Yeah Mon! An Elvis impersonator sings Led Zeppelin covers in a reggae style? THE CHRONICLE See R&R. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1990 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL. 86, NO. 30 NAS debate reveals faculty divisions on curriculum, ideology By BETSY KAISER the association, Clark said. Few at the University of Texas-Aus­ in response to what he terms a Faculty members deny charges professors who signed up for the tin. disturbing national trend toward that an academic association association teach subjects which Individual faculty members restricting free speech. they have agreed to join is racist, would be directly affected by any listed a variety of campus issues Strandberg joined the Univer­ sexist, and homophobic. curriculum changes the associa­ that led them to join the Univer­ sity chapter in part out of con­ Instead, the charter members tion favors, she added. sity chapter. cern of a proposal he says is un­ of the University chapter of the She is also concerned some of Victor Strandberg, professor of constitutional. The proposal, an National Association of Scholars, the people asked to join were not English, joined the national NAS See NAS on page 4 • say the group is a mechanism to given adequate information openly discuss critical university about the association. issues. James Barber, James B. The national association is not Duke professor of political sci­ right-wing, said Stephen Balch, BSA meets to discuss ence, recruited 46 faculty mem­ national president of NAS. It is bers to found a University chap­ "mainstream," having no ideolog­ ter of the group. ical program. English Professor Stanley Fish The local members determine NAS campus chapter touched off the NAS controversy the agenda of a university chap­ when he described the group as ter or state affiliate, Balch said. By ERIN SULLIVAN of the NAS. Trinity junior an association "widely known to The chapters must, however, The formation of a campus Heather Grant, vice president be racist, sexist and homophobic" remain within the boundaries of chapter of the National Asso­ of the BSA, passed out copies in a letter to The Chronicle. JEN KRAYNAK/THE CHRONICLE the principles of the national as­ ciation of Scholars has of the association's statement In addition, three faculty mem­ Professor Barber sociation, Balch said. provoked heated discussion on curriculum. "We want to bers are circulating a petition in The John M. Olin and Sarah among minority student hear how you personally feel protest of the group. Annabel to many curriculum changes, in­ Scaife foundations are two large groups. about what is being said," she Wharton, associate professor of cluding increased emphasis on contributors to the national asso: The first group to formally said. art history, William Chafe, Alice women's studies and non- ciation, Balch said. discuss the issue was the According to the statement, Mary Baldwin professor of his­ western disciplines. The protest The foundations also fund po­ Black Student Alliance, which the NAS is an organization tory, and Elizabeth Clark, John petition cites the "rich diversity litically conservative organiza­ met Wednesday night in the devoted to maintaining a Carlisle Kilgo professor of reli­ of our society in the curriculum tions such as the Heritage Languages building. "traditional curriculum." The gion collaborated on a petition of our university" and praises the Foundation, Freedom House, the The meeting was a brain­ stated concern of the associa­ which they have posted on bulle­ "cultural heterogeneity which is Committee on the Present Dan­ storming session for BSA tion reads, "a sound curricu­ tin boards in various depart­ our heritage," he said. ger, and Accuracy in Media, ac­ members to familiarize them­ lum cannot be built by replac- ments. The majority of the faculty cording to an article in The selves with the stated purpose See BSA on page 5 • Chafe said the NAS is hostile hold views contrary to those of Polemecist, a student magazine Occupational health drops faculty alcohol restrictions By PAUL KELLEHER cotics on the job, in accordance George Jackson, director of oc­ Policy already prohibits em­ Evans does not believe occupa­ Faculty alcohol possession will with the Congressional Drug cupational health, could not ployee possession of alcohol, ex­ tional health is responding to an not be restricted after all. Free Workplace Act. specify exactly what proper au­ cluding faculty. actual alcohol crisis amongst the The Employee Occupational The substance abuse policy in­ thorization would entail. The Ac­ Larry Evans, physics depart­ faculty. "I don't know to what an Health Service reversed its cluded stipulations for the regu­ ademic Council objected to the ment chair and council member, extent we have a problem. In decision to restrict faculty pos­ lation of alcohol possession, even ambiguity and restrictive nature warned against mixing narcotic over 20 years I have not heard of session after the Academic Coun­ though the Workplace Act did of the policy. It also questioned policy with alcohol restrictions. any cases, but one or two." cil objected. not require any. The policy pro­ the double standard prohibiting "The issues are quite different," "The Tnewl policy is meant to Occupational health developed hibited faculty from keeping al­ employees from having alcohol he said. "We don't have to have provide a voluntary route for as­ a substance abuse policy last cohol on campus without proper on campus while allowing autho­ an alcohol policy. It confuses ev­ sistance," Jackson said. week to deal with the use of nar­ authorization. rized faculty to do so. erything." See DRUGS on page 10 • Superpowers reach arms accord Soviets to destroy conventional arms in Europe By THOMAS FRIEDMAN certain that the Bush adminis­ don't want me to disagree with N.Y. Times News Service tration will attend the summit that." meeting of the 34-nation Confer­ f NEW YORK — The United If the treaty is approved in the Fl£0 States and the Soviet Union have ence on Security and Coopera­ coming few weeks, as the officials VBRMICB McDonalds announced their agreement in tion in Europe on Nov. 19 in said they hoped, it would mark principle on all the major points Paris, which has been called to the first time that the United in a conventional-arms treaty affirm German unification and States, the Soviet Union and that will require the Soviets to chart Europe's future in the post- their respective allies have ever destroy thousands of tanks, artil­ Cold-War era. agreed to limit or destroy non- lery pieces and armored vehicles The Bush administration had nuclear conventional weapons. in Europe. insisted that it would not attend GAS IS UP Secretary of State James the conference unless the con­ By sharply limiting the num­ Baker told reporters Wednesday ventional-arms treaty was ready ber of tanks, aircraft, artillery BURGERS DOWN after his five hours of talks with for signing. and armored personnel carriers Foreign Minister Eduard The apparent breakthrough that the Eastern and Western 49 & 59 C Shevardnadze at the Soviet mis­ Wednesday came as a result of blocs will be allowed to maintain sion to the United Nations that an agreement between the two in Europe, the proposed treaty "it is fair to say that, pending sides on limiting combat aircraft, will make it extremely difficult consultations with our allies, we the last major roadblock in the for NATO or the Soviet Union to have agreed in principle on all negotiations. launch a land offensive in Eu­ Mc New York Times BOB KAPLAN/THE CHRONICLE the major remaining issues" in Speaking to reporters, rope. In today's fast-paced world, who has time to read the news? the conventional-arms talks, Shevardnadze said, "Of course which have been under negotia­ the Soviet Union made all the Baker is negotiating on behalf Mickey Ds has the solution. I'd like a burger, large coke, me­ tion since March 1989. concessions." of NATO and Shevardnadze on dium fries and a Middle East update. The accord makes it almost Baker chuckled and said, "You behalf of the Warsaw Pact. PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1990 World and National Newsfile Budget package wins support House okays Associated Press By DAVID ROSENBAUM SaudiS need arms: Billions of dol­ N.Y. Times News Service immigration lars in new U.S. weaponry for Saudi WASHINGTON — With a critical test Arabia are important to a new regional vote on the budget compromise scheduled coalition to balance Iraqi menace, ad­ for Thursday and Congress in rebellion, ministration officials tell a skeptical President Bush and the congressional law changes Congress. leadership got a boost when Alan Green­ span, chairman of the Federal Reserve By NATHANIEL NASH Jury convicts store owner: An Board, endorsed the budget plan for the N.Y. Times News Service all-white jury on Wednesday convicted first time and implied that it would drive WASHINGTON — The House has a Florida record store owner of down interest rates. approved broad immigration law obscenity because he sold a sexually But White House officials late in the af­ changes that seek to open the nation's explicit album by the black rap group 2 ternoon said they still did not have the doors to three-quarters of a million Live Crew that had been banned by a votes they needed, and the president people a year, particularly educated federal judge. spent the day in the most strenuous lob­ workers with technical and managerial bying campaign of his term. skills. Ex-Klansman woos blacks: in He was joined by leaders of both par­ By a vote of 231 to 192, the House ties, who scrambled in the Capitol all day approved legislation Wednesday that Louisiana, U.S.