Ex-Hostage Morefield Expounds.-On Iranian Crisis
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Thundergag. Other stuff. Frida The cornpendurn of comedy returns this Yes, there’s other stuff here too, like issue with a lighthearted look at the High- the story behind those registration the line campus, including javelincatching - lines, the women basketball team’s Kick back and enjoy-there’s only state standings, and all those ads finals to go. you’ve come to love and respect. ” ~Hmdun.8.............. 2 ..................4 ...................... 6 ThunderwwdwEF-mntt .......... .8 by Ron Del Mar Currently, Highline is attemp- to general feeling is that SMcan best amount,” Sharpe insisted, “no matter raise $6100 in order to keep the .. afford to spare the $6100, according to how little they may pay.” Highbe’s Workstudy program is in program alive for the remainder of the Caskey. Should the Budget Committee de- jeopardy of ’ nmning out of funds year. Jeff Abrahamson, director of A Budget Committee, Consisting of cide not to allocate the S6100 for before the end of Sp- Quarter, financial aid, has recommended to four Student Council andthree faculty Workstudy, the program would be according to Jesse caskey, dean of Catskey that the money be taken out of members, wilI review the proposal to grimly affected, accordingto Caskey. student services. the Services and Activities fund. The take the money from the S&A budget. ‘‘If we cannot get the money from “We will look at this (the proposal) S&A,” he assessed, ”we will have to closely before deciding on it.” Mike take all of the students that are cur- Healey, member of both the Student rently on Workstudy off on May l.” council and Budget Cornmitt-, stated. Sharpe also feels that the commit- Healey cited the fact that 40 per cent tee’s refusal to give up the money of the present Workstudy force don’t would hamper the program. However, pay SdrA fees as part of their tuition, as he doesn’t feel that it would be necces- a major factor inthe Council’s decision sary to cut offthe program completely. on whether or not to allocate the funds. “We would have to make some “Forty per cent uf the students on adjustments,” Sharpe explained, “but Workstudy are refugees whose tuition it wouldn’t be neccessary to cut it all is paid for by the federal government,” off.” Healey stressed. “Allthat the federal Nevertheless, Sharpe is hoping that government pays is tuition. S&A the money can be raised assoon as doesn’t receive any of it.” possible. Neither Caskey nor James Sharpe, “Weneed to know what will be manager of business and finance at available for the balance of the year,” HCC, agree with the Council’s conte- he said. tention that 40 per cent of the Work- Eighty per cent of Workstudy funds study force don’t pay S&A fees. are allocated from the federal govern- “Every student pays a proportional Cont. on page 12 ‘I ...... Ex-hostage Morefield expounds.-on Iraniancrisis by Bryan Jones Morefield recalled the dayof the the hostages according to Morefield. the clergymen who visited on thefirst takeover. “The students,”he began, The lies ranged from psychological, Christmas. Ex-hostageRichard Morefield then corrected himseif and said The like telling one hostagehis mother had praised former President Carter’s “1 couldn’t believe they were not militants..... They’re not students,” he died,to absurd, in which case the aware that it was nothing more than handling of the Iranian crisis‘ in a explained, “They are militants,. guer- militants. tried to tell the recently lecture at South SeattleCommunity propaganda film. Just beyondrange of rillas and terrorists.T’ informed hostages that it was a diffe- the cameras were 40 Iranian gunmen.’’ College on March 6. “On the day of the takeover,” he rent Shah who had died. Carter showed me a great sense of continued, “themilitants were particu- rightousness,”Morefield said. Only after long months did condi; Morefield feltthat not all the clergy larly aroused. They began chanting ticss improve for the hostages. “The were there for humanitarian purposes, “America had two objectives during’ anti-American slogans. They also push- the crisis: keeping our dignity and Iranians realized the length of time the “Some were there for self benefit,” he ed the women to the front with pictures crisis would take would be extended” explained. letting the hostages return safely. of the Ayatollah on their chest. They PresidentCarterhelped toachieve both After the lecture Morefield received Morefield managed to sum up the were hoping the Marine guards would questions from the.audience ranging of those goals.’’ fire on them so they would. have a crisis best when he explained, “The Morefield gave a chronological ac- martyr.” - from the militants propaganda to the hostages were a symbol of America.” count of the crisis from a personal The Marines did not fire on the standpoint. In the beginning he dis- crowd. “Iwas very impressed with the played a sense of valiancy as he way they handled themselves,” described the now infamous events in Morefield explained. chillingdetail. Momfield helped taxi five Ameri- ‘Trouble began for Americans in cans to the safety of the Canadian kIS soon aa the sws government .embassy. As he returned he was ap fawporefield said. Webegan to prehendedby Iranianmilitants. ‘‘Itold barrassed quite frequently after them the embamy was theirs, that we st from the Iranian people. We bad surrendered it,”.Morefield ex- :mwbeawewerewnttofraathat phined.“one of the Iraniam told me Ei.b a -emus mbsion. We alsd you’re a bosuqge.” It wa~then that ihe knew when we were cagtured that ordeal began. there was a good chance we would not “Duririg our first days in captivity rsturn.” we were treatad poorly,” Morefield Momthetrlsoever embamyemp 8xpIainecL ‘1sparrt the fjr8t two days ‘I 1W”~dtY” -andboundtoachair.” I ~oetof tbs rrtrPI-members movsd OnSnfehtMo~ldwastakenaway , clooer to tbe smbsssy. Time8 for laving and arriving at thuanbamy ‘from the -emtnwy to.mmeplaa in Nortbern Iran.” “Thir wa8,tbeiira of ercthdaywcrrcrrlw,staggarsd. themock~”WtmfieM~~ “TheIraniUrclf&theUnited~t88 “We were lined up blindloldsct with a. was out to overthrow their re- piatolputtothetm&dour~.” volutlon,“ Morefield axp3rinsd. “I A- blmdammdacmd,*#aralisld edthemtobrir~gproo#~Thaybm@t, .add..bWyoMmt wodtoworkfna mevdumesoftrr&ttlmy~* Sta.Dlsg0 fm a:plra;o!n lwat undirputed proof that: thb UEdtCd ~W~I#idctp.~W4WC8llintbs st8te8 gtmmmmt “a brelt.Mda&t.lafhb’tm&of~~~ t&eoverinIraneIn151thors~lm~ tpd Hllwl..~lpWrrmpife umWtgo theremsnatobe,bitof~tht would plwe the united state8 had “I.ll.k.n subversiveintentions- planned io “BefOr8tbeembwycI~ to argue.. with. many 1tudeat8,’~ Abmtieid ma“Ilrag felt Annria wuableto~thdr~. pVW-fd-+W*...d fll we” . p; c 2 ThJbckmordyvctr rq1861 Highline. He.ad1ine.s Corkscrew lines Condensed registration backs up system ~ W”” -a tionally, students wait until the first the situation, as ieflected by Jack two hours, but I’m glad Igot the classes This quarter’s condensed registra- week of classes to register. Of course, Holtman. I wanted.” tion time hasbeen a cause of the everyone wants to get the classes they spiraling lines in the lower floor of need,” Watt said. Building 6, according to Marie Johns, Registration office assistant. Watt went on torsayhow this Spring Quarter’s registration schedule is “Also,these longer lines seem to based on last year’s figures. cause a lot of students to cut into “Ijust didn’t expect .the corkscrew them,” Johns added. lines,” he mentioned. A positive factor to this quarter’s registration is the low Fountof those Booker Watt, Highline Registrar, reauesting early registration, accord- has moved to solve this problem by ing toJesse”Caskey, HCC dean of issuing numbered tickets to those Student Services. getting into line. “The main reason.for the few early “We started getting too many com- registration requests we have is time plaints about the cutting, so we emp availability due to outside jobs,” Cas- loyed the number system. So far, I’ve key elgborated. received good feedback,” he ex- The students themselvesare not too plained. happy at the prospect ofwaitinginline anywhere from one to three hours. Last SpringQuarter, 1850 people “1 missed two classes standing in were enrolled witJh the first week of registration. ThEe year‘s first week this damn line,” one student washeard saw 2740 studentsapproach the to remark before he approacheda windows. registration window. L Runnings raises sails for ‘political invasion’ by Linda SUM hs”baCkglXHi”tial ~~nningfeels that the mtpro6 Believing that borders, passports for the trip. lems in the world are politically based. and visas are obstacles toworld peace, . “In case I am apprehended in a memain priobfem lies between the John Runnings, a Seattlearea carpent- foreign country and they fiidout thaff US. and Rumh Both of the countries er, will attempt to make a “political have been thrown injail for protesting are just watching each other and invasion” of Russia this spring. for peace, then they will be convinced waiting,w he commented. Runnings, a firm believer in world that Iam not ~o~ectedto the govern- peace, will set sail from Ellis Island, ment,” he said. “Serving time in jail is Runnings is also involved in ar New York, on a =foot sloop with his my credential and authenticity.” organization called “The Unilateral all-malectew.Theywillcarryno~s, The night before he went to prison, Initiatives.” papers or official permission and he appeared on a Vancouver television “The whole idea behind the group is terminate the.. voyage in the port of show in British Columbia. His main that we are concerned aboutthe situa- Odessa, IJkmman Republic, USSR. discussion was abutthe project which tion of the two powerful countries and “The idea came about after I had took up a ten minute segment.