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The Graduate Student Advocate, April 23, 1990, Vol City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works The Advocate Archives and Special Collections 4-23-1990 The Graduate Student Advocate, April 23, 1990, Vol. 1, No. 6 How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_advocate/34 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] bGraduate ~ Student Volume 1 The City University of New York April 23, 1990 Number 6 Behind the Bookshelves: CUNY Professor's Opinions Denounced CUNY Libraries Graduate School Philosopher Accused of Racism & the By Christine Hutchins Budget Crisis Dr. Michael Levin, Professor of Phi­ By Caroline Pari losophy at City College and the··oraduate For CUNY college libraries, it seems School, has sparked what has become a that budgets are designed with the intention highly-publicized controversy. Professor l of maintaining, not expanding, their collec­ Levin became the center of a furious debate tions. When students seek new publica­ over the limits of academic freedom when tions at various CUNY libraries, they often his views on racial discrimination came to do not find what they need, because the the attention both of the students at City budget deficit has forced librarians to im­ and of the general public. pose a freeze on the purchase of books and The Friday, April 20th edition of The periodicals. New York Times featured a lengthy article The fiscal year begins July 1. At this on Professor Levin and Dr. Leonard Jeffries time, the presidents of the CUNY colleges Jr., Chairman of the Black Studies depart­ submit their budget requests. By mid-sum­ ment at City College. Professors Levin mer these requests are consolidated and and Jeffries both subscribe to theories of budget decisions are made. For example, ~acial superiority which have elicited vary­ the City University budget report shows mg degrees of controversy in the academic Students on strike at John Jay College, Spring 1989. that decreased enrollment for certain senior community. Levin has published several colleges, including Baruch and Hunter, is studies in which he argues that blacks are CUNY Student Strike? See page 3. projected for the 1990-1991 academic intellectually inferior to whites. Professor year. Because the budget allotment to Jeffries; according to the article in the to th e A me_ ncan· Philosophical Association for student'>," another secu·on of hi·s 1·n•~o- CUNY libraries is based primarily on the Times, subscribes to the belief that "an p rocee d ings, p ro1essor,. Levin responded to ductory course would be opened for thoseU' enrollment in the individual departments of abundance· bl k of· theII skinal pigmentd melanin. the. APA's survey of minority enrollment " wh o choose to switch· " sections· Nine each college, the libraries of these schools gives ac s mteh. cctu,, an physical .ad- m the profession by stating, "Un'"ortu1' - st ud en ts w1"thd rew 1rom,. p ro fiessor Levm's· · will endure a loss of funds. v~ntag~s ove~ w 1tes. Professor Levm 's nately, such findings in the current climate philosophy course. Kristin McDonough, the Chief Librar­ v,e"'.s m particular have become the focus of opinion generally lead to calls for 'af- St d . \ . o&.:v1d<;-_spccad attention, pmmpting \l,Yo.CBS -nnnat.ivo action,' .l.e...-prefc.-cnccJ:or blacks,. mon\h~,:;.~nt;~_,!';~~n~ ~~~.. ~~- • .,..,_, . ian ofBaruch College, admitted.to feeling "'N-e\\18 t&itic'l-dtlc1rb'rief i~;-e:;~~ilffllfflllR'!-,.,l'll\!l~"'fJ!l!Pll!!ll'IIMl!!llfllll'IIIPllfflMiM,f.iii1MM!~P~i,,;,.,.;Piiiti..;;;i;;.;;_,.;;;;;;;;;;.;.;;;. buuger·aifgsi t!M\:i~"'reteff't"t?m':t\riew. in their Friday night report. whites participating in the activity from City College student newspaper, The Cam- "There is the sense that there is no money The debate surrounding Professor Levin which blacks have been found to be ex- pus, has run several articles about Professor at the beginning. It is the time to process is based on his contention that the under- eluded. It should therefore be good news Levin, and called for his resignation in the requests. If the state's estimates are low, representation of women and minorities in that whites are not responsible for this March 12th issue. The editorial attacked they impose freezes which affect the pay­ the philosophy professor for his "generaliz­ disciplines such as philosophy and engi- under-representation. It has been amply roll at the end of the ·fiscal year." The City ing, superficial approach" and for drawing neering is due not to discriminatory prac- confirmed over the last several decades that, University is currently operating under a his conclusions "not based on reality, but tices, but rather to a disparity between their on average, blacks are significantly less freeze which was imposed in February and on existing stereotypes." The editorial also innate intelligence and the intellectual intelligent than whites." will last until June 30th. Dr. McDonough stated, "Since you insist on propagating abilities of white males. Professor Levin Professor Levin has published similar emphasized that in the beginning it ap­ white supremacist values, you should think has espoused the view that academia, and opinions in the past. His classes were pick­ pears that money is unavailable, although about teaching at a college where there society at large, has suffered from recent eted in 1988 by the International Commit­ this often proves not to be the case. She aren't any 'intellectually inferior' stu­ attempts to promote the participation of tee Against Racism (INCAR) and the City believes that "the financial situation is not women and minorities. According to Pro- College Faculty Senate voted 61-3 to cen­ dents." bleak," but she does not want to be called a There has been no suggestion that Pro­ fessor Levin, intellectual standards have sure his opinions; in 1989, he was forced to "Pollyanna," because the outlook could be fessor Levin has actually engaged in dis­ been lowered in order to make such pursuits withdraw from teaching introductory phi­ much better. criminatory practices in the classroom. Continued on page 13. accessible to these groups. In a recent letter losophy classes mid-semester. Neverthe- less, his letter to the APA Proceedings is The philosopher has limited the majority of the impetus for much of the recent public­ his statements to published opinions. Heaviest Element Discovered ity he has received. The Times article describes the Professor Professor Levin's theories on intelli­ Levin as "enormously popular" with stu­ The heaviest element known to science Administratium has a half-life of ap­ gence and affirmative action have generated dents and states that "even [his] black stu­ was disco;ered a few years ago at the Law­ proximately 3 years, after which time it a significant amount of anxiety at City dents said he is a brilliant and riveting does not actually decay. Instead, it under­ teacher." The front-page article in The rence Livermore National Laboratory, and College, whose student body is nearly 40 goes an internal reorganization in which Campus of March 12th, however, ex­ the news should be officially released some­ percent African-American. At the begin­ time in 1992. The element, tentatively associates to the neutron, deputy associates ning of the semester, Dr. Paul Sherwin, pressed student outrage, as well as fear that named Administratium, (Ad), has no pro­ to the neutron, and assistant deputy associ­ Dean of Humanities at City College, Professor Levin's opinions necessarily in­ ates to the neutron all exchange places. fluence his ability to teach. One student is tons or electrons, thus it has atomic num­ mailed a letter to students informing them quoted as saying, "From what he has writ­ ber 0. It does, however, have 1 neutron, 75 Some studies have indicated that the atomic of Professor Levin's "controversial views ten, my understanding is that he is a racist. associate neutrons, 125 deputy associate mass actually increases after each reorgani- on such i!>sues as race, feminism, and Don't you think he would carry those neutrons, and 111 assistant deputy associ­ zation. a homosexuality" and announced that, "wish­ -From the newsletter of the Department Continued on page 11. ate neutrons. This gives it an atomic mass ing to permit informed freedom of choice of 312. The 312 particles are held together of Biology, University of Utah. in the nucleus by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like par­ ticles called memons. Since it has no electrons, Administra­ tium is inert Nevertheless, it can be de­ tected chemically, because it seems to im­ pede every reaction in which it takes part. According to Dr M. Langour, one of the discoverers of the element, a very small amount of Administratium made one reac­ tion, that normally takes less than a second, take four days to go to completion. \- - I --- -- -~~---------------------..---- Page2 -111"''kb Graduate t\?t,.__i,. +h April 1990 'U-JJ~ Student-- ~\Jv.OCa"' Around & About The Center An Open Letter from Art History Students @ -· April 2,1990 @ D .. ,0, The students of the Ph.D. Program in Art History of the CUNY Graduate Center D D . @ a oppose the proposed addition of specializations to the current program. Since its forma­ " D JD~ D tion just two decades ago, the Ph.D. Program in Art History at the Graduate Center has .li J established an international reputation for its concentration and excellence in areas of ,5 >II ff scholarship neglected by other institutions. According to the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Higher Education of December 28, 1970, the program: ..
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