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the Otis A. Singletary Center for

By KIP BOWMAR
Senior Staff Writer

A leader of the student democra-
cy movement in China helped kick
off tlte “Pack the Stacks" library
campaign yesterday by recounting
her experiences.

 

the Arts yesterday.

Chai Ling was one of the leaders
of the student uprising during the
seven-week student democracy
movement from May until June 3,
198‘). The government then
cnished the movement in a massa-
cre of 2.000 students. After the
govemment crackdown, Chai went

GREG EANS Kernel Sta“

Chai Ling, a leader of the student democracy movement in China, spoke before a crowd of 1,500 at

Chinese democracy leader
helps campaign with speech

into hiding for 10 months before
escaping from China.

Chai quickly won over the
crowd of 1,500 at the Otis A. Sin-
gletary Center for the Arts by talks
ing of her previous encounters with

See CHAI, Back page

First University Day brings diversity to UK

Students set $1 million goal
to benefit ‘pack the stacks’

By NICK COMER
Staff Writer

The Student Library Endowment
Committee announced plans yes-
terday to raise $1 million over the
next three years to benefit the
“Pack the Stacks" campaign.

The campaign is trying to raise
the $2.25 million UK must have to
receive a $750,000 matching grant
from the National Endowment for
the Humanities.

The announcement came at a
press conference during yester-
day’s University Day.

Sean Lohman, chairman of the
endowment committee, saitl he
thought the $1 million goal for the
student initiative was realistic
“based upon the overwhelming stu-
dent support for this effort and the
excitement it has generated
throughout the commonwealth."

Lohman said the money would
be raised through a series of fund-
raising events, including a continu»
ing appeal to graduating students
and their parents.

Two fundraising events occur‘
ring within the next week are a
phoneathon to rcaclt all graduating
students and the “Library 5K (‘las~
sic."

The Student Development Coun«
cil is sponsoring the phoneathon,

which began last night and will
continue until April ll. Phones
will be manned by 30 volunteers
from the endowment committee,
fraternities, sororities, residence
halls anti UK faculty and staff.

Sue Feamstcr, executive cam-
paign manager for the NEH drive,
said the goal of the phoneathon is
to equal the $355,000 raised by the
University of North Carolina dur«
ing a similar NEH grant fund-
raiser.

“We hope to reach that goal by
fall," Feamster said.

She said other plans for the cam-
paign include an appeal to gradu-
atcs’ families in May.

Diana Goetz, senior representa-
tive on the endowment committee,
said she hoped graduates would
take advantage of the campaign as
“a time to reflect on what UK has
given them.“

The “Library 5K Classic," spon»
sored by Students of Free Enter-
prise, will begin at 8:10 am. Satur-
day in front of Commonwealth
Stadium with a Mitt-yard dash for
children 12 and under. The live kii
lometer race and a one-mile ftiii
run/walk will begin at 9:10 am.

Awards will be given to the top
five male and female contestants
and the winners of each age cate-
gory.

Feamster said organizers hope to
get 500 participants for the events.

The events are open to everyone
and all proceeds will go to the
“Pack the Stacks" campaign. En-
try forms can be picked tip at Ml
King Library.

Also speaking at yesterday's
press conference were CM. New.
ton, UK athletic director, and Ber-
nadette Locke, assistant basketball
coach.

Newton, chairman of the NEH
fund drive, said that improvements
in the library are “ofcritical impor
tance to our children as they move
into the 21st century."

Newton said the athletic depart-
ment is committed to continued in-
volvement in university activities.
“notjust on game day."

Rick Pitino, head basketball
coach, and Bill Curry, head foot-
ball coach, have assisted in publi-
cizing the NEH drive by appearing
in advertisements and a TV com-
mercial for the fund—raiser.

Locke, honorary chair of the en-
dowment committee. said she was
honored and excited to be part ot
the student drive.

“lf the library is the heart and
soul of the university then students
are the bloodlife.” Locke said.

 

Ecuadorean artist works

to perfect ‘first love’

By JULIA L. LAWSON
Staff Writer

With the help of Kentucky Ecua-
dor Partners in the office of interna-
tional Affairs at UK, Jesus (‘obo is
in the United States perfecting his
first love ~ sculpture.

An artist in residence for eight
months, (‘obo works frorti early in
the morning ‘til 7 or 8 pm, six
days a week. llis dedication to his
craft is ever-apparent.

“Before coming here, I prepared
myself. I knew in America not to
waste time," Coho said.

He will be giving a lecture on art
professions tomorrow from ll—
12250 pm. in the Classroom Build—
ing, room 118.

“This exchange program is in all
sons of areas including agriculture,
health, and education," said Kay
Roberts, in Community Relations at
the Office of lntemational Affairs.
“But one of the biggest areas is cul-

ion?”

The Student Activities
Board Performing Arts
Show presents a free
concert from 11:30 to
1:30 in the Student
Center popcorn
lounge.

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ttiral exchange.“

After post-graduate study in ltaly.
(.‘obo returned to Ecuador.

“l studied carving marble in ltaly.
When I went to my country, I decid-
ed to continue this work." Cobo
said.

Cobo encountered a few prob-
lems when it came to working in
Ecuador. He had to use very basic
tools such as hammers, chisels, and
his own two hands. Now that he has
seen more modern equipment, (Tobo
is psyched for his future pieces.

“I never have seen all this equip
ment altogether," Cobo said. “This
equipment is very hard to find btit
the main problem is the expense."

With his new—found abilities,
(‘obo has begun to work with new
textures. He uses new concepts in
his work.

“I began to work with bronze and
marble together," Cobo said. “I
started to use color in my pieces."

To Coho, art, mainly sculpture, is

not only his craft but his life.

“One of the principle reasons of
my life is art. Art elevates my ex-
pression of freedom." (Iobo said.
“Sculpture is a nice medium to
communicate my ideas."

Leaving behind two voting chil-
dren in Ecuador, (‘obo attributes his
main motivation to them.

"I cannot separate mv kids from
the art; they are the goal for all my
efforts." (‘obo said.

(‘obo had encounters with Ken-
tucky long before coming to the
United States 47 including one that
gave him the idea to work on his art
here.

Last year, a Kentucky sculptor
went to licuador. “He was working
on a piece to donate to the people of
Ecuador," Roberts said.

Cobo was invited to spend a year
as an artist in residence in the States
after working With the sculptor.

See COBO, Back page

4th candidate runs
for student trustee

By GREGORY A. HALL
Senior Staff Writer

While a fourth candidate an‘
nounced her candidacy for the stu~
dent trustee position, an attorney for
the Student (‘iovemment Associa-
tion presidentclect was asking how
his client could be placed on the UK
Board of 'l‘rustees.

The election of out-of-slate stu-
dent Scott Crosbie last week set up
an unusual situation at UK.

According to Kentucky law, the
SGA president serves as the student
member on the Board of Trustees.
provided that he or site is a f'ulltime
student and a Kentucky resident.
('rosbie is from Huntington, W.Va.

Last night at SGA committee
meetings vice presidentclect Keith
Sparks and an attorney for (‘rosbie
asked questions about legal action
to place Crosbie on the Board of
Trustees.

(‘rosbie‘s attorney, Dean lang-

 

I SGA will conduct survey
on the use of posters.
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don, attended the senate review
committee meeting, where rules for
the student trustee election were,
passed to the SGA senate.

SGA President Sean Loluiiaii said
he believes that appeals of the law‘s
constitutionality in similar situa-
tions at other state universities have
been attempted but failed.

“Scott has gotten us to look into
the options. We‘re not sure about it
right now," Langdon said.

Meanwhile, Residence Hall Asso-
ciation President Erica McDonald
announced her candidat y at an
RHA meeting.

McDonald, 3 22-year-old sociolo-
gy junior from Louisville, Ky.. said
sh: decided to run because of the

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MCNAEL CLEVENGER Ker—tel Stat!

Sculptor and landscape architect David Steiner helps Ecudorean sculptor Jesus Cabo. left, by
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 2 - Kentucky Kernel. Thursday. April 4. 1991

Cats rally in eighth
to silence Herd 10-4

By GRAHAM SHELBY
Staff Writer

Good thirtg for the Cats it didn't
rain.

Yesterday‘s hazy sunshine al-
lowed the Bat Cats' game with Mar-
shall to go the full distance and the
Cats to mount yet another late-
inning surge to silence the Thunder-
ing Herd 10-4.

Marshall tied the score at 4-4 on a
sailing solo home run to deep right
by junior Chris Bellomy and Todd
Borders‘ RBI bunt single in the top
of the eighth inning.

Evert though it looked as if the
Herd was thundering back after
trailing most of the game, UK
coach Keith Madison said he was
confident his team would undercut
the Herd.

“We‘re a team t
that has scored a I
lot of runs late in
the game this
year.” Madison
said. “We did it
early in the sea-
son and when
you do it once it
seems you can
., .
lth‘llLller to do MADISON

Catcher Billy Thompson echoed
his coach‘s feelings about the Cats'
ability to pull games out in the end.
“I knew our pitchers wouldn’t give
up too many runs...With our bats
we can come back from almost any
deficit pretty much," he said.

Rather than a seventh-inning
stretch. fans at yesterday's game saw
something more like an eighth-
inning uplosion.

Freshman Craig Tcws smacked a
lead-off double into ccnlerfield off
Marshall's Kevin Roberts. Steve
Clark scored Tews on a bunt and
made it to first after Roberts threw
wild to first.

Max Reitz walked and Jeff Ab-
bott, who went 3 for 5, boarded first
on a bunt advancing Reitz to sec-
ond. Then Phillips knocked in Rietz
with a base hit.

By the time Manny Cervantes.
Norton and Thompson had had their
way with Roberts“ pitching UK had
stolen the Herd s thunder with 10- 4
victory.

In the top of the ninth. Lorne Fra-
zier retired three straight and the
Cats improved to 24-6, including
wins in 14 of their last 16 games.
Marshall fell to ll-l2.

According to
Jeff Abbott, the
key to the game:
“Our execution
at the
end...definitely
was the turning
point.

“We‘re a
good late-inning
team (and to-
night) we

ABBOTT showed what we
were made of,“ he said.

Kentucky opened the scoring in
the bottom of the first when catcher
Rick Norton singled and a throwing
error allowed outfielder Steve Phil-
lips to score from second.

Marshall retorted in the top of the
third on second baseman Todd
Ross‘ RBI double.

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Scott Smith. VanLandingham al-
lowed only one eamed run on five
hits and notched seven strikeouts.

“I felt like Billy VanLandingham
did a good job only giving up one
run in the first five innings.” said
Madison.

While Kentucky’s pitching was
retiring Marshall batters, UK bats
were swinging and runners were
finding creative ways to score on
the Herd pitching staff.

In the bottom of the third. Billy
Thompson scored on a two-out dou-
ble steal when Marshall was trying
(unsuccessfully) to catch Blake Fee-
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Steve Clark then popped an RBI
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then with the bases loaded. Marshall
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and when the inning finally came to
a close. UK led 4-1.

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Reds hold on to winning players

By JOE KAY
Associated Press

PLANT CITY. Fla. — Los An-
geles added Darryl Strawberry and
Brett Butler. San Francisco stocked
up on pitching, Atlanta made a few
improvements and San Diego un-
derwent anotltcr overhaul.

What did the
Cincinnati Reds
do in their off-
season?

They
with
they've got.

While the rest
of the National
League West
was bulking up. -
the Reds were PINIELLA
holding onto what got them a World
Series championship.

General Manager Bob Quinn and
Manager Lou Piniella decided
there‘s at least another champion-
ship in this club. so they kept it in-
tact

Good strategy. as far as the
players are concerned.

“Last year, it was San Diego that
was said to be the second coming of
the 1927 Yankees," said third base-
man Chris Sabo.

“They were supposed to have
traded into the greatest team in his-
tory.

“We‘ll be all right."

AnOther NL pennant would mark
the Reds as one of the best teams of
the last dozen years.

Anything less than a division title
would leave them open to second-
guessing for their lack of offseason
acquisitions.

With their closest competitors
making themselves better, the Reds
know they’ll have to be better, too,
with the same lineup.

“I think we will be better.”
fielder Eric Davis said.

“Last year we had a little letdown
in the last half of the season. I think
we can be better. We figure we
have some things we can improve

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The statistics back him up.

Sabo and Mariano Duncan were
the only Reds regulars with career-
best years in 1990. The rest played
well in Spurts, then yielded to anoth-
er player who would go on a tear.

First baseman Todd Benzinger
was hot in the first two months; roo-
kie Hal Morris took over and was
even hotter. Billy Hatcher came
aboard in time to jumpstart the club
in April and lead it in October.
Glenn Braggs came over from Mil~
waukee and had an impact. Even
Billy Bates contributed when it mat-
tered.

“We had a lot of things go right
for us,” Piniella said.

The biggest thing was their 23-7
start — their best of the century —
which set up the division title. It
gave them an immediate 8 l/2-game
lead, which allowed them to clinch
the title despite playing .500 ball the
last four months of the season.

Then they showed a good sense of
timing.

They peaked in the playoffs, beat-
ing Pittsburgh for the NL pennant
and then sweeping Oakland by do-
ing everything right.

They can't necessarily count on a
good sense of timing again this year.
They can count on having perhaps
the best-balanced lineup in the
league.

The roster is virtually unchanged.
Left-hander Danny Jackson left as a
free agent —— the only notable off-
season loss — so Charlton will
move into the rotation. Ted Power
and rookie Gino Minutelli will fill
the middle-relief role instead of Rick
Mahler.

None of the Reds’ starters won
more than 15 games last year, and
Piniella thinks this is the area most
likely for improvement.

“I think where we can really make
strides is with pitching." he said.

Not only does Piniella have virtu-
ally the same lineup. he plans to use
it virtually the same way.

That means platooning, moving
players around, and asking regulars
to play less titan a full-time role.

This area could provide Piniella's
biggest second-year challenge.

Several players privately com-
plained about becoming part-time
players last year. but the unhappi-
ness was put aside because the team
was winning.

“Last year if we hadn’t been win-
ning, if we’d been finishing third or
fourth. guys would have come out in
the open and said they should be
playing more,” Benzinger said.

“Believe me, there were players
who felt like that last year on this
team. You have a lot of guys on this
team who are used to playing every
day."

Piniella knows.

He figures players gave him the
benefit of the doubt because his
moves were working.

“Being in first place all the time,
they thought, well, this guy knows
what he’s doing," Piniella said.

Getting them to accept limited
roles again could be trickier the sec-
ond time around.

“Let me put it this way: I did it
last year,” Piniella said. “The only
way you can do it is by talking to
them and letting them know what
you have in mind. You try to com-
municate as much as you can."

He’s already gotten a hint about
the nastiness that awaits if he
doesn‘t handle it correctly.

“Nasty Boy" Rob Dibble threat—
ened to walk out of training camp
until the club met his contract de—
mands. Pitcher Jack Armstrong and
catcher Joe Oliver walked out when
their contracts were renewed. And
World Series MVP Jose Rijo blasted
Piniella for giving Tom Browning
the opening day start.

Piniella made all the right moves
last year.

If he can do it again, it’ll mean the
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can’t be

A university campus is a place where free speech and debate are
supposed to occur frequently — without question. The idea of a free
and intelligent exchange of ideas would appear to be a cornerstone

of what universities are all about.

It seems odd that at UK we are questioning whether to have free

speech at all.

But that’s precisely what some seemingly innocuous separate ac-

Election posters
a necessary evil,

banned

tions by two student groups recently are all about.

Let’s work backward.

This week, 13.]. Bunzendahl, executive director for the Student
Government Association, and By] Hensley, Contemporary Affairs
chair of the Student Activities Board, have said they are proposing

that SGA candidates be prohibited from hanging up posters.

Furthermore, the proposal would not allow candidates to pass out

fliers unless they contained a copy ofthe their platforms.

The idea behind the proposal is simple and well-intentioned

enough.

The vast majority of campaign posters are ugly eyesores, devoid
of any meaningful or substantive information and are generally ig-

nored by the campus.

All of this we know and agree with.

However, that does not mean posters can be banned, nor can you

mandate what people put on their

The reason, unlike so many things in life, is startlingly clear and

simple.

Such a measure inarguably violates the U.S. Constitution —— spe-
cifically the First Amendment. You know, that’s the section that
protects free speech. Telling people they can’t hang up posters, and
perhaps more importantly, telling them what their fliers are sup-

fliers.

posed to contain, is clearly a violation of that.

To be sure, much of what passes for campaigns during SGA elec-
tions is sad and repulsive. Not only are students annoyed by this
trash, but they are left uniformed about the stances of their potential

student representatives.

Trying to change that situation is indeed noble.

But rectifying that situation doesn’t mean we can violate the con-
stitution. Sorry guys, better go back to the drawing board with your

proposal. As stated, it's a lemon.

And speaking of lemons, have you heard the one about the stu-
dent group that didn’t have a serious issue to talk about — so they

made them up.

You guessed it, Socially Concerned Students have struck again.

Being the ubiquitous, prescient group that they are, SCS wisely has

decided to tackle what members perceive to be the inappropriate lo‘
cation of the University‘s Free Speech Area.

The group, angered when protesters were asked to leave a gather-
ing at the fountain of Patterson Office Tower, is pressing to move
the Free Speech Area from down by the Student Center to a more
central location, like the tower courtyard.

The school wisely has no immediate plans to change anything.

Designating a place where students can rally, get together and en-
gage in discussion openly is a prudent idea. Just because SCS had
its irrelevant parade rained on once again is no reason for change.

The Free Speech Area —— where it is now — is strategically locat-

ed. Moving it to the Patterson courtyard would disrupt the flow of

classes. not to mention bug the heck out of people who want to get
through a day without having to see Chris Bush — something that
should definitely be considered as an amendment to the constitu-

tion.

We keep praying for the day when SCS will use its well-
intentioned, albeit misguided, efforts in a manner that will both in-

terest and help UK students. Let's

PC- 101
lesson

Kernel columnist N. Alan Cor-
nett’s accusation, now quite com-
monplace to right-wing rhetoric,
that there is a movement afoot
which we may call the “Politically
Correct” which is somehow linked
to fascism merely answers any
questions left after the debacle of
last week‘s editorial page — in
which Comett linked “morality,“
the Gulf War and multiculturalism.

We can be certain that next week,
in his usual acute and self-evidently
superior style, Comett will accuse
Jacques Derrida, whom he doesn’t
in the least understand (and proba-
bly hasn’t even read but lam for-
getting, history majors don't deal
with texts, they deal with the
truth!), of being a spy for those
same multiculturalists who are the
cause of the very just and moral
Gulf War.

The thing to remember is that PC
is a concept which was coined: its
exchange value is questionable.

Those who do use it throw it
around as if the standard of ideas
which it presumes to defend —
those same ones which, with such

hope the wait is not too long.

admirable acumen, Comett last
week conflated with “morality” and
the Gulf War — were taken for
granted by all Americans.

Unfortunately, some Americans
think, ask questions, and might be-
lieve that, though the right to call
someone a “faggot,“ “dyke,” or
“nigger“ is rightfully granted by our
constitution. the concepts them-
selves are pernicious.

Of course this currency. this new-
found system of supplementation, in
which concepts such as PC are de-
signed to be the same kind of insult
as “faggot," is that by which the
right can lump all questions togeth-
er.

By this logic, Afro~Americans,
feminists, Marxists, psychoanalytic
critics, lesbians, gays anti all others
who do the evil work of deconstruc«
tion can be dealt with en masse: no
need to read, listen, ask questions or
otherwise acknowledge difference.

Predictably, Comett misunder-
stands the Dcrridean project and ac—
cuses PCP‘s of what he anti the rest
of the rhetorical right are guilty of:
intolerance, insistence on sameness.

The threat of the project of decon-
struction and everything else that
Comett and his ilk hope to deride
with this concept of PC is just that
things are radically different -

  

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UK should invest in South Africa’s future

ive years ago the UK cam-

pus was about as close as it

can come to being socially
conscious. Reacting to what was be-
ing done at other U.S. universities
and colleges, the UK Student GOV-
emment Association Senate debated
resolutions calling for the Universi-
ty to divest from companies that
held interests in South Africa. So-
cial consciousness quickly became
political conformity, grounded in
confusion and idealism.

A fraternity voiced its strong dis-
approval of apartheid, and, before
long, the anti-apartheid cry could be
heard around campus. Only those
with the moral integrity of pond
scum were against divestment. As
one SGA senator remarked, the
only people against divesting from
South Africa were followers of the
Rev. Jerry Falwell.

Two divestment resolutions failed
in the SGA Senate, but the UK
Board of Trustees voted to divest,
making UK the last state university
to pull out of South Africa.

UK’s move was part of the misdi-
rected nationwide effort to make
people more aware — and outraged
— about the South African g0vem-
ment. The idea reached a fever pitch
in 1986 when Congress passed the
Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act.
which called for the demolition of
apartheid before U.S. sanctions
could be lifted.

By divesting from South Africa
— and taking jobs away from
blacks — divestment proponents
believed that Pretoria would be
forced to end apartheid, and democ-
racy would start breaking out all
over the place.

As critics correctly pointed out
then, nothing further from the truth
would transpire.

As Michael Johns of the Heritage
Foundation pointed out in a recent

from one another and from the big-
goted ideas that he calls “thinking."
His disclosure is the linguistic
equivalent of sitting cross-legged,
bent over, hands across lap: a pitia-
ble form of foundationalist castra-
tion anxiety.

Christian Gregory is an English
graduate student.

Forgive the
trespassers

I find it hard to believe that the
Kentucky Kernel had yet to publish
a letter this year regarding the brav-
cry of the UK Parking Department.
Each weekday, fleets of white-,
blue- and yellow-striped vehicles
storm into the concrete and gravel
wildcmess to ticket, tow and im-
pound vehicles.

These brave men and women
must not only battle the elements of
sun, wind, rain and snow, but also
the wave after wave of fnistrated
and upset students whose parking
practices prove to be sinful. After
suffering insults and threats of inju-
ry all day, these valiant men and
women mui go home to sleep with
an empty conscience.

  

 

C.A. Duane
BONIFER

 

 

article: “Sanctions, in fact, have
done extensive harm to South Afri-
can blacks and remain a major ob-
stacle on the road to black econom—
ic empowerment. (By)
diminishing its corporate presence
and commercial involvement in
South Africa, Washington surren-
dered much of the limited leverage
it once had to influence events in
South Africa.”

Rather than bringing about more
economic freedom for South Afri-
can blacks, Johns notes that U.S.
sanctions caused “tens of thou-
sands” to lose their jobs, “causing
growing black frustration with
American policy.“

A poll taken last year by the Gal-
lup organization showed that 82
percent of South African blacks be-
lieve that sanctions and divestment
are bad ideas, but as Johns notes,
Washington only listens to the few
black — and mostly radical —— lead-
ers who still embrace sanctions.

It‘s easy to understand blacks'
feelings. South African black unem-
ployment is at the 47 percent mark,
and in some provinces it has
reached 67 percent.

“Sanctions may have convinced
American legislators that they were
‘doing something‘ about the apart-
heid problem, but they did little
change to South Africa’s non-black
economy," Johns observes.

Unlike most U.S. foreign policy
blunders, Washington still has a
chance to reverse its stance toward
South Africa and affect change — if
it listens to leaders who are truly in-

But what is this I see?

A fellow student‘s car being
hoisted at 7:30 pm. Ah, the knave
thought he might park in a lot that is
controlled only from 5 am. to 4:30

pm.
But hark! A little-known rule,
subsection, bylaw, subparagraph

commandment 2 has been enacted.
It states, “Thou May Be Towed At
Any Time lfThou Hast Outstanding
Parking Violations.“

Woe, woe to this sinner. H0w
else does he expect for UK to afford
the Parking Department such a
modern fleet of vehicles, the sala-
ries of dozens of off icers, their new
computer system and their loyal of-
fice workers without his S7?!?

And this sinner thought he might
just stop in to visit a friend?

Well, not without increasing
Bluegrass or Winchester Towing's
bulging coffers by at least $40.

Seeing this heroic sight, a ques- ‘
tion comes to mind.

After they selflessly defend the
parking regulations to the letter all
day, must we ask these poor officers
to work at night also?

Give these gallant knights the
evening off and forgive the poor
trespassers of their sins.

Stan Sl'iifl'erd is an English junior.

terested in bringing about a new
South Africa and ignores those
(Nelson Mandela, the far right) who
are more interesting in elevating
themselves to the status of demi-
god.

U.S. foreign policy toward South
Africa should encourage democra-
cy, while ensuring that minority
rights are protected. But as Johns
writes, “one of the determining fac—
tors whether or not democracy
flourishes —— or even arrives — in
South Africa may be the ability of
the black South African to escape
the poverty trap that afflicts the rest
of the African continent."

One person the United States
ought to listen to is South African
President F.W. de Klerk.

He has renounced apartheid, lift-
ed the nation’s state of emergency,
repealed several segregation laws,
released political prisoners, legal-
lZCd opposition political parties and
offered to begin a dialogue with
black leaders.

Unlike Gorbachev, who has re-
treated on his promises of demo-
cratic reform and greater economic
an