Thursday, November 16, 1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Foreign student panel calls United States lax
By Gail Habluetzel Kansan Staff Reporter
A panel of KU students from Africa and Latin America Wednesday discussed pros and cons of U.S. policy in their respective countries—and at least two panelists concluded that the United States has been lax in its aid to those areas.
Meeting in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union, the panel was part of events in the Student Union Activities (SUA) World Affairs Week.
George Bokamba, Kinshaba,
Congo, senior and one of those complaining of U.S. laxity, said the United States had been helpful to his country at times but "I hope she (the United States) will continue to help the African countries stay on their feet by aid to education and other areas.
"I realize the United States can't be expected to spoon feed them." Bokamba said.
Agreeing with Bozamba as to United States passiveness to African countries, Plonhon Kjonje, Mzimba, Malawi junior, said it is time the United States changed its policy and offered more economic
aid to build up the African nations.
Mass media is problem
Mass media is problem Emmanuel Akuchu, Bamenda, West Cameroon senior, thought the mass media of the United States has been a problem. He said the media have presented a distorted image of the African people because of sensationalism and erroneous reporting. He said a preoccupation with violence, rather than the good things of the countries, has given the impression there is nothing but chaos in Africa.
He said, however, that one
American television network at least had taken a right step toward correcting this situation with an objective program on Africa. This not only helps Africa, Akuchu said, but also helps people of the United States to appreciate the use of their tax money in African countries.
Asks U.S. to stop military aid
One of the Latin American students, Jose Dubon, Honduras graduate student, said he wants the United States and other countries to stop military aid and to concentrate more on aid for schools, public services, health programs and other similar efforts. At present, he said, the balance of aid is four-to-one in favor of military aid. He said he felt that once the military aid was decreased and used for domestic affairs, the Honduras government would be able to work as civilian rather than military.
Another Latin American student, Ampelio Villalba, Asuncion, Paraguay, junior, said that he thought there was no strong influence from the United States in Latin America. However, he believes the United States was a big factor in protecting those countries from aggression by European countries and Communists.
Greek men and women to meet Saturday
The Fraternity Affairs Conference to be held this Saturday is a result of the Greek Leadership seminar held last spring, said Bill Coughlin, Wellsville senior and conference chairman. Planning by the Interfraternity Council (IFC) began in July.
"The Greek Week leadership seminar was fine," said Coughlin, "but everything was too general. We felt the men of the fraternities couldn't sit down and talk about interfraternity affairs with Greek women present." Most of the procedures are very different, such as rush and pledge training.
The conference, which lasts all day, will be attended by four men
from each house including one pledge.
During the day, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., four area leaders will discuss fraternity problems. After each of the four talks, the fraternity men will break into small groups and discuss the topic problems further.
The results of the small group discussions will be published later and distributed to all KU fraternities, the National IFC and to the headquarters of each fraternity house. The results will report the condition of fraternities at KU.
The conference will begin at 9 a.m. with coffee and donuts in the Centennial Room of the Kansas Union.
A banquet is planned for 6:30 p.m. where Mayor Joseph H. McDowell of Kansas City will speak.
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