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^ Soutih&CarolinianaaLibrary Jforseshoe T jS-i r-vl ^ J .c^ c: / r' -. i t Draft registratior o*.II nnj ui: a 4 i iuiii oiau anu vwnu nu|iui is i The military draft registration debate continues on campuses across the country after a college student was sentenced Monday for failing to register. Benjamin Sasway, a political science major at HumboltState University in California, was sentenced to 30 months at a federal work farm. Immediately after Sasway's Aug. 26 conviction, U.S. ; District Judge Gordon Thompson Jr. ordered Sasway jailed until sentencing, because he feared Sasway would flee to Canada. "I violated the letter of the law ; I also have committed an act of civil disobedience to what I consider an unjust law," Sasway said in a 20-minute statement explaining his opposition to draft registration. THE PEOPLE'S MORAL conscience allows them to "restrain the tyrannical tendancies of government," Sasway said, and draft registration "deprives young men of one of the most important moral decisions they can make - to take another life." Sasway was the second to be convicted under the law signed by former President Jimmy Carter, which reinstated draft registration. Enten Eller, 21, of Laverne, Calif., was convicted on Aug. 16 in Roanoke, Va. He is an "A" student at Bridgewater College, operated by the Church of the Brethren. Eller was ordered to perform 250 hours of community service work and register within 90 days. The son and grandson of ministers in the Church of the Bretheren, Eller said he will continue to refuse to register on religious grounds. Campus police now monitor CB channel 9 to aid handicapped si parking space because they are taken by unauthorized vehicles. September. Japanese trade mini n._ n_A... u Abe addre "V uniby nuyyms interpreter ? Shintaro Abe, Japan's minister of in- Holderman [ ternational trade and industry,was awarded Japanese rriin an honorary degree from USC at a special In his adc ceremony in the President's House garden portance of Sunday afternoon. trust" in U.S. According to the ceremony's program, \ Abe was presented an honorary Doctor of We (boutn i Laws degree "for his genuine support of relationship u U.S. - Japanese relations, for his admirable leadership in the international business and w ^ ^outh y economic communities, (and) for his state- He a|J valuable contributions to greater in- portant role 11 ternational understanding through im proved trade relations and industrial cooperations." Business Stu< track that a l ? I /J jfik semesters a lO^IO^ before servii U.S.C.'s Philosophy department will with a major present a symposium on the "Legacy of St. Abe also Francis" to celebrate the 800th anniversary research pr of his birth. Page 3. Japan's Ka Many people think of autopsies when example of I they hear "forensics" mentioned, but a relations. different meaning of the term is currently Speaking involving USC students. Page 8. business gr< Sigma Chi takes over the top ranking in before the c< the intramural football poll. Page10. i issue reaches a nMi? I J. A. uiaii luyouauuu mtsviitiuiy maus iu foreign intervention.' -Student Libertarian Shelly Vandervelde SASWAY RECEIVED no order to register, but his attorney said he might be tried again under the government's theory that failing to register is a continuing offense. "In ~e of a national emergency, we need to be ready," said Steve Moskos, president of USC College Republicans. "Without registration, it would take an inordinate amount of time to prepare and by the time we are prepared, it might be too late." Moskos also said there are always people opposed to war, "now they're just being more vocal about it." There are over 700,000 non-registrants, according to General Accounting Office figures. The Selective Service claims an overall compliance rate of 93 percent. THE FIGURE is below the 98 percent rate the Selective Service has said must be reached for the system to be considered fair and effective. Even at the height of the Vietnam War, compliance with registration never fell below 98 percent. Sen. Hayakawa, R-Calif. and Rep. Solomon, R-NY have sponsored an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill that has been passed by Congess and signed into law by President Rea&an. The amendment reauires all male college t. itUSC polii ^ to aid hai By Paul Gliatto k USC ^?^ce Depf jyf^' s - ^ *gj. monitors citizens-band rac ^ ^aSlfc w handicapped students with * cording to Danny Baker, president for Law Enforcemei Kenneth Pereira. chief of c police monitor CB channel dicapped student who needs space occupied by an unauth can use his radio to contac patrol and have the vehicle ' "gaSB system has been in use sir . prefers to contact the owr udents who can not tina a percent of such cases, the Use of the CB began in towed, Pereira said. Accorc the channel is monitored 8 c ster receives USC he - Japanese relations. feawy Riley said at the convocation, Carolinians) have had a great 'ith the nation of Japan." Mm |U ^ J i, saying he was impressed I trolina in his first visit to the s >o said USC has had an imi U.S. - Japanese relations. rted this assertion by men's Master's of International lies program, which has a new I llows students to spend two t Japan's Keio University lg an eight-month internship 'lJQ| Japanese company. cited the marine biology nur^im involving T IKC miiH mnjffimfis iduate students and faculty Shintaro Abe. Japan's Min jremony, Abe warned against honorary Doctor 0, Utt)g ( See "Trade minister," ppqe five. QUfiStS. ourts, campuses students who apply for financial aid to prove they are r/irti for* flio Hro fi o loiiMyorc nnocfinri tho nnn_ I V01Oi\/l\AI 1V/I VIIV/ VU Ult. kJVIItV IUYT J VI O VJUVOV1V1I HIV VVII stitutionality of the legislation. "This is certain to bring some lawsuits," said Irvin Bomberger of the National Interreligious Service Board for the Conscientious Objectors (NIBSBCO). "This is another way government is using pressure to enforce the draft, using economic means," said Shelly Vandervelde, a USC senior psychology and philosophy major. Vandervelde is also the Libertarian candidate for State representative in District 72, which includes part of the USC campus. "IF THEY are going to give grants, then everyone should be eligible," Vandervelde added, "Registration should be voluntary." Draft registration is a way of drawing a pool of names for a future draft which inevitably leads to foreign intervention." At Earlharn College in Richmond, Ind., which offers a Peace and Global Studies major, officials aid male students who refuse to register for the draft. U1IT- .1 _ A. 1 I 1 1l _1 * * we want 10 support people wno mane a aiiiicuii decision after careful examination of the conscience," said Earlham College President Franklin Wallin. "We're not doing this for people who forgot to register or were too lazy to do so, this, this is just for people who are doing it as a matter of principle. THE SCHOOL says it will make up the difference of any federal aid a student loses because of failure to register for the draft, provided that the student's "actions are based on matters of deeply held belief and conscience." :e use CB radios ndicapped drivers Monday through Friday. irtment now Previously, university police could only iio to assist be reached by telephone, which can be parking, ac- difficult for some handicapped students, systems vice Baker said. The new system enables the nt and Safety. student to contact the police without leaving his vehicle. CQn Most handicapped students have ready to Dark in a access to a CB radio, Pereira said. The ?ori7Pd vehicle program's cost is minimal, he added, t the parking because University Police already had a removed. The radl0' C^.^. .... . . .. . . caii.y ocf- A student must nave tne proper aecai on his vehicle to park in a reserved hantatinn lnnntpH dicapped space Pereira said There are 105 An n'ffippr is suc^ decals and 92 handicapped spaces on Pereira said campus, compared with the four or five spaces available when handicapped parking :ate the car's was standi in about 1975. he department "Handicapped parking is our primary ler, but in 90 function," Pereira said, adding that there car must be are about 20 violations per month. Most ling to Baker, offenders say they have injuries and define i.m. to 4 p.m., the injury as a handicap, Pereira said. inorary degree Br aajfe mv Photo by Rich litwin ister of International Trade and Industry, received a USC legree Sunday. Gov. Richard Riley was among the invited