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Vol. XXV, No. 1 Fordham University School of Law © The Advocate October, 1992 Professor Smith Moves Cuts In' to the NewYork Court of Appeals State Assistance Affect Fordham By Bob Cinque The Fordham facul ty is again celebra t­ University ing one of their own, as Adjunct Professor George Bundy Smith has been appointed to the New York Court of Appeals from the ALBANY, New York (ClCU) - There will Appellate Division, First Department. , be approximately 6,000 fewer faculty and Governor Cuomo nominated Profes­ administrative staff members at New York sor Smith in late August to replace Fritz W. State;s 136 independent colleges and uni­ Alexander II. In a hearing that l(!sted more versities as students return to campus this thari two hours, Professor Smith stated that fall, according to a survey by the Commis­ he decides cases "without fear or favor" sion on Independent Colleges and Univer­ and without prejudgment. The Judiciary sities. The reduction brings employment Committee unanimously recommended his in the sector to approximately 101,000 com­ approval, and the full New York State Sen­ pared to 107,000 two years ago. ate confirmed his nomination. It is also estimated that full-time en­ "I selected Professor Smith upon rollment among the four-year independent consideration . of his extraordinary institutions will fall to 204,000, a decline of qualifications,"said the Governor."The two percent over last year. This compares combination of his education, judiCial ex­ to approximately 112,000 enrolled in the perience, legal practice, and teaching and four-year institutions of the State Univer­ writing careers make him exceptionally sity system. College tuition in the inde­ well-suited for the challenges that confront pendent sector also increased, by an aver­ the Court of Appeals. He possesses the age of six percent, bringing the average wisdQm, character and temperament that annual four-year tuition at New York State are essential for a Court of Appeals judge." independent colleges to $10,010. After four years as a judge of the New "Reductions in staff and the need to York City Civil Court, Professor Smith be­ continue to raise tuitions are a reflection of came a Supreme Court Justice in 1979, and the difficult fiscal environment, " Neil R. was designated by Governor Cuomo to the Grabois, chair of CLCU said. "These prob­ Appellate Division in 1986. Previously, he lems are exacerbated by the reduction of was administrator of Model Cities of the sta te assistance to the independent colleges, City of New York, a federally-funded pro­ which last year lost 67 percent in Bundy aid gram focusing on providing health train­ alone. These reductions take their toll, and ing,. housing rehabilitation,. adequate' po­ it's showing." lice assistance and scholarships to impov­ Bundy Aid aid is direct institutional erished people in New York City. assistance from the state to the indepen­ Professor Smith has written several dent sector, and was reduced to $39 million articles over the years, and recently co­ this y;ear, compared to $113 million in 1989- wrote a book with his wife, Alene Lohman 1990. The job cuts have resulted in a reduc­ Smith, entitled You Decide: Applying the tion of $167 million in independent college Bill of Rights to Real Cases. Aimed at high payrolls over the last two years, resulting school students, the book introduces legal .in a lqss of approximately $22 million in analysis and interpretation by focusing on The Honorable Judge George Bundy Smith state and local tax revenues. the provisions qf the Bill of Rights and their Over the last two years, Fordham Uni­ historical genesis. versity lost approximately 5.4 million dol­ He has also worked as a staff attorney What?! Classes on Saturday? lars in state aid. Approximately 78% of for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educa­ this loss was attributable to Bundy Aid tional Fund, trying race discrimination The Good News or the Bad News. reductions. cases, and has served as law secretary to three different justices. By Tracy Murphy Professor Smith received his B.A. from Yale University in 1959 and his LL.B. from The bad news is there will be two is also why Columbus day was spent in Inside Yale Law School in 1962. He also holds a Saturday "make-up days" this fall on class. Dean Rivera stated "Professors may master's degree in political science and a November 7 and December 5 for classes reschedule classes as they see fit for more Articles ...... pg 3 Ph.D. in government from New York Uni­ missed because of Thanksgiving recess. appropriate times, and may add hours or versity. The Law School closes November 26, minutes to their classes to make-up for any Professor Smith spoke with The Thanksgiving day,and classes resume on lost days. Jewish students who choose not Arts ...... pg 7/ 8 Advocate's Editor-in-Chief, Diana R. the following.Monday. All classes which to attend class on Shabbat may have their Thompson, earlier this month. He said that would have met on the 26th will instead lectures taped on those make-up Satur­ Career ...... pg 5 he enjoys teaching at Fordham and hopes meet earlier on the 7th, and all classes days." to continue. "The Fordham community which would have met on the 27th will Dean Rivera invited all students to Crossword ...... pg 9 has been very supportive. 1 have learned a instead meet on December 5th. make written suggestions for next year lot during my time here." The academic calendar is scheduled which would preclude Saturday classes, Opinions/Columns ..... pg 10/11 ••••••••••••••••••••• by the Administration after consultations particularly "would students come in be­ • • with the faculty, explained Dean Rivera. fore Labor day as an alternative?" • The faculty did not want classes to begin The good news is "make-up days do Religion ...... pg 6 • Happy 25th Anniversay • • • until after Labor day which came late this not apply to first-year students because • to • year, and the American Bar Association they started classes in Legal Process on • • Student Clubs ...... pg 4 • The Advocate • requires 70 class days per semester so the August 31st thereby fulfilling ABA •••••••••••••••••••••• • days have to be made up somewhere. That requirements. October, 1992 • ·Editorial ,. The Advocate ~ ~ . ' ) . ... .' , . ..'·- 2. Letter From the Editor-In-Chief

Dear Readers: THE ADVOCATE Welcome to the fust issue of ~e 1992- 1993 academic year. Celebrate with me the Fordham University School of Law 25th anniversary of The Advocate. I have several tasks to complete and goals to pursue for this newspaper. I strive Diana R.Thoinpson to mold this journalistic publication into an EDITOR-IN-CHIEF objective source of informa.tion, inspiration, and entertainment. Irene Wang In order to reach a superior level of MANAGING EDITOR professionalism I have initiated lias~ms with PHOTOGRAPER the American Bar Association, The Society of Professional Journalists, and the New York Law Journal, as well as other profes­ Ray Liddy sional organizations, and the editors of other CARTOONIST law school newspapers. These contact~will help me to create and maintain high journal­ STAFF: Tracy Murphy, Bob Cinque, James Margoulis istic standards. I am pleased that several students have ,------greeted the challenge of working on a news­ The Advocate is the official newspaper of Fordham Law A Message From the Managing Editor: paper with enthusiasm. r am also delighted School, published by the students of this school. The purpose of for the moral support I have received from Among other things, I am responsible for The Advocate is to report the news concerning the Fordham Law the past editors Marc Ferzan, Lane Forsythe, the physical production of The Advocate. School community and developments on the legal profession, and Bill Bruno. Therefore I would like to impress upon all and to provide the law school community with a medium for My academic background prepared me people wishing to submit articles or infor­ communication. The Advocate does not necessarily concur to be Editor-in-Chief. I will use my training mation to please check The Advocate bulle­ with opinions expressed herein, and is not responsible for the and experience in journalism, marketing, tin board (located in the basement of the law opinions of individual authors or for factual errors in contri­ publicity, education, and financial manage­ school) for information on submission for­ butions received. Contributions are tax deductible. Address all ment to structure 'an arena of significant mat. If you have any questions or problems letters, manuscripts, and blank: checks to: The Advocate, 140 W. newsgathering and communication. or 'would like a copy of the instructions, 62nd St., Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY I pray each day that The Advocate will leave a message in my mailbox. I check it be a positive force on this campus. daily. Hope you enjoy our first issue. 10023. Submissions should be made on disk in MacIntosh Microsoft Word 4.0 accompanied by a hard copy. We reserve the Diana R. Thompson Irene Wang right to edit for length. Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor © 1992 The Advocate :CTU: ;.~. . :::··:· ·: < ~ PBES·ElI:i·E·D 'BY ST,,-TeEY D., eBE,SS, ESQ. Pre814eJlt, BAll/BB.I Bar Review ' . . M'ore pe~Pletake ·· ~AR/BRI than all ' other bar review . C- Live Lecture ~--.. courses combined. And 'more people take BAR/BRl's course on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (Mf'RE). Date: For stu~ehts : cU '~r(3 ,ntIY .enrolled in law school and enrolled Sunday, October 25 in the BAR/BRlbar r~view for New York, New Jersey or any New .Engiand state that requires the MPRE, all you need do:to take,the MPRE course is put down an additional $75, the 'full amount of which is credited to Time: your BAR/BRI bar review course (differing amounts will 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. be credited ·in other BAR/BRI states). .

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[ The Advocate • Articles/Column's • October, 1992 . 3 ·AALSA's Marathon Schedule By Tracy Murphy .1 t • i

"How many other student organizations munity and identity for law students of York University, teaches contract law at tional law class. During the course there held three events in the first month?" Judy Asian-American background. Besides par­ CUNY and is a recognized figure in Interna­ was a lot of talk about African Americans Kim, President of the Asian American Law ticipating on the Committee of Bias A ware­ tional Human Rights. She has also taught in but no discussion about Asian Americans. Students Association is rightfully proud of ness and the Minority Affairs Committee at Beijing, Peoples Republic of China. "We were totally deleted, like we never AALSA's busy schedule. AALSA is an orga­ the law school, AALSA is also active at the When asked why she became involved existed .. .I wanted everyone else to learn nization devoted to fostering a sense of com- local and national levels through the Asso­ with AALSA, Judy Kinl cited her constitu- about our history." ciation of Asian-American Law Students of New York and the National Asian-Pacific Law Students Association of America. They provide job hunting information and ser­ vices to help first year students survive. At last count there were 80 members, but "It's hard to keep track because we get a lot of new members all the time." Students of Asian descent are automatically members. AALSA's latest speaker, John Hayakawa Torok, spoke on the 24th of Sep­ tember. A recipient of a Rockefeller Resi­ dency Fellowship to study ethnicity and race at the University of Colorado, he pre­ sented research on institutionalized racism toward Asian immigrants and citizens in U.S. legal history. There are numerous other AALSA events schedule this fall and spring. The highlight will be AALSA's Annual Alumni Dinner with Sharon Hom as Key note AALSA President Judy Kim speaker. Professor Hom, a graduate of New ,\ALSA guest-speaker John ~awakawa Torok •• t.

By Drew Valentine From the, ! Other• '. Side of the Room

As tbe:. .chairperson....of the ..Fonl~n f' . ~ express iJl..thi's column.ate·fer.·the most,part models. This struggle can even be seen here pothesizing aside - - how does 6% in New 'Sleek· bew-Smd~Assod. atien ' I ohen-- ntyowf\ and-may not Tepresent'tfle views·of --at-Fordham: Our-first year class is the larg- York smell to you? . ~ _.--, find myself in the sometimes "awkward" the entire BLSA membership. However, I est in the New York area at 450 students, Congra tulations to one of our own pro­ position of answering questions on behalf of will endeavor to present issues that are of yet only 26 (less than 6%) of the class are fessors the Honorable George Bundy Smith the African American community. I say current interest to students of African de­ students of African descent. In fact even on his recent appointment to the New York awkward in that, as those of you who know scent and the community. I invite any and Harvard, which most would concede has Sate Court of Appeals. His selection has me can attest, my personal views do not all of you to express similar or differing slightly higher entry standards than been widely applauded across the legal always lie in the mainstream. As a result I opinions in whatever mode you feel most Fordham, have welcomed 74 students of profession and he will be greatly missed. must always be conscious of the fact that appropriate. And so it begins... African descent in its first year class. His confirmation is further proof that all of my answer may be considered all encom­ This academic year marks the twenty­ Fordham has only 75 students of African you currently enrolled in his New York passing. On the whole I have found that fifth anniversary of the Black Law Students descent in the entire school. The admis­ Criminal Procedure course are rigorously most of the questions are sincere in nature Association. The organization's national sions problem is a difficult one and the dis­ laboring under one of the best. Just think of and they have provided me with the op­ theme for the year is "25 years . ..and the cussions tend to be very emotional, particu­ all the great war stories you will have to tell portunity to fulfill one of BLSA's primary Struggle Continues". As evidenced by Pro­ larly in the confines of a "meritorius" law at those alumni and Bar functions! objectives --- promoting diversity among fessor Derek Bell's recent dismissal from the school environment. At this time, rather I close with a quote from the sports the student body and faculty. Therefore, Harvard Law faculty and the racial tensions than broaching the never-ending and seem­ world that seems apropos for our chosen while BLSA and the Advocate have not had on campuses across the country, a struggle ingly insurmountable affirmative action profeSSion'. When asked to comment about the greatest of relationships in the past, does indeed continue. Twenty-five years debate directly I would like to suggest a the horrors of the fight game and his in­ in the interest of "diversification" I have later law students of African descent still different approach. Clear your head for a volvement therein, the great Sugar Ray taken the Editor up on her offer to con­ struggle with admission barriers, retention moment and try to apply Professor Michael Robinson replied, ;'1 am neither saint, 'nor tribute a regular column. The opinions I problems, and the lack of professorial role Martin's "smell test" to the matter. All hy- sinner, I am a gladiator". INV[ST IN YOUR fUTUR[

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For More Information Contact: ~ New York State Bar As.oclatlon, Membership Services Department 1IIII One Elk Street, Albany, NY 12207 Phone: 518-463-3200 Fax: 518-487-5579 NYSSA 4 October, 1992 • Student Clubs • The Advocate

Activities Day at Fordham University School of Law

BLSA and LALSA shared a table (as did most groups) during Activities Day. Seated: BLSA President Drew Valentine and Alexandra D'Acosta. Standing .Lisa Radcliff and AlejandroBorrero.

An Activities Day is held every year in early September to afford students the opportunity to become familiar with the various student organizations and their leaders. This year, on September 2, student organizations set up tables in the Atrium (see photo on left) and were pleased by the large turn-out. G~oups represented were: The Student Bar Association, The Black Law Students Association (BLSA), The Latin Law Students Association (LALSA), The Asian-American Law Students Association (AALSA), Christian Law Students Association, Jewish Law Students Association, Law Review, The Federalist's Soci­ ety, Moot Court Board, Fordham Public Service Project, Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship, Fordham Law Women, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity and The Advocate. If you are interested in any of these organizations, check the 1992-1993 Fordham Law Student Handbook for names of organization leaders and the Student Direc­ tory for phone numbers.

Fordham Law Women (from left to right: President Melissa Bomes, Karen Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship rep. Karen Seeman and Ken Suh of The Gottlieb, Elizabeth Maringer and Debbie Bigel. Public Service Project. Far left: Kevin McGrath of the Fordham Democrats

Congratulations to Mulligan Moot Court Competition Finalists: Zachary Newman, Patrick Cox, Jared Gurfein and Thomas McGrath; Best Brief Writers: Michael Fitzgerald and James Finnerty; Best Speaker: Zachary Newman.

I I /' The Advocate • Career • October, 1992 5-· Job Hunting Strategies By Assistant Dean Kathleen Brady

Rumors of a depressed legal market are ideas, make an appointment with Kathleen, running rampant and causing a great deal Tom or Christina. of anxiety for students. While it is true Do not limit yourself. Consider all your that employers are being far more conser­ options. For example: other geographic re­ vative in their hiring practices than they gions, Texas and LA are two examples of job were in the 1980's, they are still hiring. markets that seem more stable than NYc. Today's law student needs to turn her/ Tap into our alumni networks to learn about his analytical and legal research skills on opportunities there. You can use the NALP the job search process in order to ensure Apartment Exchange to sublet your apart­ success. In order to take control of this ment in NYC as well as use it as a resource to process, begin with self assessment. Take a rent an apartment in a different locale for the long, hard, honest look at who you are and summer. Small firms: use Martindale what you might enjoy doing. Forget for a ©Hubble as well as local are phone books moment about what you think you "should" and the alumni directory to uncover con­ do or who you think would hire you. List tacts. Typically, these firms do not recruit on Did YQJ! get your Mumps, Measles and Rubella vaccination? First-year Fordham Law three to five of your most satisfying accom­ campus because students are not interested student Miriam Wiederkehr had no trepidation. plishments or achievements. Draw from in them NOT because they are notinterested various times in your life; your youth, your in you. Send a resume and coverletter. Take educational! work/leisure experiences. Fo­ control of the process by following up with Fellowship Opportunities cus on the steps you took and the skills you a phone call. Remember, small employers do not have recruiting departments. It is up utilized to achieve each of those successes. By Thomas J. Schoenherr and Jennifer Berge Analysizingwhat you have done before will to you to follow through. Consider different help you to set a direction for the future. practice areas. Areas such as personal in­ Chances are there will be a common thread jury, bankruptcy, environmental and family Many students have no idea of the wealth of sive bibliography of other funding-related among your accomplishments that will pro­ law are doing well despite the recession. fellowship opportunities that are available publications and databases. vide you with insight about what you are Talk to faculty members to learn more about to them during the time that they are in law Grant and fellowship information is good at and what you enjoy doing. specific areas. Research assistant positions: school. There are fellowships for summer mailed regularly to the Career Planning We tend to use our favorite skills over Our faculty members are involved in many work, for essay submissions, for research, Center. When this information is received, and over, thus becoming more proficient in research projects and could always use help. and for post-J.D. full-time work or research. it is put into the Fellowships '93 binder, the use of them. By analyzing past accom­ This is a wonderful opportunity to acquire All of these opportunities are available from which can be found on the public interest plishments in any setting, "success patterns" strong research and writing skills, get im­ both public and private sector organiza­ bookshelf in the Career Planning Center are easily identified. Identifying your skills mediate feedback and impress a faculty tions, foundations, or law firms. alongside the NAPIL Directory and other is only the first step in self assessment. It is member enough to write you a letter of Many fellowship positions are highly public interest publications. The listings also important to assess your lifestyle pref­ recommendation. competitive, but others, especially those that here are grouped for the Class of '93 for erences. Think about how and wh,ere you . Keep in mind also that it is possible to focus upon specific topics in legal practice or post-gr~duate positions and for all other want to live; t~~ , a~o~,t ~w l.0ur'profes­ • rp.~k~ le&,~l~0!Y'ecti~-':l~~w~~~ f~ ~&,!ull-_~ theory, are much less so. ~.-::nie '· ldf.is to studen~eeding f~~ , for work or re­ sion fits in with the rest of your life; think ,time in other industries. Learning about life determine which fellowships·-matCh -yo~ sear'2h {or the suinm f ot·'93. about what you want your work env'irori­ as the Client could be a selling point when own interest(s) and experience and which Currently the binder contains informa­ ment to look like. you are interviewing for positions in the sources should be consulted to get more tion and sample applications for theSkadden Once you have identified your inter­ future. Being positive about your experi­ information. Fellowship, lOLA and NAPIL Fellowships, ests, abilities and lifestyle preferences, you ences, even if they are out of the mainstream, The are many valuable resources in the White House Fellowships, and the Women's should shift your attention to the job market. will be the key to yOlJ,r future success. It is Career Planning Center which could help Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program, Acquire as much information as possible still very early in the game... you get started. The first is the NAPIL among others. The deadline for applica­ about what lawyers really do. Throughout (National Association for Public Interest tions are approaching quickly for those and law school, get legal work experience in CLASS OF 1993 Law) Directory of Public Interest Legal In­ the others on file so students who are inter­ several different settings. Analyze each ex­ It is important for you to understand that ternships which is updated annually and is, ested in applying should not delay in inves­ perience, paying special attention to the there is a job out there for everyone. Hiring of course, biased towards fellowships in the tigating and preparing their applications. things you enjoy and the things you ha te; the happens continuously in the legal market, it public interest. The second, Funding for To discuss fellowship or grant funding projects that motivate you and the ones you does not stop on December 15th. Remind Law: Legal Education, Research & Study, in greater detail, please set up an appoint­ try to hid under your desk. Join organiza­ yourself that you will not be ready to start a lists close to 500 funding organizations and ment with Tom Schoenherr in the Career tions to explore issues of interest to you. job until next September or Octobe'r, so there is indexed according to their subject areas. Planning Center or Jennifer Berge in the Attend career dinners and alumni events. really is time. The worst part about this In addition this publication lists an exten- Public Interest Resource Center. Read the trade papers; note which articles process is the anxiety of are of particular interest to you. being unsettled. We are here to help you through WHAT DO I 00 NEXT? it all and provide what­ • • 1'~ ... If you have gone through thess steps and ever services we can. J you have been unsuccessful to da te in secur­ Take advangtage of the ~~ .~ ~ ing employment the first thing you should Job Search Strategy Ses­ do is have your resume and cover letters sion with Dean Feerick. reviewed to make sure ~ou are marketing He has set aside blocks of your strengths effectively Your next objec­ time to meet with gradu­ tive should be to find creative methods to ating students to offer his get yourself in front of the individuals who insights and suggestions have the power to hire you. You need to let to ensure success. Sim­ as many people as possible know that you ply sign up in CPC for are in a job search. Create a contact list one of the following ses­ including everyone who may be able to help sions: you. Think about classmates, aluInni, fac- . Tuesday, October 13, ulty members, friends, family, associ~tes 12pm-lpm from former jobs, civic and church groups. Wednesday, October 21, Contact speakers you have heard as well as 5pm-6pm* people you may have read about in newspa­ Thursday, November 5, pers. Do not limit your list to lawyers. Talk 12pm-lpm to every"one! Ask for advice, information Wednesday, November 11, and feedback. Remember, you must be able 5pm-6pm ~ to talk about your skills and assets at a *Evening Students will moments notice. You need to be able to say be given first priority. more than "1 am looking for a job ... got any ideas?" If you need help formulating your 6 October, 1992 • Religion • The Advocate

A Curriculum of Truth By the Reverend Michel 1. Faulkner

The Problem The Plan velop and promote up-to-date pamphlets wrong choices. We are bringing a message The teen sexuality crisis is one of the major The New York Youth Leaders Network and materials geared toward the urban and of hope to parents and children. We wish to problems fac;:ing our nation in the1990's. (NYYLN) is developing a comprehensive inner-city young person and educator. communicate the true message concerning This problem has been examined, explained, educational package that will effectively at­ Project Three centers on the develop­ the morality of every human being. It is and exploited from every imaginable posi-' tack these faulty messages while reinforcing ment of materials focused on issues of absti­ possible to maintain a moral standard. We tion. The primary foms has been on the to young people their value and worth as nence and healthy choices. This ma'terial wish to light candles, not curse the darkness, devastating consequences of teen sexual in­ human beings. Our program will cover must be communicated from a unique ur­ We invite others to join with us as we work volvement: sexually transmitted disease, these issues through three specific projects. ban and high profile perspective. We seek to with youth and concerned adults to under­ unwanted pregnancies~ and now, HIV / Project One will reach out to parents counteract the glitzy and dynamic messages stand the truth and begin to solve the prob­ AIDS. , and other adults who significantly impact spewed out by popular cuI ture that promote lems. The most popular views on treatment the lives of young people. We want to train sex without restraint, conscience, and con­ Over the next year, the NYYLN will '~for the teen sexuality crisis and the HIV . and orient them with material and informa­ sequences. Our message will employ media train parents, youth workers and teachers to virus hold that condoms will substantially ' tion that affirms the value, worth, dignity and formats familiar and comfortable to present abstinence-based curriculum in reduce risk to an expectable level and that and ability of every human being to choose. young audiences, i.e., video, film, music and schools, youth centers, churches and houses teaching youth to delay se~ual involvement This material, aimed at adults, will be pre­ theater production. of worship. This training will be compre­ is not possible. These views represent the sented through an educational booklet, a hensive and supported by an ongoing think­ major component of;the problem. speaker's bureau, and a local support group The Purpose tank that will be networking throughout the The fundamental issue surrounding the and workshop. Our overall objective is to save lives and city in the metropolitan area, getting feed­ teen sexuality crisis is the reduction of the Project Two targets educators. We will begin a process of healing for young people back and constantly updating materials. worth and value.of the human being. When work with physicians and educators to de- who have already experienced the pain of In addition, the NYYLN will produce educators 'say that the sexual desires can not its own abstinence-based sex education films, be controlled, they ar~ expressing the view . , " videotapes, and other educational projects. that man is little more than an animal and All of this is for one purpose, and one pur­ incapable of self control. Further to say that pose only: that the truth may be told. We condoms can reduce the risk is blind and believe that young people are not animals. irre~ponsible at best and places little if any The candle is lit, so come out of the premium on human life. darkness. The candle is lit; step into the We believehuman beings were created light. in.tllE;image of God and, therefore, have free "Justice, justice you 'lwUti t'o ' makE! -eI.ecisibns concetning every should pursue so that If interested you may write: area of their lives, espeCially in the ~rea of sexuality and sexual involvement. While you may live. " NY Youth Leaders Network sexuality is a strong drive, it is not uncon­ 123 West 57th Street trollable. The reduction of human value and Deuteronomy 16:20 New York, NY 10019 worth is a message being propagated through media, education, and entertain­ Rev. Faulkner is the Minister for Youth and ment. This message leads young people to a A message for all from the Director of Community Outreach at Calvary \ \ belief that since having sex is normal, it is an Baptist Church, Co-Chairman ofthe HIV-AIDS I J uncontrollable urge or dri ve. Therefore they Jewish Law Students \. Advisory Council for the NYC Board-oJ E"a uca­ . (' ponder, "How can I be safe 'as I e~e rcis'e ~y ' tion and student in the Church Leadership Pro­ uncontrollable urge or drive?" This faulty gram at Fordham University Graduate School of message is the underlying force driving this Education. runaway problem.

In the Jesuit Tradition V: The Zeal For Excellence by Edward G. Zogby, S.l. • < 'I ,. i _ :'I Confronted. w.ith. tre .task of bringing this . lic and secular university campuses. His the 2,500 bishops of the Catholic world, women. If indeed through the channels of . r, "'7 t ,) j • series of articles on John Courtney Murray vision invited men and women of various American Constitutional thought and lan­ religion, so be it; but the message is para­ to a close, I searched many other things that religions to allow the common vision as guage entered official Church teaching In mount for saving what is human ~bbut be- - I he wrote and saw once again the immense established in the Declaration of Freedom, that single case so much of the genius of the inghuman. breadth of his vision. The panoply of his the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights to' American Constitution entered a new blood­ So what can one person do? . One can topics manifests a profound intention , to empower them as a single 'people who can stream, became available to the world at a make a difference right where one is;'what bring about a transformatio~ in A",!!ricai-t afford to have differences and sti~1 be one time in which being human and the humane ,matters is the intention to make tlia't'differ­ Catholicism. But his vision would n'ot be people. He taught Americans to see what is have reached critical awareness and univer­ ence and to empower others. With Murray recognized on a parocHlallevel. His concern . possible and to begin creating a whole' new sal corporate -self-consciouness. In a time of all of that emerged from his commitment to is for America and fof Catholicism. He context of cooperation, and not just a gro­ such swift evolution around the planet and being responsible as an American citizen cared-about both because He'was nurtured cery list of the different stands they can all beyond it into lipace, the world is now in a and a Jesuit priest. From the confluence of by both. He knew that the soil in America take. He taught that single stands, based on critical period of growth, almost an either / both "faiths" came a tremendous zeal for was unique for Catholicism and he invited mere tolerance of diversity not involving ' or situation. Like the act of the turtle in the excellence in knowledge and a commitment Catholicism to send its roots down deep into reasonable discourse and participation in third chapter of John Steinbeck's Grapes of that burned a hole in the resigned people , the soil of a new experimen~ in government. neighborly concerns of the nation, would Wrath, Murray took the genial seed from the who surrounded him. He set a' high level of , Here in America no favortism was shown to ultimately weaken what this nation can be­ American Constitution into the heart of the discourse and invited people to meet him anyone religion, ye~ religion was recog- come. world body of influence for the common there. He was applauded by Time Maga­ · nized in principle as sourcing moral strength John Courtney Murray-saw many pos­ good and planted it in new ground. (The zine which featured him in a cover story, in empowering the quality of life for Ameri­ sibilities available to all Americans, but he turtle in Steinbeck's story got the seeds and by Yale University which invited him to Cans. There is s~ much openness to source in also saw what could stop that from devel­ caught in its hind leg. After almost getting be a scholar in residence. And Jesuits and this nation under GOd that a context of unity oping. So he addressed himself to the pur­ killed by crossing a highway, it made its their students have all experience the good · amid diversity exists to nurture growth and suit of scholarship and research and, through way safely to the other side of the road. that he accomplished. development on many levels. Where civil­ his zeal for excellence, influence several Once safely in the undergrowth, the seeds This series of articles In the Jesuit Tradi­ ity is the context of dialogl;l,e, there the public generations of Jesuits, the 2,500 bishops of dropped out and got planted.) One might tion is about a Jesuit, but alsq, in him, about argument can emerge fr*~ tne ,~ppIopriate the Vatican Council II, and many men and also compare Murray's life and mission to the Jesuits. The itch is there, the zeal is there; tension of agreeing to disagree. Onlywithin , women who were influencing the cultural the burglar activities of Frodo in Tolkien's it will go on even if there is only one to offer such an agreement can p'otenti~ll i hostile life 9f America. The Lord of the Rings. Wha t he did takes on the vision of unity amid diversity. Itdoesn't elements become true neighbors of one an- Through his dogged pursuit of issues that kind of drama and proprtionality. We begin or end with us. We are not the source. \ other and work for a common Buq;ose even of Church and State, he moved past a great can see this at work right now in Latin God is the source of our being human "In in a crisis moment, such as the abortion deal of hostility, especially in the Church, America, South Africa, Lebanon, and North God we Trust." Once the fire of that light is d~bate. :1 " . until just before his death in 1967, when he Ireland: wherever the critical moments oc­ seen, we might just be one even though we : Murray moved Catholicism iOtoa clear- was co-authors with Pietro Pavan of the cur as mankind develops under the pres­ are so many, and so very different. • I ing for true. dialogue to show up. :It is no historic. decree on Religious Freedpm in sure of the solution of global networking, accident that his writings and lectUres' lit the Vatican II: In that decree and the whole the good news of human rights needs to be · light of intel:lec_tual researc!: on man~ ~atho- process of i~terpretation which involve for communicated widely by free men and The Advocate • Arts • _October, 1992 ,7

CULTURE GUIDE By Diana R. Thompson, Editor-in-Chief

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now - 11/7/92 10/15 10/19 Laser Light Shows "Hot Native Art" Writers from the Asian-American Haagen Daz Sampling. Hayden Planetarium Contemporary Native American Art Writers' Workshop Plaza, Lowenstein. 81st Str. & Central Park West . American Indian Community House Nuyorican Poets Cafe, lOam - 2pm and 4pm - 6pm. Fridays & Saturdays. 708 B'way, 2nd floor. 598-0100. 236 E. 3rd Str., 505-8183. 7pm, 8:30pm, & lOpm. $7. 9:30pm. $6. 10/21 Tues. - Sat., noon - 6pm. Free. "500 Years & Columbus" Lincoln Center Tours now -1/3/93 10/16 lecture by Ivan Van Sertima Tours last 1 hr., everyday lOam - 5pm. "Visiones Del Pueblo: Book Party for Keith Richards: The American Museum of Natural $6.50 per person, or discounts for The Folk Art of Latin America" Biography by Victor Bockris. History, 79th & CPW, 7pm., $15 groups of 12 or more people. St. Mark's Church, Call 875-5350. 250 objects from 17 countries from the 10/28 16th century to the present day.­ 2nd Ave. & 10th Str., 674-0910. 1O:30pm. $5. "The Muslims Fall and the Christians National Museum of the American Indian Museum of American Folk Art Are Triumphant: And What About B'way & 155th Str., 283-2420. Two Lincoln Square (bet. 65th & 66th) 10/22 the Jews?" lecture Tues. - Sat" lOam - 5pm. 595-9533. free. Paule Marshall reads from Daughters. The Jewish Museum. $3. $2 for students. Rizzoli Bookstore. 454 West B'way, The New-York Historical Society now-1/3/93 PRISM Activities Hotline: 988-2880. "Songs of My People African­ , bet. Prince & Houston. 674-1616. 1865 B'way, 4th floor. 399-3430. 6:30pm. Free. $8. $5 for students & seniors. PRISM is sponsored by the social commit­ Americans: A Self-Portrait" tees of various churches. photographs 10/22 10/30 Museum of the City of New York Gloria Naylor at'Three Lives "Coyote Walks Around" Theatre Tickets - Get half price day-of­ Fifth Avenue & 103rd Str. 154 W. 10th Str. 741-2069. 8pm. Native American Festival performance tickets for B'way & Off 534-1672 ext.206. Stories, dances, music & songs of the B'way shows at the TKTS Times 10/26 Wed. - Sat., lOam - 5pnr. Sun. 1- 5pm. First Peoples of the Americas Sym- Square Box Office at 47th Str. & Amiri Baraka phony Space, . B'way, or in the mezzanine of Two at Brooklyn Friends School . 2537 B'way (95th Str.). 864-5400. W9rld Trade Center, or in Brooklyn at 375 Pearl Str., B'klyn. (718) 852-1029. films on campus . 5:30pm (Crafts, books, & food will be C;ourt & Montague Streets. 7:30pm. Free. Tues. & Wed., 3:30pm & 9:15pm. available at 4:30pm.) $15. For more activities, read New York Free w / Fordham 10. 10/30 11/13 Magazine and The Village Voice. "Other Voices" 10/13 & 10/14 Gloria Steinem Native American Writers "Pink Floyd: The Wall". Plaza Cafe; addresses the subject of self-esteem For maps of NYC and broohures oftplaces at Teachers & Writers, The Great Hall of Cooper Union to visit, calLNY Conv-enijOIv&,visitocs 10/27 &10/28 5 Union Square West (14th Str.) 7 E. 7th St., 8pm., $12 Bureau, 397-8222. "Far and Away". 412 Lowenstein; 831-6224. 7pm. $5. 11/10 & 11/11 "Batman Returns". 412 Lowenstein; 12/1 & 12/2 Dance Schools: " A League of Their Own", 412 Lowenstein Creative Alternative to Health Clubs i i' 'I.) l ' ,I,,) l1"()'l":L~.Jr'~Jh\"L.~\ .1.J.\t~ ibn J.,,ttJ 1 y"'rl1'~7n19'TCjrl7 . "Jvi1b l09;<11Unu Alvin Ailey American David Howard Dance Center ' 10/19 Simon Estes, bass-baritone Dance Center 211 W. 61st Str. 757-9877. 211 W. 61st Str., 3rd floor, Julliard Theater, Lincoln Center. Classes: Ballet, Jazz, Aerobics. 8pm. Free. Limited seating, 767-0940 tickets required. Cost: $9 - $12.10-class card $80. Classes: Body Conditioning, Yoga, Ballet, Jazz, 10/22 Dunham (African-Caribbean). Technique, Verdi's Rigoletto at Trinity Church Steps Modern Dante,Tap, 'Ballroom Dance. 74 Trinity Place. Noon.- $2. 2121 Broadway (74th Str.). 874-2410. Cost: $8 - $9 per class. 10/31. , . ., , J ," ".; )}' Ema,:,uel Ax" pianist lO-class coupon book $65. Classes: Jazz, Tap, AerobiCs, Stretch~ w\Xfl~~ington Irving High School Ballet, Body Sculpting. 16th Str. & Irving Place. 586-4680. . !. . Cost: $9., 10-class book $80. 8pm. $3.50. Broadway Dance Cent~r . 11t6 _J-' , 1733 B'way, bet. 55th & 56th Sts. 582-9304 Call Kultur Video, . ~~eEun Yang •. Contemporary Folk Singer of Korea. Classes: Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Modern Dance, 1-800-4-kultur, The Cathedral of St. John the Diyine Aerobics, Step, Ballroom, . for a free 'catalog o{ . Amsterdam A venue & 1l2th Str'. Afro-Brazilian Aerobics, Flamenco, instructional videos in 662-2133.,8pm. $18, $25, $50 .. Cost: $8 - $10 per class. Ballet, Horton Technique, Half price for students. 10-class card $90. Jazz, Tap, and Ballroo.m Dance. 11/15 Thomas Hampson, baritone Carnegie Hall Recital Debut. 881 7th Ave., 57th Str. 2pm.,$12-$42. 11/16 f?O ou'Re ltv LAW SCHOOL- ~------~------. Alicia DeLarrocha, pianist Carnegie Hall. 8pm. $14 - $65. ,H Ar'S ""Glrr. Cornerstone Cafe TllfRE HUtS, ~E SOME CATCH. Live contemporary Christian music on the fourth Friday of each month at First Baptist Church, B'way & 79th Str. $2. Solid Rock Cafe Live contemporary Christian music 2nd & 4th Fridays of each month 'Calvary Baptist Church 123 W. 57th Str., 975-0170. $5. Rock Concert Hotline: 307-7887. 8 October, 1992 • Arts • The Advocate level (normally between 12-14%) the yeast is water and will cause the wine to be light Bott Ie and Glass By James C. Maroulis killed because it cannot survive in a high­ and watery. A cold, cloudy summer will alcohol environment. 14% alcohol is about prevent the grapes from ripening and will the highest level achievable via natural fer­ produce highly acidic wines that don't have A wine column? In the Advocate? Please The basics: mentation; anything higher requires distil­ a very fruity flavor. Hale storms and frosts allow me to explain. Many of us came to law Wine is a beverage that unfortunately lation. an ruin crops, etc., etc. school imagining that five years down the has acquired a ridiculously snobbish repu­ road we would be living the "good life" tation. Any wine that tastes good to you is a Red, White or Rose? Wine and food: which, of course, is intimately connected a good wine and don't let any,?ne tell you In making wine, the skins of the grapes Matching, or for the truly pretentious with good food and wine. As we tireless1y differently. The only value of an expert determine he color of the wine. When grapes "marrying," wine with food is nothing more pursue the high grades that will lead us to opinion is that a bottle can range in price are crushed they prod uce an uncolored juice. than deciding what wine will taste good pecuniary excess, it would be tragic if we from $3.00 to over $1,000 and it is helpful to If this juice is fermented, a white wine is with what food. When we go to entirely neglected the creature comforts that read reviews to get a good buy. produced. Even red grapes produce a clear MacDonald's, we do this simply by order­ we hope to enjoy. Further, Fordham Law juice and thus a white wine can be produced ing a Coke with our Big Mac and fries. Yet, School's reputation would be ill-served by a How wine is made: from red grapes. It is common to see the like many things in the world of wine this crop of alumni blundering through the wine Wine is made from grapes. First you words "blanc de blanc" on a bottle of wine has taken on an absurd life of its own. Sim­ list at Lutece, not knowing a Richebourge grow the grapes in a vineyard and then you indicating that it is a white wine made from ply put, wine and food should go together from a Riesling or a Pontet-Canet from a pick them. In France, thi-s is done by ma­ white grapes; similarly the words "blanc de and the only real concern is whether the Pouilly-Fume. This column which intended chine in September or October, although noir" indicate a white wine made from red food will overpower the wine or vice versa. to perform two purposes: first, to provide a some fancy vineyards hand-pick. The grapes grapes. To make a red wine, the skins of red Thus red wine is rarely drunk with fish bare-bones sketch about what wme is and are then sent through a crushing machine grapes must be allowed to sit in the juice because most fish has such a delicate flavor how it is made; second, to give useful infor­ which extracts the juice: By adding yeast, during fermentation: in wine terms this is that it would be completely overpowered. mation regarding cheap wines that even an the juice begins fermenting. After fermenta­ called "maceration." The longer the skins Similarly, white wine is rarely eaten with impoverished student can afford. tion, the wine will either be bottled or,will be stay in the juice the darker the wine. A deep, red meat because it can't stand up to this aged in oak barrels for usually less than one dark red Bordeaux normally is produced by heavy food. There are certainly exceptions Your friend and humble narrator: year but in some cases almost three years allowing the skins to sit in the vat for two to and once again please let your own taste be I am writing this column to help my before it is bottled; oak is believed to impart five weeks. A red Burgundy wine is usually your guide. Here are some suggestions: random fellow student. I have had a long a favorable taste to wine. characterized by a lighter color and is left to 1) Don't drink any wine with salads history of experience with food and wine. macerate for less time. Similarly, rose wines with a vinegar dressing or any course with My grandfather was a chef instructor at the The Chemistry have very short maceration periods. chocolate. Both vinegar and chocolate so Culinary Institute of America and I was There is all sorts of fancy chemistry over-power the taste buds that you simply surrounded by excellent food throughout involved in modern-day wine making. May I recommend 1982, an excellent year: won't be ab Ie to tas te your wine and you will my tender years. Good food, of course, However, since you don't want to hear about We've all heard about a wine being be wasting money. requires good wine to complement it and I it and I don't know nearly enough about it, from a good year but you may be wondering 2) Expensive wine shouldn't be drunk am forhinate that my father has always been I will stick to the one essential point. Yeast what that means. A good year is any year with very spicy food since this too will over­ an afficionado. As a child I would be given is the noble organism that transforms pedes­ where the grapes are in good condition since power the wine. a tiny two-ounce glass half-filled with wine trian grape juice into wine. This wondrous any competent wine-maker can produce 3) Most white-colored fish is too deli­ during important family dinners. This tra- microbe transforms sugar into alcohol good wine from good grapes (given a proper cate for almost any red wine. Similarly, beef dition continued and the glass size grew as through fermentation. When grapes get budget and a free hand). During a good and lamb are almost always too heavy for I did. My father had a large bu~ disorga- ripe the sugar content increases and when year, the vines will flower without being hit any white wine. nized wine-cellar which I volunteered to yeast is added to the grape juice it will begin by a frost in the spring and will active a organize during my college years. Many this transformation. Heat is a principle by­ maximum,degree of ripeness during a,hqt, Cheap wines t,b;tt you shoul

--Rex Chen • '1 , . • The Advocate • Crossword • October,1992 9 Bottle & Glass (continued from previous page) ...... wine that excited me but if you like red around $6.99 for this wine; it will only go up ..•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• wines you should try Chilean wines be­ so try it while you can-occasionally you I· •• I cause they are real bargains. The ones I like can getitfor around $5.00 a bottle. Trapiche ·• •~ best in descending order -are: makes two good red wines; a Cabernet I·• ·1• Sauvignon and Picot Noir. They also make ~ turn . Santa Carolina Cabernet - a Malbec but it did not me on. r · Sauvignon/Merlot ($4.99) Santa Carolina Cabernet Sauvignon ($4.99) Pretentious Tasting of the Month: :~ Blood Drive i "Santa Rita 120:" ($3.99) As summer faded over Labor Day r ·1 Santa Carolina Cabernet Reserve 1982 ($7.00) weekend, I drank my first glass of port in I·• .1• Concha YTorro CabernetSauvignon ($2.99) half a year and it was a dandy. A friend r • ·1• Concha Y Torro Cabernet- produced a magnum (I.E. a double bottle) • 1 Sauvignon/Merlot ($2.99) of 1985 Graham's Port. Port is a fortified wine (that is a wine with a little brandy in it) :~ When: October 15, 1992 ~: Argentina was originally second fiddle from Oporto in Portugal. Graham's is a to Chile but this is no longer the case. A fault famous producer of port. The Graham's in the Chileans reds is that they seem to be was a lovely ruby color and had an excel­ :: 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m :: too mellow and are sometimes slightly sweet lent fruity bouquet. It was only moderately I didn't notice this until I had tasted several sweet for a port. It was a well-proportioned :: Where: Student Lounge :: bottles but then it became unmistakable. In wine with good balance and it was surpris­ r• •·1 contrast, one Argentinean wine (Trapiche) ingly mature considering its young age. It ~ ~ has avoided this problem and produces some should be an excellent beverage for the up­ r , excellent wines. I have seen the price in­ coming cold winter nights: highly recom­ crease in two years from around $3.99 to mended. I: Sponsored The Community :1 I• .1 :: Service Project & The Public :: I:r Interest Resource Center :.·1 CROSSW R[)® Crossword I • .1• ~ 1 Edited by Stan Chess I ·• •~ Puzzle Created by Richard Silvestri Ii •••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ACROSS 48 Epithet for 4 Oscar-wlmer 34 N-S 1 Concern Anthony of 1961 connection 5 Eschew !he WItf08 _5 Hero 35 Babe's t'AJe ICiascn 48 Junket 6 Psyche 36 Young or About This Legal Thing. • • 8 Peachy ooIor Ingre" - 57 Sand at 1he 10 The Plastic " d ,-Hand Jive- - ~ .. jury is truly a theatrical marvel - emotional . condescending to me; maybe even elitist. "-, 18 Paper money pla18 Band recorder cadences building to a thundering climax A common ~orker gets common law; I 20 Ac:a.mula18 60 Where port Is 11 Liturgy 46 Oscar Wilde suppose that means that the idle rich get 21 Get all mushy /eft 12 Escadrille specialty )and they write most of their own material). 23 Erhard'. 62 Prodded members 47 Get A natural career progression for someone idle-rich law, robber barons get robber­ method 64 tl!he clouds 13 tl case (ditch) with a performing-arts background, one baron law and so on. Suddenly, this law­ 24 Turned down 66 Shore dinner? 18 Associadon of 51 Deluge with might suppose. schoool thing wasn't looking like such a 28 Roman 68 Move merchanIB decibels Me? I've written a couple of plays (Off­ good idea. wherewithal edgewise 22 Adriadc island 53 More recent off-off-aah, who's counting?), acted in a Talking about negligence didn't lift 28 _the hills 68 Mrs. Peel 25 Capital of 55 Allan-_ couple, composed a bunch of songs, played my spirits, but then, I can't see it lifting 30 Be benefactor 70 Alternadvely Bangladesh 56 Concise in a few bands. My first inkling of an anyone's spirits. Especially in this particu­ 34 Diet. label 71 Got up 27 Author 57 Woofer sound interest in things legal was my musical lar case, where any red-blooded American 37 Waterfront 72 Twenty quires Bagnold 58 Came down to Pheenom, in which a publicity-mad young of 1992 can see that these Agawam people vacadon? 73 ·_Isay 28 Miss by a earth pop starlet schemes to have the tabloids found a loophole the size of Nebraska to whisker 58 HocHla 38 Argued a moreT print nasty untruths about her, so that she get out of this. How dare they use the lame case DOWN 31 Paradise Lost 61 Verbalized can sue the bejeebers out of them. excuse that it was only 1850 when this 41 XXXIV tripled 1 Dandified character sigh With such an instinct for legal issues and happened! I suppose they got out of pay­ 42 Watch display, dudes 32 Ciao, in 63 Proof of ing income taxes that year merely because perhaps 2 Troy tale Chelsea purchase some theatre savvy, I felt sure that I could the 16th Amendment wasn't passed until 43 Passenger on 3 Chaucer 33 Gave !he 65 Alice spin-off figure out this law thing. tle landing? pDgrim once-over 67 GP gpo So, how to do it? Well, it's evident that 1913, the swine. Maybe I could get Meryl this legal thing starts with the case. The Streep outraged enough to play Albro ... case, I figured, is the script. Well, I can take And this precedent business sure apart a script as well as anybody, so this, at sounds like a crimp on creativity. Appar­ least should be easy. Take one of the legal ently, the legal profession would decide classics, Albro v. Agawan Canal Co. This that if Clint Eastwood blows away the bad poor woman, working in a sweat shop, is guy in a movie, so must Charles Bronson, overcome by fumes released by a negligent Arnold Schwartzenegger and any other supervisor, and can't collect a dime? What cinematic tough guy. Okay, so they do. kind of ending is that? Granted, it worked Finally, something I can relate to! Lord in the film Silkwood, and there's the same knows I'd be quite upset if that new and issue of unsafe working conditions, but improved cyborg in Terminator II ended where are the characters? What do we up frying Linda Hamilton and the kid. But know about Miss (or was it Mrs. - I apolo­ wait! Arnold fell into the boiling vat in that gize for the archaic honorifics, but it was one! But he did waste the bad guy. But the 1850) Albro? Was she a crusader for work­ fact that he died distinguishes that movie ers' rights, or did the fickle finger of fate just from the Dirty Harry series. So perhaps pluck her out of the factory and put her in movies with cyborgs as heroes can have the law books? Did she have some dark the hero dissemble or liquidate or other­ secret in her past tha t made her deserving of wise destruct. Or maybe it's when the her fate? Or maybe an illicit affair with this villein is a cyborg that the hero can snuff.it. Jaquith character? And did she have a We'll just have to wait until Steven Seagall friend or associate that Cher could play? I has to stop an evil Robocop to figure that had plenty of questions for class. one out. CIouwotd Magazine Inc. C1m Imagine my dismay when the class Hey, I think I'm getting the hang of Bux g()Q. B.anior., NY 1.1710· (516) 679-8608 discussion immediately became mired in this legal thing. . ------

1- 10 October, 1992 • Opinions/Editorials • The Advocate With a lack of empowerment and little A Look B eyon d The real opportunity to improve upon their living conditions the trials of Los Angeles _ Political Rhetoric will be repeated again and again in our nation's cities. If Rodney King had been 'N~L(om~ to By Tracy J. Murphy afforded the opportunities enjoyed by mil­ \maRKetInG lions of other predominantly white Ameri- 1H~ Law F\Rm.' Law fiRm names George Bush, current spokesman for the cans would Los Angeles have burned? to avoip, .. ruling class of big business interest speaks in People who can expect to gain an educa- a'stem voice about America's need to return tion, follow their dreams and be respected CD C;mit~, ~mitH, ~mitH. smItH & smitH to "family values." The platform accepted for their accomplishments have little in- at the Republican National Convention centive to steal, kill, or destroy themselves (i) ~Ken2. i e El123c.Kman et at promises greater "law and order" in com- wholesale with drugs and alcohol. ( soumx Pl-\on y I) munities and a continuing commitment to The "war on drugs" is the rehashing 6illY B08 ' ~ the "war on drugs" and, consequently the of an old American nightmare called pro- Di VORCe -0 -Rafno continuation of Mr. Bush's proudest accom- hibition. Prohibition, however, would be plishment, an interventionist foreign policy. an infinitely more logical policy given Mr. o LawyeRS 'S' U> What any ofthis has to do with family values Bush's ostensible reasons for the drug war. ( t~aDe~ ~~Lrnl.) isn't clear but it is presented as far reaching Alcohol kills an average of50,000 to 200,000 plan to strengthen our families' weak sys- people every year according to the Na- tern of values. In truth these policies demon- tional Council on Alcoholism. while to- strate how far removed the ruling class of bacco related deaths stand at over 300,000 big business interests are from the vast ma- persons per year. In contrast there were jorityofAmericanfamilies'valuesandneeds. fewer than 4,000 reported deaths from all If we look beyond the rhetoric we can easily other illegal drugs combined in 1988 (Chris:: discern the real values and motives of our tian Science Monitor, Sep 18, 1989). Presi- political leadership and are made to live dent Bush has stated that the drug war with the consequences. We see "family val- lead to a decrease in cocaine use among tion of the World Court, an overwhelming terrible toll from our families psychologi­ ues" comes to mean unquestioning obedi- young people in the United States of 60% vote of condemnation in the United Nations cally, physically, and spiritually, butwe must ence and a willingness not to engage in since 1988, but at what cost? General Assembly, and the protest of every recognize the double standard employed. meaningful debate about substantive issues. We spend millions of taxpayer dollars South and Central American government Our self-proclaimed "war on drugs" turns The police sent into our communities on men and equipment to fight this war in (to name a few), to apprehend a drug dealer out not to be a war on drugs but a war on are increasingly seen by those they ostensi- places like the jungles of Colombia. Ameri- on the payroll of the CIA. The cost of people and a pretense for other foreign policy bly protect and serve as an occupying para- can counternarcotics agents, who look a lot this invasion was a widely reported 23 Ameri­ objectives obnoxious to the values of most ')f\ J-J I I I mIlitary force intended to protect the like Special Forces, fly around with Colom- can combatant deaths, and largely unre­ families.

I '''have's'' fro~ the "have'-not"s, particularly bian soldiers killing, burning, and impris- ported and conservatively estimated 600 "Family values" as an issue of political among minorities. While whites make up oning peasants for trying to support their Panamanian civilian deaths. debate is at best an appeal to the voters' fears 77% of drug users the vast majority of those families by growing their only economically All this effort seems misplaced when and emotionalism. After twelve years of arrested for drug offenses are black. In viable crop. These are same peasants who the greatest threats to the health of Ameri­ Republican administration it is shocking that Baltimore in 1991 82% of all youths arrested are prevented from growing other commodi- can families are distilled and grown within the President wo~ld pretend_ t9 now be par­ were black, 1,304 charged with drugs sales, ties in large part due to the protectionist our own borders with the assistance of large ticularly concerned with the values of Ameri­ while 13 white youths were arrested for the trade practices of the United States. One federal subsidies. The critical difference of can families. The prp~ " .. Ig social problems same offense (The Economist Sep' 12-18 _ wonders why the Colomp'ian goyerDment js course is that the production oLalcohol ana o~ this cqUlyry li~ fl9 ~ viSiJ ,a J~9The Press, the community O'Keefe. We now know that the two exclu­ widening wasteland of drugs? Are these out the nation. He promises more . cops, leaders the frightened mothers, the stunned sive witnesses lied in their testimony to the (continued on next page) better trained and equipped as middle immigrant workers, the "huddled masses media and police. We also knew that the America begins to feel the threat of these yearning to breathe free '" .. _where are the putative victim, Jose "kiko" Garcia, was F' long ignored "have- not's", but does little to demonstrations? We had two homicides trained for the purpose of dealing cocaine in OLEOAMITEAAICOAAl OGLE ONICE address the ropt causes of these families" last night, soon to be three, doesn't anybody a MedellinCartel bootcamp,had absconded PIE R G R 0 U P NOT E S SAVEUP.MELT.EST demise. It is doubtful, however, that even care?" from parole, was know to carry a gun, and more police will educe the amount of crime The "T-S"operatorsmirksand resumes brazenly allowed himself to be filmed flaunt­ .O."AE_OLDIAS.DONIATE o B S DOC K H 0 L 110 A Y in these communities. The Economist re­ reading his "Guns & Ammo" magazine. ing the quality of the cocaine he merchan- ported " recent study found that on any OUAYBOARDERP'EO C' '. MAD given day in 1991,56% of Baltimore's black ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• RENNET.TEPID males between the ages of 18 and 35 were • Please Note: The views expressed on these pages are : ERIN.RIDEAT either in prisOI', on parole or on probation." : not necessarily endorsed by the editorial board of • oH~'4i!:~~~:~~~ More policing will put more young men S IDLE EMMA.E LSE behind bars in our already crushingly over­ • The Advocate. Also the "truth" of the comments • S TOO 0 REA M. NEE 0 crowded prisons, but at the cost of an accel­ • has not been verified. • erating rate of violence and resistance. • •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Answers to Crossword puzzle on page 9 The Advocate • Opinions/Editorials • October; 1992 11 My Own Private Idaho its alliance with right wing, puritanic, con- The Next War mentinthesummerof1969,allowinghimto servatives (many of whom border on racist enter the ROTC program and avoid Viet- Get That Elephant Out ofThere! and homophobic) has made them a group Is Optional nam until he completed his studies. that must be given as little influence over During this time, Clinton organized , By Michael V. Gracia our lives as possible. anti-war rallies to protest the war in front of I don't want to let Mr. Clinton escape By Raymond Liddy the United States Embassy in London and in Another political season is upon us and once without some criticism. Now, how is it that Norway. Then, in September, 1969, Presi- again we must go through the ritual ofchoos­ one can be Governor of Arkansas for a de- In February, 1990, my first year of law dent Nixon announced that the lottery sys- ing the lesser of two evils'in a presidential cade and not know that the country club school came to an abrupt end. I received a tern of the draft would end. The following election. Yes folks, this, supposedly, is the where he is playing golf does not admit telegram from the Marine Corps recalling month Clinton withdrew from his ROTC best that America has to offer in terms of people because of the color of their skin? me to active service for Operation Desert commitment and resubmitted his name for leadership. Now, we know that this is not What about the infamous " ... but I didn't Storm. There would be no delay, no waiver the draft, after he was no longer at risk of true, but this is what we have to choose inhale" line? Can you picture young Bill or exemption. Within two weeks of my joining those Americans still fighting in Viet­ from, George Bush or Bill Clinton. with the joint, and his friends edging him on notice, my books were pack, my apartment nam. He had succeed in playing the system, For all of its problems the United States . "C'mon Bill! If you don't inhale this time subleased and I was undergoing combat avoiding the draft and, as he stated in a is still the best place in the world to live. you can't hang out with us anymore!" and refresher training in Camp Lejeune, North subsequent letter, maintaining his politicaf Agricultural abundance, the diversity of its Bill saying "I will NOT inhale" as he slams Carolina. viability. people and the First Amendment are but a the door behind him. President Bush made the deterrnina- Clinton never received a degree from few of t~e things that make this country , Yes, the country club incident was "ter- tion that Iraq threatened our national inter- Oxford. He quit his studies and spent forty great. But the problems that face us today rible judgment", to put it nicely, and the ests. If}eft unchecked, not only could Iraq days travelling through Sweden, Finland, are grave ones, I could go on and list them . marijuana answer was laughable. Butmany threaten Israel, the only democracy in the Denmark and Czechoslovakia. On Decem­ all, but we've heard too much of this be(ore: of the attacks on Mr. Clinton are not war- middle east, but also Iraq would control ber 31, 1969, Clinton travelled to Moscow lack of universal health care, poor educa­ ranted. One could argue, for example, that enough of the world's oil supply to easily and stayed until January 7,1970. Clinton tional system, deteriorating urban centers, Governor Clinton attempted to dodge the finance.its goal of becoming a nuclear power. refuses to explain why he visited Moscow, racial strife, poor economy, and so on. We draft. If this is the case, so what! (I say the Bush, as Commander-in-Chief, ordered who paid the expenses, where he stayed and are tired of hearing what the problems are, it same for Dan Quayle's sign-up with the 580,000 American men and women to the with whom he met. Furthermore, Clinton is time for action, for a solution to the prob­ National Guard). Twenty years after Viet- Persian Gulf. cannot explain why the relevant State De­ lems. What is our role in all of this? Well, nam we have realized what a senseless waste , In the early sixties, President Kennedy partment files on his travel to Moscow are our role November 4th is to vote for the of young lives the war was. Nobodywanted determined that North Vietnam's aggres- apparently missing. leadership that will make this country bet­ to fight in the war, those who were rich sion threatened the democratic government Unlike those Americans at home who ter. didn't have to worry, those who were in of South Vietnam and that such aggression were drafted and went to Vietnam, or those, Some of you may read this and think school burned their draft cards or fled or was against our nation's vital interest. In like Mohammed Ali, who adhered to the that I am a Bill Clinton sl,lpporter and I am thought of ingenious ways to avoid getting 1965, President Johnson, as Commander-in- principles of their conscience, refused the not, really. I am a supporter of change. Both drafted. Those who fought were undoubt- Chief, and Congress sent U.S. combat forces draft and nobly faced the adverse conse­ candidates fall short of what we would want edly, very courageous and should be com- into Vietnam. In 1969, American men and quences, Clinton avoided responsibility. for a President for there are many questions mended for their effort and in many cases be women were still fighting in Vietnam. Gov. Clinton duped the Army as to his intentions regarding the character and ability of these considered heroes, i.e. Bob Kerrey. The best Clinton was attending Oxford as a Rhode's and saved himself from facing a responsibil­ two individuals. But it is time to get this argument made against anyone dodging Scholar when he received his first of four ity which others in our society had faced. country out of the rut and economic disaster the draft and his possible shortcomings as draft induction notices. Clinton faced a Now, he seeks to lead our society. that has been, in a major way, the result of President was made by General Norman predicament. He did not want to go to Two years of my obligation as a Marine twelve years of Republican domination in Schwarzkopf when he said that if as Com- Vietnam, but refusing the draft might de- Corps Reserve Officer remain. This leads the White Hoitse'(yes, the Democratic Con"­ mandet-in-Chief this erson felt it neces- stroy any fU'ture in politics. After numerous me to the following uestion: , If C,linton is f , t' ') '. t't t' d ' ft h',rj ." "Id';)h" ",l , ; C "1m 'I>; ')" 'tJi,r,"Tj"' I I1-'''~tih!J;'u ,oU '."'}!! II)' "11'. ) 1","; ~ 'I' ~! d" <;! "" / 1 :J "" " ~ rlJl~" ( ')r11 . . (!.~;,,( gress ~ust acc'e~r s9&e of the blam~, but sary oms 1 u ea ra ,owcou epossl- ca IS,le ersanamee gs,Llm[OnCOnvmcea electe ana IS racea wlm a nationd.l emer- accountability begins at the top). bly enforce it against those who do not want Col. Holmes, USA, head of Arkansas' gency which threatens the nation's vital in­ Now, the Republican party, in its his­ to be drafted. R.O.T.e. program that he wanted to be an terests, will my next recall notice state: "At- tory, has not been necessarily bad. But the Another attack by the Republicans ' army officer. Clinton was granted his defer- tendance Optional?" last few years, its poor choice of leaders and against Mr. Clinton is directed at his wife. Hillary Clinton, a woman who. graduated from Yale Law School, is a top attorney, and Washington Heights & Media has continued her personal career unlike (continued from previous page) many spouses of major political figures issues simply not clear enough, of the (Elizabeth Dole is one who comes to mind affirmations not stark enough to merit an among those few women who have chosen outcry? to continue their own careers in spite of their I· worked with Officer O'Keefe while husbands' successful political careers). Isn't assigned to the 34th precinct from 1987- , she what young women should aspire to be, 1988~ I found him to be honest, courageous, well-educated, strong and independent (as generous and maybe a little naive. I believe well as fulfilling your traditional mother / he looked at the issues set before him on July wife roles)? 3, and found a drug-pusher toting a gun. He In all fairness to President Bush, he didn't need to be buoyed by a crowd chant­ inherited a lot of problems from the Reagan ing slogans, he went in alone. He didn't administration. But in situations where he pause to consider whether he was on "higher clearly controlled the outcome, his decision­ ground", he followed his instinct of right making has lacked much to be desired. We and wrong. When he fought for his own life, need only go back to the first decision that he he fought for ours also. Finally, when the made which could potentially affect our self-righteous and self-impressed lined up country. Yes, choosing Dan Quayle as a vice to scorn him, Mike stood firm. And now the presidential running mate. Now, I can't city he swore to protect disdainfully dis­ think of anything to say about Vice-Presi­ cards him as new opportunities to clamor in dent Quayle which has not already been woman's right to choose. He proposes a he respects a woman's right to choose, and protest appear on the newsstands. said, and 1 certainly don't want to use the capital gains tax cut, from which only the he has at least selected a good, not great, but The underlying issue, is whether we word "idiot" to describe him, so I won't say well-to-do will benefit. These are but a few a solid running mate which balances the reaUy know what is going on in our society. anything. of our leader's great decisions and I haven't ticket. One thing to be said for the Demo­ When we read, watch or listen to the "news", Other ways in which President Bush even touched on questions regarding his cratic ticket is' that unlike Bush~Quayle, are we receiving an accurate presentation of has shown his leadership ability are the character. Clinton-Gore does look like a "team". ga the red informa tion? Or is the information selection of Clarence Thomas as a Justice of Bush had his shot a t the Pres.idency and In the end, the question that we should we receive distorted by political agenda, the Supreme Court. A man who wasn't he just hasn't done the job. There is no be asking this time around is not whether bias, ideology or social engineering? Are aU qualified to be in this job, a man who would guarantee that Bill Clinton is going to be a you are better off now than ~ were four sides of an issue faithfully and vigorously not state his position on the issue of abortion great President. Not everything that he has years ago, but rather, is...Q!IT country better presented? If not, is there really any mean­ to the Judiciary committee. This man is promised during the campaign will become than it was four years ago and whether our ing to the First Amendment? How diligent going to be here for the next twenty years! reality. In fact, some of it, he may realize, is future looksprosperous under Bush-Quayle. are we at filtering the information we re­ The ed uca tion Presiden t has spent very Ii ttle just notfeasible. But he proposes some good I think that the answer to both questions is ceive in search ofthe truth? How responsive time and money addressing our education ideas, i.e. national health care, free college NO. Vote Clinton-Gore. are we to the truth that we find? What is problems. He originally refused to go to the education in exchange for a couple of years By the way, I was thinking of mention­ "politically correct", and to what lengths Rio conference where all other countries of public service, he has a track record of ing you know who, but I couldn't make up should it be pursued? While we ponder the were meeting to come up to-a solution to our attempting' change in the educational sys­ my mind. answers, somewhere a cock crows twice. environmental problems. He opposes a tem, he is concerned about the environment, rr

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