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Volume8, No. 9 Publishedat UCSD 16th~ear of publication Feb.1 - Feb.14th 198"3 High SchoolDistrict Censors Anti-DraftGroup Ad In a blatantact of censorship,San CARD has responded to the Diego Grossmont Union High School censorshipby filingan administrative Districtofficials have forbidden student claimagainst the district as thefirst step journaliststo printa CommitteeAgainst towardpossible litigation should the Registrationand the Draft (CARD) districtrefuse to rescindthe directive. displayad thatencourages students to Schooldistrict officials have 45 days knowtheir rights and optionsregarding registrationand the draft. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: ActingAssistant Superintendent Bob Historyof Socialism,Kulture, FOIA, King issuedthe directiveto school Music, Middle East, Blasphem]f, principalsordering them to disallow Krishnas,Funky La Jolla,and more... publicationof thead "onthe basis that we would be contributing to the solicitationof an illegalact by our fromfiling to reconsidertheir position. students."I-he directive also states that As theyare not expected to changetheir the ad had gone directlyto journalism decision,CARD has securedthe aid of advisersand studenteditors rather than National l,awyers Guild attorney schoolprincipals. RaphaelLevens and intendsto bringa lawsuitagainst the Grossmontdistrict StudentsMarch, January 20th, from Revelle Plaza to the Chancellor’s Obviously.district officials are whenthe 45 dayselapse for being denied office to present demands for an end to University of California unaware of the 1969 Supreme Court an equal opportunityto communicate weapons involvement,and to funding of militaryresearch. The rally decision(Tinker vs. the Des Moines withstudents. Military recruitment and and march were sponsored by San Diego Alliance for Survival. SchoolSystem) which upholds students’ SelectiveService ads areallowed to be First AmendmentConstitutional Rights publishedin highschool newspapers. to free expression,providing that AdministrationUrged to Set Up expressionis notlibelous, obscene, or While districtofficials have been materiallyor substantiallydisruptive to quotedas statingthat the nameof the organization (Committee Against school operations.In other words. PoliceRelations Committee schoolprincipals do nothave the right to Registrationandthe Draft) is a sufficient continuedon p~,ge9 A letterurging the administration to FinancialManagement is "less than censoror prohibitstudent publications. establisha permanentStudent-Police desirable."Although the Task Force CommunityNews: Pro-Choice picnic, Weapons testing protested RelationsCommittee is beingaddressed madeits report almost two years ago, the to AssistantVice-Chancellor, Joyce Student-PoliceRelations Committee Justus,it was disclosedto the new has, to date, not been seated, due 600 ProtestU.S. Intervention in indicatorlate last week. primarilyto stiff oppositionby the The letter,sent by AS Commissioner Policedepartment. Thus. despitethe El Salvador of Student Welfare Amanda White, Chancellor’sacceptance of the Task with peoplein San Ysidroand several seeks to implementthe recommenda- Force recommendations, the On Tuesday,January 19, the Peace Administration has conveniently Resource Center, along with other hundred people demonstrating in tionsmade by theChancellor-appointe5 shelvedthe planto appeasethe Chief of prc, gressivecommunity organizations. Tijuana,drew some 600 participants. committee--the Task Force en Police and others who opposed an sponsoreda talkand slideshow on the University Procedures Regarding The PeaceResource Center’s Nuclear Demonstrations---whichpublished its independentcommittee influencing the KwadjelianIslands (missile landing site FreePacific event pulledout diverse reportin June1981. campuspolice operations. for most Vandenberg faunches, elementsin San Diego’sprogressive including the propsed MX missile The recommendationsof the Task community to hear about US The letter by AS Comissioner launch)and the NuclearFree Pacific Colonialism and militarism in Force.chaired by JoyceJustus, included Movementthat filledthe WesleyChurch the establishmentof a permanent AmandaWhite calls for the immediate Micronesia.The Centerrelied on its implementationof the TaskForce report with 200 to 250 people.The California extensivegrassroots support in the Student-PoliceRelations Committee by seatingthe Student-PoliceRelations Abortion Rights Acton League, and communityand the active supportof with"reporting responsibilities to the Committee. The Committee was numerousother organizations, drew 150 severalcommunity environmental and Chancelloror his designee."According to 200 peopleto a Pro-Choicepicnic at to the Task Forcereport, the existing recommended to be composed of 2 peaceorganizatons to makethe eventa faculty reps, 2 staff reps, 3 BalboaPark’s 6th and Laurelsite at success. organizationalstructure which calls for Ilam Saturday, January 22. It was the PoliceDepartment to reportto the January22 was theanniversary of the continuedon pageI I followedby a marchand rally of some Vice Chancellor of Business and Roe vs. Wade US Supreme Court 600 people,many of them familiesand decisionthat made abortionlegal. To church groups,in the downtown/City saythe issue is hotis an understatement. Concourse against "abortion upon Third CollegeViolates Due ThePro-Choice "celebration." with full demand,"sponsored by the ’pro-life’ page Readerand LA Times ads and the Catholic Diocese Peace and Justice ProcessRights of StudentRep. Commission.And 250 to 300 people-- like.did notdraw a thirdof the crowd poseda threatto "the factionin the contingentsfrom San Francisco.Los ralliedby the’pro-life’ forces, who relied Caught in the cross-firebetween ThirdCollege Dean’s Office attempting Angeles, San Diego and Phoenix met upon an extensive anti-abortion competing interests within the network,in partthe work of theCatholic Administrationfighting for control over to underminethe role of(Assistant Vice- at BalboaPark to caravandown to San Chancellor)Ray Dye",interim Director Ysidro on January 22 for a rally Peaceand JusticeParish Commisssions. the StudentCenter, David King, Third Pro-Choice has powerful, well- CollegeRepresentative to the Student of the StudentCenter. While we must protestingUS involvementin Central supportthe right of studentsto control America sponsored by the US/Mexico organizedfoes in SanDiego. Center Board,found himselfremoved continuedon page3 theirfees, we cannotsupport the use of Border ConferenceCommittee which. fromhis position, left with a bittertaste of participation as a "student students as pawns in inter- representative.’" administrativesquabbles. Circumstancespoint to the Third Accordingto new indicatorsources, CollegeCouncil being overly influenced the Third College Dean’s Office is by the Dean’sOffice in King’sremoval. involvedin a politicalconflict with Ray Askedto pin-pointa motivationfor the Dyeand there is no evidencethat I)avid Dean’sOffice to influencehis removal, Kingsupported either faction: it is clear, Kingis reluctantto offerone. However, though,that King raised questions accordingto sourcesclose to theStudent regardingthe decisionto boycottRay Center Board who wish to remain Dye.That was sufficient to justify a well- anonymous, King had to be removed orchestratedplan to removehim from pecause through his voting and hispost. Thus, thi~ i~ ,~n,,,,r .h~ ,,,,,st continuedon page9 9articipationat Hoard meetings,he Non.ProfitOrg. New Indicator U. S. Postage StudentOrganizations PAID UC San Diego,11-023 La dollarCalif. Lo Jolla,Ca. 92093 "*traitNO. 256 Some of the 200 demonstrators at the recent U.C. Regents meeting in San Francisco are confronted by heavily armed police. The demonstrators were protesting against the recently implemented fee hikes. 2 continuedfrom page ! Nuggetsfrom the left... FunkyLa Jolla thething, though?... ConferenceCommittee--comprised of S.C.U.files FOIA request Speakingof payingfor things, it seems the Communist Workers Party- with NationalSecurity Agency the administrationis in the processof Community News dominatedFederation for Progress,the In the AlternativePress by RamblingRosie off-loadinga lot of administrativecosts Socialist Workers Party-dominated ontoto studentregistration fees right Lastyear at thistime, and in response Committee In Solidarity with l’hi~i~ tit(’lirst apl,earance t?/a new Canada) What betterplace to startthan from now. My sourcesreport that Reg Fees to Reagan’sHuman Rights Certification Nicarauguaand the Trotsky/stTijuana co/limit."hi the ..lllernativePress." the top...Accordingto my sourcesthe are beingasked to pickup a largeshare for El Salvador,tens of thousands CISPES chapters-andblessed by the Whois MAD?lhe latest t"Uth f,:~tate Freedom of new U.C. Presidentis expectedto be whichu illappear ill r/If new indicator ,n 1Winter1982-83) features a front-page of the costs of Financial Aids, marched in Washington DC, and World Front in solidaritywith the tilt (J(l(lal~ilJttal t~asis./’lit’ column L~ named soon. Unlessshe declinesthe Admissionsand the Registrar;which thousandsrallied in SanFrancisco. San Peopleof El Salvador,the rally call was articleon therecent saga in Washington Information post,the searchcommittee looking for ittlt’tldt’dtodirt’¢l tt’ath’rs dll¢’nliott to D.C. where Norman Mayer threatened willinevitably lead to eitherreduced Diegoitself drew between300 and 500 made for all of the US southwestand itctt,s¢Hmtcrest itt the alterttative I>res.~. David Saxon’sreplacement is set to servicesor higherfees. At thesame time, peoplefor separateevents in December
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