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Volume XCV, Number 22	University of Southern California	Wednesday, February 8, 1984
ROBERT HELLER/DAILY TROJAN
A workman’s gloves lay idle on a pile of bricks at a construction site on campus. Construction, which has been an ongoing campus phenomenon since summer, is in preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.
Libertarian candidate stresses basic freedom
By Catalina Camia
Assistant Qty Editor
When asked about his qualifications, David Bergland, the Libertarian Party's candidate for president,-likes to answer with the disclaimer that he is not a former actor-, not a former peanut farmer and not a professional politician.
If he had to describe himself in a similar fashion, Bergland would describe himself as a "humanist who has great confidence in human beings, their abilities and the best in man."
For the 48-year-old attorney, the political philosophies of the Libertarian Party best suit his people-oriented beliefs.
The basic tenet of the 12-year-old Libertarian Party is that each person has the absolute right of
self-ownership over his life, body, speech, action and honestly acquired property- The party strives for a free society in which individuals have personal liberty and there is reduced government control.
Bergland, a Costa Mesa attorney, has always thought politics was important, but never saw anything appealing about the two traditional parties. In 1973, he became an active supporter of the Libertarian cause.
"I respect the right of people to live their own lives and I ask the same of them," he said. "(Libertarianism) is a natural state for people to be in."
His campaign material even includes the statement: "America: Freedom was the original idea."
Bergland's route toward his candidacy was not straightforward.
He was bom in Mapleton, Iowa, but was raised and educated in Southern California. Before college, he served two years in the Army and after receiving his bachelor's degree in English at UCLA in 1966, Bergland went on to earn his juris doctor degree from this university.
Bergland is no stranger to Libertarian Party campaigns, after unsuccessfully seeking the offices of state attorney general and state senator. He also ran for United States Senator in
1980,	and was the 1976 Libertarian Party candidate for vice-president.
Bergland was also the nation-
al party chairman from 1977 to
1981.
He was selected in September
1983	to be the Libertarian Party candidate.
"It was a gradual process to be in the Libertarian Party," he said. "A singular incident did not shape me. One incident can be that I was bom. But it's a natural attitude for human beings to have mutual respect for one another."
Bergland insists that the Libertarians are more fundamental than traditional in their party politics, and they definitely cannot be put in a mold.
"I am committed 100 percent to self-ownership and personal responsibility," he said. "The government's only function is to
assist the people in defending their rights."
Bergland said the Libertarians see the role of a national government as protectors of the people.
"Government's only proper function is to assist us in defending our rights. On a national scale, the government's proper function is to provide security within America against the risk of foreign attack — and no more," he said.
The goal of the party in 1984 is to spread and implement the ideas of individual rights throughout the American society.
In terms of a platform, Bergland states the party's goal is "to remove all controls on the (Continued on page 7)
Cafeterias exemplary — Health Dept.
By Catalina Camia
Assistant City Editor
The university's food outlets, from the Sidewalk Cafe to the Trojan Cafeteria, continually receive clean bills of health, said Clyde Gonzales, senior environmental health officer for the Southwest Division of the Los Angeles County Health Department.
"I can show the university's cafeterias to anyone and it stands out as a showplace," he said.
Gonzales said the university has an excellent attitude about the way food is prepared and served, and is pleased with his association with the university.
The care of the central kitchen and food service equipment is the university's strongpoint, Gonzales said.
"It especially does an extraordinary job of vermin (pest) control," he said.
Gene Lawless, director of food services on campus, said health inspections are a serious subject.
"We don't take it lightly," he said. "It's part of Our professional responsibility (to comply and cooperate with the health department)."
As mandated by law, all places where food is prepared and served must be inspected every four months. However, this university is inspected every three months because of the heavy "customer
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Soviet/Asian ties examined
Kelly Watson
City Writer
Three university professors and a professor from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. were members of a panel that discussed faltering relations between the Soviet Union and East Asia Tuesday in Hancock Auditorium.
The colloquium, entitled "The Policy of the U.S.S.R. in East Asia," was sponsored by the Korean Students Association and dealt with the Soviet Union's relations with China, Japan and North and South Korea.
The speeches detailed the Soviet Union's often unsuccessful attempts to establish healthy, productive relationships with countries in East Asia as well as providing insight into the consequences of the downing of the South Korean Airlines jet by a
Soviet fighter plane in September of last year.
The destruction of the Korean airliner was a "disastrous mistake," said Michael Robinson, an assistant history professor and a specialist on Korea.
The Soviets not only "displayed a comtempt for life," Robinson said, but have severely damaged relations between themselves and South Korea as well as the rest of East Asia.
This "impediment” to relations between the countries will remain, Robinson said, unless the Soviet Union apologizes for its actions. "It is a misinterpretation to look at Korea as paramount to the Soviet Union," Robinson said.
He described the Soviet Union as having "one foot hopping off balance" in its relations with Korea. North Korea, in particular, has "a mind of its own," Robinson said, and the
Soviets "find it difficult to influence what the North Koreans think and do."
The Soviet Union's relations with the People's Republic of China have undergone gradual improvements, said Stanley Rosen, assistant professor of political science and a specialist on China.
"The death of Mao Tse-tung was very important" in China's changing attitude toward the Soviet Union, Rosen said.
Mao Tse-tung was "obsessive" in his anti-Sovietism and this was responsible for the cold relationship between the two countries. Neither country "perceived the other as being a true socialist country," Rosen said.
When the Soviets began a military' build up on the border they share with the Chinese, the Chinese felt threatened, he added.
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MICHAEL ROBINSON