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Unity
Gulf crisis brings cooperation
to world leaders, old adversaries
Ironically, Saddam Hussein might be bringing the world closer
together.
Thanks to the invasion of Kuwait, the world has seen a nearly
unprecedented level of cooperation among the leading powers. We
are truly entering unusual times when such disparate nations as the
United States, the Soviet Union. Eevot. China and Svria find com
mon ground.
Especially heartening is the new feeling of camraderie with, of
all nations, the USSR. The Soviets have been one of our staunchest
supporters during the crisis. The most critical thing said by the
Soviets about the American deployment was the statement by
President Gorbachev that the United States should be patient.
Now Gorbachev backs military action by the Allied forces.
Long gone are the days when the Soviet premier would bash his
shoe over the podium to condemn American imperialism.
Another good thing to come out of Saddam's atrocity is the new
respect the United States is receiving from Arab leaders. The United
States has never had the opportunity to foster relations with
former enemies such as Syria. Saddam has called for Pan-Arab
unity. Now that unity might finally be at hand, but in a way he
didn't expect or want.
It is a very real possibility that American, British, Egyptian,
Syrian and Saudi Arabian forces will fight and die together for the
first time (on the same side, that is). Regardless of the wisdom of
military action, it is a fact that such action will strengthen ties
with most Arab countries.
The sad thing is that such international unity only comes along
when a ruthless dictator makes a bid for domination, whether it be
globally (as in 1939) or regionally (as in the present crisis). If only
the world could unite under more peaceful circumstances.
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As a student member of the University Parking
Committee, I can tell you campus parking is
serious business. Had someone told me that a
few years ago, I would have laughed, but I'm
not laughing now.
The faculty isn't laughing either. The faculty
is genuinely upset about their parking situation,'
although this is one of the few universities that
does not make faculty pay even a small fee for
their parking decals.
The faculty on the committee believe the
problem with students parking in faculty spaces
is drastic enough to warrant armed gates on faculty
parking lots at a cost of $16,000 to
$20,000 per lot. That does include installation
? what a bargain.
One law professor comes to every meeting
simply to lobby for a 24-hour gate on the law
school parking lot, which goes against the parking
policy allowing graduate students to park in
that and all faculty lots at 4:30 p.m. and allowing
all other students to park at 5 p.m. Dave
Rinker, vice president of facilities planning,
stated at the October meeting that his budget
could not meet the cost of even one gate. The
money for the gates would have to come from
some other source, which would not be the
fines from parking violations because that money
goes into the general fund.
" Money isn't the only problem. Jimmy
Cooper, director of operational services, showed
how a gate on the Business Administration faculty
parking lot could cause a safety hazard. If
someone were to pull up to the gate and has
forgotten his card, then there would be no way
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for him to get out of traffic except to back out,
which would pose a difficult problem if other
faculty are in line behind his car.
Interim President Arthur Smith has rejected
the suggestion for one armed gate, but the committee
did not get the message and has requested
two armed gates this time. It's been put
on the "wish list," as it was termed in the
November meeting.
The students have a "wish list" too. It includes
pavement and decent lighting, not quite
as extravagant as armed gates, although we pay
the parking fees and the bulk of the ticket fines.
Here are some facts on student parking lots:
36 percent are not paved
55 percent do not have adequate lighting
41 percent are not flat (causing wasted space)
50 percent have some major obstruction
(causing wasted space).
A cost estimate to improve these lots should
be presented at the December meeting.
The students on the committee believe that
there are cost-free alternatives to armed gates,
especially in this time of a budget crunch (i.e.
resident advisers not being replaced, housing
fees increasing, hiring freezes). We also believe
the gates to be a quick fix to a problem. They
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would not attack the source of the problem; too
many students want to park in central locations
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on campus, and the majority of these are freshmen.
Student Government is working on a
proposal to either limit or phase out freshman
parking by looking at USC policies of the past,
which according to alumni and faculty alike, the
parking problem was much less severe.
Towing in all student and faculty lots of cars
that do not have an appropriate parking sticker
is one way to target people willfully violating
the rules. However, the committee has recommended
to Smith to tow all over campus, including
meter violators with more than $50 in
fines. More than 1,000 students qualify in that
category, and many more will in the near future
because of the increase in fines and the addition
of two new hardworking meter maids to our
university staff. This recommendation will
mainly affect students, many of whom let their
tickets accumulate because they cannot afford
to mv their fines until the next semester when
they have had a chance to work over break.
People get tired of talking and arguing about
parking, but individual students' voices need to
be heard. If you have any suggestions or complaints
for the committee, please submit them in
writing to the Student Government office. It is
the only way for the committee to see that students
are also upset about this problem. One
last thought to students: no matter what you do,
please don't park in faculty lots. And to the
University Parking Committee, please remember
students are also an integral part of the Carolina
Community.
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that run a to students would employ a person
;n language whose apparent sole motivation is
can't claim moral domination. His letter of
Nov. 16, equating sexual activity
tudents, I'd to "a few moments of physical
i the effect pleasure" is a strong case in point
pe movies If Bradley had any sincere
A good in- moral integrity, in consideration of
for the in- this particular statement, one
s, not con- would think he ought to give up
eating foods that endanger lives
it supplies (meats, produce grown with the
lissection is assistance of most chemical
ctices, then agents, etc.) and perhaps eating all
nd another together, driving a car, earning
dissection more than a subsistance salary,
compound having sex under any circumstance
other than those directly related to
mela Rudd a single incidence of procreation
logy senior (limiting himself to perhaps a half
dozen orgasms in his lifetime).
toys Just what sort of "pleasure"
i would Bradley allow? Under what
naer circumstances? For what purpose?
On what basis? How much pleasure
does he derive from his spirby
the hir- itual and moral hypocracy or from
;y as USC his pulpit-pounding proselytizing?
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greatly Alan Asnen
1 dedicated second-year graduate student
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