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Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1990-1991 Student Newspapers 12-4-1990 College Voice Vol.14 No.13 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol.14 No.13" (1990). 1990-1991. 11. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991/11 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1990-1991 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. ,.• THE COL E VOICE Volume XIV,.Number 13 Ad Fontes December 4 , 1990 College Fulfills Divestment Pledge investment in South Africa by July by Cbrts McDaniel I, 1990. AssocIate News Editor According to Richard Eaton, On May 4, 1990, the Board of vice president of finance, Con- Trustees of Connecticut College necticut College has met its obliga- issued a statement that expressed tions to divest its holdings from the board's "abhorrence of, and ob- South Africa, and that the relevant jections to, the injustice of the money managers that handle the apartheid systems in South Africa." college's investments have been In resolving to divest all of Con- instructed not to buy into any com- necticut Col- __========== panies with di- • - reet Investment.. ~ lege's holdings in South Africa, The college's in South Africa. ':: "the Board also investments have been Eaton also] [recognized] said that these ~ that individuals instructed not to buy money manag- ~ of goodwill and into any companies ers check all of :;: institutions in their invest- ~ various sectors with direct investment ments for Con- 6 in society can in South Africa. necticutCollege. Members of the Film Society Protest the Castle Court Clnema showing of Die. Hard II and do honora- against the m- bly hold differ- dex published ent positions on by the Investor divestment." Responsibility Research Center Campus Cinema Feud Brews When the Board ofTrutees made (lRRC), which lists all the compa- its decision to divest from South nies with investments in South Africa it was resolved that Con- Africa, as well as those companies with Allegations of ll\egalit~ necticut College would "make no whick have recently withdrawn new purchases of stocks in compa- their holdings. 26, from a branch of 20th Century- nies with direct business in South When asked if the college had and stressed half price ticket offer- by Rebecca Flynn ings to encourage movie goers to Fox, said Green. Twentieth Cen- Africa, . [and that the college suffered any financial losses as a re- 1be College Voice tury-Fox officials could not be would] divest all portfolio holdings sult of the divestment Eaton said attend the 9:30 p.m. Film Society reached for confirmation of this in companies with direct business that, although it was difficult to The longstanding competition showing of the film. judge, because Connecticut Col- between Castle Court Cinema and An unofficial counter-protest oc- fact. lege has such small portfolio hold- the Film Society heated to a boiling curred at the 9:30 p.m. showing, The title duplication was discov- ings in comparision to larger insti- point this week as the two groups where students threw stones from ered when Spalding informed Liz tutions, that if there were to be any feuded over rights to the showing of the roof of Palmer Auditorium and Gallagher, secretary of College losses they would likely be minor. Die Hard II. shouted, "Film Society stooges." Relations, of his intent to present Ct. View pp.4-5 Connecticut College, inadopting Both campus movie groups Steve Spalding, '93, manager of the summer movie hit. the policy of a South Africa free showed the film on Friday night. Castle Court Cinema, denies any Said Gallagher, "I told Steve that Vangarde Art investment porfolio, has followed a At the 7:30 Castle Court show- afftliation with the incident. the Film Society was already pre- senting the film thai night, and it Gallery is Forum for divestment trend in the business ing, approximately 15 students, According to Lynn Green, ac- lining the stairs to Castle Court, count executive of Films, Incorpo- didn't seem to phase him." Connecticut Artists world that began in the mid-80's. Large companies such as The Boe- protested what they believe is a rated, a company which rents films According to Gallagher, she was ing Company, Bausch and Lomb hostile act committed against the to the Film Society, the Film Soci- informed of the Film Society's Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and Film Society. The protest was or- ety booked Die Hard II for Friday booking of Die Hard II in Septem- Comics p. 7 The Coca-Cola Company have all ganized largely by Dan Mathews, on September 28. ber, while she was informed by curtailed their direct business in- '93, president of the Film Society. Castle Court Cinema booked that Castle Court Cinema only "a See Cinema p. 11 vestments in South Africa. The students handed out flyers same film on Monday, November • Cibes Takes Top Level State Appointment College Government Department Faces Search for Replacement J-Board Log p.10 Committee, a previous period as deputy In a speech Cibes gave to the members of the by Lauren Klatzkln speaker of the House of Representatives, work Connecticut College Government Honors Pr0- A&E pp. 12-13 Connectlcut View Editor on the Commission to Study the Management gram, he stated, "My supporters are ecstatic that I took the job." Mermaids Premiers at A formal announcement from Hartford on of State Government, and position on the State When asked if he was scared about accepting Monday, November 19 confmned the fact that Tax Task Force, has led both Democrats and Conn the position, Cibes told the members of the new William J. Cibes, Jr., professor of government at Republicans to voice approval of his nomina- Government Honors Program, "No. You've gona Connecticut College, will assume the position of tion. take some risks in politics." Sports pp. 14-16 secretary of the state Office of Policy and Man- Republican State Representative Richard Weicker's appointment of Cibes has been per- agement (OPM), the agency in charge of the Belden, the House deputy minority leader, ceived as a gesture toward creating a nonpartisan state's budget, under the administration of gov- told The Day that Cibes is "certainly very administration. Weickerwonthegovernorship as ernor-elect Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. knowledgeable and has a great rapport with the a member of A Connecticut Party, which he Cibes, a Democratic state representative from legislature." created for the election. From 1972 until 1988, he New London and former candidate for the The current secretary of OPM, Democrat served in the United States Senate as a member of Democratic gubernatorial nomination, has been Anthony V. Milano, stated, "Bill is an excel- the Republican party, in which be earned a repu- acclaimed as one of the state's leading budget lent choice, a person who is well-qualified and tation as a maverick. His administration is ex- experts. Confirmation of his appointment by the familiar with all the public policy issues that peeted to include members of both parties. state General Assembly is expected. will face the governor-elect." Cibes told The Day, "My motivation in accept- Cibes' experience in state financial matters, In addition, current governor William A. ing this job is to diminish partisan feelings ... I am Women's Basketball including a two-year tenure as chairof the assem- O'Neill, a longtime political ally of Cibes, See Clbes p.4 Shines at 4-0 bly's powerful Finance, Revenue and Bonding called his appointment an "excellent choice." , , , ..( . ~, .. ---------- ----- - - VIEWPOINT Umoja's Laudable Stop The Bickering Tbe long standlDa Castle Court elD.m. v.. Film Soclety bout mayhave Support of UNICEF •• _ltsllnalpbaathlsput ..... k.lfthetwoorgllD1zallonscaDsIopthelr potlJ blcl<erlDgIt wtII bo. "tkom. u.at for commualty lIIm patnJIIL Jlrlctloo bttweta the two groups baa bet. OR the rIst for two y..... Letter 10 tbe Voice: . Modem medicine can prevent or cure many of the diseases th~t have plagued humankind for centuries. Yet Scbtdullng coallJ<:b,IIttIISatlons.nd COUDler·accusatIDusDfbehind-the- ....... lmproprletl ... opeapenoa.lreudsaudg.auaJpeltybeh.vlorhav. 40,000 children under the age of five still die each and every day mthe poor countnes of the world, largely from aD coatrtbuted to .Iadkroos b.ttle botweta org.alzlltlons. causes that we can prevent - and often for lack of a little more than $ Iworth of health c~. Modem science has Tbecoufllctaune to. boad wltb the s1mulla.fOusscbeduUngDfDi<lBG11l made it possible 10produce more than enough food to feed the world~ yet malnutrition among chIldren is II. Film Soclet)' booked aud sclleduJed the Dim .. ttb the coUeg.InS.pt.m- increasing everywhere. Around the world, industrialized nations ~e enjoymg unprecedented wealth, yet the bor, but did Dott.n Castle Conrt. Steveu Spalding, '93, m'Dager ofCastle quality of life of their children is deteriorating rapidly under a seemingly relentless assaultof modern social ills Court CIn.ma,ordered the sam.movle InNov.mber and, .. bea scheduling such as environmental degredation, drug abuse. homelessness, and decaying educational systems. It ..Ith tb. rolltge, "as Informed DfFilm Soclely" lwo-moDth-01dplaQs. These universal problems that children encounter in surviving and developing into adulthood were the Aller cousDltatlous wltb bIs board Dfdirectors, SpaldlDgdedded to pro- primary reason for the call 10hold a world summit for children. In response to this urgent call, the United Nations ceed wlth Ihe Dim's pr_Dlation, ritiDg aDrged obligations.