VOL. 70 • NO. 10
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
November 5, 1992
Election Results Declare Clinton Victorious
Student Reaction Runs
From Joy to Concern
By Lynn Segas
News Editor
So, change is on the way. The
Republican era has ended for
United States politics. More women
have been elected to the Senate, and
we have a new President
The attitude on the Loyola
Marymount campus after the gen¬
eral election on November 3 ranged
from smiles to tears, cheers to
moans.
Molly Long expressed her reac¬
tions to the election of Bill Clinton to
the Presidency: “Of course Pm
happy. The country has been crying
outfornew leadership andthe voices
were heard. Hopefully, with Clinton
we will see real change. The accep¬
tance speeches were important
because they emphasized the vic¬
tory for the country, not just the
democratic party. Now what we
need is for the candidates and the
nation to come together and work
to make it happen. Bill Clinton can
not do it all alone."
“I am happy that Bush or Perot
did not win. We need someone new
in office. The only way to vote was
to choose the least of three evils.
We can now only hope for the best
and wait to see the changes that we
have been promised," said Lona
Bennion.
Dan de laPaz echoed the desire
for change: “I think the people have
indicated their desire for a change.
I find it disturbing that most people
feelthatthis year's presidential elec¬
tion was a choice between the least
of three evils. It would be nice to
learn from the Parliamentary sys¬
tem and implement the vote of con¬
fidence orthe vote of no-confidence
in our system. This would allow the
people to have their true choice of
Presidential candidates.”
However, everyone was not as
optimistic about Clinton's election.
Chris Pappalardo said, “Now is the
time when it is crucial for global
American hegemony. Unfortu¬
nately, with the election of Clinton,
America will lose the focus on glo¬
bal issues."
Pappalardo added, "The election
of Clinton represents the unedu¬
cated choice by the American
people. They do not realize that
Clinton will cause more problems
than Bush could have ever hoped
to cause. It is disappointing that the
Americans could not see through
Clinton's opportunistic facade and
that we will have to pay for it for the
next four years.”
His sentiments were echoed in
Doug Meli's words: “America was
suckered into CJinton's ideas of
change. If Bush were given the
chance, he could have pulled us out
of this recession. I believe that
Clinton will only make things worse.
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Policy on Discrimination
Awaits Approval By Trustees
By Ray Watts
Editor-in-chief
■ proposed policy which would
prohibit speech that abuses or
harasses any one on the grounds
of color, race or national origin is
currently under consideration by the
University’s Board of Trustees.
The policy was developed by the
Multicultural Affairs Committee, but
has drawn some fire from voices for
free speech throughout the drafting
process of the policy.
“This policy is intended to give
this campus a standard of response
in the event of a racial incident,"
said Fernando Moreno, Director of
Campus Ministry.
Moreno said the focus of the
policy is not to restrict free speech,
but to focus on behavior and make
it more governable.
“Hate speech and lighting words’
are not considered free speech,”
said Moreno. “The Supreme Court
has made that clear.”
But Dr. Phillip Klinkner, Political
Science, contends that this attempt
is one which echoes many others
by institutions to limitthefree speech
of the students.
“There is an awful lot the Univer¬
sity needs to do to fight racism and
discrimination on this campus, but
this policy is the wrong thing,” said
Klinkner.
Klinkner’s primary contention is
that there has not been a solid
definition of “fighting words” and
that while everyone believes there
are such things, no one has been
able to categorize them as such.
“This policy is exceedingly broad.
One of two things may happen: It
may be taken so formally that it is
never able to be applied. Or it may
be taken so loosely that suddenly,
any action can be construed in many
ways,” said Klinkner.
Klinkner added that there are so
many factors in this issue, that a
single policy is an attempt to sim¬
plify a complex problem.
He said, “This just does not fit
.into a neat category. It is not as
simple as 'racism versus tolerance.'
We have seen at many other uni¬
versities that this kind of policy has
been rejected because it tries to put
this issue into neat categories.”
The forging of the document has
been in the planning stages for sev¬
eral semesters. Last year, an at¬
tempt at a draft was met by many
proponents of free speech.
Moreno responded to Klinkner’s
criticisms by saying that there is no
intention to block anyone's free
speech, but rather to create a more
conducive environment for people
to come forward with their concerns.
“The policy is relative to incidents
that are reported. We are trying to
create a confidence for anyone who
is discriminated against. Those who
are threatened will have the ability
to receive action on their concern,”
said Moreno.
He added, “This will try to de¬
velop a system that creates an atti¬
tude of reconciliation and resplu-
tion. It is based less on punishment
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Proposition 161 Discussed at LMU,
Rejected by California Voters
By Bruce Atwater
Assistant News Editor
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be or not to be: That was the
question.
Proposition 1 61 , a highly contro¬
versial bill designed to allow physi¬
cians to terminate the lives of their
terminally-ill patients, did not recieve
a majority of votes in the November
3 General Election.
But last weekthe proposition was
debated in St. Robert's Auditorium.
The members of the panel in¬
cluded Michael H. White, J.D., co-
authpr of the proposition and co¬
chair of the bioethics committee of
the LA county Bar Assoc., and Jack
Glaser, S.T.D., director of the Cen¬
ter for Health.
The measure would have allowed
patients who have been diagnosed
by two independent physicians as
terminally-ill and likely to die within
six months to request that “In rec¬
ognition of the dignity which pa¬
tients have a right to expect, the
State of California recognized the
right of terminally ill adults to make
a voluntary written Directive in¬
structing their physician to admin¬
ister aid-in-dying to end their life in
a painless, humane and dignified
manner.”
The directive could have only
been made by a mentally compe¬
tent adult who voluntarily requested
a provision to be made for physi¬
cian assistance-in-dying. The
proposition stated that the directive
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Photo Courtesy of Public Relations
Edward James Olmos, concluding speaker at the "Town Hall" Teach -
In , makes a point during his address . For details on the Teach-In, see
below .
Teach-In Begins Discussion
of Racism, Acceptance
By Damon Garcia
Assistant News Editor
In the six months that have passed
since the Rodney King verdict
sparked the implosion of Los Ange¬
les, the university community has
been forced to confront issues of
racism, ‘increasing unrest, and dis¬
crimination. The Town Hall Teach-
In attempted to address these is¬
sues while allowing students to
contribute their own comments and
experiences.
The Teach-In, entitled, “Making
Diversity Work” focused on the
multiple facets of racism, and spe¬
cifically the effects of racism at
Loyola Marymount.The keynote
speaker was Dr. Antonia Darder, a
professor in the Education .Depart¬
ment at Claremont Graduate
School. Darder obtained her Doc¬
toral Degree in Philosophy in Edu¬
cation. She opened her address
with statistics to support her mes¬
sage of how racism perpetuates
itself. She noted that the enroll¬
ment of white students has in¬
creased “only slightly over 3% and
in contrast, Native American enroll¬
ment has increased by .1%, Asian
students have increased by 1 .6%,
black students have decreased by
.3%, Latino students have in¬
creased by 2%, and foreign stu¬
dents have increased by .4%.”
In delivering her message,
Darder emphasized, “society
projects a set of rules to us” and
“you can be a part of society if you
accept our rules and you don’t make
us anxious.” Dr. Darder conveyed
her “hope that any ethnic diversity
would not abandon its roots and
traditions in an attempt to better
acclimate with accepted society or
the dominant culture.”
Following the speech, the floor
was open to comments and ques¬
tions directed at the panel, which
included, Dr. Fernando Guerra,
Professor of Chicano Studies and
Political Science; Dr. David Blake,
professor ot Philosophy; Ur. John
Davis, Professor of Sociology; Mr.
David Trump, Vice President of
Facilities Management; Ms. Bar¬
bara Busse, Professor of Commu¬
nications and Fine Arts; Dr. George
Morten, Director, Black Students
Services; Ms. Lisa Piumetti, Assis¬
tant Director, Student Activities; Ms.
Anna Gonzalez, senior, Interna¬
tional Business; and Mr. Jason
Frank, senior, Accounting.
The open microphone presented
the opportunity to express individual
views and concerns. Several stu¬
dents expressed statements re¬
garding the neglect of issues such
as sexism, sexual harassment, date
rape and homophobia on this cam¬
pus. “When is this university going
to address sexual harrassment,
which is the most overlooked type
of descrimination,”one student de¬
manded. “What about date rape?”
another added.
The comments varied in focus,
as some questioned, “When is
Loyola Marymount going to wake
up and realize that we are all hu¬
man beings?”
“It has become acceptable to go
out and destroy others who have
different religions, different cultures,
and different sexual orientations,”
remarked one student.
Another asked, “What is the white
continued on page three
For a Complete Text of The
Proposed Policy on Racial
Discrimination, See Page Two
