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Volume 78, No. 28 University of South Carolina October 11, 1985
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By MARY JO MILLER
Staff writer
Despite a delayed start and
sparse attendance, six enthusiastic
speakers on the Russell
House back patio urged students
to condemn apartheid and dcmand
USC's divestment of funds
in South Africa during a NAACP
student rally.
The student and faculty gathering,
a prelude to a rally and
candlelight march sponsored by
the South Carolina chapter of the
NAACP, featured addresses by
the Reverend Winston Lawson,
Kelvin Stroble, Ken Menkhaus,
Leroy Gadsden and Ron
Lawson, a minister at the USC
Presbyterian Center, stirred the
audience with an account of the
atrocities he witnessed during a
visit to South Africa in 1978.
Lawson said black South
Africans are forced to sell their
labor cheaply and often work
under deadly conditions in gold
mines.
"I saw on the faces of white
South Africans the paranoia and
fear that comes from guilt from
what they have been doing,"
~ Lawson said.
Lawson said South Africans of
goodwill, both black and white,
urged him to do whatever he
could to help them change their
country, but government leaders
will not relenquish apartheid.
However, Lawson, who
witnessed the independence of his
homeland Jamaica in 1968, is optimistic
for South Africa's
Student ac
By STEPHEN C. GUILFOYLE
Staff Writer
The student activities system can
the sixth meeting of the Athcn
Debating Society Wednesday.
"Resolved: the present student
at USC should be abolished," was
Society alumnus Jack Hamilton
resolution, said the system of dii
activity fees has gone from terribl
"To let 32 students elected by
students loose with $600,000 is si
said.
Hamilton said most senators re
put on the Finance Committee.
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"The solidarity of goodwill
will forcc them (government
leaders) to give in," Lawson
predicted.
Lawson urged USC students to
cultivate goodwill by wearing
anti-apartheid buttons, boycotting
businesses that deal with
South Africa and continuing to
put pressure on USC President
James B. Holdcrman and the
board of trustees to divest.
"Let us keep the pressure up,"
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applause.
Ron Atkinson, U?C history
professor and another first-hand
witness of the South African
regime, gave a more statistical
portrait of South Africa and the
impact of American divestment
mere.
Atkinson said U.S. trade with
South Africa amounts to more
than $4 million a year, making
the United States the country's
largest trading partner.
Atkinson urged the audience to
dismiss arguments that divestment
of American funds in South
Africa will hurt the blacks more
than benefit them.
"Over 75 percent of black
South Africans support economic
sanctions," Atkinson said.
"Arguments for divestment are
overwhelming.
Atkinson urged the audience to
play a role in abolishing apartheid
by exerting pressure
through the call for economic
sanctions against South Africa.
Ken Menkhaus, representative
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rally Thursday.
of USC's Free South African
Alliance, updated the audience
on his group's recent request for
USC divestment and called on all
student organizations to get involved
in the fight against
apartheid.
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)ur money for you," he said. "For
h insurance or family doctors, the
is wasted. For the two-thirds of the
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that we pay, we want to get the most
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>s need leaders," he said.
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Student Body President Kelvin
Stroble and President Leroy
Gadsden of USC's NAACP
chapter also condemned apartheid,
urged student involvement
ctiiu uuiuicu arguments against
divestment.
3d sheer in:
"The 38,000 students who pay in
to go to the football games are als
society to meet."
Branton said the system is not 1
accounting should not be ehallenj
the accountants should."
Mike Jasper opened floor sp<
would cost more for him to use a
campus, but he gets that service be
activities fee.
"The system should be cleaned i
but not done away with. It is not I
that students don't pick their tic
students fault," Jasper said.
Sekhar Delvis said that the st
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Staff writer
The rcccnt confcrencc that attracted
Vice-President George
Bush, NATO leaders and
political and economic dignitaries
will raise the stature of USC and
increase the quality of faculty
and students, USC professors
say.
"The payoff of this confercnce
is substantial when you consider
tne stature ot tne people who attended.
Coming out of this conference
these people will have
USC on their minds and that can
be invaluable in terms of improving
the stature of our university,"
saia uat Advisory council
chairman Charles Kegley.
"Some people said after the
conference that it was the best
one they had ever attended,
namely Lt. Gen. Brent Snowcroft
who is a former National Security
Advisor," he said. "This type of
conference was very stimulating
to everyone involved and enthusiasm
was very great and that
will make people want to return
to USC in the future. We have
made inroads into an area that
will greatly benefit the whole
university in some way."
Kegley said an increase in
research grants, an overall increase
in International Studies,
business and geography
knowledge are just a few of the
conference benefits.
The conference will improve
the quality and distinction in
sanity durin
i the activities fee their voice. "Th
;o paying for the students, and n
removed. The
jad. "The actual cliaues."
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students who "
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cause he paid the waiting. "For
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the system's fault voucher system
:kets up, it's the best alternative
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Trustees v
on divestit
By BOB KUDELKA
Staff writer
The divestiture of investments i
dealt with, the USC board of
Thursday.
Because the investments are bei
tion, which is privately funded, tl
influence in divestment.
This decision was in reference
Free South Africa Alliance, askin
South Africa.
ine letter was written oy Ken
South Africa Alliance, to bring t
"We're concerned the board
may be avoiding dealing with
Menkhaus stated in the letter.
Menkhaus said when other unh
ty, divest, it is the board of trusti
responsible.
The board also heard a report
Clemson football game. Trustee
a lottery and block seating for tl
"A compromise has been read
tage," Foster said.
Planning funds for two build
board.
A proposed Graduate Researc
for planning. The building is es
A new music building with esti
ted $210,00 for initial planning.
raises
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everyone's degree, he added.
"The conference will act as a
catalyst in these affairs. Usually a
conference such as this is reserved
for universities such as Harvard,
Princeton and Yale, and that is
why this conference is so important.
It can put us into the top
echelon of higher education,"
Kegley said.
Other faculty members who attended
the conference agree with
Kcgley's views.
"1 think the impact of the conference
will ultimately mean for
the university a highly measured
gain of prestige in the Western
Alliance countries," said Jeffery
Arpan, director of the Master's
in International Business Studies
Program.
He said USC has shown a commitment
to better itself and its
stature will be enhanced in the
world's eyes.
"Due to the presence of these
important individuals, the word
will continue nationally and internationally
and the outcome
will be better faculty, better
studeiys, aj\d and, anJncrcase in
grants to the university," Arpan
added.
HnnaM Pitr-halu c\f
the Institute of International
Studies at USC, said the conference
was a success and that
USC's status in the nation would
increase tremendously.
"The conference will mean an
increase in the quality of
students, especially those at the
graduate level," Puchala said.
ig debate
ley have decided what is good for the
ow we have cliques that cannot be
students have lost power to these
is said the problem lies with the
misuse our money."
iranton said students should enjoy
Key can because the real world is
what you get with it, $98 dollars
ip."
losing for the affirmative, said a
i, run through the computer, is the
/e voted for the resolution, 14 voted
ree abstentions.
iron't act
:ure issue
n South Africa is not an issue to be
trustees announced at a meeting
ng made by the educational foundaic
board said it would not have any
to a letter sent to the board by The
g for divestiture of investments with
Menkhaus, co-founder of The Free
he issue to the board's attention,
and the (university) administration
an admittedly difficult decision,"
ersities, such as Columbia Universities
along with the president who are
on ucKei aisinouiiori ior me uav^Samuel
Foster said there will be both
le game.
led . . . students will have an advanling
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