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THE BG NEWS Vol.70 Issue 108 Bowling Green, Ohio Thursday, April 7,1988 Divestment positions debated Speakers agree on anti-apartheid stance by Elizabeth Klmes staff reporter "This is tokenism, which hurts the Both speakers at Wednesday people we were night's divestment forum agreed on one fundamental issue behind trying to help, the their debate — the apartheid government in South Africa is blacks." wrong. However, Ashel Bryan, speak- ing against divestment, and Ste- ■Ashel Bryan ven Ludd, who took a stance for divestment, both disagreed on the means to end the racist form European, will be able to pur- of control in South Africa. chase, and it is certain that they As president of the University will not continue to fund pro- Foundation Board, Bryan out- grams aimed at ending the a- lined the Foundation's position partheid system." on divestment, and why it be- Yet Ludd, associate professor lieves total divestment would in political science, said the Sul- hurt the blacks. livan Principles, which the "We merely raise our hands Foundation bases its divestment and vote, change our policy and position on, has led to a legitimi- nothing happens," Bryan said. zation of apartheid. "This is tokenism, which hurts the people we were trying to "What we have established is help, the blacks." a double standard," Ludd said. The Foundation, which dis- "What we the people think to be burses and invests private dona- inappropriate is appropriate for tions made to the University, private enterprise somehow." holds $100,000 in companies do- Ludd said divestment by the ing business in South Africa. Foundation probably would not Bryan said the money current- affect the South African ly is invested in companies government, but would have a working to eliminate laws and greater effect on the University. customs that impede the politi- "It would have a significant cal and social justice and follow impact on us because ihe mes- a policy of nondiscrimination." sage that has been given is the These companies are working ends do not justify the means," to create black business, housing he said. and a better education system, The step that needs to be taken Bryan said. is to stop arguing over who is "It is better to stay construc- right or wrong, and move for- tively engaged and promote ward with positive contributions black economic advancement," on both sides, Ludd said. Ashel Bryan, president of the BGSCJ Foundation, (left) debates for In- ' BG News/Mark 1 halman he said. "If we disinvest, the vestment in South Africa while Steven Ludd, an associate professor of paling in a divestment debate sponsored by the Undergraduate Stu- reality is that only white in- political science, states the case for divestment. The two were partici- dent Government last night in West Hall. vestors, either Afrikaans or D See Divestment, page 5. Police aware Theta Chis want city aid face," Pond said. "They have by Julie Wallace "If their motivation is to have an event the right to hold the function at of drug usage assistant wire editor showing they are responsible, then it their house." by Tim Bush Theta Chi will be asking the seems like a reasonable game plan." Agreeing that the revised plan staff reporter city to support its revised ver- is legal, William Herald, Ward 4 sion of its fundraiser, Theta Fest --William Herald, Ward 4 councilman councilman, said the fraternity Where there are buyers and sellers of a product, a market will '88, not only in spirit but finan- event seems to be an acceptable flourish. Illegal drugs are a product and college campuses have ser- cially as well. take a beating at the event so we hol was sold, but City Council compromise. ved as ample marketplaces, according to the director of the Wood Adam Bechler, Theta Chi are hoping the city may be able denied the fraternity permission County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Inc. president, said the fraternity to provide us with the fencing to hold the event at the house. "If their motivation is to have Larry Mershman said the distribution and availability of illegal will hold a meeting with city and grills needed for theparty. "We felt that if we gave up — an event showing they are re- narcotics has become more sophisticated and widespread. officials Friday at 4:30 p.m. at Bechler said Theta Fest '88, if we didn't do anything at all — sponsible, then it seems like a "In 1972 the adage went, 'On any given day you could find a deal,' the fraternity house, 334 N. Main which will be a barbeque at the then the neighbors would think reasonable game plan," Herald he said. "Today it is, 'On any given afternoon, how many deals can St. fraternity house from 2 p.m. to 6 all we cared about was drinking said."I just hope it doesn't get I make?'" At the meeting, Bechler said p.m. followed by happy hours at beer," Bechler said. "It's not." too noisy." Lt. David Weekley, campus police patrol supervisor, said campus he hopes to gain city support for Uptown/Downtown, was Don Pond, Ward 1 council- Jeff Gordon, Ward 2 council- police realize drug trade exists at the University. the barbeque, scheduled April planned to show the fraternity man, said the revised event is man, said he is eager to meet "We fully realize that drugs are here; but to what extent I don't 30. house's neighbors that the Theta acceptable, according to the city with fraternity members to dis- know," Weekley said. "It probably is very easy to get for those who "It's a fundraising event." Chis can control such a function. ordinances. cuss the new plans. know where." Bechler said. "Because we will Originally, Theta Fest '88 was "There is absolutely nothing Mershman, who teaches a course on drug and alcohol abuse at the not be selling beer, we might to be a fundraiser at which alco- wrong with the party on the sur- D See Theta Fest, page 8. University in addition to his council duties, polls his students every semester regarding availability and use of drugs. "From the students reporting and clients reporting, I have come up with the impression that drugs are readily available on campus," he said. Hijackers free 24 hostages The Wood County Council directs drug and alcohol abuse aware- ness programs, evaluates and assesses individuals who have been NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Arab hijackers Agency quoted a freed Jordanian passenger still parked at the airport with all cabin referred to it, and manages in-patient and out-patient treatment holding a Kuwaiti jet in Iran freed 24 hos- as saying there were five or six hijackers, lights off, the agency said, and there had programs, Mershman saia tages Wednesday but kept more than 80 oth- who wore masks and were armed with pis- been no further contact with the tower. He said he once counseled a patient who was a student and an ex- ers— including three members of the sheik- tols and hand grenades. dealer. dom's royal family. The hijackers demand a The captive members of Kuwait's ruling "I believed him because he had no reason to lie to me or try to im- trade for the bombers of the U.S. Embassy They have demanded the release of 17 Al-Sabah family — two of whom are women press me," Mershman said. "He said that items such as marijuana in Kuwait. Shiite Moslems convicted and imprisoned in — face "imminent danger" if the demands and cocaine are very easily found on campus." Tehran radio quoted airport authorities at Kuwait for bombing the U.S. and French are not met, the hijackers said. A male senior history major who wished to remain unidentified Mashhad in northeastern Iran as saying embassies in 1983. Crown Prince Sheik Saad al-Abdullah al- and has recently stopped using illegal narcotics said: "Whenever I they would refuel the jumbo jet "to prevent Sabah presided at an emergency meeting of needed dope, I could make several calls. I had several sources that I any calamity or incident." There was no There were originally 112 people aboard the Kuwaiti Cabinet during the night and could count on; pot was always available, cocaine about once or word on whether it would leave or where it the plane and 25 hostages now nave been said the government would not submit to twice a month." would go. released, leaving a total of 87 people still "blackmail." Mershman said he believes a great deal of the drug trade is com- A Kuwaiti team of Foreign Ministry offi- aboard — both hostages and hijackers. ing down 1-75 from Detroit. cials and physicians arrived at Mashhad, In Washington, the State Department Joanne Navin, a nurse at the University Health Center and the where the Kuwait Airways Boeing 747 lan- Food was brought to the plane at 10:45 praised the sheikdom for refusing to yield, chairperson of a recent University Task Force on Drug Prevention ded early Tuesday, to try to "reach a p.m.