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Viewpoint 2 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday, August 2,1989 Middle Wi Unforgiveable at have been comn ' The Shiite Moslem captors William Higgins said they execi The execution came because Shiite clergyman Sheik Abdul K act of criminal terrorism agains According to an artirlp hv alleged to be the spiritual leader militia in south Lebanon and t( abduction. The kidnapping and executio; an act of terrorism. Neither sid< flict have clean hands. At the government is also guilty of its Palestinian people. The U.S. is not solely responsi flict in the Middle East. The cot can anyone fully understand the out war that continues in the re , The one thing the U.S. gove flawed foreign policy decisions b tions for the region. The Reagan administration sa terest and in need of protection 1 very little credence to the fact tl East are very regional in nature ; called Communist encroachmeni ; Because of this flawed assumj /terrible foreign policy blunders s part of a United Nations peace 1 definite goals of foreign policy ai in a very complex and dangero tragedy when hundreds of soldi subsequent bombing by an Ame 'Beirut, intensifying hatred amc American government. The present administration t should recognize where Reagan j condemn the Israeli government the Shiite Moslem clergyman ho< At the same time the U.S. shou volved in a fight that is centuries events in the Middle East, and t war. All factions are guilty of ha The Bush government should r( that does not appear to suppor Diplomatic tools such as sanction* also be used by the Bush administ - understanding in the area. It is a tragedy that Col. Higgir " line of duty. If the U.S. can redire U.S. doesn't look like the Great! then maybe other American host; ?i wamimute-thisoi THE BlISH-ATWATER 'PES J npi 1 he Gan fies/ Non-daily Collegiate Newsp Society of Professional Jo Editor in Chief MARY PEARSON Copy Desk Chief PAMME EADES News Editor RON BAKER Features Editor CAREN CAMPBELL Sports Editors DEBBIE JORDAN A D R. HAYNES R. Photography Editor A LES ALVERSON A Gamecock Advisor M ERIK COLLINS Ci Director of Student Media TI ED BONZA A< Production Manager LAURA DAY LC Letters Policy! The Gamecock will tr> lo print nil letters ret 300 words long. The writer should include full name, prol'essio resident, or >ear and major if a student. An address and phone i editorials should not exceed 5(10 words. We reserve the right Gamecock will not withhold names under an> circumstance. East cts of terrorism nitted by all parties holding U.S. Marine Lt. Cnl uted him Monday. Israeli commandos kidnapped '.arim Obeid. This action was an ;t all Palestinians, the Associated Press, Obeid is of the Shiite Moslem Hezbollah ) have played a role in Higgins' n of an American citizen is also 2 of the Israeli/Palestinian consame time, the United States own set of mistakes against the ible for the intricate web of coniflict there is centuries old. Nor complexities involved in the all gion. rnment is responsible for is its ased on very narrow interpretaw the region as vital to our infrom the Soviet threat. He gave tat the problems in the Middle and have nothing to do with so t into the region, ition, the U.S. has made some uch as keeping Marines sent as ceeping force in Beirut without id siding with a minority group us war. This decision lead to ers lost their lives and to the rican gunboat into the hills of >ng Moslem factions for the mder President George Bush went wrong. They should also for their terrorist act of taking stage. ild not become more deeply inold. The U.S. cannot control here are no good guys in this tred and terrorism. ;cognize this and form a policy t one faction over the other. 5 and peace conferences should ration to encourage peace and is may have lost his life in the ct policy in such a way that the Satan to the Moslem factions, iges can be saved. Mm RtlH AFOUL Of iECR lecock "| ????I wper, Southeastern Region < urnalists, 1987-88 Wi ! ; ssistant Production Manager AYBURGOS dvertising Personnel dvertising Manager ARGARET MICHELS ? irr.ptis Representee :RENCE GREEN V rcount Executives iRRENCE MAN1GUALT a )RRIE YONAS P reived. letters should l>?, al a maximam, 250 l<i d nal title if an employee with CISC' or Columbia O lumber are required with am letters sent, (iuesl to edit letters lor stile or possible libel. The 3 St ???J g f I STILL KWT SEE | rx Extinction of The shrimper's boat hauls in the nets that have been dragged along for miles. An innocent victim is also captured in the net, a beautiful and rare Kemp's Ridley turtle that has drowned. The workers throw it back in dead along with other sea life that is caught in the nets for a few pounds of shrimp. This ecological tragedy occurs more than 11,000 times every year, studies show. Other studies have estimated the yearly death toll is much higher. Shrimpers disclaim responsibility for the deaths of these almost extinct turtles. A solution has been found to save the lives of the turtles so thousands will not have to die every year. One model of the solution was engineered by scientists at the University of Georgia. USC's Coastal campus has also worked in the development of a solution to the problem. Thp CAlllflAn 1C r? TO n ~ 4. *1 1 1 ?iv aviuuvii 10 vaiiwu a i ju,i_y VJI cX LUI LIC CXClUUCr device. TEDs are cages that will capture a turtle if it wonders into the net and expel it. The turtle is saved from the horrors of drowning. It is a very humane solution and has been thoroughly tested by the National Marine Fishery Service. But shrimpers have protested the federal regulations requiring that TEDs be installed in the nets. Hundreds of shrimpers blocked ship channels along the Texas Gulf coast and threatened violence if regulations were not changed or reversed during the weekend of July 22-23. The shrimpers claimed that the expense of installing and maintaining the TEDs will seriously Congress mem A friend of mine, who has asked that her name not be given, has requested that I use this space to make a public apology for her. My friend is an artist. She is also a Tibetan Buddhist and a lesbian; but she is not apologizing for any of that, of course. My friend is a communist, however, and that has created quite a mess of her career. It seems that a local museum, quite obviously out of its mind at the. time, recently displayed a painting of hers called "Skyscape With Star." The work depicts a range of purple misty mountains, a bald eagle gliding above them in the foreground, and a star. But not just any ol' star. My friend's star was a Giant Red Star, superimposed over the whole scene, with a barely-noticeable hammer and sickle right in its center. One day, not too long ago, the Esteemed Senator Sal Frytious was touring the art museum, admiring a lovely display of crucifixion scenes and whistling a tune called "Some Day Dem OT Profits Gonna Trickle Down." Then he turned around and was shocked to find my friend spainting hanging there beside a large white canvas with a trickle of purple paint down its center. Enraged at this affront to the political ideals of his nation, and shocked to learn that thp ^vhihit had been partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, he immediately flew into a rage and launched an immediate campaign to have such Letters to the ec Garage rates should not double ofK?8b? ecutives who ro the editor: ing money wl After reading the July 12 article garages, ibout the proposed doubling of USC garag< sarking garage rates, I agree with who are simp student Government President affordable ed viarie-Louise Ramsdale's disap)roval of the increase. I could only However, ? upport a gradual increase in parking ble its park ates over several semesters than a university w< 00 percent increase between the fall timing espec ind spring semesters. students livinj If the proposed increase is approv- garages offer d, then would students note a to park. Irastic change in the safety in the arages in the spring? Probably not. The news ol would not think that USC students should have b( /ould feel twice as safe walking from before they m; heir cars in the garage at night or tions for the ny other time of day. pected price to Why would USC dream of com- USC should o aring its parking garages to the ones at the beginn owntown operated by the city? USC year so studen thcials must remember who each accomodation: arage serves. USC garages do not known. ;rve downtown workers, and city I, as well as arages are not located close enough it is indeed a pi sea turtles will 1?????? ?^? Mary Pearson "J hurt their profit, and the industry as a whole, costing jobs. The shrimpers look like they may have won for now. On July 24, Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher temporarily suspended regulations requiring shrimpers to use the TEDs. Mosbacher said the enforcement of the turtle excluder regulations would be suspended for 45 days. At the end of that period, shrimpers would be required to pull their nets every 90 minutes but would not have to use turtle excluders. The rational behind this change is that turtles i can live for 90 minutes underwater if trapped in a i net. Will the U.S. Coast Guard be able to enforce ! this regulation with huge budget cuts and large sums of money being redirected to fight the drug \ trade? That is very unlikely, and why all the fuss i about a little sea turtle? > This move was a cop-out to the shrimping in- t bers should not Ron Baker wM ????? * ?^?????i????i?l i; "filth" banned from exhibits sponsored by taxpayers' money. g Sal's campaign was successful, and my friend s has now resigned herself to painting World War II battle scenes and depictions of Mount Rushmore. , "I'm very sorry it went this far," my friend told me. "I wasn't trying to tell the government what it n should support. I had no idea that being a com- j munist could do this to my art." ^ But I suspect my friend has it all wrong. I would guess that Sen. Frytious simply has a dislike for ai Tibetan Buddhists. " w Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., called for and got approval on a law which forbids the use of federal h< funds to "promote, disseminate or produce m lifnr mm. w :ially its residence halls, But, I believe USC is severl lents parking in them. rating the privilege of parkinj ;erve state officials, city of its garages, ikers, and other ex- Robert 1 are working and earn- Broadcasting lile their cars are in the :s simply serve students Reader mou ly trying to obtain an - _ action hostage s de; :ven if USC must dou- So then burn the flag! Bu ing garage rates, the flag for Lt. Col. William f )uld demonstrate poor hanging from a gallow in Lei ially in the case of Burn it for his wife and his m g on campus where the The new "kinder, gen the closest, safest area government has said it's OK t the most honored symbol c country and set it aflame whil ? the proposed increase United States citizens still :en released to students Lebanese captivity, living (?) w ide their housing selec- knowledge that they could die year based on the ex- time. Just like Col. Higgins. park in a USC garage. President George Bush hi nly have rate increases pressed his outrage at this "terr ing of each academic act. That, my friends, rings j ts can plan their living familiar. Reagan sat smiling fr< > with expected costs podium pontificating on the tei i^iiuiimii anu luc vaiues 01 a : all USC students, feel defense. But a stealth b< -ivilege to attend USC. couldn't help William Higgir I last forever dustry. Their claims of serious injury to the industry because of the requirements are exaggerated. The shrimpers are just being too stiff necked to bend to necessary change. The actual cost of installing and maintenance would only impact about 1 to 2 percent of all operating costs, said Richard Moore, USC Coastal Assistant Vice Chancellor for Grants and Research. fle added the National Marine Fishery Service has conducted many tests on the TEDs. If used properly, TEDs are 95 percent effective at not catching sea turtles and 98 percent effective in catching shrimp. The maintenance of the cages is also relatively inexpensive because as nets wear out the TEDs can be removed and placed on new nets. Moore said the use of TEDs also has other benefits because if they are used properly clogging of the nets by garbage and other sea life such as ficV> OnH 1 1 \7 fioU 1 1" 1 iijn utxvi jv-njr 11311 v^dii diiuuM uc cnminaiea. The problem is that most shrimpers are very resistant to learning how to use the TEDs properly; therefore, the amount of shrimp hauled is lower, he said. But should a species as innocent and beautiful as the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle be eradicated from existence in part because of the stubborness of the shrimping industry? I am joining the nationwide boycott of shrimp jntil the shrimp industry comes around and ecognizes the importance of the sea turtle to our vorld. I don't want to see the extinction of sea urtles because extinction is forever. be art critics obscene or indecent materials... or material which denegrates the objects or beliefs of the adherents of a particular religion or non-religion." Helms was enraged by an exhibit partially sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts which featured homoerotic photographs by the late Robert Mapplethorpe and a picture of a plastic :rucifix dipped in urine taken by artist Andres Serrano. Gosh, I see his point. But Helms' amendment, tacked on to the Inerior Department appropriations bill after a voice 'Ote, offers to let the U.S. Congress tell us all what s and what isn't art. The NEA must now bow to the pressure of a ;roup of "representatives" who are not all that ure what is and what isn't a budget. My questions are many, but here are some of hem: What is the official definition of "obscene," 'indecent," and "denigration"? Or "nonsligion" for that matter? Tom Wicker of the New York Times points out lat the "non-religion" classification protects lazis, Ku Klux Klan members, and could forbid nti-communist art. Of course, you can still attack any and all of lese things in your art. You just can't have the orks displayed in an NEA-sponsored exhibit. So I recommended to my friend that she repaint ;r work described above, without the star, hamer and sickle. She told me to go to hell. ^ iL I y over- neither would burning a flag. If you ?in one don't like what this country is doing you are free, unlike the people in rhomas Lebanon, to leave or to work to \ junior change things. That's what happened in the '60s. The "hippies" weren't all anti111^ American, but rather anti.1 government. They didn't agree with ?||X1 policy so they worked to get it changed. rn the But our protest has become split: liggins the lethargic "armchair rebel," poinDanon. ting his finger at the television set and other. says "somebody should do teler" something about that;" and the exo take tremist who seems ready to give up >f this on the whole system, attacking the le nine country rather than the people in rot in charge. ith the Well, anyway, Col. Higgins is at any dead, and we're too lateto help him. My condolences to his wife and famits ex- ly. I'm sorry we couldn't or didn't orist" help more. ill too Burn the flag! And sprinkle the 5m his ashes for William Higgins and his 18 ror in months in captivity which ended tostrong day. God rest his soul. Dmber Dan Popovitch is and Journalism senior