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f Policy links government morality I R?ub?n Shock* LION'S H RESTAURAI FAMILY STEAI MONDAY, TUESDAY AN Includes: Rib-eye Steak, Baked pot bread, trip to salad bar, iced tea or coffee 5:30 to 9:30 P.M. Proper RESERVATIONS REQUIREC 741 Saluda Ave. 1 Attend the first ai CAROLINA CAI Acquaint Yourselves Early with Careers Offered In t ? * - mr- i^MiiuiiMi jun marKfl . 9am to 5pm m Thursday, April 7th/ on the Russell House Patio | t ... with a focus on Minority Students By DEBORAH DOBBS Gamecock Staff Writer America's policy on human rights is meant to be an attachment of government to moral principles, where it cannot disregard the rights of the individuals, Jan De Weydenthal, a visiting professor from William and Mary College, says. De Weydenthal said there should be a "mutual agreement of criticism," where all nations should be able to criticize others of violations of human rights. "When you point the finger and say, look, there is something that is basically wrong, you have, to a certain extent, the fulfillment of human rights," De Weydenthal said. President Carter's action on human rights could have many causes: to get Iford's ^ | IE AU " NT < NIGHT c ID WEDNESDAY s " $Q99 / Drtis Rtqulrtd / *99-6303 niiuai ^ IEER FAIR 4| ?p-i I U,l" |d|| cll MiW RE< aoo ha. in office, to reverse the image of the U.S., or out of sheer conviction of President Carter, USC professor, Paul Kattenburg said. 'H "OFTEN THE media cloud the fact that not all of the human rights policy is a function of Carter, because during the past eight years Congress has passed amendments concerning numan rignis," professor Marris Blachman said. Blachman said "the human rights policy is mostly concerned with our world image." Blachman said that during the Nixon and Ford administrations human rights were not dealt .with and the justification used was that the IJ S couldn't change the situation in other nations. IVE ENTERT/ Tuesday Nite April 5, I inly at IaUmm.*1* "VM.my a> & Lount Next to Berry's IlllBH^ Come hear J* P acoustic guiti FREE Mich We'll see yoi best place to I: STUFF i^iK FAMOI JB SANDWIC - $1.30 SI MON.-TUES.-V ain St. FREE DELIVi N HOWEVER, BLACHMAN said changes can be seen since the announcement of America's human rights policy. Argentina is the scene of one such change. There have been advertisements in the newspapers there exorting the government to deal fairly with Drisoners. to pnmp un with nonnia m y ?J' ** ?? pVV|/lV who have disappeared, and to let people out of jail who are not charged, Blachman said. Professor Robert Wirsing said the question the Carter administration will have to deal with is whom to punish. The professors discussed the human rights issue at a panel discussion Wednesday night in Gambrell Hall as a nart of Tntprnatinnnl W<u?lr All I ? ?? w. W ftvvi*. nu m C 111 the department of Government and International Studies. > IINMENT 3-12 midnight PaaI Daaim 1617 Sumter St. on Main Parking Lot j esse Soles & Bill Kopel rS & COUfltrv sinninn t a-'-a ielob Draft, 8-9 pm | j there 'cause it's the >e on Tuesday Nite! Y'S X js :h special jper - m ? VED. ^ :RY 771 -4098 [ i