Central Florida Future, Vol. 12 No. 13, November 9, 1979

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Future
University ot
Central Florida
Vol. 12
Friday, November 16, 1979
No. |3
Students protest holding U.S. hostages
by Mary Wilson
managing editor
Approximately 1500 to 2000 students expressed American pride, sympathy
and "restrained anger" at the holding
of 60 hostages in the American embassy in Iran last Friday afternoon, according to Campus Police.
The students gathered at a "Rally for
the Defense of U.S. Citizens Abroad."
Rally organizers, students Dan Butler
and Steve Boyle, expected only "500 or
so" students to gather on the Village
Center green at noon for the demonstration.
Prior to the rally, Butler appealed to
students to use the opportunity to
"raise hell and get it out of their
system" peacefully.
"When we say peacefully, we mean
you can yell, shout, carry signs—but
no physical violence," Boyle explained
at a rally organization meeting Thursday evening.
ACCORDING TO Lt. Clarence
Russell of Campus Police, there was
"no problem whatsoever" at the rally,
he said police were able to maintain
"an extremely low key" presence, with
two officers patrolling and several
more in reserve.
"Someone fired an Iranian flag,"
Butler said, "but if you'll notice it was
put out real quick by another student."
An appeal for restraint and description of the rally as an "intellectual endeavor" was the first statement made
from the speaker's platform. Butler, as
that speaker, ascended the platform
amidst a chant of "Go to Hell, Iran"-
issuing from a few organized sectors of
the crowd.
WITH SEVERAL flags carried by
students, American pride was emphasized at the rally. Sen. Buddy McKay of Ocala said at the rally, "Marches would not be tolerated'in Iran
which we allow here. Iranian students
should count themselves lucky to live
in a country like ours."
Pride in American rights overshadowed that in American government. Signs such as "Keep the shah,
send them Carter" were carried by
some.
UCF students interviewed responded
favorably to the rally. Though most
had differing approaches to attaining
release of the hostages, all agreed with*
one student who said, "at least it gave
us the chance to let off the steam."
Though rally speaker Jeff Butler of
the communications department
clearly indicted the takeover of the
embassy, he criticized the Carter administration made a serious error
when they allowed the shah to come
into our nation. We have to recognize
where the shah stands with them (the
Iranians)."
PROFESSOR RICHARD Dutter,
UCF specialist in Mideasern affairs,
recognized the undercurrent of anger
Dave Dunlop/Future
Patriotism and protest
Students show their concern for embassy hostages.   See page 11 for
photos.
Iranian students support Khomeini,
criticize U.S. for harboring shah
by Mary Wilson
managing editor
As an ironic parallel to the sentiment
expressed by several of Friday's rally
speakers that, "It's not Iranian students here that anger us, but Iranian
students in Iran," members of the UCF
Iranian Student Association insist "It's
not the American , people, but the
American government we oppose."
The students supported the Iranian
student takeover of the embassy, and
Khomeini's subsequent endorsement of
the action.
"We're not saying Khomeini is the
best for my country," a student
spokesman for the group said. "He is a
religious man. Fine. But, in this issue
we are not denying him. We are supporting him."
"We're supporting whatever masses
want," added the spokesman interviewed Sunday who expressed most of
the opinions of three ISA members.
THE STUDENTS indicated the
United   States  should   have  expected
trouble upon allowing the shah's entrance. "Two or three weeks ago the
foreign minister talked to Dr. Cyrus
Vance, made a promise that nothing's
going to happen in Iran if shah comes
to U.S. Khomeini said he's going to
stop having relations with any country
accepting shah. They had demonstrations when he (Iran's foreign
minister) came back," a student said.
"The U.S. should have taken the
people's word, not his (the minister's)
word."
Commenting upon how long they
expected Iranian students to hold the
embassy, the spokesman replied, "As
long as the shah is in the United States,
they'll be held hostage. Unless the U.S.
interferes in something else."
"I'll personally guarantee that
there's no way the Iranian students
will touch any of those American
people," he added. "As the ambassadors from other countries found,
they treat them well, they feed them
well. Nothing to worry about."
THE STUDENTS were asked if the
personally wanted extradition of the
shah to Iran, or if they believed his expulsion would be sufficient to exact the
hostages' release. One student replied,
"We mostly agree that it is very impossible to take the shah back home.
When they have him out of this country, there will be a lot of improvements
because we'll be getting our point
across to America."
Another student said, "No way could
U.S.   send  the  shah  back  to  Iran.
They'll lose their power and influence."
In answer to a question of whether
Iranian students and Khomeini
recognize the impossibility, in light of
extradition demands, a student replied,
"I hope they would know."
One question, addressed to the
Future interviewer, was "If U.S. (Carter) wants a relationship with Iran,
why does he support dictators? For instance,   like   Somoza?"       With   the
Today's Future
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explains church
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Read his l'esponses on page 5.
and frustration at the rally when he
said, "I feel like a messenger bringing
bad news to the king, when the
messenger is blamed for the news."
Dutter's "bad news" was his observations on the impracticality of
military intervention or the freezing of
Iranian assets in this country as a
means of securing release of the
hostages. Dutter, endorsing direct or
third party negotiations, said, "We
can't dp much more than what is
presently being done."
Student   Body   President   Armando
Payas also spoke at the rally, along
Rally, page 16
Government
questions
college audits
by Kathleen Foronda
staff writer
Much controversy concerning the
methods of auditing schools recieving
federal research funding has arisen
between the Federal Government and
universities.
Objections stem from the 1978
revisions of Circular A-21 put out by
the President's Office of Management
and Budget. Circular A-2] requires
those institutions recieving federal
funds for research grants and contracts
to account for both direct and indirect
costs. Itemized figuring includes such
costs as utilities, equipment
depreciation, and general university
administrations.
Strong objections have been made by
many educators against a provision
that faculty members working on
government-sponsored research must
account for all time spent in research.
UCF's comptroller, Joseph Gomez
said, "The government expects faculty
to punch a time clock and that's absurd. Professionals should not have to
punch time clocks for one hour of
teaching, and research." Gomez said
it is difficult to try to find the difference between research time and teaching
time. One way UCF combats this
problem is the use of an activities
report, which a researcner will fill
with time in committee meetings, advising and research.
LAST YEAR HEW auditors claimed
universities under their jurisdiction
could not properly account for $86.5
million in federal research funds. As a
result, more demanding rules have
been proposed by the Department of
Education (formerly HEW), which
would provide for a possible 10 percent reduction in future grants and the
repayment of unaccounted funds with
nine percent interest.
Gomez agreed that projects should
be accountable for every dollar spent,
Audits, page 15
Winning out near
the end
UCF ' football returns to tne Tangerine
Bowl with a 24-0 victory over University
of the South. See page 1 7 for coverage of
the s.ame.
UCF    Theater
plays 'Catch*
With 14 players in 41 roles, the UCF
Theater will continue performing "Catch
22" through this Saturday. For reporter
Kim Reade's review, see page 13.