OBSERVER Vol. 13 No. 7 April 8, 1970 Page 1 Lower College Of Bard Unite! . Gene Baker, Mark, Kanovos, and Michael Lieberman Page 2 [“The current moderation strike in the Government department was inevitable.”] [Cartoon] Feiffer Access To Systems Geoff Cahoon Letters [“The sage of Hysteria, Abbie Hoffman, advertises thusly in your paper: . .”] The Headless Horseman Page 3 Tim Leary Gets Ten Years Earth Action Weather Bureau Busted Recital Hair Out Page 4 Dr. Hip Pocrates Talks About Drugs And Sex Eugene Schoenfeld, M.D. Page 5 The First Bard Graffitti Annual Ross Skoggard, Joe Lemonnier and Lily Kilvert Page 6 The Day Pot Goes To Market Page 7 [Photograph] Page 8 Cat Of Nine Tails The Sophomoric Ogre . Or From The People Who Brought You Tenure, Now, Moderation . John Katzenbach Rufus The Ineradicable Radical Reptile “Moratorium Day” Bill Crawford Page 9 Abbie Hoffman Mass. Votes No On Viet Service Abortion Bill Not Dead Yet Page 10 What The Hell Is A Woman? Bard Womans Liberation Presents The Fifth In A Series . Coco Bus To Bard Page 11 Midnight Rambler Michael Harvey [Quotation] A Report By Clergy And Laymen Concerned About Vietnam Mother Bell Lost: volume 13 number 7 april 8 1970 Moderation strike... Weathermen indicted ... Bard graffitti. .. WOULD YOU EAT DICHLORVOS? Public Health Service and the Cali­ NOW IT HAS BEEN PROVENTHAT petition is bei ng "studied". they can I F YOU LIVE NEAR A "NO-PEST fornia State Department of Public THE CHEMICAL SOAKS INTO continue to sell the product to an STR IP--- YOU PROBABLY WILL. Health. Three former influential NEARBY FOOD. uninformed and convenience-oriented governmental advisers, now employed public. That innocent-looking gold box from by Shell, were instrumental in getting On September 11, 1969, the U.S. Shell hanging up there is exuding a the chemical registered. All three Department of Agriculture's Pest­ powertui nerve poison that has been are now under investigation by the icide Division (USDA-PRD) informed found to contaminate food. U.S. Jastice Oepartment for con- the registrants of dichlorvos resin flict of interest violations. strips that the use of such strips near Dichlorvas VaponaR. al so known as food will result in residues in that DDVP or VaponaR, isa powertui When it was proved that the strips food and that a warning must appear organo-phosphorous insecticide which actually interfered with a nerve on the la bei: is the active ingredient in the "No­ enzyme known as cholinesterase in Pest" insecticide strips manufactured humans exposed in closed rooms, "Oo not use in kitchens, restaurants, by Shell Chemical Company. When the U.S. Department of Agriculture or areas where food is prepared or combined with a special resin, the orderedShell to put on the box­ served." chemical slowly vaporizes from the label the words "Oo not use in nur­ strips to kill insects which encounter series, or rooms where infants, iil Shell Chemical, of course, has found its poisonous cloud. or aged persons are confined." Shell a way to get around the enforcement deliberately has delayed corrpliance of the label regulation. They filed a petition with. the U.S. Food and In order to get the chemical registered with the order. and the federa I gov­ Drug Administration (US-FDA) to from home use, Shell has used power­ ernment has not acted to enforce its request a toleranee for the chemical . ful political influence to overcome own rule. It is readily apparent that the strenuous objections of the U.S. such a warning would affect sales of in food (!o allow a certain arnount-to the product. be eaten by people) and while the President Kline: I understand that the yellow plastic "Vapona strips" hung over the doors in dining commons and the coffee shop contain an insecticide potentially harmful to humans. I feel strongly that the use of these strips should be discontinued, and that a non-toxic alternative such as fly-paper be employed, if necessary. Signed, by Gene Baker, Mark Kanovos, and Michael Lieberman. should have been evident long before to submit the two short moderation moderation, so serious discussion papers to the student;s advisor---to coneerning the project should have eneourage personal involvement by been taking place since admission. the faculty and students ineach The attitude of advisors and other other's affairs. (The moderating faculty makes it difficult to discuss Government students had resolved a student's personal progress on a not to submit long papers for review, regular basis, hence most of such • partially in protest to moderation discussion is left to the moderation in general, partially in protest to session. Consequently for the stu­ the irrelevant role they thought the dent, moderation takes place in an long paper played in determining environment of severe apprehension, the competency of a student to certainly not unwarranted for a attempt a Senior Project.) doctorate review, but in this context at the pretentious at best. Probably No concrete resolve was maintained of the students' positian very basis by the students during Thursday's was their reiuetanee to grant to the eertain­ session, which had been the first such The community controversy surrounc The faculty position, though to make a final, faculty the power confroritation in the Government ing moderation is emerging again, this ly not uniform, was generally ~~is: terminal decision about a student's tradltlon of department. Four of the moderating time from the sophomores of the Maderatian is part of the status at Bard. An unmotivated stu­ College; one traditionally cannot sophomores stood apparently firm government department. Last We~­ Bard dent should be considereda challenge by the tactic of refusing moderation, nesday those students voted unam­ be admitted into the upper college_ by the advisor, not deadweight to be while two or three of the others mously to refuse to participate in without the approval of a moder~tiOn carried for two years and then dropped voiced sympathies with the faculty maderatian proceedings in an attemp1 board. Although this procedure ·~ at moderation. A hopelessly reluctant position. The majority student fac­ to force the Government faculty to not uncontrovertable fact it is unl•ke· student could be flunked out or main­ this part of the pracess can be tion felt that the present structure assist their modera~ing sophomores ly that tained on academic probation. Ad­ is saerosanet of the moderation procedure invar­ in pursuing much needed wide-rangin! altered. No document missions procedures could be tighten­ iably produced the antagonisms and reform. (i.e. the maderatian docu~entl_, but ed. Other reforms could be installed. rroderation should be retamed '" The elimination of moderation should dissatisfactions which had prompted to allow into the upper c~llege Thursday's discussion. The structure These groups met last Thursday to order not make Bard a second rate institu­ those students who could, m had to be significantly alteredin discuss the positian of the students, only tion; it should improve it. the judgerent of the board, complete order to rid Moderation of these a positian which was articulated in a difficulties. The minority faction brief statement made available Thurs­ Senior Projects. lf the es~nc.e of the The positian paper proposed two re­ Senior Project is to be mamtamed, disagreed with these contentions. day afternoon. One of the professars forms which were hoped would set then maderatian should be also. Per­ opened the forum by allowing ~hat in the tone for further suggestions. The sonal prejudice against certain s~udent! Those who stiil refusedto rroderate his opinion the tactic assumed m the Government sophomores encouraged is not considered grounds for fa1lure, were not sure of the future of their statemant was not only childish but the establishment of a sophomore nor will a student holding unpopular effort. New meetings are planned symptomatic of an attitude infecting conference, to discuss the problems or controversial opinions fail mader­ in the hope that wide ranging mod­ substantial numbers of today's col· characteristic to the discipline of that reason. eration reform will not become a In the ensuing discussion atian for Political Science. In this forum stu­ lege youth. dead issue. The retusal of most of assumed the rolE dents and faculty would be equal, the faculty generally those present to submit to modera­ of apologists for the present moder­ The students' concern seemed to b~ no grades would be given, no credit tion proceedings is probabl~ an un­ ation system, while the students at­ of a different nature. They were dls­ received. Reading and discussion relation­ precedented step. As such it will tempted to estabi ish some form of turbed with student-faculty would be agreed upon by vote---one prevail or tall depending on the cohesive critique of the present pro­ ships, deemed to be inequi~able. It vote per person. Discussion, ques­ was elaimed that a student s compet­ arnount of support that can be gar­ cedure. tioning, and argument would be en­ ency to attempt a Senior Project couraged.' 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