The Varsity, June 1, 1992 - April 13, 1993

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U OF T'S OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Peter Guo charged with threatening, mischief
SAC
Cops charge former prez
BY CARMELINA MAIONE Inaconflictoverthecampaign.Guo oncampus.
VarsityStaff called fonner women's issue officer. "TheUofTisnotimmune,"Papemick
DianaDobsonandfonnerexternalcom- said.
PeterGiio,lastyear'sSACpresident, missioner,StaceyPapemick."fnistrated Jinha said theuniversity should not
hasbeenchargedbyMetropolicewith women"and"emotional". justgivea"slaponthewrist"tomem-
publicmischiefandilireateningforal- He was cited by Papemick as the bers of theuniversitycommunitywho
legedly writing sexually threatening primaiy reason for her resignation as commitsexualharassmentandassault.
graffiti intheSACoffices. externalcommissionerlast fall. She added that the issue has to be
TheMetropolicepressedchargeson "I didn't ffeel hehad a lotofrespect addressedintheimive—rsitycodeofnon-
April29,aftertheywerecalledinbythe forwomeninpositionsofpower. Iwas academicbehaviour currentlyunder
UofTpolice. sick of being treated as not knowing discussion at the University Affairs
According tc? Detective Steve Bilak whatIwasdoing.Icouldnotcontinueto Board.
at 52Division,a SACexecutivemem- workwiththat." Papemicksaid. "We have to take away the stigma,
ber's office was covered with graffiti Papemick said the incident should thatifyoucomeforwardyouwon'tbe
referringtoherasa "slut." servetoraiseawarenessandgivecred- shutdownandignored,"Jinhasaid.
Guowasalsoallegedtohaveuttered ibilitytotheissueofsexualharassment PleaseseeCase,page2.
verbal threats to the same woman on
Four convicted of
previousoccasions.
Bilak said he released Guo on the
condition that he not make direct or atUofT
indirect contact with the woman who date rape
wasthetargetofthethreats.
Priortotheincident.Guowasalleged
tohavesentharassingletterstothesame BY NAOMI KLEIN -Anothermanwasgivenathreeyear
womananddisturbedseveralpeopleon VarsityStaff sentence for sexually assaulting and
the floorof hercollege residence at 3 physically abusing a female acquaint-
a.m. Therehavebeenfourconvictions in ance.Boththedefendantandcomplain-
According to thecollege dean. Guo acquaintancerapecasesinvolvingUof antwereUofTstudents.
wassubsequentlybannedfromcollege Tstudents inthepastyearandanother -Anemployeeinastorefrequented
property because he was deemed a will reachthecourtsbySepteanber. byUofTstudentswasfinedforsexu- Does thiswoman frighten you? Well, she frightened Varsitywriter
"threat" tothewoman. Some feminist groups say the cases ally assaultingafemalecustomer. The GlenSumi.ReadhisInterviewwithcomedy's iron(ic)maidenonpage
Signs have been posted around the setaground-breakijigprecedentforthe womanwasaUofTstudent. 12.You'lllearnabout Madonna, Letterman, Prince,fashion,showbiz,
collegealertingstudentslocallpoliceif courts' treatment ofsexual assault. Addario said the convictions may glamour, and her newstage show. Giving TilitHurts.
theyseeGuotrespassing. AccordingtoSusanAddario. UofT makeiteasierforwomentocomefor-
Afterthegraffitiincident,thecurrent PersonalSafety Awarenessofficer,the ward when they are assaulted by men
studentcouncil bannedGuofromtheir cases lead to convictions despite the theyknow. Shesaystherapistsareusuallyrepeat tor of Women's Legal Education and
offices. fact that they occurred imder circum- But judicial response to date rape offenders whose actions reflect their Action Fund (LEAF), says the U ofT
CurrentSACpresidentFarrahJinha, stanceswhichhavehistorically led to caseshasnot allbeenpositive. violent attitudes towards women and convictionsshouldnotbeviewedasan
thefirstperson toseethegraffiti,said acquittals. NewsoftheUofTconvictionscomes sex. accuratedepictionofwomen's experi-
sheisconvincedGuowas its author. Inonecase, awomanwas assaulted onlyafewmonthsafterthewell-publi- "Ifeelthereissomeresponsibilityon ences inthecourts.
Shesaiditshocked andangeredher. byamanonadate.Inanotherawoman cized VanOostrom trial in Kingston, thevictimtocomeforwardbutIunder- Underthecurrentsexualassaultlaws,
"You could tell it was his writing." was assaulted by an ex-boyfriend. A Ontario. standwhysheishesitant.Theyhaveall defendants are able to use the "tme
Jinhasaid. "I'dneverknownhiintobe third woman was accused of flirting Duringthetrial.threefemaleQueen's heard about horrible court situations." belief"argumentasadefenseforsexual
likethat." withherassailant. University students testified that they saidLeaver. assault. This defense requires that the
WhenGuowasaskedtocommenton AccordingtoWendyLeaver,adetec- were sexually assaulted by the sajne Because the coiul system is imper- accusedprovehehonestlybelievedthe
thecharges, he responded by telling a tive at Metro's Sexual Assault Squad, man. fect,shesaid,somereporteddaterapes woman consented to sex even if that
Varsityreporter"Youdon'twanttoget theverdicts affinnedwomen'srightto The judge found in favour of the nevermakeittotrial.Leaversaidthere consentwasnotreal.
yourself mixedup in something like refuse sex at various stages ofsexual accused,statingthatalthoughhewas a havebeencaseswherearrests had not "Hie overall picture is still pretty
this. I'vegotmore important things to andnon-sexualrelationships: "hedonisticCasanova"hewasnotguilty been made because the police did not negativeandlegislationisstillneeded,"
doincludinggoingtoschool." - Onemanwas given a tliree-and-a- ofsexual assault. think the courts would believe the Jeffersonsaid.
Guowasinvolvedinseveraldisputes halfyearsentenceforforcedintercourse "VanOostrom was terribly depress- woman. AccordingtoDebbieGough,acoun-
withwomenstudent leaders and femi- andphysicalabuseofawomanheused ing." said Addario. "So many women "Ihavetohaveastrongbeliefthatthe sellor at the Rape Crisis Centre, these
nist groups during his tenure as SAC tolivewith. who thoughtthey couldcomeforward casehasagoodsolidchanceofaconvic- convictionsrepresentonlyafractionof
president. - A second man was given a two wouldn'tevenconsiderit afterthat." tion realizing that the system is built therealinstancesofacquaintancerape.
He was sharply criticized for with- monthsentenceforsexuallyassaulting AccordingtoLeaver,providingacli- aroundtheelementofdoubtgoingtothe Gough said the centre receives an
holdingfundsforadaterapeawareness awomanon theirseconddate afterhe matewherewomencantrustthecourts accused."said Leaver. average of five anonymous reports of
cainCpaign. UTBinviAtedherupCtohis aparKtment. iscrucial. ChristieJefferson, executive direc- acquaintancerapeeveryday.
15%
Hart House funds slashed
u
s
BYJIM BRIDGES alsoreceivedcuts. nition of quality is being so narrowly
AND NICOLE NOLAN "Tliedecisionwasmadeverj'recently defined." said professional faculty rep
VarsityStaff without consultation between the ad- Paul Faton.
ministration.HartHouseandDAR."he But U of T president Rob Prichard
Theuniversityisputtinga"national said. "We havesimply decided to im- blamedthecutsondecreasedprovincial
SummerJobs -23%unemployment, page3 tmrielalsiuorne"dionljlaerosparindysbuybsciudtiteisngntoearHlayrta pleBmuedngtetthCeosmemciuttst,etehcehnaciornAsudletl."Sedra fiu"iIdti'nsgimportantinthesedifficultfis-
House,stud—entleaderssay. said low transfer payments from the cal times to dedicate the funds we re-
OSAP-$10million cut, page 3 Thecuts whichwereapprovedlast province have forced theuniversity to ceive into the university's academic
Friday—by U of T's highest governing cut back on student ser\'ices to mini- mission." hesaid.
HartHouse - $787, 000cut, this page body willreduceHartHouse'soper- mizedamagetoacademics. HartHousewardenPeterTurnercould
atingbudgetby$787thousandby1994. "It'saquestionofpriorities."hesaid. notsayhowHart Housewilldeal with
Athletics and recreation - $1 million cut, page16 "ThecutstoHart House areboth ill "Do we let the academic part of the losing 15percentofitsbudget.
conceived andhurtful." said Students' universityslip in favourofstudent ac- "Themovetowardautonomyisbig-
Doctoral studies -$1, 300tuition increase, page 2 AdministrativeCouncilpresidentFarrah tivities?" ger and fasterpaced then we thought.
Jinha. HeaddedthatfundingforHartHouse TheBoardofStewards hasn't decided
University qualifying course- 10%fee increase, page 11 GoverningCouncilstudentrepresenta- is not covered by provincial transfer whattodoabout ityet. Thishas come
Tuition - 7%fee increase - page4 tBiuvdegeBtarCroymmMictCtae—reta—n cwrhiitcihcizreedcotmh-e payBmuetnsttsudteonttshesauindivaerdseiftiyn.itionofedu- upoDnavuisdvNeereylafnasdts.."assistantvice-presi-
mended thecuts fornot consulting cationwhichincludedonlyclasseswas dentinchargeofstudentaffairssaidthe
Scarboroughshuttle - shutdown, page3 withHart Houseorthe Department of misguided. cutback could result in increased fees
AthleticsandRecreation(DAR),which "It'sdifficulttobelievethatthedefi- PleaseseeFees,page2.
" "
2 VARSITY NEWS MONDAY. 1 JUNE 1992
Engineering launclies
"secretive" investigation
BY ELEANOR BROWN Inquiryhead PeterWrightwasunavailablefor
comment.
—
Thedeanofengineering isplaying "bigdaddy MembersoftheBruteForceCommiiiee the
campuswhofi.xes it up"withasecretiveinternal incognitoprank-producingannoftheEngineering
investigation while policeseek thestudents who —Societybannedafterthe 1989Montrealmassacre
brokeintoTheVarsityoii'xccs,twomonthsago,aU claimresponsibility.
ofTengineeringprofessorsays. A letteron BFC letterheadsigned"Da' Chief"
Internalinvestigationsarecreatedtohushthings states thebreak-in was a responseto TheVarsity
up,notgetatthetruth,saidengineeringprofessor WomenandSexualitysupplementpublishedMarch
UrsulaFranklin, referringtotheinvestigationset 5.
•upbyElngineeringdeanGaryHeinkethreeweeks ButFranklinsaysthereareothermotivesbehind
ago.Theinvestigationwasfonnedtogetinfonna- the investigation.
tiononiliebreak-inwhichocairedonthenight "There is considerable interest in keeping the
ofApril 6. imageoftheuniversitypureforfundraising.It'sa
Threateninggraffitialludingtoanediior'ssexu- clanfamily typeofthing;don'tevermentionthat
alitywasleftonthewallsandacomputerscreen. UncleAlbertdrinks."
JamesAndrewYao Garbageandfurniturewerestrewn around. Manyofthosewithintheuniversity'sadminis-
U ofTprofessor Ursula Franklin: "big daddycampus" stance has to go. A 13-foot model zucchini was hung from the trationare inthedark.
frontofthebuilding. Theuniversity'sstatusofwomenofficerdidn't
Grad students face hike MetrofHDlicearepressingcharges. knowtheenquiryexisted.Thesexualharassment
"Insidetheuniversity, it'saprank. Outsidethe officeriswailingtobenotified.
university, it's acrime," Franklinsaid. — Heinkerefusedtopostarewardforinformation
"Theideathattherearetwostandards thatif identifyingthestudents. Franklinsaid. "Ioffered
BY BRUCE ROLSTON students"financialneeds.Cohen for post-program students, fol- you are student, there is big daddy campus who afinancialcontributiontothedean.Hedidnotpick
VarsityStaff attacked the current system as lowinga1991reportbytheCoun- fLxes itup, istheworstthingyoucando." uponthis idea."
"regressive"andunfairtolower- cil of Ontario Universities rec- EngineeringdeanGaryHeinkesaidtheinternal Varsity editor Naomi Klein said the nature of
Ph.D. students lost thebattle incomestudents. ommending the measure as a inquiryisnotmeanttoreplacecriminal proceed- theinquir)'downplaystheseriousnessofthecrime.
over a tuition increase that will "The system as it currently meansofadjustingtodiminish- ings. "Thispranktargetedanopenlyfeministarticle.
soon forcethemto pay 150 per works is terrible," he said. ingpublicfunding. "Thefacultyhasacodeofnon-academicbehav- The nature of their pranks are always gender-
centmorefortheirfinalyearsof "We'vegottodosomething." iour. Procedurecalls forustohave an investiga- Sf)ecificandpolitical innature."said Klein.
study. ButBrianMartin,chairofthe CouncilspokespersonCarolyn tion. Whether or not The Varsity proceeds with "It'sajoketothem.Butwe'renotinonthejoke.
Despiteoppositionfromgradu- teaching assistants' union, told Filieau said, "I think most of criminalcharges,Iwillproceedalongthatline.It's Iftheycan'tseethat,thenthey'velostthepointof
—atestudents.GoverningCouncil thecouncilthataid forgraduate them are moving in that direc- notmybusinesstotell The Varsitywhat it might theentiredialoguearoundtheintimidatingatmos-
U—of T's highest governing studentswillstillbeinsufficient. tion." andmightnotdo." phereinengineering."
body voted last Thursday to "We will just be extending
remove the $1,300 tuition dis- inadequate financial support to
countgiventodoctoralstuden—ts morepeople."
for "post-prograin" studies Students said ihcy were not Board ofpublications questions editor's qualifications
theperiodafterthefirsttwoyears consulted enough about the in-
oftheirdegree. creaseby U ofTpresident Rob
The discount will be phased PrichardorCohen. paper shut down by board
outoverthreeyears. "DeanCohenhasnot,asfaras Yoric
Doctoralstudentsreceivedthe Icantel1,soughttodi.scoverwhat
discountbecausetheyusefewer the graduate students wanted,"
university resources during the said Graduate Student Union
"post-program"period.Doctoral treasurerTony Burgess. BY MICHAEL SERAPIO aboutisthatshe(Micelli)canwriteeditandreport.Wedon'twant
arts students working on their "Ithinkhewastoowillingto afight."
theses may consult with their besomeonewhowasimplement- StudentsataYorkUniversitystudentpaperareatwarwiththeir Claiming the elections areonly recommendations made to the
facultyadvisorsonlyafewtimes ingthe universityplan." BoardofPublicationsafteritrefusedtoratifytheirelectionresults board by the paper's staff, Phillips said the board's actions are
ayear. However, Prichard said the andcancelledthe—irsummerissue. legitimate.
Appro.ximately 100 students university had no choice but to The elec—tion which declared Pat Micelli the editor of The Micelli saidshefindstheboard'sresponseconfusing.
protestingthecuts interrupted a abolishthediscount. Excalibur —wasthrown outat a boardmeetingon—May 14. "Itbeganwithexperience,thenprocedural,nowbacktoqualifi-
May 7 meeting of the universi- "Thealternativetothiswould Theboard whichcontrolsthepaper'sfinances declaredthe cations. It's incredibly confusing and I don't know wherethey're
ty'sAcademicBoard. be adeepercut in theacademic resultsundemocratic,sayingthepaperfailedtogivenoticeofstaff coming from,"shesaid.
Studentssaidhigherfeeswill programs," said Prichard, "one elections and did not give candidates who were not staff the Micellisaidshebelievestheboard'sreticenceisduetothefact
meanhigherdrop-outrates. which would inevitably under- opportunitytorunforeditorial positions. that thepresentstaffismoremilitant onstudent issues.
"The current situation is al- minetheirquality." Theyalsoquestioned Micelli'squalifications. "We'retryingtodemocratizethepaper'sprocessandthatworries
readyextremelydifficultforpost- But Burgesssaidthechanges TheboardsubsequentlycanceledTheExcalibur'sMayissueand Ihem. It'sobvious theyhavenorespect andnotrustofstudents."
programstudents."GCgraduate would inhibit less wealthy stu- askedforrwonewelections. But Phillipssaidtheboardwasnot beingobstructive.
repCraigWalkertoldthecoun- dents from pursuing doctoral ButMicellisaysthatthepapergavepropernoticeofelectionsand "All theboardwantstodoisget thepaperout.
cil. "Youarevotingforahigher studies. that theexclusionofoutsidecandidates was a legitimatedecision TheboardisscheduledtomeetagainnextTuesday.
attritionrate." "It's going to make wealth a accordingtothepaper'sby-laws.
Currently, 50percentofdoc- majorfactor," hesaid. — Shesaidtheboardis"graspingatstraws"inanattempttomaintain
toralstudentsdonotfinishtheir Foreign graduate students — control. Case awaits trial
degrees. who alreadypay higherfees "Therealproblemisthatstudentsdon'trunthispaper,"shesaid.
Defenders of the plan were willbethehardesthit. "Wehaveastaffthat'sdemandingtorunthepaperandwehavea
quick to point out that over 80 "For me, that (discount) is a boardthatdoesn'twantthis." continuedfrompage 1.
percentofthefeeincreasewould benefit of some $6000." Bur- SheaddedthattheboardhasrefusedrequestsfromExcaliburstaff A SAC e,xecutive officer said the absenceof a policy on non-
gotowardgraduatestudentaid. gess, anAmericanvisastudent, toholdanemergencymeeting. academic behaviourmeans offenders are free to roam around the
Graduate Studies dean John said. "I'm thinking very much Nancy Phillips,chairoftheboard,saidtheboardnolongerhas campus,oftenrepresentingan uncheckedthreat totheirvictijns.
Cohen said the increase would aboutfinishinginonemoreyear. concerns over procedures, but is still concerned with Micelli's "The premise is that student offenders still have the right to
helppayforanimprovedstudent ManyOntariouniversitiesare qualifications. education,butthepersonalsafetyofthemembersoftheuniversity
aid program that better reflects consideringremovingdiscounts "We're concerned about the good of TheExcalibur. All I care communityshouldoverridethat."
HUNGRY? SusanAddario, UofTpersonalsafetyawarenessofficer,saidshe
is looking at ways of providing self-defence courses for women
student leaderstohelpthemdeal withhostilebehaviour.
Guo'scaseisinthecourtspendingatrialsetdate.
may
Fees go up
continuedfrompage 1.
0^ BLOOR fortheservice.
1 We're fast, we'refresh andwe'vegot "Ifwesimplycutservices,theeffectwillbequiteserious.Ifitall
m wenttomemberfees,theincreasewouldbefifteentotwentydollars.
taoscaalamdpuorsssuobcwoimtheforeneofvixeirn'asnodncahefrcekshusbaokutedfobruyno.urchoiceof <ziO< Uo^<OJ5^ WeBuhtavTeurtonelrooskaiadtathvearciuettsywoofno'pttinoencsesatsatrhiilsyporienstu.lt" in a loss of
Q(/.) Kin. ser"vLiucceksiolryawneidnocrheaavseesinomfeeese.nterprisesthatwecanlooktosuchas
Open late7 nightsaweek. Hart House athletics and our food business, rather than turn to
656 SPADINA AVE. ATHARBORD 925-6020 HARBORD increasing the student fees. We can cut costs without cutting
services."
SedrasaidreinstatingfundingforHart Houseisunlikely.
"Ifweseeawaytoamelioratetheproblem,wewillbehappyto
doso, but frankly, Ican'tseeithappening."
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VARSITY NEWS 3
Adisa sentenced 3 months
to
BY NAOiVII KLEIN Adisa was charged two years ago theROM.
VarsityStaff along with ten other members of the "Theadministrationshouldhavetaken
Coalition for the Truth About Africa. a inore concrete stance on the tmfair
Political activist OjiAdisaisouton Thegroupformedtocounterwhatthey wayinwhichthosearrestedweretreated
bail after being sentenced to three saidwasaracistandimperialistviewof and the intolerable terms of release,"
months injailforincidentsduringthe Africaportrayedbytheexhibit. SpagnolotoldThe VarsitylastNovem-
protestoftheInto TheHeartofAfrica "Iamapoliticalprisoner,"saidAdisa ber.
exhibitattheRoyal OntarioMuseum. inaninter\'icwonCIUTradiolastThurs- KelvinAndrews, UofT'sracerela-
The conditions of his bail include a day. "I did not gotojail because I am tions officer, saidcriminal charges go
ban from Toronto's downtown core dangerousorviolent. I wenttojailbe- beyond the university's responsibility
anda6p.m.curfew. causeI amprincipled." todefendacademicfreedom.
Heisalsoprohibitedfromparticipat- Adisa'ssentencefollowedanearlier "Theuniversityalwayshas arole in
inginde—monstrations. trialinwhichtheCrownofferedtodrop academic discussions and if the con-
Adisa astudentatUofTwhenhe allchargesagainsttheprotestorsifthey cernsareconsidereditcanuseitsinflu-
was charged with assaulting—a police agreedtosignasixmonthpeacebond. encetogetamicableresolutions,"said
officer andevading custody is ap- Adisarefused tosign thebond, say- Andrews.
pealing the verdict, saying he was ingit letthepoliceoffthehook.
grabbed and assaulted by two plain Hemadeaspeechonthestandaccus- "Butwhenthediscussiontakestothe
clothes police officers who did not ingthepoliceofdisruptirigandabusing streets andyouhavecontraventionsof
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identifythemselves. the protestors. thelaw,thereisverylittletheuniversity
According to James Ramsay, the "Peaceful protest got our asses cando."
Crown attorney prosecuting the case, kicked,"Adisatoldthecourt. However, Andrewsaddedthat ifhis
Adisa's verdict washarshbecausehe After Adisa's first trial, Rebecca office had been around duringthe de-
wasaleaderintheprotests. Spagnolo,afonnerUofTstudentand bate,theoutcomemighthavebeendif-
GregHolman "Thejudgesaidtheaccusedprecipi- memberoftheUnitedCoalitionAgainst ferent.
Snipsnip:premierBobRaemakesyetanothercutatauniversity tatedtheriot.Hetookaseriousviewof Racism, saidtheuniversityshirked its
while U ofT president Rob Prichard holds the ribbon. itbecausethecrowddisturbedthepeace responsibility to protect the academic "Myofficecouldhavehadadistinct
tiunultuously." rights of the students arrested outside role," Andrewssaid.
OSAP program cut by $10 million
Busridership fails torise
BY NICOLE NOLAN thegovernment$10million. ButRichardAllen,ministerof "They are asking for that Shuttle quashed
VarsityStaff Themovehasbeencondemned Colleges and Universities, said moneyfromstudents,"shesaid.
by student groups who say the the additional money students OFS criticized Allen for re-
Students on the Ontario Stu- decrease in fimding. combined contributedoesnot amounttoa neging on his promise to com-
dentAssistanceProgram(OSAP) with a tuition fee increase of 7 cutback. He said it is the sys- binethetuitionincreasewithan BY NICOLE NOLAN
will be $10 a week poorer this percent,willpreventsomestu- tem'swayofaccommodatingto increaseinOSAPfundingsostu- VarsityStaff
summer as a result of govern- dentsfromattendingimiversity. thegrowingnuinberofstudents dentswhoneedassistancemost
mentcuts. "Thefactthatthey"vecutfund- requiringassistance. won'tfallthroughthecracks. TlieScarboroughshuttlehasfinallybeencanned.
Accordingtolastmonth'spro- ing inthemiddleofarecession "You cannot have a cut in a Allen saidthe extra $10 will ScarboroughCollegegovernorsvotedtocancelthecontro-
vincial budget, students receiv- meansit'sgoingtobereallybru- program that does not have a notkeepstudentsoutofimiver- versialshuttleser\'icebetween UofT'sScarboroughandSt.
ingOSAPwillhavetocontribute tal for students. Ten dollars a fixed and closed budget. OSAP sity. GeorgecampusesonApril27.
$80aweekoftheirsummerearn- week is a lot tobeaskingwhen growswiththenumberofappli- "The increase we are asking ScarboroughassistantprincipalBertForrinsaidtheservice
ings towards tuition and ex- youdon'thaveenoughmoneyto cants inthesystem." fromstudentsisrelativelysmall. wascancelledbecausenotenoughpassengersuseditduringthe
penses, instead of the previous begin with," said Asha Bhat, Bhat disagreed. He said the Idonotthinkitwillaffectacces- shuttle'stwoyeartrialperiod.
$70. Coirunimicationsdirectoratthe net effect means a cut in stu- sibility." "In the last four months of thetrial period ridership was
The additional money saves OntarioFederationofStudents. dents' income. But students, as well as fac- averaging 11 riders a trip. This was not considered to be a
ultyanduniversitygroupsdisa- substantial change,"hesaid.
Summer job market bleak gree. WhentheTTCcut$40thousandfromtheservicetwoyears
"Any steps making financial ago,coiuicildecidedtotakeonthecostoftheshuttle,provided
obligations for students higher thattheaverageridershipoftenpassengersatripincreased.
willdiscouragestudentsfromat- ButScarboroughCollegeStudents'CouncilpresidentLance
BYFARHEEN HASAN JillBarber,acareercouncillor nowI'llhavetoworkduringthe tendinguniversity.Iknowlotsof Flashsaidtheservicewasanimportantlinkbetweenstudents
VarsityStaff lor at York, said students will year. I'll definitelyneed OSAP studentswhoarehavingtrouble onthetu'ocampuses.
havetoresignthemselvestomore (OntarioStudentAssistancePro- scraping by under the current "In a tri-campus system, it's very important to have the
This summer, students who searching. gram),"saidVanweerdenburg. program,"saidGlenBrown,com- campuseshookedup."
areabletofindsiunmerjobswill "Therearejobsoutthereand Vanweerdenburg said he munications officerforthe On- Flashsaidstudentsmaynothaveusedtheshuttlebecausethey
havetosettleforworkthatislow someofthem aren'tgreat," she wouldpreferajobthatprovides tarioCouncilofUniversityFac- didn'tknowaboutit.
payingandnotcareerrelated. said."Youhavetobepreparedto experienceinhis fieldofstudy. ultyAssociations. "Lowuseoftheshuttlecanbeattributedtolowvisibility.
"The nature of jobs has doalittlemoreworktolookfor Hesaidhehassentout25resumes Thecutshave alsobeen con- Theshuttlewasn'tadvertised."
changed," said Aino Lokk. a ajob." forcareer-relatedpositionssince demned by the Council of On- But Forrin said the college did make efforts to increase
councillor at Ryerson's Career Febniary, but has only gotten tario Universities, an organiza- ridership.
Center,"Therearen'tverymany Thirdyearelectricalengineer- tworeplies. tionofsenioruniversity admin- "The fares were cut, but even the cut was not enough to
careerrelated positions and the ing student Nick istrators. significantlyincreaseridership."
salaryforcourserelatedjobs is Vanweerdenburg "packs stuff" "I'mlookingforsomethingin Flashsaidthestudentsmaytrytogettheshuttleback.
low". forNeilsonCadburyfrom3to1 myfieldnow. It's aprettydead TheOntarioNDPgoverrunent "Ultimately,it'suptothestudents.Theyhavetoshowthat
AccordingtotheOntariodivi- p.m. jobmarketforthemostpart,"he first sparked student outrage in theyreallywanttheser\'iceback."
sionof EmploymentandLnmi- The pay is good but still not said. "The situation is not alto- 1991 when it hiked tuition fees Forrinsaidthecollegeregrettedaittingtheservice.—
gration, student centers student enoughtocoverthecostsofre- gether bad because it prepares despite election promises to "Inthisp—eriodoffinancialrestraint,thoseservices even
job placements dropped from turningtouniversityinthefall. students for looking for a full freeze and eventuallyeliminate ifvaluable whichdon'tappeartobewellusedhavetobe
102,300 in 1990 to 93.400 in "If I don't find another job timejob." them. cut."
1991.
Of these jobs, salaries were Studentgets scammed
lowerandmanywerepart time.
The sitution is looking even
worseforthissummer.TheOn- Job search ends in let-down a Haute Coiffure
tarioimeinploymentrateofpeo- Colour.Perm
plebetweentheagesof15-24is Specialists
23percent. BY FARHEEN HASAN dents standing around and Hillwastoldinordertowork Haute Coiffure
KofflerCenter'sBiljanaCarter VarsityStaff againstthewalls." forthecompanyhewouldhave ManuKfeCentre
saidthenumberofjobpostings Hewasinter\'iewedwiththree topurchasea"demokit"for$175. Colour Perm Specialists
islowertheninpreviousyears. Dan Hill has discovered that otherpeopleandtoldtostayfor Students were told totr)' and (Mainrioor,
"It'salittledifficultthisyear. not all summer jobs are worth thetrainingsession. selltheutensiltotheirrelatives. iWxWi^i^^i^i^i^i'x-i-i^i-S 'iaimuto5t. entrance)
Welistthousandsofjobsayear having. Hillsaysbythetimethetraining "Theobjectivewasthatthey'd 55 Bloor5t. West
andit'slowerthisyear." Hill answered an ad in the session got underway, thecom- beimpressed andbuy theprod- Vz PRICE
English student Cordula paper that offered students ten pany had still not described the uct and then refer you to other
Wiejendisbeginningtogetdis- dollarsan hourandtuitionben- job. people. You go from those Haircuts for
couraged. efits. "Thegroupkeptgettinglarger referralsto other people so the
"You get to a point where Whenhecalledtoinquire.Hill as we waited. We must have company didn't even make Men Women
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shesaid. answeredattheinterview. When they started the training The companysaidsales peo- • Cut& BkXM Dry Reg. $50.00 Price $25.00
Wiejendstartedlookingfora ButwhenHill arrivedforthe session there must have been ple were "guaranteed" $10 for •Perm Reg. $115.00 V4 Price $57.50
jobafewweeksago. interview,heonlyhadmoreques- about 50 to 60 people in the everyappointment. (Cut&BlowDryinckxled)
Sofar,shehashadfourinter- tions. room," Hillsays. "Ever}'Mondayyouwouldgo •ttighWghting Reg. $80.00 V4 Price $40.00
bvnuiote"mwnYasototujfeoorrgbworohefaitfnateitrlyos.ossuaorlmebesatchpkoisgnirgtoiuaonnndds Tcnhheae"wiTrwshha.iolsuTlsshweeawarsenenrd'ewttadhesreyvraeewnwatelaarlbnlelenio'kfltefiikaicenney.aa ssiotT"tohTwnehe.ye"nrbteryowumegirhnetunt'ientsteanibonlteuosgfhtohcrehuassiersts-o ruiaenppcp"eaoinHipditnlstl,tmhsweeanhyytasstw.oyyuooluudsorhleadvdiaencwdomwyihonautgr (PCuOtAfitUBlOoOPwPDTPrCySRTnoUVtOAiCnUNclOTudSeHdOW)NT.T-HPfIU.D..OANNLDYTNISAO
youhavetotelltheemployerthat kitchen countertop and all you sionthepresenterintroducedthe "Therewasamassexodusof ruil-tlmestudentsonly
youwanttomakeacareeroutof saw in—that roomwereabout 30 company'sproductwhichwasa people," Hill says, "About 30 ExpiryDate:September30, 1992
thisfield"shesaid. people mostlyUniversitystu- kitchenutensil. peoplegotupandleft."
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Students expendable
Students are the most expendable segment of the
universitypopulation.Themostreadilytaxed.Theleast
welcome. The least useful.
That isthe message of U ofT's newoperating budget.
The budget meets provincial tuition hikes by cutting
alreadylimitedstudentservicessuchasHartHouseand
the Department of Athletics and Recreation by nearly
onemilliondollarsapiece.Nottoworry,wearetold.The
fundswillsoonbemadeupbyincreasingincidentalfees.
"Incidental fees," you see, are not rea//ytuition fees,
althougheverystudentatuniversityisforcedtopaythem
andtheycan be hikedwithoutareferendum. And since
theyaren'ttuitionfees, there isnoneed forthe Ontario
Student Assistance Program (OSAP) to compensate
studentsfortheaddedcostofattendingUofT.Thus,the
—university successfullymanagestocovertly hiketuition
adubiousplanatanytimeandatravestywhendone
independently of student aid reform.
The budgetmeetsprovincial studentaidcutsbyraising
the costof a transitional course designed to make the SUBTLE (^HlFlCATloMS OF IWB UIRRENt RAPE UW-
university accessible to low-income students and stu-
dents from groups that are traditionally excluded from
higher education. These groups include First Nations
people and recent immigrants who do not meet the
admissionsrequirementfor Canadian universities. Current rape law inadequate
And that's not all. The budget meets the 23 per cent still
summer unemployment rate by raising tuition for stu-
dentsdoingdoctoral work by$1,300.
Thesame budgetsawonlyminorcutstoadministrative BY KELLYJORDAN
officesandnocutstothefaculty.Wearetoldthatthese revokesagreementtoengageintheactivity. cismbywomen'sgroups.Untiltheseamend-
cutsarejust"fiscallyresponsible"actionsappropriateto Despiterecentreportsofdaterapeconvic- Clearly,thesesectionsofthebillattemptto ments,thelawallowedahiusbandcomplete
rotehceerswsiisoen,artyo atismkesf.orIotnies cnoontstrietsupeonncsyibltoe,befaisrcaallllythoer taisosnasulattedUbyofmeTn. twhoeymeknnowwhcoonatrienuseelxouaflalcye chaClolmenmgeenattstitbuydetshewhjiudcihciiagrnyorienwraopmeentr'isa.ls swiesxhueasl.acMcaersistatlorhaipsewwifaesiarnreosxpyecmtoirvoeno.fAhle-r
financialburdensofthisuniversity.Whyshouldstudents barriers in thecriminal law. havedemonstratedthatthemjthssurround- thoughtheCodewasajnendedin1982mak-
acceptcutswhenthesecutsare notshared bythose in Contempt ing women'ssexuality continue to prevail. ingmaritalrapeacriminaloffence,women
the upperechelons ofthe university? Recently,thejudge sstatementsduringthe remain reluctant to report when they are
Students are only marginally represented on the Gov- CouA'/ pnxeedingsoftheVanOostromtrialinKing- sexually assaultedbytheirhusbands.
erning Council, the body whichdecided lastweekthat ston, Ontariohavecomeunderscrutiny. In The 1982reforms alsobarredtheadmis-
they are so expendable. In fact, there arejust enough this case. Justice Campbell acquitted sion of evidence relating to the complain-
studentsonGoverningCounciltoneverbeabletomake VARSITY LEGAL COLUMN VanOostromcallinghima"hedonisticCasa- ant'spriorsexualhistoryexceptinparticular
adifference. Every studentgovernorvoted againstthe nova" butnot arapist. During theprcxreed- circumstances. According to a 1991 report
budget. They made impassioned speeches about uni- TheSupremeCourtofCanada'sdecision ings.whiletheCrownattorneywasreferring by the Department ofJustice, theamended
versity accessibility and the effect the recession is lastAugusttostrikedownthe"rapeshield" to the myth that vindictive women falsely provisions led toadramaticincreaseinre-
having on students' ability to bear the costs of post provisions ofthe Criminal Code led to the reportrape,theJudgeinterruptedandasked portsofsexual assaults.
secondaryeducation. Faculty, administrationand busi- introductionofBillC-49.commonlycalled theCrown ifhethoughtthatwasamyth. Between 1983and1988reportsofsexual
ness mettheirarguments, forthe most part, with sym—- the "No Means No" bill. The bill hasbeen Thebillwillalsolimitthedefencesavail- assaults increased by 110 per cent. Previ-
rpealtiheevteidc,npoedrshaapnsd,athvaottethteoirpadsespatrhetmbeundtgeotrasnalyawrayyhad rHeofuesrreedoftoCaomlemgoisnlsativaendcoiisnmaiwtatieteinogf tthhee cabalneotfofetrhethaeccduesfeedn.ceCurtrhaetnthley,htohneesatclcyusbeed- othuastlyf,ewtehertShoalinc4it0orpeGrecneenrtalo'fsseoxfufaicleasfsoauunldt
escaped the axe or that their corporate interests re- committee'sreportbeforethirdreading. lievedthecomplainantwasconsentingeven victimsreport thecrimestothepolice.
mained intact. The Bill would dramatically change the if it isclearthat shewas not. This defence Women'sgroupsarehopefulthatthenew
Tarhyeegdouvceartniomnenyteadrecarfteearsyeesari.tsfUinniavnecrisintgyofadpmoisnti-sstercaotnodr-s alraewasi.nBryeladteifoinnitnogswehxuaatldaosessaualtndindoseesvernaolt wailtlhowaswaommaannawghaoinshtahdersewxiulalltoinbteeraccoquurits-e sbialulltwsilclonitnisnuureestthoatinrcerpeoarstei.ngofsexual as-
passthosecostsontostudents. Economistsandnews- constituteconsent,theBillattemptstocom- ted, inspiteofareal absenceofconsent.
puraepetroccoomlpumentiestinstwhheignleobaablomuatrkCeatnpaldaicea.nAsntdudnenotbso'dfyaili-s bvaitctsiemxiizstalmiyotnhosfabcooumtplraaipneaanntdslteshsreonugthhetrhee- cusIfedthewilalinneondmleonntgesrarbeeaacbcleeptetdo,utshee atch-e LKealwlySJcohrodoaln iasnadstaudDeinvtiastioOnsgLoeoaddeerHalalt
willing to state the obvious: universities are quickly criminaljusticesystem. defenceofmistakenbeliefifthatbeliefarose C.L.A.S.P..astudentlegalclinic.
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MONDAY. 1 JUNE 1992 VARSITY OPINION FORUM 5
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RACISM
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MlnSookLee
Problems of black youth are Basic
...
By Lennox Farrell alreadyleamt,is,unlikethatofawhite opportunities and career options for
male,cheap,expendable.Andalongwith guardsinmalls,forpoliceofficers,for
theviolenceofthepoliceforce,hecon- courtclerks,forparoleofficers,forprison
Gregisnothisrealname. ofresistance,this category. Likecattle tributestoacriminallyab—surdphenom- staff,forpsychiatrists...
Andhecouldbeinanyschool. ledknowinglytoslaughter,butunable, enon in North America the one in Expectationsofhimwill alsocreate
Butheisverymuchforreal. orunwilling to resist anymore. These whichtheleadingcauseofdeathamong careersfornewspapercolumnistswhose
inGHreadiserteeanlBaabsoiuctchliasssfeese.liHnegsisoffobrerienagl oltehmesr,BsainsciectshteuydedntosncoatutsreyGtoredgispgruoibs-e youGnrge,gbilsaacmkomnagletsheismahonmyicyioduen.gblack raabcoiualtisttheopbilnaicoknscwormimtulnairtgye,,ahnadveofttehne Greg will create
about arrivingacoupleofminuteslate their entrance to their Basic classes. people who, on average, have a lower sainehistoricalvaluein 1990sToronto employment
eachdayforclass.Heischronicallylate Greghasproblemswiththemwhenthey levelofeducationthantheirparents;the asthepro-slaverydebateshadin1860s
because he lingers in the washroom, leave the room and forget to close the onlyethno-culturalgrouptobesocursed America.Today,theseinfluentialviews
riskinganotherdetentionforbeinglate, door quickly. He rushes to it. No, he in Canada. He is a child of official remind us, as they did our enslaved opportunities
again. Buthehidesuntilthehallwayis chargesatit,bitterlyslammingitshutas rejection. Ifhis parents had emigrated ancestors,thatwehavetrulycomefrom
clear so that other students, including onewouldcloseadoorinwinteragainst beforehim, hemighthavehadtowait afar,butstillhavefartogo.Anditisthe and career
otherBlackstudents,willnotknowthat ahasty,cold blast. Forthese andother from the age of a baby until he had Gregswhowillbetheonestopassonthe
heisenteringthehatedBasicclass. He reasons, they bicker constantly, taunt- painfullyreachedthatofastrangerbe- batontofuturegenerations! options for
also rushes to leave class before the ing each other as others taunt them. fore the immigration process allowed Gregisnothisrealname.
dismissalbellforthesamereason. Theyfight. hisparentstobringhim. Or,regardless And he could be a student in any guards in malls,
ofhowmanygenerationshis ancestors school inMetropolitanToronto.
Schoob/Thought had lived in Canada, he would still be Butheisforreal. for police
fromsomewhereelse. LikeJamaicaor
"theislands,ayemohn?!" LennoxFarrellisa Toronto-area high officers, for
VARSITY EDUCATION COLUMN Despite this, he is so much for real school teacher and a member ofthe
thatheisamongtheyoungblackpeople BlackActionDefenceCommittee. court clerks, for
who,despitebeingstreamedintoBasic
Slow in arriving to class; swift in Greg hastheseproblemsdespitethe level programmes because authorities School ofTlwught is a new Varsity parole officers,
leavingit. factthatthereisnoothercommunityin judgethemunableto"understand"Ad- column open to students and educa-
Greg alsohas probleins walking the this country which dedicates so much vancedpoetryinschool,goon,outside torsatUofTandin thelargercom-
hallwayanddreadsgoinghomewiththe volunteertime as does theblack com- ofschooltocreateinternationalartforms munity. Six hundred word submis- for prison staff,
textbooks that the other students can munityinconsultations,workshopsand likeRap,andBreakdancing! sionsare welcome on issues ranging
for psychiatrists
deduce are not Advanced or General meetings with Ministers of Education, Despite this, too, he does not think fromteachingmethodstocurriculum
level. Students are wily about finding withdirectorsofeducation,withsuper- muchofhisownopinions. Nobody,he reform.
outthesekindsofthings.Aboutfinding intendentsinboardsofeducation,with says,listenstohim.Heisbeingprepared
outwhereotherstudentsareintheschool principals,withteachers,withpolitical tobeself-disrepecting,a—ndsubsequently STARS
hierarchyandpeckingorder.Andforall representative,liketrustees,andMinis- disrespectful to others especially if Highschool
theirfreshness andinnocence, they are try officials. The only other meetings theyarealsoblack.
crueltoeachother. And Gregschemes that surpass these meetings are the Andbeforeheenterstheworldofthe
togetnon-Basictextstodisplayonthe nuinberoftimesthatstudentslikeGreg youngadult,hewillhavelikelybecome Inthewakeofrecentclashesbetweenyouthandpolice,studentsfrom
outside of the Basic—texts. He carries seeprincipals.Gregissenttotheprinci- partoftheanti-socialphalanxofblack highschoolsacrossTorontogavealistofanti-racismdemandstothedirector
thesedefensivetexts ashieldagainst pal'sofficesooftenthat hestillsome- youthwhorudelychallengeparents,and oftheTorontoschoolboard. MayorJuneRowlands andPremierBobRae.
thebarbs, name-calling, andthepossi- times refuses on otheroccasions to go busdrivers,aswellasteachers,janitors, Closetoahundredstudentsfromanti-racismgroupsintwelveToronto
bility that others, especiallygirls, will thereandgetsomethingasinnocuousas andotherauthorityfiguresin, andout- schoolsmetonMay21toplanresponsestotherecentpoliceshootings,police
knowthegrimtruth. somechalk.Iftheprincipalseeshun,he sidetheschool;leavingthecaringteach- acquittals, and demonstrations organized by the Black Action Defence
ThatGregis Basic. willget introuble,hesays. erstosorrow, andtheuncaringonesto Committee.
Thatishowheintroduceshimselfto Hewilllaterhavethesainerelation- retreattostaffrooms and possiblycon- The activists produced an extensive list of demands and resolutions
you,theteacher,duringthefirstclasses shipwiththepolice.Hisisalifeinwhich template the validity of Rushton, the dealingwithsuchissuesas:
oftheyear; someonewhomheaccepts everynewdayisanotherambush. And Westernprofessor'svileassessmentof -policeracismandviolence
wmiulsltkwneoawraatbotuhitsttheisndbeardaggeeooffs1h5a.mHeehies dyeaayrsssitnrewthchicthotmhoenrtehsis,aannedvomlounttihosnotfo blaAcskpifeotpolep.ro,ve these racial theories --cauffrirnincautliuvmeraectfioornmhiringofteachers
notCanadian. Heisnotastudent.Heis declining expectations, ofhim by oth- correct,Gregwouldbemoreassociated -endingstreaming
nothuinan.HeisBasic."Sir,"hewould ers. Andofhimforhiinself. withteachersinphysicaleducation,and -handlingofracist incidentsinschool.
saywithcnishingfinality,"IamBasic". Heisgivenoptionsthatarecor^tantly detention,thanwithteachersofphysics, Studentsrecentlyformedacitj^widenetworkcalledStudentsofToronto
And thus, every school day—he spends beingreduced.Andhedoeswhatanor- chemistrj', andmath. AgainstRacism. STARwilljoinagrowinglistofyouthanti-racismgroups
enormousamountofenergy physical malhumanbeingfacedwithabnormal- Unabletofurtheracareerforhimself, in the Toronto area. The Black Youth Congress, formed after the Wade
and mental in his hourly attempts to ity would do. He rebels. He becomes Greg's general distress, and his—con- Lawsonshooting,operatesinthePeelboard.Manyblackyouthhaveindicated
escapethisdesolation. obnoxious. He may traffic in illegal comitant levelofunemployment as renewedinterestintheBlackActionDefenceCommittee'sYouthLeague.
Thereareotherslikehim.Otherbasic drugs.Hecoulduseaweapononanother high as 53 percent incities likeMon-
students, who have given up trying to blackyouth. Foradollarorless. treal, and70—percentinSouthPreston, BY SETH KLEIN
hide.Theyaccept,withoutoutwardshow Thelifeofayoung,blackmale,hehas NovaScotia willcreateemployment
. "
6 VARSITY OPINION FORUM MONDAY. 1 JUNE 1992
Media the hype
don't believe
riot:
BY SAMSON OKALOW
"aciivisis"and"protests"andmindless,
unconditionalsupportforpolice.
"Therally Lsnowover." Marginally more sophisticated, but
This was the ininiinalisi annoiince- no less offensive and sinister in intent
ineni madebyCFRB'sTorbcnWiitrup wasA/ac/can's.Tlienewsmagazinewent
on the May 7 evening newscast. One outofitswaytoframe"Canada'sracial
couldn'thelp but wonderifhewas an- divide"intennsofblackcrime.Incred-
nouncing theaversionofa nuclearwar ibly,itsMay 18coverstorj'"Blackand
rather than the conclusion of a legiti- Angry" began not with an example of
mate,peacefulpublicprotest.Hisgrim, the kind of harassment by police that
measuredtoneseemedtocommunicate wouldleadblackstobeangry,butwith
somegreatcollectivefeelingofrelief. aji unrelated story about an innocent
Wirtnip'sannouncementwascharac- yoimgblackmanbeingshottodeathat
Post-mortem
VARSITY MEDIA ANALYSIS COLUMN
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tcristic of the hysteria shaping public ahousepartv presumablybvanother
discussion and. more critically, public black.
opinion, on the so-called "Toronto ri- Immediately, the rest of the discus-
ots"(thepluralwasusedregularly,evok- sion shifted to the contex—t of violent
inganatmosphereofapocalypticchaos) blacks killing each other not being
Theurgencyofaddressingpolicebru- killed by white police officers. And
talityandracismwasdilutedbyfixating surely, ifblacks arcthat violent, police
onlawandorder(whichcvcrj'onewants) have to be given a little leeway for
inafashionreminiscentoftactics used shooting one of them ever)- now and
bydefencelawyers in i)ieLos Angeles then. Right?
trialwheretheproblemwaspresentedas Maclean'scontinueditsbrilliantback-
nothingmore thanoneofcrimeversus handed defence of police violence by
publicsafety. trollingoutallthestereotypedimagesof
For the most part, the mainstream a criminal underclass, from welfare to
media inTorontorespondedexactly as "violent,drug-infested"neighborhoods,
onemightexpect;rangingfromthehesi- in an attempt to retroactively smooth Yonge Street, May 7: police and mediaawaitevents. JamesAndrewYao
tantlysympatheticStartotheviolently overviolent policeconduct. More come
hysterical Sun. Their individual slants Themediacounterattackhasmetwith violence to
aside, each publication took pains to some success, certainly enough to de-
defend the status quo by framing the flectandcontainchallengestothecur-
events in thecontext of an "objective" rently inequitable powerstructure and
counterattack. touseittorallyalawandorderresponse BY YAAGYANEWA even though hesaw no weaponon the ofmoneycancomeclosetothevalueof
The "charge"thatRaymondLawrence, among whiles. This taciic is proving youth. human life.
the young man shot and killed by To- quiteeffectiveintheU.S.whereBushis Noonereallyexpectedthesametype North Americansociety has demon- This struggle is not a fight against
rontopoliceonlydaysbeforetheMay5 using the L.A. riots to get more and ofangerandviolencedisplayedinL.A. strated to the black community that it racisminthepoliceforcealone,butone
protest, was an illegalJamaican immi- tougherpolicing. tosurfaceinToronto. But it isnot par- does not value the life of a black man, against racism in a society that allows
grant was included in ever)^ media ac- Some understanding did manage to ticularly important whether Toronto woman, or child. Ever)' "not guilty theRodney King incident tooccurand
countoftheincidentandofthe"riots." seep through the cracks in the media wouldhaveriotedifL.A.hadnot.While verdictreinforcesthefactthatalthough gounpunished.
Mentionof Lawrence's iinmigration wall, providing some hope that those theviolencemaynot havebeentypical racism maybecomparativelysubtle in NorthAmericansocietyhasgiventhe
status was irrelevant tothese incidents voiceswhichshapethepublic'spercep- of Toronto, the anger and frustration Canada, it isaliveandwell. policealicencetoabusetheblackcom-
and its inclusion serv-ed only one pur- tionoftheworldarecapableofexercis- wereveryreal. That is why so many black people mimitythroughthe"notguilty"verdicts
pose: to give implicit sanction to the inglogicandclarityevenifitistoolittle, Iamnotonewhoarguesthattheriot were angered hy the outcome of the itrepeatedlyhandsdowntopoliceoffic-
actions ofthepolice. Thequestionable toolate. ers charged with wrongdoing. Clearly
shooting was "balanced" against a se- On CFRB's weekly roundtabledis- onecarmotexpecttheblackcommunity
lectedcriminalcharacteristicofthevic- cussion "Let's Discuss It", an instruc- toquietlytakethisabuse.
tim.AsThe^/ar'sRosieDiMannohead- tive exchange took place between talk But what, some people ask. did the
linedit,thequestionathandwaswhether showhostAndyBarrieandannouncers violence accomplish? Perhaps it made
Raymond Lawrence was "A thug or DaveAgarandJohnStall. thiscityopenitseyesandrealizethatif
honorableman?". Whenaskedaboutwhathehadlearned should not have happened or that it Rodney Kingtrialbut notsurprised. wedonotstarttosecsomechange,there
TheunsettlingfactofLawrence'sal- from the riots. Agar said. "W—hat I've lookedbadontheblackcommunity.To Themediahavecoveredthedamage isgoingtobealotmoreviolence.Ifthe
leged criminality drew atten—tion away learnedisthatviolenceworks itgets the contrary. I see the rioting as an donetostoresandtheamountofmoney blackcommunityiscontinuallyattacked,
from the question at hand are the attention." e.xpressionofthedespairandfrustration theywillcosttorepair. Wehaveheard itwill fightback.
policeusingimdueforcewhendealing "Is that the fault of those who are ofblacks inTorontoandofotherswho whitepoliticiansandthemediaharping Theviolencemayhaveangeredalot
withblacks. violentorthefaultofthosewhowouldn't arefedupwithTorontoracism. ontheviolenceoftheriot;howappall- ofpeople, but it mayalsohaveheight-
Unlike thepoliteStarandGlobe ac- wakeup?"asked Barrie. Thepolicehaveshotatleasttenblack ingitwas.howuncivilizedandunneces- ened awarenessoftheproblems facing
counts, somemedia outlets were more "Thosewhowouldn'twakeup,"Stall youthsoverthepasttwelveyears;most sary. the cominunity. While the media at-
openabouttheirintentions. replied. wereunamied. Ithinkitistimetodiscusshowappall- tempted to disregard the protest and
Canada's niunbcr one radio station, Theshootingswereareflectionofthe ingitistoseetheamountofviolenceand minimizethe importanceoftherioting
CFRB. led the strong consenative at- SamsonOkalowLspresidentoftheAfri- legalsystem'sfailuretoservetheblack hatreddirectedatpeopleofAfricande- bylabellingthasepresentasa"bunchof
tackontheBlackActionDefenceCom- canandCaribbeanStudentAssociation community. scent inNorthAmerica. hooligans." the riot received support
mittee (BAD-C) in an attempt to dis- andathirdyearstudentatUofT. Wehavecouncilsandcommitteesto Let'sdiscusshowbrutishanduncivi- frommembersoftheblackcommunity
credit the organization as representing deal with racism and police boards to lized it is to harass, beat and shoot whousuallydon't attendralliesorsup-
theblackcommunity. PostMortem isa new Varsitycolumn investigateshootings.However,people unarmedjjeople. portprotests.
Withindays,thestationanditslisten- opentoUofTstudentsandmembers continue to be harassed, beaten and Let'sdiscussthedamagedonetothe Historically,achangeinthesystemis
ers degenerated into an orgy of mud- ofthelargercommunity.Sixhundred killed. Ifyoucannotfindjusticewithin familyofayoungblackmanwhenthey precededbyviolenceandbloodshed.If
slinging, character assassinations (di- word submission are welcome on is- thelaw, thenwhat is lefttodo? havetoburyhim at theageof 19. thatiswhatisrequiredinordertochange
rected primarily against Dudley Laws sues ranging from media bias and Itseemsthatifablackyouthisshotin Let's focus on the fact that Wade thesystem, then weshould all be pre-
and BAD-C); barely concealed racism ownership to highlights from the al- the head by a police officer, all the LawsonandRaymondLawrenceareno paredforsomeroughtimesahead.
(it was always prefaced by "I'm not a ternativepress. defence the officer needs is the argu- longerwithus.
racist but...), vitriolic attacks against ment that he tripped or he was scared Let'sdiscussthefactthatnoamount
T.O. Police Shootings and Killings of Blacks from 1978 - 1992
BuddyEvans,24,wasshotonAugust9, 1978 rememberthiscase. Sophia Cook, 23, was shot on October 27, JonathanHowell, 19,wasshotandwounded
and later died. No charges were laid against 1989, by constable Cameron Durham while on November 9,1991. Constable Carl
constable Clark, who shot Evans. Police said Lester Donaldson, 44, was shot and killed she was sitting in a car with her seatbett. A Sokolowski is awaiting trial on a charge of
thatEvansattackedtheofficer,whofelt"hislife whileinhisroomonAugusts, 1988byconsta- judge laterdroppedweaponschargesagainst careless use of a fireann. No comment from
and orlimbwas in seriousdanger." ble David Deviney. Devineywaschargedwith Durham. Policesaidthattheofficer'srevolver police.
manslaughter,butwasacquittedbyanallwhite accidentlydischarged.
AlbertJohnson,35,wasshotandkilledinhis jury.PolicesaidthatwhentheyaskedDonaldson Royan Bagnaut, 19was shotand injured on
homeonAugust26, 1979.ConstablesWilliam tocalmdown"he wentberserk"and attacked Marlon Neil, 17, was shot twice in the back November3, 1991. Policeconstable Douglas
Inglisand WalterCargnelliwere chargedwith the officers with a knife. Deviney felt that his whilehesatinalockedcarinScarboroughafter Linesischargedwithcarelessuseofafireann.
manslaughter, but acquitted by an all white partnerwasgoing to be stabbed. runningaradartraponMay4,1990.Constable He isawaitingtrial.
jury. Police saidtheywerecalledtoJohnson's Brian Rapson was charged with attempted
home to investigate a domestic dispute. Michael"Wade"Lawson,17,wasshotinthe murder, aggravated assault bywoundingand Raymond Constantine Lawrence, 22, shot
Johnsonattackedanofficerwithascythe.The back of the head by Peel police officers on criminal negligence causing bodily harm. He twice and killed on May2 1992. He was sus-
officerfeltthathislifewasthreatenedandshot Decembers,1988.TheofficersclaimedLawson wasacquitted byandallwhitejury.Theofficer pected of drug dealing and was armed with
Johnson. tried to run them down with a stolen car. believedthat Neil wasreachingforafirearm. knife.HiscaseiswiththeSpecialInvestigation
Constable Anthony Melaragni was charged Committee Unit ofthe SolicitorGeneral'sde-
MichaelSargeant,22,wasshotbyconstable with manslaughter and aggravated assault. ABlackyouth, 17, (ayoungoffender),was partment.
GchaarrygeMdulwhitohllcaanrdeleisns1u9s7e9.ofaMuflihreoalrlma,nbdutwtahse aDsasraruelntLeonndganpgreerwiansgclihfea.rBgoetdhwwitehreagfgoruanvdatneodt ssthaobtlaenRdicinhjaurrded"oSnmoSkeepyt"emMboeorre20i,s1f9a9ci1n.gCfoinre-- Source: Black Action Defence Committee
charges were later dropped. Police do not guilty byanallwhitejury. armscharges. Nocommentfrom police. and Metro Police
MONDAY. 1 JUNE 1992 VARSITY FEATURE 7
by Simona Chiose
When Illya Davis woke up on the morning of
Friday, May 1, Atlanta police officers were cir-
cling the Clarke Atlanta University Centre. Later
the same day, when Davis, a graduate student of
African and African American Studies at Clarke
Atlanta University, participated in a march pro-
testing the Rodney King verdict, he was pushed
hack to campus by riot policefiring teargas into
the crowd.
On the afternoon and evening of May 1, the stricting themselves to the area surrounding the
police"invadedthccainpus,"saidCarolynFowler, university.
ChairoftheAfricanandAfricanAmericanStudies 'ITiatisnothowtheAtlantapoliceviewedtheir
Department.Theafternoonwastheculminationof intentions. In intercepting the students, and in
twodaysofviolencewhichsawprotestorsvandal- Fowler'swords,"herding"themintotheuniversi-
izingstores,settingcarsonfireandthrowingrocks ty's central quadrangle, the police assuined the
andbottles atpolice. studentswereheadeddowntown.
Todate, theAtlantapolicehavenotresponded Fowler,whowasobservingthescene,recounts
tothedemandsofthefacultj'andstudentsforan that as "students moved from one end of the
explanationoftheday'sevents:from helicopters quadrangle to the other, the riot squad raced,
circling the university's centre, to shooting tear mirror-like,upanddownFairStreet(surrounding
gasintoacademicoffices. the University's Centre), pursuing them yet not
Thepolicejustifytheiractionsasapre-emptive pursuing." She says the protestors began throwing rocks Four or five helicopter
tactictoavoidarepeatofthepreviousday'sevents Meanwhilefourorfivehelicopterscircledover- and bottles from the quadrangle and from the
when, at 2 a.m. Thursday morning, protestors head. "Some were flyingso low I could see the windows of dormitory rooms. "The police fired
headeddowntownfromtheareaofAtlantaUniver- pilotsandalinostmakeouttheexpressionontheir tear gas wherever rocks and bottles were being clrcied over-head.
sity. faces,"shecontinues. thrown,"shesaid,citingavideotapeoftheevents
Accountsofthenight'seventsaresketchyand Davis says that once the police pushed the whichallegedlyshowstheprotestorsengagingin '"Somewerefiyingso
attimesconflicting. students intothequad theydidnotallowthemto violent action.
Glenda Lock, Infonnation Officerfor the At- leave. Fowlerdescribesthefacultymembersatteinpt-
lantaPolice,says"studentsbehavedviolentlyand "Thepoliceaskedustodispersebutsurrounded ing to protect the students by containing them iow I could almost
createdacivildisturbance"onThursdaymorning. us.Protestorsstoodandputtheirhandsup,which within the quadrangle, "their backs to the riot
InLock'saccount,studentsmarcheddowntown seemstohaveignitedthereactionofthepolice," squadatpointblankrange." make out the
anddemandedtoseeMayorMaynardJackson. "I hesays. Thoughtheviolencesubsidedbyevening, the
don't know what thestudents were trj'ingto ac- While Lock recognizes "the police may have mistrust between the police and the university expressions on the
complishatthattimeofnight." been insistent on following the students back to communityisunresolved.FowlerandDavismain
Davis, who studies solutions to the economic campus,"shesaysitwasonlybecausetheywere
problemsofAfricanAmericans, conteststhepo- attemptingtopreventtheviolencewhichensued. pleaseseenextpage pilots' faces."
lice department's version of Thursday night's
events.
"TheprotestorsonThursdaynightweredisor- on campus
Police brutality
ganizedandrandomlywentdowntown."
Someprotestorsbrokestorewindowsandthrew
rocks and bottles at buildings and cars over the
courseofthenight.
Thecity'sresponsetotheviolencemirroredthe
reaction of their Califomian counterparts. As in by CarolynFowler back to my office in Dean Sage Hall, at the was another colleague. He was trying to
LosAngeles,citypolicecameinriotgearandstate other end. The thought struck me: We are reach someone inside. He himselfhadjust
troopsweredispatchedtothestreetssurrounding Atapproximatelythreeo'clock,theafter- under siege. comeoutofMcPheeters-Dennis,the build-
theuniversity'scentral quadrant. Inaddition,of- noon of May 1, sitting in myoffice grading IenteredtheDean'soffice,onthefirstfloor. ing of the associate dean. "Do you know
ficers from the Georgia Biu-eau of Investigation papers,Iwasgraduallyawareofhelicopters A call had just come in from the associate whatthoseguyshavedone?"heaskedme.
werAteloanntac'asmp66uspeFrricdenatymaefttreronpooolni.tanblackpopu- golvee.rhead. Iwentoutside,intothequadran- dweearne.unSatbuldeenttosl,eafvaecutlhteybuainlddinga;dmtihneitsetarra-tgoarss fTlhooer.yThheavyewosnh'ottletteaanrygbaosdyinotuot.tWheesgeoctoonudt
lationisreflectedintheenrollmentattheuniver- was keeping them trapped inside. The dean the back. Everyone went into Thayer Hall,
sity'surbancampus. First Person wasonthe phonetothe mayor'soffice. nextdoor. Theycouldn'tgettothe parking
InFowler'sopinion,thecampus'sproximityto I could not hear the conversation for the lot."
an areabeset bypoverty and subsidized housing noise of the helicopters. Her secretary was The incongruity of helmeted police out-
meant that non students joined the student Exceptfortheriotpoliceonthesidewalks, sitting before a pile of urgent mail; Federal side, theoverflying helicopters, noisierand
protestors. "Oncestudentsareout inthecommu- roping us in withtheir bodiesand their riot Express hadjustrefused tocome pick it up. lower, and the smell of tear gas, brought
nity, theycannot beseparated fromothers in the shields, andthe low-flying helicopters, the Iwentupstairstomyoffice.Bynow,thetear hometomethatlogicandorder,twothings
area,"saysFowler, arguingthatmediareportsof quadranglelookedlikeanyotherspringday, gas, the policeand the patrol carsofcampus I had committed myself to teaching and
thedisturbancefailedtodifferentiatebetweenthe with scholars going about their business, security were beginning to invade my partof demonstrating in my twenty years on this
twogroups. the immediate concern being preparation campus. It was now five o'clock. If I did not campus, had beenviolatedthisday. Would
FollowingaforumontheKingverdictatnearby forfinal examinations. leave soon, I too, would be trapped. I was the students still t)elieve me?
Morehouse College, students joined the Atlanta Thenoisefromthehelicoptersgrewlouder consciousof beingthe onlyone leftupstairs.
University march. Davis says the students were and more insistent. Tear gas began to in- A very loud and insistent knocking at an Carolyn Fowler is a professor of black
not intending to march downtown and were re- vade the quadrangle. I coughed, walking officedoordownthehall. Iwentintothehall. It literature at Clark Atlanta University.
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ADVANCED While U.S. education secretary Lamar theelectoratein(theU.S.)isunwillingtosupport
programsforotherpeople'schildrenifthosepeo-
ALTERNATIVES 1991 INC Alexander sends his children to plearcperceivedpredominantlyaspeopleofcol-
our."
EXEC SEARCH CONSULTANT private schools, George Bush declares This racism is compounded by the fact that
blackstudentsbeginuniversityatadisadvantage
DATA PROCESSING his he "will not accept anything less compared to their whiteclassmates. In 1986, 27
- percentofblackschoolchildrenand30percentof
than excellence in education." Hispanicschoolchildren wereenrolledin the2—5
largestcentral cityschooldistricts intheU.S.
We are looking for positive and optimistic continuedfromprc\iouspage thenation'smostoverextendedandunderfunded.
professionals who are ready to put the tain that the police clearly violated university Onlythreepercentofwhitestudentsattendthese
recession behindthemandrespondtothe proIpTeiretoynalnydeoxvpelrarneaatcitoend.offered by the p>olice is schAonolds.it was only in 1992 that we saw the first
challenge of Global economic change. ^ that"theycangoanywherewherethelawisbeing decline in 15 years in PhDs awarded to black
broken - including university campuses." Lock graduates. Even with no further declines, black
We are an Executive Search firm looking alsopoints out that thestudents did not obtain a PhDsstillaccountedforonly4percentofallPhDs
to expand our Information Systems divi- _ pen"nSittudfeonrttshesieremmaerdcthoothninFkritdhaeyy.haveaninalien- awaErxedmepdlairn)1'9o9f1.thegulfbetweentheeducationof
sion duetothe everincreasingdemand of John Richardson's ableright tomarch, but that isnotso." theprosperousandthedisadvantagedisthebehav-
technology and systems development. LSAT • GMAT The city administration has alsodefended the iour of the White House Administration. While
actions of its officers. Refusing to apologize, U.S. educationsecretary LamarAlexandersends
GRE Jackson, Atlanta's black mayor, declared in The his childrcn toprivateschools, George Bush has
Weare seeking individuals willingtowork New York Times that thecity"would nottolerate declared hisadministration "will notaccept any-
inacommissionedsalesenvironmentwho Preparation Courses lawlessness." thing lessthanexcellence ineducation."
However violent, theresponseofstudentsand TliefacultyandstudentsofAtlanta University
are determined, entrepreneurial, articu- Since 1979thousands of facult)'atAtlantatotheRodneyKingverdictwas have found a similar gulfbetween theirposition
late and possesses strong communica- students have benefited anexceptionacrossUnitedStatescampuses. Stu- and that of the police. According to Fowler, the
tion skills. from our unique multiple dentsattheUniversityofMassachusettsoccupied universityisimiledin itsdemandforanexplana-
TRAINING PROVIDED. choiceoriented approachI the offices of lop level administrators, but most tionoftheeventsofMay 1.
North American campuses barely i^cacted to the But Lock says it is not the police who arc
Our courses are taught verdict. responsibleforthestalemateindiscussions."The
Call or send resume to Mike Grady or on the U of T campus by Onepossibleexplanation isthedeliver)'ofthe meetingshavenot been fruitfulbecauseasfaras
Wayne Greer, 170 Bloor Street West, the best and most verdictduringfinalexams.Buttheweakresponse I'm aware, thestudentsdonot havean agenda."
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U.S. minority scholarships called discriminatory
BYSUSAN BENSON theban.GroupsliketheNationalAsso- "FortheDepartmentofEducationto
ciationfortheAdvancementofColored now say that awarding that money is
Educators, students and civil rights People (NAACP)andtheUnitedStates somehowaviolationofacivilrightslaw
groups are fighting the Bush Adminis- StudentAssociation(USSA)arelobby- whichwas intendedtoenddiscrimina-
tration'splantobanscholarshipswhich ingCongresstosave minorityscholar- tion is just a deliberate attempt to
providefinancialassistancetominority ships. mischaracterizethelaw."
students attending U.S. colleges and "WefeelthattheDepartmentofEdu- The Department ofEducation, how-
universities. cation is misreading the law," said ever,saidthebanwillchannelthemoney
About45,000universitystudentsben- CecilieBlakelyfromtheNAACP. intoscholarshipsaccessibletomorestu-
efitfromthescholarships. Blakelysaidthe law's intent was to dents. Elissa Ybarra from the United
In1990,theDepartmentofEducation endasystemthatreservedscholarships StatesStudentAssociation,disagrees.
announcedplanstobanminorityschol- for white men. Minority scholarships "Themoneythatwi11beeliminatedor
arships,claimingthattheyviolatedthe serveasimilarpurpose. willbecomeillegalisgoingtobetaken
section of the Civil Rights Act which "In response to the law (the Civil away from students of colour without
prohibitsschoolswhichdiscriminateon RightsActof1964)thatendeddiscrimi- goingtowardsthegeneralpooloffinan-
thebasisofraceornationaloriginfrom natorypolicies,moststatesanduniver- cial aid."
receivingfederalmoney. sities set up scholarships for students Ybarra said that without minority
Education Department officials will whohadpreviouslybeenexcludedfrom scholarships, many minority students
spendthenext threemonthsreviewing suchprograms," Blakelysaid. wouldfindthedoortouniversityclosed.
"Eliminatingthesescholarshipstakes
Project Ten awayalotofopportunitiesforstudents.
It also sends a bad message to other
studentsofcolourwhohaveaspirations
forhighereducation,"saidYbarra.
BY ROBERTCARPICK Ybarra says the U.S. is in aneduca-
tion crisis. So far this year, 30 states
InLosAngeleshighschools, abuseandalienationledlesbianandgayyouthto have cut their education budgets. She
startap>eersupjx)rtsystem,buttheprojecthascomeunderfirefromanti-gaylobby feelsminorityscholarships arebecom-
groups. ing a scapegoat for chronic problems
"Gayandlesbianyouth aretrulyunderservedintheeducationalsystem.They plaguing theAmerican post-secondary
havebeentreatedasthoughtheydonotexistorasobjectsofhateandbigotry in system. is part of the larger attack on ingtocreateascapegoatfortheveryreal
theschools,"saidVirginia Uribe,a LosAngelesareahighschoolteacher. "Whatthefederalgovernmentissay- multiculturalism and the progress we economicproblemsthatfacethiscoun-
Uribeworkswithstudentstocounterahighschoolexperiencethattheysaycan ing is that it's not to blame for the havemadeindiversifyingcampuses in try.
bealivingnightmare. education crisis, it's these students of thelastfivetoeightyears,"saidYbarra. "There are simply not enough jobs
"Icouldn'ttakeitanymore.Therewasalotofverbalabuse,therewerealotof colour.They'retheonestakingthetax- Blakely said the attack on minority anymoreandthecostofeducation,par-
threats. I hadnogayfriendsatthetime, at leastthat Iknew about," onestudent payersmoney,"shesaid. studentsisverysimil—artopastattackson ticularlyhighereducation,isbeyon—dthe
remembers. Blakely claims Bush is using race- thecivil rightsbill abillwhichwas reachofmostfamiliesinAmerica no
"Iwasonthevergeofsuicide.Mymarksplummeted.Itwasjustreallyterrible." baitingtacticstoappealtowhitevoters designed to prevent employment dis- matterwhat theirraceis."
saidanotherstudentwhowasforcedtohidehissexual orientationforyears. inthe 1992electioncampaign. crimination.
This typeofexperienceinspired Uribetostart Project—Ten, acounsellingand "Theattackonminorityscholarships "TheBushadininistrationisattempt-
supportprogramforgayandlesbianhighschoolstudents thefirstofitskindin
NorthAmerica.
"Oneofthethings I envisionedatthebeginningofthis programwassupport Harvard faculty in time warp
groupsorrapgroupsoneveryhighschoolcampus;aplacewhereyounggayand
lesbiankidscouldfeelsafeandspeakabouttheirown issues,"saidUribe.
Uribestartedtheprogrammeinherschool, FairfaxHigh, in 1984. Sincethen,
newgroupshavepoppeduponareacampuses.Theschoolboardhasassignedher affirmativeaction."HealsosaidinThe WallStreetJournal
tospendhalfofherteachinghourscoordinatingtheprogram. BYARIFNOORANI thatthestudentprotestorsare"minoritystudents(who)need
Despitethefactthat Uribe's part-timesalary is theonly fundingtheprogram asenseofvalidation andencouragement."
receives from theschool district, there are ProjectTen groups at 19ofthe L.A. Battlesoverminorit}'representationatHarvardUniversity Clarkmetthestudents' civil disobediencewiththreatsof
district's50highschools.Theprojecthasalsolaunchedacampaigntoenforcethe have erupted in the last few months after its law school suspension.ButaccordingtoPerez,althoughcoalitionmem-
schoolboard'santi-harassmentpolicy. ignoredstudentcallsforincreasedhiringofminorityprofes- bersmayriskfuturejobsasjudgesandlawyers,"individuals
Buttheexpansionhasnotwithoutbarriers.ProjectTenwasattackedbynational sors. have to decide at what point they want to sacrifice their
anti-gay religious and political groups. Local figures, such as California state The Harvard Law Coalition for Civil Rights (CCR), an careers."
senatorNewtonRussellandthenotoriousfundamentalistReverendLouSheldon, umbrella group of women. Latinos, blacks, people with "Wethinkourcauseisnotonlyrighteousbutourcauseis
havejoinedtowageabattletoabolishProjectTen. disabilities,andlesbiansandgays,saytheschool'sadminis- necessary,"saidPerez."Theonlywaychangehasoccurredis
"They accuse us ofpromotinghomosexuality, ofturning youngchildren into trationfailedtodemonstrateacommitment toemployment when students protested and practised civil disobedience.
homosexuals,"Uribesaid. "TheysaythatwearespreadingAIDS,andthatweare equitywhenithiredfourwhitemaleprofessorstothefaculty Retaliatorymeasures byDean Clarkwill only mobilize the
abunchofchildmolestersandteachingsodomyinourclassrooms." inMarch. moderatesoncampusandmakethemhard-coreactivists."
Tocountertheseattacks,agroupcalledFriendsofProjectTenraisesmoneyand RaulPerez,presidentoftheLatinostudentsassociation, Theactivists'positionhasbroad-basesupportattheschool.
publicsupport. Alianza, said that while the student body is growing more Recently, students boycottedclasses to holda voteofnon-
"These arejust kids and they are part of the school population. We have a representativeoftheoutsidecommunity,thefacultyneedsto confidenceinDeanClark. Anoverwhelmingmajority, 338-
responsibilitytothem likeallotherkids." Uribesaid. bepushedintothe '90s. 38, votedthattheyhadlostconfidenceintheDean.
"We'vefocusedonfacultydiversitybecausethat'sthelast "Becausewedon'thaveavoteandwecan'textendoffers
Condoms win election bastionofexclusivenessonthiscampus," Perezsaid. toprofessorstocomehereandteach,ourpowerisourability
Out of 70 faculty members in the law school, four are todramatizethesituation,"saidPerez.
women andfive areAfrican-American males. There areno Thestudentsandafewfacultymembershavetakeninjus-
Latino, Asianoropenlygayprofessors. ticesatHarvardtoheartbecauseoftheuniversity'sprominent
BY NAOMI KLEIN potentialcandidateswith lesscash. Al- The tension and anger turned to action when professor roleintheU.S.justicesystem.HarvardLawSchooltrainsand
VarsityStaff though most of the money came from Derrick Bell refused to teach at the law school in 1990, educatesthemostjudgesandlawdeansofanyschoolinthe
"family and friends," Vice President vowingnottoreturnuntilmorewomen andminoritieswere countr}'.
Withcandidates droppingthousands DeniseRussosaidsheraisedmoneyby hired.Bell,oneofthemostoutspokenlegalcriticsonminor- "OurprotestsareaimedatopeningupnotjastHarvard,but
on their election campaigns, student getting local businesses tosponsor the ityissuesintheU.S..wastheschool'sfirsttenuredAfrican- alsoprovidinganexampleto integratetherest ofthecoun-
politicsattheUniversityofFloridameans ticket. Americanprofessor. tr)''s legal system," says Greg Bylinsky, a member of the
bigbusiness. Berlinsaysthevictorywasno—tabout ShortlyafterBellleft.CCRfiledalawsuitagainstHarvard, coalition.
Slatesrunningforstudentcoiuicilon finances but good planning they chargingthatitshiringpracticesviolatedMassachusettsanti-
theGainesvillecampusfoughtoverthe startedtheca—mpaignfivemonthsbefore discriminationlaw. Bell filedasimilardiscriminationcom- Out of Bounds is a new Varsity
student vote with warring election fa- theelection andtheirslate'selectoral plaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of feature produced with CKLN's
vours includingfullpagecolourads in platformof"change." Civil Rights.
theircampuspapers,customizedt-shirts, "It worked," Berlinsays now. "Stu- Thelawschool infonnedBellthattheywillfirehimifhe The Classroom Struggle. For a one
colouredcondoms,mail-outs,andradio dentsreallybelievestudentgovernment doesnotreturnbythenext academicyear.
andtelevisionspots.Therealprize,how- canchangethings." "InalllikelihoodwewillloseProfessorBell,"saysPerez. hour trip around the city, across
ever,istherighttoplaywiththestudent Whenaskedwhathisfavouritecam- "Buthisspiritwillremainstronghereonthecampus." the country and all over the
council'sannualbudgetof$5.3million. paign tool was, Berlin cites the slate's Fed up with the faculty's and administration's inaction,
Thevictorious"actionparty",headed customizedyellowcondoms with thcTir Perez andothermembersofthe civil rightscoalition aban- world tune in to 88.1 every
bwyasptrheesibdiegngteisatlspcaennddiedraatte$1Br6etthoBuesralnidn., spalcokgaagne".rAealdtyhofuorghactthieoinr"opprpionnteendtosnatlhseo dpaosntefdetwhemocnoturhtss.andresortedtocivil disobedienceoverthe Sunday at 7 p.m. FromJune 14-
Theiropponentsspentamere$10thou- produced condoms, Berlin says they InApril,ninestudentsoccupiedDeanRobertClark'soffice 28, The Classroom Struggle will
sanBde.rlinsaidthatthehighpriceofthe pal"eOdurisnwceomrpearreicsyoclne.d,"hesaidproudly. forC2la4rhkouirss,onaendoffoltlhoewemdaihnimotpopoannednftrsomofhitshheoucsaem.pus's focus on lesbian and gay issues.
elections did not present problems for diversity movement calling it "one of the symptoms of
10 VARSITY NEWS MONDAY. 1 JUNE 1992
Sweat lodge to open at U of T
BY CHRISTINE MINAS outlet"saidCarolCouchie.presi- mind." Johnson said any additional
VarsityStaff dentoftheNativeStudents'As- A sweat lodge is made of money will come froin
sociation. The lodge represents twelvewillowtreesbenttoform fundraising by the Aboriginal
Siudents will soon be able lo "thewombofmotherearth."she adomecoveredwiththick can- HealthProfessionsProgramand
participate in Native religions said. vas. theNativeStudentsAssociation.
ceremoniesat Hart Housefann. Couchiesaid thesweat lodge During theceremony red-hot
The Native Students' Asso- ceremony offers people an op- rocks are placed in a pit in the Thesweat lodgewill beopen
ciationandtheAboriginalHealth portimity for irmer healing and centerofthelodge. tonon-Nativestudents.
Professions Programme have forprayer. The MinistryofCollegesand "Anybodywhowantstocome
beennegotiatingwithHartHouse Becauseeven.'senseissiitmi- Universities has given appro.xi- iswelcome.Itisforanyonewho
since the fall to build a sweat lated during the sweat you will matelyeightthousanddollarsto hasarespectfortheearth."said
lodgeat Hart Housefarm. become in touchwith body and theproject. Johnson.
David Neelands.
"The students are quite ex-
cited about the idea because it
showsthat theirtraditional reli-
gious background is being rec- Teachers deal with biases Graffiti provolces
ognized as valid by an educa-
tional institution." saidMarilyn
Johnson, a career counsellor at BYGLORIAMOTTAHEDIN Thestudentsreceivedalet-
theAboriginalHealthProfessions BYANNE BAINS society.Itcanbeusedasatoolto curriculiun. VarsityStaff terfrom David Neelands. as-
Programme. correctandchangetheinequali- "Itallowsscholarsandpracti- sistantvice-presidentincharge
Johnsonsaidnegotiations are Educationcanchangethesys- ties thate.xist."shesaid. tionerstosharenewinfonnation A Jewish student group is of Student Affairs on March
stillinprogress,butstudentshope tem,saysfeministandblackac- Brown spwke at a conference and ideas,"shesaid. criticizingtheadministration 10 saying the administration
toIhnavNeattihveeltordagdeitibouni,lttbhyesfawlel.at tivi"sEtdRuocsaetmiaorn\i'sBornoewonf.themost oatfpaudbdlriecsssicnhgoodlistceraicmhienrastiaoinmeidn egaAtcecAor1diicnegWtoiF1i1iia>i;nts,Ncadtuicoanisidoenla-l ftoorannottia-dSeeqmuiatitcelyinrceisdpenotnsdionng hadBurtetmhoevseidudtehnetsgrsafafiidtit.hatis
lodge functions as a "spiritual powerfulforcesofchangeinour theclassroom. — systems whichdo not acknowl- campus. notenough.
The conference entitled edgestudents' backgrounds are InaletteraddressedtoUof "Theadministrationshould
"Gender.Race. ClassEquity: In dangerous. Tpresident RobPrichard,the havetakenthetimeittook to
U T landmark the Cl—assroom. In the Curricu- JewishActivistCoalitioncited addresstheissue."saidDavid
of lum" offeredworkshopsrang- "Educationandschoolingare threeinstancesofanti-Semitic Kalmanowitz.amemberofthe
ing from feminist teachings in twodifferentthings.Atonetime graffiti on campus lastJanu- JewishActivist Coalition.
math and science to nativecul- —theAboriginalshadaneducation ary. "We made it clear that we
BY NANDA L. LWIN greatlyinfluenceanyfutiu"euni- ture. onethatrespectedlifeandthe Tlic letter noted the exist- wanted a response from the
VarsityStaff versity land deals or construc- Elsa CKmn. an English as a earth, and because of what enceofalargeswastikaonthe president."
tion. Second Language teacher in a schoolinghasdonetothem,they back of the Earth Sciences ButPrichardsaidhefeltthe
Steps should betaken topre- Thereportexaminesthepres- Metrohighschool said she fre- don't have an education," she building. response from student affairs
ser\e the university's architec- er\'ationofmanybuildingsinthe quentlydiscussestopicssuchas said. Inanotherincident,aswas- wasadequate.
tural heritage, according to a Hiu-on/Susse.x neighbourhood, homosexuality,racismandfam- Keynote speaker Sylvia tikaaccompaniedbyathreat- "'I'hisisaverj'largeuniver-
TorontoHistoricalBoardreport. which U of T vice-president ilyabuse. Maracleagreed. ening phrase was found dis- sity with a remarkable diver-
ConsultantMarkFramisrec- Gordon Cressy said the univer- "I'mhere (at theconference) played on a classroom over- sityof issues. Nooneperson
ommending that large pans of sityhaseannarkedasapotential toget a freshperspectiveandto "Teachers must continue to head screen in the Ramsey can deal with them," said
theSt. Georgecampusbe made areafornewdevelopment. listen tootherpeople's views." challenge the curriculum," she Wright building. Prichard.
into "heritage regions" so the Inadditiontothepreservation shesaid. said.Aspeoplewemustallbother In thesame roomstudents Neelands said the univer-
historicalintegrityoftheuniver- ofbuildings,thereportconsiders Conference organizer Myra tocaretoknowthetruth." foundaswastikaandastarof sitycannotdomuchmorethen
sit)'canbekept intact. designatingmuchofthecampus Novogrodoskysaidtheeventwas The fonun began five years Davidcrossedout beside it. removethegraffiti.
If accepted by the Toronto eastofSt.Georgeasapreser\'a- animportantpartofeliminating agoasaconferenceonWomen's InaletterdatedFcbniar)'3, "In large racist and
HistoricalBoardandCityCoun- tion area, which would prevent sexist, racist, and classist bias Issues and has expanded to in- studentsaskedPrichardtore- homophobicgraffitiisanony-
cil the recommendations could anvnewconsiniciion. from high school teaching and clude issuesofraceandclass. spond tothe incidents. mous."said Neelands.
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