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MICROFILIICFNTER - P.O. BOX 12188 Dallas, tx 75225-0188 Texas A&M The Battalion WEATHER FORECAST for WEDNESDAY: Continued mostly cloudy and warm with a 20 percent chance of showers. HIGH74 LOW:65 Vol. 88 No. 95 USPS 045360 12 pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 14,1989 Moslem protests spread across Asia ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Moslem students marched in several cities Monday aninst a book fundamenulists say blas phemes Islam. Their rallies occurred the day after police fired on protesters in Isla mabad, killing five and wounding 83. Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said the protest Sunday mav have been the work of politicians using Moslem objections to Sal man Rushdie's novel “The Satanic Verses" as an excuse to press their opposition to her government and democracy. In India on Monday, police fired into a crowd protesting the book in Srinagar, summer capital of northern Jammu-Kash- mir State, killing one person and wounding more than 60, news reports said United News of India said the mob forced shops and businesses in Srinagar to close. Inoia, which is overwhelmingly Hindu, banned the book in October In a letter soon after the banning, pub lished on front pages of major Indian news papers. Rushdie said: “The right to free dom of expression is at the verv foundation of any democratic society . “When . . . self-appointed guardians of Muslim sensibilities say that no civilized so ciety should permit the publication of a book like mine, they have got things back wards. The question raised by the book’s banning is precisely whether India, by be having in this somewhat South African fashion, can any more lay claim to the title of civilized society." Rushdie was born in India to Moslem parents and lives in Britain. In Islamabad, hundreds of riot police were stationed around the U.S. Informa tion Center, scene of Sunday’s confronta tion. but no trouble was reported Monday. Nearly 3,000 Moslem fundamentalists as sembled outside the center Sunday to de mand that Rushdie's novel be banned in the United States. It has been published in Brit ain. the United States and other Western countries, and several Islamic countries have banned it. Fundamentalists say the book does not recognize Islam as the one true religion and ridicules the most precious Moslem beliefs. Rushdie declares it to be a work of fiction, in no way blasphemous and not intended to offend anyone. Bhutto said she did not see how Sundas s protest could have been against the book because it is banned and unavailable in Pa kistan. and none of the protesters could have read it. “Was the demonstration against Salman Rushdie's bonk or a law-and-order situa tion?" she said at an airport news confer ence after returning Monday from a state visit to China. U.S. diplomats closed the information center ana U.S. Embassy at midday Mon day after reports that more violence might occur. In adjacent Rawalpindi, where most shops were closed to mourn those killed the day before, about 300 Moslem theology stu dents and opposition politicians chanted "Rushdie should hang!" and other slogans against Bhutto. Demonstrations were held at U.S. consul ates in Lahore and Karachi, but reports said E jlice were out in force and prevented vkv nce. At the American center in Islamabad, which houses a library and offices of the U.S. Information Agency , a diplomat said: "The staff is traumatized." Three Americans and 15 Pakistani em ployees were inside the building when a mob chanting “American Dogsrand “Al lah Is Great!" pelted the building with stones, tore down the American flag and surfed several small fires. Summit starts with prediction of progress COSTA DEL SOL. El Salvador (AP) — Five Central American presi dents began a summit Monday with predictions their two-day meeting will contribute to peace, democracy and progress in the troubled region. Tne leaders appeared buoyed by the mere fact of being under the same roof after six months of post ponements, delay and dispute over the summit's prospects, agenda and date. Officials with the Nicaraguan del egation said President Daniel Ortega has proposed that the estimated 11,000-strong Contra force in Hon duras be disbanded. The Contras fled there after U.S. military aid ex pired last year. Under the proposal, the Contras could accept amnesty in Nicaragua or go to third countries. Nicaragua would release from prison an esti- friated 3,500 Contras and former Ni caraguan National Guardsmen. The officials, who outlined the proposal on condition of anonymity, said Ortega presented the plan to Honduran President Jose Azcona Hoyo at the Feb. 2 inauguration of Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez. “I am sure that we. with optimism, will analyze efforts ' we’ve made according to Esquipulas II and search for favorable solutions that will promote peace and progress in Central America." President Jose Napoleon Duarte said in brief corn- menu as the meeting began. He was flanked by Presidents Jose Azcona of Honduras, Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua. Oscar Arias of Costa Rica and vinicio Cerezo of Guate mala. Following Duarte’s statement, the presidents began work in a closed session. The chief executives will analyze the successes and failures to date of the Esquipulas 11 peace plan, signed by the same five men in Guatemala on Aug. 7, 1987. The plan, also known as the Arias plan for its principal architect, was designed to promote peace and de mocracy Struggle to juggle Sophomore business major Lewis Pillsworth (left) from Nis- kayuna, N Y., and freshman general studies major Matt Jones Photo hv Ronnie Montgomery from Houston, practice juggling near Mclnnis Hall. Pillsworth and Jones are preparing for the MSC Variety Show auditions. North’s lawyers: Good defense not possible WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Oliver North said in a court fil ing released today that they would be unable to defend him adequately under a proposed agreement to con trol the use of classified material North wants to use in his defense. The proposed agreement "would guarantee a 'cuckoo-clock' trial that would make a mockery of the adver sarial process,” said North's lawyer. Brendan Sullivan. He said that with out the information he wants to pre sent, “we cannot adequately defend this case.” The agreement was worked out between the office of independent counsel Lawrence Walsh, who is prosecuting North, and the Justice Department, which fears that North will spill classified material at his trial damaging to national security. The proposed order would “gut the defense by barring North from using “critical information about the Reagan administration's third-coun try arrangements for military sup port of the (Nicaraguan) Resistance and the official non-disclosure of those arrangements," the filing by Sullivan said. U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. (»esell sent the jury home today and scheduled a hearing for Tuesday on a proposed agreement for additional national security safeguards that could allow the case to go forward. Facuity Senate does not change hearings process By K*fly S. Brown STAFF WRITER After lengthy debate the Faculty Senate re turned a resolution to committee that would give faculty members the right to decide if le- C representation is to be used during formal irings concerning dismissals or tenure. Dr. J. Benton Storey said in Monday's meeting that when a faculty member goes to a formal nearing, he knows the Universits will be represented by legal counsel from the Texas AicM University System’s General Counsel office, which is supported bv tax dol lars, and this sometimes creates obstacles for the faculty member. “The faculty member is essentially barred from the right of a hearing because he feels compelled to employ legal counsel beyond his economic capability," Storey said “Attorneys will be removed from both sides only if the faculty member chooses this process." The overall idea of “lawyer-free" hearings was positively met bv senators, but objections arose over several stipulations in the resolu tion. The stipulations being that the hearing would be governed by rules of informality. meaning there would be no pleadings, no court reporter and no rule of evidence. At the recommendation of Dr. Manuel Da venport, a philosophy professor and senator, the resolution was sent back to the Personnel and Welfare Committee for consultation with the Committee on Academic Freedom. Re sponsibility, Tenure and Promotion. "If there is no documenution of the meet ing. hearsay testimony is allowed." Davenport said. "And a gap will be left if evidence is ncx required at the hearing — the resolution needs some work and definitions need to be clarified." Also during the afternoon session, the Sen ate approved a resolution supporting House Bill 85. Storey said House Bill 85 would serve as an incentive for members of the Teachers Re tirement System (TRS) to remain within the T AML’S with knowledge that at age 55 and after 30 years of service they could retire with full benefits. The resolution said state employees cur- rendy are under a 55-30 retirement plan, and House Bill 85 would assist TRS employees in S«e Faculty Senate Page 7 South African: Sanctions needed to fight apartheid By Richard Tijerina STAFF WRITER America should not love the black people in South Africa more than the people love them selves, and they should proceed with economic sanctions against the country to combat its political system of apartheid, a South Afri can journaust said Monday. Dumtsani Kumalo. a journalist and the coordinator of the Reli gious Action Network, has travel- fed throughout the United States supporting economic sanctions, regardless of any disadvantages that they may bring to the Afri can people. Kumalo lectured on campus as a guest of the Texas A&M Black Awareness Commitee, and he said the only way to erase apart heid is by sanctions. “As soon as I mention eco nomic sanctions, people say to me they will hurt the same African people they are trying to help.” ne said. “First of all, don't love us more than we love ourselves. I’m always amazed how people in this country love black people when they’re 10,000 miles away." Kumalo said that although sanctions would hurt blacks, the damage would not compare to the oppression blacks are suffer ing from apartheid. Duminsani Kumalo “Nothing hurts black people in South Africa more than apart heid," he said. “People tell me if they apply sanctions, then blacks will lose their jobs. But it's not the absence of jobs in South Africa — it doesn’t mean that if you still have your job then you’re less op pressed than somebody who doesn't have a job. Think about it." Only 20.000 Africans are em ployed by the 220 U.S. companies in South Africa. Kumalo said. Even though hfec^s would be put Photo hy Demo Set to out of work, the loss ot U.S. com panies would cripple the South African government. Kumalo said the U.S. govern ment. by allowing American com panies to do business in South Af rica, is helping to maintain the apartheid svstem because of the taxes these firms pav each year. “Between 197/ and 1982, all American companies paid to the South African government S3.2 billion dollars in taxes." he said. “There is no way to help apart- htid more than giving the gov ernment that much money.” Kumalo said people often tell him the U.S. should invest in these companies, but he warned this type of investment is danger ous to olacks in South Africa. “This is the problem with- American thinking." he said. “(They tell me) what you need to do is give more money to South Africa through investment," Ku malo said. "That will create more jobs. There won’t be enough whiles to do the jobs. They will then be forced to hire blacks to do the jobs that should be done by whites and eventually they will re alize to set them free. “In 1960, the total amount of U.S. investment was $40 million. In 1985, it was $18 billion." Kumalo said people must real ize there is violence in South Af rica and understand that every one is fighting there — not just blacks. “I’m sad to say so, but it’s a fact that there is violence in South Af rica." he said. "Blacks are killing blacks. You have probably seen some of the killings on television. When whites kill blacks, they call it law and order. I don't care who does the killing — whether it’s black on black or white on black — the fact is that people are dy ing and the reason people are dv- ing is because of apartheid." ' It is unfair to think blacks in South Africa should simply leave the country if they are unhappv about apartheid, because tliey have been there longer than the whites who are now suppressing them, he said. “Whites in South Africa have been there only 400 years," Ku malo said. "There is one thing which we have no doubt about. South Africa is our country.. South Africa is our motherland. Someone told me the other day that if black people don’t like it, then we shoula leave. Leave where? We think everyone can live together as human beings." Kumalo said countries, includ ing the United States, don’t un derstand the real problem in South Africa. “The problem with South Af rica is apartheid, it’s not the lack of white folks that are nice to black people," he said. "That’s the problem with thinking around the world. That’s the problem with George Bush. He talks like the problem in South Africa is the lack of nice white people." Kumalo predicted the eventual end of aptartheid because of the use of political and economii sanctions. Also, he said it is im possible for a minority to keep oppressing a majority. "It is obvious that the African people have had enough of being oppressed," he said. Baker competes with popularity of Gorbachev BONN, West Germany (AP) — Secretary of Slate James A. Baker HI, on bis first diplomatic tour of West European capitals, is finding it difficult to compete with the public relations Witz of Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, a senior U.S. official said Monday. Baker also is having his problems with West German leaders and their reluctance to support the upgrading of NATO’s tactical nuclear missiles, the official said. But after touching base in six of the 15 allied capitals. Baker's biggest problem is Gorba chev and the inroads he has made in Western European puMic opinion. “There is just an attraction, an in triguing quality to Gorbachev that you have to answer somehow," said the official, who participated in most of the meetings Baker has held on his trip. “We have no answer." the official told reporters as Baker flew back to West Germany for talks with Chan cellor Helmut Kohl and Foreign Minister Ham-Diet rich Genscher. Responding to strong disarma ment trends among the German people. Kohl last week proposed a delay of two or three years in up grading the short-range Lance mis sile deployed in the country.