DECEMBER 5,1986 — THE DECREE — PAGE 3 ' sww Watson observes Apartheid By SANDY MITCHELL Dr. Richard L. Watson III, Associate Professor of history at North Carolina Wesleyan College, visited Cape Town, South Africa !br about one month this past iummer in order to collect ma- ;rial for a book he is writing lout the abolition movement in that country. While there, he conducted most of his research in government archives and libraries, and he got a firsthand account of what Apartheid really is. _ Watson defined Apartheid as, f "a policy which attempts to sepa rate all races from each other except when whites need other races to work for them." It also keeps non-whites very poor and denies them certain political rights and educational opportunities, ac cording to Watson. "This gives the white people of South Africa a continuous work force," Watson stated. Dr. Watson said that the [Apartheid policy was adopted in |1948 by the Nationalist Party. All members of this party arc white and they were voted into power by Ihe minority white population of South Africa, which constitutes inly one fifth of the country’s total copulation of thirty million people. The South African government r of 1986 is very similar to that of f today's communist countries and their racial policies are similar to the way the United States handled slavery in the 1800's. Several days before Watson arrived in South Africa, a state of emergency was declared. Because of this, many activities, such as taking pictures of anything that resembled a dis- trubance, were restricted. Watson said that he did not know if he was being monitored by the secret policy, but that they were every where. The poverty level for blacks in Soutrh Africa is worse than that of the people in the Soviet Union, according to Watson. Black South Africans have to resort to begging in the streets in order to feed their families. Such a state of poverty creatres a tension between blacks and whites that causes blacks to be very cautious of all white people. As an example of the poverty experienced by blacks, Watson re lated a conversation he had. with one black man. The man told him that he was unemployed and (hat he had left his wife and two child ren in another town about 70 miles away in order to come to Cape Town to look for work. The man had no money, his house had no electricity, and he did not have a place to receive mail in Cape Town. According to Watson, most of the black people in South Africa are in a similar condition. Watson, who has studies Africa history and the oppression of black people for 15 years after having first becoming interested in them during the 1950's integration move- 1 Checkmate By THE ARCHBISHOP F j Peekaboo, I see you!!!! This was ^ .Jot exactly a quotation taken from mysterious "Peeping Tom" who ijfa'' been running around at NCWC. 1^: have a problem on our hands. I'his is straightforward, no fun, no pkes. This guy gets off on watching '-lie women in North and Edgecombe v'^ile they shower. ' Definitely not a prankster. I could uinderstand some joker taking the wo- jSen's bath towels while they shower (fr maybe even throwing a bucket of jfce cold water over the shower irtain. Not a bad idea! These types ' things are pranks, but it seems at we have a real molester on our ihds. What happens if he decides to :t more severe? All right! TTiis stuff is really I Js^pening now. Eventually this guy wil^' be caught and hopefully nobody wiil get hurt. How do we take preventive measures for the future? Ifdnk about this! How difficult is it toget on campus at N.C. Wesleyan? liiat's right, your ordinary ax mur- could drive on at any time day ^alght If a serious criminal were to on campus there might not be a second, third, or fourth chance to catch him. Hey, the truth hurts, but I don't want to read any gruesome headlines about NCWC and the peo ple I hang out with every single day. This does not mean pull out your .44 magnum so this peeper can make your day. I saw half of the campus running around with baseball bats before Thanksgiving. The women on this campus are scared half to death. They have even resorted to walking around in groups for protection. It was about 60 people chasing one molester. What are you going to do when you catch him? Smash his head in? Now you're really inviting trou ble. Headlines; Gang of Wesleyan Students Beat Peeping Tom to Death, School closed for good! The bottom line is that security must be upgraded so students don’t feel they have to take matters into their own hands. It wouldn't be a bad start to build security outposts at the front and rear entrances. This way security could monitor who enters the campus. Security at Wesleyan is not a problem for one administrator to handle, but something the entire administration has to look into more deeply. ment in this country, said that the education system of South Africa parallels that of America in the 1800's. Blacks are educated sepa rately all the way through school, and although blacks are allowed to go to college, there are only a few integrated Universities in South Africa. The problems caused by a policy of Apartheid in South Africa seem only to get worse. The economic sactions applied by the United States only seem to anger President Botha and the South African Parliament, and the sanc tions do not appear likely to change the policies of the South African government. According to Dr. Watson, sanctions against South Africa are likely to further alienate the blacks, while at the same time angering the white minority government. The economic sanctions will probably cause prices to rise, and if the prices go high enough it may pressure the government into some kind of change, according to Watson. Watson was able to talk to some faculty members of the University of Cape Town about the sanctions, and one faculty member stated in a letter to Watson that, "the idiots who rule us seem to welcome them (the sanctions)." Dr. Watson did report that he saw a change in some of the white South Africans: "They were very good people, but they will have to share the responsibility for the destruction in South Africa. It is clear that the current situation is intolerable and that things must change. I do not know when it will change, but as long as whites refuse to change, the violence will continue." DR. RICHARD WATSON Lab facilities called * adequate' By PAM HIGGINS \ The lab facilities at North Caro lina Wesleyan are more or less "ade quate" according to Robert Russell Waltpn, Assistant Professor of Bio logical Sciences at Wesleyan. Waltpn feels Wesleyan is not fully up tb date in the supplies needed to study th\ particular types of work. "We have oi^anisms and animals for dissections, but when it comes to the cellular labs, we don't have the equip ment There are plenty of micro scopes and dissection tools but ba cteria samples are also a problem." Walton also feels the students at Wesleyan are being held back in learning due to the lack of better supplies. Also, since Wesleyan is a small school it's harder to gef'up to date labs." Walton feels, the graduate students are more likely to use advanced equipment, instead of just basic classes. "What the problem with newer equipment is the high cost of repairs needed for these labs, ^ such as computers and models." Kim Ross, a biology major at Weslayan feels her "education is being hampered by the lack of lab facilities." There are many steps going on to improve the facilities, including ap plying for Grants."We just finished filling out or application for next year," Walton said. F D istance orce Make It Work SENIORS WANTED FOR MANAGEMENT TRAINEE POSITIONS Planters Bank Recruiter on cam pus in January — Completed cre dential files required. Sign-Up Deadline — Dec. 12 000 Perdue Recruiter on campus in January — Completed credential files required. Sign-Up Deadline — Dec. 12 Summer Employment with Nation al Park Concessions, Inc. Application Deadline — Jan. 15 *** Fall 1987 Internship opportuni ties with U.S. Dept, of State, Wash ington, D.C. Application Deadline — Feb. 15 *** Resume Writing Workshop — Jan. 13 (Free period), 11:20 a.m.- 12:20 p.m., Room 105. Suggested Reading — Making Successful Presentations: A Self- Teaching Guide, by Terry C. Smith. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1984. 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