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The Red and Black « Wednesday, February 14, 1990 » 3
Panel discussion centers on
black role in political parties
BLACK HIS TOR IJ MONTH
By STEPHANIE LEAR
Contributing Writer
A panel discussion entitled ‘The
History of Blacks in Politics”
Monday night at the Tate Student
Center evolved into vigorous polit
ical debate between Democrat and
Republican guest speakers.
The Black Affairs Council,
Young Democrats and College Re
publicans sponsored the program
in recognition of Black History
Month. It was designed to discuss
the contributions of blacks in poli
tics, but turned into a debate over
which party is better for blacks.
However, Thomas Glanton,
moderator for the discussion and
BAC community relations co-
chairman, said he was pleased
with the discussion.
Samuel C. Evans, an investment
company president, solely rep
resented College Republicans on
the panel. He said government can
best help black Americans by pro
viding them with a strong eco
nomic base and not giving
handouts.
The government “cannot legis
late people into success” through
welfare programs, Evans said.
'The Republicans have the au
dacity to say ‘We’re not going to
give it to you,’ ” he said.
Richard Thompson, sophomore
agriculture economics major and
one of three Young Democrats pan
elists, said although social pro
grams aren’t as effective as they
could be, blacks are better ofT now
than they would’ve been without
the programs.
“I’m from south Georgia, and I
see things down there that can
only be changed through social pro
grams,’’ Thompson said. ‘When
you hit rock bottom, there’s no
where to go but under the rock.”
“Sometimes you can’t help your
self when you’re that low," he said.
Evans said blacks can’t afford to
give allegiance to one party be
cause the black vote will be taken
for granted.
If all black people were Demo
crats, "nothing could be worse
short of communism,” he said.
However, he stressed that the Re
publican party may not be best for
all blacks.
In contrast, Thompson said his
party is open to all people, not just
the rich.
The Democratic and Republican
panelists agreed that blacks must
become more involved in politics
and make themselves heard.
Benjamin Roundtree, BAC pres
ident, said the council will sponsor
more political discussions this
spring and will coordinate a drive
to increase voter registration
among black students.
Conservationist envisions a
‘decade of the environment’
By NOWELL BERRETH
Contributing writer
The founder and vice president of the International
Wilderness Leadership Foundation said Tuesday af
ternoon that he envys students entering the exciting
“decade of the environment” — a decade that will
shape the future of mankind.
Ian Player, speaking to a crowd of about 150 in the
Forestry Auditorium, said the 1990s will be a pivotal
period concerning the planet’s future, and conserva
tion will have to begin at the local level.
Everyone needs to have a firm commitment to the
environment, he said, to ensure the survival of our
species.
The South African native shared some of the suc
cess stories he has experienced during his 40-year
conservation career, including the rescue of Africa’s
white rhineceros from extinction.
“In 1812, there were over 1 million white rhinoceri
in southern Africa,” he said, “but the white man found
them easy to shoot, and they were hunted almost to
extinction by 1896, much like the passenger pigeon
and bison here in the United States.”
Player led a program to re-establish the white rhi
noceros in its former habitat, drawing on a small
number of rhinoceri that had escaped hunters.
The program succeeded, and today the white rhi
noceros is an extremely profitable tourist attraction
for South Africa.
‘People from the United States and Britain pay
huge sums to hunt them,” he said.
The internationally-known conservationist also
spends some of his time working for world peace by
taking people of different racial backgrounds into the
African wilderness in small groups.
“We take them in the wilderness six at a time and
let them meet each other as people,” he said. “When
they come out, they look at each other differently.
“A lion doesn’t core if you’re from the United States
or Russia,” he said. “He r s just hungry.”
Scott J. Torreano, a forestry doctoral candidate,
said he thoroughly enjoyed the speech.
“I think he represents a lot of people in the natural
resources area that are not household names, but con
tribute very much to natural resources and conserva
tion,” he said. “I wish more people from other
departments in the University had attended.”
Armenians flee from capital
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Armenians by the
hundreds have fled the Tadzhi
kistan capital of Dushanbe to es
cape ethnic rioting that has killed
at least seven people and injured
more than 100, news reports said
Tuesday.
Soldiers in tanks and armored
personnel carriers were reportedly
in control of the central Asian city
1,600 miles from Moscow, but vio
lence was spreading to the sub
urbs, said Anatoly Larenok, a
correspondent for the national
newspaper Vozdushny Transport.
‘There are tanks guarding key
buildings in the center of the city,
and the riots have moved to the
suburbs,” he said.
Violence broke out in Dushanbe
on Monday after rumors spread
that thousands of Armenian refu
gees — already fleeing ethnic
clashes with Azerbaijanis in the
Caucasus — were being given pref
erence for scarce new housing.
There is a chronic housing
shortage in Dushanbe for Tadzhik
families, which traditionally are
large.
Television news Tuesday eve
ning said the ethnic attacks were
continuing, and showed film
footage of bloody clashes between
rioters and rows of police, smashed
vehicles, and shattered storefronts.
Strangers in the mirror
The bright Tuesday afternoon sunshine created a myriad of reflections on the windows of the Tate
Center. The eagle eye of our photographer caught these people's images.
Child abuse bills pass easily
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — A trio of bills in
tended to toughen the state’s re
sponse to child abuse won approval
in the Georgia House, with
Speaker Tom Murphy calling them
some of the most important laws of
the session.
One bill creates a statewide
clearinghouse for information
about child abuse cases, and an
other requires reviews of suspi
cious deaths of children. The third
allows limited access to child abuse
records.
Murphy told House members
that the bills, sponsored by Gov.
Joe Frank Harris’ administration,
could be the most significant of the
1990 General Assembly.
Also Tuesday:
—The House moved quickly to
disagree with Senate-passed legis
lation that would boost the per
diem payment to lawmakers who
live more than 60 miles from the
Capitol from the present $59 to
$85.
—The Senate passed and sent to
the House legislation that would
keep telephone companies from
charging long distance rates for
telephone calls made within the
same county.
—The Senate also passed and
sent to the House administration
legislation that would allow the
suspension or firing of public em
ployees who commit drug crimes.
The child abuse bills were
prompted in part by a series pub
lished last summer by The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution which
pointed out shortcomings in the
state’s response to the problem.
Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-
Decatur, said the statewide clear
inghouse on child abuse cases will
include records on alleged child
abuse victims and their alleged as
sailants, and will mark the first
time the information has been kept
in a central location.
Now, investigators cannot deter
mine whether an alleged assailant
has a past history of child abuse
without checking records in all 159
Georgia counties, she said
Child abuse protocol commit
tees, which exist in all counties,
would be given additional duties to
investigate all suspicious deaths of
children under a second House-
passed bill.
A third allows limited access to
child abuse records for research or
statistical purposes, but stipulates
that no names or other identifying
information can be released.
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