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2The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, January 22, 1991 Desegregation off South African schools By KYLE YORK SPENCER Start Writer South Africa began its school year this month with the partial desegrega tion of some all-white South African can government is calling a significant sterj toward "an eaual society with no apartheid." But experts warn against .-overemphasizing the change, which one vivrf mIIpH nnthinamnrathan a "crack 1 w , in the dike." , . The opening of 179 previously all white public schools was the result of a , government proposal that permitted limited integration of a white school if ; 80 percent of the parents voted on the proposal and 72 percent approved it. ; Schools which chose the limited deseg MONDAY . 2:00: UCPPS will hold a Careering Ahead Workshop forfreshmen through juniors in 306 Hanes. 3:30: Job Hunt 101: Basic information on how - to use the UCPPS office will held in 209 Hanes. 4:00: Study Abroad announces an information session about our Honors Semester Program at the London School of Economics in 12 Caldwell. 4: 15: Job Hunt 102: Resume Writing Workshop A Special Buy by Us means ... Especially Low Prices on Beautiful Books for You! am fJFFN -J- 19 Quantities are limited! Come browse The Intimate soon for big savings at our Final Reduction Sale! Ob t9ffiQSl(B Downtown on Franklin St. - 929-041 1 DM. 1 n mm regation were predominately in politi cally liberal neighborhoods, according to AP wire reports. U.S. government officials and ex perts on South African affairs all agreed that the step was one more demonstra tion that South Africa is on the irre versible path to the end of apartheid. Yet they also agreed that the process was slow. Most said it was too slow. "(It is) a positive occurrence. Not an occurrence that merits more than a posi tive nod, " said Mark Quarterman, a professional staff consultant of the Af rica subcommittee of the U.S. House Affairs Committee. Allister Sparks, a visiting professor at Duke University from South Africa, said, "It is a partial relaxation of the last will be held in 209 Hanes. 6:30: The Living Learning Program (Lan guage Houses) invites you to come to a Potluck International Dinner tonight. There is one every month, usually the first Tuesday in the month, always on 2nd floor Carmichael. Don't miss the fun. First Wachovia will give a presentation in the UNC Ballroom at the Carolina Inn. The Black Pre-Professional Health Society will A Handsome Selection of Gorgeous Bargain Books at the Lowest Prices Ever! Our buyers made a special trip to New York to poke through every nook in a warehouse full of books to find the best collection of super low-price bargains we've ever had. Books on many, many subjects at 50 to 80 off of their original retail prices! Some titles we've stocked before - now reduced even more! And lots of titles we haven't had all at superbly low prices! Two fn Chape Hf Eastaate ShoDDina Center - 929-0414 And in ffaeign XCT Sutton Square - 6325 Falls of the Vy VI Kin, icq DrnH R7flOC The Individual Insurance Business Unit is the largest business unit within the Prudential family of companies. 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An equal opportunity employer. bastion of apartheid. So that it shouldn't be heralded as a great breakthrough." The U.S. government favors the de segregation plan, but is discouraged that only about 1 0 percent of the 2,000 white public schools welcomed a few non white students, according to an unnamed government official. Among both South African and American experts, there was general recognition that partial desegregation failed to address the demands of black South Africans who would like to see all of South Africa's educational sys tems unified. "Government is still arguing and making the statement that people have a right to be educated in their 'own' schools, and that each race group has a J '4 hold a meeting about summer programsinternships. ECU, MED, N.C. Health Manpower, and the Summer Enrichment Program will represented. The Order of the Bell Tower meets today in Union 206. 7:00: Carolina Fever's first general meeting of the semester is tonight in Manning 209. All members are urged to attend. The Ridgefield Action Project Committee of the Campus Y invites you to come to our first spring meeting in the Campus Y lounge. Come leam about spending time after school with children at local housing developments. The UNC Chess Club meets every Tuesday evening on the 2nd floor of the Union. 7:30: A Self Defense Class sponsored by Women's Issues Committee-Student Government in the South Gallery Meeting Room of the Union. 8:00: UNC Young Democrats will have their first meeting of the semester in Union 206. ITEMS OF INTEREST A Diabetes Support Group is to run for 6 weeks this semester. Call Student Health at 966-6562 to register. Attention business students! ! Delta Sigma Pi, the professional business fraternity, is now holding sign ups for Spring Rush outside of Carroll Hall forsopho mores, juniors and seniors. Rush events will run from Jan. 22 to Feb. 1 . All business students are welcome! La casa espanola esta acceptando solicitaciones para el ano que ciene. Son para todos que quieren aprender mas de la lenguay la cultura espanola. Los solicitaciones se encuentran en Union Desk, Carmichael Desk, o a nuestra programa, "Charlemos," los jueres a los ocho. Preguntas? Llama a Kevin 933 0903. Deadline is Jan. 28. 03 LJLi U ThePrudential WfnT;1 1 II Jj right to be educated in its own language, and according to its own culture and tradition," Sparks said. "The govern ment is still committed to segregated education." According to Heather Jaspen, a South African citizen who moved to the United States three and one-half years ago, commitments to segregation have led to large disparities in funding and the quality of education offered by the dif ferent systems. During a phone interview Sunday, Jaspen said black public schools of fered students fewer benefits. The South African government re Bush this brutal treatment of pilots is a way to muster world support, he is dead wrong," the president said. "And I think every body is upset about it." Cheney said the prisoners' statements "clearly were coerced. ...That is to say these were men who were forced to make these statements and that, in and of itself, is another violation of the solemn treaty obligation that Iraq signed some time ago." The Iraqi diplomat, Shewayish, said at the State Department that his country would abide by Geneva Convention rules governing treatment of PO Ws. He met with Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Robert Kimmitt. Asked about the meeting afterward, Shewayish told reporters he conveyed to Kimmitt Iraq's "deep concern ... about our civilians ... old women and men and children that were targeted by the brutal and savage bombardment, by the American and so-called allied planes." White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the allied attack was di rected at military targets but that, "I'm sure there has been collateral damage." Five days into the fighting, the ad ministration cautioned that Iraq still had a potent military machine despite the pounding of about 8,100 air missions w2h seen as small step cently reported the matriculation rate among white South African seniors last year to be 90 percent. The matriculation rate among blacks was only 36.4 per cent, the lowest pass rate ever among South African blacks. " Quarterman said the limited deseg regation in public schools affects only a few hundred of the 20 million South African blacks and consequently does very little to improve the standard of education for the vast majority of them. Tops Guma, a visiting professor in the African and Afro-American studies curriculum, said President F. W. de Klerk was "passing the buck to parents" rather by the allies. Cheney said Iraq still had an arsenal of hundreds of SCUD missiles, which Saddam has used to attack Israel and Saudi Arabia. But military leaders said they re mained satisfied with the course of the war. "Our casualties have been signifi cantly lower than I think most people MLK Patricia Davis of the Pritchard Av enue Apartments, a local housing project plagued by violent crimes, also linked the national situation to local matters. "All this week we have seen America at war. The enemy name in America is Saddam Hussein. In my neighborhood the enemy name is crack and cocaine. If anyone is thinking that it isn't happen ing in your neighborhood, stick around your neighborhood is next. "It's going to take all of us to wage this war," she continued, referring to the war on drugs. 'There is no military we are the soldiers." The plight of children was the sub ject of a brief speech by Chapel Hill resident Sharon Bennett. "Don't assume that the school system GOODS A Bakatsias Restaurant PASTA PASTA PASTA SEAFOOD SENSATIONS LAMB BEEF FOWL AROMATIC SALADS GOURMET PIZZA FESTIVE BAR WONDERFUL WINES ECCENTRIC ART LIVE MUSIC YOU 919-929-1551 University Square - Lower Chapel Hill, NC A SKEFTTKC'S QUEST St I DONT KNOW RODGER, I JUST NEED REAL PROOF THAT GOD EXISTS! ... WHY DO YOU ASK? ONE MAN'S JOURNEY TO FIND THE TRUTH! lAIEJJOS Ijwmwwry 23, 1991 MernioEical Hcull 8:00 pun than making integration a government policy. Guma is a South African black. "The government is exonerating it self from responsibility," Guma said. "The apartheid system is still going on. But South African government offi cials argue that de Klerk wants to deseg regate the schools with the support of the people. " ; "If the initiative comes from the people, it just works better," said Coen Bezuidenhout, the press secretary at the South African Embassy in Washington. "This allows for a smoother, voluntary change-over to a new system." from page "i anticipated based on historical experi ence," Cheney said. The American Red Cross, reacting to a Pentagon request, said it had scaled back its weekly blood shipments to gulf hospitals from 1 ,000 pints to 400 pints. "They've collected almost too much because there haven't been as many casualties as they had expected," said Red Cross spokeswoman Elizabeth Hall. from page 1 is always right and that your child is always wrong," urged Bennett. "I want somewhere for our children to go, somewhere they can get a softball team, somewhere that they know that we care." A speech by University Police Offi cer Keith Edwards highlighted the rally. "Let no one tell you what you can't do," said Edwards, who filed grievances against the University in 1987 claiming the Campus Police Department dis criminated in its promotion practices. "It has been three years. I am going to push that fight right on. This fight is not a black fight. This fight is about a human being an employee." Following the speeches, rally par ticipants marched down Franklin Street while singing "We Shall Overcome." Lunch entrees from $3.85 Dinner entrees from $5.95 Level
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