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The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 Vol.XCIUNo.76 The University of Connecticut Tuesday, February 13, 1990 Panel speaks out about changes in South Africa Personal stories related by native countrymen By Cindy Rodriguez dent; and David Sclalcdi, an Daily Campus Staff educational psychology gra- "It was a major victory to duate student. All four men are see Nelson Mandela as a free originally from South Africa. man," said anthropology pro- Each member commented on fessor Ben Magubanc. the recent struggles and possi- Magubanc, was one of four ble changes in South Africa men to speak last night about after the freeing of Mandela. the history of oppression and "Yesterday, a significant apartheid in South Africa and number of white people con- the future of that country after ceded defeat. There was not a Sunday's freeing of Nelson change of heart, it is not in Mandela. their interest to sec blacks gain Mandela, jailed since 1962 power," said Bopalomo. for helping plan the African "(South African) President National Congress' anti-gov- F.W. dc Klerk wants to do the ernment guerilla campaign, right thing," said Swcigcrs, "'I was released Sunday after 27 believe there has been a psy- years in prison. chological change of heart. I The other three guests at the am skeptical that complete discussion held in Montcilh democracy is possible, but I 143 were Gerry Swcigcrs, a am more hopeful now than I chemistry graduate student; was even just a year ago. I —Hillary Jackson/The Daily Campus Harold Bopalamo, a master of foresee major changes." A four member panel spoke last night about apartheid in South Africa. Seated from business administration stu- See page 4 left to right: Gerry Sweigers, David Selaledi, Harold Bopalamo and Ben Magubame. Curfew imposed on city to quell disorder Riots break out against Armenian refugees Perrier MOSCOW (AP) — Riots Musafar Madzhidov, corres- phone interview. chev was forced to send thou- broke out in the capital of pondent for official radio and Members of the crowd shout- sands of soldiers into the area resumes Tadzhikistan during protests television in Dushanbe, said ar- ed, "Down with the Arme- to impose control. Monday against the reset- mored vehicles had been nians," he said. But until Monday there had tlement of ethnic Armenian re- brought into the city center, Armenians, a predominantly been no reports that the trouble bottling fugees in the Soviet Asian and that it was calm late Mon- Christian people, have been had spread to the predominantly republic, official sources said. day. He said an unknown num- involved for the last two years PARIS (AP) — Perrier re- Moslem republics of Soviet sumed bottling mineral water One report said there were ber of people had been killed in bloody dispute with pre- Central Asia such as deaths and dozens of injuries. and more than 70 were injured. dominantly Moslem Azer- Monday and a spokesman said Tadzhikistan. the benzene contamination that The official Tass news agen- Rioting erupted after two baijanis over control of the Police fired in the air to cy said a state of emergency rallies in a 24-hour period over Nagorno-Karabakh region of forced the recall of 72 million disperse the crowd, but the bottles in the United States and and a nighttime curfew had rumors that Armenian refugees Azerbaijan. rioting continued until annorcd been imposed on the city of from bloody ethnic strife in the More than 200 people have Canada probably was due to vehicles brought soldiers into human error. Dushanbe to quell "mass dis- Caucasus region were being been killed in Armenian and the center of the city at about orders and pogroms, and acts of given preference for new hous- Azerbaijan since Jan. 13, and Jean-Claude Lcmaigncn, a 10 p.m., when the curfew was company spokesman, said all arson and looting.' ing, Madzhidov said in a tele- President Mikhail S. Gorba- imposed, Madzhidov said. tests for contamination "at the end of the production line have Protection of leaders been negative." He said company officials believe only 13 bottles were called for at summit contaminated with benzene, a WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive security operation is being clear, flammable poison used assembled to protect President Bush and three Latin leaders from as a solvent for fats and in danger during a daylong drug summit in violence-wracked making lacquers, varnishes and Colombia. dyes. Benzene in high doses A wide array of defenses — some obvious and some not — arc has been linked to cancer in expected to be in place when Bush spends about six hours Thursday animals. with the presidents of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia at a heavily The company has said all guarded naval base near the coastal resort city of Cartagena. recalled bottles will be de- Colombian authorities say about 5,000 security agcnLs will be stroyed. deployed In addition, U.S. warships likely will be stationed in A spokesman for the Health the Caribbean to provide support. U.S. warplanes may be used to Ministry confirmed there was escort Air Force One. no contamination at the spring "It's a serious environment to deal with," said William A. Haw- from which the water flows. thorne, who retired from the Secret Service in 1987 as executive The government tests the assistant to the director. source regularly, the last time at the end of 1989, the mini- "The fact that they're going tells mc the Secret Service believes stry said. they can provide security in that environment. I'm not particularly Lcmaigncn said exports to worried," Hawthorne said. the United States and Canada Eight years ago, when Bush was visiting Colombia as vice would resume more rapidly president, a cache of dynamite was found buried along the runway than planned, in the next week at Bogota international airport after his plane took off. or two. Earlier, the company The Defense Ministry speculated at the lime that leftist guerrillas said Perrier water might be off had planted the explosives days earlier but were thwarted by the market for months. security from getting close enough to detonate the dynamile on the day Bush left. Source Perrier SA halted pro- duction over the weekend and Brushing aside security concerns, Bush says he wants to go to withdrew bottles from North Colombia as an expression of support for its president, Virgilio American store shelves after Barco, who is waging war against the country's drug lords. the contamination was dis- "And I believe ... that the security of the president can be pro- covered. tected on this naval base, a place where the man (Barco) has his own home that is cut off from the mainland except by one Frederik Zimmer, chairman entrance," Bush said last week. of Perrier, said human error —UPI Jerry Parr, who was head of President Ronald Reagan's protective was to blame for the entry of COLOMBIA—A Colombian army patrol stands guard the benzene at the plant in Ver- detail, said that on a scale of 1 to 10, the danger to Bush was "pro- next to the airport where President Bush will arrive bably a seven or an eight." on Thursday for a daylong drug summit. gczc in southern France. PAGE TWO Cloudy and breezy New England Temperatures Connecticut Lottery H L Monday Feb. 12 Boston 40 27 Daily: 6-4-3 Worcester 35 20 Play 4! 5-7-1-9 Providence 43 27 Hartford 41 22 Tuesday: more clouds than sun and becoming breezy. High around 40. Wind southwest increasing to 15 to 25 mph. Tonight: mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of a light rain or snow shower. Low 30 to 35. Wednesday: chance of a sprinkle or Hurry during the early morning then becoming partly sunny. High around 40. V4MU4- _ < «r~— [Husky Talk —Hillary Jackson/The Daily Campus Was Nelson Mandela's release strictly public- ity or is South Africa on the road to reform? Gloria Scott Economics -Hillary Jackson/The Daily Campus ENJOY THE VIEW—A different perspective of the campus as seen from the "// was a bit of both. The cemetery next to the Jungle. government wanted to show to the rest of the world that South Africa is actually changing for Trump dumped by Ivana the better. The economy is suf- NEW YORK (AP) — 'But I am leaving because I fering and Mandela's release Mandela was free and Tyson able, spokesmen said, leaving want to leave. Smith's jet- and car-phone makes the world see that was down, but for much of "Ivana is a wonderful woman maybe South Africa is willing New York, Monday's big news conversations as the latest and a very good woman and I word. to give more freedom to the was the separation of Ivana and like her. We might even get "It is better for Ivana and me blacks." Donald Trump, the billionaire back together. I can't say we developer who had the foresight to separate at this time," won't. Who knows what could to perfect the art of the Trump told the columnist. happen? Tony Leckner prcnuptial deal. History According to columnist Liz have watered down their genes "I think it's just publicity and Smith, who broke the story in Rooney gets because "the less intelligent there is no change or maybe Sunday's Daily News, the support ones arc the ones mat have the prcnuptial agreement has been they felt he served his time, 27 NEW YORK (AP) — Andy most children." years is long enough." updated four times in the 12- ycar marriage, the last time Rooney said Monday he two years ago.

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