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Page 14/The Battalion/Thursday, January 31, 1985 Kirkpatrick planning to quit U.N. ambassador position Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.N. Ambas sador Jeane ). Kirkpatrick an nounced Wednesday she is quitting the administration after a sometimes stormy tenure and returning to tea ching and writing. She revealed her plans billowing a private meeting with President Rea gan. Kirkpatrick refused to say whether she had been offered a new job in the administration. White House officials also declined. Asked if she was disappointed at not getting another top government post, Kirkpatrick said, “No. No, no, no, no, no. “If I had wanted a top foreign policy job in the second term, I would have remained as U.S. perma nent representative to the United Nations. Kirkpatrick, on leave from a post of teaching government at George town University, said, “I am very committed to teaching and writing and the independence that goes with that. And it’s the life I intend to re turn to.” The ambassador said she wrote out the announcement of her resig nation on the eve of her meeting with Reagan. The President, who once la mented he did not have a job “worthy of her” outside the U.N., said last week he was ready to offer a suitable job outside the White House. Sources who declined to be identi fied said it was the top post at either the Agency for International Devel opment, the United States Informa tion Agency or the task of revitaliz ing the now-moribund International Development Cooperation Agency Kirkpatrick’s associates let it be known she was not interested in those jobs. Among those rumored as top can didates to succeed her at the U.N. are Ambassador-at-large Vernon Walters; Frank Shakespeare, head of the Board of International Broad casting and onetime chief of the USIS; Evan G. Galbraith, the U.S. ambassador to France; and Charles H. Price II, the U.S. ambassador to Britain. Senate Republican leader Robert Dole of Kansas suggested his wife, Elizabeth, now the secretary of transportation, as a candidate. Collecting teddys need Associated Press WISCONSIN, Eau Claire — James Benning is an arctophile. If that’s Greek to you, try this modern-day translation: lover of bears. Teddy bears, to be exact. And if you think that’s a little strange for anyone old enough to tie his own shoelaces, Benning can call upon his expertise as a professor of psychology at the University of Wis- consin-Eau Claire to explain that an attraction to teddy bears is normal at any age. “Often you get a bear or stuffed animal when you’re little,” he says, “and that bear represents security.” The bear comes to be “a symbol of faithfulness, trustworthiness, loyalty. Bears never tell. You can tell them secrets...and they’re always there.” In scientific terms, he says teddy bears have a “solacing effect” on young and old. As troubled adults look for psychological comfort, he explains, it’s only natural for them to return to their trusted childhood friend. Bears are so deserving of Ben- ning’s professional regard that he maintains a teddy bear file, brings bears to some classes for discussion, and delivers teddy talks to civic groups. Among the tidbits in the expert’s file: • A book on how to make stuffed teddy bears that includes an intro ductory chapter on the history of the creature. The most accepted expla nation has them named after Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt because he refused to shoot a cub or sickly bear that had been caught by a member of his hunting party. • The Arctophile, a newsletter for bear collectors. It explains that arctophile comes from the Greek “arkto,” meaning bear, and “philos,” meaning friend or love. • An article reporting on studies at three universities that found 80 percent of all female students and 40 percent of all male students keep a teddy bear or other stuffed animal in their room. But Benning’s interest goes be yond the professional. “They are all unique,” he explains, sitting in his campus office stuffed with books and “bearaphernalia” ac cumulated in his 27 years at the west central Wisconsin university. “They have different expressions. They have a quality about them that’s in triguing.” Benning traces his affair with bears to his childhood — yes, he had a teddy bear — and to the bears he and his wife, Carol, have given to th£ir three children. At first, Benning found himself buying “a bear here and a bear the re.” Now he has bears everywhere. His campus office contains just the bear necessities: a few teddies, a bear calendar, an “anatomy of the teddy bear” poster and the like. The rest of the professor’s four to five dozen bears stay at home, where the three bears first given to his chil dren sit in their own chairs in front of the fireplace. Then there’s the bearaphernalia. He has a bear mug, teddy trays, pens, a “bear lovers are the best” T- shirt, notepads — and a lot more. Benning also has made 15 to 20 teddy bears of different sizes and styles. Perhaps out of respect for his furry friends, Benning doesn’t sell his hand-made bears. They become gifts for family and friends . r iT ^ eSdaV 9 F 00 a.nvto 4.00P£ xas Sp ° rtS Cat ^ DRIVE THE 1985 DODGE DAYTONA TURBO AND W!N ' " SPONSORED BY * ' . ^ • lUOfU.. m You'll drive the revolutionary Dodge Daytona Turbo through a competition rally course set up right tiere on campus. 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National Grand Finals Awards 1st Place — $5,000 cash scholarship and use of a Dodge Daytona Turbo for 1 year 2nd Place $3,000 cash scholarship and use of a Dodge Daytona Turbo tor 1 year 3rd Place $2,000 cash scholarship and use of a Dodge Daytona Turbo for 1 year WITH ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP FROM OOOD'fYEAR uni®n ocean pacific National Highway US Department Traffic Safety of Transportation Administration National Safety Council Spring Break: Open Competition At S. Padre Island Analysts predict trade deficit will Qq grow as U.S. dollar gains strength (contmu Associated Press WASHING I ON - The United States posted its worst trading year in history in 1984—a $123.8 billion deficit that nearly doubled the old record, the government re ported Wednesday. Both the Reagan administration and private econo mists predicted the trade deficit will grow even larger this year. The Commerce Department said the 1984 deficit topped the old mark of $69.4 billion set.in 1983 and was almost three times the 1982 level of $42.7 billion. The growing deficits have been blamed primarily on the strength of the U.S. dollar, which since the fall of 1980 has surged upward by more than 40 percent against major currencies. Since the dollar is not expected to drop significantly this year, most analysts expect the trade deficit will worsen farther, hitting $130 billion or more. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige did not give a specific figure, but he said the United States could ex pect another “record trade deficit for 1985” because “re sumed growth in the economy and the continuing im pact of the dollar’s rise during 1984 indicates higher imports in the months to come.” Lidi a said The record deficit “is a pointed indictment of the j' st ’ a gan administration’s hollow trade policy," said Rep. DoiMd like to i Bonker, D-Wash., chairman of the House Foreign Alpdlasicallv fairs subcommittee on international economic polkvai really know trade. HBob Wia The trade deficit reflects the difference betweenwf jjd Unive Americans buy in overseas goods and what U.S. firitiM’T a ^ et are able to sell overseas. For 1984, imports surged26#*, a l so le: percent above the 1983 level while exports rose a modi iwi* a l so le 8.7 percent. Bach ende< Analysts say the export level was held back by tlifpWiatt am strong dollar, which made U.S. goods more expensn.excrcise ros on overseas markets. That same dollar made foreijjiM'i 13 *. goods less expensive and thus more attractive to l investigalio consumers. ■idea rqsi In December, the deficit shrank to its lowest level6 dosing ot t the year, $8.2 billion, compared to a November defidt tifiiii >* was ( $9.9 billion. It was the lowest monthly total since aSfr li"ion, they billion deficit in December 1983, but analysts said thil drop was an aberration which will not continue, The strength of the dollar has been blamed in partml the record federal budget deficits, which many analysti I believe have driven up interest rates in tliis countryaM attracted record amounts of foreign investment. not be em-bear-assinq James Benning, professor of psychology at with some of the teddy bears he has made, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, sits He says it’s normal for adults to love teddy.