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bird ndy tri- ace. a at · Viiltt\tine's ·Day come ~l>;<mt? .~·: See 4. VOWME XX 1 NUMBER S • STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COLLEGE AT CORTLAND • .FEBRUARY 15, 1·991 ·Native South African Discusses apartheid By Jenn Conkling Staff Writer On Feb. 5, Bob Trench, a white native of South Africa, carne to Cortland to speak about apartheid. Trench lived in South Africa for several years, working in tile facto- ries. He became an honoraiy Zulu tnoosman by working, doing busi~ ness, and socializing with them. He explained the separation and <lis- crimination of all groups over the past few decades As Tre stated, the towns were neutral with white groups sur- roundi g them. In tum, tlte wl!ite gr,mps were enclosed by the differ- ent native tribes, such as tile Zulus and the IIidians. Each grollp had a buffer zone between them or they would fight. Trench described the train rides through these z:ones as violent because the different groups would have to interact witll each other. Trench started what he called a \Layman's School,\ or \Train Ministry.\ This was a series of lec- tures he gave to the train passengers about Jesus Christ and the ideas of love and peace. Trench explained that people l!ave the wrong interpretations of the Zulus; they aren't always war- like and they want to live in peace. Trench said the crime rate aboard the trains went down because everyone was leaming to love and accept one another. When the new constitution was wrirwn, Tr~nctJbecamea-setondclass citizen like so tnany other groups. He explained that there were two white groups struggling to gain power, and the new constitution made it so the British would always be in charge. Not only were the black discriminated against, but so were the non-English speaking whites. Four major groups were, and still a,re, figllting over the control of the government. The National Party, which is the party for the English- speakillg white people, is in control of the Congress. The ANC (African National Congress) is one group of black people who is fighting for control and the Inkatha Freedom (mainly the Zulu tribe) is the other black group. These two groups have combined together, despite their dif- ferences, to overcome the white control. The people of South Africa areworriedaboutthis because Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC, has claimed to be friendly with the Pal- estinians, Libya and Iraq. Before Mandela w41s.,thro.wn in jail; it was thought theANC was allied with the Soviets becausetheSovietsgavethem arms when fighting the Apartheid. This was found to be false but Mandela said that if he ever came to power,'the frrst diplomatic leader that would visit South Africa would be Kaddifi of Libya. Trench concluded that no matter what De Klerk, president of South Africa, tried to do, there will be a big mess in South Africa until the people learn to accept and respect each other. Trench believes the only way the people would do that is through the love of Jesus and God. Suspect in attempted Rape flees INSIDE: News: 1-6 Entertainment: 7-12 Editorial: 8 Personals: · 13 Sport;s: 14-16· . '\ ' By Jenn Conkling Staf!Writer Anatteniptedrapeoccurredon Feb. vestigation, please call Public Safety at753-2lll. 10 onPashleyDrive,neru-Broadway • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Street~ according to Public Safety. Public Safety also gave out infor- Awomanwaswalkingaloneat2:30 mation on the registration fees. Last a.m. whenthernanjumpedoutofthe semester the College Council au- dark and attempted to rape heron the thorized the collection of a five dollar SUNY. Cortland c·ampus near registrationfeeforeachvehicleforthe Whitaker Hall. The victim was able spring Semester, 1991. The fees will to run away before the suspect was help the state recover the costs in- abletorapeher;thesuspectfledfrorn volved with the registering of over the sct~rte. Cortl~d College Public · 2500 vehiCles that use the c~mpus SafetY and th~ C<!rtland County .Po- during the working hours .. Uceareconducting a joint invest1ga· Themoneycollectedfrom fees will tion. be used tO\reducetbeaffectqftheState Tlie ,\Suspect is 6'1\ and has amus- budgettutsonCoitland Campus-It is .-culili',stoekybuild.Heha~4afkbrown expected 1hat there Will be'a. fee for . hairt~tis wary. Thewhl.tem~tkHs in every Caf this:Fafl. To dafe. there are • 'his early 30~. If anyone bas infor- over 2000 registrants, according to ·ma1iotl thatmay be helpfulto the in- Pete Lalla of Public Safety.· .... , ' . ~ Demby charms crowd ! With heartfelt lecture By Adrian J. Pinckney Managing Editor Singer/songwriter Eddie Money was right: \You Can't Keep A Good Man Down.\ That sentiment rang true Wednes- day night as Bill Demby, a Vietnam veteran who lost both ofhis legs from the knees down in 1971, lectured to an apprecative crowd of approxi- ma~ly 700 in the Corey Union Function Room. Demby, whose passion and wit charmed the audience, addressed the · issue ofthe.perception ofthe:physi- caily challenged. Hebelievesthatthe perception is negative and that it needs to be changed. \There's a gap between the disa- bled and abled (bodies),\ said Demby, who has become recognized as a national spokesperson for the disabled since 1987, when a DuPont Company television commercial featured him playing basketball on artificial legs. ··rm here to close that gap. I want you to focus on my ability to do things you take for granted.\ Demby pointed out that the disa- bledencounter serious barriers in this society. The main two deal with ar- chitectural structures and people's . general attitude aboutthem. \A curb to you is like a mouritainto us,\'he said, noting that many buildings are still not ~ccessible to tile disabled, including some hereon tlleCortl~d campus. The otber barrier is that the disa- bled are often looked at in a nega- tive way. Said OeiPby: ••we live in a visual society where you're either turned on or turned off. For the disabled, most of the time they're turned o1C' Demby recalled two mstances when he bad applied for a job, but didn't get either one be- cause of tile employer's negative perception of the dis~bled. \We need yoll to change that attitude,\ he emphasized. \We want the same things yoll want. We need the oppo:rtuJJtiy.\ In the second part of the lecture, Demby s,poke of his life, and how it had beell a struggle to get where he is today. Out of high school, Demby ad- mitted tllat nothing was really ex- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) .•• .... t .. . ....... . ~' ··~ • .. - . . Ify'~ have inforinatio~,,pnthis m~~~·whe)!eal>outs, call · . ~:y ; . ;· . )>ilollc Safety at x2111. ..• . . ' ·. ~ •, l ' •. ~ •••• ' . . . ~ ... \ ~ ... ' .. ' ... .. . :,.• f \ ·r } f f: {· ' . ' . ' . '. ' •' .. \'
