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4 « The Red and Black « Tuesday. March 6, 1990
OPINIONS
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"I'm still a Dawg.” —
Gina Tolleson, Miss South Carolina and Miss USA first runner-
up on her plans to continue studies at the University.
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■ EDITORIALS
Meet the Pres.
Tonight’s Student Association meeting will be well
worth attending if University President Charles Knapp
keeps his quarterly commitment to meet with the SA.
SA President Mark Schisler said he has asked
Knapp to talk about the SA’s progress this quarter and
what he would like to see it do next quarter.
This is a gcod chance for students to meet Knapp
and talk to him about what’s happening on campus. He
usually takes questions from the floor. However,
Knapp is not lisely to talk about his candidacy - for
University of Virginia president if he doesn’t cancel his
appearance a: the SA meeting.
Knapp had scheduled a press briefing for
Wednesday, but postponed it Monday because he does
not wish to comment further than his earlier
statements on the UYA invitation. But it never hurts to
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Plenty of other important issues are facing the
University and concerned students should take this
opportunity to discuss them with Knapp. The state
Legislature Is being stingy with education funds that
could raise faculty salaries and fund construction
projects Ask him what he’s going to do with Sigma Chi
fraternity’s final appeal. Ask him how the University
can get SPACENTER funding when so many other
things are needed.
Make the most of this opportunity to be heard by
the man who can make a difference. The meeting starts
at 7:30 in Phi Kappa Hall. Go on over and tell Knapp
f what’s on your mind.
Butt heads
In other business, the SA will discuss a proposal to
ban smoking in the main library’s study lounge. Bonnie
Clemens, assistant director of libraries, said several
students have requested a ban.
Putting aside questions of whether or not the SA
has any authority to make such a proposal and what
will be done with it, the idea is a sound one.
The study lounge is the only area of the library
where food and beverages are permitted and is
supposed to be for all students. Smokers pollute the air
with their foul discharges and make it very
uncomfortable for non-smokers.
Anyone who wears contact lenses is more than
familiar with the discomfort of trying to read, or even
see, in a smoke-filled room, and studies conclusively
show the detrimental effects of second-hand smoke.
If smokers feel an uncontrollable urge to light up,
there’s plenty of clean air outside just waiting for them
to pollute.
The University and the country are moving
progressively toward a healthier society and a cleaner
environment. Banning smoking in the library’s study
lounge is another step in the right direction.
Call again
As the 1990 legislative session winds down, the
state Senate and House continue to battle over
Georgia’s $7.79 billion budget. Fortunately, the senate
added to the house version of the budget several
University system projects and money for three
prisons. This was accomplished by cutting $35 million
from the House’s proposed allotment for developmental
highways. The fight is far from over.
Once more, it’s time to contact your state
representatives. The University community must
ensure the House hears its voice and leaves the
Senate’s additions in tact. Beg, cry, threaten your vote
and cajole area representatives to support education
like they should have all along.
And hurry — only two days left in the session.
k FEW FAMOUS PAIHT1K6 STYLES
Jewry month ignored important issues
The University Hillel hosted World Jewry
Month during February. Unfortunately and ex
pectedly, important issues relating to world
Jewry were ignored.
Ethiopian Jewry Day was only one of the
events that failed to address the larger picture
of world Jewry. First, ye9 I do agree Jews are
oppressed in Ethiopia. But non-Jews are also
oppressed in Ethiopia. More importantly, while
American Jews in Athens are complaining
about the rights of Ethiopian Jews, the Jewish
state of Israel is known to have sold weapons to
the Marxist government in Addis Ababa. One
example of this activity is a recent newsclip in
the Atlanta Journal and Constitution where
State and Defense officials, ‘strongly suspect
that Israel has sent cluster bombs to Ethiopia.’
During World Jewry Month, there was a
black-Jewish student discussion. But Israel’s
intimate relationship with white South Africa
was ignored. The Jewish state’s involvement is
best expressed by one black South African who
writes, "Israel has chosen to support the South
African government, thereby sanctioning the
brutal suppression of our people.”
Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu
was in Jerusalem last Christmas. There he
spoke of the similarities between the Jewish
state and the apartheid government of South
Africa. Tutu has criticized Israel in the past for
having a “monopoly on the Holocaust,”
meaning that world Jewry always puts forth its
suffering and persecution as more important
than those of other people.
Hazar
Gabriel
This “monopoly on the Holocaust” is best
seen regarding human rights in the Soviet
Union. During the 1980s, the U.S. press fo
cused on the plight of Soviet Jews. But rarely
did this press inform us about oppressed Chris
tianity or oppressed Islam. The other God-be
lieving people under Soviet rule were given
little attention.
World Jewry Month would like us to believe
Jews are more oppressed. It doesn’t care to in
form us about the Jewish State selling napalm
to the Salvadoran military. During the 1980s,
this napalm was used on the civilian population
in El Salvador. During the 1980s, it was also Is
raeli advisors who trained the ruthless Guata-
malan army forces. An officer of these forces
wrote an article in one of the armies’ publica
tions. In that article he praised Nazism — a sad
state of affairs when tne Jewish nation abets
those with such ideologies.
The event I found particularly disturbing
during World Jewry Month was the afternoon
that the Georgia Israel Network of University
Students was selling certificates for trees to be
planted in Israel. Israel has a policy of
uprooting and destroying Palestinian trees.
The state focuses on fruit and the beautiful
olive trees. Between December 9, 1987 and May-
Si, 1989 it is estimated that 67,000 mature
trees were uprooted.
Another afternoon Hillel members were
signing up volunteers for the Athens Homeless
Shelter. World Jewry Month didn’t care to ad
dress the issue of house and village demolitions
that are carried out by Israel. These demoli
tions cause homelessness. And Israel has demo
lished thousands of Palestinian homes.
During World Jewry Month, Hillel sponsored
an event where an Israeli general defended Is
rael’s brutality in the West Bank and Gaza. No
regard needed to be given concerning the
human rights record of the Jewish state. If one
is interested about Israel’s human rights
problem, they can read reports by Amnesty In
ternational, the U.S. State Department,
Human Rights Watch, the Israeli League for
Human and Civil Rights, Physicians for
Human Rights and the National Lawyers
Guild, to name a few.
Quite simply, World Jewry Month needs to
address the issues mentioned above. Distortion
of reality doesn’t benefit anyone in the long run.
Hazar Gabriel is a guest columnist for The Red
and Black.
Changing channel won’t change world
Last weekend, my roommate and I journeyed
to Savannah for a long-overdue visit with my
family. After several hours of visiting, we ven
tured out in search of a bar that would quench
our thirsty palates for less than $2 a draft. We
ended up at a bar at the beach, expecting a re
laxing atmosphere.
We ordered our beers and leaned back on our
bar chairs for a laid-back evening of drinking
and conversation. After a few sips of beer, our
attention shifted to the news on TV, showing
the life of Mozambique natives. W’e couldn’t
hear much of what was said, but we were held
captive by the ebony eyes of these half-clothed
natives on the other side of the world.
The focus of the camera dramatically shifted
from healthy African men, women, and chil
dren to lepers and malnourished, disease-
stricken children and then ultimately to a rot
ting, fly-ridden corpse. At this point, voices of
protest were raised in the bar: “Hey someone
change the channel, put on the Miss USA Pag
eant." Someone was there immediately to ac
quiesce to their demands. My roommate and I
couldn’t seem to articulate our anger, shock
and dismay beyond a low rumble between our
selves. These real, suffering people were out
voted with the switch of a hand in favor of
fictional women who put vaseline on their teeth
to make them shine and glue their bathing
suits to their skin so they won’t wrinkle.
Maureen
Maher
My roommate and I spoke of change within
our social and political system in the United
States. I wanted a revolution, but she was a
little more realistic. She spoke of Burroughs
and Kerouac as some of the beat movement in
the 1960s. We wondered what and where our
movement was for the 1990s. Much was said
and thought between us, and we were angry
about something we couldn’t seem to change.
More beer was consumed and the pageant
came to a close with three final contestants who
were asked the deriding question about what
they would do if they became Miss USA. All re
plied with vague and ambiguous statements
about the American dream. One of the finalists,
another Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1 suspect, had
the gall to say that she wanted to support
women in their efforts to become more liberated
and active in politics. 1 agree that women must
work toward this, but how could she say that,
standing up there with her low cut gown, split
up the side — a perfect sex object?
The evening and the pageant ended as Miss
Michigan was chosen — the most beautiful
woman in the United States of America. It
makes one feel pretty damn patriotic, doesn’t
it? She won her title, cried her fake tears, wore
her fake crown and was set upon her plush
throne. I wondered in the back of my mind, how
many of these beautiful people in Mozambique
won in their fight for life. Their tears were real
and the only crown they wore was poverty and
suffering.
I drove the 20 minutes back to my mother’s
house, feeling no better than the people in the
bar who filled themselves on the Miss USA Pa-
gent. As a matter of fact, I felt worse. The omi
nous fact remained, that even though we
recognized the inhumanity, the injustice and
the incongruity of it all, still we passively en
dured it. I went to sleep that night with a bad
taste in my mouth, and when I woke the next
morning, the bad taste was enhanced by the
bitter realization that although the time had
come, the world had not changed one bit for all
that was said and thought that evening at the
beach.
Maureen Maher is a senior English major.
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The Athens City Council will
meet Tuesday night to vote on the
designation of the Hull Street area
as an historic district and the Hull-
Morton-Snelling House as a local
landmark. The Council will also
consider five other sites for land
mark status. Advance reports indi
cate the vote for the Hull-Snelling
House will be close.
The Christian College, which
owns the Hull-Snelling House
property, intends to sell the land to
Holiday Inn, which will demolish
the house and replace it with a
parking lot.
Built in 1842, the Hull-Snelling
House represents an important
part of the cultural history of the
University and the city of Athens.
Asbury Hull, secretary and trea
surer of the University lived in the
house for nearly 60 years. Chan
cellor Charles Snelling and his
family also inhabited the house.
Later, as a freshman, Dean Wil
liam Tate used the front porch to
hide from sophomores out to
“paddle” him. More recently, the
House served as the home of the Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity.
The Student Association Com
munity Affairs Committee and
Athens-Clarke Heritage Founda
tion urge students to voice their
opinions on this issue by contacting
council members at the following
numbers: Mayor Chambers, 357-
6000; Calvin Bridges, 543-0195;
Harry Sims, 543-2676; Cardee Kil
patrick, 548-2023; Linny Bailey,
546-9013; Mac Coile, 546-7779; \C-
riam Moore, 548-0329; Carolyn
Reynolds, 543-5010; Gwen
O’Looney, 543-4430; and Nathan
Williams, 546-0303
Rob Harris
Junior, marketing
Hughes’ letter
In Jon Hughes’ tasteless letter
concerning the passing of UGA IV
he makes offensive statements.
He makes light of an institution
and an animal that meant a great
deal to many at the University.
Hughes also makes a point of in
cluding sick and tasteless barbs
aimed at Athletic Director Vince
Dooley, a man who has brought
nothing but honor, prestige and
tasteless
class to this institution.
Animal rights are indeed an im
portant issue and are worthy of
discussion and action.
But the manner Hughes chose to
deliver his message, ns well as the
occasion on which he chose to send
it, were sadly inappropriate.
C. Darin Parker
senior, history