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4 The Gamecock Monday, February 5, 1990
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By NANCY LEHMAN
Staff Writer
A white anti-apartheid journalist in exile
from South Africa will speak at USC on current
developments in South Africa and their
relevance 10 our couiuxy lonigni.
Donald Woods, who escaped from South
Africa after the government declared him a
banned journalist, will speak at the Russell
House Ballroom at 7:30 p.m. Woods now
writes, works on radio and television, and
lectures on apartheid.
Woods said his message is important because
it informs and hopefully enlightens
people about racism in their own countries.
Carolina Program Union Vice President Kris
Kring, who lived in South Africa for a year,
pushed the idea of Woods lecturing at USC.
Kring said the United States and South
Africa are similar in many ways. "Though
we don't have apartheid, we still have a lot
of racial prejudice," Kring said.
CPU member Sharon Moore said the talk
would be interesting because "we just see it
through the media . . . and he was there."
Woods was there and saw apartheid firsthand.
The government doesn't allow blacks
to vote, to choose where they live, or to protest,
Woods said.
Woods protested apartheid by printing articles
in the African East London Daily Dispatch
of which he was editor. The govern
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By LARRY S. LICHTENFELD After 1
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USC hosted the Fourth Annual t*ien
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The purpose of the conference Proac a
was to teach students and staff the ^u
positive powers of good leadership
through entertaining workshops.
"Our goal today was to stimulate
your thinking about things you
ordinarily wouldn't think about,"
said Dennis Pruitt, vice president are Ul
of Student Affairs. , Mnnn
Students and staff were treated
to an opening presentation by psy- witll
chologist Perry Buffington, or "Dr.
Buf," as he likes to be called.
The day included a "mingle
lunch" in which participants were
encouraged to meet with other students
to exchange ideas. Participants
included students and faculty
from schools such as the University
of Georgia and Applachian r
State. rOI
The luncheon presentation was
given by USC's RisQue Business,
who performed skits about drug
and alcohol issues. The troupe answered
questions and took suggestions
after the show.
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ment banned him after he printed articles revealing
the details of black leader Steve
Biko's death in the hands of the South African
government
Woods said Biko was the main reason he
turned against apartheid. As a banned journalist
Woods said he couldn't write or be
with more than one person at a time, except
for family members. He was under constant
surveillance, his mail was checked and his
phone bugged.
"It's very frustrating not to be allowed to
write and not being able to challenge this
through any legal process," Woods said. Disguised
as a priest with his hair dyed black,
Woods escaped to Lesotho where his family
later joined him.
They made a dangerous flight over South
waders attend US
unch the conference con- dents and staff to set
ith two more workshops from one another's pers
les ranging from Positive
'rograms for Greeks to Joanna Chieves, a G<
Acquaintance Rape and junior, said her experic
p skills. The workshops past year's leadership
in interactive learning ap- was enough to bring
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Friday when South African President F. W.
de Klerk legalized the anti-apartheid African
National Congress and promised to release
anti-apartheid figure Nelson Mandela.
"It means I can communicate again with stu
people at home," Woods said. He said he ul- me
timately will go back when South Afica is ^
more democratic. He estimated this would be ^
about three or four more years.
Woods wrote Biko and Asking For Trou- ^
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apartheid groups all over the world grew in Pu
number.
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they are frightened of being outnumbered the
and losing their identity. "They like their tac
lifestyle. They're afraid to see it change," see
Kring said. ug
Woods is now director of the Lincoln
Trust which has a program to educate black
Africans in exile. They also inform interna- re^
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that the pressure will only be lifted when teI
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