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11 USC's rugby team places third I Ig' T-gf IBk W1^ benefit S.C. fisheries. 1 O ^ * Comics page i J ^ See Science, page 3 I See Sports, p?kc ? SP00?- P?*e? ^ Classifieds page The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 80, No. 84 University of South Carolina April 20, 1988 Gandhi's By RITA K. COSBY Stuff writer "Peace and Non-Violencc: Impossible Dreams?" was the roundtable discussion Thursday and the key speaker was Ramchandra Gandhi, grandson of India's great peacemaker, Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi, a professor of South Asian and comparative philosophy at the California Institute of Integral Studies, 'a also spoke Thursday evening at Belk Auditorium about his grandfather's life and world influence. His speech was . rescheduled from Tuesday, because he was "bumped" off his flight in Atlanta Tuesday, after a plane switch. Gandhi spoke of the life and steadfast beliefs of India's great political and spiritual nationalist leader, Mahatma (meaning "Great Soul") Gandhi, born in 1869 and assassinated in Delhi on Jan. 30, 1948. He was killed by a Hindu fanatic who mistakenly thought his anti-partition sentiment against the separation of Pakistan and India was both pro-Muslim and pro-Pakistan. Through his nonviolent protest movement, he forced Great Britain to grant independence to India in 1947. He also resorted to dramatic hunger strikes as part of his civil disobedience. His grandson now carries the weight of the Government at Towers to get major changes New plan aims to get more residents involved By KELLEY McDONALD Staff writer Dorm government in the Towers will undergo some major changes in the 1988-89 school year in order to improve resident involvement, say hall officials. The Towers are now governed by one cowicil serving Vw about 1,500 students, male and female. Mefani Orecu, associate director of Resident Student Development, said this system is too big. 1 here is a lack ot participation, tor one thing. The Towers government officers have virtually wound up doing most of the work. The system is just a little bit too big, I think, for the kinds of students we have living in the Towers," she said. Voted in by the current officers, the new set-up would divide the Towers so that the six buildings ? Baker, Burney, Moore, Douglas, Snowden, LaBorde ? would each have a separate government. "I think that it's a great opportunity for more people to get involved in the government," said Helen Mohan, Burney Residence Hall Director. Twelve more executive positions will be available, making it less intimidating to participate in hall government, she said. fg^ The new plan will also help with staff involvement and support from R.A.sand RHJDs, Grecu said. "Before there was not as clear of an expectation. If you were an R.A. in Douglas, you didn't necessarily feel terribly committed to the entire complex. Next year, the Douglas R.A. will have a Douglas government to work with," she said. But some are still afraid that the decentralization will weaken the Towers government. Together the government participated in large cookouts, parties and large equipment purchases because the budget was big, and Grecu said that might change now. concerns mat me ouciget wouia oe spm up into too many pieces could be alleviated through cooperation among buildings, Mohan said. "We are in the process of working this out by having an executive officer and hall representative from each building serve on a Towers Council," she said. Within this system, the budget would be split seven ways, and one portion would go to the Towers Council for Towers-wide programming. today s Israe By RITA K. COSBY Staff writer ??????? Editor's note: The following is based "Also b' on an interview held this past week p ? with Tzion Evrony, Israeli Consul "fllCSUnianS for Academic Affairs. Evrony is dispiltedly I visiting several universities in an their homela effort to provide more information on Israel's peace plan throughout the y CUTS. Ma United States. This is the first of two * L'tifla'in' nt #1 " " JliVVliV Ml II articles on the subject. that the Pa!< "Live where you wish but do th6I* for SO |H not live among us It Is time for you to get out SnCh And die where you wish but do < not die among us... Get out of our land, Our ' everything assassination of ( And get out of the memory of Khalil al-Wazir, t memories." hit team. Sunday, thous? These lines from a recent poem by protestors mourr Mahmoud Darwish. head of cultural most of the lOO.Oi affairs for the Palestine Liberation in Israel did not Organization, clearly display the on- jobs. A new genei going animosities and frustrations the leader's deatl that exist between the 1.4 million most businesses ^ Palestinian refugees and the Israeli territories as well, 9 nation where they live. Seventeen hav Disorder was spartcea tms past wazir s slaying, a weekend in this region because of the ly blames Israel. I grantlsoi JL! a _ < < ? vjHiiuiii was iiui a superman, dui ! honorable man. He had common sens< with heroism thrown in.' Ramchandra Gandh Mahatma Gandhi's grandso Gandhi name and follows in his ancestor's footsteps f< peace. The roundtable discussion involved several intern tional experts who presented different historical and pra tical viewpoints on the use of nonviolence in todav society. Gandhi agreed with Amy Brown, senior English majo that nonviolence can be successful if initiated on a sma personal basis. This will lay the foundation for a large scale, nonviolent civil protest. "We can't just think of nonviolence as an external to for demonstrations to keep deaths and injuries down Brown said. "We should explore a series of nonviolenc Ups and downs Political science freshman Amy Adams and fellow si their turn at the Alpha Tau Omega/KKG Seesaw-Atwo groups plan to continue riding the seesaw for Hospital. 1* n?l ii-rmcsiiiimii Israeli experts, however, said y this time, Wazir, planner for the PLO's ni? hart fippn mi stream Fatah guerillas, was respoi IIuu uccii UII- ble for many b)oody attacks. Th ising this as include a bus hijacking in 1978 wli ind for 1 300 ^ Israe*'s were killed and 82 wou * ed and the takeover of the Tel A inv trv tO 11.....i im< ~ ^ ua? \jy i luivi in in wiinii lis and ignore hostages were murdered. :stinians were The PLO ,said f9 tion was an Israeli attempt to derr long. alize the Arabs and end their p hrough Akhavi, testsGINT professor . Bo'h sides, as usual, have diss. ^ J ing views. ' The history behind the conflici >LO military chief, who owns this homeland is invol iy an eight-member and often confusing. In 70 A.D., the Jews were expe inds of Palestinian from this area bv the Romans. ted his death and their populations scattered throi 30 Arabs who work out the world. In 1917, under Bri show up at their rule, the Jews were allowed to ret ral strike protesting to Israel by the Balfour Declarati ti has closed down in an effort to provide them wit in the occupied "national home" after World Wi "It is important, however, e died since al- remember that this documenta nd the PLO public- only called for a national commu nr hr?m#? nnt fr?r on cclaMic * n pleas fo intiii anu u>t mem iu guiuc inc way wc reiaie inicrj nally and to people individually. Only then can we use it to build our organizations." ^ Gandhi said his grandfather's use of nonviolence was not a technique. "The nature of a technique is that it cannot survive outside the establishment. 'Technique' is thus not a part of Gandhi," he said. \l He said, "Gandhi was always concerned with goals and H with clarity on what ought to be the result first. _ "He also had a tremendous influence on politics and 3r made nonviolence a moral, respectable option for a contemporary political model," Gandhi said, a- "He was respected for the truth and undeniably peace, c- He made them no longer a cowardly excuse. His beliefs 's are now valid options in all circumstances," he said. Gandhi purposely gave more visibility to public acts of ?r, nonviolence. He, for the first time, taught millions of In11 A". ~ ?ui:-i.. 1 < - ii, uiain iu puuuv-iy jnay lugciucr ior one cause, peace. :r- He also sought a simple lifesytle and desired equality for all ranks. He fought to improve the status of the ol lowest classes of society, the casteless "untouchables," ," whom he called the "Harijans," or "Children of God." e, He created the concept of wearing a neutral white cap, 'v*> ..w wno was Kianapi n. ^ March by the ^-'-\;h;^: ^:! Nicaragua. Boren, who v\ with Witness fo past week at US< y pf" ing experiences * l-pw. firsthand aware J dilemmas. y S Witness for founded, poiit "**<+** organization bas ftc ur\lnntp/>rc nc EE and long-term v( || jp Hpll - |j document life {Si endemic to warily OBHL*. 3^3^ JHnR| JK& that land," Bon f" :< je Boren views t Hi w*' " k. government, wl >..'?%* B| 1979 over the re % Bc3sp X.,_ 'flfiP $ *' $* tatorship, as i kt rpiuu.'- ' making positive v ' ample he provic . ' ? increase in the 1 y -J - - r~- recent 87 percer ^ BPi ~*"M The Sandinist Contras, who al / ', \ Ji Nicaraguan [ \ ~ B>t_ || "They are an designed for throw who are 1 ^N/The Gamecock Boren and otl ment with the C sters of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority take deterrent to ti Thon Tuesday afternoon. Members of the being and true ( 103 hours to raise money for Children's "What the about the C< conflict has r< al- territorial state in Palestine," said Israel. Constan ?in- Shahrough Akhavi, government and Israel, especiall nsi- international relations professor. territories of t lese "Also, by this time, Palestinians had Gaza Strip. lere been undisputedly using this as their Gad Yaacob nd- homeland for 1,300 years. Many try affairs minister ,viv to 'sneeze' at this and ignore that the Palestinian up 11 Palestinians were there for so long." economy $300 i The British later turned to the Palestinian vi na- United Nations for assistance with sified tremendc inr- the Iwo nnnulatinnc. nnrl t! ?#? I 1 NJ in "At >ro- 1947 petitioned Palestine to establish Israel, as small two states ? Jewish and Palestinian ;nt- (Jordan). This partition resolution was act of cepted by the Jews, but was refused V, ved outright by the Palestinians and led \ to an attack on the newborn state of ^ < lied Israel in 1948 by five Arab armies. and Israel won this war of indepenigh dence in 1948 and gained even more tish territory as a result. Two of the urn territories are no longer in Israeli ^ ion, hands. At that point, the Arab ^ ^ :h a population was still double that of ir I. the Jewish. y to Since the 1948 Israeli statehood, tion there have been repeated attempts by nity Arabs to "fulfill their dreams" of I I !-! -II *1- - 1 - - ? - neu regaining an ine iana now owncci Dy \ r peace signifying caste removals. However, his tenets of nonviolent resistance, known as "satyagrapha," literally "steadfastness in truth," still often led to violence and bloodshed. Hundreds of nationalist demonstrators died in the 1919 m!Kcar<r/. nf AmrifcCl- urlinn f. A U ...uajuva v vi / HIM K.nUI "IIVII IIUU)'.') IlltU Ull lilt." demonstrators. "Gandhi knew of the side effccts of his mission and realized that some people would get out of hand as they did. But this is an unavoidable fact. And even after he pleaded guilty and took responsibility in court for the acts of violence that resulted from his peace plan approach, he said he'd take the same risk again," he said. Gandhi said that discrediting violence leads to overall positive results. "In the '20s and '30s, it clearly led to fewer people using guns and bombs. If they were available back then as easily as they float through India and other countries today, you could'vc said goodbye to Indian unity, democracy and its independence," he said. "Gandhi was not a 'superman,' but a honorable man. He had common sense with heroism thrown in. He was never out to impress or truly hurt anyone ? his goals were what he felt was just," he said. hostage tells Contra ordeal SBY n who was held <<| strongly urge all :arguan rebels 1m- . ... d States to work for Americans to do their America. part in striving for peace ge all Americans to . Niriirap|ia ?? striving for peace in In Nicaragua. id Richard Boren, ,cd for eight days in Richard Boren Contra forces in r ~ Witness for Peace 'orked in Nicaragua r Peace, spoke this 3 about his frighten- 1 ; as well as his fighters is not true. There is another ness of Nicaraguan reality, and people need to go down to Central America and see it for Peace is a church- themselves," he said. ically independent The need is so great that Boren ed in Durham, N.C. himself plans to return to Nicaragua iriaKe in ootn snort- in June, even alter experiencing his mtures in which they eight-day unwillful captivity with the abuses in Central Contra opposition. :ing the dangers Boren's nightmare began on torn Nicaragua. March 1 while he was investigating msidered part of a a kidnapping in the area of Mansence and peaceful catol, a region where several have U.S. intervention in been killed in agricultural govern:n said. mental cooperatives and 5,600 others he leftist Sandinista have been kidnapped as a form of lich took power in coerced recruitment for the Contra pressive Samosa die- forces. i good democracy, "Contras target places like governstrides. One clear ex- mentally funded cooperatives, health les is the astounding centers, etc., in an effort to clcarly nation's literacy rate disrupt the progress of the Sanom 30 percent to its dinistas and effect the agricultural it mark. economy," Boren said, as' opposition is the That evening, Boren was spending so call themselves the the night with a family he knew in )emociatic Force. Mancatol. At 10:30 p.m. he was army of terrorists awakened to the sounds of loud governmental over- machine gun fire as the cooperative jrimarily created and fell under a sudden Contra attack. Inited States," Boren "Mortars were falling all around. Screams of desperation seemed to st six years of revolu- come from every possible direction. 1 :s have been lost, he fell to the ground in complete fear," he said. tiers see U.S. involve- The cooperative's small defense ontras as a negative militia of 37 men quickly were overle Nicaraguan well- whelmed by the 300-man Contra democratic process. force. Four men died that night administration says defending their cooperative. One of antras as freedom them was found later with both of his See "Hostage," page 2 A A _ Dots in nistory t conflict persists in Jersey, is again asking for peace and y along the occupied foreign aid to solve this c'rious he West Bank and problem once and for all," Evrony said. i, Israel's economic Evrony said there is much mis, estimated that the understanding and misinformation using nas com ilie iti)i)ui iiic* issue. iviany coverages Trillion. people see are distorted and show olence has also inten- good vs. evil, occupied vs. occupier, msly since this past And this is an incomplete picture ? id now the nation of we must look at the full issues at as the state of New hand," he said. Vvs\ \r ,w\ v4s I