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June, 1980
THE TIGER
Page 3
Who Should Care?
The Cuban Refugee!
On June 3rd and 4th “The Tiger” took a poll of the students on
Campus and what they thought of the Cuban Boat People being allow-
ed in U.S. Each student was asked 4 questions:
1. Should the U.S. Allow the Cuban boat people into our coun-
try.
2. Do you think the U.S. owes the refugees anything such as jobs,
places to live, financial aid.
3. Do you think the U.S. should be more concerned and active
with the Cubans or the hostages in Iran.
4. If you were in a position of authority what would you do
about the situation with the Cubans?
Mary Simmon: 1. Yes, because they are leaving a country they feel
they don’t belong to.
2. No, I feel if they want to come to our country
they can learn to make it on there own like we
did.
3. I think that the hostages in Iran are more im-
portant.
4. I wouldn’t put up with any of it, if they are going
to do stuff like rioting, I would just send them
right back. I agree we should let them into the
country, but if they come they should come as
peaceful people they should accept our way of
life and not wanting to change our style.
Susan Moran: 1. Yes, I don’t see why not, they let everyone else
in.
2. Well, to an extent, I wouldn’t want to see every-
thing handed to them on a silver platter, but to
help them get on there feet and establish them-
selves.
3. The hostages are important, but the Cubans
could cause trouble in the future.
4. I would try to keep them all in one place and
not let them wander all over the place.
2. Well maybe not exactly, but they might be able
to get them started some way.
3. Well the hostages, we’re forgetting all of them, I
haven’t in a long time I guess because they have
been there so long; they should have gotten
them already. We’re forgetting about the hostages
because of the Cuban. They should pay more at-
tention to the hostages, there Americans not
Cuban.
4. I would spread them out. When you put your
problems together they are harder to solve.
Here we have presented the views of 5 of the students that were
interviewed.
These 5 are the only students of some 20 approached who did
not have an attitude of indifference towards national and intern-
ational affairs. This seems to be in confirmation of campus apathy.
Editorial
The Tiger is proud of the
fact that St. Philip’s has grown
and is NOW considered an
educational force in San An-
tonio and the state.
The Tiger is also proud
that the District and staff of
St. Philip’s had the foresight to
dedicate its newest physical
plant to a man such as G.J.
Sutton.
However, we wonder if
Representative Sutton would be
proud of six thousand dollars
spent to sponsor a dedication,
ostentatious and elaborate, and
somewhat meaningless, in the
light of the fact that these
monies could have been used to
aid some student continue his/
her education.
Mr. Sutton was always inter-
ested in students, attested to by
the photograph accompanying
the front page article in this
issue.
The ceremonies were impre-
ssive, but the intent may have
been misplaced.
Herbert Bailey
W. Ousseau
Wallace:
D. Anglo:
1. Yes, we should because of the political condition
in Cuba, as a result of that, yes.
2. Yes, I sure do, until they are able to assimilate in-
to the American society, if we don’t then we’re
just adding to there problems.
3. I think we’re more concerned with the hostages
in Iran but there is a very little the U.S. can do
about that right now so they have to deal with
something they can handle and the Cuban situ-
ation can be dealt immediately the Iranian situ-
ation which has to handled as the situation dic-
tates.
4. First of all a lot of the red tape should be eli-
minated, they shouldn’t have to stay at their
centers, give them some sense of where there
going and where they will be sent, they should
be told what’s going on. and sent to wherever
they’re going as soon as possible.
1. Yes, I feel they have a justification in allowing
them to come in.
2. Well, when you look at what the Statue of
• Liberty says, “gives... us you tired your poor you
jhungry and your huddle masses,” And... then I
’would venture to say to allow the people to
icome into the country and if we actually mean
ithat we way of that statue, yes we should try to
:assist them, no more or no less than the people
who live in America in trying to find jobs.
3. I think we should have been more active with
the people in Iran prior to them becoming host-
ages since. I feel that there was prior knowledge
on the part of the government about this type
of situation, the possibility of this arising. I don’t
think life stops because of 50 people, were
talking about masses of people vs 50, and while I
do feel the Americans should take procedures, I
feel when we’re talking about masses vs 50, the
masses come first, its’ always been that way in
America.
4. Well if I was an humanitarian president, lute tne
one we have now, I guess I’d do similar to what
he is doing now. The only thing is I think we
should have had a better screening process so as
not to allow people to/come in to the country
that were undersirable and misfits. We have enou-
gh misfits and criminals. In fact I think we should
send some of them to Cuba.
1. Yes, I feel they should be allowed into the U.S.
because a lot of people have been allowed in the
U.S. and whv not the Cubans.
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Muslims Speak
Out
HOUSTON-In an interview
with Imam Ibrahim
Kamalud-Din, the governor of
the seven memb er Council of
Imams of the American Muslim
Mission, Inc., the largest Mus-
lim Community in the Western
Hemisphere, the following
statement was made:
“The Iranian Crisis put a
heavy strain on our community.
We are Americans and we are
Muslims. We don’t like this
worrysome condition of our
citizens being held hostage.
Our sympathy is also with the
Iranian people who suffered
cruel persecution under the
ex-Shah and we cheer the
Islamic reform by Iman
Khomeni, but we are concerned
that the hurt of Iran may be
clouding their sense of direction.
We pray to Allah that Iran will
find the moral strength to
exercise the judgement given in
the Qur’an: Do not let the
hurt and injustice inflicted upon
you by those who ejected you
from the mosque cause you to
act unjustly: the ex-Shah
persecuted the religion and
looted his country.
In view of these facts, we
pray Allah that the American
people and the Iranian people
will continue to show
exceptional moral strength
during these crisis.
Toll-Free
Numbers
For Texas
Gulf Coast
Weekenders, if you are plan-
ning on getting away down to
the coast, you will be happy to
know that there are two toll-free
numbers to call for recorded
messages on weather, fishing and
general beach conditions.
For information on the mid-
coast area, the Corpus Christi
Chamber of Commerce number
is 1-800-242-3243.
For the South Padre Island-
Port Isabel area, call the South
Padre Island Tourists Buerau nu-
mber, 1-800-292-7508.
Have a good, safe weekend.
Forget about school and work
for awhile. Don’t bum!
Whitfield
Announces
Marriage
Nathan Whitfield, a coun-
selor at Special Services, is a
former student of St. Philip’s
College. Although Mr. Whitfield
is not a native Texan-he is from
North Caroline-he has easily
adapted to the lifestyle of Tex-
as. He received his Associate
degree at St. Philip’s and his
Bachelors and Masters at Our
Lady of Our Lake. Whitfield
recently married Blanca I. Tre-
vino, a student at SPC. She plans
on majoring in Pscyhology.
Whitefield’s ambition is appar-
ently unfulfilled, for he is cur-
rently pursuing another Masters
degree in Counseling and Guid-
ance with an emphasis on Psy-
cho-testing. SPC should be
proud of Mr. Whitefield’s ac-
complishments because they-
serve as an inspiration to the stu-
dents and faculty as well.
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