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  • JANUARY 18, 1979/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/PAGE 11 h Cuba' is possible any, because they have very low crime, very low prostitution, and they know thai if they do anything •hat they arc not supposed to do...well, it's I military government. Nor is there any outward indication that 'here is any negative attitude toward the Castro regime either." The chancellor also visited various schools while on 'he island. "Major developments in education have occurred there within the last five years." "Fidel Castro's main goal is to teach everyone to read at a sixth grade level, and thereby wipe out illiteracy by 1981." One of the schools Robinson visited was the elite Lenin School. "They only go here at government expense if thev are going on in higher education at the university. We visited a campus factory where about 4.500 students were making radios. Seventy-live percent of the college students were women. They were chosen to continue their education because of high school nst scores." In the day care and other types of schools, all the students must wear uniforms. They are taken from their parents when they are 45 days old and stay in day care centers until thev enter the firsl grade at age four. "In these lower schools they have a strictly enforced 'work-study' regime—they work half a day and study the other half. They usually rise at 6 a.m. and go to bed at 10p.m.—a very rigid program." The AASCU also visited the Univeristy of Havana, on of the oldest in the western hemisphere (and the place where the term 'alma mater' was born). Most of the students' majors are in the professional areas. They are especially interested in becoming self sufficient in food production; sugar and foreign exports; engineering and technology." At the medical training center in Havana. 4,000 students are enrolled for the M.D. degree. From 700 to 1,200 students are admitted each year and follow a five-year plan of study. Dr. Robinson said he believes the clinical facilities and academic programs provided appeared to be about the equivalent of a high-level paraprofessional type training in the United States. The LOST YOUR HAT? CAN'T FIND YOUR GLOVES OR SOCKS? The CULLOWHEE OUTFITTERS has a super selection of WARM WOOL HATS, GLOVES. £ SOCKS OPEN MON. - SAT. 11:00-6:00 in lower Cullowhee phone 2939747 Cubans biggest problem is the large number of interested students and the limited facilities for their training. Robinson said the AASCU is just now developing and arranging exchange programs with the Cuban university. "There are two professors here who would be extremely interested in any exchange program because of their interests In the Southeasl empire of the ancient Cherokee and the extensive archives located down there." Concerning entertainment, the chancellor said he was appalled at the lack of it. "No, I didn't see any discos and was surprised." he said. "We stayed in the 15-floor Riviera Hotel in Havana. It is now a government operated tourist hotel with very nice facilities and the food was good. We were given special treatment, but then they only let us see what thev wanted us to see. "They took us to the famous Tropicana nightclub. It still has all the glamour and beautiful costumes and so forth. And they provided free champagne to guests of the government. "But there isn't anything to spend any money on. Everything, even food, is rationed. Their streets are bare at night and most of the old beautiful buildings in Havana are in much need of repair. Their cities are very quiet compared to the hustle and bustle of ours. Also, three-fourths of the counters in their 'department' stores were empty, and the prices for what was there were outrageous. One of the highlights of the chancellor's visit to Cuba was meeting Ramone Castro, brother of Fidel, and often said lo be the second most powerful man in tin- country. Dr. Robinson has charts of cattle breeding schemes which Ramone drew and signed for him. "Wc got along very well, and he was really interested in agriculture." A brochure Robinson brought back with him was published with remarks by Ramone in it: 'The Valleys of Picadura: We have drawn milk from the rocks. Cuba has shattered the myth thai Holstelns could not thrive- in the tropics,' it says. Inside he said: "This is our principle: If 1 drink a glass of milk, I can't really drink it with satisfaction while there is still a child in the world without milk." Chancellor Robinson said 50 percent of their conversations with the Cubans was devoted to the "imperialist Americans" and how they had slaughtered Cuban women and children with "blockades." The AASCU group was once surprisingly introduced to a Cuban "hero" of the Bay of Pigs confrontation. Dr. Robinson said the women there "have a lot of rights—they don't worry about any 'ERA' there." He said he purchased some specimans of Cuban money (pesos) and mailed some postal cards to friends here. "They, the guides, told us it would take about ten days to get to the States, but I think the people here are still waiting to receive them." Rex's Package Store NEXT DOOR TO ABC STORE OPEN MONDAY THRU SATURDAY All popular brands sold. New addition being added with all conveniences, PROMPT COURTEOUS SERVICE PHONE 586-5422 YOUR BUSINESS APPRECIATED Owned and operated by Rex Moore East Sylva Shopping Center EVERYBODY WELCOME
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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