8 The Daily Tar Heel Friday, September 19, 1986
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94th year of editorial freedom
Jim Zook, Editor
Randy Farmer, Managing Editor
ED BRACKETT, Associate Editor
DEWEY MESSER, Associate Editor
Tracy Hill, News Editor
GRANT PARSONS, University Editor
Linda Montanari, city Editor ;
JILL GERBER, State and National Editor
Scott Fowler, sports Editor
KATHY PETERS, Features Editor
ROBERT KEEFE, Business Editor
Elizabeth Ellen, Am Editor
DAN CHARLSON, Photography Editor
Cryptic code
If the recent revelation that the
Student Congress membership is
unconstitutionally low means any
thing, it's that even bureaucracies can
be human that is, make an honest
mistake. However, it's one mistake
that needs prompt mending.
According to the Student Govern
ment Code, "The Congress shall be
composed of no fewer than one-tenth
of 1 percent of the student population,
and as non-voting ex officio members,
the President and Treasurer of the
Student Body."
By that reckoning, the congress
should have 22 or 23 voting members,
since UNC has 22,781 students. Yet
the congress now has just 19. So, one
is moved to ask, what becomes of
UNC's representative legislature?
Does it simply cease to exist, since its
constitutional code says it doesn't havj
enough members? Can the actions of
that body be considered valid?
Unfortunately, the code provides no
answer. The document merely states
that the congress "shall" contain the
specified amount of members, but fails
to address the consequences if the body
falls short of that number.
Suppose, for instance, that an
organization adversely affected by the
congress allocation of student fees
decides to complain. The group's
members could point to the one-tenth
of 1 percent provision and claim
with legal justification that the
congress is unconstitutional, and that
any measure passed by the body isn't
binding.
To be sure, such a situation prob
ably wouldn't happen. Many campus
organizations seem content with the
funding they receive; those that aren't
probably wouldn't risk the ridicule of
challenging the composition of the
congress on what is obviously a
technicality. Yet the smart bettor
knows that Murphy's Law always
lurks, and that the rule can yield
disastrous results, especially in the
political field.
As one congress member said of the
ambiguous provision which, incred
ibly, has been a part of the code for
several years "It's not really a big
issue." Indeed it isn't at least for
now. That's why an amendment is
needed to clarify the provision as soon
as possible.
Revamp food advisory service?
Year after year, the process of
selecting students for advisory com
mittees has been a controversial point
between UNC administrators and its
students. Perhaps the time is ripe for
changing that process.
Bryan Hassel, student body presi
dent, recently nominated five students
to the Food Service Advisory Com
mittee. But Marty Leary, one of
Hassel's nominees, was given the
thumbs down by the University
administration because of Leary's
"negative attitude toward ARA." It is
not uncommon for nominations to be
rejected. The administrators "wanted
to start off on the right foot with
Marriott." Marriott is UNC's present
food service.
That's fine, especially given the
rocky times of ARA, the previous food
service. And the administrators have
the right to decide who is suitable or
unsuitable for the committee.
Hassel's contention is not so much
over the administration's rejecting
Leary, but because the administration
rejected him without interviewing him
and without reviewing his
qualifications.
Hassel has a good point. The
administration's dismissal of Leary
was not in keeping with the fairness
and open-mindedness that should be
exercised in such proceedings.
The advisory committee is an
important one because, although it is
only advisory, the five students serve
as liaisons in airing student complaints
concerning the food service as well as
aiding in the selection of food prices,
menus an even contractors.
But, as Boulton said, the advisory
committee selection process can be
improved. That's why it's encouraging
to see Hassel come up with another
proposal. Hassel recommends putting
the student body president in charge
of the selection process for these
reasons: "a guarantee of student
autonomy, an increased effectiveness
of the student voice, and as set of
advisory committees that promise to
be active and engaged."
Hassel deserves to be commended
for not pursuing the dead issue of
trying to get Leary nominated, but
rather trying to improve upon the
selection process. Hassel's proposal is
refreshing and raises some good points
about involving students selecting
students for a student committee.
The selection process has been a
"perennial" point of student
administration confrontation for 15
years, as one administrator said.
Hassel is to meet with Fordham Friday
morning. The administration can, as
it has in the past, open its door to
student grievances. Such discussions
needn't be sources of heat, but rather
sources of light.
The Daily Tar Heel
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South Africa ae aggressor, not ally
Recently much has been written to
argue that the United States should
not pressure South Africa verbally,
economically or otherwise. South Africa, it
is argued, is a "repugnant apartheid state,"
but is "anti-communist" and "non
expansionist." Furthermore, our foreign
policy should not be based on morality, but
on self-interest.
The anti-divestment advocates believe
that if we pressure South Africa, we risk
the emergence of a communist South Africa.
North Carolina's senior senator, JesscHelms
(with religious endorsement from Jerry
Falwell) has been particularly eager to praise
the virtues of South Africans "struggle
against global communism." "Helms and
others blame the Russian bear 'for the
conflicts in southern Africa and the violence
within South Africa. They would have the
United States treat South Africa not as a
dangerous aggressor, but as an ally of the
West. Allow me to disagree, for five reasons.
1. South Africa actively and significantly
destabilizes its black neighbors by backirW
guerrilla movements within their bordery
Weapons, training and financing have beep
funneled to Mozambique for the guerrillas
of the Mozambique National Resistance, to
Angola to the National Union for the Total
Independence of Angola (UNITA) and td
dissidents in Zimbabwe and Lesotho.
2. South Africa has also repeatedly
launched military forays into Mozambique,
with whom South Africa has signed a "peace
treaty" and which is desperately trying to
improve ties with the West. South Africa
has also meddled in Zambia, Lesotho,
Botswana and Zimbabwe. The United States
and her NATO allies have repeatedly
condemned these violations of international
law.
3. South Africa has for over a decade
occupied up to one-third of Angola in its
frustrating counter-insurgency war against
guerrillas of the South West African Peoples'
Organization. The country's blatant use of
terror tactics has effectively depopulated
much of southern Angola and led to
widespread famine and economic
disruption.
an Caliinicos
Guest Writer
4. South Africa illegally occupies Namibia
in defiance of the United Nations and the
West. The anti-SWAPO guerrilla war has
killed more than 20,000 Namibians and
South Africans since 1966. Observers inside
South Africa, Namibia and the West have
have often denounced atrocities in the
territory, particularly those perpetrated by
"koevoet" (crowbar) police units.
5. South Africa has waged an intermittent
economic campaign against its neighbors
(particularly Zambia and Zimbabwe),
leading to poverty, hunger and economic
dislocation in the subcontinent. This is
precisely the type of campaign that anti
sanction Western leaders oppose. In 1985,
South Africa even precipitated a coup in
pro-West Lesotho by economically stran
gling the country.
Is this the "malleable ally" with which we
should collaborate out of self-interest? South
Africa will only become a dreaded Soviet
client if we adopt the policy of Helms and
company. If we alienate ourselves from the
black majority, we leave moderate black
leaders with no choice but to become radical.
The bloodshed in southern Africa is taking
place because we are essentially remaining
passive in the face of South Africa's
escalating internal and external aggression;
the oppressed are being driven to violence
by despair and frustration.
I lived in South Africa for nearly two
decades and believe I know the country and
its peoples. The Afrikaners have not been
"malleable" in the past, nor will they be so
in the future. In the 1 830s, the Boer ancestors
of the Afrikaners fled inland from the Cape
Province to escape British political control.
They suffered poverty, disease, native
attacks and cultural isolation in order to be
free to rule themselves. In 1948, they gained
control of South Africa through the
Nationalist Party and they firmly believe
that the only way they can retain their
independence is to maintain their tight grip
on the country.
In 1979, the Botha government formu
lated its "Total Strategy" paper on defense.
In sum, it said all aspects of South Africa's
economy, military and society should be
mobilized in order to meet the "total
onslaught" against the country. Apartheid
would be modified only through cosmetic
changes designed to appease the West. The
South African Defense Force would be used
to bludgeon the neighboring states into
submission should they refuse to cease their
anti-apartheid stance. Reagan tried "Con
structive Engagement" and the Afrikaners
used him while doing nothing to reciprocate.
South Africa's blacks became anti-American
to a significant degree. This is the price of
labeling any non-communist state an ally,
a la Pinochet, Marcos, Baby Doc Duvalier,
the Shah of Iran, etc., ad nauseam.
The internal abuses of human rights on
a gigantic scale are all too well known.
Suffice it to say that the South African
government daily violates the human rights
of millions of its own impoverished,
illiterate, defenseless people. The United
States as a democratic society does not
usually pursue a purely Machiavellian (or
opportunistic Soviet) foreign policy. We
believe that the American revolution, like
the French revolution, espoused universal
ideals.
The founders of the United States of
America fought a revolution and established
a democratic society because, as they said,
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights, that among these are life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Black
South Africans also adhere to a hope that
one day these "truths" might become more
than just American rhetoric.
Sean Callinicos, a UNC graduate from,
Greensboro, is a first-year law student at
Duke University.
A time to care
To the editor:
"One of the attributes of a
truly liberally educated person
is a concern for other people.
Presumably a liberal education
would enable a person to
empathize with another, to
haw compassion and respect
for the rights of other persons. "
Stanley Paulson, former
dean, Pennsylvania State Uni
versity; vice president, Associ
ation of American Colleges).
We believe strongly in Paul
son's assertion. Unfortunately,
women who are victims of rape
or attempted rape often find
little empathy, compassion or
respect from our society.
According to a study by
Mary P. Koss, a psychologist
at Kent State University, one
fourth of today's college
women have been victims of
rape or attempted rape. The
study also found that more
than one-third of the women
raped did not discuss their
experience with anyone. More
than 90 percent did not tell the
police.'
There are more than 10,000
women students at UNC.
According to Koss' figures, that
equals 2,500 people who are
victims of rape or attempted
rape and 833 who will not seek
help in facing rape. What kind
of culture do we live in that we
cannot respect these, people's
rights? What kind of culture are
we that victims of rape and
attempted rape do not feel free
to look to us for help? It is time
to empathize and have
compassion.
Koss' study also found that
many people do not realize
what rape is. Stranger rape
forced intercourse by someone
the victim does not know
typically involves anger and the
urge to dominate and degrade.
It is a show of power through
sex. Numerous incidents have
proven stranger rape a sad
reality on this campus.
Some people begin to mis
understand what rape is when
it is not perpetrated by a brutal
stranger. In an estimated 85
percent of all rapes, the victim
knows the offender hence
the term acquaintance rape.
You, your sister or your friend
could be raped by a neighbor,
fellow student, friend,
employer or lover.
We know rape is a problem
on campus. We know that
people prefer to put the issue
aside. As students at UNC, we
want you to know that you do
have resources: the Orange
County Rape Crisis Center and
Student Health Services are
there to help women confront
rape; Campus Security offers
programs dealing with self
defense and personal safety;
Rape Escort Service provides
a safe way of getting around
campus at night.
We encourage you and your
friends to use these services.
In order for this university
to reach the goal that Paulson
proposes, we must confront the
problem of rape. Rape Action
Project is a group of students,
faculty, staff and townspeople
who are concerned with pre
venting rape. If you are inter
ested in working with us, please
contact Kathy Benazaquin,
assistant dean of students, in 6
Steele Building.
LUCY MCCLELLAN
Junior
English
MARY SCHOLL
Junior
Public Policy Analysis
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The Week
A collection of notable quotes for the
week ending Sept. 19, 1986
National
international
"The gains of the revolution are little by
little being lost. "
Cardinal Jaime Sin, archbishop of
Manila and a strong supporter of Corazon
Aquino, about the current state of affairs
in the Philippines. Aquino began an eight
day visit to the United States Monday to
solicit help for her country.
"If it (terrorism) is not fought without
mercy that would be an intolerable dere
liction of duty by those who are in charge
of security. "
Francois Mitterand, president of
France, hours before the Wednesday
explosion of a bomb in front of a department
store on the Left Bank. The bomb explosion
was the fifth terrorist attack in 10 days in
Paris and killed at least five and injured
about 50.
"I would not make a decision of this
magnitude unless 1 did feel it was God's plan
for my life. "
Pat Robertson, a TV evangelist, who
announced Wednesday he would run for
president if three million registered voters
petitioned him to do so within the next year.
"I am convinced a provocation was
organized by the secret services. In other
words, it was set up."
- Gennadi Zakharov, a Soviet employee
of the United Nations accused of espionage,
about his Aug. 23 arrest.
State Local
" have accepted...(their) decision so far
as 1 have to put someone. else up for the
position, but I don't agree with it. I don't
agree with anything about it. "
Student Body President Bryan Hassel,
about the University's rejection of Marty
Leary's appointment to the Food Service
Advisory Committee. Leary was very
involved in the service task force which was
formed last year to protest ARA, the campus
food service at the time.
"(If I don't win I will be) replaced by
someone who is not willing to take a strong
stand for the principles outlined in the Word
of God. "
An excerpt from Rep. William Cobey's
campaign letter. Cobey later called his
Democratic opponent, David E. Price, and
apologized, saying he didn't mean to
question his faith.
"The University is much in debt for what
he did to bring Radio, Television and
Motion Pictures to the campus and to the
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state.
William Friday, former UNC president,
about Earl Wynn, who died Wednesday
morning at the age of 74. Wynn founded
UNC's RTVMP.
AND SO FORTH
"Well, if we win. I'd think that would
make us 3-0. "
Dick Crum, in an uncharacteristic
display of lightheartedness, when asked what
winning Saturday's game against Florida
State would mean to UNC's football team.
Compiled by Editorial Assistant Nicki
Weisensee, a sophomore journalism major
from Laurinburg.
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