Szymanski’s support, work
honored by foreign students
The untimely and tragic death of Professor
Albert Szymanski has evoked deep feelings
and an incomparable sense of loss among
many foreign students on the University
campus.
Al, as we have become affectionately ac
customed to calling him. was a principled man
who combined his strong sympathy and une
quivocal support for the just struggles of Third
World peoples to attain more equitable and
democratic societies, with a rare encyclopedic
mind and scholarly abilities. He was able,
whether in writing or speaking, to marshal one
Commentary
fact after another to prove his arguments and
assertions in the most convincing and ar
ticulate manner.
Whenever there was a demonstration, a
lecture, a petition to be circulated, or a
picketing about any issue related to the strug
gle of Third World peoples, whether in South
Africa, Latin America, the Middle East,
Southeast Asia, or any other area, there was
always Al, with his confident supportive smile
and his favorite phrase "Give ’em hell,
brothers.”
For those of us who had the privilege of at
tending his seminars, his lectures were not dry
esoteric lessons about sociological theories,
methods and facts but, and more importantly
so, a learning and growing experience of great
significance and meaning.
Through his critical and sharply focused
mind, global and local issues, international
and national concerns were interwoven
■ together in a single and elegant theoretical
construct. The logical outcome of such a
panoramic "weltarichauung” was his impor
tant and provocative work “The Logic of Im
perialism" (1981), whereby he analyzed in
great detail the various theories of im
perialism, its history and development, its
modus operandi and its global reach. .
Me was a prolific writer. At the age of 43,
he had already published seven books.and
numerous articles covering many critical
socio-economic and political issues.
The current ominous rise of right-wing
ideology in the West has been accompanied in
ternally by an increase in racism, fewer public
services for the people, and a narrow-minded
ethnocentrism, while externally a dangerous
military adventurism, which could lead to a
global disaster, is gradually but surely taking
shape. What makes APs work of great impor
tance and relevance at this juncture in world
history is that he, single-mindedly and
courageously, continued to expose the nature
of such sinister internal and external policies
and their socio-economic and political
ramifications both within and outside of the
advanced industrial world.
Ironically, A1 may have thought his voice
in his own country had been so far a lonely one
in a wilderness of apathy and indifference. But
for some of us, who came from lands ravaged
by many painful years of colonial and im
perialistic plunder and continue to be ravaged
mercilessly until today, Al’s voice resonated
with great truth and meaning and found
among Third World students many sym
pathetic ears.
His friendly and close relationships with
many international students of various ethnic
backgrounds, supplemented by his extensive
travels to many parts of the world in order to
acquire a first-hand knowledge about different
cultures and societies, had endowed him with
a deep sense of awareness, sensitivity, and ap
preciation of the human phenomenon and its
universalistic dimensions.
The University, the American people, and
humanity have lost a great man. The void he
left has already touched many people. But our
only consolation is that the loss of Al, the man,
is compensated by what continues to remain of
him, his brilliant work, to which he had
dedicated most of his life. For all of us who
learned from and admired this truly great
American human being, the memory and
meaning of Al Szymanski and his work will
never be lost.
Mansour Ehsan
Foreign Student Organization
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About ROTC
I would like to address the ac
cusations made by Shasta Hatter
(ODE, March fi) and explain my
desire to become an officer in
the United States Army.
Hatter claimed to have resear
ched the program. 1 am not de
nying this but 1 submit the
research was not in depth. The
Army rates cadets at Camp
Adventure and here at the
University. This information is
sent in to the branch selection
board and evaluated. The board
tries to bring the cadet's desires
and the Army's needs to a hap
py medium. If per chance a
cadet does not get one of his/her
four preferences, there is a
chance down the road (three to
four years) to change branches.
Secondly, the reason the Ar
my will not train me to operate
in the upper ranks is for the sim
ple reason that 1 am not entering
the upper ranks. I will be com
missioned as a Second Lieute
nent. not a General working
directly for President Reagan.
As my career progresses. 1 will
attend an officers advanced
course, the Command and
General Staff College, and if I
pursue a 30 year career,
possibly go to the War College.
My reason, for becoming an
officer is simple. I valu£ my
freedom to write to a newspaper
and express my views. I also
care enough about you, Shasta
Hatter, to swear to defend your '
right to express your view7 You
have exercised your right to
state your opinion, but you
need to ensure your claims are
backed up with truth before you
state them. I invite you or
anyone at the University to
come to the ROTC and read
every single piece of literature
we have.
Anthony Helbling
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