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Advocate, February 1994, Vol. 6, No. 1, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Cultural Studies at CUNY. Barbara Martinsons (p. 1)

The Whole World is Talking. Kevin Cooke and Dan Lehrer (p. 1)

Contents: Columns and Features (p. 1)

Editor’s Note. Pamela Renner (p. 2)

Ask Aphrodite (p. 3)

Valkyrie in Valhalla. Valerie Walker (p. 4)

Free Gratis for Nothing: Unemployed Man in the Free World. Stefan Smagula (p. 5)

Artist’s Portfolio: Curtis James. Pamela Renner (p. 7)

Bicoastal Emptiness: Raymond Carver and John Guare. Elizabeth Powers (p. 8)

Gotta Be Bad to Be Good. Jeannette Radredensek (p. 9)

City Sites. Charles Naylor (p. 11)

About Our Contributors (p. 12) …

Working Conditions And Psychological Distress In First-Year Women Teachers: Qualitative Findings, Irvin Sam Schonfeld, Elizabeth A. Santiago

Publications and Research

With few exceptions (e.g., Blase, 1986), most of the research on the effects of teachers' working conditions has been quantitative in design. The power of qualitative research inheres in its struggle to get under the teacher's skin and see the world as the teacher sees it. The study described in this paper examines the writings of newly appointed teachers who, as part of a quantitative study, were asked to write anything they wanted about their jobs. Four themes that characterized the working lives of teachers emerged: (a) being happy with one's job, (b) interpersonal tensions and lack of support among …

Untruth In The Classroom, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Although historical revision is a valid practice, Holocaust revisionism is based on deliberate fabrications of the historical record and does not reinterpret a past event. The author believes that Holocaust revisionist materials should not be ignored by teachers, but should be used in classrooms as primary source material on anti-Semitism and intolerance.

Implementation Of Congressional Intent: A Study Of Amnesty Policy And The Immigration And Naturalization Service, Sherrie Baver, William Arp Iii

Publications and Research

In 1990, the United States Border Patrol arrested approximately one million illegals (Dillin, 1990). Significant as this number may seem, it parallels the rate of arrest that existed prior to the passage of the Immigration and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). This phenomenon suggests that the Act has failed to accomplish one of its primary objectives: to control illegal immigration to the United States.

The IRCA represented the first major change in US immigration policy in twenty-two years. In seeking to prevent illegal entry and to gain control over the undocumented population already in the country, it contained two key …

The Child's Understanding Of Functional Relations In The Domain Of Liquid Quantity, Irvin Sam Schonfeld

Publications and Research

Four liquid comparison tasks were designed to assess children's knowledge of functional relations, one-directional compositions of functional relations (greater + greater yield greater) and countervailing compositions (greater + lesser yield ?) in 4- to 7-year-olds. On one task, in which height indexed quantity, children of every age group performed well. Success on the other comparison tasks was related to operative level, as mdexed by conservation performance, and age. More advanced pre-operational children evidenced a degree of success on the one-directional composition task. Consistent with Schonfeld (1990), the results suggested that at more advanced operative levels: (1) the understanding of increasingly …

Gays And Lesbians In Library History, Polly Thistlethwaite

Publications and Research

Summarizes gay and lesbian activism in librarianship and the role of libraries in supporting gay and lesbian movements.

Graduate Student Advocate, December 1993, Vol. 5, No. 6, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Organized Student Support for Yomi Falters. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed and Christina Pretto (p. 1)

History Program Hires Caribbeanist Palmer. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed (p. 1)

Computer Center Attempts Comeback. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed (p. 1)

Masthead (p. 2)

December in the News (p. 2)

Reynolds Not Nice, But Efficient, Says Chronicle. Pam Donovan.

Power Plays: Liberal Redux, Or, Just Say Yes. Elizabeth Powers.

Ceremony Held for African Burial Ground. Diana Agosta.)

CSI’s President Volpe Reinstated. Pam Donovan.

Blank Named Hunter’s President. Christina Pretto.

Action on Campus (p. 3)

Labor History, Latin America: The Advocate’s Must-Take Course of the Spring Semester.

Letter …

Report From The Chair, Esther Katz

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

The year 1992 proved to be an extraordinarily successful one for CLAGS. We mounted a series of exciting panels, conferences, and special events, and launched an ambitious program of grants and fellowships for scholars and students. A good portion of the credit for the success of these activities goes to CLAGS's hardworking Board of Directors which undertakes the myriad tasks required to plan and implement our various programs.

Graduate Student Advocate, October 1993, Vol. 5, No. 5, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Economics Terminates Black Third Level Student. Christina Pretto (p. 1)

York College Obstructs Club Planning Anti-Reynolds Forum (p. 1)

College Association Votes to Reinstate Student Stipends. Pam Donovan (p. 1)

Amid Student Concern, History Courts Caribbeanist Colin Palmer. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed (p. 1)

Masthead (p. 2)

Action on Campus (p. 2)

Latin American Program Formed. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed.

Need More Library Hours? Michael Weinstein-Mohammed.

Tomfoolery: Notes of a Radical, Post-Haste. Tom Smith.

Engineering Student from Serbia Killed in Car Accident; Driver Arrested. Pam Donovan.

Action in Public (p. 3)

Social Mobilization? Michael Weinstein-Mohammed.

Resolution by the Doctoral Students’ Council …

Graduate Student Advocate, September 1993, Vol. 5, No. 4, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Administrators to Receive 4% Pay Increase. G. Ganter (p. 1)

Horowitz, Moreland Deny DSC Leaders Stipends. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed (p. 1)

Memo Suggests Reynolds Targeted Calandra Institute Months Before Lawsuit. G. Ganter (p. 1)

Masthead (p. 2)

September in the News (p. 2)

Nurse Practitioner Arrives. Christina Pretto.

Tomfoolery: PC, Liberalism, and the Smothers Brothers. Tom Smith.

Guards Lose Benefits in CUNY Contract Change. Tom Burgess.

Two Music Students Killed on West Side. Pam Donovan.

Action on Campus (p. 3)

Administration to Reward Campuses That Follow Goldstein Report. Pam Donovan.

Memo Calls for Resignation of President of College …

Poisons And Antidotes Among The Taman Of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

Among the Taman of kabupaten Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, certain oils are used to cast and counteract spells. Antidotes are said to be made from the same substance as poisons, and thus a given antidote implies ownership of the poison, and this is one reason people are furtive in using, exchanging, and discussing this aspect of folk-medicine. Magical oils are generally obtained outside Taman society, and are used most often to cure illnesses presumed to have been contracted outside the society. These oils contain essences, and so can be reproduced by adding oil. However, specific knowledge is needed to use …

Graduate Student Advocate, March/April 1993, Vol. 5, No. 2, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Graduate Council Rejects WAR Report: DSC Resolution is Adopted with One Friendly Amendment. Christina Pretto (p. 1)

Horowitz Bypasses Student Government on Provost Search Committee Selection. Christina Pretto (p. 1)

Students Protest Report in Front of Board: Only 30 of 100 Students Let Inside 535 East 80 Street. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed (p. 1)

Action in Public. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed (p. 12)

Masthead (p. 2)

MARCH in the News (p. 2)

Resign, Reynolds, Insists a Faculty Group. Tom Burgess.

Hunter Senate Rejects WAR Report. Christina Pretto.

Cultural Determinism: Trained Pigeons Need Only Apply. Tom Smith.

Cartoon: Tomfoolery. Tom Smith.

Events …

Graduate Student Advocate, February 1993, Vol. 5, No. 1, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Committee Calls to Lacerate CUNY: Report Suggests Departmental Closings at All Campuses. Pam Donovan (p. 1)

Low Cost Copying Blocked; DSC Contract Inappropriate. Christina Pretto (p. 1)

Who Deserves the First Amendment? Right Wing Scholar Published; One Socialist Denied Space. Andrew Long (p. 1)

FEBRUARY in the News

Prof attacked in Post. Christina Pretto (p. 2)

Circulation Chief Dies. Tom Burgess (p. 2)

Tomfoolery: She Ain’t Into Education, Guys. Tom Smith (p. 2)

Events this Month (p. 2)

Masthead (p. 3)

Action in Public

Student Representatives Lambast Board of Trustees. Jonathan Lang (p. 3)

Student Representatives Lambast …

Venezuela Y Su Encrucijada Ambiental, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

The Shaman's Destiny: Symptoms, Affliction, And The Re-Interpretation Of Illness Among The Taman, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Patients Meeting The Criteria For A Diagnosis Of "Multiple Chemical Sensitivities": Exploration Of Social Situation And Need, Beth Miriam Lewis

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

While no one explanation as to the possible nature of "multiple chemical sensitivities" has gained unanimous acceptance within the medical/science community, similar controversy does not exist with regard to the recognition of social problems generated for people suffering from this condition. In an effort to identify areas of psychosocial need requiring social work intervention, a descriptive study was carried out with a group of patients seen in an outpatient occupational health clinic. Medical charts of a deliberate sample of 423 clinic patients, seen during the period 1980-1990, were reviewed, yielding a total of 83 patients meeting criteria specific to MCS. …

Saving The Environment: Science And Social Action, Patricia D'Andrade

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation analyzes environmental arguments for their stance toward science. It is a sociology of knowledge investigation of arguments made primarily by environmental scientists in the United States in the 1960s and 70s.

The environmental crisis puts science in question but at the same time looks to science for information and solutions. Thus, science is a center of contention around which arguments develop and oppositions are established. Science is beginning to take the place of political thought in providing legitimating concepts for arguments intended to effect social change. Major environmental books and articles by American authors of the 1960s and …

Social Order And Contest In Meanings And Power: Black Boycotts Against Korean Shopkeepers In Poor New York City Neighborhoods, Jeongduk Yi

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation aims to provide an analysis of the process of social reproduction revealed through the conflict between Korean shopkeepers and poor Black inner city residents in New York City. The major concepts, discussed in the introduction, include culture, power, domination, resistance, and conceptual orders.

The pervasive racism and capitalism in America provides the context where the two minority groups have been constituted and where opposing meanings are contested as the conflict between Korean shopkeepers and poor Blacks develops. State agents, Whites, and news media also join in the process of the conflict. They contest with various combinations of coercion, …

Psychoanalysis And Constructionalism: Clinical And Metapsychological Implications, Richard H. Loewus

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Attempts to reconceptualize the epistemological basis of psychoanalytic metapsychology and clinical praxis from constructionalist perspectives are reviewed and critiqued. The constructionalist epistemology of the American philosopher, Nelson Goodman, is absent in these discussions. Goodman offers a relativism with restraints, a constructionalist epistemology that asserts no one given reality to which our constructions must answer, but does not accept that therefore all constructions are equally valid. Instead, constructions, or what Goodman calls world versions must answer to standards of "Rightness". Goodman's reconception of philosophy subsumes the concept of truth as a special class of rightness, and replaces the concept of knowledge …

The Graduate Student Advocate, December 1992, Vol. 4, No. 2, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Cuts for Students, Raises for Administrators! Granville Ganter (p. 1)

Historic Marginalization & The Marginalization of a History. Diana Agosta (p. 1)

Ideological Hegemony: Inside a “Living Museum.” Michael Scott Weinstein (p. 1)

The Real Deal at Financial Aid: Interview with Janet Finello (p. 2)

Sex and Space: Another Look at the Urban Red Light District. Timothy J. Gilfoyle (p. 4)

Tomfoolery: “Neo-liberal and “Politically Correct”? Tom Smith (p. 5)

International Students and Financial Crisis. Manjula Giri (p. 5)

The Return of Martin Brian Guerre. Tom Smith (p. 6)

In Nineteen Hundred & Ninety-two. Text, Thomas Burgess; …

Report From The Cochairs, Esther Katz, Cheryl Clarke

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

It has been a busy but exceedingly productive year for this CLAGS Board. Along with the creative series of public conferences, panels, and monthly colloquia mounted by the Program Committee, we have taken on the new challenges of a Fellowship Program generously funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as cosponsorship of the Stonewall History Project. Indeed, as CLAGS continues to develop and expand, we are working overtime to keep up with our success.

Closing The Corporate Library: Some Personal Reflections, Philip Barnett

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

The Graduate Student Advocate, Summer 1992, Vol. 3, No. 6, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Editorial: Gate(s)keeping from South Central to CUNY Central (p. 1)

$3.17 Million in Graduate School Cuts to Financial Aid and Faculty Hiring. Pam Donovan (p. 1)

Tuition Raised $600 for New Students; CUNY Declares Financial Emergency. Ken Stein (p. 1)

Contents (p. 1)

CUNY News

DSC Co-Chair Stipends Cut by 44%. Andrew Long (p. 2)

Discrimination and Harassment are Problems at the Graduate Center: A DSC Advocacy Pamphlet (p. 2)

Knots in the Board. Andrew Long (p. 5)

Unfair Labor Practices in the Dining Commons. Andrew Long (p. 5)

Local News (p. 3)

Was this the Prototype …

Review Of The Book Russia’S Retreat From Poland, 1920: From Permanent-Revolution To Peaceful Coexistence, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Book review of Russia’s retreat from Poland, 1920: From permanent-revolution to peaceful coexistence.

The Graduate Student Advocate, March 1992, Vol. 3, No. 5, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Editorial: The Empire State Strikes Back (p. 1)

Editors Respond (p. 11)

CUNY Under Siege (p. 1)

Commentary: New York State Committee on Higher Education Holds HUAC-type Hearings on CUNY. Andrew Long (p. 1)

Board Approves Disciplinary Code Changes (p. 1)

Table of Contents (p. 1)

CUNY News

Hearing on Changes in Disciplinary Code. Pamela Donovan (p. 2)

Board Hearing Goes Up in Smoke. Ian McGowan and Pam Donovan (p. 2)

Your Representatives React (p. 2)

New York State Shortchanges CUNY (p. 3)

CUNY Administration Prepares to Take Control of Student Activity Fees. Ian McGowan (p. 5) …

Manifiesto Ecológico Para La Nueva Venezuela, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Economía Hoy, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

El Rápido Crecimiento De La Población Como Problema Ambiental En Venezuela, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Odios Ambientalistas, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

El Estado Agoniza, Viva La Sociedad, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.