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2 « The Red ana B'dC' • Tuesday, February 20. 1990
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■ UNIVERSITY
Atlanta resident arrested in frat party fight at Tate. A
mirror was broken and one University visitor arrested when a
number of small fights broke out at the Tate Student Center about
1:30 a m Sunday morning, University Police Sgt Richard Goodson
said Atlanta resident Demitrius Wynn was arrested and charged
with hindering a city official and disorderly conduct, Goodson said.
The fights broke out during an Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity party held
at Georgia Hall in the Tate Center, he said The matter will be
referred to the Student Judiciary and was turned over to the
Interfraternity Council, he said. Alpha Phi Alpha was charged with
damaging property and drug alcohol misconduct. Goodson said
Postponed Mandela march rescheduled for Friday. The
Athens march, scheduled last Friday to support anti-apartheid leader
Nelson Mandela was cancelled due to rain. Sponsored by the African
Student Union, the march is rescheduled for Friday from noon to 1
p m. beginning at the Tate Student Center plaza and ending in
downtown Athens. Mbulelo Mzamane. University comparative
terature pr r and friend of the Mandela family, will speak at
the «rr.d of the march on the struggle ahead in the fight against South
African apartheid Amadou N’Diade, African Student Union cultural
secretary, said the organization will distribute fliers with information
about the march this week.
(AP): Officials assess damage, search for third body .
Federal ar.d state emergency officials were deciding Monday which
co mt.es may reed federal disaster aid as a result of north Georgia
•' «/d:ng that has claimed two and possibly three lives. In fiood-
rc.aged Gordon County, meanwhile, volunteers searched for an
elderly Resaca-area man who authorities feared had drowned.
it es said Buford Ingle, 78, was swept away in the flood waters
Saturday when the boat he and a rabbit-hunting companion were in
overturned on the Oostanaula River; he is presumed drowned.
Lawrence DeVae, 69, <f Smyrna and Joe Crowe, 43, of Summerville
d;ed in the flooding Friday. The state agency was expected to submit
a federal disaster request to Gov. Joe Frank Harris late Monday.
Hams then would request the aid from the federal government, said
Barbara Morgan, the governor’s spokeswoman.
TIFTON (AP): Weekend pass may have led to rape. A
Tift County Jail inmate has been charged with beating and raping a
29-year-old woman while free on a weekend pass. The woman was hit
in the face and head with a large board as she walked along a street
Friday night, then was forced into a wooded area and raped, police
said. Police arrested Ben Lee Chandler, 18, on Saturday and charged
him w-.th rape, aggravated assault with intent to commit murder and
kidnapping. He was returned to the jail and held without bond.
Chandler had beer, in the jail on a misdemeanor loitering offense and
for violating probation on a previous misdemeanor conviction. He had
been released on weekend passes since Christmas, authorities said.
"We don't let people out (who are being held) for murder,” said Tift
County Jail Administrator John Lindsey. ‘He had no history of
violence on his record” prior to the rape arrest.
WASHINGTON (AP): President Bush returns to work.
President Bush ar.d his wife, Barbara, returned on Monday from
three days of relaxation at their oceanside home in Kennebunkport,
Maine. Bush met with National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft in
the morning and then worked for about three hours in the cottage on
the 11-acre compound that he uses for an office, aides said. He made
no public appearances. Bush was to meet or. Tuesday with Vaclav
Havel, the new president of Czechoslovakia, and the first of the new
Eastern European leaders to come to the White House.
TOKYO (AP): Tornado kills 1, wreaks havoc on Japan.
A tornado struck southern Japan on Monday, killing one person,
injuring 13 others and damaging 100 houses, police said. Electricity
for about 4,800 houses was cut off for five hours afler the tornado
knocked down power lines on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, the
Kyushu Electric Power Co. said. Satoshi Nakahara, 54, a carpenter,
was killed when a flying roof tile hit him in the head, according to an
official of the Kagoshima prefectural police. He said 13 people were
injured by flying objects, but none was hurt seriously. Most of the
damage was to roofs and windows, he added. Kyodo News Service
reported the tornado overturned more than 20 cars.
INDONESIA (AP): Suspected WWII bomb kills 3. An
object believed to be a bomb from World War II exploded as four
fishermen were pounding on it, killing three and leaving one missing,
a newspaper reported Monday. Police officer Abdul Malik told the
newspaper Suara Karya that a villager saw the four pounding on a
cylindrical object as he set out fishing on Saturday. The villager said
he had gone only about 220 yards from the four when a huge
explosion sent the fishermen firing. Malik said the object apparently
was an unexploded bomb from World War II. The explosion occured at
Paluh Lembu village, in Belawan, North Sumatra, 875 miles
northwest of Jakarta, the paper said.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The American Association of
University Women will meet
tonight at 6 at the Western
Sizzlin on Baxter Street. Melissa
Selby will speak on dependent
women. All members and guests
are invited.
• Kappa Psi will hold Spring
Rush tonight at 7 at 545 S.
Milledge. All business majors
with a minimum GPA of 2.5 are
welcome. Business attire is
requested.
• The Equestrian Club will meet
tonight at 7 in the Livestock and
Poultry Building.
• The Environmental Health
Science Club will meet tonight nt
7 in Room 305 of the Dairy
Science Building. Bobby Gunter
of Westinghouse-Atlanta is
scheduled to speak. The public is
invited.
• Beyond War-The New
Initiative will meet tonight at
7:30 in the Russell Hall
Conference Room. The upcoming
Sister Miriam lecture trip will be
discussed.
• The Earth Day 1990 planning
committee will meet tonight at 8
in Room 143 of the Tate Student
Center. The public is invited.
• Christian Campus Fellowship
will meet tonight at 7 at 1080 S.
Milledge Ave. A free meal will be
served at 6:15. The public is
invited.
• The Association for Computing
Machinery will meet tonignt at 7
in Room 328 of the Boyd
I Graduate Studies Research
Center. Krys Kochut is
, scheduled to speak on the
I principles and use of Object
Oriented Programming. The
public is invited.
Seminars/Lectures
• A lecture entitled “Psychology
and Nuclear Weapons: Threat &
| Postwar Responses” will be given
today at 3 p.m. in Room 418 of
the Psychology Building. The
public is invited.
• A seminar on the many factors
| which can enhance and inhibit
successful studying will be held
tonight from 5:30 to 7 in Room
| 119 of Clark Howell Hall. No
I prerjgistration is necessary.
Presentations/Recitals
i • David Watkins, a frequent
guest of the Atlanta Virtuosi
Chamber Ensemble, will be
performing the piano in a Guest
Artist Recital tonight nt 8:30 at
the South PJ. The recital is free
and open to the public.
• The Georgia Outdoor
Recreation Program is
resenting ‘John Muir’s Range of
ight: Trekking the Nevadas’
tonight at 7 in Room 213 of
Memorial Hall. The public is
invited.
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Gandhi’s grandson repeats message
of nonviolence; talks of his homeland
BLACK HISTOR U H ONTH
Tr»c» Stenberg B'ach
I would have thought
the students would
have been more active,
but instead it's the
other way around.
-Arun Gandhi
By CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
Staff Writer
Mohandas K. Gandhi’s message
of non-violent change was alive
and well Friday as his grandson,
Arun Gandhi, spoke to about 200
listeners in the Tate Student
Center.
In his speech, Gandhi — who’s
researched racial relations in the
United States since 1987 at the
University of Mississippi — at
tacked racism in the United States,
India and his native South Africa.
He also discussed student apathy
and recalled childhood lessons
taught him by his grandfather.
Gandhi experienced apartheid
firsthand while growing up as a
non-white in Durvan, South Africa.
Concerning Nelson Mandela’s
recent release from prison, he said,
“I am one of the happiest persons
to see Mr. Mandela released. But
I’m still skeptical."
There are so many factions that
I don’t think Mr. Mandela will be
able to bring them all together,”
Gandhi said. “I do hope I am
wrong, though."
Gandhi said he sees the rejection
of the non-violent philosophy in the
fight against apartheid as a hin
drance to the movement.
“By violence, they haven’t
acheived much," he said. ‘Think of
all that wasted energy, all those
young lives wasted."
But Savera Kalideen, a graduate
student in adult education who’s
also from Durvan, disagreed with
Gandhi on this point.
She said many of his points were
“very valid,” but the rejection of the
non-violent philosophy in South
Africa only came after it was
proven unsuccessful.
“He’s trying to sell his own phi
losophy and when it doesn’t fit in, I
think he tries to brush over the
facts, Kalideen said.”
Gandhi said the attitudes at
American universities surprised
him when he came to this country
in 1987.
“I would have thought the stu
dents would have been more ac
tive, but instead it’s the other way
around," he said. “It's young people
who need to voice their concerns.
“If we keep quiet and accept
whatever is dished out to us, then
we deserve what we get.”
Gandhi recalled living with his
grandfather in 1946, when he was
12 years old. The older Gandhi, a
creature of habit, spent every eve
ning between 5 and 6 p.m. with his
grandson, often helping him with
his homework.
Gandhi closed with one of his
grandfather’s lessons to him as a
child.
■ CORRECTION
The subject of a photo in Friday's Red and Black was misidenti-
fied. Pictured in the story "Gym Dogs to face Florida tonight"
was freshman ail-arounder Sandy Rowlette and not Lisa Alicea.
Also in Friday's paper it was reported that Student Association
Junior Sen. John Piedrahita had resigned his SA seat to accept a
spring internship with U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn. He will take the in
ternship but has not officially resigned from SA.
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