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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.
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grantlsoi
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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.
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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
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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<
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* l-pw. firsthand aware
J dilemmas.
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Contras, who al
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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
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neu regaining an ine iana now owncci Dy
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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
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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.
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