The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1983 Page: 4 of 16
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THRESHING IT OUT
Masters concerned
by campus violence
To the Editor:
We are deeply concerned by the
resurgence of malicious and
dangerous acts such as the
throwing of objects from the upper
floors of colleges, the launching of
missiles of various types and the
use of fireworks and explosives.
Such acts, which represent
flagrant violations of college and
university regulations (pp. 25-26 of
the Handbook of Information on
Student Services) as well as city
and state laws, cannot be tolerated.
We feel compelled, in the interest
of the student body and of the Rice
population as a whole, to give
notice that future incidents of this
nature will result in severe
penalties. These penalties will
include fining, rustication,
suspension, the placing of certain
areas off limits, and financial
restitution. We should mention
that disciplinary action by the
university does not preclude court
action by state or municipal
authorities.
Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
Ronald Stebbings
The Committee of College Masters
and Co-Masters
Proctor E.C. Holt
Terry decries lack of
freedom in U. S.
To the Editor:
I am glad to see a dialogue in the
Thresher concerning urgent world
issues, as Mr. Mitchell, Mr.
Brennan and Professor Holland
have started. It is long overdue.
Such reader participation is a
freedom as important as that of the
press to report on the events
themselves.
Unfortunately, it is questionable
today whether our own
government allows us to hear the
truth, in its application of police
state restrictions under the guise of
security and defense needs. It is not
hard to cite several examples:
Two movies that I attended
recently were required by the U.S.
Attorney General to bear leaders
saying, "The U.S. Attorney
General has determined this movie
to be foreign political propaganda.
' Acid Rain dealt factually with the
scientific study of the environmen-
tal crisis in the Northeast; If You
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of the medical effects of a nuclear
war by the noted physician and
lecturer Dr. Helen Caldicott. Only
once did her emotional concerns as
a mother impinge upon her
speaking as a sober scientist. This
propaganda was made in . . .
Canada. I don't know whether it's
worse to think that my taxes are
going to create the problems
addressed in these films, or that
they're going to protect my mind
from the danger of studying them
objectively. The ACLU (American
Civil Liberties Union), who
presented the films at UT Med
School, is suing the government to
remove the restrictive classifica-
tions.
Two of my favorite sources of
unfiltered information have also
been attacked by the federal
government recently. The Pacifica
Radio Network (a group of
listener-supported stations geared
to community access, with local
affiliate KPFT) and the
Foundation for National Progress,
which publishes Mother Jones
magazine,. has had their tax-
exempt status revoked and
challenged, respectively, after the
Reagan administration determin-
ed that they did not fit the
qualification of non-profit
educational organizations. Yet
other conservative organizations
such as military think tanks and
even Jerry Falwell's Old Time
Gospel empire are allowed to
conduct massive amounts of
business without paying taxes. I
wonder how they figure that out!
Apparently anything that does not4
blindly support the growth of our
military-industrial economy is
now suspect and at least labeled as
"politically motivated."
1 am reminded of the difficulty
of our own school's TexPIRG in
justifying its educational and
research function under
accusations that it is "political."
Campus Republicans sought to
enlist federal courts in de-funding
a" group most worthy of Rice, and
have succeeded in applying the
pinch (student contributions are
now voluntary.) Is TexPIRG not
worth one dollar per student when
thousands are spent in the
treadmill followed by most Rice
students from high school to
corporate employment, without
any requisite study of ethical
considerations? Bias is in the eye of
the beholder, but at least
TexPIRG defines its work in the
public interest in terms of
informing the average citizen/
consumer and not of aiding the
average corporation or possessive
individualist.
Meanwhile, peace movement
groups who counter the
administration's views on civil
rights and how to treat the Soviets
are currently under FBI
investigation: Physicians for
Social Responsibility, U.S. Peace
Council, Mobilization for
Survival, Gay Rights National
Lobby and National Black United
Front. Requests for FBI
documents under the Freedom of
Information Act are repeatedly
denied on grounds that their
release would "endanger national
security."
Perhaps true freedom of
democratic participation is too
much to expect, but even the
channels of information are
barred. In his article "Double
Misinformation" in the Mother
Jones issue of August, Eric Nadler
visits ABC, CBS, Voice of
America, Time, and the U.S.
Bureau of Tass, and finds both
^medias characterized by the
"routine exaggeration of (the
other nation's) military
capabilities," the "systematic
dehumanization of the leadership
of another great country," the
"supposed iniquity of (foreign)
intentions," and the "tendency to
view all aspects of the relationship
in terms of a supposed total and
irreconcilable conflict of concerns
and of aims." (He is quoting
Dartmouth Professor and former
Ambassador to Russia George
Kennan.)
Simplification and distortion
are the rule: we hear of nothing but
Russian breadlines, suicide clinics
and missile production; they hear
of nothing but racial violence,
military adventurism and oil
company monopolies. Though we
are both obviously aggressive and
trouble-ridden, we continue
unrealistically to threaten each
other and call the kettle black.
Outside of a few rare journals in
America, where things should be
better, we are not told that all
significant weapons advances in
this century have been initiated by
our country or that we continue to
take over (read "align" or
"protect") small countries as turf
for Western business use.
We feel we live in a society where
information and ideas are basically
uncontrolled and exchanged
freely. It is important, however,
not to confuse the amount of
communication that is going on
with the quality or truthfulness of
discourse. How long has it been
since we have collectively felt the
freedom to criticize and talk about
alternatives to our destructive way
of life? Hopefully the tables are
starting to turn, for trends of
democracy and fascism run in
cycles. American people can start a
wave, but Russian citizens can
only effect a ripple.
To close, I would encourage
students interested in freedom of
information to see several
revealing films before they are
suppressed by authorities. Dark
Circle is a documentary about the
abundant threats and blunders
accompanying the construction
and operation of nuclear plants,
and how this industry is
inextricably wed with the growth-
addicted defense industry.
America: From Hitler to MX deals
with the realities of U.S. foreign
policy in terms of its too often
detrimental effects upon the
people of the countries we are
concerned with. On Company
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Ekren, Christopher. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1983, newspaper, September 23, 1983; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245538/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.