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Volume 14, Number 12 San Diego’sProgressive Bi-weekly 22ndYear of Publicatio’a 22¢ April19-May 8, 1989

N.I.: Coo Totally Twisted!t Referendum passed by a large margin. What do you think will happen now?"

Carruthers: "Nothing! That’s been our positionall along."

N.I.:"’\~,’hx, legall.~, do you thinknothing will happen’?" (.’arruther~,: "I’lcca use the >,ludents x oted lot one tee. andthat’s ho\~ il ~illsta~. Ihe~ voted lot the Ice. andlater \oted It> increase it." N.l.:~‘" "[+i\cn though the names V¢elC ditlerent’. (.ailtllhCI>,;"\~hat do ~.otl’+" llleiln’~ N.I.;"’()ne v,a>, called the ’%tudentCenter Fee" and one,aa>, called the "l, Tnlx, er>,it\ (’enter Fee:’ student>, thoughtthex v+crc \oting loi separate fees." (’arruther>,+ "’\Veil. those names arc interchangeable:at some unixcr>,itic>, d’~, called the ’memorialunion Ice’ and the name \ariesaround thecountry.’" N.I.:"But at mostcampuses, once a feehasa nallqC, that name is retained,unless students \ore to changeit." Carruthers:"’Well, that’s your observation, and I don’tknow howtrue it ix." N.I.:"’Do you think this vote represents a re icction of yourpolicies by thestudent body’?" Carruthers:"No, t don’tthink it’s anything like that." N,I.:"’I)o you think the vote holds an 5 implications toryour tenure as ~, universityemployee?’" (’arruthers:(emits a nerxouslaughL.."No, v+’h,~ wouldit’y’" N.I.:"Well, the possibletransterot administratixe jurisdictionfrom tsCSl)’sundergraduate affairs dcparlment to the I!C vvidc (’enterlot- (.’oopcrati’,c~,forillMance.’" (’arruthers:"No. look. yotl asked rne a questionas .liraCarruthers and lommvTucker welcome students to the new (High)Price Center. reporter,and I answeredit, OK’:’" N.I.:Thank you for the interview,.

Inside: Theprice center is the administration’S wet dream..AS,vice president john Robison --AS History: The Democratic Years New Indicator Non-Profit Org. Nuke Test Protest Student Organizations U.S. Postage UC San Diego, B-023 PAID La Jolla, CA 92093 La Jolla,Calif. ChavezStill Struggling Permit No. 256 Mexican Crisis Discussed Special: Top 3 Winners Black LiteratureContest 2

APRIL 29 CONTINUING SHARE. You can’t work for p¢ltce o~an Cog’ Winninga DemocraticEducation The third Announcements annualconference of the California Alliance ofProgressive Student Activists. Allday affair nutritiousfood package for all. For $12 and 2 rag e: A N on-Vi ole nt at UCI.Aincludes speakers, panel discussian, hoursof communityservice you’ll receive Sendnotices to: workshops,issue caucuses, dance and party. aboutgJ0-35worthoffruits,vegetablcs, mcats NewIndicator CoBecUve Formore information, call 1213)398-2009. andstaples. A great way to stretch your,food 209,Student Center Bldg. A Run/Walk-a-thonf died in jobaccidents budget.No limiton numberof foodpackets Act of Justice MallCode B-0~3 andto fightfor a safeand healthy workplace. youcan earn. Call 294-2981 for the Host La Job, CA ~ Organizationinyourneighborhood. protecting workers from the cancer (619)s34-2ole Onlya stronglabor movement can assure a The truest act of courage, the Huerta criticizedthe growers for haltto thesedeaths. March begins at 10 am StopFrench Nuclear TeaZel Petition drive strongestact of manliness,is to sacrifice sprayingcrops withpesticides and not hazardsthey produced. to collectsignatures as part of the Saturdayat CountyAdministration Center, ourselves in a totally non-violent Cesar Chavezspoke afterHuerta and InternationalComprehensive Test Ban PacificCoast Hwy. March on Broadwayto strugglefor justice.To he a man is ~o he citedspecific cases ofworkersaffected FifthAvenue to B Streetwhere a memorial Campaign.Into: Peace Resource Center, 265- sufferfor others.God help us be men by the sprayingof chemicals.Chavez inter-faithservice and rally will be held at I:00 0730. relatedthe story of Filipe,a youngboy C’ompiledhvthe New Indicator (’ollective and pm.Call 284-51 ! ! forinformation. HurdclmaRelief for Nloeragulk Continued Cesar Chavez APRIL 25-MAY 20 withoutarms or legswho was born from O w~thspecial thanks to thePeace Resource People’sDaily World May’ Day and campaignto collectmoney & materialaid for (’enter’~ month& calendar. GroveGallery art exhibition featunng Haiti birthdaycelebration Bar-b-cue. Morley Field hurricanevictims. Call FriendsofNicaraguan Cesar Chavez spoke at San Diego a farm workermother. Bamboche. picnicarea, Texas & Upas,noon Saturday. All Culture,459-4650 for into. State University(SDSU)’sOpen Air Chavezcited the EPA to be one of the arewelcome. AmnsetyInternational has 22 community, Theateron TuesdayApril 18. Chavez, most corruptorganizations in the U.S. EVERY MONDAY collegeand high school groups in SanDiego APRIL 26 U.S.-SovietFriendship Society: Meeting who heads the United Farm Workers, government. He exposed the EPA’s County.For into on theone nearest you. call Silentvigllsin support of thePalestinian reviewsrecent developments in the Soviet spokeof theworkers continuing struggle connection between large chemical CountyEmployees to PicketAngry County Union.1:30 pm, LutheranCampus Center 287-0657. I ntifada(uprising) from 12:00-12:30 pmon the for humanetreatment, companiesand mass organizationsof the HealthServices employees will be picketing SDSU, 5863 Hardy Ave. Refreshments. GrapeBoycott, and boycott/leafleting of Gym steps at UCSD. Sponsoredby majorHealth Services Facilities to protest that Suggesteddonation $1.50. Into: 464-4963 The afternoonbegan with music by insensitivegrowers. Chavez insisted that CommitteeinSolidarity with Palistine. storescarrying pesticide contaminated grapes. theCounty’ pays "peanuts" for thevital GalaPacifica: "The State of OurSeas," Sponsoredby UnitedFarmworkers Union. l.os Alhandros Mojados (The Wet we as citizens,have more powerat the servicesthey provide San DiegoCounty. receptionand evening symposium with David lnfo:Alice Lara, 691-1166 or 284-6610or Cockroaches)who sang of protestand marketplace than at theballot box. The EVERY TUESDAY HealthServices employees care for the Brewer,Payson Stevens and the directors of DavidArizmendi, 277-7778. peacefuldemonstration with numbers 1970 and 1975 boycott of grapes was In thePalestlnlan people, from 11:30- mentaly ill, aged and sick. The County salary GalaPacifica, followed by dancewith Club of PeaceResource Cqmtar. Drop in and make like"La picket line" and "Los colores", a extraordinarily,successful, and Chave? levelsdemonstrate that the County does not m-’~" 12:00pm,In tronlot thelibrary al Sanvalue those workers who deal directly with Romeand Fresh Reggea. 6 pm to midnight. useof thePRC’s Lending Library of books poignantappeal for culturalunity, pledged high hopes for this year’s ¯ ¯ CentralCultural de la Raza,Balboa Park. andperiodicals, audio-visual lending library DiegoState Unlveralty. humanlife as muchas thosewho do not. The program,which was sponsoredby boycott. Unto:481-6784 or 281-1447 (includingvideotapes--list available on the SDSU AssociatedStudents" Cultural CesarChavez spoke of the benefitsof EVERYOTHER THURSDAY Wednesday. 2:30pm Edgemoor Geriatic WE WON’T TAKE FOUR MORE YEARS! request)and other resources. Open Mon.-Fri., Hospital9065 Edgemoor Dr., Santee. Contact 10 am-2pm. Also by appointment. Arts Board. and Co-sponsored by his 36 day fast last summer.The fast NationalMarch to Demand an End to clearedhis mindand put him in greater UCSDCo-ops & Colleetl~sCoordlnatllMiEliseo Media of" Diedre Srephenson at 284- Racism,Cutbacks, War! Washington D.C.- SDSU MEChA, was billed as a tribute 51II. contactwith his spiritualsell. Chavez Meeting.2:30 pm at GroundworkBooks. Marchon the WhiteHouse. San Francisco- GroveGallery, UCgD. Marie Duberry, Fel~ to the indestructablespirit of Cesar am Gatheri lainat theCivic Center/UN PLaza, 21 - March18. Photo Exhibition, March 28 - Chavezand farm workers.Before Cesar saidone of thebest things that concerned FI~ EVERY SATURDAY APRIL 26 marchand rally. Call (415)821-6545 April15. For additional into, call 534-2637. Chavezappeared, Dolores Huerta gave peoplecould do to help the U.F.W.is day-longfasts. Besides helping the "At Risk:Reproductive Autonomy" panel a vehementspeech. Huerta is recovering Rhythm ColleeUveFREE workshopson individualachieve a greaterspiritual discussionwill take place at 7:00pm in APRIL 30 from brokenribs and a rupturedspleen ~l LatinPercussion at the Cht~ Cat6, UCSD from TELEPHONE HOTLINES awareness, the money saved by not ~ PetersonHall I I0.On thisdate the Supreme inflictedby the San Franciscopolice ~ 12:00to 2:00pm.Beginers Welcome! Courtwill hear the case targeted to overturn WoddWeek for Lab Animals.Demonstrate duringa demonstration.She exhorted Cesar Chavez eatingcould be sent as a donationto againstanimal experiments. 1l:30am, UCSD (202)547-4343. Fornational legislation ~ n Roev. Wade.Find out how this effects YOU. theircause. BasicScience Building. Please wear black. information, raptlisteners to boycottgrapes, L~ LaborLink TV Nicaraguaand Central "" UJ Into:940-1450. (202)332-9230. ,al BL America.(24 hour) JP’ ~ Cablecastlngfor, by andabout the labor DisorientationManual (202)223-6422. Nicaragua Network. movement In San Diego County. VCR APRIL 27 ~I~ tapingis encouraged.LLTV suggests that you "Domesticand Sexual Violence: What are tl, information.(202)~13-0006. Nuclear Arms control periodicallycheck for their 30 sec.Public (202)547-3336. Space weapon information. Allende’sPower with Words m ServiceAnnouncements on your Public Issues?"A workshop for peace activists onthe issuesand why peace activists need to be (202)328-4042. Pledge of Resistance. AccessChannel for updates. To receivea (202)546-64011. South African into. monthlyschedule, write to LLTV,P.O. Box concernedabo~t these forms of violence. Betty 13223,La Jolla, CA 92037. Support White,Center for Women’sStudies and ’~ 1989New indicator Collective laJolla, California SalvadorAllende, the Chileanpresident progressivemedia? Services,will speak at 7-9pm in theCWSS "Howpowerful is the writtenword’."’ cynicismand fatalism,for ignoring DomesticViolence Ctr., 2404 F Street. Then,’,, ind, ator is a non-sectariannewspaper Chileanwriter Isabelle Aliendeasked the anythingout of the realm of Reason, assasinatedby the CIA in a 1973 coup. ~ U~ Frontiersof Reason Suggesteddonation 35. Sponsoredby the whichpublishes the workof groupsand 300or SO peoplewho gatheredto seeher forgettingthat the universe is in constant Allenderecalled the year of the CIA PeaceResource Center. Into: 265-0730. individualsholding dilferent po~,itions. Article, motionand expansion, coup and militaryshroud that covered printedwith a b~-Iinedom,t necessaril~ represent last Thursday at Lumumba-Zapata AlternativeTV series of the Peace her country."We were surroundedby theposition of all members ofthe New Indicator lecturehall. In thehallway hung 50 or so She discussed her answers to the ResourceCenter. Programs on peace, APRIL 28 ,,.,,1,~ntaqm. darkness...even language lost its \l.,.txtlal Collectb,e. arpilleras,picture-quilts made by Latin WHY quest;on-"why do we exist’?"To socialJustice & environmentalIssues. Airs meaning."But her experiencewith evil Updata on the ChrlsUc Lawsuit and Fligibilityformembership inthe New’ Indicator American women. One shows women have others.To give joy. To save the G ~ ~11 on CoxCable, Ch 24:Sundays. 8:00 pm and / showed her that there was even more discussionon related developments including Collectiveis based upon volunteer participatmn demonstratingin front of a torture world."We are on earth to celebrate luesdays,8:30 pm; SouthwesternCh 15: goodand lovein the world.The goodis thearrest of JohnHull, the North Trial, and l-oaddress the range of interests ofthe universit3 center, holding banners reading life,"she said. Mondays. 8:00 pm: Del Mar Ch 37: community,new students, alumni, facult>. just more silentand discreet,whereas i,,i,,I Wednesdays.9:30 pm and Thursdays,4:30 appointmentof Iran-Contrafigures by the It’sthat time again, time to getto "FREEDOM," and "NO MORE Allende challenges us to be v classifiedemployees, andcommunity, friends are "evilis noisy."While she saw oppression pro.For program & furtherinto contact the Bushadministration delivered by Christie work on the Manual. We need TORTURE." responsibleto ourselvesand our planet, Instituteco-founder Fr. Bill Davis. 8:00 pm writers,proofreaders, glaphic al~a~sneeded. We shareskills and can offer and pain, she also saw peoplehelping ~1~ PRCat 265-0730.VCR taping is encouraged. training.Students mayreceive academic credit for "We and only we" can and will save our UCSDInternational Center Lounge artists, photographers, and Allendebelieves that there is magicin people. research,writing and artwork submitted tonc~s words.Powerful enough to causefear, to earth.Being is notenough, she said. We APRIL 14-MAY.7 GalaPacifica: "Eco-nomics: The path to paste-up people. Come work on indicatorthrough cooperating professors. We "1 don’tbelong to a classof desperate Economicand EcologicalSustanibility," the 11th annual edition of the especiallyencourage newspaper-related burn books, to imprison and exile needto act,and we mustact out of a set authors,and assassnnatejournalists. The of values.Allende emphasized that we intellectuals,"she concludes. For GalaPacifies: The Art of Activism.Three lectureby JimBell, Director, Ecological Life manual, be famous, be "independentstudies" courses. Inquire for referals IsabelleAllende, the meaningof lifeis anddetails, publishedword cannot be erased. We share a majorityof the same values- weekexhibition and benefit auction of visual SystemsInstitute. 6:30-8:30pm Into: 481-6784 politicallycorrect, join us this love.She says, "1 writeso thatpeople will artcelebrating thespirit of alllife and the or 281-1447. summer. Call 534-2016today! Articles,announcements ofevents and letters arc must write what cannotbe forgotten, thatat leasthalf the world agrees on such love each othermore." strugglefor its continuance around the Pacific Physiciansfor Social Responsibility Speakers welcomed.Material, preferably, should be t~ped. "Peopleonly die whenyou forgetthem," things as promoting human rights, Rim.Funds raised in GalaPacilh’a will BureauPotluck: Micheal Campana, soil double-spaced,ona 55 character line. Author i~ shesaid. abhorring slavery, and eliminating supportlocal conservation efforts which have hydrologist,Desert Research Institute at Notice: askedto indicate choice ofediting options: ( I ) edit borders,nationality and class. She asneeded,t2) editwithconsuttatmnandapproxal Accordingto Allende,writers are but a directeffect on thePacific as a unified Reno,will speak on "’Hydrologic& Geologic remindsus that we all come from the btoregion.Centre Cultural de la Raza,Balboa el author(provide phone number), or(3) do instrumentsthat interpret the voices in Aspectsof NuclearWaste in Nevadaand New The next issue of the New Indicator edit(article maybe rejected ifediting isneeded). Mexican Crisis at UCSD ParkInto: 235-6135. A number of related Mexico."6:00 pro, 8437 Sugarman Dr., La will come out on April 16, Authoris askedto pro~idesuggested headline, eventswill be heldthroughout themonth. Call Jolla.Into: 454-0808. subheads,kickers, and illustrations (photos or 481-6784or 281-1447for a completeschedule. in three weeks. drau,ing~). ]he severe economicand political Theseextremes all point back tothe over $100 billion nationaldebt as their Subscrnptionsare$8 per year. Advertising polic?, crisisin Mexicohas lead to a time of UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. SAN DIEGO a’ndrate schedule available upon request, radical change in the next years source. The interestpayments alone Advertisingdiscounts available totICSl)and Nev, accordingto two speakersat a Mexican consume far over halt of the hard UCSD Indicatorafliliates {chiefly. progressive, non-profit Solidarityevent at theCh6 Cat6 on April currencythat Mexicoearns in exports. (619) ~t2m~o/ R2(619) GROVE 534-2637 GALLERY and educationalorganizations), lhe New LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA 9 2 0 9 3 - 0 3 3 8 Indicator(’ollecti~e participates inthe t!CSI) 20. The Maquiladores. or border inter-cooperatp,,ebenefits~stem and welcomes JorgeCalder6n, a politicaleconomist factories,while increasingemployment benelitexchange agreementswith other and supporterof presidentialcandidate somewhat, pay almost unbearable cooperatisesandcollecti~,es. Cardenas,and JaimeCota, a sociologist wages.The auto workersof the plants HAITI BAMBOCHE Wrnteto: I/C’SD. B-023, la ,Iolla,(’A 92093. and politicalactivist with the Partido that have been moved out of the tr.S. Phone:(619) 534-2016. or come by the office Revolucionariode los Trabajadores now pay theiremployees up to t~’cnt\ Student(’enter A. Room 209. preferably atour meetingtime (Tuesday 6:30 p.m.) or duringour describedthe gravity of thesituation and timesless in Mexico.These ~vagcs pat.’, Haitianpaintings and metal officehours 12-2 daily, how all possibleoutcomes implied the for no morethan the basicnecessities and not even that often, commented sculpturesfrom the collection of "Thenew mdicator is a memberof theNetwork of demiseof the rulingPRI. Theeventwas theAlternative Student Press (NASP) and held to informthe peoplein the U.S. Calder6n. lhcsc factories far from Dr.Robert C. Brictson subscribesto the National Student News Service ahotltMexico. "Such a largepart of out philanthropyoften make conditions INSNS).Material published inthene~vimlicatorts population comes from Mexico and worseespecially ~’ith the poorworking copyrightedby the New Indicator (’ollective and conditions. SlideLecture (Co-sponsored bythe maynot be reproduced forprofit without prior. many pejorativemisconceptions help to U(~:SDStaff Assoctation): writtenpermission. Permission is granted for furtherracist and generallyintolerable ,IorgcConde went on to describehess April25th 12:00- l:00pm nonprofiteducational purposes, living and working conditions," thecurrent econotnic crisis had its ba~,i~, ]hehe,’ mdi(’ator is published by theNave according to ,lelgerKalmi.jnwho in the Kenvsianpolicies of president IndicatorCollective. andis officially recognized as moderated. (’ardenas,the fatherof the current Reception: a campusnewspaper at the Universityof Kalmiinalso urged attendants to help presidentialcandidate. The problem April28th 6:00- 8:00pm California.SanDiego. lhenew indicator is a theair, the collective hopes and fears, same familyand, as humans,have more . forumfor expression ofthe university commumty, similaritiesthan differences, builda coalitiontocontinuctheseeffortsresultst rom a huge penetrationel the " Mexican economy by foreign capital, andthe vtews expressed maynot represent those of Allendesays that we are undergoinga and alsoto helporganim solidarity " for " theuniversity administration orthe Regents. Allendesays she writesfor survival. Max cansbeing inhumanh,’ treated in the even whilemany of the main industries "Revolutionof Spirit."We must revise APRIL 25. MAY 20 Workers:Janet, lames. Juan, Byron. Bob. Arnie, When she writes. "everything is tl.S. were nationaloed.Condo argued thai l)ebbie.Darnel. Android. Montgomery. Dave, possible."She writesa world as she our conceptsof society,and createa while the monetarist policy of moregentle way oflivingNow’s the time Economic Debacle Coming Kerry,’Deep throat." Anthony. Alexia. Jelger, wouldlike it to be,fufilling and at the denationalizationand deregulationof PLEASEUSE INFORMATIONBOOTH AT UCSDSGILMAN DRIVE Cathy.Beautiful Brian. Chris. Scott. John and Jorge Calder6noutlined the depthof ENTRANCEFOR DIRECTIONSTO GALLERYAND PARKING sametime creating bey dreams. "Life is a for change.We how have the resources thede la Madrid,the previouspresident. Commander(’uckoo. lhanx a lot the currenteconomic crisis. In many GALLERYHOURS ARE TUESDAY-FRIDAY10 -5. SATURDAY 10-2 dreamof thesoul," she said, and writing to eliminate hunger. Dreams can be fueledthe crisis, this did not mean that sectorsof the Mexicaneconomy wages forher is "a privateorgy." fulfilled,and we can createeither our own paradiseor a holocaust, havedecreased to 20% of whatthey were a decade ago, commented Calder6n. Allend¢criticized western culture for isabelleAllende is a relativeof 4 5

Women’s Rights

Nuke Test Arrest A confrontationbetween pro-choice at UCSD,abortion has alreadybecome and anti-abortion’Operation Rescue’ an impossi0ilityformost people. demonstratorsin Hillcrest on April9 In San Diego, Womancare, a )~ endedin victoryfor those wanting to counselingand abortionclinic not far keepabortion safe, legal and accessible. fromthe demonstration,hasorganized panoramiclandscape washed by. Hard, around1980 they finallyobtained Approximately150 anti-abortion By Len de Groot electricity,a water system not requiring clinicdefenses. Through phone trees jagged mountainsstood solemnly demonstratorsunsuccessfully tried to manualpumping from the river,and peopleare informed when and where the Tentsdotted the landscape facing the decaying.Most of theirbodies have closea clinicon Upasand 3rd streets, anti-abortiondemonstrators will attack. UnitedStates nuclear site in Nevada. crumbledto createthe desert.Green theironly phone. Compassion, sorrow, endingin over100 arrests. rebellion,and love, he seemedtocontain Thosecontacted are sent to helpdefend Smilesbroke across our faces as a primal shubberyand sage paintedover the Pro-choiceorganizers pointed out the clinicsand keepthem open.The screamburst from my bowelsat thewind many creaturesinhabiting the land. inhis eyes all at once. We unloadedinto high schoolgym how willing these anti-abortion Women’s ResourceCenter at UCSD rushingthrough my truckwindows. We Here,where the sky is larger than life, the demonstratorsareto protecteight-week U.S.government is destroyingnature appropriatelynamed "The Hornets alsocontributes to mobilizing the clinic spun around, found parking,and oldfetuses and once a childis bornthey defenses. wanderedinto the hot desertsun. withnuclear bombs. Nest".Inside, we wereread a pre-written abandonboth it and its mother.The Prec’iouswater bottle in hand,we made "Thatis calledHigh Bluff," Bill said, speechand released.A crowd was amountof singlemothers living in Theconflict over a woman’schoice to our way past assortedbooths, down snappingme outof my reverie.Behind it waitingin front,applauding. povertybecause of lackof educationand towardsthe main gate.The Western is wherethe governmentdumps its Officially,992 people were arrested have a child or not has taken on daycarehas created a growingwomen’s tremendousnational proportions with ShoshoneIndians were issuing permits nuclearwaste. They claim its safe, but as and 1500 participated in the underclassin the U.S. demonstration.By my own estimate, the April 9 march of 500,000 in to protestorsauthorizing travel on the we roundeda bendBill pointed out a The unifyingtarget of the anti- land the governmenthad illegally mountainwith a volcanicrock dug out 1500 were arrested, and 2500 WashingtonD.C. to defendwomen’s abortiondemonstrators is the Roe vs. choice.This march indicates both the occupiedafter evicting them, the rightful to be usedby the governmentto make participated. WadeU.S. Supreme Court decision that owners.On a stage,a bandplayed the roads.Blasting rocks in a volcanicarea, tenuousnessof the situationand the havegreatly motivated a surge in the Imaginethat for twodays you could legalizedabortion. However, the willingnessto defendwomen’s rights. of the half million marchersin Dead.Behind barbed wire fences on the neara majorfault doesn’t sound that lovewithout rejection, sing and dance primarytarget has been actual clinics women’smovement. Washingtonon April9th weremen. leftand right, people were handcuffed safeto me whennuclear waste has to be Members of the anti-abortion withoutembarrassment, and confront andeven more significantly financial ’OperationRescue’ have assaulted Many of the anti-abortion with oversizegarbage bag ties and storedfor 10,000 years. theworlds problems with the support of demonstratorsare organizedthrough loadedonto trucks for transportto fundingfor contraceptives andabortion abortionclinics across the nation. They Women’srights activists insist that the Bill’speople were marched off of the others,it happenedand the feeling is clinics.Given the extreme cutbacks, even havelargely failed to closeclinics but issueof abortionis a battlefor women fundamentalistreligious groups. Here in holdingpens. Support groups pleaded landgiven them by thegovernment in a indescribable,just as men and women SanDiego, a priestand nun spent much withthe officers for gentleness. forcontrol over their own bodies. The 1887treaty. Escorted to Idahoand cannotdescribe their orgasms to each decisionto havea childhas far-reaching of the demonstrationson their knees We madeit to the frontgate where 400,000acres, the Shoshonepeople had other with accuracy. But once affectson herlife. it isboth a financialbeforethe police line surrounding the more supportgroups, those who had littleto workwith, considering that experienced,itsjust as addictive. burdenand a time-consuming.This abortionclinic. arrangedto pickup thearrestees when makesmany young ,vomen quit school Theyclaim that an abortionof an they were released,cheered and or goodjobs because they do nothave eight-weekold fetus is equivalentto applaudedas protestorswere placed in arisingof massaction much farther, said time.It eithermakes them dependent murder.They carried large placards with the pens.After searching in vainfor themoderator. upontheir partners or whenthey are picturesof fetusesthey claimed were of informationabout the arrest procedure, singleoften condemns them to poverty. thisage. They felt that because the fetus I handedover my keysto my friendand Calderonpointed out thatthe next , MexicanCrisis eruptioncould come directly south ol The currentwoman’s right to choose had manyof the nascentfeatures of a setoff to get arrested. whetheror not to have a childwas bornchild that it shouldbe considered Stoppingat the portableouthouses theborder in BajaCalifornia where the continuedfrom page 3 firststate elections since last ~car’, partiallywon as a resultof thewomen’s murderto abortit. They do notaddress servedtwo purposes.One, beingthe movementof the 60’sand 70’s.Also, manyof thecharacteristics of humans obvious,and two,it was a chanceto theerrors of the30"s and 40"s ~ould now last.luh 6 andthat this mandate of the presidentialelections will he heldthe suchas thought,emotion and memory. providea solution. firstweek of .luhthis year. The rcsuh,, generalsocial attitudes that women just musterup thecourage 1 wasurinating Mexicanpeople has to be Iollo~vcd. Thedemonstrations andfight back for Condeasserted that the economic and WhileSalinas de GortariIlas officially andthe response to theexpected fraud take care of the kids and do the away.A deep breathlater, i found houseworkhave significantly changed, pro-choicehave over the last year taken myselfout of theouthouse and through politicalprogl;am ofthe Cardcnistas was beenseated as presidentof Mexico, willbe indicative of the strength olthe I$ A WOM AN’S RIGHT futuremovement, said Calderon. even among men. The right to an a strongupturn to fightthe ignorance the barbedwire. My mindraced with a formulafor luturc disaster. Hc argued masseshave demonstrated that he and abortionis notjust a "women’sissue"; and sexism behind the Operation thoughtsof flyinglike a batout of hell for the nccd for the formationof hisPRI falsifiedthe elections.lhe U.S.Wants Total Control men are also adverslyaffected by Rescue.The nextyear portends to be towardsthe nearest bar, when a sheriff independentpolitical forces that would Cardcnistasand the PRI ha’~eworked The U.S. has adopted a ne~ unwantedpregnancies. About one third crucialhowever. suddenlyhandcuffed me. immigrationpolicy to get complete A quickword of adviceto thoseof you dominationover international labor and entertainingthoughts of participatingin iM2iigcr2.ti°~a tbedt w:: en tmh;dt:i~ora~:t a protestand getting arrested. Doit, but ~ by all meansfind a supportgroup. Society in the Making Whetherits Greenpeace (who will gladly snt[;dscU~pg<:diCn;Pebikl~rS~/hBiCtl~’e~::rtcl~ help),or threeor fourof yourfriends, Mexicansto culturalh’drop thci~ heritageand prmidcs little to no human knowingsomeone is waitingto helpyou Thiscolumnaims to show that our society is continually if something goes wrong, adds rightsand theplans to builda ditch Stanford,California considerablyto 3our sanit,,. Fake it from alongthe I,;.S.-Mexican border x~ith thc changing.Through the actionsof organizedgroups, Webb ranchfarm workers on StanfordUniversity nationalguard as observersthe I’.S. i, whatis oftenperceived as a staticsituation can be forced propertyvoted for representationby the United someonewho didn’t. to changedramatically forthe better, even though there Eventuallywe wereall loadedon to futhcrmilitari/ing both the border StanfordWorkers, Local 680 of the SEIU.Webb ranch conamunitvandthe border itself, said the are many temporarysetbacks. The informationis workersearn $4.50 per hourfor the samework USW uncomfl)rtableprison buses to be drawnfrom the publications cited. transportedan hour away to Banth.’fes, moderator, workersget paid$12 per hour.They also receive no justas it sounds,Banth consists of a In ansxverto thesehuman right’, medicalor otherbenefits. parkinglot, a con,,eniencestore and a ~iolationson bothsides of thebolder PeoplesDaily Worm casino.An oldindian sat in frontof me. Kalnu.inannounced that at coalition x~ill His weatheredlace was framedby be forming.Although as xet not New York Boston,Massachusetts shoulderlength salt and pepper hair, and determinedthe coalition will prohahl3 UnitedNations representatives from Mexico, drop analyses togetherto demandlair elections. The statehouseaquitted twenty welfare recipients an old strawco~boy hat wornto near thathcnclittcd the will do both solidaritxwork and Indonesia,Venezuela, Peru, Sri Lanka and Yugoslavia andtheir supports, who attemptedto placegovernor decay.His name was BillRosse, and hc Mexicanelites. I he electionsignited a mass political encouragethe self organizationot informedSecretary General Cuellar that 40 signatories Michael Dukakis under citizens arrest for wasat onetime chairman of theWestern ElectionFraud Sparked movement~hich lead to hugerallies and Mexicanimmmigrants in the t:.S. I-or to the 1963treaty banning atmospheric, space, and noncomplianceof a 1986court order compelling him to ShoshoneIndians (an elected equivalent the sci/ureol manxtm~n halls. While moreinlormation on helping to builda Mass Movement underwater atomic weapons testing are askingto raiseAFDC payments to a levelwhich made it possible to Chief)for five years. We rodedown thislevel ol mobilizationhasdissipated. coalitioncontact .Iclgcr Kalmijn at the convenea conferenceto work out a comprehensive forcertain recipients topay rent. They were arrested for highway95 staringthrough tinted Both(akterdn and Condoa~scrted the currentgreater organization and ne~indicator (Address: B-023: I,a .Iolla. + nucleartest ban. The 1963Moscow treaty requires trespassingafter remaining in the state legislature for win, ows as the most beautiful, that(’ardcnas had won the elections ol politicala~arcncss could propel the next (’A92093). consentof I/3of thesignatories, currently 39, for a over7 hours.Jurors found them not guilty even after conferenceto amend the treaty to be called. theywere denied use of thenecessity defense. People’sDaily Worm GAY ¯ LABOR ¯ LATIN AMERICA ¯ ECOLOGY massmedia sources Tiredof greasy,fatty foods? MARXIST-HUMANISM ¯ 15OLITICAL ECONOMY California WOMEN ¯ MEN ¯ BLACK ¯ NON-VIOLENCE The UnitedFarm Workersunion gained a partial Ontario MID EAST victoryin theirstruggle to have fivedangerous Membersof the OntarioPublic Service Employees Eat at the CHE Groundwork MARCUSE pesticidesbanned. Captan, one of thefive, has been Unionat theSault Ste. Marie sewage treatment plant HEALTH CHINA bannedfrom use on 42 fruitsand vegetablesas of puta stopto a mangementplan for dealing with water Books February16 by theEPA. Its use is stillpermitted on 24 contaminatedwith the toxic herbicide Spike. Ontario’s ENERGY UCSD Student Center IRELAND fruitsand vegetables, including grapes. The EPA has environmentministry had decidedto flushthe water I 5 to L;drr~cJnleft ot wooden ART alteredits definition ofrisk to allow greater protection throughthe sewagetreatment plant and intothe St. fo,Oft)nclcle t,ght ,rffo Cork,rig lot MEDIA of consumersbut hasmade no efforttowards greater TempehBurgers 452-9625 Mary’sRiver, but workers at theplant refused to do the ALBANIA Mow-Sat 11 am.41 pm RECORDS protectionof workers in areaswhere pesticides areused. job,arguing that it wouldbe hazardousto theirhealth Thedisregard a University of Washington, Seatle study and would pollutethe river.Two workerswere -" ¯ ¯ P/Z SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE ¯ ASIAN AMERICAN whichlinked Captan to birthdefects in 12 California suspended,but when the issuewas raisedin the countieswhere its use is high. provinciallegislature management changed its mind ¯ St/rFry Veg/es NUCLEAR POWER ¯ MARXlST/LENINISM ¯ IRAN IndustrialWorker anddecided to storethe waste until it couldbe treated. LaborNotes LEGAL HASSLES ¯ YOUNG PEOPLE ¯ CHICANC UnitedSteles ContinentalAirlines boycott announced by thethree Open Men. to Friday, 8-3 MARXISM ¯ NATIVE AMERICAN ¯ ORGANIZING unionsstriking Eastern Airlines, The AFL-CIO,and theJobs with Justice Coalition. Eastern Airlines picket All You Can Eat EveryWednesday 5-7 PM FOOD ¯ US LEFI ¯ LIBROS EN ESPANOL lineswi!! be extendedto includeContinental terminals andticket counters. PeoplesDaily Worm 7 6 knownothin’ ’bout you, that leaves a wholelotta roomfor questions.Problem is, Ed wasn’tgivin’ no answers.He say he fromIberia City, say he usedto GRI()TESS own a tobaccoshop there, but don’tnobody know if that’strue. I askedhim why he leftand he claimedhe by ElizabethWhitted Other Folks Business neededa change.1 justdon’t believe you up and leavehome and a businessfor a change. boy,but she did findout his name and wherehe Anotherthing about Ed, onceand a whilehe just I’m the female counterpartof my brother.You call him By YolandaLofton camefrom, ’cause before then she had neverseen up and leave,and stay gone for days,sometimes Griot. 1 try to stayoutta other folks business, but it him.His name he toldher was Ed Rivers.As she even weeks.Emogene say he be layin’around the You may desire to call me seemslike they like me to be in theybusiness. They walkedthe lasthalf mile toward home she saidshe houseseem like he’s happy and the nextminute, he alwayscome tellin’ me ’boutit, so theymust want keptimaginin’ the sunshineyface of Ed Rivers. be playin’ those old B.B. King songs on the Miss Griot recordplayer.Next thing you know,or Ed packin’ Mrs. Griot me to knowit. l guessthey think l’m wise.An old After that day, Ed found out where Emogene woman with a whole bunch of grey hairs as me stayedand took to visitin’quite often. Since hisgrip, say he gotthe blues and he gotto go.He tell or even Mzz. Griot,but oughtaknow something.I been througha whole Emogene’s momma was always gone with some Emogenehe be back soon,he don’tknow when,and ! call myself, GRIOTESS. bunchof whatthese children come tellin’ me ’bout. man and all her olderbrothers and sistershad o!’ Ed be gone.Ed mightshow upa couple days later or sometimesa few weekslater. African Queen, Youlive and you learn. I s’posethat’s why they come movedaway and startedthey own families,didn’t When he would leave,Emogene would get real Malamy, tellit to me.This one child, Emogene, her business nobodypay muchattention to his makin’his second home at Emogene’shouse. down,her shouldersgot all hunchedover and the Diva was alwayson everybody’smouth and in theyears. 1 know everythingthere is to know aboutthat girl WheneverEmogene saw ol’ raggedymouth Ed, sparklewould be gone from her eye. She would care au laitto blueberrysweet ’causel getsit fromtwo directions,other folks her face wouldlight up. She said he was like come and tell me how much she miss her my roles,my colors,my music wouldcome tell me her businessand she would sunshineon a rainyday, he justmade her feel good, "Sunshine".! just comforted the poorchild. The minuteEd came back,it was like Emogene each very diverse cometell it to me herself. and that’swhat she took to callin’him too, PoorEmogene, she neverwas too bright,tooshe, Sunshine.That girl couldn’t keep her mind off that was a new woman.She never asked.wherehe had the music, beenshe justhugged and kissedhim and welcomed didn’thave properhometraining. She was out on man.Everytime anybody saw her that’sall she had you hearit, feelit and see her sunshineback home. her own makin’grown folks decisions when she was to talkabout, "my sunshine"this or "my sunshine" in my actions. stilla child.Her momma was just plainand simple a that.After while, folks got tiredof hearin’’bout For a while,it seemlike things were going good it’sthe fluidityin my dance fluesy.She had one man one nightand anotherthe Sunshineand stopped comin’ by and started for Emogene,even though I hatedto see her break her backworkin" in themwhite folks houses all day the sadittyin my strut next.In betweenthose men she foundtime to have avoidin’Emogcne. You knowit’s bad whenyou talk six kids and none of them knew which man was aboutsomething so much’til folks get tired of you. and then come home and breakher backfor Ed. 1 the sycopationin my words knewit was"cause she was just a littlecrazy. Like I whosefather. Well,that’s what Emogene did. talked herself right like said,she didn’thave nobody to tellher nothin’. Hey, You Talkin ta Meeee. When she come askin’me ’boutwhat she oughtto do. 1 just tell her "Emogene,do what makesyou My music has touched many lives. happy."I guessEd made her happy.She say she it is my lifeforce,the didn’tmind takin’carc of Ed ’causeshe knew hc rhythm,my heartbeat ~oulddo the samefor her.Emogenc sure found out you see, ! am the song in your heart. I have touchedmany thetruth the hard ~’av. Emogene came by my house one afternoon throughout the world,but with no greaterimpact than felt grinnin’.lthought it wasjust that simple grin of hers b~ America’sforefathers and mothers. that~as alwayson her faceso I didn’tpay it too much mind.Finally, I askedher why shc was so happy.She toldme she was gonnahave Sunshine’s ! am the sheroe who moved and is moving your heroes. baby,now you know1 likedto died.I justtold her Your nurturerin thatwas good,if that’swhat made her happy. Mama~ littlebaby likes Wellyou probablykno~’ as wellas i knowthat short’nin,short’nin the news wasn’tgonna make Ed Rivershappy and sureas fat meatis greasy,it wasn’tmore than two Your lullabyin Hush littlebaby don’t daysafter Emogene told Ed thatshe was havin’his baby that Ed got the bluesand got on away from say a word. Mama’s gonna there. You see, Ed wasn’t no fool. He knew buy you a mocking bird Emogeneexpected him to takecare of she and her sistersnow that she was havin’ his baby. That triflin’ Your Christ/runscarol man couldn’tstand the thoughtof goingto workso he got outtathere quick as lightening. Sweet lil Jesusboy dey Emogenewas sadand tearyeyed all the time,but said you was born in a she justknew her Ed wouldn’tleave her and never manger come back.So she waited.A monthpassed, then four months and Ed didn’t show up. Everyone and as they easedin the water,! pushe¢lmy peopleto thoughtfor sureEd wasn’tcomin’ back. freedom moaning ButEd surprisedus all.He cameback after five monthsof Emogenecryin’ and mopin’.Emogene Wade in de water,wade in de water chillun welcomedEd Back with openarms. Ed promisedhe wouldtake care of her. 1 thoughtsomeone musta you think of me when you hear the Blues and call my knockedsome sense into o1’ Ed whilehe was gone, acculturatedmelody, JAZZ ’cause he went and got himselfa job and sat Emogenedown. Folks thoughtEd was a changed i gave you your only royalty Emogenewas the middle child, and you know out of a wholeiotta company. 1 got sickof hearin’ man,but you know,all goodthings come to an end. ’boutsunshine myself, but I justkept quiet, poor the courtof music theysay that’sthe one that’salways troubled. She Ed got tiredof workingeveryday and takin’care of was a scrawnylittle ol’ walnutcolored girl that Emogeneneeded at leastone listenin’ear. Emogeneand her sisters.One day Ed came home Earl, Count, the Duke, Empress,Lady, Diva, and Duchess didn’thave no booksense and very littlecommon Meanwhile,that devil Ed wasjust layin’ ’round from work,put on the recordplayer and got the sistersinterpretin the worksof my sense.The chilecouldn’t throw rain water outta a notdoing nothin’. He didn’twork he justsataround blues.The next day he packedhis bags and was brotherslike no other. bootif thedirections told her how. I saythat ’cause all daywhittlin’ wood and listenin’ to theradio, i gone.It wascertainly a pitiful sight that day Ed left. alwayssaid a manthat won’t work ain’t no good.Ed forgotwho they are any foolwould stay from behind a horseif they’d Emogenebegged and pleadedwith him not to leave beenkicked by it once,but Emogenemusta like to knew he had Emogenelickin’ out the palmof his her,she reminded him that she was ’bout to havehis WORD be kicked,’cause she kepton goingback for more. hand.He wasn’tno foolthat’s for sure,’cause he baby.Would you believeEmogene, as pregnantas HINES BASLE ELLINGTON BESSIE BILLIE LEONTYNE SARAH You probablydon’t know whati’m talkin’’bout, wouldmake it seemlike he was doingfor Emogene she was, wrappedherself around Ed’s legs and well,let me let you in on whateveryone else knows andher three sisters. Once and a whilehe wouldbuy wouldn’tlet go. She cried,she prayed,she begged, and ooooh Sarah crooning in Emogenesome candy or treather to the movies,but she hollered,"Please don’t leaveme again,oh ’roundhere, Emogene Washington’s business. ° a sentimentalmood The horse that kept on kickin’and kickin’ thatwas like puttin honeyout forthe bees’cause Sunshine,please." All Ed couldsay washe hadto go Emogenesure did like her someEd. She woulddo Aretha baby, queen of Soul singing R-E-S-P-E-C-T Emogenewas thisfella by the nameof Ed Rivers.A ’causehe hadthe blues. Finally, she let him go and big"lemon-colored boy witha sneakygrin. The first anythingfor him.You knowthey say lovemake you he proceededto go whereverhe went when he got do foolishthings, well, Emogene musta really been you scream,! say Gawn Girls timel laideyes on thatboy, I knewhe wasn’tno the blues.For the next coupleof days,Emogene in love.First thing she did wrongwas allowEd to cried so much I thoughtthat baby was gonnabe each a part of Griotess good,the gap in his mouthalone could tell you he wasa liar,but like ! say,l stayoutta other folks stayin her momma’shouse and lay up all daywhile bornwith a frownon its face. past,present, future business,so ! didn’tsay nothin’to nobody. she wentout and workedto feedhim and her three Ed was gone for two months,but do you knowEd youngersisters. Ed saidhe hada bankaccount fulla oral interpretation,communication, family leaders, legacy Emogenetell me she met up with Ed one day cametrottin’ back the day beforeEmogene had that moneythat they would use whenthey needed it, but wen vefs whileshe was comingdown the main road headed baby talkin’’bout he had the bluesand he just Emogenenever seen a dollarof it.Yes, I tellyou the for home.She say the sun was beatingdown on her couldn’tshake ’em. Emogene was justabout tired of girlwas so lovestruck, ! don’tthink she knew what musicthe lifeforce headand she wasdripping with sweat. O1’ Ed Rivers thoseblues ’cause they tell me whenshe sawEd she she was doing. lookedat him longand hard,not likeshe usedto rhythm the heartbeat calledout to her,"Hey girl, it’s awful hot out there, why don’tyou come sit uder this tree wit me?" You probablywonder why I’m so down on Ed jump up and hug him when he came back.She just Rivers.I knewEd wasn’tnothing and wasn’tnever Emogenehad beenstaring straight ahead hoping to lookedat him,a lookwith nothin’ in it.No love.No ! am your melody, America soon see the box-shapedhouse she calledhome gonna be nothing.Nobody knew where he came hate.The nextday she had the baby,a littleboy ! AM GRIOTESS appearin the distance,and hadn’tnoticed the boy from,some say he camefrom a townoutside Baton named Sunny. Emogene wasn’t herself no more Rouge.That’s the firstthing worried me abouthim. afterthat baby was born.She didn’tjump when Ed who lookedlike sunshine itself sitting underneath continuedon page8 thefig tree. She said she didn’t stop and sit with the Whenfolks don’t kaow where you comefrom, don’t 9 8 History of Student Governance My Legacy ---TheCooperative Experience of the 70"s McElroyresponded by pressingcampus themselvesagainst many administration officialpart of theadministration of the disciplinary charges against 10 policiesand to pressfor the changes they University(unlike "official" student outspokenactivists of the Anti-CIA N.I.C.Note: In our last issue,we wanted.As a result,administration governments).Meanwhile, the Co-op By Mary Fisher began an in-depthexamination of the hostilitytowards the Co-operative began Coalition.Most of the 10 were also pointedto the overwhelmingstudent officersof the Co-op. The kangaroo history of "studentgovernment" at to grow. supportand declaredthat the Co-op UCSD. In this issue we continuean court proceedings dragged on for Showing student contemptfor the derivedits legitimacy from the students. months, denounced by both the new Many of us who are young and Black have quite overview of major features and institutionalized racism of the not fromthe administration. indicatorand the TritonTimes. At one enoughto deal with in this life withouthaving to problems.Students have now voted to university,one of thefirst acts of Co-op Co-op officersbegan to research point, over 200 outraged students endureunexpected tragedies¯ But one of the main call /’or an Associated Students legislationhad both practicaland questionsof legal autonomyfrom the invaded and disruptedthe hearings. reasonswe are so strongas a peopleis becausewe ConstitutionalConvention earh’ in symbolicimportance, it was decided Regents,and incorporationof student Manyother sessions were picketed. have had to face and overcomeso many obstacles. 1990. that the Co-opbudget committee would governments.For these, and other One of thestudent body’s responses to This belief can likewise be translated to an The new indicatorwill complete its be selectedby a processwhich required reasons,the Administrationentered into thisblatent repression was the adoption individuallevel. A lot of time we becomestronger overviewwithin our nextfew editions. non-discriminationand affirmative a very thorough destabilization of the StudentUnionism Amendment to peopleas a resultof thosethings that go wrong in We will then continueour exploration actioncriteria. The rule adopted stated: campaignagainst the Co-operative.The the StudentCo-operative Constitution our lives.The followingis a personalaccount that 1 with"closeup "’ looksat particularevents "TheCo-op shall elect, by theprescribed campaignhad many of the hallmarksof in June of 1976. The Unionism hope will inspireand give strengthto my brothers voting procedures,four persons to and controversies,such as theabolition corporateunion-busting, or the typesof Amendmentwas adoptedin order, "to andsisters. of theA.S. in 1972and the A.S. ~.failure moreaccurately reflect its relationship to to aid the movement.forUC divestment I am blessed to have had one very special and the administration/managementand to .from South Africa in ~5. We hope to thestudents," and the organizationwas influentialperson in my life.A personin whomI put compilethis history series and publish it all my trust and love. This person was my henceforthknown as the StudentCo- as a contributionto the debateabout an operative Union. The Unionism grandmother, Mrs. Ella Mac Fisher who will A.S.Constitutional Convention. henceforthbe referredto as "Mamma." Amendmentwas yet anotherexample of The S.C.U.Interlude: Students how the Chancellor’scontrol over his Empowered Mamma took me and my sister in when I was "advisorycommittee" was being eroded eleven months old and from that point on she was The Co-opProposal was ratified by an by students. the only mother l knew. She worked hard to make open generalassembly of the student The Amendment,unlike the original sure that we had everythingwe neededand some of body on October ~4, 1974. The TUSC report proposing the Co- what we wanted. My childhood was a very secure documentwas a blend of elementsthat operative, was never approved or and happy one. There were times of course that 1 were more philosophical,such as one disapproved (officially) by the thoughtshe was verystrict and overprotective.Then mightfind in a constitutionalpreamble, Chancellor¯He justwas not consulted. there were other times duringmy childhoodwhen ! with more basic practicalprovisions, The Co-operative’sassembly simply just knew that she had no idea what she was talking such as typically appear in a exercisedits right, shared by all about. Everything that that mommy knew and constitution.Added to theseelements registeredstudent organizations, to experiencedapplied only to the dark ages; or so i weremore detailed practical provisions, defineitself, and its constitution,in thought.No matterwhat my teenageopinions, were thatwere essentially bylaws. Thus, some accordancewith its own rules,desires of my grandmother’smethod of childrearing,I students,including some of theauthors, and needs¯ knew in my heart then and I know now that mamma felt the Proposalwas not meant to cared for me and loved me like no one else could. functionas a constitution.Nevertheless, ...... ~, the documentwas acceptedand served, When 1 was in grade school, I could never with various amendments, as the understand why mamma felt the need to make my governingrules of the Co-op,from fall life miserableby always showing up at my school 1974through winter 1977. and coming to my classes. I thought of tll’is The StudentCo-operative represented insure a non-discriminatorysexua f smearsantgpropaganda the CIA uses to treatmentas nothing short of cruel and unusual a dramatic break from traditional racial,and ethnic balance." Each of the destabilize popular democratic punishment.Now I understand that had she done student"representation," and was based college councils first chose a anythingless, I may not be where I am today.My governmentsworldwide, when their on a non-hierarchical form of representativeto thegudgetcommittee, policiesare unfriendly to AmericanBig education, even at that level, was extremely " participatoryself-governance. Although and then the Co-op generalassembly importantto her and that madeit importantto me. 1 Business¯Open lies promotedby the the similarityto the democraticself- chosethe remainingfive members.For administration were uncritically worked harder simplybecause I knew that she and managementused by many cooperatives thefirst (and only) time in UCSDhistory my teacherswere on a first-namebasis. ! see now reportedas fact, by the Tritonl)mes was foremostin the choiceof the name women and students of color were newspaper(forerunner of the Guardian). thatshe wasn’t trying to tortureme afterall,she just ! wantedme to want an educationfor myself as much Student Co-operative support m as she wantedone for me. It, is also funny how all 1975-76for the GraduateStudent Irnion thosewords that I heardbut didn’tlisten to are so demands and for their two, one-day relevantto my presentlife. Even with the little things strikes (conductedby most teaching like why we couldn’t eat at Burger King every assistants)and support for the Anti-CIA Sundayafter church.All ! ever got in responseto Coalition’sdemand that UCSDdisclose this questionwas the old "we’vegot food at home" andse~er all ties with the terrorist wing speech. Since 1 have been living in my own ol the II.S. government,intensified Saxon Ponders Testimony apartmentI knowfor a fact thatfive dollarsgoes a administrationopposition to the Co- lot furtherat Food Basketthan it does at Burger operative.In Noxemberof 1975, over Over the summer of 1976 the King. 600 studentsconfronted [!C President Chancellorestablished, and fundedwith Saxon at the tICSI) Gym Steps. some$5000 of studentregistration fees, a As I have grown into an adult and have had to Expecting to confer with student committeeto drag’ up *’ahernative make a greatdeal of adultdecisions, I realizedthat government"leaders" Co-op officials governmentproposals" to be put before mommy wasn’tin the dark ages afterall. She always insteadinvited Saxon to a micrephone studentsin a referendum¯Thi:, was done said that there was nothingnew under the sun, boy at the top of the Gym Steps,and three despitethe lack of anyorganized .~tt,h’nt do I believethat now. She taughtme that 1 would microphoneswere set-up for the crowd¯ oppositionto the S.C.U.and without have to work hard for anythingthat 1 reallywanted any inputfrom thestudents on the Reg. in this world.She told me that! have to be patient UCSD chancellorMcEIroy resigned effective June 1980 Fee Committee¯Conspicuously absent and not in such a hurryfor thosethings that 1 want OtherFolks afterfaculty vote of "noconfidence." 5’ : ’ ¯"’ ¯ . from the three proposals of the because if they are worth it accordingto God’s Chancellor’scommittee was the Student guaranteed a voice m how campus plan they will happen.I never knew how much those Business "StudentCooperative," the intentwas Co-operative Union. McEIroy also to emulate New England town activityfunds were expended¯ words would mean to me until now. continuedfrom page 7 unsucces.~fullytried to put these meetings.It is worthnotingalso, that the told her to jump, she did what she wanted,when she The Student Co-operative was proposalsbefore the students in a Fall I learnedso much fromher and didn’teven realize Emogene came home from work one day and the open generalassembly was in some ways certifiedby studentsas their"official wanted. She went back to work after a while and ’76 referendum.That effort failed that 1 was being taught! recordplayer was blaringB.B. King’s"That’s Why I similarto the UCSDfaculty’s Academic representativebody" in April1975. bv a told Ed he wouldhave to do the same if he wantedto Sing the Blues".She said Ed was sittingwith his because,in his zeal,McEIroy was acting On May 3, 1987, Mommy was shot and killed Senate and not unlike the most betterthan 60% vote of just over35c~ in violationof hisown student elections stay in her mamma’shouse. Ed needed someplaceto headd,~wn and his faceall screwed up. It was likehe democraticlabor union conventions. turnout.Chancellor McElroy refused to witha .38 caliberhandgun. Fora greatdeal of timeI guidelines. lay his head, so he played along with Emogene’s was b~. lin’ withthe devil.Not too soon afterthat Weeklygeneral assemblies were open to recognizethe results,citing a "low thoughtthis was the singleworst thing that could Recoveringits wits, the adminis- game, he knew it wouldn’t last for long, and Ed gn bed his grip and got to steppin’.Emogene allstudents. Students were allowed to set turnout."(Revealingly, the Chancellor’s happenin my life. 1 had lost my home, my familiy, trationfroze S.C.U. budget allocations everyoneknow’s you don’t bite the hand that feeds policy, vote on allocations,make concernthat at least 50% of UCSD’s and everyounce of securityI everknew. I missedher sayshe lidn’tsay nothin’she just looked at himas he t" to over 100 studentorganizations that you. He got another job, and took to treatin’ appointments,elect officersof the studentsturn out in a referendum--an t so much! didn’tthink ! couldhandle it. But as time walker? down the same road she was waikin’ on Fall.The officialreason given by Vice went on and ! got my own apartment,paid my own Emogenereal good. That lastedabout two or three when s c met him. assembly(and various committees), arbitrary requirement with no etc.--allsubject to the Chancellor’s ChancellorMurphy was that the S.C.U. bills and took charge of my own schooling, I months. Tha’ been two years now and Ed ain’t been back equivalentin stateor federallaw---was didnot have sufficient budget guidelines. realizedthat I was applyingall thoselessons that Sure enough Emogene fell back into the trap. acceptance of the "advice." discarded"in 1977, when he felt the Saxonwas challengedto explainand since.? aw Emogeneover there all alone,no man, Administrationfigures show that a large This was nothingless than an outright mamma taught. Yes she’s dead and to lose someone Soon as he couldhe quithis job and startedback to conditionsto be ripefor decertification justifyUC policyon a wide range of not to much money and five mouths to feed. numberof studentsparticipated in the lie,because the same guidelines had been you loveis a terriblething, but she didn’tleave me of theCo-operative.) In the wake of the topics, from ties to the CIA, to in use the prior two years, with no layin’ ’round the house doin’ nothin’. He told Emog says she won’t never take Ed back again, Student Co-operative,with meetings empty-handed. Mamma left me with good, solid 1975referendum, relations between the affirmativeaction, to disabledstudent complaintsfrom the administrators.In Emogene he had gotten laid off from his job and but ! d believeif on a cloudyday, a littlesunshine frequentlyinvolving I00 studentsor administ~’ationand the Co-op became values, common sense, and a strength that will services,to rightsof campusemployees. addition,the Administrationstepped up that he would lind one soon as he could. Emogene peektl ough, Emogene would be there to welcome moreand literallythousands attending strained.The Chancellorsaid be would enableme to overcomeany obstaclesthat lie ahead He dida poorjob, angering most people its campaignto subjectthe S¯C.U.to a didn’t pay no mind to Ed’s being jobless again, at leastone meetingduring each year recognizethe Co-opas the "unofficial for me. So you see, EllaMac Fisherwill never really it.But ~u know I don’t know ’cause! try to stay present.As he left he was followedby riggedreferendum in thewinter of "77. ’causehe was treatin’her like a queen.Well, of die because her memory and words will be like a outtat ~erfolks business. It quicklybecame obvious that some student government"(i.e., advisory hundreds,with chantslike "SaxonOff The S.C.U.was also being assailedby course, Ed took advantageof Emogene again, but committeeto the Chancellor),subject to constant flame burning from the most intimate types of Co-op decisionswere beyond Campus!" and "CIA Off Campus!" the then pro-administrationTriton anotherreferendum at somefuture date. cornersof my soul.i can’tfill her shoes,but I can Ed’s only problem was that he couldn’tkeep the the reachof the chancellor’sveto. In Furious at such an embarrassment. Times which convinced some of the surelyfind my own size,follow in her footsteps,and blues from creepin’up on him. He knew he had it addition,an open generalassembly of Simultaneouslyhe required the Co-op to Saxon reportedlychastized Chancellor continuedon page I0 be the kind of Black woman that she would want me good,but he justcouldn’t fight the blues. the studentbody was an excellentforum registeras a studentorganization to McEIroy for allowingit to happen. underscorethat the group was not an to be. andtool for students to beginto organize 11 10 Gov’t History continuedfrom page 9 affectedstudent organizations that the guidelinesissue was real, rather than a smearby theVice Chancellor. When the samebasic guidelines were weeks later "accepted"by theVice Chancellor, the Triton Times failed to make the comparison.The fundswere unfrozen, butthe Co-op’s credibility was damaged. Duringthis period, the new indicator was not publishingmore than two or threetimes per quarter, and was not able to counterthe constantdistortions printedin the TritonTimes. The stage was set for the decertification referendum. ]he March1977 referendum{which, dueto studentpressure, ultimately did includethe S.C.tl.Constitution), conductedunder highly questionable circumstances,wasthe final blow in the anti-Co-opcampaign. Conducted by an ElectionsBoard whose chairperson was an avowedcandidate for A.S.President monthsbefore the referendumtook place,the conduct of thereferendum was soblatantly illegal that the President of the.",;an Diego ACI.U chapter warned, priorto the opening of polls,th’at if the referendumtook place under existing conditionsa lawsuit could result¯ To this dateit is not knownwhat the actual resultsof thereferendum were, what the effectof the unannoum’edextended polling hours and unannounced cafeteria-linevoting booths were, what B-023B UCSD Stude, nt Center the impact was of stuffing dorm La Jolla, CA 92093 Phone: 534-4873 mailboxeswith voter information pamphletswhile not mailingthem to commuters,and what, if an)’,effect the The Good Fight April28 gross campaignviolations (such as campaigningat the votingbooths) by An Americanism Fridays proponentsof the A.S. model and by the TritonTimes (such as McCarthyitered- FleischFrisst Menschen May 5 7 pm baitingarticles against mysterious FREE unnamedCo-op leaders) had uponthe "’FleshDevours Man’" results.The administrationwhich TLH 107 tabulatedthe resultswithout any Beru’itWar Generation May 12 studentspresent alleged that the A.S. received51c/~ of thevote (with a 30~ turnout).But theElection Commission re/usedto certff’l"the results, since studentshad not witnessedthe ballot

Letters Fel ’Workers, Whileglad to hearthat the Ch~ Caf~ wantedthe Coffee ttut as a sitefor frat enthusiasticsupporter of the (High) such effortsthrough such meansas folksare still carrying on thefight, I parties,turning to theco-ops only after Price[!niversity Center. Only for one puttingAS officerson payroll,rigged foundScott Kestler’s version of history hisoriginal plans were thwarted. yearafter Montalvo and fratcronies elections,and imposingan evenless some what surprising.I too lived wereswept from office by co-opand democraticconstitution than the one throughthose long days of 1979-81 Nor was the AS takeoverof the progressiveslates did the AS activelytheyoriginally drafted. was AS Commissionerol Student StudentCenter Board any causefor supportco-ops. Welfareduring the year when Scott has celebration.The StudentCenter Board, The"associated students" was created theAS "underthe direction of student which pre-dated the Associated Theadministration responded to this body presidentCarlos Montalvo," Students,was student-controlledbody by theAdministration to serve certain createdat theinsistence of the Student briefburst of energyfrom a bodyit purposes-purpuses in whichMontalvo fightingfor student control and self- establishedto enforce student managedcooperatives. CooperativeUnion. It hadevery bit as was an enthusiasitccollaborator. The much autonomyfrom the Adminis- subservienceby bringing in JoeW;4tson primarydifference between him andthe Suchmyths serve no usefulpurpose. (whoearlier did theirdirty work in administrationwas thatMontaho was Far frombeing an advocateof self- trationas did the AS-controlled MUSIC committeewhich succeeded it, and was smashing self-management at anearly supporter offraternities, whileit management, Montalvo’s primary Lumumba-Zapatacollege) and actively tookthe administrationmanagement a concernwas to reintroducefraternities successfulin thwarting plans to turnthe StudentCenter into a shoppingmall and supporting the organizationof coupleof yearsto seethe potential the at UCSD;and he was morethan willing fraternitiesandsororities. to toadyfor theadministration on any adminstrativeoffice complex. SCU fratsoffered for demobilizingthe student body and tightening numberof issues(who rewarded him for activistscalled for puttinga natural foodscooperative restaurant where the TheAS is,after all, nothing more than administrativecontrol over its puppet servicesrendered with a cushyjob with "government.‘¯ the NationalScience Foundation). One Pub is today[was yesterday -N.I.C.], a committeeof the Regents, the officers of Montalvo’sfirst acts in office was to, andsome co-ops were alread4’ in place of whichserve at theAdministration’s Mythsof a goldenage of AS militance followinga meetingwith then Vice whenthe administration,installed itsAS pleasure and can be removedby it at any and activismcan serve no purpose.If Chancellor for Student Affairs studentgovernment. time. It was establishedby the studentswish to see theirinterests Armitage,advise the new indicator that The AS neversupported genuine co- administrationas a safealternative to promoted,they will have to createtheir he wouldfreeze its budget if thepaper ops,though it laterused them as a theself-managed, independent Student own organizationsindependent of, and LOCATED ON THE REVELLE CAMF:US continuededitorializing in favor of precedentfor AS-owned businesses (the CooperativeUnion. When students opposedto. the Boardof Regentsand unionization.Montalvo went on, a few profitsol whichgo todayto suchworthy attemptedto workthrough the AS to theadministration. weekslater, to writeArmitage urging enterprisesas salaries for AS council advancestudent interests¯ vigilant Jon Bekken priorcensorship of the camous press. He members).The AS was an early and administratorsintervened to crushall 12 Long Stories in Short

Is This Salvation?

The SalvationArmy is wagingwar on DeathShuttle 500 housekeepingand food service Devil’sBargain workersat its BoothMemorial Medical Solidarity Centerin New York City. The hospital lhe shuttle scheduled after the workers, members of RWDSU Local Challengerexplosion was to carry46.7 Forever 1199.have been without a contractsince ]he20th anniversaryof Woodstockis pounds of plutonium.(One pound of July 1987, and Local 1199 charges comingup this summer,and corporate plutoniumevenl~ distributedcould Topteamster officials are rallying to sponsorsare engineeringa major image thes’retrying to breakthe union. During inducelung cancerin everyperson on the defense of IBT (International changelor the reveredthree dax rock the holidays, Local 1199 held earth,according to Dr.Helen Caldicott+) Brotherhood of Teamsters) Harold concerthappening. Once a symbolof demonstrationsand placed newspaper lhe shuttle,project Galileo, is still Friedman,who is on trialin Cleveland rebellionand a re[erencepoint for the ads suggestingthat peoplethink twice scheduledto continueas planned on charges of embezzlingalmost $1 counterculture.Woodstock is being before contributingto the Army’s plutoniumand all. PeaceNew.Uetter millionfrom Local 507. They’ve set up a annual sidewalk kettle fundraising repackagedas yetanother piece of baby- defensefund to help pay Friedmans’s campaign.Said 1199’sMoe Foner,"We boomernostalgia. Accoring to the H’all legal bills. A letter soliciting aretaking away some of theholy picture 5,’treetJournal, Warner Brothers, which contributionssays, "Harold’s fight is all theypresent of themselves,that they are ow’ns the film and recordrights to of our fight.If the governmentcan do only interestedin the poor and the Woodstock, is planning I00 thisto Haroldthey can do it to everyone homeless,and are abovereproach. "’\VoodstockMoments," to be airedon of us." mu~,icand videostations. The Moments l,ahorNotes ~ill be sponsored (and used as Labor Notes advertisings’ehiclesl by thebig auto , htst-lood,and soft-drink corpqrations. as well as others caught up in the Woodstockspirit. Warner’s president of pay-lVand networkfeatures, Edward Bleier. comments that "lhe irons appealsto me.Ihat’s what this nation is ;.tb(~ tit "" Mean~tnlc,,,tmle companieshaxe begun htmoringthe \Voodstockle~ac~ ,a.lthOut~aiting tot \Varner’s Moment~. One ad lastfall shov, ed a Zenith~\’ tunedto a tilmol Woodstock.A xoicc- o~crintoned, "’Woodstock. Bu//ing with the prc~,enceof halta millionpeople do~,’non thelarm for three unlorgetable da.w,ol peace,lose, and rock and rail. Zenith’>,27-inch digital 1-V with Sound by Bose bringsit back."All of which leads us to believe that Woodstock alumnaJoni Mitchell was rightwhen she penned these Ivrics to her song commemoratingthe festixal:"’We are ~,tardustWe are goldenWe are caught in thede,,il’s bargain." l)ollar.~and Sense

WHEREYOUR INCOME TAX MONEYREALLY GOES The Fewer TheUnited States Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 1988 The Better

1he mediachose not to reporton the findingsof BenBagdikian that revealed haltor moreof the U.S.media business controlledby 50 corporationsin 1982 wereby December’86 controlledby 29, andby 1987controlled by 26. SomeWall Streetanalysts are predictingthat a mere six companieswill controlmost U.S.media by the1990’s. "’The fact that The Old GeneralElectric (a majormanufacturer

IIIIIIIIIAL of nuclearpower and nuclearweapons technology)now owns NBC wipes one Shell Game- network from covering the nuclear powerissue with any real objectivity." (ProjectCensored director Carl Jensen, No coal has been mined in the Netherlandsfor 20 years,but there’s a lot professor,Sonoma State University, of it beingexported from that country California). . ,v 11711 llllllen thesedays. It seemsthat Shell, the Dutch PeaceNewsletter oil company,is shippingSouth African coalto the Netherlandsand re-exporting I~IOL Clenerll Clev~nmeM ,j v ~u 114 Bllllen it as "Dutchcoal." Shell is thetarget of an internationalboycott because of the assistanceit givesto SouthAfrica’s apartheidregime. On November29, a ,~o~ 11’mini Pederel l%ndo coalition of company shareholders i~Ib/~,F-I0IIIIIIII lllNlen announced that it had accumulated more than half the sharesit needs to forcea specialshareholders meeting to voteon Shells’scontinuing sale of oilto SouthAtrica. I~ahorNotes

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