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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.
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.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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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"There's always room at the top ? after the investigation.
" ? Oliver Herford.
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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.
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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.
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how this could have happened. Easy to answer. We
were lied to.
Ollie North said he lied to protect the hostages,
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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
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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
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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
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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. ?|
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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
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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
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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.
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