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SG hopefuls reply p. 3 I mondatj Ross creates magic p. 11 flf n #aWl% jh& February 28,1983 USC nips Marquette p. 16 ^^hI^BIHh H Hwl University of South Carolina f Harvard law professor Puritans' contribution Thursday night at the lav Professor Puritan in By Joe Cumbie When Professor Har ' Thursday night, few of tl a hurry to leave. Berman spoke at th< Puritans and their co: English and America Americans have the Pui fhov nffan f olr/a fnr rtrint V44VJ Vi VVII H4IW JLV7X gl aiu "The Puritans' zeal f( religious beliefs, was I rights in this country t< against the English judi< Habeas Corpus Act, la< ^ and cruel and unusual ] make the jury independc Berman told the audi religious beliefs have he England and America, perseverance during p< Englishman William Pe "WILLIAM PENN ws on Grace Church Stree terror of the king. \ ^ preaching in the streets declared to God and al right to preach. The ju guilty verdict. "When one juror refi preaching, he was thre the jury was sent back bathroom facilities uri charged." Berman said that si successfully led a revol power with their numb tyrannical monarch. They set about to re make it conform to their "Their mission was to spirit of Biblical laws," ] principles by which to g( not of chaos." I WHAT RESULTED, 1 tempered by democracy one in which the laws we In conclusion, Berma our society. "Now, we h groups like the Moral uppusu 11is.t: iiunu 1 # favor prohibition." However, Berman sai lacking in some of knowledge. "What's la damental vision of the 1 belief in equity andBibli I "It's that vision of a ci i new earth, of a society I ?;hat if Inanoc tn ho " **??' ?* ?V.C* . V, MV, Berman is a James Harvard. He has taug | taught law at the Univer Berman's speech w* Hagood Distinguished 1 semester by the law schi " |i JH app elec Wee . ' ; . . i T1 fun( ; :' '^; ' Sip? f| ?|? glfl 1 Wee ^SS&M pass Witl ".. IS Har Photo by Mike Becker By I Harold Berman lectured on the ^ to the American legal system at / school auditorium. tret pre! I Ash speaxs on ^ fluences 3 nou Sw? onr old Berman ended his lecture le almost 150 people there were in < 4 3 law school auditorium on the ntributions to the formation of jjjjl' n law systems. Berman said Dr(^ -itans to thank for many freedoms eel . J( >r law reform, motivated by their the foundation for manv of our o4_. xiay. For example, their protest rial system helped bring about the q ws against excessive bail, fines, punishment. Also, they helped to ga(j int of the bench and the crown." fon ience how Puritan prudence and ^er lped to bring about law reforms in As an example of the Puritans' ersecution, Berman spoke about .. nn Coli and ts indicted for meeting unlawfully abh :t in London at the distress and Jim H/i fMnOf/\0 Crt?/1 ?/* ? i i ?luiwovo oaiu nicy auw rcnn . In his defense, Penn said that he Car 1 men that it was his inalienable ry was directed to bring forth a B ami lsed to convict Penn of unlawful poli atened with physical abuse, and him and deprived of food, drink and G itil they found Penn guilty as sho hortly afterwards, the Puritans |? t against King Charles I, rose to ers in Parliament and killed the form the English law system to religious spirit and beliefs. ' change the law to conform to the Berman said. "Society had to find Dvern itself. God is a God of order, German said, was an aristocracy r In fiSKpnrp thp npw svstpm wac - ? > ** v,k re made by the governed, n outlined Puritan influences on ave a sort of biblical literalism in Majority ? Neo-Calvinists who asexuality and pornography, and d Puritans in today's society are their ancestors' philosophical icking today is the strong fun /in century ? mai very conscious cal spirit of the laws. ty on a hill, that new heaven and a to be a light to all nations. This is ured." Barr Ames professor of Law at ht there since 1948, and he has sity of Moscow. nart of thp Reniamin A dee Lecture series being offered this ool. ' lection funds *indy Pierce ? l-.t?? r fi 1 1 r~\ ' ituuugu a icuci nuiii oiuueiu vjuvernmeni e Sheely to SG senators says "We forg< ropriation bill on Wednesday night," a r tion commission said the bill was not pr lnesday night session. tie SG Senate did not pass the election bill is for the March 1 election for new SG offic Inesday's meeting. special meeting is scheduled for tonigh ?this election bill so the election can contir tout the bill there can be no election, ely's letter. iveral reasons caused the delay, acco riford, a member of the election commissi" gyptian diplomat .eslie Potash rhen most fathers visit their sons college, they don't get special .. ttment from the university's sident or the media attention that tf] i&ai uiiui uai gcio. I ut then, most fathers aren't the ,'ptian ambassador to the United (JI tes. I horbal, whose son goes to USC, ^ > here to attend the official anincement of the John E. ;aringen Center for Engineering rhursday and to give two lectures le Department of Government and ;rnational Studies on Friday. ' John is a great friend of ours a | sonally, and he's a great friend of Ste fpt. He helps us immensely, the specting for oil, production of oil," it. )rbal said. ohn Swearingen is a 1938 graduate Isr ISC and is chairman of the board of the tidard Oil Co. (Indiana). nal Pa HORBAL VISITED USC in March Un L when he accompanied Jihan el- to at to accept honorary degrees for siti ner President Anwar Sadat and self. e said he had been to USC on two no *r occasions. all. I love USC," he said. "I love Un umbia. I've been here three times sol I I'm a great friend of your most use 3, active and dynamic president, det l Holderman. ' I'm becoming a South Le olinian." str caj UT HE IS still an Egyptian and uni tjassador, and Middle Eastern Lei tics are still of great concern to " i. ma horbal said the United States difi uld stay in Lebanon. tro jn w #aB( < ? ~ v +: . > v* :^ V:' " ,' According to police reports, Steven R. Kuc ipparently breaking a window and entering. /vhen (JSC police answerod the alarm. forgotten, i 777?7^ 7 "It was not a mat Vice President ?> Harriford saic )t the election commission and my nember of the in time for Wednesd< epared for the Harriford said th necessary people to appropriating wag no^ wrjtten ers at this past resuit Another reason th t, however, to that this year electio me as planned. The election comn according to had last year to pri took place after sprii rding to Chip The bill will be r on. Student Governmen! visits USC, disc 'I don't think leaving any motor IO O rinnrJ nnlntinn I Ibuibi 10 a LjUUU dUlU MUM. I link the United States has a ading role to play, that the nited States is capable of aying it/ ?Egyptian ambassador to the United States Ashraf Ghorbat 41 don't think leaving any theater is good solution. I think the United ites has a leading role to play, that i United States is capable of playing 'It's the friend of both sides, aelis as well as Arabs, whether ;y are Lebanese or (any other tionality) in the area, including the lestinians, and it behooves the ited States to remain involved and seek a solution quickly before the JU uun 5^10 wui ac. 'LET US NOT forget that there are solutions in the Middle East, after The Arab countries come to the ited States as the catalyst for a ution. The Soviet Union can make ; of the no-solution, of the erioration of the state. 'You need to strengthen the banese government and to engthen its hands and its )abilities, to be master of the area der its sovereign, meaning t)anon. (XT ' A- -A'11 f -'1 " ' " i\uw 11 is sun irague oecause 01 tne ^ny years of clashes between the ferent communities there. And ops of foreign countries that are S^sSfp x H - . .sj^H z was arrested inside the University Bo Kucz, not a USC student, was arrested officer says fpr of anvntip fnropflino tn hrino n?-? Hio .j O ' '!-> "F I. "It was more the fault of the election self because we did not finish the report jy's meeting." e commission hadn't met with all the gather figures for the report. Also, the or typed to be formally presented as a ie bill was not ready, Harriford said, is ns are earlier than usual lission did not have the extra weeks they spare their report. Last year's election ng break, according to Harriford. eady to be put through tonight at the t's special meeting. ;usses policies there ? Israel, Syria and the Palestinians ? arp loQ^inn MA V 1VU T Illg 1* IV country, so you have to fill in that vacuum by forces that are friendly to these central governments and who are trusted by these three factions. "So indeed, I think U.S. Marines or U.S. Army personnel, French, Italians, the British, all those who have been there and helping, must continue to do the job until we are out of the woods, so to speak." THE AMBASSADOR said Egypt Slinnnrfc tho Tcraali rtAtmrnmont Iti VM v>av AU& UV41 Wi 111 asking for former defense minister Ariel Sharon's resignation. "Frankly, we all waited for the conscience of Israel to speak, and we all respected it when it did speak, namely, when the report of the committee came out. "But the action that followed that reoort was not rommpnsnratp u/ifh the substance of the report itself. After all, the report called for his resignation or if he didn't, his being expelled from the Cabinet. "HE REMAINS on two committees. So while being very anxious not to interfere in the internal affairs of Israel, yet from an impact on the world, the conscience of Israel spoke, but the action was not commensurate with that of the substance of the 1 cpv/l I, "If there -is an indirect responsibility as the committee has stated, the action should have been to the level of that verdict. I don't want to go beyond that because I don't want to be accused of meddling in Israeli affairs." Ghorbal said he would be visiting Charleston on Saturday before going back to Washington yesterday. I t ' ! ;.v ?r-^ Photo by Michael Becker okstore at 2:08 a.m. Saturday after with $317 worth of assorted items