2The Daily Tar HeelThursday, March 9, 1989
World and Nation
Reforms
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flu.
"This is not just a sad story,"
Raleigh said. "The investigative
reporting raised questions about
larger social issues. This is indicative
of the sweeping change in the Soviet
press since Gorbachev took office."
BSM
The congress appeals committee
decided Feb. 21 that the BSM had
no grounds for appeal and that it was
not absolved of its responsibility to
meet deadlines due to its "failure to
keep accurate watches."
After discussion concerning the
appeal for funding, Wednesday
night's meeting continued with the
two presidential hopefuls presenting
their views and responding to ques
tions from the general body of the
BSM.
McLean, a junior history major
from Burlington, said she wants to
restructure the BSM. "I don't think
students want to be a part of a BSM
that is not organized."
Concerning the Black Cultural
Center (BCC), McLean said there
had been notable progress in planning
programming for the center. "But as
far as getting a building, we have
made little progress," she said.
Getting the support of other cam
pus groups is also important to the
success of the BCC, said McLean.
"There are white students who want
a BCC, but they can't help because
Strike
Many Eastern airline counters are
empty because of the lack of workers,
and endorsement is a problem for
students, O'Neill said. American will
probably issue a press release when
they have a response to the proposal
from Eastern.
United Airlines is honoring Eastern
tickets that were written on or before
March 6, said Sara Doraacker, media
relations manager for United.
Discount tickets of a comparable
fare that are on a normal United route
will also be honored, Dornacker said.
American and United both cited
alternatives, like flying standby,
booking a new flight or paying the
difference between a previously
purchased ticket and the next avail
able fare category.
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Leslie was too tired to drive
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Malakhov said the press had been
very active in suggesting reforms and
additions to the new policies. It is
one of the greatest achievements of
the government."
Conservative and liberal publica
tions and their ensuing ideological
battles are being tolerated, Rupen
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they don't understand about what it
is."
McLean has been chairwoman of
the BSM Minority Retention Task
Force and a co-chairwoman of the
BSM Membership Committee. She
is also on the Undergraduate Student
Court and has been a counselor for
freshman camp.
Tanner, a junior English major
from High Point, wants to get more
people involved in the BSM, he said.
"What I want to do is bring everyone
into the BSM. IVe seen that the
general population of students have
lost faith in the BSM."
Tanner, a Campus Y Big Buddy,
wants to establish liaisons with
various student groups, including the
Residence Hall Association and The
Daily Tar Heel, he said.
Asked what could be done about
apparent apathy toward the BCC
among many students, Tanner said
apathy was not the correct term. "I
wouldn't define it as apathy," he said.
"I would define it as a lack of
knowledge of what is going on."
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Students should call their travel
agents before attempting to contact
Eastern Airlines, said Jatta Palbot,
a Chapel Hill travel agent.
Eastern has had to lay off about
8,000 non-union employees since the
strike began.
All but 88 of Eastern's 3,600 pilots
have also left their jobs, said Hank
Weber, a captain for Eastern and
spokesman for the Air Line Pilots
Association.
"The machinists are on strike,"
Weber said. "We are simply honoring
another group's picket line. We are
not on strike. We just refuse to cross
the picket line."
Eastern has made no effort to talk
to the pilots, Weber said.
Moreen lives in
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to the campus
Moreen has access to Granville's computer
room 24 hours a day.
her apartment.
If Moreen has a problem at Granville, there's
always someone on duty to help her.
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Granville offers balanced, nutritional meals.
They also provide diet and vegetarian
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said.
The Soviet Union has been unu
sually open in sharing information
with the West, but the Soviet citizens
themselves have not always been so
fortunate, Rupen said. The Soviet
government released a lot of infor
mation to the West after the melt
down at Chernobyl, but it was very
tightlipped with its own people.
"There have been a lot of close and
careful reports that indicate they've
been freer with information abroad,"
Rupen said. "Local people are con
cerned they feel the government
isn't telling them the whole story, and
it doesn't seem they are."
But the cover-up at Chernobyl
should not be the major issue, Raleigh
said. The meltdown happened at the
beginning of Gorbachev's term and
would be handled very differently
now, only a few years later.
"The people are angered by the
cover-up," he said. "They know it
happened. Now public groups have
delayed the opening and building of
nuclear reactors in the Soviet Union."
An escalating problem with the
Soviets newfound freedom of expres
sion has been nationalist movements,
such as the demonstrations in Arme
nia. When Gorbachev did not
endorse Armenian claims that they
should annex Azerbaijan, the protests
turned against him, Rupen said.
When a Dec. 7 earthquake rocked
Armenia, killing nearly 50,000 peo
ple, Gorbachev rushed back from his
tour of America only to be booed
by Armenians when he arrived, he
said.
"In a very cynical sort of way, the
earthquake in Armenia gave Gorba
chev a chance to get things under
control there," Rupen said.
Gorbachev sent in the army to get
control of the devastated area, and
most of the political dissidents were
arrested under that guise, he said.
But arresting people solely for their
political beliefs is far less common
now, Malakhov said. Last fall the
Soviets released all political prisoners
held in mental institutions, and
American psychiatrists are being
allowed to tour Soviet mental hos
pitals and examine the patients.
Another important aspect of the
openness policy of glasnost is the
rewriting of textbooks and the new
presentation of history.
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"The fundamental problem is not
economic or political the real
problem is moral. They have lied
about their past," Raleigh said.
The history books have been
rewritten, but many Soviet citizens
are seeing the rewrite as a new
orthodox history, Rupen said. They
are incorporating the history into the
party line without further
consideration.
"They've corrected a lot of outright
lies, Rupen said. "We think the truth
is more complex. You can't get at the
truth by just accepting changes."
Textbooks are also being rewritten,
and a Soviet dissident has been
included -on the committee handling
the revisions, he said.
The reform in education has just
started, Malakhov said. "Students
have more voice in what they study,
and student voice is as important as
teachers' voices. Students even have
their own government in the schools
now."
Most Soviets are disturbed to have
the reforms presented as history,
Rupen said. Most of them grew up
believing in policies and politics that
are being disclaimed now.
"They already took away religion,
and now they're destroying faith in
the past and in the party line. They're
knocking away all the pillars, and it's
difficult to see what is left for the
people to believe in," he said.
But Raleigh said that before Gor
bachev there was nothing holding the
people together. Gorbachev has
restored young people's belief in their
nation.
The younger generation is taking
advantage of the new policies and is
increasingly interested in Western
culture.
American and European films are
available in the Soviet Union, and it
is not rare to go to a theater where
you can see anything you want,
Malakhov said. Rock 'n' roll has also
been very influential on Soviet youth
especially with the recent influx
of American and European per
formers, including Billy Joel.
But young people are not at the
center of the changes, Raleigh said.
"It is my view the most important
generation is the generation who
reached adulthood in the mid-'50s
and saw Khrushchev reveal the
horrors of Stalin's reign," he said.
"Now they are in a position of
leadership, and they will not go
back."
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Soviet Jews begin hunger strike
to protest emigration policies
From Associated Press reports
MOSCOW Dozens of Jew
ish women across the Soviet
Union, some joined by their
children, launched a three-day
hunger strike Wednesday to pro
test what they say are arbitrary
Kremlin policies barring their
emigration.
Inside a small, dark apartment
in a pre-fabricated Moscow high
rise, 18 women and four of their
children gathered to begin the
third annual hunger strike organ
ized by a group called Jewish
Women Against Refusal
The hunger strikers, who were
packed into a modest living room,
said they feared that the interna
tional popularity of President
Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms,
known as "perestroika," diverts
attention from their plight.
"We are very" afraid now
because the Soviet Union does
everything possible to attract
attention to perestroika, and many
people across the world are
deceived," said Judith Lurie of
Moscow.
"It's true that many changes
have taken place in this country,
but it's far from being a law
governed state," said Lurie, 46,
who has been refused an exit visa
for 10 years.
Iran threatens British safety
LONDON Britain
announced Wednesday it is expell
ing about 30 Iranians on security
grounds because of Iran's death
threat against novelist Salman
Rushdie. The government also
warned Britons to get out of
Lebanon.
The Foreign Office said the -150
Britons in Lebanon are under
"increased threat" from kid
nappers following Iran's severing
of diplomatic relations with Bri
tain Tuesday over Rushdie's novel,
"The Satanic Verses."
Three Britons are among the 15
foreign hostages in Lebanon.
An Iranian newspaper, Kayhan
International, said the diplomatic
break "will leave its negative
impact on the fate of the British
hostages."
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News in Brief
Tower backed by Bentsen
WASHINGTON Sen. Lloyd
Bentsen on Wednesday became
the third Democrat to support the
faltering nomination of John
Tower as defense secretary, but
Senate Majority Leader George
Mitchell claimed he still has the
votes to reject the nominee.
"I will vote for John Tower's
confirmation," the Texas senator
said on the Senate floor. "And I
hope that when I get the next
chance to talk with John Tower
about the tough job of keeping this
country strong, it will be while he's
in his new office at the Pentagon."
Despite Bentsen's pledge of
support Mitchell repeated his
claim that the full Senate will reject
the nomination, and he led a
chorus of Democrats who called
for a quick vote to end the
rancorous debate that dragged
onward for the fifth day.
Asked earlier in the day if
Bentsen's decision could change
the final outcome, Mitchell rep
lied: "Whatever his decision, I still
have the ample votes."
But Senate Minority Leader
Bob Dole of Kansas said "two
more votes will give us a secretary
of defense, maybe this week."
Racist image haunts Atwater
can Party chairman Lee Atwater I
was portrayed Wednesday as a i
victim of the political symbolism
of Willie Horton, the black convict
Atwater turned into a major issue
against Michael Dukakis in the
1988 presidential campaign.
Atwater resigned Tuesday night
from the board of predominantly
black Howard University after
students occupied the administra
tion building to protest his
appointment.
The vehemence of the student
reaction against Atwater raised
questions of how successful the
new GOP chairman would be in
achieving his goal of attracting
black voters to the, Republican
Party.
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