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Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1990-1991 Student Newspapers 3-5-1991 College Voice Vol.14 No.20 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol.14 No.20" (1991). 1990-1991. 5. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991/5 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1990-1991 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. THE COL EVOICE Volume XIV, Number 20 Ad Fontes March 5 , 1991 Preliminary Budget Reflects Strategic Plan Agenda administrators and Priorities, Plan- many of our nation's campuses." by Sarah HunDey ning and Budget Committee are Several factors continue to put News EdJtor working to balance institutional pressure on the cost of education at The Board of Trustees voted this goals with current economic con- the college, most notably financial weekend on a preliminary budget, straints. aid and health care. The I99l-Im which for the first time uses the Claire Gaudiani, '66, president of budget may require a $900,000 in- college's Strategic Plan as a tool to the college, said, "Like all colleges, crease in financial aid allocations. identify institutional priorities and we face the challenge of pursuing The college remains committed to allocate resources. the highest quality education for providing financial assistance to all The vote reflects initial figures our students while keeping costs students who demonstrate need and only. The Board will finalize their down. Some cost increases are out to accepting students on the bases approval of the budget in May. of our hands, ... [but] we have of accomplishment, leadership and Tuition increases are set at already downsized the staff in the merit. This need-blind admissions $ 16,080 and room, board and fees President's Office and are under policy ensures equal access to at $5,560, totaling $21,640. Ac- way with additional painful cost education for all qualified students. cording to Joe Silvestri, associate cutting." Costs of employee health ben- director of college relations, this is She added, "I expect continued efits will rise substantially next the lowest percentage hike in five downward pressure on the budget, year, despite aggressive manage- Shanley Fills PR years. Last year's combined ex- though I don't foresee layoffs or ment of the college's health care penses totaled $19,975. curtailment of undergraduate pro- carrier, which has resulted in a In shaping the college's budget, grams here, as have occurred on SeeTru ..... p.9 Director Vacancy mittee. She said, ''There are mem- by Dana Rousmeniere berstbathavebeen on thePR Com- The College Voice mittee all year and I want to hear The Assembly approved the Stu- from Ihem wbatlhe problem. were, dent Government Association Ex- what things were not working and ecutive Board's recommendation to what things worked. " appoint Colleen Shanley, '93, In addition, she said, "I'm really former house senator of Hamilton, hoping to restructure the PR Com- as SGA public relations director. mittee." Shanley would like the The Assembly cast a total of 25- committee to meet weekly and in- 1-2, well over the two-thirds vote stitute more specific allocation of needed for approval as stipulated in jobs for the members. the C-Book. The committee's major tasks, The position was vacated last said Shanley, are the re-implemen- week when Jenn Freeman, '93, re- tation of Caravan, the SGA news signed. letter, and the organization of the According to John Maggiore, SGA Executive Board and Young '91, president of SGA, Shanley Alumni Trustee elections. carries impressive credentials, a Shanley hopes to redesign good working relationship with the Caravan and return the newsletter Executive Board and a guarantee to weekly publication. In addition, that she will not be running for an she wants to print a special issue of Executive Board position next Caravan just prior to the spring year. elections, to supplement The Col- The public relations director lege Voice's annual review of can- PC Debate Sizzles' on Campuses oversees the elections. didates. In accepting the position. The PR director's election re- Connecticut College Leaders Face the Issue Shanley will have to resign from sponsibilities include organizing her position of bousesenata' of sign-ups for candidates, overseeing candidates' campaigns and adher- sitivity preclude free speech? Hamilton and has pared down her ence to election rules, maintaining by Sarah Huntley Recently, a student at Brown University was ex- other cornmitruents. the voting table, and tallying bal- News EdItor pelled for shouting racial and ethnic slurs, which Shanley 100ks forward to meet- lots. While Connecticut College surges ahead in its diver- violated the institutions "hate-speech" codes. ing with the Public Relations Com- sification efforts, universities nationwide are grappling Student editors at the University of Lowell in with opposition to an increasing politically correct Massachusetts were disciplined for printing a politi- Features p. 4 CTViewp.5 mentality. cal cartoon considered offensive. Politically correct syndrome, or PC, is technically The National Scholars' Association, with head- ][ Watts lectures on Series on pollution' quarters on several campuses nationwide, has vehe- racial stereotypes in the Thames mently scorned PC mentality and some policies, and misconceptions continues 11!1~,;!I!I~!~!i'l::;~=:E::::~~professing the importance of academic freedom. N correct to oppose racism, sexism, homophobia and And, according to an article in the Providence environmental destruction, for example. Journal-B ulletin, the ACLU has recently been forced D To some, however, PC engenders dangerous ramifi- to lake a stand on the issue of civil rights versus civil A & E pp. 12-13 Sports pp. 14-16 cations. The word correct, opponents argue, suggests liberties. The ACLU chose to defend freedom of E that those with differing views are unacceptable and expression, criticizing speech codes. Cinegoop Review: Women's Basketball should remain silent. The ACLU, however, did not clarify the problem of Silence oftlu Lambs drops out of ECAC drawing the line between free expression and ha- X This backlash against PC has rapidly become a ,"-'t.,. competition rassment They included in their statement, "Univer- movement itself, with strong advocates focusing upon ~..". threats to free speech and expression. sities are certainly free to punish students for 'acts of It is a predicament which causes debate and reflection, harassment, intimidation and invasion of privacy.'" ~'Comics p.l0 especially on college campuses. Should diversity sen- see PC Debates, p. 7 VIEWPOINT - Contemporary American Racism and the Civil Rights'~ovement Letter 10 the Voice: They are encouraged to strive for fortune and overwhelming dis- Mr. Kornreich, optimism is not a any goal; their confidence is nur- crimination, to 'adjust' to a com- bad thing, but I feel that the opti- tured along every stage of their de- pletely white dominated system is mism you show in your letter "The velopment; they are told that any- ludicrous. Just by vinue of the fact 'Quota' Bill of! 990" (The Col/ege thing is within their grasp, and it is. that their skin is a different color Voice, February 26,1991) is blind- Women and minorities. however, they have two strikes against them: ing you to the realities of contempo- are treated quite differently. They Add to this the violent nature of the rary American racism. Through are not encouraged to strive for any inner city or the emotional diffi- sporadic and out-of-context refer- goal, and their confidence is inhib- culty of living in white dominated ences to the ideals of Dr. Martin ited through powerful and negative suburbs, which are often filled with Luther King, Jr., you justify the cultural images and media stereo- 'liberaJ' racists, and we see that recent veto of the Civil Rights Bill. types. minorities are often 'out' even be- But you fail to recognize that he was Equal rights cannot and will not fore the first pitch is thrown. battling racism of a different kind be achieved through the so-called Now, some mightagree with this, than we face today. In the fifties and progressive attitude you maintain but say that their ancestors did not sixties, minorities were legally in your letter: namely that minori- own slaves, SO that they are not in inferiorto whites. Laws articulated ties are equal, but they should sim- fact responsible for the situation in this inferiority in the most public of ply work their way up like Euro- this country. They feel bad, cer- ways: through segregation. In pean immigrants did. Europeans tainly, but they do not feel com- short, racism was manifested on the came to this country, were given pelled to sacrifice anything-it's surface of society. Dr. King man- nothing, and look at how successful not their fault. This is racism at its aged to change much of that through they are. Why can't minorities do most dangerous. White males have a lifetime of dedication and the same today? Well, frankly, Mr. every advantage in this modem suffering. Kornreich, the minority situation is world. The system of government Today, however, racism is much not in any way analogous to the under which we live has been sys- more deleterious than it was 20 European immigrants of the early tematically and deliberately de- years ago. Itisnolongeramau:erof twentieth century. Despite their signed, in order to facilitate their gaining the civil rights to drink al bard lives, they had pride because domination of every other member the same founlains, sit on the same they bad the opportunity 10 change of society.