September 1992 - Binghamton Review by Binghamton Review

Students Misled About Crime at Binghamton • A Real Diversity • Columbus • Reality -vs- Liberalism • Binghamton University? and much more...

Ex.ecuti ve Direc tor .......... ... .... Adam Bromberg Publi s hing Editor.. ................. .1ohn Maggio Managi ng Editor ...................... David Ho ll and Copy Editor ............ .............. Bemadelle Malone Trcasurer ....... ........................ Alexandra Aucone Emperor of Ihe Universe........... Peler Kaplan

Crime ULED & Guns .... ... ... ..... ..... . .4

Contri butors

A Diversity of Ideas ... ... .... ... ..... .... .. .6 Brell R. Baker Mi tchel Berger Cara Donlol1 SCali Epstein Steve Helfmld Michael Leo

Li sa H. Payne Mark Schmidt Andrea Sharetta Juliet Shields Michael Valdman

Fres hm an Orientation .... .... ... .... .. ... 8 Campus Censorshi p ... .... ..... .. .... ... 10 Binghamton Chic ..... .. .. .. ... .......... 11 Moderation

AlumniBoard Bri~U1

Sulli van Katrina Schwing Kathryn Doherty Ma thew Carr James T. Sheka

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Review.... ... .. ... ........ 15

Deconstructing Columbus ... ... .... ....... 16 Ri chard Carr Paul Scalese Yan Rusanovsky Joseph Rosenthal Billy Schor

Advisor ................................. Dr. Herb London raenlt y Advisor.. ........ Professor AIda Bcmardo

"I shall do nothing in malice. what I'm dealing with is too important for malicious intent." Bingh;:ul1ton Review is an independent joumal of news, commentary, and analysis publi shed monthl y. Binghamton students receive the Review free of c harge. Letters to the editor are encouraged rout should be sen t to: Bingham ton Review SUNY Binghamton P.O. Box 6000 Binghamton , New York 13902-6000. All s ubmi ssions to the Review becomc the property of the Review. The Revi ew reserves lhe right to edi t ,Ulel priJlt any submissions. All opinions expressed arc those of the author's and do not lIeccssan that of the Review.

Binghamton University? ..... ......... ... . 17 Clinton for President?? .... .......... ....... ... 18 Modern Feminism .... ...... ......... ...... ... 20 Students, Liberals & Reality..... ..... .. .. .23

Departnlents: From the Edi tor.. ..... ... ..... ... ...... ..... ... ..3 The Right Side .. .... .......... ... ........... .... ... 12

OTHER PEOPLES MONEY Despite their delusions of importance, the biggest responsibility of the Student Association is the distribution of student's funds to the various campus organizat ions. These funds are generated by the $60 activity fee that you paid along with your tuiti on. This almost million dollar fund is administered and distributed to student groups by the Student Association, but are they capable or overseeing this sizeable sum? Unfortunately, it appears they are not. Even overlooking the fact that student funds are distributed along blatantly politically correct lines, giving colossal sums to far left groups while being quite miserly to the few moderate or conservative groups they allow on campus, they simply don't know how to manage money. So, while wasting everybody's time passing resolutions condemning the United States, the serving of veal, Coors beer and the Red Cross they are, in fact, being negligent in their primary responsibility of overseeing this fund. The problem is, nobody is watching where the money goes. By the beginning of this past summer the Billgham/oll Review had not yet received bills for our last two issues from the printer, so we did what any honest group would do-we reminded the printer about the money we owed. The printer told us they had already received payment and proceeded to show us Student Association vouchers for our issues. It would appear the Student Association took bills that were sent to the Billghamton Review, opened and then paid them, despite the fact that we have not received Student Association money for the past three years. They not only paid for our issues but over paid since the bills were each $200 more then they should have been. And they don't even like us! Let me state right here-the Binghamton Review pays its own bills. If someone from the Student Association would contact us we will gladly repay what is owed. The truly ironic part is that the Review, for the past two years, has been recieving harassing letters from the Student Association saying that we must tum our money over to them to administer. This is the height of institutional lunacy. We get all our funding from private contributions and advertising, none of it is from student and/or state funds . Yet these bureaucrat wanna-be's think they should be in charge of distributing our money when they can't even handle their own money-or should I say, your money. This money grab is an ongoing attempt路to drive the BillghomlOn Review from this campus by drying up our funding. As I see it, a better idea would be to eliminate the activity fee and let students pay for each group they support rather than the current bureaucratic nightmare. At this point you might be aski ng yourself: "If we eliminate the activity fec then what will the Student Association do?" - Which is exactly my point.

Letters to the editor are encouraged and should be sent to: ~JiHttgbamtott

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John Maggio

r those who haven' t noti ced, that Public Safety be given access to Binghamton Uni versit y now "appropri ate fircanns when the need has an actual b..'luk 0 11 Cilll1pUS. arises." In order 10 beuer prOlcct

It 's located in the Uni versity Uni on to provide sttlclcnts with a convenient place 10 make mOl1ct.1I)' LnlUSc1ctions. Like all banks. here you ca n make wilhdrmval s i-mel depos it s, yet

so mething is missing; there is no anned security guard . So whil e no

Does our campus have a high crime rate? Well, our crime rate per 1,000 people is more then double the crime rate of the Town of Vestal.

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assaults in 1991192, we did have 13 assau l IS (New York law has thems el ves and the campus definition for aggravated assault), collununit y as a whole. it seems only crimcs do not even have to be re[)()rted i logical thal ULED should be to the UC R For example, the only equipped wilh whatever means are campus arrest records which need to necessa ry. in cl ud ing g uns. The rclc..'1Scd from campuses by law are . decis ion to ann ULED officers law violations, drug law violatio ns and presentl y resls wit h President Lois weapons possessions~ the number of arrests made for assault , De R eur. Many think crime is not a harass ment, resi s ting arrest , tre:spas!i,1 prohl em on our campus, criminal mi schief, elc... does not therefore there is 110 reason for to be di sclosed. Most universities, . U LED offi cers to be armed , order to attract more students. can easily Some ha ve even read the classify one crime as a different crime statistics which our campus so that their campus will seem safer. releases in compliance with the Univ ersities also are not required to Crime Awareness and Campus di sclose students who are crime victims Security Ac t of 1990. O ur off-campus , leaving students as well as statisti cs HfC ex tremely low, potential s tudents with all incomplete but Ihey are also very picture about tl,e safety of their school. mi sleading. Everyone mus t Docs o ur campus have a hi g h crime first realize that the crimes rate? \Vell, our cri me rate per 1 whi ch arc require d 10 be people is more tl,en double tlle reported are defined in rate of the Town of Ves tal , Besidles, accordance with the FB I 's docs Binghamton U ni versi ty have Uniform C rime Reporting a ccompli sh a sufficient number (UCR) system, Unfortlmate1y, cri mes before ULED is anned? Must crime tcnllinoiogy varies [rom we wai l for another wmecessary nUlfder l slate 10 stale g iving the benefit to to co nclude that crime exists on some universities of no t having to campus? The services perfomled disclose all of tl,c facts about campus ULED are almos t identical to that of

one is there (0 protect your money. no onc 's al so there to pro tect your life during a robbery. Ironically. hanging o n the wal l ri gh t next to r--::=====-------,--::==--===----,,-------------, the automatic tell e r machine is H plaque with the mune A1l:x!rt Tillman. A lbert \V , IS s ho t and killed in o ur Univ ersit y Un.ion in the 1970s, but to tllis day, Public Safety is s till unarmed. The co ntr ove r sy conce rnin g ULED (U ni ve r s it y Law E nf orceme nt Department) and g uns ha s o nce again res urfaced. A major cause for thi s revival stenlS from a report made by the Personal Safety Adv iso ry Commillec whi ch has rccol1ullclldcd

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po Ice orce JD any conunumty. Inves tigator Timothy R. Faughnan person.lII y explained tllllt ULED olIioers should carry guns "in order to provide the comulUnity with a higber level of scnrice." [-low will our g.,1.fety improve willl the presence of guns? As it now stand s, if a weapon is involved in a crime on campus, outside authorities respond first since they are armed. Hence, this cl1Icial delay time of waiting for tllC Vestal Police to arri vc will be eliminated and students won '( have to compromise their safety . ULED officers will be able to intervene qui c ker and stop a potentially hau1rdous situation before it's too late. Rublic safety olIicers can also respond more appropriately thM outside police simply because they are famili ar with our campus environment. Local police arc often unable to provide an effective resolution for campus crimes for a variety of reasons, including work load, lack of

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rumilanty Wit 1 tlC ca mpus, and simply lack of interest. ULED oIIiccrs are trained to hmldle college situations and they care about the campus environment since thcy work here on a daily basis. Most studcnts on our C.'ll11pUS don '( even show concern for our officers who encounter dangerous situations without weapon protection. Routine car stops can easi ly prove falal ( 0 anned officers; yet, im ag ine if you were an unarmed ullifomled offi cer who had to approach a car whi ch sped passcd the campus e ntrance check point. It al so seems ridiculous that wllile public safety officers are not penniued to Imve glUlS on crunpus, students are. Students are required to register and store their firearms with the Public Safety Office (Rul es and Expectations 1992-93 1'.9). The administration oddly enough doesn't see a problem with students having

guns, but sull lllCY have not grallte tl,e same privilege to ULED offi=s. TIlC administration does Wive some crime prevention features which are currentl y in effect. The blue emc rgency li g hts are s pread throughout the campus and the lockdown policy still exists. 111e question still remains , what level of safety does BinghHmton University WlUlt to obtain? If flreanns will bcHer protect our officers, eliminate a cl1lcial delay period, and provide a safer campus overall , nothing should prevent the anning of VLED. So wlllic only four states, including New York, do not requi re campus officers to carry guns. Binghamt on sho uld recognize the increasi ng problem of campus crime and adequately address the safety needs of its studcnts. Hopefully, we won't need another Albert T illman before we realize tllat ULED should beamled路1

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he word diversity is a big of diversit y we're gelling morc buzzword here on thi s women 's progrruns." It i s hard for

campus and on campuses throughout the nation. Everyone talks alxmt implementing a system to make our cwricu1wn more diverse, to allow

The fact is universities today . are far from diverse when it comes to ideas,

prominent conservative

me to imagine fair play given to the

G lancing through all the books in

ideas of Repub licans a nd conservatives given tJ1C makeup of to wards diversity ma y have

whole department. it was bard to marc than a couple of books conservative authors. T he Econo mics department was not

professor.; teaching Ulore about

quite as balanced as the Political Science

faculty at tUliversities. The new move

the id eas of previously department. n,e department had underrepresented groups like written by authors like Lester Thurow .1 black s, wome n , and who is one of the nations most pre,IllinClllt l homosexuals, bUl lhcre is still liberal economis ts. The/same

lilile laught ahout one of the which offers Thurow's book also tw o major ideologies in o ur a book called, Fightillg Poverty. book claims to be "[r]esponding nati on. and the new move In order to see how diverse supply·side conservative claims towards diversity our classes are hl tenns of the govcmmenl policies create """'"U v'o , I ideas that arc taught. I went to for welfare dependency and does not intend the bookstore ~Uld went through breakdown of the family stnlCtllte . ..' to make it the books that professors Tlris same class whicb has these assign to their students. How liberal books has no conservative any better. balanced are the books in the to counter them . Another book in classes? When a professor department describes itself by sa)'ID~:' 1 exposure to the ideas and works of ass igns a book by a prominent liberal ''This edition featu res highJy ch'Ir~,.d l individuals who have previously no t or socialist does that srul1C professor essays lhat analyze and criticize been studied. WillI! is tllC rcal purpose balance those books wi til a book by a American capitalist system and call of diversity? Is it to allow s tudents to conservative author? To those who a transformation of the political n,.,;I •• " I hear different sides ,Old to be exposed believe a un.iv ers ity's place is to TillS hook contains chapters on to a diversity o f ideas, is it to imlx>se expose s tudents 10 bo th sides of an conflic t. male domination and racism ' a quota sys tem all the sex , race ruld arg ument , you will be quile industry. The department also has a number ethnicity of the authors, or is it to disappoin led with what [ found. push a political orthodoxy? From There seems to be almost no effort at books by tlle Brookings Institute and looking at this and o ther universiti es balance and diversity of ideas in our course no books by the I have found tlmt we arc far from classrooms today. The shelves arc Fowldation. To its credit the rooJl()miics promoting a diversity of ideas in our filled with books tha t are written by department does assign a book by liberal s, socialists and all different Friedman as well as Adams ~.r';lh,',1 classrooms and in o ur cuniculum. The fact is unive rs ities today are types of leftists, bUI tl,ere are precious Weal/II of Natiolls. Milton Friedman far from diverse when it comes to fe\y books written by anybody to tl,e one of tllC mos t prominent conservative ideas . and the new move towards right of Karl Marx. economists in the country. but itis quite diversity docs not intend to make it T he area where the bias of ideas odd that Friedman's book is assigned · any bener. A recent study done shows exists most is in the social sciences. all upper level class while numerous that less than 10% of political science Mos t of the books in the Political liberal and Marxist books are assigned professors are Republicans. Anothcr Science department seem to be quite in 100 le vel courses . Since Adam poll asked philosopby professors balanced, many of the hooks are Smitll 's book is one of the foundations tmoughout the coulltry ahout their simpl y textbooks, which at least look of our ",'pitalist system I should hope it ideology and 0% said tllCY considered objective. Of course tl,ere were books would be taught in an Economics class. themselves center to right on lhe like one called Settillg Natiollal B ut once agai n this book is assigned in po liti cal s pec trum . According to Priorities, whi ch is put out by th e rul upper level Economics class. II's Christina Hoff Sommers. a professor Broo kin gs In sti tute , the natio ns quite odd that Adam Smith's book is in at Oark University . 'There's not one premier li beral think tank. At the one course while books by Marx and by conservati ve teaching in a women's same time there were no books in the Marxis ts are assigned in numerous the classes. studies under the banner

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seem be all that interested in objectivity either. One book which I found in tllC I"'O'V'J department and which I also noticed in other departments as well was Savage Inequalities by Jonathan This is a recent book which has Icome out and is a very prontinent liberal 011 education and I believe should read when studying education. [H()w"ver recent books have beell written education by conservative authors as William Bennett, former [Secf<,tary of Education and Chester a former Asstant Secretary of iEclucation. but for some reason thesc books arc not assigned. One class in tl,e IdeOOllInenl assigns tlle book. The Other IA'.IIerlca by Michael Harrington who one of the leading Americall isa,ci,uists. Another book in this same is called The New Class War: I t("a~~all's Attack 011 the Welfare State Consequences. One class assigns two left wing books while offerillg conservative book to counter them . books which are assigned in tl,e [Hist,)", department include works by Marx and Vladimir Lenin. While seems Lhat there are many books in the department which are very critical Reagan and capitalism while th~re seem to be no books defending Reagan or capitalism. The tenll diversity of ideas would be the last thing to come to mind when looking at the books in the Sociology department. Introductory Sociology courses contain books like. The New Class War: Reagall's Attack 011 the

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and the Communist Mamjes to. It seems that iDly book written by Karl Marx: or ,Ulybody who idoli zes him is required reading in any Sociology course. One class assigns a book entitled Imperialism. which says "This volume contains a series of essays aimed at illuminating from a Marxist point of view ." Another book in this same class is imperialism: 7'l,e Highest Srage ojCapiralisllI by Vladimir Lenin . The entire department seems to be an attack on America and the capilHlist system. Maybe tl,C Sociology deparunent's name should be changed 10 the department of Marxi sm and cmtiAmericcUlism so students can know what they arc trul y going to study. The departments in thi s school seem to be teaching more courses about issues like poverty and raceand that is good- but the way they are teaching them is not. There arc many prominent books on these subjects which are written by conservative authors, but t.bese books are invisible in our courses. Books written by black authors like Thomas Sowell. Shelby Steele and Steven Carter which question affinnative action are highly regarded but can't be found in courses whi ch discuss thi s subject. Ground breaking books which criticize the welfare state written by individuals like Charles Murray can't be fOlmd in courses here which discuss povcrty policy. There are a number of books in

courses are very cri tical of Ronald Reagan and his policies. Many of these are good books which educate st.udents and give them one point of view about Reagan iDld his policies. There were no books assigned in any cases to cowHer all these anti -Reagan books. In recent yems, there have been many

Maybe the Sociology department's name should be changed to the department of Marxism and anti-Americanism so students can know what they are truly going to study.

books written in defense of Reagan by individuals who served in his ndminislratioll. Not one of these books has found its way into the classrooms of onr l~niversi ty. The only good defense of all these left leaning books could be that the professors are so conservative that they need to be b,uanced out by the books they assign. I don' t think that argument quite works around here. The move towards a more diverse curriculum is a good one. This University and OtllCrs should work hard to include tlle works of those th at have previously been unrepresented. This type of diversity has taken place in this last mnnber of years and continues to take place. Despite this movement towards diverity what does not exist; however, is a diversity of ide.1s. Professors and the books they assign arc very much to tlle left. These same professors do little to counter these books that dominate the reading lists. Since the main objective of a university is to allow students to be exposed to lTlany points of view and many ideas, it seems our uni vcrsity is failing miserably.1

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Reflections of Freshman Orientation by Cara Donloll

eflecting upon Freshman Orientation, I can think of only one word-farce. The audacity of the administration to coerce "first-year students" (the politically correct term) into the MaUdela room in order to play twister and some neato hand-knee-nose coordination is laughable. Throughout the infantile games, we were constantly told what a prestigious university Binghamton is (so prestigious in fact, that the name was changed to reflect the intellect.) But, the most reprehensible part was the games "Wheel of Oppression" and "Cultural Pursuit." Basically, by participating in the ''fun'' we not only got to meet new people, but we also realized how insensitive, racist, sexist, and overall politically incorrect we all are. Unfortunately, the goal of the games was not beneficial to me. I did not congregate with the whining liberal puppets, nor did I feel that my beliefs were wrong. In fact, the two games made me even more firm in my beliefs. There were many ideologies which they

to drill into our heads, for instance, that homosexuality is good and natural. Every .Roman Catholic becomes politically incon'ect since they believe the opposite, but nobody cared that this group was being oppressed. Every minority group is suffering a wave of oppression because every white male is insensitive-by implying this, anm't whites being stereotyped? It was quite appalling to have my parents, and other parents, pick up campus newspapers filled with profanity. But, then again, Binghamton is so prestigious that not only can its students hit their nose and grab their ears repetitively, but they can also curse like a drunken sloven fool and then call it news. Diversity, the key term of the weekend, was forced down our throats but was never actually displayed through the actions of the Beginnings staff. How can they be diverse and yet put down another group? I guess only conservatives, white men and Catholics would mind, and they don't count-just ask any OA. attempt~

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TAKE DRUGS AND LOSE ALL YOUR FRIENDS.

If ),Oll 1hink drug, cost, lot nllW, w;lit until "ft er ..:ollege. They (nule! eost you Cl career. La:' ! y<::11" alone. America's

businesses lost marc tl"n $60 billion to drugs. So this year. nlost of the Fortune 500 will be

Fail ing th e tes t means YOli won't

tldmini stering dnlg tests.

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be considered for employment. And th, t'5 nne hell of a price

WE'RE PUTTING DRUGS OUT OF BUSINESS. Binghamton Review

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Campus Censorship Mitchel Berger

few years ago, Tipper Gore, wife of vice-pres idential candidate Al Gore, emb.,1J'kcd 011 a heroic quest recorded for posterity in her book Raisillg PG Kids ill all X-Rated Society. Tired of music she viewed as obscene. the liberal Mrs. Gore decided to force her opinions all everyone cl sc. As a liberal, tlle fi rst tlling Tipper did was foml a committee-the Parents'

Liberal absurdity on the scale of a "Diversity Requirement"

is only possible when accompanied by censorship and intimidation,

Music Resource Committee . As Gore porrlrays it, she and her

comm.ittee battled for years to place those neat little "explicit" labels on many of today's mos t popular albums. Besides demonstrating liberal ineptitude, we all know how effective tl,ese stickers tumed out to be. Tipper a1so showed liS something else. Tipper' s tiff with the music

industry highlights the increasing willingness of liberals to lise their

positions in tJle power structure. be it government or tmivcrsities, to censor views for whi ch they do not ag ree. Despite nonsense tJ:L.'lt places it solely among the right wing, Mrs. Gore and olhers prove that censorship has a well-fumi shcd home witll the left. Unfort una tely for us , liberal censors h,:lVe been busy here all campus as well. One aspect of thi s is the PC (Politically Correct) movement. PC-ers arc not content merely to limit speech. They al so insist forci their views on

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others; they love to hear what you have to say so long as you agree with thcir twi sted notions. This tendency explains the newly passed diversity reqniremcnt. In addition to fulfilling requirements in writing emphasis , Science, I-Iumrutitics, Social Scicnces and Physical Education next years "freshpeople" will be compelled to take u course lhat exposes them to the tired PC lines on how Western culture is responsible for everylhing up to and including sun spo ts. With tlus requirement, liberal s have freed themselves from the inconvenience of campus free-speech. Inste.1d of having to debate and justify their view s, the left c..'Ul now teach them without opposition in Our classrooms. Although courses arc being cut tUld the libraries hours curtailed, the left has somehow found enough of our tuition money to maintain this project in ccnsorship. Every section of these classes can only mean lesser time and quality in other courses ,md facilities. Liberals call tlus "progress." But, as Newsweek notes such progress "often is just the replacement of one repressive ortllOdoxy by another." Liberal absurdity on the scale of a "Diversity Requirement" is only poss ible when accompanied by cCl,lsorship and intimidation. For years , New York social s tudies t"",chers at all levels have debated the merit and necessity of reordering the cu rriculum to be more inclu sive towards minorities. Unquestionably, tht; curriculum did need some ciHUlges. Liberals. however. were far too willing to write and revise history ratller tllllllteach it. A SUNY -Oneota professor on one of these myriad commi ttees wrote Time that he and his colleagues "were dismissed . . and locked out of tlle review process" of the NY Social studies Commillee for disputing tlle flimsy evidenco tllllt the Iroq uoi s influenced the Constituti on. If the library is open, one can read one such study (UA Curriculum of Inclusion-July 1989) ,md see wl..,tlittle effect the

objections had on the results. incoming students will find, althougll/ this kind of censorship is less dramatic I than burning books it leads to siITlilarl curtailment of tllOUght and speecb. the Left knows it!

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however, the campus bookstore • the most egregious examples ccnsorslup. The Woman's & Lesbian and S{)(;iol'ogy'iAl.tlwopology ~ sections subliminally promote ideology. J.1. Dillards Black E/I~:lis/ir,1 supposedl y about dialect, makes the ridiculous ch,uge l that 'The reason for the lack of study in the arca of Black English seems to be that the theory of exclusively British origins is seriously cballenged by the pidgin-Creole theory." "Members the establishment," be continues, "must have been aware of the possibility of a challenge from that theory for sometime ,md have constructed defences against it." This nonsense is a classic example of liberals pUlling ideology speculation where evidence should be. Another book, Illside tire LA Riots includes writers from the Villiage Voice and LA W eeld y but none of more conservalive papers. It would be an understatement to suggest tl..,t this is trying to give a biased view of happened in June. Similar ex;amplesl can be found in the Woman's and Textbook Sections. This would be fine if conservative views were also represented. Yet tlleir arc currently no books representing conscrvati tlunking. As for religion, apparently the Bible. Koran and similar texts cannot compete with Mary Friday's Women all Top or Susan Faludi's Backlash. Tbe liberals have shown a willingness to censor views disagree witll. That's one thing if they are paying for it-another when we have to. If Binghamton wishes to be, as it calls itseif, a university in tllC academic sense of the word then all points of view should be tolerated and given equal just what

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he person seated next to me in one of my classes rested his feet upon the desk in front of him, calling my attention to his dirty toes. This observation prompted me to look around the rest of the room and by doing so, I came to some pretty disturbing revelations. Not only had many possessed the "Birkenstocks-and-dirty-toes-look," but many had foregone shoes completely. The barefoot mode is appropriate for few occasions; namely the beach, the privacy of one's home, and the shower-not that the concept of bathing has been grasped given the路filthy state of feet. The Binghamton campus is not among the aforementioned, making the shoeless appearance not only disgusting, but tacky as well. Warmer weather means put on a pair of shorts, not take off your shoes. Speaking of cleanliness, has it become fashionable not to wash one's clothes? Has the "I-have-womthe-same-pair-of-jeans-for-three-months-Iook" come back from the misguided 1960's to haunt us? Looking around campus, I am forced to believe so. Any outside observer could quite conceivably mistake the University for an anachronism from 1963. Seriously now, are bare feet and dirty clothes conducive to study? It's more conducive to bad hygiene and germ-breeding than anything else.. Watching the student body revert to the hippy generation's style of dress not only scares me, but it causes me to wonder- what will people be wearing in the winter? I have horrible visions of tube socks and Birkenstocks. A prominent fashion faux pas ovenunning campus is the problem of hair. It's perfectly okay to wash one's hair, in fact.it's quite hygienic. It's hard to grasp that the "shampoo-and-brush-have-nottouched my-hair-since-the-8th grade-look" is sought. Somehow, I don't find lice too attractive. While on the subject of hair, has anyone ever heard

of a razor? The women masked as gorillas is a wee bit repulsive. There is a clear and concise unwritten rule in this country which states that women are supposed to shave their legs. Contrary to popular belief, the unshaven appearance is not an affirmation of feminism. Actually, it conveys a barbaric caveman image. Men are no better, although I haven't decided which is worse, a scraggly beard or one which surpasses the knees. Another puzzling trend is the exhibition of the peace symbol on clothing, necklaces, hats, bags, what have Back in the you. Vietnam era the symbol actually reflected an idea, but what does it mean today? Granted the concept of peace is acceptable, but to wear it only with the intention of looking like a protester is silly. I hate to break the news, but the "flower power" period is dead, over, finis. And when is tye-dye going to be erased from the fashion industry? It's hilarious to see manufactured tye-dye prints (which, incidentally, are made in Taiwan) all over campus. Wasn't the original purpose of tyedying to enable people to make their own clothing and "revolt against the system"? Ironic, isn't it? Funny looking, too. Fashion at Binghamton (or should I say lack of fashion at Binghamton?) is unfortunately the norm for most college campuses around the country. Although, I sometimes wonder if the Yalies would ever be caught without shoes ... probably not, at least they'd wear argyles.1 ______ J

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"When I go 10 colleges and universities alld lalk 10 kids, Ihey lelfme, 'Yeah, YO Il have to lValch IVhal YOIl say i/l. the classroom, ill the slreets, and in the sl/ldent fllfion, butlVhell YO Il go back to your room YO Il call1alk openly .â&#x20AC;˘ SII/dents talk about university campuses the lVay people used to talk about East Germany. " - William Bennett

"We are not interested i/l. the markel socialism dreams of Ihe lejlis lliberal economists 011 L - - -- -- - - -- - - - -- ________ Ihe East Coasl o/Ihe United Stales. RighI, nolV the main obstacle to our de ve!opmelll is ideological injillralio f!jromlhe West." According to David Baranov, an - Vaclav Klaus , organizer of the Graduate Student Employees Prime Mini ster of Czechoslovakia Uni on, the GSEU is enjoying a groundswell of popul ar support a mo ng Binghamto n A classic is somelhillg tha! everybody lVaflls 10 University's graduate po pulation. " The have read and nobody to read. turno ut [for the first meeting) was -Mark Twain encouragin g, with over 30 persons [sic) representing 12 of the 22 graduate programs on cam pus in a ttendance ," reports Mr. Baro nov. When one considers that Bing hamton Uni versity boas ts a graduate pop.ulation of approximately 3000, one begins to wonder about the popularity of this "grassroots" movement. Although, the GSEU does report some mo mentum . According to Baronov, "approximately 22 new members [have] signed up in just the last week." Implying, we suppose, that the fight to elimina te the legal barriers was carried out by the overwhelming majority of eight.

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Top Tell Reasolls Why a Liberal Would Write/or the Billghamtoll Reveiw

10. I shower and wash my hair 9. I can't pronounce Coup De Tete 8. My clothes are clean 7. I don't own anything from 1963 6. I eat meat 5. Deep down it bothers me that Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer 4. (Females) I shave my legs (Males) My beard is not ten feet long 3. My parents didn't name me Sunshine or Harmony 2. I wear shoes I. I know how to wri te

"here is 110 art, which olle government sooner learns of allolher. Ihall draillillg money from the pockels of the people." -Adam Smith

"moke cigarelles. smoke pipes, but especially smoke cigars, the great big capitalist-pig-chair leg sized slogies Ihal smell like barbecuing SIlOW tires. Smokillg probably iSIl't very good for us, bill it drives liberals mad. " - P.l. O'Rourke

Apparelltly St. Paul Millnesota, ill a mock trial, has found Christopher Columbus guilty of slavery, murder, alld genocide However, Chris Ileed 1I0tworry. Minllesola being such a liberal Slate he will gel a 30 day suspellded sellIallce maximum!

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Rep~bl.~al'l~ d~fi~~:good' government. by' how much they stay ott the hacks of the working people--allowingthem to achieve far beyond what government could provide. Democrats defi~~goodlgovenun~nt by how many Iiberal programs they have in place to ''help'' people. ,PI~~l~'n~,m~er,if:,y()uw()rk~()ra Iivhig Ilnytime a liberal says "help" you can substitute .the'~~r()" .~~~cre,,:,'.'to.decipherwhat itwill'~~an to you. . CO~rvatives~lieve

in individual rights and that the greatness of a society stems from the ac~i~~~ll1e~t ofth~:illdividual~L,iberal~ , onthe other hand, favor group rights and would pret~~·:~~·::~I~lr~:].~v~~onein~~.:a,sub~cultu~which should seek its own .group i~e~ti~~ And 'then\tJt~Y:eanfo~~P()litical~¢~·onCommit.tee which will contribute to IiberalcaQ1paigns. . .

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Li~falls:want;t():;ti~lptheeIlVironment (don~t forget what 1 said about the' word help) by banning ~verythingihat ~as been invented since the loincloth. Conservatives find new ways to make money sellillg stupid liberals re-usable shopping bags . Libeftlls'want t<{~iSe,t8xes ori,the rich (a .liberal 's definition of a ricb person is anyone who has aJob.) Conservatives want to lower everyone's taxes. (I wish someone had reminded. George Bush of that in 1990.) ,

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think tlt~government should insure everyone has enough money to live comfortably.:¢o~servatiy~s'~hink.everyone should have a job-at which they ear~,them~~tmoney their'talents can provide. tit¢United States Constitution, can't seem to find,t~ewords ''right~f:thepe~p:~e. tp:~~e.pa~~:~ear Arms',' in the second Amendment, but somehow find the woros'~abortionon demand" in the 12 th Amendment. Conservatives can read. Liberal,s,,:whi.e

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I was an undergradu,,'1 le at Tufts University, I had a collection o f pins on my My favorite was a simple one: it "THINK" in black letters on a field. It was tile logo or a carnpns lar'tl-Clale rape group, mId while I opany roml or rape, I liked tile bullon for its apparent message; a rcImi!ud,:rlo college sn,dents 10 use tileir

When I ani ved at Binghamlon lasl one or tile fi rs l cmupus publicaI round was COIIP de Tete, pubby the Experimenlal Media Or-

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Ign~:~!~~ll picked il up, and read the

piece by Paul Gcorg..,des. he wriles, "TIle name or this publlicatic," is nol Cup d' etat (the popular meaning an overthrow of the but Coup de Tete. hI Frenell[,] tile lele means head ... Roughly ... the call be translated as an overthrow the h..,d or mind." In ract, however, phrase coup d'elat has accmed ils Icurrellli usage because it does mean 11I1.cnlll y, "a blow 10 Ihe head." IGeOI路ge,adllS claims no such phrase exin French. But I digress. This article is a discussion of deterphilosophy extrapolated rrom senlence, "Nobody can disagree, ir you grew up in a clifTerent cldnlre

than your own .. .you would be a far different persoll." Lf oue accepts this sort of cultural detenninism, then everything else in the piece follows. more orless logically. TI,e naw, however, is that the arglUllent takes as its premise a complex conclusion and presenls i~ not only as an irreducible primary, but ru.l irrefutable one. And where does this concept originate? Paradoxic."l!ly euough, " ...culture determines who we arc" is part of the article's conclusion. Further, not only can one disagree with Georgcades' determini st premise. I do. I have reason, and I have rree will. My opinions, my ideas, and my pbilosopby are "constructed" by nothing but my use of rCc'1soll. by the mind GeorgcHdes seeks to "overthrow." In many areas, I disagree with "popular wisdom ," and in tllose cases where I do happen to agree it is coincidental. And I know timl, were I born elsewhere, the process of reason, based on factual evidence, would have lead me to the srune conclusions as it does here: Neither logic nor re..wty rest on geographic location. The implied message in the piece is "if you don't dunk like we do, you, you're not thinking." This is supposed 10 be " liberalislll." I'd always

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tilOught "liberal" derived rrolll "libcrt y ," from freedom; the freedom to think as one will. Then, no t a month later. a "proClinlon" piece by John Oloe appears in thc Pipe Dream. Choe. who idenliries lumselr as a member or the Coalilion ror a Republican-Free

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Conservatives, usually criticized as intolerant of alternate opinions,

have been much more accepting than these "liberals. "

America, writes. "As caring member of tllC universilY commwtity we must all be collcemed with tile emotional needs or our peers. We mllstlolerant or Ihese political pariahs and be prepared 10 comrort the closel Republicans among us." [emphasis added] Seems a fwUlY way to be tolerant, to rerer 10 those who hold difTering political opinions as "pariahs." TIus orUlOdoxy, tilis lack or loleranee, is, I suppose lhe stronges t factor ill my decision as a moderate to write for the Binghamton Review. Conservatives, usually criticized as intolerant of alteOl.ate opinions. have been much more accepting than these "liberal s." In racI, tile pages or and contributors to lhis journal would probably have a more open dcbme on the issues or tile day Ihen the other "Liberal" journals all this campus. The bottom linc. I suppose, is which pUblication promotes freedom. and which sceks to establish tynUlny.1 Page 15

Deconstructing Columbus · David Holland

A llhough the current thinkulg is ust in time for the anniversary of Colwnbus' discovery of the New that pre-Columbus America \-\'as World. the politically correct some paradise frcc from the injustices revis ionists have again decided to of European cI~ture. tili s is simply rewrite history. Once again the virhleS untrue. The indigenous tribes were of political correctness are prevailing not. as we are led to believe, in perfect

over historical fact. The revisionists believe that history books should

portray Columbus not as a noble explorer but as a murderer and thief rationalizing his actions with a cross and a flag. In the booklet "Coltuublls on Trial". Robert Royal examines some of the distortions of history that some would

like to see accepted as the new politically correct truth. He points

out that onc of the reasons for the whole Colwnbus controversy is tllat there is no better way to attack tile

foundations of our culture than to attempt to show that "evil forces have been at work against the good. the true, and tbe just since the very discovery of America." The facts . when not clouded by

emotional sentiment, prove their argument to be preposterous. The

charges against Columbus simply do not hold up under tile weight of historical reality. When closely examined witlrin the context of history each cllllfge can in tum be dismi ssed. Assuming that those who are accusing Columbus of genocide are notifying to minimize tnle cxrunplcs of it in history. the only way they could make this charge against him is out of sheer ignorance. It is estimated that 85% of the indigenous people who died after Columbus arrived. died of diseases to which uley had no immunity. The great majority or tilese people died without ever coming into direct contact with the Europeans. Surely introducing smallpox into tile New World was not some sini ster plot hatched by Colwnbus because of some secret wish to exterminate a people. It is tragic that so many of the indigenous people Columbus cnfountercd perished but it clearly was not the result of some intentional and therefore was not

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hannony wiLh nature. Robert Royal points to the fact th at many tribes practiced slash and bum agriculture. the same that is currentl y being blamed for Ule des truction of the rain fores ts. Many other tribes had to periodically relocate because of over IllUlting, hardly an ecologic..llIy sOlmd practice . .L\.nother JX>int of contcntion is Utat Columbus introduced Ule evils of Europe into the imlOccnce of the New World. The fact is that Colwnbus did not introduce any evil into the New World that had not alre.1dy been long established here. Slavery, war, human sacrifice. canni balism a nd even racis m had existed centuries before Columbus arrived. He can not be held accowltable for spoiling a utopia that never existed. Moving on to the broader charge brought against the Europeans that the imperialism begun by Columbus is in any fonn inherently evil. I do not hold the view tlml might makes right nor am I denying that many of the atrocities of ltistory can be linked to the excesses of imperiali s m . However, Colulllbu~ can not be condellllled on the basis of the argulllclltlhat no culLure has the right to impose itself on others or that imperialism itself is inherently cmel. The naw in tllis argument is tlmt cruelty is a very relative tenll. What we perceive as cmel today was taken for granted in the time of Columbus. Under Ule conditions of his day. when survivaJ was a struggle no one stopped to ques tion the morality of an institution such as slavery which had existed since tlle beginning of milll. Second, every culture no matter how glorious the revi sionists choose to portray them had there own fonn of cruelty that to some is justification for is m . The

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Europeml practice or forced Indian tllOugh deplorable, pales in comparison to the Aztec tradition of tearing the beating hearts from the chests enemies . .A trait that was a fOlUldation the Aztec religion. Similar tra.its exis ted in nearly culture lhat the revi sionists wish •

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European practice of forced Indian labor, though deplorable, pales in comparison to the Aztec tradition of tearing the beating hearts from the chests of enemies. tltirsty European s. If schools are going to tcach only the occasional atrocities conmtiued by Enropeans while ignoring hi s torical context then l<;t them also teach about the transgressions of the 'i IUlocent victims.' The May'a practiced ritual s of human sacrifice, the C hinese regularly practiced infanticide (Womens Center take note) tilC Hindus of India would bum women ali ve upon tile deatils of tileir hus bands. It is clear that hi s tory 's victims of imperialism were not as innocent as we are led to believe. What conclusion can we reach? First that CollUubus was not, in the context lti story. eviL The exploitation of the New World was viewed as no more morally wrong then future generations (Or members of tbe present generation who eat at tile food co-op) may view exploit.1tion of tile animal and vel,et,bl,e l world. Perceptions chrulge with and we can't fairly convict Columbus 011 our present conception of morality. Second, we must realize that it is imperialism that should be trashed our hi s tory books but the ignorance and cruelty th at, as I shown , exist in every culture.1

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, summer is over and its time to get back to the business of edUcatiOll. \Vclback to State University of Ncw at Binghamton. \Vhich is, although would never know it , the name of school. It seems that at somc point year our illus trious president, Lois IneR.eur. decided that she got confused Iwiile"e,rer she walked into the bookand saw shirts brandishing differnickna mes. The prolifcration of such as "SUNY -B", "Bingbam, and "S UNY -Binghamton" were to much for her and her friends to Icoml>re.h e"d: so she did what any do [nc.thilngbureuucrat would do-she crea commission. This commission, headed by her falap-dog and chief apologist [Margery Heffron, set about tlle task of what was billed as a new lluifyname. Margery Herrron soon Uberedecided that S tate University of York or it's acronym, SUNY, not be in the new name, because

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people she spoke with would mistake

it for sunn y. Now , thanks to this commissions inability to speak with people who can read and our presidents identity crisis, we are saddled with the new na me Binghamton University. Evi dcntly. thi s commission did not do its homework , for our new name' s abbreviation (BU) is already associated with Boston University . This is a brilliant way to develop name recogniti o n, don't you think'? Let us not forget tlle incredible cost involved in all the new signs. stationary and the all important bookstore shirts- all this fo r a new Ilicknam~. Yes. new nickname. TIus new name is not and can not be our official namc. We are a State Ulu vcrsit y of New York school and Illllst. in fact, havc Statc Uni versity of New York in our namc. So all tllis expensc is for a new nickname and our president , s ego.

But isn ' t Ubis whole affair really just a symptom of a much larger di sease. Witlh all tlhe real problems Utat face tllls University and academia in general is not thi s whole namechange tumult really subterfuge? It is a convenient way to avoid the real trouble tllat tl,e U.llversity faces from the spectre of Political Correctness and all the other attacks on our academic freedom . The fact that our president found thi s to be a issue worth her attention as she oversees tlle decline of tllls once great institution only solidifies her already lackI us ter tenure. My advice to Lois Defleur is stop worrying about whalnames people call the school and start worrying nbout the radicalism that's being forced into the curri culum, for Ilame recognition is a two way street. Ater all , we all want want peoplc to tllink positively or SUNY -Binghamtondon't we?

Lisa Payne

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s the November election approaches, the environmental extremists, radica1leftists, and protest-anything aeti vists on thi s campus are assembling behind Bill Clinton and his cadre of left of center backers. At first, they gathered to hold a wake for the political corps'cs of Michael Dukakis and Walter Mondale. They ranted about the years of gross injustices that occurred under the terms of Ronald Reagan and George Bush and were nostalgic about the Carter days of high interest rates , high inflation, high unemployment, and low U.S. morale. Two hundred liberal sheep and one so~call ed moderate Republican gathered (0 launch a campus- wide effort to espouse the beliefs of Bill Clinton and Al Gore and attempt to win votes. A chams of discontent cried out about everytlling from AIDS to the media bias-yes, media biasagainst Bill Cli nton and hi s draft avoidancc. One seemingly intelligent fellow stated that he is for Clinton because he thought that the Iraqi casualties suffered during U1e Persian Gnlf War were far too high to be

justifiable. The other sheep in the room probabl y cringed when they were again reminded about the successful military effort to get Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. Others wailed abollt global warming and the destruction of the environmentthoughtlessly casting ao;idc scientific evidence suggesting that global wanuing is non-existent. The Anita Hill worshipers yearned for a day when phony claims of sexual harassment would be t'lken as fact, while the anti-death penalty crowd prayed for the naming of Mario Cuomo to the u.s. Supreme Court. It is quite interes ting to see that much of the orgruuzed Clinton/Gore support on this cmnpus is coming from such mainstrerun groups as Coup de Tete (fonnedy Looking Left) and B.A.R.K.lRA .G. Likewise, on the national level. the Clinton/Gore campaign is heavily supported by rndic..l1 feminist groups such N.O.W. and environmental extremists such as Earth Firs\, Clearly these mainstream American groups have no other agenda than U13t of electing a moderate to the \Vhite HouseNOT! These groups are behind

Clinton because they believe that will allow tllem to push their raeli"," I agenda upon the American public. like the anti-veal B.A.RK. /R.A . students who decided to take it themselves to force a fairly descenl off of the already sparse M"rnottl

delights such as zitibake and vegi-pizza. The Clinton/Gore supporters have own agendas which are not inclusive mainstream American principals. Principals? Does Clinton have any? Slick Willie's stances on social ills

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arc qui te unique. Smoke but don't inhale, snort but don't sniff, and drink but don ' t swallow. Instead of just saying DO, say I don't know. Slick's principles are evident in his draft avoidance. It's interesting how the liberals this campus attack Dan VUaYI,e l for supposedly dodging draft-even though he served in the Indiana National Guard-and refuse to respond to the Clinton fraud. They call the discussion of the draft issue campaign tactics. It's fascinating that when people seek to get to the facts regarding a liberal candidate, tlle left starts to cry-

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tru!h is that Bill Clinton likes to have things ho!h ways. He speaks in thirty second sound bites regarding !he use of U.S. IIlili~1r)' force in Bosnia and Serbi., refused to serve when his country Ine,ed"d him. Clinton says that despite tactics (some which were of tionable legality) which he

le:~f:,~;'~ in dodging the draft, if !he II

really needed 'U1d called on he would have gone-just to remain "politically viable," I assume. Too bad his phone was discOIUlected. A co-chaimlan for Clinton/Gore on this campus stated that "time need not be spent talking ahout Clinton." The reasoning behind thi s statement is that the morc you know

ahout Clinton, !he less likely you are to

vote for him. How true tItis is. John Choe, a member of !he Co,ilition for a Republican Free America, slated tbat "Bush recently sabotaged the lenvirorunelotal protocols accepted by the international community in Rio." clearly shows the hysteria and 1lUllsg1llloeo notions of the whackosupporting Bill The U.S. is never going to accept the cIlviromnental standards of the intemational collumuuty. All these accords really slated was umt dIe United Slates shmdd pay to clean up dIe rest of the world's mess. 10hn would have you believe !hat President Bush is antienvironment, and !hat only Slick Willie supporters care ahout cleml air. If Jobo and his fellow liberals wmdd stop using the cnviroruncnl as a smoke screen, maybe we could solve some of the

larger problems in a reasonable and rational way. While George Bush made every government agency adopt lrec::yclingpraetiees and llaS implemented very strong envirorunent.-'11 standards, the only thing !he Slick Willie supporters done is recycle Jerry Brown and Earth First speeches knocking George Jon Capp, a co-chainnan for Clinton/ on Uns campus has stated tlmt he organizing on this campus because he dmt "Bush is ml a@#hole." C'pp a self-admitted supporter of Michael IDlllkatkis-any need to continue? As President of !he Hirmlan Cmnleil, was an ardent opponent of !he Gulf War. Capp doesn't support Bingham/Oil Review

supporting Clinton because he is a liberal!!! At least have !he integrity (well, maybe uot, thi s is after all the C linton cmnpaign) to defend your lme motives. Capp explains that the Clinton/ Gore organization has been "attempting to provide infonllation about the President' s opponent for those who inquire," Docs the organization provide information about Slick Willie's anemic enviCOIilllental record, his pitiful civil rights record. his dmJl avoidrutce, his honible tax record, 'U1d Ins poor he,lIdl care proposals? No. They merely seek to slickly gloss over Clinton' s negatives and show their contempt for President B.ush. They consider President Bush 10 be a failure in all areas. President Bush didn't liberate Kuwait? President Bush didn't get the peace process moving in the Middle East? President Bush did not pass the Clean Air Act? President Bush didn't subst'Ultiaily reduce !he nuclear threat? The Clinton/Gore organization would have you believe that George Bush accomplished none of these tremendous achievemenlS. The Students for Clinton/Gore bave been engaged in activities which prove tlmt it is not a group of students just dissatisfied with George Bush. The first organizatiolml meeting was blessed with the presence of JIUUlita Crabb. a representative of Maurice Hinchey. and Barbara Wolfson - (wo liberals and one total unknown. It is interesting how this group went from being the voi ce of Slick Willie at Binghamton University to a group dedicated to elec ting liberal Democrats to all areas of govemment. But, when you have liberals in charge, are we really surprised by their audacity? By far, the most incredulous political bribe that Slick Willie has offered and is being praised by the Students for Clinton/Gore is !he idea that ,my student who wants to borrow money to pay for college should be allowed to do so. Sort of like George Bush's idea, but wiul Clinton you don't have to pay the money back. TIns is good for the enviromnenlal studies majors that will be on the

Slick Willie states !hat tile students can serve in their communities after graduation for a two year period as policemen or hospital workers. It is amazing that the same people who are against the anning of ULED are for allowing students upon graduation to do police work (and presumably路 carry weapons.) Better yet is !he idea

As the election enters into its final stage, beware of the drivel pushed by the students for Clinton/Gore at Binghamton University, Just like their presidential hopeful, they will say anything to get your votes, of allowing students to work in hospitals. Would you let a graduate of Binghamton Universi ty who majored in environmental studies treat you in a hospital? Of course not. But, the Clinton/Gore organization believes lhat we are so naive mId stupid !hat we will fall for tIns garbage. As the election enters into its final slage, beware of the drivel pushed by the stude nts for Clinton/Gore at Binghamton University. Just like their presidential hopeful, they will say mlydling to get your votes. These liberals supported Carter and lost. They supported Mondale and lost. They supported Dukakis and lost. Now !hey are supporting Slick Willie. The liberals on this campus are 0-3. It is evident that getting students to support Bill Clinton mId his liberal ideas is dIe main goal of dIe Students for Clinton/Gore at Binghamton Ulnversity, but mlother goal does exisl. 111c liberals on this c.mlpus are desperately trying not to tie the now defunct Binghamton University hockey (C(.un for the most consecutive losses. Let's help dIem make a

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movement are two of the most important political and social developments of the modem day. The movement revolutioni zed tbe way men and women think and behave towards each other. It not only changed the way women feel about themselves, but men 's perception of women changed as well. Tnle femi nism is about individuality and choice~ women Siri ving for and achieving goals wi th strength that women always possessed - yet it was untapped until the women's revolutiOll. TIle movement allowed women to become independent~ free to think and act according to their own personal desires and wishes, separate from the roles society had dictated for so long. Through the actions of these braveindividua1s, the roads have been paved so that all womcn have the chance to be fulfilled and successful, and for this I am profoundly thankful. Unfortunately, the original goals of the feminist movement have somehow gotten lost in tJle shuffle of leftwing causes, special interests, and bitter male-bashing that seems to make up tod.:1Y 'S feminist agenda 111stead of feminism acting as (Iliberat-

be,::orne ~I set pattern of thinking that women are expected to follow. lest they be considered "backwards" or cUlti路fcminisl. of today's radical feminists leaders criticize ,md exclude women wbo make choices that do not necessarily agree with typical "fem inist" thinking. Women who take a pro-life position, choose not to have a career, or simply are politically conservalive are mel with much di sgust in tOOay 's feminist movement. Many radicals feel that a pro-choice stance is the only "women's choice." Yet if true femini sm me.:'lJ1S women lhinking for themselves. then why are certain women's choices more acceptable than others? A "womcn's choice" is not ~ ;t1l颅 pl y one that follows a certain liberal orthodoxy, it is one th at is made by an individual, according to what one' s own opinions arc. A woman's choice is aile that should be resJX!cted, whether it is pro-choice, pro-life,liberal, or conservative. Gloria Steinem a respected and admired leader in the women 's movcment, was recently quoted regarding fanner UN. Ambassador and promi-

she look like a man, but she tltinks like one too." What is that supposed to mc.."Ul, Gloria? If Gloria Steinem's life is suppose to be dedicated to di spelling the notion that looks are an adequate judge of a women's character, then what is she doing calling Jeane Kirkpatrick ugl y? If 路'thinking like a man" means tJunking like Kirkpatrick, tllen one must asslIDle that if one wishes to think like a

r1=================TI=:~==:::;:;~=====:::::::=l-l women, one 111ust think like Gloria Steincm? To the contrary, feminism should celebmte tile achievements of all women, no matter what of tile political fence they on. Too many radical ni sts make the mistakes bcli ttling and dismissing women who's ideas conu路a- I dict tile left-wing orthoeiox.y that plagues the movement of today. By expecting all women to think and act alike, radical femini sts are guilty of the crimes they accuse mcn throughout the women' movcment : dictating a political and social to

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women. I·Jill ar)' C linto n' s much public ized (and criticized) IC(lmnu:nt rcgarding her ca("yes, I suppose I could stH yed home and baked cookies ruld has teas') clearly . =;;:;;;;;::lundermillles tile s treng th ruul ~_.~ lactm.vemenlS of women who choose Dol to have a Cr.'lfecr. If feminism celebrates the individual choices wom en make, why arc some women's choices worthy of tlus absurd remark ? Her condesccndi.l1g

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For I have yet to find a student who when receiving a grade for which he is proud say "I got an A" -conversely, if the student gets a bad grade he will say, "See what the professor gave me."

A college student is generally in those teen years trapped between adulthood and youth. Parents, having been the authority figure through their youth, are the primary subject against which students rebel. This helps students find their way to liberalism; for even the most liberal parents are perceived as very conservative by a teen. Therefore the rebellion against your parents will almost always see a student taking the liberal side of the isle. But this would happen whether attending college or not. Why is a college student so much more likely to be liberal? The main reason most students identify with liberalism, or more precisely modem American liberalism. is most professors are themselves extremely liberal. This liberalism. whether by ac-

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or design, spills into the things that they teach. I'm not just talking about history and political science courses. Classes as far reaching as chemistry have professors who explain certain organic reactions as Reaganomics - those with the most get more (I hope he knows more about chemistry then be does economics). Situations where philosophy professors "prove" environmental crises with typically specious "facts." Courses where educators force you to hug a tree. Writing classes where the slant is radical feminism. Entering this type of environment a new students who has not formed many political opinions will often take the opinions of those who are presented as scholarly, tbose being the professors and teaching assistants. After all. if the enlightened professors are liberal all I need to do to prove I'm smart is act liberal! That is not to say that the activist professor has a hard job convincing the new student to be liberal. liberalism is in itself an extension of childhood. When you are a child you have parents who take care of you. feed you, give rewards. administer justice and protects you from those who would do you harm. liberalism is the method of trying to make government everyone's parent. Is it any wonder most students become liberal shortly after leaving their fantily to attend college? If something goes wrong, "the govenunent" should fix it. The problem with this liberal scenario is that, like a child who doesn't understand where its parents gets the money to buy candy from the comer store, liberals don't understand where "the government" gets it's money. They take it from the working people in tile foml of taxes. The single greatest source of power our goventment has is tile ability to levy taxes. Taxes provide tile money for politicians to spend on projects they deem necessary. While a government has certain duties. like na-

tional defense, liberals believe they can affect social change by redistributing wealth. Redistribution of wealth is the taking money from the person who earned it and giving it to someone who they (the liberals) think is more deserving. While altruism is a crucial part of any society, forced altruism -spending your hard earned dollars on projects that you don't even approve of-is simply wrong. To paraphrase P. J. O'Rourke' s brilliant political observation: Santa aaus is a liberal, God is a conservative. God demands that you be responsible, reverent, and productive-but in the end your reward will be proportional to your perfonnance. Whereas, Santa Claus is simply a kind old gent He knows whose been naughty and whose been nice-but he never does anything about it. He gives everyone what they want without even a hint of quid pro quo. Having fmally learned that Santa does not exist, liberals think the government should take his place. To put it simply. liberals like to punish success and reward failure. Liberals like to absolve individuals of responsibilities and then take credit for all successes and blame failures on others. This is certainly a concept to which students will readily adhere. For I have yet to fmd a student who when receiving a grade for which he is proud say "I got an A" -conversely, if the student gets a bad grade he will say. "See what the professor gave me. " Liberalism stems from the desire to change the world, to make it better. The problem is a liberal's idea of better is rarely, if ever, that Winston Churchill put it best when he said, ''Those who in their youth are not liberal are without a heart-and those who by adulthood are not conservative are without a head. " What made me. a child of tile sixties, go from liberal to conservative'? Simple. I grew up.

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