Furor over law school ‘Dissent’
leads to temporary constraints
Controversy surrounding "The Dissent," the
University Law School publication, has created
the possibility of establishing a set editorial policy
for the satirical publication
A Sept 10 article, entitled "WLF Forum."
which stood for White Lesbian Front (WLF usually
stands for Women's Law Forum), is at the center
of the controversy The article began with some
"Not Funny Jokes” about Jewish American Prin
cesses and portrayed women's organizations as
having lesbian memberships "dedicated to the
promotion and protection of women's rights
generally and white lesbian's rights in particular "
Following the publication of the article, tem
porary guidelines for the paper were posted by
Steve Baldwin, Student Bar Association pre
sident, that include signing of articles and estab
lishing an editorial policy which would be printed
in each issue These guidelines may be perman
ently adopted in 1983
“It is my hope that these rules can provide a
foundation for constructive dialogue in The Dis
sent," he said in a memorandum He had no other
official comment
"I would hope that they (the editors) will not
mistake their constitutional leeway as license to
ridicule," said Derrick Beil, dean of the law
school, in a Sept 16 memorandum
Dissent editor Steve Kaiser had no official
comment but indicated the next issue of the paper
would be a bit toned down from the first issue
The Women's Law Forum members were
outraged at the time of the article and attended a
meeting discussing the problems the article
raised A spokeswoman said the sentiments have
now cooled down, but she would make no official
comment
Articles in The Dissent are submitted by law
students and faculty and the motto is All the
News that's Print to Fit "
Housing council must confront
budget cuts with less spending
Like other University commit
tees. the Residence Hall Gover
nance Council will have to learn
to live with a decreased budget
The council will decide how to
spend an estimated $10,000,
down from last year's $26,000,
says Housing Director Dan Wil
liams.
An RHGC deficit during the
past four years caused the bud
get cut. according to Williams
That deficit was subtracted from
this year's total budget, he add
ed
The council works under a
constitution adopted last year
The constitution is designed to
define clearly the council s
goals and objectives. Williams
says
The RHGC distributes and
manages equipment, such as a
van for residence hall trips and
entertainment equipment It al
so decides how many issues of
the residence hall newspaper
will be published
The council consists of one
resident representative from
plexes, one housing depart
ment representative, an area
director. an ASUO
representative and one resident
assistant
The RHGC helps the housing
department decide housing
policies and resolve disputes
among hall residents and the
housing department
The council also has
approved co-ed residence halls,
alcohol policies and other rules
and regulations of the housing
department
IBM gives grant to psych department
International Business Ma
chines Corp awarded an un
solicited $25,000 grant to the
psychology department in
recognition of the department's
"outstanding competence in
human factors research "
Hiring faculty members
skilled in research dealing with
human cognition and thought
processes is one possible use
for the money, according to
Myron Rothbart, pyschology
professor
This is the second time the
department has received money
from IBM for research Last year
the department was one of 40
schools in the nation to receive
$25,000 from the company
The psychology department
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conducts research dealing with
memory, the effects of noise on
behavior and health, aging,
smoking and dealing with de
pression
IBM initiated the grant pro
gram in 1980 because of con
cern about academic research,
says Louis Robinson, IBM di
rector of the University rela
tions The grant is renewable for
one more year, he says
Organ concert celebrates 10th
anniversary of pipe instrument
Organist John Hamilton will
present a concert celebrating
the 10th anniversary of the in
stallation of the Ahrend Pipe
Organ in Beall Concert Hall on
Monday, Oct 18 at 8 p m
Hamilton says the organ, built
by Jurgen Ahrend of East Fries
land, Germany, is considered a
unique concert instrument in
America
Hamilton's performance is
part of the University's School
of Music Faculty Artist Series
General admission tickets are
$2 for each performance in the
series Senior citizens, students
with proper identification and
children under 12 are admitted
free
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