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' BoXttn^Carolirliaila^Librar^ .. torseshoe f I ( r ' ; Blind services ,3 ^ ----- - - 'Worst'Side Story p. 10 1L# September 28 1983 PN Kapp, Sigma No. , I ,3 \flVl I S O ST"?^ Official denies allegi Police cri By David Hill An attack on protesters at President Ronald Reagan's speech at USC Sept. 22 has led to criticism of university police. Carl Stokes, systems vice-president for law enforcement and safety, said claims that university police were given " orders to not break up the clash between demonstrators protesting Reagan's foreign policy and a crowd of people leaving the Horseshoe after the ceremonies were false. Michael Gooding, a USC student who was among the demonstrators, said he believes university police officials knew there was going to be a confrontation, and gave policemen orders not to break it up. HE SAID a "higher up," whom he />rv?-% r a /4 At?r< ?-rt! i r? Vx 1 *-? 1 /4 V* ? rv-? 1 ? cuuaiucid iciiauic, luiu 111111 uiiivcidiiy Police Chief Ken Pereira knew the scuffle would happen, and had given specific orders to policemen not to interfere. He did not identify his source. "We did not know of anything in advance," Stokes said. The city of Columbia is looking into it, "but that's the extent of my knowledge," he said. "I feel sure we would have done something." Pereira could not be reached for comment yesterday. RALPH WHITE, an assistant sociology professor, said he had just | ^_ -"v Hr - v %r v...-" iBSt' .' f JHI - i j The 'eyes' have it Ken Kelly, a medical school student, l( however, had to get his glasses out ol \ ^ ations iticized after left the Horseshoe after Reagan's speech when he overheard one of the demonstrators asking a campus policeman for protection and complaining that his Constitutional rights were being violated. The policeman then told the demonstrator to "break it up," White said. A few seconds later, "another young man," whom White said appeared to be a student, told the same policeman that violence seemed about to break out. The policeman repeated the "break it up" order, and took no other action, White said. White said this occurred within 10 to 15 seconds. Gooding was involved in an organizing meeting of protesters at the front steps of the Thomas Cooper Library the night before Reagan's visit. "AT THAT time we were con fronted by about 20 people with very strong sentiments. So there were people aware of what we were going to be doing," Gooding said. Gooding said he believes some university administrators knew there was going to be an incident. "I think it was involvement, if not organizing involvement, tacit approval by the police, that they knew it was going to happen." He said witnesses who said they saw no police nearby were "a campus security policeman, someone from SL e, u (aiaie Law tniorcemeni Division)." ~Ap^~-z : :rI __r i.7 ?;it;3~~:. Hk& ||||JW>>^' > : iliSP ,/f: - ^^SjS^MKy Mfr^->-.v '. BrTfew':,:' Photo b joks through a microscope while taking an exam, f his way. protest SLED SPOKESMAN Hugh Munn told Columbia City Council a SLED intern, a criminal justice major from another university, saw no police standing close by watching the fight, The State reported. The State also quoted other witnesses, inciuuing a unnea rress international reporter, who said they saw no policeman at the incident. "It would be really odd that there were no police so close to where the president had just been," Gooding said. Other witnesses said some members of the crowd who tore the protesters' banners and placards had closelycropped hair and appeared to be ROTr pjjHpfQ THE NEWSPAPER carried a photo taken during the incident, showing the protesters and crowd in confrontation. In the front r?f the rrowri was a man wearing an Air Force uniform. Col. Raymond Pericola, commanding officer of Air Force Aerospace Studies, said an Air Force cadet was at the incident. "I had a student who came to me and said he was a bystander. I said, 'Were you involved?' and he said he was not." Capt. Ted Krumm, commanding officer of the USC Navy ROTC unit, which includes Marines, said he knew of no Navy or Marine cadets involved in the incident. Sm "Pcot??t," page 3 Ri/B rtrl am1! iwicuia ini after Kori By Marsia J. Porte Since the Korean Airlines Flight 007 incident, a USC professor has found himself busy with media interviews. Gordon Smith, recently named head of the interna...... I tional studies program in the Department of Government wfc and International Studies and a specialist in Soviet politics, K has been interviewed by Hp newspapers, radio and television stations. He said the P, Soviet Union has always had a preoccupation with borders, particularly in that "I'm appalled by Soviet ; aware of the Soviet prcoo< , ii- borders, but it doesn't justify can understand how such an ir cur, but I don't condone it," f "RIGHT NOW, things d favorable for arms control Korean incident) will probab reduction talks more difficult Smith has taught undergrad Soviet politics and foreign poli also instructs graduate semin; porary Soviet policy and East-' technology transfer. "I don't teach Russian histc | '^1-n--1 porate it into my courses. It' understand all facets of Russi unpin idiu iu see wny mc ouv what it does and how thej mm world"Smi,hsaidDuring his junior and senio State University, Smith was a Soviet Union. On a Fulbright i did research and taught at Len iy joc Jackson sity's Law School, and becam with a member of the Soviet I Kelly first, , F(C)RTV SCHOLARS are a the Soviet Union every yeai keep close watch on Amer Smith said. The process is f; 11 i u 4 ^ m m fe Teaching jobs won't be scarce. USC education students say By lisr^ Nrmer A teaching job in South Carolina won't he hard to get for USC graduates, according to some current education students Junior Edward Boland said Job prospects in "South Carolina are very, very good because we're so far down the damn scale." Boland is in the secondary education program. Job opportunities are equal for students in the various programs offered by the education department: early childhood (kindergarten through fourth grade), elementary (first through sixth) and secondary (ninth through 12th), he Said. He said he is in favor of merit pay for teachers who excel. Jane Huff, who has worked at USC while getting her degree in early childhood education, said she wants to be a teacher because she enjoys working with children and because she is not happy with the condition of education today. Although somfc teachers work only five or six years and then move to something else, Huff said she will stay in education* but perhaps go into administration. "They (teachers) should take a break and look at their ideals to see if they can still help children," she said. Job prospects, she said, are good in rural areas but not in urban areas. Students in all education programs have the same opportunity, if they have the quality, she said. Huff said she leans toward merit pay because education "needs to get rid of dead wood." But she said she believes South Carolina's merit pay system isn't fair. Larrv Smith, a 42-vear-old retired militarv man in the I elementary program, said he wants to teach because he enjoys working with younger people and plans to stay in teaching and never go into administration. Smith said finding work is a question of quality. V , I... f... " i. . . . f ii ' ..."iiwi in 1. terview professor ;an airline incident During a ski run with a Soviet friend, they were followed by the Soviet secret police. ?J$* ' "They suspected we were I^P^. going to a meeting of miles out and 10 miles back, Ijp \ and we stopped to get beer. /V We bought one for the KGB % fErl - agent and left it in the snow Gordon Smith for him to drink when he use GINT professor cau8ht up " actions. I am :upation with Foreigners entering the country in r the action. I automobiles are given specially coded license icident can oc- plates. This informs the KGB they are Smith said. foreigners and may only enter specified , , , areas, he said. on t look too talks. It (the "It's a little uncomfortable at first when ly make arms you realize that you are being followed. It can make you a little paranoid, but I didn't uate courses in have anything to hide so it didn't bother icy at USC. He me," Smith said. ars in contem West trade and AMERICAN TOURISTS don't meet many Soviet citizens during their visits to the >ry but I incor- country for various reasons, Smith said. It's s important to partially an attempt to screen tourists from an society. It's Russians, but it's also for the convenience of iet Union does the tourists. / look at the 'Soviet lifestyle is a bit grim by Western r years at Iowa standards, but if you put that behind, it has _ _ ... Un T U / . r\ 4L ! ble tO Visit the lia I nau u..cc rvussiail roomkholarship, he mates. I was restricted to traveling 30 ingrad Univer- kilometers outside of Leningrad, but I had e good friends freedom of travel within the city. I stood in Embassy there. *'ne for a an *lour to ^uy Potatoes. I experienced life much like any Russian stuillowed to visit dent, Smith said. *. The Soviets ican scholars, Smith said he plans to return to the Soviet airly common. Union for a visit in the summer.