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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.
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