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INNO GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY November 9, 1989 UNIVERSITY PARK, IL 60466 Vol. xvn No. 7 The World Comes to GSU International Students Host Festival ''The World Comes to GSlf'. an Chenkwun wh1ch represents good International Festival of cultures luck inviting the angels. tndia will will be presented on Saturday. be represented in the classical November 18th from 4 to 7:30PM dance Bharanatyam and other on the GSU campus. The festival folk dances. Musicians from is being hosted by the Inter Chicago will be performing Carib national Students Organization bean steel-drum music Also per and will feature ethnic foods. en f.onnign contemporary and tradi tertainment and a bazaar of arts tional Greek music will be enter and crafts from the diHerent tainer, Athanios Zervas. H1s per countries. formance is being underwritten by the Greek-American Cultural A continental dinner featuring Center and the Illinois Endow the different cuisines of the coun ment for the Humamties. tries will be served in the Hall of Governors.Some of the dishes on Ticket can be purchased from the menu will include: the Cashier's Office during busi Eba .. .. Nigeria ness hours. $2 .50 for GSU stu Tiropetes . Greece dents and senior citizens, $4.00for Korma . India adults.Tickets sold at the door are Dal ................... India $3.50 for senior citizens and $5.00 Auobo . ... Philippines for adults. Children under 12 are Randang ...........• Malaysia free. There will be entertainment in the theater where Malaysian stu Contact Dr. Larry Levinson at dents will stage a traditional wed From left, Julie Maki representing Germany, Rajiv Jaggi, Diana Sylvester, Sprinivas Lingamneni of India, (312) 534-5000 Ext. 22 51. (Mter ding ceremony. Thai students will Norizan Ibrahim, Palestian Rasmi Abdallah, Shila Magliji of Malaysia, Tina Schwartz representing Romania. Nov. 11 the area code will be 708) present a classical dance called Ashok lbrabeem, ldris Arshad of Malaysia, and Simon Papaltbingal of India. for further information. Woo sock e reat CIA Unk to DrugsJ Emphasizes Cooperation (third in a series) byRon Young Headline: Congress is told of Con by Louis Schultz near suburban Woodstock, Il in the conference retreat. The tra tie to drugs linois. The purpose of our weekend event was held on October 21st The Innovator has been running Convicteddrug kingpin and for in When Mike Blackburn, Research retreat would be to attend and 22nd. a series of articles on drugs the merContra leader GeorgeMorales Associatefor the Office of Student seminars designed to enhance Throughout the weekend, stu United States. One of the most tells congressional committee Life, invited me to participate in student performance in group dents participated in several shameful realizations of this in about drug money going to Con the Woodstock weekend Retreat, leadership environments. workshops, which were geared vestigative series has been that tras with knowledge of CIA: images of 'flower power,' streakers, The Woodstock Center pro specifically toward eliminating the C.I.A., and members of the By-line: Michael Kranish and Jimi Hendrix flashed through vided us with conference rooms, a problems facedwithin groups and Reagan administration appear to Los Angeles Times May 29, 1987: my mind. "Isn't that just a big lounge, and adjacent rooms where organizations. Catherine Taylor, have been using the drug trade to Sec. I, pg 15 col. 1 desolate farm field now?" washow we could later retire for the eve Dean of Student Affairs and Ser finance the Contras in Nicaragua Researching into the drug prob Charles B. Rangel, chm. of I responded. ning. The facility is situated on a vices at GSU, led off the event, lem we have been stumbling over House select com on narcotics. The course of my misdirected 74 acre wooded lot with a private with a presentation describing the accusations that covert efforts to accuses CIA, Justice Dept. of in thoughts were quickly corrected lake, hiking trails, and recreation governingstructure, and adminis supply the Contras involved the terfering with probe mto link be however, when Blackburn ex facilities. The wooded surround trative bodies in lllinois higher tween Contra supply flights, plained that the Woodstock I'd be ings of the center provided a education. Taylor outlined the CIA. and the Reagan Administra tion in special arrangements with drug smuggling. going to was Woodstock, Illinois. relaxes envirorunent, where confer process of proposing a tuition in Two weeks later, I found ences take place with minimal crease, as an illustrative example the Columbian Drug Cartel as a The most damning case against myself, along with other student distractions. to convey to students how dif means of raising funds to finance the government is made in the leaders, stepping off a bus at the Tom Descenzo, Director of Stu ferent administration levels in the clandestine "GUNS FOR DRUGS" operations. 1987 book "Out of Control " by Woodstock Conference Center dent Life, described our mission state interact to finalize such a We have encountered several Leslie Cockburn of CBS News. In as, " ... participating in an atmos proposal. this book Ms. Cockburn docu phere that... will enable us to learn In a conference titled "Time news articles, books. speeches. ments the callous actions of the and interact so that we can all Management," students were pre and television news documen Reagan Administration in taking learn to work together." sented with 13 questions regard taries which make a strong case part in the drug trade as a means INSIDE Students involved in Student ing meetings and orgamzations. for the contention that over of partially funding covert Contra Life clubs and organizations at One question read, "Should stu- zealous fanatical members of the federal government have inflict activities.The basis of the book is GSU were required to participate (Continued on page 2) ed a major drug epidemic on the research and interviews conduct Broadsides United States-in a cynical effort to ed with people involved in Contra ADVANCE REGISTRATION: Now through Nov. 17 & Broadswords ..........P. 2 circumvent Congressional re support activities. Of particular Monday - Thursday ll:OOAM- 7:30PM strictions on Contra Aid. interest are chapters nine and ten Friday - Career ll:OOAM- 4:40PM With the assistance of Pro which bring the whole "Guns For Designs .................P. 3 Saturday Nov. 11 8:30AM- 1:00PM fessor Nancy Shales. we gained Drugs" picture together with access to the UMI Newspaper Ab overwhelming clarity. Rick Copalello Open Registration stracts which are stored on disk in In these sections she docu (new column) ............P. 4 Wednesday & Thursday Jan. 3 & 4 the GSU Library.On the first run ments the story of Ram' on Milian through we encountered the Rodriguez, a convicted drug Public !·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· following information: money launderer who handled Forum ..................P. 5 , more than $200 million a month STUDENT SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . for the Columbia Drug Cartel. Los Angeles Times April 7 1988: , Milian-Rodriguez got his start in • t President Eric Harwell Sec. 1, pg. 13 the money laundering business in By-line: Paul Huston t Vice President Robyn Barclay the mid-1970s when he arranged Fonner pilot tells Senate sub . Treasurer Lubor Kovac t the covert delivery of several committee that US govt. paid him , Secretary Mary Beth Godfrey million dollars in CIA funds to • to deliver supplies to Contras Anastasio Somoza the fanner dic PR Person Jame� Lascola while he was dru� smu�ling. i tator of Nicaragua. Boston Globe Apr 8, 1988: pg. 1 (Continued on page 8) t. ·-·-·-·-·-···-·-.J coil GSU ��V���TO�R�----�--------------------------------N•o•v•em.�_.r.w..t.•.n. Aquacise -us! Broadsides & with Need a break from your and socialize. The classes are studies? Have you beensitting too Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Broadswords long? Come join the Campus Com from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Mon munity Center for an aquacise day and Wednesday evening from Live from Tinseltown: class either once a week, twice a 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Tuesday and week or three times a week. Are Thursday from 1:30 p.m.-2:30p.m. contemporaryfairy tale? you thinking now that you don't and Sunday evening from 6:00 Young A by Ron know how to swim- don't worry, p.m.-7:00p.m.We also offer senior you don't need to learn to swim to aquacise and fitness classes for Once upon a time there lived without being questioned about streets at home. This was a sore enjoy the water aerobic classes. the "Teflon King" and his queen. frivolity. It was not easy to make those or you over 62 years of age; spotwith "King," a boil on the vital The class is held in the shallow They presided over a wonderland your mark on posteritywhen your Monday, Wednesday and Friday assets of the nation. If every where all was believed well - at wife controlled when or where you end which is 3'9" with an added from 2:00p.m. -2:30 p.m. and 3:30 citizen had a porcelain throne, the least in "Kings" blind eye. Being parked your posterior on the benefit of not having to get your p.m.-4:00p.m.