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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;
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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
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time, the United States
own set of mistakes against the
ible for the intricate web of coniflict
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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"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.
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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
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: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
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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.
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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