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The Binghainton Review was foimded in the Fall of 19.87. Frotn _.Students at Binghamton ~ requi_red to pay an "Activity Fee" as '· that, moment;. one of the highest goats· of .th~ journal was to ~meday part of U!eit tuition. · This money (approximately $6Q/student) is sent

·, become:independent.' Three years later, that goal-has a~ lo~g last ~n directly to the Student Association,. tore distribt,Jt~ as the members see achieved. ' . ' - . ~ - ' ' . fit. .An of the groups ori campus, from cultural to 'religioUs, are allocated

Effective today, the n·mghamtpn 'Reyiew is--~ independent, .. funds. _. Included in th~se ~ups, however, are those supporting a definite privately funded . oFg'aill?Jtrlon.. There were two facto:r:s that led to .the political agenda. Th~LatinAmerican SolidafityCommiitee, thePalestinian · · , ·

"" decis1on ... tQ maintain oirr. Student Associatimi c~r yet forgo· S.A. . ·. Soliqafity Committee, and theGay People'~ Union propagate an extreme .··funding. : ~ - · " - , y ~ . · : • • • _· • . leftist vieWpoint. .-fu fact,'-the LASC .~d -PSC · vooally support terrorist.

, . -· · - · . - ... organizations-such as the F.M.L.N. -and the P.L.O. " The Binghamton Revie~ canhot, in good cortsde~c~: continue -. ·· -- · ··- . · · · · · •. · · · ( ·

to accept fwjds from a student gov~rnment that has dernon~triu:ed itSelf · " It -~s t:eprelle~sible to use stude~t funds ' in suppoit;· of such , · -.to be_ ~co_mpetent_ and haS fill_ ~ ed ~.o·.~ork Ot:H5ehalf of) the stu.~ Q.ent bod_:· : :y. . . . organizatiotts. ~~ Review is in no way suggesting theSe groups should . , - not be perinitted on campus . . A democratic soci~!Y is unique l?ecause it ' ' ' I

: In l~ge part,, the SA:~~; &en-a play~~und for special intere.st- petn¥ts ~veryone, regahpess of ideQiogy, to .sptak his ~d. . 1 ,

·groups m1 me Binghamt6il campris. The past has seen· th~ student 7 , ' · , , - - •

. government as be __ · ing more int~rested in .pursufng th~Lt __ own .left-\ving , . . But the R~\jew does· challenge these groups to follow the , . ~. exatriple· Set here by ''declaring independence."- -If their coilvicti.Qns are_ .... poiltical :agenda . than working on the general .concerr.tS of the student

bOdy. Jbe s·.A~: h~s the-potential to ·be a good organization,. if not for a truly s6lid, the opportunities fot private funding are en91ess. ·Why·', _ srnhll. hand ~f lefhwmg students wh() remain -on ~1e S.A .. These'· continueto"*ethestudents'money? whydon'tthesegroupsprove~their ·.

individuals seem to -relish theii positions becaaSe they allow them to legitmacy by letting their ideas stand Jor themselves ·without behtg J. ni~tain a false ~nse ofa~thority that they. would not otherwise be

1ablt: ·· "proppeq up" by .$tQde~t govemme~t?

. to achieve. r -~ • · . It is· quite simple to rally around ideas. It is far more difficult to I ' nie. second, and per\laps most ilnportant.reason for the Review, s stand up and take the initiative to. prove the yalidity of tho~ jdeas. > · - · .· \ ~.

financial in~~pendence is b~ qn a ,p~oSophy frrst expressed by ThomaS Jefferson~ He siated that, "to compel amah to furnish· funds for

. thepro~gationofideashedis~lievesandabhorsis.sinfuland tyr~ical." Ephraim R. ~rtistein, · Naiurally, it is difficult to oonceive how someone could disagree ·

with th~.tpeas of traditional American conservatism. Yet there are a few : who do. No student should be forced to fund an organization, such as the

Review, that espouses a particular ideology.

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ContrarY to pripular .belit~f •. ~ speech is not thriving in America, especially -

-not on college campuses. · ' -_ ·'

RighthereatSUNYBinghamton, our newspaper was sanctioned for "gay-

_bashing" when it criticized a proposru to establish a Gay and Lesbian Studi~ ~ De-: ­~ent on campUs. Although we argued that the iss~ was academics, not hom(}-· . sexuality- that a major iri hom~sexuaiity ·was not practical;, legitimate, or sensible-'the c~rvatives were punished . .

- Similar examples of thought ·control have been occurring with $rming regularitY on campuses throughout · the country. At Vassar College, the conser­vative - newsp~iper named a studeht­"Hypocrite of the Month~' for his public raCial slur againSt a8othei student }{e had referred to the -student-as a "dirty Jew;'.

: Unfortunately for the· newspaper 'the "h}'pocrite" -was black. The vassar ad~ ministration confiscated all copies of-the

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issue, then stripped its funding and disas-.-sociated it from the college. Th~ b~k

· student was not disCiplined -for the anti• semitic remark. . . . . . .

-And, at UCLA, a political cartoon criticizing the ~versity's affmtive·ac- -· · iioQ policy was deemed "racially insensi­tive"' while a -black student=paper' s claim_ ' tru;tt Europeans "do not possess the quality­of rational thought" escaped r-eprinmnd. -·

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--; !Sn'rii irOnic that a natiC;n whicti prides itself on ·the free exchange of ideas and beliefs does not guanmtee free speeCh even On i~ oWil· college ~puses?

As students return to school this -fall, many will find that their constitutional

- right tO free ~h- has been taken away by the ~pus thought police wbo-.reserve_the right tO silence them· in the name of "sen-

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things: . don't challenge authori!}'. The tiptoe around certain subjects deeliledt.oo. mentalilY is: ~'Trust us, we'll tell you how sensitive to exp~re." _you sho_ uld think." · - · ·

The reallty is thai mandating sen- . Just ask Linda Chavez, a fonner sitivity serves t.O comP<>und the problems

Reagan administration .offictal whose of racism. sexism, and homophobui, rather -speaking engagement at a Colorado uni- ·, than si>lve them. It masks tensiOQs that ·

or any other social. concern. .This is .the way diverse_people Iearri abolitoneanother. Shutting down cnticism and debate ---. _ which sometinles even-includes infantile name calling - breeds anger and. igno.. ranee.

versltywasabrupdycancelledV~henschool need tO be brought out into the open. _ It _ Problems of racism cannOt sim­officials-realized . she r----------------------""'!"'"------~-. piy be wished ~way or was a conservative. She · hi~n behJnd the fa~ was<ieemedtobeapoor "Problems of rac~m cannot simply. be ·cade _of "sensitivity".· ''rt>le rpodel" for His- Time magazine re-panic _women, and her . wishe_ a_ awa_r,,-or hidden' behind the cently noted that invitation "insensiti.ve"'l 'J - A.Peri'ca' s young tominonties. Whatthis • ·, , '' peo· pie feel .listless, kind of censorship. facade of . -sensitivity. ~ hopeless, and could means,_ unfortunately, ., ~ - care less about the ''is that universities will .· ~ _ become more homogeneoUs institutions - not more diverse - when it comes :to · issues dealing with rare, gender or ethnic­ity ,"Chavez sa~s. ·"Everyo~ ;will learn to·

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stifleS debate. Students, like everyone else, must have the right to question poli­cies that are allegedly made on their behaif;

· whether they invol~e race, -ethni~ity, sex

. - pressing issues m our sOciety and our world.'ff theseare the goals ... of our educational system·, then the univer­sity thought ~lice iUlve achieved ultimate ·

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This aSsault ori~ the first amend­ment is led by the_1iberal education -~~ lishment which has Set a new standard for . expr;ssing opinions, namely, that in .order for speech to be "free" it must also. be "sensitive". Universities d~fend such .censorship _policies as a necessary evil, believing they will make. up for past , in­j_~tices against minorities. _

But, as is often · the case, there exists a strict ~uble-:standard. The targets -of cenSorship are not jUst any insensitive _'

-_ studentS --'- they are student$~ usually cmi-seivatives,who·gon't bow to the idols of

· .the left: minorities, lroiriosexua1s~ women, _ · and other groups which fall into~category of "traditionally oppressed" pe(>ple. Criti­cizing such oppressed people is called ha-

- iassment, -sexisin, and gay bashing. Criti--cizing a Jewish· student, or a·- white, bet- _ erose~ual fratetnity brother-:-who in many

~cases is a minorlty these days .;_ is calied healthy debate. · • ·

The sanctions at coll~ges gener-' ally are not being· used against students m3king rocist statertients. They are beifig .. used to destroylegitimate debate·on iSsues, and as an ideologiCal litmus·testforstudentS who maynotagr¢withtheliberal'solutions

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. . . . 1be buzz wordsrare ever present · · . cxf -the SUNY· Binghamton dimpus; di-.

'vel'$itY, racial equality, an atmosphere of rncialharmony~ SUN.YBmghamton's·new presidertt, ·Lois · DeFleur, speaking in an article in the Press· and Sun BUlletin; }las

' entl)usiastically endorsWa policy tO further ''diverSify'' .the Binghamton campus.

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. It pays to :· look closely at ~e m~gs of these tenns. ·' Exactly how d&s one set' 0\lt io "diversify" a campus?

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WallS~ Joumal,lhomas Sowell, 3:0 internationally reno~ economist at the '. Hoover Institute, cited numerous instanceS of minority "over-representation" in ooun­tries arourid the world. Mr. Sowell points

. out, for example, that in Malaysia during . . the J960's the Clli.nese minority greatly

outnumbered the. ~ys iri the scientific . and technical fields. The Chineser~ived 1;488 Bachelor of Scierree. degrees during the sixties as eom}>ared to 69 by the Ma­lays. In_the field of engineering ~e Chi­nese ob!&ned 408 bachelar degrees tO the . _

in line. It is this ocewrence that is one of the· . mor:e troubling factors of affmna:tive ac­tion . . This "next line" of minority students are· often individuals who if not for their rnce would not ordiiuui.iy quaJify to enter

' the university. Many are quick io point out · that this is fait consid~ring that blacks have

been kept back au these years d~- to dis-. crimination. ·· This school of thought is perhaPS the. most detrimental to black em­powerment ~- mdividuals ~ more ' concern~ withCOsmCtlcchanges ;mdgood­intentions than they are w~f.lt results. Stari-

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... these students not been artificially placed at a !DP university their acad({mic careers could have been much more pf9mising. · There are 3,000collegesand U)Jiversities in · the United-States, why shouldn't students be placed at imiversities that matCh their abilities. Many students wh~ can make it in · SUNY Binghamton would have a difficult time making . it _at Harvard ar Princeton~ . What is the logic in sending a student to ~ -

first rate university only to receive a second

rate ~ucation?

·. The fact that many black students ·

· AtSUNYBingruimti:>nanduniverSities / . acrossthecoulitiy~theanswed~afflr- ' ............. _lllilll ________ ... ______ ll!llll! ________ .. scOre lowet. on their SAT's in no way implies ~they are ifitellectu- . ally inferior. Instead it suggests th'¢ mative aCtion and racial quotas. '' .• _·

At the ou~t die goals of af­fmnative action were worthy Ol)es. In '

''Vigorous attempts to aftijically diversify the colleg~ . . / . . . - there is a problem witb the second­

- aty and. primary education of many / . ' ' .

. .. . order to prevent ineqruilities on colleg~ _ ~ampus _ through affinnative ~liOn _ _

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sem-ch for minority students who were ,and quota syste~ ate policies racked -with hilrmfu~ .·' illative action at the college level are · missing'the point. It is no help to any blackstudent to be placOO ara p~-

. qUalified to-enter tlK? ~versities. Yet, . in the late sixties and early seventies affinnative action poJicies ei4lated greatly, ~king not only ~ interview ·

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enough minority prospects, but also admit "enough of them." The, g~l ,went from simply' ~mg anti-discririliria- ' tion, -to sociai engineering in the fonn of preferential treatments and quotas.

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_There are those in the -academic university students. 1be faet of the matter fi~ld who are in the habit of equating sta;. is that to point ~ statistical imbalances ~ .;.,.;cal"iml..~t:...~~~·· · in .theunive_rsitywith t Lll)l.l Ui11al~ · proof of discrimination is a fat from aceu-

. dards are there for a reason, Dartmouth can · allow all who apply toenter~e univ~rsity, yet then Dartmouth· would no longer be . · D3rtmouth. It serves only to harm the blaCk. ·studentifhCISplacedina university that he .

· ·wouid under nonnal circumstances be un­able to get into.-

> discrimination and raeism. ~What is over-looked ·by . ruese individualS, and· perhaps nrte prac4ce. · ~ .. AcCording to the National Center .

puipt>sely.so;isthefactthatgroupdisparities The key issue thaiseems_toallude for Education Statistics, whife enroiJment

are ihe norm thewotld over. 1bere are no supportersofaffmnativeactionisthatthere of blacks 14 to-34 yea.s old in universitieS

two gT9UpS in this worldJ}lat produce sta- · is a tremendous difference·between-racial has.increased 11% betweenl978and 1985,

tistically balanced results. Ignored as well repre.smtuion and racial ctevelopment, It there has been a 4.6%. drop m bachelor

is the fact that in many countrieS racial ~d is far more· siqlle ·to artificially manufac- degrees and. a 28.2% drop in masters de- . ethnic minorities ·are overrepresented in·. · . tute rep..-esent.atioo. than tO . achieve the grees for black ·students. several blacks

the university and work place. It would be ·difficult task of e8ming development who ~ed Cornell . university in ~ the

' sheer folly to accuse these groups of dis- Schools across the countty have a problem . 1960's we~ concerned by the fact that half

criminating~themajority«anyone · . fulfilling their quotas with top -minority .. of the b~k .students were on acadt-mic

else for that matter. · applicants. Thais, the ~hools, in tbe hope of · ··-probation. _This was dlie to the fact that ·

, ~ially balanCing the stqdent body mus~. their SAT . ~rcentile was consider~ly

· fill the slots with the next ~rlty students -: lower than that of white students. Had .. ' . .

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_ Vigqrous attempts to artificially "diversify" the college campus through

. affmnative action. and quota systems is a . policy that is ·racked with harmful resultS. . and smacks of racism. The system is racist due to its ·in~tion -of blaclc · ~a toloi' ·. of preteren&'v;\\en aPPl{fu.i\0 a'?ut\lv'et­sity. This will only seive to prevent the . attainment of tl1C goal set down by Martin Luther King Jr. of a C<?lor blind society. J'he hanllful results ihat oecpr are the J>O=-, ' larizatjon of races on college campuseS, an enforcement of th,e stcreotype th&t blac~ are unable to compete with out the help of

· preferential treatnient, and the disregard-of . the u\le root of the problem, .the quality of lqwer lev:el education. ·

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~Morton Kondracke, and Pat Buchanan. · Ma<Je possible by a -gran_t from GE.

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MisConceptiOns : The Arab -Israeli conflict / · ..,.

. by l()shua Ben.,D'ov . changed their·. official name .frOm the 'Judeans' to the :Palestinians'. With wbat legitiniacydo theJ~ have tOClaini .

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sein hadadifferentapproach than thelsrae-. giving-up the West .Bank. This is a ridicu-. lis. Hedklnotpolicethevillages,nordidhe lous statement Over 200,000 Istaelis live inveSt the time· or money to look mto it, . . . in the West Bank and the suburbs of Jerusa-

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Life is full of'comptQmiseS 8nd · sacrifices. It i$ however, veiy difficult to ·conceive the sacrifice of one's llinbs in order to continue living a fruitfiillife. Yet in the proper care of allies one may be very

. . c • prodpctive wlihouilimbs, though an alone existe~, imtnuher a }>ref~rred ptiviledge.

-Jordan today continues oCcupying Israel, only without a standitlg army. She choose§ to flghta w~ that has the world believe that

mtherany-·p3leStfuian• who' even 8ppeared l~m. This' ini~lf is proof that Israel is Dot to throw a roek 'Yas silnply slaughtered. -dreaming o( annexing :the West Bank .. . . This quellfd any further revQlting\before · rather it is a vital part of the State right now.· ·

. in·; the world the~ quadriplegic· hasn't a c~ce . .

Israel is ~justsoch a predieament · The world is pressing her to ~ve tlpJier .ngijt arin and her legs for 'Pe-ace'. · If the . "palest:irQan:' people wereheronly worry -

· / she rnay very well have done that a long time ago. The truth ~ that ~e "'pal~t:fuiah }Jeople".~ not Israel's oniy enemy. The

. retaliation is unacceptable, and ~~en ·racist : .. - ' in Jheory ~ s~ chooseS to fight ~r oottl_es .· .

With children and women:~ camet;aS of · 1

: the world'sm~ locUs upofi·theirfaces_ rather thar1' theblood_upon their hands. And

· so . the world ~ides to belie~e that chil- -

anything even ,~tarted. · · · ·. . . · . . One mrist remem~-that the Jewish popu- . · · ,. . "' . ·:·~ . · . · ·~ . :. , · _ · .r.lation iS slightly over 3 million peOple.'

, _ . .~~ has _no proble~s-~~ ~ · Givil)g up the lands of a~ and the West . pales~s · ?v_er ~% of J~. s Cl~- Bank would · be --~ Stl!pid and _ludicrous,

zens ~· ~estuuans o~ West B~ de- niove on the ·part of the .Israelis. It would . ~~~and ~e oth.er ~%are of. East~~ · put the country ·in sucn a ~~ ~trike zone

ongm. A few nomadic Be<brin families from the "Palestinian s tai.e" that de fen- · . froJI! Saudi ·A.rabia stiJ.l;roam ·~country- . . sivelymeStateofi~raeicould·becutinhalf

· state ot Israel is a country smaller than the ~state of Ne,w Jersey, with 22 Amh' states surrOunding ber on an Sides,.-· except. orie outlet· to the Mediterranean. Sea;. These.

. . ' ~one swift mov~'ori the pm:t of~ Arnbs . .

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'fofce. baSes .. ~. as' well as ·Tm;,a,-just last summer: Peter Goldfnan, director of Americans for a Safe Israel, rui Anlerican . . base4_pfo:.~~l grollp, brough~ up a very

• nations propoSe that this outlet shoUld be the ne\y.··setdemenfo(tbe iews-at the bot-

tom of~ ocean· \ '. ', The Israelis a(e wrorigty depicted

as a Nazi-Fascist state, when in actualitY~~ . ·they are merely Struggling . for sUrvivaL. Israel spe8ds .over 20% of her QNJ> oil defenSe {comparfd to 6% of the u.s:) m:td .

. are one of the highest~ taxed people in the worl,d. ·

. Israel does not · want war - nOf does 'sh¢ want to stay ~ a constant state tl( · ·eease~r~· .-ready for, war~ ~~,~ no . 'choice' .in this. tnatter. The Jews . ·~ve no

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. ,w~~~~-~~g~vFr~,~.QW,Y~J~}y,~)lay.e waited for then: hOmeland, and now that they have it they ~-~ed io give. it up! In . 1947 the UN.~ a partition p~ -9ividing die CQUiltry in half between .the ~abs and the.Jews. rite Arabs re~ted the .proposaJ, claiming: that:· Israel belooged .to · -:the AraQs of Syria, and that they are one and . t,he same people. In 1948, when Israel was · -voted in as a state (by the U.N. council), ·

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· good example. He com~ El-Salvador, by exp~g thaf if she would have giv~n up just half of her county to the S~dinistan · government; in order to ~ the im­posing ,people, it woUld have bettered the · sitUation. Ifthe 'palestiriians!..(re~nted by the P L.O.) welt the only·threat fu the State' of Israel - maybe negotiations . With die terrorists could resolve the Arab-Israeli coilflic~ htt ... the· tWenty-twa. other Arab sta~s prevent tills frOm ;~ver happening. -The Ambs of Israel are often compared to the ·.Jews wbo· fpugbt_fer independence from the TUrks and the British. This anal­ogy is ·not valid in · that the Jews never wm~ted to destroy their opjJressors, merely iri'have their own country. These 'palestin-

, ians' have more than once said that the destruction of Israel is the only solution~ . In reiati~n to the United . States Isr3el iS inore tbanjusta. viqd. ally. Cutrent · events such as that.with Iraq, prove Israel's alle~. Israel pro~des~America with a 'cheap military service station.' No Arab·

five Arab'Dations declared a holy war - a · · jihad-on ·the people of IsraeL The~ of

/ any Arab fighting the Jews'would sanct~fy him a pi8Ce in he8ven~ · , ISrael. held her · ·

·':'ground, and although she lost her west :~. ~managed:. to keep ht(t .northern- . · ·

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remained' iii the West Bank from 1948 until ,.....:.._ ___ .;._.,..,...;.._.:._~ ....... ~--~-:----------~--:-:---, . l967 ' when she attacked Israel ·-· without '' I Str~tegic defrnse· (Jjthe West Bank to Israel Pn>v~tion ~ onceagan:l. This tim~ she loSt ·L---/ ..... · · ~-....:;;:;._;__J_. ____ • --·~·~,~--·-"' ___;· __ . ___ ·_ .. __ . -~---:--her occupied lands~ Israel tOOk back all that was' originally hers.:. up to the)erdan river.

· · · · · - · · · c:lre'n are DQt ~le of throwll1g .rodcs at · side. Throughoutthenlneteenyearsef buses,MolotovCoektailsatpolict?vdiicles: ~. ··· · ··' ,. r ~'. · • "" 1 · • ·

the. Jolidani~ presen. ce· m· Israel th. e .Arab · - , Isrnel -ls often accuSeQ_ of being . or . to drop huge Slabs ·of eoncrete upoJil . . . · .na".· u·on.s. di~d no·t ~~gruze· ·.·the'· ]""_danian· , •. · · · · unfair to it's Arab . citizens and treatmg"

a penrianent baSe on.'the~ soil - from MO­roccO to Oman. Israel offers all it can- from .ports on, land · ~d s&.: to. ammunition . to

. . hbspitals and. radio transnutting. baseS to avoid enemy jammipgs. ' Israel has been more than · helpful in providing the U.S.

- with information regarding her enemies. Israel intelligence is of such high caliber ·that she helps the u.s. constantly b~ testing and evaluating, ilnproving and perfecting

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• ...,_, v• in'nOcent citizens on their way>to,work or {)ccupation (except Pakistan). Why is it . school. The world ~tnes nOt 'to believe that them as seeond claSs citizen_s. This appears Th~ Israel Defmse Force is the that throughout those nfu.eteei1 ye<trs· pf the btises ,are being twned-over and m~vie . to ~ a very discriniinatory action on the . only. ~iJary force in the area that can

~eapons ~f ~Arabs.. ·

- · Occupation of the ·pat~stihlan ·hOmeland' ~ theaters blown up . . innocent. Pe<>ple ;u:e Part of ~ 'Israelis~ but it is· not th~ en~ :challenge that Qf Irnq- giving the u;s .. the there was nota strOng riSe oPpaleStinian . dy~g~ but the world chooses not to see this. -truth·. ~ Arabs ch~ ~· ~tam ~; · :· · neCessacy" time it would need to mob~ nationaliSm' that resulted in a ~vol~tion The lsraeijsare faced with a dilemma. . Jordanian passports.. . Y ~ t pay itsttoops. Isiaelistheonlytruly~mocratic

. against ·the Jordanian oppression? Why? · faXes, and they ~~Y _do~ ~ ~e lsr:ael , country in th~ region, and sne has even . Because the idea of a '-':palestiJiian people" ., Theisraelis are active in the U.N. _for three ·y~~· IDi .all Isr~li ctt:tzens m:l ' warned Irnq againSt entering Jar~. She is a" new invention dedicaied to the-de- · . eouncil meetings (voting .witb ·die u.s. The~bs~mlsrae~have~tbe~~ . . ey . Jlas·goneas.f~asproiect:irigherenemiesin struction ofls~el. The 'Pate~ jJeople' . . 9l% ), bpt how can they act in self-def~~ ~ould l~e the wm:Id to know. ~y live. ~ - order to secure deffiociacy 'in the Middle the~ selves e.xist, but they are 'J or$nians. _: when their. enemies are willing to di~l] . . ,life. that _lS of the~ highest ~~dard m COm- · East and_ yet she is Still oondemned by most They are entitled to .the_ir land, cwd to call _How.~ anyon~ fight. so~eone :W~O lS panso~ to ~Y'O~r Arab state .. Th~y a}S() of the world! ,. , ./ tbemselvesa8·they.please-ev.enlsraelis,so willing tOdie? .How ~uld tl}e ~en'cans , , . studym uruvemues- basedo~anaffuma- · ,, jc.

' l~ng as the·wQrld .understahds who's le~ have fought (and beaten) the. Japanese • tiveac~Oi'll.)lJleofplans, three years before United States aid ro:'Israet-is·~a___,; , . gitimacy ,to the land of.IsraeUs-genuiile. , KamnWe 'fighters? . ~ow? ·INSTANT ) heir Israeli ~tetV~. can, due to, the · '~ mo~e on .many levels. Israel is ·the '-

:Aowever, it should be tri:lqerstixxl frorri c;PACIFICATION! · · mandatory hilliun:y serVice. They study . '. only trUe ally the-U.S. h3s in the whole of · · · • ·ginated In , "~ .everything rrom"medicifle :t:o Jaw,. the rna:- . · the Middle East Israelmustre~strong wh~thisterm 'pai(!Stuuan on . . · - :·-· ;· . The~lisspend.morethan~tltei_ ·- jorityofwbichwilllearntodefendandhelp ·in order to help America and help ~rself.

. the f~t century the Ju~~-~amanan (no~ · can afford patrolling Arab villages to keep ~ , those. that go on to revolt against the gov- It is the only way in which She can s1li"Vtve. lsrae~) ~~e ;ere un~er ~ ~m; op- - thiilgs ealm in this time of the In.nada .:.~ the ernment of l~el. · · Giving up ·any land ·would olily serve' to

, ~ston ° ~ oman · ~p1r~ ria e e~ . Arab uprisings. ·--The world does' n9t seem , '· · further encoumge those. Arabs whose utti.: re~ll~ an~ ~g. He~.<Jifea . ~m. to reiall ·that at the start of theSe :uprisings- · Ignorant clairris,are made~ the · · ·mate goa11s the annihilation ·Ot the Israe. · • li · order to • further hum1li~te .the· Jews he · ; .

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two thonsand namis ini the Boston ~kph;one directory s:;r . n.·.: .. \ fli .I n. · than· in. a society governed by the two thou,sand faculty- . · ~ memben of H Q/Yard University, · . ,. , . ·· )

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.Indepelulence .is·:a .. myQl ,when ~fl9Ulingfarstby Uncle :_:, -~ ._. Mao. Freedom ls jail when wors1itpmg .Gnandfatlrer ~

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-::;::~~lhi~su;:=-~,,~ ~t~:~~~ ' ,. the mght of April. 19, 1989, a spree of . ments .. The prosecutor has presented all of • ·

'uncootro~violencetookplaceipno~rn · . tllenecessai};~vidence to J»:ove that both / ~.--- · · · ,-. · -H ~· ' Central Park. ~veral black anU ~c . ~cCray and , Santana voluntarily signed · . . . . . . . .· . . -. youths tetrorized the,..~ assaulting ~d ' . statements detailing their role in the ~k. harassing everyone they met. lllci most . , ,, · .. ·· ' = , ,

vicious attack, hQwever,.y;as against a ae:. . . . ~. . . ' '. TheSe desperate attempts op ~- ~ . ' fehSelessyoungwqman:innocCntly jogging .·~~ . _half <>.f the ~f~nse·were expected .. ~t - . ,

' · · in tlle·parlc. . She was the perfect target for · foU,owed, ~o~ever, was a wave of uliottc' . theSe SenSeless -criminalS. · They grabbed Stateffi-ents'made l>yprominentl>Iackl~rs

· ~ · her, got OJi top ofher~·amftOre her clothes · as they "as~" the trial's ou~me •. _ . ,

- o~.while never.stopping their relentless ··-: ~. - _- :-· -.-=~While. the verdi~l\vas read, a ... hitting -~ ~tmg.. "Th~y s~hed . her . 'group of _mostly black supporters of the .head wtth ·bncks and .a ?1pe and f~y, ~three gu·ilty Jouths 'waJked ou~ 'of .the

. . ~hen she was unconscious. tl)~y tape9 per . collrlrOom· in prqtesL :From the sta£tofthe ; and left her for dead. " trial, they have insisted that the ent;ife affair ·

. · 'Thatnight,shoitlyafterthiSbruti( . was a racuit issue . . SOme even ·com~ . ' atta;k, six teenagers were taken in a8 sus:. . the case to the .Bensonhurst aJl(i Howard · . JXX:ls and. ctmg¢ With rape, atte~Vpted Beach. trials. A bhlck priest state,d that

murder, and other lesseicrinles~ one of the . naturally the'police had i'()Undedup a group ~ys, Raymend Santami, confessed to 'his ·' of blaCk youths after a white woman was .

· part in the attack, giving details as to what, taped. Thi$isanin:validar&lJlllentsincethe . exaetly happened that..nighL ~ Afltron Me} . . police were merely foll9wing the reportStOf Cray andY tis.efSal,aam, ~oothersrispects, witnesSes that a black gang had bee~ terror- . also made incriininating ., statements . de- ~g the parlc mat night Qther black. tailing their part· in the &ating-and rape~ · 'leac;lers claimed there was an ''ovefuearing

' ,> • amount .Qf ~le d~bt in ~ ~~·· TheSe detailS revealed 'tl)e inhu- . ~ -For some reason, they had difficulty be-

~· man element :that the accused boys p(>s.: · lieving the YideOraped ~nfess~ons; sessed. It is difficult to comprehenq how ' ->

anyone could be so cruel to another h}lffian · , ' ~ing while sho~g no traces of emotion

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· The. Vi®otaped cOnfessions left . _ yery few uncertaintip or qUestions to be_

chuified. ~ nwnetous months of ail emotionally charged, hi~y reported trial, .

, the~ pr.~ted theirvenlictonAugust 18.-· Ten ·days of deliiX7ations had led'-the jury to convict Santana. McCray, and Sa­laam of rape and · assault. All ~ were . ~uitted of the most serious charge~ at-tempted murdir. ·

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_ Ofcomse,AISharptonrepeatedly __ Came tO the scene of the trial. He ctiumed " , that the . guilty vexdict for rape was not ' . justifiCdSinceooonelladadmitt.eO to raping the jogger. He obviOtisly·mi.ssed viewing the conf~_ons of dle boys aetailing _the

- The absurdity of the racial fabri- · · cations in this case iS untelievable. · ~­Bensolihw:standHoward~h~-~ve .. nothing in coinmon with this t¢d,-except

. dlat all three were tragedies which· left ·a . defenseless Victini Senseless~y apd brutally · attacked AninnoCelitwOOlall was attacked. :

ThroughoUt the ®u. the defeilse . byagroupofderangedjuveniledelinquent$ • . . made~'attemptS,to.savethe~lves. ~ow~ youths mlistpay for their crime. · They contended that ~ vi~ and · 1 The Central :Park jogger trial cried out for · ·

written confessions ·had been ·coerced rir · · justice and justice was SerVed w~n the / fabri~ by the police. Robert BUI118, · jiny'sforemansaid;''Ouilty!" NewYorlcers _.. Sal3am' s attorney, even suggesW<} ihat ·the may be reassured to know that deSpite the .

· victim ~ never ~n raped He claimed- cries of racism, #te guilty youths are being that she had mOst .likely had -~x with. punished. : someone ~he kn~wshortly before she we~t 1. \

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_The develQping_- Third ·worid·,·· sector of So~thAfricadoesn't need s.erritons. 'Nor

,-·boycotts. ,_ :N"or san~tions. It-needs.support/ .· I - ~ . . . · · I

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behavi.or, or: attitud·e· of. self or . · · OtherS that .. does . not :conform. ,

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If the Department df Residential Life is so ·conimitted to creating a : ·· positive enVironment for the gay/lesbian community on this · · .,

· · campus thf}.n they Shoulll not imply that tho$e Who may disagree . · .. . : with the homosexual lifestyle are"Nazis" . . This pqrtrayalis · .. · · ·. · . _.

·. outraKeous . . lfthe D_epG;rtmef1t , of R(!sidentialLife truly wishes to , · . . - . ' . . . ' "". } . ' ' - - . ' . .'

" increase cOmmun,ltY wi,de underStandingand awaren~ss" then we · ·, •· " . d(!man-d thattheif erroneOus (Jnd insensitive poster be i-etr,acted. . . _ , · ~,

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. An Air America.transportroars Wri~ would, have you believe that the _ ~The , November elections will acrosS 'the ~reen, i~- pilot, actor Mel oilly .major battles ·in Northern Jlos in : 'be important il1 determining the fate of -

tid Conservation.'s substation in Kirk­wood. Furthennore, he Secured funding for Coo~rative Extension's 'new 'ciean· drinking water and food ·safety program.

Gibson, dodging grounu frre.,as he flies the early 1970s were foqghl for the cop- .. the Republiqm Party, · despite the fact · over the ,battlefield. Below ,him, CIA- . trol of poppy fields. Nothing _could ~ •. - that it is nota.presideritial campaigh year. · · SpOnSOred Laotian· government troops . · . further frpin the truth. ' Beghming in . . In 19lJl, rem~tiicting of all legislative

~ -Most recently, SenatOr Libous was appoitited Chailman, of the Senate Select Committee on the Disabled.· H~ has. already introduced ~veral bills to ·

are locked in combat with Pathet Lao 1969, the communist North Vietnamese districts will· occ.ur as a result of this communist guerrillas. _Their objective: Army intrOduced elements of tNo infan- · ·year's national census. This includes not contro~ ofa huge poppy·field. try divisions. into the region, intent on~. qnly U.S. Senatorial and Congressional . the legislature to improve transponation,

:employment, and other services for dis- · So ·goes. the ·climax- of capturing the region and turning it over Districts, but also the State Senatorlal

to the · trol f' th' •· Path La alii and Assembiy Districts, and. coun. ty leg- . abled persons. -Hollywood's most re.Cerit action/adven- · con · 0 eJr et o es.

ture offering,- the 4tte Summer release ':Air America". · It also is ~ latest in_ a growing nwilber of revisionist histories of the Vietnam War. Compared ro its

. predecessors like "Platoon" and "CaSu­alties of War,;, .however, "Air.Ainerica" sets oow reco~ fQr the cinematic slari- . dering and distprtion of the U.S·. involve- ,

. inent in IndoChina, most particularly th~ · significant yet . underreported , war th3i

took ploce in Laos. ·

The p!otline of "Ail America~· follows a by-now-(amiliar theme. Th~ Central Intelligence Agency "bad guys" are-.iunning a clandestine military cam­paign in the Laotian jungles. In·order·.o

'-fund their Private war and to avoid furia- . mg cutoffsfrrnn Congress, the CIA thugs smuggle drugs out of the c~try on Air

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Confronting the North. Viet- -n3me8e in northem Laos were U.S.­supported guerilla fofi!es reCruited pri­marily from the Hmong hill -tribe, a fiercely independent.rninority group with .. -a martial history· sirnjlar to the famed · ·. _Gurkhas of Nepal. Tlie military com- . manderof.theHmongwas General V ang -.

· · Pao, probably orie of the most cap;1ble : guerilla · c~mmandets ever . to have · emerged in Asia. V ang Pao • s guerilla .,. forces, far from running· a narcotics op- ­erntion, were in (oct fighting . a !>loody anti-cOmmunist struggle against North .' Vi((tnam~ and Pathet Lao oppression. · _

· , During tbe· years of .heavy . ' fighting from 1969 to 1973"; the Hinorig . _ were decimated iii a series of major·

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<.. Locally, this isa big year for the ,Republicans. State Se~tor Thomas Li-· bOus is ninning.forre-election, as well as SUNY-Binghamton's repre~iitative to the ·Broome . County LegisJature, Emil Bielecki. · ' ·

Asit stands now, the 51st State · Senate District encomp~sses . all of

Broome and Tioga Counties and half of Chenango ·county. This could substan­

. tially change, how~ver, with the .1991 redi~tric~g.

, On thC oounty level, Legisla- -. .Fr~hm~ SenatoiThomas'Li- • · .tor Emil Biel~ki has alSo made sig-· / · ~has lm>ven tO be v.ety successful in . nificant.~arks in lij.s first two years. He his firsttenn. As Chairman of the Senate · ·did oot support· the :wmecessary 42% · Committee on Alcoholi~m and Drug ·prpperty taX inc~ implemented by

. Abuse, Libous sponsoJed legislation to County ~ecutiveTiinothy Grippen last .establislt reh3bilitation pmgrains for re- year;nor has he prof1loted the proposed ·covering drug addicts and alcoholics. In·· incinerator.

addition, the state legisbiture passed sev- · · 7 ·.. Bielecki has maintained _a · ·

eral · otfiei bills, · -spon~red ·by Libous~ · strong tie to ~ campus through·- the which mandated st:rlcter'punishirient for . , . Student Advisory Board to the Broome · minors using false, ·altered, or stolen · County Legislaturewhich·heestablished; . identification to purehase alcoholic bev- as well as his attendance at various club erages. Lioous also impiemented YES: meetiilgs. · In a4dition, he successfully CAP, the Youth Educational Services fought tO have . the polling· areas on Community ActionProgram,in 19sehool campus moved from the inconvenient dis~c~ ./ ·

gyms to the individualoommunities. An ·

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' ,- p[.a·ce -{n Laos, _ the moyie~ .. hffers ;only

m.isinformation . and distortions." ·

baule.toreopen the Tioga Park mcetraCk. , ' This attroction will diaw people to the

Southern Tier and result in strong eco­. nomic development for the area.

While the 1991 redistricting , ·makes the outcOme of lh~ elections

-vital to the survival of the local Repub­lican party, the riature of them alone is signifiqmt The locill ~ should be' · inte~g and fast-paced This wOuld be an exeellent opportunity for SUNY­Binghamton · students to aecept the - L----------' ------~~-----------------------------

America, the CIA's "civilian"- airline . . Mel Gibson, ~-fiim 's hero, exposes the scam.

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. . Not· surp~ingly, the· movie bears no .resemblance to the facts .sur­rounding the war in LOOs. Far from a renegade CIAoperation, u.s. efforts in LaoS remained strictly_ limited by the cons p-aints in the 1962 Geneva Accords. .

"' battles against North Vietnarne$e tanks~ artillery, infantry~ and even bombers. 11ie iehs ofthoti'sands ofNorth Vietnam- , ese who fought-in this region conse­qQently were prevented from_-being de­ployed in South Vietnam agaihst ·u.s.

' troops-a foct which the movie doesn't note, but which likely resulted in saving . · many American lives. · · · '·

Even when North Vietnam was sending _ On the drawing ability of Mel -·theequivalentofthreejnfantrydivisions Gibson alone, "AifAmerica" will prob-. to fight in Northern Laos during the early .ably be a big hit at the box office. Thi$ is 1970s, a flagtaDt violatio~ of .tlle ~- · unfortunate. For the majot).ty of Ameri- . · · cords, washington. s po!icy did' not ' cans wllo know little about the fighting-c~ge. Moreov:er, never was there any . - that took place in ~s, l:he rriovie offers evidence nor any chafgeofdrug smug~ ··. onlymisinfonnationanddi~ons)U.S .

. - glingmadeagainstUS.o'fficialsinLaos. officials in Laos, who in most respects nm a m~re ·suCcessful c3mpaign . than

Equally misrepreSented in the . ·their compatn" ots . in· neighboring South -(11m is Air America-itself. Far from the

. · . · . . ,' Viemam, are Qfljustly slandered by the . · · band of nusfits seen on the screen, the ._ · fiilm~ s· · the · il ts. d d-

"lin ' bib th · · . · • otoo~ poangroun arr e, w c was e prunary contn1£t · . , · f Air Am · And th · _. · · · · · u S · - crews o enca. . e sacn

~ arr semce supporting : . assiStance ·- .fi . fth . Hm . hill 'be th ffi :. La ~~ ) 959. to. lf'J4 · Ices o · e ong tn , amon~ e .

e orts m os uum · . . . '7, , was . . al S alii" · s th As' tho. ' · hl c .- nal. · tme" 1 · most loy U. :· es m ou east :ta,

roug y pm1ess1o , rou y ac- . . · . - - · · . • . . . ' . dered too rum are shamefully rrusportrayed. They. all

. -ce~gthennsU_~IOS_ IJSAir~l . ·I.:.A,..;.A . ~er- , cteserve far bettel'. - . .· . 0US 10f • . . rOfCe. uu~, giVen

theruggedterrain,primitlve:na\rigational · Kenneth J. ConbOy. is the deputy .· aids, severe · weather collditions, and · director of the . Heritage constantenemyfrreinLaos_,Air America . Foundation~ s Asian Studies Cen-:- · at the time boasted some of tl1e m~ · · · courng~ ~d capable trelicopter and ·. ter~ He a~&; is:a~thorof''The War aiiptane pilots in_ the 'Yorld-. ofice again, in Laos'' (O,sprey Press, 1989) and no c~ble evidence ha$ ever s..ufaced is currently completing ~otht?r ~g' ~America pilots in Laos. to , . · bo_ok on the conflict ·ii( northern drug smuggling. . , '

Laos. Perhaps the most defaming

, Environil!entally, Libous sue- .

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1lY Ri~hara carr - were served ieft-over meat which had not the · ·· · · · • . . .centtT, and us. He said that he had no difficultynresentinga~_ inantl_ yleftist been·_ refrigerated the_ ·- pre· vious rli_ght No· 1 · the · · · · r _tJa'-'UUIU

I .- "- bel' f. . ro e m . . Conflict view On histo_ n'cal events andj·US·tifi·' ··ed 1't by _. tIS my 1ervent 1e that ~tudy .· e~planation ·was offered to us for these · ~ ~broad programs_, are ' of immeasurable 3pparent gaps in our a~ment _In~tiJ!glyenooghlessthanfour saying that if the students wi_Sh to know the

• < value. The ti~itY of Jiving in another m<;>nths earlier (dated December 28, 19'89 other side it could easily be found in the/ nationwbilestudy,ingitS.language,cu:lture, Within tw9 weeks_ after our re:- . )inal~rsenuothestudentspartitipating u.s. Unfortunately, as Mr. Hom knows, ~and history is inexplicable tO ··.those whe · .tmn to Cuemavaca,· Andrew and I · seized in the program, he wroJe .. In addition to - many students have never taken latin have not partaken in Such a venture. .( ·, , the opportunity of choosing_ another typresenting SUNY, I am alsQ ~your adyo- ~ ~e~can history before they take his clasS

. woul4sttonglyrecominendtoanyonewith · Mexican family. Inascenariowhichwould . ,_ care in an dealings with our affiliate · the and it'i's unlikely they will read about the _the·opporturu_ _ ·ty, to seize-it this pas- t8e- · :.., likely make· for _anmtri.gu·_ ing.short siory· ~ - _· ee c. · · ! · oihe~sideofthe"issue. Theend.resultisthat -• • J · nter 1QJ' Bilingual S~dieS ... ~ite my ~ - ~ mester I studied in Cuemavaea, Mexico we clandestinely trahspofted ourselv~ to long frienqship wi~.its teachers and ad- Mr~ Horn's use8 his class -as a fonim to through a· }lrqgram co-sponso~ by the our new MexicaiF home while our -, now . _ ministratQrs, they lqiow that the.legit.iinaie - ,: attempt to indoctrinate other Students tO his

S_lJNY_;s at-Binghamton and BrockpOrt. I · · previous faffiily was once,again v~tion- · interests ef my students come ftrst in any left-wingideologyandhistorycouldnotbe :cannot emphasize ·the fascinating ·experi- ing in Mexico. . , conflict" -· ,_ . _ · . . . · _ farther from·his mind. ences.throu~hout my three month odySsey . . Unfortunately as is the case in most human -cirCumstances, there· were Some flaws in .. thepfugram, ~hichlbelievecanandshould · .. 'be eradi~ated' .. ~:further jmprove thi~ ' wo£tttwhile program. - -. · · _ :

_ . -. Tbe major drawback or' the pro- · - gram disseminates from Brockport James

P. Hom,ProgramCoordinatorandResident

· · The Center for Bilingual Studies .. -. was not only· the language school but also . playeda direct role in choosirig-the families · that the stQdents li:ve with for the semester. Andrew! and I then explain~ the entire · situation.to Mr. Hom and the directorofthe center. Wereached1areasonablesettlement ·. with the center and 'the sitwition 'appeared resi>lvcd. Within flJ.e next week, the center relayed acc~tions from j_he previous

· fam!ly ~ .. An~~- and. I had _only paid · $200 for the trip,, an unequivoCal lie.· ..

Nonetheless the incident seemed to be aclosedissue .. FJoweverl)le following

. week during an impromptu conversation with Mr. Hom during a · br~ between _

- Directo~ for the Cuemavaca s·tudy Abroad_ pro~ this past spring semesttT ( and several which preceded it ) is, in my view oot suited for this current assignment Mr. ·· · Hom comes across of a feasOOable, help- . ful, and likable person, however his ap- · pearal)ce on the surface; as well -as his words, faif tO match. his deeds. Oil two levels I in~nd to argue that Mr. Horn is no longer ftt to .con~ue his role abroad~ -

· -claSses, he matter of factly mentioned that our fonner Mexicam. "mother" wisbed tO

. My roommate · in· Cuemav~ Andrew Heintz, now an alumnus of SUNY Bingharriton, .and 1, reached an agreement · with OQr Mexican .. father" to pay $300 fer. a·fow: day trip to Acapulco . . According to our~ Apdrew and I w~'entitled to 3: ~parate lOdge for the two of us, expen­sive restaurant, unlinlited . cOCktails', and w~r skiing every ~y. J. - · ··_ • .

· speak to us about the fmancial arnll.ge~ ment I informed Mr. Hom th8t I would be willing to speak with her. However, I' ­stressed in no uncertain tenns tiUu under no circumstarttes would I ~ with our previous "father" because of his previous financial d<:eeit and falliK;ious~accusations. -

One hour later, ~e enme famlly appeared at the center, including the father.

.. _ ~drew, who had not been· infonned there ' Unfo~~Y only the latter was ·_ may be a Visi~ of any Jcind by the previo~ · delive~ albeit partially. We-were per- family was'at ieast as iilfuriated as I. We .

· -mittOO to water -$lei ~~. while spending managed to retmn· to our new horqe. with- . four near "suffocating':· nights in a hot and out _speaking to- the family: _ We then

~ - stuffy camper with the fotir'othern1errtbers. · . ~- prom.f>-tly telephoned Mr. Horn at the~~ of~ <?ur Mexican "family." Additionally, - _ . ter and relayed our anger over his lack of the food .was barely edible, p{utiailarly·in · · ···.,presence in_the in~ident He then mfonned · the_latter days of the "v8cation, !'when we . us that the matter was between· the family,

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· · -Andrew andlJ;emindedMr. Hi>m of the role whi~h h~-had promised to~pt 'Andrew also mentiolled that if the· situation ·

· 'Vas not soon resolved,. he could-take the next plane ouf of Mexico-City back to the Un!tedState,s·artdseeifthetewasanyoneat

. Brockport who might wish to take action. . Mter a lengthy conversation, Mr. Hom did fmally acquies(;e, and then spoke to the family ' and· the center. 'Fortunately . there were no fWt.her difficulties with this ·mat~ ' ter. However Mr. Hom was_not eXactly a willing adv~ as he had iomised. . ,

During Mr. HOm's lectures on. Cuba, he boastfully mentioned h'ow lie .e\'~ed a . u.s._~vel ban when visitingJherc ~ 1983. He extolled the "accomplishnienis" of the regime under Dictator Fidel Castro. He de-· emphasized the well documented human

-~ right's abuses~~ on dissenters by the brutal government Mr. H~' slack of fairness and accuracy i,n reporting histori­cal-events is both unprofessional'and also unproductive to the Students who want to learn about~ American history.

lwouidliketoonceagainreite~ · I believe it is certainly possible that the tremen®us benefits far outweigh

~if a similar conflict weri to arise, other the aforementioned flaws of the program. stl;ldents may·not take as aggressive actions _· The incident that Andrew and I had with as Andrew and I did, which could ~ily · the family was unusual. Many Other stu-result in these students being swindled out ~nts lived ~th very friendly and honest oftheirmoneyandleftw~thaverynegative families. However, the possibility of dif-~age of~ program. ·. ficulties such as was incurred by Andrew

and l do exisl ;unfortunately Mr. Hom- -.· Mr. Horn alsO played another role prefers not to be an advocate unless he is

~the ~nte~, that of professor. He taught a forced ~to 1hat role. He writes in the SIX week course on U.S. Latin American December letter that be hopes our trip is a Relations. Unfortunately the class in many pl~leexperience, "whileinsmingthat

, waysdidnotre'semblehiStory. Mi. Hom's this~esterisnotavacationforanyone." · · obvious _leftist view woold have ·been ac~ However if last semester is any indication, ce.ptable ifhe had fairly presented both side comp~y bas set in on Mr. Horn and it of an issQe or event and.then explained why appears that he now views his stay ,in

· he thought his view was• more accurate Cuemavaca a8 a v~on. and preferS to Ins~ he often· gave· only· his side of ~ . . .· ignore his obligations toward the students

. issue, as--is .. evidenced by his selection of of the progrnm. ' . ' bookS for. the~· When i~ was l>rou'&ht . to his attention during class he had left out · a significant detail, he woillq reply that he was about to ~ention that fact - ·

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. . Over . the past Jew .weeks the~ . ~ve been numerous students attempting to protest the· impOsition· of:the· mandatory funding ' of a health._. care. system for stu­'dentS. Their pfoteSts' are eentered.around a ~posal being ·considered. by:,:fue SUNY Board·ofTrustees which w~ld include a

· - · · by John·~aggl_ .. o. . know _what's best for~? · ~des. before merous problems thatrenderthase system __ . r -I am forced to learn about a. non-Western inefficient and ineffec. ·tive. ·In Canada, for · ' · Last spnng at SUNY Bing~- - ciJ}ture shouldn't I firsfbe educated about . example,· it ·takes .the_ ·gov(711JTlerii years to • . · to the. · Educati. · _ .. , pJann· · d Poli · . n, · oucu. · . ~g an · cu.·.s -. my own ? An excerpt ·from ~g · approve the ~location of such medical . Committee (EPPC) of Harpur College doc.uments listed in The. Stu~ .. nt Adv~ · equipment as CAT scail~· to hospitals. ·:The_ · · 1· ·ed ~ ... 1 fi · unarumous .Y @PI"'V a p•vY'?.xu 01: a two · . concerning the. diverSity requirement states result of this excesSive ·governmental bu- di . . .. . . hi h.. oui' ' . ,. . course . vei'Slty reqwre~nt w c ~ d . "the most valuable aspects of the require-. ~ucracy is. that millions are deprived of lead to_~the pOSSible addition of two man~- . . Iilent will be the mcreased understan<fuig . the techQical .eqilipment which coUld help . torY 9Q~s: a .non-Western cultme class ,... of[studeiu's]ownculiurethatrt,hey]achieve · · . · save theif lives. In Sweden and England:in ·. · · · ~ and a. course emphasizing gender, · rate, · · through th~ study of others;" Without a · ·. · ft:lrficuhU:, lines for heath care centers are... las th · · · li · · Thi · sal y

_ , ~ · mandatory :.health. fee as well aS a manda-- . tory 'bealth",insurance ·requirement. ru- c . S; e ~city, orre gton. . s propo · strong.foundation of rny ·own culture. and astrononliCal. Patients are forced to wait will be · · ·

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. ·presented .before the flarpur Col- . heritage h.ow can I uriderstand other cul-·months.refotebeingabl.eto.seeadocti>rfor 1 c· . il . . Oc' ' . . . ege mmc m tober and if they agree turesbeforel ain educated.abOut my o\yn?

· . . · ·On Thurs9ay, Sq>tember 6th, a · group of'Students-gathered.QUtside the ad-

. ministration building ·to 3ir their gnev- basic medical examinations and-treatment. . with the EPPC' s decisi~, then the fresh- It seems only logical that if a non~W estern men of 1991 will be forCed to add theSe cu!ture co~ is.re<iuired then so should~ "·

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COurses to their schedules: There are sev- . Western cUlture CO\lfse. Some may -sug-eral _rea8ons why this 'idea is counter- .·._geSt that }>ecause we are studying~in the . . productive and that such an·additiol) would United States that- all the courses offered _be detrimental rather than beneficial to the ·are western cuinife. but ·then how ean a .

"racidemic careers of students. ' non-western culture e~en be ta~ght -in a . _ Presently, the co~ curriculum for

Hafpur college requires students to tak:~ at · least two courses 'from each .school_ divi- · · sion: Fine Arts and Humariities, . Science ·

Western society since it will be tainted by W:estern cUlture? Therefor~. the only true way to learn about a n<?n-western cultUre~ · tO study in,l:hat particular countrY or part of the world. . . and. Mathematics, and. Social &iences. '""-

~ ~ I . , • Aside froni those ieq~ments, students Another point is that studentS will

. .Dust a}so complete another'four courses . only get oot of a 'class what they ·are truly · ou~ideofthe.divisionofhis/herinajor.' For · _interested in~ not w~at they are forced tO

. ·example, if a student is majoring in History · absorb. · Aflother exCerpt from supporting which liesjn the Social· Sc~ehces division, doctiments.reads "incfeased: unde~tant!ing then thatstudenti:nust takefourotJterciasses [of other cultures] will be an asset not only . outside of the Social Sciences division. in studentS' academic Careers, but thrOugh .. Students enrolled in Harpmriiustcomplete . out their lives." How can a course. such as ances. They claimed·that·the ciurent vol- The. second irony ofth~ s~deritS two credits ut' physical ~Ucation depart- · Muslim Social History to the 19th centuly untary fee of$15 would be replaced with a · · · · fighting .the m~datory health-fee is that mentaswell.-.Sincemoststudents take four help a Chemistry major in his career to man<:tatoryfeeofasmuchas$50a~mester . they suj>port the mandatory-fees collected . cOurses per semester, reqQired oow:ses al- become a research sCientist? · .per studen!- There has been some.contrO:. by such groups as NYPIRG, SASU, and ,early fill one's scheduJe for more then two

versy over whether or not this fee would ·be USSA: Groups such as NYPIRG receive semesters leaving a student with little time Students on this campus should . . included under federal -twtiot:t asSistance . over$50,000ay~fromSUNYBingham.. to decide on a major as weQ. as fulfill the begrantedthefreedomtochoosewhatever prograill$. The administration, which sup- ton Students. However~ NYPIRG, desPite . ·, ~equirements. for a particular major or coUrses in which they have a genuine in-. . ports the imposition of this fee, ,claim$ that · · the f3ct that they receive Such a large sum . double major. Hence, the addition of more terest. We fll'e mature enough to decide . ' due to the fact that· the fee is mandatory it. of students money, have bOOn totally unac- required courses could easily resUlt in a what classes . will make ourselves better would.becoveredbysilchprograms. How- countablefortheirfiriancial~gs. The delayed decision on a maj~ and eveil a preparedforsociet)'andfutureoccupalions ever~ there-js ·much skepticism about this · $3.00perstudent persemest.ertheycollect · delayed ~uation.c?-· without others makihg tllose-decisfons~for · aniong studerttleaders~ ·Some feel that it is goes direCtlytg'their central office to pay · . us. Thereaiemanycoursesatthisuni~ersity another hid4en tuition increase, while oth- for lobbyists, full time staffers, etc. These · · When I was acqepted to .college, . . ... ~couldmake.studentsmae well-rounded·. ers feel cthat· it is an outright tax being · . groups .a;tively ·take . stands On political I looked· forward to the fr.eedom that stu- .if tttey became mandatQry, but. the <?ntire leveled by· the SUNY ·administration to issues arid work for and~~ specific ··· dentsshouldbe,allowedto~s.suchas -· issue is that course selection ·shoqld-·rest ·· f 1 .rW .. l .. · · individUally decidi!lg on what courses to ·th the tude ts. As educational liberty · help. pay for the fiscal woes of New York pieces o . e~~on. ·-- WI · s n . IS _ . Slate~ . . Lastsemesteranorm.:ml .7 ' !lh ·.o_n.was . study; . Instead people feel that it iS their :· 'once ,ag~ t4reatened 0!1 ~campus, I ~~ · obligation to decide what we should study, hope that ·students will continue to have a . Despite the grow.ing · f~c~· ·fornied .by numerous students call Student which may ~w ooiJuture ambitions. · · freedom of choice, a freedom that' all stu-crisis iri New 'Yor.k State" and Within the· . Against Forced Funding~ S:T.A.F.F. The Isn't: it quite arrogant ·that others feei they dents deserve. SUNY :system th¢ Student Association .of · · ~orgairization'~ purpOse was to fight the - -· ·· · c '

. State uOiversities (SASU) has maintait:ted · / forced funding of NYPIRG. However, their long held opposition of tuition in- ~re was no prptest rally sponsored by the creases ·to ~lietp .. offset ·the ri·sing ·costs of · Student.Aisoeiation. The reasons (or this ~vidiflg for higher education. Dtie to the ~ypocrisy are nume~. Groups such as

· -rehictanee · of stich .poople as . Gove~r NYPIRG, SASU, and USSA work to fur-Cpomo, who refused 'to raise tilltion,'stU- therproiootealiberalagerida. Itisaf3Uacy dents all across the. suite~ being forced to - for NYPIRG tri cWin -they work for the deal with incr¢ase in fees such as the health public interest when no group has a mo-fee, parkil;tg fees, and new class fees. nop0ly on public. opinion. ·

It is quite ironic, however. that . This~ a diverse campus witb ~ campus left IS t¢adily embracing the -' s~®n~ holding many different~i& and fight ,against 1a~mandatory health fee. Yet pOlitical viewpoints. Likewise,_ it is epune,.·

. · . their argwrients are tx>th inconsistent with ~ ous for WOl!PS sucb as SASU and USSA fi? their past ktions arid their poli\i~y held. claim to represent the stQdent voice.

- . ·beliefs: ·The so called "heath~, is a step· . lJSSA's approval of ~-resOlution urging toward Socialized medicine fo/s~ntS,a 'uruver8ities1across-tlk the county to-di~est

... political : cause: .that·. most leftiSt tin ·this ' . from ISrael .for their dealirigs in the west ·'. ~j>Qs .ag.:ee with. However; when stu.;. ' " B~ ~d Gaza is just.one ~xample of how · dent$ ·areforcat'tofinanci3llysuppo~sl1ch · these ·organizations do not rq)resent the a sys~m· they 'claim that·it is another fann . view .of most of the studentS on this ~- . of ···mstitutionalized racism·." · pus. . . . · "

·:Socialized· ine(licine ·has. proven · -to ~-~rfailure jn any.countr}r experiment:. . . il1g With such, a sys~m~ . Liberals ofteil

poiflt to-·the wonders of such centralized · he3th care systems . in Canada. England,

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