C E L E B R ATING 60 YEA PUBLICATION eaton November 6,1995 • WILLIAM PATERSON COLLEGE Holocaust talk aims at teachers A seminar entitled "Caring Makes a Difference: Incorporating the Holocaust curriculum K-8," will be held in William Paterson College's Sarah Byrd Askew Library Nov. 7. The keynote address, "Germany and Jews in 1955: View of the Past and Current Attitudes," will be given by Michael Adonia Moscovici, cultural attache' of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. The seminar will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with the keynote address being given at noon. Admission is $10. To register contact WPC's Center for Continuing Education at 595-2966. WPC to host newspaper lecture William Paterson College's Center for Continuing Education presents "From Print to Online: The American Newspaper," the last in a series of four lec- tures showcasing WPC faculty. The lecture will be given on Nov. 8 by Tina Lesher, an assistant professor of communication, at 7:30 p.m. in room 324 of the Student Center. Two members of the OLAS prepare to celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage Month. See related story below. Gena Zak/The Beacon Admission is $5. For more information, contact the Center for Continuing Education at 595-2436. Arguing the politics of race and jobs BFA to show award-winning film • Two leading African-Americans focus on Affirmative Action in lecture. William Branch, an award-winning author, play- tall, some are short. Some of us are community has become divided wright, television and film producer and director, will By Clementina Pope among itself. There are those who present a screening of his documentary, "Still a BEACON STAFF WRITER poor, and others are wealthy." In the Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class," on Nov. 9 at same article Williams wrote, "cross over into the white world . WPC. Co-sponsored by the Department of African, "The government wants to provide "Unfairness to women and minorities who cross over into the white middle African-American, and Caribbean Studies at WPC and opportunity to all people, to improve is a part of our history, but we class." On the other hand, there are Brothers for Awareness, the screening will take place the quality of life for all the people in shouldn't make the cure more destruc- those who lose themselves in "the at 3 p.m. in the Nicholas Martini Teleconference our state," Lonna R. Hooks stated tive than the disease. We should use abyss of integration." He stated that Center in Hobart Hall. Admission is free. firmly before the crowd gathered in our common sense." hose black people who succeed The film, which originally aired in 1968 and again Shea Auditorium Friday night. The first to take the stage, Williams "should not suffer the guilt of the sur- in 1969 on National Educational Television (now the New Jersey's Secretary of State, went on to discuss the difference vivor." Public Broadcasting System), was the first of its kind between America's classes. "There "There are 30-35 million blacks in to be nominated for an Emmy Award. It was also the Hooks made these comments as part this country," stated Williams, "and winner of the Blue Ribbon Award at the American of her introduction of Walter Williams has been a birth of a second nation Film Festival in 1969. and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., whose lec- within a nation - the black middle there will never be social and ec- ture "Affirmative Action and the class." He contends that the black SEE ISSUES PAGE 5 Nobel laureate to talk on protein Economy" marked the year's second Nobel Laureate Robert Bruce Merrifield will be the installation of William Paterson Heritage month a celebration keynote speaker on Nov. 17 during Chemistry Day '95 College's Distinguished Lecture at WPC. Series. Merrifield, who will speak on "The Synthesis of Williams is the John M. Olin distin- of history, tradition, culture Proteins: The Interface of Chemistry and biology," guished Professor of Economics at • Flag ceremony marks start conjunction with the Organization of won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1984 for his work George Mason University in Virginia, of month-long festivities of Latin American Students (OLAS), will in protein synthesis. A graduate of UCLA, Merrifield and Gates is the W.E.B. DuBois serve as a commemoration of Puerto has won numerous awards, including the American Puerto Rican heritage. Professor of Humanities at Harvard Rican tradition, history, and culture, Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in By Danielle Gabriel while providing the campus communi- Synthetic Organic Chemistry in 1972. University. NEWS CONTRIBUTOR ty with an incentive to succeed. The public is invited to attend the free lecture, "Government can't create advan- V which will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Science Hall 200A. tages for one person without simulta- "This is a celebration that [stresses neously creating disadvantages for Receiving its official debut on a] commitment to one's goals INSIDE another," stated Williams. Wednesday with the unfurling of the [whether] educational, personal, .etc.," ; j Puerto Rican flag in the front of the said Gilbert Correa, assistant director Calendar 2 National News 7 In an article he wrote for The ' i Campus News 3 Op-Ed 11 Cincinnati Enquirer on Sept. 2, Student Center, the festivities of of Campus Activities, who urges stu- Classifieds S-4 Personals S-4 Williams said, "The fact is that we Puerto Rican Heritage Month got off dents to "look at past heroes and hero- Editorials 10 Soap Update 1-7 Horoscopes 1-8 Sports S-l humans are not equal. Some of us are to a successful start. ines...and achieve what you want, to Insider 1-1 State News 6 women, some are men. some are smart The month-long celebration, spon- achieve." Local News 6 World News 7 and some are not smart, some are col- sored by the William Paterson College "The flag raising ceremony was ored, others are uncolored. Some are Puerto Rican Heritage Committee, in SEE LATINOS PAGE 3 COPYRIGHT 1995, VOL. 62, NO. 10 2 November 6,1995 THE BEACON JHESEACOSf November 6,1995 3 Student Film Association- pus to provide individual and CAMPUS NEWS group counseling for survivors General audition for two short Women's Center-Open plan- Exhibits-Zhiyuan Cong (South Christian Fellowship-Small of sexual assault/violence. This films: Tuesday 12:30-4 p.m. and ning meeting Women's History Gallery); Art Faculty Exhibition group Bible Study 9:30am & service is free and available to Thursday 12:30-2 p.m. NoMonth. 12:00-2:00pm. SC 214. (Court Gallery); Jagdis J. 12:30pm, SC 302. Contact Jose female and male survivors. Faculty mixed on possible general skills test monologue necessary. There Contacy Women's Center. Chavda (East Gallery). Through ©942-8244 or Joan ©942-5335. Contact the Women's Center. December 1. Ben Shahn will be a reading of two original By Clementina Pope "the ability to use the skills of specific task. only for groups, not for individ- improve, if made in a construc- screenplays. For forther infor- Catholic Campus Ministry- BEACON STAFF WRITER Inquiry, Analysis, and Faculty members were in ual students. Each student, how- tive and pleasant manner." mation, please contact the African, African-American Christian Fellowship-Small Attention education majors and Friday Communication. The tasks doubt as to the kind of skills this ever, receives a personal, confi- The "General Intellectual Student Film Association office and Caribbean Studies-Film Emphasis continues to be group bible study. 11 a.m., those interested in teaching the Lecture "STILL A BROTHER: assess skills, they do not assess "test" would assess. One of the dential report on his or her own Skills Tasks" would be given at 595-3153. placed on the need to improve 12:30 p.m.(women), 6:30 p.m., mentally handicapped. Join us Inside the Negro Middle Class" Career Services—Workshop: content or recall knowledge." library faculty members asked, performance on the skills cov- toward the end of a student's the General Education Program SC 302. For more info, contact for special education classes at 3pm, Martini Teleconference "VOCATIONAL TESTING" Some faculty members wel- "How do you grade how stu- ered in the task completed." sophomore year. Christian Fellowship—Large JoanX2481. the North Jersey Developmental Center, Hobart Hall. 12:30-2pm, Morrison Hall 146. at William Paterson College. comed the idea of an assess- dents think? How do you decide group meeting - "Heaven's "This would be a waste of The Provost's information Center and experience the joy of Contact Sharon Rosengart Stephen Hahn, interim vice ment, while others were uncer- which students are wrong, everyone's time," stated junior packet stated that the tasks in Gates and Hell's Fire", a dramat- this rewarding outreach. CCM Catholic Campus Ministry- Catholic Campus Ministry— X3020. president of Academic Affairs, tain of its benefits. which are right?" Julieann Morabito. "Students "Critical Thinking" were Discover the joy of touching ic video. 5:30pm, PA Lounge. Center-WPC Gate #1. Contact 2nd annual WALK FOR opened the All-College Faculty Elizabeth DeGroot, director of Other faculty members were will not take it seriously, and it's designed to replicate college Other's lives in a special way. Contact Jose ©942-8244. Joanne or Gail at 595-6184. HUNGER, co-sponsored by the Saturday Meeting on Nov. 2, by stating, work. They would "reflect what Join us for weekly visits to the Sociology Club. OLAS-Luncheon, 11:30- "We look towards improvement "How do you grade how students think? How do you decide which faculty members believe college Preakness Nursing Home.