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Stye Qfarolftuan Thursday, November U, 1985 "The Student Voice of UNC-G" Volume LXV, Number^^ Anonymous Citizen of South Africa Speaks Out on Apartheid Speaking From Experience By KAREN CARPENTER suft Wriiar Peace Fellowship held a meeting Monday night to diactus what students can do about the situation in South Africa. A spokeswoman who is a citizen of south Africa and has lived there her whole life offered sugges tions and information on the status of the apartheid country. The young lady who requests to be anonymous for the safety of her politically active family in South Africa, says that divest-ment will not completely reform the country. It will cause the whites to pay higher taxes, forfeit some of their luxuries, and look at the world-wide opposition to apartheid. "I have incredibly little respect for American companies in South Africa." She says that these com-panies are there "clearly for (their) own benefit" because labor is cheap. Labor is cheap because black people are con-sidered cheap laborers. Employers do not have a minimum wage to abide by and are there for free to determine what they want to pay their workers. Blacks are employed at low pay rates because they are uneducated, she said. They are uneducated because they have poor schools. Eleven times more money is spent on a white stu-dent than on a black student. Ac-cording to the speaker 85 per-cent of the teachers at black school are under qualified, while only 3 percent of the whites' teachers are under qualified. Blacks are taught In the Afrikaner language, which they do not speak. The speaker il-lustrated the disadvantage of Barbecue Supper Held to Raise Funds for Howard Cob e Vice President Bush Visits High Point By LORRIE 1. CAREY NmUfai Vice President George Bush, addressed over one thousand Republicans at a barbecue dinner to raise funds to reelect Coble to Congress on Friday night in High Point. The $26ahead din-ner was one of a number of events that Bush attended dur-ing his brief visit to North Carolina. Bush arrived at the din-ner a little later than expected because he had stopped to shake hands after he cut the ribbon for the dedication of a new hospital in High Point. After the convocation and pledge of allegiance, the elected officials attending the dinner were introduced. N.C. Governor Jim Martin sat at the head table along with Congressman Howard Coble, newly elected High Point Mayor, Judi Mendenhall, and a number of Republican Party officials. Mendenhall addressed Bush by beginning, "this is truly a red letter day in our community." She welcomed the vice president to High Point and explained to him, "High Point has been Coble country. In 1984 it was Jim Mar-tin country And now, it is also George Bush country." Congressman, Howard Coble spoke after Mayor Mendenhall. "This is some night," began Co-ble. He explained that this was not Bush's first visit to the sixth district of North Carolina. "On* year ago the vice president came to Wake Forest University." Co-ble told Bush that he had the best collegiate rally he had ever been to. Coble concluded his speech by introducing the vice president. Bush rose from his seal amid cheers from many Republican ad-mirers. Looking out over a sea of black and gold balloons, barbecue dinners, and enthusiastic Coble supporters, Bush began his speech with ajoke about the con-try's financial situation, "Jimmy Baker, the Treasury Secretary, told me that the government would run out of money unless the debt ceiling is raised. As you know, the debt ceiling hasn't been raised. When I landed here tonight (in Air Force II). I got a call from Washington. I'm glad to be in my new home state of North Carolina." Bush's first topic was last year's election. "Last year our party took 49 states and kept the Senate, including one of the strongest voices in the Senate, Jesse Helms." Bush continued by saying, "it is absolutely essential we keeD control of the Senate." He pointed out, "in 1984 the American people said 'no' to the Democrats. They said 'no' to the party of despair and 'yes' to the party of opportunity and faith in traditional values. They said 'no' to high inflation and low growth and 'no' to the attitude of 'If it moves, tax it, if it still moves, foreign currency. After a few Tip O'Neil jokes, Bush intimated. 'Tip O'Neil has told me he is not going to be in Congress next year." The au-dience cheered. On a more serious note, Bush said, "We want your help on the balanced budget amendment. If spending were constant and revenue up, there would be no $200 billion deficit, but a $100 billion surplus.The problem is not the revenue, it's the spending." Bush told the audience that if Con-gress can't cut the budget, then let the president cut it using the line item veto. Bush left the discussion of the budget to talk about the Republican party's advocacy of traditional values. He stated we should, "take the control of Bush concluded with a few comments about criminals. "It is time the government paid less at-tention to the rights of criminals and more attention to the rights of victims." In reviewing American actions concerning re-cent hijacking activities where America had taken strong action against those involved with the highjacking, despite the criticism of other countries, Bush explain-ed, "I am proud to serve for a president who doesn't go around apologizing for the United States." He closed by saying, "we are the greatest, freest na-tion on the face of this earth and I am proud to be an American." After the applause for the vice president died down, Mayor Mendenhall presented Bush with a golden key to the city of High REELED HOWARD COWS' HOWARD COBLE (I), George Bask (Ic) a»d Jin Martin (r) la High Pttat. Friday. regulate it, and if it stops mov-ing, subsidize it.' " On a more positive note, Bush clsimed, "more people are employed today than in the history of our country. The prime rate is at nine and a half per-cent." He explained to the au-dience, "the dollar is the key to American competition in foreign trade." By lowering taxes, we can bring the dollar down and make the dollar more equal to American schools out of the hands of administration and put it back into the hands of the parent* where it belongs." The audience cheered in agreement. Bush declared, "our administra-tion is the best supporter of black colleges of any administration in history." In addressing tradi-tional religious values, Bush ex-plained, "schools should open with a silent, simple, voluntary prayer." Point, the furniture capital of the world. Mendenhall said, "Thai key will open all the doors to our city and you are weloosM to come back and visit us any tame." The vice president, governor, and congressman war* reminded they had a private reception in Davidson County to attend and needed to leave. Coble com-mented to the audience as he left, "If I take my eye off the ball, you know where to find me." this by giving an example ap-plicable to the United States. She says this is comparable to the United States becoming bilingual in Spanish and English and then teaching students in German. Blacks are uneducated, some even to the extent that they do not realize what is going on in their country. These blacks believe what their white employers tell them. Therefore, at some riots the unaware blacks fight their own people. "Awareness and education is the crux of the matter. If black people in South Africa were more educated they would have better jobs and better oppor-tunities to improve themselves," she said. "They can only get to that position u* they are more aware." More than in just South Africa, people world-wide need to become aware of what is happen-ing there. "The government is feeling some of the affects of the worlds' eyes looking at South Africa." They are combatting this by a total media block. The idea behind this is 'out-of-sight, out-of-mind'! If Americans divest from com panies with affiliates in South Africa they will not crumble its economy. Problems will result for the whites, but conditions will not become worse for the blacks. Taxes will go up; however blacks do not pay taxes. Investment has already caused prices to rise for items such as gas, milk, and postal fares. She does not think in the long run divesting will make much of a difference but it will have a larger affect than par-tial or not divesting. Some investors of South African IWMII companies, such as UNC-G, seem to take comfort in the Sullivan Principles. The speaker says that these prin-ciples are "inconceivable". They are inconceivable because the government will not allow a com-pany to abide by them. For in-stance, blacks are not permitted to eat or socialize with whites nor would they have the same posi-tion as whites. According to the speaker, blacks are only used as laborers and the whites would not stand for anything else. The Sullivan Principles "are not valid unless the government changes it's views." She says that they are not going tochange their views. "The only way that there could be change is if the Afrikaners backed down and said, 'Okay, black people, you can rule... But there is no way the Afrikaner's going to do that. He fears for his comfort, safety, and existence. The Afrikaner only ex-ists in South Africa. He has no where else to go. He cannot back down." Currently, there are 25 million Progressive Dinner Held By LORRIE J. CAREY N.w. Ksitw The UNC-G Campus Ministries are sponsoring a progressive din-ner Saturday, Nov. 16. The din-ner is open to anyone who is in-terested in getting to know the campus ministries. Cost is 99« phis one cent donation and can be purchased at any of the campus ministries. The dinner will begin with ap-petizers at the Catholic Center on West Friendly Ave. Then students will progress to the Wesley-Luther House where soup will be served. The Presbyterian House will be ser-ving the salad and the Baptist Student Union will be serving the main course. Finally, dessert will be served by St. Mary's House and Hillel on Walker Ave. Reverend Charlie Hawes, of St. Mary's House says, "We are trying to get to know each other so we can begin to work together for the community. We're get-ting together not just to pray, not just to eat, but to work together." resident* of South Africa. Twen-ty million are non-white, either black, Indian, or colored (mixture of black and non-black). Five million are white. Three million of these are Afrikaners, a culture that originated when European settlers came to South Africa m the 1600's. The remaining 2 million whites are English-speaking South Africansand are opposed to apartheid, such is the speaker. Therefore, three million people rigidly rule a country that has 22 million resident* against apartheid. "If you had equal vote, one-man- one-vote, the Afrikaner would not be able to (stay in con-trol)," she noted. Black* are not allowed to vote and voter representation is as follows: 4 white, 2 Indians colored, 0 blacks. So when South Africa's Prime Minister, Roelof F. Botha, gave colored* and Indians a chance to vote it "was the big-gest sham you can possibly imagine." There are three parties in South Africa: the Afrikaner, one even more right wing, and the Progressive Party, which is liberal. However, she says "South Africa is really a black and white issue, the blacks being the Revolutionists and the whites being the Afrikaners." So what is going to happen in South Africa? According to the speaker, revolution. "Apar-theid's got to fall some time and there's only one way it can fall, (revolution)," Thi* fate is becom-ing more evident everyday. Blacks are becoming more angry and aggressive and are more willing to give up their own lives. However, apartheid is continu-ing because of the extreme amount of power the Afrikaners now have. They have command due to their elaborate army. Every white male over 16 years of age must serve at least two yean, and some non-educated blacks make their living by serv-ing in the army. Most of South Africa's tax money goes to the army. They also have riot police who, according to the speaker, break up peaceful riot*, detain leaders without trial, and check to see if black* are abiding the Paaa Law*. Pass Laws require aD blacks to carry at all time* passports stating where they live, work and where they are allowed to be at what time. A black without a valid passport is put in a caged van and taken to prison. The first instance of violence in South Africa occurred March 21, 1960. when a black leader led a peaceful demonstration. They marched, without passports, and sang songs. Riot police shot in the back and killed at least 200 demonstrators. One year later, May 31,1961. white* voted for South Africa to break away from Great Britain and become a Republic. The blacks still do not recognize South Africa as s Republic. "South Africa is a dictatorship. The government has all rights and say," said the speaker. She defines apartheid as racism with See PEACE cont. page 3 INSIDE TODAY'S Caroliiumn EdUorimU EducmtioiuU (!§uli pmtt Up amaf Coming ... Show Choir GoUm CkuiA. .. BUI Schrft Mimic CoUndor .. Semn MurmcT ... TTP Lmm Roc* Sir Lmmhdm Chi Straight Up .... Sport, Smoke Out SporUtU* Rmndtm Ace** .. mmm 1 Be**— prnrn I FUxUU Flmtr ... pmm, I.
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Full text | Stye Qfarolftuan Thursday, November U, 1985 "The Student Voice of UNC-G" Volume LXV, Number^^ Anonymous Citizen of South Africa Speaks Out on Apartheid Speaking From Experience By KAREN CARPENTER suft Wriiar Peace Fellowship held a meeting Monday night to diactus what students can do about the situation in South Africa. A spokeswoman who is a citizen of south Africa and has lived there her whole life offered sugges tions and information on the status of the apartheid country. The young lady who requests to be anonymous for the safety of her politically active family in South Africa, says that divest-ment will not completely reform the country. It will cause the whites to pay higher taxes, forfeit some of their luxuries, and look at the world-wide opposition to apartheid. "I have incredibly little respect for American companies in South Africa." She says that these com-panies are there "clearly for (their) own benefit" because labor is cheap. Labor is cheap because black people are con-sidered cheap laborers. Employers do not have a minimum wage to abide by and are there for free to determine what they want to pay their workers. Blacks are employed at low pay rates because they are uneducated, she said. They are uneducated because they have poor schools. Eleven times more money is spent on a white stu-dent than on a black student. Ac-cording to the speaker 85 per-cent of the teachers at black school are under qualified, while only 3 percent of the whites' teachers are under qualified. Blacks are taught In the Afrikaner language, which they do not speak. The speaker il-lustrated the disadvantage of Barbecue Supper Held to Raise Funds for Howard Cob e Vice President Bush Visits High Point By LORRIE 1. CAREY NmUfai Vice President George Bush, addressed over one thousand Republicans at a barbecue dinner to raise funds to reelect Coble to Congress on Friday night in High Point. The $26ahead din-ner was one of a number of events that Bush attended dur-ing his brief visit to North Carolina. Bush arrived at the din-ner a little later than expected because he had stopped to shake hands after he cut the ribbon for the dedication of a new hospital in High Point. After the convocation and pledge of allegiance, the elected officials attending the dinner were introduced. N.C. Governor Jim Martin sat at the head table along with Congressman Howard Coble, newly elected High Point Mayor, Judi Mendenhall, and a number of Republican Party officials. Mendenhall addressed Bush by beginning, "this is truly a red letter day in our community." She welcomed the vice president to High Point and explained to him, "High Point has been Coble country. In 1984 it was Jim Mar-tin country And now, it is also George Bush country." Congressman, Howard Coble spoke after Mayor Mendenhall. "This is some night," began Co-ble. He explained that this was not Bush's first visit to the sixth district of North Carolina. "On* year ago the vice president came to Wake Forest University." Co-ble told Bush that he had the best collegiate rally he had ever been to. Coble concluded his speech by introducing the vice president. Bush rose from his seal amid cheers from many Republican ad-mirers. Looking out over a sea of black and gold balloons, barbecue dinners, and enthusiastic Coble supporters, Bush began his speech with ajoke about the con-try's financial situation, "Jimmy Baker, the Treasury Secretary, told me that the government would run out of money unless the debt ceiling is raised. As you know, the debt ceiling hasn't been raised. When I landed here tonight (in Air Force II). I got a call from Washington. I'm glad to be in my new home state of North Carolina." Bush's first topic was last year's election. "Last year our party took 49 states and kept the Senate, including one of the strongest voices in the Senate, Jesse Helms." Bush continued by saying, "it is absolutely essential we keeD control of the Senate." He pointed out, "in 1984 the American people said 'no' to the Democrats. They said 'no' to the party of despair and 'yes' to the party of opportunity and faith in traditional values. They said 'no' to high inflation and low growth and 'no' to the attitude of 'If it moves, tax it, if it still moves, foreign currency. After a few Tip O'Neil jokes, Bush intimated. 'Tip O'Neil has told me he is not going to be in Congress next year." The au-dience cheered. On a more serious note, Bush said, "We want your help on the balanced budget amendment. If spending were constant and revenue up, there would be no $200 billion deficit, but a $100 billion surplus.The problem is not the revenue, it's the spending." Bush told the audience that if Con-gress can't cut the budget, then let the president cut it using the line item veto. Bush left the discussion of the budget to talk about the Republican party's advocacy of traditional values. He stated we should, "take the control of Bush concluded with a few comments about criminals. "It is time the government paid less at-tention to the rights of criminals and more attention to the rights of victims." In reviewing American actions concerning re-cent hijacking activities where America had taken strong action against those involved with the highjacking, despite the criticism of other countries, Bush explain-ed, "I am proud to serve for a president who doesn't go around apologizing for the United States." He closed by saying, "we are the greatest, freest na-tion on the face of this earth and I am proud to be an American." After the applause for the vice president died down, Mayor Mendenhall presented Bush with a golden key to the city of High REELED HOWARD COWS' HOWARD COBLE (I), George Bask (Ic) a»d Jin Martin (r) la High Pttat. Friday. regulate it, and if it stops mov-ing, subsidize it.' " On a more positive note, Bush clsimed, "more people are employed today than in the history of our country. The prime rate is at nine and a half per-cent." He explained to the au-dience, "the dollar is the key to American competition in foreign trade." By lowering taxes, we can bring the dollar down and make the dollar more equal to American schools out of the hands of administration and put it back into the hands of the parent* where it belongs." The audience cheered in agreement. Bush declared, "our administra-tion is the best supporter of black colleges of any administration in history." In addressing tradi-tional religious values, Bush ex-plained, "schools should open with a silent, simple, voluntary prayer." Point, the furniture capital of the world. Mendenhall said, "Thai key will open all the doors to our city and you are weloosM to come back and visit us any tame." The vice president, governor, and congressman war* reminded they had a private reception in Davidson County to attend and needed to leave. Coble com-mented to the audience as he left, "If I take my eye off the ball, you know where to find me." this by giving an example ap-plicable to the United States. She says this is comparable to the United States becoming bilingual in Spanish and English and then teaching students in German. Blacks are uneducated, some even to the extent that they do not realize what is going on in their country. These blacks believe what their white employers tell them. Therefore, at some riots the unaware blacks fight their own people. "Awareness and education is the crux of the matter. If black people in South Africa were more educated they would have better jobs and better oppor-tunities to improve themselves," she said. "They can only get to that position u* they are more aware." More than in just South Africa, people world-wide need to become aware of what is happen-ing there. "The government is feeling some of the affects of the worlds' eyes looking at South Africa." They are combatting this by a total media block. The idea behind this is 'out-of-sight, out-of-mind'! If Americans divest from com panies with affiliates in South Africa they will not crumble its economy. Problems will result for the whites, but conditions will not become worse for the blacks. Taxes will go up; however blacks do not pay taxes. Investment has already caused prices to rise for items such as gas, milk, and postal fares. She does not think in the long run divesting will make much of a difference but it will have a larger affect than par-tial or not divesting. Some investors of South African IWMII companies, such as UNC-G, seem to take comfort in the Sullivan Principles. The speaker says that these prin-ciples are "inconceivable". They are inconceivable because the government will not allow a com-pany to abide by them. For in-stance, blacks are not permitted to eat or socialize with whites nor would they have the same posi-tion as whites. According to the speaker, blacks are only used as laborers and the whites would not stand for anything else. The Sullivan Principles "are not valid unless the government changes it's views." She says that they are not going tochange their views. "The only way that there could be change is if the Afrikaners backed down and said, 'Okay, black people, you can rule... But there is no way the Afrikaner's going to do that. He fears for his comfort, safety, and existence. The Afrikaner only ex-ists in South Africa. He has no where else to go. He cannot back down." Currently, there are 25 million Progressive Dinner Held By LORRIE J. CAREY N.w. Ksitw The UNC-G Campus Ministries are sponsoring a progressive din-ner Saturday, Nov. 16. The din-ner is open to anyone who is in-terested in getting to know the campus ministries. Cost is 99« phis one cent donation and can be purchased at any of the campus ministries. The dinner will begin with ap-petizers at the Catholic Center on West Friendly Ave. Then students will progress to the Wesley-Luther House where soup will be served. The Presbyterian House will be ser-ving the salad and the Baptist Student Union will be serving the main course. Finally, dessert will be served by St. Mary's House and Hillel on Walker Ave. Reverend Charlie Hawes, of St. Mary's House says, "We are trying to get to know each other so we can begin to work together for the community. We're get-ting together not just to pray, not just to eat, but to work together." resident* of South Africa. Twen-ty million are non-white, either black, Indian, or colored (mixture of black and non-black). Five million are white. Three million of these are Afrikaners, a culture that originated when European settlers came to South Africa m the 1600's. The remaining 2 million whites are English-speaking South Africansand are opposed to apartheid, such is the speaker. Therefore, three million people rigidly rule a country that has 22 million resident* against apartheid. "If you had equal vote, one-man- one-vote, the Afrikaner would not be able to (stay in con-trol)," she noted. Black* are not allowed to vote and voter representation is as follows: 4 white, 2 Indians colored, 0 blacks. So when South Africa's Prime Minister, Roelof F. Botha, gave colored* and Indians a chance to vote it "was the big-gest sham you can possibly imagine." There are three parties in South Africa: the Afrikaner, one even more right wing, and the Progressive Party, which is liberal. However, she says "South Africa is really a black and white issue, the blacks being the Revolutionists and the whites being the Afrikaners." So what is going to happen in South Africa? According to the speaker, revolution. "Apar-theid's got to fall some time and there's only one way it can fall, (revolution)," Thi* fate is becom-ing more evident everyday. Blacks are becoming more angry and aggressive and are more willing to give up their own lives. However, apartheid is continu-ing because of the extreme amount of power the Afrikaners now have. They have command due to their elaborate army. Every white male over 16 years of age must serve at least two yean, and some non-educated blacks make their living by serv-ing in the army. Most of South Africa's tax money goes to the army. They also have riot police who, according to the speaker, break up peaceful riot*, detain leaders without trial, and check to see if black* are abiding the Paaa Law*. Pass Laws require aD blacks to carry at all time* passports stating where they live, work and where they are allowed to be at what time. A black without a valid passport is put in a caged van and taken to prison. The first instance of violence in South Africa occurred March 21, 1960. when a black leader led a peaceful demonstration. They marched, without passports, and sang songs. Riot police shot in the back and killed at least 200 demonstrators. One year later, May 31,1961. white* voted for South Africa to break away from Great Britain and become a Republic. The blacks still do not recognize South Africa as s Republic. "South Africa is a dictatorship. The government has all rights and say," said the speaker. She defines apartheid as racism with See PEACE cont. page 3 INSIDE TODAY'S Caroliiumn EdUorimU EducmtioiuU (!§uli pmtt Up amaf Coming ... Show Choir GoUm CkuiA. .. BUI Schrft Mimic CoUndor .. Semn MurmcT ... TTP Lmm Roc* Sir Lmmhdm Chi Straight Up .... Sport, Smoke Out SporUtU* Rmndtm Ace** .. mmm 1 Be**— prnrn I FUxUU Flmtr ... pmm, I. |