European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 13, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 Haiti invasion unlikely to give Clariton a lift Walter r. Mears it s called the october Surprise the late Campaign crisis or Man Euver in foreign policy that can stir the political mix to the advantage of the White House. But this time a foreign flare up  no Surprise atall and probably no help to president Clinton indeed a campaigning democratic senator said theother night that the most Likely move a  inva Sion of Haiti would be a political minus although he support Clinton on it sen. Charles Robb of Virginia said the administration has gone too far to waive its warnings that haitian1 Mili tary rulers must yield to the elected government they ousted. We re now in a position where we have no Choice but to move ahead Robb said. We have drawn a line in the  the administration has just hardened its line again with a new round of warnings that the military regime must leave or be forced out. Their Days Are definitely numbered said Secretary of state Warre Christopher but with no specific deadline threat. Congress is divided and there has been no concerted administration Effort to gain Public support for the threatened military intervention. Time was a crisis abroad would rally . Opinion around the president As he faced the menaces of the cold War. Now the crises seem More Remote the prob lems Over Cuba and Haiti do hot threaten american lives although they were driven Home by the tide of refugees fleeing toward Florida. To Stem the refugee flow the administration ruled that haitian boat people would not be admitted to the United states but would be sent to havens elsewhere to await the end of the military regime. Only people who seek and get refugee status before they leave Are entitled to , entry. That policy then was applied to cubans after the Castro government began letting them flee by boat nearly a month ago. That worked to reduce the haitian tide and the administration Hopes it is having the same Impact  already Are nearly 24,000 of them at Guantanamo Bay naval base the . Outpost in Cuba and More than 14 000 haitians. Panama has agreed to take up to 10,000 cubans. Those answers Are temporary and expensive about $40 million for the Guantanamo refugee operation $38million to handle those going to Panama Over the next six months. Whatever the outcome of \-cuban Refu gee talks in the future there will still be the problem of those who already have fled. The Castro regime May be troubled but it is  s dealing with his ninth . President. Castro figured in the gravest of october crises Over soviet missiles in Cuba 32 years ago. Presiden Kennedy imposed a naval blockade the soviets backed Down and the missiles were withdrawn. Until then re publicans had been campaigning against Kennedy on foreign policy accusing him of tragic irresolution on Cuba. The election that followed was the Best off year showing for a president s party since 1934. Just before the presidential election of 1968, presi Dent Johnson ordered an end to the bombing of North Vietnam to Foster peace talks. It was oct. 31 and the democrats seemed to be overtaking Richard m. Nixon who had seen the peace Effort coming and had both uttered and disowned the suggestion that it was a cynical political move. Nixon won narrowly. The october Surprise of 1980 the one that did t happen was debated in Advance and investigated afterwards. " Ronald Reagan s Campaign worried that presi Dent Carter might try to Salvage re election with a sur prise move to free the american hostages held in Teh ran. There was none but there were recurring accusations that republicans had dealt secretly with Iran to delay the hostage release until after the elec Tion. That persisted into George Bush s presidency when congressional investigators concluded there Wasno credible evidence of such gop mane vering. C the associated press students ought to Dye some privacy in school on a March Day in 1980, a High school teacher in new Jersey caught two girls smoking in a lavatory. She Marche them off to the principal s office and thereby hangs a tale that is Worth review ing As the school year begins. What Are the constitutional rights of High school students we know from supreme court opinions that their right to Freedom of the press is limited school authorities May control the Content of a Stu Dent newspaper. Their right to Freedom of expression is broader students May Wear Black  bands to protest a  have a first amendment right to Pray voluntarily in school. It i unclear whether they May vote to have prayer at commencement exercises. It student clubs generally Are permitted to meet on school grounds a Bible study club must be granted the same privilege what about a student s fourth amendment right to be protected from unreasonable search and seizure Here we run int some troublesome areas. And Here we go Back to Piscataway High school in Middlesex county n.j., in March 19so. James j. Kilpatrick one of the girls the teacher nabbed is known in supreme court reports Sim ply As . She was then 14, taken tothe principal s office she was interrogated by an assistant vice principal with the dickensian name of Theodore Cho Plick. . S companion confessed to smoking she plays no further part in the story.. Denied the charge. She insisted she did not smoke at All. Choplick demanded to see her purse he opened the purse and saw a pack of cigarettes. You be lied to me he said. He dug deeper into the purse an found a packet of rolling papers of the kind used with marijuana. He turned the purse inside out an found a Small amount of marijuana a pipe a substantial Quantity of $1 Bills Acard bearing the names of students who owed her Money and two letters that implicated her in marijuana dealing. Choplick summoned the police. The state brought delinquency charges.. Moved to suppress the evidence from her purse. The trial court denied the motion. Eventually . Was found to be a delinquent child and was placed on a year s  Case went All the Way to the . Supreme court. On Jan. 15, 1985,after argument and re argument the High court held 6-3 that the school had not violated . S rights. Nine years later the Case of . Misback in the news. By one account Given Ai can t wait to 6et to Couge credibility by . Rosentha of the Newyork times 135,000 students take a gun to school every Day. Another estimate doubles that figure. South Carolina has adopted an act specifically keyed to the . Case that says notwithstanding any other provi Sion of Law school administrators and officials May conduct reasonable searches on school property of lockers desks vehicles and personal belongings such As purses Book bags wallets and satchels with or without probable  the school year had no sooner begun before several Charleston county Stu dents reported to their principal that a14-year-old had a gun. Said the principal we took him out of the classroom at the beginning of the second period and searched his Book  there they found an unloaded ,380-caliber semiautomatic pistol and clip of ammunition. The student faces expulsion. Given the facts in the Charleston county Case i see nothing wrong in the Steps that were taken. The student informants provided probable cause to search the boy s belongings. What about random searches of. All lockers All Book bags All backpacks i would have big problems with any such sweeping procedure. Students ought to have some expectation of privacy in their purses and lock ers. Without specific credible tips that would justify a search i would urge that these teen agers be left alone. C univ Sal press Syndicate