iran, where Jews and Christians are vilified and Islam is held to be a religion of love.
I wish for all the readers of the Wildcat to go to the “campustruth.org” Web site and see for yourselves if it is full of hate or full of facts. Be objective — don’t let these so-called “offended” students close your minds to learning the history behind the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus

PUBLISHED ON MAY 29, 2003:
Mailbag

Devine's Argument Has Big Flaws
To the Editor,
In Dave Devine's May 22 commentary ("Both Sides of the Border"), he calls on us to remember the dead from countries we have fought on Memorial Day. He writes: "Let us also recall those who we killed: Men, women and children who died in the service of their own nations, trying to protect themselves from us." While noble and popular, this sentiment is deeply flawed.
In his article, he remarks on unpopular and arguably unjust wars we have fought, such as the 1898 Spanish-American war. Should we also remember the Nazis who we killed while we were "invading" Germany? After all, they were just defending themselves so they could exterminate European Jewry.
I don't think I'll be remembering any fascists on Memorial Day; instead I'll be remembering my ancestors who went "over there" to stop Hitler in his tracks.
--Seth Frantzman


PUBLISHED ON JUNE 19, 2003:
When Jews and Arabs Hate, It Isn't Racism
To the Editor,
In Carrie Brown's letter to the editor ("Maass Should Have Explored Racism More," June 12), she claims that more attention needs to brought to the "racist" Israelis. These types of claims, that Israeli Jews are racist against their Palestinian neighbors, is factually incorrect.
Jews and Arabs are both Semitic peoples, which means they are racially similar. A Jewish settler may look down upon the Arabs, but he can't be racist against them, anymore then he can be racist against fellow Jews.
The disagreement and hate in the West Bank is based more on historical religious differences than on ethnic differences. Jews and Arabs are the same people; they happen to be followers of different (although similar) faiths and have vastly different histories.
This much-bandied-about idea that Zionism is racism is simply a foolish justification for hatred of the existence of the state of Israel. Carrie Brown and her ilk would do well to explain why it is that Jews and Christians are not allowed to live, pray or settle in Saudi Arabia. This is because of the hate of the Saudis for other religions. How is this different from the settlers' view? Brown seems to support the hate of the Muslims while faulting the Jews when they have similar feelings.
--Seth Frantzman

Arizona Daily Wildcat
Monday September 22, 2003
Support Israel’s ‘model democracy in a sea of hate’
In the September 16 edition of the Wildcat, Aaron Gubi asked for Jewish Americans to write in and condemn Israel for throwing Mr. Snodgrass out of the country because he wanted to study hate on the West Bank. Democracy doesn’t mean Israel has to allow foreigners to come and study at a school that supports the destruction of Israel.
The reality is that I don’t see one university in Palestine, or any Arab country for that matter, that teaches tolerance toward Jews. If we American Jews should condemn anything, we should condemn the idea of relativism among American academics that encourages students to view terrorists as legitimate political actors — including the professors that encourage students to have a ‘balanced’ approach toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
There is nothing about Hamas and Al-Aqsa and Islamic Jihad that needs to be learned unless it’s the location of their leaders so that they can be shot down like the terrorists they are.
American Jews should support Israel because Israel is a model democracy in a sea of hate, a sea of dictatorial regimes that suppress women, suppress democracy and suppress freedom of religion and freedom of the press. In Israel, one can be gay or straight — try being gay in Saudi Arabia; they will stone you to death.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus


Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday September 26, 2003
Jews knowingly chose Israel because of history
In yesterday’s Wildcat, Amar Venkatesh mused that the Jews chose a terrible location to build “der Judenstat (the Jewish State).” He encourages the Jews of Israel “to move forward” and implies they would be safer in Europe.
Mr. Venkatesh simply doesn’t understand that the Jews chose Israel, no matter how inhospitable, because Europe and the world had failed to save them from the Holocaust. A land of their own would allow them to chose their own destiny, rather than have their lives being left to the whim of a profoundly anti-Semitic Europe. The Jews were “offered” a homeland in both Uganda and Vietnam at one point and they settled on Israel because Israel was the land of their people and their forefathers since time immemorial.
People simply don’t get it. Israel is where the Jews live and that’s where they have chosen to stay, whatever the cost. Anyone that harbors the notion they will leave peacefully is mistaken. The Jews resisted the Romans for decades with few resources (66-136 AD); they are more then a match for the Arabs. The idea that Jews “would rather be doctors” is fallacious and based on our narrow-minded view of Jews in America; there are plenty of Jewish truck drivers and farmers in Israel. The Muslims have dozens of countries and a holy land in Mecca; the world should get used to the fact of a Jewish state in the Land of patriarchs.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus

Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday, October 24, 2003
Sex offender listing makes citizens safe
On Thursday, the Wildcat printed a column by Sabrina Noble arguing that we should all feel sorry for sex offenders because their names will be included in a public database. Her argument is based on the flawed idea that somehow their constitutional rights are being violated. The Constitution doesn't give you a right to be a sex offender, and it certainly doesn't give you a right to have your past kept secret from the public if the crime you committed is as horrendous as abusing children or raping others.
Sex offenders have a high recidivism rate, which means they are likely to strike again, and this fact means that, in order to safeguard ourselves, our families and our children, we need to know if they are living next door or if they are teaching our kids at school.
Sex offenders aren't branded or tattooed or forced to wear distinctive clothing; all that the state is requiring is that a database be maintained telling us if they live and work near us. If Ms. Noble thinks this doesn't make her safer, she's wrong. Would she go on a date with a sex offender? If you choose to associate with sex offenders, great! More power to you, go feel sorry for them and date them and let your kids play with them; but for all of us who feel safer not having our kids around them, the Sex Crimes Prevention Act is a meaningful law that protects us from possible abuse.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus


Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
'Sarape's Grill' offends only Caucasian people
Yesterday I opened my beloved Wildcat to find more ranting against "Sarape's Grill," the comic that intolerant people love to accuse of being "offensive." It's once again ironic that the only people who are offended are non-Hispanic and the only people who write in defending the comic are Hispanic.
Apparently the comic is deeply offensive to Caucasians because it dares to confront their stereotypes of Hispanics. Hispanics know that Mexicans don't wear sombreros anymore, just like whites don't wear Pilgrim hats - that's what's so funny about it!!!
I myself love the comic, especially when Mr. Bermudez shows the irony behind the argument that his comic is offensive by making his characters bland and boring. Those that claim the comic is offensive are the true racists because they want the Wildcat comics to only portray white characters and Caucasian humor. Those that accuse Bermudez of racism are examples of the new tolerance that thought police who everyday try and censor open-minded voices like that of "Sarape's Grill."
"Sarape's Grill" is respectful of Hispanic culture; in fact, today's comic finds one of the characters angry at a young boy who has forgotten how to speak Spanish. Keep up the good work, Mr. Bermudez; don't let these Philistines censor you!
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus


Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Environmentalists must take blame for fires
In Wednesday's Wildcat, Mr. Zigby asserted that forest fires have nothing to do with environmentalists. He went on to whine about how vicious development and growth are hurting the "pristine" forest.
Well, Mr. Zigby should wake up and realize that people have lived in the forests since we were all apes.
Somehow the Native Americans never had to contend with the kinds of forest fires we are seeing in California. Why? Because they routinely cleared underbrush and dry, dead wood from the forest. Thus, when a forest fire came through it merely scarred the trees (leaving them alive) rather than becoming a flaming inferno.
Some on the environmentalist left have made it impossible for the forest service to allow the clearing of this combustible underbrush.
This is why CNBC and Fox News have both cited environmentalists as one of causes of the out-of-control fires.
The sad part is that people like Mr. Zigby and his environmentalist friends spend most of their time protesting and preventing intelligent solutions to the build up of "fuel" in the forests and then they turn around and say "let those homes burn;" "the rich got what they deserve!" Now that's hypocrisy!
Seth Frantzman
UA Alumnus

Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday, November 6, 2003
Wildcat should celebrate other world religions
While it's great that the Wildcat has had a number of articles exposing us to Ramadan, I was wondering why not one article covered the recent Jewish holidays of Yom Kippur (the day of Atonement) or Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), which are the holiest days in the Jewish calendar. The Wildcat has had numerous photos of Muslims praying and information on how to learn about Ramadan, but not one article has appeared in the Wildcat on anything remotely related to Judaism or Jewish religious practices. It seems this is outright discrimination and should not be tolerated by the large Jewish community at the UA. When I was a student it was the same - the Wildcat ran whole inserts about the Joys of Islam and UA Islamic students, but not once have I seen the Wildcat dedicate similar coverage to Jewish observances or Christian holidays, for that matter.
If the Wildcat is going to cover religious activity, it should give equal coverage to all the faiths practiced by students at the UA, including Jews, Mormons, Muslims, Christians, Hindus and even Pagans and Buddhists. Only by covering a myriad of faiths will society become more tolerant through knowledge, which is the goal we supposedly aspire to at the university.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus

November 13th 2003 Daily Wildcat
Wildcat should be named 'Daily Islamic Chronicle
More proselytizing from Islam was found in Monday's paper under the guise of celebrating Ramadan and the Eids in the commentary by Afshan Patel. The Wildcat should just change its name to the Daily Islamic Chronicle - that way we will know that whenever we pick up the Wildcat on an Islamic holiday we will be deluged with comments like "Islam is a religion of peace," "Allah be praised" and, of course, "Hamdu le Allah." Clearly the UA community needs a student paper dedicated solely to converting us all to Islam and teaching us every minute facet of Islamic life from the Eids to Jihad. I for one will be staying away from the Wildcat; I've read all the "introductions" to Islam that I can handle for two weeks. Sometimes having articles in the name of diversity can go too far, when you have so many articles on one religious faith that you actually cross the line into advocating a specific faith. Will the Wildcat be printing half a dozen articles on Christmas? I doubt the Wildcat will expose the UA community to even one guest commentary on the joys of the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus. Nevertheless, the Wildcat should reconsider its current obsession with commentaries on Islam. I call on the Catholic Newman Center, the LDS Institute and Hillel to make their voices heard by requesting the Wildcat publish similar religious commentaries on important Christian and Jewish holidays.
Seth Frantzman
UA Alumnus
Published November 20th 2003 in the Tucson Weekly
In Defense of Wal-Mart
To the Editor,
The interview with Mary Bull ("Gap Goader," TQ&A Nov. 13) reminded me of a Stephen Colbert report from The Daily Show with its hyperbole and misinformation--which is to say Bull's comments were hilariously inane.
She claims The Gap is into "the privatization of public schools." I'm not a genius, but how exactly does one privatize a public school, and why on Earth would The Gap care where kids go to school, so long as the kids are wearing The Gap's junky clothing?
Her logic regarding why Saab ads appear on public TV makes even less sense. Why would the CEO of Gap help a car company advertise on a public TV channel he works with? Bull's comments regarding Gap cotton ruining the Aral Sea is pure hogwash. The Aral sea has been drained due to irrigation, thus causing it to go from the world's fourth-largest lake to the world's eighth-largest. It was not been polluted by The Gap; rather, it was polluted by the Soviet Union's haphazard environmental policy. The claims about wages are also ludicrous, as the average Korean is actually helped by The Gap. Without Western dollars helping to employ millions of South Koreans, the country would resemble North Korea, where mass starvation is rampant; the only people with cars are government officials. Sadly, people like Bull would rather that South Koreans starve then be employed by American companies.
Unfortunately, people like this protestor are just full of bull (no pun intended). Their claims are so full of misstatements that it's hard to take the environment and workers' rights movements seriously.
The most illogical statement that Bull made was her critique of Wal-Mart. While Wal-Mart may not appear as pristine as a redwood forest, it does cater to low-income individuals who can't afford the American handmade hemp shirts that Bull's ilk is obsessed with wearing.
--Seth Frantzman


Written to Tucson Weekly Nov 14th 2003


Last weeks interview with Mary Bull reminded me of a Stephen Colbert report from the Daily Show in its hyperbole and misinformation, which is to say Bull’s comments were simply hilariously inane. She claims the Gap is into ‘the privatization of public schools’. Well I’m not a genius but how exactly does one privatize a public school and why on earth would the Gap care where kids go to school so long as the kids are wearing the Gaps junky clothing.
Her logic regarding why Saab ads appear on public TV makes is even less sensicle. Why would the CEO of Gap help a car company advertise on a public TV channel he works with??? Bull’s comments regarding Gap cotton ruining the Aral sea is pure hogwash. The Aral sea has been drained due to irrigation, thus causing it to go from the worlds fourth largest lake to the worlds eight largest, but it has not been polluted by the Gap, rather it was polluted by the Soviet Unions haphazard environmental policy(source: http://www.dfd.dlr.de/app/land/aralsee/). The claims about wages is also ludicrous as the average Korean is actually helped by the Gap, without western dollars helping to employ millions of South Koreans the country would resemble North Korea where mass starvation is rampant and the only people with cars are government officials. Sadly people like Mrs. Bull would rather that south Koreans starve then be employed by American companies.
Unfortunately people like this protestor are just full of bull(no pun intended), their claims are so full of mis-statements that its hard to take the environment and workers rights movements seriously. The most illogical statement that Mrs. Bull made was her critique of Wal-Mart. While Wal-Mart may not appear as pristine as a redwood forest it does cater to low income individuals who cant afford the American $100/hr hand made hemp shirts that Mrs. Bulls’ ilk is obsessed with wearing.
Recent editorials:

November 13th
Wildcat should be named 'Daily Islamic Chronicle
More proselytizing from Islam was found in Monday's paper under the guise of celebrating Ramadan and the Eids in the commentary by Afshan Patel. The Wildcat should just change its name to the Daily Islamic Chronicle - that way we will know that whenever we pick up the Wildcat on an Islamic holiday we will be deluged with comments like "Islam is a religion of peace," "Allah be praised" and, of course, "Hamdu le Allah." Clearly the UA community needs a student paper dedicated solely to converting us all to Islam and teaching us every minute facet of Islamic life from the Eids to Jihad. I for one will be staying away from the Wildcat; I've read all the "introductions" to Islam that I can handle for two weeks. Sometimes having articles in the name of diversity can go too far, when you have so many articles on one religious faith that you actually cross the line into advocating a specific faith. Will the Wildcat be printing half a dozen articles on Christmas? I doubt the Wildcat will expose the UA community to even one guest commentary on the joys of the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus. Nevertheless, the Wildcat should reconsider its current obsession with commentaries on Islam. I call on the Catholic Newman Center, the LDS Institute and Hillel to make their voices heard by requesting the Wildcat publish similar religious commentaries on important Christian and Jewish holidays.
Seth Frantzman
UA Alumnus


November 18th
'Back-alley' doesn't relate to abortion ban
Once again illogical comments accompanied the debate on abortion when Mr. Selsor's letter exclaimed, "My moral absolutes do not include a desire for women and scared teenage girls to seek back-alley abortions." The partial-birth abortion ban actually only prohibits abortions that take place in the ninth months of pregnancy, in the very last minutes prior to birth. This means that the life of a child that could live without the mother is brutally cut short by a vicious procedure that is totally unnecessary, with the exception of instances when the health of the mother is at stake.
The reality is that pregnant women have up to eight months of knowing they are pregnant to make the decision to abort. Don't you think you could make the decision to abort a fetus within, say, seven months? This idea that "scared teenage girls" are being forced into the alley for abortions is pure hyperbole. The reality is these girls have plenty of time in which to seek a legal, safe abortion.
Those that oppose partial-birth abortion oppose it because it ends a life that is 100 percent viable, which in most cases, would and should be called murder. If you killed the child a day after it was born, you would be a criminal, so why should it be legal to kill the child a day before it is born? When people like Mr. Selsor can answer that question intelligently, then the ban on partial-birth abortion can be discussed. Unfortunately, the debate on abortion is always brought down to the gutter of propaganda rather then discussed in an open forum where ideas can be expressed without hateful and extremist comments being made by both sides.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus
Novmber 20th 2003 in Tucson Weekly

In Defense of Wal-Mart
To the Editor,
The interview with Mary Bull ("Gap Goader," TQ&A Nov. 13) reminded me of a Stephen Colbert report from The Daily Show with its hyperbole and misinformation--which is to say Bull's comments were hilariously inane.
She claims The Gap is into "the privatization of public schools." I'm not a genius, but how exactly does one privatize a public school, and why on Earth would The Gap care where kids go to school, so long as the kids are wearing The Gap's junky clothing?
Her logic regarding why Saab ads appear on public TV makes even less sense. Why would the CEO of Gap help a car company advertise on a public TV channel he works with? Bull's comments regarding Gap cotton ruining the Aral Sea is pure hogwash. The Aral sea has been drained due to irrigation, thus causing it to go from the world's fourth-largest lake to the world's eighth-largest. It was not been polluted by The Gap; rather, it was polluted by the Soviet Union's haphazard environmental policy. The claims about wages are also ludicrous, as the average Korean is actually helped by The Gap. Without Western dollars helping to employ millions of South Koreans, the country would resemble North Korea, where mass starvation is rampant; the only people with cars are government officials. Sadly, people like Bull would rather that South Koreans starve then be employed by American companies.
Unfortunately, people like this protestor are just full of bull (no pun intended). Their claims are so full of misstatements that it's hard to take the environment and workers' rights movements seriously.
The most illogical statement that Bull made was her critique of Wal-Mart. While Wal-Mart may not appear as pristine as a redwood forest, it does cater to low-income individuals who can't afford the American handmade hemp shirts that Bull's ilk is obsessed with wearing.
--Seth Frantzman



As published in the online edition of the Jerusalum Post
Not another toothless ultimatum
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (19 Dec 2003)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Yesterday PM Sharon told the Palistinians he would 'disengage' and that this was an 'ultimatum'. This must be the hundredth time Sharon has used strong language and backed it up with nothing. Nothing will come of this new threat and the terror won't stop. Sharon must realize that all the talk is getting no where. All the threats against Arafat are not going to make him suddenly wake up and say 'hay now after 50 years I want peace'. Peace can only be achieved through action, not linguistics, Mr. Sharon, whose ACTIONS helped win wars must wake up and realize all the talk in the world won't win this war on terror. Mr. Sharon must cross this new Suez to achieve a new victory.

Printed in the Jurusalum Post online 1/1/04
America feeds the hand that bites
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson Arizona USA (31 Dec 2003)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

So here is America doling out aid to a country that actively supports terror, in fact a country that never appologized for taking the embassy staff hostage and putting a death sentance on Rushdi's head. Basicaly America is feeding the hand that bites in the hopes that suddenly Iran will turn around and say 'yes we want to embrace democracy and freedom of speech'. Of course the reality is that even as America was putting the aid on airplanes the Iranian leader said that Iran would not change its ways.

Basically the stance of the West from Europe to the USA is that all the enemies of freedom should be supported while states that actually practice pease must be punished. This is the reason the E.U quickly begs to be allowed to help Iran, because secretly it is sado-masichistic. The Europe and America must wake up and realize that feeding your enemy doesnt breed tolerance, it only breeds contempt and a view that you are weak.





Sharon gives something for nothing
Seth Frantzman Tucson Arizona USA ( 5 Jan 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

PM Sharon has announced he will dismantle four more settlements, most made up of no more then a few structures. It used to be Israeli policy to give 'land for peace' but now it seems the new policy is to give land for nothing, in a sense giving land as more and more terrorist acts are committed. If Israel had done this with the other Arab countries then their would be no pece with Egypt or Jordan but Israel would be bereft of much territory. Is Mr. Sharon continues this haphazard policy of acheiving nothing while doing everything then Israel will be worse as time goes by and eventually there will be no more land to give.
Muslim women fight for headcovers
Seth Frantzman Tucson AZ USA ( 6 Jan 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Today a number of Muslim women in Gaza protested against the French governments decision to ban head coverings and conspicuous religious symbols in public schools. The women claimed that the west was not standing up for 'religious freedom'. Which religious freedom are they referring to? The religious freedom given to Jews in Saudi? The religious tolerance given to Jews in Yemen, Iran or Algeria? Or is it the famed religious tolerance that caused the bombings of synagogues in Turkey. In the end these Muslim women are calling for religious tolerance when their own governments have no tolerance for anything, religious or free speech. All that Mr. Chirac has said is he doesn’t want French public schools to become public fashion shows for religious garb. It’s a lesson many Arab nations and other western nations should take to heart.
The Great Leap Backward
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA ( 6 Jan 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

So Mr. Sharon has inaugurated what will become known to history as 'the great leap backward'. The present retreat from the outposts is an abandoning of the barricades in the very moment that terror has reached a peak. The message is simple; Israel will do whatever it takes to acheive peace even if it means conceding to the demands of the most brutal, most criminal terrorist organizations on the planet. In the end this policy will be shown to be fallacious as the terror will not abate but will in fact increase in the face of this misstep because terrorists prey on perceived weakness and they will perceive the dismantling of settlements as weakness on the part of the State of Israel. Sharon is quickly being abandoned by how own followers, he has already been abandoned by the left, probably the only way to prevent a disaster would be a 'no confidence' vote.

no good deed goes unpunished
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson Arizona USA (14 Jan 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

In the end it appears as if, when it comes to Palistinians, no good deed will ever go unpunished. When Reem Salih al Rayashi entered the security check building she was receiving one of many good deeds by Israel. First she, like so many Palistinians, was being allowed to enter Israel for work. Second, she was allowed special treatment due to her claim of having 'metal inserts' in her legs. And then, above all, she was allowed to wait for a female officer to check her, because we always work so hard to protect Muslim womens 'modesty'. Why? Why do we waste time with these good deeds, when they only work to in the favor of the terrorists who murder us day by day. We need to end the good treatment, end the work permits, end the special treatment of women, since an increasing number are becoming terrorists. In short, its time to realize that no good deed will go unpunished.


Ignore the Hague
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (16 Jan 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Its important, essential, that Israel ignore the Hague. America has already shown that the world court is a political organization that has no legitamacy or jurisdiction. It is typical of the arrogance of Europeans that the would presume to 'judge' over all matters in the world. The reality is that the gray haired judges of the Hague would have ignored the concentration camps in Nazi Germany because the truth behind the 'court' is that it only selectively takes cases. Where are the cases against ethnic cleansing by Albanians against Serbians? Where are the cases against the anti-semetic attacks and pogroms in France? Where are the cases against the terrorists who have attacked Synagogues in Turkey, Tunisia and Morrocco? They dont exist because the court itself is a political arm of extreme leftism and radical terrorism. It should be ignored.

On Friday January 23rd this appeared in the Daily Wildcat
Kerry only good choice for college students
Wednesday's Wildcat included a rash of columnists opining about the presidential contest among Democrats. Asked whom they supported, the columnists mentioned every candidate but the one that is most qualified and most distinguished, John Kerry. Ms. Kursman and Noble wallowed in the "pro-student" antics of Dean and Kucinich, both of whom are left-wing wackos. Columnists Poreda and Scarpinato relished Edwards' second place finish in Iowa. The reality is that John Kerry is the only real candidate for the Democratic Party. He is a veteran of Vietnam, a true war hero who went on to speak out against the war. His is the legacy of John F. Kennedy, whom he emulated by captaining a small patrol boat in Vietnam the way Kennedy had in World War II. John Kerry is also a moderate who supported the Iraq war while fighting not to waste American money on Bush's boondoggle in awarding the Iraq contracts. The students and the faculty of the UA should get behind this very realistic candidate who is everything that Edwards and Dean are not - which is to say he is presidential, while they are short and crazy.
Seth J. Frantzman
UA alumnus
Swedish art supports genocide
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (21 Jan 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

So Sweden hosted an art exhibition and used it to advertise a conference on preventing Genocide. One problem though is the art glorified a suicide bomber who actually committed genocide by killing 21 people due to their religious practices. Thats like having a conference on ending slavery and raising money for it by selling slaves. Swedens museum display was a disgrace, the Israeli ambassador was a hero and the conference is a complete hypocrisy.



The Problems with the fence
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (19 Jan 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

It is wonderful to see the progress of the Fence. Every piece of concrete that is laid is saving a life. Neverthless we must confront the reality that it may end up being a waste of money. The government must be 100% committed to maintaining the boundaries now being carved by the fence, which is to say the actual de-facto extension of the old 'Green Line'. If the Government is not committed then the fence should be constructed along the Green Line becuase their is a very real chance that a final settlement with the palistinians will have to be closer to the 1967 boundary then the fence is being built. And if we settle for a more realistic pre-1967 boundary then we will be abandoning vast chunks of the fence and it will fall into palistinian hands, and they will make it a 'memorial to aparthied' a terrible international embarrasment. It is important that the fence line be drawn in such a way that we really can act unilaterally and simply pull back behind it and say 'goodbye and good riddance' to the rest of the West Bank. Hopefully Mr. Sharon and his political allies have this in mind, or the fnece will end up a drain on finances and a drain on our pride.




Monday, January 26, 2004 In the Wildcat Letters section
Comparison of Bush to Hitler unwarranted
Thursday’s Wildcat included a disjointed argument by Mr. Haney trying to show that, in fact, Bush has a lot in common with Adolf Hitler. MoveOn.org’s disgusting ad, which actually morphed a video of Hitler into Bush, is not only offensive; it’s a total defamation of the evils that Hitler caused. Hitler killed seven million people in death camps and his armies killed an additional 30 million. George Bush’s “war on terror” has killed at most 10,000 people, mostly soldiers and terrorists. The fact that the left uses the words “Hitler” and “Holocaust” so easily defames the actual acts and makes us think, subconsciously, that Hitler was acceptable. By comparing Hitler to Bush, people like Mr. Haney make it seem as if Hitler was simply a distasteful leader rather then the most terrible threat to human existence that ever existed. Mr. Haney and his followers should spend some time with Holocaust survivors and then maybe they would understand the terrible consequences of their simple-minded comparisons.
Seth J. Frantzman
UA alumnus

Re: Israel "Accept Islam's right to exist"
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (28 Jan 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

I almost fell off my chair when I read someone accuse Israel of denying Islams 'right to exist' in the holy land. How bout we get out a map and take a look at the world. Islam has 1.3 Billion members and easily dominates one quarter of the worlds countries. Islams Holy site is Mecca but it also has a holy mosque sitting atop the Temple Mount, a mosque that was knowingly built on the ruins of the Second Temple. Israel on the other hand is a tiny nation, maybe 1/100 the size of the Islamic landmass and Israel has 6 million people in it. Jews are not allowed to pray atop the old Temple but we are forced to pray at the Western Wall. Now who is suppressing who? Many Muslims live in ISrael and enjoy religious freedom whereas not one Muslim country has full religious freedom or tolerance towards Jews and Christians. But clearly, obvisouly, its Israel that is denying Islam a 'right to exist'. Thats like saying the 600 Samaritans are deying Jews the right to exist!!!
In response to:
Israel "Accept Islam's right to exist"
Dow Buzzell Seaside Oregon USA (27 Jan 2004)
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Jews declare foul because the world will not accept thier right to exist, and thier claim of being the choosen people of G-d.

Jews of all people should know what goes around comes around.

Jews refuse to accept Islam's right to the holy land, refuse and wish the destruction of the third most holy site in Islam, and replace it with "Thier verson of G-d's temple". Jews refuse to accept that any of the other two greatest world relgions could also have "choosen people" of G-d that G-d wants to return or dwell in the Holy Land. Jews want it ALL, and when anyone calls thier bluff all we hear is "Anti Semitism".


Perhaps, Arabs will accept Israel's right to exist if Israel accepts Islam's rights in the holy land, and that the mosque on the temple mount is the final and last temple to exist there forever.....

A total disgrace
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (26 Jan 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Reading the report that Nasrallah vows to continue kidnapping it is clear that the prisoner swap is a total sham and that this will onyl lead to more violence and more kidnappings. Now that we have sent the message 'kidnap one Israeli and we will negotiate and we will just let go as many terrorists as you ask for' we must be prepared for the terrorists to try even more daring tactics to capture our citizens so that they can get released the most brutal and most genocidal terrorists we have in our prisons. It seems like a total reversial of logic to allow Hizbollah to blackmail the government like this expecially when they have vowed to do it again. It is a disgace and a tragedy and it means that we are sending the wrong message when the message should be 'we will bomb your terrorist infrastructure until you cease to exist'
1/28/03 Wildcat
Gays are not 'behind closed doors' in Tucson
Yesterday's Wildcat featured a column by Daniel Scarpinato arguing that Tucson's gay community is still "behind closed doors." This is a totally false and misleading statement. The UA has a school-funded Pride Alliance, and every residence hall and faculty department has "safe zone" signs where gays can go to speak about their issues. The UA also hosts celebrations, such as Drag Day and national Coming Out Day. As if this is not enough, Tucson also hosts a number of nightspots that cater to gays and lesbians. And Tucson itself hosts such organizations as Wingspan, which caters solely to the younger gay community. This false notion that gays outside of IBT's are "harassed" is purely fiction. I encourage all those at the UA to go to IBT's and see for yourself (it's free to get in) - go see if you get harassed and beat up by anti-gays, because that won't happen. The most that will happen is you might get sexually harassed by someone whistling at you as they drive by, but that's not the kind of alleged daily harassment Mr. Scarpinato was talking about. The gay community in Tucson is out, it's everywhere and Tucson is very tolerant and open. We should be proud of what we have rather than increasingly insistent on more and more government-sponsored avenues for gay pride.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus
Population transfers
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA ( 3 Feb 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Mr. Sharon has intimated that he might be interested in a 'population transfer' in which 200,000 West Bank Settlers were annexed in exchange for a large number of Israeli-Arabs being given PA citizenship and their lands being annexed into a Palistinian state. Not only is this a wonderful idea but it’s the kind of action that should have been enforced in 1948. In 1948 800,000 arabs fled Israel but at the same time 800,000 jews were forced to leave Arab lands. Somehow though Israel quickly assimilated and granted citizenship to its immigrants whereas the Arab nations; Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon, never gave their immigrants citizenship and instead the Palistinian refugees became orphans of the U.N. Mr. Sharon must address the coming demography issue by annexing the settlements and giving away the areas where Israeli-Arabs live. Homogenous states are happier, and that can be the case here.
Re: Fox News Half the story
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA ( 9 Feb 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Although Fox News coverage may not always be the best it is always 100 times more pro-Israel then similar News on CNN or NPR. Fox News Network was the first to use the phrase 'Homocide Bombers' in its broadcast rather then 'Suicide Bombers' or 'Freedom fighters' the way other sources like Rueters refer to terrorists. Also Fox News still refers to Terrorists as 'Terrorists' unlike Rueters and others who define terrorism as 'originally referring to Jewish terrorist organization such as the Irgun' so they refuse to acknowledge that a suicide bomber who kills 20 civilians is a 'terrorist' instead they refer to the bomber as a 'Human rights activist' or a'freedom fighter'. The reality is that CNN and Rueters are actively involved in the rebirth of worldwide anti-Semitism and that is why they refuse to tell the truth about terror, so at least Fox News is less biased then the others. At least Fox news hasn't become obsessed with protesting the 'Fence' and in fact host Tony Snow recently agreed that the Fence was reducing terror and was probably a good idea.

Where was the Red Cross before?
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (18 Feb 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Recently the International Committee of the Red Cross decided to chime in with its own little critique of the Fence, whining about how the fence sopposedly cuts off people from their 'doctors, fields, jobs'. Apparentyl the Red Cross is deeply concerned about Israel's actions but where was the Red Cross when the Russians crushed the Prague uprising in 1968, or when Saddam invaded Kuwait or when Idi Amin committed genocide? Where was the Red cross to critique all the brutal semi-fascist dictators who have dominated so many countries around the world in the last 20 years? Apparently the Red Cross's only concern is Israel but if Stalin wants to kill off 20 million of his own subjects the Red Cross simply turns its head and says 'we have no accurate reports of such actions'. For groups like the Red Cross dictators who refuse to release information are their best friends while democracies that allow freedom of the press are their worst enemies.

3/5/04 Daily Wildcat
Armed populaces can succeed in this world
In Thursday’s Wildcat, Mr. Fry said, “I’d like to see this fallacious argument that an armed populace would be able to overthrow a modern, mechanized military state put to rest.” Well, he seems to ignore the many instances where armed populaces have succeeded. The Vietnamese succeeded. The Palestinians have succeeded in getting at least tacit agreements for a state. The Kurds succeeded in establishing an autonomous region. And then just three days ago, the Haitians succeeded in laying siege to their capital city. All these groups succeeded by using terror and weapons distributed to civilians. So the reality is that an armed populace, willing to die for its beliefs, can win wars with large mechanized armies.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus
Re: Is Israel good for the Jews?
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson Arizona USA ( 3 Mar 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Someone asked "Is Israel good for the Jews" and the truth is that Israel is not only 'good' but it is essential. Israel has been the savior of the Jewish people and the Jewish sole, revitalizing Jewish attitudes towards labor and strength and re-establishing the 2000 year old yearning for the land. Many have taken it for granted that the Diaspora would survive indefinetly without a return. But with the breaking down of culture and the move towards secularism in the west it is quite possible that without the creation of Israel the Jewish communities of the world would slowly have disappeared. What about Ghana and Eritrea? Well even if the Jews had settled elsewhere we would still be subjected to terror and intolerance. Its better to be in Israel and suffer terror then to be sweating it out in the African bush and suffer terror. At least we have the chance to live in the land of our forefathers.

Arizona daily wildcat march 8th 2004
Diversity won't prepare students for real world
Alex Dong's impassioned defense of diversity's role in education contained a series of fallacies. First and foremost, Mr. Dong seems to think that "education" is some sort of testing ground for sharing ideas, like a cultural show-and-tell. Unfortunately, if we allow our education system to become no more than a diversity quota system, we risk losing out on producing intelligent minds capable of solving problems. For instance, think of a math class. According to Mr. Dong, it would be more important to have a "variety of perspectives" than to have the correct answer. But when you graduate and you are working on a cure for cancer, all those perspectives won't help a lick, and you will be wishing someone taught you how to get the right answer rather than teaching you about the religious practices of sub-Saharan Ghana.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus



Javier Solana the hypocrite
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (11 Mar 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

So Javier Solana is deeply concerned about the latest raid in Gaza. Its only been 4 years since Solana happily sent planes to bomb Serbian civilans, forcing the Serbs to leave Kosovo and then allowing the Kosovars to destroy hundred of churchs and persecute religious minorities, including Jews. Maybe the truth is that Solana isn't entirely hypocritcal. In Kosovo he supported the terrorists, the KLA and in Gaza he also supports the terrorists. But the irony is that he doesnt seem to support his own home-grown terrorists, the ETA or Basque liberation army. If Solana wants to keep pace with his love of terror he should encourage Nato to begin bombing the Spanish.

Spains Shame
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (15 Mar 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

De Gaulle called it 'Frances Shame' when the Vichy government surrendered to Hitler and became his willing lackies. Well yesterday we witnessed Spain’s Shame as they elected the Socialists only because the Socialists promised to surrender to terror and bring the troops home. Maybe the socialists will apologize for expelling the Muslims from Spain in the 'crusades'. And then maybe the Spanish can finally get around to apologizing for expelling the Jews from Spain in 1492 The truth is that Spain is full of shame and it has given in to terror and it is an example of appeasement that has infected Europe. Just like in the 1930s Europe is in a pacifist dream. Unfortunately there is no Churchill to warn of the approaching doom.


Kosovo Fascism
Seth J Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (17 Mar 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

A story appeared yesterday of a 'clash' between Albanian and Serb protestors in Kosovo in which half a dozen were killed and many wounded. But the story betrayed the truth behind the situation in Kosovo. Many of those wounded on Serb side were hit by "stones, rubber bullets fired by the peacekeepers or shrapnel from the peacekeepers' stun grenades." Which indicates clearly that the 'peacekeepers' were actually aiding and abetting the Albanians. Odd that although Serbs make up less then 10% of Kosovo it takes Nato to beat the minorities down and keep them in place by helping Albanians cleanse them. Wasn’t that why Nato went to Kosovo? To stop cleansing? Unfortunately the truth is that the Albanians of Kosovo were allied with Hitler in WWII and not much has changed in 60 years. Not a day goes by that a Christian church isn't burned or Jewish civilians aren’t harassed by the Albanians and yet Nato stands by and says 'we didn't see that'. They only 'see' when the Serbs try to defend themselves against genocide and then Nato steps in to stop that self defense.

Tucson Weekly
PUBLISHED ON MARCH 18, 2004:
Guest Opinion
It's Time to Stop Homeowner Associations From Enslaving Unsuspecting Victims
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Little did some of us realize that the sound of wind chimes, the installation of solar-power cells or the innocuous glow of a rear porch light could land us in hot water with our local homeowners' association, bringing months of harassment from a pseudo-governmental organization that has the right to fine people for non-compliance.
For those not used to the affairs of an HOA or those not aware of the true power of HOAs, these things might seem surprising and draconian. For those like myself--those who have seen the white teeth of the bureaucratic goliaths that are community HOAs--it's more surprising that people would allow themselves to be enslaved in such a manner.
A recent article in the Tucson Weekly by Chris Limberis ("Lawn and Order," Feb. 19) detailed Winterhaven CC&Rs (covenants, codes and restrictions), but the manicured lawns of Winterhaven are just the tip of the HOA iceberg in restricting the liberties of homeowners. My experience comes from serving as president of an HOA at a new development. Having done what most homeowners do--purchase first and ask questions later--I was surprised at just how much the CC&Rs reminded me of some sort of combination between totalitarian fascism and Orwellian communism.
Am I being too critical? HOAs not only have the power to fine their "members"; they also have the ability to place liens on homeowners who refuse to pay the fines. And what are these fines for? They could be for infractions as trivial as planting the wrong kind of tree in one's back yard, or because water is running onto an adjacent property during our rare rain storms.
How did they get this kind of power? Well, you gave it to them. By purchasing a house inside a subdivision that has an HOA, you agreed to the CC&Rs. The problem is that many people buying homes have no idea what they're getting into. Realtors and the sellers of properties in HOAs have an obligation to disclose that such regulations exist, but most buyers don't want to take the time to read the dozens of pages of CC&Rs and subsequently find themselves in the untenable situation of being forced to remove items that they couldn't have imagined would be against "neighborhood standards."
Probably the most Big Brother-like aspect of an HOA is that it turns neighbors into informants; the CC&Rs give those who have a penchant for spying the excuse to do just that. When the notice of violation appears in your mailbox referring to some innocuous plant in your backyard, you might find yourself wondering, "How on Earth did anyone see that?" Yes, your friendly neighborhood political officer has found out about your subversive reactionary activities, and you had better remove the improper foliage--or find yourself hauled before a hearing of the HOA's board.
Originally, HOAs were created to uphold certain "standards" for a community. In the old days, these standards went so far as to restrict what races could live in certain neighborhoods. Civil rights acts have done away with the more heinous parts of the HOA codes, but the government has not seen fit to question the constitutionality of the more invasive guidelines. The reasoning goes that you chose to purchase a house within the restrictions, and that you were fully informed of the guidelines and voluntarily agreed to adhere to them. The upside is that these standards help keep the property values up, since the well-maintained lawns and absence of trash cans on the streets make HOA communities attractive to potential buyers.
Recently, the Arizona Legislature has been considering HB 2374, HB 2380, HB 2381 and other bills that would change the way HOAs operate in Arizona. They would reform everything from disclosures to more haphazard HOA guidelines which frequently allow savvy board members to collect "proxies" to vote at the annual election meetings, thus ensuring their own re-election and allowing them to control the board regardless of what the members who attend the annual meeting have in mind.
These are much-needed improvements. Not only would some of these bills force HOAs to open their books to their own members, but they would also reform the way fines are levied. For those of you who have had run-ins with your HOA, they should inspire a sigh of relief; for those of you who have enjoyed the honorary title of "neighborhood political officer," prepare to find yourself stripped of your powers.
Seth J. Frantzman has a bachelor's degree in history from the UA, serves as president of Casas de Kino HOA and works in residential lending.


Wildcat March 24th daily wildcat
Bible does support idea of Manifest Destiny
In Robert Balla's letter to the Wildcat yesterday, he made several outlandish and false claims regarding religion and the conflict in Israel. He claims that "the Bible should not be compared to Manifest Destiny." Well, in the book of Exodus, God says, "I will bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out." And in Surah 9:5, the Quran says, "Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them." These statements come from the holy books of the world's main monotheistic faiths, and yet they seem to encourage violence and genocide. So it is totally false to claim that the Bible and Quran are peaceful books. If Mr. Balla had ever bothered to read either book rather than just attending workshops where the prettiest picture is painted, he would realize that religion is not inherently peaceful; in fact, it is inherently intolerant.
Mr. Balla goes on to claim that the present-day Palestinians "lived in the Holy Land long before Abraham was born." Abraham was born around 2000 B.C. The reality is that there has been no continuous settlement in Israel from that time forward. Instead, the land has changed hands more then 100 times and been invaded by more then a dozen migrations of people. The "I lived here first" claim is just a foolish powder to fuel the fires of conflict and hate that exist in Israel, and anyone who truly desires peace should put these age-old claims behind them and move on.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus

Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
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America has freedom ‘of,’ not ‘from,’ religion
A letter in Monday’s Wildcat stressed the fact that “under God” was added to the pledge as a way of combating atheistic communism and therefore has no place in the classroom of today. But the writer chose to ignore the blatant references to a higher power in the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration, written partly by Jefferson, remarked upon the rights to which “nature’s God entitle(s)” citizens, and that humans are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” So all those claiming that the separation of church and state should mean that no mention of God is acceptable in the public sphere should find another country with a foundation that does not include so many obvious references to God. The reality is that our American heritage is one of freedom “of religion” not “from religion.”
The secularists today would have everyone believe that the word “God” must be blasted from war memorials and from the very steps of the Supreme Court. But the history of America has always been one of religion. The only difference between America and other countries has been that we do not have an established state religion; rather we may pray as we chose, to whichever god we find most meaningful.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
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America has freedom ‘of,’ not ‘from,’ religion
A letter in Monday’s Wildcat stressed the fact that “under God” was added to the pledge as a way of combating atheistic communism and therefore has no place in the classroom of today. But the writer chose to ignore the blatant references to a higher power in the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration, written partly by Jefferson, remarked upon the rights to which “nature’s God entitle(s)” citizens, and that humans are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” So all those claiming that the separation of church and state should mean that no mention of God is acceptable in the public sphere should find another country with a foundation that does not include so many obvious references to God. The reality is that our American heritage is one of freedom “of religion” not “from religion.”
The secularists today would have everyone believe that the word “God” must be blasted from war memorials and from the very steps of the Supreme Court. But the history of America has always been one of religion. The only difference between America and other countries has been that we do not have an established state religion; rather we may pray as we chose, to whichever god we find most meaningful.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus


Dutch FM a hypocrite
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (31 Mar 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

So the Dutch FM chimed in and joined the international chorus complaining that the Yassin killing was against 'international law'. Probably he would have also compaliend that the Warsaw Ghetto uprising against the nazis was against international law as well. People like the Dutch FM and Kofi Annan are all hypocrites of the highest order. They NEVER once dared to condemn terror or say that terrorism and the targeting of civilians by Hamas was against international law(which it is) but somehow when israel dares to retaliate suddenly it is Israel that commits a crime. The truth is that the Dutch FM and his likeminded friends would have happily served as guards at Auschwitz and would have been widdling away their time complaining that the Italian partisans were breaking international law for daring to oppose Nazi rule.

Wildcat 4/2/04
UA concentrates too much on diversity classes
In light of the recent recommendation by a "faculty committee" to require undergraduates to complete 12 units of "gender, race, class, ethnicity and non-Western civilization classes," we might as well just give up on the idea that the UA is actually trying to educate people in real disciplines and instead change the name of the college to Diversity U. Why pretend we want to create scholars and engineers when it is apparent that some in the faculty really feel the students would be better served by studying nine more units of "diversity" rather than studying classes in their major.
It is a total disgrace that people at the UA come up with these wacky ideas. But what's even worse is that in all likelihood, most of these recommendations will be mandated in new requirements and, instead of graduating as a professional in your chosen field, you will simply graduate knowing lots and lots of facts about race, gender and ethnicity. So basically after four years of study, you will be able to get on well with others but won't be able to actually get a real job because you won't have any applicable skills necessary in today's technological workplace.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus

Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
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ASUA trying to 'tax' students for more power
The new proposed student activity fee that students are expected to vote on is not only a scam, but is also a total attempt by lame-duck ASUA members to push a new "tax" down the throats of unsuspecting students. The new fee is projected to "generate an estimated $1.2 million to $1.4 million." But what people don't realize is that the ASUA budget already gobbles up more than $1 million per year. And where exactly does all that money go? What exactly does ASUA really do? Less then 10 percent of the student body votes in ASUA elections, and even fewer students ever attend an ASUA event or have any interaction with ASUA.
The money generated by the new fee will simply give a bunch of inexperienced ASUA insiders more power to waste student dollars on programs most students will never attend. The idea that the fee is going to be used to book big name bands is a charade. Instead, the money will simply flow "down the river" in typical ASUA form, probably being used to pay another dozen student salaries, so more student "leaders" can pretend actual work is being done.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus



Letters from the issue of Thursday, April 8, 2004 Phoenix NEW TIMES
Missing the mark: I was in Phoenix last weekend checking out your nightlife and ran across the interview of Ted Phillips in your publication. The subject of Nazi persecution of homosexuals has gotten a lot of press lately, especially with the release of a new documentary titled Paragraph 175. Yet your interview missed several important points. How many homosexuals were killed in the camps? Why didn't the Allies free them in 1945? How is it possible that with the Reich's excellent documentation, not one of the 100,000 persecuted homosexuals can be tracked down and interviewed, in light of Phillips' claim that he couldn't interview any survivors?
Some of these answers were not probed enough. For instance, there is extensive research of other Holocaust survivors. Why has no attempt been made to find the remaining aged German homosexuals, who may not be with us much longer? The verbal testimony of the horrors of Nazism are essential so that it is not repeated, and yet it seems Phillips and his museum aren't doing enough to record the truth. These missing facts and your frequent quips seemed to denigrate the important issue of heretofore ignored persecutions of other minority groups by the Nazis.
Seth J. Frantzman
Tucson

Wildcat April 15th, 2004
U.S. contractors in Iraq were not 'hired killers'
In Friday's Wildcat, Mark Sousa made a series of offensive comments regarding the American workers who were brutally murdered in Iraq. He first claimed that it was wrong for the media not to show us the images of the burnt and disfigured bodies of our fellow Americans and that the media treated us like "sheltered children." The reality is the media was roundly criticized during the war for showing dead Iraqis. So, out of respect for the families, the media stopped broadcasting images of dead Americans or dead Iraqis. Why is it that people like Mr. Sousa always protest when even an Iraqi prisoner is shown on TV, but they are always so happy to see the disgraceful image of a dead American whose family has not even been informed of his fate?
The second offensive claim that Mr. Sousa makes is that the murdered Americans were "hired killers." This is blatantly false. The names of the Americans killed were Scott Helvenston, Jerko Sovko and Michael Teague. They were all employed by Blackwater USA, a company that specializes in security that recently released the names of three of its murdered employees. These men were all in their 30s, and were too young to have ever been involved as mercenaries in South Africa, which Mr. Sousa claimed when he said they "hail from the South African apartheid, recently out of work." This is the typical defamation used to spread false rumors about people that were innocent civilian contractors and never even set foot in South Africa. The truth is that people like Mr. Sousa should condemn the Iraqis who first firebombed the American vehicles, then dragged the bodies hundreds of feet, burned them and hung them from a bridge. It was the Iraqis who acted like bloodthirsty killers as the news channel footage available on the Web clearly shows. Instead of accusing America of hiring "killers," we should condemn bin Laden and the terrorists who hired martyrs to attack us on Sept. 11, 2001.
Seth Frantzman
UA alumnus

PUBLISHED ON APRIL 15, 2004:
Guest Commentary
Dr. Peter Likins: the imperial University of Arizona president
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Anyone familiar with University of Arizona President Peter Likins has to marvel at the varied programs he has embarked on which have wreaked havoc on the school and its surrounding community.

Likins' Five-Year Plan
One has only to drive around the university to notice the massive number of new buildings, from the new SALT Center to the graduate housing on Euclid Avenue and the two new parking garages. Likins' Stalin-like building spree was supposed to transform the UA into a great academic powerhouse, but it really has only transformed the landscape of the university into some sort of Cubist fantasy camp. While Likins and his lobbyists have been whining to the students and the state that they have no money, they have raised about $1 billion through "Campaign Arizona" and built more square feet in a shorter amount of time then any former administration. Apparently, Likins is trying to live up to the Churchill adage, "Never was so much owed by so many to so few."

Drowning the Students in Tuition
Between 1998 and 2004, tuition has risen 89 percent to more than $4,000 per year, forcing students from lower- and middle-class backgrounds to go hat-in-hand to the financial aid office. Likins claims he wants to bring the UA up to the "top tier" of the "bottom third" of universities in the category of cost. This rubric basically means that Likins will have to continue jacking up tuition to keep up with that "top tier" of the "bottom third."

Likins and the Nations
Stalin's great obsession was to move around the many cultures of Russia, thus transforming the social landscape. Dr. Likins has similar designs for the UA. The new Hispanicization of the UA began with the re-naming of the economics building as the "Cesar E. Chavez" building. Dr. Likins is on a crusade to transform the student body into one "mirroring" the surrounding community and has even questioned the university's egalitarian admissions standards, which allow anyone who has above a 3.5 GPA, is in the top 25 percent of their graduating class or scored higher than a 1040 on the SAT to be admitted.
The most recent cultural epistle from the great doctor came on Nov. 20, 2003, when he complained that not enough Middle Eastern students were enrolling. He said in an Arizona Daily Wildcat piece that enrollment by foreign students had dropped by 1.8 percent. In reality, this means a total loss of perhaps three or four Middle Eastern students, who have likely been dissuaded from applying due to heightened security measures.

Focused Excellence or Focused Destruction?
The ingenious "Focused Excellence" plan inaugurated by President Likins ends one of its threatened department closures with: "The Hydrology graduate program and its faculty are among the most highly ranked in the University of Arizona, and we believe that this distinction is best preserved by the elimination of this (the Hydrology) undergraduate program." This is typical of the reasoning behind the brutal dismantling of such unique programs as the Arizona International College and the College of Planning. "Focused Excellence" was supposed to streamline parts of the UA by cutting costs, but the reality is that little fat has been cut from the bureaucracy, whereas many valuable departments have been forced to merge or disappear entirely.
The problem with Dr. Likins is that his tumultuous makeover of the UA has accomplished almost nothing, except lots of empty space in the new buildings. The greatest scandal of Likins' rule has been the "brain drain" and decrease in classes offered. In essence, the students will be paying twice as much tuition for a diminished number of class offerings. And despite the massive building projects, the student-to-faculty ratio remains solidly pegged at 19:1.
No one knows how long Dr. Likins will be at the helm of the university, but one can be assured that every year he remains there will be a year of daring, decisive steps to change the familiar face of the UA.
Seth J. Frantzman has a degree in history from the UA, where he was the president of the College Republicans, president of a fraternity, a member of various committees and a student senator. He currently works in residential lending.

More stories by Seth J. Frantzman:
• Guest Commentary - It's Time to Stop Homeowner Associations From Enslaving Unsuspecting Victims by SETH J. FRANTZMAN (03-18-2004)
At http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Opinion/Content?oid=oid:55685



Published in Phoenix New Times April 22nd
Persian Gulf
Judge not: Joe Watson's April 8 article regarding Oubai Shahbandar ("Token Arab") was an excellent insight into how hard it is to be an Arab American and at the same time to confront radical Islam. Your article extensively quoted Deedra Abboud, a member of CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations), but you neglected to point out the irony in her comments. Mrs. Abboud is a white woman from Arkansas who converted to Islam and here she is criticizing a young man who was not only raised Muslim but also grew up in one of the most oppressive societies in the world, Asad's Syria. Who is Mrs. Abboud to decide who is an acceptable Muslim? Who is she to judge Shahbandar? Shahbandar stood up to dictatorship in his own country and his family immigrated to our America, which is supposed to allow free speech. But every time Mr. Shahbandar has exercised his right to free speech by bringing speakers to ASU, he has been shouted down and police have been required to keep the anti-Shahbandar crowds in order. What is everyone so scared of? It seems to me the people who tried to shout down Daniel Pipes and David Horowitz would have fit right in back in Saudi Arabia, where free speech is illegal. It's ironic that the very people calling Shahbandar "racist" are themselves people like Mrs. Abboud, who is white, while Mr. Shahbandar is a foreigner and a minority, just as Mr. Horowitz is a minority. So the reality is the only people with narrow minds are those afraid to hear what Shahbandar and his "fellow travelers" have to say. How else can one explain the hatred and vitriol and death threats that Shahbandar and Horowitz and Pipes have received just for voicing their views?
This was the ultimate irony of the story. Mr. Shahbandar and his family have come all the way to our "free" country only to find that in fact mob justice rules the streets of our universities and Shahbandar probably had more freedom to speak his mind in Asad's secular Syria than he does in America where Islamic radicals appear to have taken over ASU to such a degree that anyone who opposes them is immediately silenced.
Seth J. Frantzman
Tucson

Jerusalem Post
Treason, let us count the ways
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (21 Apr 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Apparently Vanunu has been reading what the liberal western press has been saying about him for the last 20 years. He thinks he is some sort of uber-human rights hero, a crusader for world peace and all that mish-mash that we've been reading about him even before his release.

But the truth is Vanunu is a traitor and his latest statements upon his release only reinforce how much of a traitor he is. Let us count the ways: First he has advocated destroying Israeli sovereignty by allowing the U.N to take over Israel and 'inspect' for WMD. Second he has said he wants to move to the United States. Third he has claimed that their is "no need for a Jewish state". Well as a Christian, since he converted, who is he to tell Jews that we don’t need a state. Its ironic that he wants to move to America, which was the creator of nuclear weapons, when he says he is so against nuclear arms. Is he going to call for the U.N to inspect for WMD in the states??? According to the traitor Vanunu its ok that the U.S and N. Korea and probably even the PLO can have Nuclear weapons but not Israel because in his opinion Israel doesn’t even have a right to exist. Its to bad the government ever released him, we should have kept him in prison forever or better yet just given him the honor of being treated like most traitors have been treated in the past.




Sharon not expected to negotiate with 'terrorist'
Armand Navabi's letter to the Wildcat yesterday made several false statements regarding Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat. He claimed that Sharon was a "murderer and a racist." This is patently untrue. Sharon has never murdered anyone and he can't be racist against Arabs since he himself was born in the Middle East and is as Palestinian as Arafat.
Sharon has not decided that the Palestinians are "unworthy of negotiations"; rather, he has decided that Arafat and his goons are unacceptable partners for peace. This is why Bush has also refused to meet with Arafat, instead requesting that the Palestinian Authority elect a prime minister to negotiate for peace.
Sharon and Bush have simply watched as Arafat personally ordered the bombing of dozens of Israeli buses and the killing of more then 300 Israelis. Why should anyone negotiate with such terrorists? If America isn't going to negotiate with Osama bin Laden, then why should we expect Israel to speak with its own bin Laden?
Sam Franklin
history freshman
Bring back Saddam
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (28 Apr 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

SO America is getting bogged down in Iraq. Fallujah and Najaf are totally out of control and bascially being held by militants and AMerica is unwilling to do anything because they dont want to 'offend' the Muslims who use the Mosques as sniper cover. The Shia and the Sunnis are even getting along in their opposition to having non-muslims rule them. Well their is only one man who knows how to deal with such rebelliousness and that man is Saddam Hussein. Ok so Saddam isnt the nicest character, he has invaded most of his neighboors and maybe committed genocide. But right now what iraq needs is a little dose of Saddam. Saddam was in power for 30 years and he never let rebels take over cities. He balanced Kurds and Shias and Sunnis. Look how Asad dealt with the rebels in Homa. America, for being so diverse, sure never studied how to deal with rebellion in the middle east. AMerica should have learned how to rule Iraq from Saddam and if the Americans cant keep the country peaceful and stable then they should hire and Arab to do it for them because the governing council is a bunch of weak sisters.

Is Rafah another Jenin?
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (19 May 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Who remmembers all the propoganda about the 'massacre' in Jenin? People claimed that over 16000 people were killed and then 'bulldozed' into 'mass graves' by the IDF. Of course the end result was around 54 confirmed dead and only a handful of them were civilians. We have already begun to hear the international 'outcry' regarding operations in Rafah. And soon we will start hearing the hysterical claims of 'thousands massacred'. And then the U.N and Human Rights Watch and all the pretend 'unbiased' organizations will call for 'Investigations'.

But we must not dither, we must not falter in our fight against terror. Everytime a terrorist is killed in Rafah an Israeli life is saved.

The Hypocrisy of the U.S abstaintion
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (20 May 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

On a day when Israel was accused of 'massacring' civilians in Rafah and the U.S abstained from a U.N vote, thus allowing Israel to be condemned for the millionth time by the international body.

Two items stand out here as atypical. First, the U.S has in the past vetoed such biased statements by the U.N. Second it is a total hypocrisy for the U.S to suddenly be angry about claims of 'massacres' when the U.S itself is accused of killing 40 civilians in a 'wedding party' in Iraq. Yet we don’t see the U.S apologizing or whining about how it has hurt the 'peace process' in Iraq. Why? Because the U.S expects that we will give it the benefit of the doubt that those killed in Iraq were militants in a 'safe house' smuggling weapons. Well if we and the world are expected to give the U.S slack on claims that it killed civilians then why wont it also give Israel the same leeway to first investigate what actually happened in Rafah. Past results show that claims of 'massacres' of 'civilians' frequently are untrue and its important that America apply the same standards to Israel as it applies in Iraq.
Thailands Terrorist Problem
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (24 May 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

The recent article regarding Thailand’s willingness to negotiate with the terrorists in its southern region is a blueprint for how Islamic militants have always won against Democracies. The rubric is always the same. They invade a country. They whip up support among local Muslims. They carry out terrorist attacks in response to being 'suppressed' while speaking of 'century old' aspirations for a 'separate state'. Then in order to achieve those means they go kill civilians, especially children. Then the state is accused of 'human rights violations' because it dares to oppose terrorism. Finally the state cries 'uncle' and meets with the terrorist 'leader' and grants freedoms and special rights and even autonomy to the Muslim region. Their is a vast conspiracy in the world to support these terrorist movements, from the KLA in Kosovo to Chechnya to Kashmir to Nigeria and the Philippines the world is caught up in a mass psychosis of always supporting the most brutal 'freedom fighters' and never supporting the governments that oppose them.
PUBLISHED ON MAY 27, 2004:
Guest Commentary
Tucson's real estate market enters the big leagues, as a $17.5 million house signifies
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Hearst had his San Simeon. Arthur had Camelot, and someone in Tucson has Campbell Cliffs, a 24-room, 31,000-square-foot house currently on sale for $17.5 million. This house would go relatively unnoticed in Tucson, were it not for the fact that it is the most expensive house ever put on the market in Southern Arizona. The property carries an exorbitant price tag, not because it resembles the Neverland Ranch or Hammertime, but due to the uniqueness of its setting and the fame of its architect, Les Wallach.
Wallach is well known for his design of the restaurant and special events complex at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. He has participated in numerous public and private projects throughout Arizona and the western states, but Campbell Cliffs remains one of his most selective attempts at residential design.
Wallach founded Line and Space in 1978, "to facilitate the designing and building of innovative and ecologically sound architectural projects," an idea that brings to mind Frank Lloyd Wright's own Arizona home, Taliesin West. But Campbell Cliffs differs from Taliesin, because it is one long, self-contained residence nestled in the Catalina mountains. Campbell Cliffs' price tag also reflects the house's many ostentatious 21st-century accoutrements. From a two-story, state-of-the-art gymnasium to a home theater, servants' quarters and darkroom, this home is something of a nod to technological modernity, while fiercely trying to preserve our desert heritage.
The main question is, "Why Tucson?" Unlike Long Island, Martha's Vineyard or Beverly Hills, Tucson has not been known as a destination for the ultra-rich or those who require super-dwellings. But Tucson is actually home to much more money then we realize, including the homes of Paul Allen and the former ranch of Paul McCartney, as well as many other big shots not named Paul. So, if Campbell Cliffs isn't necessarily out of place, then one must wonder why it is for sale. Usually, when someone hires a well-known architect like Mr. Wallach to design a unique home, they intend to live in it, just as Edgar J. Kaufmann and family did in Falling Water, another house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that incorporates the environment into its design. But Campbell Cliffs was finished in the fall of 2003 and has been on the market since last March. Although currently inhabited by the owners, it is clear that they had no intention of a long-term stay.
It may take a while for a buyer to come along. Few lenders are willing to give a mortgage for such a large sum: "Jumbo" loans often have a $2.5 million cap. In the case of a local mortgage broker who attempted to do a loan on Campbell Cliffs for a potential buyer, it was the appraisal, among other things, that torpedoed the transaction.
Comparable sales--the first thing an appraiser looks at--can't be found in Tucson, or anywhere else in Southern Arizona, for that matter (the next-priciest house sold for $4.9 million). This forces an appraiser to compare sales in Scottsdale, where Arizona's most expensive home sold for around $35 million not long ago. A cash-heavy buyer is what's needed, one who is enchanted with Campbell Cliffs.
Nevertheless, when Campbell Cliffs is sold, it will be a landmark in Tucson history, thanks to the sheer size of both the property and the price. This may well be seen as a turning point in our community's growth, introducing a new form of the jet-set elite who want some desert solitaire of their own, perhaps to trade New York's 18 million inhabitants for our own paltry 800,000. Some will view Campbell Cliffs as a monstrosity of development, although because of its gated access, they won't actually have a chance to observe where, exactly, the sprawl is.
Yet others will view Campbell Cliffs with a note of pride, knowing that Tucson is blossoming into a very diverse community with the addition of wealthy buyers willing to purchase houses specifically designed for our desert environment rather then Neolithic fortresses like Hearst Castle.
U.N dares criticize Mofaz
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA (26 May 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

So UNWRA called for Mofaz to show 'evidence' that the U.N had knowingly supported terrorists and desecrated Israeli bodies. Its odd that the U.N never seems to ask the Palestinians for 'evidence' when they claim 'massacres' or 'human rights violations' have taken place. The U.N and other left wing groups always give them the benefit of the doubt. Odd then that the U.N suddenly is unhappy that Mofaz gave someone the benefit of the doubt regarding UNWRA's support of terrorism.

Let us recall that the U.N in Lebanon and in the Congo knowingly allowed weapons to be sold and carried in the 'refugee' camps and knowingly allowed terrorists to use those camps for recruitment. let us remember the U.N turned a blind eye as terrorists launched rockets into Israel. If the U.N cant even notice rockets being fired then how can we expect them to know what their ambulances are being used for. In all likelihood the terrorists commandeered the ambulance to transport 'human rights victims' and the UNWRA just said 'ok'.

Kudos to Sharon on Gaza

Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA ( 2 Jun 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Sharon should be congratulated for coming up with a good separation plan. Cutting off the wasteful use of Israeli electricity for Gaza and not allowing Gazans into Israel to work will be great steps and show the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank what separation will really mean. And then won’t they be upset. They whine about 'apartheid' today. What will they do when they actually have to work and build infrastructure for themselves. What will they do when instead of building bombs they have to put their minds to building hospitals and schools and power plants. What will they do when they can no longer whine about Israel 'stealing water' and instead have to actually pump the water themselves? Suddenly you will hear them running to the U.N and saying 'Force Israel to stay, its not fair'. And then we can all sit back and laugh. And anyone with any experience knows this will be the case. Everyone knows that they will complain about independence and complain that Israel 'didn’t leave us enough stuff'.

Let Egypt clean up Gaza
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA ( 7 Jun 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

Its going to be fun watching the Egyptians try to help clean up Gaza and deal with the militants. Equally enjoyable will be watching all the 'Human Rights' workers from the west who have taken up residence in Gaza see what its like when Egypt uses stronger tactics then Israel has used on the terrorist morass. What will all the Corrie's do when they suddenly find themselves having to protest Arab actions against fellow Arabs. All their tolerance and diversity and all that crap they learned in the west about 'Zionism is Racism' will suddenly be thrown in their face. How will they justify an Arab shooting into a crowd of Palestinian rock throwers? Let us recall that not one drop of 'Human Rights' workers sweat was wasted defending the militants in Hama or the Brotherhood rounded up by Asad or Nasser. So soon we will see the ultimate hypocrisy of the organizations that claim to be helping the Palestinians but really just use them as a tool against Israel, because they are all closet anti-Semites. And hopefully we wont have to read any more literary propaganda like 'Drinking the Sea at Gaza'.
Europe gets what it deserves
Seth J. Frantzman Tucson AZ USA ( 9 Jun 2004)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

A recent article detailed how Sweden makes Jews jump through hoops to get Circumcised and how Shehita – Jewish ritual meat slaughter is outlawed. It is an irony that the rise of Islam in Europe will actually ensure that these sacred Jewish rituals are made fully legal in Europe. The Muslims will cry 'racism' when Europe tries to bar Hallal meat and Muslim circumcision. The greatest irony will be that Europe, in trying to suppress the 'foreign' Jewish practices will actually end up with Muslims becoming more then 40% of Europe's population by 2030. Already Muslim attendance at Mosques in London outnumbers Christian attendance. In a way it will be enjoyable to see Europe overrun by Islam, since Europe for so long was the scourge of Judaism a place of pogroms and finally of death camps. Revenge will come upon the Europeans in the shape of the crescent, not the Star of David, and then maybe we will hear the Europeans say 'You Jews weren’t so bad, you never tried to convert us, you stayed to yourselves, all you wanted was to be left alone...we are sorry'. But it will be too late.


Italian hostage should go back
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem ISrael ( 7 Mar 2005)
sfrantzman@Hotmail.com

The death, at American hands, of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari is a tragedy. What is more tragic however is that the woman he was trying to save, journalist Giuliana Sgrena is now free in Italy and now its not the terrorists telling her to say AMerica is evil, she is saying it on here own. Its ironic that she has even claimed the terrorists warned her that the U.S wanted to kill her. If she loves the terrorists so much then what makes her a hostage? if she enjoyed captivity so much at the hands of regressive fundamentalist neanderthals then maybe she should go back to Iraq, put on an Abbaya(the Iraqi version of the Burka) and start reporting for Al-Jazeera, because her view points are the opposite of what people who have just been assaulted should think. Although perhaps its stockholm syndrome.

February 21 2005
Majority opinion isn't always correct opinion
In Wednesday's Wildcat, Chris Biagi claimed that 90 percent of college professors are liberals because they are brilliant. It should be pointed out that this is not only false but it is also a moronic statement. The academic establishment is overwhelming liberal, just as the academic establishment in Russia used to be overwhelmingly communist. Just because the majority of people are taken in by something doesn't make it correct.
One must recall that there was a time when America's "most brilliant" and "liberal" people also thought slavery was acceptable. There was a time when these same "brilliant" people told us to appease Hitler. College professors' political views have been proven wrong time and time again. There is no reason to assume today's liberal academic mafia are any more correct then their ancestors. Rather it was the 10 percent who opposed slavery, who said "no" to Hitler and who opposed Stalinism, that have been proven prescient and correct. I know that the UA has an academic conservative underground silenced, but existing, and it will train the leaders of tomorrow.
Seth J. Frantzman
UA alumnus

Tucson Weekly
PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 3, 2005:
Guest Commentary
It's time to end the illegal occupation of Arizona
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

When most people hear the words "illegal occupation," "settlers," "checkpoints" or "wall of separation," the image of a far-off Middle Eastern country is conjured up. What most of those who protest the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land don't realize is that they themselves are participating in an occupation, the illegal occupation of Arizona by imperial America.
America, too, has a separation wall, between the Arizona border and Mexico. Arizona also has "checkpoints" on southern roads that lead to Mexico. Arizona also has well-armed settler militias. Beyond that, the images one finds on the Mexican border or among the Immigration and Naturalization agents who work the buffer zone south of Tucson are not so different than the ones propagandized by anti-Israel protest groups such as ISM (International Solidarity Movement) or UPJME (Union for Peace and Justice in the Middle East). These organizations have supporters at the local college campus, and their widely disseminated views are familiar to most educated Tucsonans.
When people speak of Israel turning back the clock of history and "withdrawing to her natural borders" or accepting U.N. Resolution 242, what they should also be calling for is the ending of all "occupations" everywhere, particularly here in America. The 1846-1848 Mexican-American war netted America new lands here in the southwest, including Arizona. It wasn't until 1912 that Arizona even became a state. All this time, Anglo settlers have been illegally settling this land. When one looks at the arguments of books like Architecture of the Occupation, and they see the neatly planned Israeli settlements next to the impoverished Arab villages, they shout in horror and scream in agony at the injustice. Yet few people stop to see that the neatly planned settlements of the foothills or those such as Rita Ranch and all the similar US Home subdivisions are almost identical to these much maligned Israeli settlements.
People may say, "My ancestors were not responsible for what America did in 1848." But these people ignore the fact that only a tiny minority living in Israel today were involved in the events of 1948. Famous critics such as Noam Chomsky claim to see "points of similarity" between the Israel "occupation" and the crimes of Nazis. The same line of reasoning has made these people call on Israel not only to give up the conquered territories but also to leave other parts of Israel, and they have called on a "Right of Return" for Palestinians. On every issue, those who think in such a way should be prepared to pack up their belongings and leave the illegally occupied American lands, stolen from Mexico and stolen from the Native Americans.
If these peace activists believed what they said, then they would also willingly fight for the right of return of all Mexicans to the lands here in the Southwest. They would be protesting the ugly American wall that separates Arizona from Mexico. They would protest the checkpoints along the U.S-Mexico border.
If the anti-Israel types and the right wing neo-Nazis who oppose Israel so vehemently are not prepared to end their occupations and hand over their properties to Mexico, then they should stop their calls on Israel to do it.
In the end, all countries in the world occupy what used to belong to some other country or some other people. No people in the world live in their original place. The history of the world is the history of migration. If one starts turning back the clocks to contrived dates, then all one creates is a vicious cycle of people fighting over whose land is whose. Arizonians more than anyone should be aware of the nature of conquest and settlement and should be smart enough to realize that the Israeli war of independence of 1948 ironically sits on the 100-year anniversary of America's conquest of the Southwest.
Seth Frantzman is a graduate of the University of Arizona and has occupied Arizona for 8 years. He is currently studying in Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As is the case with all Guest Commentary pieces, this does not necessarily reflect the views of the Tucson Weekly and its staff.


February 11 2005
Newspapers shouldn't use race in hiring decisions
Rui Wang's opinion that journalism schools and newspapers must "racially" reflect the demographics of the community is the exact racist language that Martin Luther King Jr. opposed and should be opposed by everyone. The color of a person's skin does not determine their beliefs, their ability to write a news story or anything else. Skin color is meaningless and therefore should not be used as a benchmark to decide whether a newspaper is doing its jobs vis-à-vis the local community. Does the newspaper reflect the views of the community and report stories of importance? That should be the benchmark. When it comes to the visual media, it may very well be more important in a community for people to see members of their religion, race or group, but it is also important that people are exposed to members of other ethnicities. This is why the idea of structuring a newsroom along racial guidelines would simply be a return to the racist past where people where judged by the color of their skin, not the content of their character.
Seth J. Frantzman
alumnus

February 10th 1005 Arizona Daily Widlcat
Vagina photo unrealistic
Despite all the controversy over the 'Chocolate Vagina' photo, the candy in question doesn't look anything like a real vagina. In my experience not only are they pink, but whats the second hole doing there? If anything the point wasn't made because no one got a very good anatomy lesson out of it. As for being offended, its not clear whats so offensive? Is it that it was made of chocolate, or was it perhaps a racist comment on behalf of the writer, since the Vagina was black? Either way the people who designed those candies should either take some more classes, get sexually kosher girlfriends, or perhaps buy mirrors to examine themselves before putting out any more vagina line products.
Seth J. Frantzman
UA Alumnus
Bernsen looks like Pat Buchanon
The picture of Cade Bernsen on the front page of March 8ths wildcat makes him appear to be the age of a real presidential candidate. Did anyone notice the Pat Buchanon resemblence. This is not slander, just the truth, that he looks about 40 years old. Now maybe its trick photography to make us think he's 'presidential material' but it seems, based off appearences, that he might not be the best candidate for us 'traditional' students. On the other hand who wants a student body president named after a sandwhich.
James Gosses(aka Seth J. Frantzman and Avigdor Margolin)
Biochemistry senior
PUBLISHED ON MARCH 24, 2005:
Guest Commentary
Why you or your children should consider a study-abroad program
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Participating in a study-abroad program should be the goal of every college student in social sciences, and should be on the top of the list for college students in other disciplines. Not only is America increasingly situated in an ever-shrinking world, but college is one of the only times when success at one's career objectives can be overlapped with what is basically a semester or year-long vacation in a foreign country.
Once one enters the professional world, there will be little chance to pad a resume while at the same time fulfilling academic and professional requirements. Vacations to foreign lands, while they are wonderful cultural experiences and packed full of fun, never give a person the chance to delve deep into the culture and habits of another region, unless the vacationer chooses to take up come sort of volunteer opportunity.
While the bourgeoisie may have the financial ability jet off when they please, the average college-educated American will never be given a similar opportunity to take such an amount of time off to travel. College and the many financial-aid encouragements available offer students this unique opportunity. However, despite the fact that the number of students studying abroad has risen steadily since 2001, it is also true that at our state universities, the numbers remain startlingly low. The two UA programs I participated in, taking me to Russia and Italy, garnered only 20 and 11 students respectively. While we speak about "creating the leaders of tomorrow" at our universities, such paltry numbers don't seem to point to a very cultured or international leadership for our future.
Parents balk at the financial costs, and students obviously can't come up with what usually amounts to about $10,000 for the experience, but most of my colleagues in the abroad programs were heavily subsidized by scholarships to the tune of more money than the programs cost. When one realizes the cost saved in rents at home, the opportunity is actually a financial incentive, and the investment is a good one considering the potential returns in good photos, fun experiences, endless stories and pithy comments one can make upon the return.
Probably the most beneficial aspect of being in foreign countries is that when you meet foreigners and they complain about how "bad" or "evil" or "imperial" America is, you can debunk such myths by pointing out the plethora of problems found in their home countries. Take Germany, for example; the next time Germans tell you about the increasing gap between rich and poor in the United States, you can simply inquire as to how well they've integrated all those East Germans in the last decade. In my experience traveling and studying in such varied locations as India, Russia and elsewhere, I've never come across a country that offers all that America does, despite the fact that each country is probably better in at least one way. In the end, the leaders of tomorrow and America's new intellectual elite need to be exposed to such myths as the European "middle class" and the oft-repeated lack of racism in other places. Only one country, which shall remain nameless, comes even close to the diversity, equal opportunities and lack of sexual bondage, and combines such enlightened realities with the ability to allow a vibrant conservative culture to blossom as does America.
Harvard's President Laurence Summers has inaugurated a new encouragement to send the nation's top students abroad, but it is absolutely essential that the average student at the average university (aka the UA) take on similar experiences. Every parent and every student should seriously consider the opportunities offered, and take up those opportunities before graduation and the grind of life sets in. Bringing the world closer to home, so that disasters, terrorism and foreign elections no longer seem so distant, will be a cherished memory that will live with every person for the rest of their lives.
Seth J. Frantzman was a proud participant in Dr. Del Phillips' Russian study abroad program and Dr. Gianni Sperra's Italian study abroad, both offered through the UA. He is currently doing graduate work in Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Christianity brought 'light upon the world'
Josh Garber's letter in yesterday's Wildcat where he claimed the world would be better off without Christianity misses the mark entirely. The occasions of Christian oppressions pale in comparison to the gifts and tools it has bequeathed to us. Without the Bible we would not have evolved the secular ideas of equality that today are the light upon the world. Without the homogeneity created by Christianity in Europe, we would not have had the likes of Darwin or Copernicus to revolutionize the way we think of evolution and the universe. We focus on the negatives of Christian doctrine, but we should focus on the fact the nations today inspired by Christian thought are the most free, most democratic and most welcoming to minorities. The other ideologies that existed before Christianity and today still exist are based on totalitarianism, absolutism and the destruction of culture. They involve the most barbaric traits of human sacrifice, stoning of adulterers and cannibalism. How do we know such things are wrong? We know because the Bible tells us they are. And today our law, despite what some would have us believe, is based on the Judeo-Christian ethics, ethics modeled on the message of Jesus: tolerance, love and even turning the old cheek from time to time. Garber should try his hand at visiting some non-Christian nations and see about those equal rights, women's rights and minority rights he holds so dear; they exist nowhere else.
Seth J. Frantzman
UA alumnus

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The Pope the Jews and the West
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Israel ( 5 Apr 2005)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

The Pope was indeed a great friend to the Jewish people, reforming more then a thousand years of the Catholic churches abuse and rhetoric against Jews.

However while it is logical that in israel this theme would be stressed and that the importance of how Jews and Israelis in general relate to the Popes passing it is illogical how much of the Western Media has concentrated not on the Pope's healing of religious wounds but rather on the Pope's importance vis-a-vis the Israeli Palistinian conflict.

Major Western new sources dwelled with excruciating details on the Pope's relations with the state of Israel and with the PA and Yasser Arafat. This is yet another example of how the West views the Israeli-Palistinian conflict as disproportionatly important, as if it in itself must be comapred against everything. However it is detrimental to Israel to have to read about the importance of the 'Middle East Peace Process' to the Pope when in reality the Middle East affects few Catholics. The Pope visited 129 countries, why then is so much time in foreign papers devoted to his interest in Palistinian affairs? It is the same to schtic, the obsession with Palistinians, the obsession with the situation here. And this only proves it more.

Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
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Homeless need to get out of library
It occurred to me while reading the debate on whether "bums" should use the library that if they have so much time to spend in the library, then obviously they have enough time to get a job. If Celia Reynolds loves homeless people so much then she should bring them over to her house and spend some time with them. These people don't deserve the right to use the library, they are abusive, drunken, obnoxious, and yes, like drunk loud students, they should be evicted from this place of higher learning, the Main Library. The truth of the matter is that given the amount of scholarships available at the UA if the bums wanted to enroll and therefore use the library they probably could do it for free and keep up the tradition they have set of living off state money and taxpayer assistance. There is nothing compassionate about homeless people. They have thousands of people in Tucson working on their behalf at the local churches, during Operation Deep Freeze and in 50 other places looking out for them. The UA doesn't need to donate its precious workers' time to cleaning up after them too.
Seth J. Frantzman
alumnus



The end of England?
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Israel ( 8 Apr 2005)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

If the English academics go through with the boycott of Israeli academics on April 20th it will prove to be the end of England, the final submission of that country to the tide of anti-semitism sweeping Europe. We must recall the 1930s when similar laws were passed barring Jews, solely based on their religion and 'race' from entering academic institutions and many majority (numerous clauses)clauses were invoked to bar Jewish professionals. The English debate of this law and if it passes will prove that the land of Churchill no longer exists and that nation which so many of this English speaking readership owes many fine values and traditions has ceased to be anything but a distorted, pathetic vision of its former self, twisted much as fascism twisted German culture, almost unrecognizable from what heretofore were anglo-saxon values of honesty, hard work and moderation. We witness the fall of England, and its rebirth as a hateful country guilty of all those terrors that they accuse Israel of.
4/21/05 Daily Widlcat
Fraternities already face tough hurdles
Tom Deakin's letter claiming that fraternities needed stricter rules is either based on his ignorance of the many hurdles fraternities already face or is based on his prejudiced view of greek life. Greek life already has many rules that prevent houses from having parties and create high standards for the few parties houses are allowed to host every year. Beyond that there is strict control of guest lists and inspections to make sure what beverages are served to whom. The bad image of greek life doesn't stem from the fact that greeks are disproportionately involved in crime or mischief but rather that when an illegal act takes place at a greek residence it is always shown to reflect the entire community. However, if one compares that greek community to the average student one will find that their is a much lower percentage of incidents involving the police, allegations of rape or drug use. Obviously, the greek community can always do better, but as a former president of Phi Kappa Psi I can fairly say the greek community tries very hard already and is continually under the spotlight. Before judging, non-greeks should sit through the endless GAMMA and IFC meetings and other mandatory anti-rape and anti-alcohol abuse seminars greeks participate in, and then judge whether greek life is doing enough.
Seth J. Frantzman
alumnus

The Erdogan headcovering lie
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Israel ( 1 May 2005)
sfrantzman@hotmail.com

The solemn picture of the bareheaded Erdogan and his covered wife says three important things, and shows the lie of his claim that he could not wear a headcovering at Yad Vashem. First it is standard practice for Muslim men to cover their heads in holy places, and religious Muslims frequently cover their heads with white knit hats. As a sopposedly religious Muslim Edrogan could have easily worn one of his Muslim Kippot, or purchased one in Jerusalems Old City since they are available for Muslims visiting the Temple Mount. That he could not wear a Muslim skullcap shows not only dis respect it shows that he has a deep feeling that Yad Vashem and the Holocaust are not important. Secondly we see that his wife is 'covered' an irony that her husband expects her to cover her hair at all times but cant be bothered to cover his for ten minutes. Lastly the picture must remind us of the kind of society Erdogan comes from, a society where even the appearence of showing respect for another religion could bring death or political downfall, a sad commentary on Islam and Islamic societies.


Wildcat 5/3/05
Men do discriminate against drunk women
Amorette St.Onge's letter in Friday's Wildcat reflected not only naiveté but also a total contradiction. Her claim that it is discriminatory for people to assume that if a woman drinks more alcohol she increases her chance of being raped is totally foolish. Yes, a woman has the right to drink as much as she wants, but unfortunately, men also discriminate against women who are drunk by taking advantage, and in some cases, raping them. If a women doesn't want to try to avoid a situation that might lead to rape, such as accepting alcohol from a stranger, that is her choice, but in claiming that "Education is the best way to prevent rape," St.Onge obviously doesn't understand that women must also participate in that education, which includes encouraging women not to binge drink and to bring friends to look after them if they do. Sgt. Eugene V. Mejia was only reinforcing this fact in pointing out that women need to protect themselves. Being raped is sort of like a car accident, you need to be cautious and if you choose to ignore every warning sign then, despite it not being your fault, something bad may happen.
Seth J. Frantzman
alumnus