The Lumberjack, November 29, 1979.

              Iranian crisis faces mixed reactions at NAU
illy Jay O'CaiJapan
!!lldtnl• .t f8CIIty II NAU line rMI
tile _.,-old, wniDiwed crt-. .Ia lraa
with rniMd emoti0111.
''I reme-.t YrJ ..U .... Ihe ......
tloa -... • - ldlool kid ln'ealllilll
'clealllto lllalt' tel .. In the Iliad," uld
" I feel Carter llu done a lot by freezinl
lrllllan a.eca in tile Ua.lled SCatn and by
dtportlnt tome lraa.lan1," uld Sc:ott
Miller, a junior bu1i11e11 major from
Plloeaix. ' "l'bere't not mucb we CaD clo
viewed were divided wllen conaicltrlnc the
r-. and possible ulterior motives tbat
tbe lrallianl had for seizing tbe U.S. Em·
busy in Tehran.
" Tilt shah used Iran 's re our<"es
lavilllly ." sajd Jaf.ar G Modares, a 3t-ye<~r·
old electrical engtneerlnstechnology maJor
from Tehran " fte Spelll 011 and copper
revenues mostly on military suppltes. The
United States says the shah was improvin
Iranian technology and modermzing, but
what lraniilns were paying back for the
modernization was not worth it."
Faculty memben IIIII Amer1cu .a.!eDtl
IDteniewtd ruled out the United Stltel' op­tion
of mamma the lbab u • - of
fnellllthe remaiDilll Americu boltqel.
llekmatl. "I remember--hil brain•
the lltrftt ud thlakiJic to m,.u, 'II man 10 '"I feel that tlli$ activity was a lpoD­taneous
one," said Robert A. Poirier, aals­tant
professor of political lcirtlce. "There
is a considerable am011r1t of anti-American
emotion in I ran."
worthJeu that lie caa wute ~ like
this?"'
oow."
lraniall lludeats lntervl~ sajd they
bada't encountered any real problems here
coocerniDg the crilis, but they thought that
Amrricaas were misinformed about the
situation in Iran.
"The shah il amuiJicly DOt an ._ ben
for the United States," llid Lester G.
Mules, IISisWit profeaor o1 history. "If
~ pve up the shah ~ would baft pvea in
to international blac:kmail."
"'Hit Majetly' il the 011e wbo mlll'dered
10,000 u.aw., broucbt J*QIIo<ivili&alion
to that aation and completely ruiDed
acria<ure aad nahlral reiOIII'Ces," llid
Bebrooz Debdubti, a 27-year-old biolOCY
student from Tebrao.
" Americans are miJcuided by wroog in­formation,"
said Farzaneh Jazayeri, a %8-
year-old political science major from
Tehran. " The shah is not sick, be is just
seekinc asylum."
"There is more behind the situation than
getting the shah back," said Espositio. " I
.'.merican students and faculty inter­viewed
considered Kllomeim an incompe-
" How IJWIY people bas the ayatollah
killed in the name of religion?" MoRt said.
"Are we going to esdlaDge ooe bloody
tyrant for aootber?" ··n.e United States ca~~'t give up the shah
even though personally I would lite to see it
clone," said Darcy A. Esposltio, a junior
public administration-police science major
from Phoenix. " Principle is J1lOI"e impor­tant
than practicality to the United States
in this situation."
"1 saw· films of wbat they call 'Black
Friday' (Sept . •• J.m)," said Debdashti,
"The military J1IDlled down 4,000 peaceful
demonstrators in Zbaleh Square in
Tebrao."
"I think it' s a disgrace to America a.s a
whole," said Hekmati, " Americans judge
by what the media presents. They don't
examine tbe shah and wba t be bas done to
the Iranian people."
While the students and faculty Inter­viewed
discarded the idea of returning the
shah, they cautlooed the u.se ol military
force iD attempting to free the bostages. Iranians would be justified iD killing the
shah, said Jazayeri.
Iranian students interviewed, however,
viewed the shah as a criminal and want to
see him returned to Iran to be tried.
''The sbah k.illed or imprisooed any op­position
including educated people lite doc­tors
and students," said Ali Hetmati, a %8-
year-old graduate from T· ·bran. " His death
would set an example for other countries
and make others aware."
"We don't bave a whole lot of options,"­said
Michael S. Bratcher, a sophomore
police science major from Glendale, Ariz.
"U we pve up the shah, we submit to
blackmail and if we use force we would
sacrilice the bostages. We can only try to
talk witb tbem."
" A.c<:Ording to the Quran . (Koran), our
holy book, if a person kills aoother person,
then that person should be punished in a
similar manner," said Jazayeri, "This
provides a lesson for others."
"We realize there is a natural emotion, a
fired-up attitude possessed by Americans,' •
said Dehdashti, " but there is no way to
agree witb the shah."
"The topography of Iran makes military
actioo difficult,'' said Vaunt V. Merchant,
associate professor of humanities.
"Military action should be a last resort." Students and faculty members inter-tent
leader .
The ~l~.~~~! ®
think they want to pressure the United
States, knowing that our foreign relations
are kind of shaky right now."
"There bas been a gradual building of
animosity toward the United States in Iran
over tbe years," said John M. Ostheimer,
associate professor of political science.
" They're envious of our power."
Iranian students were indifferent when
pondering the action and leadership ability
of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Kbomeini.
Khomeini hasn't had control of the situa­tion
there si nee the revolution last year.
said Poirier.
" Khomeini is a religious leader, not a
political leader," said Poiher. " He can't
make thf.> distinct ion ··
" Kbomeint makes the same errors in the
name of Allah as the shah did 10 the name of
modernization," said Ostheimer . Ln•••berjlfCk \ 'ol. 69 le•u .. 14 o olu.nl IM'Wiplpot' ~ ~ NortiHrn Arimnol!nh·enit) rommwaily Thursday, Nov. 29, 1979
"We have to give it a little more lime to
see," said Dehdashti.
" I don't actually support Khomeini for
this," said Hekmati, " but Iran did warn the
United States by trying to settle through the
United Nations."
Khomeini is not thinking of the Iranian
people in making these decisions. said
Bratcher.
' "]ran is. just caught up in a wave of
emotion; · s.aid Bratcher. "After things
calm down, they'll see that Khomeim IS JUSt
as bad as the shah."
action line
lJAILROOll- \l' ftat"s "ith the mailroom
beinjr rlooed on Sundays~ lt'o not like ,..,.·re
~oinjr to jiO in there and ,..,..., .. t\·erythinl!•
BILL GE\'ER. SECHRlST.
That is exactly what happens, accordiug to tbe
dean of university services, Joseph C. Rolle, and
NAU Postmaster Edwin Talley.
" Vandalism of the machines and equipment is
tbe primary reason for not opening on Sunday,"
Rolle said. "We discovered most of the damage
occurs on Ibis day."
The candv machine located in the mailroom
was removed because of vandalism, and the
cigarette machine is usually broken into
sometime during the school year, Talley said.
The mail boxes ba ve been broken into and,
because of vandalism, the walls have bad to be
repamted.
.. All of this comes out of my budget," Talley
said. " II keeping the mailroom hours longer
means more vandalism we would have to start
charging the students, and it's my feeling they
get charged enough."
Talley said if it was up to him, be would have
the ma1lroom closed at 5 p.m. on weekdays, and
not open on the weekend.
Rolle d1sa~reed a bout reducing hours for the
mailroom. " Mail is important to all people
and we need to give them as many hours to get it
as we can ...
However. Rolle said be thought the present
hours were adequate. Currently, tbe mailroom is
open by 6 a.m. and closed about 11:45 p.m. on
weekdays. Saturday it is open by 6 a .m. untilu
p.m. and it is closed on SUDday.
" II somebody has something in tbe mailroom
that is real. real imporWit tbey can call me at
home and ru have the police come open up the
mailroom ... he said.
Rolle emphasized this .. pplies only to eztreme­ly
important situations.
Wrttl Adlon Une, C.U. 11100, NAU,
Flaglllll, NIL 18011 or clill 523-421.
Budgeting aids
limited funds
hy K ath~ Yige~~ Friend
Problems with restricted funding can be aided
witb proper budgeting aDd pre-planni111 of
college financing, said .'.lan Shipley, NAU ~
tor of financial aid.
"Students need to sit clown and make a lilt ol
all mooies available to them, !bell make a lilt ol
all npenditures and debtl. If tbe latter fipre is
larlft' than tbe former, tbe lbldeDt llu a
problem ... be sajd_
Sllipley said the uniwnitJ attempts u.ro.p
federal ISiistaace ....-• ..ell • tbe Bllic
Facalional ()pport.uty Grut, to llelp liiiiDt:!e
college ~tao..
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See Buqetl~ P-. 10.
Modern languages approved as part
of university liberal studies block
bv Erin Whalen Sludents have come to the department part icularly those students who plan to " Knowing no other languages is what you
A new optional block of liberal studies ~anting to take a language, but could not work in the Southwes t, Guglielmo said. call a large communications barrier, .. she
courses bas been added at NAU, effective 1fford tl as an elective course, Guglielmo Wendy F. Ross, Phoenix junior, said ad- sa1d. . . .
irnniediately, said Delno C. West, assistant said. ding languages to the liberal studies La ur 1e A. Robtson, Flagstaff 1umor who
to the academic vice president. H ·d t d ts will take advan- prol!ram was needed. has e1ght hours of Spamsh credtt, but has
e sat some s u en . . . completed the liberal studies requirements
Students registering for tbe spring tage of the cbange, but 1~ Will be a while "'You always can use lan~ge in ~ job .. I said. " f JUSt wish it came along at a tim•
semester can receive eight hours of lower- before a lot do, because II takes tune for know from personal expenence, saJd when I could use it."
division liberal studies credit by taking news about the change to spread. Ross. who worked at Plloen.il Sky Harbor Fl taff · K th R d t
f .th S .sh . Ge Opening up modern language courses to A. nd . to tact 'tb manv ags semor a y owan oes no
eight hours o eJ er pam • av~.·o, r- . . trporl a came m con WI ' agree with any required hours '" liberal
man. French or Italian. more people Will defmJtely benefit tbem, fore1gn \'LSitors. studies. but of the optional addition of op-
West said the requirement is retroactive. tiona! languages, " it 's probably a good
If a senior n~eds eight lower-division idea beca use a lot of people have an
credits and took a language bis freshman interest in a language and don't have the
year. those credits may be applied to the time'to talte it," sbe said.
liberal studies requirements.
··Basically. the change opens up a
area of study because we do have quite
extensive language program," said West,
who chairs the Liberal Studies Council:
That council, which has the oversight of
the liberal studies program, made the
change when it met in November,
s.aid.
" lt's been a concern for several years,"
he said.
Margaret R. Morley, associate professor
of political science and sil·year member of
the council, s.aid the problem in adding
modem language to the liberal studies
program bad been in finding a place for it.
With this change, modern languages
be in a block of optional liberal
a long with the physical education
which used to be with tbe uni
requirements.
Modem language is in no way a
ment for liberal studies, West
Hector Guglielmo, chairman of
languages said, "I feel that I would
have students here who want to be
rather than those required to be here."
West s.aid. "There's probably ootbing
more liberalizing on campus than language.
It's lcind of ridiculous it wasn't in the
program earlier."
Guglielmo said the modem language
department is excited about tbe change
because language is naturally a part of
liberal education.
••J think it should have been included
the program a long time ago," be said.
Morley said adding languages to Liberal
studies will provide an added incentive to
Orientation
explains NAU
student life
NAU is expecting about 1,000 high school
students and their parents Saturday for tts
first Parent-senior Orientation Day of the
current academic year.
The day is. desJgned to provide visitors an
opportunity to learn more about student hfe
at the univer sity. A second Par ent-Senior
Day is planned during the spring semester
Information on courses of study, degrees
offe red, ti nancial a id , schola rs hips.
housing, dining, career placement. health
services a nd other aspects of university life
will be available.
A reception at 9:30 a .m. in the Xor th
Union lobby will start the day's even!!
Pres ident Eugene M. Hughes and
Executive Vice President V1rgil W
Gillenwater will then speak at an assembly
for the s tudents and their parents a t 10 am
in North Union.
The visit ors may then VISit NAU's
colleges and schools for academic informa·
tion.
A noon luncheon is planned in Cent ra l
Dining Hall at $2 per plate. Afterward
tours of the residence balls will be con­ducted
by NAU students.
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At 1:30 p.m., an assembly will be held m
the CreatJve Arts Theater to pr esent info r­ma
tion on admiss1on, financi a l a1d ,
residence halls and other student serv~ces
1,200 attend inauguration of NAU president
by Erin Whalen that occurred waiting in line for gasoline, vulnera bility : "Our unwiUiagness as a peo- lrom the leadership of one person, .. said
McGee said. ple to recognize that we are short on fueb, Babbitt. Arizona's 16th governor. "The
Eucene M. Hugbel was formally m. " ~'reedom is not free. Unless it is coupled our belief we can bave eftrything without future of this institution is no better than
auprated u the 12th praidellt iD l'fAU'1 witb responsibility latched to a 1ea1e ol paying a price," McGee said. tbe as.p iralions, hopes aDd efforts of
It-year hiJtory on Nov. 16. perspective and the meaaing cl llllmaa " Freedom is not free and it will require students. administrators and people in the
0. ~ fifty repr8elllltms ol va111e. it Joles its real mealline,'' lle said. patienceandthegreatestarnoutofcool~ community.
coHeres. lllliwnitielllllllelroed IOCietiel Tbe American way of life is lleiDJ can muster." be said. " 'llou have a bright future indeed. Pursue
hun ~ tbe ~ - u ftll u NAU questioDed and yet tile -' rapoase is Babbitt charged Hugbe willl tbe respon- it vigorously,'' he said.
facalty IMmilen - mardled la tile Ill- apallly. sibility o1 developilll a lbarp penpectlve Hupes agreed there is a bright future for
IUIWal proeellioa dre.ed In cap1 and "'nle tyraany of a~ In a ol.iprdly for NAU. lligbeT education, despite problems of
.,.._ dentlliltlllcademlc ~- iiiiOt ...-Jy as~ a tbe apatlly iDa ··Hughes 111111t oow proricle 1 rilloo of de<:lining earollmeats, austerity budfets
.'.m• h GUe W. McGee and~ democracy," aid McGee, Mlo acmn- ellce.llence." Babbitt said. ud curtailment of aupport.
1Go*t.. ..a...r.-, Blbllitt .....,._. tile • paaied President Carter 1o .._f ar the CGmponents cl that .mo. are: 'l1lere will lie less pre11111n for quan- 1.-_. a.liaee a. sipiag ol tile P-.ma c.aJ treatiel. "OIIr - a stronc. dynamic faatlty; titatJve growth so quality can be concea-
.,.._._ ..a ""-'• ...._..._ free IDCiety is o.tdllc itiCIIIIJW Ia ptlbiic: - a lllllleat IlDdy tMft f« tbe deptb of trated oa. Hacbes said.
llkGet. a......_ ~ Ullited Stalel ~-" its coounitmeat; ··1 sbaD neilller IIRJ1Ie nor De(lect
_.. .. -perm.- itji I l"'w However. there is a ray ol bape IJid it -striking deep roots IIIIo tile--ea- ~ at Northem Arizona Univer­lo
tile arp.iatla. of America ..._, emu iD the Iranian li.ttiatiaa, McGee aid. viromneat t11r.p stady IIIII inter1reta- sity.·· lie said.
~a lplledl titled, 'Freedom il Nat 'l1le United Stltel toot 4eliJIIte ~ by tion: " EIIcelleace will be the key word in
Fret." C11ttiJ11 ol oil imports, eami1JD1 tile ii&at. - deepeniac ud esputli-a tbe commit- Nortllem A.rizooa University's fut llfe."'
Tile Uet lllat America II a free IOdetJ ol Iranian lludeals aDd freaillg lnniaD ment to public !~«Vice ; Huglles said. " I hope and 1 dream that
IDJIIetimel il llled by tbe perpetrator to -tl. - support for Hugbel from tbe universl- excellence will become the ballmart. of this
ezr.- rialeat acts. IIUCb u --matioal America needs to sort oat its prioritift ty. university."' • • .
cl tllree America1t INden ud a llllooliD« and to remember the 1011rce of ~ ••Jnstitution:11 greatness Qoestl't come ~ "'lated ro•erlljl:e J>all:" ' ·