Thursday, February 28, 1985
The Pendulum
Page 3
News Briefs
Yearbook Pictures
Any student who has not picked up his or her yearbook pictures
from the fall may do so between 10:10 and 11 a.m. Monday and
Wednesday in the yearbook office on second floor Long Student
Center.
Internship Info
Just arrived in the Career Planning Office—information on in
ternships for students in all majors. Specific manuals for Mass
Media and state or federal government agency internships. Includes
summer jobs and those available during the academic year. More
information available from Betsey Savage, director of Career Plan
ning, Alamance 101.
Student Teachers for Fall Semester 1985
Students planning to student teach in the fall of 1985 must have
all application material turned into Mrs. Kay Halbert in Mooney
301 between 8 a.m. and noon on or before April 1.
Get in Shape
Aerobics classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday in Smith
lounge from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.. It is open to guys and girls—classes
are free. Call 584-9041 for more information.
Catholic Mass
The Elon College Newman Society welcomes you to join our
Catholic Mass every Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Large Lounge in Long
Student Center. We also invite you to join us for our weekly
meetings which are held on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. in the lounge
of the Student Center.
’Snoopy’ to be Performed
The Alamance Arts Council and Alamance Civitans presents the
play Snoopy at Williams High School Auditorium on March 7 and
8at7p.m.. Admission is $3. For more information call 229-7840
or 228-8400.
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UNESCO pullout; U.S. to quit UN?
By Dr. Fred Watts
Was the withdrawal from
UNESCO, by the United States,
the first step of a planned
withdrawal from the United Na
tions? To address this question,
let’s look at some evidence.
Certainly the United States has
not lost all internal support for
isolationism, the backbone of our
foreign policy from George
Washington’s presidency to
World War II. Unfavorable
public comments on the burden of
alliances, our share of the U. N.
budget, and the costs of foreign
aid, all reveal that .many
Americans are still advocates of
a return to isolationism.
On the other side, we note that
the withdrawal from UNESCO
was made only after the United
States had provided a year’s
notice of its intention to
withdraw, providing that steps
were not taken before the end of
the year to correct conditions
which the notice stated had sever-
ly handicapped UNESCO’S per
formance. The United States
stated further that if substantial
reforms were made during 1984,
the decision to withdraw would
be reviewed.
That the United States is not
alone in its concern over
UNESCO is shown by the similar
notices of intention to withdraw
given by Great Britain and
Singapore, and warnings by West
Germany, The Netherlands,
Belgium, and Denmark that they
would reconsider their
memberships.
Why not remain in UNESCO
and work for reforms from
within? This question, and the
similar one concerning weaken
ing the U. N. by withdrawing
from one of its agencies, has been
answered by the State Depart
ment with the position that the
United States is committed to the
strengthening and preservation of
the U. N.— not to the preserva
tion of any particular agency —
and that the mismanagement,
politicization of programs (in
cluding establishing “a new
world of information order” for
the regulation of journalism) and
ineffiency of UNESCO had pro
gressed to an extent that the
United States could no longer
support it and withdrawal was
necessary. Also, UNESCO has
agreed to allow the United States
to establish an observer mission
to monitor die agency’s activities.
This decision, made in the face of
opposition from UNESCO’S ’
director-general and his Soviet-
bloc allies, is seen as a hopeful
sign that UNESCO will get back
on track, and the United States
will resume active participation in
its activities.
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