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20thYear of Publication January6-20, 1987 Volume 12, Number 6 Published at UCSD

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Ann 2 WEDNESDAY, JAN 7 3 bill,number S. 2545,and Representative Richardson’sbill, number H.R. 4872. ProgressiveStudent Association’sfirst Singingthe Internationale... PlanTo Picket!in responseto anynew generalmeeting of thequarter will be prosecutionsof SanDiego area draft held at 4:30, at the Undergrad resisters.First w.orking day after any ConferenceRoom at the International newindictment. Federal Building, Front Center.All interestedstudents are andBroadway. Draft Resisters Defense invitedto attendto helpplan the PSA’s Fund.753-7518, 282-9969. WinterQuarter activities. Formore inf0 Chinese Students Revolt call534-2016. PledgeResistance! Pledge to joina Thousandsof Chinesestudents, than5,000 students marched to thehome publicfast, peacefully protest, write of BejingUniversity’s President Ding lettersand engage in othersuch acts of singingthe socialistanthem The FRIDAY JAN 9 International,havetaken to thestreets Shisun to demand their comrades’ MONDAY-SATURDA~r center.Phone number: 534-4873. civil disobedienceto preventthe Findout about study, work, and travel of Bejing, Shanghai, and other release. SupportGroups: Currently there are 6 PM: Spanishlanguage classes. Grass invasionof Nicaraguaor El Salvador. Pledgesare being distributed by the San opportunitiesin Latin America at the universitycities throughout China, to While the government has not four;Lesbian/Bisexual, Fridays 4:30-- RootsCultural Center. 1947 30th and InternationalCenter. 12-1pro. Call 534- demand "democracy"and an end to launcheda major crackdownon the 6. Womenin Science,Fridays 2:00---4. Grape.232-5009. Diego Chapter of the National 1123for more info. authoritarianism.They have also studentsthey have reacted through the FeministDiscussion Group, Thursdays EmergencyResponse Network or may 6:30 PM: New IndicatorCollective be obtainedthrough the Friendsof expressedtheir support for Chinese pagesof theCommunist Party’s official 4:30--6,and a Men’sGroup, Mondays meeting.New volunteerswelcome! NicaraguanCulture: PO Box 8305 La FRIDAY JAN 16 leaderDeng Xiaoping’sstructural paper,the People’sDaily. The latest 5:30--7. At the UCSD Women’s Support progressiveindependent reformsand theiropposition to the demonstrationhas been labeledanti- ResourceCenter in theStudent Center. Jolla,Ca. 92038.(619) 459-4650. For Freeinformation on study,work. and journalism!UCSD Student Center, NonviolenceTraining call 223-8826 or conservativehardliners, the so called socialistand describedas havingbeen Call534-2023 for more info. Room209. 534-2016. travelopportunities in Asia will be Maoists. "...staged at the instigation ofa few ill- 225-8796. offeredat theInternational Center from 11AM-8PM:Groundwork Books. In the TELEPHONE HOTLINES The protestbegan 12 days ago in intentionedpeople." The regime has also UCSDStudent Center across from the EVERY SATURDAY 12-1pm. Shanghai,where thousands of studentselicitedthe supportof laborunions GeneralStore Co-op. 452-9625. (202)547-4343. For national legislation againstthe students. Several unions have Rapevictim’s support group meeting. information. and supportersmarched to demandthe TUESDAY-SATURDAY Center for Women’s Studies and TUESDAY JAN 20 rightto elect their leaders in competitivecalledon the studentsto halttheir (202)332-9230. Nicaragua and Central protestand to restoreorder. 10AM-6PM: Grass Roots Cultural Services,2467 E Street.Golden Hill. America.(24 hour) The OpportunitiesAbroad Office will elections.The protests have since spread Center.1947 30th and Grape. 232-5009. 233-8984.Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30AM- holdan infosession on work,sludv and to otherparts of Chinaand havetaken (202)543-0006. Nuclear Arms control ConservativesAssert Themselves Sundaysfrom I IAM-3PM. 4:30PM. information. travelopportunities in Africa from 5-6at on a differentcharacter in different 24-HOUR EMERGENCY HOTLINE: (202) 547-3336.For space weapon theInternational Center. Call 534-1123 locations,though the main thrust Ominously,the student protest has led EVERY TUESDAY 233-3080 information. formore info. appears constant,more political to a resurgenceof the conservative 6 PM: Free and confidentialDraft (202) 546-0408. South African freedom. factionin theParty. The conservatives Counselingwith professionallegal COMMUNITY ALERT information. APRIL 30 - MAY 3 haveused the unrest to attackthe Deng Restrainedreaction regime’sreforms and "lack of dicipline." workers.Chicano Federation building. StopAll Fundingand Implementation Radicalthought for womenconference from Authorities Alsoby appointmentwith the National of P.L. 93-531! Write your THROUGH FEB. 28 to be held in Cleveland,Ohio. The LawyersGuild, 233-1701. CongressionalRepresentatives and ask Photoexhibit of RichardPeterson and conferenceisstill in planning stages and Reactionfrom the authoritieshas Committee for World Democracy, themto supportthe moratorium of P. L. SydneyNovae featuring silver prints and inputis requested.Write to: Women’s beenrestrained. This is in contrastto AdministrationEfforts to sponsorsof the PoliticalFilm Series, 93-531,and all fundingtoward the mixed media.At 1149 28th Street BuildingProject, P.O. Box 18129, recentstudent unrest in France,where lecturesand progressive events, meets at relocationof Navajoand Hopipeople. (cornerof 28thand B streets),call 232- Cleveland,Ohio, 44118 or call216-321- studentswere met by club-wielding 5 PM in room208 of the UCSDstudent Askthem to supportSenator Cranston’s 2787for more information. 8582on Tuesdays9:30 to noon. police.One studentwas evenmurdered by the Frenchpolice. According to Exploit Faculty Backfire reportsfrom western journalists, the Bulletin:Dick to Students: The UniversityCouncil-American representsnon-Senate faculty at the such a questionis basedon a false Chinesepolice are underorders to premise. Thecollective wouhl like to thankthe wouldlike to apologizeto ourreader~ restrainthemselves. As of yetthere have Federationof Teachers(UC-AFT) filed Universityof .The charge was Drop Dead UCSD Guardianfi~r making their ./orthe prevelance oft.rpos and di[/erent beenno reportsof officiallysahctioned an unfairlabor practice charge against filed with the Public Employment Non-Senatefaculty make up a sizable typesettingmachine available to us after type.lacesresuhingfrom thisw~/i)rtttnate policeviolence towards the students. the UCSD administration in mid RelationsBoard, a stateagency, after the minority--34% according to one ChancellorRichard C. Atkinsonhas Californiaregulations requiring the the untime(vdeath o/ our own. We occurrence. There have also been few arrests. December alleging that the campus grievanceprocedures were estimate--ofUC’s teachingfaculty. responded to the New Indicator Chancellorto hear within seven days all Although24 studentswere arrested at a administrationhasbreached the terms of exhausted. Theyare "non-Senate" in the sense that Collectiveand StudentCooperative appeals of Media Board funding December31 march,the authorities let thecollective bargaining agreement that The UC-AFT charges the they do not belongto the Academic Union’sopen letter (published in the decisions,the New Indicator Collective themgo the followingday aftermore wentinto effect July 1, 1986.The union administrationwith violating provisions Senate,which consists of thosefaculty November18-December l, 1986,edition has beenembroiled in hearingsbefore of the contractlimiting the numberof who are alreadytenured or in tenure- ofthe new indicator) with a flatrefusal to theAssociated Students’ Judicial Board Letters: Smash the AS coursesnon-Senate faculty are required trackappointments. Tenure provides actto safeguardstudent rights. sinceOctober of lastyear. Lookingthrough the Disorientationincreasefunding to media,for example, Organizesand Parties to teachto receivefull-time or 100% "permanent"careers and higherpay. In separateletters addressed tO the ChancellorAtkinson has essentiallyManualthe otherday, I noticedyour in orderto jusIifybudget cuts. Your salary.Specifically, theadministration The Universitylimits the numberof StudentCooperative Union and the New told UCSD’sstudents to drop dead, briefreport on theAssociated Students’ hasrequired several ’visiting lecturers’ in tenuredpositions according to its articledoesn’t make this as clearas it definitionof budgetconstraints. Non- IndicatorCollective, Atkinson refused accordingto the StudentCooperative theft--Ican think of no otherway to put couldhave. with a ProgressiveSpirit the writingprograms to teachtwelve to consider the New Indicator coursesper academic year to receivefull- Senatefaculty are sometimescalled Union’sOrganizing Support Group. it--of student funds for their The April1985 referendum proposed Collective’sappeal of the Associated "WhatAtkinson has done is to deny bureaucracy. A new student organizationhas timesalary, in flagrantdisregard for the "non-ladder"faculty since they cannot increasingactivity fees for various formedin responseto whatorganizers becomeeligible to climbfor tenured Students’politically-motivated budget studentsthe rightto dueprocess, fair The CampusActivity Fee (CAF)has contract,which sets a maximumof nine cut,and the imposition of a fraudulent specificpurposes; among them $1.50 per callthe growing threat of warin Central coursesfor 100%salary in anyprogram. positions.Nevertheless, tenure is the elections,equal treatment, and freedom beenincreased twice in the pastfew quarterper student additional funding Media Board Charter(subsequently fromdiscrimination on grounds of race America,the nuclear build up, andthe Thecontract allows departments to set desireof manyof them. years.Both increases were supposed to to "alternativemedia". Instead of demandfor "democratizationof the amendedby the AssociatedStudents and politics,"noted SCU spokespersonbe dedicatedto increasedsupport for eligibilityat less than nine courses. The two-yearcontract between the Council).Atkinson also summarily followingthis clear mandate to increase university."The new Progressive UC-AFT and the University of JelgerKalmijn. "He has refused to even campusmedia, student organizations, mediafunding by some$53,000 per year, In addition,the administrationis rejected appeals by the Student considerthe ASUCSD’sthoroughly StudentAssociation (PSA) is also accusedof violatinga sectionof the Californiatook effect on JulyI, 1986.It andprogramming. Butis thiswhat has in as younote, the ASUCSD allocated only concernedabout the growing,self- CooperativeUnion of massive and documentedviolations of thesebasic facthappened? No, a simplecheck of the contractwhich deals with responsibility wasthe result of protractednegotiations systematicviolations of students’due rights.This outrageous disregard for the $39,000to the press.You ask what servingbureaucracy of the AS and the lastingtwo years,and it finally figureswill show that the ASUCSDis happenedto the extra$14,000. An riseof sexist, bigoted fraternities. for establishingdepartmental course processrights by the Associated rightsof studentsis unfortunatelyalltoo spendinga far smaller percentage of its loadstandards for non-Senatefaculty. guaranteedthe workersinvolved with Studentsand the Vice Chancellorfor typicalof thisadministration, andof its interestingquestion, but a betterone Organizershave created a multi-issue Thecontract indicates that it is up to the certainrights and a formalgrievance budgeton campusmedia and student might be what happened to the UndergraduateAffairs. AssociatedStudent committee." organizationsthanit didten years ago, organizationon campus which has departments to decide how many procedureto followshould those rights approximately$36,000 dollars that had broughtliberals, progressives andleftists be infringed.The UC administrationhad As a resultof theChancellor’s refusal The SCU hasannounced its intention eventhough it now hasfar moremoney goneto themedia the year before. coursestheir non-Senate faculty must to abide by explicitUniversity of to appealAtkinson’s decision at itsdisposal. Instead these new fees, togetherto workfor the same goals. In teachto receivea certainpercentage stridentlyqpposed the unionization of obtainedunder false pretenses, are used The answeris quiteclear. The AS two monthsthey have grownto their time,but the administration claims that its academicworkers and issuedmuch to linethe pocketsof the AS junior abscondedwith some fiftythousand presentstrength of 30. right.So far,this part of thedispute has anti-unionpropaganda to convince dollarsa yearof studentfees in this CENSORED bureaucratsthrough their salaries, to The organizationhas puton several General meetings of the entire beenconcentrated in History and Visual themthat joining a union was a badidea. fundtheir lavish operating expenses, and cleverlittle maneuver. (That’s well over well-attendedevents. The appearance by organizationare held onceevery two Arts,with the administration requiring The non-Senatefaculty were not to buildup hugecash reserves (which thelimits for grand larceny, by theway.) ex-CIAagent John Stockwell attracted a weeks. some non-Senatefaculty in these persuaded,however, and theyselected Followingare justa fewof the articleswe couldhave printed, were it hear are ultimatelydestined to be This year,the AS budgetcalls for capacitycrowd of 200.An appearance departmentsto teachnine courses to the UC-AFT to be their exclusive ThePSA alsoseeks to workwith other bargainingagent in 1984. not for the A S UCSD’sbudget cuts and otherharassment. In effect,these confiscatedto buy furniturefor the $164,000 in bureaucracy,public by LuisFlores, a representative fromthe progressivegroups, such as the Third receive100%/full-time salary despite the relations,and salaries. We cannotallow Salvadoranguerilla organization fact that these departments had storieshave been censoredSome vou may hope to see in futureissues administration’swhite elephant Worldstudent organizations and the What the ContractSays (therebyforcing out otherarticles" we couldhave printed with proper ’UniversityCenter’). ourstudent government to get away with FDR/FMLN,also attracteda sizable establishedlower workload standards. suchflagrant abuses. Co-ops,on issuesof mutualconcern. crowd.Additionally, the PSA and the Membersof otherorganizations are The dispute between the UCSD The UCSD administrationis being funding),others you 71 neversee. Many containvital information you 71 Alsointeresting is the way the AS Organizationof Arab Studentsco- accusedof violatingtwo sections of the neversee anywhereelse. Our effortsto securerestoration of our funds typesuse referenda mandating that they CharlesSouth encouragedto jointhe PSA.According Administrationand the non-Senate sponsoreda talk on terrorismby local contract’sArticle 25. One of themis continues.In the meantime,we thoughtyou might like to know what to organizers,the main goal of the PSA facultyis not merelya management- experts which focused on Israel, is to bridgethe differencesthat exist laborstruggle; it alsoinvolves sharply SectionA.I., which specifies that "The you’remissing... 1 hc m’~mdt~ut.r isollicially rccogn/cd as Palestineand Nicaragua. a campusnewspaper ol the UnP.ersitvof the new indicatoris a member of the amongliberals and leftists, to bring these differingphilosophies of what the full-time(100%) instructional workload INTERVIEW WITH FRANK ZAPPA (’alilornia.SanDiego. 1 hc x Jewsexprcsse~d do AlternativePress Syndicate (APS). Futureplans include events exposing peopletogether to form an effective University’spurpose should be, and its standardfor faculty/instructors in the nolrepresent those ol IheChancellor or the Materialpublished inthe new indicator is unit for an academicyear shallnot on Rock and the ReligiousRight copyrightedby the Alternative Press the dangerousStar Wars boondoggle frontto combatthe rightwing. One resolutionis bound to havedeep effects Regents. and work on gettingmore parkingfor on the qualityof educationat UCSD, exceednine instructionalworkload HOW A.S. OFFICERS LINE THEIR POCKETS WITH YOUR Syndicateand may not be reproducedfor organizerdescribes the need to go on the profitwithout prior, written permission. students.They also intend to workon a offensiveagainst the ’*Orange (County) especiallyfor undergraduates. coursesover three quartersor six MONEY instructionalworkload courses over two thenew indicator is a collectivelyproduced, Permissionisgranted for reproduction of progressiveAS slatefor the Spring Curtainmentality" on campuswhich is Effectson articlesfor non-profit, educational semesters, or the equivalent. THE REFORM PROCESS IN CHINA university-communitynewspaper, funded by purposes. elections. manifested in the resurgence of Qualityof Education UCSDstudents, and distributed to San Diego fraternities,racism and supportfor Instructionalworkloads may be lower, UCSD ADMINISTRATOR LINKED TO CIA County collegecampuses and selected as a non-sectariannewspaper, the new Shouldthe administration succeed in basedupon the instructionalworkload community action,human services indicatorpublishes articles from PSA Committees Rambo-styleforeign policy. overburdeningmany of the instructors THE MYTH OF OBJECTIVITY IN THE COMMERCIAL PRESS organizationsandother sites. Subscriptions groups/individualsholding different standardof the department,program or are$8.00 per year, Committeesare the heart of the The groupalso plans to build an at UCSD, studentswill necessarily MILITARY RESEARCH AT UCSD positions.Accordingly. articles printed board"(emphasis added). witha bylinedo not necessarily represent organizationalstructure. So far an anti- alternativeto the presentfraternity- suffer,if theadministration prevails in interventioncommittee, a peace dominatedsocial scene on campusthat itsattempt to significantlyincrease the SectionA.2. states that "For purposes JUST A HARMLESS PRANK? the positionof the New Indicator of thisArticle, a course as referredto in Fraternitiesand SexualAssault in America articlesand letters are welcomed Please type Collectiveanda// collective members are committeeand a democratizationof the includesracist "theme panics" and clone workloadof manyfaculty, it is logicalto themdouble-spaced, witha 55-spaceline, and notnecessarily infull agreement with the university committee have been bands.The hope is thatstudents can get assumethat the better qualified among SectionA.I. above shall be calledan HOW TO FIGHT YOUR LANDLORD AND WIN includeauthor(sf phone number for editing position(s)expressed. organized. The democratization together and have fun without them will choose to work at less instructionalworkload course and shall consultations,as well as ’,uggestedheadline, be definedas an instructionaloffering THE DIVESTMENT FARCE sub-headsor kickers,by-tint, and photos or committeeworks to limitthe influence of participatingin racist and sexist crimes. oppressiveinstitutions. The entire Contributorsand workers: joe, marylynn, thatis regularlyscheduled, requires Companiesare merelysetting up satellites otherillustrations l’hese details improve your the corporatemilitary machine. Thenext general meeting will be held controversyinevitably raises the submissionand save us Iol,, o[ time, Nencl to: rob~,n..ielger,robin, harry, randall, francis. questionof why,if theadministration’s significantacademic preparation outside and stillcollecting mega profits New IndicatorCollective. I’CSD B4)23, I.a laru,,florence, jerry, mathew, craig, walter. The committeesmeet frequently. thisWednesday, January 7, at 4:30in the theclass by theinstructor, and meets a Jolla.CA 92093Phone: ie, 19)534-2016 Or toppriority is to providestudents with a RACIST SHAKA ZULU TV PROGRAM traeie,david, sue, brian, lisa. walter, byron. Planningdecisions are made by majorityUndergraduateConference room of the minimumof threehours per week." bringsubmissions by the office at theStudent phillip,ned, dpn. yareli, nancy, monty, and InternationalCenter. The next party will highquality education, it persists on its SPONSORED BY SOUTH AFRICA (’enter,Room 209, preferablyat our robertThanx a lot, vote,and coordinatorsare electedto continuedon page3 scheduledmeeting time. keeptrack of committeeactivities. be announcedat thattime. presentcourse. Some may concludethat I 2 WEDNESDAY, JAN 7 3 bill,number S. 2545.and Representative Richardson’sbill, number H.R. 4872. ProgressiveStudent Association’sfirst Singingthe Internationale... PlanTo Picket!in responseto anynew generalmeeting of the quarterwill bc prosecutionsof San Diegoarea draft held at 4:30, at the Undergrad resisters.First working day after any ConferenceRoom at the International newindictment. Federal Building, Front Center.All interestedstudents arc and Broadway.Draft Resisters Defense invitedto attendto helpplan the PSA’~ WinterQuarter activities. For moreinfo Chinese Students Revolt Fund.753-7518, 282-9969. call534-2016. PledgeResistance! Pledge to joina Thousandsof Chinese students, than5,000 students marched to thehome publicfast, peacefully protest, write singing the socialistanthem The of BejingUniversity’s President Ding lettersand engage in othersuch acts of FRIDAY JAN 9 International,have taken to thestreets Shisun to demand their comrades’ civil disobedienceto preventthe of Bejing, Shanghai, and other release. MONDAY-SATURDAY center.Phone number: 534-4873. Findout about study, work, and travel invasionof Nicaraguaor El Salvador. universitycities throughout China, to While the government has not SupportGroups: Currently there arc 6 PM: Spanishlanguage classes. Grass Pledgesare being distributed by the San opportunitiesin Latin America at the RootsCultural Center. 1947 30th and InternationalCenter. 12-1pm. Call 534- demand "democracy"and an end to launcheda major crackdownon the four;Lesbian/Bisexual, Fridays 4:30-- Diego Chapter of the National authoritarianism.They have also Grape.232-5009. 1123for more info. studentsthey have reacted through the 6. Womenin Science,Fridays 2:004. EmergencyResponse Network or may expressedtheir support for Chinese FeministDiscussion Group, Thursdays 6:30 PM: New IndicatorCollective pagesof theCommunist Party’s official be obtainedthrough the Friendsof leader Dent Xiaoping’sstructural paper,the People’sDaily. The latest 4:30--6,and a Men’sGroup, Mondays meeting.New volunteerswelcome! NicaraguanCulture: PO Box 8305 La FRIDAY JAN 16 reformsand theiropposition to the 5:30--7. At the UCSD Women’s Support progressiveindependent demonstrationhas beenlabeled anti- Jolla,Ca. 92038.(619) 459-4650. For Freeinformation on study,work, and conservativehardliners, the so called socialistand describedas havingbeen ResourceCenter in the StudentCenter. journalism!UCSD Student Center, NonviolenceTraining call 223-8826 or travelopportunities in Asiawill be Maoists. Call534-2023 for more info. Room209. 534-2016. "...staged at theinstigation ofa few ill- 225-8796. offeredat theInternational Center from The protestbegan 12 days ago in intentionedpeople." The regime has also I I AM-8PM:Groundwork Books. In the TELEPHONE HOTLINES 12-1pm. Shanghai,where thousands of studentselicitedthe supportof laborunions UCSD StudentCenter across from the EVERY SATURDAY (202)547-4343. For national legislation againstthe students. Several unions have GeneralStore Co-op. 452-9625. and supportersmarched to demandthe Rapevictim’s support group meeting. information. TUESDAY JAN 20 rightto electtheir leaders in competitivecalledon the studentsto halttheir TUESDAY-SATURDAY Center for Women’s Studies and (202)332-9230. Nicaragua and Central The OpportunitiesAbroad Office will elections.The protests have since spread protestand to restoreorder. 10AM-6PM: Grass Roots Cultural Services,2467 E Street.Golden Hill. America.(24 hour) to otherparts of Chinaand have taken Center.1947 30th and Grape.232-5009. 233-8984.Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30AM- holdan infosession on work,study and (202)543-0006. Nuclear Arms control travelopportunities in Africa from 5-6 at on a differentcharacter in different ConservativesAssert Themselves Sundaysfrom I IAM-3PM. 4:30PM. information. locations,though the main thrust Ominously,the student protest has led 24-HOUR EMERGENCY HOTLINE: theInternational Center. Call 534-1123 (202) 547-3336.For space weapon formore info. appears constant,more political to a resurgenceof the conservative EVERY TUESDAY 233-3080 information. freedom. factionin theParty. The conservatives (202) 546-0408. South African 6 PM: Free and confidentialDra/? APRIL 30 - MAY 3 haveused the unrest to attackthe Dent Counselingwith professionallegal COMMUNITY ALERT information. Restrainedreaction regime’sreforms and "lack of dicipline." workers.Chicano Federation building. Stop All Fundingand Implementation Radicalthought for womenconference THROUGH FEB. 28 from Authorities Alsoby appointmentwith the National of P.L. 93-531! Write your to be held in Cleveland,Ohio. The conferenceis still in planningstages and Reactionfrom the authoritieshas LawyersGuild, 233-1701. CongressionalRepresentatives and ask Photoexhibit of RichardPeterson and beenrestrained. This is in contrastto Committee for World Democracy, themto supportthe moratorium of P. L. SydneyNovae featuring silver prints and inputis requested.Write to: Women’s AdministrationEfforts to BuildingProject, P.O. Box 18129, recentstudent unrest in France,where sponsorsof the PoliticalFilm Series, 93-531,and all fundingtoward the mixed media. At 1149 28th Street studentswere met by club-wielding lecturesand progressive events, meets at relocationof Navajoand Hopipeople. (cornerof 28thand B streets),call 232- Cleveland,Ohio, 44118 or call216-321- 8582on Tuesdays9:30 to noon. police.One studentwas evenmurdered 5 PM in room 208 of the UCSD student Ask themto supportSenator Cranston’s 2787for moreinformation. by the Frenchpolice. According to Exploit Faculty Backfire reportsfrom western journalists, the Bulletin:Dick to Students: Chinesepolice are under ordersto The UniversityCouncil-American representsnon-Senate faculty at the such a questionis basedon a false 7hecollective woukl like to thankthe wouhtlike to apologizeto ourreath,r~ restrainthemselves. As of yetthere have Federationof Teachers(UC-AFT) filed Universityof California. The charge was premise. UCSD Guardian for making their .lorthe prevelance of tyl)os and d(ff~’rent beenno reportsof officiallysanctioned an unfairlabor practice charge against filed with the Public Employment Non-Senatefaculty make up a sizable Drop Dead t.rpesettingmachine available tous qfter t)pe./acesresuhingfrom this un./brtunate policeviolence towards the students. the UCSD administration in mid RelationsBoard, a stateagency, after the minority--34% according to one the untimelydeath o[" our own. We occurrence. December alleging that the campus grievanceprocedures were estimate--ofUC’s teachingfaculty. ChancellorRichard C. Atkinsonhas Californiaregulations requiring the There have also been few arrests. Chancellorto hear within seven days all Although24 studentswere arrested at a administrationhasbreached the terms of exhausted. Theyare "non-Senate" in the sense that responded to the New Indicator thecollective bargaining agreement that The UC-AFT charges the they do not belongto the Academic Collectiveand StudentCooperative appeals of Media Board funding December31 march,the authorities let decisions,the New IndicatorCollective them go the followingday aftermore wentinto effect July 1, 1986.The union administrationwith violating provisions Senate,which consists of thosefaculty Union’sopen letter (published in the of the contractlimiting the number of who are alreadytenured or in tenure- November18-December 1, 1986,edition has beenembroiled in hearingsbefore Letters: Smash the AS theAssociated Students’ Judicial Board coursesnon-Senate faculty are required trackappointments. Tenure provides ofthe new indicator) with a flatrefusal to "permanent"careers and higherpay. actto safeguardstudent rights. sinceOctober of lastyear. Lookingthrough the Disorientationincreasefunding to media,for example, PSA Organizesand Parties to teachto receivefull-time or 100% in orderto justifybudget cuts. Your salary.Specifically, theadministration The Universitylimits the numberof In separateletters addressed to the ChancellorAtkinson has essentially Manualthe otherday, I noticedyour briefreport on theAssociated Students’ articledoesn’t make this as clearas it hasrequired several ’visiting lecturers’ in tenuredpositions according to its StudentCooperative Union and the New told UCSD’sstudents to drop dead, with a ProgressiveSpirit the writingprograms to teachtwelve definitionof budgetconstraints. Non- IndicatorCollective, Atkinson refused accordingto the StudentCooperative theft--1can think of no otherway to put couldhave. it--of student funds for their The April1985 referendum proposed coursesper academic year to receivefull- Senatefaculty are sometimescalled to consider the New Indicator Union’sOrganizing Support Group. A new student organizationhas "non-ladder"faculty since they cannot "WhatAtkinson has done is to deny bureaucracy. increasingactivity fees for various formedin responseto whatorganizers timesalary, in flagrantdisregard for the Collective’sappeal of the Associated contract,which sets a maximumof nine becomeeligible to climbfor tenured Students’politically-motivated budget studentsthe right to dueprocess, fair The CampusActivity Fee (CAF)has specificpurposes; among them $1.50 per callthe growing threat of warin Central quarterper student additional funding coursesfor 100% salary in anyprogram. positions.Nevertheless, tenure is the cut,and the imposition of a fraudulentelections,equal treatment, and freedom beenincreased twice in the pastfew America,the nuclearbuild up, andthe The contractallows departments to set desireof manyof them. fromdiscrimination on grounds of race years.Both increases were supposed to to "alternativemedia". Instead of demandfor "democratizationof the Media Board Charter(subsequently eligibilityat less than nine courses. The two-yearcontract between the amendedby the AssociatedStudents and politics,"noted SCU spokesperson be dedicatedto increasedsupport for followingthis clear mandate to increase university."The new Progressive campusmedia, student organizations, mediafunding by some$53,000 per year, In addition,the administrationis UC-AFT and the University of Council).Atkinson also summarily JelgerKalmijn. "He hasrefused to even StudentAssociation (PSA) is also Californiatook effect on July1, 1986.It rejected appeals by the Student consider the ASUCSD’sthoroughly andprogramming. Butis thiswhat has in as younote, the ASUCSD allocated only concernedabout the growing,self- accusedof violatinga sectionof the documentedviolations of thesebasic facthappened? No, a simplecheck of the $39,000to the press.You ask what servingbureaucracy of the AS and the contractwhich deals with responsibility wasthe result of protractednegotiations CooperativeUnion of massive and lastingtwo years,and it finally systematicviolations of students’due rights.This outrageous disregard for the figureswill show that the ASUCSDis happenedto the extra $14,000.An riseof sexist, bigoted fraternities. for establishingdepartmental course loadstandards for non-Senatefaculty. guaranteedthe workersinvolved with process rights by the Associated rightsof studentsis unfortunatelyalltoo spendinga far smaller percentage of its interestingquestion, hut a betterone Organizershave created a multi-issue typicalof thisadministration, andof its budgeton campusmedia and student might be what happened to the Thecontract indicates that it isup to the certainrights and a formalgrievance Studentsand the ViceChancellor for organizationon campus which has procedureto followshould those rights UndergraduateAffairs. AssociatedStudent committee." organizationsthan it didten years ago, approximately$36,000 dollars that had broughtliberals, progressives andleftists departments to decide how many eventhough it nowhas far moremoney goneto themedia the year before. coursestheir non-Senate faculty must be infringed.The UC administrationhad As a resultof theChancellor’s refusal The SCU has announcedits intention togetherto workfor the same goals. In teachto receivea certainpercentage stridentlyqpposed the unionization of to abide by explicitUniversity of to appealAtkinson’s decision at itsdisposal. Instead these new fees, The answeris quiteclear. The AS two monthsthey have grownto their obtainedunder false pretenses, are used abscondedwith some fifty thousand time,but the administration claims that its academicworkers and issuedmuch presentstrength of 30. right.So far,this part of the dispute has anti-unionpropaganda to convince to linethe pocketsof the AS junior dollarsa yearof studentfees in this The organizationhas put on several bureaucratsthrough their salaries, to General meetings of the entire beenconcentrated in History and Visual themthat joining a union was a badidea. cleverlittle maneuver. (That’s well over well-attendedevents. The appearance by The non-Senatefaculty were not CENSORED fundtheir lavish operating expenses, and thelimits for grand larceny, bythe way.) organizationare held onceevery two Arts,with the administration requiring ex-CIAagent John Stockwell attracted a weeks. some non-Senatefaculty in these persuaded,however, and theyselected to buildup hugecash reserves (which This year, the AS budgetcalls for capacitycrowd of 200.An appearance hear are ultimatelydestined to be ThePSA also seeks to workwith other departmentsto teachnine courses to the UC-AFT to be their exclusive Followingare justa few of the articleswe couldhave printed, were it $164,000 in bureaucracy,public by LuisFlores, a representativefromthe receive100%/full-time salary despite the bargainingagent in 1984. confiscatedto buy furniturefor the relations,and salaries. We cannotallow Salvadoranguerilla organization progressivegroups, such as the Third not for the A S UCSD’sbudget cuts and otherharassment. In effect,these administration’swhite elephant Worldstudent organizations and the fact that these departmentshad storieshave been censored.Some you may hope to see in futureissues ourstudent government to getaway with FDR/FMLN,also attracteda sizable establishedlower workload standards. What the ContractSays ’UniversityCenter’). suchflagrant abuses. crowd.Additionally, the PSA and the Co-ops,on issuesof mutualconcern. (therebyforcing out otherarticles we could have printedwith proper Membersof otherorganizations are The dispute between the UCSD The UCSD administrationis being Alsointeresting is the way the AS CharlesSouth Organizationof Arab Studentsco- funding),others you ’11 neversee. Many contain vital information you 71 typesuse referenda mandating that they encouragedto jointhe PSA.According Administrationand the non-Senate accusedof violatingtwo sections of the neversee anywhereelse. Our effortsto securerestoration of our funds sponsoreda talk on terrorismby local to organizers,the maingoal of thePSA facultyis not merelya management- contract’sArticle 25. One of themis inml I ! I experts which focused on Israel, laborstruggle; it alsoinvolves sharply SectionA.I., which specifies that "The continues.In the meantime,we thoughtyou might like to know what 1 hcn,’~ Itt(/lt ator is t)lliciall~ recognized as is to bridgethe differences that exist the new indicatoris a member of the Palestineand Nicaragua. amongliberals and leftists, to bring these differingphilosophies of what the full-time(100%) instructional workload you’remissing... a campusnewspaper ol the Univcrsit.vof AlternativePress Syndicate (APS!. 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The democratization together and have fun without them will choose to work at less instructionalworkload course and shall consultations,as well as ~uggestedheadline. be definedas an instructionaloffering sub-headsor kickers,b?.-hnc, and photos or committeeworks to limitthe influence of participatinginracist and sexist crimes. oppressiveinstitutions. The entire THE DIVESTMENT FARCE Contributorsand workers: joe. marylynn. thatis regularlyscheduled, requires otherillustration~ [hesedr..trills improxc your rob}n,jelger, robin, barry, randall, francis. the corporatemilitary machine. Thenext general meeting will be held controversyinevitably raises the Companiesare merelysetting up satellites submits,ion andsave us lot’,of time%end to: significantacademic preparation outside larry.Ilorence. jerry, mathew, craig, waller. The committeesmeet frequently. thisWednesday, January 7, at 4:30in the questionof why,if theadministration’s and stillcollecting mega profits Ne~Indicator Collectisc. I’(’SD B- 2L la theclass by theinstructor, and meets a .lolla.(’A 92093 Phone: (619) 534-2016 Iraclc.david, sue. brian, lisa. walter, byron. Planningdecisions are made by majorityUndergraduateConference room of the toppriority is to providestudents with a RACIST SHAKA ZULU TV PROGRAM bringsubmissions by the olhce at theStudent philhp,ned. dim. yareli, nancy, r~onty, and vote,and coordinatorsare electedto InternationalCenter. The next party will highquality education, it persists on its minimumof threehours per week." (.’enter.Room 209. prelerabl.~ at our robertlhanx a lot. continuedon page3 SPONSORED BY SOUTH AFRICA scheduledmeeting time keep trackof committeeactivities. be announcedat thattime. presentcourse. Some may concludethat 4 5 North County Racists Students Protest Worldwide Mount Witchhunt The worldwidestudent movement universitiesandhigh schools have played makesuch strong political statements contradictionsthat they find in their has gainednew momentumforcing the majorroles in the battleagainst the againstthe establishmentsof their society. UC Regentsto ostensiblydivest, the Apartheidregime. In SouthKorea students countries?Is the studentmovement haverisked imprisonment and torture to organizingon an internationalscale? Do A seriesof racistincidents have parentsto jumpto theracist conclusion Frenchgovernment to withdrawits Effectsof a TechnolgicalSociety demanddemocracy. In Francestudents studentsform an effectivesocial group in Unlikethe stereotyped picture of the recentlytaken place in theincreasingly that their children were somehow educationalreforms, and it has put havearisen to successfully fight the agenda theirsocieties or are theynaive young gentrified,overwhelmingly Anglo endangered. pressureon the Chinesegovernment hippiesthat now pervades, the protesting of therightest government of Chirac. Over adultswho shouldnot be takentoo studentsdo not act frommerely moral suburbs of North County. The Despitethe factthat there was no forthe fast time in sevenyears. These thelast three weeks students inChina have seriously? reactionaryforces in NorthCounty--a inclinationsbutare concerned with their evidenceof anyproblems, some parents massive uprisings represent a takento thestreets in thefirst public All theseprotesting students are ownsituation in society.The students in solidlyconservative, Republican area-- organizedcommunity meetings in early havebeen stirred to actionby whatINS expressingan alienationfrom their Franceare marching because their position Octoberto discussthe "threat." The first societies.They are demanding a greater Western Regional Commissioner suchmeeting was attendedby 200 local controlover their condition both at the HaroldW. Ezellcalls "an invasionof residentsand representativesof the universityand in societyin generalIn illegalaliens" into the area. CarlsbadCity Council, Police and Fire addition,they are tryingto makethe Livingamidst the wealth and plenty of Departments.as well as representatives universitya more egalitarian institution at North County are thousands of fromthe BorderPatrol and the County large.Students are also discovering thatthe undocumentedworkers, mostly from HealthDepartment. governmentsin their countries prefer to Mexico,who serve as a cheaplabor force Withoutoffering proof to substantiae squelch students movements:the forlocal agriculture, construction, and his claims,the CarlsbadPolice Chief governmentwants them to become landscapingbusinesses. Most of the blamedthe undocumentedfor what he integratedintoa ntodernSOCiety, 1.e. learna undocumented are subjected to saidhad been a recentrise in thecrime vocation. degrading and unsanitary living rate.Representatives of the Border conditions;they often lack all but the Patrol,following Ezelrs lead, blamed StudentAlienation mostbasic shelter. undocumentedworkers for the drug Whatis this"altenauon"? In their During the day, undocumented trafficfrom Mexico to the U.S.--again, expression,the students o[ten echo the workers in North County commonly withoutevidence. ideologicalranonalizations of the society gatheralongside certain stretches of candidate Romney declared North the meeting with law enforcement A fewdays after this first meeting, the Countya "combatzone" where "huge officials. theyhve m. Formstance, young people m road,waiting for offersof temporary CityCouncil of Encinitascreated a task Packardemerged from the meeting theU.S. am taughtto valuedemocracy and workfrom employers eager to exploit gangsof illegalaliens line our streets, forceto study"this major problem" of shakedown our schoolchildren(and) toutingits one concrete proposal: that a equalityfor all.When the)., become them.The proximityof one of these the"illegals." The CarlsbadCity Council detentioncenter for the undocumented universW studentssome beg~n to actively gatheringplaces to Carlsbad’sKelly spreaddisease.., while looking for work andeffectively strive for these goals, yet soonfollowed suit by establishinga or homesto rob."Significantly, Romney be locatedin NorthCounty as soonas Elementaryschool caused many white subcommitteeto look into the same the},come up againstthe contra&ct~ons of wasstrongly endorsed by severalpolice possible.After the closedmeeting thmrsociety: that democracy > for the Jew, issue.In addition,it allocated$10,000 officers’associations and received Packardsaid, "It became clear that.., it forspecial police patrols around Kelly thatthere is no politicalor eco,omit unprecedentedsums of moneyfrom the (the new immigrationlaw passedby equality,etc. They also discover th.t there Elementary.Inspired by theseevents, politicalaction committee of local Congress)will take care of theproblem Ezeliand ClydeRomney, a Republican areman},’ elements in society.’that are deputysheriffs. In the November4 in the long run, but the group is attemptingto retain the status quo. They candidate for North County’s election,Romney lost, garnering 40% of widespread disgruntlement of manifestationof a push for greater socialist Supervisorseat, jumped on the racist interestedin the short-term solutions." becomedisillusioned. They ask whether the vote. Racismin North County, He was greetedafter the meetingby students;they want a greatersay in democracysince the crushedprotests of theyshould give up; the)., are, after all, only bandwagon.(All seven candidates for however,was notdefeated. severalMEChista demonstrators. 1979.In allit has been an exciting year t0r North County’sSupervisor position theireducation and arecritical of the onesmall element in an immensesociety. RepresentativeRon Packard (R- The risingracism in NorthCounty studentmovements around the world. Even wereRepublican.). technocraticdrudgery of the modem inthe supposedly sedate and satisfied U.S., Carlsbad),seeking to shoreup hisracist illustratedhere is butone example of an economy. Studentsand workersin France,1968 Ezell announcedthe launchingof credentials,organized an invitation-onlyugly trendnow sweepingthe entire studentshave forced universities to back "OperationClean Sweep" by the Border meetingin late Novemberto discuss Overthe last year students all around the offfrom open support of the Apartheid Insteadof beingoverwhelmed, many as universitystudents isunder attack, not Patrolsaying, "we’re trying to show nation.In New York recentlya few regimein South Africa. "immigrationproblems" in hisdistrict. Blackmen who dared to walkthe streets worldhave taken to thestreets to change studentshave takenup the questfor becausethey hope to establishanidealized NorthCounty... what it wouldbe like theircountries. In SouthAfrica the Whydo studentsrisk their futures to democracyand equalityto fightthe Thepress was explicitlyexcluded from of a predominantlywhite neighborhood continuedon page$ to be freeof aliens."The Border Patrol themeeting, but the INS, Border Patrol were hunteddown by an angry white agents were joined in the special and variouslaw enforcementagencies roundup of the undocumented by mob, whilein Carlsbadresidents seek to were welcomed.Packard invited a haveMexican immigrants interned. This sheriffsand policeofficers from two representative from M EChA at localcities. racisttide is inseparable from the overall MiraCostacommunity college as well, rightwardswing this countryhas Society In The Making On the same day that "Operation butthe Chicano student group refused to undergonein thelast several years. CleanSweep" began in mid-October, participatebecause Packard had stacked BillFields Thiscolumn aims to showthat our society is continuallyhealthbenefits and measuresthat would effect job Thekey demand of theprotesters, that the prisoners changing.Through the actionsof organizedgroups seniorityand lead to layoffs. be allowedto acceptthe offeredasylum by Hesse Chinese Students whatis oftenperceived as a staticsituation can be forced The unionheld an unsuccessfulstrike against the Countyin Germany,has not yet beengranted. Up to to changedramatically for the better. The information corporationthat lasted for 116 daysin 1983-84.The now the prisonershave only been granted retrials on is paraphrasedfrom the referenced journals. unionis alsoconsidering a rotating strike plan in which technicalgrounds. Demanding Socialist Chicago,Illinois onlycertain workers will be on strikeat anytime and Guardian In responseto a threeyear old lockdownat the theywill be givenstrike benefits from the workers still on thejob. Moscow, U.S.S.R. Democracy MarionFederal Prison and the openingof a new OliverTambo, the leaderof the AfricanNational women’scontrol unit at Lexington,170 protesters MilitantCongress.met withMikhail Gorbachev to discussmore Theyhave also been able to playon the appearsthat the studentshave left the PROGRESSIVE STUDENT ASSOCIATION demonstratedat the regionaloffice of theBureau of Soviet.support for a new offensiveagainst the people’sfear of a returnto thechaos of "fourbasics" intact. Their protest is not, Prisonson December6. Thiswas the second action this Apartheidregime of SouthAfrica. the CulturalRevolution, which was as somehave tried to paintit, anti- yearat the Bureau. The ANC is a coalitionof manyopposition groups launchedby studentprotest over 15 socialist,but is insteada call for more ProgressiveStudent Association Underlockdown the detaineesare allowedout of includingthe CommunistParty of SouthAfrica. They yearsago. As a resultthe Dang regime is democracywithin the Chinesesocialist Liberals,progressives andleftists, UNITE! theircells for onlyone hourper day,all workand do not, however,consider themselves a socialist beingpressured to reactmore harshly system.As more and more reformsare educationalprograms are completely abolished and the formation.As an ANC representativeat UCSD towardsthe demonstrators. madewithin China one can expectmore TheProgressive Student Association (PSA) is a broad,open inmatesare permitted no contactwith either attornies explainedlast week, the ANC is notconcerned with the However,the studentsdo not appear strugglewithin Chinese society to break organizationthat needs and welcomes your ideas and or family.The lockdown at Marionwas imposedafter a partyaffiliations of its members. The only prerequisite intimidatedand have continuedwith out betweenthe bureaucracy,which is participation.We plan to workon theeveryday issues prisonuprising in October1983 in which2 security for membershipto the ANC is an acceptanceof the theirprotests. They continueto aim opposedto changesthat threatenits affectingstudents atUCSD, while also organizing political officerswere killed. FreedomCharter which calls for an endto allracism themmainly at the conservativesand position,and the massesof peopleand Guardian andfor economic justice for all people of thecountry, reform-mindedmembers of the Party activitiesand educational events with a widerfocus. But demandthat the conservativesstop New York, New York Blackand White. opposingDeng’s reforms. At the same who seekthe developmentof socialist we’renot just a boringpolitical group. We alsoput on Worker’sWorld democracy. Over 1000 homelesspeople came to a convention timethey are calling on Dengto pickup parties,drink beer and have fun. foundingthe MetropolitanNew York HomelessUnion Montevideo,Uruguay thepace of thereforms--especially the G. Plccoli on November29. The union is being organized 2000 demonstratorsfought with policeoutside expansionof democracy. throughoutthe nation with support from trade unions. Montevideo’sParliament Building on December21. Theconvention resolved to demandthat the city of New UnitedStates Thedemonstration was organizedin responseto a new Thestudents’ protests have not fallen Yorkgive priority to homelesspeople for jobs and that The Americanscientific community has takena lawending the trials of militarypersonnel accused of on deafears. The January2 editionof major new constructionand supportprojects be strongand skeptical stance against Star Wars. 78% of humanrights violations during the twelveyears of the ChristianScience Monitor reported undertakento providetemporary shelter. the physicalscientists in the NationalAcademy of militaryrule. thefollowing: "In what is at theleast a Sciencesbelieve that there is a "poor"or "verypoor" gesture of concession to the Recentlythe U.S. has demandedas part of its Duringthe militaryrule the Tupamarus,an urban attemptsto getmore control over the UnitedNations chancethat significant progress toward the cre:’-tion of guerillamovement, had frequent violent confrontations demonstrators,Peking’s municipal Hefei¯ "~-’-. I that a U.N. report on human rights violations an impenetrablenuclear umbrella, the goal of SDI,will withthe military. The military was largely responsible governmenthas announcedthat voters Wuhlrl¯ be madeir~ the next 25 years,a recentpoll showed. In willbe offereda ’choice’ of candidatesin concerninghomeless exclude a sectionon New York, forthe dissolvingof theTupamaros through a massive ¯= addition,60% of thephysical scientists said that funding crackdownon theentire population, of which well over municipalelections to be heldwithin the leavingonly the mentionof Mexicoand otherThird Worldcountries. The U.S. is backingits demands with for the Star Wars programshould be drastically50%lives in urbanareas. nextfew months."The Monitorwent on ¯ x,--~ ’~’*~ / k/I reduced. to classifythis as a "majorreform." threatsof cuttingfunding of theU.N. even further. People’sDaily World Unit)’and New YorkTimes Guardian At the sametime though, the regime Chile Come to our next Guatemala hasasserted that it willnot allow any Long Beach,California Givinginto the demandsof hundredsof inmatesand attackson theso-called "four basics" of Chileancitizens on a hungerstrike since December l, The governmenthas bannedan anti-Sandinistarally The United Auto Workers at the McDonnell beingorganized by thecontras for December.The ban the Chineseconstitution--Proletarian General Meeting Douglascorporation have rejected another contract the governmentcommuted the deathsentences of three Democracy,the reign of Marxism- was explainedas necessaryto maintainGuatemala’s offer but decidednot to go on strikeyet. The politicalprisoners. The hunger strikers demanded that officialneutrality in the warbetween the U.S. backed LeninismMao Zedongthought, the rule 4:30 pm, Wednesday January 7 theprisoners be consideredas political prisoners and be corporationhad dropped a union busting plan contrasand the governmentof Nicaragua. of the CommunistParty, and socialism. Recem! protesls have affected triedby a civiliancourt rather than a militarytribunal, Nhanghallind .ix otherIocallen.. disguisedunder the name of ProtectedEmployee Exceptfor the rule of the Party.it UndergraduateConf. Room, Int’l Center Groupplan, but theoffer still included cutbacks in andthat the deathpenalty be abolished. People’sDaily World 6 7 Ask A Second Opinion... "SovietUnion’s workers. At a meetingLenin and otherMarxists, you come ot3oviet writers on June19 he criticizedacrossthe term"dictatorship of the the middle-levelbureaucrats for proletariat"as the goal of a workers’ opposingthese reforms and described take-overof the government.Also, the themas standing"Between the people people who control commercial Physicians for wealth, not health who wantthese changes, who dreamof newspapersand newsmagazines like to thesechanges, and the leadership (!)." mentionthis term without telling you Oneproblem is thatphysicians are not water’sneutral pH equalsseven, lack of anesthetizingthe heart, and causinga from a referringcolleague, if many He alsospoke about the peoplewho whatit is. 1 claimthat they do this as awareof patienthistory as theywould colleaguesare in thereferral system, it understandingof pharmacologymay seriesof deathsby heartattack. Given becausethey are intentionally trying to resultin themedication being taken with these deaths,and similarexpected own and controlthe commercialnews preferto be.But to prescribetreatment has a specialname in medicaljargon: mediain the UnitedStates: "They’re getyou to thinkthat the goal of Marx with a minimal risk of adverse "ping-pongreferral." largequantities of,e.g. vitamin C, which problems with other drug-vitamin and Lenin was to establish an has a muchlower pH. Exactlythat has interactions,it is clearthat physicians worriedabout one thing.If democracy interactionwith a known health Anotherdimension of patientrisk developshere, if we succeed,we willwin. authoritarianstate like the USSR. problem,or withsome other treatment, involvesthe patient’s compliance with, understand that treatment, are shouldrequire a patientto state,for patienthistory must be knownin detail. example,what vitamins he takes,before For this reason they have begun a and understandingof the treatment. commonplace.For instance,consider campaignagainst our leadershipusing Democracy for Who? Sincesuch detail is largelynot available, Pain, disorientation,or at least analgesic(pain relieving) drugs, as prescribingsome drug. I get the Six Soviet TV Repairman,part of an estimated80,000 on temporary impression that the physician’s allmeans, including terror. They write Then,what is a "dictatorshipof the thereis a terrifyingresult. And that is confusion,are the usual companion treatment.The patientmay desireto assignmentto Afghanistanto clearup majorreception difficulties, are proletariat?"The proletariatare none this:the increasedrisk of adverse attitude,relatedto not obtainingsuch about the apparat[us]that broke symptomsof anyillness. So inabilityto overdosefor more complete pain relief picturedhere. Krushchev’s neck and about the otherthan the industrial workers. The interactions. complywith exactinstructions of a fromdesperation, violating compliance information,evolves from his apathy or naivete,more than from his desireto apparat[us]that will now break the neck dictatorshipof the industrial workers Computerizedpharmacy and hospital prescribedtreatment, and inabilityto requirements.If the samepatient has of the newleadership (I)7 meansthat their social class has the final records act to reduce such risk. neverbeen told that most drugsare happenedwith patientson arthritis legallyprotect himself. Physicians have say wheneverthere is a disagreement Unfortunately,physicians largely rely on designedto be takenwith water because analgesics,resulting in the drug told me, though,not to take vitamin TheGorbachev leadership’s interest in supplementswhen takingprescribed democracyis at leastpartially motivated betweendifferent social classes, and it is inaccuratepatient reports to findout specificallyaimed at thecapitalists. The whichpharmacies and hospitalshave drugs. by thelousy state of theSoviet Union’s capitalistsalso constitute a social class. servicedhim. Sometimescentralized economy,so theirinterest is genuine.I These are the people who have Perhapsthe best action to takeon this don’tthink they want to go beyondcivil patienthistories are kept with a family matteris to alwaysget a secondopinion, controllinginterest in corporations,and physician’spractice, but thisis rare. liberties and more input to the butto avoidsecond prescriptions, unless wholive off the profits created by the Patientsthemselves may reduce risk by bureaucratsfrom the workers,but 1 workers.The purposeof a "dictatorship seekingphysicians who are conservative you’ve really done your homework. hope they succeed. The movement Talking to a pharmacist who is ofthe proletariat" isalso specific: totake in prescribingnonessential treatment¯ towards more democracy by the the corporations away from the Butthis requires an educated,dedicated employedin a hospitalpharmacy before Gorbachev leadership raises the takingprescribed drugs and vitaminsis capitalistsand make them public effortby thepatient: and, again, is rare. question of how the USSR became property.This is so theworkers can run an excellenthabit. You willget more undemocraticin the first place. So,other destructive dynamics set in. scientificadvice and less salesmanship them democratically.(e.g. elect Patientstend to makereturn visits to by doingthis. That’s because hospital managers)and so the profitsof the physiciansprescribing treatment, pharmacistsare less likely to makehigh Same as it ever was? corporationcanbe usedto do thingslike whether it’s needed or not. And commissionson the drugsthey dispense Fromwhat I’ve seen, most people in make medical care free,and give physiciansknow it. The placeboeffect the UnitedStates assume that the USSR everyonealot more paid vacation time. thusinclines patients to selectphysicians than are private owner-operator pharmacists,and becausethey get hasbeen an authoritarianstate ever since So,a "dictatorshipof the proletariat" who overprescribe,which keeps the theOctober revolution in 1917,and that is the samething as a "democracyfor patientas a returningclient. The vicious feedbackon minor drug interactions thiswas the goal of theMarxists who led < which wouldn’t be monitored or workers."In a countrylike the US, cycle is frequentlymultiplied by reported for a person who is the Octoberrevolution. Most people capitalistscontrol the media,medical unnecessaryreferral to yet another hospitalized.Also, peoplewho are alsoassume that the totalitarian nature industry,and mostof the restof the overprescribingphysician. Here, the alreadyill may be more sensitive of theUSSR and the possibility of such a economy. Also, they have a huge training to overdiagnose and statearising in theUS is thereason that amountof influenceover government overpresribe(to err on the side of indicatorsof adverseinteractions than healthypeople. thehostilities between the US andUSSR officials because their large ’caution’)are reinforced by extra income began.All of thispopular opinion about ChuckMiller contributions determine which the historyof the USSRis definitlycandidates won’t have problems continuedfrom page 3 Freedom-Loving encouragedby theway themass media in financingtheir election campaigns. the US portraysMarxism. Becauseof thesefacts, and many others, Firstof all,the goal that the main I claim that the US is really a Administrationcharged with Unfair Labor Practices Marxists? leadersof the Bolshevikparty, which "dictatorshipof the capitalists" -- their organizedthe October revolution, had in interestscome first. Endingthis The administrationis clearlyin thecontract), as it has donewith the Thisis thesecond article in a three Revolution.!’11 use a few.footnotes to mindwas far from the police state that dictatorshipand puttingworkers’ itis tosend hire letters to thesefaculty PresidentFred Lonidier, however, cited partseries on theSoviet Union. The first existsin theUSSR today. Stalin did not violationof Section A. I. whenit assigns Historyand VisualArts departments, it members,ignored the department’s indicatereferences. Thethird artk’ie in interestsfirst would indeed create a non-Senatefaculty in the writing thehistory of theVisual Arts department articlediscussed the presentsocial theseries will be aboutwhat went wrong play a major role in the October societyin whichworkers (like you!) appearsto be violatingthe part of standard.He offeredthem employment to supporthis argumentthat,, on the programsa twelvecourse load. Stanley SectionA.I. italicizedabove. But structureof the USSRand showedthat in theRussian Revolution, so thatthe revolution.Lenin was by far the most wouldhave much more freedom. basedon thenecessity of teachingnine contrary,departments have indeed been it is definitelynot a socialistsociety influentialleader of theBolsheviks. He Chodorow, Dean of Arts and Chodorowmaintained that "the text of coursesto receive100% pay. USSR became a totalitarian,non- Gen.Strike Humanities,explained that Vice responsiblefor setting course loads for becausethe workersdon’t democrati- socialistsociety. spokeabout the workersand landless the MOU (thecontract) is quiteclear" non-Senatefaculty. Lonidier is familiar Chancellorof AcademicAffairs Harold thatthe administration is responsible for call.v controlthe governmentand peasants taking control of the References." ForgetfulAdministration with the V.A. department’shistory economy.This articlementions the governmentand how this wouldbe "an Ticho(Chodorow’s boss) had decided settingcourse loads. He saidthat while In itsunfair labor practice charge the thatthe writing courses in questiononly becausehe has beena facultymember recentattempts to reformthe USSR Mikeylikes It! immense expansion of democracy, SectionA.I. of Article25 specifiesthat UC-AFT makes its case that the therefor over ten years. (1) The NewYork Times, Mon., Dec. 22, countedfor 0.75course each, and that "instructionalworkloads may be lower towardsmore democracy. It alsobegins Recently,Mikhail Gorbachev has which for the first time becomes 1986. administrationhasviolated Article 25, Lonidier,an associateprofessor, also to answerthe question of how theUSSR beentalking about reforming the USSR democracyfor the poor,democracy for thereforethe twelve writing courses the (thannine), based upon the...standard Section A.I. by "unilaterally (2) Lenin--SelectedWorks, VoL administrationwere requiring for 100% thedepartment..," thecontract does not saidthat the issuewas not whether the becamea totalitarianstate by showing towards more civil libertiesand the people,and not democracyfor the p.302 salarydid not violate the contract. But say who shouldset thosedepartmental establishinga rigid,campus-wide departmentsshould have absolute thatthis was notthe goal of the "real democracy,in order to improvethe money-bags.(2)" instructionalworkload standard of nine (the articleis "TheState and controlover their own affairs. He said Marxists" who led the Russian morale,initiative, and productivityof In the essaysand bookswritten by Revolution"’) courses for academic depart- that ideallythe departmentswould ments...withoutregard to departmentalexercisethe samecontrol over course 2 gallonsof waterto removegreasy film. policies(in the casesof Historyand loadstandards that they do in personnel Addclub soda or skimmilk to polishthe People’s Lawyer VisualArts)..." But more interesting is matters,where the administration surface.For wood floors,mix equal the union’sassertion that during the approvesapproximately 98% of their Recycle It partsof oil and vinegar.Apply a thin contractnegotiations the University’s decisions. coatand rub. RobertBurns chief negotiator,Robert Bickal, Affihatedwrth indicatedthat "There may be variations Over the past several decades, DrainCleaners: To uncloga drain, Wood FurniturePolish: Mix 1 part AcademicSenate to Act? Americanshave becomeincreasingly pour ¼ cup of bakingsoda down the betweendepartments" and that "It’s Severaldepartment chairpersons have lemonjuice to 2 partsvegetable oil and AmericanCivil L,berhesUn,on, !ca., p,,-e, departmentalchairs’ responsibility to dependenton a dazzling array of drainfollowed by a cupof whitevinegar. polishwith a softcloth. Or, apply a small endorseda letter to the Academic chemicalcleaning products that perform Letit set for a fewminutes, then pour a Generalpractice with emphasis on ensureeffective instruction of students. Senate’sCommittee on Educational amountof mayonnaiseand then wipe personal injury ¯ domestic (This)partly involves (the) amount miracleson householddirt and germs. kettleof boilingwater down the drain to witha cleancloth. Policy (CEP), which deals with The useof theseproducts has become as Ic.adlord-tenant instructionpeople are expected to do." flush.Or, use a mechanicalsnake or Many other substancesexist for curriculurand educationalpolicy, routineas the choresthemselves. What plungerto uncloga drainonce a week. minor criminal ¯ environmental Bickal agreed in effect that the askingthat the CEP take the course load householdcleaning needs. So, the next departments,not the administration, mostconsumers are not awareof though To cleangarbage disposal, put lemon timeyou face myriad shelves of products entertainment ¯ writ issue up with the entire Academic is thatthese "wonder products" pose rindsor bakingsoda down the disposal. appellate cases wereresponsible for setting course load Senate. They had hoped that the at yourlocal supermarket, consider the standards. Chodorow denied any seriousthreats to theirhealth and the OvenCleaners: Sprinkle salt on oven safeand simple alternatives. For more knowledgeof UC negotiatorsagreeing influentialAcademic Senate would environment.However, other options spillwhen they are warm and scrub,or, Counselfor New Indicator explicitlyaffirm the right of the do exist.The use of safeand effective informationon thissubject and other Over6~h years in local practice duringcontract discussions that the mix3 tablespoonsof baking soda with 1 toxic waste issues, contact the departmentsto set course loads for their alternativesto toxic household products 4877 Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach, CA 92107 departmentsshould set their own faculty.The CEP,however, has so far quartof warm water for a cleaning EnvironmentalHealth Coalition at 235- workloadstandards. can lead to a toxic free home solution.For tough spots, sprinkle water 028I. refusedto acton thisrequest or evento environment. (619) 223-0441 The UC-AFT, as well as several respondin writing. followedby layersof bakingsoda, then departmentchairs, believe that the Simplesubstitutes for a varietyof rubgently with very fine steel wool. departments should be largely Nevertheless,the AcademicSenate householdcleaning needs abound, and ToiletBowl Cleaners: Scrub toilet maytake up theissue at itsfirst meeting requireonly a fewbasic ingredients. As a autonomousin definingfull-time, half- of winter quarter.Thomas Dublin, bowlwith a solutionof bakingsoda and time,etc. teaching loads for their faculty. generalrule, keeping a supplyof baking water,or combine½ cupof boraxwith I Theyargue that the departments are in a professorof history at UCSD and soda,white vinegar, lemon juice, borax, gallon of hot water and use as a INDUSTRIAL WORKER much better position than the Presidentof UC-AFT,recently sent a and salton handwill insure that most disinfectant. memoto the Chairsof the CEP and the World Labor News administrationto judge how muchtime cleaningneeds can be met.Some basic Polishes: Polish brass with andeffort their faculty must spend on AcademicSenate, requesting that a formulasare: GeneralAll-Purpose resolutionhe draftedbe placedon the worsteschiresauce or usewater in which different courses and that the Cleaners:Mix vinegarwith salt and onionshave been boiled. Clean chrome Monthlynewspaper of the accordingto thedefinition of a course standards.Chodorow said that it is the agenda.The "ProposedResolution on waterfor a goodgeneral surface cleaner. givenin SectionA.2., the writing courses departmentshave historically held this by rubbingwith newspaper after wetting administration’sposition that the responsibility. AcademicSenate Responsibilities for IndustrialWorkers of the World countas fullcourses, not fractions of a administrationshould set them. non-SenateFaculty" attempts to get the GlassCleaners: Dilute ¼ to ½ cup surfaceor rub withbaby oil and a soft Chodorowclaimed the opposite,that cloth.For copper,apply vinegar and course. AcademicSenate to take a position whitevinegar in a quartof warmwater in thepast the administration, notthe When the administrationoverrules againstwhat Dublin called "efforts in the or usea solutionof I to 2 tablespoonsof salt,then rub. To polishsilver, rub with Subscriptions $4.00 annually In thecase of theaffected non-Senate departments,have traditionally toothpaste and a softcloth, then rinse thedepartmental instructional workload facultyin History,the departmenthad pastmonths by the Deanof Humanities lemonjuice in a quartof waterto clean Sample Copy: 25¢ (or al (,roundw,,rk Books) determinedinstructional workload thatseriously encroach on facultyshared windows.Dampen a spongewith white and polishdry. standardand imposesits own,higher used100%a salary. sixcourse But workload Chodorow, standardwhose job for , SUl~¢a3.1lisstandards.’ Hecontention. cited no UC-AFTevidence Local to 3435N,,rlh S, heffiehl#202: Chicago II, 6[)657 standard(the maximumpermitted by governance." vinegaror undilutedlemon juice for Floor Cleaners:To mop linolium ,,: :..~ Fields glasscleaning. floors,combine ! cupwhite vinegar with Bzatra11 Congrmul es New Indicator’s Longevity Mission Impossible our CentralAmerican policies. He said JelioBiafra, singer/lyricist withthe Biafralampooned television and its Thather,et al)to cartooncharacters. His The opening sequence of this includingthe vast Mission of SanMiguel The decisionhad alreadybeen made "DeadKennedys," headlined an evening mind control effects on people, reasoningbeing that politicians arelike thatonly when Americans’ comfortable thatfunctioned as a cooperative. children."The film also exposed the way livesare threatened will they take action. beautifullyphotographed movie begins though.As thepapal envoy aptly put it, racismwas usedto justifya material of poetryreadings at the UCSDTriton especiallyimpressionable young talkingheads who appearat opportune witha groupof Indianslashing a priest Meanwhile,in Europethe Vatican aftera tourof themagnificent Mission Pub on December3. Biafrais a visual children.He parodiedRambo with times to bamboozle people with "Our me generationsociety values condition--theeconomic need for the ontoa makeshiftcross, carrying him to a had come underattack by the King of San Miguel,"Sometimes a limb must be enslavementof the Guarani. performer as he incorporates "Rambozo the clown," who nonsense.Related to this,says Biafra, is winningabove love," said Jello,and river,and throwing him in. He graduallyPortugal,whose advisers were anti- amputatedto save the body." The pantomimeand exaggeratedexpressions unfortunatelyis becominga herofor howthe media sells us this"truth." addedthat "people should be thoughtful floatsthrough the calmand beautiful Church.Also there were people in the Jesuits--whoseorder is famousfor their Thefilm also refrained from depicting into his poetry,as well as musical manykids. Witness the domestic sale of Jellois oneof thefew lyricist/poets of and honestwith their fellow human landscapeof thehigh plateau region of dedicationto discipline--wereordered the Guaranipaternalistically. In one Spanishcourt who soughtto develop scene,at thebeseiged mission, a Jesuit performances. wartoys, which has increased 600% since whocombine social realism with humor, beings." northernArgentina, unconscious. But mercantilecapitalism in the"newworld" by thechurch to givethe landsto the fatherwas attemptingto convincethe His poetry reading included 1982. wit,and satire. His irreverent, mocking, The newestDead Kennedysalbum is soon the currentpicks up. The water and required a large and highly colonistsor faceexpulsion from the shocking style had the audience called","and leaderof theGuarani that he hadto leave commercials,news articles,and play Biafraput down reactionaryrock turnsinto rapids, which in a matterof themission because the Pope ordered it. acting.Numerous topics were covered: musiciansand entertainerswith a laughing, thinking and feeling highlightsJello’s lyrical ability as he minutesturn into a roaring,plummeting simultaneously.The highlightof the satirizesamong other things, "Dear The Guaraniasked if the Kingof Spain surveillance,drug testing,animal hypotheticalorganization called waterfall.The surrealistic scene of the couldbe convincedto allowthem to experiments,competition, dictators, "U.S.A. For South Africa," and show was a reading of the Dead Abbey,""D. M.S.O.," "The Jet Set," and priest,tied to a cross,and plummeting proceededto detailhow theU.S. props Kennedyssong "Starsand Stripesof "Macho Insecurity."This album is overa waterfallwas gripping. It is both stay,but the priest replied that the "King consumerism,Lebanon, comparing the wouldnot listen."At this pointthe businessworld to a militaryjunta, lie up apartheid. Corruption." "newscommentary." horribleand beautiful, it is alsofactual. GuaraniChief replied "I am a Kingtoo, detectortests, and the overblown media Jellogave the audiencehis "cartoon In a pre-performanceinterview, Unfortunately,the albumis as weak Thisis buta tasteof thetale of the and1 refuseto listen,"and stalked off to hypeof terrorism,when the U.S. is the theory," by comparingpolitical Biafraspoke on varioustopics and musicallyas it is stronglyrically. Gone attemptof a smallgroup of dedicated preparedefenses against the Spanish maincontributor to it. characters(e.g. Reagan,Khadafi, issues.Firstly, he wassurprised that the are the melodicrhythms, and in are Jesuitsto postponethe developmentof army. newindicator hasn’t been destroyed by typicalthree chord boring fast hardcore. capitalismand its impending cost to the rightwingers in "extremelyconservative indigenouspopulation. In addition,the film providedan and racistSan Diego."He was gladto It seemsthat there was much tension interestingview of violenceas a toolfor aroundmaking the album.Biafra had to Thebasic thrust of the storyis the liberation.The two main priests offered seethat the paperran comics and humor competitionbetween those who value articlesoccasionally. deal with lawsuits and issues of twocompletely different perspectives on censorshipover a posterinsert and cover humansas spiritualbeings and those thisissue. One priest sought to protect Jellorelated that his parentsdidnh art off the lastDead Kennedysalbum who value them as commoditiesfor theGuarani by praying,the other sought shelterhim fromcurrent events, and "." profit.The story takes place during the to resistthe Spanishwith arms. While 1700’sin the area of SouthAmerica hencehis social-politicalthoughts Hence, the Dead Kennedys have bothmen ultimately died, it waspacifist starteddeveloping at age 4. inhabitedby theGuarani Indians, which priest who caused more death by brokenup, as the membersalways went encompassesparts of southernBrazil, Biafracalled the U.S. a corporatestate theirseparate ways and thingsgot too leading,Chalice in hand,"his flock" to witha two partysystem, each of which northernArgentina, and Paraguay.A certaindeath at the handsof Spanish tenseand strained.Since Biafra was disputehas arisen between local Jesuits, has thesimilar military and industrial responsiblefor "95% of thelyrics and riflemen.The other priest, leading the backers.He describedour electoral who seek to convertthe Guaranito Guaraniin armedstruggle, was able to at music,"his next band will appear in the Christianityby persuasion and to builda process as "corporate puppets nearfuture with the humor-shock-rock leasthold the Spanish off for a while. nominatingphony candidatesfor a "paradiseon earth,"and localSpanish exploitable labor source--the The moviewas clearlya statementin intact. and Portugesecolonists who desirethe order.A smallgroup of Jesuits,which phonyoffice." When I askedhim what he hopedto Guarani--todo so. The choicefor the includedan ex-slavetrader, disobeyed supportof presant-daypriests amd Guaranias slavesfor their plantations. Catholiclay workerswho havetaken a Jellostated that only when body bags accomplishthrough his poetry and According to Vatican law those churchbecame one ot survival.If the the Church.Along with the Guarani, of U.S. soldiersare shippedhome music,Biafra responded,"to blow theyattempted to resistan armedassault "preferencefor the poor" and have convertedto Christianityare "spiritualchurchwere to continuesupporting the pickedup a gunto fightthose who seek accompaniedby a militarydraft, will complacencyand stupidityout of the beings,"and it is immoralto enslave workof theJesuits then it wouldrisk on one of the missionsby Spanish therebe any mass,vocal opposition to water." soldiers. to enslaveothers. The credits end with a them.Thus Spain, a Catholiccountry, losingits position in Spainand Portugal statementwhich says that, even today, was morallyprohibited from enslaving as the preeminentspiritual force. The mostinteresting aspect of the movie was its clear supportof the thereare priestswho arefighting and theGuarani. Yet, various renegades and Therefore,a Papalenvoy was sent to dying in support of indigenous mercenariesin the area wouldstill SouthAmerica to decidewhether the Guaraniagainst the capitalist onslaught, and the hypocrisy of the church populationsthat are being wiped out so continuedfrom page 5 StudentsPrivileged But Still extremelybleak, especially in the capturethe Guarani,much like in Guaraniwere "spriritual," and if the that industrialistscan economically Africa,and sell them to thecolonists. missionlands--which sheltered the authorities,whowere more interested in Have No Democracy humanities.In addition, students are kept savingtheir positions in Europethan exploitmore of LatinAmerica. fromhaving any meaningfulinput into The Jesuitsattempted to protectthe Indians--wereto be given to the Thus,although college graduates will be Guaraniby shelteringthem in missions,colonistsor not. they were in the interestof "their G. Pic¢oli utopia.They have been brought up to think troubleshooting in a technologicalsociety. sparedthe hardships of dire poverty, they theireducation due to thehierarchical thatafter they graduate they will obtain They will not be in a positionto willstill be alienatedfrom the economic organizationof the university. Finally, even meaningfulandfulfillingjobs andthat they democraticallyparticipate in the decision-makingprocess as wellas their thoughcollege graduates will have higher will be given a chanceto express managementof their place of employment,culture.There are many different instances salariesthey will still have no timeto themselvespolitically in a democraticallytheywill still be mere wage earners who can in whichthey will be separatedfrom the developother interests. Their development Political Film Series runsociety. Now, as adults,they mean to getfired at anytime. Students may think elementsof societyimportant to their beyondtheir immediate work conditions fightfor these goals and to realize what they theywill get above the drudgery of the futures. willbe left to those in charge of massmedia. implyin actual situations. assemblyline, but in factthey will be For instance,in westernEurope, They willthus be forcedinto a one- WINTER 1987 thrownon to themental assembly line in becausemost of thecorporations have gone dimensionallife in whichthey cannot Yet the establishmenthas different thisautomated and informationbased elsewherein search of cheaplabor markets, participatemeaningfully inpolitics oreven UCSD expectationsandgoals for students which economy. thejob prospects for college graduates are lesserparts of societysuch as fashion. sharplycontradict those of therising Even thoughtechnology has become Helpcontinue the Committee for World Democracy presentations of the political film series. generation.What roles are students increasinglyimportant to the modem We meetevery [uesday at 5 p.m.in room208 of theUCSI) Student (’enter. Help us pickfilms expectedto fillwhen they graduate? economy,many jobs that do notrequire a forthe Winter Quarter and plan political events for the community, l-:or more inh,rmation call534-.4873 or stop by. SinceWorld War II, technologyhas specialskill or a collegeeducation arestill playedan increasingly important role in the available.Thispart of the workforce willstill westerneconomy. Both the greater forma majorpart of any critical challenge to January9 DINN oR automationand increasingemphasis on thecurrent establishment, only now they Koyaanisqatsi Monday Thursday I 7 p.m. the intbrmationindustry have become aremore likely to be joinedor sometimes trademarksof the modemeconomy. This evenspearheaded by the college educated January16 FRESH BAKEDGOODS ¯ SMOOTHIES shifttn theeconomy has necessitated a whoare now also part of the alienated labor UnfinishedBusiness correspondingchange in thework force. ofthis society’. DALLY SPECIALS¯ GOOD PRICES SinceWorld War I1 therehas been a shift StudentResponse: 1968 and Today lIIHappyBirthday, Dr. KingJanuary23 fromunskilled toskilled labor. Io maintain Giventhe new function of theuniversity Forfood made with love, health, environmental andpolitical and developa modem technological in society,i.e. an esentialone in which NoVietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger economy, corporations and the manymore people participate, those in it CONSCIOUSNESS governmenthave arranged a large increase arestruggling forcontrol oftheir situation in the amountof peopleattending the anda sayin the overalldevelopment of On CompanyBusiness January 30 university,and concommitantly made the society.Students initiated this struggle universitymore a tradeschool than a place againstcultural and economic alienation in February6 FEELING DISORIENTED? to learnancient languages. Previously the Francein 1968 when they reactedto AtomicCafe universitytaught mainly wealthy students already intolerable conditions who would only use their gained compoundedby the rightwing inspired Crossroads knowledgeto be ableto holdtheir own at FouchctPlan (which has many similarties cocktaiiparties; now universities teach withthe reforms the Chirac government February13 DISORIENTATION studentsthe basic elementsof the currentlywants to makein theuniversity The Outskirtsof Hope MANUAL vocanonsthat they will take up afterthey system). Appalachia:Rich Land, Poor People WgraduateThis means that the univers Whilethe recentstudent demonstra- hasbecome a muchmore essential part ot tions,except in China,have not as February20 oursociety. It alsomeans that those who explicitlychallenged theentire position of BSeptemberWheat Articleson historyof UL:SD,racism attendthe universlt T areexpected tofulfill a theuniversity,, a half million students differentrole. protestingrelatively minor changes in the and sexism on campus, nature of universttyinFrance indicates that there is For ExportOnly: research on campus and a guide to Butwhy are students dissatisfied wnh muchwider disgruntlement. In lt)68 the February27 UCSD bureaucracy. this?The goals of a technologicalsociety do demonstrationsquickly expanded to labor Pesticidesand Pills notseem to necessanly contradict thegoals unionsand caused a critiqueof theentire otthe students. The students will. however, ~3cietyBecause the alienation of college CWD--Winter 1987 be facedwith many of the problemsthat graduateswill only increase as technology unskilledworkers have battled with for is furtherdeveloped the student protests TLH 107 7 p.m. FREE Now available at: Groundwork Books, Che Cafe, Food Co-op, centuries.Even though they are more havelikely only begun and we canexpect EDNA, General Store, Libraries and of course the New educatedand will receive greater pay and them to form an important new "Nightof the Barricades",May 10-11,1968. Students formed chain gangs Indicatoroffice, Room 209 in the StudentCenter rewards,they will be expectedto usetheir buUdlngbarricades out of streetbricks and cars... appositionalforce to theestablishment. educationfor directed problem solving and PabloVragus theyconsider last year’s Republican misleading.My hope to fullyrestore our betweena nationalityand a political 10 Senatorialcandidate, Ed Zschau,a credibilitywith our readers in theA.S. position,stormed into the officeand liberal... by clearingup thismatter here and now. verballyattacked n.J. staffers. Inthe past It’strue, as I faithfullyreported last Zionistshave physically assaulted n.i. Red l tes Much like Lazarusrising from the time,that the A.S. allocated $156 for two members,and have attackedtheir New Yecff’s Seige dead,that former media radical star, flags,and thereby dispelled any doubts property.Fortunately nothing like that AbbieHoffman, has recentlyemerged thestudent body may have had about the happenedthis time around,as the fromthe wood work to rejointhe student zealousnessof their patriotism. What Zionistswere calmed down by n.J. I feelmorally obligated to tellyou towardsthe party. laughedand said "I don’tbelieve this! thatcallous prude Reagan for what he is, movement,it seemsthat Hoffman has a neglectedto mention,however, was that membersin the office,who offeredto You guys are crazy!" With an a shamelessliar. Hell, I’d even go so far "grooming"students for the position, big plan to form his own student thePrez vetoed this expenditure. As far folksabout the wildest New Year’sEve 1 wentover to hisplace and went into making sure that they know whose printtheir rebuttal to thearticle in the partythat I’ve ever been to. It wasat the theliving room, the long-since-numbed intentionallyinsane look on his face, as to saythat the Iran-gate scandal is networkalong with Amy Carter.Yes, as I ’rebeen able to ascertain,there is next issue. One of the Zionists, Dour said "Yes!Yes! We were crazy, DivineIntervention. Well friends, let’s interestto representwhen they are on the you rememberAmy, she usedto climba not yet any move by other Council displayingthe mentality of a political apartmentwhere Dour Pendragon lives, nervecenter of the party.The living AS.Two of thelast three AS presidents in GeneseeHighlands. I interviewedroomwas packedwith people. Dour was and stooooooned."He threwhis head celebratethe possibilities forbringing treehouse on a certainpresident’s lawn members to impeach him for this neanderthal,rebutted with a witty"fuck backand laughedmaniacally, vanishing mo~eof God’shappiness into the world havereportedly sat on theboard (Mary about8 yearsago. Rumor has it that offense. off,"and then they both left. So muchfor Dourin theNov. 4, 1986issue of thenew there,and he startedintroducing me to Rose Alexanderand Mark "Boris" indicatorin connection with the arrest of everyonein sight.I noticedone of the intothe crowd. in thisnew year ’cause people might not Amy and Abbie met in jail in intellectualdiscourse at the be so easilyled by thathyena Reagan." Boriditsky).Both of thesepeople were university... Rev. ThomasBeukowski, founder and wallswas covered with a hugemirror, so Danceof the Massachusettsafter being arrested at an An articlein lastissue’s n.i. on a notoriousfor selling out the interest of anti-CIAprotest. They decided that the spiritualleader of theFirst Church of the thatthe room looked twice as big."Hey, White Rabbits The Un-invitedGuests Zionistlynch mob in Israelelicited a ALERT!The chiefspokesperson for Inebriate.Since then, I’ve had the honor Dour,"I asked,"That’s a greateffect. students for the sake of the studentmovement needs a national U.S.imperialism will soon he makinghis I wentthrough the hole in thewall to Couples,triples and whole long chains administration,i.e. their own careers. typicalreaction by localZionists-- of attendingnumerous First Church of Wheredid youget sucha big mirror?" of peoplewere havinga greattime organizationinstead of allthese local violence.Apparently two Zionists appearanceat UCSD. The infamous thegarage. It wasa greatdance crowd. One canexpect little more from Weiss, networks.So they(and their financial theInebriate celebrational services and Dour lookedover at the wall and Peoplewent dancing from one person to celebratingpossibilities when the whohas alreadydemonstrated his anti- stormedinto the n.J. office searching for mumblerand sloucherpar excellence, have come to know Dour and the laughed."No man,that’s not a mirror. inevitablehappened. The fuzz arrived. backers)are planningon callingfor theauthor of the article,claiming the the pedagogueof the right, that Reverendas finehuman beings and true thenext, with friends they’d known for democraticand right wing allegiances by meetingin Amherstlater this year to The livingrooms that come with these There were two of them, the more backingthe MacCronefaction in this articlewas "anti-semitic." Thisis an odd illustriouspseudo-intellectual boor partyanimals. yearsand people they just met a second form a nationalorganization. Gee WilliamBuckley will be comingto placesare way too smallfor a proper ago. 1 came upon Dour. He smiled obnoxiousone said"Alright, who’s in year’sAS, and feverishlysupporting conclusionsince the articledid not NewYear’s party. So theneighbors and I thanksAbbie, what wouldwe students attackJews, it merelyattacked Zionists, UCSDon April16. Prepareto taketo broadlyand said "I lovethis! It’s like chargehere?" Dour and his apartment MichaelAdolf Fahlbusch’s faction last do withoutyou?... A LittleHole-in-the-Wall Place rented some sledgehammers and everyone’sa close friend of mine."He matesappeared out of the crowdand year.Weiss has alsobeen a longtime and as we all know a Zionistcan be thestreets[... By the timeI had arrived,most of knockedthe fuckin’ wall out[ Now we’ve wasreally drunk (and so wasI), but confrontedthe two partycrashers. One pro-administrationAS bureaucrat, who White,Black, Asian, Jewish, Croation, That’sit fornow. Hopefully i will be GeneseeHighlands was loaded,happy, gotone big living room! See, we alsoput was right.Everyone had loweredtheir oinkerbelched out, "Okay, this is how has clearly been groomed for the etc.Zionist is a politicaldefinition, much backin two weeksfor another issue of and makinga helluvalot of noiseat a doorthrough to thegarage." 1 looked guard.A lot of peopleknew each other it’sgoing to be. You’regoing to turn presidentialspotafter serving his time as A.S.President Riley has brought it to likecommunist, Republican, Democrat, Red Bates(that is if the JDL doesn’t to where he was pointingand, sure my attentionthat one item appearing in Doug’splace. I parkedmy carillegally fromthe dorms,and therewere a bunch down the musicand inviteall these AS bootlickand lackey... fascist,etcetera. Yet these two Zionists, firebombmy hiddenoutpost in thenorth againstone of the many red curbs enough,they had knockeda bighole in of peoplefrom the Ch~ Caf6,KSDT, and people to leave." Then the more the last ’Red’ columnwas somewhat clearlyconfused over the difference woods)... the wall.Through the holeI couldsee obnoxiouscop saw the amateurre- Thevarious right wing elements on, the convenientlylocated throughout the FirstChurch of theInebriate. But AS,while generally politically isolated GeneseeHighlands and made my way peopledancing in the garage.! just everybodyhad somethingin common. modellingwork that had beendone on the wallsand said"That does it! You from the majorityof studentson They were all having the wildest campus,do havetheir ideological allies celebrationof the year. creepsare comingwith me." amongststudents. Such extreme right The Seige Resolvect.. As midnightarrived, Doug’s voice Rev. Beukowskihad been listening wingorganizations like the John Birch couldbe heardabove the musicas he attentivelyto all of this,and by nowwas youthgroup--the Young Americans for It is sometimesamazing how rapidly a The Good Guys Win copscame running out of theapartment, yelled"One minute to midnight!,"and in a feudingmood. He stoodup on a Freedom(YAF)--have cropped up good idea spreads.The policewere Now, a calm,collected, and sober the secondsquadron threw sheets over then startedcounting down "Thirty tableand yelled at themore obrtoxious campusesafter years of obscurity.These engulfedin a hugeshower of cupsand individualwould take pause at seeingthe thecops and boundthem up withlots of seconds,""Fifteen, fourteen, thirteen..." cop "I recognizeyou! You’rethe one rightwing nuts have become quite visible beerfrom the crowd of recentlyenraged police pull out potentialmurder ducttape. By thetime he gotto "ten,"everyone was whobeat on me whenI wasin jail!Well as of lateby settingup "graveyards" with Inebriatesand sympathizers.Next to weapons.But the crowd at Genesee The capturedoinkers were taken screaming out the countdown and youcan dropdead if youthink you can the headstonesbearing the namesof me, a small crowd of Physics and Highlandswas jubilant,enraged, and upstairswhere they were rendered jumpingup and down and makingall come stormingin here on New Year’s variouscommunist countries, and Engineeringstudents commented on the certainlynot sober. So, it didn’tsurprise harmlesswith a devicemade out of a Red Bates: kindsof noise.At midnight,some people Eve and arrestour friendsso you can sponsoringvarious right wing neo- parabolicarc described by theshower of me to find myselfhelping the people bongand a gas mask.Someone knew all lit off firecrackerson the floorand beat them up too!" Severalpeople fascistspeakers on campuses,including cups and beer.Most of the beerhad aroundme knockover a thickredwood of thepolice codewords and coulddo a everyonewent completelyberserk, ,includingDour, started yelling things representattvesfromthe South African- spilledout of thecups in mid-airand table,pick it up,and begin charging the fairimpression of the moreobnoxious jumpingand screamingand huggingand like "Oinkersgo home!" The more backed UN1TA, the CIA-backed formed an amorphoussheet as it police.A lotof peoplepoured in behind oinker.He goton thecop’s car radio and kissingand screwing. It wasgreat. obnoxiousoinker screamed "You’re Contras,and even actual representatives descendedupon the cops. us, andtogether we madean impressive calledin a messageto thepolice station Funky La Jolla l eventuallymade my way backto the underarrest, creep" and grabbedDour of theracist South African government. Well,the copsfrantically tried to attacksquadron. thatthe oinkers had broken up theparty livingroom, and foundthe famousRev. by the arm.Someone in the crowdyelled The YAF has also becomean integral avoidthe firefrom the crowd,but they and weregoing to GoldenDonuts. The Beukowski,spiritual leader of theFirst "Repelthe BlueMeanies!" and threwhis partof theanti-intellectual Accuracy in got completelysoaked anyways.If partycontinued without further incident Well,the holidayseason is finally schools)all of thealternative media, and Churchof theInebriate, proselytizing to cup of beerat the offendingofficer, Academiawitch hunt, and has taken you’venever seen police officers go from In fact,the police were so impressed untildawn. Alot of peopleheeded the endedand with it comesthe end of good KSDTespecially the planto get it a a bunchof people:"It doesmy heart soakinghim. over UCSD’sown CaliforniaReview, surlyand demandingto desperateand thatthey dropped their guns and ran out slogan "Don’t drive drunk" that cheer,peace on earth,and the return of broadcastinglicence, among others. goodto seepeople finally starting to see whoseeditorial board is nowcomprised off-balance,then you’re really missing the door.We pursued,and were only someonehad spray-paintedon the wall, lrangate,Star Wars, and the AS... Clearlythe AS financecommittee’s of juniorBirchers. The YAF has also out. After retreatingslightly and stoppedby virtueof thefact that the andcrashed out on thefloor. Also, they The end of the holidayseason also oppositionwas racist... begun to attackthe new indicator, recoveringthe best theycould, they tableslammed across the doorway.The knewthey could look forward to one of bringsfinancial deficits for many of us, Thisincident isnot, after all, isolated. GAY ¯ LABOR ¯ LATIN AMERICA ¯ ECOLOGY callingit "Stalininfluenced" inthe latest starteddrawing their weapons. Someone peoplewho had beenoutside when the the FirstChurch of the Inebriate’s butour deficitscan hardlycompare to The AS has alsorefused to fullyfund issueof its newsletter,the Creative nextto me yelled"Use the table for a policearrived had the good sense to get Champagnebreakfasts. theone runup by the U.S.government. MEChA’s (a UCSD Chicano student MARXIST-HUMANISM ¯ POLITICAL ECONOMY Californian.TheYAF is so farright that shield." sheetsand ducttape ready. When the Gen.Strike Thelatest projected deficit is $174billion organization)important high school dollars!This figure is onlyan estimateconference--whichwill bring Chicano WOMEN ¯ MEN ¯ BLACK ¯ NON-VIOLENCE ~ERr~E though.Considering that the Reagan high schoolstudents to campusto Administrationhas takenup creative exposethem to theuniversity and to aid MID EAST MARCUSE financing(Irangate) for someoftheir pet themin gaining access to it.They refused Groundwork projects,perhaps money could be saved to fully fund last year’s Chicano HEALTH CHINA ~ty1¢4~/,=.¢" by thinkingup alternativeways to fund graduation,and have attackedboth Books StarWars, MX, B-l,and otherbudget People’sVoice and fundingfor the ENERGY UCSD Student Center IRELAND 5~lgf .$ rock expandingprojects, thereby reducing the Organizationof Arab Students. The AS, I-5to Gilman, left at wooden tt .SH4RPLY militarybudget... which is dominatedby right wing ART footbridge,rightinto parking lot MEDIA fraternitytypes who do not represent . l.LTt o op.r" The AS seems to have taken 452-9625 fundraisinglessons from the Reagan anybody’sinterest but their own, ALBANIA Mort-Sat 11 am.8 pm RECORDS F’Ito Administration.Witness their past apparentlyhave a rightwing political attemptsat raisingmoney by sellingpin- agendaconsisting of attackingThird SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE ¯ ASIAN AMERICAN up calendarswith pictures of themselvesWorldstudent organizations, along with andtheir cronies, a fiascothat ended otherprogressive student organizations. NUCLEAR POWER ¯ MARXlST/LENINISM ¯ IRAN withthousands of leftover calendars, One couldeasily speculate that these andseveral thousands of dollarswasted, attacksare sanctioned by the university LEGAL HASSLES ¯ YOUNG PEOPLE ¯ CHICANC atthe end of theyear. This fiscal disaster administrationin light of theirrefusal to did not phasethe AS though.They are intervene,and alsoin lightof recent MARXISM ¯ NATIVE AMERICAN ¯ ORGANIZING stillquick to assertthat student groups racistremarks by UC PresidentDavid can raisemoney on theirown and not Gardner,who has calledfor reductions ¯ LIBROS EN ESPANOL haveto relyso muchon theAS activityin Asianstudent enrollment at the UC’s, FOOD ¯ US LEFT fee.As a result,the AS hascontinued to claimingthat Asian studentsare tightentheir fiscal belt at the expense of "overrepresented."in addition, Gardner studentorganizations--especially Third claimed that the UC is doinga goodjob Worldand progressive student orgs. The in recruitingAfro-American and Ground floor of the UCSD Student Center latestexample of AS cheapnessinvolves Chicanostudents. If Gardnerthinks that the Asian PacificStudent Alliance a goodjob consists of 5% enrollmentfor (APSA),which recently applied for Chicanosat UCSD,when theymake up Healthy Food Co-op fundingfor a statewideAsian student 20% of the state’spopulation, then conferenceto be held at UCSD in Gardnerclearly is an underachiever... M-Th 8:45-6;Fri 8:45-5;Sat 10-3 February.Several hundred students are A bitof interestinginfo has come out expectedto attendthis important asof lateof theconnections of one of the studentconference. While most of the AS’smore visible members. The Board moneyto payfor it is comingfrom other of Overseers,made up by wealthylocal sources,APSA also applied for money businesspeoplewho wantto haveinput fromthe AS.The AS financecommittee, intothe university, recently welcomed headed by Ira Rubenstein,opposed newest member Eric Weiss, VP for APSA’sfunding proposal on the basis ExternalAffairs. in additionto itsrole thatthe conference would include other as a voicefor localelites into UCSD studentsbesides UCSD students!This affairs,a position onthe Board is alsoa convolutedlogic could be usedto deny steppingstone to theAS presidencyfor fundingfor a majorityof thethings the students.Being on theBoard is a wayof AS funds,including TG’s (afterall, facultyand staff members listen to the bands as well as peoplefrom other Repression BUT IF "YOU MUST TORTURE ANDEXEC.UTE, PLEAS£ GIVE THE POOR SOULS A TRIAL by any other F|RST.HUMAN RI&HTS YOT 4~.~ KNOW, HarvardProfs nalne... Must Give Amnesty International has announcedthat oppressive governments Sourceof areincreasingly turning to moresubtle and secretiveforms of oppressionto FederalGrants avoidnegative international press coverage.Among the practicesthat are becomingmore commonare revolving- HarvardUniversity’s president, Derek door detention,"’disappearances," Bok,has reaffirmeda university policy psychologicalabuse, and clandestine prohibitingprofessors from engaging in deathsquads. research financed by government agencieswithout disclosing the source of Revolving-doordetention occurs theirmoney. when a governmentputs a personin prisonfor a shortterm, such as 48 hours, In anopen letter to thefaculty released thenreleases the prisoner. A few days or Friday,Bok sought to clarifythe policy. weekslater the same person is pickedup Cofifusionarose last year with the again,and the process is repeatedover discoveryof threeseparate instances of and over.When AI or someother group academicprojects financed by the C1A. proteststhe detention, officials maintain Bokstressed that the policy covered not thatthe prisonerhas beenreleased. onlvprojects in whichthe university Meanwhile,the revolving-doorpattern itselfwas involvedbut alsoresearch can be repeatedfor months--or in some undertakendirectly by scholars. cases}’ears. FinaglingEPZs Bok’sletter said academic research "Disappearances,"first becoming well 1-heNuclear Regulatory Commission showthat the radioactivedangers of a secretlyfinanced by the government known in Latin America, are now (NRC) has a problem.The Seabrook nuclearaccident are less than previously could compromisethe university’s becoming increasingly common nuclearpower plant in New Hampshire thought.In somecases, the NRC argues, commitment to a free and open throughoutthe world. People are (next to Massachusetts)and the the10-mile EPZ couldsafely be reducedexpressionof ideas.The mostserious forciblyremoved from theirhomes by Shorehamnuclear plant on New York’s to twomiles. In thecase of Seabrookthis violationwas disclosed in October1985, paramilitaryagents or secretpolice, LongIsland cannot begin boiling water wouldsafely void Dukakis’ veto. So far whenthe dean of theFaculty of Artsand neverto be seenor heardfrom again. untilstate and localofficials okay theNRC proposalhas two strikesgoing Sciences began a three month The governmentinvolved routinely evacuationprocedures for communitiesagainstit: an NRCinternal memo of last investigationinto grants received by denies any knowledge of or withinthe plant’sEmergency Planning Aprilquestioning the validityof the NadavSafran, a professorof Middle accountabilityforthe "disappearance."Zones(EPZ), a 10-mileradius around study;and the official judgment of the Easternstudies. AI saysrelatives of the disappeared often nuclearsite. Both Gov. Michael Dukakis StateDepartment, which last April The universityfaulted him for reportthat the uncertaintyabout their of Massachusettsand Gov. Mario advisedAmericans to evacuateKiev, a acceptinga $45,700CIA grantfor a lovedone’s fate is worsethan knowing Cuomo of New York have refusedto citya mere70 milesfrom the Chernobyl conference on Islam and Moslem theperson is dead. approvethe evacuation plans for those plant. politicswithout disclosing the money’s IndustrialWorker plants.To get aroundthis the NRChas In TheseTimes source,and for taking $107,430 more to trottedout a computer-basedstudy to financea bookon SaudiArabia, later publishedby HarvardUniversity Press, on the conditionhe not disclosethe grant’ssource and that the agency review thework before publication to delete any classifiedinformation. Theincidents led Safranto resignas directorof Harvard’s Centerfor MiddleEastern Studies. Dailylllini

Leader of the PAC "(GEChairman) Jack Welch wants be numberone in thethings he does,and he wantsdefense," Wolfgang Demisch, an analystfor First Corporation, toldBusiness Week earlier this year. Thatroad to the top can getdirty. On May13, 1985,GE pleadedguilty to 108 countsof filingfalse claims on an Air Forcecontract. Apparently, GE had squeezed$800,000 out of altered timesheets.The companyis also an industryleader when it comes to lobbyingCongress. GE’s Washington staffnumbers 120. In thatway they are keeping the memory of former GE PresidentCharles Wilson alive. An internalmemo Wilsonwrote in 1944 observed,"The revulsion against war not too long hence will be an almost insuperable.obstacleforus to overcome. Forthat reason, I am convincedthat we mustbegin now to setthe machineryin motionfor a permanentwar economy." (1 hus speaksthe Gt! wolfbehind the q~cep’sslogan, "bringing good things to hie.") Is NBC heraldingthat call? (iF NBC recentlyset uptheirownPAC becomingthe firstnetwork to do so. In TheseTimes