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EVENTS USC Computer Music cone 7:30 tonight, School of Music re< hall. Free admission. Olivia Tremor Control, Satur at The New Brookland Tav( Wednesday, April 7, 1999 iAi on Na A Web-based whit headed by a Woffor< causing a stir amor rights groups. Story by A Wofford College student has attracted nationwide attention with his white supremacist organization, Knights of Freedom. Davis Wolfgang Hawke, 20, is being watched by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League because of the potential influence he might have on vulnerable followers. "I think I worry them because I'm an intelligent person," said Hawke, a junior majoring in history and German. "I'm in college, and I have leadership skills. I think that causes them some real concern ? the fact that there's a fresh face in the movement." "We've been monitoring his Web site for several years," said Jay Gaiman, cnnfVipnct H ii*vfnr firr flip Anfi-Fiptamfl tion League, which monitors more thar 500 hate Internet sites. "I don't think you can take individ ' uals like him lightly. There are vul nerable individuals out there who listen to his type of garbage; they're motivated by the conspiracy theory ethnic cleansing and the idea that al immigrants need to go back to where they came from." Hawke also has received consider able attention from the media. The Spartanburg Herald-Journal broke the story of the Knights o: Freedom in 1998, after Hawke had beer in Spartanburg for two years studying at Wofford. The Boston Globe and The Atlantc Journal-Constitution ran articles aboui him in March, and he was quoted ir the March 8 edition of Newsweek in ar article about Internet hate groups. The growing white supremacisi movement is perceived as a more se rious situation as more groups us< EtttEXSitfl hour and v schedule At UPS, most stu time to study and To arrar contact 1 An ert, ntal day irn. ud< zis * e supremacist group d College junior is lg media and civil Erin Reed the Internet to post information and try to enlist new members. "We feel it's our mission to expose their words so they can't hide," Gaiman said. He said civil rights groups used to try to expose Ku Klux Klan members and what they were saying, but it was difficult because they were hiding behind masks. "Now if s more difficult because they can hide behind their computer m f screens," he said. I don t t "By using the can take web, Hawkecre- - , ated a real orga- aiS ilKe H nization with a ly. There hundred or so re- ? ^ al members," said nerable 1. t MarkPotok,ofthe Ollt there Southern Poverty ten tQ hi Law Center in fJ Birmingham, Ala. garbage* "He became i more than merely c , an Internet pres- . J" ? Anti-D I ence. ; Hawke started the Knights of Freedom in 1996 "to defend the rights of white people." He considers the Jewl ish race his enemy, f "The ultimate goal is the elimina1 tion of the Jewish race as an entity, and I that can be accomplished by not letting them breed," he said, t As for other nonwhite races, "we fat vor separatism," he said. "We don't want 1 to be near the other races; we don't want i to live with them. Africans belong in Africa, Asians belong in Asia, and we t belong here and in Europe." Hawke said violence is a means tc j achieving this end, an idea that causes the ADL some concern. jr*. ? me job that pays /on't interfere w s sound too good dents work in operatic to recharge while wot lge an interview for e Jnited Parcel Service equal opportunity employer, E The Wofford College junior Davis Woll with his commanding officers at Hawke will attract vulnerable foll< "He's crossed the line a little 1 in terms of his threats," Gaimj said. "From some of the things Fve re; on his Web page recently, there is ; indication that he's starting to do mu more in the way of intimidation." Hawke's aspirations include ge ting involved in state and national gc ernment, eventually being elected pit ident of the United States. "By the year 2000, we'll still be the buildii stages," Haw] :hink you said. "By 2010 mm wnulH pvTwt fh lllUXVlUU" r ? . we'll [Knights llgllX- Freedoml be 3Je Vlll- major force inn adividuals i who lis- leader of tl S type of country by thei * r Gaiman sa the wor Jay Gaiman shouldn't wor about a neo-N; Southeast director bei elect) efamation League president an time soon. "It's pret i ridiculous to think that someone li him who's gone on record saying these views is going to be elected to fice," he said. "I think I give our country a lot m< [ credit than Hawke does." However, Gaiman doesn't discn it the fact that individuals like Haw ; have succeeded in similar aspiratioi "What is scaiy is that there are p i pie out there like him who have < poused these views and who have dc fairly well in trying to get elected to i fice," he said. "If he thinks he's got a legitiim platform to run, he should rim. Tha why we're a democracy. But you c PI $8.50-$9.50 pe ith your class iu uc uuc >ns. There's plenty o: king 3-5 hours a da> mployment at 822-6294 m/f/h/v iWL ^Nk M A t wt jflkk * y i| WmifjFi wfe^^y ji ;.y . v? iw jv f MMMBBgE MliWiv ^v'Z-j' flgi -? &ji Sg fgang Hawke, center, maintains a Web sib the K.O.F. Regional Headquarters in Spa Dwers that will subscribe to his Nazi belief! ad an ch i ' "'S.Mi x \ . ' . ;t(V , I '<< yFox Television videotapes a recenl t v media attention a good thing, no mi ke all of- bet we're going to be out there speaking against him." )re Hawke said he has traveled to other colleges in the southeast speaking id- about the Knights of Freedom and his ke ideas. He said he speaks to invitationos. only groups and each time has gotten eo- about 10 or 15 people interested in joints ing. me "I just try to present them with an of- alternative viewpoint," he said. "They're given one viewpoint in college, and that's ite the liberal, Jewish media viewpoint. Lt's All I try to do is give them a different an interpretation of history and how that different interpretation applies to present-day modern America." Hawke said no Wofford students I have joined the Knights of Freedom, a fact that doesn't surprise Wofford College's dean, Dan Maultsby. "I'm sure enough of the values of the college, and I have enough confidence in the intelligence and the judgement of our students that I really don't worry about any of our students being influenced by him," he said. I ipse JIlf7v " m^Si8Bam ^ f-CW ANV^IWEBT^IPl^BUcfANOPR ^ 1 Q |? Q .i. v-/ \J J -/ s.J o i| ,tc. Gamecock ^ v. SITE Disc ' I httf 7 ^ b for his white supremacist group, Knights c rtanburg. Civil Rights groups worry that, bi >. ( F%> t'l ? 4. :'\ J^| ? . &<&??? s&^s&s HHlHi I11111 I 1 w Oh t Knights of Freedom meeting. Hawke, cor atter how negative the coverage. "Students at Wofford have been veiy mature and responsible in showing their riot disapproval of the ideas he's express- su{ ing, and I think that's been very posi- seei tive." Although Hawke's chances of bring- Ha ing his plans to fruition are slim, what worries civil rights groups is his dedi- thr cation to white supremacy and his abil- low ity to quickly and efficiently dissemi- cer nate information to an impressionistic an< public through the Internet. ber "He's a little more sophisticated than his a lot of the Web pages I've looked at, and he's able to articulate his message grc in a more effective way," Gaiman said, eflt "Because of that, he has the potential of developing more of a following." thi Potok is only mildly concerned. me "I'm not terribly worried about pie Hawke," he said, "r think that, con- kic ceivably, he could have become a leader mv of some importance in the white supremacist movement, but I think he Ha acts like a villain out a Batman comic dei book, a kid who thinks he's going to rule lar the world simply because he has high set S.A.T. scores. wJTffjiTyi aTiM 11N on MOTOI :6-1010 2600 Augusta Ro W.Columbia, SC 29169 OF THE PAY over all the freebies the nternet has to offer. ?//www.random.com/ free/ Page 5 I m Irl * i 9M n iSH Courtesy of Web site >f Freedom. He is pictured above ;cause the group's on the Web, t * WJKB r K jfeaJStfwjF5 *' Courtesy of Web site nmander-in-chief, considers any "So I think he's not taken very selsly out there in the organized white )remacist movement. In fact, he's [i as something of an embarassment." However, Potok acknowledges that wke's case still should be monitored. "There's always a possibility of some eat," he said. 'Tie's exhorting his folders to build a Nazi revolution. I'm tainly not saying he's going to go out i start putting Jews in gas Cham's, but you never know what one of followers might do." Potok said that, although many hate iups are temporary and largely inictive, they should be taken seriously. "Many people have been killed in s country as a result of this movent," he said. "I would remind the peowho think we should ignore these Is of groups that 168 people were irdered in Oklahoma City in 1995. 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