6 The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, April 8, 1986
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Teach students
The shanties are gone.
At the University of California at
Berkeley, it would not have been so easy
to get rid of them. Police resorted to
clubs to force out anti-apartheid pro
testers, injuring 29 people. The students
retaliated by hurling stones, building
barricades and strewing trash cans in the
road. Ninety protesters were arrested,
with more arrests to come in Berkeley
and on other campuses following the
Californians' lead.
In Chapel Hill, however, it was
another beautiful spring day.
Thunderstorms Sunday night brought
some welcome rain, but there was not
a cloud to be seen Monday. One campus
policeman asked the protesters to
abandon the shanties facing South
Building. All but five did. These students
were "arrested," but were released
without being charged an hour later
just in time to go to class. There was
no violence and no harsh language, as
well there shouldn't be.
University administrators are not
seeking a confrontation, but a peaceful
solution. Students supporting divest
ment should reciprocate by not blowing
things out of proportion.
Unfortunately, recent comments by
some members of the UNC Anti
Apartheid Support Group point toward
an escalation of debate into what might
be the type of conflict that has rocked
other campuses like Berkeley.
Some protesters say that the time for
education is over that now is the time
for action. Taking the step from peace
ll(oEfa(olls
i West needs unified approach
With each passing week, the world's
terrorists seem to be winning more often,
which usually brings suffering to the
innocent and those, who prefer more
rational changes.
And just when it seemed that one
nation had been punished for its lead
ership in international terrorism, just
when that nation's leader had been
humiliated before the Western world for
his inane notions about internal waters,
the situation has worsened.
That nation and its leader are, of
course, Libya and Col. Moammar
Khadafy. Behind the bombings lurk
many culpable groups, each zealously
prompt to claim credit for the misery
they inflict on others. But there is little
doubt that Khadafy and the arch-fiend
Abu Nidal have supported the recent
rash of terrorism.
A new policy for dealing with the
colonel and others of a vindictive
perspective is long past due. As a nation
whose security depends largely on its
international interests and diplomacy,
the United States cannot afford to be
bombed out of such strategically impor
tant places as West Berlin. The task that
now faces us is to curb terrorism without
appearing arrogantly imperialistic, an
accusation which has become a favored
terrorist taunt.
Babes, hunks must
CHAPEL HILL Thirty students were
arrested yesterday after refusing to obey
Chancellor Christopher C. Robin's request to
leave Connor Beach.
The students, who were caught lounging
on beach towels, catching rays and playing
volleyball, were released after bond of a case
of suntan lotion was posted and met. The
students have been restricted to dorms and
classrooms.
"UNC is not a circus, it's a school," growled
Major Mauler of the Kampus Kops. "They're
here to get some schoolin', not to have fun,
and that's the bottom line, so far as I'm
concerned."
Chancellor Robin confronted the students,
giving them a noon Monday deadline to leave
the beach, but sophomore Suzy Bareback
could only reply, uYeah, whatever, it's cool,"
before dropping back into limbo-land.
"If 1 can leave my office to get a good
tan, I don't see why they should be able to,"
Robin said.
Henderson Residence College resident
Brian Brewski said he and some other students
had planned to protest the decision at the
next Board of Trustees meeting. "Yeah, but
then, like, we found out, like all their meetings
are inside, man. Cant dig it. 'Sides, we got
a mixer then." The Student Congress plans
to take action on the forced eviction sometime
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DAN CHARLSON. Photography Editor
about apartheid
ful, educational activities to ideological,
confrontational tactics will alienate
supporters from the divestment move
ment and will adversely affect relations
with University Endowment Board
members.
To many students, it appears that the
anti-apartheid protesters are extremists
who are disrupting campus life. The"
board members, by contrast, appear
conciliatory. The AASG is in danger of
being perceived as a group of isolated
radicals, out of touch with the student
body and more concerned with meeting
its standards as an activist organization
than with actually effecting change.
Furthermore, universities such as
Berkeley prove force is a poor means
of communication and is thus counter
productive. UNC endowment board
members, responsible for $100 million,
are not any more likely to respond to
anger and extremism than to well
reasoned arguments. Rather than raising
the volume of the protests, student
activists should strive to increase the
number of students committed to
divestment. This can best be done by
informing students about apartheid, not
through activities that may isolate many
students.
Instead of taking the path to violence
and disruption, the AASG would better
achieve its goals by broadening the base
of its support throughout the student
body. Protesters need to bring other
students into the movement instead of
alienating them.
To prevent this charge from becoming
a reality and to avoid acting like an
international bully, the United States
must enlist the aid of European allies
in resisting Khadafy's madness. The
Reagan administration has fortunately
just renewed efforts to convince Euro
pean leaders of this.
Only when terrorists see an overpow
ering Western unity against terrorism
will it be abolished. Only when the well
being of the terrorists' own people and
nations begin to suffer will they abandon
their random atrocities for a more
peaceful resolution of their complaints.
The only alternatives to this are to
continue accepting the losses or to
personally obliterate Khadafy and other
murderous buffoons. The former is not
really a solution, but the problem. The
latter action, while it hasthe benefit of
enormous and immediate satisfaction,
would only spur terrorists to more brutal
and lethal assaults.
Since nearly all recent terrorist acts
have been launched in Europe, it would
seem only sensible for Europeans to
assist in finding ways to punish any
nation that allows its soil to be a training
ground for terrorists. Europe should not
think of its economic ties with Libya or
any other country, but should seek to
preserve its safety.
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Kampus Kops tore down the volleyball net
after clearing the area. "They're denying our
freedom of speech," said senior Linda Lou
Longlegs. "That net, it's, uh, it's symbolic of,
you know, the, uh .. ."
Scott Carlson, a graduate student in
classics, said he approved of the decision by
Robin to clear the beach. "Maybe now some
of those so-called students will be encouraged
to pursue activities that will develop their
minds, expand their intellectual horizons . . ."
Carlson droned on for several hours about
nothing much in general.
A couple of out-of-state troublemakers
tried to lead the beach bums in choruses of
"We Shall Overcome," but most of the sun
worshippers reacted with apathy and indif
ference, heading over to the Granville Towers
pool.
Robin would not confirm rumors that the
University planned to pave over all grassy
areas on campus with bricks to keep students
from laying out anywhere. "That's something
we're (snicker, snicker) looking into," he said.
"Maybe that would get those damn slugs off
their backs.
S.T.
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Friday morning 1 awoke earlier than usual
and went to accompany the UNC Anti-
Apartheid Support Group at their gath
ering outside the Carolina Inn. The University
Endowment Board had called a special meeting
(at the students' prompting) to vote on divest
ment and scholarship aid to South African
students. I went because 1 ielt that if a large
crowd of students was there, the board would
be more likely to approve divestment.
At first, the meeting was to be open only to
a few student representatives from various
groups. When the board invited our group of
200 into the meeting room, however, we were
pleasantly surprised. The members, six intimi
idating men in suits, motioned us to sit on the
carpet around their damask-covered meeting
table when the chairs had all been occupied. They
showed us the greatest politeness, and we were
quiet and delerential in turn. The chairman spoke
in a friendly and informal manner, asked the
members of the board to introduce themselves
and generally made himself less intimidating. The
board listened to 20-minute arguments from both
sides. Meanwhile. I was thinking how different
they were trom what I'd expected. These were
no hard-headed capitalist swine. These were no
close-minded reactionaries. These were caring
people who genuinely desired to weigh all
arguments before making their decision. One of
them remarked that, as human beings, the board
members had a responsibility to' other human
beings, and everyone in the room applauded him.
faone of these men are extremists liberal or
conservative. All of them value human rights and
justice; likewise, they know that if the University
were to incur a loss from divestment, they would
be partly at fault.
The doors closed, the board had an hour-long
executive session (most of us had expected the
ote to take 10 minutes), and when the doors
were opened, the endowment board had voted
unanimously to delay any decision until April
24, while advisers gathered more financial
information which the board had requested. The
board also voted to explore the matter of
scholarships for South African students.
Blue at the gills
To the editor:
I must admit that giving the
UNC Athlete of the Week Award
to Pervis Ellison was mighty
admirable of The Daily Tar Heel,
considering what he and his
teammates did to UNC in the
NCAA regionals. Yet, I was
slightly appalled at the cheap shots
taken at Duke. I am a UNC
graduate, class of 1983, and of
course, I was rooting for the Heels
all the way. When the Heels lost,
I was very disappointed, but 1
accepted defeat gracefully. 1 then
turned my support to Duke. I even
went to the quad to watch THE
game with all the Dookies.
Let's face it Duke really
deserved to win. They played
impressively all season long. And,
besides, they're family they're
ACC they're part of the Tri
angle. I think that it would have
been rather special to be a part
of the Triangle community and to
be able to boast of three national
championships in five years. (You
remember: 1982, UNC; 1983,
State). And having three out of
the last five national champions
from the ACC wouldn't have been
so terrible either.
Of course, come next year, it's
"Go Heels" all over again. But, for
now, I'm still kinda disappointed
that Duke lost.
Michelle Cartland
School of Medicine
Psychiatry
Unveiling mystery
To the editor:
"Shroud of Turin dated to A.D.
30" was an appropriate news item
for the DTH's April Fools Day
issue, though I tend to doubt that
sentiment was shared by the
article's author. She faithfully
recited Dr. Alan Whanger's
extraordinary claims about the
shroud's age and history, which is
claimed by some to be the burial
cloth of Jesus Christ. Isn't the
journalist supposed to probe, just
a little? Call me picky, but 1 have
a few questions.
Dr. Whanger is a professor of
psychiatry and a self-styled sido
nologist (Shroud of Turin scho
lar). How does one become an
expert in sidonology? What are the
qualifications of his co
researchers? One of Dr. Whanger's
co-researcher is his wife. Did they
meet and fall in love studying
sidonology? I thought reporters
never miss a human interest angle.
Whanger and his co-researchers
found similarities in the image on
the shroud and a carved relief of
a Greek deity dated at A.D. 31.
In the past, they have also seen
similarities between the shroud
and sixth and seventh century
Byzantine depictions of Jesus
Christ on coins and icons. They
argu5 that the carving and the
Byzantine coins and icons were
copied from the shroud. This
hardly dates the shroud or refutes
claims that the cloth is a 14th
century fraud. How does this
dispute the hypothesis that the
shroud was simply copied from the
conventional likeness?
Whanger's fanciful history to
Elizabeth' fono
Guest Writer
1 see clearly why the board voted the way it
did. These moderates, after hearing the argu
ments, voted thus after obviously long deliber
ations. I came away from the meeting feeling
good about them and good about the world.
I had discovered that some of the people taking
care of the University really do care about what
happens to people on the other side of the world
and how their actions affect other people. I went
to lunch to relax and think about the events
of the day and to invent ways to influence the
board to vote for divestment April 24. But when
1 got to the Pit. it was obvious that the group
I'd been with that morning had a different
attitude altogether.
They were having yet another rally for
divestment. I thought wearily, "This is getting
a little redundant," but 1 joined in the chanting
and clapping nonetheless. Then the hysteria
began. Obviously influenced by the events at
Berkeley, the speakers began to talk about their
willingness to be arrested if an attempt was made
to take down the shanties before divestment was
approved. Marguerite Arnold screamed at the
top of her lungs what was supposed to be a
rousing diatribe, but what sounded more like
a tantrum. In general, the group portrayed the
endowment board as unresponsive and close-
minded, as having yet again ignored student
protests and as a bunch of knee-jerk
reactionaries.
Now, I'm about as liberal as a person can get
, without being a communist, but I think last
Friday's events showed that the real extremists
the real knee-jerk reactionaries are many
members of the Anti-Apartheid Support Group.
After all the courtesy the board showed them,
after all the open-mindedness and concern board
members displayed, the AASG showed their
immaturity by carrying on like they did in the
9 i wmmimm m whim i x
explain the cloth's sudden 14th
century appearance in the diocese
of Troyes was actually developed
by lan Wilson in his book, "The
Shroud of Turin." Only a few
.investigators, including pro
authenticity authors, have taken
this unlikely chain of events
seriously. Why do such histories
of the shroud fail to mention the
inquiry undertaken by the bishop
of Troyes? The bishop claimed
that the cloth was "cunningly
painted, the truth being attested
by the artist who had painted it."
Why did the owner of the shroud
' remain silent on how he acquired
it?
There is additional evidence to
support the artist theory. Joe
Nickell, author of "Inquest on the
Shroud of Turin," demonstrated
that a rubbing technique used
since the 12th century produces an
image with many of the charac
teristics of the shroud image.
Nickell's findings are supported by
the work of Walter McCrone, a
forensic microanalyst, who con
cluded that the shroud was "pro
duced by an artist using iron earth
and vermilion pigments in a
tempera medium." McCrone is
best known for demonstrating in
1974 that the "priceless" Vinland
Map of Yale University is actually
a modern forgery of an ancient
parchment. However, it is likely
that sidonologists will continue to
command unquestioning news
stories (usually around Easter)
until carbon-14 dating is permitted
on the shroud.
Allan Rosen
Graduate
Biostatistics
reaily given them much thought.
"(W)hy is the United States
encouraging (OPEC leaders) to
manage their business well?" This
is easily answered. Our oil com
panies (which are again character
ized as the root of all evil) must
be able to search for oil in order
to remain productive. If oil prices
from foreign countries are low, the
oil companies cannot afford to
look, and they cannot afford to
pay employees and they have
a lot of employees. In summer
1985. Exxon was preparing to
construct a pipeline for the trans
portation of carbon dioxide to old,
apparently empty oil wells. The
carbon dioxide would have forced
trapped oil out of these wells. But
OPEC's prices fell, the project was
no longer economical, right-of-way
and surveying teams were left
jobless, and the construction crew
would never see a day's work on
this job. As "any economically
astute person" knows, this affects
the U.S. economy.
And I'm sure you have noticed
(but don't want to admit) Reaga
nomics is working. The economy
was expanding before the price of
oil began its fall. The reasoning
by the government to persuade
OPEC to cut production and raise
prices could only return us to the
expansion of early 1985. Low oil
prices now can be expected to
cause more road trips and more
wastefulness. Sure, oil grows on
trees, but only once every million
years. We still need to conserve.
If we start wasting gas again,
OPEC will be able to hurt us as
they did with price raises in 1973,
1979 and 1980. A return to prices
which would be healthy to both
the U.S. and OPEC economies, if
done soon, could prevent waste
fulness, and only help all countries
involved.
Granted. low gas prices help the
average person who must drive a
lot, but it only gives them a little
extra money which will probably
be fed to their Cadillacs and other
V-8s. Many other people depend
on oil companies for every cent
they get. So, next time you want
to criticize Exxon or Mobil .for
making money (as is the point of
all business) remember that these
Return prices
On Thursday, the DTH once
again presented its thoughtless,
liberal views in the editorial.
"Support V-8's, not oil barons."
This time it wasn't divestment,
another Vietnam, or why Jesse
Helms is an enemy of mankind.
It was U.S. policy toward OPEC.
In the article by an anonymous
member of the editorial staff,
several questions are posed to the
reader. I'm sure these are questions
to which the author doesn't expect
an answer because he has not
Pit. Exactly what you'd call a knee-jerk response.
Friday, those folks (or a lot of them) showed
, that they are a bunch of screaming meemies who
have made a fetish out of divestment and who
could spend their anger and energy on a cause
that has much more direct implications for the
situation in South Africa. You will notice that
' the members of the group considered the most
"dedicated" are those who take the largest part
in the dramas the group stages. It is also notable
that most of the group members were not present
when the endowment board announced the
results of their executive session; they were in
the Pit rallying. It seems they would rather
scream and carry on in public than find out what
is actually happening where the decisions are
being made.
I admit, the theatrics of protest are fun. T"
participated in Thursday's mock funeral march.
I know how it feels to be riled up about a cause.
But the histrionics of the AASG indicate to me
that its members are more excited about making
a spectacle of themselves than they are about
their reason to do so.
Some classmates I have talked to say they think
student support for divestment was higher before
the shanties were constructed, and that the
presence of the shanties has scared many
moderates away from the cause. Arnold was
complaining in the Pit about how small her group
is. It seems likely that her hysterics have alienated
more people from support of divestment than
the UNC College Republicans have in all their
efforts combined. The group is turning people
off of divestment left and right (literally).
Of course. 111 be lambasted by the group for
advising them to be rational. Of course, 111 be
labeled a racist or, at least, a puddle of
, complacency. But 1 just wanted to set the record
straight about who the reactionaries are on this
campus the endowment board or the AASG.
The group has certainly alienated me: Friday
morning, I was considering becoming a member
of the group. Friday evening, I was writing this.
Elizabeth Kane is a freshman botany and
philosophy major from Greenville.
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the average working American.
Winston Lloyd
Freshman
Business
Thanks, folks
To the editor:
The brothers of the Xi Gamma
chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fra
ternity would like to thank the
entire UNC campus and Chapel
Hill community for all the support
given to us in our endeavors to
serve the local area. Because of
your donations and monetary
participation, we were able to
contribute $1,225 to the Sickle-Cell
Anemia Foundation at NCMH.
We were also able to give $200
to a well-deserving freshman for
her academic success.
We thank you not only for your
donation and contributions, but
also for your attendance during
the Blue-White weekend March
20-22. Without your presence at
the Sigma Step Show, the Battle
of the DJ.'s and the Blue-White
Ball, our annual "weekend" would
not have been as successful as it
was. Again, we say thanks.
If at any time we can be of
service to you, please let us know.
Timothy Lucas
President
Xi Gamma chapter, Phi Beta
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