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museum,” she said. “But it’s defi
nitely going to take patience. The
laws have changed because of pa
tience.”
Three protesters against the
rally stood across the street in si
lence, bearing Confederate flags
and gray uniforms.
The Rev. Joseph A. Darby out
lined the NAACP’s protests in his
prayer. Darby said that racial dis
parity still exists, that health care
services are unavailable to the
poor and that state funds are used
to restore Confederate artifacts.
“We pray for both political par
ties,” he said. “Both for
Democrats who take us for grant
ed and Republicans who want to
take us back to the plantation.”
“These seem like basic, rea
sonable demands,” said Nicholas
Perez, a second-year criminal jus
tice student. “The criminal jus
tice system disproportionately
convicts blacks on death row.”
Elizabeth Bakanic, a first-year
student, was skeptical of a more
universal health care system.
“They’d better be ready to pay a lot
more in taxes,” she said. “Though
people in Europe nave tree nealtn
care, they pay about 60 percent of
their income to the government.”
The NAACP also opposes the
possible war in Iraq.
In his comments at Zion
Baptist Church, Sharpton said
that Martin Luther King Jr.
would “join us in opposing an un
just war with Iraq.”
“We are invading Iraq for
weapons we can’t find - and going
to war when we can’t prove
there’s any reason to go to war,”
Sharpton said.
“It’s premature to invade Iraq,
lacking substantial proof from
this current investigation,” said
Michael Cavey, a fifth-year inter
national-relations student.
“France’s proposal to let the in
spections run their course seems
wiser.”
The NAACP continues to re
main committed to combating
racism, which it said is far from
eradicated.
“In spite of Trent Lott’s racist
statements, Bush’s position on af
firmative action, his desire to start
a war with either Iraq or North
Korea and his racist selection of
judges on the court — we shall
overcome,” said the Right Rev.
Joseph Johnson of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
“Racism is less overt than in
the ‘60s,” said Ali Crabb, USC’s
Newman Club president, “but it’s
there. I find it in myself, even, and
I consider myself aware of the is
sues and trying to work against
racism.”
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crease that was gone about the
wrong way,” Shipman said.
Shipman said Patel had vio
lated the
oath he took
to the stu
dent body,
and the sena
tor therefore
called for
Patel’s im
peachment.
l think violating the codes at
an issue that affects every sin
gle member of the student body
and giving nobody else other
than yourself a say — that war
rants impeachment,” he said.
Patel said he didn’t think the
Senate was left out of the process
and called the situation “ridicu
lous,” accusing Shipman of us
ing the subpoena as a “media
ploy.”
“With January being election
season, I wouldn’t be surprised
if he was just getting his name
in the paper over the next few
weeks,” he said.
Patel said he was simply car
rying out the student-activity fee
proposal, which he said was
handed down from the previous
SG adminis
tration, led by
Corey Ford.
He also said
SG conducted
a survey of
student orga
nizations and
found tremen
aous support tor me tee in
crease, and that the increase
contributed to SG’s $15,000 sur
plus.
“I don’t know why they’d
have to (subpoena me),” Patel
said. “I’m there every
Wednesday. By calling it a sub
poena just gives attention to it.”
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