-lack coalition will obstruct minority recruitment
By CAROLYN SORISIO
Collegian Staff Writer
A newly-formed coalition of University
black student organizations announced last
night that it will obstruct minority recruit
ment efforts at Penn State in response to the
University Board of Trustees' recent decision
not to divest.
This decision comes at a time when the
University is mandated by a district court
order to increase minority enrollment to 5
percent by 1987. Currently minority enroll
ment here is 3.7 percent.
The Black Student Coalition Against Rac
ism said it will attempt to disassociate the
black community from the administration.
BSCAR comprised of 13 black student
organizations says the administration's
decision not to divest reflects a lack of genu
ine concern for black students at the Univer
sity.
The coalition plans to refuse to participate
Reagan's speech
focus on themes
goals, not specifics
By MICHAEL PUTZEL
AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.C. President
Reagan's fifth State of the Union
address, tailored for tonight's tele
vision audience, will be shorter and
more visionary than his previous
four, White House officials say.
But it will launch three days of
hard-sell by a president who will flesh
out the details of his agenda in a
variety of appearances around Wash
ington later in the week.
The speech, to a joint session of the
House and Senate, will be broadcast
live by the major radio and television
networks beginning at 9 p.m. EST.
Because it is aimed more at the
television audience than the officials
who will hear him in person, Reagan
will keep it short and simple, said a
source who asked not to be identified
by name.
(It is an effort) 'to
redefine the role of
the government for
the next decade and
into the next
century.'
—a Reagan aide,
commenting on tonight's
State of the Union
address
As drafted, the speech takes about
20 minutes to read and officials are
allowing an additional 10 minutes for
applause, hoping it will take only
about a half-hour from the evening's
prime-time television schedule.
Reagan, who came to Washington
five years ago committed to shrink
ing the size and reach of the federal
government, is expected to renew
that struggle, arguing that people are
better off making their own financial
decisions than paying taxes to a gov
ernment that decides what to do with
their money.
It is, one aide said privately, an
effort "to redefine the role of the
government for the next decade and
into the next century."
Presidential spokesman Larry
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in the orientation of black freshmen and
transfer students and limit participation in
University activities.
Also, the coalition will appeal to national
groups, such as the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People and the
Rainbow Coalition, for financial support in
their educational drives to inform students
about apartheid.
University President Bryce Jordan de-,
clined to comment about the resolution'until
he sees a copy of the resolution.
BSCAR Chairman Carlton Waterhouse,
president of the National Society of Black
Engineers, said the resolution will be sub
mitted to the administration "in the near
future."
Obie Snider, president of the Board of
Trustees, said that although he could not
comment on the resolution without a better
understanding of the groups involved, re
cruitment could be affected and that is some
thing that the board would have to consider.
Speakes said the speech will "deal
more with themes and ideas and
goals of the president . . . than the
specifics and nitty-gritty of the legis
lative process."
Speakes and other White House
aides have referred to the talk on
several occasions as "visionary" in
tone.
The president will send a more
detailed written message to Capitol
Hill tomorrow setting out his specific
goals for this session of Congress.
And he is scheduled to make a tour of
federal agencies to promote key el
ements of his program.
Speakes said Reagan would set out
tomorrow afternoon to explain his
plans and expectations to federal
employees at the Treasury Depart
ment and Department of Health and
Human Services and would visit a
high school in Fairfax County, Va.,
just outside Washington on Thursday.
On Friday, it's back to the Capitol
for a speech to House Republicans.
In a departure from recent custom,
Reagan will unveil his own budget
proposal Feb. 4 in a speech at the
Government Printing Office, where
top officials of his administration
then will brief reporters.
Speakes said Reagan will be the
first president to visit the printing
office since Abraham Lincoln ded
icated the building in 1861. In the
past, Reagan signed the budget pro
posal at the White House but left the
explaining to his budget chief and key
Cabinet officers.
Next week, Reagan submits his
first budget within the constraints of
the Gramm-Rudman legislation that
requires the Congress and the admin
istration to balance the federal bud
get by 1991.
But the source, who asked not to be
identified, said the president would
not take "a gloom and doom ap
proach" telling people they should
expect to sacrifice the benefits of
federal programs at a time of severe
budget cutting.
Contending that "80 percent of the
argument is how you frame the de
bate," the official said Reagan will
argue that the government must cut
spending or raise taxes and that he
would rather let people keep their
money and decide for themselves
how much they wish to spend on their
children's education, their housing
and other needs.
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'Reagan mad with power,' Khadafy says
By MICHAEL GOLDSMITH
Associated Press Writer
TRIPOLI, Libya Col. Moammar
Khadafy, wearing a green jumpsuit
over a bullet-proof vest, drew cheers
at an anti-American rally yesterday,
denouncing the American president
as "that filthy Reagan, maddened
with power and nuclear weapons."
Addressing a capacity crowd of 3,-
000 Libyans and East Europeans in
Tripoli's People's Hall, Khadafy said
the United States is "trying to take
away our freedom as they tried in
Vietnam, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria
and Nicaragua."
Khadafy, with the hard lines of a
bullet-proof vest clearly visible under
the jumpsuit, claimed the Reagan
12 European nations halt arms sales
to countries supporting terrorism
By ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press Writer
BRUSSELS, Belgium The 12
European Common Market nations
agreed yesterday to halt arms sales
to countries "clearly implicated" in
supporting terrorism, in a formal
declaration aimed at Libya.
The ministers did not specify which
countries would be affected by the
ban, but Dutch Foreign Minister
Hans van den Broek told reporters
that all Common Market nations
planned to halt arms sales to Libya.
British representative Linda Chalk
er said, "There is no doubt at all that
it was Libya that this text refers to."
She added the reason no countries
were named was because it would
have let those who weren't identified,
but are suspected of supporting ter
rorists, feel they are off the hook.
The key European arms producers
Britain, France, Italy, West Ger-
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"(The board) has taken a hard line against
apartheid and the opinion, which was unani
mous, of the Board of Trustees . . . is that
we're not convinced that divestment is the
answer to the problem in South Africa."
Marlon Kirton, Black Student Union Presi
dent, said the decision not to divest "was the
last straw that caused people to unite."
Cynthia King, Black Caucus adviser, said
she could not fully react to the proposal
without reading it. But King added that the
proposal was a step in the right direction for
the black students on campus.
"One thing is that it is good to see black
students as a united front that is the
positive thing," she said.
James B. Stewart, adviser to the Commit
tee for Justice in South Africa, said students
"see some contradiction in the University's
active efforts in recruiting minority students
and not taking a stronger opposition on apart
heid in South Africa."
In regard to freshmen orientation, Stewart
He drew wild applause when he
declared, "All people in all countries
are supporting Libya against the im
perialists. The Libyan people are
stronger than the Sixth Fleet."
Units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, led by
the aircraft carriers Coral Sea and
Saratoga, began conducting maneu
vers last week in the Mediterranean
off the Libyan coast.
Only a few Western Europeans and
Americans were seen at the rally.
Several Americans refused to give
their names to a reporter and said
they came "out of curiosity." One oil
field worker who said he was from
California was asked if he would
leave Libya by Feb. 1, as ordered by
many and the Netherlands already
have policies against such sales. Bel
gium has no formal embargo but has
sold no arms to Libya for four years.
The declaration expressed "strong
concern" at the tension that has de
veloped in the Mediterranean since
President Reagan sent the U.S. 6th
Fleet on maneuvers off Libya's coast.
On Jan. 7, Reagan announced the
United States was severing all eco
nomic ties to Libya and he ordered 1,-
500 Americans there to return home.
Reagan appealed to Western Eu
rope to join him in imposing econom
ic penalties against the regime of
Libya's leader, Col. Moammar Kha
dafy. The United States accuses Li
bya of backing a Palestinian faction
that staged attacks Dec. 20 on the
Vienna and Rome airports that left 20
people dead.
Khadafy has denied any involve
ment in the attacks.
administration was plotting to assas
sinate him.
Although the Common Market did
said that potential "black students look close
ly at how black students here view the Uni
versity . . . I think that's the only real
bargaining chip the students have."
Allen Spearman, president of Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity, said the decision to actively
oppose recruitment was the strongest part of
the resolution.
"This will hit the University where it will
matter in the pocket," Spearman said.
Waterhouse said that this is "just the tip of
the iceberg" in regards to action for divest
ment.
He added that "as long as (the University)
has a policy that supports racism, we won't
give them support."
BSCAR is also considering building a shan
tytown outside of Old Main and holding an
educational evening Feb. 7 about black is
sues.
Katrina Scott, president of the Committee
for Justice in South Africa and member of
BSCAR, said that although she wants the
Reagan, and he replied, "It's illegal
to stay, isn't it?"
Two British engineers, Brian
Thorpe and Maurice Archer, from the
town of Leatherhead, said they had
been invited to a "debate" by the
National Libyan Oil Company and
had not known the nature of the
meeting until they arrived.
Foreign Minister Ali Abdussalam
Treiki earlier told a news conference
in Tripoli that Khadafy's government
wants a direct dialogue with the Unit
ed States to resolve the crisis.
He said Libya has invited the Rea
gan administration to meet with Kha
dafy's representatives to discuss
their differences and prevent an "es
calation" of the situation, but he did
not say so, the European allies have
said they doubt economic sanctions
can deter Libya or other countries
from supporting terrorism. The Eu
ropeans also are concerned about
protecting their lucrative commer
cial links to Libya, but most of them
have said they will not let their busi
nessmen take the place of American
firms that have been ordered out of
the North African country.
The foreign ministers' declaration
said that in addition to an arms
embargo, the 'Common Market na
tions would tighten security at air
ports, railway stations and ports,
improve passport and visa control,
and lessen the abuse of diplomatic
immunity.
Van den Broek acknowledged that,
aside from the arms embargo, the
measures were "nothing new." But
he said the Common Market had
succeeded in sending a strong politi
cal signal on terrorism.
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black community at the University to be
strong, they must work against recruiting
because she said she doubts the University's
sincerity in efforts to help black students.
"We believe in having black students here,
but there are just some stands that we have to
take to make it better in the long run," she
said.
Undergraduate Student Government Presi
dent David Rosenblatt said "the issue of
Penn State's sincerity toward minority stu
dents has been questioned because of the
divestment issue."
BSCAR represents 13 black organizations,
including Black Caucus, The Committee for
Justice in South Africa, the Black Student
Union, African Student Association, Carri
bean Student Association, National Associa
tion of Black Accountants, National Society
of Black Engineers, Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi
Beta Sigma, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternities
and Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha,
Zeta Phi Beta sororities.
not say where such a meeting should
take place.
When asked about who had passed
on the message to Washington, Treiki
repied, "We have emphasized this to
the United States directly."
"We are in favor of dialogue with
any country, including the United
States," he said, but quickly cor
rected himself to exclude Israel.
Treiki also sent a letter to U.N.
Secretary-General Javier Perez de
Cuellar asking that measures be tak
en against U.S. "provocations" near
the Libyan coast. The letter, said the
U.S. Navy maneuvers were "merely
a new link in the chain of American
provocations and aggression"
against Libya and constituted "state
terrorism."
In Washington, Deputy Secretary
of State John C. Whitehead said Kha
dafy "may be pretty crazy, but he's
also crazy like a fox, and he will do
what he needs to do to keep himself in
power. If he sees his country's econ
omy crumbling, his country's posi
tion being isolated, he will then take
action to change his conduct." White
head recently made a tour of Ameri
can allies seeking, with little success,
support for the administration's eco
nomic sanctions against Libya. The
United States accuses Khadafy of
supporting the Palestinian terrorists
who killed 16 victims in Dec. 27 at
tacks on the Rome and Vienna air
ports.
Khadafy frequently interrupted his
fiery speech at the People's Hall to
lead the crowd in anti-American
chants, "Down, down, U.5.A.," and
"Down, down, Reagan!"
"I hereby announce that I am cre
ating a new front of people from all
over the world to fight imperialism,
Zionism and racism," he said.
He again denied any link with the
airport attacks and said, "I challenge
the United States to prove that those
who carried them out started from
Libya or were trained in Libya."