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Saied Azali talks about the situation in Iran
Save the Alaskan lands from greed
A new H.R. 39 Alaska lands
bill, with the same ecologically
protecting amendments as last
years H.R. 39, was introduced
on January 15, 1979 by Con
gressman Morris Udall and
John Seiberling with strong
support from many conserva
tion groups representing the
Alaska Coalition. However,
weaker bills are presently being
accepted and reported in the
House of Representatives' Inte
rior Committee.
One of these threatening bills
is the Huckaby Substitute. The
concept of the National Parks
are lost to the other agencies
with less concern for the pre
servation of the Alaskan wildlife
and wilderness lands. The Na
tional Monuments that Presi
dent Carter set aside last year
would be placed into weaker
and contradicotry management
systems. In addition, Wilder
ness designation would be
slashed by five million acres in
SE Alaska if this bill passes the
Letters to the Editor. . .
Simon needs
help
Dear Editor:
This letter is addressed to all
faculty, staff, and students of
Guilford College';
Three years ago I was the
recipient of one of the College's
Excellence in Teaching Awards.
This included a cash award of
SSOO as well as a great deal of
personal satisfaction. As some
of you may recall from last year,
I used the cash award to
establish an annual award for
teaching assistants called the
Aaron Simon Award. The award
is named for my father, who
spent his career as a high school
history teacher in the core areas
of Buffalo, NY. Conditions
were arduous; his accomplish
ments were enormous. His ef
forts have served as a stimulous
to me throughout my own'
Congress. This bill mandates oil
exploration wtihin the calving
grounds in the Artie Wildlife
Range. Other National Wildlife
Ranges will be deleted, totaling
20 million arces. Right-of-ways
into National Parks and Monu
ments would be allowed, ma
king way for roads and pipe
lines.
The final decisions on the
make-upof the Alaska lands bill,
which ever one is accepted,
begins next week!! Today is the
last chance you will have to
voice your designing one your
self. Our future generations will
thank you.
Following is an example of a
letter supporting the bill:
Dear Representative
Richardson Preyer:
I see a unique chance before
us as a country to protect
perhaps some of the most
precious wilderness areas in the
career, and hopefully may serve
as an example to others as well.
In order to give this award to
a deserving individual (the
award includes a SSO cash
prize), I need your help If you
know a deserving teaching as
sistant, please send me a short
letter recommending this per
son. You should explain why
you are making the recommen
dation, and include your name
(all letters will remain confiden
tial and will be destroyed after
this year's recipient is chosen).
I am particularly interested in
student recommendations,
since you are capable of judging
the effectiveness of a teaching
assistant better than anyone
else.
All letters should be in by
4:30 P.M. Friday, April 6, to my
office (King Basement 27) or to
me personally. They will be
read by a group of three faculty
Who' will make recommenda-
Guilfordian
Azali fears for parents
New Iran threatens rights
By Debbie Baine
Many Americans are not
aware of how fortunate they are
to live in a country whose
Constitution guarantees indivi
dual rights. Recently, there has
been heated controversy over
certain Puritanical religious or
ganizations. Americans have
never suffered anything as se
vere as the present situation in
Iran.
In the name of religion,
millions of innocent • people
have been relentlessly seized on
the orders of the powerful
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini,
whose followers are directed to
kill anyone who opposes the
right of the Islamic Republic to
rule.
The oppressive theory incor
porated into Islamic Law re
quires that one religious belief
dominates: Islam itself.
world. I am referring to the
millions of acres of land still
untouched by man in our great
land of Alaska.
I support the Udall-Seiberling
H.R. 39 Alaska lands bill and
any effort made to reinforce the
amentment described within
the bill. There are other bills;
however, this is by far the most
acceptable environmentally.
As we both know there is a
serious lack of unpolluted, un
harmed, and undisturbed lands
where man and wild animals
can run free, without fear from
the greedy hands of man's
development and exploitation
interests. I would like to see
these remaining lands of Ameri
ca protected for all -time so my
children's children can also
enjoy the pleasures of such
wilderness. It is up to the
powers of our government offi
cials, such as yourself to follow
through and lead us to this type
of future that will benefit all.
Thank you,
tions to me on the basis of
information contained in the
letters.
It is my hope that this award
will serve to promote excellence
in teaching by student teaching
assistants as well as to reward
the diligence of one of their
number who has been particu
larly successful.
Sheridan Simon
Assistant Professor of Physics
More Disco
Dear Editor:
Concerning the much discus
sed disco dilemma -- I have this
advantage, at least, in my mode
of life over those who are
obliged to look abroad for
amusement, to society and the
theater: that my life itself has
become my amusement and
never ceases to be novel.
Thor Rowe
According to Saied Azali, an
Iranian geology major at Guil
ford College, his parents have
been threatened because his
father is an active Christian
missionary in Iran.
Apparently, Azali's father
and the Bishop in Iran tried to
convince Khomeini of the im
portance behind individual
choice of worship Here arises
an absurd situation which
causes the people to fear the
Christian Church.
The Moslems seem to think
that Christians are foreign
spies. Azali claims that there is
no sense of freedom anymore
and that most of Khomeini's
followers are possessed by the
outmoded laws abiding in the
Moslem religion.
Included within these old
moral doctrines are such arc
haeic directives as twenty
lashes for holding hands public
ly with members of the opposite
sex, fifty lashes for kissing
publicly, death for all homosex
uals, separate schools for males
and females, and the prohibi
tion of male teachers for youn
ger girls.
It is a place of utter chaos
because an old man came out of
the hills and proclaimed he
knew how to save his people. As
a further example of how en
dangered the whole country is,
Azali admitted that a close
friend was beheaded for no
apparent reason.
Is there ever a justifiable
excuse for the taking of life
Adults invited to join seminar
Because the number of stu
dents registered for Guilford
College's 22nd annual Seminars
Abroad is smaller than in past
years, there is space available
for adults this summer.
Seminars Abroad, which ope
rates the program at cost, is
offering adults two alternatives.
The first is a 23-day trip
departing from New York May
24 and visiting Paris, Madrid,
Florence, Rome, Bern and
Wengen in Switzerland, return
ing from Zurich June 17.
The second would allow
adults to travel for as long as
Parents and Alumni meet outside Founders
April 4, 1979
no tangible danger to
anyone could be proven? Acts of
this kind are perpetrated not in
the name of religion, but rather
in the name of tyranny.
Azali suggests that these
Iranians have lost all conception
of what loving is. Guns might as
well be toys since they have lost
their value as a political wea
pon
One is not even allowed to
vote by secret ballot as special
guards (notably the Savak,
Iran's secret police) surrounded
the entire area. The voting
procedures demanded that a
complete identity chart be filed
if one chose to vote for the Shah
whereas one could vote for
Khomeini on the green card
with no such repercussions.
Azali foresees the whole Iran
ian population on the verge of
an inflationary period due to the
increase in oil prices and the
decrease in taxes included in
Khomeini's regime.
These examples of Islamic
rule prompt one to ask the
following questions: Should the
old man have come down from
the hills to save this people? Is
this Islamic Republic saving the
people or is this an example of
religion or of tyranny?
In this writer's opinion, one
would have answered these
three questions negatively.
What one can say without a
doubt is that there is a difficult
time beginning in Iran, one that
will not be resolved in the near
future.
they choose with the student
group, visiting Berlin, Lenin
grad, Copenhagan, Amsterdam
and London and returning to the
States from either of those
cities.
Social evenings will be held
with residents of Athens, Mad
rid and Florence.
Claude Shotts, who may be
contacted at Cuilford College
for more details, stressed that
immediate response is neces
sary on the part of interested
adults because of the short
period of time left before the
departure date.