On secondanniversary
of Anti-CIAdemonstration,
UC
Vol.3 No. 5
Pres.Saxonhereto see Academic
Senate.Tue.3:30USB 2622
U C San Diego
Nov.22 -- Dec.5, 1977
EllsbergReveals
Secret
s at Teach-in
U. of California:
Mercenary of
Doomsday
Stolensecret~.,,’uments,
physics, DianeThomas,of the U.C.Weapons
Project,
notedthatallU.S.
mediacriticism,
e~,~lomics
anddepth Conversion
havebeendeveloped
psychology
wereamongthe resources nuclearwarheads
usedto attack
nuclear
power
andnuclear by U.C. The UCWLCPhas beentrying
inputintothedecisionweapons
attherecent
teach-in
here.
The togainpublic
process
relating
to thefuture
of
all-day
event,
whichdrewa little
over making
200people,
featured
DanielEllsberg, theweaponslab.WhenU.C.President
of thepeople’s
intent,
he
PeterFaulkner
andHerbertMarcuse. Saxonlearned
railroaded
the
new
contract
with
the
Sixworkshops
andtwofilmspreceded
through
in February,
rather
in dealing
withfascist
from thefeatured
Last Wednesday, November 16, exercised
speakers
at theMandevillegovernment
than
September
when
it
was
due,
to
head
SouthAfrica
andthelike?
Auditorium.
Expertsfromthroughout
studentswho had discoveredthe Chile,
off
public
debate.
thestateandSouthwest
weredirectly
presenceof the San DiegoChilean McElroy:Well,I don’tknowhow to
The UCWLCPcalE for contingency
accessibleto participants
in the
Consulon campushelda spontaneousanswerthat one, when you put the
workshops
thatranged
fromalternativeplansto convert
to otherusesforthe
demonstration in front of the question that way. He’s not a
Chancellor’s
complex.
Thedemonstra-representative of the Chilean
energy
sources
to theconversion
of the weapons lab. Now, the Livermore
tionprotested
thereactionary
cruelty
of government;
has23 people
working
oilSolar
he’shereto helpus raise San Diego militaryindustryinto facility
theChilean
JuntaandtheUniversity’s
peacefulindustrywith more job research
outof a workforceof 700.
money.
opportunities.
Representative
of the group were
association
witha manwhomaintainedDemonstrator:
What’s
yourrelationship
arrested
threeweeksagofora peaceful
hisrelationship
withtheJuntadespite
Dr.
Herbert
Schiller
of
the
UCSD
thatcruelty.
GeorgeGildred,
ownerof with the DINA (ChileanGestapo), Communications
at Saxon’s
officeinsearchofa
Department
beganthe sit-in
youhaveto actin accordance
GildredBuildingand Development because
publicdebate.Theyalsocallforan
late
afternoon
talks
that
also
included
andforeign
policy
of
environmental
reviewof
Companyand a memberof the UCSD withtheinternal
Diane Thomas, Natalie Shiras, independent
Chile,
that
is,
you
are
serving
that
thelabs,
noting
thepresence
of13faults
BoardofOverseers,
stated
ina telephone
Faulkner,
Marcuse
and
Ellsberg.
beneath
thel.ivermore
facility,
which
interview
thenextdaythathisactivity
as government.
Schiller
described
howmassmedia houses700poundsof plutonium.
Consul
isminimal.
He saidthatalthoughConsul:Since1944, my fatherwas
D. Roosevelt. deniesaccessto the information
he has been associatedwith the namedconsulby Franklin
PeterFaulkner,
author
of TheSilent
necessary
to makedecisions
as anadult
Consulate
since1960as Chancellor,
he Demonstrators:
lt’s like a family in our society,exceptin sporadic Bomb,saidthatfivenuclear
plants
in
received
theposition
of Consul
on the heirloom.
(includingSan Onofre
fragments.
Hefeels
thatthecrucial
task California
death
ofhisfather
andconsidered
ittobe Consul:We wore it with honorwhen of theanti-nuke
movement
is to debunk DiabloCanyon)are wiredwithcable
... hw.ora~
po~kio..
]he
Allende
wasPresident,
andI thinkwe
the popularmyththatnukesprovide whichhasbeenprovendefective.
Union
of
Concerned
Scientists,
he
said
Gildred
waslunching
withChancellorrepresented
thatgovernment
fairly.
We jobs.The nukeindustry
is actually
theNuclear
Regulatory
McElroy
in hiscapacity
as a memberof tookcareofChileans.
machine-intensive,
whereassolarand havepetitioned
Commission
tocloseall64 U.S.plants.
the Boardof Overseers,
to discuss Demonstrators:
other
energy
sources
are
more
laborChile,
Si!Junta,
No!...
continued
on p.3
development
of a regional
cancer
clinic
intensive.
KSDT:
It’s
always
interesting
to
see
the
here.Hewenton tosayin thetelephone
interview
thathe didnotunderstand
the contortionsan individualmust go
tojustify
theirinvolvement.
I’d
students’
opposition
to the Chilean through
canyouperceive
your
Junta nor their oppositionto his beveryinterested,
as humanitarian,
howdo yousee
involvement
withit andhisappearanceactions
the
most
effective
way
of
subverting
an
on campus.
unhumane
regime?TheSenatehearings
showthattheU.S.government
covertly
aided,
with
money,
arms
and
advice,
the
Thefollowing
isa partial
transcriptoverthrow
of a democratically
elected
interviews
madeon thesceneduring
the government.
Following
that,therewas
demonstration.
Theseinterviews
are
According
to Amnesty
International,
imprisonment As backgroundto the recentlypresented
in cooperation
betweenthe murderof the citiaens,
publicized
party
in
Washington,
D.C.,
the
non-aligned
humanitarian
group,
andfascist
policies
instituted.
new Indicatorand KSDT.
we furnish
thefollowing
information
on Iranhas "thehighestrateof death
Consul:
(Noanswer.)
penalties
intheworld,
novalid
system
of
theShahof lran:
KSDT:Is thereanything
you wouldbe
civilian
courts
and
a
history
of
torture
KSDT:In lightof the Congressionalwilling
The Shah’s father was an army whichis beyondbelief."
to say?Istherenota "crime
of
In 1975,the
Record,whichshowsthatAllendewas silence"?
sargeant
whoseized
thethrone
ofIranin group
estimated
political
prisoners
at 25
overthrown
andassasinated
withtheaid
1926,withBritish
backing.
Heamassed
a to 100thousand.
Consul:
There’s
a
great
need
for
a
cancer
anddirection
of theU.S.military
and
fortune
by confiscating
everything
in
in thisregion...
Within the U.S., university
CIA,is there
anylegitimate
function
the center
sight.Thepresent
Shahsoldoffsome administrators
havecooperated
with
junta’s
representatives
couldhavewith Demonstrators:
Chile,
Si!Junta,
No!... land and boughtinto industryand
SAVAK
(they
like
the
Shah’s
money).
theChancellor?
KSDT:l assumeyouare familiar
with finance;
he hasa tremendous
fortune-atAt San JacintoCollegein Pasadena,
Anonymous:
In my opinion,no.
thegroupAmnesty
International.
least
a billion
inreserve,
bothwithin
iran Texas,
Iranian
students
werearrested
for
KSDT:Chancellor
McEiroy,couldyou Consulate:
I respectthatgroupvery and without (in case of exile). speaking
inPersian
inthecafeteria;
their
please
statethepurpose
oftheChilean much.
By the early 50’s the Shah was nameswereturnedoverto theIranian
representative
here?
KSDT: They have condemned the
of course.U.C.has as yet
politically powerless.Premier butchers,
McElroy:We weretalkingaboutthe Chileangavernmentand documented MohammedMossadegh,in trying to unexplainedties with the Shah.
cancer
center.
theuseoftorture.
Don’t
youseethatas gaincontrol
of thecountry’s
oil,was
TheShahandthe U.S.mediahave
KSDT:Do youthinktheUniversity
has reasonenoughto stoplegitimizing
the deposedby the firstCIA-engineeredplayed
eachotherwell.Capitalizing
on
an obligationto exercisesocial government?
coup, orchestratedby agent Kim the chic royal image,the Iranian
responsibility
initsrelationships
with Consulate:
nephewof F.D.R.Fromthat ambassadorthrows lavishparties
! feelyoudon’thaveyour Roosevelt,
economic
institutions
andgovernments?facts straight.Therehas been no
point,
theU.S.built
theShahmilitarily,
featuringcaviar and guests like
U.S.interests
in theMiddle ElizabethTaylorgettingdownwith
fora longlongtime,that to protect
McElroy:
Yeah,I thinktheygotto be indication,
therewas any inhumanetreatment
of East.
In1972theU.S.senta half-billion
concerned.
Senator Edward Brooke. The Shah
continued
on p.4 in arms;Carterthe "humanrights recentlyhad FarrahFawcett-Majors
KSDT:Whatis thesocial
responsibility
activist,"
is sending
$5.3billion
worth overto Iran.
What’s
a little
torture
and
this
fiscal
year.
execution
in thefaceof a mediablitz?
Iranian
students
lran has one of the world’smore Still,thedemocratic
notorioussecretpoliceagencies-- showed the world that money and
Theyoperate
freely
in theU.S., crowns and caviar can’t buy off
TheNov.edition
of theCampus
Staff cipalEmployees)
Local2068has,since SAVAK.
we are thankfulfor their
keeping
tabs
on
the
30,000
Iranian everyone;
Gazette,
a Personnel
Office
organ,
states lastSpring,
beenaffiliated
witha very students
courage
and
urgealldemocratic-minded
here.Theyoffered
airfare
plus
thatUCSD employeeshaveno dental generousdentalplan. If you are
people
to
support
them.
$300to anyonewhowoulddemonstrate
plan.Thisis nottrue.UCSDemployeesemployed by UCSD, any number of
To
do
so,
or
for
moreinformation,
for
the
Shah
in
Washington.
Within
andwishto takeadvantage
of the
do havea dentalplan--not
because
of hours,
contact the Iranian Students
lran,
they
have
invented
new
torture
administrative
largesse,
butbecause
the Dental Plan, write P.O Box
P. O. Box4002,Berkeley,
methods.
Theyhangweights
fromtestes. Association,
onlyorganization
thatreally
represents1357, San Diego, 92038, AFSCME
CA 94704.
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prods.
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Federation
of State,CountyandMuni-
McElroy Meets Chilean
Consul;StudentsProtest
Money Talks and
Human Rights Walk
U CSD EmployeesHave a DentalPlan
Letters
ASUCSD Called to Task by
PublicRelationsDirector
Bekken
Pardon Our Blooper
A key paragraph,the third,was
leftoutof lastissue’s
article,
"No
Room at the Top," concerningthe
Vice-Chancellor
of StudentAffairs
It wouldbe irresponsible
for the
Wednesday,November9, 1977 the
onetotlaeRegents
andoneto a student ASUCSDCouncilvotedto requirethe PublicRelations
search and its relation to
Director
to conveya
,nion.
If wedon’t
control
themoney,
it ASUCSDPublicRelationsDirector
administrativepower games. The
positive
imageof the AS to students
to
paragraph:
isn’t
ours.
doesnotjustify
suchan
haveallPressReleases
approved
bY the whenreality
image.
Students
elected
a
Public
Do
we
control
research
money?
Do
we
"Our sourcescloseto the Search
AS President
priorto theirrelease.
Director
on thebasisof his
control
howmuchwillbe spentor what Othermotionsto requirethe public Relations
Committeetell us that Tom Hull of
campaign
statements,
whathe saidhis
itwillbespenton?Dostudents
control RelationsDirectorto clear all
Academic Affairs and Rick
policy
would
be,
and
on how he would
any
material
aspect
of
what
happens
at
correspondence
through
the
President
Whitehill
of StudentAffairsarethe
the University?
The answer~s No. arebeingconsidered.
chosea
two most likelycandidtes."
The Council’s standon theissues.Students
Directorwho would
Andtheuniversity
mustbecontrolledactionappliesto no otherASUCSD PublicRelations
The paragraph is important
Whyhasthisrestriction
been tellthemwhattheAS wasdoing--not
it,canwe officer.
becauseit suggestswhy Chancellor byus.Onlywhenwe control
whata fewpowerhungrybureaucratsimposed
upon
the
Public
Relations
decide
to
do
research
for
food,
for
health
McElroymightwantto givethe job
wouldlikestudents
to think
WhydidtheCouncil
refuse
to in-training
care,for people,ratherthan for Director?
to his pal Howard Hunt, since
the
AS
is
doing.
warheads,
indestructible
E.
coil,
profit
consult
the
Public
Relations
Director
indications
are he lacks
and oppression.
The question
is,How beforetakingactionwhich would
compatibility with Hull or
Thefactof the matteris thatthe
of theUniversity?
interfere
withhisability
toperform
his
Whitehill.Impliedby the article canwe gaincontrol
Council
doesnothavetheauthority
to
duties
in
the
manner
approved
by
the
Obviously
thisimplies
fundamental
itselfare the pervasivecompetpass,
orenforce,
bills
thatinfringe
upon
students?
political-economic
change.
The
itiveness and oneupsmanship
theability
ofCommissioners
tocarryout
universities
mustbe opentoallpeople. Theaction
within a typical corporate
wastakenat a meeting
of the duties of their offices.The
oftheuniversities
mustbe the ASUCSDCouncilheld on the one
bureaucracy;thus, also implied Theresources
of theASUCSDgivesthe
byitsstudents
andthepeople day of the weekthatJon Bekken,AS Constitution
are the limitations on humane controlled
Council
the
authority
to makepolicy
theuniversities.
actionissuingfrom sucha twisted whoselaborsupports
PublicRelations
Director,can not decisions,approveappointments,
OtherCoucilmembers
arealso removeASUCSDappointedofficials,
institution and the economic
Onewaytobegin
exerting
thiscontrol attend.
systemit restsupon.
is to follow the exampleof the unableto attendWednesday
meetings. managefinances,sponserstudent
on Wednesday
meetings
the organizations,
Communictions
StudentUnionand to Frequently
overridevetoes,and
gettogether
withotherstudents
inyour Councilhas problemsreaching,or implementthe Constitution.The
a quorum.
TheCouncil
has
discipline
whoareleftoutofthecrucialmaintaining,
President
isgiven
theauthority
toserve
departmentaldecisions,such as had no quorumproblemsduringthe as a representative
of theAS,carryout
ithasheldonother
daysofthe Council
curriculum
planning,
faculty
hiring, meetings
actions,
submit
a yearly
budget,
tenure.
Thisactivity
mustoriginate
in week.
delegate
hisauthority,
vetolegislation,
Whatcanbe learned
fromtheBakke studentunity and lead to active
ThePress
Releases
andletters
sentby and sit as an ex-officiomemberof
decision?
Whatcanbe learned
is that, participation,rather than mere thePublic
Relations
Director
haveoften student
organizations.
Nowhere
in the
despite
alltherhetoric,
despite
allthe "representation"
on committees.
The beencriticized
for theirfailureto Constitution
is
the
Council,
or
the
bullshit,neither
thecourtsnorthe newIndicator
wouldliketo serveas a convey a positive image of the
President,given the authorityto
University
haveany realinterest
in
vehicleof communication
for such ASUCSD.However,the AS has failed interferein the activities
of any
promoting
affirmative
action.
If they groups.
to institute
programs
orpasslegislationASUCSD Commissioner.
did, the courtswould have ruled
that
justifies
a positive
image.
Infact,
the
Theby-laws
of theCouncil,
whichthe
differently
and theUniversity
would
actionstakenby the AS to datehave
Constitution
says
"shall
supplement
this
havefoughtharder
to insurethatthey
been consistent only in their
Constitution,"
contain
no
provisions
did.
irresponsibility.
TheAS hasdeveloped
theCouncilto definethe
What does the BOARS proposal
no programs
to benefit
thestudents,
it authorizing
or
prove?
(Seethelastissue,
"U.C.
Tightens
hasreached
nodecisions
onbasicgoals, dutiesof an ASUCSDCommissioner,
to
pass
restrictions
on
how
those
duties
Admissions.")
It provesthatadmission Reportsreachingus say thatthe it hasfailedto makean evenminimum
shall
befulfilled.
to theUniversity
willcontinue
to be Chancellor
commitmenttowardsthe implemenwill
delay
his
decision
on
restricted
toanelite.
Itproves
thatthe
is a document
drawn
ofstudent
priorities
asmanifested A Constitution
DayCaretillXmasvacation,
ostensiblytation
up to defineandrestrict
power.The
function
of education
is to perpetuatedue
in
the
March
1977
Referendum.
toa foul-up
intherecent
survey.
We
ASUCSD has no power except that
privilege
and oppression
withinthis also
have
been
told,
but
have
been
Followingare three examplesof specifically,
society.
andexplicitly,
outlined
in
unable
to confirm
it yet,thatparents questions which students voted the Constitution.
The ASUCSDcan
Andwhatdo therecentdevelopmentshave been barred from Day Care overwhelmingly
in favorof;"Shallthe
specifically
authorized
concerning
RegFeesprove?Theyprove SteeringCommittee
of UCSD onlytakeaction
meetings.
We are centralstudentorganization
by
the
Constitution
and
allowed
by the
thatnopartofthefeeswe payquarterlylooking
intothesedevelopments
andwill work to reorganizethe presentUC Administration.
areactually
controlled
bystudents.
If havemorenextissue,duringFinals Student
BodyPresidents’
Council
intoa
A Constitutional
Conventionwas
theywere,we wouldwritetwochecks: Week.
UC StudentUnion comprisingopen
by eighty-six
percent
of the
participation
ofallinterested
students,requested
studentorganizations,
and central studentsvotingin lastSpring’sAS
studentorganizations?",
"Shouldthe election. The AS Council voted
unanimously
to pursueimplementation
Board of Regents
and UC
Administration
be reorganized
to be of the resultsof the March 1977
andthe questions
on that
comprisedof membersof student, Referendum
on June7, 1977.Thedeadline
faculty,
andstafforganizations
andto AS ballot
reflectthe real diversityof the for callingthe Convention
has long
Available
atnewindicator
orGroundwork
Books
inthe
passedand yet the Constitutional
population
oftheStateofCalifornia?,"
has not beencalled.The
Student
Center.
Also,
a fantastic
assortment
ofnuclear and"ShouldTheStudentHealthCenter Convention
Constitution
states
thatupon"passage
offer
gynecological
services
free
of
power
andnuclear
weapons
literature,
$.05
to$2.50
(at
of a Council
resolution
to
charge
to allwomenstudents,
includingby two-thirds
costprices),
including
"JobsandEnergy"
by
birthcontrolservices
andall other the effect that a Constitutional
be held,thenthePresident
women’shealthneed.~ There were Convention
Environmentalists
forFull
Employment--destroys
the
thirty-four
otherquestions
on theMarch shallschedulea Convention
within
myth
that
nukes
provide
jobs.
1977 Referendumalone.The ASUCSD twelve
academic
days,andshallpreside
to theASUCSDByhastakenactionon onlyonequestion overit."According
contained
on thatReferendum.
Laws"anyofficerof the ASUCSDwho
failsto perform
thedutiesof his/her
The budgets approved by the
office
as
designated
by the
ASUCSDCouncilallocatesixty-two
Constitution...shall
be
subject
to
and a half thousanddollars for
by the Council."
ASUCSD expenses alone. Student impeachment
Organizations(includingCampus
Articles
of impeachment
arecurrently
Friday,
Dec2
beingdrawnup againstJeffLeifer,
Media and AS/Organization cosponsoredevents)receivedunder ASUCSDPresident,
for hisfailureto
4:30infront
ofGroundwork
Convention
as
thousanddollars.In calla Constitutional
Books
intheStudent
Centerseventy-five
contrast,last year the Student mandated by the ASUCSD ConstiThese
articles
willbepresented
to
CooperativeUnion spent thirty tution.
thousand
dollarson itsexpenses
and theCouncil
foraction.
allocated
a hundred
andeightthousand ThePublic
Relations
Director
willnot
dollarsto studentorganizations, submit to unauthorized and
including
media,CPB,theFoodCoop, discriminatory
actionshandeddownby
andOrganizations.
an AS Council
thatdevotes
itsenergies
ASUCSDdecisionsregardingthe to sandboxpowergames insteadof
Good Times
Student Center Board have drawn fulfilling
student
needs.
&
criticism
frommanyquarters.
However, Sincerely,
;hments therehavebeenAS decisions
farworse
collective
contributors
& workers.,
brian,
chris,
thathavefailed
to drawcriticism
only Jon Bekken
marlin,
dave,
sam& dave,
ton.don.and),,
patrick,
becausestudentsdo not know about ASUCSDPublicRelationsDirector,
john,rick,sheri,
ion,tract,
gent,
jorj.
andrea.
them. Luckilyfor the ASUCSD° no and memberof the Organizing
Support
),retie.
robin,
charlie,
elyn,
catherine,
vicsieve
and
campus
mediahascovered
AS activitiesGroup of the StudentCooperative
t¢~i~.
ihan
x
adequately.
Union.
Bakke,Boars
& Reg Fee
DaycareDecision
Delayed
"No N ukes"
Bumper Stickers
blurb
ARM
THE SPIRIT !
front
of class
discrimination."
Theline system
thatprevents
it fromeverbeing
drawing
problem
the:~. be reduced
to morethantokenism.
a question
ofclass
interest.
Itoneisnota
BillBlumtalked
about
thelegal
nature
memberof an eliteclassthereis no of the Bakkecase.He basically
was
necessity
to drawlines.Similarly sympathetic
withtheanalysis
Aronowitz
Shapiro’s
choice
oftheindividual
overa madebut directedhis commentsmore
class
analysis
isnotidiosyncratic
atall.
It toward
thelegal
arena
in which
theclass
toocanbe shownto ari~outof a class struggle
isbeingwaged.
interest.
An individu".!i-t
perspective
failstorecognize
historical
oppresion; He startedby clearingup some
somethingwhich no ,,~mberof an common misconceptionsabout the
Firstandforemost
is that
oppressed
classwouldlogically
do but constitution.
the
14th
amendment
does
not
prohibit
whichisveryconvenie~t
fora member
of
butonlythat
a privileged
class.Thisperspective anyandalldiscrimination
which
is
defined
as
invidious.
Invidious
justifies
hisstatus.
discrimination
wasa conceptclearly
It couldbe arguedthatthereis a
understood by the court to be
contradiction
in theprcceeding
analysis.discrimination
by a whitemajority
If the essential
purpose
of graduate against
a black(orother)
minority
for
educationis to perpetuateclass purposes
of stigmatizing
thatminority.
privilege,
affirmative
actionwhich
Blumexplained
thatthereare two
recognizes,
"...that
there
isa class
race types
oftests
forviolations
oftheequal
sex and ethnicbasisfor the actual
protection
laws.
The
first
is called
a
process by which people become
rational
relationship
test
which
simply
qualified,"should
never have even
requires
thatthestatute
inquestion
is
occured.
relatedto some legitimatesocial
Aronowitz
had,wo explanations
for purposeWhen thistestis usedthe
this.Thefirst
isthatconditions
inthe statutein question
is assumed
to be
1960swhenaffirmative
actionbegan constitutional
unlessit is otherwise
were muchmore secureeconomically proven.The secondtestis a strict
thantheyarenow.Itmightbeadded
that scrutiny
testwhichrequires
thatthe
at thesametimetheywerelesssecure statute be necessary for the
politically.
Black
people
in thiscountry accomplishment
of some compelling
werepresenting
a wellorganized
threat state
interest.
Statutes
tested
thiswayare
totheruling
elite.
Itmadesense
andit assumed
unconstitutional
unlessproven
On October24 as somereadersmay evenliveup toitspotential
forsocial wasalsoaffordable
to allowaffirmativeotherwise.
Obviously
thefirsttestisby
remembera paneldiscussion
on the good.
action.
Butinthe70s,calmer
politically
fartheeasier
topassandwould
certainly
Bakkedecision
washeldin theRevelle
"...those not have foundaffirmativeaction
Ultimately Shirk seemed too butlesssecurefinancially,
cafeteria.
Theevent,organized
by the conflicted
whohavetraditionally
beenable programs
toestablish
a firmposition,groups
to bein violation
oftheequal
Political Education Group, was
to professional
schools laws.
but she did ask some important to gainaccess
attended by approximately 300
arenow beginning
questions.
First,
caneducation
really
be almostunchallenged
people,many
of whomstayedafterthe usedto promoteequality?
challenged
by whatin
And then, toseethemselves
It wasthesecondtesthowever
that
formalpresentation
fora question
and muchmoreimportant,
asa question
of was usedand according
she questioned the1960swasperceived
to Blumused
answerperiod.
the validityof affirmative
action justice."If conditionsget worse incorrectly.
Thistestis supposed
tobe
Thepanelspeakers,
MartinShapiro programsfor non-black
minorities. Aronowitzsuggestedthat not only usedincases
ofinvidious
discrimination.
wouldaffirmative
action
goby theboard Affirmative action, which is
andSusanShirkof theUCSDPollSci "Wheredo youdrawthelineT’
department,Stanley Aronowitza
by thewhitemajority
Stanley Aronowitz began his but new and strictercriteriafor discrimination
sociology
profatIrvine,
andBillBlum,
a presentation
itself
forpurposes
ofbenefitting
by pointing
outthatthe admissionsmight be introducedto against
thesize
oftheelite
still
further.theminority
lawyer
currently
involved
in thedefense criteria
community
is nota caseof
whichtraditionally
measure restrict
of thePendleton
14,represented
a wide qualification;
A second
suggestion
isthatthere
isa, invidious
discrimination
asit hasbeen
GPA,testscoreson Med
rangeof political
opinion.On
theright Boards,
bythecourts,
glumnotedthata
disjunction
betweenthe defined
LawBoards,GREs,etc.,have "fundamental
Shapiro
wasstrongly
pro-Bakke.
On the no realrelationship
opinionon theCalifornia
system
anditslegal
rhetoric."dissenting
to thefunctions
of economic
leftAronowitz
wasstrongly
against.
Courtruling
agreeswith
perhaps
tothenature
of the StateSupreme
doctoringlawyeringor other job Thisrefers
The issue was thisinterpretation.
Interestingly,
theactual
factsofthe performance.
In factwhattheymeasure 1776 "revolution."
withoutrepresentation.
The
Bakkeeasewerediscussed
muchless ~s a certaintype of educational taxation
Even
ifthestrict
test
isused
Blum
still
monarchy
wasleaning
hardon a
thanthenotionof affirmative
action, opportunity
and a certaintype of British
feels
thatthestate
should
ruleagainst
A decision m the Supreme Court cognitive development which growing group of landowners,
Bakke.Thereis according
to him a
andthebeginnings
of an compelling
upholding
Bakkewasperceived
by all characterize
a certain
class
ofpeople.
He slaveowners,
stateinterest
motivating
upper
class
thattheywerenot affirmative
the speakersas a decisionagainst concluded
thattheessential
function
of industrial
action.
their
economic
interest
as
affirmative action. A oeeision graduate
education
istoperpetuate
class freetopursue
HereBlum,thoughwellintentioned
to.Their
rhetoric,
logically,mustbeconsidiered
overturning
Bakkewas perceivedas position
andprivilege.Shirk’s
questiontheywanted
inerror.
There
isno
justice
andequality.compelling
upholding
affirmative
action.
aboutthe abilityof educationto wasthatoffreedom
state
interest
inequality.
If
MartinShapiro,who was to have promoteequalitybecamemoot.The But the freedomwas freedomto take therewereJimmyCarter
andChancellor
Thejustice
wasthatof class McElroywould be makingthe same
of education
in thiscountry profits.
spoken
firstappeared
lateintheevening structure
was
intended
to
do
exactly
the
opposite.
privilege
.
When
this
elite
groupwrote
a
anddidn’t
havetimeto present
theprohourly
wagethatthekitchen
workers
at
todrawlines
thenisreally constitution
theywrote
itwiththeir
own Revelle,Ameriean
Bakkeargument
fully.Buthe didmake Thenecessity
companies
wouldbe
of thedesire
ofanelite bestinterest
in mind.Thusthereis a
somecomments
whichwereveryhelpful a manifestation
forbidden
to invest
in apartheid
South
class
to
keep
the
system
closed.
commitment
to
"equality"
written
into Africa,
in understanding
the natureof the
andthere
wouldbe threetofive
"...thedemand,beginningour law that allowedaffirmative families
affirmative
actionquestion.
"Whether Otherwise,
minimum
in everyhouseon La
with
race,
sex
andethnic
discrimination
action.Butit is the fundamental JailsFarms
Road.
Clearly
thisisnotthe
youfavor
affirmative
action
(inthesense
to a stratified
economic case.
ofa different
setofcriteria
forminoritywouldthenextendto a mushbroader commitment
students)
essentially
comesdownto
whetheryou viewthe worldas one of
groupsor individuals....whether
you
wish to work out your problemsas
problems
of class,
group,andstratum,
continued
fromp. 1
weapons
without
presidential
approval. Eilsberg
compared
it to thetonnage
of
oron anindividual
basis.
I do continue
However,
fully
50%
of
those
wno This was the case under Truman, conventional
bombsemployed
in WW II
toviewtheworldasessentially
a world
regulate
theindustry
comefromit or Eisenhower,
andKennedy.
Kennedywa~ andin VietNam.Twomillion
tonswere
ofindividuals."
of thisdurring
hisfirstsix usedinWorldWarII;sevenmillion
havebeendependent
onit.Theissueof ignorent
were
In keeping
withhisindividualistic
in office.
therightsof futuregenerations
to a months
dropped on tiny Vietnam. The
outlook
Shapiro
seemed
toperceive
this habitable
planet,
Faulkner
saidwillbe
bombhastheeffect
24 million
Ellsberg
alsorevealed
thatin1961the Hydrogen
problemof worldviewas a matterof tested
sooninthecourts.
tons,
more
than
three
times
thetotal
USSR
had
a
grand
total
of
four
(4)
personal
idiosyncrasy,
not something
tonnageof the VietnamWar.
ICBMs
while
our
government
created
Prof.
Emeritus
of
Philosophy,
Herbert
arrived
atforlogical
reasons.
Giventhe
invoked
Freud’s
laterworkon theimpression
thattheRussians
had
nature
of theproblem
as he haddefined Marcuse
instinct
theory
maintaining
that
the
nuke
hundreds.
For
those
who
recall
the
Cold
The Strategic Air Command
ithesawthedebate
asirresolvable. question
is oneofErosandlifeversus Warhysteria
aboutRussian
attacks,
of program,
EIIsberg
said,hasB-52’s,
each
SusanShirkneverexplicitly
tooka self-destruction.
He urgedorganized air-raid
drills
andbombshelters,
this carrying
two to fourHydrogen
bombs,
standon theindividual
versusa group resistance
ofthenuclear
industry
andthe statistic
isincredible.
constantly
airborne.
Several
times,
these
analysis.
Perhaps
thisaccounts
forthe insistance
toourright
toa lifewithout He also referedto Prof.Herbert planeshavecrashedor accidentally
conflicted
standshetookon Bakkeand thiskindoffear.
theirbombs.Eachbombhas
York’sbook Raceto Oblivionwhich discharged
affirmative
action.
Sherecognized
the
devices.
Inonecaseinvolving
DanielEllsbergspoke
primarily
to the recalls
thatthegovernment
subpoenaedfoursafety
needtoremedy
thehistorical
oppressionarmsrace.Onceatthetoplevels
two
bombs,
each
bomb
sufferedthree
ofThe a reportby atomicscientests
in 1949
ofminority
groups
especially
Blacks;
but DefenceDepartmentand The Rand whichopposeddevelopment
device
failures,
leaving
onedevice
of the H- safety
viewedall racialclassifications
as Corp.
detonation;
different
devices
hisconscience
flared
upduring
the bomb.As an earlydirectorof the to prevent
undesireable,
presumably
becausesuch VietNamWarperiodandpropelled
functioned
on
each
bomb,
which
meant
the Livermore
Labs,Yorkwasnotinformed
classifications
discriminate
against Pentagon
thatallfourdevices
actually
failed.
Papers
intothelightof day. ofthereport.
individuals.
Yetshe recognized
that Therevelations
contributed
greatly
to
Offeringilluminating
statistics, Notingthatwe willhave,at the
thereis no"colorblind"
wayto increase public
of one
understaning
of thewaras they EIIsberg
put
the
nuclear
threatinto currentrate,the equivalent
minority
enrollment.
revealedthe war’s plannersand perspective.
million
atom
bombs’
nuclear
wastage
on
The Atombombwas used
said
She saw a socialgoodpotentially implementers
tobeliars
ona grand
scale. onJapan,
hesaid,toserve
notice
onthe ourhandsbytheyear2000,Ellsberg
coming
outofaffirmative
action
because Ellsberg
cancontrol
shared
further
revelations
with restof theworld,notfora military thatno humanbureaucracy
minority
professionals
mightservethe theTeach-In
audience,
declaring
thatthe purpose.
Seventy-thousand
peoplewere it.
minority
community.
Butshewenton to 60’sfilm,Dr.Stranglove
wasfactnot killedin Hiroshimaand 45,000in
Citing
York’s
book,whichexpresses
a
observethat most professionals, fiction.Underdirectordersfrom Nagasaki
a weeklater;
butconventionalregretful
and growingopposition
to
regardless of color or ethnic President
hadkilled
100,000
in Tokyoin nuclear
Kennedy,
EIIsberg
said,he bombing
usage,Elisberg
saidhe hoped
background,
tendto go wherethemoney determined
in 1961thatfieldofficers one week. The Hydrogen bomb,
today’s
university
scientists
would
takea
is.Thusaffirmative
actionmightnot held the powerto utilizenuclear however, dwarfs the atom bomb. closelookat whattheyareinvolved
in.
Issues of Bakke
Case Exposed in
Public Debate
NO-NUKES
Teach In
cont.
$teries
Kissinger Sued
in Journalist’s
Death
In
RanchersAcquittedIn
ArizonaTortureCase
from The Guardian
Therecentacquittal
of twoArizona
.fromIn TheseTimes
men
charged
with
kidnapping
and
A $4.5million
lawsuthasbeenfiled Hormansixdaysafterthecoup.During torturing
threeMexicanfarmworkers
againstHenryKissinger,
Nathanael subsequent
weeks,Chileanand U.S. has outraged
Chicano activists
Davis (formerU.S. ambassadorto
officials
deniedanyknowledge
of his
throughout
the
Southwest.
Chile),
Frederick
Purdy(former
consul whereabouts¯
Hisfamilyfinally
found
Protestsagainstthe Oct.7 court
inSantiago,
Chile)
andotherofficials.his unmarkedgrave m a Santiago
decision
havebeenfiledwiththeU.S.
Filedby the parentsand widow of cemetery
October
18,1973;an autopsy
forArizona,
and lastmonth
Charles
Horman,
a U.S.journalist
killed indicated
hehadbeenshotaround
Sept. attorney
some!,500peoplerallied
in Tuscon
to
shortly
afterthe1973Chilean
coup,the 20.
demand
a
new
trial
for
the
accused
suitcharges
thatthearrest
andexecution Itwaslaterestablished
thattheU.S.
TomandPatHannigan.
of Hormanby the Chileanjuntawere embassy
hadknownof hisexecution
by assailants,
carriedout with the knowledgeand theendof September
andhadwithheld The defendants
weretriedfor the
consentof someor all of theeleven theinformation
abduction
andburning
latelastyearof
fromtheHormans.
accused.The suit also claimsthe
three
Mexican
citizens
- ManuelGarcia
Subsequently,
a Chilean
intelligence
Kissinger
musthavebeeninformed
of officer
Loya, BarnabeeMata, and Eliazar
named
Rafael
Gonzales
Verdugo
theevents
thatledtoHorman’s
death.
It
asylum
in theItalian
embassy
in Xavala - who had enteredArizona
isaimedat bringing
to light
theasyet sought
without
visasto workin thefieldsin
Santiago
last
year.
He
told
the
U.S.
press
unclearmotivesforthe execution
by that he had been presentduringa
CochiseCounty.
Striking
Arizona
farmworker.
makingsecretcablesand testimony meetingbetweenChileanIntelligence
Gcl~rdlanphoto
by Debrl Preulch
Margo Cowan of the Manzo Area
public.
Chief General Lutz and a U.S.
Council,
anorganization
fighting
forthe Toilets,
drinking
water,$2.00an hour
On theeveof the1973coup,Horman intelligence
officer
shortly
afterthe rights of undocumentedworkers, wagesandu blanket
tosleepunderwere
wasintheseaport
ofValparaiso
where
it coup.
were thedemandsof striking
Itwasdecided
atthatmeeting
that pointedout thatthe Hannigans
undocumented
is believed
he witnessed
U.S.warships Charles Horman would have to be declared
innocent
by an all-white
jury farmworkersin Maricopa County,
unloading
special
equipment
to aidin executed
in a countywitha populationArizonarecently.An agreementwas
"because
he knewtoomuch." convened
thecoup.Hormanreturned
to Santiago
that
is
80%
Chicano.
Shealsonotedthat negotiated
forConstitutional
Rights,
Nov.I. A spokesperson
for
inthecompany
ofaU.S.military
officer TheCenter
thejuryforeman
wasa fromeremploee thestrikers
whose
lawyers
represent
the
Hormans,
saidthiswasthefirsttime
who,it is speculated,
discovered
that
attorney’s
wife."There undocumented workers had ever
hope to bringVerdugofrom Chile, of thedefense
Horman knew too much about U.S.
wasn’t
any
motive
for
this
attack,"
she
forbetter
payandconditions
involvement
in thecouppreparations. wherehe is trappedin the Italian added,"it was justsheerbrutality organized
intheU.S.
embassy.
Witnesses
sawa military
patrol
arrest
directed
against
farmworkers."
Kent StateProtest
Draws PoliceAttack
More WorkersHurt at
San Diego Shipyard
from The San DiegoUnion
fromthe Guardian
fortheuniversity Threeworkerswerebadlyinjured
Some1500demonstrators
and scores Theyhavealsocalled
brokeandcausedthem
to
recognize
injustice
of theshootingswhenscaffolding
of supportersand onlookerswere
tofall40feetNov.10atNational
Steel
which
were
committed
by
Ohio
National
subjectedto tear gas and dubbings
andShipbuilding
Co.,oneof themajor
Guardsmen.
Oct.22during
a dayof protest
at Kent
employers
in SanDiegoCounty.
Injured
State University in Ohio.
Kentpresident
BrageGoldinglast wereMarioPrincipato,
21, MiguelA.
The demonstratorswere twice weekbanned
allrallies
andgatherings
of Sanchez,
22, and RamonE. Rodriguez
stormedby PortageCountysheriff’s fiveor morepeoplefromthe campus 31. Sanchezsuffereda compression
deputiesand campuspolicemenand fromOct.22 to Oct.24.Thatorderwas fractureof the spine,Rodriqueza
WilfredBurchett
twicetheywereforced
to regroup.
They bolsteredOct. 21 witha temporary fracturedpelvis,and Principato
a
eullcdilnpholo
by Nell Cueldy
wereattackedwith clubs,teargas restraining
orderissuedby thelocal broken
back,twobroken
legsandheels,
Correspondentand author Wilfred cannisters,
police
vans,andhorses.
They court,
which,
according
to Canfora,
"has and "complications¯"
Sancbezand
Burchett,
famedforhisreports
fromthe werealsothreatened
withM-16rifles beenin theuniversity’s
hippocket
for Rodriguez
werelisted
as "fair,"
while
scenesof colonialwars in China, andat leastonemachine
gun.Fourwere quitea while."
Principato
waslisted
as"veryserious."
Vietnam,
Angola,etc.,addressed
an hospitalized
andsixwerearested.Two
NASSCO, which employs 6,500
audienceof 200 peoplein Revelle dayslaterat a seconddemonstration Withno timeto appeal,students workers
andearned
2.1million
dollars
in
defied
the
ruling
and
held
the
scheduled
Cafeteria
twoweeks
ago.Burchett
ison a sevenmorewerearrested
as theyread nationaldemonstration.
the firstquarterof 1977,declined
Though
the
speaking
tourof college
campuses;
inthe aloudfromtheConstitution
reciting
the
An official
withthefederal
waspeaceful,
theorderwasused comment.
pasttheU.S.government
hasbarred
him FirstAmendment.One was severely action
Occupational
Safety
and Health
as
the
basis
for
an
all-out
attack.
The
fromspeaking
here.An Austrialian
by clubbed.
Administration
(OSHA)
said
thatfive
crowd
was
routed
to
a
site
a
quarter
of
a
birthand a Vietnamese
by passport,
NASSCOworkershave beenkilledon
Thestudents,
manyof themmembers mile away from the original
Burchettwritesregularlyfor the
thejob or frominjuries
received
in
of theMay4 Coalition, demonstration
spot.
independentradical weekly, the andsupporters
working
accidents
since
thefirstofthis
were
demanding
that
the
university
From
the
new
spot,
they
were
again
Guardian.
Histopicwas:"Africa--the
dispersed
as copspushedthemacrossa year.
Next VietnamY’Burchett said he trustees drop plans to build a
gymnasium
on
the
site
of
the
May
4,
busyhighwayoffthe campus.As they
foresaw
no armedU.S.intervention
and
offourantiwar
protesters.attempted
that liberationforceswould win 1970killings
to regroupandmarchtoward
Studentshave been pressingthe school
throughoutsouthernAfricain the
dormitories,
teargascannisters
foreseeable
future.
He wasintroduced
by demandsfor severalmonthsand have containing
peppergas werefiredat
Guardian
editor
IrwinSilber.
regularly
heldlargedemonstrations¯them.
from The Guardian & The New
Indicator.
The Ad Hoc WorkingGroupof the
UnitedNationslast week reported
findingcontinued"systematic
and
continued
fromp. !
police
harassment.
institutionalized
violations
of
human
Demonstrator:
Who
are
the
professors
prisoners.
When a wholecountryis
rightsand fundamental
freedoms"
in
herein theEconomics
department
who
overthrown, uh, uh...when a
Chile
under
the
U.S.
installed
Pinochet
government
changes,therecouldbe workfortheCIAandhelpedoverthrow
regime.
theAilendegovernment?
someproblems.
Thereport
covered
notonlytheuseof
KSDT:
Who
are
you?
Demonstrators:
Asesino!
Asesino!...
torture
and
new
methods
of intimidation
Consulate:
1 hope 1 havegivenyou Administrator:An assistant to
butdisapperance
afterdetention,
the
enoughof my time,I do haveto leave. Chancellor
McEIroy.
judicial
system,
limitations
on
freedom
Thanksverymuch.
KSDT: Did Chancellor McElroy
of expression,
as wellas theeconomic
Demonstrators:
Chile,
Si!Junta,
no!
misspeak
or liewhen,twoyearsagoat
oppression
of thepeople.
demonstrations
KSDT:He did not adequately
address gearingsconcerning
In addition
to"a consciously
planned
he said
the combinedmilitaryand economic againstUC-CIAcomplicity,
systemdesigned
to maketorture
more
between
the
pressure,
applied
bytheUnited
States,
to therewereno connections
effective
and
telling,"
the
regime
"has
andtheCIA.A yearlater,
the
destableize,
disrupt,
andoverthrow
the University
pursued
programs
which
permit
the
newspaper,
Triton
Allendegovernment.
How muchdo you administration’s
greatest
burden
of economic
andsocial
Times,
reported
sucha relationship
ina
thinkhiscar’sworth?
deprivations
tofallon thepoorest"
and
publicrelations
pieceaboutScripps.
cutbacks
in government
spending
and
Demonstrator: More than his
This year,Penthousereportedthat
healthcare,combined
withpoverty
and
credibility,
that’s
forsure.
CopdyPressforwarded
photographs
of
malnutrition,
constitute
a
"long-term
KSDT:Campuspoliceare nowchecking demonstrations at UCSD to CIA
danger
to thephysical
well-being
ofthe
the identification
of Latinosin the headquarters
in Denver
Colorado.
Is the
people."
These
economic
measures
are
demonstration,
to seewhether
theyare Chancellortrulyignorantof this
designed
by
U.S.
economist
Milton
legally
inthiscountry.
Thisstrikes
meas University’s
relationship
withwar
Friedman,
of theUniversity
of Chicago,
somewhat
absurd,
in thatweweresimply related
research
andcovert
intellegince
target
of
a
protest
picket
by
morethan
exercising
ourconstitutional
rightto gathering
activities?
100peopleduringa 25 dollar-a-plate
peaceful
assembly
andreedom
of speech. Administrator:
No,l’msureheisn’t,
he
dinner
beforetheSanDiegoChamber
of
This is what is commonlyknownas
is a very__~teUegent
man.
Commerceheretwo weeksago.
UN Group Condemns
ChileanBarbarity
McElroyMeetsChileanConsul;Students
Protest