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Monday, October 14, 1985/The Battalion/Page 7 Warped by Scott McCullar Students protest apartheid I (continued from page 1) pray to your God, that a peaceful so lution arise,” he said. The protesters, who began the march around 5 p.m., stopped to yell “beat the hell outta apartheid” to the evening traffic at the southwest corner of Universtiy and Texas ave nues. The protesters chanted, “I, you, we all say, apartheid must end, and [the time is today,” along the march route. In compliance with University Po lice regulations, the group marched silently through the A&M campus. At the Rudder Fountain rally, I speakers denounced the apartheid [ situation in South Africa. Hugh Stearns, a founding mem ber of Students Against Apartheid, I said Congress is not doing enough to help correct the situation. “American dollars have a big voice | in South Africa,” Stearns said. “Take I away that money and you take away I that voice.” Sterns said that in South Africa, I S 1,075 is spent annually on each I white student’s education, but only I $113 is spent on each black student’s i education. Sterns also said that South African i black miners make one-seventh the | wages of a white miner. Dr. Larry Yarak, assistant profes- Isor of history at A&M, spoke on the I history of apartheid. "The apartheid ideal is total black [segregation," Yarak said, “yet it uses 1 blacks for cheap labor.” Yarak said that between 1890 and 11960, black mine workers’ wages re- Imained the same. [vice president of Students Against [Apartheid, said, “We’re sending a I letter to Botha saying the heat is on, sand you ain’t seen nothing yet.” | Aletan was referring to Peter W. | Botha, the president of the National- list Party that rules South Af rica. Aletan told the protesters to be [optimistic. “We have the people, we have the I time, and we have God on our side,” [ he said. Amy Walker, secretary of the or- [ganization, said she was happy with | the turnout and was proud of the [ A&M students for putting aside con- ji servative beliefs. Treasurer Greg Blackwell said di- I vestment is an issue for the future. He also said educating the commu- i nity on apartheid will remain impor- ; tant. “Information is the key,” he said. Students Against Apartheid was I founded last May and has about 35 to 40 members. ? Blackwell said he thought mem- | bership could easily double because I of the protest, which he said was a I success because of the faculty who I donated money to the organization. "I’ve never seen anything quite like it,” Blackwell said. The adviser for Students Against Apartheid, Dr. Terry Anderson, as sistant professor of history, reiter ated that the reason for the protest was to raise community awareness on the apartheid situation. “It is in no way a protest against Texas A&M,” Anderson said. At the rally were two members of a pro-apartheid group. The two, who wisned to remain unidentified, said that if the black majority were granted equality, it would overcome the whites and a bloodbath would re sult. The pro-apartheid members added that the Blacks in South Af rica are not ready for equal rights because they are uneducated. They were met with opposition by the protesters, who mentioned that Bishop Tutu supports peaceful equality among the white popula tion. Photo by JOHN MAKES Y Nigerian Babatunde Shotolu, a graduate student, speaks out against Apartheid Fri day. Photo by ANTHONY S. CASPER Larry Yarick of College Station pushes his three-year-old son, Steven during the Anti-Apartheid Rally. U.S orders Palestinian to be jailed (continued from page 1) group Palestine Liberation Front, flew out of Italy on a Yugoslavian .airliner af ter he was released despite U.S. requests that he be detained. Abbas and his Palestinian compan ion were met in Belgrade by PLO of ficials. "If they abide by their extradition treaty, we will have ample time to prove that Abbas is guilty of this crime as one of the conspirators,” he said, appearing on ABC TV’s “This Meek with David Brinkley.” Italy released Abbas despite an understanding by President Reagan, from telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Craxi, that all six would be held, Sofaer said. He said the Italians disguised Abbas to get him out. “My understanding is Craxi told our president that the six would be kept in jail, and these two, partic ularly Abbas, were put in the Egyp tian Cultural Center and were sneaked out of there, as far as we un derstand, in Egyptian sailors' uni forms,” he said. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said,“Abbas, also known as Abu Khaled, is one of the most noto rious Palestinian terrorists and has been involved in savage attacks on ci vilians," he said. “Evidence at hand strongly suggests that Abbas was criminally implicated in the hijack ing of the A.chille Lauro — indeed that he planned and controlled the operation.” Italy rebuked by American ambassador (continued from page 1) leader Yasser Araf at, was one of two Palestinians who accompanied the hijackers on an Egyptairjet that was intercepted by U.S. warplanes over the Mediterranean and forced down in Sicily early Friday. Figypt claims the plane was return ing after being denied landing rights in Tunisia when it was met by the U.S. jets. On Saturday, Italy let Abbas slip out of the country on a flight to Bel grade, Yugoslavia, along with an un identified Palestinian aide. The United States wants Yugosla via to arrest Abbas, but a govern ment spokesman in Belgrade said his country has “good relations with the PLO, and we support the Palestinian cause.” Iti other developments, L’.S. Am bassador Nicholas Veliotes said in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday that the United States regretted it had to in tercept the Egyptian plane. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has called the U.S. military operation an act of piracy. “We deeply regret that this action was necessary,” Veliotes said, read ing a statement. “This was done after most serious consideration and with reluctance.” Also Sunday, the Egyptair plane returned to Cairo after getting Ital ian judicial clearance to depart. 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