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Volume LXIX, Number 109
Wednesday. March 1,1978

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Visiting hours rise,
satisfies residents

BY THOMAS CLARK
Assistant Managing Editor
and
MEL HOLBROOK
Kernel Reporter

University officials agree the
increased visitation hairs that took
affect last semester have been a
success and report since the new
hours took effect there has been a
decrease in complaints about
housing at UK.

Dean of Students Rosemary Pond,
Vice President of Student Affairs
Robert Zumwinkle and Director of
Housing Jean Lindley said the in-
creased hours have been accepted
and have reduced the number of
complaints received concerning
visitation hours.

The increased hairs came about
when a proposal was presented to
University hOusing officials from a
group of students and staff last year
asking for liberalized hours, said
Zumwinkle.

“The increase was prompted by
the success we had with v'sitatiou
under more restricted hairs and the
reasonable proposal presented by
the students and staff,” said
Zumwinkle.

In the increases, uppa'classmen
dorms were opened up to visitation
Monday through Friday from 7 pm.
to 10 pm. with weekend hours
remaining the same. Freshman
dorms open hours were increased
from 15 hours each weekend to 30
hours (see chart).

Pond said the liberalization of the
open hours have not caused any
problems within the dorms. “I think
it has worked very well. We have
maintained the usual an'et hairs.
There have been no complaints
about noise or lack of privavcy. It’s
been kind of a quiet semester. We’ve
had no problem with the hours."

Despite the success, none of the
officials foresee a further
liberalization for the next two years.

“The hours are reviewed on a two-

year cycle,” said Pond. “It’s not a
policy, just a pattern that has been
established. If someone said review
it again, we would.”

Zumwinkle said he did not see the
hours being reviewed “in the near
future. We’ll keep the present hours
at least a couple of years. But it is
really premature to speculate.
We're just midway through the first
year.”

Students who have complaints
usually make them to their floor
resident advisors, who report to the
area coordinator. Mark Pritchett,
area coordinator for North Campus,
said, “Since there has been a
liberation in hours, ’visitation just
isn’t that big a complaint.”

He said he still receives com-
plaints concerning nbise in the
various dorms. “Noise is one of the
main concerns. Talking in the rooms
late at night, yelling in the halls,
singing in the shower and the like.
Most of the complaints come around
finals time. Students criticize the
R.A.’s a lot for it on the
evaluations.”

Pritchett said the complaints are
usually concentrated in the first
semester with R.A.’s cracking down
during the second.

Among the 18 residence halls
operated by the University (ex-
cluding Cooperstown, Shawneetown
and Commonwealth Village), are
three coed dorms—housing male
and female upper-class students.
Despite protests from residents in
the dorm, two different sets of
visitation are maintained —
internal and externel (see chart).

“They (coed residents) have
liberal visitation hours inside the
dorm. A year ago it was proposed by
residents to make outside visiting
hours compatible with internal, but
we have decided to stay with the
same rules for visitors outside the
hall at all halls.”

Pond and Zumwinkle agreed the
coed dorms have been a successful
part Of the campus housing

program, but doubted any additions
would be made to the program. “The
gena‘al feeling is the coed dorms are
very good," commented Zumwinkle.

A popular rumor that always
makes the rounds whenever housing
is mentioned is that a North Campus
dorm, usually Keeneland Hall, will
be made coed. Pond, however, was
quick to deny the persistent rumors.

“It’s not on the drawing board,”
she said. “We would get a lot of flak.
It is an extremely popular dorm and
always fills up fast.”

In fact, the possibilities for a
fourth coed dorm are dim. “It would
be taking halls from the freshman,"
said Pond “There is such a heavy
waiting list and we always try hard
to house freshman."

Zumwinkle added, “If in the
future we have a long line for coed
dorms without a line waiting for
single sex, then it would be con-
sidered.

Pritchett said he would welcome
the dorm change, although he doubts
it will Occur. “I would love to see a
med dorm on North Campus. It
would go a long way to even out the
male-female ratio on this side” He
said the North Campus ratio stands
at two females per male student.

When asked about the possibility
Of UK ever joining other major
universities, such as Indiana
University, Offering 24-hour
visitation, Zumwinkle said, “I don’t
see it in the forseeable future,
meaning the next 10 years "

Long lists waiting for housing
have plagued the University for a
number Of years as student
enrollment increased. UK has taken
the policy of not building new
housing for fear of over-building.

“We don’t want to be way behind
(student demand)," said Zum-
winkle. “But if you get way ahead,
you end up requiring certain
students to live in the dorms."

Continued on page 6

Geography professor receives
acclaim for 'Atlas of Kentucky’

By GIL LAWSON
Kernel Staff Writer

An atlas of Kentucky, researched
by UK geography professor Paul
Karan, has received an award from
the Chicago Book Trade Clinic for
typographic excellence.

Karan coedited the book, Atlas of
Kentucky, with Dr. Scott Mather, a
geography professor at the
University of Minnesota. Mather is
also an adjunct professor at UK.

According to Bruce Denbo,
director Of University Press, more
than 5,000 c0pies of the book were
sold between Nov. 2 and Christmas
of last year.

The clinic, which Is to display the
book nationwide, singled out
Karan’ s atlas last week.

University. See page 3.

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HOW TO STAY YOUNG at 93: Kernel Reporter Steve Massey has the
ins'de scoop from a retired UK Irofessor who maintains an active role at the

Karan, a native of India, came to
Kentucky in 1956 after teaching at
the University of California and
Indiana University. He has also
worked with the mapping program
at the United Natiors.

Previously, he mapped the Asian
countries of Tibet, Sikkim and Nepal
and wrote other books about the
geographic regions of Asia.

Karan calls Kentucky his adopted
home. “I have lived in other places
in the United States, but I like
Kentucky the most. The people are
nice, the landscape is rich, the
culture is rich and it is an interesting
place for the geographer to work,”
he said."

Work on the atlas began more than
10 years ago. Karan said the staff of
UK’s geography department was

involved in the production of the
book along with other geographers
and institutions.

Atlas of Kentucky contains 142
maps and 150 photographs, Karan
said, which may make it the most
complete state atlas in America.
“No other state I know of has such
an atlas . . . that covers a wide
range of topics,” he said.

The book surpasses a normal
atlas, he explained. It has in-
formation concerning the people,
religions, industry and history Of the
state. “If anyOne has a question
about the state, he can find the
answer in this.”

Karan is now working on another
book, which is to deal with Ken-
tucky‘s role in American history.

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Students seeking learning break
may experience education in Europe

By PAUL CRAYCRAFT
Kernel Reporter

Students wishing to work, study,
or travel abroad next summer or fall
but aren‘t sure how to plan for it,
may find help through the Office of
International Affairs.

The OIP, located in 116 Bradley
Hall, offers advising services to
students interested in going to
another country. According to the
Study Abroad Advisor, Alba Orsi,
“Study abroad is the main focus Of
the Office, and students will be
helped by the advisor to clarify the
choice Of a country and a study
abroad program that will suit his
interests, academic ncerk, and
financial possibilities.

“There are very good American
collegesponsored programs all over
the world for both summer and
semester study," said Orsi. “And
there are also possibilities for direct
enrollment in a foreign university."

Orsi also recommended that any
student wishing to study abroad
should plan far ahead to be able to fit
a study experience into his

academic program.

There is a special reading room
set up in the OIP office to give
students information on air tran-
sportation with the chespest air-
fares, and various booklets such as
“Hints on Eating Abroad” and
“Receiving Mail Overseas.”

Students can also consult a
“Human Resource" reference book
that gives first-hand information
from students who have returned to
UK after an experience abroad.
These students have written about
what they did, how they traveled,
and what they wished they had
known before leaving. Many are
open to talk to students who need
advice

Students who may not think they
have enough money for study or
travel abroad, but who would really
like to be exposed to an European
environment can consider the
working Overseas.

According to Orsi, “You can get a
work permit by paying a moderate
fee of $20 to $30 through the Council
of International Educational Ex-
change, a non-profit student

organization, then legally look [Or a
summer job in England, Ireland,
Germany, or France. Neither OlP
nor CIEE places the student; it is his
or her responsibility to corIsult
summer job directories (which are
available in the OIP library) and
write to prospective employers.”

Orsi added that most jobs are
temporary, low- skilled, and low
paid. Most students get jobs in
places like restaurants, hotels, and
farms. The average pay in our
currency is about $50 a week.

Most countries give some choice of
jobs, but students wishing to go to
Germany are given only one job
choice. They also usually only hire
women because of the types of jobs
they have to offer. Students going to
either France or Germany must be
fluent in the country‘s language.

Orsi urges any students' In terested
in traveling abroad to stOp by or call
her office to find out more and take
advantage of the services the 01?
has to offer. She said “Going abroad
just takes some red tape and some
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state

coy. JULIAN CARROLL extended the deadline for buying I978 license
plates from March I to March 15 and Fayette County car owners appear to
be taking advan tageof the extension, an official said.

License plates were being sold at the rate of 2,500 a day until Carroll’s
announcement, said County Clerk Charles Baesler. Sales dropped to 1,400

“We had been staying open on Saturday to pick up the slack in sales, "
Baesler said. ‘We could have sold almost all of them without the extension.
But some other counties were in worse shape than we were. "

Seventy employees of the clerk's office were at their posts Saturday,
expecting to sell more than 2, 500 licerle plates. Baesler said they sold 1.100,
and all but 100 were sold before noon

A HOUSE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY app-wed a bill to allow Kentucky
drives with suspenrhd licenses to continue driving to and from work

The measure reported out favorably by the Public Utilities and Tran
sportation Committee would provide for a special occupational license to be
used only for commuting to work while a person‘s regular operator‘ s license
is revoked or suspended for excessive traffic violations or drunken driving

The bill has been unsuccessfully pIshed for the past decade and Gene
Hodges, head of the driver's licensing division, said he is still opposed to the

concept.

nation

TONGSUN PARK WAS INTI-IRROGATED for five
hours yesterday about alleged South Korean schemes
to buy influence in Congress, saying the atmosphere Of
the secret session was “very cordial and cooperative."

“I did my best to answer all the questions that were
raised," Park said of the session marked by tight

security.

One committee member, declining to be identified,
described Park‘s opening testimony as “tedious with

no surprises."

Chief Committee Counsel Leon Jaworski told

reporters that

"things went off according to plan

today. We‘re making the type of progress we had

anticipated."

Both .la worski and Park refused to answer questiom
about the testimony, which was given under oath. Park
was accompanied to the session by his attorney,

William Huntley.

world

LNDE R ()RHIHJS PRl-Z SSURE from an embarassed government, the
Spanish army yesterday postponed the trial of six pantomime actors ac
cused of insulting Barcelonian military officers by portraying them as

prejudiced drunks

A lieutnant colonel announced In the courtroom at military headquarters
that the trial of the mimes— members of a Catalan group called the
Jugglers —— would be delayed became all the defendants were not present to
answer the charges A new trial date was not gIven

One day earlier 34- -yearold troupe director Albert Boadella escaped from
police custody and the army said it would try him and any others who did not
show Ip in absentia. Frienth said he had fled to an undisclosed place in

France.

Still, four of the six accused were in court yesterday, and defense attorney
Jose Maria Loperena shouted at the lieutenant colonel that they were ready

to stand trial.

weather

SNOW ENDING TODAY with gradual clearing, high in the mid 30's. But
don't get excited, as increasing cloudiness and a slight chance of rain or
snow is predicted by late tomorrow aftemoon. Cloudy and continued cold
tonight and tomorrow night, lows near 20.

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editorials 8: caravans

Steve ltullinger David lllbbltts Gregg Fields
Editor in Chic! Sports Editor Richard McDmld
Di k (‘abr'lel Jim McNair
t‘ -‘ . Mike Me r
Managing Editor “0b Stauble Betsy Pefiece
Assistant Sports Editor Copy F ditors
Thomas Clark ‘ ‘
Assistant Managing Editor Walter Tunis
Charles Main Arts to Entertainment Editor David O'Neil
Editorial Editor PM“) Manager
_ Nell Fields
Jcnnlfer Garr Assistant Am & JeanneWehns
Sta]! Artist Entertainment Editor Photo Superviao

 

 

For the tobacco industry, times are beginning
to change. If Kentucky cannot change with them,
the state’s economy will suffer the con-
sequences.

Kentucky’s important cash crop is now being
denounced at many levds, especially the federal
government. While smoking is not on the decline,
efforts to restrict it have become stronger each
year.

Congress now is considering nearly 50 bills
that oppose tobacco in some way and HEW
Secretary Joseph Califano has mounted a $30
million anti-smoking campaign.

There have been proposals to raise the federal
eight-cent tax, or me another tax to bring
revenue for curing health problems caused by
smoking. Tobacco research funds have been cut
by $3.1 million, a step that took several hundred

Actually, it was only two weeks that Kentucky
spent away from the No. 1 ranking it recovered
Monday n'ght. But it seemed like an eternity to

the thousanrb of fans who yearnedto see their

team ranked ahead of a team of hogs, or that one
in California that only goes by its initials, or the
team in Milwalkee that used to have a lunatic
for a coach.

So now, barring an upset loss at home to
Nevada-Las Vegas or a shocker to lowly Van-
derbilt in Nashville, the Wildcats will be ranked
in the top spot as they head into the NCAA
tournament March 11 in Knoxville, Tenn.

But is that an advantage? UK mentor Joe B.
Hall has complained all year about complacency
on the part of his charges, that they know they’re
good and would just as soon ooer their Op-

ponents with press clippings than a sticky man-
tor‘nan defense.

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said with all the regularity of a Swiss watch.

And now, because it’s ranked No. 1, Kentucky
will be The Team To Beat. Curt Gowdy and Dick
Enberg and Billy Packer will all go nuts

No. 1 ranking.

'. "‘“‘ ‘catstolaunchabll
“This team lacks the killer instinct,” he has

Tobacco farmers must
accept changing roles

thousand dollars from work conducted at UK.

Producers of oral contraceptives have been
instructed to add warnings against smoking to
their packages, and cigarette advertising ins
been attacked as deceptive propaganda aimed at
children and teenagers.

Most serious of all, to Kentucky farmers, is
continued criticism of tobacco price supports.
The underpinning of the industry is probably in
little danger for the next ten years, but bills that
would abolish it are getting more support and
publicity.

Kentucky farmers and businessmen must
accept the future. As long as tobacco smoking is
a dangerous habit, strict regulatory controls are
inevitable, and should be used. With no signs of a
major scientific breakthrough that would make
smoking safe, efforts to de-emphasize tobacco
must be made.

could hurt

whenever, God forbid, another team takes a one-
point lead over UK. “This certainly is a surprise,
the No. 1 team in the nation being BEHIND,”
they’ll gloat.

Unlike the Slaughterhouse Five team of 1975,
which was the Slaughtered Five in 1974, this
year’s seniors have enjoyed success for four
years. Perhaps they’re not as hungry as that
Grevey-Conner-Flynn-Guyette team. That’s
what Joe B. says.

So maybe it would be better if Kentucky
WASN’T ranked No. 1 going into the tournament.
Everybody knows by now that the time for
bragging rights is over. It’s time to put your
basketball where your mouth is.

The added incentive of shooting for the top
spot, instead of trying to fend Off prospective
upstarts that would have the championship, just
might be that one rk that enables the Wild-
ieg on the NCAA crown,
leaving opponents mangled in its wake, like so
much dog food.

We suggest that Athletic Director Cliff Hagan
call the respective wire services and tell them,
politely, “No, thanks.”

I had intended to try and write a
rather substantive column this week
but, what with outside pressures and
nagging neuroses, I fell shtrt of the
mark by deadline time.

 

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So, this week‘s column is just a
few random notes, personal Ob-
servations and a large apology.

First things first: the apology
Despite whatever else I may be, I
am not a great editor. Typos and
misspellings have been known to
escape my scrutiny, and my typing
is, shall I say, lacking I am lear-
ning, tholgh, and seem to be getting
better. At least, I haven‘t libeled
anyone this semester. Yesterday‘s
edit page, however, did contain one
glaring enor, and the fault rests
squarely with me. Read on.

Bob Hemenway is a profesSOr of
cnglish at UK, and a damned gOOd
one. He also happens to be a
published althor (his most recent
book, Zora Neale Hurston: a
Literary Biography, will be
reviewed here this semester). and
an excellent essayist. Consequently,
we were qu‘te happy to land him as a
regular Kernel columnist. if only on
a monthly basis.

It is not easy for us to get prOfs to
write about touchy issues; they are
scrutinized by department heads
and admin'strators and veeps and
all sorts of other supervisory types,
and must answer to them. Most
would rather just shut up and teach.

imagine, then, the possible con-
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changes the meaning of a column of
opinion, when that column of Opinion
raises more than one question about
the practices Of the columnist’s
employer.

One such editing error popped up
in Bob Hemenway‘s column
yesterday. I have apologized to him,
and now I want to point it out to you.

In his column on “grade inflation"
yesterday, Bob was listing three
“conva'ging phenomena Of the 60’s"
which resulted in that malady.

The first paragraph of that list
read, in part, “Fear Of negative
evaluations led professors to hand
out bad grades, believing that a
student would not express
dissatisfaction with a course that
provided unearned increments for
the GPA.“

Now, anybody with one eye and
half sense (a category from which I
must omit myself for the time being)
could easily see that that should
have read “good grades." I‘m still
not sure how I made the change in
the course Of typing his column into
our computer, but I regret any
confusion it may have caused.

Once again: sorry, Bob.

i would like to take this op
portunity to add my name to this list
of those citizens who are somewhat
disgusted by the mom rantings of
the people who call themselves,
variously, "pro-life“ or “right-to
life“ advocates.

It seems abundantly clear to
me — and I'll not deny the
possibility of my own ignorance —
that the most significant issue at
stake ‘s the right of a woman to
make decisions regarding her own
body. The question of moral
obligation to recognize the unar-
ticulated rights Of the unborn seems
all too reminiscent Of Phillip Roth‘s
Our Gang.

Some random scratchings
in place of substance

I say, let the individual woman
decide, and let her fight whatever
moral battle there is to be fought —
privately.

I would like to call your attention
to a recent happening in the en-
tertainment world that you may
have missed. It seems the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
missed it, too, though.

I am deeply chagrined that the
new film version Of the classic novel
Boatmen From Taiwan was com-
pletely Overlooked in the
nominations for the Oscar awards.
Boatmen, a literary masterpiece by
the enigmatic Walter Tunis, sur-
vuved the transition from paperback
to celluloid rather bulkily: the film
is over four hours long.

it will probably be some time
before you get a chance to see the
film version of Boatmen, but if you
get that chance, seize it. There are
some superb performances turned
in by actors Tina Louise, Barry
Manilow, Speedo Bal and Dick
Gabriel (who portrays the great
(Taptian Omar Kinsman).

The film was shot entirely on
location in Taipei and in the Pacific,
and the scenery is beautiful. The
brilliant directing also lends shine tO
a wholly polished production.

While the identities of the film‘s
director and chief cinematographer
have not been made public —the
whole project was shot, astonishingly
enough, in secret—rumor has it
that it was the work of the
mysterious and reclusive “Bigtime,
inc,“ those Dylanesque, much
sought after masters of words and
pictures.

(‘harles Main. journalism
sophomore. is the Kernel editorial
Editor. His column appears every
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kaxkbomm'

Why are the studalts who live in
dorms on the UK campus being
subjected to this “ungodly” punish-
merit?

Why do the Resident Advisors
have orders to keep people from
using their own or rented elictrical
appliances? I admit that the energy
crisis is getting to the point of “red-
line,” but do the students at UK have
to pay for it?

In Haggin Hall, where I live, we
have been told that we cannot use
the following: hairdryers,
refrigerators, televisions, stereos or
more than one electric clock per
room. This is ridiculous!

I am paying money for the use of a
refrigerator but yet I cannot use it. I
own a stereo and a cheap hairdryer
but these items are Off limits also. If
I am caught using one of the above,
that appliance will be taken away.

To most sensible people, this
seems a bit outrageous. The thought
of peOple telling me that I cannot use
something that doesn’t hurt anyone
else — or even myself — makes my
blood boil!

Doug Bush
Music freshman

Would foot bill

Sarah Cobb, in the Friday, Feb. 24
Kernel, insinuated that the sole
obsession of the pro-life people is to'
abolish abortions and that they have
no interest or responsibility for the
welfare of the child after it is born.

I’m writing this letter to set the
record straight. It is true that pro-
life peOple are concerned with
eliminating abortions. However,
contrary to Ms. Cobb‘s insinuation,
they do have a keen sense of
responsibility toward the welfare Of
children whose lives would be
spared by abolishing abortions.
Although I feel adoption is a valid
alternative, a number Of other Op-
tions exist. There are organizations
throughout the country (as well as
here in Lexington) whose sole
purpose it is to inform pregnant
women of these options and to offer
financial, medical and psychological
aid to them after the birth of their
child.

If the tax dollars being paid out for
abortions would be directed to

organizations such as these, poor
women could receivebetter prenatal
care and counseling. Thus, there
would be no need (as she says) “for
children of the poor to be born with
defects directly attributed to the
poor health and bad prenatal care of
the mother.”

I personally would be willing to
“foot the bill” with tax revenue to
help support these women in their
need rather than pay for the sen-
seless death Of children whose
parents arbitrarily elect to take
their lives.

When discussing individual rights,
you should also bring up the in
dividual rights of the unborn child. It
is his (or her) right to live regar-
dless of whether he (she) is defec-
tive or unwanted. If you deny them
that right, who is to say that you or I
have a right to live right now.

Judith H. Drummond
Arts and Sciences junior

lenfibufionlhh

I must take exception to your
recent editorial concerning ticket
distribution. To attack a system
which has proved fair and equitable
during two years of operation on the
basis of an extraordinary demand
for one game and under the guise Of
protecting the health of a ffew
diehard fans is ludicrous.

As One who has suffered the biting
effects of winter while waiting in the
masses for each game for the past

two years, I have yet to be disap-
pointed with my seating; and only
once have I arrived before 8 a.m.

The “few" good seats you mention
must be limited to the first 10 rows Of
sections 31 and 32, Otherwise you
have no case. There are 1500 seats in
the lower level available on Sun-
days. Rarely have all these seats
been allotted before noon.

None Of the alternatives you list
are as fair as the present system.
There is not another building where
two or three thousand students could
be handled in such a way. Lotteries
might work but there would be more
complaints, as it would take mqny
hours each time. A single
distribution would create empty
spaces when season ticket holders
left for vacations and weekends.
Furthermore, students might wait
for up to a week for the one
distribution, proving very unfair.

instead Of a change, perhaps a
charge for admission to the coliseum
before a specified time could be
made to pay a PPD employee to
open the coliseum sooner.

I think Deans Williamson and
Burch, as well as the other peOple
involved in the ticket distribution
process, should be applauded for
devising and administering the
present system. They have done a
ggreat job under very difficult
circumstances and deserve more
than the abuse they receive every
Sunday from belligerent and in-
considerate students.

David R. Rubin
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Protest the massacre of
Moslem citizens in Iran

According to the US. news media,
the Shah’s armed forces ruthlessly
supressed a popular demonstration
by Moslems on Saturday, Feb. 18, in
Tabriz —— the second largest city in
Iran.

Accordingto the New York Times,
at least six people were killed and
125 were injured in the demon-
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massacre in Qom early last month.
The Times also reported more
demonstrations on Sunday, Feb. 19.,
stating that the city was under
martial law and “armored cars and
soldiers with machine guns
patrolled the city.”

The Tabriz demonstration is part
of the Moslems’ continuing
natiOnwide protest against the police
brutal massacre, and in com-
memoration of the recent martyrs in
Qom. who died in that demon-
stration on January 11, 1978. One Of
the central danands of all the recent
protests and demonstrations has
been the retum of Ayatollah
homeini — the highest Moslem
leader in Iran—from a 15-year
exile in Iraq.

mas killings in Qom and tabriz
are only a part of a general wave of

Oppression which is now being
waged against the Iranian people.
The Shah’s puppet dictatorial
regime has resorted tto the most
bloody and inhuman methods of
terror and repression. Such a sudden
escalation in the intensity of
brutality and blooddled began with
his return home frOm the US. visit
in mid-N0vember, 1977.

Yet, in spite Of such dirty tactics of
harrasment and brutality, people’s
Opposition continued. During the
Carters‘ visit to Tehran on New
Year‘s eve, various demonstrations
were ruthlessly suppressed in parts
of tehran.

interestingly enough, it was amid
such bloody brutalities that Carter
lauded the Shah as being “deeply
concerned about human righs...and
in some aspects of human rights
Iran has experienced considerable
progress ova the last 20 years."

Recent expansion of the Iranian
Moslem pmple‘s struggle against
tthe Shah's puppet regime and the
US. imperialism stands witness to
our people’s deep awareness of the
regime’s anti-Islamic and anti-
peOple nature. Today, Moslems are
militantly struggling against op-
pressive and and anti-Islamic
regimes and system all over the
world, from the Phillipinea and
indonesia to Iran and Palestine.
Moslems are firmly committed to
the continuation of the relentless
fight against imperialism and

Zionism. Reactionary and anti-
lslamic regimes such as those in
Iran. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are
doomed to utter destruction.

Since the dawn of the ideology of
Islam, the complete socio~politico-
economic system based on the laws
of God, Moslems have been fighting
against the enemies of humanity and
usurpcrs of human rights. They
have been fighting for the establish-
ment of Allah‘s just government
and, as Qur'an states: “...soon will
the Oppressors know how they will
be demolished."

in protest to the Shah‘s brutal
massacre Of the iranian people, the
Organization of iranian Moslem
Students are staging a seven-day
hunger strike (from Feb. 24 until
Friday, March 3), and also plans to
hold a demonstration on Friday in
Washington, DC This hunger
strike —~ like the demonstration —
aims at condemning the recent
massacre in Tabriz, further ex-
posing the Shah's dictatorial regime
and opposing the continued support
of that reg’me by the US.

We demand that the American
people pressure the American
government to withdraw support
from the fascist Shah.

This comment was submitted by
the Organization of Iranian Moslem
Students of Lexington.

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