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Starman the Ironman THE CHRONICLE Freshman pitcher Craig Starman won two games MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1992 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 87, NO. 139 Historians Second Holocaust revisionism ad not running By MICHAEL SAUL accepted one ad from an adver­ "Controversy has a way of rais­ refused to specify the range or the The Chronicle advertising de­ tiser does not mean we will ac­ ing awareness... and that can be exact number of display adver­ condemn partment decided Wednesday to cept every ad from an advertiser." beneficial," Eriksen said. "But tisements that have been rejected reject an ad submitted by Brad­ The newspaper, he said, helped there is not a lot to be gained from so far during this volume of The ley Smith, director ofthe Visalia, heighten the community's aware­ beating a dead horse." Chronicle. revisionists Calif., based Committee for Open ness of the role of freedom of ex­ Although Eriksen deferred The editorial department of The Debate on the Holocaust. pression as well as the historical judgment to Ann Heimberger, Chronicle will make copies ofthe editor in chief, when deciding to advertisement available to the By MICHAEL SAUL The advertisement, entitled validity ofthe Holocaust last fall. "Falsus in Uno, Falsus in Omni­ run the first ad, he unilaterally public in 301 Flowers Building, Holocaust revisionism bus — the 'Human Soap' Holo­ Falsus in Una, Falsus hi Omnibus... made the final decision this time Heimberger said. has stormed college and Th* "HHIIII f«ap" H«l«c«M«l Myth caust Myth," asserts that the rsji-srs.tiiKSi- - E3rasr*si£trsEr- .*..J£z22Z£55z. - without editorial input. 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SSS3SES£3§L new ad, however, he said he still Mark Weber that originally ap­ The Chronicle published an =Mvtro=K~353 WMMzM the American Historical Wg&MiM supports the decision to run the peared in the summer 1991 issue advertisement submitted by jTrjEKsaggiSr ilp™3£: TMEJSnlilsiir Association unanimously Smith on Nov. 5 which claimed first ad. of The Journal of Historical Re­ approved a statement con­ that Germany did not have a 'iZZiZ .—-Jgg"* «—.'"•" .r."^,v •" The general manager is wholly view. demning claims that the sirsiriir-—-- SsSSSSSSsas policy to exterminate the Jewish HfjSSSKSKS* and solely responsible for the non- Weber is a former member of extermination of Jews in people or anyone else by putting Wj&MX. editorial content of the newspa­ the neo-Nazi National Alliance World War II is a myth, them to death in gas chambers. §BK per, according to The Chronicle and frequent contributor to The during the group's annual The decision to reject Smith's sii=2pSi=i Board Constitution. The Institute for Historical Review, conference in Chicago last second submission should not be Chronicle Board, which serves as according to the Anti-Defamation December. the newspaper's publishing body, League of North Carolina. interpreted as an apology for pub­ SS^JSSSBSir" "The AHA council lishing the first ad, said Barry ^~L2™2[ Bit formulates and enforces policies According to the league, the strongly deplores the pub­ Eriksen, general manager of The --—'*7rr^.*: ~^Z- »—r^SijjJpi.^. iii£'i'52TKSiSrt. and regulations governing the Institute for Historical Review is licly reported attempts to s£i!psb75r.. ^r-z.-sz^zC-^ ri "•"T.J1TZZZIZ Chronicle. SSKS&SS.. newspaper. rooted in anti-Semitism and is deny the fact of the Holo­ "The newspaper and its read­ The Chronicle's advertising linked to the Liberty Lobby, an caust," the statement read. gSsSSSeES?' ers have sorted through a contro­ BSffiW&V-'* rS^r"££s£~£ ^j^s department, according to its writ­ extremist propaganda organiza­ "No serious historian ques­ "•*"*• rn"" versial issue and I don't see any ten policy, reserves the right to tion. tions that the Holocaust benefit to revisit the controversy," So far, no newspapers have cho­ reject or cancel any advertisement "I urge you to consider whether See AHA on page 7 • Eriksen said. "Just because we sen to run Smith's second ad. or insert for any reason. Eriksen See AD on page 6 • Honor code committee plans proposal for fall By MICHAEL SAUL ing whether an "honor code" set of principles that students dishonorable behavior. Mandat­ The committee analyzing the should be implemented similar to must agree to uphold. The code ing students to report classmates need for an undergraduate honor the codes at military academies would serve as a signed and en­ who violate the honor code has code is scheduled to finalize its and the University of Virginia or forceable agreement between the been the most controversial issue proposal on May 6. whether the University should University and the student. A and the committee is trying to The committee intends to un­ retain its current "honor commit­ code would be signed and turned determine how defined that re­ veil its proposal to the students ment." in with all tests, exams and possi­ quirement should be, Berry said. in the fall, allow time for debate The University currently has bly homework assignments. Committee members are cur­ and revision and then potentially an honor commitment, which is a The committee, which has met rently struggling with the pre­ hold a referendum next spring, personal commitment to the con­ about 10 times this semester, is cise wording ofthe code, he said. said Engineering senior John cept of honor and not enforceable in the process of drafting a code "How it is worded dictates how Berry, a member ofthe commit­ by any judicial body. The honor that deals solely with academics you act or how you have to react," tee and co-chairman ofthe Honor commitment is printed in the rather than including student life Berry said. "The semantics are Council. Undergraduate Instruction Bul­ too, Berry said. important." letin and in blue books. The committee, which Presi­ In terms of academics, the code Enforcing the code is another SCOTT BOOTH/THE CHRONICLE dent Keith Brodie formed last An honor code, which is what will call for students to act honor­ issue the committee is address- year, is charged with recommend­ the committee is developing, is a ably and react to any student's See HONOR on page 13 • John Berry Graduate students join to form bargaining unit By BRAD RUBIN Pavsek said in a press release. About 80 graduate students The organization had not noti­ have formed a collective bargain­ fied the administration that it ing group to represent their needs had formed as of Friday after­ and concerns to the administra­ noon. tion. "They have every right to orga­ The Graduate Employee/Stu­ nize like this," said Malcolm Gillis, dent Organization wants "to be­ dean of faculty for Trinity Col­ come a force to be reckoned with lege, after The Chronicle con­ at this school," said Chris Pavsek, tacted him. "They may have some a founding member and spokes­ real issues, and we'll take them man for the organization. very seriously." The group's primary concern is The group formed after the that graduate students are not University's decision to hold all recognized as an integral part of freshman University Writing the University, Pavsek said. Courses at 8 a.m. next semester, The organization views itself Pavsek said, but that problem is as a labor force fighting against only one among many that the DAVID SUH/THE CHRONICLE management, he said. organization plans to confront. "We are cheap, manipulable "Seventy percent ofthe people Studying for Myrtle and unorganized labor at the [in the group] have nothing to do Sure exams are coming, but some things are just a little more important. moment, and we will remain with UWC," he said. cheap and manipulable as long Pavsek also stressed that the as we remain unorganized," See GESO on page 13 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1992 World and National Newsfile War begins between Afghan rebel groups Associated Press By EDWARD GARGAN hit houses, causing some civilian victims fierce firefights, attacking units loyal to AftershOCkS rOCk: Apair of pow­ N.Y. Times News Service including children, Reuters reported. The Hekmatyar in Kabul and at important erful aftershocks Sunday followed a KABUL, Afghanistan — War broke out Red Cross hospital in Kabul reported 6 sites to the south of the capital. major earthquake along Northern in Kabul on Sunday, hours after victorious dead and more than 60 wounded, and a On Sunday morning, the Afghan radio California's remote "Lost Coast," Muslim guerrillas occupied the city. member of Masoud's group said 40 of his announced the formation of the Commit­ touching off fires and fear of more Throughout the day, two rival rebel groups troops had been killed in the fighting, tee for the Security of Kabul and named destructive seismic shaking around filled the virtually empty streets with the Reuters reported. Masoud as its chairman and defense min­ the town of Scotia. thunder of tanks, rockets, and rifle fire, On Saturday, Hekmatyar's forces staged ister. The six men named to the committee replacing the celebratory tattoo of flares lightning raids into several government represent five of Afghanistan's major rebel North Korea talks: North Ko­ and tracers that had been launched into installations, apparently momentarily sur­ groups, including northerners, Iranian- rea is ready to establish diplomatic the night sky on Saturday.

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