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The Binghainton Review was foimded in the Fall of 19.87. Frotn _.Students at Binghamton ~ requi_red to pay an "Activity Fee" as '· that, moment;. one of the highest goats·of .th~ journal was to ~meday part of U!eit tuition. · This money (approximately $6Q/student) is sent ·, become:independent.' Three years later, that goal-has a~ lo~g last ~n directly to the Student Association,.tore distribt,Jt~ as the members see achieved. ' . ' - . ~- ' ' .fit. .An of the groups ori campus, from cultural to 'religioUs, are allocated Effective today, the n·mghamtpn 'Reyiew is--~ independent, .. funds. _. Included in th~se ~ups, however, are those supporting a definite privately funded .oFg'aill?Jtrlon.. There were two facto:r:s that led to .the political agenda. Th~LatinAmerican SolidafityCommiitee, thePalestinian ·· ,· "" decis1on . . tQ maintain oirr. Student Associatimi c~r yet forgo· S.A. . ·. Soliqafity Committee, and theGay People'~ Union propagate an extreme .··funding. : ~· " -, ~ leftist vieWpoint. .-fu fact,'-the LASC .~d - PSC · vooally support terrorist. , . -·· · . - ... organizations-such as the F.M.L.N. -and the P.L.O. " The Binghamton Revie~ canhot, in good cortsde~c~: continue -. · -- · ·- . ·· · · · •. · · · (· to accept fwjds from a student gov~rnment that has dernon~triu:ed itSelf · " It -~s t:eprelle~sible to use stude~t funds ' in suppoit;· of such , · .to be_~co_ mpetent_ and haS fill _ ~ ed ~.o·.~ork Ot:H5ehalf of)the stu.~Q.ent bod _:· ::y. . . . organizatiotts. ~~ Review is in no way suggesting theSe groups should . , not be perinitted on campus. .A democratic soci~!Y is unique l?ecause it ' ' ' : In l~ge part,, the SA:~~; &en-a play~~und for special intere.st- petn¥ts ~veryone, regahpess of ideQiogy, to .sptak his ~d. . 1 , ·groups m1 me Binghamt6il campris. The past has seen· th~ student 7 , ' · , , • . government as be _ · ing more int~rested in .pursufng th~Lt_ own .left-\ving , .. But the R~\jew does· challenge these groups to follow the , poiltical :agenda .than working on the general .concerr.tS of the student . ~. exatriple· Set here by ''declaring independence."- -If their coilvicti.Qns are_.... bOdy. Jbe s·.A~: h~s the -potential to ·be a good organization,.if not for a truly s6lid, the opportunities fot private funding are en91ess. ·Why·', _ srnhll. hand ~f lefhwmg students wh() remain -on ~1e S.A.. These'· continueto"*ethestudents'money? whydon'tthesegroupsprove~their ·. individuals seem to -relish theii positions becaaSe they allow them to legitmacy by letting their ideas stand Jor themselves ·without behtg ni~tain a false ~nse ofa~thority that they.would not otherwise be ablt: ·· "proppeq up" by . $tQde~t govemme~t? .to achieve. -~ It is·quite simple to rally around ideas. It is far more difficult to I ' nie.second, and per\laps most ilnportant.reason for the Review, s stand up and take the initiative to.prove the yalidity of tho~ jdeas. > ·- · .· \ ~. financial in~~pendence is b~ qn a ,p~oSophy frrst expressed by ThomaS Jefferson~ He siated that, "to compel amah to furnish·funds for . thepro~gationofideashedis~lievesandabhorsis.sinfuland tyr~ical." Ephraim R. ~rtistein, · y

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ContrarY to pripular . belit~f•. ~ speech is not thriving in America, especially -not on college campuses. · ' -_ ·' RighthereatSUNYBinghamton, our newspaper was sanctioned for "gay_bashing" when it criticized a proposru to establish a Gay and Lesbian Studi~ ~ De-: ~ent on campUs. Although we argued that the iss~ was academics, not hom(}-· . sexuality- that a major iri hom~sexuaiity ·was not practical;, legitimate, or sensible'the c~rvatives were punished.. Similar examples of thought ·control have been occurring with $rming regularitY on campuses throughout ·the country. At Vassar College, the conservative - newsp~iper named a studeht"Hypocrite of the Month~' for his public raCial slur againSt a8othei student }{e had referred to the -student-as a "dirty Jew;'. : Unfortunately for the· newspaper 'the "h}'pocrite" -was black. The vassar ad~ ministration confiscatedI all copies of-the issue, then stripped its funding and disas-.sociated it from the college. Th~ b~k · student was not disCiplined -for the anti• semitic remark. . . . . . .

things: . don't challenge authori!}'. The mentalilY is: ~'Trust us, we'll tell you how _you sho_uld think." · ··

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or any other social. concern. .This is .the way diverse_people Iearri abolitoneanother. Shutting down cnticism and debate ---. _ which sometinles even -includes infantile name calling - breeds anger and. igno..

The reallty is thai mandating sen- . sitivity serves t.O comP<>und the problems of racism. sexism, and homophobui, rather ranee. ·, than si>lve them. It masks tensiOQs that · versltywasabrupdycancelledV~henschool need tO be brought out into the open. _It _ Problems of racism cannOt simofficials-realized . she r----------------------""'!"'"------~ -. piy be wished ~way or was a conservative. She · hi~n behJnd the fa~ was<ieemedtobeapoor rac~m ·cade _of "sensitivity".· ''rt>le rpodel" for HisTime magazine repanic _women, and her . a_ cently noted that invitation "insensiti.ve"'l 'J A.Peri'ca' s young tominonties. Whatthis • ·, , '' peo · pie feel .listless, kind of censorship. ~ hopeless, and could means,_unfortunately, ., ~ care less about the _, ''is that universities will .· ~ _ . pressing issues mour . :, become more homogeneoUs institutions stifleS debate. Students, like everyone sOciety and our world.'ff theseare the goals ... - not more diverse - when it comes :to · else, must have the right to question poliof our educational system·, then the univerissues dealing with gender or ethniccies that are allegedly made on their behaif; sity thought ~lice iUlve achieved ultimate · . . .. ity,"Chavez sa~s. · "Everyo~ ;will to· · whether they invol~e race, -ethni~ity, sex · success . .

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--; !Sn'rii irOnic that anatiC;n prides itself on ·the free exchange of ideas and beliefs does not guanmtee free speeCh even On i~ oWil·college ~puses? As students return to school this fall, many will find that their constitutional - right tO free ~h- has been taken away by the ~pus thought police wbo-.reserve_the right tO silence them·in the name of "sensitivity". · .-

This aSsault ori~ the first amendment is led by the_1iberal education -~~ lishment which has Set a standard for . expr;ssing opinions, namely, that in .order for speech to be "free" it must also. be "sensitive". Universities d~fend such .censorship _policies as a necessary evil, believing they will make. up for past ,inj_~tices against minorities. _

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But, as often · the exists a strict ~uble-:standard. The targets -of cenSorship are not jUst any insensitive _' -_ studentS --'- they are student$~ usually cmiseivatives,who·gon't bow to the idols of · .the left: minorities, lroiriosexua1s~ women, _· and other groups which fall into~category of "traditionally oppressed" pe(>ple. Criticizing such oppressed people is called ha- iassment, -sexisin, and gay bashing. Criti-cizing a Jewish· student, or a·- white, bet- _ erose~ual fratetnity brother-:-who in many ~cases is a minorlty these days .;_ is calied healthy debate. · • ·

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in line. It is this ocewrence that is one of the· ... these students not been artificially placed Joumal,lhomas Sowell, 3:0 at a !DP university their acad({mic careers internationally reno~ economist at the '. . mor:e troubling factors of affmna:tive ac, . I , , , could have been much more pf9mising. · tion. .This "next line" of minority students 1be buzz wordsrare ever present · Hoover Institute, cited numerous instanceS .. .. · . cxf -the SUNY · Binghamton dimpus; di-. of minority "over-representation" in ooun- are·often individuals who if not for their There are 3,000collegesand U)Jiversities in · the United-States, why shouldn't students rnce would not ordiiuui.iy quaJify to enter 'vel'$itY, racial equality, an atmosphere of tries arourid the world. Mr. Sowell points be placed at imiversities that matCh their rncialharmony~ SUN.YBmghamton's·new . out, for example, that in Malaysia during . ' the university. Many are quick io point out it in · abilities. Many students wh~ can presidertt, ·Lois ·DeFleur, speaking in an . the J960's the Clli.nese minority greatly · that this is fait consid~ring that blacks have difficult a SUNY Binghamton would have article in the Press·and Sun BUlletin; }las outnumbered the.~ys iri the scientific . been kept back these years d~- to disat Harvard ar Princeton~ . time making . it _ .crimination. ·· This school of thought is ' entl)usiasticallyendorsWa policy tO further and technical fields. The Chineser~ived perhaPS the.most detrimental to black em- What is the logic in sending a student to ~ ''diverSify'' .the Binghamton campus. 1;488 Bachelor of Scierree.degrees during . "' powerment ~- mdividuals ~ more ' first rate university only to receive asecond the sixties as eom}>ared to 69 by the MaIt pays to :· look closely at ~e . concern~ withCOsmCtlcchanges ;mdgood- rate ~ucation? lays. In _the field of engineering ~e Chim~gs of these tenns. ·' Exactly how nese ob!&ned 408 bachelar degrees tO the ._ intentions than they are w~f.lt results. Stari·. The fact that many black students · d&s one set'0\lt io "diversify" a campus? L lowet. on their SAT's in no scOre ies ............._lllilll_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _..._ _ _ _ _ _ll!llll!_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.. / .· AtSUNYBingruimti:>nanduniverSit way implies ~they are ifitellectu- . ally inferior. Instead it suggests th'¢ racial quotas. '' .• _· mative aCtion colleg~ . . . there is a problem witb the second. . die goals of af' . At the / aty and.primary education of many .,..,, fmnative action were worthy Ol)es. In ' ~liOn biacks. ·. People who focus on ·atrrr-' · ~:. ~ampus . . .order to prevent ineqruilities on colleg~ illative action at the college level are · · campuses thete was .to ~ a vigorous point. It is no help to any missing'the hilrmfu~ syste~ sem-ch for minority students who were blackstudent to be placOO ara p~. qUalified to-enter tlK? ~versities. Yet, . tigious university if their high school sm~kS ofr~ism.'' _ ,r~s~lts in the late sixties and early seventies , . education was of weak charaCter. Jn affinnative action poJicies ei4lated ' ·order to improve the education ·of greatly, ~king not only ~ interview · blackAm~ficans~inordertopromote · enough minority prospects, but also the goalofblackempowennent, time . admit "enough of them." The, g~l . . . / .. . riiust ~ concentra~ at the pri~ effort and Malays 4. Mr. Sow~ll goes on to pomt out . dards are there for a reason, Dartmouth can · mary and secondary school levels ofblack ,went from simply' ~mg anti-discririliria- ' that although the Northern regionofNige- , allow all who apply toenter~e univ~rsity, · students. . · tion, -to sociai engineering in the fonn of be .· longer no would Dartmouth· then yet · the during population, the of 55% holds ,. ria quotas. and treatments preferential .,. D3rtmouth. It servesonly to harm the blaCk. _ Vigqrous attempts to artificially 1960's this area supplieda mere 10% of the . he that university acedina matter the of faet ·studentifhCISpl 1be students. university "diversify" the college campus through _There are those in the -academic unbe ~ imbalances circumstances nonnal statistical ~ under point to ·wouid · that is sta;. equating of habit the in fi~ld who . affmnative action.and quota systems is a t .;.,.;cal"iml..~t:...~~~·· · in .theunive_rsitywith into.get to able aceu. policy that is ·racked with harmful resultS. from fat · proof of discrimination is a Ui11al~ > ~What is overdiscrimination and of racism. The system is racist .. AcCording to the National Center . . and smacks nrte prac4ce. · ~ looked ·by .ruese individualS, and·perhaps due to its· in~tion -of blaclc · ~a toloi' ·. for Education Statistics, whife enroiJment The key issue thaiseems_toallude puipt>sely.so;isthefactthatgroupdisparities of preteren&'v;\\en aPPl{fu.i\0 a'?ut\lv'etof blacks 14 to-34 yea.s old in universitieS atthere nativeactionisth supportersofaffm no are 1bere over. are ihe norm thewotld sity. This will only seive to prevent the has.increased 11% betweenl978and 1985, two gT9UpS in this worldJ}lat produce sta- · is a tremendous difference·between-racial .attainment of tl1C goal set down by Martin there has been a 4.6%. drop bachelor repre.smtuion and racial ctevelopment, It tistically balanced results. Ignored as well Luther King Jr. of a C<?lor blind society. degrees and.a 28.2% drop in masters de- . manufacartificially ·to siqlle more· far is ~d racial countrieS is the fact that in many J'he hanllful results ihat oecpr are the J>O=-, ' grees for black ·students. several blacks ethnic minorities ·are overrepresented in·. · . tute rep..-esent.atioo. than tO .achieve the larizatjon of races on college campuseS, an who ~ed Cornell .university in ~ the ·difficult task of e8ming development the university and work place. It would be enforcement of th,e stcreotype th&t blac~ the countty have a problem . 1960's we~ concerned by the fact that half Schools folly to accuse these groups of disunable to compete with out the help of quotas with top -minority .. of the b~k .students were on acadt-mic their fulfilling . · anyone criminating~themajority« · preferential treatnient, and the disregard-of applicants. Thais, the ~hools, in tbe hope of ···-probation. _This was dlie to the fact that · .the u\le root of the problem, .the quality of else for that matter. · . their SAT . ~rcentile was consider~ly , ~ially balanCing the stqdent body mus~. · lfi the March 6., 1990 issue of · fill the slots with the next ~rlty students -: lower than that of white students. Had.. lqwer lev:el education. WallS~

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Life is full of'comptQmiseS 8nd · sacrifices. It i$ however, veiy difficult to ·conceive the sacrifice of one's llinbs in order to continue living a fruitfiillife. Yet in the proper care of allies one may be very prodpctive wlihouilimbs, though an alone . in·; the world the~ quadriplegic· hasn't a c~ce. . •

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."palest:irQan:' people wereheronly worry · / she rnay very well have done that a long time ago. The truth ~ that ~e "'pal~t:fuiah }Jeople". ~ not Israel's oniy enemy. The · state ot Israel is a country smaller than the ~ state of Ne,w Jersey, with 22 Amh' states surrOunding ber on an Sides,.-·except.orie outlet· to the Mediterranean. Sea;. These. • nations propoSe that this outlet shoUld be the ne\y.·· setdemenfo(tbe iews-at the bottom of~ ocean· \ '. ', The Israelis a(e wrorigty depicted as aNazi-Fascist state, when in actualitY~~ ·they are merely Struggling .for sUrvivaL. Israel spe8ds .over 20% of her QNJ> oil defenSe {comparfd to 6% of the u.s:) m:td . .are one of the highest~ taxed people in the worl,d. · .

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. (ovef thfee y~ ago). King HuSsein of · Israelis IIppe f<r the fulfilbnent of some 'Judeans' to the :Palestinians'. With wbat · riordan had an liitifada as well. .Kiflg Hilstypeof'manifestdestiny' preven~herfrom legitiniacydo theJ~ have tOClaini . sein hadadifferentapproach than thelsrae-. giving-up the West .Bank. This is a ridicu. tO be these people? - . · . lis. Hedklnotpolicethevillages,nordidhe lous statement Over 200,000 Istaelis live inveSt the time· or money to look mto it, . . . in the West Bank and the suburbs ofJerusa. World acceptance is not .vital to · mtherany-·p3leStfuian• even 8ppeared l~m. This'ini~lf is proof that Israel is Dot existe~, imtnuher a }>ref~rred ptiviledge. to throw a roek 'Yas silnply slaughtered. -dreaming o( annexing :the West Bank .. . . -Jordan today continues oCcupying Israel, further revQlting\before · rather it is a vital part of the State right now.· · This quellfd any only without a standitlg army. She choose§ anything even ,~tarted. · · · ·. . . · . .One mrist remem~-that the Jewish popu- . to flghta w~ that has the world believe that · · ,. . "' . ·:·~ . · . · ·~ . :. , · _· .r.lation iS slightly over 3 million peOple.' . retaliation is unacceptable, and ~~en ·racist : .. , _ . .~~ has _no proble~s- ~~ ~ · Givil)g up the lands of a~ and the West. - ' in Jheory ~ s~ chooseS to fight ~r oottl_es .· . pales~s · ?v_er ~% of J~. s Cl~Bank would ·be --~ Stl!pid and _ludicrous, With children and women: ~ camet;aS of · ~ · ~estuuans o~ West B~ deniove on the ·part of the .Israelis. It would zens 1 : the world'sm~ locUs upofi·theirfaces_ . ~~~ and ~e oth.er ~%are of.East~~ · put the country ·in sucn a ~~ ~trike zone rather thar1'theblood_upon their hands. And ongm. A few nomadic Be<brin families from the "Palestinian stai.e" that defen- · · so .the world ~ides to belie~e that chil- . froJI! Saudi ·A.rabia stiJ.l;roam ·~country- . . sivelymeStateofi~raeicould·becutinhalf . .' ~one swift mov~'ori the pm:t of~ Arnbs. . ~----------~--~-liili---"""'-!o- ;,;oii;......"""'!!"""~~-..., r ; . Why should ~1 give in'? ~

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. ,w~~~~-~~g~vFr~,~.QW,Y~J~}y,~)lay.e waited for then: hOmeland, and now that they have it they ~- ~ed io give.it up! In . 1947 the UN.~ a partition p~ 9ividing die CQUiltry in half between .the ~abs and the.Jews. rite Arabs re~ted the .proposaJ, claiming: that:·Israel belooged .to · -:the AraQs of Syria, and that they are one and . In reiati~n to the United .States people. In 1948, when Israel was · . t,he \· Isr3el iS inore tbanjusta. viqd. ally. Cutrent · -voted in as a state (by the U.N. council), · events such as that.with Iraq, prove Israel's five Arab'Dations declared a holy war - a · · alle~. Israel pro~des~America with a jihad- on ·the people of IsraeL The~ of 'cheap military service station.' No Arab· / any Arab fighting the Jews'would sanct~fy . .. ' . tablish . ...... , . . ... ,,."' ... countty. wiJl.-Iet .Aql~Q~ t;roQpses him a pi8Ce in he8ven~ · , ISrael. held her · · a penrianent baSe on.'the~ soil - from MO·':'ground, and although she lost her west roccO to Oman. Israel offers all it can- from 0 :~. ~managed:. to keep ht(t .northern- . · · Pre-.1 967 Lmes - ••-• .ports on, land ·~d s&.: to. ammunition .to 0 "- 10 20 kiT) and her southern borders secure.· Jordan .• . . hbspitals and. radio transnutting.baseS to remained' iiithe West Bank from 1948 until ,.....:..__ _ _.;._.,..,...;.._.:._~.......~--~-:----------~--:-:---, avoid enemy jammipgs. ' Israel has been . l 967 ' when she attacked Israel ·-· without '' Str~tegic defrnse·(Jjthe West Bank to Israel more than ·helpful in providing the U.S. Pn>v~tion ~ onceagan:l. This tim~ she loSt ·L---/.....··~-.. .:; :;._;__J_._ _ _ _• --·~·~,~--·-"'___;·_ _. _ _ _·_.. _ _. -~---:-- - with information regarding her enemies. her occupied lands~ IsraeltOOk back all that Israel intelligence is of such high caliber was'originally hers.:. up to the)erdan river. she helps the u.s. constantly b~ testing ·that · · · · · -· · · c:lre'n are DQt ~le of throwll1g .rodcs at · side. and evaluating, ilnproving and perfecting Throughoutthenlneteenyearsef buses,MolotovCoektailsatpolict?vdiicles: ~. ··· · ··' ,. r ~'. · • "" 1 · • · . ce· Israel th.e .Arab · , Isrnel -ls often accuSeQ_ of being . ' U.S. weaponS versus the Soviet provided the. Jolidani~ presen or .to drop huge Slabs ·of eoncrete upoJil . . . · .na ".· u·on.s. di~ d no·t •~~gruze· ·.·the'· ] "v•"_danian · , •. · · · unfair to it's Arab .citizens and treatmg" ~eapons ~f ~Arabs.. · ...,_, in'nOcent citizens· on their way>to,work or {)ccupation (except Pakistan). Why is it . school. The world ~tnes nOt 'to believe that them as seeond claSs citizen_s. This appears Th~ Israel Defmse Force is the that throughout those nfu.eteei1ye<trs·pf the btises ,are being twned- over and m~vie . to ~ a very discriniinatory action on the . only. ~iJary force in the area that can - · Occupation of the ·pat~stihlan ·hOmeland' ~ theaters blown up. . innocent.Pe<>ple ;u:e Part of ~ 'Israelis~ but it is·not th~ en~ :challenge that Qf Irnq- giving the u;s..the there was nota strOng riSe oPpaleStinian . dy~g~ but the world chooses not to see this. -truth·. ~ Arabs ch~ ~· ~tam ~; ·:· · neCessacy"time it would need to mob~ nationaliSm' that resulted in a ~vol~tion The lsraeijsare faced with a dilemma. . Jordanian passports.. . Y ~ t pay itsttoops. Isiaelistheonlytruly~mocratic . against ·the Jordanian oppression? Why? · faXes, and they ~~Y _do~ ~ ~e lsr:ael , country in th~ region, and sne has even ., Theisraelis are active in the U.N. _for three ·y~~· IDi .all Isr~li ctt:tzens m:l ' warned Irnq againSt entering Jar~. She .Because the idea of a '-':palestiJiian people" is a"new invention dedicaied to the-de- · . eouncil meetings (voting .witb ·die u.s. The~bs~mlsrae~have~tbe~~ . . ey . Jlas· goneas.f~asproiect:irigherenemiesin struction ofls~el. The 'Pate~ jJeople' . . 9l%), bpt how can they act in self-def~~ ~ould l~e the wm:Id to know. ~y live. ~ - order to secure deffiociacy 'in the Middle the~selves e.xist, but they 'Jor$nians. _: when their. enemies are willing to di~l] . . ,life.that _lS of the~ highest ~~dard m COm- · East and_yet she is Still oondemned by most _How.~ anyon~ fight. so~eone :W~O lS panso~ to ~Y' O~r Arab state.. Th~y a}S() of the world! ,. , ./ They are entitled to .the_ir land, cwd to call · ,, jc. tbemselvesa8·they.please-ev.enlsraelis,so willing tOdie? .How ~uld tl}e ~en'cans, , . studym uruvemues- basedo~anaffuma' l~ng as the ·wQrld .understahds who's le~ have fought (and beaten) the. Japanese • tiveac~Oi'll.)lJleofplans, three years before United States aid ro:'Israet-is·~a___,; , . gitimacy ,to the land of.IsraeUs-genuiile. , KamnWe 'fighters? . ~ow? ·INSTANT ) heir Israeli ~tetV~. can, due to, the · ' ~ mo~e on .many levels. Israel is ·the ':Aowever, it should be tri:lqerstixxl frorri c;PACIFICATION! · · mandatory hilliun:y serVice. They study . '. only trUe ally the-U.S. h3s in the whole of · · · • ·ginated In , "~ .everything rrom"medicifle :t:o Jaw,. the rna:- . · the Middle East Israelmustre~strong wh~thisterm 'pai(!Stuuan on . . · - :·-· ;· . The~lisspend. morethan~tltei_ ·-jorityofwbichwilllearntodefendandhelp ·in order to help America and help ~rself. . the f~t century the Ju~~-~amanan (no~ · can afford patrolling Arab villages to keep ~ , those.that go on to revolt against the govIt is the only way in which She can s1li"Vtve. lsrae~) ~~e ;ere un~er ~ ~m; op- - thiilgs ealm in this time of the In.nada .:.~ the ernment of l~el. · · Giving up ·any land ·would olily serve' to , ~ston ~ oman · ~p1r~ riae e~. Arab uprisings. ·--The world does' n9t seem , '· · further encoumge those. Arabs whose utti.: ~g. He~.<Jifea .~m. to reiall ·that· at the start Ignorant clairris,are made~ the · · ·mate goa11s the annihilation ·Ot the li · re~ll~ order toan~ • further hum1li~te .the· Jews he ; . of theSe :uprisings- · I

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Nothing _could ~ •. - that it is nota.presideritial campaigh year. · · Chailman, of the Senate appoitited was legislative all of rem~tiicting 19lJl, In . . in Beghming ' SpOnSOred Laotian· government troops . · . further frpin the truth. on the Disabled.· H~ Committee Select this of result a as r u occ. will· districts Vietnamese 1969, the communist North are locked in combat with Pathet Lao ~veral bills to · introduced already has. not includes This census. national ·year's · infantNo Army intrOduced elements of communist guerrillas. _Their objective: transponation, improve to legislature the . Congressional and Senatorial U.S. qnly on~. try divisions. into the region, intent contro~ ofa huge poppy ·field. :employment, and other services for dis- · Districts, but also the State Senatorlal capturing the region and turning it over So ·g oes. the ·climax- of .abled persons. and Assembiy Districts, and. coun.ty legalii La •· Path ' th ' f trol · the to 0 es. o et eJr · con · Hollywood's most re.Cerit action/advenislative districts. ' Asit stands now, the 51st State ture offering,- the 4tte Summer release Confronting the North. Viet- encomp~sses . all of District Senate · ':Air America". ·It also is ~ latest in_a Locally, this isa big year for the <.. n3me8e in northem Laos were U.S.Counties and half of Tioga and Broome growing nwilber of revisionist histories ,Republicans. State Se~tor Thomas Li-· supported guerilla fofi!es reCruited priThis could substanounty. c · Chenango of the Vietnam War. Compared ro its bOus is ninning.forre-election, as well as marily from the Hmong hill -tribe, a with the .1991 how~ver, change, tially . . predecessors like "Platoon" and "CaSufiercely independent.rninority group with .. - SUNY-Binghamton's repre~iitative to alties of War,;,.however, "Air.Ainerica" a martial history· sirnjlar to the famed ··. the ·Broome .County LegisJature, Emil redi~tric~g. ·' · reco~ fQr the cinematic slari- . _Gurkhas of Nepal. Tlie military com- . Bielecki. sets , On thC oounty level, Legisla- dering and distprtion of the U.S·. involve- , . ang V manderof.theHmongwas General .Fr~hm~ SenatoiThomas' Li- • · .tor Emil Biel~ki has alSo made sig-· / · . . inent in IndoChina, most particularly th~ · · Pao, probably orie of the most cap;1ble : . nificant.~arks in lij.s first two years. He ~has lm>ven tO be v.ety successful in · significant yet .underreported ,war th3i guerilla ·c~mmandets ever . to have · his firsttenn. As Chairman of the Senate · ·did oot support· the :wmecessary 42% · · took ploce in Laos. emerged in Asia. V ang Pao •s guerilla .,. Committee on Alcoholi~m and Drug ·prpperty taX inc~ implemented by opnarcotics a running· from far forces, County ~ecutiveTiinothy Grippen last to legislation . Abuse, Libous sponsoJed The p!otline of "Ail America~· !>loody . fighting (oct in were erntion, year;nor has prof1loted the proposed refor .establislt reh3bilitation pmgrains follows a by-now-(amiliar theme. Th~ ' . North against struggle anti-cOmmunist incinerator. In·· ·covering drug addicts and alcoholics. Central Intelligence Agency "bad guys" Vi((tnam~ and Pathet Lao oppression. · _ 7 are-.iunning a clandestine military camBielecki has maintained _a · · addition, the state legisbiture passed sev- · · ·.. paign in the Laotian jungles. In·order·.o · , During tbe· years of .heavy . ' eral · otfiei bills, ·-spon~red ·by Libous~ · strong tie to ~ campus through·- the '- fund their Private war and to avoid furia- . fighting from 1969 to 1973"; the Hinorig . _ which mandated st:rlcter'punishirient for . , . Student Advisory Board to the Broome · mg cutoffsfrrnn Congress, the CIA thugs · County Legislaturewhich·heestablished; . of major· minors using false, ·altered, or stolen iii a series were decimated . _,___________ ' . smuggle drugs out of the c~try on Air as well as his attendance at various club bevalcoholic purehase to identification \ ·.,. meetiilgs. · In a4dition, he successfully erages. Lioous also impiemented YES: .. fought tO have . the polling· areas on CAP, the Youth Educational Services campus moved from the inconvenient Community ActionProgram,in 19sehool · dis~c~ ./ gyms to the individualoommunities. An · iii all; he is well-like<! by the students~· accomplishJj~·· Senator . . : _:_ . . . - - ·;:. _. . . . . . ' · the area residents. ments dO not erid With Ills work on alcoholism and drug abuse. He fought a long While the 1991 redistricting the Tioga Park mcetraCk. , ·makes the outcOme of lh~ elections baule.toreopen moyie~ , ' This attroction will diaw people to the -vital to the survival of the local RepubSouthern Tier and result in strong ecolican party, the riature of them alone is .nomic , development for the area. signifiqmt The locill ~ should be' ·

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. . Not· surp~ingly, the· movie bears no .resemblance to the facts .surrounding the war in LOOs. Far from a efforts in renegade CIAoperation, LaoS remained strictly_limited by the consp-aints in the 1962 Geneva Accords. . On the drawing ability of Mel Even when North Vietnam was sending _ Gibson alone, "AifAmerica" will prob·theequivalentofthreejnfantrydivisions .ably be a big hit at the box office. Thi$ is . to fight in Northern Laos during the early unfortunate. For the majot).ty of Ameri- . · · · 1970s, a flagtaDt violatio~ of .tlle ~wllo know little about the fighting cans ' not cords, washington. s po!icy did' in ~s, l:he rriovie offers took that . c~ge. Moreov:er, never was there any )U.S . onlymisinfonnationanddi~ons ··. smug~ chafgeofdrug any nor evidence respects most in who Laos, in officials . - glingmadeagainstUS.o'fficialsinLaos. nm a m~re ·suCcessful c3mpaign .than Equally misrepreSented in the . ·their compatn"ots .in·neighboring South (11m is Air America-itself. Far from the Viemam, are Qfljustly slandered by the . · ,' . . .· . · dthe ·il ts. d · · band of nusfits seen on the screen, the ._ · fiilm~ s· poangroun • otoo~ . · · · th "lin ' bib ·_. th And · Am Air f · , . · contn1£t prunary e was c arr e, w . e sacn enca. - crews o · · · u:S. assiStance · ·· th ·- .fi . fth . Hm . hill 'be ~ arr semce supporting tn , amon~ e . ong Ices o · e · . lf'J :. La ~ ~ ) 959. to · s theast As':ta, . al U.S:·alii"es m . loy · .. ·. . '7, 4 , was · most os uum orts' · m effi ou - - · · c .- nal hl . roug · . . . y pm1ess1o , rou 1y actho are shamefully rrusportrayed. They.all . . . ' .dered too rum . • . .· .-ce~gthennsU_~IOS_IJSAir~l . ·I.:.A,..;.A . ~er- , cteserve far bettel'. - .

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_. I tIS my 1ervent 1e that ~tudy .· ~ ~broad programs_, are ' of immeasurable _In~tiJ!glyenooghlessthanfour saying that if the students wi_Sh to know the value. The of Jiving in another m<;>nths earlier (dated December 28, 19'89 other side it could easily be found in the / nationwbilestudy,ingitS.language,cu:lture, Within weeks_after our re:- . )inal~rsenuothestudentspartitipating u.s. Unfortunately, as Mr. Hom knows, ~and history is inexplicable tO ··.those whe · .tmn to Cuemavaca,· Andrew and I ·seized in the program, he wroJe .. In addition to - many students have never taken latin have not partaken in Such a venture. .( ·, , the opportunity of choosing_another typresenting SUNY, I am alsQ~ your adyo~ ~e~can history before they take his clasS . woul4sttonglyrecominendtoanyonewith · Mexican family. Inascenariowhichwould .,_ care in an dealings with our affiliate · the and it'i's unlikely they will read about the _the·opporturu __ ·ty, to seize-it this pas - t8e- · :.., likely make·for _ anmtri.gu·_ing.short siory · ~- _· eenter 1QJ' c. Bilingual · · ! · oihe~sideofthe"issue. Theend.resultist hat S~dieS ...~ite my ~ mester I studied in Cuemavaea, Mexico we clandestinely trahspofted to long frienqship teachers and adHorn's use8 his class -as a fonim to through a· }lrqgram co-sponso~ by the our new MexicaiF home while our-, now . _ministratQrs, they lqiow that the.legit.iinaie - ,: attempt to indoctrinate other Students tO his S_lJNY_;s at-Binghamton and BrockpOrt. I · · previous faffiily was once,again v~tion- · interests ef my students come ftrst in any left-wingideologyandhistorycouldnotbe :cannot emphasize ·the fascinating ·experiing in Mexico. ., conflict" -· ,_ . _ · . . . · _ farther from·his mind. ences.throu~hout my three month odySsey. . During Mr. HOm's lectures on.Cuba, · · The Center for Bilingual Studies .. -. · · -Andrew andlJ;emindedMr. Hi>m Unfortunately as is the case in most human he boastfully mentioned h'ow lie .e\'~ed a . was not only· the language school but also . of the role whi~h h~-had promised to~pt cirCumstances, there·were Some flaws in .. u.s._~vel ban when visitingJherc ~ 1983. playeda direct role in choosirig-the families · 'Andrew also mentiolled that if the·situation · thepfugram, ~hichlbelievecanandshould ·. He extolled the "accomplishnienis" of the that the stQdents li:ve with for the semester. · 'Vas not soon resolved,. he could-take the 'be eradi~ated' . ~:further jmprove thi~ ' regime under Dictator Fidel Castro. He de-· Andrew! and I then explain~ the entire · next plane ouf of Mexico-City back to the wo£tttwhile program. - -. ·· _: emphasized the well documented human situation.to Mr. Hom and the directorofthe Un!tedState,s·artdseeifthetewasanyoneat 1 ~ right's abuses~~ on dissenters by center. Wereached areasonablesettlement ·. . Brockport who might wish to take action. . _ .-. Tbe major drawback or' the pro- · the brutal government Mr. H~' slack of with the center and 'the sitwition 'appeared - gram disseminates from Brockport James Mter a lengthy conversation, Mr. Hom did fairness and accuracy i,n reporting historiresi>lvcd. Within flJ.e next week, the center P. Hom,ProgramCoordinatorandResident fmally acquies(;e, and then spoke to the cal-events is both unprofessional'an d also relayed acc~tions from j_he previous - Directo~ for the Cuemavaca s·tudy Abroad_ family ' and ·the center. 'Fortunately .there unproductive to the Students who want to only paid were no fWt.her difficulties with this ·mat~ ' pro~ this past spring semesttT ( and · fam!ly ~ ..An~~- and. I had _ learn about~ American history. · $200 for the trip,, an unequivoCal lie.· .. ter. However Mr. Hom was_not eXactly a several which preceded it ) is, in my view oot suited for this current assignment Mr. · · willing adv~ as he had iomised. ., lwouidliketoonceagainreite~ · Nonetheless the incident seemed Hom comes across of a feasOOable, help- . I believe it is certainly possible that the tremen®us benefits far outweigh to be aclosedissue.. FJoweverl)le following ful, and likable person, however his ap- · ~if a similar conflict werito arise, other the aforementioned flaws of the program. .week during an impromptu conversation pearal)ce on the as well -as his with Mr. Hom during a · br~ between _ stl;ldents may·not take as aggressive actions _· The incident that Andrew and I had with words, faif tO match. his deeds. Oil two · -claSses, as Andrew and I did, which could ~ily · the family was unusual. Many Other stuhe matter of factly mentioned that levels I in~nd to argue that Mr. Horn is no result in these students being swindled out ~nts lived ~th very friendly and honest our fonner Mexicam. "mother" wisbed tO longer ftt to.con~ue his role abroad~ - · speak to us about the fmancial arnll.ge~ oftheirmoneyandleftw~thaverynegative families. However, the possibility of dif~age of~ program. ·. ficulties such as was incurred by Andrew ment I informed Mr. Hom th8t I would be . My roommate · in· Cuemav~ and l do exisl ;unfortunately Mr. Hom- willing to speak with her. However, I' Andrew Heintz, now an alumnus of SUNY .· Mr. Horn alsO played another role prefers not to be an advocate unless he is Bingharriton, .and 1, reached an agreement · stressed in no uncertain tenns tiUu under no ~the ~nte~, that of professor. He taught a forced ~to 1hat role. He writes in the circumstarttes would I ~ with our with OQr Mexican ..father" to pay $300 fer. SIX week course on U.S. Latin American December letter that be hopes our trip is a previous "father" because of his previous a·fow: day trip to Acapulco. .According to Relations. Unfortunately the class in many pl~leexperie nce, "whileinsmingthat financial d<:eeit and falliK;ious~accusations. our~ Apdrew and I w~'entitled to , waysdidnotre'semblehiStory. Mi. Hom's this~esterisnotavacationforanyone." · 3: ~parate lOdge for the two of us, expenOne hour later, ~e enme famlly ·obvious _leftist view woold have ·been ac~ However if last semester is any indication, sive restaurant, unlinlited .cOCktails', and appeared at the center, including the father. ce.ptable ifhe had fairly presented both side comp~y bas set in on Mr. Horn and it w~r skiing every ~y. J. - · ··_ • . .. _~drew, who had not been·infonned there of an issQe or event and.then explained why appears that he now views his stay ,in ' Unfo~~Y only the latter was ·_ may be a Visi~ of any Jcind by the previo~ · he thought his view was• more accurate Cuemavaca a8 a v~on. and preferS to · delive~ albeit partially. We-were perfamily was'at ieast iilfuriated as I. We . Ins~ he often·gave·only· his side of ~ .. .· ignore his obligations toward the students · -mittOO to water -$lei ~~. while spending managed to retmn· to our new horqe.with- . . issue, as--is..evidenced by his selection of of the progrnm.' . four near "suffocating':·nights in a hot and ' bookS for.the~· When i~ was l>rou'&ht . out _speaking to- the family: _We then ' Thus I~ do recommend the study ~- stuffy camper with the fotir'othern1errtbers. · .~- prom.f>-tly telephoned Mr. Horn at the~~ to his attention during class he had left out · abroad progiaffi to Cuemavaca, however of~ <?ur Mexican "family." Additionally, - _. ter and relayed our anger over his lack of a significant detail, he woillq reply that he only in the fail 8emester, when Mr. Hom is the food .was barely edible, p{utiailarly·in ·· ···.,presence in_the in~ident He then mfonned · was about to ~ention that fact · ~bing ~'histOry" a1 SUNY Brockport the_latter days of the "v8cation,!'when we . us that the matter was between·the family, lnte~gly however, he.~ no . ' ' /. ' -.

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· · · by John·~aggl_.o. .know _what's best for~? · ~des. before merous problems thatrenderthase system __ . -I am forced to learn about a.non-Western inefficient and ineffec.·tive. ·In Canada, for . . Over .the past Jew .weeks the~ · ' · Last spnng at SUNY Bing~- - ciJ}ture shouldn't I firsfbe educated about . ~ve been numerous students attempting . example,· _ ·gov(711JTlerii years to • .· to the.·Educati . ·oucu. _.., pJann· · and Poli·cu.·.s · -. my own . it ·takes .the n, · · . ~g ? An excerpt ·from ~g to protest the·impOsition·of:the·mandatory · approve the ~location of such medical . Committee (EPPC) of Harpur College doc.uments listed in The.Stu~ .. nt Adv~ funding ' of a health._. care.system for stu- · equipment as CAT scail~· to hospitals. ·:The_ · · 1· ·ed ~...1 fi · unarumous .Y @PI"'V a p•vY'?.xu 01: a two · . concerning the . diverSity requirement states result of this excesSive ·governmental bu'dentS. Their pfoteSts'are eentered.around a . . .. . . hi h.. oui' ' . ,. . course .divei'Slty reqwre~nt w c ~ d . "the most valuable aspects of the require~posal being ·considered.by:,:fue SUNY . ~ucracy is.that millions are deprived of lead to_~the pOSSible addition of two man~- . . Iilent will be the mcreased understan<fuig . the techQical .eqilipment which coUld help . Board ·ofTrustees which w~ld include torY 9Q~s: a .non-Western cultme class ,... of[studeiu's]ownculiurethatrt,hey]achieve · _ , ~ · mandatory :.health.fee as well aS a manda- ·.· save theif lives. Sweden and England:in ·. · · and a. course emphasizing gender,·· rate, · · through th~ study of others;"~ Without a · - . tory'bealth",insurance ·requirement. ·. · ruft:lrficuhU:, lines for heath care centers are ... las th · · · li · · Thi c . S; e ~city, orre gton. . s· proposal · strong.foundation of rny ·own culture.and " . astrononliCal. Patients are forced to wait will be · · . .· . ·On Thurs9ay, Sq>tember 6th, a · ·months.refotebeingabl.eto.seeadocti>rfor ·presented .before· the flarpur Col- .· heritage h.ow can I uriderstand other cul1 c· . il. . Oc' . . . ege mmc m tober' and if they group of'Students-gathered.QUtside the adagree turesbeforel ain educated.abOu t my o\yn? basic medical examinations and-treatment. . with the EPPC' s decisi~, then the freshIt . ministration building ·to 3ir their gnevonly logical that if a non~Western men of 1991 will be forCed to add theSe "· cu!ture co~ is.re<iuired then so should~ COurses to their schedules: There are sev- . Western cUlture CO\lfse. Some may -sugeral _rea8ons why this 'idea is counter- .·._geSt that }>ecause we are studying~in the . . productive and that such an·additiol) would United States that- all the courses offered _be detrimental rather than beneficial to the · a re western cuinife. but ·then how ean a . ".~.the · .sanctim onious _ respons e of .:~tiny "racidemic careers of students. ' non-western culture e~en be ta~ght -in a . Western society since it will be tainted by _ Presently, the co~ curriculum for . of the_.mem'bers the. Stl;ldent. . W:estern cUlture? Therefor~. the only true Hafpur college requires students to tak:~ at · way to about a n<?n-western cultUre~ · least two courses 'from each .school_divi- · .-A~sociatio~ _.is just one · gla~ing . ~xample ., .tO study in,l:hat particular countrY or part of · sion: Fine Arts and Humariities, .Science · ("\ the world. . . and. Mathematics, and. Social &iences. '""the ·.intelle.c tuai .incohs.istency of thei; Aside froni those ieq~ments, students Another point is that studentS will ..Dust a}so complete another'four courses . only get oot of a 'class what they ·are truly viewpo ints. -" · ou~ideofthe. divisionofhis/herinajor.' For · _interested in~ not w~at they are forced tO . ·example, if a student is majoring in History · absorb. · Aflother exCerpt from supporting which liesjn the Social·Sc~ehces division, doctiments.reads "incfeased: unde~tant!ing then thatstudenti:nust takefourotJterciasses [of other cultures] will be an asset not only . outside of the Social Sciences division. in studentS' academic Careers, but thrOugh.. Students enrolled in Harpmriiustcomplete . out their lives." How can course.such as ances. They claimed·that·the ciurent volThe.second irony ofth~ s~deritS two credits ut' physical ~Ucation depart- · Muslim Social History to the 19th centuly untary fee of$15 would be replaced with a · ·· · fighting .the m~datory health-fee is that mentaswell.-.Sincemoststudents take four help a Chemistry major in his career to man<:tatoryfeeofasmuchas$50a~mester . they suj>port the mandatory-fees collected . cOurses per semester, reqQired oow:ses albecome a research sCientist? · .per studen!- There has been some.contrO:. by such groups as NYPIRG, SASU, and ,early fill one's scheduJe for more then two versy over whether or not this fee would ·be USSA: Groups such as NYPIRG receive semesters leaving a student with little time Students on this campus should . . included under federal -twtiot:t asSistance . over$50,000ay~fromSUNYBingham.. to decide on a major as weQ. as fulfill the begrantedthefreedomtochoosewhatever prograill$. The administration, which supton Students. However~ NYPIRG, desPite. ·, ~equirements . for a particular major or coUrses in which they have a genuine in-. . ports the imposition of this fee, ,claim$ that · · the f3ct that they receive Such a large sum . double major. Hence, the addition of more terest. We fll'e mature enough to decide . ' due to the fact that·the fee is mandatory it. of students money, have bOOn totally unac- required courses could easily resUlt in a what classes .will make ourselves better would.becoveredbysilchprograms. Howcountablefortheirfiriancial~gs. The delayed decision on maj~ and eveil a preparedforsociet)'andfutureoccupalions ever~ there-js ·much skepticism about this · $3.00perstudent persemest.ertheycollect · delayed ~uation.c?-· without others makihg tllose-decisfons~for · aniong studerttleaders~ ·Some feel that it is goes direCtlytg'their central office to pay · . us. Thereaiemanycoursesatthisuni~ersity another hid4en tuition increase, while othfor lobbyists, full time staffers, etc. These · · When I was acqepted to .college, . . ... ~couldmake.studentsmae well-rounded·. ers feel cthat· it is an outright tax being · . groups .a;tively ·take . stands On political I looked·forward to the fr.eedom that stu.if tttey became mandatQry, but. the <?ntire leveled by· the SUNY ·administration to issues arid work for and~~ specific ··· dentsshouldbe,allowedto~s.suchas -· issue is that course selection ·shoqld-·rest ·· .rW ..l .. · · individUally decidi!lg help.pay for the fiscal woes of New York ·th pieces of.1e~~on. · _ ·-- on what courses to WI ·the students. As . educational liberty IS . Slate~ . . Lastsemesteranorm.:ml.7' !lh·.o_n.was . study; . Instead people feel that it iS their :· 'once , ag~ t4reatened 0!1 ~campus, I ~~ · obligation to decide what we should study, hope that ·students will continue to have a . Despite grow.ing · f~c~· ·fornied .by numerous students call Student which may ~w ooiJuture ambitions. · · freedom of choice, a freedom that' all stucrisis iri New 'Yor.k State"and Within the· . Against Forced Funding~ S:T.A.F.F. The Isn't: it quite arrogant ·that others feei they dents deserve. SUNY :system th¢ Student Association .of · · ~orgairization'~ purpOse was to fight the - -· · · c ' . State uOiversities (SASU) has maintait:ted · / forced funding of NYPIRG. However, their long held opposition of tuition in~re was no prptest rally sponsored by the creases ·to ~lietp. offset ·the ri·sing ·costs of · Student.Aisoeiation. The reasons (or this ~vidiflg for highereducation. Dtie to the ~ypocrisy are nume~. Groups such as · -rehictanee · of stich .poople as . Gove~r NYPIRG, SASU, and USSA work to furCpomo, who refused 'to raise tilltion,'stUtherproiootealiberalagerida. 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