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Protest deserves
4 The UNC Anti-Apartheid Support
Group used an attention-grabber
Monday afternoon that's familiar to
students and faculty. In their fight to
sever UNC investments in corpora
tions doing business in South Africa,
group members erected a shanty in
front of South Building. Camera
shutters clicked, reporters took cop
ious notes and students gawked en
route to class.
: Of course it was a media event.
Rallying public support for such a
noble cause is crucial. The return of
the shanties signifies the strides made
locally and nationally on the divest
ment issue. Thursday's meeting of the
UNC Endowment Board can add
another step in the advancement of the
divestment cause.
: Virtually every constituency in the
University community sides with the
B
ettering athletic scholarship
UNC-system President CD.
Spangler's report to the Board of
Governors was good medicine
albeit a little harsh for athletic
programs throughout the system. And
although it may be difficult, the
University community should realize
that the several suggestions Spangler
outlined have the best interests of the
institutions and athletes in mind.
More colleges and universities
including those in the UNC system
are pressuring the NCAA to revise its
rules on recruitment, season lengths
and other matters of athletic policy.
The concerns focus on the student
athlete's welfare, while ensuring con
tinued fair competition among
universities.
Spangler and his peers across the
nation are striving to bolster protec
tion for the student-athlete. Evidence
abounds that college athletes are
subjected to considerable pressure
from hectic training and game sche
dules. Maintaining a respectable
academic record adds to these
demands a demand that is some
times buried in the process.
Clearly, something must give. Sev
eral recommendations the NCAA
Council will consider in January
would ease an athlete's load. Among
these are shortened seasons, fewer
games and less time allotted for pre
season practice. Each suggestion
would yield more time for the student
to concentrate on schoolwork a
necessary measure to avoid recurrent
reports of poor classroom perfor
mance by those athletes with only one
foot in the classroom.
Are you ready for
How about 7-2 Russian center Arvidas
Sabonis saying, "So Kenny Smith
scored right over me in the World Cham
pionship Games and we lost to the running
dog imperialist Americans? At least I have
myPriazzo."
Sounds pretty farfetched, doesn't it?
Well, if Pizza Hut gets Soviet approval, it
plans to bring pizza to the proletariat with
100 restaurants throughout the U.S.S.R.
And Soviet sports heroes like Sabonis and
pole-vaulter Sergei Bubka should be
naturals to endorse Pizza Hut's
carbohydrate-laden food. After all, this is
the same company which used Marvin
Hagler to sell Pan Pizza.
They shouldn't stop at sports, though.
, What about Boris Pasternak, the Nobel
Prize winner who was recently allowed to
publish after a long literary exile? "When
they told me that some obscure chess
' magazine was going to publish my stuff,"
, Pasternak would say, "I was pretty excited.
But that was nothing compared to the thrill
1 experienced when I had my first Personal
, Pan Pizza. Imagine, a tasty lunch in just
five minutes!"
It gets better, though. Also negotiating
to enter the fast-food wasteland is McDo
'nald's, which already has agreements for
new franchises in communist Yugoslavia
and Hungary. (Will the golden arches be
painted red?) And one can only hope the
. Russian masses will be saved from the sight
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active support
group except the endowment
board. The students spoke through a
campus referendum; the faculty has
spoken via resolutions passed by their
own organizations. Several key admin
istrators including Chancellor
Christopher Fordham and vice chan
cellors Donald Boulton and Farris
Womack now back divestment.
The group constructed the shanty
Monday after gaining Boulton's per
mission (Fordham is out of town until
Thursday). The loss of spontaneity did
not weaken the message because, as
group members stated, confrontation
with supportive administrators is not
the goal.
Dissuading endowment board
members is the goal. Proper means to
reach that goal continued Monday.
Those means should not be needed
after Thursday.
Some other proposals include pro
tecting high-school athletes from
succumbing to a bevy of collegiate'
recruiters. One suggestion would
reduce the recruitment period and the
number of visits allowed for recruiting
football and basketball players. The
intensity of recruiting in those sports
exerts unreasonable pressure on the
most gifted athletes.
Before any academic reforms can
succeed, the big business aspect of
collegiate athletics must be tempered.
The targets of this suggestion are both
athletes and athletic departments, as
cost-cutting is projected for each: For
example, cutting the number of
football scholarships from 95 to 80
over a three-year period; or, reducing
the number of assistant coaches from
nine to seven. Similar cuts are pro
posed for basketball, another big
money sport.
Spangler said he would wait to see
which, if any, restrictions would be
adopted by the NCAA. If the UNC
system imposes new regulations, it
runs the risk of placing itself at a
distinct disadvantage in competition
with other, less-restricted schools.
Thus, the need prevails to convince the
NCAA to hand down alterations for
national athletic norms.
At present, athletes across the
spectrum are torn between athletic and
scholarly responsibilities, often to the
detriment of the latter. These measures
would lead all student-athletes to earn
that distinction, creating the opportun
ity and necessity to value and encour
age scholarship more highly than
athletic prowess.
proletariat pizza?
The Bottom Line
of Mary Lou Retton yelling, "Double
double cheese cheese burger burger,
please!"
There's an interesting question here,
though. Pepsi entered the Soviet Union in
the early 1970's, and Coke brushed aside
the Iron Curtain a little later. (Remember
the RC Cola commercial about those gutsy
Siberian peasants gulping down RC in
secret until the KGB catches up to them?)
So Pepsi has tenure. Pepsi also owns Pizza
Hut. But McDonald's' drink of choice is
Coke. That's the kind of conflict that halts
arms control negotiations.
The view here is that Pizza Hut should
stand tough. They were there first. If Ray
Kroc's heirs want to peddle their fried
burgers, let their customers drink Pepsi.
(Sounds kind of Marie Antoinetteish,
doesn't it?) But when it comes down to it,
the paramount consideration must be
American interests. Used correctly,
McDLT could become a truly potent
bargaining chip.
The real fun will ensue when Burger King
hits the Soviet bloc. No more "Have it your
way" slogans. In Moscow, it will be "Have
it our way or well see you soon in Siberia."
Kind of catchy, isn't it?
SoWh Africa: BMlloMt a
TTt is time for all the rhetoric concerning
South African divestment to stop. Only
JI.by examining the facts of the current
situation clearly and unemotionally can one
make an intelligent decision about
divestment.
First of all, being against apartheid does
not entail that one be in favor of divestment.
We all are against apartheid. The only
question is the best means of disassembling
it. Divestment, however, is not the way.
This may be seen by examining the issue
in depth. Proponents of divestment claim
that such action would be detrimental to
the South African economy, bringing the
system of apartheid crashing down. How
ever, according to The Economist, a
respected British newsweekly, the net effect
of U.S. divestment would probably be a
boost to the South African economy,
because the South African government
would freeze dividend exports, thereby
improving South Africa's capital balance of
payments.
In addition, as U.S. companies flee South
Africa, remaining capital will be available
to native white South Africans at bargain
prices. Instead of having companies like
Ford and IBM firms that have striven
to improve conditions in the country via the
Sullivan principles U.S. influence will
become nil.
The Anti-Apartheid Support Group
claims that by divesting we are helping to
free black South Africa. Ironically, there can
be no doubt that divestment would hurt
blacks. Unemployment would put tens of
thousands of blacks into dire economic
straits. Especially hurt would be blacks in
management positions, hired by liberal
American companies. Their chances of
True gentlemen
To the editor:
I find it ironic and a great
source of amusement that one
of the weakest arguments I
have ever read in the Tar Heel
Forum ("No reply at all," Nov.
12) contained the following
statement from Amber Pratt:
"I don't foresee any possible
refutations but I do invite
them."
Pratt, with her vast know
ledge of life as a sophomore,
has made the gross generaliza
tion that the majority of men
on our campus "openly and
obviously" perpetrate the
"love-them-and-leave-them"
syndrome. I beg to differ. The
author estimates that 80 per
cent to 90 percent of these men,
after taking a lady out and
using her, will never call back.
What kind of bars and par
ties does Pratt attend? What of
her self-image? Is she not in
control of her own destiny? I'm
in control of mine. IVe met
several sensitive and intelligent
men and have gone on to have
fulfilling relationships.
My point i this: If you are
in a situation where men use
you and don't call back, then
it is your fault not the big
bad world's as you are an
adult and responsible for your
own actions. And please don't
attribute your whining, whim
pering, immature attitude to
the gentleman of this fine
institution.
KELLI SMITH-ENGLISH
Junior
English
Misguided attack
To the editor
Michael Broyles, I am
intrigued as to how your Nov.
14 letter ("Another level") can take
one hypothetical social gathering
out of Amber Pratt's letter and
distort the entire letter. I have
witnessed and experienced many
similar occurrences such as the
one Pratt depicted. Your response
to her letter consists of name
DoiiMe-steappiinig douiMe comfort
If you are not cool, stop right here. Don't
read any further. What I, Frances
Turner, known non-conformist, am
about to tell you is the secret to the 'SOs,
the key to continue being as cool as you
are. 1
But this is privileged information. Not for
the athletes who carry briefcases. Not for
the prima donnas who carry those obnox
ious African bags, and certainly not for the
freshman who just takes his notebook to
class. This information in strictly for cool
people. It's a concept brought about by the
same people who steer their bikes by the
seat when walking.
The secret? It's your bookbag, and the
key is to wear it not over one shoulder but
(GASP!) over both shoulders.
1, too, was a one-strap lady for two long
years and chastised those who wore their
backpacks over both shoulders. (They
looked so silly!) My freshman year, I had
the world's biggest crush on a gorgeous guy
but he was like most men he had a deadly
fault. Yes, he was one of THEM. He was
... he was . . . he was a double-strapper.
I couldnt bear to tell him how ridiculous
he looked that's like trying to tell someone
he has lettuce in his teeth. It just wouldn't
be cool. A few weeks ago, I thought I had
a new crush, a great guy in my religion class,
Loefilor Taylor
Guest Writers
finding employment would be severely
curtailed as the Afrikaners take over capital
left behind.
Aside from the economic issues, how do
black South Africans themselves feel about
divestment? We Americans have been
assured by Maki Mandela, daughter of jailed
apartheid protestor Nelson Mandela, and
others that black South Africans are ready
to make the necessary sacrifices for divest
ment. We question this willingness when
blacks participating in the revolution must
be "encouraged" by the African National
Congress with methods including terrorism.
Winne Mandela, Nelson's wife, has said,
"We will win the revolution with our
necklacing and limpet mines," and her
husband, president of the ANC, is not even
recognized by Amnesty International due to
his human rights violations.
According to an August 1984 survey
conducted by Lawrence Schlemmer, a noted
critic of the South African government,
blacks in South Africa oppose divestment
by a 3-to-l margin. Also, Zulu leader
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who represents 30
percent of black South Africans, says,
"Enlightened investment in South Africa
strengthens the forces working for change.
Those who call for disinvestment do so in
direct opposition to black sentiment in
South Africa."
Apart from all these factors (which
basically concern only South Africa), what
calling, generalizing and illogical
ideas.
You cannot assume that all
women who socialize at bars are
"barflys." You also cannot gener
alize that all bar goers are not
engaged in other activities you
mentioned, such as church and
political meetings. I myself have
seen many campus leaders in
these bars and this has not
lowered my opinions of them.
You are attacking the writer
instead of the issue.
Secondly, I feel your entire
concept of a social gathering is
biased against bars. True, people
can meet in the Union, in class
and the library. But let's be
realistic how many individuals
go to these places with the idea
to try to encounter new relation
ships? Personally, I go to the
library to study and to class to
learn, and then to the Union only
n passing for a quick call or
snack.
When most people socialize, I
would bet that the majority first
consider a party or bar. scene,
instead of a political or religious
meeting as you suggested. I also
do not think they consider them
selves to be looking in "the
bottom of sewage pools" to meet
people.
Heaven forbid, I must admit
I not only go to bars but I also
like others I have met in bars.
I would even estimate that, until
the recent change in the drinking
age, over half of the UNC student
body "slithered" into bars.
But as I stated before, you only
attacked the individual instead of
refuting the problem. And the
problem is there.
SUSAN GARRISON
Junior
Political Science
Invalid tests
To the editor:
This letter is in response to
the Nov. 10 article ("Lie detec
tor use may rise, experts say")
in which a private employer
notes that it was very rare for
employees to refuse to take a
polygraph test and extremely
rare for a legal action to be
taken. The coercive nature of
this abusive testing practice is
best illustrated by a statement
Frances Tumor
Guest Writer
but I was astonished to find he wore his
backpack across both shoulders.
HORROR!
As if that weren't enough, I recently
passed another friend of mine, a fraternity
boy, who was doing the same thing. Stop
the world! Did I miss something? Suddenly
I realized it was my destiny to tell all the
cool people about the new thing.
These two demi-gods had shown me the
light and sent me as the first disciple to
spread the word that cool people should
carry their backpacks over two shoulders.
' OK OK. Enough of my personal expe
riences let's get to the real nitty-gritty.
The real reason why two straps ARE better
than one: Everyone on campus is "Busy."
That's the most popular response to "How
are you?" How often do you stop to smell
the roses (besides at Morehead Planeta
rium)? Well, here's your answer. I know
putting that extra strap on and off takes
copout
are some of the effects that would be felt
here in the United States? The first would
be loss of employment for thousands of
Americans. More importantly, South Africa
possesses raw minerals such as chromium
and diamonds that the United States would
have difficulty procuring elsewhere.
Finally, there's the question of Americans
with stock holdings in South Africa. Why
should they be expected to divest from South
Africa and undergo the resulting economic
loss for a policy that would be a complete
failure?
CDs
Oct. 15, Student Congress voted
to call on the UNC Endowment
Board to divest totally from all
companies doing business in South Africa.
While the symbolic gesture of showing
student abhorrence of apartheid by divesting
is undeniable, it would behoove our
government rather to find methods of
increasing our influence in that embattled
country, rather than lessening it.
Students stand to lose by divestment, but
not just in terms of smaller grants, smaller
loans and fewer teachers. We stand to lose
because by divesting, we are washing our
hands of the entire situation and saying
"solve your problems yourself," while we
should be fulfilling our moral obligation of
trying to work for peaceful change in South
Africa. Divestment can only lead to
increased tension between blacks and whites,
and a worsening of the situation, rather than
the transition to democracy that everyone
desires.
William Loeffler is a senior economics
major from Charlotte. Lori Taylor is a senior
senior political science major from
Charlotte.
from former President Richard
Nixon, who once spoke of his
employees: "Polygraph them
all. I don't know anything
about polygraphs, and I don't
know how accurate they are,
but I know they scare the hell
out of people."
If an employee agrees to take
a polygraph prior to employ
ment and later refuses, he or
she may well have waived any
rights to an invasion of privacy
claim. However, those denied
employment for refusing the
test, or employees suddenly
confronted with test demands,
should seek legal advice. There
are serious questions about the
validity of the test.
As Nixon may have guessed,
if you have the hell scared out
of you, you just might expe
rience an aberrational respira
tory rate, blood pressure and
Galvanic skin response. And
when that happens, you might
as well say goodbye to that
"presumption of innocence" we
so dearly cherish.
DOROTHY BERNHOLZ
Director
Student Legal Services
time, but those precious extra moments
could allow you a little procrastination time
so that you can scope out the 250 people
in your econ class. Maybe youll catch the
eye of that cute blonde in pink. It works
the same way as you're leaving a little
more time to ask that special someone to
the all-campus this weekend.
As for comfort, you must agree that the
bag was actually intended to be carried with
both straps and therefore MUST be the most
comfortable worn in that way. How many
times a day do you switch shoulders because
your 789-page history book is so heavy? This
alone could be the reason, but remember
how cool youll look, too.
In addition to comfort, you get freedom
as a reward. You have both hands free to
carry your Diet Coke or to read The Daily
Tar Heel or to hug your crush in the Pit.
To wear your backpack over both
shoulders is to contribute to your non
conformist understanding of what it means
to be cool. Not only is it practical, but it
is THE thing to do; so take that extra
moment, put on that other strap. But hey,
don't everybody do it just the cool people.
Frances Turner is a junior psychology
major from Wytheville. Va.
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