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Viewpoint I Friday, September 4, 1987 THE GAMECOCK 3 |gjj AMY DELPO Editor in Chief STEPHEN GUILFOYLE Copy Desk Chief nr?i BRENDA BLYTH News Editor A HAL MILLARD Viewpoint Editor | St t TAMARA WILLIS Features Editor ^ UamCCOCK WAYNE WASHINGTON Sports Editor | KEITH JONES Photography Editor ROBB LANE Graphics Editor PAULA WOJTOWICZ Beat Editor I I Changes Housing services didn't consult us about new visitation rules USC's new, improved visitation policy is supposed to keep ? students snug and safe in their rooms and keep unwanted people out. Jim McMahon, director of Resident Student Development, said the new policy is supported by incoming students and their parents. To hear university officials talk, you would think a menace was lurking on campus, some sort of criminal element preying on unfortunate USC students. That's a fallacy. Unless, of course, campus security officials and the campus police depart ment have been lying when they say the crime rate at the school is low and getting lower. Also, isn't it entirely possible that the damage done to residence halls is caused by the residents themselves? So why the sudden push to tighten USC? It's true that we're a pretty tight school to begin with; in fact, we're not very fun anymore. But basing a housing oolicv on incoming freshman and their ner vous, parents instead of consulting with continuing residents is sneaky and rude. ^ Did the USC Housing Authority ever consult with these students about whether thev were in favnr nf a new. stricter policy? No. Sure, they had a meeting they really didn't try to publicize and ? surprise ? no one attended. Nothing would be wrong with stricter rules if there had been some sort of concensus among all residents. But there was none. The next time the university gets the itch to change things that directly affect students they have the responsibility to inform us. Duplicity doesn't sit well, especially with upperclassmen who don't appreciate being babied. We pay for these rooms. We should have a say in how they are policed. C* 1 A 4. 4.1 1 * oiuuenib ueseivc uiai ai me vciy icasi. .Tense Filipino situation could force U.S. into another Asian war Will the Philippines be our next Vietnam? They share a similar geography. They both have internal and external forces expanding and causing dissent and fear. Both countries are important to the United States. But where has America been when it gets hot in the Philippines? Several days ago, Filipino leader Corazon Aquino survived an Qtfptnnf/>H pr\im It uiqc fifth attpmnt cinr?#? chp nffirp uivvlliptvu VVUJ7. ll ??MJ lliv tutu uiiviupi owavv Uiiv iv/viv Vitivv nearly two years ago when she peacefully deposed Ferdinand Marcos, the nation's greedy little American-backed dictator. A Aquino vowed to get tough. She said the loyal military would ^ crush any more insurgents, who were either Marcos supporters or communist guerillas. Aquino, a moderate in an erratic country, is besieged by both the right and the left. Popular support is high, and the country's economy is growing at a 6 percent rate. But the huge consensus she had at the height of her takeover is eroding slowly. America, realizing it would be in its best interest, helped Aquino assume power. But where's the rest of the commitment? Where is Uncle Sam when she needs him the most? America can a. 1. J .1! - ' I 1 il 1 1a. iL. J a. Ti I, not neip uenver a 'aDy anu men icave 11 oil ine uoorsiep. 11 u better to help now, economically and psychologically, than tc have to send in troops in the future to fight another senseless Asian war. America can't wait to step in until the leases on the strategical ly crucial Clark Air Field and Subic Bay naval base are up. Toe many thrusts against Aquino are bound to take their toll. W< already allowed Marcos to misrule the country and to suspenc ^ any semblance of the democracy we claim to hold so sacred; w< would look not only stupid for not lending a firm helping hand but also would look like a neglectful father. To appease a tense Filipino population, economic growth i crucial. If we continue to set quotas and let the country' lawmakers get off the right course necessary to achievi economic Mtness, other areas will atropny ana crumoie. If that happens and America does nothing to stop it, it is en tirely possible that the Marcos supporters and the growiiij numbers of communist guerillas will become too much fo Aquino. Then the only answer may be another deadly, bloody excur sion into the jungles of a crumbling Asian country. The Staff iMMniBiuiimi IIMBI ? ma Aoolclnnl Duel/ Phlaf (Ilttfnriatl pj ?'v.m vviuvi > ? ?/ ** Andy Bechtcl Bobby Jones j Assistant News Kditors Adviser Todd Hincs Bill Rogers Jeff Shrewsbury Director of Student Media Assistant Features Fditor Bill Clements Firdous Bamji Production Assistant Photography Fditor Chuck Norris Jonathan Williams Son Ha Datebook Fditor Advertising Manager Katherine Ciilbert Margaret Michels Comics Fditor Assistant Advertising Manager j Tracy Mixson Dawn Miller I otters Policy: Th* (inutotk mil l/y to prim kll*r? milud Utur? iko?M tx, >1 mlmum. J30 lo >00 aorrfi to?t IliM IedHorUU thould not t*c?ed 500 word*. Wc rrttrvc ih? right to edit IrtUr* for tlylt or pouJbfc libel. Th4 (romt?xk will bo! withhold fttmes ui?d?r nay clrcuMfttaact. , I > (MnWttoTriWte. I _ \ Old views on For those who haven't kept abreast of USC happenings over the summer, in June, two anti apartheid groups joined torces and renewed their efforts to get USC foundations to divest their holdings from American companies doing business in South Africa. The South Carolina Coalition for the Liberation of South Africa ? a local group supported by religious leaders and the NAACP ? along with ctnHpntc frnm ihf Frpp **r?nth Afrirn Allianrp nl USC renewed their protests against USC after the Rev. Leon Sullivan called for a total economic boycott of South Africa in June. Sullivan is the author of the Sullivan Principles, a set of guidelines created in 1977 for American companies doing business in South Africa. They were designed to promote racial equality in pmnlnvment anH In imnrnvc livino mnrliliniK fnr South Africa's black population. Under South Africa's system of legalized racism, "apartheid, blacks are denied all political, economic and social rights. They are denied the right to vote, to receive a decent education, to get decent employment and to choose where they live. By investing in companies that do business in South Africa, USC perpetuates the system of apartheid and encourages the exploitation of black South Africans. As USC students, we must convince the university to do what is morally right. University foundations should not abandon ethical concerns in favor of profit. Fear no excus Fear can be a tremendous motivator. And fear can make usually sensible people into r\orf?c anrl villains nnH ran ramp th(?m tn nav and do things they would never normally consider, like killing children. In Arcadia, Fla., three little boys in the prime of their lives were told that, aside from having a terri' ble affliction called hemophilia, they also have contracted the AIDS virus. They had not been ; diagnosed with the disease, only the antibodies that mean they have been exposed to the disease. Most would have crumpled under the strain of ' knowing that death could be near, but these little boys and their parents wished for normalcy. They only wanted to do the same things other little boys j did at their ages. They wanted to run and jump and j play baseball and fish and go to school. But when it came to going to school, the pro* blems started. Parents of other children at Ricky, Robert and Randy Ray's school became afraid that their fhilrlr#?n mioht r-ntr-h AID^ frnm the Ravs. and a they protested and asked that these little boys not * be allowed to lead a normal life. * It became heated. 2 The parents, Clifford and Louise, wanted them , in the school to learn and grow as children, and the * Ollie or Geor e "There's always room at the top ? after the investigation. " ? Oliver Herford. g r George Washington sits on my computer, and he is perturbed. Disturbed. Ticked off in a big way. My bust of the father of our country hasn't said much all summer. Wnthino Knt <4I pannnt tpll a lip 99 He's disappointed, you see. Back in his day, people looked up to an honest man. "Honest George" I call him, like "Honest Abe," and I mean it as a compliment. The people who have followed him in govern ment do not attempt to follow his standards of honesty. Deceit is once again the main tool of state these days. Machiavelli would be pleased. This bust of George is not. The most amazing thing about the Iran-Contra i attair, which has got this statue so upset, is how really simple it is. Ollie North lied. John F'oindexter lied. ; They may have wrapped their motives in flowery phrases, but the truth is Poindcxter and North are liars. Tkn A ^ I ? r.o.wl A iiv ninvi itaii aiin uiu V.VMI^K.v^ IOMVI how this could have happened. Easy to answer. We were lied to. Ollie North said he lied to protect the hostages, ? A ^ 5FAm^J I I l*lfj' fMp1' apartheid no Samuel When Sullivan announced that his principles had failed and called on all American companies to divest, the Educational Foundation and Research ana Development foundation snouki nave enaea their commitment with companies remaining in South Africa. However, foundation officials said, as they have for some time, that they only invest in companies that adhere to the Sullivan Principles and would continue to do so. Jim Morris, president of the Educational Foundation, told The Gamecock in July that the foundation was willing to follow the Sullivan Principles, and would follow them with or without Sullivan. According to reports from the Carolina Peace Resource Center, the two IJSC foundations ?e for narrow inannnBMBiM people of the town, for the most part, did not. The judge who ruled on the case said the boys should be in school. So on the first day of school, a day usually filled with excitement and promise, these boys entered the door of the school under police escort and in the absence of a great deal of the school's population as the fearful parents kept their kids home. Then it really became heated. The Rays began to get threatening phone calls and abuse from the narrow-minded, backward people of this little town. People would call the Rays, early in the morning sometimes, and ge: Will the r i B1?BMMWW1 I I'll ' l but that is just not the truth. Revelations that h< did not pay for his home's security system woult not have hurt the hostages in any way. It wouldn'i have hurt his family. He just got into a pattern 01 lying auu tuuiun i siuji. But this is a different day and age. North's star dom proves the American people don't believe ii honesty anymore, because we are bombarded wit! people telling us Ollie North is a hero, that ()lli< North should be president. Ollie North is a liar. He admitted he was a liar, but remember why h< finally told the truth. He was afraid of going tc jail. He heard the words criminal investigation anc * longer useful I ggg together have about $4.6 million invested in corn- ??g| panics doing business in South Africa. plf When the foundations ignored Sullivan's request p|| for divestment, after praising him in past years, pp they came under renewed criticism and scrutiniza- ||g tion from anti-apartheid organizers. p| And although foundation officials say they are pf| independent organizations and not a part of USC, H anti-apartheid groups began holding weekly protests near the university's campus in June. According to Brian Mendelsohn, a USC p| graduate and spokesman for the groups, they are fig giving the foundations until Sept. 15 to divest from South Africa. They will then begin making a con- ^ certed appeal to foundation investors to withhold fe their contributions. |?f With school in full swing, it is time for students Iff and student organizations that believe in divest- M ment to come out of the woodwork. If you believe |p USC's foundations should divest and join the bat- jf|| tie to dismantle the system of apartheid, support H those workino for that cause. The students, alumni and citizens who have H picketed USC throughout the summer will surely ft welcome your participation and support. They are I conducting protests every Friday until Sept. 15 just 1| outside of The Horseshoe grounds at the corner of B Sumter and Pendleton Street. |?| Remember, apathy will only perpetuate the op- tig pression of South Africa's black population. g| Samuel Stark is a USC student and anti- p apartheid activist. ?| -mindedness I .t ~. .i,,. r i ~ d..* ??:ii (fevi umaim uic uvo ui uicm uhcc nine uuy^. dui miu they hoped it would blow over. It didn't. This past week, along with the daily death threats on the children, someone burned the Rays' house to the ground. That was it. That was all the proud Rays could take. Clifford said he would not subject his family to this anymore and withdrew his children from school. Now they're moving away from Arcadia. Clifford told the press he just couldn't stand around and have his family subjected to violence. This time they were lucky, he said. The children might be in the house next time. Well, the people of Arcadia won. They succeeded in driving a proud and peaceful family away from their home. They succeeded in keeping three 1 ? 1 V* /\ up ? > s~v nrt tUrant t /~v l-i ai r /\?nn nidi; v>uu iiu uiitai i sj uyiii children, out of their schools, and they succeeded in giving fuel to the fire that burns with the idea that Americans are ugly and terrible people. Thin-brained lunatics who would threaten the life of a child are abominable. This town is abominable for allowing this to happen, and we are abominable for sitting back and doing nothing while this family was run out of their own life. But I guess that's what happens when fear takes over common sense and decency. eal hero rise? I Liwmi' I hif li o rlifln't \i/ a n t t a that /i it He's a liar, and the only company you can put him in is the company of other famous liars such as Adolf Hitler and Judas Iscariot. But North is most like another famous American war hero, another American liar, Benedict Arnold. I.ike Oliver North, Arnold was a war hero, a man of undeniable courage, but it was not beyond his ability to sell out for a quick profit. He tried sell West Point to the British and turn the tide of the war. The tide he had helped turn by hpino ituti uinptWnl nt rVi#? Unttlp nf ^aratnoa II'Vlllf, lll.'ll UIMVIIIMI HI UIV I*M? I IV V/l >U?I uiv/gw. Benedict Arnold dealt behind his commander-inchief's back. So did North. ; Both are traitors, Arnold betraying the revoluI tionary movement, and North betraying the coni stitution and the law. I It's even said that George Washington shed a tear when he heard of Arnold's betrayal, because Arnold was respected that much as a hero in America. i And I'm sure if it could, this bust of George i Washington would shed a tear as well. The father ; ot our country would be crying over a warped generation, his spoiled brats of children who think that liars are heroes. Children who think that men ; who have the guts to disagree, such as Caspar ) Wcinburgcr and George Schultz, are traitors. 1 A ca/l oil ? r? .1HM 5VIIVIUUV/II, HI! IVIM , j I