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Official denies allegs
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
ponce.
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
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confrontation, and gave policemen
orders not to break it up.
HE SAID a "higher up," whom he
considers reliable, told him University
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 ieei sure we would nave done
something."
Pereira could not be reached for
comment yesterday.
RALPH WHITE, an assistant
sociology professor, said he had just
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left the Horseshoe after Reagan's
SDeech 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 confronted
by about 20 people with very
strong sentiments. So there were people
aware of what we were going to be
doing," Gooding said.
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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 4<a campus
security policeman, someone from SLED
(State Law Enforcement
Division)."
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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, including a United Press 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
ROTC cadets.
THE NEWSPAPER carried a photo
taken during the incident, showing the
protesters and crowd in confrontation.
In the front of the crowd 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.
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Media in
after Kori
By Marsia J. Porto
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_
^ tional studies program in the
Department of Government
and International Studies and
a specialist in Soviet politics,
has been interviewed by
newspapers, radio and televisinn
stations. He said the
BP * k Soviet Union has always had
a preoccupation with
borders, particularly in that
area.
"I'm appalled by Soviet
aware of the Soviet preoc
borders, but it doesn't justii
can understand how such an i
cur, but 1 don't condone it,
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"RIGHT NOW, things <
favorable for arms control
Korean incident) will proba
reduction talks more difficul
Smith has taught undergrai
Soviet politics and foreign po
a'so 'nstructs graduate semii
porary Soviet policy and East
technology transfer.
"I don't teach Russian hisl
|:;;g j-- porate it into my courses. It
understand all facets of Russ
important to see why the So
what it does and how th<
world," Smith said.
During his junior and senu
State University, Smith was
soviet union, un a fuiorignt
did research and taught at Le
im jick*on sity's Law School, and becai
with a member of the Soviet
ally first. , RTY SCHOLARS are
the Soviet Union every yej
keep close watch on Anu
Smith said. The process is
Teaching jobs won't be scarce,
use education students say
By iterti fiimti
A (caching job in South Carolina won't be hard to get
for U$C graduates, according to some current education
student*. * * & '* * ' ' ' *' ? ^ y '
Junior Edward Bol&nd said job prospects in "South
Carolina are vary, 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 eniovs 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 title
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."
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system isn't fair.
Larry Smith, a 42-year-old retired military man in the
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.
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friend, they were followed by
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actions. I am
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fy the action. I automobiles are given specially coded license
incident can oc- plates. This informs the KGB they are
" Smith said. foreigners and mav onlv enter soecified
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ion t look too
talks. It (the "It's a little uncomfortable at first when
bly make arms you realize that you are being followed. It
t." can make you a little paranoid, but I didn't
cluate courses in have anything to hide so it didn't bother
licy at (JSC. He me," Smith said.
lars in contem-West
trade and AMERICAN TOURISTS don't meet
many Soviet citizens during their visits to the
:ory but I incor- country for various reasons, Smith said. It's
s important 10 paruauy an aucnipi 10 screen tourists irom
;ian society. It's Russians, but it's also for the convenience of
viet Union does the tourists.
;y look at the
"Soviet lifestyle is a bit grim by Western
ar years at Iowa standards, but if you put that behind, it has
able to visit the 'ts attractions. I had three Russian roomScholarship,
he mates. I was restricted to traveling 30
ningrad Univer- kilometers outside of Leningrad, but I had
ne good friends freedom of travel within the city. I stood in
Embassy there. '*ne a an 'lour to ^uy Potatoes- J experienced
life much like any Russian stuallowed
to visit dent, Smith said.
?r. The Soviets
;rican scholars, Smith said he plans to return to the Soviet
fairly common. Union for a visit in the summer.