I'cbmarv 27. 1995 American Graduate Sclwnl of International Management

Thunderbird Opens American Business Centers in RussiaBy Bryan Arnold

Thunderbird is at the fore­ front of the US. government's ef­ forts to promote trade and invest­ ment in Russia Thundertrird has been awarded two one-million-dol­ lar cooperative agreements by the U.S. Department of Commerce to open American Business Centers in Nizhny Novgorod and Volgograd, Russia, The Centers will serve as a base of operation for American com­ panies expanding into the dynamic Russian market. In addition, mod­ em management training programs will be offered to the Russian com­ panies eager to learn about Western business practices. Rather than simply awarding financial aid to Russia for ihc privatization of its businesses, the Centers provide a lasting contribution to both Ameri­ can and Russian firms.

The Centers will offer the following services: identification of business opportunities; commercial and regulatory information: market analysis; business matchmaking; customized training programs; in­ ternational telecommunication: of­

fice and exhibition space; transla­ tion, interpretation and secretarial services: and computer and photo­ copying equipment. Both Centers are currently offering limited ser­ vices and will formally open by April 1995. Grand opening cer­ emonies for both Centers arc tenta­ tively scheduled for June 1995. Both ABCs are required to be self-suffi­ cient within two yean; of receiving the awards from Commerce.

Dr. F. John Mathis. profes- sorofintemadonal finance and bank­ ing, is the project director for the ABCs. Margaretta Brede '94, gov­ ernment grants officer at Thunder- bird, worked in conjunction with Dr. Mathis to write the proposal and secure the award from the U.S. De­ partment of Commerce. Margaretta Brede is in charge of operations and Dr. Barbara Reed, professor of ac­ counting, is the finance officer for the Centers. Dr. Dale Davison, pro­ fessor of accounting, also contrib­ uted to the proposal based on the expertise gained from serving as project director for the CABNIS program, which offers assistance to U.S. environmental companies in­

terested indoing business in Russia. The American Business

Centers' office at Thunderbird is staffed with two business develop­ ment officers. Tom Bright '94. is primarily responsible for building company profilespelassifying their objectives in Russia, and assessing their needs. Avi&fiavidi ^1 is in. charge of derdopog martatiflg

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campai^HHroducing the Thunder- bird-ABCs to 7 .(XX) U.S. and for­ eign companies, business leaders. and government officials was con­ ducted in January 1995. So far. the

ABC office at Thunderbird has re­ ceived over 200 responses from companies with requests for infor­ mation regarding joint ventures, lo­ cating distributors, developingqual- ity control programs, and working with Russian businesses on energy conservation. In addition to assist­ ing the Cenjers, the marketing cam­ paign has increased Thunderbird's level of visibility and name recogni­ tion in the United States and abroad.

There have been challenges in opening the Centers in Russia, such as securing office space. locat- ingsuitable furniture, finding basic

'*:''dfficj| equipment, and communi­ cating with the office in Glendale.

:#Ibe staff at the Centers are making gjjreat progress, however, in estab- ;Ushing contacts with local govem- menwtnd business officials.

- The Centers are organizing a trade mission to Russia in June 1995. with plans to include approxi­ mately 30 participating American companies. During this trip, com­ pany representatives will be able to meet with Russian local govern­ ment and business officials toestab- lish ties with potential new partners.

Additional trade missions are sched­ uled for September 1995 and April 19%.

Opportunities will exist for Thunderbird students and alumni to join the American Business Centers in summer and/or fall of 1995. Anyone interested in internships in R ussia or on campus, should bring a copy of their resume to the Ameri­ can Business Center office at Thun­ derbird, second floor World Busi­ ness Building. There arc eight other American Business Centers which are operated by private companies and four which are managed by the U.S. Department of Commerce Plans are for Thunderbtrd to con­ tinue to explore the viability of cre­ ating addiiiufuu ccnicis HI which Thunderbird students, alumni, and faculty can benefit,

Other key players who have contributed significantly to the suc­ cess of this project are: Administra­ tive assistants - Bea Carhart and Aggie Bednarz; Russian interpreter - loulia Demkova; and Thunderbird interns - Mike Brady. John Kutz. Greg Sneddon, Kirk Forties. Will Lashley, and Teri Thorpe.

US-China Trade Slugfest - Let the Games Begin!u D

An Interview With Karen Wakhby Giii lyer

Background: Dr. Karen Wafch,Assistant Professor of International Studies, teaches Negotiations, Di­ plomacy and Bargaining. She com­ pleted her Ph.D. in International Relations and Political Science at the University of Wisconsin. Madi­ son. Her research areas were nego­ tiations, international economics, public relations, research methods and public/trade policies with a fo­ cus on Trade negotiations in the US public/private sector in the Carib­ bean basin. She has lived in Hondu­ ras, Puerto Rico and has traveled throughout the Caribbean basin. Even though she is a keen scuba diver, she admits that her real inter­ ests lie in the study of trade policy and the new ideas emerging along with the changing approaches to trade issues. Her interests are in the trade dialogues that take place at formal legislative levels. She be­ lieves that much of trade politics is reaBy domestic politics. What has been your experience

with students who come here with substantial sales and marketing experience and tend to have a rather cynical attitude to being coached to negotiate?

The best classes are those which have a lot of experience to draw upon. These experienced stu­ dents can then relate the case studies to realistic experiences, which have led them to become disillusioned with the positional bargaining ap­ proach. They are now very sophis­ ticated and know that it takes more than threats to win a negotiation. They are very creative and suddenly realize that they haven't really thought about the process by which they used to negotiate and it hap­ pened by default. Now by focusing on their creative skills and on the pre-negotiations idea, they become even more confident. It is easy for us to say that we should separate the problem from the people and be hard on the problem. Inreallife.mostofthc problem is the people themselves. How does this course teach us to handle difficult people ?

Most of the time, when we talk of running into difficult people, it is really an issue of one person not understanding the motivation of another. When encountering a break­ down of negotiations, it is better to take time to see what each party thinks is the definition of the prob­ lem, rather than searching for a so­ lution to what is essentially an ill- defined problem. This course pro­ vides the tools and techniques to tackle this process of defining the

problem.Turning to the US-China trade dispute, one gets an impression that the US Government is run­ ning into trade conflicts with ev­ ery major trading partner like the ECC, Japan and now China. In terms of trade diplomacy, the US seems to have hit an all-time low. What do you, as an expert, feel is the real issue here ?

Well, it's very traditional in terms of how states will approach trade issues and this is just localiz­ ing the US as a victim. 1 would say- that this is a domestic issue or do­ mestic producers who have these patents and want the state to assist them. Their jobs aren't to think about what the international ramifi­ cations are of their actions. They don't fully realize how committed the US government is to working with these international partners in these days of globalization. And that means a compromise with these other states in terms of how much they can implement the laws on intellectual property rights. From their position, that's not their job. Their job is to project the particular interests of their respective states. The really interesting issue of imple­ mentation takes place at informal levels and not ai formal levels. One has to really look beyond what is being projected by the media and go into the proceedings at the legisla­ tive branch committees where the informal work takes place. Here. interesting dialogue takes place with theirintemational counterparts. But remember, at the legislative level.

the Republicans are protecting their domestic constituents. What are the main interests and currencies involved in this issue of violation of intellectual prop­ erty rights which the US has taken so much offense to? There seems to be almost an insinuation here from the US government that the Chinese government k offering tacit support to these violators.

From the perspective of the US government, it is more an insis­ tence that it is the Chinese govern­ ment's responsibility to set some legal standards that they would hold their business community liable to. The Chinese government does not seem to have adequate and legiti­ mate legal authority to uphold this and that is China's problem. An­ other approach would be to address the issue of transfer of technology and training and say that the busi­ ness communi ty should legitimate! y help expand that market for you But the focus is now on a legal structural authority that would help protect the interests of the US. This is an opportunity to talk directly to those violators and get them inter­ ested in addressing the market bet­ ter.

I am sure that there is a lot of contact nghi now between these exporters and the US and they are working towards finding the solu­ tion. You may even develop a legal standard but the population doesn't have the same sense of legitimization of the problem. The US govern­ ment may then have to revert to force to curb the violations which is

exactly against what the US govern­ ment seems reluctant to do. So then what is the BATSi A (Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement) here ?

This will be the case where you should have the US private sec­ tor and the Chinese private sector working together. The US govern­ ment would then play the role of managing what might happen there and not intervene unnecessarily, This matter cannot go to the World Trade Organization because China

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INTERNATIONAL

Brazil Alum Banker Upbeat on Brazilby Claudia Brun

Mr. Carlos Roberto Ortiz Nascimento was invited by Profes­ sor Joaquim Duarte, ISRC/DPH Director, to come speak at Thunder- bird and give us some insights on the current situation in Brazil. Mr. Nascimento is the Director ofBanco Real de Investimentos, an impor­ tant and influential bank in Brazil, as well as a 1980 Third alumnus. Asa Brazilian myself, I waseagerto hear his feedback on the significant changes that Brazil has been under­ going in the last few months. How­ ever. I did not expect that so many people would be interested in this topic: 35 students showed up. I still do not know whether all of them showed for the speaker, or for the wonderful \inho da Por.o (a very special Portuguese wi ne) that Professor Duarte served.

Mr. Nasci­memo was most op- timistic about the newly elected presi­ dent. Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso. and stressed the mer­ its of the Real Plan (the stabilization plan developed by Mr. Cardoso himself as Finance Minister last year). Inflation, the most serious obstacle to economic stability, has been reduced from a previous40%-50%/monthtoalmost 1 %/month, which, according to Mr. Nascimento, is what got Mr. Cardoso elected president But inflation has not been the only problem in Brazil; severe income disparities have in­ tensified significantly in the past years leading to severe social prob­ lems. Mr. Nascimento says that the business community is specifically concerned with this because if noth­ ing is done in the near future, the internal market as well as the poten­ tial for businesses to generate prof­ its will be greatly reduced Every­ body loses!

"Brazil is much more im­ portant than it looks." This phrase was repeated several times, as be stressed the misconception that for­ eigners might have when analyzing Brazil as an emerging economy.

The current exchange rate (Real/dollar) is RS0.84/USS. which would lead one to believe that the Real is overvalued. However, when asked if this was a fact, Mr. Nascimento said that at a first glance, yes. the Real was overvalued but he also added that lately whenever the Central Bank intervened, it was to prevent a further overvaluation. Therefore, a reasonable conclusion might be that the exchange rate is close to the market's expectations. When asked about the probability of a similar crisis like the one that happened in Mexico, he answered that it was very unlikely because Brazil's situation is very different than Mexico's. According to Mr. Nascimento. Brazil has close to USS40 billion in reserves, which is

enough to sustain the Real Ran until the end of the year, which was not the case with Mexico. However, he stressed that the im­ pact that the Mexican crisis has had in Latin American has been much stronger than anyone expected.

Another impor­ tant question was how much the Mercosul

(MercosurforSpanishspeakers)has impacted financial markets in the region. The answer was simple. Since most Brazilian bank;,are much larger and sophisticated than the banks in Argentina. Paraguay and Uruguay, they are taking advantage of the opportunity to expand into these markets. Some banks are ex­ panding on the retail side by open­ ing more branches, which is the case with Banco Itau, and others are using theiralready existing networks in these areas to develop more busi­ ness without having to expand dra­ matically.

The final and most impor­ tant question was concerning job/ internship opportunities, and Mr. Nascimento was very encouraging. He said that Banco Real has many Thirds on its staff and that they will continue to interview us, BUT I'm not in charge of the selection,

- ;okay?rhewan^agroupofTbirds who "just happened" to have their resumes handy.

Mexico:A Country in Transitionby Jim Bonus

"We are seeing changes in Mexico, we are seeing advances, we are seeing a more open society but we soil have a long way to go.... if we strengthen our economy while at the same time creating a more democratic society. I think that Mexico can really become a mod­ em country and reestablish its cred­ ibility among the nations of the world."

This statement by Nicolas Escalante Barren, the Mexican Con­ sul General for the state of Arizona, summed up the main message of his discussion regarding the current political and economic situation in Mexico. He reco?ni7ed thai while Mexico is currently passing through a period of political and economic instabi liry. the changes implemented over the last six to twelve years will help the country resolve these prob-

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development inMexico and the

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lems and continue on the path to­ wards becoming a modern nation while at the same time improving the standard of living for all Mexi­ cans.

After his discussion. Con­ sul Barren provided the Thunder- bird students in attendance a chance toask questions regarding the events occurring in Mexico and regarding Mexico-US relations in general. Some of the more interesting ques­ tions and my interpretation of the responses they provoked arc as fol­ lows:

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How does Mexico feel aboui propo­ sition 187and* fau will happen if i: were legalized?

The Consul felt that propo­ sition 187 would not become law and that there were more intelligent ways of dealing with the situation. He felt that the proposition did not attack the roots of the problem and that our tw o nations needed to coop­ erate together to negotiate a solu­ tion. He also stated that with re­ newed economic development in Mexico and the availability of more jobs, the Mexican people would prefer to stay in their own country. What would Mexico do "53.000 Americans invaded Mexicodemand- ing free education and free health care?

The Consul felt that while every country has the right to con­ trol its borders, education and health care are basic human rights that should be provided to everyone no matter where they are. He also pointed out that there are about 200.000 Americans living illegally in Mexico. Mexico and the United Stales should work together to ar­ rive at a solution to the problem of illegal immigration. What are the Zapatistasfighting for and wtuii is the gmemment wilting or able to do'

The Consul stated that the Zapatistas are fighting for the rights and better living conditions for the indigenous people of Mexico, par­

ticularly in the southern state of Chiapas. While he agreed with the protest the Consul did not like the way the Zapatistas are trying tore- solve their problems. The govern­ ment has been willing to negotiate with and complied with 32 of a list of 34 demands made by the Zapatistas in 1994. The only two

"...there are about200,000 Americansliving illegally in

Mexico"

with which they did not comply were the demands that President Salinas de Gortari resign and that all of the state governors who belonged to the PR! also resign.

The Consul's visit turned out to be a great success: he was able to provide all of us with a little more insight into what has been occurring in Mexico. He also showed us that differences exist in the viewpoints of both nations re­ garding all of these issues. Profes- sor Duarte. the Dom Pedro II Chair, andQub Mexico wouldliketothanV you foryourpanicipation. there were 185 students in attendance (stand­ ing room only). This type of sup­ port and interest increases the like­ lihood of similar lectures on Latin America in the future.

The Gate"Wherever we travel, whenever we pass from one country to

another we must go through a gate. However, Ba» lor means more than simply the traversing of borders; it stands as a symbol and artery of communication through the barriers of superstition, ignorance, dogma, racism and prejudice; traditional enemies which continue to be a detriment to progress and global peace.

Idealistic though it may sound, it has now become the respon­ sibility of our generation, die future leaders of the international community, to make every effort to widen these gatf* and succeed where previous generations have railed

Sa» Cor must therefore be an open forum fordebate,aclearing bouse of ideas that may further.prepare us for the international community and furtber'augnieat the "reputation of this youthful institution." / - v ,!".'..*..,.' - v //; .[V.

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Call for Papers on Middle East

Call for Papers on Middle East Banking and Finance, awards of $5.000, $3.01 x). $2.<XX), deadline March 31. The Arab Bankers Asso­ ciation of North America* ABANA) invites bankers, financiers, profes­ sors, students, lawyers and other writers to submit original papers on any aspect of Middle East hanking and finance. Sample topics include: challenges facing Middle East bank­ ing ia the year 2000. emerging fi­ nancial markets of the Middle East. and Islamic and Western banking - the possibilities for partnership. Other topics of interest are wel­

come. Entry format and conditions: papers 10 be in English, typed and not to exceed 40 double-spaced pages, in essay format, although citations to research and external sources are permitted. Entries must not have been previously published. Papers must be submitted to ABANA at P.O. Box 2249. Grand Central Station. Sew York. N'Y 10163 (Fax212-496-7688 (and post­ marked no later than March 31, 1995. Papers will bejudged anony­ mously by a panel of judges as­ sembled b'v ABANA.

rrifT'Bird QuotedMedia Press Release

"Thunderbirdnot to be overlooked," says Business Week

"We are honored to be listed in Business Week's February 13 is­ sue as a top-rated business school." says AGSIM President Roy A.. Herberger.

According to l;ist week's aluioaiit Buaatuoi Wtek. baj;ed on the 1994 Business Week Guide to ihe BexJ Business Schools. "Corpo­ rate recruiters consider AGSIM a leader in global business."

The most recent edition of the Guide, published every other vear states. "Anvone senously in­

terested in international business cannot fail to consider going to this school for a Master's in business. Thunderbird... was offering a glo­ bal slanttobusinesseducationwhen most B-school deans never thought it was important. Indeed, for 30 years, the school had the only inier- rmnonal business program in ihe bnued States."

Thunderbird is the world's oldest and largest school of interna­ tional management. With nearly 1500 students, it is the nation's third largest graduate school ofbusi- ne.ss in full-time enrollment and has 27.000 alumni in 130 countries.

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CAMPUS

Interfest Update

{ 'or those of you who may have missed last week's article on Interfest or would like to know. "Howcanlvolunteerforlnterfest?". the following information will pro­ vide answers to your questions.

This semester Interfest will take place March 10.9am-1:30pm. ft i? an in'ercBltun;! festival dssinsxJ and presented by Thunderbird stu­ dents for Phoenix area elementary school children. The festival is de­ signed to share Thunderbird's cul­ tural diversi ty and to promote greater cultural awareness within the Phoe­ nix youth community.

It is expected that this semester's Interfest will be attended by at least I(KX) children from at least 9 elementary schools from Tempe to Paradise Valley and Glen- dale. Fhe lestivai's popularity has incie.iscJiJraiiuilii.iiIy over lltc past few semesters through word-of- mouth by delighted school officials. Upon arrival at theTAC.each bus is greeted by Campus Ambassadors who serve as "World TourGuides." These guides offer an informative and historical tour of the Thunder- bird campus. After the tour, the children enter the TAC which i.s transformedintoanexciting "world" of sights, sounds, and activities. After an entertaining stage show featuring Uncle Sam and represen­ tatives from countries around the world, the children pass through "customs" where they are presented with an Interfest Passport. They are then ready fora "tour of the world", enjoying booths sponsored by vari­ ous campus clubs. Each booth of­ fers activities in geography, lan­ guage, games, culture, and much more. At the Interfest Bank, each child receives a foreign coin and at the Interfest Post Office each re­ ceives a foreign stamp.

Students wishing to volun­ teer are urged to contact Becky Treuhaft at 843-3511 or inquire at the ASLC offices in the Tower. Thunderbird faculty, administration, and students with children are in­ vited to attend the festivities. Interfest is an opportunity to share the real "Thunderbird mystique" with the community. Hope to see you all there on March 10.

REMINDER TO ALL

Wedesperately need small- denomination foreign coins and for­ eign used stamps to distribute to the children. Drop boxes forthese items are located intheASLCoffices,the Pub, and the campus Post Office.

Rotary clubRotary assists with mass immuni­

zation campaigns in three Western

Pacific nations

Rotary File in CompuServe, Feb- ruan 22. 1995

In February, three Western Pacific nations will stage mass po­ lio immunization campaigns in an accelerated effort to nd their region of polio by the end of this year. Cambodia is holding its first na­ tional immunization days (NIDs) February 11 and March 11, while the Philippines holds its last mass campaigns February 15 and March !5. In Laos. N'lDs'are being held Feb. 13-18. Each of these efforts is supported by Rotary's PoIioPlus program.

In the Philippines. Rotary clubs lead a coalition of 400.000 volunteers who assist health work­ ers at some 6.500 vaccination posts. The first nation in the region to stage NIDs.the Philippines held twocam- paignsinboth 1993 and 1994. Only seven cases ot endemic polio were reported there in IW4

In Laos and Cambodia, where there are no Rotary clubs, the PoIioPlus program i.s funding both vaccines and promotional materi­ als. Thai and Singapore Rotarians created posters for the Cambodian campaign and Thai Rotarians helped train Laotian health workers. Japa­ nese Rotarians contri buted S 100,000 to the Cambodian NID and a del­ egation will participate in inaugural ceremonies.

The last nation in the re­ gion to stage NIDs, Cambodia, like its neighbors, has created a surveil­

lance system to detect all possible cases. The system detected as many as l.( XX) polio cases in 1993.

Rotary has committed some S34 million to support polio immu­ nization in IQWestemPacificcoun- tries Cambodia. China, Fiji. Laos. Papua New Guinea. Philippines. Solomon Islands. Tuvalu. Vanuatu and Vietnam.

Local Rotoract Club News

PoIioPlus represents only one of the many worldwide pursuits that Rotary is taking to improve living conditions forhumanity. The Rotary Club is a global organization working to help others in times of need and to build friendship among professionals (i.e.. networking).

OtherexamplesofRotananprojects include aid to the Kobe. Japan earthquake victims and an international AIDS awareness cam­ paign. Read Dux Tor for upcoming stories of what Rotary is doing to make this world a more hospitable place for all.

Rotoract is the college-level organization of the Rotary Oub. All are welcome to attend our bi­ weekly meetings. Thenext meeting is Tuesday. March 7 at 7:00p.m. in Room 22. For further information contact. Geri at 978-1402 or Lonnie at 841-8558.

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The AS1/' is lonnin;: an Internet droup'

The goal of this group will be to work with I)r Candacc Dean\ to quickly bnn;: Thun- drrbird onto the Internet The ^rcjup will be instrumental in the design arid itnplcrncnla- fionol 'I hunderbird presences on the Inlrmct We have to irxivc quickly because com-

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Join theSummer

OrientationTeam

Were you inspired by the O-Team when you first came to campus'' Are there activities that you would have done differently to enhance your transition into Thun- derbird'.' "

If you answered yes to ei­ ther question, you are invited to apply to be part of the summer 0- Tcam. We are seeking friendly. creati ve and team-oriented .students who are willing to invest a week of their lives to help new students in their transition 10 Thunderhird fount on a challenging and intense week - your investment will he re­ lumed one-hundred told

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They are concerned that someone may get hurt. In addition, they fee! as though their privacy is being invaded. In order to be good neighbors and for your safety, please refrain from jogging or walking on benms and/or on the undeveloped portions of the campus.

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Vice President:Dirck Lyon

North American Representative:Tim Sultan

Africa/Middle East Representative:

European Representative:( Jhvicr Chantry 'O.MAC

Asia/Pacific Representative:

Latin American Representative:Jaime Brugal

First Semester Representatives:Paula Abrahamson Mike Gines Stephanie Marcon J. Wade Olsen Marnee Reiley

Graduation ChairGeorge Randali

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AGENDAASLC Meeting

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Agenda For Monday Meeting. February 27.1995at 1 -U.) p.m.

I. Call to order

H. President's RemarksJenny St John will speak on External Affairs Activities

HI. Old BusinessConstitutional changes accepted Introduction of newly elected officials Update on computer upgrades in ASLC

IV. New BusinessAaron will present an overview- of Roberts Rules of Order

V Committee Reports

V'J Open forum

VII Adioumment of Meeting

AS!.(' nve lings are open to any member of the student body. Any student v,ho w i.she-- to put an is-.ue on the ASLC ucenda for a Monday rrieeimp can Jo so by submitting a motion t.> the Steering Committee net ore 4:30 p.m. on Friday of the week before Issues can also he brought up during the Open h>rurn section o! the meeting if time is available

SUMMARY OF LAST MEETING,

Monday. February 20. \ 995

RnhcnKnipri!pjc,sen'cdasuiiinur,H)faccomp!ishiik.^!i m.iJe by the Intornution Technology Commute; and commented on advance­ ment of technology expected at Thunderbird. S5(X) was approved for implementation of upgrading ASLC computer systems. Constitu­ tional changes were reviewed and approved for acceptance by ASLC members during the election.

Detailed minutes of all meetings are also available to students in (he ASLC office.

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OPINIONOlder, Bolder, and Back With a Vengeance

————————————— E+ Club Speaks Out —————————————————

by Michael J. Fadus President, E+ Club

The Experience Plus (E+) Club recently installed a dynamic slate of officers 10 refocus organiza­ tional goals, increase membership, and correct Thunderbird policies that have effectively ignored one-third of the student population. This ar­ ticle analyzes this inequity, pro­ vides suggestions for reform, and issues a call to arms.

Mission Statement. The E+ Club is a self-managed organi­ zation of students having more than five years professional experience. The Club seeks to provide a forum for these students to pursue dynamic mid-level and upper-level employ­ ment opportuniiio, chUblish rel­ evant networking contacts with alumni and each other, and share the vast wealth of colleen ve experience necessarily associated with the Club's members. TheE+dubseeks to recognize and optimize career opportunities, assist Thunderbird students with link professional ex­ perience to select appropriate edu­ cational and professional pursuits, and provide an outkt for widespread discontent among its members, who feel a keen sense of betrayal with regard to the career services offered to them. The E-r Club also seeks to enlist the support of faculty, staff, administration, career services, and alumni in meeting these goals for the greater goodof the Club's mem­ bers, other Thunderbird students, and for the enhancement of the school's uniqueness and perceived value in an increasingly competi­ tive educational and professional market

We Are Everywhere. Sur- prisingly few students and even fewer admi nistrat ors and career ser- vices personnel are aware of the number of students whose career goals coincide with the Club's avowed purpose. However, accord­ ing to the 1994-1995 Thunderbird catalog, one-third of the 1993emer- ing class had more than five years" professional experience. Assuming that the proportion of subsequently entering students with such experi-

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ence has not wildly fluctuated, this means that at any given time, about 500 students with several years' work experience are studying at Thunderbird.

Bait and Switch. Many of the Club's members as well as other students not in the Club came to the Thunderbird because of the school" s espoused value of providing sup-

"... at any given time.about 500 studentswith several years'

work experience arei * rrm . i **studying at i Dim.

port for the "seasoned" older stu­ dent. But the reality of the situation demonstrates otherwise. Several E+ Club members posed as "mys­ tery shoppers'* and made appoint­ ments with Career Services person­ nel. Others reviewed career mate­ rial and programs available to stu­ dents. Knowing that 1 am the cur­ rent president of the E-t- Club, even "older" students who arc complete strangers to me have approached me and vented their anger and venom against Career Services. Overall, the resultsof this evidence and qual­ ity control exercise showed appall­ ing weaknesses in the status quo.

No Experience Required, Career Services offers a spate of career workshops throughout the spring semester. Oddly, there is not a single program specifically de­ signed for the 500 "older"* students at Thunderbird. However, there are several sessions of "Resume Writ­ ing I and II." and slick video presen­ tations tothe disco tune of "1 Got the Power." which may be appropriate for those just entering the job mar­ ket, but hopelessly irrelevant and decorative to those students with career histories, not career objec­ tives. InreplytotheClub'srepeated concerns aboutrelevant career coun- selingservicesfor students who have

vast qualitative and quantitative dif­ ference** in their resumes, one coun­ selor offered eleventh-hour "spe­ cial workshops." Special work­ shops 1 It should be an integral part of the function of Career Services to provide regular, consistent, relevant services to all students — one-third of the student population is hardly a marginal group on campus requir­ ing only "special" workshops.

No Knowledge Required. When told that there are approxi­ mately 500 students on campus with career needs beyond entry level. one astonished career couaselor denied that there were that many of us on campus (heck, you can do the math in your head). Another career counselor suggested, for example, that a student with five years expe­ rience in international law would best find a job by writing to the legal departments of companies. Boy. there's some insight! Frankly, "older" students have done the ob­ vious and the not-so-obvious al­ ready. What is needed are career counselors with expertise in execu­ tive recruitment. Suggestion: per­ haps Thunderbird should outsource this task to a more responsive pri­ vate agency and downsize Career Services accordingly—haven't we learned that competition is the ulti­ mate engine to increase competi­ tion and RESULTS?

NoConcept Required. The concept of executive recruitment at Thunderbird is not viable at Career Services, nor is executive recruit­ ment actively marketedto prospec­ tive employers. Commercially available executive recruitment books in Career Services are either out of date or inaccurate. Alumni regularly state that they DO NOT want to help Thunderbird students find jobs. The Resume Book pub­ lished by Career Services differen­ tiates students by area of student but not by number of years of profes­ sional experience. Asaresult. Thun­ derbird projects the images of being a school producing entry-level em­ ployees ONLY. As a result, many students with prior professional ex­ perience are forced to spend money on private search firms and private

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The dc facto assumption .about the entire pool of applicants having no professional experience is unacceptable to one-third of the Thunderbird students who collec­ tively have rnore professional expe­ rience than the rest of the student population put together. The present state of affairs does a disservice to the school and its students, contrib­ utes to the notion that Thunderbird is a great place to recruit marketing and finance drones. Suggestion: add the attribute "years of experi­ ence" to the list that differentiates students in the Resume Book, or have a special section within the book called "executive recruitment." Career Services ami the administra­ tion should then learn to market the "new executives" with the same fer­ vor and marketing skills that they used to lure us here in the first place.

4tThe concept of execu­ tive recruitment at

Tbird is not viable at Career Services, nor is executive recruitment actively marketed to

prospective employers."

Another suggestion: reconfigure the reward system for career coun­ selors as base pay plus commissions or maybe commissions ONLY for each bonafide job offer obtained.

It's the Money. Stupid. It is important that Thunderbird's ca­ reer services policies reflect the needs of a changing marketplace and constitution of its student popu­ lation. Its reactive policies with regard to traditional job searches is hopelessly outmoded in the age of cross-trained executives. A more proactive strategy is needed. Right now. Asshown.Thunderbird'scur- . rent Career Services focus is ill- suited to serve the needs of the 500 students who necessarily will be

qualified for higher profile (ami higher paying) position* Finding these students meaningful careers will place them in positions of ca­ reer and financial strength. In a position of career strength, these aJumni will be able to provide ca­ reer networking information for sub­ sequent Thunderbiid graduates. In a position of financial strength, these students will also be likely to pay off their student loans sooner, and could then contribute to the school as grate­ ful alumni, contrary to the estab­ lished practice of paltry sums trick­ ling in yearafteryear(IBIC funding is the exception, not the rule).

A Chip Off ihe Old Block. Consistent with the entrenched in­ effectiveness of Career Services. ASI..C ^iinuffiHWMi^fv denied E-** Club funding to sponsor career workshops for its members (which were planned because of a lack of such workshops from Career Ser­ vices), yet granted funding of an E+ Club Mentor Program for current students without experience. In other words, ASLC, much like the school, would like to profit from the Club's presence on campus in terms of soliciting new students and assist­ ing those who are already spoon-fed much of their career reeds, yet pun­ ish Club members for trying to sub- stantially augmeni the school's lack of expertise in assisting us.

Futnre Plan of Action. The E+Gubseeks first to increase mem­ bership because there is snengrti in numbers. The Qub is loosely coor­ dinated by its energeticofficers. who actively encouragead-hoc teams that further the goals of the Qub, some of which have already begun suc­ cessfully. There are innumerable projects that need the energy and talents of all students who would like to make a revolutionary change in standard operating procedures at Thunderbird. If you would rather have true Career Services instead of lip service, if you want more return on your investment, aside from the "Thunderbird Mystique." then get active in the E+ Club. Your future depends on it. You deserve the best possible service because, quite franklv. YOU PAID FOR IT!

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executive recruitment workshops as standard procedure?• Are you angry at not finding the support you need to

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Pace 6February 27.1995

Guardians of the Forest or Agents of Destruction?by Igrutsi Sfrrokuna

Some years ago. I had the opportunity to write a weekly col­ umn at a local newspaper in Barcelona. Spain. I was to write on anything that had to (teal with hu­ man rights, environment, social is­ sues and government policies around the world - quite a broad theme! They stated thai they wanted stuff which you could not normally see in the papers, and that really narrowed my sources of information. But I managed 10 put up quite an interest­ ing (at least for me!) collection of articles. These treated themes such as the o/.one layer, the preservation of the Amazon region, the violation of human rights in East Timori where the heli is that .'Uriel N discrimina­ tion of Kampuchea (the only third world country that did not get am aid from the rest of the world i. the

"...the Braziliangovernment has neverrecognized the native

population as Braziliancitizens"

prostitution or children in places such as Thailand. Brazil and even Los Angeles. NGOs, raci sm, as wel 1 as less controversial curiosities. It mostly depended on what I ran across that week. The truth is that I had a lot of fun doing it. and 1 also learned a lot about the World's problems.

So here I am. at Thunder- bird, the most international of all the international schools; and here is Das Tor, an excellent opportunity for me to continue writing on these subjects. And I would like to start

this week with a piece of informa­ tion that 1 ran across very recently. It has todoagain with the Amazonian rain forest and its preservation.

RememberSting? Remem­ ber his personal crusade on behalf of the Amazon0 Well, it was a great marketing move by Mr Sting (maybeeven well-intentioned, don't get me wrong); but did he accom­ plish anything'1 A lot was written about it. and a lot of pictures taken. Who does not re­ member Sting sit­ ting next to a na­ tive chief, talking iu ijuiitii'c*^ wt rj porters from all around the World about how she poor Indians v. ere having their homeland Je- strovedhy thecci*- nomic interest ot the Westerners.' Well, that native chiefs name is P a u 1 i n h o *" Payakan. and flis- tentothisinowadavsrieisoneuKlic richest people in Brazil, Just four years have gone by. What did actu­ ally happen?

What happened was that the UN. forced by the publicity raised by Mr. Sting and his chants and demonstrations with the Indians. granted Mr. Payakan. chief of the Kayapos. the Global 500 prize, in reward for his work on the preserva­ tion of the largest green area of the World. Thus, he was put at the same level as the great Chico Mendes. the

real hero of this struggle against the destruction of the Amazon; Mendes was killed for that reason in 1988. We may talk about him some other time. Anyway, with this prize on his hand. Paulinho became something I ike a living legend wren Ted Turner and his CNN put together dozens of documentaries about him and the nature-minded Kayapos. Even the

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ing at them, the Brazilian govern­ ment decided to officially transfer the rain forest to the natives, giving them the flamboyant title of "Guard­ ians of the Forest." Nobody cared about the fact that they were grant­ ing 65,000 square kilometers of green land to some people who did not even exist: the Brazilian gov emment has never recognized the native population as Brazilian citi­

zens, and thus, they are not censored. But somehow they found a way around it. so everybody seemed satisfied. The TV stations from all around the World turned their eyes some- whereelse. mostly because thev know that audiences

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get tired of hearing about the same issues over and over again -you jusi have to notice the amount of news we are now getting about war in Bosnia-Herzegovina; did it ever end0 And as it looked as if the Amazon was finally going to be in 2ood hands, no one cared to see how it worked out. Of course, by defini­ tion, the native population ts much more "ecological" than anyone else.

Well, the fact is that the thing wors­ ened, and the dan- cer is now more real and profound than am father time Mr Paulinho Pavakan ond some t>'her clever chiefs tnat imitated him. like Tutu Pombo > started giving huge conces­ sions to lumber and mining multina­ tional businesses, uhichinretumpaid them with enormous amounts of cash and all the expensive "toys" they wanted. Mr. Pombo. for ex-

kmmn to ha\e earned oversixmillicmdollars in three years. as well as a bunch of exciting prop­ erties: three canle farmlands,an abu­ sive amount of cars and trucks, and a twelve-seat private jet with his face painted on both wings. Too bad that he could not enjoy it fora long time. He loved "white men" sweets, especially sugar and chocolate, and after eating too much of both, he died of a heart attack. Another Kayapo chief from Kriketun report­ edly granted a permit to a Western company to cut up to 30.000 cubic meters of mahogany. His reward was basically a plane, some auto­ mobiles and some real estate prop­ erty.

All this sharply contrasts with the miserable living conditions

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of the great majority of the Kayapos. who see their chiefs become richer and richer every day. while they cannot share any cf this wealrti. Well, that is not true in all cases; sometimes the mining and lumber companies provide hospitals and schools for the natives, but this is not the rule, rather the exception.

Mr. Paulinho Payakanstarted giving huge

concessions to lumberand mining

multinational businessesin exchange for enormous

amounb of cash

Mosth. thev stil! !r.e in the same poverty, worsened now that they are surrounded hv luxury. And yet. to the Gov emment they do not exist.

The fact i.s that the ecologi­ cal damage has already been done, and there is no way to reverse it. What the Kayapos have done is a tragedy for our planet. Something >:an he dune, [hough, to preserve uhat is ten. but tne Brazilian gov­ ernment does not seem too willing to put an end to these practices; on the contrary, after having lifted the ban to cut mahogany, it recently agreed with the Kayapo chiefs to build 80 miles of road across die forest to take the lumber to the ship­ ping ports, all this under the chiefs' pressure. Needless to say that the Western companies paid all of the expenses for the Indian negotiators. including first-class flights and five- star hotel suites.

Let us hope that another Sting decides to improve his/her self-image by taking a look back at what is going on down there. Other­ wise, our sons may suffer its conse­ quences.

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While many of you were shushing down the slopes in Colo­ rado others invested in a three week crash course in Baby Finance over Wimerim, But those of us who wanted more intensive international exposure ventured farther south to an environment where hedging on the local currency was only a minute pan of the learning experience.

Twenty-six exceptional. highly motivated. Thunderbirds par­ ticipated in the Spanish III Winterim Program in Mexico City and Puebla designed and directed by Professor Comgan. Commencing with a weekend in Mexico Cit\ near the Plazade la Constitucion, the lamed Zocaio. the group was men ott to an exciting start with a \i«.it to Teotihuacdn There, --indents had the opponuniu to explore this an­ cient city and scale massi\e pyra­ mids of the sun and moon. All ex­ planations were of course. «iven in Spanish, which afforded even more authentic understanding of the area. The students also viewed the Ba­ silica deGuadalupe. Mexico's reli­ gious center and the Plaza de Las Tres Cultures where the pinnacles of three historic:!! erxvfis could he seen in the space of a city block.

After a quick transit south­ east by bus the group arrived in the historic city of Puebla. where the bulk of the formal coursework would take place. Originally a stop-over point on the trade route between the port of Veracruz and Mexico City, this ornate environment was perfect for taking in the flavor of Mexico. Each class day began at 8 a m. with a formal business case study, dialog adaptation and dictation followed by another in-depth mini course ses­ sion focusing on local culture. This was followed by perhaps the most beneficial portion of the program. A two hour salida which paired two Thunderbirds with a local acompanante gave students the chance toexplorePuebla'schurches. small businesses, museums, and otherlocal attractions while becom­ ing even more at ease in Spanish. This was followed by a working lunch which provided another hour

of structured native Spanish inter­ action with a local director of con­ versation. A brief break in the afternoon allowed students to catch up on assignments, not the least of which was a daily journal stressing the items learned relating to cul­ ture, business and global manage­ ment. At the end of the day the group gathered for student presen­ tations and a mesa redonda to dis­ cuss their unique experiences.

More variety came in the form of business field trips to the Chamber of Commerce. Volkswagen, Gixxl> ear. and Chicle Adams facilities. These experi­ ences enabled everyone to learn some ot the specifics ot operating a vital pan of :i multinational com­ pany in a foreign country

During one of the two free weekends, the group returned in Mexico City to take in >ome of the more formal cultural attractions such as a presentation ol the Ballet Folklonco at the National Theater. the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco and the bullfights. Students broke up into smaller groups and ven­ tured to a variety ot diverse loca­ tions including Mexicoi it\. Ixtapa. Acapulco. Oaxaca. the more se­ cluded beaches of Casitas on the Gulf of Veracruz, and even the green mountains of Cuetzalan. known to locals as the Switzerland of Mexico.

During the fiesta de despedida, three graduating stu­ dents were recognized: Los Tres Amigos who completed their gradu­ ate studies at Thunderbird were Steve LeClair. Jay Halford and Carlos (Chad) Fahlberg.

Back in Mexico City, the day before returning to the United States, the students had a chance to visit Chapultapec Park. Maximillion's Castle and the world famous anthropological museum. Our last evening was spent in the Zona Rosa with a feast of cabrito accompanied by strolling mariachis.

The Winterim program in Mexico provided a unique total- immersion experience - an oppor­ tunity to take ad van iage of an entire

country as a classroom thus learn- veloped their communicative com- age tourist may never appreciate.ing at an accelerated pace. This petence.andenhancedtheirculruralactive, hands-on approach took the appreciation while providing an m-students out of the classroom, de- sight into a side of Mexico the aver-

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CAMPUSCareer Services

CommitteeChair

Great Tab Pad, But What Do You Do???

By Paul de Carvalho -Career Services Student Committee Chair

It's a fair enough question, and one that has been asked of me quite a bit lately. Which means I must have been remiss in getting the message out to all students that my job is to try to ensure that the Career Services Center (CSC) is offering you the best career search support possible.

Actually, that's oniy pan of my job, but it's what I view as the most important part. Assuming we are all here to better our career op­ tions, the Career Services Center should be an integral part of our job search strategy. If you feel that its offerings are below standard in any way. I want to know and I want to do something about it.

Already I have talked with students about many issues tneyfind frustrating about the CSC. As you can see from the article in this issue of 'Das TOTVthe E+ Club certainly feels that services catering to stu­ dents with career experience are below standard.

I have already met with the group and will be working with them to nave their concerns ad­ dressed. I've asked for one of their representatives to join my commit­ tee to ensure their views continue to be represented to the CSC manage­ ment

I encourage any other stu­ dents who would like to see im­ provements in the CSC to also join the committee. If you can't join the committee. I encourage you to at least come to me with your com­ plaints so I can try to get them resolved. If 1 don't know about the problems. 1 can't act on them!

While writing about your complaints in Das Toris one (often very effective) way to get your point across, another (perhaps more con­ structive) way is to work with the committee, and meet directly with CSC management to try to resolve issues in a cooperative way.

My Box # is 1108 and my E-Mail address is DECARVPC @ VORTEX.TBJRD.EDU, so please feel flee to contact me anytime, or drop by my office in the Tower, and let's see how we can make a differ­ ence!!

1 mentioned that working to improve the offerings of the CSC is only pan of my job. My other responsibilities include organizing the Executive Exchange, helping to coordinate the International Career Opportunities groups (ICOs) and - if the budget, time and demand is there - organizing other "Career En- hancingProjects." if you've got any ideas on what these "CEPs" could be, let me know!

A Guide to Jobs on the InternetBy Nils Rasmussen Graduate Associate

Last fall we wrote an article in Das Tor called "Job search in Cyberspace". At that time, most of you had certainly heard about the Internet, but only a few had actually been using it. The biggest barrier has been the need for a computer, a modem, communication software, and an Internet service provider (an institution or company you dial-up in order to get connected to the Internet).

The good news now is that every single student on campus has Internet access. How 9 During Winterim, Thunderbird installed new software on the campus net­ work and got an Internet connection through Arizona State University. If you sit down at any of the comput­ ers with Windows installed in the IBIC or in the Computer Center, you can now (for example by using the program Netscape) cruise into Cyberspace and look for informa­ tion on job postings or prospective employers, stored in computers in virtually any counny in the world

Thanks to new and more user-friendly software, you no longer needtobeacomputerwiz(although it sometimes helps) in ordertomove around on the Internet and locate information. For the most part you can now navigate by clicking away with the mouse on symbols, words, and buttons.

(If you are unfamiliar with navigating to different Internet ad­ dresses, make sure you attend one of the workshops given by the Com­ puter Center).

Just since the beginning of last fall, a number of new sites for job searches have emerged on the Internet. As a starting point, here is a list of places to explore:

ST. OLAF COLLEGE

This service is prepared by the small Minnesota institution. The listings are for essentially all international jobs, from Germany to Thailand, and a great deal of other data and information about international em­ ployment.

HEART is interesting in that is has two separate gateways: One for searching all databases ftelnet career.com) and one for searching entry level/low experience posi­ tions targeted at the recent college graduatel telnet college .career.com. Job searches can be conducted by, for example, company, discipline

Gopher Access:Search keyword: **st. olaf

college" Gopher address: gopher.stolaf.edu

AMERICA'S JOB BANK

This source was made accessible on the Internet just a few months ago, and contains a huge amount of job listings. You can find anything from Law Clerks to Casino Managers in this database. Telnet Access:

Host:hi-tec.tec.state.tx.us Atthemainmenu: (J)Online

Job Listings and Information, and (A) Automated Labor Exchange.

CAREER CONNECTION'S ONLINE INFORMATION SYS­ TEM (HEART):

(everything from Accounting and Advertising to Test Engineering and R&D), or geography (interna­ tional or state then city). In addi­ tion. HEART allows you to place on file a resume/personal data record for firms to peruse. Telnet Access:

Host: career.com or college.cater.com

ONLINE CAREER CENTER

The Online Career Center is by far the most well known, as well as being one of the biggest Internet job hunting tools. But, remember that it is not specifically tailored towards a recent college graduate. so many of the resumes and job hunting opportunities might seem high powered. This database has

extensive job listings by state, city. or company, or you can do a key word search or regional search on your own. You can also e-mail them your resume for inclusion in their stale by state database. Gopher Access:

Search keyword: "Career" Gopher address: gopher.msen.com Online Career Center World Wide Web: URL:// www.occ.com/

JOB OPENINGS IN THE FED- ERAL GOVERNMENT

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Is it all a Farce?Having just returned from

voting in this semester' s elections, 1 would like to share three concerns I have had on the matter.

First of all. why did I vote at all? The motivation in running for office at Tnunderbird could just as well be the likelihood ofbeing voted in. there being only one candidate for die vast majority of the posi­ tions. With all mat competition ... is the student body unaware of the commitment involved in holding an office on-campus? Perhaps ASLC communication with the student body has the same weakness as is oft claimed ('complajned)of the admin­ istration. Perhaps the outgoing of­ ficeholder should have an obliga- tion to generate some interest for the position, talk to those who might be qualified, encourage and recruit if necessary.

Second, the circumstances of the election tend to be such thai many of the candidates are unknim n to the voters. Some of them, though anxious to hold office, did not even bother to suhini! their introductory letters to Das Tor and. as such, are just names on the ballot 1 wouldsu^gsr^as ap en>e> ̂ an ,,u- nity'to' rrieet those "candidates "an informal gathering in the Tower lounge or a few hours spent in die week prior to the election at the Pavilion, at which time candidates might interact with their fellow stu­ dents.

A third concern is the mat­ ter of the new constitution. In the American governmental process, new pieces of legislation are ex­ plained, defined, summarized by those in office and interpreted by the media This is certainly not the case at Thunderbird. Those who felt the need to change the constitu­ tion and those who put in their time and effort in considering how those changes might be accomplished should have done a 100% job and taken die responsibility to commu­ nicate those actions with the student body. Adozenormorepages taped down at the voting station, without so much as a summary of the changes or the assistance of having them highlighted for the sake of compari­ son. is hardly an effective way to evaluate student response to the amended constitution.

In addition, one might cer­ tainly have expected this matter to be examined and clarified in Das

. Tor itself, whether at the bidding of those who initiate the changes or at thebebestoftheAKTorstaffonthe basis of die general newsworthiness of the infonnatioti.

I do not wish to suggest tiiat those candidates who were on the ballot are not qualified, nor that the changes made to the constitution were not justified.

In my opinion, however, the resultsoftbe election areafarce, doe to tfae general lack of communi­ cation between the ASLC and die voters.

Jennifer Kovacs

The Press and the Coverage of the WorldA new theory

My friends from develop­ ing countries, specifically Africa, complain that the only time their countries get into the news in the USAisduringtimesof war. famine, drought, and all things gener­ ally bad. Then, if the bad news does get re­ ported, it is usually months after tbe story actually began and the byline is. more often than not. from a Euro­ pean capital. They complain that Americans aie HKJK interested in Newt's latest era/} comment than "real news Ihaxea more interesting theory. I call it the "as long as 1 can report from a first class, four star, hotel in hurope or;: C!uh/e4 country. I'll -_:s." tneory That i s. as Ion:: us a re[x Tier can sins in the best hotel around, one that otters unlimited showers, tahtilous food, nightlifeunequaled aroundthe world, room service, and. ot course. CNN. then the news will hoovered and A men cans w ill see n on the (>

about Africa in general'1 Well. South Africa was always a bbck and white

issue. Pun intended. Lot's of coverage of the nasty white gov­ ernment and the per­ fect ANC Songs. books and mo vies cov - ered the world with South Africa's an­ guish. Why 0

South Africa is the mostdeveloped na­ tion in Africa There are highways, nice beach resons. cam-

; <" r st-ir hotels Report­ ee! at home reporting stones Meanwnnc. the a was 'i:*m<: u> neii The ast summer it! k'.'-.ina.; happenm; t " i 111 ^ o;

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example: The former Yugoslavia. Bosnia has been on the USA's nightly news for as long as 1 can remember. Why? The reason: re­ porters get to spend some quality time filing dieir reports from Italy, Austria, London and Paris. Proof? NPR'sSylviaPolgoiirepons weekly on the fighting in Bosnia Where does her by line come from? Italy! It is a tough life, reporting on a war from the pasta palaces of Roma. I know, a few years ago she reported from Belgrade. But as soon as die embargo cut off her favorite choco­ late from Geneva, that was it. off to Italy. How about Chechnya AI- rnc>sievery report fromRussia comes out of Moscow. Perhaps ten years ago Moscow was not a reporter's dream assignment Today, how­ ever. Western four star hotels dot the landscape and these reporters can cover die "war" in Grozny from die comfort of die four star luxury' hotel. Now. how about those friends of ours in the third world? Why don't reporters get down to these exotic and wonderful countries. Why can't we seem to get "human interest" reports from there? What about the massacre of East Timor? The story of 1 OOOs of people killed by die Indonesian government has been off die nightly news in this country. Why? My answer, there really are no quality hotels and it's a Muslim country so diere goes me bar scene in die East Timor region.

How about Rwanda? Well it took over 500,000 deaths, bodies drifting down rivers, and stories of women being raped to get a handful of reporters down diere. Diddiey stay long? Heck no. They got a few stories filed, saw 1000s of dead bodies and beat it back to Europe and die hotel rooms. No four star hotels in Rwanda. How

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Ken 1..: The country we al; wanted to \isit after seeing "Out ot Atnca ketn. i is one ntihemosi ant i -demo­ cratic- c.ounine> in Atnca. Yet. the world wants to go on Satan . Why?

The Kenyan government has built some fabulous hotels and resorts in the country. Western tour­ ists feel just like they are at home. They don't hear about, and don't want to know about, the suppres­ sion ofspeech, the arrests, the killings. The Kenya we all know and "love" is a Hollywood creation. I know that this theory is simple. Think about it. Next time you bear Joe Schmoe reporting on the violence in Nigeria from London, the killings in Croatia from Rome, and the human rights violations from Tokyo remember my theory. You heard it here first.

Shewn Dakin

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The question goes. "Are you marketing or finance'1" I object to this forced specialization

While the curriculum, as n stands, should remain an option, such a specialized track should not be the only option. ! consider myself a generalist. 1 fully recognize that marketing, and especially finance, are critical aspects of business; however. I also recognize that my niche in the business world will not be directly m either of these areas

Because of realistic constraints, I am forced to finish my Thunder- bird education in three semesters. 1 waived baby finance, having struggled through it in 1984 (1 got a B-) Because of the many marketing require­ ments, and because of my three semester constraint. I am not able to take any finance here. Consequently, Thunderfaird will have produced a graduate who has not had tn take am finance.

I would advocate a middle-of-the-road curriculum option that requires more finance for the marketers and more markeung for the financiers.

Ideally. I would argue that students should be allowed to take any course or set ot courses thai they want There is no sound reason tor distribution reuuiremenis There is no sound reason tor forcinc all students

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Lettre d'ArchampsThe Europeans were busy perfecting the an of living long before

the birth of the United Stales. However, Americans were forced to rethink old problems and overcome new one* while constructing their country So who has what right? Does practice make perfect or isnecessity the hallmark of innovation? First and foremost. Europeans win hands down in the heer and wine category. Low pnces+highquahtys Happy Thirds. Food" Well. > i m can ' f heal the cheese and pretzels, but ihev are not readily aval (able after 1 1 (to pm w hen you really need ihem Therefore this category nas to go ihc I' ,S . I will gladly swap a seven layer bumto tor a ^taie baguette. (and tor i hose ot you that care, a Royal with Cheese co^ts S5.9<) and "I don't know what a chopper is called because I didn'i go to Burger King"). Lmn: Accommodations: This category is somewhat of a mixed bag. The Europeans know toilet 1-. In tact, one must he careiul to secure any articles ut Icxisc clothing hetore flushing. Showers on the other hand, are designed more like a kitchen sink with a sprayer. Shawn, forget it! I miss my shower massage. Although even if 1 had it with me. 1 wouldn't have time to enjoy ii because the hot water heater (like the stove, the lights, the heat and my sanity) is on a timer. 1 applaud their attempts at energy conservation hut I think they may have gone a little overboard here. Culture: Is there any question'.'

Hach weekend we split in different directions trying to consume as much as we can. Some trips rave induueu Chamoflix, Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, Venice, Barcelona, Madrid, Garmish, and Prague. The skiing is cheap, the mountains are steep, and the powder is deep and white . Pete and Tommy, we wish you were here. Geneva is clean, beautiful, efficient and expensive as hell. TheThunderbird farmhou.se is charming and the classes are small with lots of discussion. The Professors and Staff are available, helpful, and foremost, good friends. Things I miss: Kristen and The Simpsoas; will you please write and tell me what is up with Ban and Homer. Special request: Joe says keepa low profile to Guiseppie; Pat it is in the mail soon and J.L. to "make me a Turkey sandwich on your way out - honey" Desarae says hi to the Fall Eastie Beasties. Hola to Meaghan B & Jim L from Kari and Tom Martineau from Eric. Reid says, hey lunch groupies! (Kya, James, Steve, etc. ) miss the rude table talk. Stay posted next week for Reid' s top ten list of rude things not to say in Europe.

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is not a member of the WTO. It could be a pood case to look at third party mediation and resolve the case w ithout the use of law. There are some interdependences here and these cannot he ignored. What could transpire if the two countries go head-to-head on this issue?

At that point they are trying m focus on their structural sources

) ot power in terms ot population. 1 markets, cultural, social and polio- | cal decision-making power. So one I way to do this MO rank these struc­

tures ot power and it becomes a contest of wills as to who has the real structural power. What the US is trying todo isenhanceits legal power. That is a real source of power. How­ ever, as you know, you cannot get complete and compliant behavior from China jus! because you have the structural power. Its a lot more*~/°****r«l*>v tHnn fh'it t AfTi**f IA rtiy*»***^««»^« ^..* .»««.» ...***. « *,**M^. •*. £,» -

some returns to those who design and manufacture these products and there needs to be some real legitimizanon ofboth countries" pri­ vate sector needs. There then needs to be a real matching of those needs at that level. That's where the imple­ mentation of this will have to do when these exporters from China see that if they get legitimate then they get some training and share a part of the revenue stream as well, I don't know if the US government is involved in mediating in that or not. As far as I know, they arc not inter­ ested at that level and they are look- ins at the structural sources ot power HI terms <>t lejiul authority and de­ manding that China take on the re- snonsibility of legal control. We are now looking at a third economic superpower beginning to take its place alongside the IS and Japan. What do you see hap­ pening to a negotiations table and how would oneaddress the power- balance issue?

It always becomes more complex as a third player enters in any major negotiation and the first step is that you want to keep the third party out for as long as possible and not allow mat nation to graduate to that level. So, the US is going to keep reminding China that it has not reached the same level of structural power. And this is a good test (the sanctions) to see how strong China really is and what its capabilities really are to play the rules of a strong equal partner alongside the US and Japan.

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Traveller's TalesThe one pan of Spring that 1 hate is that it invariably spawns

a desire in me to travel, to loss off the shackles of job or school and lake off by plane, boat or train. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge said in The Delinquent Traveller, "Money. I've heard a wise man say. Makes herself wings and flies away: Ah' would She take it into her head to make a pair for me instead!" Travelling is more than just a tnp. It is about the journey, the trials of actually getting to the destination, it is about the people you meet along the way. ami inevitably it is about the return. 1 have been on trips and I have been on "travels". But, after the memories of the destination fade and become merely pictures in an album that no one looks at anymore, the faces and people still remain vivid images in my mind,

1 was in .New Delhi in the Fall of 1988. The images of the city are scattered recollections but I can vividly recall the face of an old man I met on the street. He was tanned, wrinkled and emaciated. His white hair was receding and he was missing several teeth. He laughed at us as we crouched, looking at the old maps of the city thai he sold to make a living. .Amidst the maps he had a small collection of children's alphabet books. We picked up the bright yellow one with a big "A for Apple" written on the front He continued his delightful laughing as we read it to him. That is what India wiD always be to me. Not Ghandi's grave, nor Indira's house, nor even the Taj Mahal at sunset. It is that funny little man selling English children's books and outdated maps of New Delhi on the street and his smile of missing teeth.

Once, when I was in El Salvador, I met another old man on a bus. It was a typical Central American public transportation, a rejected American school bus with the floor rusted tfirough and most of Salvador's population on board I was lucky enough to get a seat. This man started speaking to me in Spanish. (This occurred before my Thunderbird Spanish classes and I knew very little of the language.) 1 tried to convey to him that I didn't understand what he was say ing. My fellow traveller came to my assistance. UK old man explained that he would just keep speaking to me in Spanish and eventually 1 would understand what he was sayinc. It didn't really matter what he was saying, anyway. The incident conveyed more than idle chatter ever could have.

Another incident where words were not necessary and one I can never forget involved alittle girl in a rural village in Egypt. We were visiting a small school. The children packed around us excited and boisterous. I was drawn to one pair of brown eyes. She sat in the basket of her big brother's bicycle off to the back of the crowd in a pretty link pink and blue frock. 1 smiled, but only got a timid smile from the brother. During the tour of the school, we became timorous friends. Finally, we had to leave. I took off a cheap plastic braceletlusedtowearandplaceditonherwrist. She smiled, turned to her big brother and shyly held up her new treasure for him to see. She fiddled with the braceletandwe had to leave. Several turnover the years, I have thought about her and wondered what became of my little friend. A traveller has regrets and that is one I will never be able to get over. How do you stop being a traveller when you are onlythereforatinyfractionoftheu'vesyouencounter. Itisdifficult to always be leaving a place. But then, there is a new place on the horizon, a new face waiting to meet you, and you nick away the memory promising to go back. But you never really do.

The traveller has regrets for the receding shore That with its many nets Has caught, not to restore. The white lights in the bay. The blue lights on the hill. Though night with many stars May travel with him still. But night has nought to say. Only a colour and shape Changing like doth shaking. A dancer with a cape Whose dance is heart-breaking. Night with its many stars Can warn travellers There's only time to kill And nothing much to say: But the blue lights on the hill. The white lights in the bay- Told us the meal was laid And that the bed was made And that we could not stay.

Sharane Sherman Editor

The Traveller Has Regrets G.S. Fraser

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Singing in the Rain I Want My PBS

By Phil WtZaktr

I wanted to write about something this week but couldn't think of anything to say. So, like all English­ men in a bind for subject mat­ ter. I'm going to talk about the weather. I come from Manchester, an industrial city in the north of England. Manchester is an old word combining Man, derived from the English word, man. and Chester, derived from the

means "standing in the rain." It rains approximately 340 days a year in Manchester and this fact pervades every aspect of Mancunian life, mine included Clues to the impact of this on our psyche can be found everywhere. It is not coincidence that when hailing the Queen. En­ glishmen do not shout "God Bless The Queen ! Long may she shine." not even "Long may she bring only scattered showers." No. we, of course, put our hands on our hearts and raise our voices in pride and exclaim "Long May She....Reign."

To give you an idea, scien­ tists recently popularized the awful concept of a post war"Nuclear Win­ ter," Apparently one of the worst effects of a nuclear conflict will be a huge gray cloud that will block out the sun for years, cast a perpetual shadow and let little to no light through at all. If you describe this horror to a Mancunian be will fur­ row his brow in confusion and mo­ tion you to continue saying, "And... 7* To us, the sun was always theHowardHughesofcelestial bod- ies,rarelyseen, always looking pale, washed oat, unhealthy and forever sliding away to a new hiding place. Incidentally, Manchester has it's own distinctive breed of dog, the aptly named Manchester Terrier, a faithful friend to the local working man. To me it is a brave and noble breed, but to a skeptic, it is merely a Scottie Dog with webbed feet.

As a child, between June and September you always kept one eye on the weather. Summer could blow in to town after breakfast, re­ lieve Spring, discharge all it's du­ ties, pass the baton to Autumn, or Fall, and head off south again, all beforelunch-RumorhasitthatSum- mer actually once beat Spring on to the ferry back to the South of France. As a child, carelessly and inatten­ tively getting caught up in a 3 hour Tom and Jerry marathon on the TV meant you could miss the whole thing. You could go from Springing to Falling without ever Summering. A truly sorry state of affairs. How­ ever, I don't want you to think of rain as a bad thing. Without rain keeping me inside I would have nevermet Winnie the Pooh,orChar- lotte and Templeton or a cave man named Sag of The Dump. It was because of the rain mat I went to Watership Down and flew inaspace-

ship with HAL. The rain put me on the road down which I would travel to meet Isaac Asimov. Ray Bradley. John living. Joseph Heller and Tom Robbins. Gilpin. All people that would change my life in good and positive ways.

Some of my strongest memories also involve the rain. I remember 1976 in Manchester, we had the longest, honest summer on record. It didn't rain for probably, oh. nearly two weeks. A state of emergency, adrought. wasdeclared. And when it did rain, the heavens opened, it was as though it had all just been sitting up there for two weeks just collecting. And a strange thing happened; it was about 10 pm but everyone in the neighborhood came outside. All us kids ran around laughing, arms open, faces upwards. Even the grown ups were laughing and renewingold acquaintances. An oldmend was back. Wecomplained about the rain in Manchester all the time , but when it was gone we certainly missed it

I remember standing in soft rain in the hills of Lancashire, my home county. Like a heavy mist this rain deadens sounds, making everything quiet and tranquil. The colors, the greens, seem deeper, more vivid, everything shines and sparkles, even the Victorian mills and factoriesseemedlike old friends. And you knew that this was your home, a beautiful place. I also re­ member standing in the same rain at a family funeral. And how it then made everything seem gray, and cold and hopeless. The clouds now an oppressive gray weight, crashing the life out of all of us. And now..... I am in Arizona Wow. This is the anti-Manchester.

How am I surviving ? My roommate invited in my study part­ ners last week. "You should go on back to his room" he said, "he's in the shower." A female visitor blushed and hesitated.

"Oh no, it'sOK," my room­ mate assured her, "He'sdressed. He just climbs in there and turns it on sometimes when he gets homesick." Hey, it works!

By Michael Oakes

Rarely do I agree with the French. But in some rare cases, such as their assessment of Ameri­ can television. I must. Commercial forces have turned this extremely powerful medium imoacreampuff — easy to digest and almost com­ pletely lacking in nourishment.

Not that 1 have anything against dessert (nor do the French. God bless theirchocolate croissants). I appreciate a good dose of Beavis and Buttheadafteralongday just as the French appreciate a Jerry Lewis movie. But the brain needs a bal­ anced diet.

One of the most nourishiire broadcasters in the U.S. is PBS. the Public Broadcasting System. It was established over 20 years ago as a means to allow the nationwide broadcasting of information, edu­ cation, and entertainment without regard to its commercial viability. The result has been a consistent source of quality cultural, educa­ tional.and news programming. And as a public service, it is made avail­ able to every American, regardless of their location or ability to pay for it.

But suddenly, the entire Public Broadcasting System has come under attack by the Republi­ can Congress. Understandably, in their aucmpi to cut the federal defi­ cit, the Congress will be targeting almost all government programs for budget cuts. PBS should not be any different. But the clearly stated aim of Republicans in this cast is not to cut. but to kill PBS.

It should be noted that PBS is quite a value. It provides for the production and broadcasting of a vast amount of television and radio programming and yet comes with a very small pricetag — just under $300 million per year.

Of course, when pressed, Republican leaders like Senator Larry Prcssler deny mat the inten­ tion is to kill PBS. Rather, they prefer to use nice terms like "privatization" and "profit orienta­ tion" for the cutting off of federal aid to public broadcasting. They cite the fact that, nationally, 70% of PBS's average annual budget comes from private sources. So why not simply privatize the whole opera-

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tion and save the American people a little money?

There isa very good reason PBS simply cannot exist without reliable federal support. Yes.onthe average. 1(K of PBS's total budget comes from private sources, namely from the donations of its many view­ ers and listeners. This money al­ lows for high quality programming. It is also a testament to PBS's large and loyal following. But the core funds provided by the government support the structure upon which the whole system is built. This money pays for the transmitters, the production equipment, the station staffs" saianes.etc. Without astrong and reliable skeletal support, the system would quickly collapse, es­ pecially in those areas where private funds are less abundant.

Opponents counter that PBS should be able to pay for itself. They cite money-making produc­ tions like Barney and Ken Bums' civil war documentary, reasoning that PBS could finance its opera­ tions simply bycreatingsimilar prof­ itable programs. But such programs are few and far between. This rea­ soning also undermines the whole theory behind public broadcasting — that it should be an outlet for programs which commercial televi­ sion deems unprofitable. These pro­ grams still deserve to be aired, and PBS is their sole outlet.

As for Barney, it is an aber­ ration. What TV executive in his right mind would have aired a kid's show featuring an irritating guy dressed up in a purple dinosaur suit and singingsongsabout sharingyour toys. That it took off as it did is simply an unfortunate accident.

Another common Repub­ lican argument is that Public Broad­ casting is liberally biased. I cannot help but see a hidden agenda behind this argument. It stinks of the McCarmiest cries of "communist sympathy" or even of an old-style Puritan witch-hunt—attach an un­ defined but ominous label to those who may think differently than you do, and then get rid of them.

In fact, an overzealous Senator Pressler undermined his less volatile fiscal arguments by under­ taking a witch hunt of his own. In a

recent Commerce Committee ques- tionnaire, Pressler called for em­ ployees of National Public Radio to divulge their sex. ethnicity.and pre­ vious employment. He also asked for the number of employees who had previously worked for certain "liberal"and"*evangelical" stations, as well as for information on em­ ployees' political contributions. Such oven prying into the private lives of PBS employees created a furor of complaints which eventu­ ally forced Pressler to withdraw thesequestions. That a U.S. Senator would undertake such an obvious violation ofindividualprivacy rights speaks clearly of his real intentions.

"Liberalism" in the eyes of reactionary Republicans is just an­ other term for any threat to their traditional way of thinking. By kill­ ing PBS. they are attempting tolimit the broadcast of differing views, while veiling it as fiscal responsibil­ ity. All the while they speak of tax cuts.

l.andl daresay, millions of other Americans who regularly watch and listen to PBS would ar­ gue thai it is one of the most thor­ ough and unbiased sources of infor­ mation around. Programs like McNeil-Lehrer. BBC World News and Marketplace give some of the most sophisticated analysis of world eventsavailable. Others.IikeNPR's Fresh Airoffer insight into the world of literature, cinema, and the arts. Kid's shows open children's minds early and often.

PBS, unlike much of com­ mercialized television does not sim­ ply spoon-feed its viewers. Some­ how, offering up to the general pub­ lic a wide range of opinions and allowing them to make up their own minds has come to be equated with the vagueideaof some liberal media bias." The only liberal bias on PBS is that itattemrxs to present allviews, and not just one view.

PBS is a true public ser­ vice, and the federal government has a proper role in maintaining its support. Without federal funds, a great national resource will be lost.

Write or call your Con­ gressman professing your support before it is too late.

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